April 18, Liangzhou

"Mister"

When the morning sun had just spread to the base of the city wall, Zhuang Zhiyu got up and came to Chang'an's room.

Chang An exhaled a long breath of turbidity, opened his eyes, he had been breathing all night, slowly stretched his limbs, and felt refreshed.

Except for the wound on his chest, which still hurts faintly, his condition is much better than yesterday.

He stood up, looked at the sword of the sword god beside the bed, the long sword was unsheathed, and he held a sword flower in his hand, and then put the sword into the sheath with satisfaction.

Looking at Zhuang Sleeveyu's adoring little expression, Wan Er smiled and laughed at himself

"Itchy hands for a while."

Zhuang Zhiyu ran to Chang An's side excitedly

"Sir, where are we going today?"

Chang An said with a smile

"Have a drink downstairs."

On Zhuang Sleeveyu's delicate little face, a big question mark appeared

"Sir, aren't we going to investigate the case?"

Chang An smiled

"Walking."

As he spoke, he walked out of the guest room, and when Zhuang Zhiyu saw this, he didn't ask anymore, and followed up.

In the lobby of the inn, there are only a few tables of guests, all of whom are Jianghu guests.

And those forbidden soldiers in armor were scanning the rest of the guests at this time, their eyes like torches.

"Tuk Tuk"

The footsteps of Chang An and Zhuang Zhiyu came from the stairwell, and everyone looked up after the sound, but saw Chang An slowly walking down the stairs.

"Chang Daxia!"

Whether it is those Jianghu guests, or Pang Chong and others, when they see Chang An, they are all respectful.

Chang An returned the salute with a fist

"Chang just came down to beg for a drink, you don't have to be formal."

He slowly walked to Pang Chong's table, and when Pang Chong saw this, he immediately asked his subordinates to vacate two empty seats for Chang An and Zhuang Sleeve Yu.

"Chang Daxia, Miss Zhuang, please take a seat."

"Deputy Commander Pang, did you sleep well last night?"

Chang An asked with a smile.

Pang Chong smiled bitterly, still a little angry on his face

"The Great Commander died so strangely, where can I sleep."

Chang An looked around, and the people in the rivers and lakes in the distance all cast friendly glances at him when they met his eyes.

"Are these the Jianghu guests who were here yesterday?"

Chang An retracted his gaze and asked as he raised his wine glass.

Pang Chong nodded

"After Fu Rushui died yesterday, the inn was sealed by the Zhao family's young lady, except for you and Miss Zhuang, no one else can enter and leave this inn, of course, there are still people who haven't gone downstairs yet."

Chang An looked at the door of the inn again, he didn't pay attention before going out last night, the door of the inn had been sealed.

"Probably how many."

Chang An asked again

Pang Chong recalled yesterday's scene

"When we came here yesterday, there were about a dozen people in the lobby, and if you count those who stayed in the guest rooms and were not in the lobby, there were about twenty people."

Chang An shook his head

"No, just the people in the lobby at the time."

He continued

"Deputy Commander Pang, in your opinion, are there any suspicious people among those people?"

Pang Chong was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Chang An to ask this, he leaned into Chang An's ear and asked in a low voice

"Do you think the murderer is among these people?"

Chang An said meaningfully

"Wouldn't it be nice if it were among these people, and if the murderer had already run away or was not in the inn at all, where would you go to find him at this time?"

Pang Chong nodded

"Indeed, but there are not many people on the rivers and lakes who can kill the commander with one blow, Chang Daxia is sure, among these people, are there any grandmaster-level masters?"

Chang An just smiled and didn't answer his question

"Speaking of which, Deputy Commander Pang, what exactly are you escorting this time?"

Pang Chong shook his head

"Chang Daxia, to be honest, the brothers don't know what it is this time, they only know that it is a box, but what is in the box, even the Grand Commander has never opened it."

Chang An grabbed the wine jug on the table and brought himself a glass of wine

"Yesterday, I went to see the body of Commander Qu, and found that not long ago, Commander Qu had a hidden weapon in his body, and I saw that the armor of your brothers was also obviously damaged, and along the way, they were attacked."

Pang Chong seemed to be very angry, raised his wine glass and poured a sip of wine, and then slapped the wine glass on the table and said angrily

"The gang of Wang Balamb on the twelfth floor, I don't know where I got the news, along the way from Ningchuan Prefecture to here, no less than 20 interceptions and killings were organized, and along the way, many brothers died, and now there are only twelve brothers left."

Chang An poured Pang Chong more wine

"Ningchuan Prefecture? In this way, the box was picked up in Ningchuan Prefecture. ”

Speaking of this, Pang Chong's face became a little mysterious, he looked around, leaned a little closer to Chang An, and said in a low voice

"Chang Daxia, I won't tell you, the task assigned to us by the palace this time is to go to Ningchuan Prefecture to get a box, but when we got there, we found that the owner of the box was actually a teenager."

Chang An wondered

"Teenager?"

Pang Chong nodded and continued

"That boy is not small."

Chang An raised his eyebrows

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

Pang Chong looked around again, and then got a little closer to Chang An

"That young man is the king of the northern realm, Gu Jingshi's orphan, Gu Yuanwu!"

Chang An was stunned, he actually had something to do with the Gu family, although he had been in retreat for three years, but the Gu family was destroyed, and he couldn't be completely unaware of the major event that shook the rivers and lakes.

It seems that the involvement of this matter has become more and more extensive.

"Then the young master of the Gu family really didn't die?"

"It's true that he didn't die, and I don't know who saved him, now it's rumored in the rivers and lakes that it's the one sitting in the Qiankun Palace, who calculated the Gu family."

Pang Chong replied.

Chang An poured him another glass of wine and said with a smile

"Deputy Commander Pang is a person in the palace gate after all, so if you arrange today's saints like this, you are not afraid of being questioned."

Pang Chong smiled coldly

"Choreography? Didn't you see the look in our Grand Commander's eyes when he saw that young man, that eyes full of killing intent, which couldn't deceive me, if it weren't for that person's instructions, I can't imagine why the Grand Commander would want to kill that child. ”

Speaking of this, Pang Chong sighed

"Alas, the Gu family is also pitiful, full of loyalty, but in the end, it ended up like this, thinking that Gu Jingshi shocked the north for fifteen years, what a hero."

Chang An asked

"The boy is dead?"

Pang Chong shook his head and frowned slightly

"The young man was very strange, when we found him, we found out that the young man actually took the initiative to offer treasures, and when we arrived in Ningchuan Prefecture, he had been waiting there for a long time."

Chang An was surprised

"Take the initiative to give treasures?"

Pang Chong was also puzzled

"Yes, what's even more strange is that the Grand Commander didn't kill him in the end and let him go."

Chang An's right hand rubbed the rim of the wine glass, and his face was strange.

"It's really the size of the world, and there are no surprises."

Pang Chong continued

"However, the boy will not escape death after all."

Chang An looked at Pang Chong strangely, but he didn't expect that this man with five big and three rough eyes would have quite an idea.

"Oh? Deputy Commander Pang, it seems that you also have some opinions on this matter, and Chang is willing to hear about it. ”

Pang Chong smiled and looked at Chang An embarrassedly

"I'm just blindly analyzing, you see, a year ago, the Gu family was wiped out, and a year later, this Gu Yuanwu didn't want to take revenge, but he wanted to offer a treasure for no reason, whoever thinks about it, this may be a trap, but the palace can't wait to send me and wait. I was thinking, this box... Is it possible that it is the cause of the Gu family's extinction? ”

Chang An was already impressed by this deputy commander of the five major and three rough at this time, and couldn't help but admire

"Deputy Commander Pang has a really unique opinion. Come, come, I'll toast you. ”

As he spoke, he raised his wine glass, Pang Chong also smiled, raised the wine glass together, and drank it all.

Then continue

"However, that young man announced to the world with great fanfare that he was Gu Yuanwu, so since those people who destroyed him back then went for that box, wouldn't he have already been targeted by those people."

Chang An nodded silently

"That's true, but now the news that the box was taken away by you has long since spread, and after the death of Commander Qu, the box was blatantly hung in the city tower by the murderer, and the young man probably won't be in any danger."

Speaking of this, Chang An suddenly said

"Since this is the case, Deputy Commander Pang never thought that the murderer who killed the Gu family may also be the murderer who killed Commander Qu."

Pang Chong's expression was serious, as if he was thinking seriously, but his mind couldn't turn around, and he scratched his head after all.

"This is indeed very possible, but in this case, why didn't the murderer take the box, but hang it on the city gate and let those Jianghu people fight for it."

Chang An frowned, this is also what he can't figure out, since the Gu family was destroyed a year ago, the murderer must have been looking for that box.

So the young man who called himself Gu Yuanwu, once he showed his whereabouts, logically speaking, the first person to target him must be the murderer, so the object of his suspicion is the one in the palace, and the second is the twelfth floor where Qu Fengzhi is chased.

But if it weren't for Fu Rushui making such a fuss in the inn, and the murderer placing the box at the gate of the city.

The secret of the box may never be known by the people of the rivers and lakes.

So why did the murderer have to tell the world this secret?

Chang An's eyes suddenly lit up, no!

Something is wrong!

He stood up suddenly, not that there was anything wrong, that there was nothing wrong, this story arranged by him and Pang Chong together, from beginning to end, no matter which place was unreasonable.

"Chang Daxia?"

Pang Chong was startled by Chang An's sudden stand up, and asked weakly

Chang An smiled slightly

"Deputy Commander Pang, Chang Mou asks you for a favor."

Pang Chong was stunned for a moment, and then said

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

Chang An attached to Pang Chong's ear and said softly

"Please help me keep an eye on the guests at the inn to see if there are anyone acting suspiciously."

Pang Chong patted his chest

"Don't worry, I'll be covered."

After that, Chang An looked at Zhuang Zhiyu with a blank face

"Xiaoyu, let's go."

Zhuang Sleeve Yu still looked ignorant, but when she saw Chang An leaving, she also followed.

The two came to the backyard, Chang An looked serious, he looked around, yesterday, the assassin suddenly appeared here.

Then, he jumped up and looked outside the courtyard, only to find that the entire courtyard was surrounded by the officers and soldiers sent by Zhao slowly, and yesterday, the Chumu River, which suddenly appeared on the courtyard wall, was also patrolling here.

Na Chu Muhe seemed to sense that someone was observing him, turned his head, looked at Chang An with a smile, and said hello

"Master Chang."

Chang An also returned the salute with a fist

"Mr. Chu."

But seeing Chang An's figure flashing, his right foot rose in the air with a volley, and then he took a vertical leap, rolling high in the air, and after his body returned to normal, he jumped to a higher place by the wind, but after two breaths, Chang An had already stood in front of Chu Muhe without changing his face.

Chu Muhe's eyes were slightly startled

"The master of the Chang family's light skills is so high that it has reached the point of volleying on the void, and the rivers and lakes are no longer invincible."

Chang An said modestly

"Mr. Chu has won the award."

He continued

"Mr. Chu, how can you personally patrol here today?"

"In order to prevent the masters of the rivers and lakes in the inn from escaping through this courtyard, the doormen of the City Lord's Mansion will take turns to be on duty here every day."

Chang An wondered

"And how did yesterday's assassin enter this courtyard under heavy precautions?"

Chu Muhe said with some shame

"The one who patrolled here yesterday was supposed to be the boxer in the house, but he died around the corner and was slashed in the throat with a throwing knife."

Chang An followed Chu Muhe's gaze and looked at the corner, which was the only blind spot for guards, but that corner was only a blind spot of one step, that is, the killer killed the boxer in only an instant.

"So, you noticed something was wrong and rushed here?"

Chu Muhe nodded

"When?"

Chang An asked again.

Chu Muhe said

"He must have died yesterday at noon, but he was only discovered in the afternoon, and by the time I arrived, the assassin was already fighting you in the courtyard."

Chang An thought for a moment

"So, he's been in the inn for an afternoon."

"That's how it should be."

Chu Muhe replied.

Chang An's eyebrows stretched

"That's how it should be."

"Mr. Chu, thank you for your advice."

Chu Muhe waved his hand and said with a smile

"I don't even know how I've helped you."

Chang An smiled, tapped his toes on the ground, and jumped back into the backyard.

"Sir."

Seeing that Chang An had returned to the courtyard, Zhuang Sleeve Yu ran over

"Miss Zhao is here."

Chang An was surprised, looked at the sky, at this time, the sky was already bright, the sun was shining, and he realized that it was almost noon.

"Oh? Where is she? ”

"She said I'll be waiting for you in your room."

In Chang'an's guest room, Zhao was sitting anxiously at the table.

Chang An pushed the door in, and as soon as Zhao slowly heard the voice, he stood up suddenly

"Chang Daxia, it's not good."

Chang An saw that her face was anxious, so he asked

"What's wrong?"

"This morning, I went to Chengnan Yizhuang again and found that the master's body was missing!"

"What!"

……

Qingzhou, Changfu.

Since the morning, Chang Sheng, who was holding flowers, kept hearing the whispers of the people in the house, as if they were talking about the inn.

"Uncle Fu!"

Chang Sheng summoned Chang Fu.

"Miss."

"Is there something going on in the city, why do I see that the maids are talking about the inn."

Chang Fu bowed his head slightly and bowed

"It is said that there was a murder in the inn in the east of the city."

Chang Sheng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became excited and said

"Uncle Fu, tell me about it."

"No, I'll have to take a look."

With that, she ran straight out.

"Miss!"

Chang Fu couldn't shout at her, so he had to catch up, but how could his old arms and legs catch up with the little girl, just chased a few steps, and then disappeared.

At this time, in the inn in the east of the city, in the house, Wang Huan was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and Bu Qingwen sat quietly opposite him.

"Mr. Wang came to me, what is the matter?"

Bu Qingwen slowly raised the teacup and took a sip.

Wang Huanmo clasped his hands, his gaze resting on Bu Qingwen's body.

"Little sir, Wang has something to ask for."

"Mr. Wang, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Mr. Xiao also saw that Mr. Wang is trapped here now, but Mr. Wang does have something important to do here, so Mr. Wang wants to ask Mr. Xiao to send a letter for me."

Bu Qingwen glanced at Wang Huan

"But I can't get out."

Wang Huan said

"I know, Mr. Xiao is a capable person, and this little thing will not be difficult for you."

Bu Qingwen's eyes looked at Wang Huan quietly, expressionless, and did not speak, only staring at Wang Huan's heart.

"Mr. Wang, when you came out of the palace this time, you received some secret order."

After a long time, Bu Qingwen suddenly asked.

Wang Huan sighed slightly and smiled bitterly

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Mr. Xiao, it's just that, since I asked Mr. Xiao to do something, naturally it is impossible not to tell you anything, I can't hide it, I went out of the palace this time, I was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to invite Miss Chang into the capital."

Bu Qingwen's face changed, and he unconsciously clenched the teacup in his hand.

"Why is that?"

Wang Huan replied

"Speaking of which, it's not a big secret, Your Majesty invited Miss Chang to Beijing to investigate a case."

Bu Qingwen smiled in surprise

"This Mr. Wang is talking nonsense, the Miss Chang family will not investigate the case, besides, why don't you find the head of the Chang family when investigating the case, but find Miss Chang."

Wang Huan shook his head

"I don't know, I'm just here on orders."

Bu Qingwen asked again

"That's a big deal, I have to check it out with Miss Chang."

Wang Huan said

"A while ago, in Taiyang City, many officials' children disappeared."

Bu Qingwen frowned

"What is so special about ordinary cases of missing children?"

"The missing children are all boys."

Bu Qingwen suddenly stood up and said out of control

"What!?"

Immediately, he realized that he had lost his temper, sat down slowly, looked at Wang Huan seriously, and said lightly

"Mr. Wang, I sent this letter for you."