But he said that I secretly put Xiang Zhongquan, hoping to find other clues in him, but he went straight to Anyang, so I decided that he must have something to do with the Anyang rebellion, and let him go south at the moment, while informing the others. So I released the pigeon and informed the fifth master of the Fang Mansion of Fang Wenzhong. In fact, he has always been haunted by the fact that he was caught that day, so he suspected that there were ghosts in the middle, and the gang that took him has not been accounted for so far, and he knows that those people will definitely be unfavorable to the other party's family, so he asked for orders to track down the case of Xiang Zhongquan. So, out of many considerations, I assigned him to search and collect evidence in the direction of Hungry Ghost Ridge, and at the same time sent a quick arrester to help him. At this moment, he received the flying pigeon book, and immediately took the catcher to track down Xiang Zhongquan.

Kuaima soon came to Anyang, but he didn't find Han Baiwen and Zao Wou-ki, but Zao Wou-Ki planted an eyeliner outside the city, collected the express, and then transferred into the city. They are now living in the Huanxi Building in Anyang City, although the second Miss Qin did not put on the pretense of the county lord, but she also showed her wealth, so for a while, the matter of a rich lady came to Anyang, and soon spread all over Anyang.

The prefect of Anyang is also surnamed Nie, called Nie Rushui. However, he has been an official in Hexi for eleven years, and he has never been like water. This was originally the territory of a wealthy family surnamed Kuai, and Nie Rushui had been mixed with his family for six or seven years. In June last year, a group of robbers suddenly came and killed more than 80 members of the Kuai family, and Nie Rushui took advantage of the situation to coax his family's ten-year-old daughter Kuai Yue'er and seize his family's property. The robbery and murder case has not been solved so far, but it is rumored here that the prefect has a thief who did the case. At present, rumors of chaos in Anyang are spreading, and Nie Rushui not only took advantage of the time when Hexi was settled, but kept silent and did not carry out any instructions issued by Hexi Road, which was obviously counterproductive. But now it has not reached the point of raising troops in the city, so after Emperor Cheng heard about it, he hoped to send a cronie to Anyang to stabilize Nie Rushui, so as to solve the problem of Anyang peacefully, so he chose Han Baiwen, who was upright but calm.

After Han Baiwen pretended to enter the city, he immediately heard the case of the Kuai family from the mouths of the people. He was a civil servant and was therefore very interested in the case. Zao Wou-Ki was different, he was not very concerned about Nie Rushui's bandits, but he went around to find out if there were any unknown merchants from outside Anyang City. Because in his mind, since the thief intends to cooperate with the government to start an incident, he must have eyes and ears in Anyang so that he can make an appointment to enter the city to make an appointment. After his verification, he found that since Nie Rushui seized the Kuai family's property last year, the Kuai family's façade in the city has changed their partners. These guys didn't have the same accent as the Hexi people, looking at their movements and the sound of their voices, Zao Wou-Ki concluded that those people were either thieves or the gang of thieves who committed the crime in hiding, so he told Han Baiwen about the situation.

Nie Rushui heard that a big lady came to Huanxi Building, and she also brought a lot of strange servants, and seemed to be very interested in last year's murder. He had already received a tip-off that an adult had come to the capital and was going to Anyang to investigate him thoroughly, so he hoped that he would start an incident within the month. However, he knew that Anyang was located in the position of Cizhou and Liyang, and the official roads in the north were neat and flat, and the cavalry battalion of the garrison could arrive here in less than three days. Cizhou is the base camp of Zhao Jiajun, which has been operated for many years, with tens of thousands of elites. Last night, he received a secret security from Cizhou, saying that Zhao Wouji led the main force to move in the direction of Anyang, and now the location is unknown. The direction of Liyang is temporarily safe, but once the Xiahou army wins and returns to the division, then Anyang will become a powder. He ran to the secret room, counted the account books, and counted the money he had run over the years, but it was not enough to check, so he hurriedly called the head of the torture and asked him to send someone to closely monitor the strange people in the Huanxi Building and find out their movements. Then he hurriedly disguised himself and ran out of the back door, and rode directly to the medicinal herb shop in the east of the city.

All this was seen by Zhao Wouji, and he immediately asked the servant to go back and inform Han Baiwen that someone was watching, and at the same time, he secretly tracked down Nie Rushui and also came to the medicine shop. But to his surprise, Nie Rushui disappeared after entering the shop. Although Zao Wou-Ki's kung fu is good, it is not good enough to sneak in in broad daylight without being detected. So he looked around and found that the shop had no back door, and the back was also blocked with a stone wall. So he guessed that there was a contact point stationed in this shop, and Nie Rushui was from the secret room here to discuss with the big man. After waiting for about half an hour, Nie Rushui walked out easily, got on the horse and whipped back to the mansion. Zao Wou-Ki is very strange, could it be that they have already decided? So he immediately turned back to Huanxi Building.

At this moment, Han Baiwen was collecting old blades and several precious medicinal materials at high prices in the city. Because he was a young man and wore the clothes of a servant, everyone thought he was the handyman of the rich lady. He declared to the public that they traveled all over Jiangbei in order to find some medicinal materials for the sick lord and some things that could suppress evil spirits. He thought about it, and he could use the old blade to ward off evil spirits, so he was willing to charge a high price. However, it must be old, and it must be bloody. Of course, he promised that he would never reveal the source of the blades, so whether it was the heroes of the green forest or the officers and soldiers of the government, they could sell the blades, and the money they got was enough for them to buy a few new ones.

Of course, Han Baiwen's capital was paid by Miss Qin Er, since she took in Zhao Wuji and Han Baiwen, she has become a different person, staying in the house all day and not coming out, and when they come back from errands at night, they will come together and look very attentive. Zao Wou-Ki has always been suspicious of her, because in the ordinary princely generals, there are very few women who understand martial arts, and even if they do, they will not be very powerful. They are generally beautiful girls, and they will either marry other wealthy families in the future, or find a way to send them to the palace. But this county lord is extraordinary, it seems that she is practicing an extremely powerful internal skill, she is only in her early twenties, but her breathing is thin and endless, this is definitely not a habitual skill on the rivers and lakes, and it seems to be not very different from the Central Plains martial arts. However, she pretends not to know kung fu, but she always shows her dew intentionally or unintentionally, and she doesn't seem to care much about hiding herself. So Zao Wou-Ki had no choice but to wait and see for the time being.

Han Baiwen collected the knives and medicinal materials for two days, spent nearly three thousand taels, and only got more than sixty old weapons and three or five medicinal herbs. Then Second Miss Qin looked at the baskets on the ground for a long time, and then said curiously:

Lord Han, forgive the little woman for her shallow knowledge. You did it for two days, and you spent 3,000 taels on this girl, just to buy a lot of scrap copper and rotten iron, and this little herb? What kind of tricks are you doing? It's not just to trick me, is it?

She tilted her head to look at him, and at the same time saw out of the corner of her eye that Zao Wou-Ki was staring at her, so she turned her face, narrowed her eyes and smiled:

And you! What are you doing? Can't you tell someone?

Her eyes widened all of a sudden, and Zao Wou-Ki noticed that she seemed to be looking at herself deliberately, so he stopped looking at her. Han Baiwen hugged his arms and said:

If you think about it, isn't it strange that there are more than sixty blades that have seen blood here?

Ha! I'll just find a broken knife and kill a chicken in exchange for your silver, what's so strange?

She also folded her arms, pouting and still staring at Zao Wou-Ki's face. Han Baiwen continued:

Of course you say yes! However, there are likely to be some clues to be found here, and if you are lucky, you may be able to catch the traces of the anti-thief!

Are you dreaming? A bunch of rags, how to find clues?

Han Baiwen moved his muscles and bones:

It is the duty of the official to investigate and arrest the murderer, of course there is a way! But you have to help me, or I won't be able to do it alone.

Zao Wou-Ki said curiously:

How do you want to do it?

Han Baiwen took out a broken knife and said:

Test these blades!

How to test?

Pour boiling water and smell it! Those who have been stained with human blood must be different!

Yes! As soon as we heard about killing chickens and pigs, we knew that those of us who practiced martial arts in war were very sensitive to human blood. Let's start testing it right away!

Not yet! This smell is very light, you have to find a few noses that are particularly effective!

Miss Qin Er hugged her arms and said:

Hey, hey, hey! Don't you just want to see human blood? Why don't you use this!

As she spoke, she pulled out a small bottle. Zao Wou-Ki pointed and said:

What is this?

This is a poisonous insect I received in Miaojiang, which specializes in eating blood for a living. Usually people feed it chicken blood and pig blood, but it likes human blood the most and is very sensitive to human blood. As long as you put it in a pile of weapons, it will naturally attach to the weapons that have killed people. Because of the light taste, blades such as chicken blood and pig blood will not attract it, in Miao Jiang, this method is used to verify the murder weapon, why don't you try it?

Han Baiwen was surprised:

You actually brought this bug with you?

Zao Wou-Ki said with a puzzled face:

Could it be that you brought other bugs with you?

As a result, Miss Qin Er smiled slightly, and then placed six small flower vases on the table and said:

It's all there! Each one is used differently! This is

She was just about to introduce, but Zao Wou-Ki signaled that she didn't need to say anything, and then arched his hand:

The county lord is really powerful! is actually good at using poisonous insects, Zhao admires! I just hope, it's better to be careful, I heard that Miao Jiang's technique, if you don't use it properly, you will suffer from it!

The second lady suddenly pursed her lips and smiled:

Does this mean caring for people?

Zao Wou-Ki arched his hand and said:

Just a reminder to the county lord! Let's try it and see if it's possible!

So everyone put those blades into several large basins, and put white cloth under the basins to prevent poisonous insects from crawling out, and their bodies were too small to be seen. The second lady took out a silver needle, opened the bottle, and put the needle in. After a while, half of the silver needle turned black, and there was a small red insect lying on the tip of the needle, Han Baiwen who was watching it hid aside, and Zhao Wouji looked at the insect carefully, but it was a black head, and a little mucus was spit out from its mouth, which seemed to be extremely poisonous. The second lady put the worm in a basin. After waiting for about a stick of incense, the insect crawled on top of a sword, so the second lady took out the sword and put the insect back again. Until the worm stretched its back at the bottom of the basin and did not move, it was put into another basin again, and so on.

After more than two hours of busy work, he finally picked out six blades. It was a short knife, a broken sword, and four sharp knives with notches. Zao Wou-Ki took hot water and poured it on it, and when he smelled it carefully, the smell of blood on the four knives was still fresh. So he shook his head and said:

Unexpectedly, this bug is still very useful!

Miss Qin Er hugged her arms and said:

Zao Wou-Ki, what do you mean? Don't believe my little red?

Little Red?

Yes! Today is Xiaohong's meritorious service! Don't forget, buy half a pound of fresh blood tomorrow, Xiaohong can't work in vain!

With that, she put away the little bottle, and went upstairs to sleep happily. Zao Wou-Ki shook his sleeves and said:

I hate bugs the most! Especially the ones that spit out mucus!

Han Baiwen stomped his feet on the spot and said:

That thing doesn't come out on its own, does it?

Zao Wou-Ki said:

I really didn't expect that this county lord would actually know Miao Jiang's Gu cultivation technique, we have to be careful in the future!

Han Baiwen said:

She must have understood the witchcraft of the fascinating mind!

That's all nonsense, Miao Jiang's witchcraft is not that powerful! It's that the poison technique is very powerful, especially the Gu poison. This county lord is not ordinary, you and I should be careful! By the way, where did you get all these killer blades? Presumably, adults want to use this way to find out the bandits who have been lurking in the city since the big case last year!

Han Baiwen shook his head and said:

No! I'm actually trying my luck, and if the thief wants to think about it, he must want to take control of the local state capital first. But it's true that this Nie prefect is a corrupt official, but if he wants to rebel, he doesn't have that ability! Therefore, I thought, it must be the thief who has been coercing him, so he has been silent about the court, but he does not act immediately. Since the thieves dared to coerce him, they would surely have men in the city. If you use this method, you must be from the green forest, so you must have killed people. But if any rebellion, regardless of the motive, is actually for fame and fortune, then they will be greedy for money. It's easy to be greedy for money, I now collect a lot of money for the blade, their leader will naturally not be fooled, but there are always people who are greedy for money, as long as someone sells the blade to me privately, I feel this clue, maybe I can find the stronghold of those anti-thieves, and then catch them all!

Zao Wou-Ki was surprised:

How complicated are you thinking? I don't understand. But listening to you, it seems to make sense. So now that there are six blades, how are you going to check them? Also, what's going on with those herbs?

Han Baiwen said proudly:

As I just said, since the anti-thieves have a stronghold, it must be on a certain scale. As green forest characters, they must have a lot of wound medicine around them. The herbs I collect are all essential herbs for stopping bleeding and building muscles, but some of them are precious and not used by ordinary people. But I know that since those thieves plan to gather a crowd, they still have considerable financial resources. Their leaders will surely prepare these commonly used life-saving herbs for themselves. Even the officers and soldiers of the imperial court often secretly hid some herbs and brought them with them in case of emergency. Therefore, the thieves plan to start an incident in the near future, and they will definitely search for these herbs everywhere. So when I was collecting herbs, I inquired with them, and most of the people who searched for herbs like me recently were those guys from the front of the Kuai family, and they were indeed thieves. However, there are very few people who come to buy expensive herbs, only twice, and once is the guy from the herb shop in the east of the city that you found. Although they have a lot of herbs there, they are so valuable that only those who fight in war will buy them. Of course, they claimed to have bought it for the customers, but now it seems that it should be a lie. Another time was a miscellaneous servant in the Qinglou in the south of the city. I think both of these places are suspicious, probably the two main strongholds of the thieves in the city.

But this is all an adult's assumption, and there is no evidence!

These four quick knives, to say a coincidence, were all sold by the guys from the medicine shop who contacted me privately. I'm sure they must be thieves, at least involved in last year's robbery! As for the short knife, it came from the Qinglou, and the broken sword was old and could not be verified. We can be sure that the herb shop is a stronghold of the anti-thieves, and the green building is very suspicious and needs to be verified. Now we send people to monitor the movement of the medicine shop, tomorrow I will go to the Qinglou to have a look, if we find evidence that it is also a stronghold of anti-thieves, we can deal a heavy blow to them before the anti-thieves start up!

No way! It's too dangerous for you to go! Or I'll go!

Zao Wou-Ki insisted on not letting Han Baiwen go to the Qinglou, so they decided to guess boxing. As a result, Zao Wou-Ki really won, and Han Baiwen had no choice but to give him this task. And they slept.

Early the next morning, Zao Wou-Ki prepared a gorgeous costume and said goodbye to Han Baiwen:

Then I'll go to the Qinglou once, and you and I will meet in the Chengdong Tavern in the afternoon!

Good!

So Han Baiwen went out first. Zao Wou-Ki unfolded the fan, and was just about to go out when Miss Qin Er stopped him upstairs. At this time, she hurriedly ran down and gave Zao Wou-Ki a slap first. As a result, Zao Wou-Ki touched his face and said:

What does this mean, county lord?

Bah! I was so mistaken about you! When has this been, you actually want to go to the Qinglou!

Looking at her angry look, Zao Wou-Ki arched his hand and said:

The county lord has misunderstood! I'm going to investigate, not really going to a brothel! I took my leave under it!

Just go.

No way! Go take me!

Zao Wou-Ki shook his head and said:

That's not going to work! This is official business, and it has nothing to do with the county lord, not to mention that it is very dangerous!

I don't care! That's an order! Stand still and don't move!

With that, she jumped upstairs in a few steps, and hurriedly pushed the door into the house. Zao Wou-Ki shook his head and went out to the south of the city. On the road, a knife hand approached the road:

Son! There are three spies in the government, should we take them?

Zao Wou-Ki waved his fan and said:

No need! They didn't have the ability to eavesdrop, so they let them go first. When the time comes, let's treat them well!

Be!

So the knifeman left. Zhao Wou-Ki immediately quickened his pace and walked to the south of the city, and at this time, the horse arrived behind him, but it was Miss Qin Er who put on men's clothes, jumped off the horse and pulled him by the arm and said:

You lie! There is no waiting for anyone at all!

I didn't promise you! However, you can follow along, but don't make a mess!

Well!

As a result, the second lady followed him and strode into the green building. It turned out that the brothel was called Qinglou, which had three floors and was quite large. Business in it wasn't very good, but there were twenty or thirty guys. As soon as Zao Wou-Ki came in, he found that the handyman at the door was not weak in martial arts, and the other party also noticed it, so the two looked at each other for a long time, and a guy ran over and said:

Uncle! The two of you?

Be!

Upstairs please!

So the guy led Zao Wou-Ki and the second lady to a room on the left side of the stairs on the second floor. Then he brought a deck of chess, each with a name after it. He immediately introduced the girls and asked them what they were going to order for the wine. As a result, the second lady said angrily:

What kind of wine do you serve in broad daylight, I'm hungry, hurry up and serve the food!

The fellow was not pleased when he heard this, so he closed the lid and said:

Dare to love the two masters, aren't they here to drink? So why bother to come to Xiaolou? It's also that business has been bad recently, so it's up to you to go this time!

As he spoke, he turned his head and went out, looking very unhappy. Second Miss said:

Look at that virtue! Who said that you must order a girl when you come to Qinglou? In Hangzhou, this girl has also visited Jiuqu and Eighteen Bays, and she has never seen such hospitality! Hum! This tea is not fresh, how can it be justified!

She hugged her arms and got angry, but Zao Wou-Ki shook his head and said:

I told you not to come, and I didn't want to make trouble when I came! Well, now that people know that we are not here with good intentions, how can we do it?

By the way, didn't you say you wanted to investigate? What to investigate? How to find out?

It's not a good thing you've done! I don't know how to check it now!

Miss Qin Er saw that he was angry, so she whispered:

It's a big deal, I'll check it for you! You watch!

As she spoke, she pulled out a pocket, and something seemed to be moving in it. Zao Wou-Ki was surprised:

What is that?

You see!

She immediately opened her pockets, but four or five little mice ran out. So she immediately jumped up and clapped her hands and shouted:

Oh no! My little mouse is running!

With that, she strode out. Zao Wou-Ki shook his head and said, what can you do with this trick? As a result, I heard that there was chaos outside. After a while, he heard someone arguing with her, so Zao Wou-Ki went out to take a look, and sure enough, the second young lady was upstairs and arguing with her partner in front of a room. It seems that the second lady wants to go in, but the guy won't let him. So the second lady pushed him hard, and the guy immediately fought with her, but both of them knew how to do some work. At this time, the old bustard downstairs came up to persuade him, but the second lady insisted on going in, so the guy blocked it desperately. There was a lot of trouble at the moment, and the handyman downstairs suddenly rushed up and said angrily:

You're not here to eat and drink, but you're here to make trouble!

The second lady hugged her arms and said:

My flying squirrel has entered this room, and I just want to go in and find it, why, there is a secret in it?

The handyman said:

If you are unreasonable, don't blame me for being unkind!

As he spoke, a cold light flashed in his eyes. So Zao Wou-Ki immediately climbed out of the window of the room, detoured to the back of the room on the third floor, and looked through the window, but it was pitch black inside. So he carefully opened the window, and the light shone in, and there were several large boxes inside. Zao Wou-Ki immediately flipped in, and heard that there seemed to be another fight outside. He opened the box and saw that it was a lot of silver. There are also some wooden boxes next to them that are slightly larger, and when you open them, they are all armor and blades, and there are blood stains, it seems that they have been committing the crime for a short time. So he looked around again and found a hidden compartment behind the painting on the wall, and a pamphlet was hidden inside. So he opened it and took a look, and there were some secret codes recorded in it, as well as a map of Anyang. He put it back as it was, wiped off the footprints, and then carefully climbed out the window and went back into the house.

This time, the second lady had a fierce fight with the miscellaneous servants and the men, but they didn't see Zao Wou-Ki come to their aid for a long time, so they sprinkled some incense powder and put down a few people. As a result, Zao Wou-Ki had just returned to the second floor, and before he could get out of the door, he heard the sound of many people walking downstairs. He immediately hid sideways, and peeked at it, but it was the twenty or thirty men with knives and guns who surrounded him, trapping the second lady upstairs. The second lady panicked:

What are you doing here? Don't people just want to go in and have a look? As for putting on such a big formation!

At this moment a subordinate came in from outside the gate, and he hurried near them and said:

When has this been, and is it still causing chaos here? Go back now!

With that, the people all went downstairs. The man arched his hand and said:

I'm sorry Childe! No more business today! The lord said, this one hundred taels of silver is considered compensation, please go downstairs!

Miss Qin Er was stunned for a moment, and then Zhao Wuji came out and said:

Are you done? I told you a long time ago that force can't solve the problem, but you just don't listen? Do you dare to ask for money now? Do you think you're a robber?

As a result, the man arched his hand and said:

Sorry! I will take this money! The old man also said that seeing that the two of them are preoccupied, it is better to leave Anyang as soon as possible!

Zao Wou-Ki arched his hand and said:

My brother has always been troublesome, I'm used to it! If you don't worry about it, we will naturally leave this place! Brother, don't you want to go?

As a result, Miss Qin Er touched her wrist and said:

Hum!

So he went downstairs, and took the one hundred taels of silver tickets away before leaving. As a result, Zao Wou-Ki shook his head and said:

What will you do with his money? I was beaten up by you, and I couldn't find anything! Let's go back!

So Miss Qin Er lowered her head and followed Zao Wou-Ki to the tavern in the east of the city. At this moment, Han Baiwen was already sitting in a corner waiting for them. Zao Wou-Ki came over and sat down and whispered:

How's it going?

Han Baiwen picked up the cup and whispered:

The person at the first table in front of you on the left is the thief! He's been following me for a while! It's not like the eyeliner of the government!

Miss Qin Er said:

So what's so hard about that? This girl is going to go over and get him!

As a result, Zao Wou-Ki pulled him back by the collar and pressed him to the stool. She straightened her clothes and said:

Feed! It's a girl's family, you should be gentle!

Zao Wou-Ki said:

That person seems to be a master, you see him drinking, sitting on the stool posture, as if he has practiced the kung fu of the Bagua Gate, and his feet unconsciously step on the direction. There is also that knife, which looks very new, it seems that it was just bought not long ago, and it is estimated that this person is not good at making knives, probably a murder weapon specially bought for the purpose of committing a crime. The adult is right, this is a thief, and his status is not low. Looks like we'll have to figure out a way to get him alive in a secluded place, and then we'll be able to ask for their information!

So the three of them agreed, paid the money, and went out of the tavern. Sure enough, the man immediately checked out and came out. The three of them walked for a long time and came to an alley. At this time, Zao Wou-Ki noticed that the person was not far behind. So Miss Qin Er and Han Baiwen quickly turned the corner of the wall and hid, and Zao Wou-Ki immediately flew onto the roof. The man immediately ran over and looked around, then in the blink of an eye, he immediately turned around and ran, only to see Zao Wou-Ki flying down and landing in front of him. Just about to raise his fist, the man turned around and ran, but Miss Qin Er dodged out from behind the water tank, grabbed a handful of soil and lifted it, the man immediately brushed off the dust with his hands, but was kicked to the ground by Miss Er, followed by a hammer. Although Miss Qin's martial arts are not very strong, her strength is not small, and that man was immediately beaten and couldn't help but beg for mercy. So Zao Wou-Ki grabbed the second miss, and she enjoyed beating herself. Zao Wou-Ki immediately grabbed his chest and said:

Who are you? Why follow us?

As a result, the man spat out ashes and said:

Lao Tzu is in the middle! It's the palace guards! You've hit the wrong person!

When Han Baiwen heard this, he jumped out and said:

No way! You are the center!

Saying that, a dart shot from behind him, and when Miss Qin Er just punched, she took off the ring in her hand and immediately threw it, shooting down the dart. So Zao Wou-Ki saw a masked man hiding in a tree, and the dart just now was aimed at Han Baiwen. As a result, the man immediately jumped on the roof, flipped over a few times, and disappeared.

(End of this review)