Tang'er is arguing with Wei Hua, the official of the Internal Supervision Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She sent Lainizi into the palace for the draft, but was blocked by Wei Hua from the imperial garden. Originally, this Wei Hua was a coated slave of Prince Zhuang's family. Lai Nizi's mother and daughter have been bullied in the Wei family for more than ten years, and if they enter the palace and make a fortune, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, Mrs. Wei Qingtai specially went to Yunlu Mansion to see Prince Zhuang Fujin, saying that many of the Huang family were not in the mansion, and said that they had been kicked out for all these years, and they were living a career as goddesses, "Now I somehow stammered with the sixth master and wanted to send them to the palace." If the little fox really has a belly, what good reputation will the long-lived master have? In this way, many women have seen it, which provoked Prince Zhuang Fujin's heart to be angry, and he instructed the Internal Affairs Office, "The show girl has been full." Whoever it is, they will not be elected." Therefore, Wei Hua blocked Tang'er here, although his tone was kind, the door was sealed tightly: "Sixth grandmother Mingjian, the royal family has a system for everything." It's really enough, and the slave can't be the master. Zhuang Wang Ye said that the emperor has a will, and this year's draft is a last resort, and it is better to have insufficient places than to increase them. The slave is on an errand on the king's orders, as long as grandma talks to the sixteenth prince, the slave doesn't say anything again...... but no matter how polite he is, Tang'er was pushed back in public, and he still couldn't hold his face, and his face was red with embarrassment in front of a group of guards and eunuchs. Seeing Qianlong coming, his heart was both overjoyed and nameless, and he was in tears, glancing at Qianlong with resentment, and said in a low voice: "The concubine respectfully sees the master!" The relatives had heard the rumors of Tang'er and Qianlong, and when they saw this situation, they hurriedly said: "The slave will go first to cook the dishes!" With that, he slipped into the garden.

"Hmm," Qianlong listened to Tang'er Chen, glanced at Lai Nizi who was kneeling behind Tang'er, and asked Wei Hua, "Your name is Wei Hua?" Wei Qingtai's son? ”

"Yes." Wei Hua said again and again.

"How many show girls are there this year?"

"Back to the master, two hundred and forty."

"All voluntary?"

"Yes!" Wei Hua kowtowed again, "It's all voluntary!" Who doesn't want to get close to Long Ze and wait for his master? ”

"I'm going to find out if there's anything involuntary?"

……

Qianlong burst into laughter and said, "You are a murderer, you don't understand the world!" These show girls are all the delicate girls of their hairpin clan, which one is not pampered at home? It's not a rule, who is willing to send her daughter to the palace as a maid? The day before yesterday, I went to Lafayette to say goodbye, and a few of the wives were begging Lafayette to exempt their only daughter! He also wanted to reprimand, but seeing that Wei Hua's face was as frightened as dirt, he comforted: "But what you said 'all voluntary' is also what should be said." Therefore I have not sinned against you. Send this kid in! After being elected, it is indeed inseparable from the family, and subtracting one is it. Wei Hua chattered repeatedly, wiping his sweaty head and kowtowing.

Tang'er consciously struggled with her face, pursed her lips and smiled with satisfaction, raised her eyes to meet Qianlong's eyes, and lowered her head in shame. When Qianlong saw that she was about to resign, he was not unattached in his heart, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Tang'er, come with me, I will ask you a few things!" Tang'er subconsciously looked left and right, followed Qianlong into the garden, stood still in the shade of an old cypress tree, and said coquettishly: "There are so many people, the emperor is not afraid of gossip!" What's the matter? ”

"Afraid of what? More people are more than that! Someone asked, and said that I asked you what wish you made to your mother, and if you can't afford it, you will reward it from the inner court. Tang'er thought about it, this is indeed something that can be put on the table, blushing and about to spit, but stopped again, and knelt down with the corner of his robe.

The two of them have never been alone since Fu Heng entered the military plane. At this moment, the sky is blue and the clouds are faint, and the old tree is standing and kneeling with a pair of lovers who have broken up, with affection in their veins, and they have a thousand words in their hearts, but they don't know where to start for a while. After a long time, Qianlong said: "You look good." ”

"This is a blessing for the emperor."

"Where's Kang'er? Strong bones? ”

"Sturdy!" Speaking of Fukangan, Tang'er's eyes flashed with joy, and she was afraid that others would see it, so she suppressed her excitement, but she couldn't stop babbling and saying: "The golden lock of longevity rewarded by the emperor and the bracelet rewarded by the mother are all worn!" The two little hands were white and fluffy, and the little arms were like lotus roots. The two small eyes are like black beans, and the tiger is smart. Love to be personal! I have already recorded my name in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and I also asked the Tibetan Tantric Living Buddha to push the child, and it is also a great creation of a great minister. I was afraid that he would have pox, I heard that the Mongolians could point pox, and the child had a fever for seven days, and I was so scared that I held a single step, thinking: He wants to have three long and two short, and I will not live! Her eyes flashed with pride: "I took him to the Guanyin Temple to be remembered, and the idlers next to him looked at him and said that he was a little Nezha, and some people said that he was the golden boy in front of the Bodhisattva!" Last time, Gao Heng's daughter-in-law saw her, looked at each other, and said with-" She suddenly realized that she had lost her mouth-Mrs. Gao Heng said that Fukangan looked like the emperor-how could this be said.

Qianlong didn't care much, and when he saw his relatives looking at him in the distance, he sighed and said, "Hello, good child, I can rest assured." Go ahead...... What is missing, tell Fu Heng to tell me......"

"Yes." Tang'er blessed Qianlong in a very low voice, "The emperor should also take care of ......" At this time, he heard Gao Dayong shouting in the distance: "Lafayette has arrived!" Tang'er had to resign in a hurry.

Liu Tongxun went out of Beijing for seven days and arrived in Handan Mansion. It was the day before Duanyang in May, in Handan City, every household hung evergreen wormwood, every family stored spring water, tiger charm sachet orchid fragrant musk deer, were busy making zongzi, pouring male rice wine, and groups of bare-butted children picked green tea on the bank of the Puyang River. Rake plantain, jump into the clear stream and flutter, showing a peaceful and peaceful scene. Liu Tongxun rode a fast mule to hurry, Rao is healthy and strong, after all, he is over forty years old, and he has been rushing for days and nights, and his limbs and bones seem to be fragmented, and the oily skin has been worn off between the two strands, and it hurts hotly. After resting in the post house for an hour, he reluctantly got up and ate a bowl of porridge, and immediately ordered Huang Roll: "I want to see Gao Heng tonight, go to Handan Mansion to inform him, ask them to come over together, and immediately spread out a big search!" Although Huang Roll is over seventy years old, he does not feel tired at all, and replied with a smile: "I have been an official for half my life, and I have never seen an adult do things like this - yesterday I rolled the order over, and the Mi Governor's Mansion was taken aback, saying that Beijing is 1,300 miles away from here, and I have to walk for ten days and half a month, so I came so soon." Xiao'er followed Master Gao, I don't know if I came back from the horse's head! ”

"Horse head?" Liu Tongxun's face sank, he didn't understand why Gao Heng was still guarding the horse's head, in fact, he didn't even count as "waiting for the rabbit", he wanted to say a few words, swallowed it back, and was silent. He carries a little Xi slave with him, called Xiao Xing'er, who waits for him in the study, but he is very clever, curious, and loves freshness. When I came to Handan, I ran around. He ran in and said stupidly, "Grandpa! People say that the sunset in Congtai is beautiful. It's really that good, you see! Liu Tongxun was silent, and when he shook the banana fan and looked through the window, it was really a good scene. I saw a few heavy buildings standing tall in the sunset, the wings and eaves covered with a cluster of thick green weeping willows, the silhouette swayed among the pheasants in the dangerous buildings, the sunset seemed to be unwilling to sink itself, hidden behind the horizon, with its own afterglow, the layers of wave-like clouds were reflected red, and the earth, houses, and clusters were illuminated like a layer of red gold. The weary birds that flew home, the crows that fluttered and fell, and the noise hovered in the dark red glow, adding a bit of melancholy to the twilight. Liu Tongxun could see it, and there was a hint of a smile on his dark and red face.

"Humble Mi Xiaozu greets my lord!"

A person next to him said softly. Liu Tongxun was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the prefect of Handan was coming, and turned his face to look at Mi Xiaozu. I saw that he was wearing a robe with eight pythons and five claws, and the white pheasant patch on his head was soaked with a few sweat stains, his head was covered with sweat under the brim of his official hat, a pair of bruised eyes under his thick eyebrows, and a mustache in the shape of a "one" on his lips, which also looked capable and neat. He was handing himself a notebook. Liu Tongxun smiled, raised his hand and said, "Brother, you don't need to hand over the handbook, I have admired your name for a long time." Why did all this bad stuff catch up with you? As he spoke, he ordered him to sit down and serve tea.

Mi Xiaozu sighed. What Liu Tongxun said is not for nothing. In the second year of Qianlong, when he was serving as the commander of Shaanzhou County, he was taken hostage by prisoners when he inspected the prison. This was originally the responsibility of the former official's negligence, but because of this, he got a "sloppy service" and was suspended for a year. It's easy to operate in Jingli Province, and when you go to Mizhi County, you should be a county. Because of his meritorious service in adjusting military rations, he was promoted to the prefect of Handan, but he encountered such a robbery case in the territory. Even if the case is solved, it will be charged with negligence. Liu Tongxun said that he had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky, bowed on the chair, and said, "Yesterday, I sent someone to invite the high transfer envoy." This road is a little harder. Liu Tongxun nodded, immediately cut to the chase, and asked, "It's been more than 40 days since the case came out." Do you have a clue now? Let's talk about it first, I know it well. Mi Xiaozu smiled: "It's good that the adults are here." After the incident, Mr. Gao came to Handan once and returned to Matou, and he never came over. He caught a group of people involved in the case at Matou. As for me, I have also arrested a lot of suspicious people throughout the territory. There has not yet been a joint trial. ”

"So what are you all doing!?" Liu Tongxun didn't see Gao Heng coming, he was already unhappy, listening to Mi Xiaozu's words, he suddenly became angry, pressed and pressed, and said in a calm voice as much as possible: "Such a big case, there has never been one since the founding of the country, the saint is so angry that he can't sleep at night, you are blindly rubbing here!" Besides, it is unheard of for a case to be solved at both ends, and you all do your own thing. Didn't the emperor send me, so he wasn't ready to solve the case? While he was talking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the courtyard, and the post man and the visitor greeted each other. Mi Xiaozu hurriedly said: "Lord Gao is here-" wanted to stand up to greet him, but seeing Liu Tongxun sitting still and his face was pale, he didn't dare to move. Then he listened to Gao Heng's instructions outside: "Be careful with the two jars of realgar wine, don't break the cover, it's for your lord." This little jar is placed on the stone steps, and I have a usefulness. - Tianba, tell them to carry the food box to the kitchen, and warm it again. After speaking, he rubbed his hands and came in with a smile, and when he saw Liu Tongxun, he said: "Yanqing, it's so easy to wait for you!" It's been hard all the way-" He suddenly found that the atmosphere in the room was not right, Liu Tongxun and Mi Xiaozu sat still, their faces expressionless, so they asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Liu Tongxun sat silently for a while before he stood up and let go of his hand, and Mi Xiaozu immediately took a few steps back. Liu Tongxun said coldly: "Gao Heng, Liu is the Qincha who came to investigate the case by order!" "When Gao Heng came in, he was in a hurry, he wanted to make the atmosphere lively and easy to talk to. In fact, he has a rabbit in his heart, and he is very scared of this famous "living baogong". At this time, seeing Liu Tongxun pull down his face, his heart was glorified, his face had become pale, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva helplessly, and knelt down with the corner of his robe. Mi Xiaozu, Huang Roll, Huang Tianba, and the entourage inside and outside also followed and fell to the ground, and Gao Heng took the lead and said loudly:

"Slave Gao Heng respectfully invites Saint Ann!"

"St. Ann!"

"Hooray, hooray!"

After kneeling and knocking three times, he was about to get up, Liu Tongxun said again: "Slow, the emperor has something to ask you." ”

“…… Banzai! ”

Liu Tongxun licked his lips, glanced at Gao Heng, and asked dryly: "The emperor asked you, what happened to the medicine carried in the military pay car?" ”

"Please play for you!" Gao Heng felt that he had no selfish intentions in this matter, and kowtowed and said: "Because of the secret transportation of Sichuan by order, I am afraid of attracting people's attention all the way." The minions pretended to be drug dealers as a guise, and they could also send some medicinal herbs to the army. I don't want to let the thief see through it. It is a sin to always be ineffective and careless. ”

Liu Tongxun nodded, and said: "Someone in Nanjing impeached you for traveling in Qinhuai, a prostitute and lustful, and refused to make the trip for a long time, but there are you?" Have you leaked military secrets in a brothel? As a member of the imperial court and a relative of the country, why is he so shameless? This question made Gao Heng leave the true soul, like a thunder in the clear sky, and immediately shocked his face pale, and he was stunned for a long time before he calmed down, kowtowed, and stammered and replied: "The slave is indeed ...... There are indeed inappropriate places, You Qinhuai ran into acquaintances, and there was a matter of listening to singing in a brothel, and he didn't dare to prostitute and commit adultery...... The slave knows the law, and he already knows that he shouldn't be in the Qinglou, how dare he leak military secrets? The slave received the order of the escort, and did not dare to stay in Nanjing, only stopped for one night, and rushed to Shijiazhuang early the next morning, the slave's entourage, as well as the governor of Liangjiang Yin Jishan, Jinling Buzheng made them know, please the master to see! He coughed, and his words became smoother: "But the slave is really careless in his heart, thinking that he is taking the Taiping Road, and he despises the messenger, and does not travel day and night to run errands, so that he is taken by the thief, and now it is too late to regret it. As he spoke, his throat choked, he prostrated himself and prostrated to the ground. Huang Tianba is used to seeing Gao Heng's careless appearance in everything. He didn't expect Qianlong to be so unkind to his brother-in-law, Gao Heng trembled, his face was so frightened, he seemed to have appreciated Qianlong's majesty, and his head, which was already very low, lowered his head again. Liu Tongxun dismounted and knocked out Gao Heng's arrogance, remembering what Qianlong said, "Gao Heng is still a usable talent, it lies in the control of people", so he did not make it too difficult, changed his tone, and said: "Lord Gao, please get up, Liu is just asking questions." ”

"Yes......" Gao Heng climbed up with great strength. He bowed to Liu Tongxun again, and stood stunned. Liu Tongxun didn't expect him to be frightened by Qianlong's few questions, and smiled and comforted: "You are still a person who has fought and taken thieves, just such a grass chicken guts?" When I was in charge of Huguangjiang Xia County, the embankment broke. The Holy Grandfather issued an order for me to wear a yellow flail to do things, and I couldn't stop the decision to correct the Fa on the spot! If you are not paralyzed, can you still take migrant workers to repair the embankment? Cheer up, don't look like this bear! If you find the money and catch the 'flower', you can not only redeem the merits, but also win the praise of the master. After that, he gave up his seat again, and ordered Huang Roll and his son to sit too. Huang Roll thanked him again and again, and only sat down diagonally. Huang Roll turned around and scolded Huang Tianba: "Little brute, I'm standing and waiting—I still have something to ask you when I go down!" Liu Tongxun knew that he still had to practice family law, so he hurriedly said: "Mr. Huang, I will ask you for a favor and exempt you from family law." I'm still pointing to Tianba to help me do something! Huang Roll was speechless.

Gao Heng was shocked, and only then did he show a smile on his face, wiped the fine sweat on his head, and informed the prefectures and counties around the city to block the road and check the situation of suspicious people entering and leaving, and said again, and said: "The dart cart and medicinal materials were found in the cornfield in the west of Matou Post Road. There was a cart of medicinal herbs that still had two hundred and fifty taels of gold rolled up and did not take it away. It can be seen that after the 'One Flower' robbery, it was in a hurry. Someone reported that someone was digging soil in Xidagou on the night of the crime, and I sent someone to see it, and sure enough, there was new soil, and 3,000 taels of silver were dug out on the spot. I've almost ploughed the horse's head these days, but I can't get up a tael of silver! Yanqing, more than 600,000 pieces of silver weighs 40,000 catties, she can't swallow it, and she can't take it far. She is the grandson of Tuxing, and she can't walk away with silver when she leaves! Mi Xiaozu said: "Receiving the constitution of Lord Gao, the lowly Yamen has already gone out." It was impossible for 'One Flower to take the silver out of the country'. But Handan is such a big place, you can't always 'plow over'. All the wine shops, hotels, carriage and horse shops, temples and temples, as well as the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, have arranged eyeliner - I want to catch one, maybe it will be easier. ”

"It's not about catching one, it's about catching them all!" Liu Tongxun accentuated his tone. He has been listening quietly, and secretly admires Qianlong's judgment in his heart. This group of people really used all their energy to "find and return the lost silver". He said coldly: "I only hear this sentence to be in my heart. Now 650,000 taels of silver is actually a 'bait', and 'a branch of flowers' takes a lot of effort to get it, and it will not be easily abandoned. The silver, maybe it's buried, maybe it's nested in the same party in Handan. Casting a net like this can only be like looking for a needle in the bottom of the sea, and we will be empty of people and money for a long time! Now that I have come, this case is to be based on me. He took a heavy breath, took a long sip of his tea, and slammed his teacup on the table, while several people were busy in their chairs. Liu Tongxun said: "I listened, your method is to be loose and tight. If there is no target, the 'dark' is not 'tight'. Starting tonight, I will stir up this Handan Mansion, including all the counties under its jurisdiction, to check the household registration twice or three times every night, and if there are suspicious people, I will immediately take them away for interrogation, and I will do the same in all places where people can live. He stretched out one finger and a second one, and said, "Your yamen may not be reliable." When you go back, you immediately call a lecture, and say that the person surnamed Liu is here, and it is found that there are people in the yaya who are collaborating with the enemy, and he will surrender within three days. Otherwise, I don't even need to be invited, I'm going to kill in Handan! He stretched out another finger, "Huang Roll, Huang Tianba, you have to deal with the wealthy families here, use the bottom of the line of rivers and lakes to investigate, who can help the court find clues, and when the case is closed in the future, you will be promoted to the top of the office; Those who are stubborn and collude with bandits will naturally have to raid their homes and destroy their doors - this kind of thing can't be done in a circle. Catching a clue is like catching a fish, you have to be careful and ruthless, there is no one who can't catch it! ”

"Yes!"

Several people stood up in unison and replied.

"Master Gao," Liu Tongxun remained silent, the muscles on his cheeks twitched, "The case is in Ma Fa, you live in the store, and the store has a shop guarantee; Where they cheat medicine, there are homeowners; Wouldn't the suspicious person be brought to trial? Matou is a big town, and it doesn't care about the ground, and the mayors, inspectors, and high-rollers of the three religions and rivers and lakes in these places have no dealings with - have you interrogated them? Gao Hengmu thought about it with a face, and said: "Those suspicious people have been sent to Handan for trial, and the mayor and patrol have taken us to search for property in Matou. "Then they themselves must not be suspicious." Liu Tongxun smiled and said, "What's their name?" I wrote an invitation to invite them to come to Handan, and I will send them by fast horse tonight. Gao Heng urged the post guard to ask for a pen inkstone, and Huang Tianba said: "The mayor's name is Sha Mingxiang, and the patrol is called Yin Fugui." ”

Taking advantage of Xiao Xing'er to grind ink, Liu Tongxun asked Huang Tianba again, "Zhenyue, do you have any acquaintances with the rivers and lakes here?" Huang Tianba heard Liu Tongxun call his own words, and immediately became so excited that his face was red, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes-yes." Zhu Shaozu in the return lane, originally walked a dart in Beijing. At that time, his father Zhu Sanwei followed his grandfather to take antiques all the way and robbed a village called Dou Erdun in Shandong. It was my grandfather who came forward to invite the two to eat Hehe wine and release the dart cart. It's been almost 20 years since this happened—I was only a teenager at the time, and I was afraid that people wouldn't recognize me, and I followed the tall man to look for stolen goods in the horse's head, so I didn't go to pay a visit. Huang Roll sneered: "You brute! After walking on the dart road for more than ten years in vain, it turned out that he would only fight with people - can he forget this kind of thing, how dare he forget? Liu Tongxun smiled and waved his hand to stop his words, "I have heard for a long time that your Huang family is a big family, and along the way, Lao Huang wants to whip you!" Mr. Huang, it's gone, what's the use of you just being angry? In this way, use the official sedan chair of the post station, and I will send you back to Chexiang and visit the Zhu family's door. ”

"Zhu Shaozu has already washed his hands. Nowadays, there are several large businesses, dealing in silk and tea. Huang Tian said domineeringly: "He may not be willing to meddle in the affairs of the rivers and lakes." ”

Liu Tongxun saw that the ink was polished, and the pen was in his hand, and he thought for a while, but he didn't use the all-red invitation, but wrote on the white paper:

Brother Sha Mingxiang: On the evening of the fifth day of the first month of May, I would like to chat about preparing for the Philippines, please come, and please bring Mr. Yin with his wealth and wealth

The criminal department is still in the book, and the world supervises the arrest of Liu Tongxun

After writing it, he handed it to the post man and said, "Tell you the post man, use the fast horse to send the horse's head, and deliver it tonight!" Only then did he turn his face to Huang Tianba and smiled: "His family's great cause is better." Your family has helped him, and he should have come to help too—there are also those who wash their hands and go out of the mountain. It's not to force him out, it's to invite him to invite the leading figures in the three religions and nine streams here to come out and get to know him. wants to put his hands away and finish this, he will still be his rich man. There was a sound of gongs from outside, and Ribao shouted in the distance with his throat in his voice, "Lord Fuzun has an order...... Martial law throughout Handan tonight...... If there are boarders in other homes, they must prepare a shop to protect ......" Liu Tongxun said: "Mi Xiaozu is quite fast. Please Mr. Huang, father and son, let's go! ”

Gao Heng was still sitting in a daze, he originally estimated that Liu Tongxun would not arrive in Handan for at least three or four days, but he didn't expect Liu Tongxun to rush to the road so early. As soon as I came to Handan, I disposed of it in all directions, which was completely different from my own way. He not only knocked on the mountains and shook the tigers, but also made a fuss with the grass and snakes, and also made detailed and subtle arrangements. Gao Heng is a bit like in a dream, his head is dizzy, and his eyes are dazzled. Liu Tongxun thought that he was meditating on a strategy to solve the case, and said with a smile: "Uncle Gao, you are still thinking about it!" Don't think about it, I expect to be able to catch a few clues within three days - getting talent is the first priority! How do you think that you would 'plow' the silver out of the horse's head? He yawned soothingly, drank a cup of herbal tea, and began to lay out the paper and help the pen. Gao Heng couldn't help asking, "You're not tired, what other official business do you have?" ”

"Alas...... And one that isn't tired? Liu Tongxun pressed his sore waist with his hand, "Please sit here, this chair can lean on, and you and I will jointly write an excerpt to the emperor and report the disposition." ”

"Wouldn't it be better to wait for news to report back?"

"The emperor is in a hurry." Liu Tongxun said, "We have to make a guarantee ticket first, and ask the emperor to relieve his anxiety." ”

Gao Heng licked his lips and said nothing.

Yi Ying, Tang He, Han Mei, Lei Jian, and Yan Ju have already gone away. Before she left, she discussed with Yan Ruyun, Huangfu Shuiqiang, and Hu Yinzhong - dozens of people were guarding Handan, which was too eye-catching. If they all leave, they are worried that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver will be left unattended. Therefore, on the third day of the silver robbery, Yi Ying ordered more than 2,000 taels of gold to be distributed to more than 80 brothers, and each of them tried their best to bring some silver and disperse it from the Yellow River to the south of Zhangde Mansion, and agreed to meet in Jiyuan to rebuild the Tongbai camp. Leaving three men, capable and capable in Handan Huangliangmeng to guard the silver, waiting for the court to be arrested and loosened, and the rumors passed to carry it. They pretended to be vow-repaying pilgrims, rented a whole set of courtyards in Huangliangmeng Town, and sent one person to Handan to inquire about the news every day, and the two people went to the Luzu Temple to put a burn of incense in the morning, noon and evening, and gave twenty taels of silver to the Taoist priests in the temple, and when they came back, they guarded the silver buried in the cypress grove in the north of the courtyard. The owner of the house is Yan Ruyun's brother Jin Lan named Liu Deyang, who was a child when he pulled the rod alone, is very shrewd and capable, and Berlin is also his family's property. The mayor of the town, the town officials, the patrolmen, and the chief of the lijia all used the silver up and down, so that it was just right, who would take care of their idle accounts! Therefore, An Anyi lived for more than half a month, and he didn't even bring out a little broken appearance.

On the fourth day of the fifth month, it was Huangfu Shuiqiang's turn to enter the city to explore the wind. It wasn't until the beginning of the shift that he rode a mule back, and as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw that the two mothers-in-law of the maid were digging glutinous rice, washing dumpling leaves, dyeing eggs, and the smell of realgar wine wafting in the courtyard. He hurriedly tied the mule to the side of the drinking horse trough, and hurriedly entered the upper room, but he didn't see the shadow of Yan Ruyun, and rushed past the south room of the west wing, but saw Hu Yinzhong stripped naked, wearing only a pair of shorts and sleeping on the kang. Huangfu Shui Qiang patted him and shouted: "**, wake up - the smell of wine and fart in this room is mixed with smoke to death, and you can sleep!" ”

"Huh? Not! ”

"Liu Tongxun, that old miscellaneous hair is here!"

Liu ...... Tongxun? ”

"I don't understand with you, Brother Yan - what about Yan Ruyun?"

Hu Yinzhong woke up at this time, looked at Huangfu Shuiqiang with a slightly confused and puzzled gaze, and after a while, he smiled coldly and said, "Wu Xiangu called away." I went there in half an hour. Brother Yan, hum! Can he live without a woman? Huangfu Shuiqiang stumbled and said, "Huh! This man! - Liu Tongxun is the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he came specifically for the case! As soon as I arrived in Handan tonight, I immediately called my brother-in-law Gao and the Handan rice boss to go to the post station. All the people in the yamen have gathered, and the whole territory of Handan will be under martial law from tonight, and they will check people from door to door to ask about things! - This Yan - Big brother, sooner or later, you have to suffer a woman's loss! ”

"I eat—what woman's loss?"

The two were talking, and Yan Ruyun broke in. He was still awake, but his eyes were covered with bloodshots, and his feet were a little fluttering, holding the door frame with both hands, and opening the door with his head, just standing at the door, looking at Huangfu Shuiqiang, and glancing at Hu Yinzhong, "Lian...... A female ...... like Wu Huani Eat also, women...... Jealous? There is a ...... under the head of the bed A box of silver, want to prostitute, you ...... Go too! ”

"Brother Yan, you are less suspicious!" Huangfu Shui Qiang stuffed a bowl of mint herbal tea into his hand, "I'm anxious." Liu Yanqing personally went to Handan to investigate the case! Hu Yinzhong said: "Brother Huangfu didn't wronged you. If you go this way, you can't mess with women. ”

Yan Jinyun's hand holding tea trembled slightly, he had no intention of raising the bar with this other foot Hu Yinzhong, he shook his head, his heart was still at a loss, he drank the bowl of herbal tea to get better, entered the door and lit the lamp, dialed the wick with his hand, and then said: "He came to close the tightness of the fart!" Primers we bought[1]

, it is a serious hard goods, there is no falsehood, and those who recognize us have followed Mr. Yi to the south. Slivers[2]

It's tightly hidden, and it's still there. In this place, Liu Deyang is a good person up and down - we are sitting firmly in Diaoyutai regardless of the wind and waves! ”

"I'm still not sure." Hu Yinzhong said: "I've been living here for almost twenty days. Others don't say, is Liu Deyang reliable? Huangfu Shui said strongly: "Deyang is a smart person who has never lost the wind." He is such a big family, and we have to weigh it when he betrays him. But will the mayors and officials here be suspicious of us? We spent our money too casually. ”

The three of them searched and analyzed, but they still couldn't get the point. For a while, they were speechless, and they all sat in a daze. Yan Ruyun is a leader, thinking that he can't be unassertive, he was underestimated, he was bored for a while, and said: "From today on, we will no longer put on incense, nor will we go out, and we will watch the movement and talk about it." It really can't be, we-" he looked left and right, "extinguish the mouth here, and thirty-six plans will be the best." With our kung fu, are we afraid that we won't be able to escape? That one was robbed. Gather the wheat ground into flour, spill it, go to his eggs! Hu Yinzhong patted his leg and said: "I didn't say anything about you except killing Liu Deyang." As long as the surname Liu doesn't sell us, why kill people? Huangfu Shuiqiang also said: "According to me, don't kill people or set fires, don't watch any movements, pat your ass and leave." We were the first to do great things, and we didn't point to the silver. Now that you have this bit of silver, you can't leave it? ”

Yan Ruyun's face was pale and blue, and his fingers were pinched. He followed Yi Ying for six or seven years, not so much as "righteousness", but because he loved Yi Ying. Although Yi Ying is ten years older than him, Yi Ying's face is as delicate as that of a woman in her twenties. He poured out his heart many times, but Yi Ying always left immediately, persuading him not to mistake the Han family's revival plan with his children's private feelings. Somehow, when he broke up with Yi Ying this time, he felt that he would never have a chance to see him again. After meeting a woman Xiaoqinger in Handan Cuihong Mansion, Yi Ying's image became more and more blurred in her heart. I saved the heart of starting anew. So this amount of money had a greater temptation for him. But this cannot be said to the two men in front of him under any circumstances. Thinking about it, he smiled and said, "If you don't kill, you won't kill." I don't have a grudge against him! However, the silver was obtained by the helmsman and us with great painstaking efforts, and it is the capital of the revival of the foundation, and it cannot be easily lost! We left without revealing our identities, and it will be difficult to explain when we see the chief helm in the future. And they were speechless.

But none of them could sleep peacefully that night. On the second watch, the chief took the chief to check the household registration, Yan Ruyun sent them two taels of silver, and sent a few chickens to them to spend the night, which is common, and I don't care; After a while, Zhendianshi knocked on the door with the chief and came to check again, and the three of them got up together. Zhendian Shi is also very familiar, with a smiling Maitreya face, but now he is serious, checked the introduction and wrote it down, and took five taels of wine and left. This toss was a little strange, Huangfu Shuiqiang and Hu Yinzhong both moved to the upper room, and they talked about it for half an hour, but they still had no clue. After turning off the lights and pretending to sleep against the wall for less than an hour, I heard the knock on the gate outside, and the dogs from near and far barked, and the whole town seemed to be in a state of terror!

"It's windless!" Hu Yinzhong was stunned, pulled out a knife from under the seat with his backhand, jumped up and listened attentively. Huangfu Shuiqiang held a knife in one hand and watched the movement through the window in a hazy night. Yan Ruyun was not as open as the two of them, opened the door with a "squeak" of shoes and clothes, stood under the eaves and asked, "Who?" ”

"It's me!" Liu Deyang's voice came from outside, "Master Dai, the famous criminal house in the county, is here, check the household registration!" ”

"Wait! I'm on fire! Yan Ruyun replied loudly, and muttered again: "It's really evil tonight!" As he entered the house, he whispered to the two, "Go back to your own room." I don't tell don't come here. It sounds like it's okay, and you have to prepare for a fight. He lit the fire, touched the knife under his pillow, and walked slowly towards the door.

[1]

Introduction: i.e. identity documents.

[2]

Tiaozi: Black language, referring to the stolen silver.