Liu Yuan walked into the mourning hall, lit two white candles and lit a stick of incense, closed his eyes and said silently, "Daughter is still feasting, daughter is still feasting, daughter is feasting!" ”

Liu Yuan asked her daughter's unjust soul to hurry up to "eat".

After the incense was served, Liu Yuan stood aside and stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Xue Shao.

Xue Shao walked in and put on a stick of incense without saying a word.

"Xue Dudu has nothing to say?" Liu Yuan said.

Xue Shao said indifferently: "Yin and Yang are separated from each other, and she can't hear a word of my words." ”

"No name?" Liu Yuan sneered, "That's right, nameless!" ”

Xue Shao glanced at him coldly, not wanting to talk to him in vain, especially in a place like the mourning hall. So he walked down the embroidery building without saying a word.

Liu Yuan locked the door and walked out with him.

Xue Shao knew very well in his heart that Liu Yuan was now using her daughter's death as a magic weapon to preemptively carry out a "moral kidnapping" on herself. Once you feel that you are at a loss, and then deal with the matter of grain and grass, I am afraid it will be difficult to "act impartially".

- No wonder this guy has always been fearless!

On the way back to the banquet hall, Xue Shao quietly recalled and pondered. The cause of Liu Nu's death can only be regarded as Liu Yuan's one-sided statement at present. How exactly she died remains to be verified.

Although the dead are big, objectively speaking, Liu Nu is not the kind of lady who is three chastity and nine spirits, otherwise she would not have escaped from home without permission and ran to a foreign country just based on some rumors, and took the initiative to give her arms to Lantian Gongzi.

According to the memory in Xue Shao's mind, although the willow girl was young, she was not a virgin for a long time, and she was quite active and skillful in the matter of bed sheets - such a woman Lantian Gongzi was never lacking around, so he got tired of playing with her for a while, and there was no affection for each other. Besides, after Liu Yuan brought his daughter back, Liu Nu completely disappeared from Xue Shao's life, and never expressed any nostalgia and concern for Xue Shao again. From this point of view, she is not as good as the prostitute woman Zhang Miao.

As the saying goes, it's not that a family doesn't enter a door, the former Lantian boy was just a playboy who indulged in the party, how good can the woman who took the initiative to give him a hug be?

So to put it bluntly, Liu Nu can only be regarded as a "temporary friend" of Lantian Gongzi at most. It is really far-fetched to say that she will die of emotional injuries because of Xue Shao's marriage.

Thinking about this, Xue Shao smiled slightly, and had a plan in his heart.

Liu Yuan kept following Xue Shao three steps away, not saying a word.

Back in the main hall, the feast continued.

Liu Yuan didn't mention his daughter anymore, and Xue Shao also pressed it for the time being, and did not mention the matter of grain and grass. The two sides are like the commanders of the two armies, preparing for a decisive battle, ready to go.

That night, Liu Yuan asked Xue Shao to stay at home overnight and put a first-class room to wait. Xue Shao is also in line with a mentality that if you come here, you will be safe, and you will stop and talk.

In the middle of the night, Xue Shao extinguished the lights and candles but did not sleep, still lying on the couch and thinking.

A slight rhythmic tapping sound sounded outside the window, and it turned out to be the syllables of Lantian's secret code. Wu Ming, who was guarding around Xue Shao's bedroom, of course recognized this voice, so they couldn't hide it.

Xue Shao was in good spirits, and immediately coughed twice in response.

The window edge was quietly provoked, and a black shadow slipped into the room silently, and slipped directly to Xue Shao's couch.

"Subordinates meet the governor!" It's Zhang Renyuan.

"I'm good, and I'm learning the secret code pretty fast!" Xue Shao approved, and whispered, "Have you found anything?" ”

"The subordinates found that Wu Yizong himself was in Hongyun Castle, personally supervising the collection of grain and grass. In the past few days, nearly 100,000 stones of grain and grass have been divided into three batches and transported out of Hongyun Fort in the middle of the night. Zhang Renyuan said, "The subordinates can't be trusted because they are new faces from outside, so they are only sent to carry coolies during the day." As for where they transported the grain and grass, it remains to be investigated. ”

"Hmm. Keep looking. Xue Shao said, "What about Xu Changqing?" ”

"Xu Changqing accompanies Wu Yizong every day, and his subordinates have eavesdropped on them many times at night, and found that they will discuss things together every night." Zhang Renyuan said, "Xu Changqing helped Wu Yizong come up with a lot of ideas, and sometimes Liu Yuan and Yang Tong would also participate in the discussion. A few days ago, Xu Changqing also gave Liu Yuan an idea, asking him to use his daughter's death to force the governor of the association, so that the governor would be jealous because of his reputation. ”

"This Xu Changqing is really a big slippery head at both ends of the rat's head. Because he can't be trusted, I'm sending you to sneak around them and find out the news. Xue Shao immediately smiled, thinking that Xu Changqing hurried to tell the whistle at the beginning of the deal between Wu Yizong and Liu Yuan, but he was afraid that he would be implicated in this matter, and wanted to use this "betrayal" to achieve the effect of atonement to the crime; But at the same time, he was afraid of offending Wu Yizong and didn't want to break with the Yangliu family, so he secretly assisted Wu Yizong and the Yangliu family against me.

"The subordinates also inquired at the time that Xu Changqing had coveted a beautiful concubine in Liu Yuan last year and had an affair with her." Zhang Renyuan said, "But after Liu Yuan found out, instead of getting angry, he also took the initiative to give this beautiful concubine to Xu Changqing. A few days ago, this beautiful concubine was sent by Xu Changqing to serve Wu Yizong. Because of this woman, Wu Yizong, Xu Changqing, and Liu Yuan often jokingly call each other brothers-in-law! ”

"Shameless enough!" Xue Shaozhi shook his head. It turned out that Xu Changqing had long been co-opted by Liu Yuan's corruption, and they colluded deeply with each other. With the strong support of the No. 1 Haoqiang in Suizhou, it is no wonder that Xu Changqing has always been able to hold the real power of the Suizhou Thorn History Mansion!

"Du Du, Liu Yuan and Yang Tong have quite a family background, and Hongyun Fort often raises three thousand martial artists as minions. They do not work or help, but they polish their strength day and night and practice their bows and horses, like an army. Zhang Renyuan said, "The governor is in the fort, you must be careful!" ”

"I see." Xue Shao nodded, "Is there any other information?" ”

"That's all for now." Zhang Ren was willing to say, "Does the governor have any orders?" ”

"You go and inquire privately about the real cause of death of Liu Yuan's daughter." Xue Shao said, "In addition, once Yang Liu is about to use force, you will find a way to set fire to warn!" ”

"Yes!"

"Go back, be careful!"

Zhang Renyuan left, as quietly as he came.

Xue Shao secretly praised in his heart, Zhang Renyuan is a strong martial artist, outstanding in learning, and bold and careful, and steady, he is indeed a material that can be made!

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yuan was still like a warm landlord, and he warmly entertained Xue Shao and his party to enjoy a sumptuous and exquisite breakfast. Liu Yuan also said that today he would invite Xue Shao to visit a century-old temple made entirely of stone.

After breakfast, Xu Changqing came and hurriedly visited Xue Shao.

"Xu Changshi, why did you come here?" Xue Shao asked lightly.

Xu Changqing replied that his subordinates were supervising the autumn grain tax nearby, and he heard that the governor had come to visit him in Hongyun Fort.

They were all idle questions and answers, and Xue Shao didn't say anything more, so he asked Xu Changqing to visit the stone temple together.

Unexpectedly, Xu Changqing's face changed on the spot when he heard that he was going to visit the stone temple, "The governor is going to visit the stone temple?" ”

"What, what's the deal?" Xue Shao frowned and asked.

On the side, Liu Yuan's expression sank and gave Xu Changqing a look.

"This ...... Nothing wrong with that! Xu Changqing laughed dryly, "It's just that the place is relatively desolate, and it's not very impressive." ”

"It's okay, just take a look." Xue Shao took in the small movements of the two of them, but remained silent.

Later, the group left Liufu and went to the stone temple.

The scouts were extremely vigilant, and they seemed to be following Xue Shao idly, but in fact they were lined up in a formation that closely monitored the surroundings. Wu Ming himself did not leave Xue Shao's side an inch and protected him closely.

Although there were only more than ten people accompanying him, Xue Shao was convinced that even if the other party mobilized three thousand soldiers and horses in the fort to attack at the same time, there was nothing to fear.

After walking for a short time, the stone temple arrived. Liu Yuan explained to Xue Shao the history of this century-old stone temple like a tour guide, and there were also two thin old monks in the temple who came out to visit and guide Xue Shao and others to offer incense and candles to Buddha Tuojin.

Guo An and others checked the surroundings and found that there was a new tomb behind the temple, so they quietly came to report to Xue Shao.

Xue Shao was a little surprised when he heard it, the ancients attached great importance to feng shui, and the "front and back of the temple" were all places of great evil in feng shui, and they would never be used to bury people. How could there be a new tomb here now?

Thinking of Liu Yuan's actions again, Xue Shao woke up in his heart - most of the people buried in that tomb were Liu Nu!

It seems that Liu Yuan wants to play this "love debt" card to the end!

Sure enough, after entering the incense, Liu Yuan asked the old monk to guide Xue Shao and his party to the backyard of the stone temple and stopped in front of the new tomb.

Without waiting for Xue Shao to ask, Liu Yuan pounced on the new grave when he saw it, crying heartbreakingly.

The old monk explained to Xue Shao that Count Liu's beloved daughter died last winter, because she was not married and had children, so she could neither enter her husband's ancestral grave nor her own ancestral grave. Earl Liu loved his daughter very much, so he found a piece of land for her to bury in the temple, so that she could enjoy some Buddhist temple incense and pass away as soon as possible.

As Buddha Tuo spoke, Liu Yuan threw himself on the grave and cried even more fiercely, still muttering in his mouth, "Daughter, you died so miserably!" You open your eyes in heaven and see, your lover has come to visit you personally! ”

Seeing that Liu Yuan deliberately exaggerated and arranged Xue Shao into it, Wu Ming and the others were all angry, and two scouts pulled Liu Yuan up and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, it will ruin the young marshal's reputation!" ”

"Why did I ruin the young marshal's reputation?" Liu Yuan looked aggrieved and angry, "My poor daughter loves Lang Rushen, is this also wrong?" ”

"Let him go." Xue Shao said lightly, "Earl Liu, Xue does not deny that he has ever been with your daughter for a while. But to say that love is as deep as it is a bit too much. ”

"Xue Dudu, the little girl has been thinking about you since she went home, but Lang's heart is like iron, and she doesn't dare to see you again out of reserve." Liu Yuan cried while wiping his tears, "Later, I heard that you and Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping were married, and the little girl didn't think about washing her face with tears every day because of tea and dinner, and finally became ill and couldn't afford to mourn. Now in front of his daughter, how dare Liu talk nonsense? ”

"In this way, does Earl Liu want Xue to do something to compensate for the aftermath?" Xue Shao asked lightly.

"Liu didn't dare." Liu Yuan bowed to Xue Shao as if he was afraid, and said cautiously, "It's just that I pity the parents of the world, if Xue Dudu can organize a Buddhist festival here to personally pay tribute to the little girl, presumably the little girl can also smile at Jiuquan!" ”

"Bold!"

Wu Ming, who has always been calm and silent, was furious, and shouted: "Since ancient times, husbands have not sacrificed their wives, not to mention that Liu Nu is not a young marshal's wife, how can I say that I will pay tribute?" Earl Liu, the young marshal has been in office as the governor for a long time, and it is better if you don't go to see him, the young marshal is broad-minded and does not care, but deigns to take the initiative to visit you! I miss you as a mere earl, why should I put you in my eyes with the gold of a young marshal? ――I advise you not to be a villain, and you have to make inches! ”

Wu Ming's internal qi was full of sound, and the sound was like thunder, and almost all the tiles on the house were shaken down after these few loud roars. Liu Yuan was so frightened that his body weakened on the spot, and he hurriedly retreated with a pale face.

The scouts also glared angrily, and each of them erupted with a strong murderous aura, like substance.

Xu Changqing and the old monks in the temple have rarely even experienced fights, when have they seen such a formation? They were all frightened, and they all broke out in a cold sweat and didn't dare to breathe.

The atmosphere at the scene was suddenly tense and stagnant, and the slaughter was suffocating.