After handling the case in Xiaoyue Village, Qin Tai and his party quietly left Tongling. is still dressed in the original way, Xiao Lingzi looks like a smart and clever little guy, busy and busy. He opened roads in mountains and built bridges in water, is he so powerful? Yes, really. In ancient times, some officials were more or less surrounded by a few capable subordinates, who could not only serve the master comfortably, but also go out to do errands, and even take care of the master's daily life. Their loyalty and cooperation are reassuring to officials. Their competence is cultivated by officials over time. This kind of subordinate is very capable, but they do not necessarily have a formal position, they belong to the personal assistants of officials, just like the master. It was very popular during the Ming Dynasty, and it had reached its peak by the time of the Qing Dynasty. Xiao Lingzi is Qin Tai's most trusted person, and he is also the person who has lived together for many years, and the tacit understanding between the two of them is incomparable to anyone.

"Ma Sandao" is still a thug and porter, and the luggage of the five people is basically on him. Even some of the equipment for living in the wilderness is readily available, and it seems that they often miss the place to stay. "Ma Sandao" is a typical rude man, with a beard on his face, and if you open his placket, you can still see a body of chest hair. Zhan Xiaoxiao once laughed at him, if the "Ma Sandao" held two mountain opening axes in his hands, opened his clothes and stood in the middle of the mountain road, he would definitely be thought to be the reincarnation of Li Kui, the "black whirlwind" of the Northern Song Dynasty. But only a few of them knew that this rude-looking man had a weak heart. On the way south, how many times because he saw the hungry victims, he gave his rations to the hungry children who were crying with hunger, and he went hungry on the road. The most tragic time, he didn't eat four meals in a row, and he didn't dare to tell everyone. I was so hungry that I ran to the creek and gulped down water. "Ma Sandao" also has two nicknames in the group of five, and when he has a good heart, everyone will call him "Bodhisattva"; When he didn't say much, everyone would call him "wood". Because of his soft-heartedness and poor communication, he has been stripped of his financial power and decision-making power. His task is to take care of the luggage, and just do a good job of security. He was the most obedient of the group of five.

The master is nicknamed "Old Drunkard", and he has only one tin wine pot that belongs to his personal property. In addition, even the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone he used were bought by the public and belonged to public property. He was the most mysterious of the five, with no money, no relatives, and never heard him tell him about his experiences. No one even knew his surname, and his employer, Qin Tai, didn't know. When he was originally asked to come from the Criminal Department, this drunkard master had no file. Although the master is mysterious, he is not very difficult to get along with. When the master met the obedient and sensible little Lingzi, the straightforward and kind "Ma Sandao", the fair, selfless Qin Tai, and the lovely Zhan Xiao, the closed heart gradually opened. He also gradually treats the other four as if they were his own family.

Qin Tai's identity changed a little, it turned out that he pretended to be a rich boy who went out to do business for the first time, and he was the one with the highest status on the surface among the five. In fact, he himself is the highest-ranking member of the five-man group to go south. But since Xiaoyue Village came out, the guard Zhan Xiaoxiao, who was originally respectful to him, has become more and more unruly, and he has criticized and taught himself from time to time. Later, Zhan Xiaoxiao instigated several other people to seize power together on the grounds that he was not like a young master. "Ma Sandao", who has always been a man of few words, has never expressed his opinion, and his vote has always been a neutral vote or an invalid invalid vote. Zhanxiao's proposal was first approved by the master, so that two votes to one vote, the key is the vote of Xiao Lingzi, who has always been obedient to his master. If Xiao Lingzi stood on Qin Tai's side, Qin Tai would have two votes, Zhan Xiaoxiao's two votes, and the "Ma Sandao" vote would be invalid, so the proposal would not be passed, and everything would be restored to its original state. But what Qin Tai didn't expect was that Xiao Lingzi, who had always been loyal to him, voted for Zhan Xiaoxiao for the first time. Just when Zhan Xiao was excited, Xiao Lingzi said his thoughts to Qin Tai. Qin Tai's identity cannot be exposed, let alone become the target of public criticism, for Qin Tai's safety, the idea of having a strong kung fu Zhan Xiaoxiao to come forward is actually a good way. Since Xiao Lingzi also agreed, Qin Tai's apparent identity was a rich boy who became an apprentice who usually didn't talk much. An echo worm that follows the young master's ass all day long, and a submissive angry bag character is born.

Zhan Xiaoxiao, who has become a young master, has changed his outfit and is indeed more charming than the original bodyguard style. If you walk down the street, you will definitely attract the warm eyes of some bold girls or young women. It's a pity that this young master will definitely not have any interest in these enthusiastic girls, not because this young master has a high vision and has seen countless beauties, but because this young master is actually a genuine Xibei goods. This identity is only known to the master, but "Ma Sandao", who has never been very talkative, seems to know a little bit. This woman dressed as a man Zhan Xiaoxiao joined the group of five just to have a good time, but in the process of enjoying it, she seemed to fall in love with Qin Tai, who was too old-fashioned and infinitely righteous. It's a pity that in addition to solving the case and treatment, Qin Tai is even more "wooden" than "Ma Sandao". In order to make Qin Tai suffer a little, and in order to supervise Qin Tai nearby, and not allow other women to take a fancy to or have the opportunity to contact Qin Tai, Zhan Xiaoxiao decided to seize power and demote Qin Tai directly from a young master to an apprentice who was beaten and scolded by himself. I didn't expect the master and Xiao Lingzi to help themselves like this, and even the seemingly neutral "Ma Sandao" on the surface was actually helping himself secretly. made Qin Tai, who had always been the core of the leadership, suddenly become a bare-bones commander. In fact, Xiao Lingzi wants to show Xiaoxiao to shield the young master of his family from the wind and rain, and the master and "Ma Sandao" just hope that the two of them will be together more and slowly cultivate their feelings. In this way, Zhan Xiaoxiao has become the absolute protagonist in this line, the command of the action is in her hands, the decision to eat, live and walk is also the command of her, and the financial power that is already in her hands is not in the hands of others. Zhan Xiaoxiao, who has not yet passed the door, is already so strong, it seems that Qin Tai's life in the future will definitely not be any better.

The group of five of them had just left Tongling, and they were walking all the way, and they were a little depressed along the way. She asked Qin Tai from time to time: "I said junior apprentice." Why are we in a hurry? The magistrate of Tongling has not yet arrived, and we have made so much effort for the imperial court and the front-line soldiers, why don't we wait? Maybe there will be a reward from the imperial court. Why did you leave in such a hurry as if you had done something bad? According to her meaning, the court will not reward them with 10,000 taels of silver, and they will even be promoted by a few levels, and it will not be meaningless.

Qin Tai glanced at Zhan Xiaoxiao, not knowing if he was unhappy with Zhan Xiaoxiao calling him "junior apprentice", or if he had some opinions about Zhan Xiaoxiao's question. But he didn't dare to offend the current powerful Zhanxiao Zhan hero. With the current Qin Tai, he can't scold and scold Zhan Xiaoxiao, and he can't beat Zhan Xiaoxiao's opponent who is not a master of the rivers and lakes, so I'm afraid that this stingy Zhan Xiaoxiao will give himself a little shoes to wear, and it must be Qin Tai herself who will suffer at that time. He didn't dare to be angry with Zhan Xiaoxiao, so he turned his head and glanced at the master on the side, which meant that the master helped me answer.

The "old drunkard" master also knew that Qin Tai's life was not good these days, and it was okay to stimulate Qin Tai, but he couldn't force this honest man to be anxious. Otherwise, Qin Tai would really be furious, after all, he was the criminal department of the imperial court. He said slowly: "Young master, my eldest young master." Do you have a brain with you when you go out? How can you ask such a stupid question? The former Tongling Zhixian is the second assistant to Lord Xu, and now the Shangshu of the household department is concurrently served by Lord Xu. Moreover, the matter of this treasure is confidential, and even if the court rewards it, it will not be fanfare. What's more, after this matter has passed through the hands of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, I don't know how many more will really enter the treasury. If we stay in Tongling, we will only become the target of public criticism and the target of attack by various factions. Zhan Daxia, remember why we went south? Eliminating harm for the people and cleaning up unjust, false and wrongful cases is one thing, but the bigger reason is because the life in the capital is too sad. Yan Song's people have looked for adults, Yan Shifan has threatened adults, and Xu Jie has even tempted adults with high-ranking officials. Many colleagues, fellow students, and the same year have already taken sides, and only adults do not want to enter the partisan struggle to leave Jiangnan. Do you think that if we steal the beams and change the pillars to replace the treasures of the Song Dynasty with the treasures of Emperor Jianwen, no one will know about this matter? Don't forget that there are forces in the front line of the army, Hu Zongxian, the governor of Liangjiang, is a student of Yan Song's first assistant, and the general Qi Jiguang is a member of Xu Jie's faction, and even the emperor has a lot of people in the army. Although we did this for the sake of the country and the people, we deceived the emperor no matter how we put it. If we give someone from any faction the emperor to the matter, and the emperor happens to be unhappy, we will be unlucky. ”

Not only Zhan Xiaoxiao, but even the "Ma Sandao" and Xiao Lingzi on the side also suddenly realized.

After walking for less than two days, I came to the vicinity of Zailai Town. A group of five people stayed in a village, and according to the pre-discussion, Xiao Lingzi went to the village to inquire about the news to see if there was a case or a situation. While the master went to the wine shop in the village to buy wine, he asked about the customs and customs of the place by the way, and he could extract some unknown secrets from the mouths of some old people. Zhan Xiaoxiao took Qin Tai and "Ma Sandao" to pack their luggage and prepare to spend the night in the village. Originally, Qin Tai also wanted to go out to inquire, but Zhan Xiaoxiao was not allowed, her reason was very simple, an apprentice is an apprentice, and when there is nothing to learn, he is the master's follower. Where she is, the apprentice should be. Qin Tai had no choice but to stay by Zhan Xiaoxiao's side and let Zhan Xiaoxiao call him around.

Soon Xiao Lingzi and the "old drunkard" master both returned. When they came back, they didn't look good. Qin Tai knew that he was alive, and Zhan Xiaoxiao also knew that this was not the time to be emotional.

Xiao Lingzi and the master inquired about the same thing, that is, when they came to the town again, everyone asked about the "Nine Sons and Ghost Mother". Xiao Lingzi asked a half-year-old child to inquire, and the master found out about it by chatting with a fellow who had drunk high.

Qin Tai ordered: "Little Lingzi, go to Lizheng to identify yourself." Xiang Li is about to come to all the records of the case. Master, three knives stayed. Zhan Xiaoxiao and I went overnight to investigate the nearest crime scene. ”