In recent days, investigations have been accelerated in various parts of Liangzhou, and the remnants of Ning'an, Shouyang, Jiuhua and other counties have been wiped out. The fourth prince summons you and reports to you the results of the battle. "The subordinates presented the information.

"Hmm~" Ning Ze glanced at it casually, nodded and said, "Although the results are not bad, there are still omissions. ”

"Lord Hou, the territory of Liangzhou has been surrendered, and there are no rebels in the whole territory, where is there any omission?"

Ning Zexin said, I check through the virtual map every day, and most counties in Liangzhou have indeed returned to normal, and the people's sentiment has begun to show an upward trend. However, the people's morale in Xuantang County, Boping, is very low, and it is declining every day. That's the problem!

Since the strategy of appeasing the people has been implemented throughout the territory and has worked in other places, why is only Xuantang County not rising but falling?

The spy sent out disappeared without a trace, and there was no more news, which was even more wrong!

Thinking of this, Ning Ze got up and said, "There is a Xuantang County in Boping County, who is in charge at the moment?"

"Lord Hou, Xuantang County Ling Zhao Tan is the confidant of the fourth prince, and he is loyal to him!"

"Zhao Tan, what about the other officials in the county?"

"All of them are subordinates of the fourth prince, there should be no problem! Is there a problem in Xuantang County? But so far, Zhao Tan has said that everything is as usual, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

"Really?" Ning Ze closed his eyes and thought, "Lone feels that Xuantang County is very problematic!"

"Big brother, what's wrong with Xuantang County? Is there a secret military intelligence?"

"It's just that there's no military intelligence that's wrong!" Ning Ze said, "The secret agent sent by Lone has no news." ”

"But Master Hou, why didn't Zhao Tan report this?"

"They all said they were secret agents, and he didn't know!" Ning Ze replied.

"In that case, the younger brother is willing to investigate for himself!" Dewey immediately asked for his life.

"Let's go!" Wang Wei stood up.

"General Du, the tiger general of the world, and the ghost face general has made great achievements, why do you need to go out in person for such a trivial matter?" Ding Mu asked for his life, "The last general is willing to lead his soldiers and horses to Xuantang County to find out the truth!"

Ning Ze thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "In this case, I will ask General Ding to go to Xuantang County to find out!"

"Whoa!"

Ding Mu led the troops to set off and hurried to Xuantang County.

When they arrived at the destination, they immediately launched an investigation, and all the officials of Xuantang County helped them.

On the third day, Ding Mu suddenly disappeared, and he was searched all over the city but no one was found.

Zhao Tan's urgent military intelligence was sent, and Ning Ze was a little surprised.

In the past few days, the people's hearts in Xuantang County have been declining again, and Zhao Tanyu and other officials have been probing, but to no avail.

Ning Ze's subordinates asked for orders one after another, and they wanted to go to Xuantang County to find out.

Dewey suspected that Zhao Tan had a problem, and wanted to send troops to capture him directly, and tortured him for questioning.

Wang Wei felt that there were ghosts in Xuantang County, and they had to find out all of them.

Everyone asked for their lives, Ning Ze thought about it carefully, shook his head and said: "There is indeed a problem in Xuantang County, Ding Mu led the army under his command to go, but he disappeared mysteriously, the government knows nothing, it is too weird! Lone is very interested in this matter and is ready to go in person!"

"Big brother, little brother is willing to go with you!" Dewey said quickly.

"And the last general!" Wang Wei also stood up.

Ning Ze refused the two and said to them: "Brother Xian and General Ghost Face have tasks, and I want you two to lead the generals to enter Huairou County, Jiangzhou, in case Cheng Wan can fight back at any time." On the side of Xuantang County, Lone and his wife went to find the missing General Ding. ”

"If there is really a problem in Xuantang County, those people will ...... you to make a move," Dewey was quite worried.

"Don't worry, virtuous brother!" Ning Ze said with a smile, "There is a lonely lady by the side, and there are spells by your side." In Xuantang County, there are still large armies stationed. Since following the princess, she has experienced countless wars, big and small, when has Lone ever been defeated?"

So the soldiers were divided into two routes, Ning Ze only took Mi Yan and her five hundred female soldiers and went directly to Xuantang County.

Dewey and Wang Wei led the generals and led the troops to Jiangzhou to help Song Gao in Huairou County.

Knowing that Ning Ze came over in person, Xuantang County ordered Zhao Tan to hurriedly gather civil and military officials and take all the county soldiers out of the city to greet him, for fear that this big man would have an accident halfway.

Fortunately, they arrived safely, and the two sides met on the official road outside the county.

Zhao Tan led all the officials and county soldiers to kneel down to greet him, and said respectfully: "Zhao Tan, the official Xuantang County Order, and bring all his colleagues to supply Danyang Hou!"

"Welcome to the Marquis of Danyang!!" all the officials shouted in unison.

Ning Ze glanced at it and found that all the officials present were not low in loyalty, and there were no spies from other camps.

After thinking about it, he asked Zhao Tan directly: "Are all the officials in the county here?"

"Lord Hou, there are a lot of officials in the county, all here!" Zhao Tan replied loudly.

"Do you know why Lone came?" Ning Ze asked.

"Hou Ye, General Ding led his troops to investigate, and he suddenly disappeared under the nose of the lower official, this is a dereliction of duty of the lower official!" Zhao Tan responded tremblingly, "Please ask the Hou Ye for a few days, the lower official has mobilized the soldiers of the whole county, cooperate with the search for General Ding's whereabouts, and will be able to find it!"

"We will be able to find General Ding!!" the civil and military officials at the scene said in unison.

"You are all assigned by Sun Jun, how much do you know about Xuantang County?" Ning Ze asked.

"Lord Hou, I will immediately launch an investigation into Xuantang County after I take office, and the customs and customs in the county are already known!" Zhao Tan hurriedly replied.

"Is it?" Ning Ze said, "If that's the case, why did the spy disappear when he came to Xuantang County the previous time?"

"Please forgive Master Hou! The lower official must find General Ding!" Zhao Tan hurriedly responded, "It's just that secret agent...... I really don't know!"

"How did Ding Mu disappear, tell me about the process!" Ning Ze asked solemnly.

"Lord Hou," Zhao Tan sorted out his thoughts and replied respectfully, "General Ding arrived in the county and asked the army to be stationed by the river south of the city, and only brought his cronies into the city. The subordinate ordered someone to arrange a mansion for General Ding to live temporarily. General Ding did not talk about the secret agent, and only asked his subordinates to cooperate in investigating the suspicious places in the county. Nothing happened during this period, and on the third day of General Ding's arrival, he searched around as usual to no avail, and returned home that night to rest, and no one saw them again. The next day, the lower officials found that General Ding and his cronies were missing, and hurriedly searched the entire county to check the suspicious characters, but they have not found the slightest clue!"

"It's so decent, just disappearing into the mansion?" Ning Ze frowned and asked, "The mansion where Ding Mu lives, has it been investigated?"

"Hou Ye, I have rummaged up and down, but I have found nothing!" Zhao Tan replied helplessly.

"Have you asked the people around you?"

"All the people around the mansion don't know!" Zhao Tan said, "There are one or two people who said that they vaguely heard a wolf howling that night, but there is not a single wolf in Xuantang County, and it is impossible to appear in the city! ”

"With Ding Mu's force, even if there is a wolf, it may not be able to defeat it. He brought his cronies, and there would be movement in the fight with the wolves, which would inevitably alarm the surrounding neighbors. Are there any traces of a fight in the house?"

"Lord Hou, everything is normal in the mansion, and there is no trace of a fight!"

"Really?" Ning Ze closed his eyes and pondered, "Where does he live, take us there!"

"You're ......"

"Since Ding Mu suddenly disappeared in the mansion, my wife and I will also move in to investigate the truth!"

"Ah? Hou Ye's daughter's body, how can he be in danger?" Zhao Tan said hurriedly, "The lower officials have already cleaned up the internal office of the official office, and the surrounding county soldiers have been guarded, and the Hou Ye is also asked to move!"

Ning Ze looked down at the other party: "Lonely South Expedition to the North, when will there be no danger? ”

"Then the lower official will send heavy troops to guard it and protect the Hou Ye!"

"No!" Ning Ze turned his head and glanced back, "There are five hundred soldiers under Mrs. Gu's account, you can be safe!"

Zhao Tanxin said that these are all female soldiers, can they really protect your safety? I just didn't dare to disobey the order in person, and said in my heart that it was a big deal to send heavy troops to guard the periphery, and I must not let this big man have an accident under his nose.

Zhao Tan welcomed Ning Ze and Mi Yan into the city and personally took them to the mansion where Ding Mu lived before.

This house is quite large, with a walled courtyard, which should be the former residence of wealthy businessmen or officials.

Accommodating a few hundred people inside is not a problem.

When he arrived at the place, Ning Ze carefully inspected the mansion and found no problems.

Arrange to take Mi Yan out of the house, and Zhao Tan and the main officials in the county will lead a team to patrol along the street.

Every corner of the county was not spared, and a detailed investigation was carried out along the way, Zhao Tan sent people to interrogate the people, and Ning Ze quietly observed in the carriage.

At the end of the day, no clues could be found.

During this period, I also went to meet the neighbors around the mansion, and Ning Ze asked again, but there was still no clue.

One man said that it must have been the wolf demon's fault, because he could faintly hear the wolf howling that night.

Ning Ze doesn't believe this, although it is strange to encounter this kind of thing, but after more than a year in this world, all the gods and strange things have finally proved to be fake.

The wolf demon theory is unfounded.

Another point, during the inspection, it was found that although the people of Xuantang County seemed to be normal on the surface, Ning Ze found that the loyalty of the vast majority of people was outrageously low, and few exceeded 30. Moreover, the people smiled on the surface, and there was a hidden imperceptible unkindness to their own officials in their eyes.

Xuantang County is definitely quirky!

"Master Hou, it's been hard today!" In the evening, Zhao Tan personally led the troops to escort Ning Ze back to the house, and said respectfully in front of the door, "The lower officials have added additional county soldiers around the mansion, and they can rush to help in any situation." ”

"Hmm!" In fact, Ning Ze felt that it was unnecessary, but Zhao Tan was worried that his safety had already made arrangements, so there was no need to refuse, "Zhao Xian ordered him to go back and rest early, and continue to investigate the disappearance of General Ding tomorrow!"

"Wow!" Zhao Tan saluted respectfully, "The lower official retires!"

Zhao Tan left, and Ning Ze and his wife returned to the mansion.

When she went to the room and sat down, Mi Yan stretched out her hand to close the door and turned to Ning Ze's side: "Husband, everything seems to be normal in this Xuantang County, and there seems to be no problem." ”

"There is no problem, it is the biggest problem!" Ning Ze narrowed his eyes.

"Is it really a monster? If there is really a wolf demon, the husband can be defeated?" Mi Yan was a little worried.

"There are no monsters in the world!" Ning Ze replied affirmatively, "The human heart is more terrible than monsters." ”

"What does the husband mean......"

"Let's rest early! Tomorrow I will ask Zhao Tan to invite all the rich merchants and gentry in the city, including the most influential people in this place, to a banquet to see who the ghost is!"