Shen Chong's face was calm, and he walked around the council hall anxiously with his hands in his hands.

The evil aura exuded from his body, even the soldiers standing outside the council hall felt two trembling forces.

"Lord Changshi, are you still waiting?"

At this moment, a tall and thin middle-aged man wearing a five-rank military general's official uniform walked in from outside the conference hall with a smile.

When Shen Chong saw someone coming, his eyebrows moved slightly: "Sima Zhao, today is Xiu Mu, Lord Duhu called you too?" ”

The name of the person is Zhao Baoquan, the official worships the capital to protect the palace Sima, the official position is second only to Changshi, the military endowment of Yunjiang, and Shen Chong is the right and left hand of the capital protector, and is deeply valued by Xiao Yuanliang.

Zhao Sima smiled and saluted Shen Chong: "Xia Guan heard that you were called by Lord Du Hu early in the morning, and he was afraid that you were in a hurry here, so he specially came to accompany you." ”

"Accompany?" Shen Chong raised his eyebrows, and said in a rough voice: "Sima might as well say it directly, I am a rough person, and I don't understand those curved ways." It's been a delay all morning, and last night I grabbed a new Xihun detail, and I'm waiting to go back to the trial! ”

"You, you!" Zhao Sima invited him to sit down on a chair, served him tea with his own hands, and said in a low voice: "You have been waiting here for a long time, haven't you figured it out?" Lord Tsugo-sama is really angry this time! ”

"What? Angry? ”

Shen Chong stood up, pretending to be frightened and dazed on his face: "You mean, the Lord Protector is angry?" What should I not do? ”

Zhao Sima looked at him, his eyes flashing slightly: "You have been constantly transferring troops these days, first transferring troops into the private residence of the Shen Mansion, and last night you hurriedly took three hundred soldiers out of the city. You are a soldier of this Yunjiang and your Shen family's personal guard? ”

He said, his voice lower, "You know...... What is the identity of the guest who lives in the Metropolitan Mansion now? You have made such a big move one after another, where do you want to let the face of the Lord protect it?! ”

"Which guest?" Shen Chong pretended to be puzzled: "What Zhao Sima said today, why can't I understand a word?" ”

Zhao Sima suddenly smiled a little: "Lord Changshi, you are pretending to be confused!" It was the one you offended in Fuyun Temple that day...... Xiao Duhu's uncle! ”

Shen Chong suddenly realized, he asked in confusion: "I have been transferring troops in the past few days to catch Xihun and make a fine work, what does it have to do with Xiao Duhu's uncle?" ”

Zhao Sima sighed and said eloquently: "In Yunjiang, such things as dispatching troops should be done by Lord Du Hu." The uncle of Lord Duhu is a pivotal figure in the Xiao family, and his people live in the Duhu Mansion.

Even if there is a Xihun in Yunbian City, before Lord Du Hu gives orders, you have already made the city full of wind and rain, if you let that 'guest' know, you still think that Xiao Duhu is a decoration in Yunjiang, and you Shen Shenxing is the capital guard! If the person who returned to Beijing mentioned this matter, how would the Xiao family think of Xiao Duhu, the feudal official? ”

When Shen Chong heard this, he picked his beard irritably: "No matter who the uncle of the Xiao family is, last night's incident was urgent, if it was reported layer by layer, then Xihun would have run away long ago!" This matter is already within my duty, why don't you take Lord Du Hu seriously? I'm going to go to Du Hu and make it clear. ”

As he spoke, he raised his foot and was about to go to find Xiao Duhu, but was stopped by Zhao Sima.

"Lord Changshi, don't worry, isn't the lower official kind enough to remind you? This kind of thing can only be understood but not spoken, even if you really ask Xiao Duhu, what can he say? I will only be more angry in my heart, and I can't say that he will get you outside the customs to train as a soldier for three or five months, aren't you dumb and eating coptis, and you have words of suffering? ”

"It's not to say, it's not to say it." Shen Chong stiffened his neck and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Zhao Sima smiled and said: "According to the lower officials, it is better for you to take that Xihun fine work, directly to the Metropolitan Protector's Mansion, and send it to the Metropolitan Protector for trial, no matter what the trial comes out, it is the credit of the Metropolitan Protector, and it can also show that you have been dispatching troops in the past few days, and you are all instructed by the Metropolitan Protector, what do you think?" ”

It wasn't until this moment that Shen Chong finally understood Zhao Sima's intentions.

The corpse of the man in black last night was brought back to the Shen Mansion directly by his relatives in a carriage.

In the eyes of outsiders, he did come back with a fine work.

However, no one knew whether the work was alive or dead, except for his own accompaniment.

And now, at this juncture, Zhao Sima actually came forward on behalf of Xiao Duhu and asked him to send that fine work to the Duhu Mansion for interrogation......

I can't help but think about it too much.

Shen Chong suddenly remembered that a few days ago, when he was in Fuyun Temple, he happened to bring a doctor to Xiao Duhu, who was trying to "detoxify" his daughter, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes.

He pretended to be taught and nodded: "What Sima Zhao said is right, when that fine work was caught by me, he was seriously injured, and now he is unconscious, it is not suitable to move, and he cannot be tried for the time being." It's better like this, when he wakes up, I will send him to the Duhu Mansion, and before that, I also asked Sima to say a few good words for me in front of the Duhu. ”

When Zhao Sima heard this, he responded with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Changshi, the next official will share the worries for the adults." But...... This matter should be sooner rather than later, and the adults should think of sending that person as soon as possible. ”

Shen Chongdie claimed that it was, and exchanged a few polite words with Zhao Sima before leaving the Duhu Mansion.

After he left the mansion, Zhao Sima left through the back door of the chamber.

He walked through the garden in the front yard, and just walked to the corner gate of the outer courtyard, a guard who had been waiting for a long time greeted him with a smile: "Master Sima, is the matter okay?" ”

Zhao Sima smiled, and took out a bulging purse from his sleeve pocket: "Thank you for the shepherd guards who made a special trip to the Shen Mansion to help deliver the message, it is a little meaning, it is not a respect, if Lord Du Hu asks......

"Lord Sima, don't worry, Lord Duhu had an old illness last night, and he hasn't woken up yet, and when he wakes up, the little one will turn this matter over." The shepherd said respectfully.

When Zhao Sima heard this, he was very pleased: "This is very good, you are the one who protects the people in front of you, and you will not bother in the future, and everything is handled by the labor and pastoral guards." ”

After saying this, he turned around and went back to the council chamber, sat down for a while, and then left the Metropolitan Protectorate.

The shepherd guard, holding the purse, walked through the rockery in the garden and entered Xiao Duhu's study.

From beginning to end, this scene was watched by the gray-clothed man hiding between the rockeries.

This man in gray is none other than Fei Yu.

Fei Yu waited until Xiao Yuanliang and the pastoral guards came out of the study one after another, and then left the rockery, turned left and right, and walked into the east side of the outer courtyard of the Duhu Mansion, in the luxuriously furnished small courtyard.

A green cloth carriage had just driven in from the alley leading from the small courtyard to the outside of the house, and the man was helped out of the car by Feiyun.

After he entered the main room, Fei Yu stepped forward and told the man about Fang Cai.

Hearing this, the man's brows furrowed.

"I didn't expect that just one Shen Mansion would pull out so many lawsuits and send a few people to keep an eye on them, I want to see what is hidden in this."