On the side of the ancient road, a middle-aged man wearing a hat and carrying a black coffin was galloping on his horse.

Behind him was a man of about thirty with a ragged and yellow-skinned face, who was now being forced to follow his horses with his hands tied.

Although this person was dressed like a beggar, there were many black bruises on his body, and there were blood marks on his face, but he could vaguely identify that this person was Liu Laosan, the survivor of Yunlai Town.

At this time, Liu Laosan was even more embarrassed than a month ago, he was already an ordinary person, but now he was even more abused, and his body was extremely weak, how could he keep up with the horses running ahead?

In this way, Liu Laosan was already tossed and half dead.

It didn't take long for the person in front of Xu is to also realize that Liu Laosan couldn't hold out for too long, so in order to avoid his death, he stopped the horse and jumped down in front of Liu Laosan.

Liu Laosan's chest rose and fell violently, a pair of eyes were half-open, looking at the man, but under the hat was a broad square face, he was the chief of Taiping Town, but in fact Xu Tongzhou, who was secretly spying on Jinyiwei!

Xu Tongzhou squatted down, looked at Liu Laosan and said, "Do you dare to run?" ”

Liu Laosan hurriedly said: "No... Ahem! Before a word ...... was spoken, it caused a violent cough and even coughed up traces of blood, which shows the torture suffered along the way.

"Please, let me go, I'll never run again..."

Liu Laosan pleaded, but Xu Tongzhou didn't care.

When Wu Mantian handed over Liu Laosan to Xu Tongzhou, he told him not to let him run away, Wu Mantian's reminder was equivalent to explaining Liu Laosan's identity, and Xu Tongzhou knew that Liu Laosan was not a big person, but he was an important person, so he was very accurate, and it didn't matter what he did, but he must not let him die.

In fact, Wu Mantian's reminder is indeed very correct, along the way, Liu Laosan wanted to run away more than once, and he instinctively felt that following this person was definitely more than lucky, so for the sake of his own life, Liu Laosan also had to run.

And it really made him successful a few times, speaking of which, Liu Laosan has nothing else, but there is a lot of cleverness, but who is Xu Tongzhou, since he can lurk in a sect for Jinyiwei for so many years, and later became the chief of security in various towns with his brothers, he is not an easy person, and he was also aroused by Liu Laosan's anger after being teased many times.

This last time, Liu Laosan pretended to be a beggar, and even ran out of a county, and was finally chased back by Xu Tongzhou, and it was also this time that Xu Tongzhou really had the urge to kill the other party.

But he suppressed it, although he didn't know the specific content of this mission, but after he left, such a big thing happened in Beiguang County was also passed into his ears, and he heard no less talk about it along the way, so he guessed that the black coffin he was carrying must be an important clue about the Beiguang County disaster, and Liu Laosan must also be an insider.

If Liu Laosan was allowed to die in his own hands, provoking the anger of the commander, Xu Tongzhou couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

Xu Tongzhou suddenly remembered the two thousand households in the Jinyi Guard, Wu Ma and Wei Yang, who were not only masters in martial arts, but also masters of interrogation, and it was said that Wu Ma himself could completely peel off the skin of the prisoner in a quarter of an hour when he was sober. Weiyang, on the other hand, will have 130 kinds of torture techniques, including chest piercing, abdominal dissection, craniotomy, copper branding, hanging, plate burning, finger amputation, and five horse corpses, all of which are guaranteed to make people feel painful.

Xu Tongzhou couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this, and immediately took out an elixir that replenished qi and blood and stuffed it into Liu Laosan's mouth.

Liu Laosan's sloppy gaze condensed slightly, and his drooping eyelids covered the glint that flashed under him, how could he not know that Xu Tongzhou would definitely not allow him to die, this was the experience he summed up by risking his life, so he dared to escape many times.

Xu Tongzhou didn't say much, lifted Liu Laosan and threw him on the horse, and looked into the distance, and the outline of a city could already be seen.

If it weren't for Liu Laosan, they would have arrived at Jingshi at this moment, but now it is also fast, at this time they have already arrived at the territory of Shuntianfu, where Jingshi is located, as long as they replenish in the city in front of them, the next stop will be to Jingshi.

In front of it is a big city, called Wuxi City.

When Xu Tongzhou and Liu Laosan came to the city gate, it was already afternoon.

Such a big city, and close to the capital division, the degree of prosperity can be imagined, only at the gate of the city queue into the city there are dozens of people.

In normal times, Xu Tongzhou would have priority to enter the city whether he took out the identity of the security chief or the token of Jinyiwei, but now that he is on a special mission, he will definitely not reveal his identity so much, so he has to line up obediently.

In such a prosperous place, there are countless people in the martial arts rivers and lakes, and there are even more people in strange costumes, so Xu Tongzhou wore a hat on his head and was dressed in a black coffin and did not cause him any unnecessary trouble, and after paying the entrance fee, he easily entered Wuxi City.

At this moment, Liu Laosan, who has recovered a little bit of vitality, also looked around with curious eyes, for Wuxi City, Yunlai Town really belongs to the countryside, and Liu Laosan, who has never been out of Beiguang County in his life, has never seen such a magnificent city and so many people.

On both sides of the wide street, the shouts of the vendors, the laughter of the flow of people, and the sound of the people drinking and talking in the roadside taverns, Liu Laosan felt that he seemed to have come to a more magnificent world.

Xu Tongzhou walked on the ground and led the horse, while the weak Liu Laosan was prostrate on the horse's back.

The two of them were slowly walking through this city like this, Xu Tongzhou didn't want to waste time, but seeing Liu Laosan like this, he changed his mind and planned to spend the night here and have a good rest.

At this time, the two of them were walking in the city, planning to find an inn, eat something, and get a good night's sleep.

But at this moment, a group of men and horses suddenly galloped in front of him, and Xu Tongzhou, who didn't want to cause more trouble, hurriedly pulled the horses to the side to make way for them.

When the team approached, Xu Tongzhou also saw clearly who these people were.

I saw that these people were uniformly dressed in brown clothes, wearing soapy white pointed hats, white leather boots, and small silk ties, and the first person was wearing a black cloak, and his face was white and tender.

Xu Tongzhou hurriedly pressed the hat even lower, and said secretly in his heart: "It turned out to be the fan of the East Investigation Factory, and it seems that they are going to find someone to trouble again." ”

In the Dasheng Imperial Court, there were three major organizations directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, namely Jinyiwei, where Xu Tongzhou was located, the Dongji Factory under the supervision of the eunuchs, and the six gates headed by the world.

These three major organizations can be described as powerful in the Central Plains, but they perform their own duties, Jinyiwei belongs to the secret agency, specifically targeting the major sects in the rivers and lakes, Xu Tongzhou is sent to a sect to lurk spies.

Because the eunuch has lived in the palace for a long time, he has won the trust of the emperor, so he supervises the emperor's military officials full-time, and can even directly raid the family and exterminate the family, and the former officials who called for wind and rain in the court are sent to prison without the need to be confirmed by the criminal department.

So if you want to ask the people in the world which two major organizations they hate the most, the people in the rivers and lakes hate Jinyiwei the most, and the officials hate and fear the East Detective Factory.

The last six doors belong to the full-time case-handling department, which can be said to be the most desirable place for all the people in the world.