At the same time, He Wenguang, who was very drunk, was gagged and stuffed into a hemp bag.

Huo Yu only saw Minghui's letter the next morning.

He breathed a long sigh of relief that his little girl, not only smart, but also capable, and most importantly, had actually written to him.

Of course, Minghui wrote this letter in the tone of a collaborator, but Huo Yu felt that this was a good start.

In fact, husband and wife are also each other's collaborators, running a marriage and a family together.

He called Wen Chang and said, "I'm not worried about leaving this matter to others, you can go to Yongping Mansion in person......"

From the capital to Yongping Mansion more than 500 miles, fifteen days later, Wen Chang returned to the capital, bringing back Baofang's signed confession, he did not take Baofang back to Beijing with him, because Baofang was already disabled.

At first, the aunt said that she would introduce her to a large family as a servant, but when she arrived in the capital, she sold her to Mrs. Liu, who opened the secret door, and Mrs. Liu's daughter ran away with the little white face a while ago, and there was a shortage of people to make money for her.

Baofang worked in Sanshi Hutong for ten years, from the age of seventeen to twenty-seven, redeemed herself, and returned home with the money she had saved so hard over the years.

Baofang's silver was snatched away by her mother-in-law's family, she was thrown on the road with her legs discounted, and was picked up by an old bachelor who was in his forties, with pockmarks on his face, but he was not bad, and Baofang's legs were also disabled after healing, and the two made do with it.

Wen Chang is good at painting, and according to Bao Fang's description, he painted a portrait of the person back then, and this portrait has been approved by Bao Fang.

According to Baofang, the man was thirty-five or sixteen years old, claiming to be surnamed Qian, and asked Baofang to call him Qian Ye.

Qian Ye doesn't drink, he doesn't gamble, and he is not even a good woman, he lived in Baofang's house for a month, but he didn't move Baofang's finger, he gave Baofang two hundred taels, and the requirement was that in this month, Baofang didn't accept guests, and only said that he was wrapped up.

Qian Ye doesn't even eat meat, and the amount of food is small, and the most eaten are porridge and vegetarian buns, and there can be no green onions or eggs in the vegetarian buns.

Qian Ye likes to be quiet and loves to be clean, the house he lives in must be cleaned every day, the green bricks on the ground must be wiped with water every day, except for cleaning and delivering food, the house where Qian Ye lives does not allow Baofang to enter.

There is incense in Qian Ye's house, which is sandalwood, a bit like the smell in the temple.

Qian Ye was generous, in addition to giving Baofang 200 taels of accommodation silver, he also gave another silver for three meals a day on weekdays.

In that month, except for Baofang, Qian Ye only saw Hu Dafu and the children sent by He Wenguang, even He Wenguang could only stand in the courtyard and wait every time, and he couldn't even see Qian Ye's hair.

Huo Yu looked closely at the portrait, it was a completely unfamiliar face.

He looked at Wen Chang, Wen Chang knew what he was going to ask, and shook his head: "I definitely haven't seen this person, I have a good memory, but anyone who has seen it will definitely have an impression, of course, passing by on the street doesn't count." ”

These days, Huo Yu is not idle, the Xiaoqi camp is really as legendary, the military salary is high and idle, every morning to practice for two hours, the afternoon will be fine, the generals do not need to get up early every day to lead the troops to practice, they take turns on duty, Huo Yu only needs to be on duty for ten days a month, and the remaining twenty days, you can sleep until you wake up naturally.

Therefore, Huo Yu has a lot of free time, he has been back to the capital a few times, and over the years, he has long had his own connections.

It didn't take long for him to see Lu Qian's name in the old file of Flying Fish Guard.

Lü Qian, an orphan, was adopted by Shijun in Gaoyang City when he was eight years old, and was very loved by Shijun because of his intelligence and cleverness. When Shijun had entered Beijing, Lu Qian was already his inner disciple.

After Shijun died, Lü Qian disappeared, and the first emperor sent Feiyuwei to track down Lü Qian's whereabouts, but Lü Qian disappeared without a trace like a drop of water in the sun.

Ten years ago, Feiyuwei found out that there was a Taoist surnamed Lu in Jiulongguan in Taoyuan County, Xiao is like Lu Qian, this Taoist is named Lu Zhifan, whether it is his age or the time he came to Jiulongguan, it is consistent with Lu Qian.

However, before Feiyuwei could make a move, Lu Zhifan died, fell off the cliff and died while collecting medicine, and when his body was found in the Taoist temple, the body had been gnawed by wild beasts when it was found.

This is the last clue about Lu Qian.

In addition to Cha Lu Qian, Huo Yu also investigated the matter of Gu art, but as he knew before, there was no record of Gu art harming people in the capital, and even in the north and south of the country, there may be, but the victim didn't know that he was in Gu, so he just regarded it as a strange disease.

On the day Wen Chang returned to the capital, Ji Mian called Huo Yu over.

"It looks like you're very idle in the Banner Camp." Ji Mian said coldly.

Huo Yu knew that he couldn't hide this from Ji Mian, he was a person who would never be smart in front of smart people.

"I'm not idle, I'm just asking someone to check some old things."

Ji Mian snorted coldly: "Old things? You weren't born at that time, what does this old thing have to do with you? ”

Huo Yu was stunned, and immediately reacted, Ji Mian mistakenly thought that he was going to investigate the old affairs of Zixiao Palace.

Zixiao Palace, Shi Jun has been, it is about the first emperor, and it is not something he can check.

Huo Yu hurriedly said: "My lord, I'm investigating this person." ”

As he spoke, he took out a portrait from his arms, the same portrait, Wen Chang painted three, this is one of them.

Ji Mian took it and took a look, then threw the portrait on the table, and said angrily: "What's the matter?" ”

Huo Yu said that Mingxuan was sick and was diagnosed with a possibility of being a Gu, he didn't mention Wang Zhenren, but fortunately, the person who first diagnosed Mingxuan was Dr. Zhang, who came to Sishitang for a half-day consultation.

Dr. Zhang is known as a miracle doctor, his family has been in the south for several generations, and it is very likely that he has been in contact with patients with Zhong Gu, so it is not unusual for him to be able to diagnose it.

"On this portrait, it is the person who went to Baoding Mansion to find a child six years ago, he asked the local gangsters, in a month, he stole six five-year-old boys, the first five only gave ten taels of silver, only the last bid of twenty taels, the six boys were sent back within one or two hours after being stolen, no memory is at all, and this person is so clean, likes sandalwood, is not close to women, does not eat meat, but has not shaved, therefore, I suspect that he is a person in the Taoist sect, so I went to check the file of Lu Qian in the past."

"The child of Gu in Baoding Mansion is your brother-in-law?" Ji Mian asked.

Huo Yu corrected: "It's a nephew." ”

Ji Mian nodded, and then remembered that Minghui was the old daughter of Old Lady Ming.