Chapter 576: The Backbone

So, Fu Jiuqu changed into that guy's clothes and infiltrated the stronghold of Hump Ridge in person.

"We can't stop the king of the county, so we have to let him in, and make an appointment to use the Sky Monkey as a signal......

The Monkey is a name for a gunpowder flare, which can be heard from afar when it explodes in mid-air.

However, a group of people waited in the dense forest outside the waterfall for about an hour, and Fu Jiuqu never sent a signal......

"The brothers are very anxious, Liang Yi decided not to wait, and pulled that damn guy and was about to break into the stone cave, when the monkey sounded!"

A group of people held back for so long, they had been waiting impatiently, and for a while they pounced like wolves and forcibly broke into the water curtain hole, only to find that things were not so simple.

"Good fellow, there is a world in that cave, the area is so vast that we are amazed, and it is far from being as simple as a dozen people, as soon as we first entered, twenty or thirty gangsters rushed up in the dark, chasing and intercepting them...... Fortunately, the king of the county had been prepared for a long time and borrowed troops from Shen Dujian, so he luckily gained the upper hand. Otherwise, the brothers are afraid that they will be folded on the Hump Ridge......

Duan Sui said nervously, his face was unusually serious.

"The road there is rugged and difficult, and it is very strange to go around and around, we fought all the way to find it, and the people of the entire Hump Ridge have taken it, and we have turned it inside and out, and we can't find the county king."

Xin Yi's face changed, "What does it mean that I can't find it?"

Duan Sui: "...... It's like disappearing out of thin air."

How can a living person disappear into thin air?

"Arrest so many people, don't you try them?"

"Judged!" Duan Sui looked at her with a bitter face and shook his head, "The county king is too secretive, we will be interrogated one by one, and none of those guys can say it clearly. It was only said that Adou was back...... Oh, Adou is the guy the king pretending to be, and the guards of Humpback Ridge noticed that Adou was a little weird, but they didn't ask much."

"So, the king of the county broke in easily?"

"Isn't that easy? At first, we didn't believe it, but later we found out that there was a mechanism set up inside, and it was not their own people, so they couldn't break in at all. Therefore, they didn't pay much attention to it, and watched Adou go to the boss's residence, but they just thought that he had found out some news and went to report it, how dare they investigate?"

"Boss? Who's the boss?"

「…… A smothered grandson with a hammer." Chinese Net

Duan Sui coughed lightly and looked at her weakly, "I slashed her to death."

People are dead, and of course they can't ask for clues.

Xin Yi saw that he was embarrassed and changed the subject.

"And then? What do the others say?"

"The others, like us, only noticed something strange when they heard the sound of the monkeys...... Then, we were caught by us, and one by one they were more surprised than us, and kept asking us how we got in......

Xin Yi: "Are you sure the monkey was sent by the king of the county?"

Duan Sui lowered his eyes, "We can't find anyone from the county king, so we're not sure. But judging by the reaction of those guys, it doesn't look like a trick of lure......

No one will lure the enemy into their nest and let the family bring troops to sweep it.

Nine times out of ten, the flare was sent by Fu Jiuqu himself.

From Fu Jiuqu's insistence on going his own way and entering alone to his disappearance in Hump Ridge, it is what happened in just one day.

He was originally a strategist, and since he did not fall into the hands of the enemy, he must have his own plans.

In normal times, Xin Yi probably wouldn't be in such a hurry.

But today, she saw the green calyx in the foot shop opposite the City God Temple, and when she thought back to Fu Jiuqu's behavior, her heart was like being pulled out of a huge black hole, and she was uneasy.

Tomorrow is Xiaobao's full moon wine, how could Fu Jiuqu take a risk?

Xin Yi's complexion changed again and again, staring at Duan Sui and asking, "I can't find anyone, shouldn't you continue to look for it?" Why did you come back to me?"

Duan Sui raised his head, looked at her and said, "We found a cliff in the stronghold with ...... written on it. The song of the cave fairy has three big red lacquer characters. There is also a poem engraved on it, which is exactly the same as what Yu Du sang in Bianjing, and we all doubt it

There are problems, but they can't figure ......it out."

"Didn't you interrogate those people?"

"Judged. Most of them are small minions, and they don't know what to ask, and only one small leader said that it was an exam question, and Childe once said that whoever can do this exam question can get a huge reward......

Questions? Reward? Son?

Xin Yi felt faintly uneasy in his heart.

"What they say about Childe is ......?"

"Young Jade Child."

Duan Sui answered her without hesitation.

"How do you know for sure?"

"We saw the painting of the young lady in the bandit's quarters."

"But......" Xin Yi's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he looked over sharply, "Yu Du is now detained in the Yangzhou Mansion prison......

Her voice became heavy unconsciously, and her mind was like a mess.

Duan Sui raised his eyes, "Because of this, my subordinates quickly came back to find the princess of the county and got an idea......

In their eyes, the princess of the county is not only a person as smart as the king of the county, but also the person who knows the king of the county best.

Fu Jiuqu can't be found at the moment, and a group of people have no backbone, so they naturally think of Xin Yi.

In addition, there is an even more important reason.

Before Fu Jiuqu left, he ordered that he should take strict care of Yudu's mother and son in the prison, except for himself, no one was allowed to contact them, to prevent collusion or revelations, even Ge Yong, the second-in-command of Yangzhou Mansion, could not see anyone, and even came up with such ghost tricks to come to Xinyi to set up tricks, and others naturally couldn't touch them......

Duan Sui said, "Hump Ridge is still searching, looking for the whereabouts of the county king. At the moment, the situation is urgent, and we think that prying open Yu Du's mouth is the best way...... Also, the disappearance of the county king is very likely to be related to the cave fairy song on that cliff......

Xin Yi frowned slightly, "But the mother and son of the Yu family are guarded alone, and the king of the county has strict orders, how can I get close?"

Duan Sui: "Princess Jun, you are the only exception."

Xin Yi was stunned: "What did you say?"

Duan Sui: "The king of the county has already instructed the brothers. Once he is gone, the words of the princess of the county are his words. The orders of the princess of the county are his orders. Right now, it's just you!"

What does it mean once he's gone?

Xin Yi's qi and blood floated, and the uneasiness that she couldn't see or touch but made her scalp tingle went up the blood again, and a gold star suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, shining brightly, and her chest was churning.

She clenched the armrests and sat calmly for a moment, waiting for the dizziness to pass, and then slowly looking up.

"This thing...... It may not be that simple."

Duan Sui was anxious, rubbing his fingers constantly, and couldn't help but urge, only to see Xin Yi get up from the chair.

"Guards Duan, we are now divided into two ways. I'll go to the prison to interrogate Yu Du, and you take some people to the foot shop opposite the City God Temple, and one of the people in it is counted as a ......."

She paused for a moment, "Seize first!" If there's anything going on, report it immediately."

Duan Sui breathed a sigh of relief, the sense of certainty that he listened to his master's orders returned, and he didn't even ask why, he eagerly clasped his fists.

"Yes, my subordinates have orders!"

Xin Yi saw him turn around and said Wait.

"Today I saw the green calyx in the foot shop, be careful of Gao Minglou."

Duan Sui looked at her in astonishment.

Xin Yi nodded at her, "Go ahead, safety first."

"Yes!"

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Before Fu Jiuqu went to Yangzhou to camp, he arranged all the defense of the mansion.

He didn't trust the courtyard left by Ge Yong, but sent Shang You to lead a team of about twenty people, including five secret guards, stationed in Tianshui Pavilion. The mother and son of the Yu family in prison were guarded by Yi Chuan.

These guards were all brought by Fu Jiuqu from Bianjing.

But he left half of it to Xin Yi.

saw Duan Sui purging the team in the courtyard

, looking like a great enemy, Xiang Ling didn't dare to ask more, and it wasn't until Duan Sui left that she rushed over to ask Xin Yi.

"Sister, what's going on? Why does Guard Duan look like that?"

Xin Yi didn't speak, she calmly arranged her clothes, and it wasn't until Xingyuan and Taoyu also came over to ask each other that she turned her head.

"Xiangling, Taoyu, from now on, I will hand over the three Xiaoyi and Xiaobao to the two of you, and you will help me take care of them......

As soon as he heard this, Xiang Ling's eyes turned red.

"Sister, why are you saying such things? What the hell is going on?"

Xin Yi looked at her expressionlessly, "It's not a big deal, don't think nonsense, just take care of a few children." I've got something to go out for, hopefully...... Let's make it in time for tomorrow's full moon feast."

The voice stopped abruptly, and she shook her head slightly.

"Xingyuan, you go to the prison with me."

Tianshui Pavilion is in the back house of Yangzhou Mansion, and the prison is at the front end of Yangzhou Mansion.

Turn right at the gate of the house, there is a small bridge, and after the bridge there is a row of porches, which are the offices of the guards and jailers, and the dungeon is below. Entering from the guardhouse is the entrance to the dungeon.

After coming to Yangzhou for so long, Xin Yi has only been to the lobby once, let alone a place like a dungeon.

The guards recognized it as Mrs. Zhizhou, but did not let her go immediately, but asked the cell boss.

The cell leader's surname is Tan, he is a delicate guy, not long after Fu Jiuqu arrived, he expressed his loyalty openly and secretly, and when he heard that the princess of the county was visiting prison, he didn't dare to slack off, and he didn't want to be responsible, so he brought Yi Chuan with him.

Yi Chuan was momentarily surprised when he saw Xin Yi come out, but quickly regained his composure and let Xin Yi go to the back room.

"Princess Jun, please speak up if you have something."

This is Fu Jiuqu's personal guard, and Xin Yi can trust him.

She said without hesitation, "The king of the county is missing, and I will interrogate Yu Du immediately."