West Street is not far from the Boat Pavilion, and half an hour later, Zuo Yan and Wan Qi came back to resume their lives, and Liu Mingyi came back with them. Liu Mingyi was in his early twenties, like most scholars of this era, thin and delicate, perhaps forced by life, and his eyes were less determined and fanatical than Confucianism, but with some tired vicissitudes.

Xu You looked at Liu Mingyi's right arm, the gray cotton cloth wrapped outside was oozing crimson blood, and said, "Injured?" ”

Zuo Yan said in a low voice: "When Wan Qi and I arrived, we happened to meet the people of the Heavenly Master Dao, and they made disguises and took Liu Mingyi hostage first. Later, when I started, I was entangled by more than a dozen people, and I was defenseless for a while, causing Liu Mingyi to be stabbed in the arm. The subordinates are not doing well, please punish Lang Jun. ”

Wan Qi next to him heard Zuo Yan ask for punishment, and his expression was puzzled. In her single thinking world, Xu You's order was to bring Liu Mingyi back, and he didn't say that he was not allowed to get hurt. However, Zuo Yan stayed by Xu You's side for the longest time, and even he said so, there must be some special reason, so he hesitated, and then said: "Please punish Lang Jun!" ”

Xu You chuckled and said: "Being able to snatch people back from the hands of Heavenly Master Dao is already a great achievement, it's too late to reward you, how can there be any punishment?" Okay, let's go rest first, and my wife and I will take care of the rest. ”

After questioning Liu Mingyi, he learned that what happened was as Xu You guessed. When he received the task of the Ship Pavilion, he immediately preached the various wrongs of the Heavenly Master Dao in private, and interpreted the deep meaning implied in the Legend of the White Snake into straightforward language and publicized it widely. Because Liu Mingyi was literate and well-read, he was very respected by the neighbors on West Street, and his words were full of weight, which soon planted the seeds of doubt in the hearts of the people, and indirectly led to the tragic end of the two vendors being listened to by Xi Yuanda when chatting.

After asking, Feng Jiuniang arranged for Liu Mingyi to heal his wounds, although the knife wound was not very serious, he was most afraid of infection, and once it festered, he would have to worry about his life. Xu You was thinking about his next plan, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Qianqin sneaking out and wanted to sneak outside, snorted coldly, and said, "Where to go?" ”

Qianqin's body froze on the spot, and it took a while to turn around, with embarrassment in her eyes. Although the gambling contract stipulates that he must obey Xu Youyan in the future, he will not be able to turn around for a while, and he will still have a stiff mouth, and said: "You don't care where I go......

"Oh, looks like someone wants to pay the bill!"

The corners of Xu You's lips raised, and he said: "I remember that you have read "Zuo Chuan", and there is a sentence in it, 'A gentleman has a word, and there is a sign of faith', I don't know what to do?" ”

Qianqin can easily bring the allusions in "Zuo Chuan", and naturally knows the meaning of this sentence, but she quibbles: "I am a little woman, and I am not a gentleman......"

Xu You's face sank, and he said: "You are in charge of the Ship Pavilion, and you have hundreds of subordinates under you, and you can drive them to death with a single order." Is there any of them who is contemptuous and insulting because you are a woman? But someone is disobedient because you are a woman? ”

"This ......"

Qianqin was stunned for a long time, her cheeks were hot for a while, and she wanted to refute, but she knew that she was at a loss and couldn't say a word.

"Making a covenant and gambling is a promise, but if you don't keep it, how can you convince the people? If there is a mistake, up, there is a negative lord and a wife, and below, there is a negative shipwright, you ask yourself, when you dream back at midnight, your conscience can be at ease? ”

Qianqin was accused by him in person, her lungs were about to explode, her slender hands were clenched tightly, her knuckles turned white because of the force, her teeth were almost broken, her eyes glared at Xu You viciously, and said, "Don't say it!" I'm willing to gamble! How you want to torture me, just say it! ”

"Don't think too highly of yourself and torture you? I don't have the time, I don't have the mood! Xu You said lightly: "Let's go down first, and when I'm in the mood, I'll collect your bets!" ”

Waiting for Qianqin to leave in a rage, Zhan Wenjun, who had been beside him without speaking, said with a smile: "This girl's heart is actually not bad, but she loves to speak quickly, and she doesn't agree with me for some reasons, so she is angry with Langjun." Fortunately, Lang Jun strategized and convinced her. ”

Xu You said apologetically: "Madame, forgive your sins!" After all, Qianqin is your maid, and if I discipline her like this, I will be more coarse and coarse, and I hope you don't mind! ”

"You're good at discipline!"

Zhan Wenjun sighed: "I am actually a person who has no way to conquer, and I have the thickest heart for Baihua, but Baihua is fornicating with foreign enemies behind my back." Qianqin and the concubine are closer, and they haven't been very close to each other since I came. Although she is usually respectful, there are many slanders behind her back, but I just see that she is quite responsible in charge of the Ship Pavilion, and I generally don't bother to worry about her. As for the Ten Books, you know her origins, so although she is a master and servant in name, she never takes me to heart. Only Wan Qi, who looks cold and unapproachable, is actually simple-minded and loyal, following me from birth to death, never taking half a step back. Outsiders often say that there are ten hundred thousand around me, and the four slaves and maids are all hearts, but how many people can really rely on as hearts? ”

"Knowing people and knowing faces, it is always difficult to know the heart, this is a common thing in the world!" Xu You said with relief: "Madame is kind-hearted, and if she doesn't use power to dominate her subordinates, she will be supported by the tribes!" ”

"Alright, let's not talk about that!" Zhan Wenjun can be valued by Guo Mian, take over such a huge foundation as Guo's, his mental fortitude is very comparable, and he will not confide in his heart easily, but he almost had an accident in the room with Xu You some time ago, although he reined in the precipice and stopped in time, but psychologically he almost regarded him as a very close person, so he was weak for a while and said this.

"Lang Jun, what should we do next?"

Xu You smiled and said, "Xi Yuanda is so uncontrollable, then we will add another fire to him!" ”

Qiantang County Ya.

The two guards at the door saw a group of ordinary people coming from a distance, seven or eight people in front of them were wearing white filial piety clothes, holding white paper in their hands, on which was written a blood-red word "injustice", and the crying sound could be heard for ten miles, and they immediately knew that something big had happened. A person stepped forward to inquire about the reason, and was dizzy and dizzy after learning about it, and almost couldn't stand, so he rushed into the county office with a roll, and happened to meet Bao Xi, and said hurriedly: "Master, a group of people have come outside, and they want to sue Xi Yuanda, the spiritual official of the Heavenly Master Dao, for doing evil and disregarding people'......s lives."

Bao Xi was also shocked, but his city was tight, his face was impassive, and he said: "Don't panic, you go and lead everyone to the lobby to wait, and I will go to the Ming Mansion to report." ”

Gu Yun received the news, he was furious, put on an official uniform and went to the court to try the case, seeing the crying in the hall, several women and old women were snotty, slurred, and couldn't understand what was going on, and in desperation, a person dressed as a Confucian knelt down and said, "Ming Mansion Rongyu!" ”

"Who's in the hall?"

"In Xia Liu Mingyi, a native of Qiantang, Hutao Lane, Shiju West Street, is a neighbor with these people. I know a little about their grievances, and the knife wound on my arm is also related to this case. ”

Gu Yun nodded and said, "You talk carefully, don't leave a trace of it." There are really grievances, and you have your own court laws to call the shots! ”

"What, no one was caught?"

The two five hundred generals glanced at each other, and both saw each other's deep fear, and at the same time, their knees weakened, and they knelt down. Xi Yuanda walked up to the two of them, his eyes were terrifying, and he said: "Two five hundred generals, with twenty people, can't even catch a weak scholar, my face in Yangzhou has been lost by you!" Suddenly, he flew up with a kick and flew a volley of kicks into the air, slammed into the lintel, and then fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Say, what the hell is going on!"

The five hundred generals who were still kneeling said in horror: "I...... We took people to Hutao Lane, and we had already caught Liu Mingyi, but when we retreated, we met two people, a man and a woman, and their cultivation was extremely high. We were defeated by our strength, so we had to ...... I had to watch them rescue Liu Mingyi......"

"A man and a woman? Recognizable faces? ”

"They wore curtains on their faces, and their faces were ...... I can't see the face clearly! ”

Xi Yuanda narrowed his eyes, he could become the disaster elimination spirit officer of Yangzhou Zhi, naturally he would not be a stupid person, although he didn't know what was going on, but he instinctively felt that the danger was approaching.

"Are there any brothers hurt?"

"Eleven people were wounded, and one person died of serious injuries and died on the way back!"

Xi Yuanda was angry again, he died when he died, he didn't feel sorry for his subordinates, but he felt that so many people were dealing with two people, and one of them died, it was just too embarrassing, he stretched out his hand and slapped it, and spit blood from the mouth of the kneeling one, his body was crooked, and he fell to the ground.

"Get out of here, and leave the Zhibin Building immediately with the wounded. Also, get the two dead people out of the secret room and find a secluded place to deal with them, and don't leave a trace! ”

"No!"

After arranging all this, Xi Yuanda thought that it was foolproof, and took Zhan Ting to send his singer to the house Hu Tianhu Emperor, until the entire Zhibin Building was surrounded by the officials of Qiantang County, and was called out by Zhan Ting in a panic.

"Lingguan, Bao Xi is here, and he wants to see you!"

Xi Yuan Daqi said: "What did he do when he saw me?" ”

Zhan Ting didn't know what was going on, and wondered: "Is it that the Assassin Mansion is putting pressure on Qiantang County, and Gu Yun finally decided to help us?" ”

He was busy counting the belongings of Zhibin Lou all day, and he didn't know that Xi Yuanda killed two vendors, let alone that he had sent someone to arrest Liu Mingyi. When I saw Bao Xi come forward, I thought that the turning point of things had come.

Xi Yuanda put on his clothes and said, "Let's go, go meet him!" ”

Bao Xi actually didn't agree with Gu Yun's approach, what kind of identity Xi Yuanda was, he could move his whole body with one shot, and he was not completely sure, and he must not act rashly. But Gu Yun insisted on his opinion, saying that the people complained about their grievances, if they couldn't make decisions for them, how different would they be from beasts? This is too heavy, Bao Xi didn't dare to insist too much, so he had to take one step at a time, the situation was confusing, and he had to take a look.

"Master Bao!"

"Officer Xi Ling!"

After saying hello, Bao Xi looked at the door and said, "The Ming Mansion invites the spirit official to talk about it!" ”

Xi Yuanda said: "I have something important to do and can't leave, please ask the master to confess on my behalf." ”

"Oh?" Bao Xi knew that he would not be easy to comply, and suddenly asked: "Dare to ask the spirit officer, have you been to the shore of Qiantang Lake at noon today?" ”

"Yes, I'll go to the lakeside to enjoy the scenery and go home!"

"Have you ever met two men, one tall and fat, the other skinny?"

"No!"

"Have you ever seen Liu Mingyi?"

"No!"

Bao Xi was in the public gate, and his interrogation skills were superb, and he immediately knew that Xi Yuanda was lying. With the character and personality of the disaster elimination spirit officer, if he hadn't had a ghost in his heart, he would have gone away in anger a long time ago, where would he be willing to answer these questions honestly? What's more, he didn't even ask who Liu Mingyi was, and he insisted that he had never seen it, and there were obviously too many flaws.

After seeing through Xi Yuanda's lies, that is to say, what the people who complained about it was true, Bao Xi was not only a little happy in his heart, but full of worry, turned his head to look at Zhan Ting, and said, "Zhan Langjun, don't you mind if I ask people to search all parts of the building, right?" ”

Zhan Ting was inexplicable, and he didn't know what to do, but Xi Yuanda laughed and said, "The master book is here, how dare Zhan Langjun disobey?" Please! ”

Bao Xi's gaze turned on Xi Yuanda's face, and he had another plan in his heart, smiled slightly, and said, "No need!" Disturb the two of you, and I'll go back to my life. Stay, stay! ”

Sending Bao Xi away, Zhan Ting wondered in his heart and said, "What kind of ghost is Bao Xi doing?" ”

Xi Yuanda looked through the darkening sky, and seemed to see a large net slowly opening, and said coldly: "Let your people go out and ask what happened to the county government." Also, I will go back to Linwu Mountain early tomorrow morning to find the master for help, you have to stabilize here in Qiantang, don't panic, and don't mess up! ”