"Brother Huai?"

"Come in."

Meng Zhou cautiously pushed open the door, and saw Jing Rong pouring tea, she hurriedly put down the clothes in her hand, stepped forward to take the pot and said with a smile: "I'll come, I'll come, you sit." ”

Jing Rong's face was indifferent, "Something?" ”

"Well, it's not a big deal, isn't this tomorrow's banquet in Gaofu? I'm here to talk to you about this. ”

Jing Rong glanced at the clothes on the table and said, "You want to blend into the team of the Shui Yang Gang to give gifts tomorrow and enter the Gao Mansion." ”

"Brother Huai is really smart, I haven't said it yet, but you can see through it at a glance."

Jing Rong glanced at Meng Zhou, who was patting his ass, and took a sip of tea, and said, "It doesn't have to be like this, just help each other." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhou's heart suddenly became sad, and sure enough, he heard it. Although what she said just now was a little affectionate, it was a big fact. It's just that right now, the person in front of him is a stingy grudge, and it is inevitable that he will get angry when he listens to her words.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou snorted and said, "Oh, Brother Huai, I was joking with Heshan just now, you must not take it seriously." ”

"Then what about you saying you want to go back to Kyoto with me?"

"Ah, when did I, yet, still say it." Seeing Jing Rong's expression, Meng Zhou felt that she had provoked Jing Rong by saying something inappropriate just now, and now was a good opportunity to make up for it, she patted her head and followed Jing Rong's words: "Oh, I, I remembered, I said, I said come here, and then you, the master, will take me to take a good look at the scenery of Kyoto." ”

Jing Rong snorted, "Liar, you didn't say that at all. ”

Meng Zhou was stunned and said angrily: "You Kuang me." ”

Jing Rong sighed, "In this way, do you still want to tell me not to take it seriously?" What you say, which sentence is true and which sentence is false. ”

Dream Monday's heart suddenly became empty, and said: "This, we walk the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable that this will be the case." However, I assure you that I dare not be very sincere in the words I have said to you before, but they are definitely above eight points. As for the future, I will never joke about this kind of thing again. ”

Jing Rong looked at Meng Zhou's sincere appearance, pulled down her sworn hand, and said helplessly: "Okay, I know." ”

"You're not angry."

"Didn't you promise me to go back to Kyoto with me? Why should I be angry. ”

Meng Zhou said: "You still want to Kuang me, but you personally admitted that I didn't say that." ”

"I'm talking about you not talking about the scenery of Kyoto, but you've never said that your return to Kyoto is false. Besides, didn't you tell me in person that day in front of Xiaokong and Brother Heshan that day, and let me help you find a job in Kyoto with a lot of money? ”

"That's a play..."Meng Zhou said as she suddenly remembered what she had said earlier, and swallowed violently. Ahem, what, yes, you're right. It's just that if we really go to Kyoto by then, Brother Huai, you don't have to dislike it. ”

"How so."

Jing Rong picked up the cup, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, and he couldn't ask for it.

At the banquet on the second day, Meng Zhou and Jing Rong mixed in the team of the Shui Yang Gang to give gifts, and successfully slipped into the Gao Mansion.

Meng Zhou took advantage of the courtesy to pull Jing Rong out of the courtyard, and after looking around, Meng Zhou found a secluded place and said: "Brother Huai, I'll go to find Zhang Hou to lead him to the backyard guest room, you first go to Gao He's study to explore the people there, and when I finish my work, I'll go to you." ”

"Be careful."

"Okay."

At the banquet, the guests continued, and Meng Zhou was amazed at the boxes of congratulatory gifts that were brought into the house, and this full moon was so fanfare, and those who didn't know thought it was a god descending to earth, purifying all beings.

"Congratulations to Lord Zhang."

"Lord Zhang, it's hard to come from afar, please."

Zhang Hou, "Lord Xiao Gao is polite, don't dare, please." ”

It is said that Gao He originally didn't take a county magistrate in his eyes, but this Hou handled Shao Guangtang's incident and Gao He had something to do with it, and now he had to tell his son to stay well, for fear of making mistakes and omissions.

In the distance, Meng Zhou's gaze stopped all the way to the table with Zhang Hou's figure. This thick seat is not good, but she has to be crowded in the corner, thanks to her going out with a slingshot, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to catch him today.

A few birds on the tree rose and fell, and they couldn't stop, and Meng Zhou held the slingshot for a long time before waiting for the opportunity.

Zhang Hou was greeting him uprightly, and the adjacent table suddenly remembered the sound of 'bang', which startled a few people at the table. Before Zhang Hou could see what was going on, he was splashed with wine by a little maid serving wine next to him.

"Great, my lord atoned for his sins. Slaves deserve to die. ”

Zhang Hou picked up the little maid, pushed it to the side and said, "Hurry down, don't make trouble here." ”

After the little maid left, the little tall man noticed the situation here, and hurriedly pulled over: "A few adults, what's wrong?" He said that he saw the injured bird on the table, and said to the maid next to him: "What are you doing in a daze, take it down and deal with it." ”

"Adults, you're not hurt, right?" ”

"It's okay for us to do it, it's just that this adult is so good that he was splashed all over his body."

Zhang Hou waved his hand and said: "It's okay, this is the full moon of the little boy, me, this can be regarded as a blessing for the little boy, a good omen for baptism." ”

When Xiao Gao Gongzi heard this, his face was overjoyed, "Borrow Lord Zhang's auspicious words, but Lord Zhang's clothes still have to be changed, so as not to catch the wind and cold, come and lead Lord Zhang to the guest room." ”

"Yes."

"Lord Zhang, please come here."

Zhang Hou was walking along the road, and he was lowering his head and flicking the tea leaves on his sleeve, when he bumped into a minion head-on. The little maid on the side saw that she was busy and reprimanded: "Which slave are you, how did you walk, don't hurry up and make amends to Lord Zhang." ”

"Master Zhang, it's a slave who is clumsy, and I hope you will atone for your sins."

Hearing this voice, Zhang Hou turned his head to look at the minion who lowered his head and lowered his eyes, his eyes were shocked, and he recovered his expression and said: "What's the matter with you, you don't look carefully when you walk, do things carefully, if you commit it again, your board is indispensable." ”

"Yes, follow the teachings of your lords."

Zhang Houdao: "Okay, I'm still in a hurry to change my clothes, so I won't worry about you today, let's go down." ”

"Yes, thank you, minion."

Entering the guest room, Zhang Hou suddenly felt that something was missing when he changed his clothes, and touched his body and said strangely: "Hey, where is my thing?" ”

The little maid hurriedly said, "What are the adults looking for?" ”

"Jade pendant, a cyan carved jade pendant, just now on the body, why is it gone?"

"Could it be that you just walked in a hurry and fell on the road?"

Zhang Houyi slapped the table and said, "Then what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you find a few more people to find it." ”

"Yes, yes, slave and maid will go, you guys, come with me."

The courtyard was quiet for a while, Zhang Hou opened the door, leaned out to look around, and beckoned to the left.

The door was closed, and Meng Zhou saluted: "Lord Zhang"

"Meng Gongzi, don't be polite, why are you here?"

"It's a long story, I'm staying in the Poplar Gang's Taoyuan now, and now that time is limited, I'll pick up the important ones first, long story short."

Zhang Hou said: "Childe, please speak." ”

Meng Zhou took out a letter from his arms and said: "You put this away, now I need you to help me secretly explore a place after returning to the neighboring water, and I have drawn the specific location in the letter." Also, several pharmacies near the water will also bother you to send someone to investigate. ”

"Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me, by the way, Childe came here to talk to me about this today, but there has been any new progress in this matter."

Meng Zhou nodded and said: "Yes, there are some new clues now, but some things are still to be investigated, and I don't dare to make a conclusion." By the way, what's going on over there? ”

"After you left, the case was convicted of Gao Lun's torture and murder of schoolchildren. Zhang Xujiu and Master Zhang also led his troops to leave and return to Beijing to resume his life, as for Mr. Li, he has not appeared in Linshui since then, Shaoguang Hall has been sealed because of this matter, and no one can enter now. ”

"Isn't this case already closed? Then why do you have to seize Shaoguang. ”

Zhang Houdao: "I only know that this is an order from above, but recently, there have been frequent encounters with evil objects near Shaoguang Hall, and I don't know who spread the word that those evil things are the souls of the schoolchildren who were killed to take revenge, so there is almost no one near Shaoguang recently, and it is very desolate." ”

"I'm afraid that someone deliberately created this illusion in order to take advantage of the chaos."

Zhang Hou was silent for a few seconds and said, "So the place where Gongzi asked me to secretly explore is in Shaoguang." ”

Meng Zhou said: "Yes, this matter is very important, and I ask Lord Zhang to be cautious and secret." ”

"My lord, I found your jade pendant."

Hearing the sound outside, Zhang Hou frowned, lowered his voice and said, "But I need to send you out of the house." ”

"No need, I still have nothing to do, you just pretend that you haven't seen me, don't show yourself."

Zhang Hou took out half a seal from his arms and said, "This is my messenger, and I use this to convey the message." ”

"Okay."

"Childe hides first, I'll go and lure away the maid at the door." Zhang Hou said and turned around and said, "Take care." ”

There was a commotion outside the courtyard, and Meng Zhou hung his head and ran over the wall, running away.

Jing Rong was hidden outside Gaohe Courtyard, and the grass was moving around him, Jing Rong glanced at Sanqi and said, "What did you find?" ”

"I only found an empty envelope in Gao He's bedroom, and I looked at the seal on the envelope very familiarly, so I traced it."

Jing Rong took two glances and frowned, "Are you sure it's the same?" ”

"This pattern is special, although the time is short, but the humble duty will never be wrong." Sanqi said and twisted his eyebrows and said, "Childe, someone is here." ”

"There you go."

"Yes."

The grass fluttered for a while, and Jing Rong put away the picture and looked at the comer.

Meng Zhou hooked his waist and came over, "Brother Huai." ”

"You've got it in order."

Meng Zhou patted his chest and said, "Naturally, you can rest assured that I will make a move." ”

Jing Rong hooked his lips and smiled, then looked at the bulging burden on Meng Zhou's back, frowned, and said, "I haven't seen this burden just now, Zhang Hou gave it to you?" ”

Meng Zhou tugged at the burden and said casually: "Oh this, you'll know when you go back." By the way, what's going on here. ”

"There were five guards patrolling outside the courtyard, and they passed from the northeast for half an hour. Before you came, the group had just headed west. ”

"It's a coincidence." Meng Zhou said and patted Jing Rong's shoulder, "Let's go, work." ”

Meng Zhou entered Gaohe's study, and after looking through it for a long time, she didn't see anything valuable, she sat on the table dejectedly and said, "This guy must have destroyed all the evidence that can be destroyed before." ”

"As far as Gao He is concerned, the cleaner his room is, the more problematic it is."

Meng Zhou glanced at Gao He's table, "It's still ambitious and virtuous, and it's fake to look at it." Meng Zhou said and touched the inkstone at the corner of the table and said, "I'm blind to such a good thing, wait." ”

"What's wrong?"

Meng Zhou jumped off the table, leaned in front of the inkstone to take a closer look, tentatively reached out and pressed it twice and turned left and right. There was a bang on his side, and a small door was opened.

"How's that, it's not awesome."

Jing Rong looked at Meng Zhou's smug appearance, a little helpless, "Amazing, amazing, let's go, woman." ”

The door behind him closed slightly, and the candlestick on the wall in the dark room reflected the flickering light and darkness of the road below, and there was an eerie atmosphere.

Meng Zhou had just taken a few steps, and suddenly stepped on a step in the air, and in a panic, she didn't know what she pressed on the wall, only to see a few sharp arrows shot out from the side front, flashing cold light straight towards the two of them. The stone door behind him made a muffled sound, completely crushing to death.

Jing Rong's eyes froze, and he turned around Mengzhou sideways to dodge, and the sharp arrow passed through the wind and landed behind him.

After the danger, Meng Zhou hurriedly looked Jing Rong up and down, and said with concern: "How are you, are you injured?" ”

"It doesn't matter."

Meng Zhou said: "I was careless, and you almost died." ”

"It's fine if you're okay."

Meng Zhou was stunned, looked away and said, "By the way, did you hear any sound just now?" ”

Jing Rong nodded, Meng Zhou hurriedly walked up a few steps, and said in a panic, "It won't be me who touched the mechanism here, the door of the dark room." She said as she stretched out her hand to push the door, and said, "Sure enough, it's locked." It's over, it's over, and you'll die before you get started. ”

Jing Rong looked at Meng Zhou's depressed appearance, and just wanted to comfort him, he saw Meng Zhou hatefully and said, "Fortunately, I was prepared early." I don't believe that Gao and this guy don't come in, go, I want to see what treasures are in his secret room. ”

Walking up the dark steps, a slightly brighter room came into view. There are two locked chests next to the wall.

"Gao He, this guy, is hiding quite deeply." Meng Zhou said as he took out a few long needles from his arms and skillfully turned the lock.

"Success." Meng Zhou said and opened the box, dialed the contents of the box, took out a few pages and stuffed them to Jing Rong and said, "There are many words, you see." This is a lot of figures, let me study it. ”

After a long time, Meng Zhou sighed and put down the drawings in his hand, glanced at Jing Rong, and said, "How is it, is there anything useful?" ”

"These are letters exchanged between Gao He and Xie Chi."

"Thank you? Isn't that the big boss of the Poplar Gang? ”

Jing Rong nodded and said, "There is nothing wrong with just looking at the letter, the two are just talking about business luck." ”

"If you really talk about commercial fortunes, why hide them so secretly. By the way, if you look at this road map, I look familiar. ”

"As shown in this diagram, it is sent from the neighboring water to Jin'an, and then from Jin'an to the border city, and then from the south to the vicinity of Kyoto."

"You just said that Gao and Xie Chi talked about business luck. If you look at it in conjunction with this diagram, will it be clear? Meng Zhou got up and said: "What if the business luck they refer to throughout the article is just a pronoun, as for what the real luck is, it's another story." ”

Jing Rong said: "Do you remember that I told you about the letter I saw in the sealed box of the Zhao Mansion?" ”

"You mean pay tribute?"

"Yes."

Meng Zhou took the drawing in Jing Rong's hand and said, "By the way, you just said that the border line on this map is from the south, so what is this south place?" ”

"Nanzhou, where the Slugs live."

Meng Zhou muttered, "The Slug Yi clan, I seem to have heard it somewhere. Meng Zhou clapped his hands and said: "I remember, I heard it from a beggar uncle, he once said that the Slug Yi clan has lived in Nanzhou for generations, and they are not born to understand it. He is good at refining medicines, especially the medicine that prolongs life. Later, this matter was known to the monarch of the Linzhou State, and he spent a lot of money to ask the patriarch of the Slug Yi clan to come out to assist him. How could the patriarch swear to abide by the clan rules, and he didn't agree no matter what, and later the king of the Lin Zhou State was angry and ordered to exterminate the Slug Yi clan. Later, I heard that it was a minister of the Linzhou State who risked his life to give advice, so that the last wisp of the slug Yi clan was saved. After that, this slug clan has relied on that wisp of blood to develop to this day. However, with this kind of lesson, the slug Yi clan has since abandoned the medical path and changed to another way. It's a pity. ”

Meng Zhou stood up and wondered, "Could it be that this matter still has something to do with the Slug Yi Clan?" However, the name of the slug Yi clan has not been circulated in the rivers and lakes for many years. If I hadn't heard that senior mention it before, I'm afraid I wouldn't know anything about it. ”

"Indeed, after many years, if this matter is really related to the Slug Yi clan, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as internal worries."

"You mean that the Slug Yi clan has a relationship with the Linzhou State?"

"Yes." Seeing that Jing Rong wanted to say something, Meng Zhou hurriedly stretched out his hand and stopped: "Stop, don't say it." ”

"What's wrong?"

Meng Zhou sat down slowly and said, "You said that your family has been in politics for generations? ”

"Yes."

"It's not a big official."

Jing Rong raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Meng Zhou patted him on the shoulder and said, "I have already seen that if you are a big official, why don't you have this leisure and time to spend with me." Do you know why your family has been involved in politics for generations, and your generation is still a minor official in Kyoto? ”

Jing Rong curled her lips and said with interest: "I don't know, why don't you tell me why?" ”

Seeing that Jing Rong didn't refute, Meng Zhou was more confident, "Look, just like this kind of major matter related to the country just now, how can you just tell others about it, in case someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of this point to accuse you of a crime of nonsense, when the time comes, don't talk about you, a petty official, maybe even your life will be gone." ”

"Yes, that makes sense."

"So, you don't have to tell me about the rest of the matter, you just know these things, and it's not too late to report the evidence you find when you go back."

Jing Rong looked at Meng Zhou and said, "However, have you ever thought that if I am really a big official, I am here to investigate these things?" ”

Meng Zhou patted the box, and said awe-inspiringly: "If this is the case, look at you and know that my country's senior members are indeed people who do practical things, work tirelessly, visit in plainclothes, be loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and really admire it." If there is any need, then you should go to the soup and serve the country loyally. ”

Jing Rong chuckled, "That's not what you just said. ”

"Tsk" Mengzhou took the posture and said casually: "Righteous things are to be done, but you have to save your life before you can do things." If you are a petty official, with the strength of a few of us, even if you die here, I don't know if anyone will collect the body. Therefore, it is the best policy not to show up and provide clues secretly. But if you're a big official, it's different, why don't you do what you have the ability to do. ”

Jing Rong looked at the person in front of him, and suddenly remembered Su Qinghui who was just a little maid beside him before, even if she had an unknown future and was weak, she had to risk death to save those who had nothing to do with it.

Just like when he was younger.

But in the end, they all wasted each other's years for so long because of this loneliness.

"What's wrong with you?"

Jing Rong lowered his eyes, "It's nothing, I just remembered an old man." ”

"Oh"

"But what you just said does make sense."

Meng Zhou said proudly: "That's, this is my life experience that I have summed up over the years. ”

Jing Rong smiled: "If it weren't for the environment we are in now, I would have believed in you a little more." ”

"Ahem, you don't have to joke with me, I'm afraid of trouble, but I don't like to give up halfway, I've come to this point, what else can I do?"

Meng Zhou said in his heart, not to mention, someone carefully designed to lure me into the game, how could I disappoint her.

After Meng Zhou finished speaking, there was silence in the hall. Meng Zhou sighed and said flatly, "You say, when will we be able to go out?" ”

Jing Rong looked at the burden in her arms and asked curiously, "By the way, you haven't told me what is inside?" ”

Meng Zhou unraveled layer by layer: "Oh, is there anything you want?" ”

Jing Rong was a little shocked and said, "What are you doing with so many pastries." ”

"Get used to it."

Meng Zhou said and pulled out a small wine bag from it, and said: "In the past, Heshan and I often couldn't eat enough, and we were hungry and scared, so whenever we had the opportunity to eat something, the first thing I thought of was to take it back and hide it, and then it became a habit." ”

Dream said while looking at Jing Rong and said, "I know my habit is not good, but I will definitely change it in the future." She said tentatively, "Do you still eat?" ”

Jing Rong slowly reached out and took the piece of pastry and said, "You used to have a bad time, didn't you have a good time?" ”

"Well——, it's actually not that bad, at least Heshan is still very protective of me. Although the two of us lived a little poorer, we were quite comfortable. ”

"Have you and Heshan ever lived in Yaochong Bend before?"

Meng Zhou muttered: "I moved a few times in the beginning, and then we lived there most of the time.

"Why did you move?"

Meng Zhou was silent for a few seconds, shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "If you don't like it, you can move naturally." Meng Zhouyan added: "I, I fell down from the mountain before and broke my brain, so I can't remember some things clearly, anyway, all I can remember is the days of the past four years, why did you suddenly ask about this?"

"Nothing."

Mengzhou didn't know what to think of, suddenly Yile, "However, the days when I just woke up, I can always dream of a vague mansion, and a vague figure, I remember, I also told Heshan about this, I said, maybe I was a rich lady in my last life, what about him, is the little guard next to me, I can't love me in my last life, so I begged God to give him a chance, because of his heart, so God gave me to him in this life." I want him to cherish my lucky star. Meng Zhou pouted as he spoke, "It's a pity that every time I talk to him about this, he looks indifferent and impatient, saying that I really have something wrong with my brain." Fortunately, I was too lazy to bother with him at that time, and if it were now, I would call him grandpa. ”

Jing Rong curled the corners of her lips and asked, "Do you only dream of those when you first wake up?" ”

Meng Zhou said: "Yes, Heshan said that it was the sequelae of the injury, and it was slowly cured later."

After Meng Zhou finished speaking, he saw that Jing Rong didn't answer, but frowned slightly.

Meng Zhou bumped his arm and said, "What are you doing in a daze?" ”

It's good that it didn't hit, but this collision dream week found the faint blood stains on Jing Rong's arm. She hurriedly slapped the pastry residue in her hand and frowned, "You are injured." ”

"I guess I just rubbed it, don't worry."

"What's not important, you forgot, the injury on your arm last time was so slow that you didn't pay attention to it. Do you have any medicine with you? ”

Jing Rong reached out and touched the medicine bottle in his clothes, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Meng Zhou glanced around and said, "Forget it, I'll wrap it up for you first, at least it can be cleaner." As soon as Meng Zhou fastened the belt, she heard the sound of the secret door ringing outside, she helped Jing Rong, pulled up the package and hid in the dark.

The footsteps approached, stopping in front of the box, Meng Zhou turned his head slightly, and saw a purple corner.

The sword sounded out of its sheath, and with a soft sound, "Come out." ”

Meng Zhou bit his lip and moved out step by step, "Out, this is out." When Mengzhou saw the person in front of her clearly, she was startled, "It's you." ”

Sheng Lan moved his sword, pointed behind Meng Zhou, and said unceremoniously: "There is another one." ”

Meng Zhou waved his hand busily: "It's really gone, it's just me." ”

As she was talking, Jing Rong's footsteps sounded behind her, and Meng Zhou said in a suppressed voice, "Who let you come out." ”

Jing Rong squeezed Meng Zhou's hand, walked in front of her, and said, "When are you going to put away the sword?" ”

Sheng Lan's eyes flashed with surprise, and she withdrew her sword and said, "Heh, it's really in vain that Jiang Tingyuan bothered to come to me." ”

Meng Zhou, "You, you know?" ”

As if she hadn't heard Meng Zhou's words, Sheng Lan opened the two boxes, and after a few hurried glances, she closed them impatiently.

"What did you take?"

Meng Zhou immediately stretched out his hand to show his innocence: "Everything is there, I didn't take anything." ”

Sheng Lan knocked on the wall of the hall a few times, took one last glance at Meng Zhou, and pulled away.

Meng Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm really scared of this girl, okay, since there is nothing useful here, let's go out quickly." ”

"Okay."