With a cup of strong bitter tea, the jade rat's cheeks seemed to be covered with wind and frost, as if overnight, this man had grown up.

"Master, Ning Gongzi said that he would invest in the opening of the dart game, but what conditions did he make?" The pear falls and pours tea for the master.

Although Li Qingsong was a little dissatisfied in his heart, he thought about the person who contributed to the master, but the son of the Ningguo Mansion must be strong, and the corner of his mouth took a sip of tea with a slight ease, and then he seemed to feel that the fragrance of tea was overflowing.

"Intelligence." Jade Rat said solemnly.

"Intelligence?" Liluo and Li Qingsong spoke at the same time.

"That's right, Ning Er's person is not simple, he uses the restaurant he opened to collect intelligence from all over the world, and has formed a tight intelligence network, so to speak, others are in Beijing, but they can designate what happened in the northwest, north, south of the Yangtze River and most places in a short period of time." The jade rat's tone was a little appreciative.

"But what are you going to do with all this information?" Li Qingsong asked.

Seeing that the two of them were very curious, Jade Rat replied: "With intelligence, it can be said that we have mastered the dynamics of this country and surrounding countries, and the channels are very wide, such as military, relief and relief, technology dissemination, weather festivals, and even business and trade exchanges. ”

"And how do you gather information?" Li Qingsong has hardly done anything else except being the head of the Loose Sect, which is a completely unfamiliar field for him.

"In ancient times, there was a military book, called "Liutao", which advocated that the world should be the eyes and ears, three views and six views, and a comprehensive intelligence system should be formed. The eyes of the jade rat seemed to be stimulated with fighting spirit, and the luster in his eyes made Li Qingsong feel that he was like a hunter looking for prey.

"Then what is the information that Ning Gongzi asked us to find?" Li Qingsong suddenly felt that this Ning Gongzi's money was not so easy to earn.

"Our first task is the Jianghu Ghost Sect, and we need to find out what the purpose of the Ghost Sect is to come to Jingshi." Jade Rat picked up the cup again, took a heavy sip, and asked by the way, "Liluo, do you know what the situation is in the recent case of the disappearance of the Jingshi girl?" ”

As if thinking of something, Riluo asked, "What does the master mean is that the recent disappearance of the girl is related to the ghost faction?" ”

"It's very possible, but it can't be ruled out that someone is secretly doing bad things in the name of the ghost faction." Jade Rat said.

Hearing this, the three of them all fell into deep thought, there were too few clues, and they were not from the official family, so they didn't know where to start for a while.

"Julai Inn." Liluo said suddenly.

"What Julai Inn?" Jade Rat asked.

"Yesterday, a girl stopped Xiaodouzi's carriage, after Xiaodouzi took her to Jiangfu, she said that her name was Wang Xiaoyue, because she received a letter and came to Beijing, but after arriving in Beijing, she couldn't find the person who sent the letter and the place mentioned in the letter, an ancient lady let her live in the place of Julai Inn, but Wang Xiaoyue said that this Julai Inn is very weird, there are many foreign girls living in it, and some girls have been poured decoction, I told my father about it, and my father also thinks that this clue is the key, It's just that he went to Suzhou early this morning to investigate the salt business. There was regret in Liluo's tone.

"Where is that girl now?" Jade Rat asked.

"Still in my backyard, I asked her to live in Jiangfu temporarily, pretending to be a maid doing chores."

"Do you know the location of the Julai Inn?"

"I know the approximate location, but I haven't been there yet, and besides, this girl said that her name is Wang Xiaoyue, and I don't know if what she said is true or false, and this matter has not been verified." Riraku said.

"Liluo, you go and test the truth of what that girl said, if what she said is true, then she is likely to be a key eyewitness in this case." A rare seriousness appeared on the jade rat's face, and Liluo hurriedly nodded.

"Qingsong, during this time, you will work with your teacher to investigate this Julai Inn." The jade rat said to Li Qingsong.

Li Qingsong nodded, thought about it and asked, "Master, then will we still have a dart game?"

"Open, don't you have to make something first." The jade rat gently patted Li Qingsong's shoulder, "During this time, I will live in my old mansion first. ”

"Master, do you have an old mansion in Jingshi?" Li Qingsong asked with a look of surprise, he finally didn't need to stay at the inn, the inn in Jingshi was too expensive.

"Yes, yes, but I haven't lived for a long time, I guess it's dirty, you can go back with me to clean up in a while." A hint of a thief smile appeared on the jade rat's face, "No way, we don't have the money to hire a little girl." ”

The smile on Li Qingsong's face immediately froze.

Liluo hurriedly took out some silver from his body and said to them: "Master, you still find someone to clean up, and if you scare the junior brother away for a while, there will be no one to work for you." ”

Hearing this, the three of them laughed in unison.

Seeing that the master had found what he liked to do, Riraku was extremely happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

A few days later, Tan Son Temple

This place in Tanshan, Liluo has been here a few times before, but the most impressive thing is the last time I went to Tanshan Mountain with my father to arrest the underworld.

The situation was very critical that time, but fortunately he met King Jingyu of Jin, who helped him out of the siege several times, but he didn't thank him properly.

Jing Yu can be said to be a member of the Pei family, although he has his own opinions, but in the big clan of Jingshi, the sect and the party are very important, even though Jing Yu is very talented, and has repeatedly solved the case of Jingshi, and helped Shen Muzhou a lot last time, but based on the relationship between the Pei and Shen families, Jing Yu is not closer to the people of the Shen Mansion.

What's more, Jing Yu is very likely to marry the young lady of Pei Mansion in the future, and if he takes the initiative to get close, I am afraid that it will cause some bad rumors.

Unconsciously the carriage has arrived in Tanshan, she came out today with Yuzhu and acacia flowers, every once in a while, Liluo will come to Tanshan Temple, she likes to quietly accompany her mother to say something, when her mother was alive, she liked to be lively, she was alone over there and lonely, it should be very lonely.

In a small attic of Tanshan Temple, Yuzhu and Huaihua waited quietly outside, knowing that every time the young lady came, she would stay inside all day, and she seemed to have endless things to say to her mother.

I still remember that when my wife was alive, she treated them almost equally, took them to play, learned poetry and etiquette, and sometimes secretly took them out to eat good things. In my impression, Mrs. always had a smile on her face, but she didn't expect that sudden illness that she would go so quickly.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Huaihua thought that she was about to go back, so she said outside the door: "Miss, if you don't go back, it will be dark, although the master is not in Jingshi, but it is not safe to go back so late." ”

Riluo nodded and said, "Okay, you guys clean up, and we'll go back." ”

When Liluo was about to leave, Huaihua hurriedly ran over and said, "Miss, the people from the temple told me that our horse had an accident and has been straining since the beginning. ”

"Why don't you take care of it?" Huaihua had a trace of anxiety on her face, they didn't book a room, what should they do at this time.

Riro thought for a moment and said, "Let's go over and see what's going on." ”

At this time, a well-dressed grandmother came over with a smile on her face, and she said with a kind face: "The front is our lady's carriage, I just heard this girl say that the horse is thin, our lady said, since she is the daughter of the deceased, why not do it, and the lady also said that we have a spare carriage." ”

"The daughter of the deceased? Madame is? Seeing this person's gesture of goodwill, Liluo asked kindly.

"Oh," the grandmother's face was still full of smiles, but it didn't feel abrupt at all, she said, "Our lady's surname is He, she is the Duchess of Ningguo, and the old man is talking about the girl's mother." ”

"It turned out to be Mrs. Ning, Liluo was rude, and asked Mama to introduce her on her behalf." The pear fell back.

Mrs. Ning had already stepped out of the carriage, and although she looked a little old, she was extremely well maintained, but her eyes looked a little tired.

Liluo hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Liluo greeted Mrs. Ning, and it was rude for the younger generation to come to Mrs. Unknown." ”

Mrs. Ning looked at Liluo, there was some scrutiny in her eyes, and she was a little surprised, she said: "When your mother was in Beijing, she was a close friend of me, just because over the years, I have lived in Biansai for many years and cut off some contact, but the friendship is still there. Mrs. Ning had a hearty temperament, and after speaking, she was still holding Liluo's hand.

Liluo said with some excitement: "I didn't expect Mrs. to remember this friendship, Liluo was very moved in her heart, her mother hadn't come to Beijing for many years." ”

"If there is less contact, it doesn't mean that the friendship is gone." Mrs. Ning still had a kind smile on her face.

At this time, Liluo heard someone slowly walking over with a horse, and she looked up and saw that it was Ning Yi. She didn't expect that Ning Yi would actually come.

Ning Yi stepped forward and saluted, "Mother." ”

When Mrs. Ning saw Ning Yi coming, she said: "There is a person in my family, and he wants me to go out to worship the Buddha today. After speaking, she looked at Ning Yi and Liluo and smiled meaningfully.

Ning Yi was afraid that the pear would fall and be embarrassed, so he hurriedly said: "I heard that you are sparse, why don't you go with us, and there will be a caretaker on the road." ”

Liluo didn't know how to respond, so she blushed and nodded.

Liluo got into the carriage of Ningfu and followed behind Mrs. Ning, she was a little surprised in her heart, she didn't expect that when Duchess Ning Guo was young, she was friends with her mother.

Ning Yi's heart was also very happy, Liluo did not refuse him, what made him even happier was that his mother immediately accepted her when she saw Liluo, the corners of Ning Yi's mouth unconsciously rose, he silently rode a horse in front to lead the way, and sometimes looked at Liluo's carriage from time to time.

After going down the mountain, somehow, the weather slowly turned dark, and it didn't look normal.

The carriage was moving very slowly, and Duchess Ning Guo looked out of the window with some concern, if it was not as she expected, it would rain in less than half an hour.

She sent someone to talk to Ning Yi and let Ning Yi prepare in her heart, but what Ning Yi felt in her eyes was a murderous aura, and Changfeng and Duan Er, who were following behind her, gradually felt that something was wrong.

Although it is said to be an official road here, there is still a distance from the gate of the Jingshi City, if it is surrounded by people from the north and south, it is extremely dangerous, and the ordinary thieves do not have the courage to come and rob the carriage of the Ningguo Mansion, Ning Yi thought in his heart, it should be a certain Jianghu sect, will it be a person from the ghost faction?

He took a look at Duan Er, after Duan Er received the signal, he immediately ordered the guards to maintain a defensive formation, although there were not many people they came out to bring this time, but the people in Ningfu were all elite soldiers, and there was no problem at all to deal with ordinary thieves, but if the people who came were not thieves, but people in the rivers and lakes, especially the masters in the rivers and lakes, what should I do, Duan Er was a little drumming in his heart, but he still remained very calm.

The guards quietly surrounded them, and the team kept gathering, tightly surrounding the two carriages in the middle, and Pear Luo saw through the carriage window that the guards outside were quietly changing, and keenly aware that they should be surrounded.

She looked at Ning Yi's back from a distance, his back was straight, but it was obvious that he was in vigilance. Liluo could only whisper to Yuzhu and Huaihua beside him: "Later, you two don't run around, don't panic, follow me closely." ”

Yuzhu nodded very calmly, and Huaihua gently held Liluo's hand, although she was a little afraid, but she also forcibly kept her composure.

In order to avoid the enemy coming too strong this time, Duan Er also secretly ordered a guard to go to the Ning Mansion to ask for help, and after the guard got the order, he hurriedly rode a fast horse towards the Ning Mansion, and it should take an hour and a half to go back and forth, hoping to catch up.

There is a narrow official road ahead, and there are mountains on both sides, and if you force your way through, there is a great possibility of an ambush. Ning Yi led the horse to stop, and the troops behind also stopped, and the group of people gathered closer and closer.

Changfeng rode a horse and followed Ning Yi closely, he stepped forward and said, "Childe." ”

Ning Yi said, "You send a few people, bring bows and crossbows, and go up from the mountains on both sides." Search inside to find out what they're capable of. ”

Changfeng replied, "Yes, Childe." ”

After saying that, Changfeng ordered five guards to be in a group, each in a group, divided into left and right sides, equipped with bows and crossbows, and walked towards the hillsides on both sides.

The two teams climbed up the hill separately, and when they reached the middle, they seemed to have found an ambush point, and the long wind ordered them to release their arrows, but there was still no sound coming from the grass. Could it be that they are invisible?

At this time, as if someone had eaten a bow and an arrow, he was covered in darkness, and he slid down the slope, and everyone saw his dress, and felt very angry, and what was even more strange was that this man's face looked like an adult, but his stature was very short, like a child.

Immediately afterwards, there was a whistle, and some green smoke in the air wafted over, and Ning Yi ordered everyone to cover their noses and throats, and said, "Poisonous, withdraw!" ”

If it was an ordinary enemy, he was very sure in his heart, but after seeing the dwarf and the poisonous smoke, he immediately guessed that this time it was the Eastern Elder of the Ghost Sect, I heard that this person was unpredictable, and he liked to study some strange poisons, if he released the poisonous smoke, they would probably not be able to escape.

The retreat in the team was very orderly, and under Ning Yi's orders, Duan Er rode to the front to lead the way, and the people behind hurriedly followed.

At this moment, suddenly a lot of short dwarves ran out of the mountain, they seemed to be less than three feet tall, all of them were almost the same hairstyle, wrapped in black animal fur, and their faces were covered with beards, like wild men who did not grow much in the deep mountains, and when they heard the whistle, they rolled down the hillside one after another.

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