"Why? Haha, you're asking me why? ”

Hall Master Liu wrinkled his brows, stared at Jiang Zhu for a long time and laughed fiercely, he re-stuffed the rag rudely back into Jiang Zhu's mouth, and then grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up directly, threw it heavily at the feet of Hu Si and Mao Liu, and said sharply, "Get me a bag and take it away!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!"

Mao Liu and Hu Si bowed in unison. Hu Si was a little glad that he didn't have time to do anything to this beautiful woman just now, but he didn't expect it to be the sister of the hall master......

"Mmmm......mmmm

Jiang Zhu shook her head desperately, curled up in a ball on the ground, she never thought that this Liu Hall Master would actually block her mouth without saying a word, how could she talk to him like this?

Mao Liu and the others didn't care about this, he found a black broken sack from the ground not far away, and the two of them didn't seem to see Jiang Zhu's begging eyes, so without saying a word, they put the broken sack on Jiang Zhu's head, and then tied the bag tightly.

Jiang Zhu writhed desperately in her pockets, and although her feet couldn't be separated, it couldn't stop her from kicking the sack desperately.

"Stun and take away!"

The hall master of Liu gave a cold order, Hu Si stepped forward and slashed at Jiang Zhu's neck with one palm, and the sack finally fell silent.

The two dragged Jiang Zhu out of the door, and then the three of them got on their horses, Jiang Zhu was tied to his horse by the Liu Hall Master, and the three horses galloped towards the path in the forest.

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General Qin's Mansion

Chunyu stood in front of the door of the Qin Mansion, her originally beautiful face was covered with sweat, she looked at the door anxiously, just now the porter said that she was going to inform the people of the Qin Mansion, but no one has come out to give her a reply so far.

"Brother Guard, can you please help me urge me? The slave maid is really the maid of the Jiang Mansion, the slave maid really has something very important to tell General Qin, please ask the eldest brother of the guard to let the slave and maid in, right? ”

Chunyu's eyes were pleading with tears. She had been begging for a long time, but the two guards standing at the door were still unmoved, and did not even look at her.

"Brother Guard, please, let me in, okay? If it is delayed any longer, the slave and maid really can't afford it! ”

After waiting for a while, Chunyu finally couldn't help but kneel in front of the gate of the Qin Mansion with a "bang", crying and shouting.

At this time, the time has passed, the street is deserted, and the lantern in front of the gate of the Qin Mansion shines on the face of the spring rain pear blossom with rain, which looks particularly pitiful.

"General Qin! Madame Qin! Old General Qin! ”

The spring rain crept in front of the gate of the Qin Mansion, knocking his head and shouting as hard as he could.

And at this moment, there was a thin and misty rain in the sky, and soon, Chunyu's hair and clothes were wet by the rain, clinging to her body, and the biting cold made her shiver, but Chunyu still gritted her teeth tightly to prevent herself from fainting.

In the main hall in the Qin Mansion, the lights were bright, and Qin Huai, who was full of silver hair but in good spirits, sat next to the main seat of the main hall, and his face was full of solemn expressions after the baptism of wind and frost. And on the main seat, sitting is the second prince, who is obviously much darker than before, Blue Moon.

Lan Yue's face was a little tired, and there was a thick dark blue under her eyes, which was obviously not sleeping well.

Beside him, there were Nangong who accompanied Lan Yue out to handle the case, Yu Chi Fulin, the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Guo Lin, the superintendent of Yushi, Shen Teng Zhou Jian and others in the Criminal Department.

"General Qin,"

Lan Yue sat on the top, muttered for a long time, and finally spoke, "Luozhou is a place under the jurisdiction of General Qin, and the robbers obviously have traces of passing through Luozhou, so doesn't General Qin have any news at all?" ”

This is the first time that Lan Yue has spoken to such a minister, to be honest, he didn't know these officials before, let alone have any feelings for them, but now that he is forced to do this, he only feels that these generals who have gone through the battlefield are old foxes who are hidden deeply.

Luozhou, the area is not large, the Luojiang River flows here, the waterway and land routes are relatively developed, and it is also the only way for the nearby state capital, although Luozhou is located in the high mountains, many places are covered by mountain forests and trees, the fields that can be used are relatively small, the people of Luozhou mostly make a living by cutting wood and cutting firewood and hunting, only a few relatively flat hilly areas, there are large areas of large fields for planting.

Qin Huai is nearly seventy years old, and he no longer asks about the affairs of the court, his two sons, Qin Hu and Qin Leopard, are both generals guarding the border passes, and they have been away for many years, and it is rare to come back once, so in fact, the person who can be in charge of the Qin Mansion is still this Qin Huai general who is more than a few years old.

"Back to Your Highness, the old minister has not been asking about the court for many years, His Royal Highness's words, could it be that he is suspicious of the old minister?"

There was obviously a trace of displeasure on Qin Huai's face, and he replied without being humble or arrogant.

"The main hall does not doubt the old general's meaning, the main hall means that in the old general's territory, is there no old general's fiery eyes? The palace is a junior, and I hope that the old general will give me some advice, so as to help the people of Jizhou get through this difficulty as soon as possible, and the palace will thank the old general for the people of Jizhou. ”

Lan Yue smiled and had to say as a junior. How could he not know in his heart that these old foxes, who had been crawling and rolling on the battlefield for many years and were accustomed to a life of licking blood from the knife edge, looked down on him, the second prince who had never been out of the palace or done a serious thing?

In their eyes, he is just a stinky boy who has not dried up. At this point, Lan Yue is still self-aware, so lower his posture and lower it, as long as he can succeed in getting him to help, it is not a big deal, and he will not lose a piece of meat because of this, there is nothing to be wronged about.

"Hehe, Your Highness is joking when you say this, the old minister doesn't dare to be!"

Qin Huai sneered. A person like him, a family of generals for several generations, he has only asked the government for many years, even if he doesn't help? No one can help him, let alone a child like Lan Yue.

"Old General Qin, this hall really wants to ask the old general for help, so I will come to visit today. Moreover, don't hide it from the old general, the people in the main hall have already discovered that the robbers may still be in Luozhou, the old general, just imagine, how many people need to be fed with so much food? And what are the robbers robbing food for? Or rather, to feed what? "Home

Although Lan Yue's voice still had a hint of greenness, however, the weight of these words was not light, and Qin Huai was stunned when he heard it, because he didn't care, so he didn't think much about this problem.

Yes, robbing so much food, even if it feeds an army of tens of thousands of people, it can be eaten for a long time!

An army of tens of thousands......

Qin Huai's heart was really shocked, he didn't expect that Lan Yue would be able to say this, he thought that he was just going through the motions.

In the main hall, there was silence for a while, everyone look at me, I look at you, I hope Qin Huai can say something, after all, he is the person who is most familiar with this Luozhou.

"Is it possible that it was done by people in the rivers and lakes?"

Qin Huai was secretly shocked in his heart for a long time, if he wanted to say, which local official or court person did it, he felt that it was unlikely, aside from this possibility, then there were only people in the rivers and lakes.

"However, the people in the rivers and lakes and the court have always been well water and do not interfere with river water, and this has been the case in all dynasties, so why should the people in the rivers and lakes rob grain? Or is it so much? ”

Blue Moon asked rhetorically.

In fact, he had already suspected that it was done by the people in the rivers and lakes, even if the food was not robbed by the people in the rivers and lakes, it was also related to the people in the rivers and lakes, which had been determined since Nangong found the incense drifting.

"The old minister doesn't know," Qin Huai frowned at his already gray brows, and his face full of ravines had a solemn expression, "I'm afraid of ......"

At this point, he paused and didn't say any more.

"Afraid of what?"

Blue Moon asked.

"I'm afraid that it's the people in the court and the people in the rivers and lakes who collude to do it......"

Qin Huai lowered his voice and said.

"Old general, don't talk nonsense!"

As Jiang Zhu's fiancé, Yu Chi Fulin was taken aback by Qin Huai's words, and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him, Qin Huai is Jiang Zhu's maternal grandfather, if nothing else, it will also be his maternal grandfather, Qin Huai spoke like this, he was really afraid that Lan Yue would be angry and treat Qin Huai's crimes. Even if Lan Yue didn't punish him, if what he just said reached the ears of others or the emperor, he would inevitably be impeached.

"Lord Wei Chi, the old man is just suspicious, otherwise, according to the adult, what should I do?"

Yu Chi Fulin didn't expect that Qin Huai, who was longing for Jiang Zhu's face, didn't care about his face at all, although he was a junior, but his father was still a scholar of the Criminal Department!

Yu Chi Fulin's face turned red, and when he didn't know how to speak, Old Madam Qin's anxious voice came from outside the door of the main hall, "General, are you inside?" ”

Everyone in the hall was stunned, and they all looked at Qin Huai beside Lan Yue, Guo Lin and the others had that strange look in their eyes, what was the matter with the men discussing matters and the women in the inner house shouting outside the door?

Qin Huai saw everyone's expressions, and his old face was a little unbearable, he stood up angrily, hurriedly walked to the gate, and said angrily, "You old woman......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Old Madam Qin's hands holding the maid were trembling, her body was shaking, and her wrinkled face was even more full of tears.

The words he just wanted to blurt out suddenly swallowed back, stepped out of the threshold and quickly glanced back at the people waiting for him behind him, and asked in a low voice with anger,

"What are you crying about? Don't you see that I'm talking to someone? ”

"General," Old Madam Qin saw Qin Huai coming out, and she didn't care about looking at some people inside, and cried to herself, "General, Xiaozhu, she... Xiaozhu, she's gone.... Xiaozhu... My poor little bamboo..."

After Mrs. Qin finished speaking, when she thought of Chunyu's words, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried even louder, her well-behaved and sensible granddaughter, what if she was robbed? Xiaozhu's health has always been bad, and if he was robbed, he must not have eaten and slept well, and it is possible that he .....

The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, so regardless of Qin Huai's previous words that she was not allowed to come to the main hall, she ran to Qin Huai to discuss it as soon as possible.

"What?!"

Qin Huai thought that he had misheard, and he grabbed Old Madam Qin's arm in surprise, "You mean Xiaozhu?" Our granddaughter was robbed? ”

"Hmm... My poor little bamboo, how are you... Woooooooooooo

"Impossible! Didn't she come to Los Angeles? Who told you that Xiaozhu was robbed? You're not a liar, are you? ”

Qin Huaiqiang held back the fear in his heart and asked in a low voice. The food was robbed, and his granddaughter was also robbed? Is it a coincidence?

Who would dare to rob his granddaughter?

Qin Huai thought, anyone who knows him Qin Huai in the court will not kidnap his granddaughter casually, right?

"It's true, General, that girl from Chunyu, you know? It's the one next to Xiaozhu..."