Xie Shizhong and the three of them watched the two knights leave like the wind, leaving dust flying behind them.

Shi Li spat and scolded: "Where did you get the criticism...... Lao Wu, you continued. ”

Wu Huizhou looked at Shi Li and made a vulgar gesture in the direction of the knight, shook his head slightly, and said, "This note is a secret report that has been delivered, and it simply says that a messenger will arrive in ten days."

"The murderer left this at the scene because the word Tubo was written in it, and the handwriting was indeed Lao Cheng's, and the pigeon was also raised by him, so in the murderer's opinion, he should be able to judge that he was undoubtedly colluding with Tubo.

"Originally, I was worried about where this note would have got, but seeing that the contents of this note have no beginning or end, I expect that the intended recipient should not know about it, so there is no need to worry for the time being.

"The first thing, what is the origin of the murderer, maybe it is a righteous man who has passed by, or maybe it has been planned for a long time. Since he believed that Lao Cheng was a spy, but did not report it to Lord Xie, there must still be some problems with his identity, so he needed to send soldiers to search the city strictly, especially the people who had recently come and gone to the county, and they had to be interrogated carefully.

"The second thing is why the murderer knew that Lao Cheng was a spy. According to the current clues, Lao Cheng has his own sources, perhaps from other places, or from the city. The murderer firmly wrote the message on the wall, there must be a reason, but he found his flaw somewhere.

"Now that Lao Cheng is dead, there are many people who know him, and they can't hide it. It's better to push the boat down the river, and the plan will be calculated, and from today, Nanxi County will implement a curfew! ”

Shi Li said in a staggered voice: "Is the curfew too strict, Nanxi County has been peaceful for a long time, and the people may have objections." ”

Xie Shizhong thought about it but clapped his hands and said, "Yes, just do this!" Wu Xiancheng is really good! The curfew is strictly investigated, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, neither the murderer nor Neiying dares to act rashly. In the end, even if we couldn't find anyone, we did it, and we reported it to the top, and we can't blame anyone if we can't catch it! So good, so good! ”

Wu Huizhou arched his hand and said: "It's still Lord Xie who is far-sighted, and his subordinates didn't expect to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger." The subordinates just think that when the time comes, they can put on a posture, so that the murderers in the city, the people from Neiying, and the spies from Tubo can retreat from the difficulties, and don't make trouble with us. ”

Shi Li was still a little worried: "My lord, but to what extent should the curfew go?" If there are people on duty at every street and every intersection, and the troops are scattered, and when you encounter powerful thieves, the soldiers in the yamen may not be enough......"

Xie Shizhong patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just a curfew, and I didn't say that you really want to guard it, if there is really that kind of person, he won't take advantage of the daytime to do things?" As the so-called ten thousand flowers have passed, the leaves do not stick to the body, as long as the fire does not burn our heads, the rest of the documents will be handed over to Wu Xiancheng to do! ”

"Don't worry, my subordinates won't make it difficult for adults."

"Oh, Wu Xiancheng, thanks to you in the past few years, Lord Ben's performance assessment can pass smoothly, I can trust you! To tell you the truth, there is news from Lord Ben's brother-in-law in Chang'an, and at the end of the year, Lord Ben's order will arrive, and you will definitely be recommended at that time, so you can rest assured! Yes! Don't say anything, Lao Shi, let's go! ”

Shi Li wanted to say more, but in the end, he couldn't resist Xie Shizhong's intentions, and was pulled by the shoulders and left.

Wu Huizhou saw the two of them leave, and also straightened up, and an attendant came over at the right time, put away the paper and evidence, and put a scene investigation record in his hand.

Wu Huizhou just glanced at it, then gave it back to the attendant, and said, "Zhicai, did you hear it clearly?" ”

The attendant bowed his head and said: "Go back to your lordship, you can hear clearly, and the small one will take someone to the city to investigate strictly." ”

"Especially those who are familiar with Cheng Feng and those who have close contacts, they must be searched carefully, and they must not be neglected!"

"The little one understands."

The two people who galloped past the official road just now were Fang Tai and Pinggaoyi, who had come here from Wuling.

On the ferry, Ping Gaoyi almost let Fang Tai shoot directly with a "pavilion master".

After some explanation, Fang Tai realized that this "pavilion master" was not the other "pavilion master".

Ping Gaoyi belongs to the largest wind media organization on the rivers and lakes - Lingling Water Pavilion, and the pavilion master he said is actually the hostess of Rui Mansion in Xiangzhou City, Rui Yurong's mother, and the Rui Xue family that Fang Tai once met!

Such a gentle woman was once a famous "Red Line Sword" on the rivers and lakes, and her light skills were on par with Shen Jingxing, a wanderer, before he became a grandmaster!

One news after another made Fang Tai speechless with shock.

Small hidden in the wild, big hidden in the city.

The masters on the rivers and lakes are really hidden, and they are still too shallow.

Rui Xue's real name is Xue Hongxian, who got out of the rivers and lakes twenty years ago and lived with his sweetheart at ease, but this time because of his daughter's experience and worries about Wutian Pavilion, he decided to return to the rivers and lakes.

She chose to leave when she succeeded to the position of Pavilion Master of Lingling Water Pavilion, but for some reason the previous Pavilion Master decided to leave her position vacant for many years. It wasn't until after the beginning of spring that Xue Hongxian found the wind media of Xiangzhou City with the pavilion master's token, revealed his identity, and directly asked the Lingling Water Pavilion to secretly look for the news of Wutian Pavilion and Taifeng on the rivers and lakes with the posture of the pavilion master.

It is precisely because of the help of many light and powerful wind media in Lingling Water Pavilion that they can learn the news that Taifeng and roe deer owls have appeared in Ezhou within a few days.

It must be known that in Datang, the speed of news transmission can be 100 miles a day just by a person with light skills and superb skills, 500 miles a day by changing horses, and even faster if you add the method of carrier pigeons.

Half a month is enough time for Lingling Water Pavilion to search all over the Central Plains.

I don't know if it's because it's hidden deep enough, or because there's enough power to wipe out all traces, Lingling Water Pavilion's attempt to find the Heavenless Pavilion has never been clueless.

On the contrary, there is new news about Taifeng.

At the beginning, what Xue Hongxian ordered Lingling Water Pavilion to look for was not only the portrait with the scars on his face erased, but also key information such as medical skills, alchemy and medicine, height and personality.

Sure enough, there was a secret spy from Lingling Water Pavilion, saying that there was a doctor in Nanxi County seven years ago, who was very similar in appearance and portrait, and the key information was all consistent.

Considering that this place was not far from the Shushan Sword Sect, Lin Chengyong decisively decided to rush with Rui Yurong.

At this time, Rover and Lin Chengyong were not cured, and even if they wanted to hurry, they could not bear the bumps on horseback, so they could only choose carriages and ferries to rush to Shu little by little.

Just when he was about to leave, news came that Fang Tai appeared in Wuling.

Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, so Xue Hongxian asked the flying pigeon to pass the book, and asked Fang Tai to go to Nanxi County to find out.

And this order is the one who receives the order.

He knew the news when it was the day Fang Tai set off after the rain.

Ping Gaoyi rode a fast horse and galloped all the way, spanning two hundred miles from morning to noon, and finally caught up with Fang Tai at the ferry.

If it weren't for the fact that in the peach blossom forest, Sun Yan and Qingli had been delayed for some time, and Ping Gaoyi was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to see Fang Tai's face.

The two figured out the situation on the ship, and Fang Tai also learned that the place where Taifeng had appeared was in Shudi.

After all, there are more than a thousand miles from Wuling to Nanxi, and Fang Tai couldn't wait, so he proposed to abandon the ship and change horses.

The two of them disembarked from the nearest boat, went to the market to buy two of the best horses, and finally arrived in Nanxi County today after four days of hard work.

According to the original plan, Fang Tai planned to find the person who sent the news from the channel of the Lingling Water Pavilion first, and find out some news from him before deciding on the next action.

However, when he found the post station in Nanxi County according to the guidance of Ping Gaoyi, he unexpectedly found that it had been blocked by many officers and soldiers, and his original plan fell through.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Fang Tai planned to leave peacefully and Gaoyi for a while, and then go to the post man who sent the news after figuring out what was happening here.

Just as he was leaving, Fang Tai saw three people in official uniforms and armor standing together from a distance, as if discussing something in private, and a man dressed as a scholar took out a note and showed it to the other two.

With the help of the Heavenly Eye, Fang Tai could clearly see the handwriting written on the note.

Ten days later, the Tibetan envoy came and responded cautiously.

Simple and straightforward.

Fang Tai naturally didn't understand the meaning, and was only slightly strange in his heart, so he followed Ping Gaoyi to the county seat.

There is a small county seat in Nanxi County, and another small stream runs through it from south to north in the middle of the city, so the county seat is also named.

There is a towering mountain cliff in the north of the county, a large bamboo forest in the east, and a gentle but slightly higher slope in the south, from which this stream originates and goes east from high to low. As a result, the wonder of the northward flow of the stream was formed.

There is also a poem: Qingxi comes from the south, and it is bound to reach the north cliff. Qingping water flows, and the east goes into the bamboo.

Entering the city, Ping Gaoyi took Fang Tai to find a restaurant and asked for a Yangchun noodle each. When the soup noodles were ready, he walked around with a bowl in his hand, and nodded when he met people, looking extremely familiar.

Fang Tai sat at the table, sucking his face, watching Ping Gaoyi squat in front of the door for a while, standing at the base of the wall for a while, and then gathering to another table, talking and laughing with the locals.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Ping Gaoyi also came back and sat down, wiped his mouth and said, "This is clear!" ”

Fang Tai has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has seen many people of all kinds, but it is also the first time he has seen a talent like Ping Gaoyi.

can mix with people of three religions and nine streams without revealing flaws, and can also find out the news you want, in addition to eloquence, you must also be thoughtful, have a variety of personalities, and the most important thing is a face that is not afraid of embarrassment.

Fang Tai sighed to himself.

Ping Gaoyi pursed his lips and said with a frown: "Young Master Fang, something is wrong. The informant we came to connect with this time was originally the post man of the Nanxi County Post Station, that is, he sent out the news that Tai Feng had lived here. But I inquired just now, this old Cheng was killed last night! ”

Fang Tai was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Dead? Could it be that the news leaked and the Heavenly Pavilion came to the door? Well, after all, Taifeng has betrayed the Heavenless Pavilion, and it is not impossible for them to follow the clues to find it. Since Taifeng has lived here for a few years, maybe he will really hide back. Even if you don't come back, you can find someone you knew back then and ask Tae-bong about his past, and maybe you can still know about his past, and it will be useful to deduce his whereabouts when the time comes......"

Ping Gaoyi listened to Fang Tai's muttering inference, and finally couldn't help but interrupt him, and said: "Young Master Fang, regarding Yi Cheng's death, although the county government has not yet made it public, but listening to the news that one person got from his cousin's sister-in-law's son just now, Lao Cheng is probably a foreign spy. ”

"What the hell is this......"

"What this person said is certain, in fact, it is because the person who spread the news is the post soldier who found the body of the post man!"

The person from the Lingling Water Pavilion is the official post man is enough to surprise Fang Tai, this person is still a spy?!

Is the news of Taifeng from him true or false, has an ambush been laid in Nanxi County, just waiting for himself to fall into the net?

Fang Tai suddenly became nervous.

Ping Gaoyi persuaded: "Young Master Fang, don't worry, the people in my Lingling Water Pavilion are definitely not spies." It's just a news from a soldier, and the yamen hasn't issued a notice yet, so it's always a bit exaggerated by hearsay about such an important matter......"

As he was talking, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the restaurant, and a group of soldiers in armor were running forward on the street, obviously there was a big battle.

Ping Gao stopped in a sneering manner.

Fang Tai remembered the words on the note he saw outside the post station, and said this matter to Ping Gaoyi, he thought, "There is indeed something wrong with this matter. If that note is evidence of the identity of the post clerk, it is inevitably a bit reckless. Judging from the words alone, I don't know who this person is sending the news to, maybe it is for Lingling Water Pavilion? ”

Ping Gaoyi also reacted and said: "That's right, we know the identity of this person's Lingling Water Pavilion, but the people from the Yamen don't know!" ”

"Yes, if he is not a spy, then the reason why the murderer killed him is very suspicious."

"Could it be that there are really Tubo spies in Nanxi County?! The spy found out that Yi Cheng was passing information to another place, so he killed people and killed people? ”

"Possibly...... We are here for Taifeng and Wutian Pavilion, but now that we encounter this kind of thing, we can't leave it alone. ”

"Okay, I'll spread the news through the channel of Lingling Water Pavilion today, and ask who this post is, and what news has been passed on before, so as to deduce the murderer's intentions. Do you want to tell the government about the identity of the poster? ”

"Don't do it for the time being, since this matter involves an enemy country, it must be very deep. We are new to the city, and we are not familiar with the place, so it is better to be cautious. Be careful when you act. The pigeon raised by this post should be used to transmit messages to the upline, and most of the murderers are aware of various methods. When you send a message, remember to use a different method that you don't usually use. ”

"Understood, Young Master Fang, don't worry. That Taifeng and the Heavenless Pavilion ......"

"It seems that we are going to stay in Nanxi Town for a while, and that Yicheng has already made it clear where Taifeng once stayed, so I'll go and explore him first!"