Xuan Shaoning followed King Ling and Teng Hui to Lu Yanhui's mansion in Pingzhou, which was comparable to the prince's mansion even in the capital. Stepping into the gate of the vermilion lacquer copper ring is a landscape garden, pavilions, pavilions, flower harbors, pond fish, bamboo forest corridor, a good view of the Jiangnan garden, you can't see the end at a glance, standing at the door can not estimate how big this mansion is.

"Lord Lu is really good, he almost moved the entire Jiangnan to your mansion!" King Ling joked with a cold face, seeing this mansion that was no less luxurious than his, he had a complicated taste hidden in his heart, but he couldn't reveal it to anyone on the scene through his face.

Lu Yanhui hurriedly said as if pleading: "His Royal Highness the King of Tomb is really too prestigious, how can my small place be compared to His Highness's mansion?" If Your Highness likes any ornament in my house, Your Highness will definitely send someone to send it immediately! ”

"What if this king wants your garden?"

"Then the lower official immediately ordered someone to dismantle it and send it to the capital!"

"Haha, Lord Lu is so arrogant! You dare to send it, but this king doesn't dare to ask for it! ”

Lu Yanhui lowered his eyebrows and smiled pleasantly, and at the same time glanced at Fang Ziqian behind him, who immediately took a few steps back and left the crowd.

"Your Highness, please, the main hall is in front" Lu Yanhui made a gesture of invitation behind King Ling, and the group followed King Ling through the garden to the main hall. Compared with the luxury of the garden, the main hall is much smaller. Pushing open the door, Lu Yan would invite King Ling to take a seat, and he sat on the right hand side of King Ling, not caring about the people who followed him.

"Master Teng and Captain Xuan are also seated." After King Ling spoke, the two of them sat down under King Ling's left hand, while Xu Chengxian and Ji Wenhan stood behind Xuan Shaoning.

"Come on, serve tea!"

"Lord Lu, this Pingzhou is the production area of the best quality stone in my beam, and the stone quarryed in this quarry is even better, how much is the price of this square stone?"

As soon as King Ling opened his mouth, he did not explain the specific purpose of this trip, nor did he intend to pursue the riot that happened just now, and it seemed that he didn't want to pay attention to the Hongmen banquet that Lu Yan would organize, but directly focused on the price of this stone, which couldn't help but surprise everyone.

"His Royal Highness the King of Ling said well, this Pingzhou stone is indeed the best color, the texture is tough, especially the refined iron ore contained in the color, is the preferred stone for refining weapons, needless to say that I Liang is domestic, even if it is the surrounding countries, it can not be the right. When it comes to the price of this stone, it is naturally not low, and one stone is one or two silver. ”

"Can you get out in a month?"

"Two thousand squares of neat stone is naturally not a problem."

"Lord Lu really has a good way of governing the land, and when this king goes back, he will definitely praise Lord Lu in front of his father!"

"Phew! Pure nonsense! Ji Wenhan, who was standing at the end of the hall, gritted his teeth and whispered, although the voice was not loud, it just reached the ears of the Ling King, who had excellent ear power. Xuan Shaoning turned around and wanted to dissuade King Dangkouling spoke.

"The little brother just now, this king remembers that it was called Ji.... Ji Wenhan, right, why, you seem to be very angry with what Master Lu said? ”

Seeing that everyone present looked at him, Ji Wenhan swallowed his saliva, and walked to the center of the hall with a calm pretend. "The grass people have been in the quarry since they were children, although I don't know how much the stone side bids, but the monthly stone collection is definitely more than 2,000 square meters! We were forced to quarry, day and night, we could only rest for three hours, and the rest of the time was quarrying, so many workers in this quarry, how could it be that there were only 2,000 square meters in January? Ji Wenhan stared fiercely at the venomous eyes that were also shooting towards him.

"You are a grass people, how can this king believe you but not the words of the court officials?"

"Your Highness can go and check, the grass people are definitely not lying!"

"His Royal Highness King Ling, this person has always been slack in his work and disobeyed discipline, and he took the lead in making trouble, His Royal Highness has seen it with his own eyes, how can this kind of Diao Min's words be accepted?" Lu Yanhui retorted.

"Lord Lu is right, then you might as well ask Lord Lu to bring the quarry account book to the king to see."

Lu Yanhui hesitated for a moment, but still readily agreed, "Your Highness, there are a lot of account books over the years, and the lower official will order someone to take them." ”

"No need, Master Lu, and I'll be here later." King Ling leisurely picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, the taste of this tea was not inferior to the tribute tea in the palace.

Lu Yanhui didn't know why for a while, and at this moment, the person who had been following King Ling walked into the hall.

"What's wrong, Fang Ze?" King Ling asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness, I followed Lord Lu's righteous son all the way into a small study, and found that the man was pouring tung oil into the study, and his subordinates immediately took action to stop it, and let the man run away because of the maintenance of the account book, and ask His Highness for forgiveness!"

"Is there such a thing?" King Ling stared at Lu Yanhui and asked, "Lord Lu's righteous son actually wants to set fire to the account book?" ”

Lu Yan will kneel down in a panic and "Xiaguan...... The lower officials don't know! ”

"In that case, then please ask Lord Lu to lead the way to the study!"

The study room was cramped compared to the main hall, and when you opened the door, you could see that in addition to a dusty desk, the most conspicuous thing was the neatly arranged three rows of bookshelves, each of which was stacked with a large number of books.

King Ling gently swiped the desk with his hand, flicked the dust stained with his fingertips, "I don't think Lord Lu should come to the study often", and then walked to the bookshelf and picked out an account book and looked at it:

In the 16th year of Liang, the year of Ding Chou, the ninth day of the first month of the chrysanthemum, 17,946 square meters of stone were excavated in March, and the remaining 11,000 square meters were left to be easy for Wu. On the same day, 10,000 taels of silver were handed over to the elderly.

"The account book records are clear, who is this Wu family?"

At this time, the sweat oozing from Lu Yanhui's forehead, who was standing at the door of the study, had already collected into a string and began to roll down from his cheeks, and he swallowed hard and replied, "It's Dingdu County...... The richest man Wu Danian ......"

"It turns out that you lied about the amount of stones, but you sold the hidden stones to a merchant, who is the old man?"

Hearing the word "family elder", Lu Yan would plop down and kneel, "Your Highness, the greed for ink court stones is the work of my unfilial son, although the lower official knows the inside story, he has always loved his son too deeply and indulged in the rebellious son, it is really the fault of the lower official!" ”

"Hahaha! A good beloved son is too deeply indulgent to the rebellious son, and when he gets to this place, he still puts all the responsibility on your righteous son, and he wants to receive a connivance? Lord Lu's abacus has been overturned! King Ling had some jokes in his mouth, but the murderous aura in his eyes couldn't be concealed, Xuan Shaoning saw it really clearly, "Since Lord Lu said that it was done by Yizi, let's have a face-to-face confrontation." Come on, bring up Lord Lu's righteous son! ”

Fang Ze and another officer and soldier, the two of them worked together to escort Sheng Yi, a big man who had been tied up, to the door of the study, seeing that Sheng Yi refused to kneel, Fang Ze, who was standing behind him, kicked him in the leg socket, and Sheng Yi knelt down in front of everyone with a "bang".

King Ling walked out of the study and carefully examined Sheng Yi's tiger arm that was slightly red by the rope, "What a powerful man, even Fang Ze has to find a helper, you are Lu Yanhui's righteous son?" ”

Sheng Yi didn't answer, just stared at a pair of scarlet eyes, staring at Lu Yanhui who was hiding behind the King of Tombs.

"It's okay if you don't speak, then the king will let you listen to your father-in-law first." King Ling turned sideways to Lu Yanhui and said, "Say what you just said to your righteous son again!" ”

"I ......" Lu Yanhui didn't dare to look into Sheng Yi's eyes, lowered his head and was silent, Xuan Shaoning could feel that Lu Yanhui's whole body was trembling slightly.

"Don't dare to say? The king speaks for you! Your stepfather accuses you of being the mastermind behind the greed for ink, but he has been covering for you because his beloved son is so heartfelt, can you confess your guilt? ”

Sheng Yi was still silent, but there was a whining sound in his throat, biting his lip tightly, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire. The refusal to answer made King Ling angry, and he ordered loudly, "Take these two people down, take care of them, and hand them over to Dali Temple for interrogation when they return to Beijing!" ”

"Yes!"

The two officers and soldiers escorted Lu Yanhui and walked in the direction of the main hall, and when they were about to pass by Sheng Yi's side, Xuan Shaoning obviously found that Sheng Yi's eyes were solemn, and the muscles of his whole body were contracted, and he felt bad, and then glanced at Lu Yanhui, Xuan Shaoning immediately sensed the crisis.

"Be careful!"

As soon as the two words came out, a flying knife stabbed Sheng Yi's throat, his teeth lightly slashed at Lu Yanhui's neck, and then the two fell to the ground at the same time. Sheng Yi spasmed for a while, blood gushing out from his neck, splashing Lu Yanhui's face, and the latter had already fallen to the ground like dead ashes, stunned. This sudden change occurred between the lightning and flint, and after King Ling reacted, he immediately shouted: "If Lu Yanhui dies at this moment, you will be guilty together!" Frightened, all the soldiers hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, Fang Ze said in a panic: "Back to Your Highness, thanks to Captain Xuan's timely action, Lu Yan will be fine!"

Hearing this, King Ling relieved his heart, turned his head and said, "I didn't expect that Captain Xuan is so extraordinary and responsive, this king will definitely ask his father for a reward." ”

Xuan Shaoning couldn't completely recover from the mutation at this moment, and after taking a deep breath, he said: "More praise from His Highness, it is also the duty of the last general to protect people from being exterminated!" ”

King Ling waited and found that Xuan Shaoning was no longer speechless, so he walked up to Lu Yanhui, looked at it with disgust, and asked: "Lord Lu is in danger this time, but it will be difficult to say next time, it seems that your careful and caring son will kill you instead of taking your affection, or is he not angry with his father-in-law for putting all the blame on himself, so he is excited to kill the killer?" ”

At this time, Lu Yanhui sat paralyzed on the ground, his eyes were glazed, his face was bloodless, and his whole body trembled, and King Ling found that a puddle of water was slowly flowing from the ground where he was sitting.

"Humph! Cowardly eunuch, pull it down! King Ling was about to leave with his sleeves up, but he heard someone applauding.

"Great! It's really a great thing for the people of Pingzhou, and Uncle Dong Bi can rest assured! Ji Wenhan, who was still a teenager, saw that Fu Fa, the culprit who had oppressed the people of Pingzhou for many years, did not pay attention to the occasion, and he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and he didn't realize his recklessness until he spoke, and when he saw the cold eyes of King Ling, he hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Uncle Dong you just said is Dong Bi?"

"Yes..... yes......"

"You know him?"

"Hmm" Ji Wen replied with a lack of breath, and turned his head to look at Xuan Shaoning and Xu Chengxian.

"Look at the king's answer! But this person? King Ling waved his hand, and a portrait unfolded in front of Ji Wenhan.

"That's right..... It's Uncle Dong Bi, this ..... Is this a wanted warrant? ”

"So you know him, why did you say that Dong Bi can rest assured just now?" Ji Wenhan didn't know how to answer for a while, and wanted to ask Xuan Shaoning for help, but was stared at by King Ling.

"His Royal Highness the King of Ling" Xu Chengxian was stopped by King Ling as soon as he spoke.

"Shut up! I just need to listen to you, Dong Bi is not a wanted criminal, since you call him uncle, you want to have a close relationship, and now that he has been killed, you should help this king solve the case! ”

"What? Uncle Dong was killed! Ji Wenhan's eyes widened in surprise.

"That's right, on Chinese New Year's Eve, he and Li Chen were both killed in an inn in the capital, not only that, but the two of them were also in different places, and their bodies were mutilated. The capital has always been safe and secure, and there have been few such brutal cases over the years. Little brother, if you know what the situation is, you have to say it directly, so that you can help this king solve the case as soon as possible, and it will also make the deceased blind. ”

"Uncle Dong...... Uncle Li is a good person......" Ji Wenhan choked up a little, "My father and mother died early, and I was raised by Uncle Dong and the kind people in the village, until ten years ago, Uncle Dong and Uncle Li escaped from Pingzhou together, I heard that they joined the Xuanjia Army, and I haven't seen them for many years." Until before the New Year's Festival, they secretly returned to Pingzhou, brought us a lot of silver taels, and then left, until ......" Ji Wenhan couldn't go on, and wiped away the tears from his eyes with his hands.

King Ling stretched out his hand and hugged Ji Wenhan's neck and comforted: "Don't worry, this king will definitely find out the murderer and give you two uncles justice!" Ji Wenhan's eyes had already appeared grateful when he looked at King Ling again, and he nodded vigorously.

When he walked out of the mansion, Xuan Shaoning looked up at the horizon where the sunset had appeared, and this day passed as if it were a year. Looking back, he came to Pingzhou alone to recruit troops for the Xuanjia Army, but he killed Zhang Shisan, in exchange for Lu Yanhui's Hongmen banquet, I thought it would be an inevitable fight, but I killed the King of Ling halfway, and also brought a bloody case in the capital, the case was not clarified but the fact of corruption of Lu Yanhui and others was found, and what I didn't expect was that this bloody case was even involved with Ji Wenhan and even the Xuanjia Army and even the Ping'an Army.

Yes! Xuan Shaoning shook his head vigorously, the news from all walks of life was so complicated that his brain hurt, how should he end up next?

"It's not a matter of time and a half to figure out how to end, so let's go eat something first, it's almost a day without a drop of water!" Xu Chengxian didn't look at Xuan Shaoning, but he seemed to see his heart.

"Good!"

The poverty of Pingzhou has made it impossible to eat within a radius of ten miles from the quarry, and the only way to fill your stomach is to do it yourself, but fortunately, when the three of them returned to the tent area, everyone had already stewed several large pots of sweet potato porridge.

"Captain Xuan, it's great that you're finally back!"

"You are really the lucky star of our Pingzhou people, as soon as you came, you eliminated Lu Yanhui and the gang, so that we finally turned over!"

"Yes, yes, Fuxing!"

Xuan Shaoning looked at the adoring eyes of these simple men in front of him, and his heart was already turbulent, and the "people's aspirations" written in the book should be like this! However, he still had to try to control his emotions, and said in a stable voice: "Everyone is exalting me too much, Lu Yanhui and others should indeed be punished for doing a lot of evil, but it is still unknown whether everyone's fate can be changed." I, Xuan Shaoning, hereby promise you that I will do my best to change your life of enslavement! ”

"Good! It's enough to have the sentence of Captain Xuan! ”

"Captain Fuxing!"

"Okay, Captain Xuan has been tossing for a day, and he hasn't eaten yet, I see that you have made a meal, but you have been waiting for us? Now that everyone is here, let's have dinner! Xu Chengxian vaguely heard Xuan Shaoning's stomach calling, so he had to let everyone eat first.

Although it was only a sweet potato porridge that couldn't be simpler, the moment it was put into his mouth still made Xuan Shaoning extremely satisfied. When the sweet smell spreads in the mouth, and the heat is transferred to the limbs, the comfortable feeling is really something that people who have not experienced the aftermath of the catastrophe can experience.

After the meal, Xuan Shaoning returned to his tent and opened his pen and ink to write.

"Brother Shaoning, who are you writing to?" Ji Wenhan's face flickered on the back of the wick.

"Write to King Yu, as well as a few of my classmates and friends, I want to know the details of the bloody case in the capital, and I also want to inform King Yu of what happened in Pingzhou as soon as possible."

"Pingzhou has been controlled by Lu Yanhui for so many years, and it is extremely difficult to pass on the news to the outside, even if he is detained, how do you send the letter?"

"Well, you'll see it later!"

After Xuan Shaoning wrote the two letters, he rolled them into two pieces of paper, saying that it was a "root" because it was indeed not much thicker than a needle, and inserted the letter into a small copper tube, only to hear a boo, and a black and white pigeon flew into the tent. Xuan Shaoning tied the two copper pipes to the pigeon's feet, touched their heads respectively, and whistled again, and the two pigeons flew out of the tent and disappeared into the night sky after a while. The whole process was simple and neat, without any superfluous movements, and Ji Wenhan was dumbfounded.

"Brother Shaoning, where did you learn this? Can you teach me? ”

"Yes!"

"Really?"

"Of course, but ..... I want to know something about your two uncles, things you didn't say to King Ling. ”