"It's okay, then it's hard for Brother Tao to make a trip." Kang Xu thought about it for a while and felt that only this method was feasible.

"Without further ado, I'll leave immediately." Tao Zhenzhu put away the letterhead closely, arched his hand to the two, then turned on the horse's back, and quickly left the tea shed.

"My lord, what are we going to do next?" Chang Feng scratched his head and asked.

Kang Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Since Lu Jitong knows those Dongying people, he must know their whereabouts, you go back and interrogate them." ”

Chang Feng nodded and said curiously, "My lord, won't you go back and interrogate him?" ”

"I'm going to go to the swamp again and see if there's any clue missing." As he spoke, Kang Xu took out three sachets from his arms, handed them to him, and said, "This is the sachet that the adults gave me before I fell unconscious, if I don't go back, you will act according to what is written." ”

Chang Feng was stunned, he took the bag and said in surprise: "How do adults know what is happening now?" ”

"The adult arranges this, there must be his reason, all we have to do is to believe in the adult." Kang Xu said seriously.

Chang Feng put the bag close to him, nodded heavily, and said, "I will act according to the bag, Brother Kang, be careful in everything, I'll go back first." ”

After Chang Feng left, Kang Xu sat alone in the tea shed, looking at the city gate where people came and went, and fell into deep thought.

It wasn't until it was getting late that he got up and went to the swamp where the bones had been found.

Night soon covered the land, and a crescent moon hung in the night sky, emitting a faint moonlight.

Kang Xu sat on the grass next to the swamp with a torch next to him, and he looked up at the night sky. Motionless like a statue.

There was a gust of wind in his ears, and Kang Xu tilted his ears sideways. Listen carefully to the sound of insects coming from the quiet mountains and forests, and feel everything in nature.

Suddenly. There was a sound of soo, and then several tired birds suddenly flew up, quacking in the woods, as if frightened.

Kang Xu looked back at the pitch-black woods, and there was no movement except for the randomly swaying branches that were blown by the wind.

"There shouldn't be tigers in this high mountain and dense forest, right? I'm just here to check on the scene, but I'm not a murderer! Buddha bless, Buddha bless! Kang Xu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly folded his hands and chanted Amitabha Buddha a few times.

Hold the torch in your hand. Kang Xu calmed down and observed the scene of the crime.

In fact, this scene has been searched many times, and nothing has been found each time, but he always feels that there will be clues here, but no one has found it yet.

With the help of the firelight, Kang Xu hunched over and began a carpet search around the swamp, and even a leaf had to be looked through for a long time.

Kang Xu carefully searched for clues around the swamp, but he didn't expect that danger was quietly coming.

Just as he was pleasantly surprised to find something from the duckweed, he suddenly received a heavy blow to the back of the head. fluttered and fell to the ground.

In a daze, he seemed to hear someone talking.

"Look, I'll just say I've been found out, so I'll let you come early. You can't get there. What to do, kill him? ”

"Then you do it!"

"I don't kill people."

"You don't kill people, you knock him unconscious?"

“…… Either you come. ”

"Coward, get out of the way."

……

I don't know how long it took. Kang Xu woke up and found himself in a prison cell.

"Anyone? Come on, come on! Kang Xu climbed in front of the fence. Shouted.

"Stop screaming, young man. It's better to save some effort, except for the fact that people will come to deliver food during meal time, there is usually not even a ghost. A voice suddenly came from behind.

Kang Xu was startled, and hurriedly turned around, only to find that in addition to him, there was another person in this prison.

The man was wearing a dusty blue-gray robe, and was lying on his side facing the wall, with only his back visible.

"I didn't pay attention to other people, and I hope I forgive me for the rudeness." Kang Xu said to the man.

"You're such an interesting person, you have become a prisoner and have not forgotten etiquette. Tell me, what did they do to get you? The man turned around, looked Kang Xu up and down, and asked.

Only then did Kang Xu discover that he was an old man over half a hundred years old, although he described it as withered, but his eyes did not look cloudy, but bright and bright.

"I found a corpse that was almost decomposed in the swamp outside Zhengyang City, and I just wanted to go back to report to the official, but I suddenly had a headache in my head, and I woke up and was here." Kang Xu rubbed the bulging place on the back of his head and said with a snort. "Old man, why are you trapped here?"

"The old man came in by himself." The old man squinted his eyes and said.

Kang Xu touched his ears in a little surprise, and said suspiciously: "You weren't arrested?" ”

"Of course not." The old man squinted his eyes and said leisurely: "This place is not affected by wind and rain, the most important thing is to eat and drink, where can I find such a good place?" ”

Kang Xu looked the old man up and down, and suddenly laughed: "Uncle, you are really joking." You're not a beggar, don't you have a place to live? ”

The old man glared at him and said, "How do you know that I am not a beggar?" ”

"Although you are always dressed in tatters, you are in good spirits, elegant and extraordinary, how can you be a beggar?" Kang Xu said with a smile.

The old man was stunned for a moment, suddenly got up and sat up, squinted his eyes and said, "You kid still has some eyesight, I am indeed not a beggar." ”

"Meeting is fate, I don't know how to call the uncle?" Kang Xu said with a smile.

"The old man's surname is Cui Minglian." The old man stroked his beard and said.

Kang Xu's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you recognize Tao Jizhu?" ”

"Of course I do, he's my student." The old man looked at him in surprise and asked suspiciously, "Do you also recognize the bamboo?" ”

Kang Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said excitedly: "My lord, I can be regarded as finding you!" ”

The old man's brows furrowed, and his eyes were full of caution.

"Who are you?"

"Xiaguan Zhengyang County Commander Li Canghai has seen Lord Shangshu." Kang Xu was busy saluting the old man.

Cui Lian stared at him intently, and said in a deep voice: "How did you know the identity of the old man?" ”

"All this was told by Brother Tao." Kang Xu knew that Cui Jian was suspicious of his identity, so he described what happened to him.

After listening, Cui Lian fell into silence.

"My lord, what happened at that time? Why did you disappear all of a sudden? Finally found Cui Lian's whereabouts, Kang Xu couldn't wait to ask things clearly.

"That day, the old man went to Damiao Village to investigate the matter of the 'Broken Dragon Monument' and turned back to Zhengyang, rested in the tea shed outside the city, and suddenly felt some discomfort in his abdomen, so he went to the forest for convenience. I didn't want to, but I ran into two sneaky people carrying something into the forest, and the old man felt that something was wrong, so he secretly followed. I didn't expect them to be throwing corpses! As an official of the imperial court, the old man naturally can't sit idly by, but I followed in a hurry, but the people accompanying me did not come, and my old bone is not their opponent. (To be continued.) )