Mai Jiu came out of Xiaohu's house and went straight to Guo Qiyan's small courtyard, and after she explained her intentions, Guo Qiqi immediately refused without thinking about it, saying that it was difficult for the elders of the Hui Sect to even see him, and asked Mai Jiu not to meddle in his affairs.

Mai Jiu returned to the palace and went to find Ling Qingyin again, thinking that it should be no problem for the two of them to have such a good relationship, but as soon as they arrived at Yan Shengwu's gate, they were closed, and they didn't even see Ling Qingyin's face.

A border village in the capital

The village is very quiet at night, and a small wooden house in the depths of the bamboo forest at the edge of the village is still lit, and the shadows on the window screen can be seen that the small house is full of people.

"Everyone has killed you for you, you can speak... White Master? ”

Bai Yusheng sat on a chair, and on his left and right stood a man in black who was vigorously pressing his shoulder, and everyone in the room was dressed like this and wearing masks.

Bai Yusheng's face was a little not good, he coughed a few times, sighed deeply, adjusted his state, and replied, "The military camp spy you want, I don't know where it is?" ”

The man in front of him jumped up from the chair in a hurry, he twitched the corners of his mouth and gritted his teeth: "Okay, you... How dare you fool me.."

Bai Yusheng coughed twice, and he tried to raise a smile: "I'm a dying person, so what's the matter with lying to you, I still want to thank you for helping me kill those three people." ”

The man twisted his body over, and the people on both sides of Bai Yusheng understood, one stepped forward and pulled out the broken blade at his waist, and the other strangled Bai Yusheng's neck with his arm.

Bai Yusheng looked at the broken blade, he knew that his time of death was coming, and he slowly closed his eyes without any regret.

The sharp broken blade slowly approached, and suddenly the man turned around and stopped, "Wait a minute. ”

Hearing this, the man could only stop and withdraw his broken blade and stand aside.

The man took a few steps forward and looked at Bai Yusheng, the eyes under the mask were deep and terrifying.

"I believe that your ability to respect the prince will find out about you, I don't need to kill you, you..."

The man paused for a long time before continuing, "You're bait... When Sang Huai'an finds out this, you teachers and students will have a life and death parting, and I will kill him with my own hands in front of you. Then the man began to laugh, and the smile was so weird and scary.

Bai Yusheng's face was a little red by the person behind him, and he opened his mouth to take out a pill from between his teeth.

When the man saw this series of movements, he immediately stepped forward and pinched Bai Yusheng's mouth, but it was still too late, the pill had already been bitten open, and the toxins in it were about to spread all over the body with saliva.

Blood appeared at the corner of Bai Yusheng's mouth, and the person who had been strangling his neck behind him withdrew his hand.

The man was still pinching Bai Yusheng's face, there was more and more blood in his mouth, Bai Yusheng's eyes were also a little red, and blood slowly flowed out, the man let go of his pinched face and stepped aside.

He knew the toxicity of this medicine, and it was the same for Yang Rui and his wife, and this poison was provided by the bleeding man in front of him.

Bai Yusheng raised the corner of his mouth and saw the man with a scarlet look: "Young man, you are still too tender." After speaking, Bai Yusheng tilted his head back, and that's it... He's dead.

Manly hands pulled his hair, he turned around and kicked away the chair behind him, turned around and looked at Bai Yusheng and scolded: "Dead old man, count yourself as a kind." ”

The man looked at the room full of people and said, "Withdraw, leave the two of you to clean up the traces." The man looked at Bai Yusheng again, he took off the mask on his face and put it on Bai Yusheng's face, then pushed open the door and quickly disappeared into the bamboo forest.

The black-clothed men in the house also walked out one after another.

Three days later

After getting the clue of Songmo Academy, Sang Huai'an immediately went to investigate, and got the news that Songmo Academy was sealed by the first emperor as early as the fiftieth year of the Anzhi period.

At that time, the first emperor issued a holy decree that all academies should be opened, and anyone who was at least seven years old could enter the academy.

As soon as the academy was established, the poor families who had no concept of reading and writing for a while wanted to send their children to the academy.

But in just five years, there have been many incidents of abuse and murder in academies around the country, some have been drowned, some have been beaten to death, and some ...

The eldest in the academy is sixteen or seventeen, and at least seven or eight years old, who can want to be in the same academy, how can they be so ruthless.

Some were revealed, others were permanently hidden, these things were done by the sons of eunuchs or nobles, and the only ones who died were the sons of the poor...

The family either has power or silver, and things are under pressure, and after the sons of those poor people get the money that may not be able to be spent in their lifetime, most of the families are so lost.

These things are still happening, the poor families dare not send their children to the academy, some bold people are clamoring to close the academy, the first emperor is forced to close the academy in the 50th year of the peace period, and another one is used by the poor scholars.

Inside the Yi'an Hospital

Mai Jiu was lying on the bed tossing and turning, her head was full of the pale face of the little tiger lady, and she had promised to help, and now she didn't know what to do.

Mai Jiu looked out at the door with her face out, she remembered that she hadn't seen Sang Huai'an for several days, and suddenly she missed him a lot, wondering what he was doing at this time.

At this time, Sang Huai'an was sitting in the book, and the wax of the candle flame on the candlestick on the table was dripping down.

Shen Qianyue stood in front of Sang Huai'an and said, "Lord Wang, my subordinates have found out the academy that Songmo Academy opened after it was closed. ”

Sang Huai'an raised his head.

Shen Qianyue continued: "This academy is now located in the east of the city, and there are not as many students as there used to be. ”

Speaking of this, Sang Huai'an remembered the master who taught him when he was a child, he seemed to be from a poor background, but he read four books and five classics and relied on his personal learning to get the top prize, that is, legs and feet... Some are not good.

"Lord Wang..."Shen Qianyue shouted in a daze when she saw her.

Sang Huai'an was pulled back into his thoughts, he lowered his head and replied, "Go on." ”

"My subordinates think that if we want to go and see this academy, maybe we can find some clues."

"Well, tomorrow you will go with this king to see."

On the second day, Mai Jiu still went out of the house and planned to go to Xiaohu to explain the situation, she walked on the street, the street was no longer as deserted as a few days ago, the shop was open, and the stall owner was also shouting hard.

Mai Jiu still couldn't help but go to Zuiyun Building to eat first, and packed a roast chicken to bring to Xiaohu to eat, but as soon as he walked out of the gate of Zuiyun Building, Mai Jiu was attracted by a group of people in front of him.

It's human nature to watch the excitement.

"You little beggar, you dare to steal Young Master's money bag." Mai Jiu tiptoed and looked inside, and it seemed that someone had stolen his wallet and been beaten again.

"If you continue to fight, you will be killed." A voice came from the crowd.

A long-faced man wearing a cadmium yellow collared robe with a jade around his waist glared angrily at the place where the voice came from just now, and shouted: "Whoever dares to speak for this little beggar, Young Master Ben will beat you together." ”

Mai Jiu looked at the two Xiao Si, who were kicking a child with their feet, and the child was screaming with a headache.

After seeing it clearly, Mai Jiu pulled the crowd and squeezed in, she looked at the boy again, that's right, it was Xiaohu, she stepped forward and vigorously pushed the two Xiaosi away.

Mai Jiu squatted down to check Xiaohu's condition, and Xiaohu was lying on the ground guarding a money bag.

The long-faced man walked towards Mai Jiu curiously, and teased: "Tut-tut, whose little girl is this?" ”

Mai Jiu raised his eyes and glared at the man angrily: "This is... Did you hit? ”

The man looked at Xiaohu lying on the ground and then at Mai Jiu and asked, "What?" You're. The man bent his knees and looked at Mai Jiu's face carefully and continued: "Look like this, it doesn't look like it..."

Mai Jiu looked at the man's lewd expression, and she scolded: "I am your mother." ”

Hearing this, the man straightened up and said as he walked: "Yo, eh~ The little girls are quite strong." The man turned to the two Xiao Si and said, "Give Young Master Ben a beating." ”

After receiving the order, the two Xiao Si went straight to Mai Jiu, who quickly stood up and didn't even bother to take the roast chicken.

She kept retreating until she quickly retreated to the side of the crowd, and the people standing there saw that Mai Jiu was about to touch her, so they quickly bounced away like encountering a plague god, leaving a clearing.

Mai Jiu turned his head to look at a strong man who raised her three heads on the side: "Big brother, I will hire you for twenty taels of silver, and you will put them down for me." ”

The strong man turned his head to look at the long-faced young master who had been standing aside, he shook his head and turned to the side.

Mai Jiu looked at the man: "Big brother, why did you see that the road was uneven, take a detour, save me!" ”

The two Xiao Si stood in front of Mai Jiu, two pairs of eyes staring at her.

Mai Jiu stretched out a fist as big as a bean bag, and said ruthlessly, "Let me tell you, I know martial arts..."

Mai Jiu deftly dodged and avoided it, or slapped her in the face.

The long-faced young master hurriedly said, "You two are up, how can you beat a woman and throw it to the Qinglou half to death." ”

The two Xiao Si came towards Mai Jiu in unison, Mai Jiu raised his hand and hit the chin of the Xiao Si in front of him, Xiao Si was beaten and retreated, Mai Jiu did not hesitate to go up and kick him to the ground.

The other Xiao Si was stunned, he looked at Mai Jiu, and Mai Jiu was also stunned, she didn't expect that she could knock down someone with one punch and kick.

Another Xiao Si moved his shoulders and clenched his fist towards Mai Jiu's stomach, Mai Jiu directly raised his leg and kicked Xiao Si's side waist, and Xiao Si was beaten and staggered to the right a few times.

Xiao Si, who had just been beaten to the ground, stood up, and the two of them first glanced at each other, and then attacked left and right towards Mai Jiu.

Xiaohu slowly opened his eyes and looked at Mai Jiu, he pushed out the money bag that had been protecting his chest, and said weakly: "Don't fight, I... Give the money bag back to you. ”

Where can anyone hear such a small voice, everyone is watching the excitement intently.

Mai Jiu turned sideways and wanted to run, but someone grabbed her hair, and her scalp was scratched, so she turned around and kicked the man's calf: "The most annoying thing is to fight and grab your hair." Xiao Si used so much force that he was kicked by Mai Jiu, and after the pain, he pulled off a few hairs.

Mai Jiu stroked her scalp, furious, she was extremely angry at this time, but the two Xiao Si still didn't give up.

There was a sound of riding a horse from behind, everyone avoided it, Mai Jiu turned his head to see Sang Huai'an sitting on the horse, and Shen Qianyue followed closely behind.