A big boat by the Runzhou River is dim, Jing Yu stands alone in the bow of the boat, he is wearing a navy blue robe, holding a gloomy mask in his hand, under the river wind at night, blowing his robe, it seems that his body is quite handsome, a pair of ancient black eyes look at the starry Runzhou City in front of him, I don't know what to think. Jing Yu is the third son of the current emperor, and his mother is Pei Guifei, the sister of Pei Yi, the first assistant of the dynasty, who is only nineteen years old this year, and was canonized as the king of Jin early on, and is quite favored by the emperor.

Three months ago, there was a case of disappearance of ancient paintings in Jingshi, the famous painting "Landscape Record" of Gu Changshu, a master of the former dynasty that was originally stored in the treasury, suddenly disappeared, although Jing Yu was the third prince of the royal family, but also held the position of the forbidden army, he took the initiative to ask Ying to catch this thief in front of the saint. Along the way, he traced the clues to Yangzhou, and finally took down a group of people who stole the painting in one fell swoop, and was about to return to Beijing to resume his life, when he suddenly received news that there was a sudden flood in the western suburbs of Beijing, and there were several bizarre murder cases in a row, and what is even more incredible is that none of the victims who should have been displaced everywhere in Beijing were gone, and several Zhuang things were one after another, so that he unconsciously suspected that there was another conspiracy in it.

Although Jing Yu was a little anxious, but a few holy decrees from the imperial court came down, but it also made him feel a lot of peace of mind, the holy prince ordered the prince to supervise the country, and now everyone thinks that he and the prince should be incompatible, only they themselves know each other's brothers in private. Jing Yu had secretly met the saint before leaving Beijing, saying that he was not interested in the affairs of the court, and just wanted to set foot in the rivers and lakes to share the worries of his father and brother. A few days ago, news came from Jingshi, saying that the crown prince Jinglan asked Qin to also make meritorious contributions, Qin is also a rare prodigy in water control, and Qin also came forward to Jingshi, and I believe that the flood will be solved in a few days. There is also a secret report that Dali Siqing recommended Jiang Bing, the governor of Quzhou, to serve as the chief judge of the Jingshi case, Jing Yu heard that this person has cracked strange cases many times before coming to Yangzhou, and it can be said that he is a ghost in criminal investigation, I don't know who gave Jing Lan the idea behind this, and now it seems that at least the people who use it should be right.

Looking at the white waves of the river in front of him, Jing Yu's heart has been hanging, the murderer behind the scenes will not show the water for a day, which means that someone will pay for his life, he clenched his fist with his hand, with him, it will never let people threaten the safety of Jingshi, at this moment his side face looks like an ancient carving, with his experience outside in the past two years, he has even more sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his aura is lofty.

"Childe, the woman is awake." Behind Jing Yu walked a man in black boots, who wore a black ghost mask on his face, and saluted him slightly. Since Jing Yu joined the forbidden army, he has deliberately cultivated a group of his own personal guards, most of these people are from the children of the family, well-educated, strong in martial arts, and the order is prohibited, and he has also followed Jing Yu in the rivers and lakes in the past two years, and has solved several major cases in the rivers and lakes. When they went out to perform official duties, they were ruthless and unsentimental, and they all wore a black ghost mask, so they were also called "Ghost Face Langjun" or "Ghost Face Yama" in the rivers and lakes.

Jing Yu put on his mask without hurry, and said to the people who came, "Let's go, go and see." Three days ago, he took his men to Runzhou by boat, and wanted to rest and buy some supplies on the shore and immediately rushed to Beijing, about the time of nightfall, the boatman found a woman who fell into the water on the side of the boat, and his men did not hesitate to immediately rescue people on the boat, Jingyu originally planned to wait for the woman to wake up and send her home, but he didn't expect that this person fainted immediately after being rescued, and he had a high fever, and his mouth kept babbling, shouting "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu". Jing Yu forcibly endured the anxiety in his heart and sent someone to ask for a doctor, which was delayed for three days.

When Jiang Dui woke up, several people wearing ghost masks stood in front of her gloomily, and the fangs of the demon elders on the masks had an indescribable eerie weirdness. "Am I dead?" She opened her heavy eyelids hard, her throat seemed to be smoking, bitter and uncomfortable, and when she saw the scene in front of her, she unconsciously felt a little cold, at this time her long black hair fell scattered and fell on her shoulders, although she looked dying, but still couldn't stop her heavenly appearance, Jing Yu observed this woman coldly, he didn't want to waste any more time on this matter, "You didn't die, we saved you up, who are you and why did you fall into the river?" He asked directly.

Jiang Dui looked at these people in front of him, although they were wearing demon masks on their faces, they were all tall and tall, and their temperament was heroic, not like the ordinary Jianghu sect, and then carefully looked at their clothes, the clothes were made of high-quality fabrics, and some of them did not carry beautiful jade around their waists, so far, they had no place to live, and they had to leave here, she got up and said, "The little woman Jiang Xiao'e, who lives at Runzhou Wharf, in order to repay her debts, betrayed her little girl to the bully at Runzhou Wharf, the bully is full of scars, and she kills people like hemp, He imprisoned the little girl in a lonely boat on the river, and the little woman escaped by jumping into the river at the risk of dying at night. Her tone was soft, her words were earnest, and there were tears in her eyes, which made those who heard it feel pity unconsciously.

After hearing this, Jing Yu stared at the woman in front of him, he clasped his hands, his eyes fell into deep thought, the dock bully, his face was full of scars, could it be the leader of the Evergreen Gang on the Runzhou Wharf that has grown rapidly in recent years, I heard that this person is young, shrewd and capable, but he seems to have done a lot of things to commit adultery. This woman has a clear mind, she is not panicked after calming down, there are a lot of calluses left by martial arts practice on her fingers, and she is very water-based, she is by no means an ordinary fisherman, "Then what are you going to do now?" He didn't intend to expose her, he was on a mission, and he didn't want to stay here for long.

"The little woman would rather die than be in the same stream with these bad people, and it is a dead end when she returns home, the son is narrow-minded, the little woman implores the son to take him in, as long as she has a bite to eat, the little woman can be a cow and a horse." Jiang Dui began to cough uncontrollably, and the whole person looked even more weak and pitiful. Since Xiao Wu's death, her heart has withered rapidly, she lurked by the river for a long time, and finally found a huge ship going to other places, the people on board looked extraordinary, at this moment Jiang Dui decided to put down all her dignity and swim to the boat, and then pretended to drown, begging or begging, whether it was a means, the purpose of her Jiang Dui's survival from now on was to avenge Xiao Wu.

"I don't have a shortage of people here, and I don't need anyone to be a cow or a horse." Coincidentally, Jing Yu doesn't eat this kind of beauty, as a prince, this kind of careful thinking can be seen through at a glance, "A few of us happened to pass by Runzhou, and there are urgent things to hurry, the girl suddenly encountered a big disaster, and she needs to cultivate herself, it just so happens that I know Wu Yuan, the owner of Jiumen Villa, not far from Runzhou, this person is chivalrous and courageous, and is willing to give, I will let Jia Yun send you over in a while, the girl can not only take care of her body, but also find a source." After speaking, he didn't wait for Jiang Duwei to reply anything, and ordered a few old mothers to send medicinal soup and food, and went straight out.

After going out, Jing Yu immediately called a man, "Jia Yun, in two quarters of an hour, you take this girl to Jiumen Villa, take my greetings, and send them to Jingzhou in front to meet us, which is still the code before." "Yes!" The man named Jiayun replied. "You go by the way to inquire about the news about the Evergreen Gang in Runzhou City, we have been here for so long, and no one from the Evergreen Gang has appeared, there must be something strange in this." "Yes, don't worry, Childe!" Jia Yun said goodbye after bowing to Jing Yu, he has followed Jing Yu for many years, has been Jing Yu's right-hand man, he is very experienced in doing things at a young age, and there has never been a mistake. On the contrary, Jiabei, who was standing on the other side of Jingyu, looked a little lively, "Childe, you really want to send her away." Jing Yu replied coldly, "Otherwise? ”

"I mean, this woman is tall and beautiful, if she can be used by her son." Jiabei seemed a little speechless, he didn't like beauty tricks, but he had to admit that sometimes beauty tricks are the most effective. "Jiabei, don't say this kind of thing in the future, my son has not fallen to this point, besides, I don't need to use this kind of means."

The river breeze blew, and the mask on Jing Yu's face looked a little ostentatious, "If she stays in Jiumen Villa with peace of mind and learns more skills from Wu Yuan, perhaps, she can join us in ghost dough, but if she can't stand it and runs away secretly, it means that this person has nothing to do with us." "Yes, Childe!" Jiabei has always admired Jing Yu, and he understood what the person Jing Yu wanted was like, so he didn't say much, and turned to another topic, "Childe, I just received information that Ning Yi, the second son of the Ningguo Mansion, had appeared in Runzhou before, and Jiang Liluo, the daughter of Jiang Bing, the governor of Quzhou, and Han Zhen, the son of Sima of Quzhou, who had just been transferred to the Dali Temple of Jingshi, were also in Runzhou, and it is said that Han Zhen escorted Miss Jiang to Jingshi. ”

"I have long heard that Jiang Bing's transfer this time is connected with his relatives, and he also has a son who is studying in the Huaiyang Academy of Jingshi, which is not unusual, but how could Zeling (Ning Yizi) be here." Jing Yu knew in his heart that Ning Yi looked a little unruly and unruly on the outside, not doing his job, but in fact, he was well-eyed and enlightened, if it was an opponent, it would be a very terrible opponent, but the corner of his mouth smiled slightly, and he seemed to look into the distance, "Zeling, let me see your methods after I get to Jingshi." Jiabei, inform down, everyone get ready, and after Jiayun takes Miss Jiang off the boat, we will set off immediately. "Yes!" After receiving the order, Jiabei went down to prepare.

Character introduction: Ning Yi (19 years old), the word Zeling, the second son of the Ningguo family in Beijing, his father is Ningguo Gong Ning Wu, his brother Ning Yuan disappeared with the general Gu Mo in the first battle of Kunning, and there is a younger sister named Ning Yu (16 years old), which was mentioned in the second chapter when talking about the prince.