"You've been waiting for me?"

Fifth, listening to Yun's words, his intuition told him that the old man in front of him knew many things.

"But no, I've been thinking about this game of chess for three days, and I've been waiting for you for three days. Old man Chai held a chess piece in his right hand and hung it on the chessboard, trying to fall several times but not falling. It's hard to imagine that these three days have passed in a flash between him and not under such hesitation.

Fifth, Tingyun looked at the chessboard in front of the old man, and by the dim moonlight, he could recognize that this was an endgame of chess: the advantages and disadvantages of the red and black sides were obvious, and the black "rook" and "cannon" had crossed the Chu River and Han boundary, and the two horses were guarding the rear, taking the advantage. In contrast, Red's remaining horses and cannons are bitten by the opponent and will be eaten if they do not change their next move.

"My house was raided three days ago?" Facing the old servant, the fifth Tingyun did not intend to beat around the bush.

"Yes. The old man did not shy away from it, nodded and said, "The criminal department came to seize the real estate, confiscated the family property, and confiscated it to the public." Your father, the elders of the clan, and the people with the fifth surname were all taken into custody and sent to the Central Criminal Department. The slaves and maids of the clan were all dismissed. ”

"Father, he's injured?" the fifth heard Yun's voice tremble a little, and he was eager to confirm the source of the bloody qi in the manor.

"Nope. For the children of the five clans who wanted to escape, the criminal department executed them on the spot. Your father and the elders are more cooperative, but they are unharmed. ”

Hearing this, Fifth Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Why did the Criminal Department raid my house?" Although he had a guess in his heart, that little connection was really not worth killing the royal family.

"Harbouring important criminals and participating in the murder of senior members of the criminal department. The old man Chai stared at the chess game with his eyes, and did not answer quickly, but a young female voice came from the mountain road, and when the voice came, three figures, two tall and one short, slowly came to the firewood platform.

The moonlight was faint, and the fifth hearing cloud couldn't see the other side clearly for a while.

"Murder?" How could the fifth Tingyun believe that he had lived in the clan for sixteen years, and although the clansmen had no great ambitions, they were by no means evildoers. Especially the patriarch Fifth Xianchuan, his father, he knows best, the family motto of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, gentleness, courtesy, frugality" is always used by his father to spur himself, how can such a family be associated with such disloyal things as Qin criminals and murder?

Among the three people who came, she actually respected the little girl who spoke, and she ignored the surprise of the fifth Tingyun, and rebuked herself: "Harboring an important offender is a serious crime, and the sentence shall not be less than ten years according to the law; Fifth, listen to the clouds, do you have anything to say?"

Fifth Tingyun realized that these three people, like Old Man Chai, were also waiting for him to appear.

"I don't believe it, my father would never do such a thing!" The fifth hearing cloud kept shaking his head in denial, retreating towards the edge of the cliff step by step, and finally sat down opposite the old man Chai, who was already six gods and no master.

The little girl pressed step by step: "Don't believe it, even your father didn't resist, what can you do if you don't believe it? Come with us honestly, so as not to suffer some unnecessary flesh and skin." ”

Yes, my father, they didn't resist, did they really do something? No, never, the smell of blood in the courtyard was strong, indicating that someone resisted, but they were suppressed by force, and who would dare not cooperate under the example of killing chickens and monkeys? Fifth, Tingyun's mind was a mess, and the grief of the whole clan being copied had not yet been alleviated, and now with the humiliation of his father's crime, he was at a loss all of a sudden, and he didn't know what to think of at all.

Just as the three of them were approaching the fifth Tingyun step by step, the old man Chai, who had been silent, finally put down the chess piece in his hand and turned to face the three of them: "If I don't go with you, what should I do?" The old man's voice was a little dry, but he still hid his vitality.

"Who are you?" the little girl stopped, looked at the old man, and said, "The Criminal Department has granted a pardon, and the slaves are not implicated, but it doesn't mean that you can hinder the Criminal Department from taking people." Judging by her height and voice, this girl would never be older than the fifth Tingyun, but her tone was cold when she spoke, and she did not have the sunshine and vigor of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child.

Old man Chai smiled slightly, but did not answer. But his behavior of sitting there has already shown a tough posture.

"Old man, don't toast and don't eat and drink, you can't afford to offend the criminal department!" The shadow who walked at the back of the three rushed forward, pointing at the old man Chai and threatening loudly. Seeing that the old man was still unheard, he took two steps forward with his palm and was about to make a move.

At this moment, a person hurriedly ran on the road leading to the bottom of the mountain, and before the person arrived, her voice had already come: "Okay, you Ge Yunhai, colluding with the criminal department, despicable and shameless!"

Listening to the voice, the person who came was He Yueming.

And the person who was going to make a move on Old Man Chai was Ge Yunhai, who had gone home a few days ago with the fifth Tingyun.

Hearing He Yueming's words, the fifth Tingyun took a few serious glances at the three people opposite, and sure enough, he recognized one of them, it was Ge Yunhai - the teacher of Nanshu Academy.

"Collusion? Heh, Mr. He, don't say it so ugly. Ge Yunhai laughed and withdrew his palm and stood behind the little girl, "The Criminal Department handles the case normally in accordance with the laws and regulations of the empire, and my assistance as a citizen of the empire is reasonable and legal, so how can I collude?"

Looking at Ge Yunhai's villainous appearance, the fifth Tingyun felt sick for no reason, thinking that he still had a trace of gratitude to him before, and his heart was even more unhappy: "Teacher Ge, I thank you for thinking so hard for me!"

As he spoke, he stood up. Suddenly, he felt that his mind was not so messy, probably because he didn't think he should show a cowardly and helpless appearance in front of Ge Yunhai.

"My words are true, you know that the family history you saw is a top-secret document of the Yanhua Empire, and I wasted a lot of effort to get it. Ge Yunhai didn't care about the tone of the fifth Tingyun at all, and continued to smile, "It's a pity that I didn't let you see your father for the last time in the end......

"It's a pity that you couldn't catch me. "It's strange to say, under this situation, the fifth Tingyun's thoughts have become clearer than ever. He became calm, calm like he had never been before.

Ge Yunhai smiled and did not deny it.

"The five departments of soldiers, academics, criminals, commerce, and miscellaneous, the priority is decreasing step by step, and if the criminal department wants to confiscate all the fifth clan, it is bound to trick me home first. After all, the school is under the direct management of the department, and no matter how bold the criminal department is, it must consider the resistance of the department. "The Fifth Tingyun two Wen Champions are not for nothing, whether it is a guide book on cultivation or a high-level article on the Empire's humanities and laws, he has read a lot.

"Well, I think it clear. The little girl at the head said with rare approval.

In this way, the younger brother should be fine when he hears the wind, and the fifth listens to the cloud and breathes a sigh of relief.

"So, it is natural for you to lie to my Hui people, Mr. Ge, but you didn't expect Mr. He to ruin your good deeds. The fifth Tingyun said everything in his heart, in order to prove his guess, "Teacher He didn't intend to let me know that my father had come to the school, and wanted to keep me in the academy in the same way, but after I saw through it, Teacher He, you will take advantage of my stubbornness and guilt towards my father, and successfully keep me." ”

Seeing that He Yueming and Ge Yunhai did not object, the fifth hearing Yun knew that his guess was not bad at all.

I don't know why, after proving his guess, the fifth Tingyun did not panic, and even the previous sadness disappeared, replaced by a calm and sophisticated that did not match his age. He first bowed sincerely to He Yueming and said, "Thank you, Teacher He." ”

Although He Yueming deceived herself, she was protecting herself in the end, which Fifth Tingyun saw very clearly.

Then, he took two steps forward, faced Ge Yunhai directly, and said, "I just want to ask now, have the Qin criminals harbored by my family been caught? Have the wanted warrants and central documents for the murder of important officials of the Criminal Department been issued?"

Faced with the fifth Tingyun's question, Ge Yunhai couldn't answer.

However, the little girl was quite calm, and replied: "The Qin prisoner has absconded, and the criminal department is still pursuing. As for wanted warrants and central documents, you don't have the right to look at them yet. ”

"I don't have the right to check it?" Hmph, I don't have the right to check it or not at all!" The fifth Tingyun pressed forward step by step, "The Criminal Department handled the case, but did not dare to go to the academy to arrest people, is this because he is afraid of the resistance of the department, or is the arrest operation itself not determined by the central government? ”

He Yueming was completely stunned, if she was surprised that the Fifth Tingyun deduced that her father had been to the academy from the teacup, then now, the Fifth Tingyun launched the loophole of the Criminal Department's handling of the case with a few small details, which made her completely unbelievable. She looked at the fifth Tingyun and sighed secretly in her heart: It seems that both me and his father have underestimated him.

The little girl didn't expect that the fifth Tingyun's thinking was so active and her thinking was so clear, Rao was cold and cold, and she was also speechless by the fifth Tingyun's words. Yes, if the central authorities had decided on a raid action, would the Criminal Department still be afraid of the School and would not dare to go to the academy to get people? Although the power level of the School Department is higher than that of the Criminal Department, the five departments of military education, criminal law, commerce, and miscellaneous are all under the management of the central government.

Fifth, Tingyun's assertion is justified and unassailable.

"Hmph, why do you care so much, aren't you in the academy now?" Ge Yunhai was also blinded by the words of the fifth Tingyun, but he was ruthless after all, gritted his teeth, and bowed down to ask for instructions, "Two adults, let me capture the fifth Tingyun to protect the Imperial Law Compendium!"

The little girl didn't say anything about Ge Yunhai's words, after all, she was still a minor child, and she thought that the fifth listening to Yun's words was very reasonable, so she didn't know what to do for a while. However, she couldn't give an order, but the other person behind her nodded slightly and said, "Keep your mouth alive." ”

"Teacher Ling......" Ge Yunhai behind him rushed out and went straight to the fifth Tingyun, the little girl felt that it was inappropriate, raised her face and shouted. But before she could say anything, she was intercepted by a man surnamed Ling behind her: "Miss, we were ordered to arrest people and bring them to justice, and the trial verdict is not under our control." ”

The little girl turned her head to think about it, and thought to herself that she was right, so she said no more.

"Shameless villain, what promise did the Criminal Department give you to show such an ugly face. "He Yueming saw Ge Yunhai attacking, his mouth was unforgiving, and his hands were not ambiguous. I saw her take three steps and make two steps, blocking the fifth Tingyun in front of Ge Yunhai.

Bang!

The two palms intersected, the yuan force was agitated, and the two sides on the firewood platform could not be good after all.