In the evening, in the dining hall of Chen's Mansion, Chen Qingfeng, Chen Buzhi and Bai Min sat down to eat together.

At the dinner table, due to Chen Qingfeng's existence, Chen Zhizhi sat very well, and even talked a lot.

The dinner in Chen's Mansion is not rich, three or two simple home-cooked dishes, according to Chen Qingfeng, just a few people, why do you cook so many dishes?

Bai Min didn't eat with Chen Qingfeng before, when Chen Qingfeng and Chen Qingming were in the house, he ate in the side hall by himself, and only when the brothers left, he would eat with Chen Zhifu in the main hall.

Chen Qingfeng once symbolically sent a servant to invite Bai Min, but Bai Min also politely refused, and there was no follow-up after that.

After all, it is not a family, although Chen Qingfeng and Chen Qingming treat him well.

Today, Chen Qingfeng came to invite Bai Min to eat together, different from the previous casual, this time Chen Qingfeng invited very seriously, he came in person. Bai Min thought about it and didn't refuse.

"Dad, where did Uncle Seven go?" Although Chen Buyi was confined to his feet, he was still allowed to come out to eat.

"You don't have to worry about it." Chen Qingfeng didn't want to say it, he felt that his son was not qualified to be involved in these things, and saying it was just to make him trouble.

"Oh." Seeing that his father didn't want to say it, Chen didn't know how to force it, if the person he asked was Bai Ming, Chen didn't know that he would have gone up to fight to the death by now.

Chen Buyi has a strong intellectual curiosity in this regard.

"Dad, today I saw that your entourage brought back an old man and an old lady, looking at Miansheng, who are they?" Chen didn't know how to change the topic.

Chen Qingfeng frowned, a little dissatisfied, and reprimanded: "I told you, you don't have to worry about this!" ”

Chen doesn't know: ???

These are two things in Chen Zhizhi's opinion, but in Chen Qingfeng's opinion, they are one thing.

Are you afraid that you have hysteria? Chen didn't know what to do in his heart.

"Uh......" Chen Qingfeng also realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he pretended to be calm: "This time my father said the wrong thing, just leave it alone." “

Chen Buxin said you know it too? But he didn't dare to show a trace of disrespect on his face, and just ate with his head bored.

"Xiao Min, if nothing else, the imperial court will allow the people to participate in the imperial examination next year." Chen Qingfeng sandwiched the dishes and seemed to mention them casually.

"Huh?" Bai Min was stunned and stopped chewing in his mouth. He knew that Chen Qingfeng had told him about it before he went to Emperor Jing'an, but didn't he say that he was driven out by the emperor? Why is it now said that the young people can participate in the imperial examination?

Bai Min looked at Chen Qingfeng and did not hide his doubts.

"Some camps are confrontational, and the interests are exchanged." Chen Qingfeng didn't want to mention it more, but just said a few elder-like instructions: "Let's prepare early." There are a lot of folk wizards, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, if this floodgate is really opened, next year's spring will not be simple. ”

There are two kinds of imperial examinations in Dayue, one is the ordinary imperial examination, which only examines the literature, and needs to be examined step by step from students and people to the top; There is also a kind of half-literate and half-martial arts, which only needs to be tested once, both the practice test and the literary test, which is more difficult and has a higher gold content, and Chen Qingfeng said the second one.

"Mercy knows." Bai Min nodded obediently, looking like a well-behaved and obedient junior.

"Hmm" Chen Qingfeng looked at Bai Min and was very satisfied, and then he looked at him and sighed: "Hey." ”

Chen doesn't know: ???

Suddenly, Chen didn't know that the food on the table was not fragrant. He misses the smiling Uncle Seven.

While the three of them were eating, Chen Qingfeng's entourage walked up in a panic and whispered a few words in Chen Qingfeng's ear.

"Got it, you go down." Chen Qingfeng's face was a little bad.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Chen didn't know and was curious again.

"Say, don't ......" Chen Qingfeng just wanted to scold Chen Buzhi, but Chen Buzhi directly interrupted him, and his voice was a little excited: "Dad! I'm not small anymore! Don't hide anything from me! ”

Chen Qingfeng was a little angry at his son's disrespectful behavior, but he was a little happy. He stared at Chen Zhi's handsome face, thought about it, and said worriedly: "I don't know if you are too old, let me tell you, Han Yuning is missing." ”

"Han Yuning is missing? What's going on? Chen Buzhi was surprised.

Bai Min raised his eyebrows, Shousuke's daughter disappeared, it was not a simple case of missing people.

"There are no clues, Han Yuning didn't bring a servant when she went out, and then she didn't return to her residence for a long time, and the whole person disappeared, which is why I'm in a hurry." Chen Qingfeng shook his head, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Bai Min thought to himself, why did Uncle Chen worry about Han Yuning? He didn't know that Emperor Jing'an and his cronies Han Shoufu were now on Chen Qingfeng's side, and he didn't expect that this kidnapping case might be someone who wanted to use Han Yuning to threaten Han Shoufu to change his attitude.

"Dad, don't worry, the yamen will find someone, besides, what does Han Yuning have to do with us?" Chen did not know how to comfort his father.

Chen Qingfeng's brows furrowed even deeper: "Hehe, Yamen? Where did the yamen come from? Pei Zongmin, the governor of Yongzhou, and Jiang Jian, the governor of Yongzhou, are all people from the king of Chu, so it's good if they don't add to the chaos, and they are still looking for someone? The servants of the Han Mansion are also stupid, they didn't come to me and went to the Yamen to report to the official? That is, Tong'an Zhao Yong is Han Shoufu's person, so he passed the news to me. ”

Zhao Yong is the name of Zhao County Order.

In fact, it's no wonder that the servants of the Han Mansion, where did they know anything about the party dispute in the court, and when they found out that the young lady was missing, they rushed to report to the official. In their eyes, their master is the first assistant, and all the officials in the world should be the master's people.

In a hurry, the servants searched all the big and small yamen in Xijing, and only then did Zhao County Ling receive the news. Zhao Xianling had already heard a little about the noon banquet, and seeing that Pei Zongmin and the others were not moving, he already knew a general idea, and hurriedly sent a servant to the Chen Mansion to report.

Although Chen Qingfeng didn't make it clear, Bai Min and Chen didn't know what was going on. The officials in Xijing are not Han Shoufu's people, and they are even hostile, they will not go to Han Yuning, but the Chen family is now friendly with Han Shoufu and plans to help find Han Yuning.

Although Bai Min and Chen didn't know when Chen Qingfeng and Han Shoufu got together, they also knew that Chen Qingfeng was upset now and didn't want to say more, so they didn't ask again.

Except for Zhao County's order in Xijing, other officials were reluctant to go to Han Yuning, wait! Zhao County Order? Bai Min chuckled in his heart, he remembered the kidnapping of Zhao Huiyan yesterday.

If the person who kidnapped Han Yuning held Zhao Huiyan in his hands, wouldn't the only official of Xijing Han Shoufu's faction, Zhao Yong, also be taken care of by them?

The more Bai Min thought about it, the more he felt that there was a connection between the two, he looked at Chen Qingfeng, who was frowning and pressing his temples, and said softly: "Uncle Chen, maybe I have some clues about this matter." ”

"What?" Chen Qingfeng looked at Bai Min with some surprise, and said in a soft voice: "Let's hear it." ”

He didn't expect Bai Min to give him any too useful clues, but seeing that Bai Min was still thinking of a way for him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, and then looked at his son who was stunned and sighed.

"Hey~"

Chen Buyi: ......

Bai Min didn't see the change in Han Qingfeng's eyes, only heard him sigh slightly, and thought that Chen Qingfeng was still worried about Han Yuning's affairs, so he didn't care too much, and briefly sorted out the matter of Zhao Huiyan, and then told Chen's father.

Chen Qingfeng listened to what happened, his originally confused eyes suddenly glowed, his expression was ecstatic, he looked at Chen Buzhi and said excitedly: "Is this true?" ”

He was confirming with Chen.

After listening to Bai Min's words, Chen Buyi's eyebrows raised slightly, both pleased and a little admired, happy because he found a clue; Admiration is because Bai Min connected these two things, in fact, given time, he can also think of the connection between these two things, but he can't do it as quickly as Bai Min.

"What Bai Min said is true." Chen Buyi looked at his father's excited face and nodded in confirmation.

"Xiao Min, you really helped me a lot." Chen Qingfeng grabbed Bai Min's shoulder, both excited and surprised, surprised that Bai Min had linked these two things so quickly.

The last two he had seen who could react so quickly were Han Jie and his younger brother Chen Qingming.

Han Jie is the famous Han Shoufu.

Chen Qingfeng is now looking forward more and more to where Bai Min can go in the future. Once in the marrow, knowledgeable and quick response.

Such a talent, if he is allowed to grow safely, the future is limitless. Chen Qingfeng thought in his heart, couldn't help but look at Chen Buzhi again, and sighed in his heart.

Chen didn't know that he was a little surprised, and said in his heart that it shouldn't be, why didn't he sigh this time.

"Without further ado, I'll go to Tong'an County now." Chen Qingfeng got up to leave, and looked at Bai Min again, "Xiao Min, you can follow too." Then he looked at Chen Buzhi again, "You ......" Chen Qingfeng hesitated for a while, and said slowly: "If you don't know, follow it." ”

After speaking, Chen Qingfeng turned around and went out, shouting to the entourage outside the door: "I'll go out now, quickly prepare a horse for me, prepare three!" ”

The entourage waiting outside the door immediately ran to prepare horses for the master, and Chen Buzhi and Bai Min also got up and prepared to leave.

Chen Buzhi walked to Bai Min's side and said quietly: "Old Bai, I may have found your father." “

"Huh?" Bai Min was a little confused, and he couldn't understand what Chen didn't know what he was saying.

"You see if that old man outside really wants to be your father."

Bai Min: ......

Bai Min understood now.

Chen Zhizhi's bad taste was greatly satisfied, his mood instantly improved a lot, and he walked out happily. Bai Min followed behind, looking a little embarrassed.

I treat you as an uncle, but you want to be my father?

……

There was no curfew in Xijing, but ordinary people didn't go out much at night, and Bai Min and the three galloped through the streets on horseback, and soon arrived at Tong'an Yamen.

Chen Qingfeng found that Bai Min had a sense of distance in his eyes from the moment he set out, not the same sense of distance that he had before, but a somewhat strange sense of distance? Chen Qingfeng was a little puzzled, but when the matter was urgent, he didn't think much about it.

The three of them knocked on the door of the yamen, and it was the officials left behind in the county yamen who opened the door.

"Who?" The official opened a small opening in the county yamen, and his tone was very impatient.

"Chen Qingfeng." Chen Qingfeng's voice was majestic, full of the bearing of a superior person.

When he heard Chen Qingfeng's three words, the official's expression froze suddenly.

The name Chen Qingfeng is unknown to everyone in Xijing, although he has never seen Chen Qingfeng, he faintly sees the appearance of the two teenagers behind Chen Qingfeng through the night. The young master of the Chen family usually wanders in Xijing restaurants, and yesterday he came to the county office, and he recognized it.

"Chen, Lord Chen, please come in." The officials were sincerely frightened and hurriedly opened all the gates of the county government.

"What about Zhao Yong?" Chen Qingfeng walked in and asked the officer.

"The prefectural commander has returned home." The official bowed, did not dare to conceal it, and answered truthfully.

"Call him." Chen Qingfeng's voice was unquestionable.

"This ......" the official was a little embarrassed, even if it was Chen Qingfeng's order, but disturbing the county order at night would inevitably reduce the county order's impression of him.

"Huh?" Chen Qingfeng looked at the official coldly.

"My lord, this is a big night......" The official lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

"If you want to go, where is so much nonsense." Chen Buzhi stepped forward to interrupt the words of the servant, and opened his mouth to reprimand, like a dog's leg.

"Yes, the villain will go." Under the urging, the official couldn't take care of much, so he ran to find Zhao Yong in a panic.

Chen Qingfeng looked at his son with some surprise, some things he didn't say well, because saying it would affect his image, Chen didn't know what he wanted to say for him just now, which made him very satisfied and surprised, surprised when his son was so sensible?

Chen Buzhi's expression was still very irritable, he didn't think about it so much just now, he just thought that the servants were talking too much nonsense and wasting his precious time.

……

Zhao's mansion is not far from the yamen, less than half a pillar of incense, Zhao Yong came in a hurry, because he came in a hurry, Zhao Yong was still wearing civilian clothes at home.

Behind Zhao Yong, followed by the official who went to report earlier and a little fat man, the little fat man was Zhao Huiyan.

Zhao Yong originally only wanted to come by himself, but after hearing the official say that Chen Buzhi was also there, he called out Zhao Huiyan, who was copying family rules in the study, and he intended to let Zhao Huiyan and Chen Buzhi communicate more and strengthen their relationship.

"Master Chen! But Miss Han has news? When Zhao Yong heard that Chen Qingfeng was looking for him, he immediately thought of Han Yuning's matter, and he couldn't think of anything else that was worthy of Chen Qingfeng coming to him in person.

Chen Qingfeng looked at Bai Min and motioned for him to speak.

Bai Min understood what Chen Qingfeng meant, and told what happened.

"Is that so?" Zhao Yong's expression was solemn, "I have already arrested Na Ma Shan He before, and his confession only said that he was not used to seeing Huiyan, so he hired someone to tie him up, although I was puzzled, but I didn't take it seriously." Now, without further ado, I will try him. The head of the Chen family together? ”

"Hmm." Chen Qingfeng nodded, and the five of them went straight to Tong'an's cell.

When the jailer in Tong'an's cell saw that the county order was coming to find someone, he didn't dare to stop him, and took the five people to the cell where Ma Shanhe was.

The jailer opened the door and saw a lean man lying on a straw mat in the cell.

"Hey, wake up, the county commander wants to ask you." The jailer kicked Ma Shanhe, who was lying on the straw mat.

"I've said it all, I just can't get used to that Zhao Huiyan, that dead fat man is too ugly, I just want to arrest him, can't I?" Ma Shanhe's voice was a little hoarse, the cell only provided a certain amount of water every day, he first squatted in prison, he drank it at the beginning, and he could only be thirsty in the back.

"you." Zhao Huiyan couldn't help but speak.

Ma Shanhe slowly turned around, looked at Zhao Huiyan, grinned, and said with a smile: "Zhao Gongzi is also here?" What I just said is a bit offensive, but it's all the truth, and I have to say it when you come. ”

"Who ordered you to arrest Zhao Huiyan, intending to threaten Zhao Yong with Zhao Huiyan?" Chen Qingfeng asked straight to the point.

"I said, I just want to arrest Zhao Huiyan, what order? What threat? Ma Shanhe's expression remained unchanged, as if what he said was the truth.

Again.

Chen Qingfeng grabbed a piece of meat on Ma Shanhe's arm with his hand.

Ma Shanhe trembled and screamed, and on the straw mat was a bloody piece of flesh and a patch of red blood.

The eyes of the three young men widened, and their faces were not very good, which was a bit bloody for them.

"To say or not to say?" Chen Qingfeng asked calmly.

"I really, I really just ......," Ma Zhanshan replied wailing.

Again.

Another piece of flesh fell from Ma Shanhe's arm.

"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”

Ma Shanhe leaned against the dirty wall, trembling and screaming, snot and tears streaming down his face.

"To say or not to say?" Chen Qingfeng asked again.

"I say, I say!" Ma Shanhe screamed and finished speaking, and then fainted.

"The wound on the arm, he can't die, so he will be woken up with water." Chen Qingfeng commanded.

"Yes." The jailer received the order and went to fetch water.

Taking advantage of the gap between the jailers and the water, Bai Min asked with some doubts: "Uncle Chen, after all, we are only suspicious of him, and there is no substantive evidence, what if it is really not him?" ”

"Not? No, it's not good. If he doesn't recruit just now, I will continue the trial, and I can guarantee that he will not die. If he doesn't recruit again, I'll threaten the people he cares about, and if I can't get him to speak, I'll believe him. "It's rare for Chen Qingfeng to explain so much, he is teaching Bai Ming.

Zhao Huiyan shuddered.

Chen didn't know that he had been exposed to his father's words since he was a child, and he was already a little used to it.

Bai Min stared blankly at Ma Shanhe, who fell to the ground, thoughtfully.