On the same day that Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo set up a banquet for Yang Yong and Yang Jun in Zhengyang Palace, before the hour of the day, Qu Tutong, the chief of the guards who had only gone to the Jin Palace's mansion to find Yang Guang to report, received a report from his sergeant, saying that Fang Shihong, a Chinese in the "Wild Goose's Nest" who had been under surveillance, had left his home and walked in the direction of Xishi.

Because they had only met with Yang Guang and Zhang Heng yesterday and informed each other of the latest progress in the investigation of the Guan Zizi case, Qu Tutong did not accept the slightest carelessness after receiving the report that Fang Shihong might go to the "Mei's Tomb Dian Shop" in Xishi, and immediately led two sergeants to rush to the vicinity of Xishi in person, secretly keeping close surveillance on Fang Shihong.

Sure enough, as soon as the hour passed, the West Market opened with a gong, Qu Tutong was dressed in casual clothes, mixed in the crowd, and followed Fang Shihong into the West Market.

After Fang Shihong walked into the West Market, he did not go straight to the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" located in the northeast corner of the West Market, but like an unemployed vagrant wandering around, he walked through most of the West Market, and only after half an hour did he wander into the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony".

Qu Tutong secretly ordered a sergeant who looked like Sven to follow Fang Shihong into the "Mei's Tomb Shop", and he himself immediately walked into a treasure shop opened by a Hu merchant two or three stores away from the "Mei's Tomb Shop", sat in the store and pretended to be choosing jewelry, and turned around from time to time to stare at the movements around the "Mei's Tomb Shop".

After only two glances, Qu Tutong recognized that a young man standing in front of the silk cloth shop next door to the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" was probably a secret pile sent by Zhang Heng to monitor the movements of the "Mei's Tomb Collection", and couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking in his heart: Zhang Jianping probably didn't expect that today's credit would be snatched away by me.

Seeing Fang Shihong walk into the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony", he only stayed in the store for less than a bowl of tea before walking out, holding a book in his arms, and hurriedly walked towards the gate of the West Market.

Qu Tutong saw that among the idlers wandering nearby, another person followed Fang Shihong and walked towards the gate of the West Market, guessing that this person must also be Zhang Heng's subordinates, and hurriedly walked out of the treasure store, and ordered another sergeant to accompany him also stared at Fang Shihong, beckoned the sergeant who followed Fang Shihong into the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" to a secluded place nearby, and asked him: "What did Fang Shihong do in the 'Mei's Tomb Collection' just now?" ”

"Back to the general, Fang Shihong seems to have ordered a book in the store, and today he seems to have come to the store to pick up the book. He and Mei Er didn't say a word other than checking books, handing over books and paying money. The sergeant replied truthfully.

"Can you see what kind of book he took from Mei's second-hand?"

"It seems to be a rare book, and the little one took advantage of Mei Er's hand over to Fang Shihong to take a look, the title of the book seems to be called "Mr. Shidao's Collection", I don't know what kind of book it is."

"Okay, you stay, and see what Mei Er will do today." Qu Tutong gave an order to the sergeant, and strode towards the gate of the West Market.

Fang Shihong seemed to have noticed that someone was watching behind him, walked out of the gate of the West Market, and did not go straight back to his home in Dongcheng, but circled around the various places in the West City of Chang'an, and after a while, he got rid of the sergeant who was following him under Zhang Heng.

Compared with the sergeants of the Hussar Battalion of the Jin Dynasty sent by Zhang Heng to monitor the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony", Qu Tutong and his sergeants have been doing a lot of the work in recent years, and they will not be easily thrown off by Fang Shihong.

Even so, Fang Shihong's actions today are very different from those on weekdays, sweeping away the thick sour and rotten gas that he carried all over his body in the past, and taking Qu Tutong and the other two people to intersperse and go back and forth in the streets and alleys of various alleys, like a scout in the army who is quite agile.

Although Qu Tutong was not dumped by Fang Shihong, he couldn't believe that he hadn't been discovered by him after several trips back and forth.

took Qu Tutong and the others around Xicheng for nearly an hour, seeing that it was almost noon, Qu Tutong suddenly flashed the figure of Fang Shihong not far in front of him, and flashed into a mansion with a grand shape next to the street.

Because the situation ahead was unclear, Qu Tutong didn't dare to follow rashly, and waited on the side of the road for a while, convinced that Fang Shihong had entered the mansion in front of him, so he walked forward with the sergeant and looked at a pair of gold lacquer plaques hanging on the lintel of the mansion.

I saw that the plaque on the lintel was inscribed with three big characters of the Qin Palace.

Qu Tutong stopped outside the gate of King Qin's Mansion, and couldn't help but secretly gasp: he had never seen Fang Shihong and King Yang Jun of Qin have any dealings in the past, how could he suddenly sneak into King Qin's Mansion?

At this moment, two palace guards guarding the gate of the Qin Palace, who walked out of the gate of the Qin Palace, shouted loudly at Qu Tutong, who was standing outside the door: "What are you doing standing in front of the Qin Palace?" Hurry up, go quickly, go late, be careful that the gentlemen take you into the house to ask for the guilt! ”

The sergeant who was following behind Qu Tutong was just about to step forward to report his identity, but Qu Tutong stretched out his hand to stop him.

"The two generals forgive their sins, the little one is only afraid that he will be dazzled, and he will obviously see a figure in front of him in front of the door and disappear, I am afraid that he has met a ghost in broad daylight." Qu Tutong bowed to the two palace guards, bowed again, and explained with a smile.

"What a ghost in broad daylight, nonsense! I see that you look loyal, not like a villain, so I simply said that I will listen to you, and there is indeed a scholar who claims to be the brother of my princess, and asks to see my princess. Perhaps it was because he heard Qu Tutong call himself a general, and he felt quite useful, and one of the royal palace guards scolded Qu Tutong and said.

"It's good if it's not a ghost, it's good if it's not a ghost." Qu Tutong supported the royal palace guards, and walked forward quickly with the accompanying sergeants.

Not long after going out, Qu Tutong suddenly thought that he couldn't just let a Nanchen Xizuo into the palace of the king of Qin, so he ordered the accompanying sergeants to immediately rush to the Jingzhao Yamen to ask for Zhang Heng and ask him to try to enter the palace of the king of Qin to find out the movements.

The sergeant was ordered to walk for about a quarter of an hour, and Qu Tutong, who was hiding at the corner of the street to observe the movements of the Qin Palace, saw Fang Shihong walking out of the Qin Palace, but the book he had taken from the "Mei Tomb Ceremony" was missing in his arms.

Immediately, when Qu Tuyong hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to continue to follow Fang Shihong or stay outside the gate of King Qin's Mansion, he saw a very delicately decorated and elegant pannier sedan car drive out of the side gate of King Qin's Mansion, and drove straight in the opposite direction.

This time, Qu Tutong didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately withdrew to follow.