When he came down from the master's gate, the summer rain fell happily for a while, Xiao Yuanyousheng was tall, and the umbrella he was holding was pitiful, but Xin Yi, who was protected by him, was not wet at the corner of his clothes.

After getting into the carriage, Xin Yi found that he was almost soaked.

"Fifth brother, you should change your clothes quickly, be careful not to blow the wind."

Fortunately, the carriage was equipped with the clothes of the two people.

When Xiao Yuanyou changed his clothes, she knelt on a stool and helped Xiao Yuanyou wipe his hair.

"Fifth brother, there are only me, Master and Granny Qing in the master's sect, but there are also other Master's friends who often come here."

"It's just that I never met those friends later, and I don't know who Master's friends are."

Xiao Yuanyou hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you know the Dao numbers of those friends of Weiyun Zhenren?" Or portraits. ”

In this way, he can let people find out where these people are from.

Maybe something can be asked from those mouths.

The Xinyi people have seen it, but she doesn't know the way names of some people.

Xiao Yuanyou bowed his head, and only signaled that after going back, he would draw out what he knew and remembered, and he could send someone to find it when the time came.

After returning to the inn, Xiao Yuanyou called Xiao Yi over, gave a few instructions, and was pushed to the clean room by Xin Yi to take a bath.

drenched in the rain, Xin Yi was afraid that Xiao Yuanyou would be infected with the wind and cold.

"Dad, mother, open the door......" Xiao Rusi knocked on the door outside.

This is what he has done a lot since he could walk and talk.

As long as the two of them closed the door, he knocked on it, for fear that the two of them would do something fun inside, and they wouldn't take him with him.

In desperation, Xin Yi could only get up, go open the door, and let Xiao Rusi in.

The little person can't step up to the threshold, and he can't even climb up, so he can only stretch out his hand, look at Xin Yi with a blank eye, and let her hold her into the door.

Xin Yi bent down and scratched the tip of his nose, "Little follower." Then he carried Xiao Rusi into the house and put him on the couch for him to play.

In the evening, Xiao Yi, who had been instructed by Xiao Yuanyou, came back and reported to Xiao Yuanyou in a low voice,

"There is no file in the county office about the burning of the mountain."

It turned out that Xiao Yuanyou went to the county order to ask for the case file of the Qingqiu Division Gate being burned, but found that the county government had no record of the fire at all.

There are two possibilities, one is that the file was taken away by the criminal department, and the other is that the case was not filed at all in the yamen.

It's just that when he walked around the division today, he found that the fire was not extinguished naturally, that is to say, someone put out the fire.

Even, he found a token of the government that had changed in a place where the grass was waist-deep.

In other words, someone from the government has gone in to clean it up, otherwise, the clues will not be wiped so clean.

For such a big thing, once a mountain fire breaks out, it will be out of control, and it is impossible for the county government yamen to have such courage not to file it.

So, that is to say, even if it is recorded, it has been taken away from the yamen of the county government.

Xin Yi's mood has been depressed since she came down from the mountain, although there is Xiao Rusi's pistachio, but this will hear that there is no case file, with her sensitive mind, she naturally understands what it means.

But when she first went up the mountain, she didn't notice any signs of the formation being moved, otherwise, she would never have been so surprised as she saw the destruction of the division.

That is to say, the person who burned the master's door is proficient in the formation, or in other words, knowing the formation arranged by the master, he can perfectly find the intersection, avoid various organs, and even erase the traces before exiting the division.

Thinking of this, Xin Yi walked to the table, spread out the pen and ink, and drew down the faces of those friends who came to the master back then, and marked the names on the side, so that Xiao Yuanyou could mobilize people to find them.

There are not so many coincidences in everything in the world, and many coincidences are actually planned for a long time.

After coming down from the mountain, Xin Yi eased up for two days, and his mood gradually calmed down.

She gave the portrait to Xiao Yuanyou, knowing that he had secretly sent a notice to find the person, and also knew that Xiao Yuanyou had gone to the division alone in the past two days.

"Fifth brother, did you find any clues?"

Xiao Yuanyou sat beside her, held her hand, put it on her cheek and rubbed it, in her eyes, her eyes were now clear, different from the previous two days, like a discarded little beast, looking at him as if he suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw.

Xiao Yuanyou looked at her carefully, thought for a moment, and said,

"Too much time has passed, many traces can no longer be found, to be so secretive, to avoid the formation trap, to burn the Taoist temple, the people behind the scenes must be quite powerful, will not easily leave evidence, even if I was here at the time, I am afraid I may not be able to collect any useful clues."

Of course, if you come earlier, you will definitely have a harvest, but Xiao Yuanyou didn't say it, he was afraid that Xin Yi would blame himself.

In fact, to put it mildly, it's no wonder that Xin Yi didn't return to Shimen early.

After all, at the beginning, Xin Yi was bent on finding his master and returning to Qingqiu to cultivate, and the avenue was immortal.

She never thought that the red dust world was just a lie that Weiyun Zhenren hoped that she could live well in the red dust.

Another one, as the concubine of the noble Xin family, she doesn't have a lot of freedom.

There are so many rules and regulations in this world that bind her.

If you want to enjoy everything that the Xin family gives, then you must abide by the constraints brought by all this.

Either way, she wanted to come back sooner, but it couldn't be.

It's just that everyone understands the truth, but once people are swayed by emotions, they will get into a dead end and won't be able to get out for a while.

Xin Yi understood what Xiao Yuanyou meant, his eyes turned red, and he smiled,

"The fifth brother knows how to coax me. Don't worry, I won't be cranky. Besides, when I came back this time, I finally knew that my master had become like this, but I had one more goal to strive for in the future. ”

That is to revitalize the master, whether it is Chaotianguan or the master on Qingqiu Mountain.

Xin Yi spoke in a very relaxed tone, looking at Xiao Yuanyou with clear eyes.

"Let's rest for another day, and then we will leave for Hexian." Xiao Yuanyou raised his hand to rub her hair, he wanted to say comfort, but when he saw her like this, he swallowed the words back from his mouth.

The portraits given by Xin Yi not only gave him the people he had, but also distributed them to various states and counties in the vicinity, using His Majesty's secret order.

If this secret order continues, the news of finding someone will not leak out.

Not to mention the officials of various states and counties, let's just say that the news reached the emperor and the prince in the capital, and the father and son ridiculed in one place.

Xiao Yuanyou really cherishes this hard-won daughter-in-law, what a well-behaved person in the past, he even knew favoritism.

Thinking of Xiao Yuanyou, the emperor sighed.

Speaking of which, when Xiao Yuanyou went out of Beijing, the emperor actually secretly went out of the palace to see him off.

At that time, he was standing in front of the window on the second floor of a restaurant, staring at Xiao Yuanyou, who was riding a horse and guarding the side of the wide carriage.

This adopted son whom he loves more than his parents.

The adopted son he loved, left the capital, and unlike when he went on the expedition, he was belittled by himself and went to He County in the far north to be his county commander.

This one, I don't know when I will return to Beijing, and I don't know when I will see my adopted son and my little grandson again.

The emperor closed his eyes at that time, the sourness in his heart rushed up, and tears blurred his vision.

When I opened my eyes again, the car had already left the city gate, and I couldn't see it in a blink of an eye.

However, in fact, Xiao Yuanyou didn't finish thinking about this at all when he acted like this.

The Xinyi Shimen on Qingqiu Mountain occupies most of the mountain, and it is burned like that, not for an hour or two, but must be calculated in days.

The people at the foot of the mountain don't know anything, but that's not a reason for the government not to file a case.

Whether it is for Xin Yi or to find out the purpose of these officials, Xiao Yuanyou feels that favoritism has become a fact, so what about favoritism?

Xin Yi stayed in the inn for another day, with Xiao Yuanyou's company and Xiao Rusi's various tricks to coax people, and his mood soon improved.

The group got into the carriage and began to head towards Hexian.

This trip can be described as painful and happy, walking for four months, summer to autumn, and to the north, and when they caught up with Xiao Shiyi's convoy escorting luggage, there was already a charcoal stove in the car.

Although according to the rules, it is not good to make a charcoal stove in October, but now that I am out and going, all the way to the north, I really have to follow those dead rules, I am afraid that people will freeze to death, not to mention that there is a little fat group Xiao Rusi in the car.

If you don't think about others, you have to think about him.

With Xin Yi's orders, Xiao Yi took people to anger the charcoal stove.

Fortunately, it was cold in the north, and the snow did not melt when it fell, and although the road was not muddy, it was slippery and abnormal.

When there were still ten days to go from He County, Xin Yi simply stopped at the post station and discussed with Xiao Yuanyou how to walk next.

Next, there was a lot of snow along the way, and the carriage was a little difficult, so Xiao Yuanyou called the post manager of the post station to move the luggage off the carriage and replace it with a sleigh in the north to pull the luggage, and then set off for He County.

In this way, I walked for more than ten days, and finally entered the territory of He County.

When there were still more than ten miles away from the county seat, there were more than a dozen people from the county court, the county lieutenant, and the chief bookkeeper, who were wrapped like balls and greeted them.

Xiao Yuanyou got out of the carriage and came to greet everyone in the cold wind, while Xin Yi let Xiao Yi vacate a few carriages and let the people who came out to greet him get into the carriage.

Finally entered the city, Xin Yi hugged Xiao Rusi and lifted the car to look out.

He County is really small, but the city wall is very thick, and this border used to be invaded by enemies, and the city wall is really not thick.

When you enter the city gate, it is a street that looks very spacious, and on both sides of the street, the shops are very small, and the doors are closed, or they are hung with heavy curtains.

They had just set off from Jiangnan, which was very different from Jiangnan, and they were doing business with their doors open.

The streets were a little deserted, and only occasionally I saw a few people in a hurry.

Like the county Cheng and the others, they were all wrapped in their eyes, and when they saw the convoy of Xin Yi and his party, they all hurriedly flashed under the eaves on the side of the street, looking at them with a look of awe and curiosity.

and the county is small, and a street goes to the end, which is the county office.

The county government here is the same as the county government that Xin Yi has seen, sitting in the north and facing south, in front of the door is the eight-character wall, and there are several notices pasted on the eight-character wall, and there are a few lines of words written on it, and it is not clear what is written.

As for the gate of the yamen, Xin Yi looked at it, and it seemed that this gate was much smaller than the yamen in the south, and it seemed that he had also followed the customs of the locals.

Everyone got out of the car one after another, the county and others in front of the road to lead the way, the convoy turned the gate, to the backyard, there was already a servant waiting by the door, seeing the convoy coming, hurriedly unloaded the threshold.

Xin Yi walked all the way over, and was surprised to find that this backyard was really big, and even the entire cart that was dressed up for salute could be pulled directly in.

Xin Yi was surprised, and remembered that the north was vast and sparsely populated, and there was no other benefit, that is, the courtyard was large.

He County is a wild place, the last county commander arrived and left a year ago, and for more than a year, the county affairs were taken care of by the county and others.

Seeing that Xiao Yuanyou brought a lot of people, the county Cheng and the others did not continue to pestle, but went straight to their respective homes.

Xin Yi took Xiao Rusi's little hand, and entered the second gate with Xiao Yuanyou, which was the same as a big courtyard, the snow in the yard was swept clean, two wing rooms on the left and right, five main houses, connected by verandahs, and the middle one was made through the hall, through the hall, and it was the same as entering the courtyard, and then entering, this should be the main courtyard.

Xin Yi turned around, and gave everyone a place to live, thanks to the old lady's careful teaching, although Xin Yi can't be said to be comfortable in handling family affairs, it will not go wrong.

The courtyard was clean everywhere, the windows inside and outside were freshly pasted cotton paper, and the doors had just been repainted, and they still smelled of paint.

The kang in the house has also been burning for several days, and as soon as you enter, the heating is blowing.

Xin Yi couldn't help but sigh that the person who dealt with these things was a clever idea.

Someone has someone to do everything, and how to take care of it has been assigned, Xiao Rusi has been bumpy all the way, and she has already fallen asleep, and now the nurse is resting in the wing.

To clean, Xin Yi and Xiao Yuanyou were also in the way when they stayed in the house, so they simply took out the big cloak outside.

Xiao Yuanyou wanted to take Xin Yi to the yamen to have a look, and the two walked all the way through the verandah, passed the weeping flower gate, and entered the yamen courtyard in front.

The two stood in the courtyard and watched for a while, and then saw the curtain of the wing room on the right was lifted, and four or five people of different ages and paperwork in half-worn cotton robes rushed out and saluted the two respectfully.

Xiao Yuanyou hurriedly returned the salute and said,

"Everyone, go about your business."

Four or five people accompanied the smiling faces, a little hesitant, speaking of which, they didn't know the new county master, and they didn't know anything about their temper, but they heard that the identity behind it was terrible.

Is this an obedient return, or will you continue to accompany you?

Hey, that's a really difficult multiple-choice question.

Seeing them like this, Xiao Yuanyou had no choice but to raise his hand and let a fifty-year-old clerk standing at the front say,

"Then please take us around, and the rest of us hurry back, it's too cold outside."

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, and someone went into the house and took a cotton hat and cloak out to help the named old clerk put it on.

"What is your surname, sir?" Xiao Yuanyou asked.

The old clerk was about to answer, when he heard a series of hurried footsteps in front of him, and quickly stopped.

Now that the fighting on the border has subsided, it has not been a long time since such hurried footsteps have been heard.

"Get out of the way! Move! ”

I saw a person wearing a servant uniform running in, waving at Xiao Yuanyou and the others, signaling them to get out of the way and not get in his way.

The others avoided one after another, and Xin Yi also withdrew his gaze from looking around, looking at the yacha who was sweating profusely and ran in.

"What's the matter with you, get out of the way." The yacha wiped the sweat from his forehead while running, and when he saw that Xin Yi and the others would not give way, he immediately shouted loudly.

The old clerk stepped forward, "Chen San, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, this is the new county magistrate, you are allowed to be presumptuous here?" ”

The man named 'Chen San' suddenly stiffened, wiped his sweat, and shook his hand,

"My lord, I don't know Taishan if I have eyes, and please have a lot of adults, don't be surprised."

He gasped for breath and stopped,

"It's really a small one, if it's a retribution, it happens that the adult is here, so the small one is here."

Xiao Yuanyou looked at Chen San in front of him carefully, and saw that his face was pale, his thick official robe would be wet, and he didn't have a dull hat, and his messy broken hair was sticking to his face, looking extremely embarrassed.

Something is wrong!

Xiao Yuanyou made a judgment in an instant, and the person who had the accident ......

"My lord, someone came to report the case this morning, and at that time, the county lord asked the little one to investigate, but I didn't expect to find the remains of the previous Wei county commander's family of six ten miles outside the city......"

Xiao Yuanyou, "......"

Remains?

Xiao Yuanyou frowned, didn't he say that he had already left Hexian to go to the next place?

He had seen everything around Hexian County long before he came, and he knew that the next place where Wei County ordered him to take up his post was a place that was better than Hexian County, I don't know how many times.

There, as long as you do the previous term, you will definitely be promoted.

Unexpectedly, at this time, someone would dig up the bones of their family.

"When and how was it discovered?" Xiao Yuanyou frowned and asked.

"A farmer found it the morning before yesterday, and it was only this morning that I came to file it." Chen San replied.

Xiao Yuanyou asked again, "Where are the corpses now?" ”

At the mention of the corpse, Chen San seemed to be in a trance for a while, and then said,

"Temporarily stop in the lobby of the yamen, and the adults will know when they go and take a look."

Xiao Yuanyou bowed, "Let's go over." ”

The group went to the lobby of the lobby, where six corpses were neatly placed.

It seems that they have been dead for a long time, and the strange thing is that the Wei Xianling family, who left a year ago, has not decomposed after such a long time.

When Xiao Yuanyou checked, he could even see that Wei Xianling was wiped on his neck, judging from the depth and shape of the wound, the murderer was most likely injured with a knife from behind, and he was very old and ruthless.

The trachea and blood vessels in the neck are severed.

In this case, it should be that the victim dies in a very short time, and even if he does not die immediately, he has lost the ability to call for help and will not be discovered immediately.

Before Xiao Yuanyou went in, he glanced at Xin Yi, and he didn't really want Xin Yi to go in.

It's not that the corpse can't be seen, it's that what happened in the Qingqiu Shimen is too unbelievable, although it seems that Xin Yi's mood is good, but Xiao Yuanyou still doesn't want her to see the corpse.

Xin Yi shook her head, she said,

"Fifth brother, you once told me, if you can't figure anything out, just look up at the sky, the sun is shining, the sky is clear, there is nothing dark that cannot be dispersed."

However, Xin Yi looked up at the gloomy sky, as if there was no sun......

As soon as he entered, Xin Yi saw a neatly dressed female catcher inside...... That is, she took someone to carry back the corpses of Wei Countyling's family of six.

The female catcher saw that Xin Yi's eyes were a little not good, as if she felt that she was such a weak woman, why did she go to court?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Xin Yi shouldn't come to this place, so the female catcher's face was a little unpleasant and gloomy.

Xin Yi involuntarily touched his face and said to himself, "Why is it that you suddenly stop looking for people to like?" ”

In the past, when I was in Qingqiu, both the master and the green mother-in-law liked to pinch her face and sigh,

"This little face looks so attractive, it's rare enough."

She has good bones, and she looked innocent and cute when she was a child, but when her facial features grow up, she will never be graceful and cute?

Her face is suitable for playing the fairy wind bones, and after her immaturity fades, she will look more and more unapproachable.

But it's the first time she's seen this female catcher, why is her hostility so obvious?

Speaking of which, female schools in various places only began to get on the right track a few years ago, but they have not been able to cultivate real talents until now.

The vast majority of women who know current affairs and know the history of the scriptures are from big families, and the emperor does not reuse them too much.

After all, most of the officials in the court are already children of families.

And the woman who came out of a small household is difficult to take on the heavy responsibility even if she has that agility because of her limited vision.

Therefore, although there are many female officials so far, it is very rare that is really in power.

As for such a female catcher, it is even more rare in the capital, even if it is all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, it is rare to see it.

Xin Yi didn't expect that such a big thing would happen just after he arrived in Hexian.

She slowly walked to the corpse of Wei Xianling's family, and Xiao Yuanyou had already finished reading the corpse with Qi Zuo.

There were two corpses that were already completely faceless, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, so Xin Yi looked at each other's arms closely.

Suddenly, she let out a soft 'huh'.

Although Xiao Yuanyou was talking to people about the corpse, he still paid close attention to Xin Yi's situation, and as long as she was unwell, he immediately rushed up and sent her home.

Hearing her 'huh', he immediately asked, "Weiwei, what's wrong?" ”

Xin Yi took out a handkerchief and grabbed the arm, there was a red line at the wrist, not drawn, but a real line.

This is clearly what happened with the 'longevity talisman' of Chaotian view.

It is said to be called 'longevity charm.' But in reality, with this talisman, in only two quarters of an hour, the person will die.

Xin Yi felt a little incomprehensible.

There are a lot of people in the Fu Seal Society, and the only ones that may use such an effect are the various Fu Seals accumulated by the ancestors of Chaotianguan in the past dynasties.

This 'longevity talisman', she will know so clearly, because she actually reads a lot of books.

Weiyun Zhenren has emphasized it in various books.

Although she can't draw talismans and doesn't have the blessing of all kinds of celestial venerables, she can remember clearly what the functions of those talismans, what sequelae they have, and what characteristics they have.