Waste Hill is a small city in the southwest border of Chen Kingdom for a long time, when the first king reigned, set Changge as the west outpost, as an important city connecting the west trade and cultural exchanges, and stationed the army in the south of Changge in the waste hill, Weiyang, Wuji, scattered to surround Changge with the state of the stars and the moon, as a guard.

However, the ruin hill is famous not only because it is endowed with this heavy meaning, but also because the ruin hill is the hometown of the famous thief of the Chen country, it is said that the mysterious thief who has no end in sight has a treasure hidden in the ruin mound, this legend attracts countless people to the ruin mound, looking for treasure.

There are many famous families in the Chen Kingdom, but there are only a handful of people who are still thriving, except for the Zhou family, the He family and the Chen family in Wucheng, the Xu family is the most famous.

The waste hill is close to the Lin Zhong River, the mother river of the Chen country, the terrain in the west of the Chen country is complex, and the climate is changeable, so in the early years of the reign of King Chen Ling, he relied on the Lin Zhong River to build a hot spring reservoir for the untimely needs of the towns around the waste hill.

Next to the river, there is a water transport. And the Lin Zhong River disaster, which shocked the whole country back then, happened on this endless river. If you talk about the connection between Lin Zhonghe's disaster and the waste hill, it is that after the Lin Zhonghe disaster, the Xu family, who was originally in charge of the Cao Yun of Chenguo, was disgusted by King Ping, deprived of power, retreated to the waste hill, and has since declined.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and with the family background in the early years, the Xu family is still the richest and most prestigious family in the waste hill. The people of the ruined hill, every time they pass by the Xu Mansion, look at the high-walled compound that is somewhat depressed and slaughtered, or the meeting talks about the past indispensability of the owner here.

He Yunsheng is now at the gate of the Xu Mansion, touching his chin and looking at the closed wooden door, thoughtful.

After a while, Li Boyan came, and seeing He Yunsheng motionless, he called him twice and said with a smile: "Master Hou, what's wrong?" ”

"Inspector Li, didn't we say okay, don't call me Master Hou outside." He Yunsheng took the wine bottle in Li Boyan's hand and raised his head to drink.

"Didn't we also say that we should not oversee the army outside." Li Boyan smiled, "Then Seventh Master, your old man sent me to buy wine, why are you here in a daze?" ”

He Yunsheng shook the wine bottle and muttered, "It's the same taste, it's the same as what I used to drink in the waste hill." ”

"Hou... The Seventh Master has been to Waste Hill before? ”

"When I was a child, my fourth sister was friendly with a young lady of the Xu family in the waste hill, and I accompanied her to the waste hill many years ago. That year, the famous fairy Zhang Jingyan of Chenguo painted ruthlessly for the beauty flower in the waste hill, and for a time thousands of people were empty, and there were countless trampled people, just to see the demeanor of the fairy and the beauty. He Yunsheng looked at the wine bottle, "That was nine years ago. ”

Li Boyan narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I know, Zhang Jingyan also caught a flower thief in the waste hill that year. ”

Now it was He Yunsheng's turn to wonder: "How do you know?" ”

"Nine years ago, I was also in the waste hill, I was a head catcher in the waste hill, Zhang Jingyan carried a person and threw it to the yamen, which scared me. He didn't have a rope in his hand at that time, so he untied his hairband to tie the hands and feet of the flower thief. Li Boyan smiled, "What about Master Hou?" Did Master Hou see Zhang Jingyan? ”

"I saw it, I think you have heard of it, my fourth sister used to be a fanatical fan of Zhang Jingyan, she came to Waste Hill, one is to visit a friend, and the other is to come to see Zhang Jingyan."

"I have heard about Princess Jiande and Zhang Jingyan, and I heard that Zhang Jingyan saved Princess Jiande twice that day."

"Yes, that day there were thousands of empty alleys, my fourth sister wanted to climb up to the beam of the house to see, and accidentally fell, Zhang Jingyan saved her, this is the first time; Later, my fourth sister was very unlucky, and was remembered by the flower thief, and Zhang Jingyan saved her again, this is the second time. ”

"It's really a legend, it's a pity that Princess Jiande died of illness, and Zhang Jingyan also died." Li Boyan sighed, "I heard that Zhang Jingyan was originally born in Tanhualang, due to family changes, at the age of sixteen, he scattered all his family wealth and went out to wander, a judge pen made him superb, and at the age of nineteen, he was already ranked second on the list of Baizhilu masters, and he also became close friends with Ye Qingyan, the world's No. 1 'Cloud Sweeping Jade Sword', but he never thought that he would die in a foreign country... If Zhang Jingyan is still there, I don't know what kind of scenery and what achievements he has now. ”

Yes, He Yunsheng thought to himself, if Zhang Jingyan was still there, maybe the fourth sister would not have met and fallen in love with Li Guning, maybe the fourth sister would still be alive and well...

"It's just that I don't understand, Master Hou, you came to waste the hill just to remember the past?"

Since He Yunsheng was transferred to Changge, Li Boyan can be said to have done his best for this golden and noble marquis, He Yunsheng has never been idle, always running here and there, Li Boyan, as the overseer of Changge, has to be He Yunsheng's nanny, which is miserable, but this is the order of the national teacher, and he has no choice but to accompany He Yunsheng to run here and there, no, two days ago, He Yunsheng wanted to go to the waste hill on a whim to take a look, so he had to accompany him.

"I want to come to the Xu family in Waste Hill to see, the friend of my fourth sister back then." He Yunsheng said, "I want to meet her, ask her about the fourth sister's past, and see if she still has the fourth sister's token." ”

"And what's that young lady's name?"

"I don't know."

Li Boya choked: "You don't know either?" ”

"I patronized chasing Zhang Jingyan when I came to Waste Hill that time, and I didn't settle in the Xu family, besides, why do I know so much about my fourth sister's friend?" He Yunsheng glared.

"Princess Jiande has always mentioned it, right?"

"Maybe, but I forgot." He Yunsheng was confident, "I've seen so many girls, where can I remember all the names?" ”

Li Boyan almost didn't vomit blood: "You don't even know people's names, and you still come here to find people?" ”

"It's a matter of people." He Yunsheng patted Li Boyan on the shoulder and strode towards the closed wooden door.

After inquiring with the housekeeper of the Xu family, I found out that there was indeed a girl who had been friends with Princess Jiande, who was the eldest lady of their family, surnamed Xu Zisu, but this Xu Zisu girl had just gone out to play with a few friends not long ago, but she was not at home at the moment.

The housekeeper saw that these two sons were extraordinary, and their clothes were also dressed as sons of the family, and they thought that they were friends of Princess Jiande before her death, but he didn't understand what to do when he came here to find their young lady.

He Yunsheng and Li Boyan had no choice but to give up, and were about to leave, when He Yunsheng was suddenly hit by a cloud of gray and gray things. That mass of "things" ahhhh

The man was wearing a coarse gray coat with patches on his clothes, and just because he was bending over, he bumped into He Yunsheng's arms. And the reason why that man bent over and rampage was because of a chicken.

The man was chasing the chicken, and the chicken circled around He Yunsheng, He Yunsheng was impatient, reached out and grabbed the chicken with two fingers, and handed it to the man in gray.

Only then did the gray-clothed man straighten up, he was taller than He Yunsheng, thin and long, took the chicken and kept saying to He Yunsheng: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm going to bump into Hou Ye." ”

The housekeeper was taken aback when he heard that the man in gray called He Yunsheng Hou Ye, and He Yunsheng was even more surprised, he didn't say a word, this man in gray could recognize him!

He looked at the man in gray carefully, and always felt that his face was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"How do you know I'm Lord Hou?"

"Ah, I just heard him call you Master Hou." The man pointed at Li Boyan, and Li Boyan hurriedly denied: "I didn't!" The man pointed to the butler, and said, "That's him." The butler also quickly denied it, shaking his head like a rattle. The man pointed to the chicken, which happened to crow, but it was the right thing to do.

He Yunsheng felt that this person was very strange, and said coldly: "Say! ”

The man sighed: "Hou Ye has a sword on his waist, the scabbard is engraved with Sikong jade, and the pattern is Jiaolong going to sea, which is given by His Majesty today, and in the entire Chen Kingdom, only Hou Ye has this thing." ”

He Yunsheng looked at him, as if he wanted to stare him out of a hole.

"Who are you?"

"Ah, in the next surname chapter, the name is cold water, cold cold, the water of the mountains."

"What are you doing here?"

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Zhang Gongzi is also an old friend of Miss, and like the two adults, he also came to find Miss, but unfortunately Miss just left, and the master left Zhang Gongzi to rest here, and asked the kitchen to kill chickens to eat, but Zhang Gongzi said that he couldn't stand this treatment and wanted to kill himself, so..."

Zhang Hanshui sighed and said, "I didn't expect that killing chickens is really not a simple matter. ”

At this time, the servants from the kitchen came, and Zhang Hanshui hurriedly handed them the chickens, and began to seriously check whether there was on their bodies, and carefully rummaged through every part of the coarse gray clothes.

He Yunsheng was already a little impatient in his heart, so he said that he wanted to leave, but the housekeeper had to tell the master no matter what, and it was difficult to refuse, so the two had to stay here to drink tea, and sat down in the lobby with the strange Zhang Hanshui.

After a long time, the housekeeper still didn't come back, He Yunsheng was about to go and have a look, but the housekeeper shouted and ran over: "No, it's not good, the master, the master is gone!" ”

"What?" He Yunsheng and Li Boyan were both shocked, but Zhang Hanshui was still pouring tea there, and asked slowly: "What does it mean that Master Xu is gone?" ”

The housekeeper knelt on the ground with a weak leg: "The master is gone!" The head is gone! ”

Zhang Hanshui was also stunned at this time, He Yunsheng and Li Boyan had already used light skills and rushed away, Zhang Hanshui sighed, helped the housekeeper, and patted the ash on his clothes for him: "Housekeeper, please take me to see it." ”

He Yunsheng and Li Boyan arrived first, Zhang Hanshui also came over slowly, the people in the room were already in a mess, and there was a headless male corpse on the bed, and there was a large pool of blood under him.

He Yunsheng said sharply: "What's going on? ”

The subordinates were extremely unfamiliar with these two characters who suddenly appeared, and they were too frightened to speak, Zhang Hanshui said in the back: "This is the Hou Ye who made a private visit to observe the people's feelings for His Majesty's micro-service, and he is an old friend of Miss Zisu, and he will be able to find out, and you will boldly answer when the Hou Ye asks." ”

He Yunsheng glared at him back, and was about to argue, when one of his subordinates trembled and said: "The master said that he had a headache at noon, and he wanted to take a nap, so he didn't let us disturb, so there was no movement in the afternoon, and we only dared to guard outside, and we didn't dare to go in, until the housekeeper came to call the master, and I found that the master had ......."

"Where's your wife?" He Yunsheng asked, as if he had already regarded himself as the Hou Ye who had come down to pay a private visit.

"The wife of the Xu family passed away many years ago, and the lord loves his wife, and there is no continuation, because the Xu family has no master mother." Zhang Hanshui interfaced.

He Yunsheng glanced at Zhang Hanshui, the housekeeper said that he was a friend of Xu Zisu, so it was understandable that he knew some of the Xu family's secrets, and continued to ask: "Does Master Xu have any other heirs?" ”

"The Xu family is a big family, and the waste hill is the family, and the families are scattered all over the Chen Kingdom, and Mrs. Xu died when Zisu was very young, so Master Xu only has one daughter, Zisu." Zhang Hanshui had already come in as he spoke, began to observe the headless corpse lying on the bed, turned his head and asked the subordinate gently, "Ah Peng, are you sure it's Master Xu who is lying here?" ”

Ah Peng said tremblingly: "The master did wear this set of clothes before taking a nap, and he did have a jade pendant on his body, and I stayed here all afternoon, and the master never came out of it..."

He Yunsheng observed the room and said, "In addition to the side of the door, there is also a window on the other side. ”

Li Boyan understood, and immediately went to check the window over there, and said: "This window is locked, and there is no trace of opening, and this window is very small and far from the ground, so I don't think it can be passed through." ”

"Behind this window is a pond, on weekdays, Zisu will feed the fish there, Zisu is not there, there will be a maid, butler, please go and close the gate first, don't let anyone out, don't let anyone in, and then gather all the subordinates in the Xu Mansion together, okay?" Zhang Hanshui's voice was soft, comforting the housekeeper, and the housekeeper nodded tremblingly and did so.

Zhang Hanshui began to wander around the room again, and Li Boyan couldn't help but say, "What can Zhang Gongzi see?" ”

"What can you see?" Zhang Hanshui asked He Yunsheng rhetorically.

"Only there was blood on the bed, and the bed and ceiling were clean, and he was beheaded only after he died." He Yunsheng looked at the headless male corpse on the bed, "The body is here, so where is Master Xu's head?" If no one really has been in or out of this room, then, the head, must still be in the house. ”

As soon as He Yunsheng's words came out, several people were scared and trembled.

Zhang Hanshui clapped his hands and said: "Master Hou is really smart and careful, I didn't expect any of this." ”

He Yunsheng glanced at him and snorted: "If you hadn't thought of it, naturally you wouldn't have asked me, now Master Xu's death is the top priority, and I won't investigate where you are sacred." ”

Zhang Hanshui hurriedly shook his head: "I really didn't expect anything, Hou Ye is wise and martial, like a god, and has the demeanor of Lord Changsun, the first god of Chen Kingdom." ”

As soon as he heard the eldest grandson's divine capture, He Yunsheng thought of his grandson eldest grandson Jiashu, shook his head again and again, and was extremely disgusted: "Lord Eldest Sun is indeed a martial artist, but it's a pity that his grandson Eldest Sun Jiashu is not very successful, and he is incompetent, and he also learns Zhang Jingyan to make a judge." ”

Zhang Hanshui listened to him quietly, and said lightly: "Isn't it very good for the eldest grandson to be a young talent." ”

"Zhang Jingyan's judge's pen is superb, and no one knows the secret that he is so fast, accurate, and ruthless, how can he imitate it at will." He Yunsheng snorted coldly.

"That's really Zhang Jingyan's fault, he forgot to write a book of martial arts secrets before he died." Zhang Hanshui said with a smile.

"Zhang Jingyan is a peerless immortal, so he naturally disdains to write these things."

"Extremely, extremely."

At this moment, He Yunsheng is anxious about the headless corpse case of the waste hill, and he doesn't know that at the same time, he is far away in Wucheng, and Zhou Yulan is also facing a headless corpse, and it is unknown whether there is a connection between the two.