(Thanks to the book friend Wilsontien's 500 coin tip~)

It was getting late after Qi Ling'er returned to Jiangling City, she first returned to the inn to store the horses, and as soon as she entered the inn, she saw more than a dozen warriors dressed in black, all of them carrying black sheaths and single knives at their waists, and they looked very kind.

Hey, these people can't be the veterans of the Qi family army around my father, right?

Qi Ling'er immediately became vigilant, why did there be a veteran of the Qi family's army in Jiangling City?

She deliberately hid her face from these people and went upstairs to her room.

"Momoharu!"

shouted and no one responded, Qi Ling'er kicked the door open in a hurry.

"Fourth brother!"

Seeing Qi Baoguo sitting on a chair and smiling at her, Qi Ling'er couldn't help but exclaim.

Qi Baoguo is the fourth son of Qi Jiguang, Yin Jin Yiwei Baihu, and the hussar general has been serving in Beijing. This time, he went south because he was ordered by his father to chase Qi Ling'er back.

It's just that Qi Ling'er used a pseudonym all the way, and she teamed up with Ning Xiu to avoid Qi Baoguo, who was pursuing.

Qi Baoguo had no choice but to rush to Jingzhou to wait for the rabbit, but he never thought that he would really wait.

Qi Baoguo is from the Chen family of the concubine, and Qi Ling'er is from the Yang family. It stands to reason that Qi Baoguo is Qi Ling'er's half-brother, and he should not be as good as Qi Xingguo, the fifth brother of Qi Ling'er's mother. But because he hurt Qi Ling'er the most because he was a little Qi to serve the country, he often held Qi Ling'er on his lap to tell stories, but Qi Ling'er was better with this fourth brother.

"Ling'er, you can make it easy to find your brother for a while. If I can't find you again, I'm afraid my brother will have to ask for help from the guards and soldiers of this Jingzhou Mansion to search. ”

Qi Ling'er lowered her head and twisted her hands, bit her lip tightly and said, "Fourth brother, did your father ask you to come to me?" ”

"Hmm. If it weren't for the tight military situation in Jizhen, the Tatars would have come to attack him, and the old man would really come to you in person. ”

Qi Ling'er is like a child who dozed off while studying in a private school and was found by her husband at the moment, and she was ashamed.

"I, I know it's wrong."

"Hehe, that is, you dare to say goodbye like this, if you change to any of our brothers, you will not be beaten by your father."

"Fourth brother, you're making fun of me again!"

Qi Ling'er was angry, and punched Qi Baoguo.

Since she was a child, she likes to hit her fourth brother in the chest with her small fists. In her impression, the fourth brother's chest was so warm, much more comfortable than her father's cold feeling.

The small fist hit softly and softly, and it didn't hurt at all.

"Ahem, how did you see Ning Xiu this time? Zhang Ge Lao didn't lie, right? The person who can match my sister has to be the dragon and phoenix among people. ”

Qi Ling'er replied and snorted: "See, he is really good." ”

"That's fine. Hurry up and go back to Beijing with the fourth brother, and ask Zhang Ge to lead a line for him to propose. ”

"But, he's missing!"

Qi Ling'er felt sad when she thought of the crashed carriage next to the Yue Wang Temple on Phoenix Mountain, and couldn't help crying.

Qi Baoguo couldn't see Qi Ling'er crying the most, and the appearance of the little sister pear blossom with rain made him messy.

"Ling'er, don't cry. What are you talking about, Ning Xiu is missing? ”

Qi Linger nodded, wiped a handful of tears, and told Qi Baoguo what happened.

Qi Baoguo couldn't help frowning.

He was originally working in the Jinyi Wei Yamen, and he was very good at investigating cases. In his opinion, Ning Xiu's sudden disappearance was very suspicious.

There was neither rain nor wind that day, how could Ning Xiu's carriage hit a tree?

Not to mention the bloodstains......

"Ling'er, don't worry, Ning Xiu is your future husband and my future brother-in-law, and the fourth brother will definitely help you find him. I want to see who dares to touch my relatives so boldly! ”

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Qi Baoguo left the inn and went directly to Zhang's house.

The reason why he wanted to go to Zhang's house first was because the Zhang family and the Qi family were world friends, and it was impossible for him to come to Jingzhou without visiting.

Second, the Zhang family can be said to be the emperor of the soil in Jingzhou, and it is useful to compare with the Zhang family's knowledge and the officials at all levels.

knocked on the door, and the doorman of Zhang's mansion came to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, the doorman was scared half to death, Rao is that he has seen a lot of people and has never seen Jinyiwei visit.

He wasn't to blame for that. After all, this is Jingzhou, not Yingtianfu, not Shuntianfu, and there is no Jinyi Health Office. Suddenly appeared a Jinyi guard captain wearing a flying fish suit and carrying an embroidered spring knife at his waist, of course, it was a little scary.

Qi Baoguo sent a famous post and said in a harmonious voice: "In the lower Jinyi Weibei Town, Fu Si hundred households Qi Baoguo, I came to visit Zhang Sangongzi. ”

Qi Baoguo urinated and played well with the children of the Zhang family, and had the best relationship with Zhang Juzheng's third son, Zhang Maoxiu. He learned that Zhang Maoxiu was in Jingzhou, so he naturally wanted to find him first, and as for the other children of the Zhang family, he could let him go first.

Jinyi Wei Baihu is a sixth-grade military attaché, and it stands to reason that the prime minister's doorman is a seventh-rank official, and that doorman should not be afraid of him. But after all, he is the door official of the old mansion in Jingzhou, not the door official of the Jingshi Zhang house, and his vision is not so high.

He took the name card and said in a low voice: "Lord Qi, wait a while, let me go and say goodbye." ”

Qi Baoguo nodded, and stood under the eaves and waited.

After half a cup of tea, the old doorman went and returned, and respectfully saluted Qi to report the country: "It turned out to be the son of General Qi, please come in quickly." The old man is dizzy and doesn't know the nobles, and I ask for forgiveness. ”

Qi Baoguo smiled and didn't say much.

A veteran of the Qi family army is naturally not allowed to enter the backyard, and the doorman arranges them to eat tea in the flower hall in the front yard.

As for Qi Baoguo, he was led all the way through the courtyard by the door official to the courtyard of the third son, Zhang Maoxiu.

Jingzhou Zhang Mansion was built on the site of Longshan Academy in the Yuan Dynasty, so the area is very large, and each young lady is assigned a courtyard. Even if people are not in Jingzhou, the courtyard rooms are still cleaned every day, which is enough to see the number of slaves and financial resources of the Zhang family.

The old doorman led Qi Baoguo to the courtyard and left, and Qi Baoguo straightened his clothes and strode into the house.

There was incense burning in the house, and Qi Baoguo frowned. He is a martial artist and doesn't like to burn incense very much, but after all, this is the Zhang family, and he doesn't have much to say.

Guests are as they please, just bear with them.

Bypassing the screen, Qi Baoguo saw Zhang Maoxiu studying the scroll in his hand, stepped forward and said with a smile: "San Lang, I haven't seen Jingshi for a long time." ”

Zhang Maoxiu looked up and saw that it was really Qi Baoguo, and he choked up with excitement.

The Zhang family and the Qi family are world friends, and Zhang Maoxiu and Qi Baoguo grew up peeing and playing with mud, and the relationship is extremely good.

When the two grow up, each son inherits his father's business, one studies and the other learns martial arts, and there are fewer opportunities to communicate. After Zhang Maoxiu returned to Jingzhou with his father in March this year, he stayed behind, carefully preparing for next year's township examination, and after careful calculation, he had not met Qi Baoguo for almost a year.

"Serve the country, why did you come to Jingzhou? Don't you have to be an errand boy in Beijing? ”

It is not surprising that Zhang Maoxiu was surprised, Qi reported to Guoyin that was a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, and it stands to reason that he should have been serving in the Beijing Division. Could it be that there is a big case that needs to be dispatched by Jinyiwei recently?

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