Downstairs in the inn, Xiao Er was like a spinning top among the guests, and the noisy people's heads were swollen. Jing Rong looked at Meng Zhou, who was rubbing the corners of his eyebrows, and asked softly, "But you're not feeling well again?" ”

"It's okay."

Hearing Jing Rong's words, Xiao Kong leaned over and glanced at Meng Zhou and said with concern: "What's wrong with you, Master Meng, I see that your face is not very good, but you didn't rest well last night." ”

Before Meng Zhou could answer, Heshan coughed lightly, straightened Xiaokong's head and said, "The child has so many words, eat your buns." ”

Meng Zhoubai glanced at Heshan and said to Xiaokong: "Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just that there are so many people in the store this morning that my head hurts." ”

"Tsk, it's rare to hear you say something like that."

"Why, yesterday's medicine was so effective, and my head didn't hurt in one night."

Heshan snorted, threw out a letter from his arms, and changed the subject: "When can you do this, we have been delayed here for a long time." ”

"Come on, let's go when you have the answer."

"Your words are perfunctory, how do I know when your answer will come out."

Meng Zhou closed the letter and took it back into his arms, and said, "It's soon, at most the day after tomorrow." ”

After breakfast, Heshan excused himself to take Xiaokong to buy some inappropriate clothes yesterday, and pulled Xiaokong out of the inn. ”

"If you're not at ease, let's go along and have a look?"

Meng Zhou said: "That's it, he doesn't say that he has his own reasons, now let's solve this letter first." By the way, when did you send the letter to Zhang Xujiu yesterday. ”

"The old man who watched feng shui next to the inn was Zhang Xujiu's secret whistle, presumably as soon as we left yesterday, the news had already reached the ears of that Lord Zhang."

"You mean, he knows everything we did yesterday?"

Jing Rong shook his head, "Not necessarily. ”

"Indeed, judging from his attitude towards Zhao Mian that day, he is more like the kind of person who picks up cheap and reaps the benefits of a fisherman." Meng Zhou said and caught a glimpse of Jing Rong smiling, raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Nothing, what does the letter say?"

Meng Zhou knocked on the table and said, "When it comes to this stubble, I really don't know how to say it." As if we hadn't finished the work yesterday, he found someone to dig it up for us, but when we went down the mountain and encountered an ambush, the corpses were burned by a fire, not to mention that even the people he sent were all broken in them, and there were no bones left. According to common sense, what do you think he is going to say next? ”

Jing Rong glanced at the board and said, "This matter is strange. ”

Meng Zhou Le, "You are quite upright, if you want me to say, just according to his arrogant posture yesterday than me, it's no wonder if something happens, don't talk about me now, I am a person who knows seven or eight points about this, I have to wonder if he is covering for Mr. Li, and he wrote to let us see, it's really ridiculous, the human and physical evidence has been smashed by him, even if we go, can we still see the flowers out of thin air?" ”

Jing Rong couldn't laugh or cry, "Then are you still going?" ”

"Go, why don't you go, I want to see what kind of waves this person can make out of thin air if this person who is less successful than me and has more than enough failures."

On the streets, the shouting is endless. Xiaokong touched Heshan's arm and whispered, "Brother, someone is following us." ”

"Or those people from yesterday?"

"Yes."

Heshan said: "These people are really ghostly, did I tell you to take all the things you take?" ”

"Well, you're all set."

"Remember, I'll turn it on when I give you the signal."

Xiaokong nodded, and Heshan pulled Xiaokong and turned around and hid in an alley. The footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer, and Heshan suddenly stopped his steps, and the sound behind him also stopped. Heshan gave Xiaokong a look, and slowly turned to look at the men in ordinary clothes behind him.

The air suffocated, and a short knife slipped out of the cuffs of one of the men.

Heshan hurriedly stretched out his hand, "Wait, this big brother, we have no grievances with you, if you want to make money, you don't have to fight such a big battle, you say and I'll give it to you." ”

"You hand over the boy and let you go."

Heshan glanced at Xiaokong and pointed out: "He, he was picked up by me from the street a few days ago, and I took the liberty to ask everyone, but what is wrong." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hand it over."

"Hey, this big brother, this is your mistake, so many of you have worked hard to catch a child, and at first glance he is a valuable commodity, and you don't allow me to ask a few words?" Heshan said that he saw that the man who hit the head was impatient, and said slowly: "You also know, after all, I have been with this child for a few days, and some words have been in my ears again." ”

The man at the head sneered and said, "If you don't leave your way to live, you will be sent to death in a hurry." ”

"Hey, if you want to say that, there are so many people who will die, it won't work if you kill me."

"Do you think those people around you will live to see the sun tomorrow morning?"

Heshan patted Xiao Kong's head, as if he had heard a joke: "It seems that your master is quite confident, why, he wiped us out in his dream last night?"

"Save these words for Hades."

As soon as the man's words fell, he saw a layer of white mist falling in front of him, and a person fell behind him instantly.

first took advantage of the chaos to sneak away and wait in the alley, and saw Heshan's figure and was overjoyed, "Brother Heshan, you are finally here." ”

"Now is not the time to be happy, hurry up, we will really go to see Hades one step later."

Meng Zhou and Jing Rong were talking with Zhang Xujiu in the pavilion outside the post house, when they saw that the guard who called her to stop that day led Heshan and Xiaokong to approach.

"Your Excellency."

Zhang Xujiu waved his hand as if he had expected it and said unhurriedly: "Arrange two more guest rooms, let's go down." ”

"Yes."

"You two may be seated."

Heshan said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, just let the villain stand." ”

Zhang Xujiu said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, you are not only friends of these two sons, but also friends of my Zhang, since you are friends, how can there be a reason for one station and one station." Zhang Xujiu poured two cups of tea as he spoke, stroked his sleeves and said, "Please." ”

Meng Zhou said: "Since Lord Zhao said so, Heshan and Xiaokong, you can sit down, and don't want to be a Buddha for the kindness of adults." ”

"Thank you, sir."

After drinking a cup of tea, Zhang Xujiu joked a little and was called away by the guards around him, and there was a lot less pressure inside and outside the pavilion. Meng Zhou glanced at the withdrawn guards, patted the ** on Xiao Kong's shoulder and said, "Just escaped death?" ”

Heshan shook the cup and said, "Yes, fortunately, the powder you made has enough stamina." ”

"You should be glad that it's okay, that Master Zhang is far-sighted."

Heshan frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Not long before you entered, he ordered his guards to welcome you with the door wide open. Tell me what's going on. ”

Heshan took a sip of tea and said: "A group of thieves have been following us since yesterday, and I didn't dare to stay longer at that time, so I went around a few times and threw them back to the inn, but from today's situation, they should have deliberately let us go yesterday." ”

Meng Zhou said: "So you risked your death today to test what to say?" ”

Heshan said: "Look at the action, the master of that group of people should be a not very smart person. ”

Meng Zhou smiled, "Why, they will kill you as soon as they come up." ”

"No, they said that if I hand over the little space, let me go. But when I looked at that group of people, they didn't mean to let me go. Later, I tried two more sentences, and found that the person who killed us should have a certain understanding of the personnel we came into contact with on a daily basis, and now the situation has seriously threatened his interests, so I have to get rid of our group of minions first, and then seek the future. ”

Meng Zhou said: "Then where did you get the words that you weren't very smart before?" ”

Heshan stopped the cup and said: "You think, this person can observe us for a few days before starting, which means that he is not the person who is directly involved in your matter, and he is not familiar with the process of this matter, so he has to observe and observe how much this matter relates to him before making a move." After waiting for a few days, there was frequent bad news, and I was naturally uneasy, so I had to order someone to take action, but this shot did not arrest us and carefully ask us how much we knew, but directly extinguished it, what does this mean? ”

Xiao Kongdao said: "It means that as long as you kill our person, you can stay out of the matter." ”

Heshan was afraid of the little empty head and said, "Smart."

"It also shows that the man must have taken care of everything behind him, as long as he kills us, there is no evidence, there is Zhao Mian to defend the crime, and there is Li Lao's support, he will be able to worry about it." Meng Zhou said the words that Xiao Kong had said suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Xiaokong, what is the surname of the family you said you bought last time?"

"The surname is Gao, and the Gao family in Jin'an City"

At night, Meng Zhou lay on the bed and remembered Zhang Xujiu's words again.

"Now, even if I know that the progress of this case is only the tip of the iceberg, but I can't continue to investigate under the banner of the official family, after all, the power behind this old Mr. Li cannot be underestimated, if I find out which adult in Kyoto, or even higher, will not only take the life of my whole mansion at that time, but may also cause a big chaos, and nothing can be rehabilitated after all."

"You're going to give up?"

"It's like this, I'm just a mantis arm to block the car."

Meng Zhou jumped up from the bed, rubbed his head irritably, and said in his heart, this Zhang Xujiu must have found out something, moved the interests of some people, and only said this when he was threatened. Kyoto, Dream Zhou slipped through that long street in his mind, how much darkness was hidden under those bustling?

The footsteps of the guards patrolling the courtyard sounded again, and Meng Zhou dodged sideways and hid into a room.

Jing Rong was reading the file when he heard a soft movement of the door, he quietly put the case file and hid in the bookshelf, and saw a dark figure looking around through the crack of the book and stopped in front of the desk.

Jing Rong frowned, she really couldn't stop.

"So much, when will this be turned? I knew that I would have dragged the wronged boss over to take a look. ”

Jing Rong looked at the file in Meng Zhou's hand, helpless.

"Ah, here, it's quite hidden." Meng Zhou said and opened a page to take a closer look, the more she looked at her, the tighter her brows wrinkled, no, this file has been changed, if it is really according to Zhang Xujiu's remarks in the daytime, this file is a sought-after treasure, how can it be so casually caught in a pile of chaos, no wonder there is no one guarding such an important place, it has been calculated a long time ago. It seems that this fake case file is specially prepared for those people.

Meng Zhou put back the case file and walked out of the room lightly. Slip all the way into a promenade.

At the end of the corridor, there is a room with candles blazing.

Meng Zhou poked a hole and looked in, the room was empty, only the corner of the house was filled with incense. She pushed open a crack in the door and slipped inside. A few pieces of ink and paper were placed in a mess on the desk, and Meng Zhou hurriedly glanced at several identical plum blossom pictures. She rummaged through the table and shelves and found no letters or files, and when she was sleepy, she saw a small box in the corner of the bed, she walked over quickly, took out the filament in her arms and swirled it a few times, and the box opened with a flick of the iron lock. Before Meng Zhou could take a second look, there was a sound of water in the inner room, Meng Zhou's hand shook and almost knocked over the small box, she gritted her teeth and locked the box unwillingly, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, Meng Zhou packed everything up and had no time to slip away, so she had to hide sideways behind the screen.

Meng Zhou listened to the sound of rustling in her ears and couldn't stop, one head was two big, according to the people in the room so tossing, she couldn't get out of this door tonight. When Meng Zhou was anxious, something suddenly floated in front of her, and she looked down to see that it was a light-colored handkerchief, embroidered with a blooming plum blossom on the top, and a 'reading' word was embroidered with a red thread below.

"Your Excellency."

"What?"

"My lord, the west side of the post house is in the water."

Hearing this, the cloak on the screen was torn off. Zhang Xujiu opened the door and said, "How about now?" ”

"Fortunately, the patrolling soldiers found it early, and the fire has been controlled, but over there in the file room, I have to ask you to go."

"I know, Cen Shan, send some more people to guard the courtyard."

"Yes, sir."

The house was calm again, and Meng Zhou wanted to investigate again, but she was afraid that the guards in the courtyard would strengthen from time to time, and she was afraid that she would not be able to escape, so she had to give up.

Back in the courtyard of the four of them, Meng Zhou was dragged into the house as soon as he pushed the door open.

"Where have you been?"

Meng Zhou glanced at Heshan and said, "Go and relax." ”

"Dressed like this to be distracted, I'm afraid that people won't know that you are among the thieves who set fire to the file room tonight."

Meng Zhou took off his black clothes and said, "Don't worry, there are those as cover, they can't find this." ”

"Don't put the clothes here, give them to me, I'll take care of them."

"Now?"

Heshan said: "You just came out of Zhang Xujiu's room?" ”

"How do you know?"

"You can't smell it yourself, others only need to know that the smell on your body is a commonly used smoked fragrance by Master Zhang."

Meng Zhou found a piece of cloth to wrap those clothes and said, "I was negligent, you go back, I'll deal with it." ”

"Maybe when that Lord Zhang comes over in the name of condolences, you, it's better to take this aftertaste away with peace of mind, I'll go first, and you clean it up." Heshan said and walked out of the room with the bag of clothes.

As soon as Heshan left with his front foot, there was a knock on the door of the back foot, Meng Zhou opened the door, and saw Xiaokong standing outside the door with a nervous face, and the look on her face eased down.

"Dream Child, are you okay?"

Meng Zhou smiled and said, "No, what's wrong?" ”

"I had just been woken up and saw a mess outside, and I wondered what was going on. Yes, I was a little worried, but I was relieved to see that you were well. ”

Meng Zhou touched Xiaokong's head and said, "Don't worry, it's nothing, by the way, you just said you, have you seen Huai Gongzi and Heshan?" ”

Sora nodded. Meng Zhou said: "You go back to sleep first, it shouldn't be a big deal to look at the posture outside, I think the adults will come in a while, and I'll know when I ask, go back." ”

"Yes."

Meng Zhou sent Xiaokong away, and then she was free to clean herself up, she lay on the bed and flashed in her mind the purse she had just seen in the small box in Zhang Xujiu's room and the letter under it, there was no handwriting on the envelope, only a small half of a red seal, which looked like an animal that had been printed by someone.

"Dream Childe."

Meng Zhou heard this voice, pulled his clothes and turned over and got out of bed, "Cen guard." ”

"Dream Boy, excuse me."

"Guard Cen, I'm listening to the movement outside, but what's going on?"

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, the adults have solved it, but the adults can't rest assured, so I ordered me to take someone to see if a few sons are okay."

Meng Zhou said: "Hard Cen guard, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with a few of us." ”

"That's fine, these guards will be left to Menggongzi to guard the courtyard, and if Gongzi has any orders, just send them at any time."

"Okay, please also ask the guard Cen to thank your family for me."

"Say goodbye below."

"Guard Cen walks slowly."

Meng Zhou closed the door and turned around, and saw a figure standing in the house, almost screaming, and when he breathed down, Meng Zhou Cai said in a low voice: "What are you doing in my house without sleeping in the middle of the night?" ”

"Send medicine."

"Delivering medicine?" Meng Zhou looked inexplicable, sat down at the table and said, "What kind of medicine to send?" ”

Jing Rong took out a porcelain bottle and said, "Roll up your sleeves." ”

Meng Zhou was stunned and said with a smile: "You dog nose, you can smell blood from such a distance." Seeing that Jing Rong was silent, Meng Zhou rolled up his sleeves and said curiously: "Just now, the Cen guards didn't notice that I was injured in front of my eyes, how did you find out?" ”

"I see you."

Meng Zhou raised her eyebrows, remembering the strange movement behind her when she was scratched by a sharp stone on the path to hide from the guards, "So, that fire was set by you, no, the fire burned on the west side, if you were behind me, it would be in the opposite direction to the place where the fire was set on fire." ”

"I didn't set the fire, I just saw that the group of assassins had a hard time getting in, and I helped them open the west gate."

Looking at Jing Rong's calm appearance, Meng Zhou was helpless, and asked again, "Did you see them?" What do you notice? ”

Jing Rong said: "The three big men in black are reckless and anxious, and they should be outsiders when they listen to the accent. ”

"Listening to you, it's a bit similar to the group of people described by Heshan in the daytime. By the way, you went out this time because of what Zhang Xujiu said during the day. ”

Jing Rong nodded and said: "Zhang Xujiu has only been investigating this matter for a few days, and the stakes have not yet been figured out, and some people have not been able to sit still, and they want to settle the matter, which shows that this matter is important and widely implicated. ”

"You mean, there's a bigger conspiracy behind this."

"Remember that Gu worm?"

Meng Zhou's brows furrowed, "You say, could it be that someone is using living people to refine something, and buying and selling those children is just a cover for what it does?" ”

Jing Rong gently rolled down Mengzhou's sleeve and said: "I don't rule out this possibility, after all, now that something has happened, the eyes of the official family are only focused on the sale of the child, and after this matter is settled, this case will be regarded as an explanation from the official family to the top and the people." ”

"Then what did you find out when you went out this time?"

"Among the things sealed by the Zhao Mansion, there is a handwritten letter written by the Gao family of Jin'an City to Zhao Hou, and when I read it throughout, there is only one thing about buying and selling, but there is no mention of anything related to Gu worms."

Meng Zhou frowned and said, "In this way, the Gao family is just a chess piece in the hands of those people. ”

"It's more appropriate to be a place to harbor and transfer than a pawn."

"What do you mean?"

Jing Rong said: "The last sentence in that letter is to pay tribute in full. ”

"It seems that if you want to know the secret of the Gao family, you have to take a trip." Meng Zhou said as if he remembered something, "By the way, have you ever seen any seals with animals as imprints before?" ”

Jing Rong thought for a few seconds and said, "If you talk about this kind of chapter, there are quite a lot of them in Kyoto. ”

"Kyoto? Thinking about it this way, there is a reason for Zhang Xujiu's words that knocked on the side of us. ”

"You can still draw that chapter."

Meng Zhou scratched his head and said: "The painting is drawn, but the picture is only half smaller, and I look at it like an animal and am not sure, so I can only draw it like this." Meng Zhou looked at Jing Rong with a shocked look at the picture, and hurriedly added: "But don't worry, although I painted like this, I have firmly remembered it in my heart, and if I see it again, I will definitely be able to recognize it at a glance." ”

Jing Rong put away the picture, sighed and said, "I know, it's late at night, you should rest early, I can't say that we will be on the road tomorrow." ”

"Okay, then you can rest early." Meng Zhou only reacted after speaking, "By the way, I forgot to ask you just now, how did you get in, there are more guards at the door now, if you go out through the door, I'm afraid you will be suspicious." ”

"From the window."

Meng Zhou gently pushed open the window and looked, the back window of her room was facing the side window of Jing Rong's house, and there was a large stone standing at the junction of the two, which just blocked the view of the guards in the front yard.

Meng Zhou watched the figure roll into the room, scratched his head and pondered for a few seconds, closed the window and went back to bed to rest.