When night falls, the sky is full of stars.

Qiyuan County, Hanhai Building.

This restaurant was chartered by Han Zhi, just to entertain Xu Yunchen and others who had just arrived in Qiyuan.

In a spacious private room, Xu Yunchen sat at the head of the seat, Shen Mingnan sat a little lower, the whole person was lazily propped up on the desk, one leg slightly bent, and the wine glass was dangling in his hand, looking leisurely.

In addition to them, there were some officials present, and when they heard that a Beijing official had come from the capital, they all rushed to come and talk to them.

Seeing that everyone was almost here, Han Zhi raised his glass and said loudly: "Today's banquet is specially organized for Lord Xu to pick up the wind and wash the dust, you can come, I Han feel very honored, I will salute you first."

There was a chorus below, and Han Zhi raised his glass to Xu Yunchen again, "This cup is to Lord Xu, I have worked hard to come here thousands of miles away." ”

Xu Yunchen raised his glass and drank together, and after putting down the cup, he coughed lightly, and the following instantly became extremely quiet.

"I'm sure you know why I'm here."

There were whispers below, how could they not know that the capital sent Xu Yunchen down, wasn't it just for Shen Mingnan's business.

Shen Shizi came to Qiyuan from the capital to eliminate the bandits, but he disappeared in the mountains, and there is still no trace of him.

Every day they were in trepidation, afraid that his body would suddenly be pulled out of some corner.

Fold in Qiyuan, they are also afraid.

What's more, this is still the queen's nephew, and the emperor also loves him very much, in case Shen Mingnan really dies here at that time.

The Son of Heaven was furious, ambushed millions of corpses, and bled for thousands of miles, and they Qi Yuan was afraid that there would be no peace.

Wu Shunyi, Cheng of Qiyuan County, stood up, "Lord Xu, since Shen Shizi disappeared, the lower officials have sent officers and soldiers to search the mountain for more than ten days in a row, but apart from the tattered robes, we can't find anything else. ”

"Yes, my lord, Shen Shizi is afraid, I'm afraid that there will be more than one luck, alas!" Qi Yuan and Chen Bin continued.

Xu Yunchen subconsciously looked at someone who had been identified as a fierce and auspicious person, and when he saw that he was still lazy, he felt a toothache.

What the hell is he going to do in Qiyuan? Even if Xu Yunchen is so close to the demon, he can't figure out what he is thinking for a while.

"According to Chen Tongzhi, then Shen Shizi doesn't need to look for it?"

Shen Mingnan's cold and lazy voice suddenly sounded, Chen Bin was stunned for a moment, immediately knelt down in panic, and stammered: "No, don't dare, Shen Shizi has an accident in our Qiyuan, and we are just as hard to blame, of course, we want to see people in life, and we want to see corpses in death."

None of the officials below dared to speak up, how could this mask-wearing deputy envoy of the Imperial City be more terrifying than Xu Yunchen?

Chen Bin and Wu Shunyi were even more cold sweating, and they didn't dare to gasp, Chen Bin lay on the ground, wishing that no one could pay attention to his existence.

All of a sudden, the feast became silent.

"Huh." Shen Mingnan chuckled lightly and broke the silence, "Don't panic, adults, I just think that the disappearance of Shen Shizi still needs to be investigated in detail." ”

"Yes, yes, the deputy envoy is right, this must be investigated, investigated to the end!"

There is a chorus below, and there is a tendency to say whatever you say.

Shen Mingnan nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask: "It is said that there were more than 1,000 officers and soldiers who went up the mountain with Shen Shizi that day, how many are left now?"

"This ......"

Chen Bin and Wu Shunyi glanced at each other, but neither dared to squeak.

Han Zhi walked out stubbornly and knelt in front of Shen Mingnan, "...... All of them were killed by the bandits. ”

Xu Yunchen drank for a moment, and the cup was lightly placed on the table and made a clear sound.

"All dead?"

Han Zhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Yes, no one is alive." ”

"Among them, more than 500 people are the officers and soldiers of Qiyuan County who have been recruited, and the rest are all brought by Shen Shizi from the capital."

When Han Zhi's words fell, Shen Mingnan suddenly threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground and made a crisp "click" sound, and the broken porcelain pieces cut through Han Zhi's robe.

He slapped the table and said angrily: "What nonsense! There were only more than 500 mountain bandits at most, how could they kill more than 1,000 people? ”

Han Zhi prostrate on the ground and shouted loudly: "Lord Deputy Envoy, the lower officials are not lying, their bodies have been sent back to their homes, if you don't believe me, I will show you the annals, for every person who died, they were given a pension of ten taels to their families, all of which were recorded."

Xu Yunchen couldn't help but look at him sideways, his clothes still lined him with cold and noble, only to see him snort coldly: "This deputy envoy really doesn't believe that the mountain bandits in Qiyuan Mountain are so capable, gather five hundred officials for me at noon tomorrow, and I will go up the mountain to find out."

Han Zhi didn't have anything to do, so he hurriedly agreed, and after this episode, the atmosphere at the banquet gradually relaxed.

Xu Yunchen and Shen Mingnan left the banquet early, Han Zhi got up to send him off, he was the owner, and he had to wait for the end of the banquet to leave.

The two walked on the road, stepping on the moonlight, silent all the way.

"Yunchen has something unclear."

Xu Yunchen's voice sounded, and he looked at Shen Mingnan in the hope that he could solve his doubts.

Shen Mingnan's dark eyes were sparkling, and there was a faint smile on his lips, "But it's okay to say it." ”

Xu Yunchen was silent for a moment before he said, "You came to Qiyuan for the second time for those officers and soldiers?"

Shen Mingnan sneered when he heard this, "Aren't they worthy of me coming back again?" ”

Xu Yunchen was speechless, in his heart, Shen Mingnan was indeed not the kind of person who understood righteousness and served the country and the people.

"This matter is definitely not as simple as mountain bandits, they ...... It's been destroyed. ”

Xu Yunchen said lightly, there is no one alive, this is definitely not something that ordinary mountain bandits can do.

"So." Xu Yunchen stopped and stood still, staring at Shen Mingnan's dark eyes fixedly, "What did you see on Qiyuan Mountain?" ”

Shen Mingnan also stopped, and was a little surprised when he heard Xu Yunchen's words, he chuckled lightly, and his tone was slightly mocking, "It's really condescending for you to be an editor of the Hanlin Academy." ”

He paused, his tone lazy, "As for what you see, you'll find out in a few days, and when the time comes, I'll find out the mastermind behind them and avenge them, right?" ”

Xu Yunchen stared at him for a few seconds, then turned his head sideways and dropped a sentence, "Whatever you want." ”

The words fell, and he strode forward.

Shen Mingnan saw that this person was not waiting for him, and shouted lazily behind him, "Wait for me, Lord Xu."

Xu Yunchen's footsteps paused slightly, and then walked faster.

"Cut, it's boring."

Shen Mingnan pouted slightly, it was really fucking boring to stay with Xu Yunchen, it was better to stay in Luohua Village with the little girl.

Shen Mingnan looked up at the bright moon in the sky, but what he thought in his mind was that the little girl should have slept at this time, right? She always went to bed early.

…………

The morning light was faint, and the sound of gongs and drums sounded in Luohua Village.

Everyone leaned out of the door to see, the person who came was Lao Motou, only to see that he was full of red light, full of wrinkles on his face with a strong smile, he had a big red flower hanging on his body, and there were two people beside him, one was blowing suo, the other was playing drums, looking jubilant.

When everyone saw this, a voice laughed and said:

"Yo, Lao Motou is here to pick up the kiss?"