Ling Yi tried her best to write the truth of the matter as little as possible, at least let Gong Xiru read it, so that she would not be too confused and curious.

Lu Xiaotian made a gesture to take it apart to see, and was slapped on the hand by Zhi Yu, "There are no rules, who let you see it." ”

Lu Xiaotian was in pain, but he smiled: "I'm just curious about what is written on the letter that the eldest lady asked me to send thousands of miles away, it can't be a love poem." ”

Ling Yi was helpless, and urged: "Hurry up, let's go now, this matter is very urgent, you must find them as soon as possible, otherwise, the Ling Mansion will really be finished." ”

Lu Xiaotian saw that she didn't seem to be joking, so she got serious and put the letter away, "Don't worry, it's not difficult for me to track down this matter." ”

"There's another thing you bring to them, and although it may not be usable, it's better just in case." Ling Yi asked Zhi Yu to take out the baggage that had been prepared in the morning.

Lu Xiaotian sniffed, wrinkled his nose and said, "What's in this?" Why does it stink so much. ”

"If it stinks, don't use it then, the quantity is limited, and if you lose it, it's gone." Ling Yi instructed.

Lu Xiaotian carried the burden on his back, and looked at Zhi Yu and said: "It seems that I can't accompany you during the Mid-Autumn Festival, remember to leave me a few more moon cakes when the time comes, and Xiaorentang, just say that I will go back to my hometown to marry my relatives, so as not to make those people happy with me." ”

Zhi Yu's expression was gloomy, and he immediately smiled: "Don't say that you won't come back, don't worry, I will keep it for you." ”

After Lu Xiaotian left, Ling Yi instructed Weaving Fan and Weaving Feathers, "Go and inform Doctor Liu tomorrow, I want him to prepare something." ”

*

Although at the moment, the Ling Mansion is facing an unknown threat. However, the Mid-Autumn Festival still came as scheduled, Ling Yi did not tell anyone about it, and the whole house was happy.

At the time of the reunion dinner in the evening. The Gong family sent someone to send moon cakes over, and the little maid was the person next to Gong Xiru.

"Before the young master went out, he instructed the little one to send moon cakes to the young lady on the reunion night."

Ling Yi smiled slightly and rewarded the little servant with silver.

Weaving Yu finally saw her smile heartily, and felt very relieved, the eldest lady has been worried about the affairs of the official bank in the past few days, and she has hardly let go of her heart.

"It's still Young Master Gong who has a heart." Weaving Fan couldn't help but say.

Ling Yi looked at the moon cake in his hand in a daze.

Ori Yu said softly: "Miss, do you want to taste it?" ”

Ling Yi picked up one by herself. Eaten in the mouth, it is sweet and soft.

But he said that Lu Xiaotian went out of the city overnight and followed the traces all the way. After chasing along the way for three days, he figured out the route taken by Gong Xiru and the others, so he quickly worked day and night, and finally caught up with those people before reaching Shiqiao Bay.

The three of Gong Xiru have completely mastered the route of Guanyin. Not yet to Stonebridge Bay. Their whereabouts have been well hidden, but when the three of them saw Lu Xiaotian who appeared in the room, the feeling of self-friendliness disappeared in an instant.

Although Gong Xiru knew that there were masters around Ling Yi, he had never seen Lu Xiaotian's true face, so he didn't recognize him, but instead regarded him as someone next to Gong Chengyan.

Zhu Mo and Bai Lang don't know each other anymore.

The three of them looked at each other. At the same time, he moved and surrounded Lu Xiaotian tightly.

Lu Xiaotian swept over one by one. smiled: "Since you have all set up a posture, it's a pity not to move, for the sake of you all being still stinky kids, let you make ten moves." ”

The three of them are only seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenagers, so they naturally have a stubbornness and arrogance.

Zhu Mo sneered: "I don't know why, looking at you as a person, I hate it in my heart, it's best not to let me solve you within ten moves." ”

Although Bai Lang does not know martial arts, it does not mean that he has no defensive ability, he holds a short crossbow in his hand, and the arrows are made of steel, once he shoots the vital point, he will definitely kill him.

He retreated to a safe corner and let Gong Xiru and Zhu Mo besiege him, while he took cover.

Lu Xiaotian is a master of the rivers and lakes in the end, and dealing with the three hairy boys is like taking a leisurely walk.

Not to mention ten moves, I'm afraid that within a hundred moves, the three of them still have a chance of winning.

Gong Xiru immediately saw the gap and gave Zhu Mo and Gong Xiru a look.

The three of them cooperated tacitly, and they also knew it, and while Lu Xiaotian was defending, they quickly retreated outside the door and prepared to evacuate.

Lu Xiaotian was in a hurry, and finally found someone, and then let these little ghosts run away, he didn't have to spend effort to find them, so he said: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, little brothers, I was sent by Miss Ling." ”

Gong Xiru's footsteps stopped, and he said suspiciously: "Miss Ling? ”

Zhu Mo also stopped, he didn't hear anything else, he only heard Miss Ling, thinking that something had happened to the latter, and asked, "What's wrong with Ling Yatou?" Something went wrong? Kidnapped by you? ”

Gong Xiru glanced at him silently, unloaded his guard and returned to the house, "How can you prove that you were sent by Miss Ling?" ”

Lu Xiaotian took out the letter given by Ling Yi and said, "The eldest lady specially sent me over to cooperate with you, and the letter has already explained." ”

As soon as Gong Xiru looked at the cover font, he recognized that it was written by Ling Yi himself, and looked at Lu Xiaotian and said, "You are the person who changed the dock into Zou Jian that day?" ”

Lu Xiaotian smiled triumphantly: "Thank you Young Master Gong for your compliment, I am contemptible and talented, and I know a little bit about the side doors, which makes you laugh." ”

Zhu Mo's eyes were about to widen: "You went to the dock?" Ling Yatou and the Zou family fell out, are you at the scene? ”

Gong Xiru did not answer, but opened the letter.

Zhu Mo didn't bother to investigate, so he hurriedly leaned over, and Bai Lang also stretched out his head.

The letter was not long, and the three of them quickly read it, but their faces were different.

Although Gong Xiru said calmly, it was still difficult to hide the shock in his eyes.

Bai Lang and Zhu Mo were puzzled.

"You told Ling Yatou about us?" Zhu Mo asked. If not, then how could Ling Yi clearly know where they were, what they were going to do, and help them.

Bai Lang and Zhu Mo had the same confusion, but Gong Xiru didn't tell Ling Yi anything about his operation, even if he could inquire about his whereabouts, but her own plan, even Gong Chengyan's plan, which no one knew, couldn't have asked.

Carefully put the letter away, Gong Xiru didn't plan to ask more.

He knew that Ling Yi was not as simple as it seemed. He also knew that if the latter didn't want to say, it would be useless to ask. So he wasn't going to ask, but waited, waiting for the day when Ling Yi told him personally.

"In two days, they'll be at Stonebridge Bay." Gong Xi Confucianism.

Zhu Mo was upset: "If they are really as we guessed, looking for thieves to steal official silver." There must be a lot of bandits, should we go up the mountain in advance and catch them off guard? ”

"It's not speculation, it's true. There will definitely be bandits in Shiqiao Bay who have been ambushed in advance. Lu Xiaotian affirmed.

Bai Lang nodded in agreement with Zhu Mo's words: "This is a good way, you can only win by surprise." ”

Gong Xi Ruluo disagreed: "If it's just a plan to crack down on the collusion of officials and bandits, it's okay to do it." But that's not my purpose. ”

He looked at Lu Xiaotian, "You are the best kung fu among us, I think Miss Ling must have her reason for sending you here." ”

Lu Xiaotian pointed to himself. Laughing: "Is this- asking me what I mean?" If you want me to say it. Just kill it—"

Seeing that Gong Xiru's face was a little bad, he retracted the joke and said: "It's definitely not okay to kill the past, we have to outwit it, in fact, when I left, the eldest lady had already pointed out a clear path for me." ”

The three of them looked at him fixedly.

Lu Xiaotian smiled suddenly: "It couldn't be more polite to come to someone else's territory and visit the parents here." ”

Zhao Lei received an urgent document from the imperial court half a month ago. It is said that 100,000 taels of disaster relief silver will pass through Shiqiao Bay.

As a magistrate, he knew the situation of Stonebridge Bay best. In the early years, he had already captured all the big bosses, and the remaining minions did not pose a threat at all.

Zhao Lei was full of confidence and waited for the arrival of the palace hall order and the imperial history of the capital.

But he didn't wait for the group to arrive, but three young teenagers, and a grown man who looked twenty-seven or eighteen.

Zhao Lei has been frank all his life, and he is not afraid of having enemies looking for him at all, and in the face of four strange intruders, he was only slightly surprised, and immediately returned to normal.

"The four are neither black-clad nor masked, nor sword-and-sword, but where are they friends?"

Gong Xiru arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhao, we are not here to do evil, but to help you, please listen to us and tell one thing, Lord Zhao will make a judgment after listening." ”

He told Zhao Lei about Gong Chengyan's intention to collude with the thieves and pretend to lose the official silver.

This time, Zhao Lei could no longer maintain the composure on his face, but said in astonishment: "Impossible, where did you hear it, Zhongtang Ling is the most trusted person around the royal family, he is loyal, how could he——"

Gong Xiru took a few steps closer and stood under the light, "Lord Zhao really doesn't recognize me?" ”

Zhao Lei squinted his eyes, carefully looked at Gong Xiru from above, and was shocked again: "You are—you are the eldest son of Zhongtang Ling, Young Master Gong?" ”

Gong Xiru was obviously outstanding in Quyang, and when he participated in the Yanbian War a year ago, he became a well-known young hero for a while.

"Exactly, since Lord Zhao knows that Zhongtang Ling is my father, he should know, if it wasn't true, how could I frame my father, not to mention that stealing official silver is a big crime, and I can't escape responsibility after the incident, why would I tell a lie and put myself in danger?"

The thing came too suddenly, Zhao Lei propped up the table in shock, and quickly thought about whether what the young man in front of him said was true and credible.

Gong Xiru let him look at it, calmly.

Zhao Lei thought for a long time, and finally asked: "The bandits in Shiqiao Mountain have been exterminated by me, this is something that everyone knows, if it is really as you said, where to find the bandits who have the skills and courage and the number is enough?" ”

"Since it's a plan, you don't think they're going to think about it? Wei County is rampant with banditry, and it is a neighboring county of Wei County, how difficult do you think it will be to find dozens of outlaws?

You are the parent official of Ju County, if the official silver is stolen by thieves on your territory, do you think you can get rid of it? Have you ever heard how a county magistrate of Shiqiaowan died in the previous dynasty? ”

Zhao Lei has been a county magistrate here for more than ten years, how could he not know that when the time comes, the royal family will bear the brunt of the crime, and he and his family will bear the brunt.

"Lord Zhao, don't hesitate anymore, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about others, your family and friends, what punishment they will receive for your mistakes, you can't imagine at all."

Lu Xiaotian's eyes moved, looking at Gong Xiru.

Zhao Lei frowned and pondered, and after a moment, asked, "Then what do you want me to do?" ”

The corners of Gong Xiru's mouth raised slightly, "I want to borrow a hundred elite soldiers from adults." (To be continued......)