June 6, Taiyang City, Xiangwang's Mansion.

"Now you've got your wish?"

The king was dressed in purple civilian clothes, with a round and translucent jade hanging from his waist, but there was always a trace of sadness between his eyebrows.

He paced back and forth slowly, coughing twice from time to time to clear his throat.

For a long time, it seemed that because his words were not answered, he suddenly became angry, stopped, pointed at Bu Qingwen who was sitting next to him and scolded angrily

"You're saying something!"

Bu Qingwen on the side didn't seem to hear King Xiang's reprimand, gently picked up the pastry at hand, tasted it, and then nodded with satisfaction

"The food in this capital is indeed much better than in the north."

Then, he looked up at Xiangwang, who was already blushing and thick-necked, his face changed slightly, and said

"Uncle Wang, things have developed to this point, I have no reason to retreat, you have also seen that for the so-called Penglai Tu, so many lives have been killed in Liangzhou City, even if it is not for the Gu family, the twelfth floor should not continue to exist."

King Xiang's face froze, and he looked behind Bu Qingwen, Gu Yuanwu, who looked about the same age as him, stood behind him obediently and didn't say a word.

He understood in an instant, and said suddenly

"Bu Qingwen, Gu Yuanwu, you gave yourself a good name, back then, your father wanted you to inherit the mantle and become the next generation of General Gu, so he named you Gu Yuanwu, but you naturally like to learn literature, the name Bu Qingwen is to tell your father, don't despise literati?"

Bu Qingwen had a lot of thoughts in his eyes, looked into the distance, and said lightly

"Now that he's gone, the name doesn't make sense."

King Xiang looked at Gu Yuanwu and said

"You asked him to pretend to be you and take the initiative to offer treasures to the court, firstly, to let the Gu Mansion extermination case be mentioned by the rivers and lakes again, and secondly, to use Qu Fengzhi and Wang Huan as an introduction to find out who the murderer of the Gu family's extermination case was, whether it was the imperial court or the twelfth floor. Third, it is to drag Mobei and Chang'an into the situation you set. ”

"But I don't understand, how do you conclude that Chang An will take the initiative to enter the situation you have set up, you asked me to lead Chang Sheng into the capital, and Chang An went to Chu's Villa because of the matter of Chu Guanyu as you wish, all of this is like a drama that has already been written, and everyone is going down according to the story you wrote."

Bu Qingwen looked at King Xiang and did not answer his question

"So, what's wrong with studying literature, I can rely on myself to get admitted to the top prize, and I can also avenge him, I can be like Chang'an Mobei, the world is big, and there is nowhere to go, that is the twelfth floor, as long as I want to, I can also break through."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and between his eyebrows, there was a murderous aura.

"I've spent a year running my business to where I am now, and it's almost time for the results."

King Xiang was taken aback and hurriedly asked

"What exactly do you want to do? Even if you are now a saint's cha, the twelfth floor will not buy your account, the little soldiers given to you by the saint can be dealt with and dealt with others, but against the twelfth floor, you can only hit the stone with an egg! ”

Bu Qingwen's face suddenly became a little worried

"It's really dangerous, now, Chang An should have arrived in the north, and the Chang family should have been investigating the business, but as far as I know, the landlord hiding in the north is afraid that it is a little tricky, and if he is not careful, he will lose everything......"

King Xiang was completely confused at the moment and said

"I'm afraid that most of the twelve landlords have been solved by Chang An now, with his ability, can there be anyone who poses a threat to him? Could it be the owner of the building on the twelfth floor? ”

Bu Qingwen shook his head, sighed, and frowned

"This one's methods are different from those of other landlords, and if you can deal with him, I'm afraid you have to ask a Taoist master to go out of the mountain, but now it's ......."

King Xiang patted him on the shoulder and comforted

"Don't think about it, now that you are far away in the capital, you just want to help him out of reach, and there is Chang'an in case of indecision, just a landlord, it is difficult for him."

…………

The Imperial Palace, inside the study of the Emperor of the People.

Shangshuxi of the Ministry of Industry thought about it, knelt on the ground, and the emperor in front of him examined the twists and turns in his hand.

The Human Emperor frowned slightly

"Shu Si, why do you want to write a note for such a trivial matter as the quarry?"

Xi Shusi still knelt on the ground and said

"Qi Qi Sage, do you still remember that the former military department Shangshu Fu Pingsheng has a nephew who is the steward of the quarry outside the city?"

The Human Emperor pondered for a moment

"It seems that there is such a thing, what is it called?"

Xi Shusi replied

"It's called Fu Shuwu."

The Human Emperor said

"That's the name, what's wrong with him?"

Creek thought to himself

"Lord Fu's daughter is trapped in the love of his children, and he colludes with the thieves on the twelfth floor to be rigorous, causing hundreds of people's families in the capital to fall apart.

After listening to the words of this Xi Shusi, the human emperor reacted, and his feelings were here.

looked coldly at Xi Shusi, who was kneeling on the ground, and said

"Although the quarry in the suburbs is not a big errand, it is also related to the newly built buildings in the city recently, so Fu Shuwu was given this errand because of Fu Shangshu's face, but in the past few years, he has not slackened his business."

Speaking of this, the human emperor paused for a moment and looked at Xi Shusi with a smile

"Shu Si said this, presumably there is already a replacement candidate in his heart?"

Xi Shusi wiped the sweat from his head and said flatteringly

"Sage, after all, Fu Shuwu came up by relationship, the minister wants to recommend a person, he is a guest in my house, proficient in architecture, and now the buildings under construction in the city are all from this handwriting, the minister wants to ask the sage for the position of steward, it is this master who wants to personally control the progress of the fortifications."

When the human emperor heard this, he suddenly came to his senses

"Oh? So that's the case, so who is this master, who actually asked you to speak for him in person? ”

Xi Shusi seemed to have been prepared and said

"This person's name is Pingchuan, he was originally a Jianghu man, and later joined the minister's disciples."

"Saint, he is waiting outside the palace at the moment, if the saint wants to see him, you can call him into the palace."

The Human Emperor thought for a moment

"That's not necessary, since you are a talent who is good at construction, I will stay with you and give full play to your strengths, as for the position of the quarry manager, let him go, but Fu Shangshu is also considered to be a hard worker, and his nephew Ling will arrange a place to go, don't treat him badly."

Half an hour later, at the palace gate

Xi Shusi's figure came slowly, and in front of the palace gate, a man wearing a hat stood quietly outside the palace, saw Xi Shusi coming, and slowly saluted him.

"Shangshu-sama"

When Xi Shusi saw the man in the hat, he corrected his scriptures, trotted in front of the man, and glanced at him

"It's done, now Mr. Hirakawa is satisfied."

The man in the hat was none other than Hirakawa, and when Hirakawa heard this, his voice was as calm as usual

"Thank you, sir."

Xi Shusi waved his hand, but his expression was very proud, and said

"There is no need to thank you, but the Chaotian City will be completed as scheduled, and the twelfth floor claims to be the first floor in the world, if Mr. can build a more magnificent Chaotian City than the twelfth floor, then the emperor will have a heavy reward."

Hirakawa seemed to hesitate

"My lord, it is not difficult to Chaotian City, but today's saints have never liked extravagance and waste, do you really think that the saints will like this Chaotian City by then?"

Xi Shusi waved his hand

"You don't understand this, if it's something else, the saint will naturally not like it, but now the twelfth floor has ridden to the head of the court, arrogant to the extreme, if we can build this Chaotian Tower at this time, press the arrogance of the twelfth floor, don't talk about the saint at that time, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will also feel that there is light on the face."

When Pingchuan heard this, he didn't dwell on it

"In this way, the foundation has already been laid, and the whole picture of Chaotian Tower has been designed, if the construction starts now, I am confident that it will be completed soon."

Hearing this, Xi Shu couldn't help but be overjoyed, laughed and patted Pingchuan's shoulder

"So, please, sir."

With that, Xi Shusi sat in the carriage that had been prepared on the side, and after a while, he poked his head out and asked

"Sir, won't you go home with me?"

There was no joy and anger under Pingchuan's hat, and he said lightly

"I've been in the capital for a few days, and I haven't had time to have a good trip."

"Okay, sir."

The carriage kicked up a puff of dust and rolled away, and Hirakawa calmly looked at the departing carriage and was silent.

"Goo-goo!"

At this moment, another carrier pigeon flew in the sky, circled around his head a few times, and landed on his shoulder.

Pingchuan's body, which was originally as calm as water, trembled slightly, and he slowly looked at the letter paper in his hand.

Although he wore a hat, he did not see joy and anger, but around him, he could still feel an indescribable emotion permeating, he read the letter, slowly turned his head, looked in the direction of Liangzhou, sighed slightly, shook his head, and left here with heavy steps.

On the street, Yan Sihai and Chang Sheng were walking.

"Did you say that Lao Zhou's deal was brought in through a horse merchant on this street?"

Chang Sheng held the immortal flower in his hand, looking around seemingly unintentionally.

Yan Sihai's face was solemn, as if he was pondering something

"Actually, since you talked about the business of the account room, I have always had an idea."

Chang Sheng looked at Yan Sihai

"You say."

Yan Shikaido

"The marriage between Chang An and the little girl of the Chu family is just a temporary idea, why can so many assassins be ambushed in Chang Mansion in just a few days, the new gardener, and the two maids of the Chu family, this is not counting the Jiangnan cook who is afraid to answer Lao Zhou, with the kung fu of the gardener and the old man, he must also be one of the landlords, but the twelfth floor is far away in Youzhou, how did they rush to Qingzhou in a few days, not to mention planting Manzhu Sawa in advance?"

Chang Sheng said

"So you think that the Chu family has colluded with the twelfth floor?"

Yan Sihai shook his head slowly

"I did think so at first, but after Lao Zhou's matter was revealed, it was not the case."

He stopped suddenly, squatted on the ground, picked up a stone, and drew it on the ground.

"You see, if this is the northern border, and this is Taiyang City, the convoy transporting goods came all the way from the northern border to the capital, because the road is far away, and the risk is too great during the period, they need a middleman to open up this transportation road for them, so they found Lao Zhou."

"But if you combine this matter with Chang Xiaozi's wedding banquet, everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that although the twelfth floor is arrogant, but the Chang family has always been jealous, at this time when Chang'an is out of the customs, they never have the courage to send a fine work to the Chang Mansion again, and they are even afraid to take the initiative to kill Lao Zhou's mouth to cut off this clue, and what we clearly know is that whether it is the gardener or the two maids, it is indeed the old lady who temporarily recruited the manpower because of the wedding banquet, then the problem comes, if the Chu family does not collude with the twelfth floor, Where did the twelfth floor suddenly pop up in Qingzhou? They can't predict in advance that Chang An is going to get married, which is a great opportunity to win the sword, right? ”

Chang Sheng was taken aback, then shook his head

"No, since they have long coveted their brother's Sword God Sword, they naturally have to send more people to wait for the opportunity."

Yan Sihai smiled slightly and asked rhetorically

"So how can you wait for the opportunity and not attract the attention of the Changfu?"

"You must know that with Chang Xiaozi's ability, it is never a wise move to ambush spies and hide outside Chang Mansion for a long time, once exposed, it will startle the snake."

Chang Sheng looked at the picture drawn by Yan Sihai and suddenly realized

"The transportation channel opened by Lao Zhou is not only to transport things, but also to transport people!"

Yan Sihai nodded

"People always stop in one place, no matter how disguised they are, they can't escape the eyes of smart people, but if people are mobile......"

Chang Sheng said

"As long as the goods are transported, they need to pass through Qingzhou, and every time the people on the twelfth floor transport goods through Qingzhou, they are actually transporting a support to Qingzhou, but these people can leave Qingzhou at any time as escorts, and when my brother gets married, the end point of that transportation is actually Qingzhou!"

Yan Sihai nodded, and then asked again

"What about the goods? Where did the goods go? ”

Chang Sheng said

"They shouldn't have known about their brother's wedding before that shipment, so they shouldn't have extra preparations for it, so the extra thing that came out of that operation was the goods they were going to ship."

"Manju Sahua!"

Chang Sheng blurted out.

Yan Sihai nodded

"That's my guess."

"Still not right."

But then, Chang Sheng denied his speculation.

Yan Sihai frowned and asked

"What's wrong?"

Chang Sheng said

"What you said earlier is fine, but Manju Sawa alone shouldn't require such a complicated transportation method."

"Bang!"

While the two were squatting on the ground and talking, Chang Sheng felt a huge shadow suddenly press on her.

The two changed color instantly, Chang Sheng was suddenly pressed by a tall man and couldn't get up, Yan Sihai quickly pushed away the man who was pressing on Chang Sheng.

There was a sudden burst of exclamations around him, and Yan Sihai only felt that on the originally busy street, suddenly everyone gave them a big hole.

"Sheng baby, are you okay?"

Where is he now in charge of the people around him.

Chang Sheng grinned for a while, then slowly shook his head

"It's okay, it's just a little pressed."

saw Yan Sihai looking at her with an expression like a ghost

"You!"

Chang Sheng was wondering why Yan Sihai had such an expression, but he caught a glimpse of his blue skirt, which was already oozing several places of blood at this moment.

But the two of them checked their bodies, but they still didn't find out where they were injured, and suddenly, the two set their eyes on the man who had just knocked down Chang Sheng.

The two looked at the man who was pushed away at the same time, but they were shocked, but they saw that the man was dressed in brocade, and at first glance he was the son and brother in the capital.

But the man was covered in blood at the moment, and there were several holes on his body, as if he had been stabbed several times in a row by someone, and at this moment, those holes were still bleeding out.

But the man didn't seem to be breathing yet, his eyes were looking at Chang Sheng, and at this moment Chang Sheng quickly raised the man's head

"Childe! Son! ”

"Old Yan, look at him!"

saw the man's bloodstained hand desperately grab Chang Sheng's shoulder, open his mouth, and wanted to speak, but when he opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth kept spitting blood foam.

Yan Sihai caught his pulse, shook his head suddenly, and had no skills to recover.

But when he saw that the man had something to say, he immediately put his palm against his back and transmitted the internal force to him.

The man suddenly had some strength, and he said vigorously while spitting blood foaming in his mouth

"Tell... City... Host... Quarrying..."

But he was really hurt too badly, and he just said a few words intermittently, and then he completely lost his breath.

Before Chang Sheng could react, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves on the ground, from far and near.

Several people who looked like generals came to Chang Sheng, condescending, with indifferent faces, and said sharply

"Fu Shuwu, as an official of the imperial court, actually filled his own pockets, and after the matter was revealed, he absconded in fear of crime and was killed on the street!"

As he spoke, the generals dismounted, forced them to look at the crowd, dragged up the man's body, and walked away again in full view of everyone!