Xue Ne looked for prestige, and saw that the little guy who came to him looked very handsome, with a pair of peach blossom eyes under his long eyebrows, thin cheeks, a high nose and thin lips, wearing a beaded brocade, and a crow nine sword around his waist.

Xue Ne had never seen this person, but he felt that he was a little inexplicably familiar, and before he could ask, Li Hong waved his bone fan and pushed this person away half a step: "Who are you, it seems that you are not the family member of Xue Mansion, how do you know that something happened in Lantian County?" ”

The person who came was very anxious, but after hearing Li Hong's question, he calmed down a little, snatched his bone fan, crossed his waist with his left hand, knocked the fan on Li Hong's heart with his right hand, and asked vividly: "Who are you?" Why take us Lang Jun to visit the kiln early in the morning! I am a subordinate official sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Lang Jun, you oily and powdery, whose prodigal son is you? I don't know that there is a big case in Gyeonggi? As a superintendent of the imperial history, our Lang Jun inspects the evidence every day, and it is not too late to read the files, where can I have time to come here to eat flowers and wine? If you don't leave, the ruler will ...... I tied you up for obstruction of official business! ”

The slightly raised tone when he spoke, the shallow and full cyan veins on the back of his white hand, the standing posture of his left leg slightly bent and his right leg straight, and the arrogant momentum that is not afraid of heaven and earth, even if his appearance is not right, and his voice is deliberately rough, Xue Ne still recognized this person, and at the moment when he was about to arrest Li Hong, Xue Ne grabbed his hand, and ran away with him.

The man staggered a few steps, his soap boots were tangled, and he almost flew into the sky. Xue Ne didn't stop a step, and when he ran three or five zhang away, he turned back to Li Hong, who was stupid in place, and said: "Brother Li, there is something wrong with the yamen, I will take the first step and come to see you another day!" ”

The golden wind blew on his face, but he couldn't blow Li Hong's face was dazed, looking at the abnormal Xue Ne, he was even more suspicious, but it was only an instant, he showed a clear face, raised the corners of his mouth, picked up the bone fan that fell to the ground, and walked towards the door of the fang like a wanderer.

Out of Pingkangfang to the north, it is a wide street, the cars are like flowing water, and there are many pedestrians. Xue Ne dragged the man through the streets and alleys, ran dozens of feet away, and when he reached the vicinity of Chongrenfang, he turned into the man dragging Xue Ne and ran wildly, after the wolf jumped for a hundred feet, Xue Ne's physical strength gradually ran out, and he dragged the person into the back street and alley, pressing against the wall: "Don't run, I can't keep up...... I'm going to be exhausted......"

That person was none other than Fan Ning, who had changed her disguise, and saw her screw Xue Ne's ears and said angrily: "Okay, don't learn, learn from my master to visit the kiln?" I can't find anyone to deal with you! ”

"There is a reason for the incident, there is a reason for the incident, I am going to investigate the case", what Xue Ne was most afraid of was that Fan Ning bumped into a misunderstanding, anxiously explained, and felt inappropriate again, "Wait, are you going to find Master Li's friends again?" This disguise on your face was made for you by the painted skin fairy? ”

Painting Pixian is a god in the ghost market of Chang'an City, earlier engaged in the shadow puppet industry, a pair of hands are extremely skillful, the characters made are lifelike, whether it is a strange force or a talented and beautiful woman, all have muscles and bones, and the performance field in the teaching workshop is full, and it is quite popular with the audience. Who knew that later, because someone in the family was implicated in the clan lawsuit, he went to help him escape with his disguise, resulting in his own imprisonment, and after being released from prison, there was no more teaching workshop to use, so he could only fall into the ghost market to make a living. Li Chunfeng, who is partial, makes friends without looking at his background, and sincerely appreciates this person's ability, and even with Fan Ning, he has formed a year-old friendship with him. With a few polished donkey skins and a small sharpening knife in his hand, he could completely transform the person in front of him into another person, which is extremely difficult for ordinary people to see.

"I can't help it, so I went to find him, otherwise you and I love to run all over Chang'an City with donkey skins", Fan Ning said in a low voice, "Something happened to Lantian." ”

Xue Ne saw that people looked at them from time to time at the corner of the street, and became vigilant: "There are many people, no matter how big the matter, let's go home first." ”

Although Fan Ning was anxious, he also knew that Xue Ne's words were reasonable, so he jumped up to the wall while no one was paying attention, and quietly rushed towards Xue's mansion. Xue Ne paused for a moment, then got up and walked home, unhurriedly returning to the room.

Fan Ning had already come back first, hiding on the beams of the house. Xue Ne looked up at her falling from the sky and asked, "Where have you been in the morning?" How do I know I've gone to Pingkangfang? ”

"I went back to Zhongnanshan, I wanted to see if the master had returned to the Taoist temple, so I came back to you in a hurry, took a shortcut from Pingkangfang, and saw your horse tied to the door of the brothel...... Don't talk about this, something big happened, there are six dead monks on the side of Lantian Gongchuan, if I am not mistaken, it is the gang who went to the Hongwenguan annex to pull the scriptures that day......"

"What?" In the past few days, the investigation has entered a dead end, and the questioning that went to Pingkangfang just now made Zhang San a little less suspicious, Xue Ne was having a headache, and when he heard that there were new clues, he couldn't help but raise his voice, "How many of them are there?" How did he die? What is the state of the corpse? Are there suspicious people around? Are you exposed? ”

"Go, go", Fan Ning impatiently shook off the hand that was tightly gripping her wrist, "How many people have excited you, are you still a person?" What is the state of the corpse, let me tell you, I was so scared that I almost fell and ate, if I nibbled on that dead horse, I wouldn't survive, I still have the courage to help you see what the state of the corpse? ”

Xue Ne thought to himself that Fan Ning had also been to many official eunuchs with Li Chunfeng since he was a child, what kind of scene had he never seen, but he was afraid of being like this this time, which showed that the state of the corpse was wrong. Without further ado, Xue Ne planned to rush to Lantian immediately: "Where are those corpses in Gongchuan?" Can you draw me a drawing, besides, you didn't go to the criminal department to report to the official? ”

"Am I crazy? Run to turn yourself in? Fan Ning said as he sat down at Xue Ne's desk, took out a brush dipped in water, and drew on the colored paper.

Xue Ne didn't care about Fan Ning, and walked straight to the wardrobe to change out of the luxurious robe and put on a round-necked official robe. Fan Ning handed over the drawn map, Xue Ne took it, looked at it seriously, and was dumbfounded: "What is this?" Ghost Draw Charms? ”

"I'm just a good guy for drawing talismans, what's so strange about drawing like this? Just look at it, this is the stream in the Rim River, and this is the northern foot of the mountain...... We went to this place together when we were children, and you forgot about it", Fan Ning said, seeing that the dazedness on Xue Ne's face was even heavier, he was so angry that he punched him twice, "You are really a big fool, you can't understand this?" ”

The more Fan Ning draws, the more dazed Xue Ne becomes, because of the redemption in the Taoist temple, he is familiar with the Rim River, but the mountains here are complicated, and the mountains are heavy and the water is complex. Xue Ne looked Fan Ning up and down, and took out a pair of gilt shoulder pads and a dozen insoles from the wardrobe: "You can hide from the world with this disguise, but you can still see that it is you." Put these shoulder pads under your clothes, add a few layers of insoles, and go out with me to investigate the case. ”

Unexpectedly, Xue Ne was willing to take her out, which was great news for Fan Ning, who had been suffocating like a chicken and a dog for several days, she immediately unbuttoned her clothes, pressed her shoulder pads outside her dirty clothes, and stuffed three or four pairs of insoles in her soap boots, got up and clapped her hands and said, "I'm fine, let's go!" ”

Xue Ne didn't move, he stopped talking, raised his hand and scratched his red face, and pointed in front of Fan Ning.

Fan Ning didn't know why, followed the direction he pointed, looked down at his body, and immediately understood, and slammed his palm on Xue Ne's brain: "You have really grown up, you didn't prostitute in vain in the morning!" ”

Xue Ne was beaten down all of a sudden, and when he replied, he was also snorting: "Oops! No! I've said it, I'm going, I'm going to investigate the case! ”

Fan Ning's hands hurt, he no longer paid attention to Xue Ne, waved his hand to signal him to get out, and walked behind the mica screen, took off his coat, and wrapped himself tightly with long strips of cloth. As long as she remembered the terrible scene in the Rim River, Fan Ning shuddered, if she couldn't find out the truth, she was afraid that the death of these monks would also be on her head.

Fan Ning cleaned up and stopped with three strokes and five divisions, and walked out of the room with his sword. Xue Ne pointed to the roof and motioned for Fan Ning to go first: "See you outside the Xuande Gate."

Fan Ning rolled his eyes, flew up the wall, and briskly crossed the wall of the Xue Mansion, but it was only a cup of tea. But she waited left and right, and never saw Xue Ne's figure, Fan Ning almost suspected that he was killed by Xue Chuyu halfway, and was thinking about it, Xue Ne hurriedly walked out of the East Palace, holding a waist card, and handed it to Fan Ning.

Fan Ning took it, looked left and right, this waist card was really issued by the East Palace, with the seal of the East Palace on the front and the three words "Ning Chungong" engraved on the back. Needless to say, this is the name she casually gave when Xue Ne asked her how to change her name. "Ning" is taken from Fan Ning's real name, "Chun" is taken from her master, and "Gong" is taken from Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, whom she has admired since childhood.

Obviously, King Lanling has been dead for more than a hundred years, and Xue Ne's heart is still inexplicably sour, so sour that he himself feels incredible. You know, he is a person who does not fight for hereditary titles, how can he be so hostile to the ancients that this little girl likes?

Fan Ning couldn't help but look up and down like a treasure, "How did you get it?" ”

"Fang Cai's oily little white face gave it", Xue Ne walked to the stable on the side of the gate and pulled out his mount, "He is the prince, let's go to Pingkangfang to investigate the case together at noon......"

Fan Ning only felt a thunder roll in her head, her eyes were dark, and she recalled that the slanted shoulders and crotch fell off and appeared on the stage, how could she not associate it with the well-rated prince Li Hong. Although she has never met Li Hong, she often hears Li Chunfeng mention it, praising him for his benevolence, filial piety and virtue, and his clear government decrees, but she didn't think he was that kind of person?

How did Xue Ne know what Fan Ning was thinking about, turned over on his horse, and said hurriedly: "Let's go, I asked the prince to send someone to the criminal department to report the case, you take me over quickly, so as not to be left behind, and many evidence will not have time to be searched." ”

Xue Ne is like this, as long as he encounters something related to the case, he will change his peaceful and humble appearance of not fighting for everything, becoming victorious and losing, and his actions will be active. Fan Ning replied loudly, turned over on his horse, and led Xue Ne to gallop towards the foothills of Zhongnan Mountain.

Lantian County is located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, famous for producing Lantian jade, its beautiful landscapes are also like jasper makeup, famous all over the world, provoke people and ink writers to stop from time to time, and the beautiful sentences are endless.

But today, this mountain and water are steaming in Fan Ning's eyes. After arriving at Gongchuan, Xue Ne and Fan Ning did not delay for a moment, and deposited their mounts in the post station on the official road, passed through the deep forest of fallen leaves, and came to the scene of the crime.

Although he had seen it all before, and he had prepared in his heart, seeing those charred and rotting corpses, Fan Ning still couldn't stop being uncomfortable and nauseous, and ran back to the side of the road without looking at it a few times, vomiting uncontrollably. Someone suddenly handed a silk handkerchief to him, Fan Ning thought it was Xue Ne, and wiped his mouth directly: "You really don't feel uncomfortable, this smell is enough to choke people......"

"I'm just here, and I haven't had time to see it, is it scary?"

The voice was very unfamiliar, Fan Ning raised his eyes, only to see Xiao Xiao among the fallen leaves, a handsome and handsome young man floated out of nowhere, born with deep eyes and a straight nose, a dark face and a long face, very loose spirit, he wore a virtuous crown on his head, wearing a crow blue official robe, it seemed that he should be an official of the Criminal Department. Seeing Fan Ning looking at himself, this person did not shy away from it, turned his head and smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, giving people a sense of chic accessibility.

Fan Ning felt that he was very familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen it, and he was stunned for a while, and then Fang intervened to greet him: "I'm sorry, I thought it was the head of my family, dare to ask Your Excellency?" ”

"Your lord? Then you're really not polite to speak", the man raised his eyebrows and saluted Fan Ning in return, but who knew that he didn't stand firm when he bent over and lowered his head for a moment, and staggered with a "bang" sound, which hit Fan Ning's head. Both of them said "ouch", staggered backwards, dizzy and unsteady. After a long while, the man held his forehead and apologized with a wry smile: "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't stand firm on my feet." ”

"Little things, little things", the children of Fan Ning Jianghu have always been informal, but they secretly thought that they had to owe this painting skin fairy good work, otherwise they wouldn't knock off her new skin.

Before he finished speaking, Gao Min, the director of the Lower Criminal Department, was in charge. Are you a subordinate officer of Xue Yushi? Let me see...... Ning Chungong? ”

Gao Min glanced at Fan Ning's waist card, read Fan Ning's pseudonym, and then smiled heartily, and said to Fan Ning: "Brother Ning is good." ”

If it is said that the Criminal Department is in charge of this case, then this person is his biggest opponent on the road to clearing his grievances, but the other party has such a hearty temperament and is knowledgeable, which makes people not hate it at all.

"Brother Ning, come and do me a favor", Xue Ne, who had been squatting beside the corpse to examine it carefully, finally spoke up and interrupted Fan Ning and Gao Min's greetings.

Fan Ning quickly ran forward and whispered to him: "There's a head of the criminal department over there, do you want to go and say hello." ”

Xue Ne's mouth sank, but the whole person was still immersed in his own world, peeling back the cocoon, slowly restoring, guessing what might have happened here: "Help me lift this carriage." ”

Fan Ning endured the nausea, stepped forward to help Xue Ne lift the back of the carriage, and after Xue Ne carefully checked the rut marks, he let Fan Ning put it down. Fan Ning immediately fled to the side of the road, and together with Gao Min, he covered his nose and watched Xue Ne investigate the case from afar.

Although the corpses were charred and corroded, the wounds on them were still visible, and judging by the absence of ash from the mouths of these people, and the exaggerated blood stains on the trunks and branches of the trees that had not been burned around them, the burning should have occurred after death. But if they want to destroy the corpses and destroy the traces, why do they leave these people here to dry, leaving this tragic scene, and even the horse will suffer this calamity? If you don't care about these monks exposing their corpses in the wilderness, why do you want to go to the extra mile and burn the corpses?

At the end of the road, there was a sudden sound of horses, and the horses pulled the beautifully decorated carriage slowly in front of them, one tall and one short, and the two officials strode down, only to see the short belly poop, no cylinder height is wider than the cylinder, and the road is shaken three times, and the high one trembles in the wind, and the two legs stir up the, and the standing is not very stable, but these two people are the same arrogant expression, and Gao Min said: "Yo, the high master is coming quickly." ”

It turned out that these two people were Gao Min's colleagues and the head of the Criminal Department, responsible for Charlie's case. Gao Min stepped forward to greet him and greet him: "I'm young, I have little experience in handling cases, and I don't understand many things, so I have to take a look first, so as not to drag the two of them back......"

The pock-like principal saw that Xue Ne had been squatting with his back to the corpse to check, covering his mouth with his sleeves, and shaking his body to see what kind of person he was, but before he could say anything, he was frightened by the charred and foul-smelling corpse and retreated: "Oh! Who are you? ”

Xue Ne was still silent, as if he hadn't heard Ma Rod's question. The hemp pole was displeased, and turned his head to complain to the fat envoy, and the fat master immediately stepped forward and flew up to kick Xue Ne's boots.

With a "poof", Fan Ning pulled out the Crow Nine long sword at his waist, and the blade stopped less than an inch away from the fat master's boots, which frightened him to shrink his feet, more flexible than Wang Batou. He raised his eyes and glanced at it, only to see that Fan Ning was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man who had not dried up, and he was on fire: "Who are you, seeing that this official does not worship, you still dare to threaten with a knife?" ”

Fan Ning was arrogant for a moment, but the next moment he changed to a flattering attitude, holding his hands flat, and introducing Xue Ne to everyone: "Don't be busy, our Xue Yushi is investigating the case." The scene was very dirty, and the death was not very decent, so don't dirty the shoes of a few people. ”