Murong Xue couldn't help but be a little curious when she heard what the other party said: "I don't know what Lord Shen commands?" ”

Shen Lie first looked at Li Chengwu on the dragon chair, and saw that the emperor nodded in agreement, so he said to Murong Xue: "Shen wants to ask the general to pay attention to a person named Lao Jianhua next to the prince. He is in a group with Xie Guang, and if there is a chance, it is best to secretly arrest him. ”

Murong Xue couldn't help but laugh and said, "Lord Shen is teasing me. The last general went to the Longtan Tiger's Den alone, and it was a blessing not to be eaten alive by the other party, how could he arrest Xie Guang's comrades? ”

"General don't be in a hurry, and listen to Shen's details," Shen Lie was not affected by Murong Xue's words, and patiently explained: "Lao Jianhua's identity is very complicated, I'm afraid it's not as simple as Xie Guang's party. Strictly speaking, he did not belong to anyone's subordinates, and it was very likely that he was a third force other than Xie Guang and the Turks. ”

Shen Lie's words immediately aroused Murong Xue's curiosity, and she began to pay attention to it seriously.

I only heard Shen Lie continue to speak: "According to the investigation of the Reverse Scale Division, He Jingming, the commander of the Burning Blade Legion and the protector of the capital of Zhenjiang, was attacked and killed in Liangzhou, and the mastermind behind the scenes is very likely to be this Lao Jianhua. ”

Hearing this, Murong Xue immediately changed her previous attitude. He Jingming's death involves his two good brothers: Li Jiangyao wants to avenge his mentor, and Xu Youchang must clear his own stigma. Although the life and death of both of them are uncertain now, from Murong Xue's standpoint, no matter what, he must find out the real culprit for them and figure out the origin of the whole incident.

"Lord Shen," Murong Xue said solemnly, "The unfortunate death of Commander He is related to the dignity of my Holy Tang military. As long as you can find out what the murderer needs to do, please give the order! ”

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"Oh, it's funny, it's funny!" After reading the official document sent by the imperial capital, Li Bing smiled at Lao Jianhua next to him: "Lao Aiqing, this time, you have a new colleague." ”

Lao Jianhua had already read this appointment document in Xie Guang's mansion, and at this time, he still pretended to take the official document with both hands, read it carefully, and then said: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that this Murong Xue is really a little strange. ”

"Oh? Where is the weirdness? Li Bing was a little curious.

Lao Jianhua replied: "Wechen heard that it was this Murong General who led the Qilin Army and Xie Taifu's Xuanjia Army to fight on the streets of the imperial capital before. Later, it was the same he, in full view of everyone, who gave you and Master Taifu the door of enlightenment, and the emperor did not punish him for this. So ......"

"So, you can't figure out which side this Murong Xue is on, right?" Li Bing smiled: "It seems that both sides are helping, and neither side is helping." ”

Lao Jianhua nodded: "That's right." Moreover, I am afraid that Weichen is not the only one who has doubts about this. ”

Li Bing was still smiling: "This matter is a long story." If you have the opportunity, you can ask Murong Xue in person. ”

Lao Jianhua heard a hint of banter in the prince's words, and smiled faintly: "Weichen obeys the order." When Murong Xue comes, I will definitely ask him well. ”

Li Bing glanced at Lao Jianhua meaningfully, and changed the topic: "The books that Lao Aiqing recommended to the palace a few days ago have already been read by the palace, and I feel that they are all old tunes and nothing new. ”

Lao Jianhua was not disrespectful, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is talented and intelligent, and Weichen admires it." Although those books are all holy religious classics, many of the ideas are a little old-fashioned, and His Highness pointed out the disadvantages of them, which shows that he has eaten them thoroughly. ”

"Don't brag about the palace," Li Bing waved his hand: "Those books talk about the way of the holy monarch to govern the country, and the palace doesn't dare to say that they have eaten it thoroughly." It's just that it is repeatedly emphasized that the king should be based on benevolence and righteousness, be modest, select talents and talents, and entrust the important tasks of the society to loyal and good ministers, so that the world can be peaceful and the people happy. Hearing these words, Hongu's ears were about to become calloused. ”

Lao Jianhua's eyes rolled and he said with a smile: "Since His Royal Highness doesn't like those old and pedantic theories, why don't you change things and play tricks?" ”

"Oh? What do you mean? Li Bing was slightly curious: "Is there anything new to play?" ”

Lao Jianhua responded: "Your Highness should know martial arts, right?" ”

Li Bing nodded: "The Li royal family swept the world, and the first priority was military merit. As a child of the royal family, this palace has been required to practice martial arts diligently since he was a child, so he naturally knows some. It's just a rough swordsmanship and punches, and nothing else is good. ”

Lao Jianhua showed an unfathomable smile, raised his hand and pointed to a candle lamp in the corner of the palace: "Your Highness, look there." ”

As soon as the words fell, the originally bright and dancing flame suddenly went out with a snap. Li Bing was taken aback, and looked at Lao Jianhua with surprise and joy: "Aiqing, you ...... How did you do that? ”

"Hahaha, Your Highness, this trick is called the Divine Finger." Lao Jianhua introduced: "It relies on internal force, and at the moment of flicking its fingers, it bursts out a small ball of highly condensed energy, so as to hit the target in the air. What do you think? Interesting? ”

Li Bing looked at the extinguished candle in the distance and nodded again and again: "It's a little interesting." ”

"Is Your Highness interested in learning to play?"

"Oh? Is it hard to learn? ”

"It's not hard at all." Lao Jianhua said confidently: "As long as you have some martial arts foundation, the key is how to master the trick of strength." With His Royal Highness's excellent qualifications, Wei Chen can master it with only a little explanation. ”

Li Bing said happily: "That's good, that's good, please ask Master Lao to teach the palace." ”

Just when the prince and Lao Jianhua were chatting and asking for advice, on the post road seven hundred miles away from Luoyi, Murong Xue was believing in the reins of the horse and hurried easily.

More than half a month has passed since receiving the imperial order. During this period, he met with Shen Lie several times to discuss how the two sides could communicate and cooperate in the Eastern Capital, and at the same time completed the official duties of the forbidden army's tiger and leopard cavalry.

After that, he sent a letter to his father Murong Qianqiu in Xishu, informing him of the news that he was about to go to Luoyi, and asked Murong Qianqiu to try to use the power of the family to secretly help him.

Murong Xue rode alone, starting from the imperial capital, and was also comfortable along the way. This guy is free and easy by nature, since he knows that this is to go to the tiger's den in Longtan, then he should seize the rare time and enjoy the style of the journey.

In the evening of that day, Murong Xue was hurrying forward, but she didn't expect it to rain suddenly. Because he was greedy for enjoying the scenery, he missed the post station where he stayed, and at this time, there was no place to go in front of the village and no store behind him, and he didn't even have a place to shelter from the rain. But fortunately, Murong Xue was born in the military, so she didn't care much about the wind and rain, so she simply whipped her horse whip and galloped happily in this wind and rain.

But before he could run a few steps, he suddenly heard a woman's voice calling for help not far ahead.

Murong Xue was puzzled in her heart, and hurriedly turned around the bend of the mountain, only to see four big men dressed as thieves, desperately dragging a young woman into the carriage, obviously wanting to do something wrong.

And next to the car, there was the body of an old man lying upside down.

Seeing this, Murong Xue didn't say a word, took out the sunset bow hanging next to the saddle, and aimed the arrow at the bandits: "Stop it!" ”

The four thieves did not expect that in the middle of this barren mountain and old forest, they would encounter pedestrians passing by. They are all fierce and ruthless, and seeing that Murong Xue is just single-handed, they plan to step forward to teach the nosy kid a lesson.

However, when they saw the bow and arrow in Murong Xue's hand, they couldn't help but hesitate again.

You must know that long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and crossbows have always had extremely high deterrent effectiveness. Therefore, the imperial court often did not prohibit the possession of swords, guns, clubs and other weapons by the people, but not bows, crossbows and arrows. Except for the Orion families registered in the Yamen, ordinary people are not allowed to hide bows and crossbows privately, let alone bring weapons into the city, for fear of the powerful lethality of bows and crossbows.

At this time, the thieves saw Murong Xue holding a bow and arrow, aiming at themselves, and they immediately didn't dare to act rashly. The bandit shouted, "Hey, friend, it's none of your business here, let's leave as soon as possible." lest we do it, and we don't look as good as you. ”

Murong Xue's face sank like water, and she asked in a deep voice: "The old man on the ground, was he killed by you?" ”

Seeing that Murong Xue didn't take his words seriously at all, the bandit leader couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "We killed it, what do you want?" ”

Murong Xue sighed and said lightly: "I was going to wait for a way out." But you have hurt people's lives, and you will not escape the king's law. I can only settle this lawsuit for the local government! ”

Before the words fell, he released three arrows in a row like lightning, and they were nailed directly to the throats of the three thieves.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining thief leader reached out and pulled the woman to block him, and at the same time put the ring head knife on her neck, and roared: "If you dare to move again, I will kill ......."

Before he could finish his words, a white feather arrow appeared as if out of thin air, hitting the man's throat. The thief leader grunted in pain, and the steel knife in his hand fell loose.

Hot blood splattered on the woman's cheeks, causing her to faint on the spot.

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"Girl, are you awake?" Murong Xue said softly: "I have medicine with me, I just fried a pair, you drink a bowl first to drive away the cold." ”

The woman who had been robbed by the robbers before woke up slowly, looked around with confused eyes, and came back to her senses for a long time: "I...... Where is this? ”

Murong Xue handed the small copper bowl to the woman: "This is a ruined temple. You have just been frightened, and you have been drenched in rain and cold, and you have fallen unconscious. I'll have to take you here for a while to take shelter from the rain. These pots and bowls and soup are all emergency things that I have with me, and they are quite clean, so drink them. ”

The woman closed her eyes slightly, her eyebrows furrowed, as if she was trying to remember what had happened not long ago. After a long time, she opened her eyes and said softly: "The slave family remembered, thanks to the son's rescue just now, otherwise...... Childe saves his life, please accept the slave's worship. ”

As she spoke, she struggled to prop herself up, making a gesture to kneel down for Murong Xue.

Murong Xue hurriedly put down the medicine bowl and held her hands weakly: "It doesn't have to be like this. You're still weak, and it's best not to move. ”

When the woman heard Murong Xue say this, she nodded slightly, lay on the meadow weakly, and continued to whisper: "Childe, the slave family's cheap name is Rui Ji, and she is the happy household of the imperial capital. I don't know that your noble name and life-saving grace will be repaid by the slave family. ”