The setting sun colors the sky and makes half of the sky red like fire.

Huo's study is a little dark.

Liu Xiang and Liu Xi were waiting in the front hall, and Song Ran and the others came to the inner house for the first time.

The layout of the study was unexpectedly simple, except for the scrolls, there was only a low mat for reading, and the floor was paved with pure wood, which was higher than the ordinary room, so as to keep the books out of moisture and prevent them from being damaged.

Huo Quai's illness was in the main seat, and Song Ran and the others sat on the ground and recounted the results of the investigation during this time.

"Three days after Huo Shizhong went to Beiguan, there was a problem with the several ships of goods that Zhuo's came to Chang'an in Jiangdong."

"Ship hijacking or some other means?" Huo Quzhi asked.

"They weren't that stupid enough to just hijack a ship. Instead, when the ship passed through some county towns, the water supervisor was greeted and repeatedly checked.

In some coastal cities, inspections are cumbersome, heavy taxes are levied in the process, shipping delays and so on. There are also some rare things that will be secretly dropped, because there are many inspection processes, and some inspection ships will be kicked off the ship, so it is found out that it is not right, and even the boatmen are not sure which step went wrong. ”

Huo Quzhi took a sip of Xiong San's hot tea.

"There were also two truckloads of cargo, which caught fire in the middle of the night, and several shipwrights were burned to death."

"There are not a few similar methods, and in the past few days, they have caused heavy losses to Zhuo's shipping, salt and iron and other matters."

Song Ran quietly glanced at Huo Quzhi's cold side face, and secretly heard that Shizun said that he was plotted against in Beiguan, and now it seems that there is nothing wrong.

Song Ran continued: "Zhuo Huai cooperated very well according to Huo Shizhong's instructions, and did not show any flaws. But something went wrong halfway, and the crown prince of Huainan secretly sent someone to send a letter to Zhuo Qingke. ”

'Crown Prince' is the title used in the Han Dynasty to refer to the eldest son of the king, which is different from the title of 'prince'.

When Huo Quzhi heard this, he already knew what Song Ran was going to say next.

"The letter that Liu Qian sent to Zhuo Qingke, I have read it, probably means to inform Zhuo that the accident is imminent, and everything is because of her Zhuo Qingke.

The crown prince of Huainan said in the letter that he crushed the Zhuo family to death like pinching the ants to death, and with just one command, the Zhuo family will wither because of this, and some people will even die. ”

Song Ran glanced at Huo Qu's illness again, and found that he was still expressionless, and he couldn't see the slightest emotional ups and downs:

"He wanted to take advantage of Zhuo Qingke's ignorance of the world, make her feel guilty, and then force her to comply."

Huo Quzhi said: "So you intervened in the arrangement?" ”

"Yes, after Zhuo Qingke received the letter, he inquired about the news, determined that what Jane said was true, secretly cried all night, and sent someone to Huo Shizhong's mansion to ask, knowing that Shizhong was not in Chang'an, and he would not come back for a while when he went to Beiguan, so he was completely desperate, so he was ready to go to Huainan Wangfu by himself according to what Jianshu said......"

Song Ran said: "I remember that before Huo Shizhong left, he said that he would protect the safety of the Zhuo family. So in accordance with the order of the servant, he found another woman and went to the Huainan Palace for Zhuo Qingke. ”

"You find someone to disguise yourself as Zhuo Qingke, can't Liu Qian see it?"

Song Ran said eloquently: "I secretly searched for people from all walks of life in the world for use, including prostitute women. ”

The so-called prostitute is a prostitute in 360 lines.

This industry can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, when Guan Zhong had great talent and invented the female lu, which was an early prostitute.

Secret detectives do need the participation of all walks of life to find out the news, and Nulu is the forefront of listening to the news.

Song Ran added: "After a female Lu entered my secret investigation, she practiced the art of taking yang. The person I selected entered the Huainan Palace, and she could practice while serving the crown prince, and she was very happy. ”

After absorbing some female lu, the secret detective will use secret arts to train.

Song Ran's technique of taking yang is that the female Lu takes advantage of the opportunity for the man to survive in the cracks, steals the yang energy in his body, the origin, and the more clever ones can also confuse the other party, so that the other party can't pull it out, become more and more obsessed, and get more and more news that he wants.

Huo Quzhi looked at Song Ran, thinking about your god turn, in the first half he felt that Liu Qian's methods were despicable, and in the second half he killed him in the ditch.

"Liu Qian still doesn't know?"

Song Ran said with a smile: "The prostitutes under our secret detective command are well-trained, and they will never let him see through easily." ”

"I first found a painter who practiced the way of Danqing, drew a skin, pasted it on the stand-in, and got rid of Zhuo Qingke. Hey! ”

If Song Ran had a tail, he would have raised it high, and he couldn't help but say proudly: "Because there is practice, even when you have sex, you can disguise it as if you are unemployed, and there will be no flaws." ”

Qu Jun, Yue Rao, and Xiao Ying all shouted pathetic to the crown prince of Huainan in their hearts.

It was also Song Ran who relied on his teacher Ru Bohu behind him to dare to be so bold, if it was replaced by them, even if he was given the order and secretly investigated the eldest son of King Huainan, he would not dare to calculate him like this.

If Liu Qian knew about this matter, he would probably be crazy.

Huo Quzhi thought about it, and couldn't help laughing, much like seeing Liu Qian's reaction when he knew the truth.

"So you put a secret stake next to Liu Qian?"

Song Ran raised his voice and looked at Huo Quzhi with expectant praise.

"Where is the real Zhuo Qingke?"

"I said hello to Zhuo Huai, and I went to Liangyuan, a secret detective, and now I live in the same courtyard, and there is no problem with safety." Song Ran said that he was very thoughtful in his arrangement.

Huo Quzhi asked a few others: "What about the things that let you investigate?" ”

"I am responsible for tracking the whereabouts of Zhuo's goods after they were stolen, including salt and iron, etc., after the other party dropped the bag and took it, it was placed in the treasury of Nanjun, and it was not touched, and no other clues were found based on this." Shaw should answer.

As expected, Liu Qian is not a fool after all, he will use things as soon as he gets them, and let people grab the handle.

Qu Jun and Yue Rao also secretly investigated something, and each had a report.

Again, nothing is much to gain.

A few people then left, and Huo Quzhi came to the front hall to entertain guests, Liu Xiang and Liu Xi, who had a shallow pear vortex on his cheeks, were laughing and eating.

"Sickness, you're back."

Liu Xiang looked eager: "I heard the news a few days ago that Ling was injured in Beiguan. ”

"It's all right."

Huo Quai, Liu Xiang, Liu Xi greeted each other, and had dinner together, Liu Xi said goodbye and left first.

Liu Xiang didn't leave, and said in a suppressed voice: "Go to the disease, I have tried your kind of magic power that makes the whole body as hard as armor, but the effect is not as good as expected." ”

"So what?" Huo Quzhi asked.

"If the effect doesn't work, you have to increase the number of times, once a month is too little." Liu Xiang exposed his true purpose.

Lower the effect first, so that you can bargain.

In fact, the effect of blessing the beauty plan made Liu Xiang so excited that he couldn't help himself, and he coveted this method.

When he saw that after he finished speaking, Huo Qu was unmoved, and said a little deflated:

"In my early years, I also thought about cultivating, but later I learned that no matter how people in the clan practiced, it would be difficult to prolong their lives and seek longevity, so my interest faded, and I felt that it was a waste of effort.

If I knew that there was such a thaumaturgy as yours, I would definitely learn a good thing about the soldiers. ”

Huo Quzhi added a beauty to Liu Xiang, got up and walked to the back house: "It is impossible to increase the number of increases, don't come again this month." ”

The night is up.

Huo Quai, who returned to the study, pondered: What kind of cultivation is related to Confucianism but not Confucianism.

His mind moved slightly, and he remembered a book that he had read some time ago that introduced the Nine Streams and Ten Schools.

After a little search on the bookcase, he took out the brief book and flipped through the introduction to the nine streams on it.

"Novelist ......"

Huo Quzhi's eyes fell on Lü Buwei, who was a great accomplishment of the Qin Dynasty, and his analysis of the novelist's practice, if it coincided with the vertical and horizontal lineage or famous masters, the novelist might use the content of his writing to influence real characters, and even determine his fate......

Huo Quai's heart moved again, and the representative figure of the novelist seems to be serving in the court, called Yu Chu?

He remembered that he had a handscroll of Yu Chu at home.

At the moment, I went to the bookcase to look for it, and soon pulled out a simple book.

This is a simple book that collects folklore, Huo Quzhi opened it, and at the same time urged the cultivation in the body.

In his sea of consciousness, the Teng snake on the talisman suddenly raised its head, and the snake's eyes shimmered.

Wonderful changes have occurred.

Huo Quzhi's eyes fell on the handwriting in the bamboo slip, and at the level of consciousness, he seemed to see a hand holding a pen appear on the bamboo slip, a middle-aged man, sitting behind a low seat, and the scene of writing this bamboo slip disappeared in a flash.

This is the scene after the Heavenly and Human Realm, Teng Snake's supernatural powers have been improved, and with powerful perception, it can trace the source of cause and effect related to words and gain insight.

The person who was 'seen' by Huo Quai's illness and wrote bamboo slips was undoubtedly Yu Chu.

"The breath is not right......" Huo Quzhi shook his head slightly.

His thoughts went up and down, and he was thinking about things, when he suddenly had a feeling, turned his head to look at the window, and saw his big cat appear on the wall.

Immediately after, a woman climbs over the wall and sneaks in.

The big cat is just a leader.

Huo Quzhi was a little strange, as the other party, he would climb over the wall to come to Huo's mansion, and immediately got up to greet him.