"Northwest direction! It's northwest! Yu Qingfeng grabbed Pei Wuyi's hands on the table.

Pei Wuxian raised his eyebrows, pretending not to understand, "Oh? ”

"Peacock Flying Southeast tells the tragic love story of Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi, a couple who love each other and are forced to separate by feudal etiquette and religion, and both are martyred.

Although this pair of lovers rebelled against feudal etiquette, the so-called rebellion was suicide, although it was also a rebellion in the background of the era in which they lived, but if they were not even afraid of death, why didn't they dare to live to resist? Why not elope?

"In the final analysis, they still dare not bear the consequences of violating feudal etiquette, and martyrdom is a kind of evasion, another kind of obedience and surrender."

Yu Qingfeng tried hard to recall, although she could only remember two sentences of this long narrative poem in the Chinese textbook, the story was still very profound. Because Jiao Zhongqing's mother-in-law broke up the mandarin duck like her mother, it is not uncommon in modern society.

The two sentences that Yu Qingfeng can remember are the first sentence at the beginning, "The peacock flies southeast", and the "hanging southeast branch" when Jiao Zhongqing committed suicide at the end.

"So what?" Pei Wuyi began to praise again.

"So when you and the prince discussed this poem, you must have expressed the opinion I just made, denying the martyrdom of the male and female protagonists in the poem. Your negative attitude is deeply remembered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Denying the martyrdom of the male and female protagonists is equivalent to denying the poem, which is equivalent to denying the southeast flight. So it's the Northwest. This is the exclusive code for both of you. ”

Pei Wuyi nodded and asked interestingly, "Guess, why did we talk about this poem?" ”

"Of course, that is to motivate the prince to resist hard, fight for him and Cheng Minrong for a good ending, and tell him that he really can't do it and can't be martyred, so he has to elope."

"What else?"

"And?"

"I told the prince that if one day you and I both go missing, then don't worry, we just eloped." Pei Wuyi's eyes were deep, and he seemed to have endless deep meaning.

Yu Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, staring deeply at Pei Wuyi, expecting him to continue.

Pei Wuyi pursed his lips, finally raised his courage, and his lips opened slightly, "I ......"

"Dangdang." There was a knock on the door.

Pei Wuyi almost bit his tongue.

Yu Qingfeng closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and was about to open the door with a fierce momentum.

Pei Wuxian hurriedly grabbed Yu Qingfeng, "Calm down." ”

"I'm calm, I'm just going to see who it is!" No matter who it is, they have to carry Yu Qingfeng's anger.

The two pulled and pulled to the door, and as soon as Yu Qingfeng opened the door, there was still Lin Ming outside the door.

"Have you seen the prince?" Lin Ming's face was solemn, nervous and serious.

Yu Qingfeng's anger dissipated instantly. No matter who it is, they all have to carry Yu Qingfeng's anger, except for Lin Ming.

"I see, the situation on the prince's side is a little complicated. Lord Lin, please invite Lord Lian, the four of us have to discuss it carefully. ”

Lin Ming nodded immediately after hearing this, and turned to find Lin Ming.

Pei Wuxian glanced at Yu Qingfeng with slanted eyes, and said coldly: "It is indeed very calm. Lin Ming, sure enough, it's still different. ”

Yu Qingfeng shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "No way, Lin Ming, it's really different." ”

Pei Wuyi turned around and sat down at the table, as if angry, "You still don't want to hurt him completely." ”

"I've already clearly refused, as for hurting him completely, it is estimated that it will be sooner or later," Yu Qingfeng sat down beside Pei Wuyi, "I'll talk about it later, just listen to it." ”

Pei Wuxian tilted his head slightly and squinted, not understanding what Yu Qingfeng's intentions were.

Lin Ming and Lian Shurong hurriedly entered the door. The four of them sat around a round table, drinking tea and listening to the narration.

"What? Are you sure that the crown prince in the East Palace is a fake now? Lian Shurong was so shocked that the volume was a little loud.

Yu Qingfeng hurriedly made a gesture to cover Lian Shurong's mouth, "Let you eat pig brains, you give me pig mouths?" ”

Lian Shurong was just about to fight back, but Lin Ming hurriedly covered his mouth.

Pei Wuyi hurriedly replied: "Sure." ”

"Qingfeng, the test of Master Pei that you just mentioned cannot be regarded as ironclad evidence, we rashly went to tell Your Majesty that the prince is fake, I'm afraid it will ......" Lin Ming frowned and shook his head.

"Of course, we can't rush to tell Your Majesty, what we have to do is to find the real crown prince!" Yu Qingfeng pointed out a clear path for everyone.

"But, the world is big, where can we find it? Gotta have some clues, right? Lian Shurong asked not optimistically.

"There are no clues, and people have to be sent to follow them secretly. Let's split up. Yu Qingfeng frowned.

Pei Wuyi remained silent, his eyes fixed on the teacup in his hand.

"The most eye-catching method is for the four of us to look for case reviews from all directions, and secretly search for people on the pretext of handling cases. But for the sake of efficiency, I suggest that we split our heads and divide our troops into two ways. Yu Qingfeng proposed.

Lian Shurong didn't smile, "Needless to say, you go all the way with Master Pei, and I go all the way with Lin Ming, right?" ”

"Yo, I still ate pig brains." Yu Qingfeng quipped.

As soon as Lin Ming wanted to protest, Pei Wuyi took the lead, "Then it's decided." Let's go to the library and first find two cases in different directions and act separately. ”

The four of them arrived at the book library, just in time for Duan Ling, the chief bookkeeper of Dali Temple, to file the latest files in storage.

Yu Qingfeng deliberately lagged behind, went to Duan Ling's side, and asked in a low voice: "Master Duan, I heard that you are famous on the imperial examination list and are knowledgeable and talented?" ”

"Oh, don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Duan Ling smiled from ear to ear.

"What about poetry?"

"You want to test me?" Duan Ling disagreed with Yu Qingfeng, who could only read and write Chinese characters.

"Well, I'll test you."

Pei Wuyi had already started to look for the file on the wooden shelf, and seeing that Lin Ming and Lian Shurong had also started to work over there, Yu Qingfeng was whispering to Duan Ling over there, curious about the past.

"Qingfeng, are you asking Master Duan about the case? Let's find it ourselves. ”

Duan Ling was bowing his head and meditating, as if Yu Qingfeng had given him a big problem.

Yu Qingfeng patted Duan Ling on the shoulder, "Master Duan, don't be embarrassed, just admit defeat." I'm busy. ”

"What to throw in the towel? Didn't you ask Duan Ling what case there was in the northwest direction? Pei Wuxian pulled Yu Qingfeng to the corner and asked in a whisper, and after asking, he didn't forget to look at Lin Ming and Lian Shurong not far away.

"No, I guessed a riddle with Master Duan, and he lost. If you want to find a case in the northwest, of course, you have to find it yourself. Yu Qingfeng finished speaking and was leaving.

Pei Wuyi grabbed it again and pulled Yu Qingfeng back in front of him, "What's the matter?" Why do you want to hide the northwest direction and separate the two of them? Do you suspect that Dali Temple has a fine work, and suspect them? ”

"You think they can't be?" Yu Qingfeng asked tentatively.

"Of course not." Pei Wuyi replied without thinking.

Yu Qingfeng bit her lip and suddenly smiled, "I want to travel alone with Master Pei, what is the reason for this?" ”

Pei Wuyi was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak again, when Yu Qingfeng slipped away from Pei Wuyi like a loach.

After working in the library for most of the day, Lin Ming and Lian Shurong selected a case of the first seven souls in Xianyang County in the southeast; Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi selected the case of the hungry ghost in Yizhuang in Linfu County, Tuzhou in the northwest.

Originally, Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi just wanted to find a case located in the northwest as a name for them to go out. I didn't expect to find a case in the case file that was interesting enough.

This case can be summed up in a poem: Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.

There is only one Yizhuang in Linfu County, which is under the jurisdiction of the county government and is used to temporarily store unclaimed corpses. But two years ago, Yizhuang's corpse began to become mutilated, as if it had been eaten by an animal.

The guards sent by the magistrate to guard Yizhuang said that they saw ghosts gnawing on corpses. And three years ago, the body of a beggar who died of starvation was sent to Yizhuang.

But the beggar's body only has a record of going in, but there is no record of coming out, and it disappeared in Yizhuang for no reason.

Over time, there were local rumors that the hungry ghosts would eat the corpses of Yizhuang, and when they had eaten enough of the 7,749 corpses, they would turn from hungry ghosts to evil spirits, slaughtering the rich families in Linfu County who would rather waste food than help beggars.

Originally, the rumors were still spread on a small scale. But soon after, three young ladies from other families in Linfu County fell ill with strange diseases, vomited what they ate, lost weight quickly, and were in a coma and bedridden. People are finally starting to believe the rumors.

So the rich and noble families in Linfu County were panicked, and in order to prevent the hungry ghosts in Yizhuang from eating enough forty-nine corpses, they thought of a way to worship the hungry ghosts, and wanted to live forever to fill the stomachs of the hungry ghosts.

Not only that, but the wealthy families of Linfu County no longer dared to blatantly waste food, and began to do charity to the local beggars.

After doing this for less than a month, the effect was immediate, and the illness of the three young ladies was cured.

There were no dead people in the Yizhuang Hungry Ghost case, but many corpses were inexplicably damaged. It is necessary to find out who is pretending to be a god and for what purpose.

Early the next morning, the two groups of people were ready to set off and parted ways at the gate of Dali Temple.

Lin Ming and Lian Shurong both had martial arts, so they brought seven or eight entourage guards.

Pei Wuyi and Yu Qingfeng brought twenty people.

Linfu County is only two days away from the capital, but Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi have to take these two days out of four or five days. Because the case of the hungry ghost in Cha Yizhuang has to be ranked after the search for people.

I went out in the morning, rushed to Jinjing Township outside the capital in the evening to rest, and sent people around to find out if there were any outsiders passing by before.

Since it is an inquiry, then it must be done secretly, Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi disguised themselves as a couple visiting relatives, two guards disguised as entourage, and the remaining eighteen guards secretly accompanied them.

Yu Qingfeng guessed that Qi Jinglin's appearance had changed, either slightly disfigured or unrecognizable, so when he inquired, the target person was described as an old man and a young man, the younger one was masked, and the old one loved to cough at every turn, more or less sissy.

When he first arrived, a guard rushed back to the inn to spread the word and found out that someone said that he had seen an old man and a young foreigner near an abandoned wooden house outside the township; Someone had seen cooking smoke over the cabin.