Crash.

The jailer poured a bucket full of cold water on Ma Shanhe's face, and the water dripping on the ground mixed with the blood flowed, making the already damp cell even more damp.

"Hah, ah!" Ma Shanhe was awakened by the cold water, and when he woke up, his overreaction touched the wound on his arm, and he grinned in pain.

"Say it." A cold voice came overhead.

Ma Shanhe looked up and saw the face that frightened him.

Ma Shan hurriedly said the matter one by one.

Ma Shanhe runs a blockade shop, and he also does some shady business on weekdays.

A few days ago, a man came to him and gave him three thousand taels of silver tickets, asking him to hire a master to arrest Zhao Huiyan.

Ma Shanhe didn't dare at first, Zhao Huiyan was the son of the county commander after all, and if the matter was revealed, he would be completely finished. But the person who came promised not to kill Zhao Huiyan gave too much, Ma Shanhe looked at the silver ticket, gritted his teeth, and agreed.

Originally, according to the instructions of the visitor, 2,000 taels of Ma Shanhe's 3,000 taels were to be taken to hire someone to arrest Zhao Huiyan. But Ma Shan He was eager for profit, thinking that Zhao Huiyan had no cultivation in his body, so he only spent two hundred taels and hired two marrow cleansing realms to catch Zhao Huiyan, which gave Bai Min and the two a chance.

If it costs two thousand taels, it is enough to hire a monk who is at the peak of stargazing or even the realm of destiny, and there will not be such a big omission.

"What does the person look like?" Chen Qingfeng asked.

"I don't know."

"Huh?" Chen Qingfeng raised his hand, and there were still residual blood stains on his nails.

"Don't, don't! I didn't see it, the man covered his face. Ma Shan He was so anxious that he was about to cry.

"Anything else? Don't miss it. Chen Qingfeng put his hand down and continued to ask.

"That person, that person is not tall, his skin is very tender, he has some southern accent, he should be a southerner." Ma Shanhe thought hard and said.

There is a big difference between the people bred in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and the Xijing people in the northwest, except for Chen Bu, who is naturally beautiful, most of the Xijing men have rough skin.

"Southerners?" Chen Qingfeng narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Gusu Sun's family? ”

"Gusu Sun's family?" Zhao County Ling also reacted and couldn't help but shout.

"Let's go, let's go to the Sun family's property in Xijing." Chen Qingfeng waved his hand and walked out of the cell.

Zhao Xianling followed, followed by three teenagers.

Seeing that everyone had come out, the jailer locked the door, leaving Ma Shanhe sitting on a damp and dirty straw mat, his arm bleeding outward.

The environment was very bad, Ma Shanhe slowly lay down, and his expression was a little satisfied.

"I didn't expect it to be the Sun family." Outside the cell, Zhao Yong still looked incredulous.

Although the Sun family was also on his suspicion list before, after all, they were far away in Jiangnan, and Zhao Yong's suspicion of them was not as good as that of other forces.

"Hmph, these guys, they just want my Jiangnan industry?" Chen Qingfeng snorted coldly, the Sun family's obsession was a little beyond his imagination, and he actually moved Han Yuning for this? At first, he thought it was a madman like Liu Jing or Wu Donglai.

"Uncle Chen, what if we can't find evidence if we go so boldly?" Bai Min followed behind the two and raised his doubts.

Chen Qingfeng glanced at Zhao Yong and said lightly: "Isn't this a Zhao County order?" We are investigating the case by the government, and if we can't find out, they can't say anything. ”

Zhao Yong smiled: "That's what it means." ”

"Knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door of Gangnam Buzhuang.

Almost all industries in Xijing are under the control of the Chen family, but the silk industry was opened by the Sun family, Jiangnan silk is famous all over the world, good quality and low price, deeply loved by the people of Xijing, and the cloth village of the Chen family can not compete with it at all.

"It's a big night, what are you knocking?" The guys from the cloth workshop came to open the door, and the guys from Jiangnan Buzhuang used the people brought by the Sun family from Gusu City, and they lived in the backyard of the cloth village on weekdays.

The man looked at the person outside the house with sleepy eyes, and suddenly rubbed his eyes, his eyes widened, and he was much more awake.

As a buddy of the Sun family, he knew Zhao Yong and Chen Buzhi, and this middle-aged man standing at the forefront had an extraordinary bearing, and he was three points similar to Chen Buzhi, and he could probably guess who it was.

"I'm Chen Qingfeng, call your shopkeeper out."

Hearing Chen Qingfeng's name, he confirmed his guess, and the guy didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly responded and ran to the backyard to find the shopkeeper.

After a while, the shopkeeper walked out while wearing a coat, and when he saw Chen Qingfeng, he hurriedly put on a smile and stepped forward to ask, "The head of the Chen family came to visit late at night, what happened?" ”

"The county order suspects that the missing Miss Han is here, this matter is a matter of Xijing's face, and the head of the Chen family, as a gentry from Xijing, came to accompany the county order to search." Zhao Yong said in a deep voice.

"Miss Han, which Miss Han?" The shopkeeper looked a little dazed.

"Han Yuning." Zhao County's reaction to the shopkeeper was not surprising.

"Han Shoufu's daughter? How could Miss Han be here with me? The shopkeeper's voice looked surprised, a little too surprised.

"Don't talk nonsense, this official is routine, and I need to search for you." Zhao Yong said sharply.

"Okay, okay, after making up your mind to cooperate with adults to investigate the case, you can search as you like." The attitude of the shopkeeper is very good.

Zhao Yong waved his hand, and the six officials behind him rushed forward and began to search the house. Before coming to Jiangnan Buzhuang, Zhao County ordered to bring all the officials who stayed in the yamen.

"Master Chen, why bother you to come in person for such a trivial matter?" The shopkeeper poured a glass of water and handed it to Chen Qingfeng.

This is also a question for many people, including Zhao Yong, although Han Yuning is the daughter of Shoufu, Chen Qingfeng is the head of the Chen family, so he doesn't have to look for it in person.

Qingming is not here, so who can I send, my stupid son? Chen Qingfeng said secretly in his heart, but he was silent on the surface, took the teacup handed by the shopkeeper, and did not answer.

Everyone only regarded him as a thin personality and disdained to answer.

"This is the young master, right? This is Zhao Gongzi? I think this is the white boy who made "Bo Xijing"? Trinity and one talent, Sun has been admired for a long time. The shopkeeper stepped forward to greet Bai Min and the others.

He knows all these people, which shows that he does a lot of homework on weekdays.

"Sun? Are you a member of the Sun family? Bai Min asked.

"It's just a side branch, it's not worth mentioning." The shopkeeper waved his hand disappreciatively, and then said: "Bai Gongzi is just past the year of tying his hair, and he has made such a shocking poem, which is really embarrassing for me!" He walked up to Bai Min with a look of great admiration in his eyes.

Bai Min was a little uncomfortable by him, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Sun has also gained a little bit in poetry recently, can you ask Bai Gongzi for some advice?" Seeing that Bai Min didn't speak, the shopkeeper continued to step forward and take the initiative to talk.

The shopkeeper's enthusiasm made Bai Min a little difficult to refuse, so he had to chat with him about a few poetry-related issues.

During the chat, the shopkeeper always walked around Bai Min and talked at the same time, which made Bai Min feel very uncomfortable. Bai Min felt that it might be a habit problem, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

While the two were chatting, the search for Buzhuang was over, and the leading official stepped forward quickly: "My lord, I didn't find Miss Han." ”

"Got it." Zhao Yong nodded, his face gloomy.

"Master Chen, Lord Zhao, since you can't find Miss Han, then please go back, the shop will be open tomorrow, it's better to rest early." The shopkeeper's tone is still very respectful, but he already has the intention of chasing away customers.

"Let's go." Chen Qingfeng had a straight face and left Buzhuang with everyone.

After all, this is not a prison cell, and the shopkeeper is not a prisoner, so he can't interrogate him like he interrogated Ma Shanhe.

The group walked out of Buzhuang in a bit of a daze, and before they got on the horse, Zhao Huiyan, who was following Bai Min, suddenly stepped forward and picked up a folded note from the ground behind Bai Min.

"Huh?" Zhao Huiyan was a little puzzled, and his actions attracted the attention of others around him.

"What's that?" Zhao Yong, who was standing on the side, asked.

"A note, it seems to have fallen from behind Brother Bai, is it Brother Bai's?" Zhao Huiyan held up the note and asked.

"It's not." Bai Min shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Open it and take a look." Zhao Yong commanded.

Zhao Huiyan nodded, opened the note according to his father's instructions, and tried his best to widen his eyes, trying his best to read the words on the note through the night.

"What was written?" Bai Min asked.

"Han, Han Yuning? Han Yuning in Qingxi Temple! Zhao Huiyan exclaimed.

"What? Are you sure? Show me! Zhao Yong stepped forward and grabbed the note, and after confirming that it was correct, he was a little confused: "Clue, just like that?" ”

"Xiao Min, do you remember where this note came from?" Chen Qingfeng behaved more calmly and chose to ask Bai Min first.

"I want to think about it." Bai Min nodded and began to think.

Is this clue true or false? Will they try to mislead or frame us? We are at a loss now, where is the need to mislead us? As for framing, if you want to frame the Chen family, as long as you don't rebel, who can frame the Chen family in Xijing? Frame me? I don't have the qualifications, and the little poetry I show is not worth the risk of others framing me in such a big event. Uncle Chen should have thought of this, so he didn't question the authenticity of the information.

Then just think about when you received the note.

Before setting off from Chen's house, I had only been in contact with Uncle Chen and I don't know, it wouldn't be them, even if someone stuffed the note in at that time, the bumps in the night would have been lost.

The people he came into contact with in the government are also around now, Zhao Xianling is bent on investigating the case, and he has already said that there are clues, it shouldn't be him, Zhao Huiyan, as Zhao Xianling's son, is the same. It is impossible for the officials to know such important information, and it is impossible for them.

If it is not in the Chen Mansion and the Yamen, then it can only be in the cloth village, and the most qualified person in the cloth village to know Han Yuning's news is the shopkeeper of the cloth workshop. Bai Min thought of the shopkeeper's inexplicable enthusiasm for himself and the unreasonable movement of walking around while chatting, and now that he thinks about it, it should be to stuff a note for me when no one is paying attention.

Why did he stuff me with a note? The Sun family and the Chen family are opposed, why should the shopkeeper of Jiangnan Cloth Workshop help him? Bai Min couldn't figure it out, but these could be left to Chen Qingfeng to think about.

"It's probably the shopkeeper of the cloth mill who stuffed it on me." Bai Min looked at Chen Qingfeng and continued: "But I don't understand, why did he give us clues? Isn't he a side branch of the Sun family? ”

"Or misleading?" Zhao Yong asked.

"We don't have anything to be misled about right now." Zhao Huiyan opened his mouth to refute, he still wanted to continue, but found that his father's expression was not good, so he immediately stopped.

"Hmph, just your mouth, can't you think of it for your father? I'll just test you. Zhao Yong scolded.

"Father's foresight, it's my class that has an axe." Zhao Huiyan said respectfully.

"Hmm." Zhao Yong nodded, very satisfied with Zhao Huiyan's words.

Chen Qingfeng pondered for a while, and suddenly sneered: "There are nearly 100 people in the Sun family, and I don't know how many people want to sit in the position of the head of the family. ”

"Factional struggle? The Sun family has an internal ghost? Zhao Yong exclaimed, the most old fritter who has been in officialdom for many years, he is very sensitive to factional struggles.

"It's just a possibility." Chen Qingfeng added, "No matter what the possibility is, rescuing Han Yuning is the first priority.

"Yes, save Miss Han first." Zhao Yongtou nodded quickly, and he thought so.

Qingxi Temple is outside the city, and the city gate has long been closed now, but this obviously can't stop Bai Min and the others, and the soldiers guarding the city saw that the county order came, and hurriedly opened the door. The group rode out of the city and went straight to Qingxi Temple.

Qingxi Temple is located in a remote area, and it is a temple, which can hide people's eyes and ears, and this is indeed one of the few places in Xijing that can be Tibetan without being discovered by the Chen family.

When everyone came to the temple, Chen Qingfeng did not choose to knock on the door, but first asked the officials to search the surroundings.

Although it is unlikely that there is an ambush, it has to be guarded against.

After perceiving the surroundings and confirming that there were no powerful monks, Chen Qingfeng asked the official to step forward and knock on the door.

After the little monk in the temple opened the door, Zhao Yong directly led people to break in, and first ordered the officials to search for people before he identified himself and explained his intention.

He was in a hurry, and he didn't want to give the temple time to transfer people.

The search of the servants alarmed the abbot of the temple, and after the old monk came out, the little monk stepped forward and told the matter one after another.

The old monk did not come forward to negotiate with Zhao Yong and the others, but just stood in place, twisting the Buddha beads in his hand, and kept chanting Amitabha.

Bai Min couldn't feel the strength of the old monk, which proved that the old monk was a cultivated cultivator, and his strength was higher than him.

Bai Min stared at the old monk tightly, afraid that he would suddenly burst out.

After about half a pillar of incense, after searching around, the officials came out to report that they had not found Han Yuning.

"Could it be that the information is wrong?" Zhao Yong's voice was a little uncertain.

"We're going to search for it ourselves." Chen Qingfeng said.

Previously in Jiangnan Buzhuang, he actually didn't think that Han Yuning would be hidden in Buzhuang, because Buzhuang was in the downtown of Xijing, and the Tibetans here were easy to be discovered by his eyeliner, and he thought that the Sun family did not have the ability to hide people here without being discovered by him, and he would not be stupid enough to do so.

As for Qingxi Temple, Chen Qingfeng really can't guarantee control here, so he has to check it again in person.

Chen Qingfeng went to search in person, and Bai Min and the others couldn't be idle, so they had to follow and search.

Bai Min searched for the side hall, and there were many candlesticks in the side hall, and after being lit, it could be seen clearly at night.

Bai Min searched carefully along the wall, trying to see if there would be some secret doors or something, but found nothing. Finally, he opened the merit box in the side hall and found that there were only small pieces of silver and copper coins inside. Also, if it is hidden in the merit box, the previous officials will not be able to find it.

Bai Min closed the merit box and was about to leave, but realized that something was wrong.

The merit box looks very big from the outside, but the space inside is not so big. To be precise, it is not high enough.

Bai Min opened the merit box again, took out the belongings inside, reached out and groped along the edge of the bottom plate, and actually found a gap. Along the gap, he took out the bottom plate, and under the bottom plate was Han Yuning.

Han Yuning was curled up and lying in the box, her eyes closed, and a faint breathing sound came from her nose from time to time, as if she had fainted.

Han Yuning is extremely beautiful, even if he just shows a side face, he can't hide his delicate appearance. The small and three-dimensional nose, some slightly curly eyelashes, and a few sparse strands of hair are messily covered on her white jade-like face, showing a wonderful hazy feeling, like a white lotus.

Previously, at the banquet, Bai Min was very far away from Han Yuning, even when he sent Han Yuning out of the house, the two kept a certain distance from each other, although Bai Min felt that Han Yuning was extremely beautiful, but he didn't feel too much.

Now Bai Min is standing outside the box, Han Yuning is in the box, Bai Min is looking at the girl's beautiful face up close, smelling the faint body fragrance on her body, and feeling that the blood in her body is inexplicably boiling.

My Fair Lady, Gentleman.

Bai Min is a teenager, and a teenager always admires a beautiful girl.

He looked at the white and flawless face of the girl in the box stupidly, and couldn't help but swallow.