The sun shines warmly on the earth at noon in late autumn.

In the not wide alley of Huaishan County, an old man dressed in gray and white linen walked up.

The old man wandered around the bluestone paved streets, looking left and right, as if he was very curious about this place.

Huaishan County is not large.

It has only two vertical and one horizontal streets.

The streets and alleys are not long, so much so that some people say that you can pee from the street to the end of the street.

Of course, this statement is a lot of exaggeration, but it does show you through the streets at a glance.

Huaishan County is also not lively.

Because it is a five-day walk from Kyoto, and behind it is the majestic Qishan Mountain, which stretches for hundreds of miles, and there is no road to other places, so there is no major traffic, and there are few business trips, so there are not many residents of Huaishan County.

The old man in gray and white linen clothes walked to an alley called Xiaobei Street at this moment.

The shops on both sides of the alley are half open and half closed.

He seemed to be walking to a restaurant and when he looked up, he saw a flagpole planted by the door of the restaurant.

A string of faded lanterns hangs from the flagpole.

On the lantern are a few large letters:

Fragrant Fang!

He walked in.

The shop was not wide, there were only four tables in it, and at this moment it was noon, but there was not even a single diner in the shop.

He sat down at the table in the innermost corner, and a slightly chubby middle-aged man who was both the shopkeeper and the second child and the chef walked over.

He tore off a black cloth towel from his shoulder, wiped it casually on the table, and asked not enthusiastically at all:

"What are you eating?"

The old man glanced up at him.

"Half a catty of beef, half a catty of pork tail in sauce, two taels of soju, two steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and a salted duck egg."

When the chubby man heard this, he pouted: "There is no beef, but the pig's tail is there, but it is not sauce, but marinated, or not?" ”

"Don't!"

"Okay."

The chubby man turned around, and a moment later brought a plate and placed it in front of the old man with a "clang".

But the old man was not angry.

He ate it slowly, for about half an hour, and then dropped a grain of silver, and got up and walked to the door.

"It's too many, as long as it's thirty-two copper plates, you can't find it!"

"Don't look for it, I still owe Mr. Ding Da sixty-six copper plates last time."

The chubby man was stunned, "...... You're the one who owed money twenty years ago? ”

"Yes, where is Mr. Dingda?"

"Docks, fishing!"

"Okay."

……

……

Huaisan County Wharf.

It's almost deserted.

Because the Shuangjiao Lake water bandits blocked the Yuguang Canal, and this is a small tributary of the Yuguang Canal, there are few ships moored here.

Right on this pier, under this autumn sun, there was a small caravan in the river.

In the bow of the caravan sat an angler, also dressed in a white linen coat, and in the bow there was a small stove with a small pot on which was steaming with smoke.

The old man on the shore looked at it for a moment and suddenly laughed.

He leaped and landed lightly on the small caravan.

The fisherman turned his head, "The eldest grandson is shocked!" ”

"You're still here!"

He is the eldest grandson of the Imperial City Division!

He left the Imperial City Division, which he had guarded for twenty years, and came to this remote place.

"Well, you've been fishing here for twenty years, and I'm afraid you've run out of fish here!"

Mr. Ding Da looked away and looked at the motionless float on the river, "Have you paid back the money?" ”

"It's back."

The eldest grandson sat on the side of the boat, also looked at the float on the river, and asked after a while: "All these years, are you good?" ”

"It's okay...... Leaving the ghost place of the Imperial City Division, this heart is much more comfortable. ”

Once, there was a world-famous judge of life and death in the Imperial City Division, and his name was Mr. Ding Da!

When Empress Lu planted the big-leaved banyan in the Imperial City Division, Mr. Ding disappeared without a trace, and now it has even been forgotten.

Some people say that he has done too many evil things and was secretly executed by the eldest grandson Jinghong.

Some people also said that he was slaughtered during the Chalu Zhanxiao case.

No one knew he was alive.

He lived in Huaishan County and opened a restaurant, but the business was not good, so he fished in this river more often.

"I heard that the Imperial City Division has another deputy to raise the lord,"

Mr. Ding Da turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Jinghong again, "So, you are finally willing to leave that ghost place?" ”

"Hmm,"

The eldest grandson Jinghong nodded, "If the Imperial City Division hands it over to him, I will be able to rest assured." ”

"He can't be the son of Empress Lu!"

"I know."

"That'...... Why did you hand over the Imperial City Division to him? ”

"Because I don't have time to find Empress Lu's son."

Mr. Ding Da was not surprised, he looked at the eldest grandson Jinghong, turned his head, took a sip of wine from his side, and handed it to the eldest grandson.

"I can't help you."

The eldest grandson Jinghong took the wine bag and took a sip:

"I didn't want you to get involved again and come to you, I just told you to get out of here sooner."

Mr. Ding Da lifted the fishing rod, took out an earthworm from a small box beside him, squinted his eyes and hung the earthworm on the hook and threw it out.

"I'm older than you."

"I'm used to living here."

"Although the business of the shop is not good, the silver saved in the past is enough for me to support my old age......"

"I've spent my whole life in exile, and finally the past twenty years have stabilized, but you want me to leave ......"

"Don't do it!"

The eldest grandson grinned:

"I just hope you'll be okay for the rest of your life."

Mr. Ding Da turned his head, looked at the eldest grandson, and said very seriously:

"There are tens of thousands of rats in the mountains...... You're looking for death! ”

The eldest grandson Jinghong stretched out his hand to untie the lid of the pot with white smoke, and a rich fragrance of fish soup wafted in, he picked up a spoon and filled a bowl, and blew: "I must seek death!" ”

"Fulfill that little Li-sama?"

"Not exactly."

"To rescue the emperor?"

"Not exactly."

"That's to take some of them, and what about the rest?"

"I can't live with my brother, I didn't protect him after all."

Mr. Ding Da was taken aback, ignoring the moving float and looked at the eldest grandson Jinghong, "The eldest grandson has passed away?" ”

"It seems that you really don't care about the world, he died on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Who killed it?"

"Do you still remember the battle at the top of the Forbidden City in the winter of the third year of Zhaohua?"

Mr. Ding Da frowned: "Qin Huaiyu and Father-in-law He? ”

"Yes, the Imperial City Division searched carefully after that battle, but did not find the whereabouts of these two people, and their bodies have not been found so far......"

"So you think they're still alive?"

"Wei San hanged himself in the Confucius Temple and left a piece of paper, which said that if you look for the root Yunshan Xing, I thought it was referring to Shuiyun Mountain, but later I learned that I was wrong!"

"I originally thought that Qin Huaiyu or Gonggong He were in the Hidden Moon Pavilion of Shuiyun Mountain, if they or one of them were in the Hidden Moon Pavilion, then Empress Lu's son would most likely be in the Hidden Moon Pavilion."

"But they're not in the Hidden Moon Pavilion!"

Mr. Ding Da pondered for a moment, "You found the Hidden Moon Pavilion?" ”

"No, but this time in Shuangjiao Mountain's suppression of bandits, Old Madam Fan sent Sikong Leopard, Du Yunfeng, Suffering Monk and Tong Laoxi, the four top masters...... And in Shuangjiao Mountain, a great grandmaster appeared! ”

"Ning Guo has an extra great grandmaster!"

"He's either Qin Huaiyu or Grandpa He!"

"This great grandmaster is not in the Hidden Moon Pavilion, he has always been in the palace!"

"The death of the iron line was pierced by a sword, the sword edge was not big, but his body was almost completely shattered by the sword qi, but this sword did not do its best, so that the iron wire could still return to his home."

Mr. Ding Da frowned, "So Qin Huaiyu?" After all, he once inherited the love of the iron wire! ”

The eldest grandson nodded his head, "I think the one in the palace is Qin Huaiyu, and that Gonggong He, his name is ...... He Yunshan! ”

Mr. Ding's eyes widened suddenly, "...... Yunshan Xing, refers to finding He Yunshan? He's not dead either? ”

"Highly likely!"

"Grandpa He is the person next to Concubine Li!"

"Yes, so, the death of Queen Lu is probably the handiwork of this Li Guifei!"

Mr. Ding Da pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It doesn't make sense! ”

"If it is the handiwork of Concubine Li, why is there any need to leave an emperor's eldest son?"

The eldest grandson Jinghong raised his eyes and looked at the vast river, "I have been thinking about this question for thirty days!" ”

"Have you figured it out?"

"Figured it out."

"Figured out what?"

"I guessed wrong, the person who really has a chance to attack Queen Lu is Princess Liyang! Concubine Li sent He Yunshan and took away the emperor's eldest son, for protection! ”

“…… Afraid of whom? ”

"Xi Wei!"

"Then what is the purpose of their fight at the top of the Forbidden City?"

"Deception."

"Deceive whom?"

"It's still a taunt!"

"Evidence?"

"Queen Lu's personal maid is named Siqin, on the night Queen Lu was killed, she disguised herself as Li Chunfu's scholar and escaped, married Li Chunfu's son Li Wenhou, and changed her name to Ding Xiao'e."

"She sent me a letter."

"There are only three sentences in the letter."

"What?"

"The eldest son of the emperor is alive!"

"There are cloud mountains in Shuzhou."

“…… What's more? ”

The eldest grandson Jinghong leaned over and whispered a word in Mr. Dingda's ear.

Mr. Ding Da was shocked......

"These things are here to tell you. Now that you know the secret, you can only get out of here and find another place to fish. ”

The eldest grandson stood up and said:

"When the dust settles, tell Chen'an about these things."

"Why didn't you tell him?"

The eldest grandson laughed, "He is a good boy with a good heart, if I tell him, he will come to save me." ”

"I can die, he can't die!"

"You must leave Huaishan County before sunset, because people from Changle Palace will arrive here before sunset."

Mr. Ding Da stood up and looked at the eldest grandson Jinghong for a long time, "The rats in the mountains are very fierce!" ”

"You...... I'm not going to risk coming to collect your body! ”

The eldest grandson nodded his head.

Mr. Ding Da flew away and disappeared into the deserted dock.

He didn't return to Xiangmanfang, he left Huaishan County directly.

The eldest grandson sat on the small stool, held the fishing rod, and caught the fish.