Shi Quan regretted it was useless, he had to send people everywhere to look for it, and spent a lot of money to post reward notices everywhere, Qin Hui heard that he personally went to Yong'an County to find the magistrate to exert pressure, and his eldest lady Zhang was even more angry, and he was going to let the official take Shi Quan's punishment on the spot, Qin Hui was hindered by his reputation, and refused to leave a person who would arrest people without evidence, and stopped his eldest lady's arrangement.

The many troubles for no reason made Feng Wan really annoyed, and she couldn't help but count a few words of Shi Quan behind her back, although the Shi family also had some money locally, but in this imperial history of the dynasty, it was really too weak.

Like this kind of thing, Fang Jinshi has no other good way, he can only ask people he is familiar with to help, people in Bianliang City can't help, think about it, the people he knows in Yong'an County, except for these people in Shi Quan's hometown, there is only Li Xiaozhong.

Li Xiaozhong's family lives near Heishi Pass, and Shi Quan's Xingqing Pass is still twenty or thirty miles away, and the place where the Peach Blossom Valley is located is farther away than Xingqing Pass, Fang Jinshi and Shi Quan said that he wanted to find Li Xiaozhong, and wanted to see if he could help, Shi Quan knew that it was useless, but he didn't want to brush his kindness, and heard him keep saying that Li Xiaozhong was chivalrous, a fellow villager didn't know him, Shi Quan had the heart to make friends, so the two rode horses and went to Heishi Pass to find Li Xiaozhong for help.

Fang Jinshi also didn't know if Li Xiaozhong had gone home, since Jiangnan said, he had never had any news of Li Xiaozhong since he returned to Bianliang City, the two arrived at Heishi Pass, and asked about the road of Li Xiaozhong's house, he was a local celebrity, and naturally he knew that the two of them easily found Li Xiaozhong's house.

Li Xiaozhong is a down-and-out rough man who has lost his military position, and his house is just an ordinary old low house, but there are two courtyards before and after, and he has a son and a daughter in addition to his wife.

This Li Xiaozhong is nostalgic for his military career all the time, and he has passed the addiction of being an officer at every opportunity, but now that the powerful villain is in charge, he really can't stand the corruption of the Northwest Army and the incompetence of those in high positions, so he returned to his hometown.

When Fang Jinshi saw Li Xiaozhong, he just disbanded the villagers and went home, although he was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, no different from a rural farmer, but he was wearing a pair of military boots on his feet, as soon as he saw Fang Jinshi, he walked over with a smile, Fang Jinshi said first: "Brother Li is so interested." ”

Li Xiaozhong said: "If you have nothing to do, train the township brave group, you can usually patrol the township, and once there is something in the court, you can also gather immediately to deal with it."

Fang Jinshi said: "Brother Li really has the imperial court in mind and has foresight. ”

Li Xiaozhong replied with a smile: "Where to say, it's just idle and nothing, worrying about the layout, by the way, you came from Bianliang, and I heard that the Jin soldiers of Hebei Zhulu were attacking, and I don't know how the war happened." ”

Fang Jinshi shook his head and said, "This is not clear, Brother Li doesn't think that training Xiangyong is not enjoyable, and he wants to put on his armor again and fight in Hebei again?" ”

Li Xiaozhong said with a straight face: "If the court has a call, it will go to war." ”

In a word, Fang Jinshi and Shi Quan were in awe, especially Shi Quan, they felt that they really came to the right place, and it was really a blessing to know this person.

Fang Jinshi exchanged a few polite words with him, and introduced Shi Quan to him, Li Xiaozhong listened to Shi Quan's name, and immediately said: "I have heard Shi Erlang's name for a long time, and I can see it today, it's too late, it's better to have a few drinks together." ”

Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "The wine must be drunk, I came here today and wanted to ask Brother Li for a favor." After speaking, he said the intention, Li Xiaozhong frowned after hearing it: "This is hard to find, Peach Blossom Valley is far away from here, I'm afraid there is not much hope." ”

Shi Quandao: "I came here today just to get to know Brother Li, so don't mention this matter." ”

Li Xiaozhong said: "I summoned Xiangyong to ask, let them talk to relatives and friends, more people know that there is always a little more hope." ”

He immediately summoned Xiang Yong and his acquaintances to inform everyone of the situation, and at this time, it was close to noon, Li Xiaozhong took the initiative to make the east and invite the two to the best restaurant in the town to eat.

The banquet was set, and before the chopsticks were moved, a farmer and a woman walked in from outside, and when they arrived at the wine table, they saluted Li Xiaozhong and said, "Li Guanren." ”

Li Xiaozhong looked at him curiously and said, "Sun Fucai, what's wrong?" ”

The farmer named Sun Fucai said: "I just heard that Li Guanren said that he was looking for a noble son from Bianliang, and I remembered that two days ago, my Hun family told me that I had seen a son covered in blood on Beishan and asked her, which was somewhat similar to the person Li Guanren was looking for. ”

Li Xiaozhong was overjoyed and asked the woman, "What's the matter, where have you seen that son?" ”

The woman bowed her head and said, "Official, a few days ago, I went up to Beishan to collect firewood, and when I arrived at the tomb slope, a young man covered in blood suddenly burst out of the tree, stopped me in front of me and asked for directions, but I was scared to death. ”

Li Xiaozhong asked, "What happened later?" ”

The woman said: "Then I ran away, and I didn't dare to go up Beishan again for a few days." ”

Li Xiaozhong said: "You woman is so unreasonable, others ask you for directions, and you are injured, you don't help yourself, why don't you come back and call your neighbors to help." ”

Shi Quan said on the side: "This sister-in-law may be really frightened, I don't know what this young man looks like and what clothes he wears?" ”

The woman gestured to a few people about the appearance and clothes of the son she met, and Shi Quan slapped the table and stood up and said, "The person she said is really the son of Qin." He said to Fang Jinshi again: "That's what he wore that day, right?" ”

Fang Jinshi nodded, and Li Xiaozhong immediately said to the woman: "You quickly lead us to the place where we met that son that day." ”

A few people didn't eat the wine, and immediately left the restaurant, led by this Sun Fucai's Hun family, and headed towards Beishan.

On the top of the road, he said to the stone: "It's been a few days, it's good to come to Brother Li for help earlier." ”

Shi Quan and Li Xiaozhong all agreed with his words in their hearts, it has been so long, no one can say where this Qin Fu will go, but there is always more news than no news.

This North Mountain is densely wooded, the mountains are so steep, there are no roads in many places, and I don't know how the fun-loving Qin Gongzi Qin Fu came from the far Peach Blossom Valley to this North Mountain, and several people followed Sister-in-law Sun, climbing the mountain covered in sweat, and finally arrived at the place called Tomb Slope that Sister-in-law Sun said.

Several people discussed it for a while, and went separately to look for it, and after searching for a long time, Sun Fucai hurriedly shouted loudly: "Come on, come quickly." ”

Fang Jinshi and a few people hurriedly ran in front of him, and Sun Fucai pointed forward: "Look where." ”

He pointed his finger, under a pile of dense small bushes, revealing a little human legs and feet, Li Xiaozhong took a branch to remove the weeds piled up on the bushes, only to see a young man's face lying on the ground, falling in the bushes, his ribs were blurred with flesh and blood, and the puddle of blood flowing under his body had already turned black and dry, and the person had been dead for a long time.

Shi Quan didn't give up, stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the dead corpse and turned him over, and shouted twice: "Gongzi Qin, Gongzi Qin." His shouting was naturally useless, the dead person was really Qin Fu, but of course he couldn't respond to Shi Quan's shout.

Li Xiaozhong said to the sister-in-law of the Sun family: "What you saw that day, is it him?" ”

The sister-in-law of the Sun family was already frightened, and nodded with difficulty: "Yes...... It's him. ”

Li Xiaozhong said hatefully: "It's really a woman's mistake, if you helped him at that time, or gave someone a word, he might not have died." ”

Shi Quan sighed and let go of Qin Fu's arm, as soon as Qin Fu died like this, Shi Quan was a little to blame, although this Qin Gongzi was a big living person, and he had to run to the mountain, Shi Quan had no choice, not to mention that Shi Quan had no responsibility or obligation to take care of him.

Fang Jinshi said: "Who piled these weeds on him?" Qin Fu died in a bush, it was not easy to be found, not to mention that there were a lot of weeds piled up on his body, that is, someone did it on purpose, and Sister-in-law Sun was even more frightened and waved her hand again and again: "I don't know, it's not me, it's not me." ”

Everyone knew that it would not be her, Qin Fu had multiple injuries under his ribs, and at first glance, it was not a fall or a fall, but a sharp blade, and the scene of the murder must be near the left, didn't he have two sturdy entourage, but they were all gone.

Li Xiaozhong watched here, and asked Sun Fucai and his Hun family to go to the county government to report to the official, as soon as he heard that the son of the imperial envoy Taichung Prime Minister was killed on the mountain, the Yongan County Yamen did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent a large number of public servants up the mountain, and reported it layer by layer, all the way to Qin Hui.

Fang Jinshi and the whole group were busy all day, they didn't eat lunch, and in the evening, Li Xiaozhong said: "If something like this happens, no one can do anything, you can't always eat, it's useless to be in a hurry, it's better to go back to eat and rest first." ”

Shi Quan had no choice but to listen to his words, the three of them came back to the town together, just had a bite of food, heard the footsteps at the door, the three of them looked back, dozens of soap catchers held iron rulers and sharp blades, surrounded the restaurant, and a catcher came to the three-person wine table and said: "Who is Li Xiaozhong?" ”

Li Xiaozhong replied: "I am." ”

This head catcher didn't have to say anything, the iron chain in his hand was thrown forward, and it was put on Li Xiaozhong's neck, Li Xiaozhong turned to the side slightly, stretched out his hand to grab the end of the iron chain in his hand, and said to the head catcher: "What are you going to do?" If I have committed any royal law, you will take me. ”

This head catcher didn't reply, pulled the chain back hard, and another head catcher next to him held an iron ruler, and hit Li Xiaozhong straight down with his head and face, Li Xiaozhong grabbed the iron chain with one hand, his body grinned, avoided the iron ruler, and the other hand probed to catch the wrist of the head catcher, he used a slight force, the head catcher arm was in pain, and the iron ruler could no longer hold it, and fell to the ground.

The head catcher was well-behaved, and immediately shouted: "Let go, do you want to fight against the laws of the imperial court?" ”

People like Li Xiaozhong, go into battle to kill the enemy and move forward bravely, but for the court law, for these people who eat public meals, he is always in awe, he is not afraid of these trappers, but he is afraid of the national law behind them, he let go of his hand, let the catcher take back the chain, and let go of another catcher, and said to the two: "I don't know what crime Li has committed, and he has worked hard for so many fathers-in-law to mobilize the people." ”

The trappers saw that he was powerful, so they said politely: "Don't blame, we are also acting on orders, such a big thing happened, before the case is investigated, everyone is a suspicious person, and several are the first people to see Qin Gongzi, according to the rules, the county invites a few people to go to the yamen to ask for a written confession." ”

The words of this head catcher were reasonable, and Li Xiaozhong couldn't say anything, but said: "Do you have to wear shackles when you ask for an offering?" ”

The head catcher laughed and said: "You don't have to lock it, if you think it's not good-looking, then you won't lock it, how about going there?" ”

Fang Jinshi and the others knew that they would definitely not have a good fruit when they arrived at the county office, but they had no other way, so they had to go to the Yongan County government under the strict supervision of these arresters.

As soon as they arrived at the county office, the three of them were separated and questioned, after all, Fang Jinshi had stayed in the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, and he understood these rules, so he briskly told the story in detail, and made a confession and drew a monogram.

The captor made him wait for a long time, and finally came over to him again and said, "Young Master Fang, you can go." ”

Fang Jinshi asked, "What about my two brothers?" ”

The arrester said: "They can't leave yet, and they are all suspected before the case is cleared." ”

Fang Jinshi said angrily: "Am I not suspicious?" ”

The catcher said: "Fang Gongzi has no power to restrain the chicken, how to deal with the three of Qin Gongzi, besides, Fang Gongzi has just returned from Huaidong, and he has nothing to do with Qin Gongzi, and besides, you have a military position, which is different from the two of them." ”

Fang Jinshi was helpless, and proposed to meet Li Shi and the others, and the arrester said: "Fang Gongzi should not be embarrassed. ”

Fang Jinshi is very clear about the things in the yamen, he knows that it is useless to talk more, thinking that it has no effect to spend here, it is better to think of a way to find a rescuer, this matter is related to the dignified imperial history of Qin Hui, the son of Qin Zhongcheng, who dares to speak, can only be the important minister of the court, Fang Jinshi's first thought is to find Zhao Kai, the third brother of Zhao, for help.

He didn't dare to hesitate, he immediately beat the horse like flying, and came to Bianliang, in his heart, he must not let Shi Quan have anything to do anymore, and when he returned to Bianliang City, he didn't even return home, and came directly to Zhao Kai's mansion.

At this time, the sky was not yet fully bright, thinking that Zhao Kai had not gotten up yet, Fang Jinshi couldn't care so much, he wanted to see Zhao Kai as soon as he got up, even if it was okay to wait.

Unexpectedly, he came into the house and told the housekeeper that he wanted to see Zhao Kai, and the housekeeper said: "The prince hasn't slept all night, and he is discussing with a few people in the court." ”

Fang Jinshi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "But is something serious?" ”

The housekeeper said: "I heard that the Jin soldiers began to cross the Yellow River, and I think they will soon come to Bianliang City." ”

Fang Jinshi was stunned all of a sudden, he never thought that he was dealing with Qin Fu with Shi Quan in Yong'an County these days, Jin Bing had fought through Hebei so quickly and arrived at the edge of the Yellow River, no wonder there were so many people on the road to the west when he came all the way.

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