Lu Bu originally wanted to remind An Lengshuang that someone visited the cottage at night last night, but it can be seen that she didn't come, and her mood was a little depressed, so she shut up.

The two horses followed the route they had come from, and went straight to the place where the coachman and the others were.

Neither of them noticed that in the depths of a grove of trees they passed, several people were sitting on the ground, whispering something.

These people are Bao Zheng and Zhanzhao and others.

"My lord, it has been ascertained that the former, those who brought cattle and sheep to the cottage, are from Western Xia. The number of gifts is huge, and it can be inferred that the people on this mountain have close contacts with the Western Xia Kingdom, and they are by no means ordinary people-to-people exchanges. A messenger said.

Master Bao closed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking.

"The person who was hunted down by the villain last night is very good, according to what the villain can see, he is by no means an ordinary person in the rivers and lakes, and his purpose is very clear, that is, the female bandit leader on this mountain - An Lengshuang." Zhan Zhao said.

Bao Zheng's black face squeezed slightly to one place.

"Then Tang Lu Buke is still on the mountain?"

"This person has already escorted the little palace master Zhao Pet away, presumably he should have walked far away at this time."

Bao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since this person is no longer on the mountain, we may be able to get a major progress on this case tonight."

"Your Excellency means that the person who tried to assassinate An Lengshuang will still appear?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bao Zheng nodded.

"This person rushed here tirelessly, just to assassinate An Lengshuang, and his purpose was only one, that is, to extinguish the mouth. And the person Tang Lubu saw last time was also very good, so it was inferred that these two people were very likely to be the same person. The old palace master Zhao Ji killed Zhao An and Zhao Kong brothers successively, leaving only the woman surnamed An in this case, it can be seen that the power of this woman should not be underestimated, if he is not forced to do so, he will not act easily. ”

"As the adults said, we only need to grasp this An Cold Frost, and won't the truth of the case be revealed?" The officer asked.

Bao Zheng shook his head again.

"It's not that simple."

"Are you worried about the identity of this old palace master Zhao Ji?"

Bao Zheng did not reply, stood up and walked a few steps through the woods with his hands behind his back, then suddenly turned back and instructed one of the officers, "You can wait on the road, I expect that in a few moments, when a single woman passes by, you can bring her to me, and you must not be rude in the slightest." ”

The crowd was puzzled.

I don't know why this bag of adults knew that there would be a single woman passing by.

It's so close to the cottage and the road is so private that even a single man passing by will be scared, let alone a single woman?

Seeing that Master Bao was sure, the errand officer got up and went outside the woods.

Sure enough, about half an hour later, the officer walked into the woods with a girl.

Master Bao smiled and greeted him.

"Xiaguan Bao Zheng, I've been waiting for Miss Qinglian here for a long time."

The girl was shocked.

"How does Lord Bao recognize the slave?"

"Xia Guan has entered the palace several times, and he has also waited in front of the palace gate of the imperial concubine Niangniang, so he has seen the girl." Bao Zheng replied.

The person who came was indeed Qinglian.

As she said to Xia Mei, she was inadvertently captured by a bandit on this mountain, but later the bandit saw that she had a good temperament and suspected that she was a woman from a big family in Chuzhou City, so he didn't dare to do anything to her.

The mountain bandits didn't dare to make a move, but they almost lost their lives at the hands of Zhao Pet, but fortunately they were discovered by Xia Mei in time.

Because Xia Mei was in a hurry to send Zhao Pet and Lu Bu down the mountain in the morning, Qinglian couldn't wait for her to find the carriage, so she had to run down alone.

When she was in the Chuzhou Mansion, Qinglian had been deliberately avoiding Master Bao, for fear that he would suspect the purpose of her trip, but she didn't want to, so she was still encountered here.

"Since Lord Bao knows the slave maid, please send someone to send me back to Chuzhou temporarily. Although the slave maid is despicable, it is also expected that my cousin is anxiously looking for the slave maid at this time. Now that she has been recognized, Qinglian simply stopped hiding it and said.

"Naturally, the carriage that Xia Guan is riding in can be lent to the girl." Bao Zheng seemed to be deliberately currying favor with Qinglian, and suddenly took a few steps closer and deliberately lowered his voice, "It's just that you can't tell Lord Shen Pu about today's matter, and the lower official has the emperor's order, so he doesn't dare to slack off in the slightest." ”

Qinglian smiled.

This pack of blackheads is really scheming, but this time I'm afraid I'm going to miscalculate.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the slave will never confide in anyone."

Bao Zheng nodded and turned around and called Zhanzhao.

"Zhan Guard, you will personally escort Miss Qinglian back to the mansion, remember, you must be sent to the mansion before you can turn back."

Zhan Zhao didn't expect that Master Bao would designate himself to send it.

I'm afraid it will take three or five days to go back and forth this time, is it that Lord Bao has no intention of continuing to arrest the person who tried to assassinate An Lengshuang?

"The official has his own arrangements, and the Zhan guards just have to go." Master Bao saw that Zhan Zhao seemed to hesitate, so he said again.

Qinglian was not polite, and followed Zhanzhao to Lord Bao's car.

"What do you mean, sir?" Seeing the car go away, an officer asked.

Bao Zheng said with a smile, "The official specially told her not to talk about this matter to Shen Pu, and the purpose was to ask her to bring a message to Shen Pu." Shen Pu has been looking for the murderer behind Zhao An's murder, but he also killed a good Zhao Kong, but fortunately, this Zhao Kong is also innocent. The official expected that he would definitely come as soon as he got the news, and Hu Cheng would immediately reveal the news to the palace master Anle. The official wants to see what this old palace master should do next. ”

The crowd seemed to have come to their senses.

"So do I want to continue to spy on the copycat people tonight?"

"As long as the people in this cottage don't notice, we won't move lightly, as long as we secretly try to protect the safety of the female bandit leader." Master Bao replied.

"Don't arrest that person, assassin?"

"Of course you have to arrest it, but you can't alarm the people in the cottage." After Bao Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly walked out of the woods with his hands behind his back, "You wait and come with me, I'll find a place to rest for the time being." ”

Everyone followed Bao Zheng out of the woods.

Three days later, the county government of Qingliu County:

"The lower official is specially waiting for the little palace master here on the order of the second prince." Wei Tu, the county commander of Qingliu County, wearing a faded official uniform, stood at the gate of the county government and said to Zhao Pet in the car.

"Where is my imperial nephew now?" Zhao Pet lifted the curtain and poked his head out and asked.

"The second prince is now sitting in the hall of the county government, waiting for the arrival of the little palace master." Wei Tu replied.

"In that case, don't help this palace master to go and see." Zhao Pet was very unhappy that Wei Tu was just standing there motionless like this, and said.

"The subordinate obeys." Wei Tu also seemed reluctant, and glanced at Lu Bu and the other two family members who were following behind the carriage.

Lu Bu was riding on a horse, his face gloomy.

Along the way, Zhao Pet made trouble with Lu Bu, and Lu Bu even felt that if he had a few more guards like himself around him, he would most likely order someone to beat him to death.

At this time, two officials of the county government ran out of it.

The official uniforms on the two of them, like Wei Tu, had faded, and one of them even had a patch on his back.

Lu Bu couldn't guess whether this Wei Tu was putting on a show, or if he was really so poor that he couldn't even afford an official uniform.