Fang Ling bowed slightly, looked at Tan Sanshi, and Tan Sanshi said excitedly: "The villain also wants to meet Miss." ”

Tan Duocai said at this time: "Second uncle, you can tell Your Highness what I asked you about the things you didn't say before." ”

As soon as he heard this, Tan Sanshi couldn't help but show a somewhat solemn expression, and recalled: "On the eve of the fire, there was a guest in the mansion at that time. ”

"A guest?" everyone wondered.

Tan Sanshi continued: "The guest entered the door from the backyard, wearing a black cloak, covering his face, and handed over a name card after coming in, and after the name card was handed over by the housekeeper, the master received this person. Soon after, the lord gathered us all, each of us gave a dozen taels of silver, let us leave the mansion, although we don't know what happened, but the lord is a prince, and it has long been rumored in the city that the family may move to the imperial city, so everyone thinks that it is at this time, plus a dozen taels of silver is quite a lot, so everyone has no objection, and then packed up their things and left. How did I know that the next day came the news of the fire in the Rongguo Mansion, and then the matter of the young lady Qing being involved in the rebellion case, the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and fled to a far away place, and just came back the year before last. ”

Fang Ling frowned slightly and said, "It seems that Grandpa's disappearance must have something to do with this cloak guest." ”

Tan Duocai asked, "Second uncle, haven't you seen what that person looks like?"

Tan Sanshi said at this time: "That's exactly what I want to say, originally he was wearing a cloak, and he didn't even see the housekeeper, and when the master met him, he was in the hall, and at the same time dismissed all the subordinates. However, I was repairing the fence in the outer courtyard when I was leaving. ”

Fang Ling hurriedly asked, "What did he say?"

Tan Sanshi replied: "This person claims to be named Jiang Wenshan, and he is a staff member of the King of Yizhou. ”

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be taken aback, but Fang Ling's face sank, and he asked in a deep voice, "Uncle Tan, do you really hear clearly that it is the King of Yizhou?"

Tan Sanshi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the little one dares to vouch for his life, and every word he hears is true." ”

Tan Duocai suddenly remembered something at this time, and said: "Your Highness, what my second uncle said should be the truth, because Jiang Wenshan, I have also heard of this person, this person is the county guard of Lucheng County in Yizhou!"

"Is the county guard?" Fang Ling squinted slightly.

Tan Duocai continued: "This person was almost unknown before he became the county guard, but he was appointed as the county guard by the king of Yizhou all of a sudden. Because I am the chief of the office, I have heard a lot about the county records and the surrounding states and counties, and I have also heard a lot about the affairs of Yizhou, and now I think about it, Jiang Wenshan was appointed as the county warden almost 19 years ago. ”

Lu Bei and Meng Zhiyuan both looked at Fang Ling, but they didn't dare to speak, even Song Ying'er's expression was a little heavy, no one expected that the disappearance of Rong Guogong would be with Yizhou Wang Qing, the stakes are very high, but it is not child's play.

Fang Ling asked, "What kind of person is this Jiang Wenshan?"

Tan Duocai thought for a while and said: "This person has a selfless title in officialdom, and has a strong ability to manage the affairs of the county, more than ten years ago, Acropolis County was at the bottom of the fifteen counties in Yizhou, but now it can be ranked among the top three." This person lives in seclusion, and his general affairs are handled by the officials below, and he is rarely seen. However, this person seems to love horses for ten minutes. ”

"Horses?" Fang Ling's heart moved when he heard this, there are many plains and rivers in the east, so the soldiers are divided into two kinds, one is good at water warfare, the other is good at plain warfare, and the most indispensable thing in plain warfare is horses.

Tan Duocai said: "In fact, even the king of Yizhou is very fond of horses, and many officials in the territory who are valued are said to be masters of distinguishing horses and raising horses, and even he has made the horsemen in the house official, so all officials in the state are also very fond of horses." ”

Fang Ling smiled deeply: "Okay, then let's go to Yizhou." ”

If the disappearance of Rong Guogong is really related to the king of Yizhou, then this trip can be described as a trip to the "den" of the tiger in Longtan, if Rong Guogong did not die that year, but was taken away by Jiang Wenshan, then why did he not contact the king of Shicheng? And why did the king of Yizhou take Rong Guogong away back then? This thing seems to have been strange from the beginning.

Originally, Tan Duocai also wanted to follow, but Fang Ling considered that he was the identity of the Acropolis County Lord Bo, and someone would definitely know him in the past, but it was easy to attract unnecessary suspicion, so he insisted on asking Meng Zhiyuan to send someone to send him, Sun Xiaoxiao, and Tan Sanshi to the fief.

Then, Fang Ling and his party went to Lucheng County in two ways, Meng Zhiyuan, Hao Tieniu and others took the first step, taking the opportunity of opening a silk and satin village branch to find out the news, and Fang Ling and Song Ying'er and Lu Bei acted independently.

Since the founding of the state of Chu, there has been a law for the princes to grant the emperor land, in order to use the benefits of the royal bloodline to let these princes help guard the Quartet.

However, the fief did not exist permanently, because the royal family considered that the local power might be inflated as a result, so a very important rule was added to this law, so the fief system had another name - the three generations of kingship.

The so-called three generations of kingship, that is, all the throne on the fief can be passed down to three generations, after three generations, the emperor has the right to take back the fief, and at the same time, the descendants of the fief king will go to the imperial city, and the emperor will make another reward according to his three generations of merits, although no longer give the fief, but can let him enjoy the glory and wealth for life.

The fifteen counties under the jurisdiction of Yizhou were given by the former emperor during the period, and the one who was named the king of Yizhou was the brother of the former emperor, Fang Zongao, who is now more than sixty years old, but he did not pass on the throne to his son, and he is still firmly on the throne of Yizhou, that is to say, the land of Yizhou is still in the period of the first king.

Under the rule of King Yizhou for more than 40 years, the fifteen counties of Yizhou are now one of the strongest local forces in the East, and like the northern land, the eastern land is also very strong because it guards the border area between the northern Cai State and the Eastern Wu State.

As the next level of the state's "government" agency, the status of the county can be said to be very important, and the county's population, economy, etc. also directly determine the grade of the county, the general county population is about four or five hundred thousand, but Yizhou has three million-level heavy counties among the fifteen counties, and the entire Yizhou has 250,000 troops, and this is only a number on the surface, no one knows how many soldiers and horses Yizhou has.

Lucheng County is one of these three million-level counties, and the number of soldiers and horses in the county alone has reached 30,000, which is beyond the reach of most counties.

The three of them entered the territory of Yizhou all the way, and all they saw was the scene of strong soldiers and horses, whether they passed through townships, counties or counties, they all built perfect fortifications, and the soldiers were also ready to fight.

And as Tan Duocai said, the territory is indeed a love for horses, and many places that pass through have horse markets that specialize in selling horses, and horses from various places can be seen everywhere.

Three days later, in the afternoon, the three of them had already come to see the county town of Lucheng from a distance, the wide official road was rammed very straight, the tall county town was built magnificently, the city wall extended to both sides, at a glance there was no edge, and there was a long row of soldiers standing on the city wall.

Fang Ling looked at the horse from afar, and couldn't help but feel a little appreciative, not to mention whether the king of Yizhou was an enemy or a friend with him, but he did have a hand in managing the fiefdom, and Jiang Wenshan was able to manage the million-level county town in an orderly manner, and he must have some ability.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of "commotion" and "chaos" among the pedestrians in front of him, and the pedestrians and carriages on the official road retreated to both sides, and many people fell to the ground in a hurry.

It turned out to be a gray-robed young man galloping on a tall horse, the young man was only 17 or 8 years old, his figure looked a little weak, his face was pale at this time, his hands were tightly tightened on the reins, and his mouth was anxiously shouting: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

This big horse is full of wild "sex", and its black pupils look unruly, regardless of whether there is someone on its back, it raises the horse's hooves and runs quickly, scaring the pedestrians on the road and running away.

Not far behind the wild horse, followed by six men, each of whom was also riding a big horse, and the leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, all of whom were quite wealthy, and he was galloping with a worried face, obviously trying to catch up with the wild horse.

It's just that this wild horse is surprisingly fast and full of energy, and the distance between the two sides is not only not narrowed, but it is getting wider and wider.

However, in the middle of the fold, the wild horse was only a few dozen zhang away from Fang Ling and the others, and the scene was even more chaotic, and he was about to rush to Fang Ling and the others, when the young man saw that Fang Ling and the three of them did not dodge, they stopped on the official road like this, and couldn't help but shout with all their might: "Hide, I can't control the horse!"

"Brother Lu!" Fang Ling said lightly.

Lu Bei immediately jumped off his horse, and rushed towards the wild horse with an arrow step, seeing that a man and a horse were about to collide together, causing passers-by to make a burst of alarm, and many people were blindfolded, for fear of seeing the bloody scene that was about to happen.

When the wild horse saw that someone dared to block his way, he hissed angrily, threw his head down, and rushed towards Lubei.

Lu Bei didn't avoid it, but laughed loudly, and pressed his hands on the chest of the wild horse, and the huge force struck out like a sea of mountains.

Although the wild horse runs extremely fast, and the wild strength is even greater, but as a master of the Melting Qi Realm, Lu Bei's strength is even more invincible, and this stretch out his hand is pressed, and the wild horse seems to have crashed into an indestructible iron wall.