"I haven't seen you for many years, and the prince is still like that," Mo Laodao said while standing behind the seventh prince Li Wan.

"The sect leader of the White Lotus Sect actually came to my palace so openly, I don't know what to ask?" Li Wan still sat by the pond and fished as usual.

"I don't dare to ask for advice, I just want to catch up with the Seventh Prince, and then help the Seventh Prince solve a few unsightly spies." Mo Laodao stretched out his hand behind his back and made a movement, and then sporadic sounds came from time to time around the palace.

Li Wan didn't stop the other party's small movements, but spoke: "I can't imagine that the sect leader of the White Lotus Sect would be so concerned about those small characters!" ”

"The prince is polite, but he doesn't want this conversation to spread to the capital." Mo Lao Dao walked towards Li Wan, and did not stop until the two were parallel.

"Oh? This king also thought that Sect Master Mo would scare away the fish in the pond before he stopped. Li Wan was a little surprised by Mo Laodao, when he once talked to Mo Laodao, the other party would always inadvertently reveal a superior temperament, as if he was born noble.

The prince laughed, Poor Dao was indeed a little blind back then, and he planted a fight. After eating a crab and growing wise, after staying in the Blood Prison for so many years, it's time to get rid of bad habits," Mo Lao Dao said.

"What do you want to talk to the king?" After saying some useless greetings, Li Wan asked.

"Poor Dao knows that the prince is still inquiring about Miss Yan taking away the little prince, so I came here this time to tell the prince the whereabouts of your son." Seeing that the other party was straight to the point, Mo Laodao was not verbose.

"It's really strange, when I was in the blood prison back then, how did this king ask and the sect leader kept silent, why is he so kind today?"

"At this time and that time, in order to protect the little life of the poor road, I had to hide the whereabouts of the little prince, and now, the poor road has returned to the White Lotus Sect, and I really can't bear the pain of the prince's separation of flesh and blood, so I have come to inform the whereabouts of the little prince."

"Say it! What conditions do you want the king to promise you? ”

"The prince is really fast! Poor Dao wants to know the past of all the prisoners held in the Blood Prison. ”

"Isn't Sect Master Mo a pastime for this king? As far as this king knows, the power of the White Lotus Sect is deep-rooted, and the ability to find out the news is not under the imperial court's ceremonial supervisor, so Sect Master Mo won't be able to find out this news, right? Li Wan didn't believe that the other party just offered such a simple condition as investigating fugitives.

"Indeed, as the prince said, the news of the fugitives in the blood prison has been roughly understood. But among them, like Hai Wuxian, who was secretly stuffed into the Blood Prison by Tie Zhengsha, the White Lotus Sect really couldn't collect news from those people. ”

"You want to know Hai Wuxian's past?" Li Wan heard what the other party meant.

"The prince misunderstood, a Hai Wuxian is not in the eyes of Poor Dao, what Poor Dao wants to know is the cause of Tie Zhengsha's death back then. According to the news inquired by the White Lotus Sect, Tie Zhengsha was in trouble because of the matter of the prisoners in the blood prison back then. Mo Lao Dao corrected.

"You want to find out who is behind the killing of Tie Zhengsha? This king remembers that your relationship with Tie Zhengsha is not so good! Back then, it was Tie Zhengsha who arrested you. Li Wan asked puzzled.

"This... It's a matter of being poor and self-sufficient. Mo Laodao said indistinctly.

Seeing that Mo Laodao didn't want to tell him the reason, Li Wan didn't bother to ask: "Okay!" The king promised to inquire into the prisoners of the blood prison. ”

"When Miss Yan took away the little prince from the palace, she encountered the plague shortly after, and Miss Yan did not survive, and the little prince followed the victims into the team to escape the disaster. Then Poor Dao never heard from the little prince again. ”

Li Wan didn't speak, the other party's news was indeed roughly similar to what Chu Shijing said, the team fleeing the disaster? It's good to have a direction, what he is most afraid of is looking for a needle in a haystack without a clue, he believes that it is not difficult to find his son with the power of the palace!

"I believe that the prince will not disappoint the poor road, and the poor road will retire first." Seeing Li Wan's deep thought, Mo Laodao dismissed first, his goal had been achieved.

.....

"Sect Master, are you really so relieved to let the Seventh Lord investigate? In case it is found..."After leaving the palace, the helmsman of the White Lotus Sect who had killed the spies in the capital asked.

"Let him check, don't worry. Li Wan could only find out what I wanted him to know. Mo Lao Dao said casually.

"That.. Tie Zhengsha's subordinates didn't understand the sect leader's purpose for doing this. ”

"The water in the capital is too clear, and now stirring it can make the water even more turbid. Those officials in the imperial court are not very clean, and the matter of Jin Jiu some time ago gave me a warning, the prisoners in the blood prison have an unclear relationship with the imperial court, and Tie Zhengsha probably touched whose interests. Now turn it out and give it to the Townspeople, let them dog-eat-dog. The more chaotic it is, the better it is for us. Mo Laodao explained. Mo Da, the helmsman of the White Lotus Sect, has been the Deadpool of the Mo family for generations, and he also desperately rescued Mo Laodao when the previous dynasty was destroyed, so Mo Da is the only person Mo Laodao trusts.

"Sect Master, do you want to check on Chen Xiu who said the secret chess next to Hai Wuxian?" Mo Da said.

"Ignore him for now, dark chess has a lot of effect on our plans, and now is not the time to be exposed. The bait has been dropped, now let's go back to the main rudder and wait for the fish to take the bait. Mo Lao Dao commanded.

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Tie Lihua was originally ordered by Wei Yong to pick up Hai Wuxian, but who knew that on the way to Langya, she heard the news of the thief Lu Beiyou, so she changed her route halfway to arrest Lu Beiyou, anyway, Hai Wuxian didn't treat her very much, Senior Brother Yan had already gone to Langya County to support first, and there were no less than her.

"I'm the head catcher Tie Lihua of Fusi in Beijing Town, and I'm tracking down the thief Lu Beiyou, get out of the way." Tie Lihua shouted to the crowd of onlookers while waving the commander of the pacification card.

"What's going on?" He received a report that the Lan Tingxu of the local tycoon Qian Wuliang's family was stolen, and the thief was the boiling thief Lu Beiyou who was rumored in the capital some time ago. He was listening to the story of what happened to the owner, and suddenly there was a commotion outside, so he came out to take a look, and just happened to see the iron pear flower shaking the brand of the Zhenfu Division.

"You're in charge of catching fast here, aren't you? I'm the catcher of the Zhenfu Division, and when I heard the news of Lu Beiyou's trip here, take me in to have a look. Tie Lihua said the words that had just dispersed the onlookers.

"It's actually the head catcher of the Zhenfu Division, and the lower officials are far away, and they hope that the iron head catcher will forgive their sins." Shen Cheng hurriedly bowed his hand.

Tie Lihua waved her hand to stop him, and walked up to him and asked, "Is it what Lu Beiyou came here to steal?" ”

"Back to the iron catcher, according to the owner, a person who claimed to be Lu Beiyou stole his family's ancestral notebook, and left a note with the three words Lu Beiyou." Shen Cheng replied.

What caught Tie Lihua's eyes was a two-in, two-out house, although it was not a wealthy mansion, but it was also a rich and noble family. The officials of the county government stood outside a house to cordon off the scene and prevent outsiders from entering. Presumably it is a place to keep your belongings. Beside the servant stood a woman, crying with a handful of snot and tears.

"Zhao, don't cry there, this is the iron catcher of Fusi in Jingcheng Town, you will tell the iron catcher about the process of stealing yesterday!" Shen Cheng told Tie Lihua's identity to the owner.

"Lord Headcatcher.. But you have to be the master of the people's women! That notebook is... It is handed down from the ancestors of the people's husband's family, and it is. A copy of the book saint Wang Xizhi! ... This Lu Beiyou," the woman choked up.

It was not easy for Tie Lihua to learn the process of the crime from the incoherent woman: Zhao was the mistress of the family, and the woman's husband often did not return at night to miss the land of fireworks. After the couple had a big quarrel early yesterday morning, the man left home and went to the Qinglou where he often went, and the woman also smashed the things that her man had collected because of the quarrel, and later found out that the book that was treasured at home was stolen, and there was a note with Lu Beiyou's name written in the box.

Although it is only a manuscript, because of its age, the handwriting is also imitating Wang Xizhi, so the calligraphy is still very valuable. There were also many businessmen and celebrities who came to buy at a high price, but they were all rejected by the owner. I don't want to be stolen by thieves today.

Tie Lihua motioned to the official guarding the scene to get out of the way and walked into the scene of the theft to check.

The overall furnishings in the house are like ordinary people's, the room is placed in the middle according to the wall, the table of eight immortals is placed under the table, and the Taishi chairs are placed on both sides of the table. Two flower tables are set up in the corner of the house, and seasonal potted flowers are placed according to the season. A lot of porcelain in the house was smashed to pieces, and even the shelves where the porcelain were placed were pushed up, which seemed to be caused by venting and smashing as the woman said. An empty Nanmu box is placed on the Eight Immortals Table in the center, presumably a box used to hold calligraphy.

"Iron Catcher, how's that?" Shen Cheng followed up and asked, "In my opinion, the method of stealing is so secretive, it must be that thief Lu Beiyou stole it." ”

Tie Lihua frowned, ignored Shen Cheng's words, and turned to the woman: "Zhao, you said that you only found out that the calligraphy was stolen after smashing it yesterday?" ”

It really made the adults laugh, and the more the woman and her husband quarreled, the more they thought about it, the more aggrieved they became, so they smashed the antique porcelain that her husband usually collected to vent. Who knows...," the woman continued to choke before she could finish speaking.

"Did Madame's husband ever know about this?" Tie Lihua continued to ask.

"My lord, my husband has been wandering around the land of fireworks all day long, and he has not returned yet, so I don't know about it." The woman's eyes were a little evasive.

Tie Lihua noticed the woman's expression and asked again, "I don't know how much the calligraphy in the woman's house is worth?" ”

"My lord, someone once offered 10,000 taels, but the husband of the woman never sold it. I knew that it would be cheaper Lu Beiyou to be damn by God, the people's woman... The woman had already persuaded her husband to sell the copybook. Zhao covered his eyes with a silk scarf and answered Tie Lihua's question with tears.

Tie Lihua picked up the note with the words Lu Beiyou written on it and touched the handwriting with her hand. The case has been solved! What's special has nothing to do with Lu Beiyou's pickled goods. The handwriting on the note was obviously dry not long ago, and the note was found after it was stolen, which was completely inconsistent with the other party's publicity. Not to mention that the night pearl that the other party stole last time was worth millions.

"Shen arrest quickly, what should be the crime of reporting a false case?" Tie Lihua asked Shen Cheng, but her eyes were staring at Zhao, putting pressure on the other party.

"The law of the Great Wei states that anyone who spreads rumors, falsely reports the circumstances of the case, or deliberately disrupts the government's handling of the case by other means will be imprisoned." Shen Cheng didn't know why for a while, but he still replied.

"Bold Zhao, the ink of the note left in the box is obviously not long dry, and there is still a small amount of dust left in the box, it seems that it has been idle for a long time, where is the place where you said to store the copybook, this head catcher sees that you are clearly a guard and a thief, and you have written and acted in such a one-man show, so don't hurry up and recruit it truthfully!" Tie Lihua suddenly shouted angrily at Zhao.

"The women really don't know, recruit? What are you going to recruit? It's clear that you can't catch the thief, so you wronged the people's women. Zhao denied.

"Bold Zhao, do you still dare to quibble? Someone's coming! Bring it back to the Great Punishment Service! Shen Cheng listened to Tie Lihua's words and made some sense, and saw that Zhao's eyes were a little evasive, and his words were slightly frustrated, so he scolded loudly.

"Spare your life! My lord, the folk woman is just confused for a while. In private, he has already sold the copybook to others, after yesterday's quarrel, the husband suddenly proposed to give the copybook to relatives and friends, afraid that the husband would know the truth and leave the woman, recently heard about Lu Beiyou, so he made this decision. When Zhao heard the word "torture", he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

It's hateful... In order to conceal her mistake and waste her time in a hurry, Tie Lihua deliberately went around here to hear the news of Lu Beiyou, alas! White ran away.

It's hateful... In order to conceal his mistakes, he risked being arrested, and came to see who used his name, and Lu Beiyou went back and forth to watch in the crowd. However, that girl surnamed Tie is also really powerful, last time in Bianliang... Could it be twins?

.....

Because the matter of Lubei's trip was delayed for a few days, Tie Lihua hurried to Langya County overnight.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and Tie Pear Blossom suddenly pricked up her ears. Most of the people who travel at night are not from good families. The other party also seemed to be aware of her presence, and the sound of the horse's hooves slowed down.

"Senior Sister Tie, why are you?" Yan Chong exclaimed in surprise and rode up to meet him. He was followed by Hai Wuxian and Meng Lindong, who returned to Beijing from Langya County to recover their lives.

After Meng Lindong sent Ding Yao to the capital to settle down, he came directly to Hai Wuxian. Therefore, Tie Lihua had never met Meng Lindong in the Beijing Rouge Shop, so she couldn't help but look at Meng Lindong and ask, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the housekeeper of Brother Hai's family, Meng Lindong, Uncle Dong." Yan Chong introduced to Tie Lihua. Meng Lindong bowed his hand when he heard this, and Tie Lihua also hurriedly returned the salute.

"This yellow horse under the crotch of the iron catcher can be described as traveling thousands of miles at night! I don't know if the iron catcher is planning to come to Ying Hai after the New Year? Hai Wuxian sarcastically said that Tie Lihua didn't come until she finished her errand.

Hearing Hai Wuxian's taunt, Tie Lihua's face instantly felt anxious, if it was really Lu Beiyou who did it the day before yesterday, she would definitely be able to catch the other party, and she wouldn't be like now, and it would be useless for people to point their noses and scold her. However, she would not let Hai Wuxian be humiliated in vain, and when she saw that there were only three people on the return trip, she immediately fought back: "I wonder if Hai Zhutou didn't catch the fugitive and let people run away?" ”

"Cai Xiahe and Tang Xunyi were sentenced to death, and we are hurrying back to Beijing to resume our lives" Yan Chong explained to Tie Lihua on the side what happened in Langya County.

Tie Lihua glanced at her mouth when she heard this, and didn't say anything more. Hai Wuxian didn't continue to dwell on the topic of being late. A group of four people quickly rode back to the capital.