The next day, the rising sun reflected the eastern sky, and a girl's cheeks were as red as cardamom. However, after all, it is winter, and no matter how dazzling the sun is, it can't withstand the cool breeze that hits people's hearts. Qianshouling in Shangdang County looked even more terrifying, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

As soon as the day was brightened, an old farmer with firewood on his back was about to go down the mountain to sell it in exchange for today's rations, humming a song that only people in the mountains could sing. I was just about to leave the mountain, but I saw from a distance that the exit of the mountain was blocked by rocks that had slid down from the mountain, and those rocks were irregularly blocking the middle of the road. The old peasant was not interested at this time, and he didn't sing anymore, so he walked quickly to the top of the mountain and looked at these rocks, walked carefully in the rocks, became deflated, breathed a long sigh of relief in annoyance, and said to himself, "Back luck, I only got the firewood good yesterday, and I will ...... it today" shrugged the firewood on his back in disappointment.

He wanted to get the firewood down the mountain, otherwise there would be nothing to eat these days, so he tried to carry the firewood on his back to cross the mountain, but he just raised his legs but felt that something was soft under his feet, and the old farmer felt strange and bent down to look, but it was a pair of hands, which frightened the old farmer when he landed, and he jumped up with a bang, and the firewood on his back Falling to the ground with a bang, his face suddenly became extremely pale, his hands covered his chest and gasped, and he turned his eyes to look at the mountains on both sides, there was no movement except for the whistling mountain wind, and he suddenly felt that the surrounding air was full of blood.

The old farmer had the courage to move away from the stones that were pressed on his hands, and slowly a bloody corpse appeared, which made the old farmer even more frightened, so frightened that he sat on the ground and didn't dare to look down anymore, shouting for help on both sides, but no one responded in the mountains but echoed the echo of the old farmer's panic. The old peasant looked around the valley and ran down the hill quickly, and ran to the hall of the county guard of Shangdang County without stopping, and told Ren Ao, the guard of Shangdang County, what he saw word for word. Ren Ao and Liu Bang are fellow villagers, Liu Bang avoided official disasters when he first started the army, so that Lu descendants were imprisoned and insulted by the jailers, Ren Ao and Liu Bang Lu Hou were both good at beating the jailers to support Lu Hou, so the prison guards did not dare to move Lu Hou again. After that, he followed Liu Bang's southern expedition to the north, and in the autumn of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, he followed Liu Bang to rebel against Yan Wang Zang Di and was appointed as the Shangdang Shou to govern Shangdang County. After hearing this, Ren Ao hurriedly gathered twenty or thirty people in the mansion, took shovels and shovels or something, and followed the old peasant to Qianshouling.

When he came to the head of the ridge, the mountains were full of rocks, Ren Ao quickly asked people to move away the rubble, and was even more shocked to find that there were thirty or forty men's bodies buried under the rubble, and they were all bloody, lying in the rubble in horror. The county guard touched the limbs of several of them, some of the bones had been crushed by the rubble, and some of the people's faces had been crushed by the rubble and changed shape, and the county guard couldn't help but sigh when he saw these undead lying silently under the rubble die so miserably, and couldn't help but tremble himself, confused by their death, and cruel for their death.

Ren Ao mourned silently, and the people who traveled with Ren Ao were also deeply shocked after seeing it, and they all felt pity and pity. Ren Ao ordered his subordinates to remove all their bodies and put them in an open place, counting the thirty-three people, looking at the armor they were wearing, he felt that these people were extraordinary. Ren Ao looked at their corpses one by one, instructed his subordinates to search for anything on them as proof of identity, and warned his subordinates not to hurt them again, and to be light and steady. He had to find out in a very short time whether these people were locals or outsiders, and then he had to find out what the cause of these people's deaths was, whether it was a landslide? Otherwise, how did the rubble come from?

Suddenly, one of his subordinates shouted, "Look, Lord Commander. "Holding a silk-like thing in his hand and calling it to the county guard. Ren Ao hurriedly came over, the servant pointed to the person lying beside him, Ren Ao couldn't bear to look at it more, so he took the silk silk and opened it to take a look, his eyes suddenly lit up, it turned out that this was the dispatch letter that the emperor handed over to Guan Xiuyan to go to Yanmen to take office. Guan Xiuyan's name was clearly written in it, as well as the jade seal of the eight characters that only the emperor could have, 'Ordered by Tianji Shou Yongchang', Ren Ao hurriedly closed the silk silk and thought with blinked eyes. Squatting down to take a closer look at the male corpse, there was a fatal knife mark on the neck, and the blood on the neck had dried up and solidified, thinking that it had been bleeding all night, so the shirt was all covered in a cruel red. Ren Ao felt that this person must have killed himself or was killed before the landslide, but he just didn't know why he wanted him to die, and he told himself in his heart, could he be Guan Xiuyan?

Inadvertently shifted his gaze, and saw that not far from Guan Xiuyan's side was a general-like man, quite burly, with a sword at his waist and a bronze helmet on his head, but at this time, he lost the demeanor of a general, and an arrow pierced his heart to make him lie quietly on the cold ground, and he didn't see where the knife in the scabbard on his waist went.

Under Guan Xiuyan, the county guard found a bright red knife, which matched the knife marks on his neck, untied the scabbard on the general's waist, and inserted the knife in his hand just to match, it seems that the scabbard and the knife are one. After all, Ren Ao couldn't figure out what had happened here, how the knife on the general's waist could be under Guan Xiuyan, and why the knife marks on his neck matched the knife in the general's scabbard, whether Guan Xiuyan committed suicide or was killed. Ren Ao got up and held the scabbard in one hand and the silk silk in the other to think about it, and everyone continued to look for clues, but after all, no other clues were found.

Just as he was thinking, an unattractive staff member came over and said to him, "Can the county guard let the grass minister take a look at the silk?" ”

Ren Ao's 'oh' voice slightly understood and handed the silk silk in his hand to this staff, the staff opened it, his eyes closed slightly, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he returned the silk silk to Ren Ao with a decrypted look. Seeing that the staff was indifferent, Ren Ao asked anxiously, "What did Mr. Linggu find?" "This staff member is named Ji Lian Linggu, who has been working as a staff member here in Shangdang County Guard, and when he heard that the old farmer had come to report, the county guard specially asked him to come with him to give advice or suggestions at any time.

Ji Lian Linggu squatted down and carefully looked at the knife marks on Guan Xiuyan's neck, before he stood up again and said to Ren Ao, "This person is Guan Xiuyan, who is the younger brother of Mrs. Guan, who is now favored by the emperor. Seeing that Ji Lian Linggu was so sure, Ren Ao also confirmed his original guess, he was indeed Guan Xiuyan. Ren Ao nodded, still looking deaf, and asked him to continue.

When he arrived in an open place, he said, "This man is fair-skinned, has not suffered greatly, and should live well." As early as when Cao Chen was wandering in Chang'an, he often heard that there was a Guan Ye in the Chang'an Bazaar, saying that his sister was the emperor's concubine, and the emperor did not give Guan Ye any title after winning the world, but he gave him endless glory and wealth, which was enough to live his life. Now the silk silk on his body just shows his identity and has the emperor's seal, but the most important thing now is what happened to Guan Xiuyan, whether it was a landslide to death or murder and how to deal with it next, Guan Xiuyan died in Shangdang County, and the county guard should deal with this matter well and consider how to report this matter to the emperor. ”

Ren Ao was stunned for a moment, staring at the spirit bones, "Report to the emperor?" ”

"Guan Xiuyan is the emperor's brother-in-law, and the county guard has to report it, and he sent a strict person to Chang'an to see the emperor first, and then he wants to pay money to buy a good coffin to decorate them and wait for the emperor's will." Spirit Bone said.

Ren Ao closed his eyes slightly, rubbed his chin with his fingers and turned in place, and asked as if he had doubts, "Guan Xiuyan died in my jurisdiction, will the emperor condemn me?" ”

Ji Lian Linggu shook his head, "The most important thing at this moment is how to tell the emperor, otherwise after many days, according to the emperor's temper, if you don't report it in time, it is possible to punish the county guard." ”

Ren Ao had always known the emperor's temper, and as soon as Mr. Linggu said this, he was so frightened that he couldn't even say yes. Immediately instructed the old farmer and the county to go to Chang'an to report, and he and Ji Lian Linggu immediately went back and sent someone to the coffin shop to order thirty-three good coffins, and buried them all to wait for the emperor's will.

The old farmer and the county immediately said goodbye to Ren Ao, came to Chang'an to meet the emperor, and told Liu Bang everything he saw.