The book was picked up again, and everyone fought in Qinzhou City, not only breaking an internal guard, but even the deputy commander Pei Ce was injured.

When the matter was over, everyone resigned from the secret guard of Qinzhou, and went to the gods in the starry night.

On the way, Shangguan Yi applied gold sore medicine to Pei Ce, and then pulled his robe to bandage the wound.

Everyone in the world knows that the internal guard is a thousand cows, most of them are from the "Five Mansions", after the dignitaries and nobles, the internal guard who died in this battle is called Lu Fang, who is the cousin and nephew of Concubine Xiao Shu of Lanling County, Pei Ce and Dugu Shuo have a faint pain in their hearts, Xiao is back to the capital of God, and they will inevitably be troubled by the nobles.

Dugu Shuo and Pei Ce knew it, glanced at each other, and only shook their heads scoundrelly.

First pressed the next thing, and said that a few people took the official road, galloping all the way, and when the third day was about to be late, Luoyang City could be seen from afar, and everyone was suddenly interested, and the color on their faces gradually let go.

After just passing a forest, Dugushuo suddenly reined in his horse, and everyone became alert, and pulled out their long knives one by one to look around.

Before everyone could move, dozens of black-clothed men rushed out of the forest and surrounded everyone.

One of the leaders pointed at Pei and Du with a sword and shouted: "If you don't want to die, hand over the list, maybe I can leave you a whole corpse, dare to say half a word, and you will be wiped out in an instant!" ”。

Pei Ce stared at the man, then turned his head to Dugu Shuo and smiled: "Brother Dugu, are you a master who is afraid of death?" ”。

Dugu Shuo glanced at the man in black and smiled disdainfully: "Afraid of death? I'd like to get a taste of what death is like! ”。

"Since you are looking for death, then I will fulfill you!" After the leader said this, he waved his sword with his hand, and dozens of black-clothed men were about to come up like a tide, and everyone in the internal guard was already holding a knife in their hands, and suddenly saw Pei Ce turn over and dismount, leaving only one person to guard the carriage, and the rest of the people raised their swords one by one to meet the general, and the two sides fought in one place, and the scene became chaotic for a while.

However, Dugu Shuo did not get off his horse to face the battle, and looked around, and as far as he could see, the Shendu City was brightly lit not far away. But seeing that the fighting general was not enough, he had a plan and turned his horse and galloped towards the capital.

As he walked, he raised his hand and shouted: "The list is here, the list is here, if you have the ability, you can get it!" ”

When the group heard this, they really fell for the plan, left the internal guards, and went straight to Dugushuo to chase after them. About a cup of tea, the fast horse has reached the city gate, Dugu Shuo Le Ma looked at the pursuers, shouted a few words to the city gate defenders, suddenly the forbidden army came up, Dugu Shuo showed the waist card of the internal guard, said a few words, a team of forbidden troops rushed to the man in black, a group of people in black saw it, kicked the ground and pulled their legs and scattered.

Dugu Shuo looked at the black-clothed man who was scattered like birds and beasts, and couldn't help laughing.

By the time Pei Ce and the others caught up, the man in black had long since disappeared.

Pei Ce pointed at Dugu Shuo and panted and said, "You, you, dare to lure the enemy with the list, aren't you afraid of being robbed by them?" ”

After listening to Pei Ce's words, Dugu Shuo looked confused and hurriedly said, "What list?" ”

Pei Ce listened and said, "Didn't you just say that the list is in your hands?" ”

Dugu Shuo said: "I heard them blocking the way to snatch the list, and I said it casually to tease them, but I don't have the list of what they say!" ”

Pei Ce let out an "oh" when he heard it, waved his hand and shouted to everyone to go to the city. As he walked, he said: "This group of thieves is also bold, and they dare to block the road and rob at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the Divine Capital City, which is simply crazy!" ”

Walking to the gate of the city, Shangguan Yi pulled up the waist card and looked at it with the soldiers guarding the city, and the soldiers saw the waist card, and hurriedly lined up in a row and gave it away.

"Haha, the gods are up and down, the provincial government offices, which one sees this brand, it's not a dog-like wagging tail, it's really fast!" The one who spoke was one of the internal guards in his peers, called Yang Zhong, who was the Yang family of the former Great Sui Dynasty.

When Dugu Shuo heard this, he smiled bitterly, but Pei Ce immediately sank his face, and walked for a long time before he said: "Yang Zhangzhi, you can't say it like that, the world and the internal guards are flocking to it, all because of the prevailing trend of whistleblowing at the moment, and everyone protects themselves, but they are respectful and respectful on their faces, and they have to sneer at them behind their backs, spit a few mouthfuls, and scold a few words of motherhood." Brothers, you must remember that we do errands, do not bully the weak, do not give injustice, do not fight ruthlessly, and ask for a clear conscience in everything! ”

When everyone heard this, they said in unison: "I know!" ”

The horse crossed the curfew-held city road, and as he spoke, he had arrived at the Imperial City's internal guard.

Several of the envoys and supervisors on duty saw each other, lined them up, and shouted "Deputy Commander Pei, Deputy Commander Dugu!" Pei Ce didn't look at it, and while untying the belongings around him, he ordered: "Relieve the two people in the carriage, send them to the Imperial Court Division and the Case Evidence Division, and let him find out the cause of Lu Fang's death as soon as possible, and hurriedly draft the examination documents and send them to Lord Dugu of Zuo Si!" As for the other corpse, it was handed over to the Case Evidence Division, and Cheng was summoned overnight to investigate it carefully, and before Commander Yan came, no one was allowed to show the Case Evidence Division. ”

Several envoys and supervisors listened to it, promised again and again, and went separately.

Dugu Shuo also shouted: "Let Lao Jin bring all the Jinchuang medicine to Master Pei's room, pass some meals and boil a pot of hot water to send it to the houses of several brothers, and I have been in a hurry for days, but the water and rice have not entered!" Dugu Shuo said, patted the dust off his body, and went to the house. Those people were supposed to go out and send people to the internal guard, but after listening to Dugushuo's words, they were divided into three teams for a while and went separately.

The matter is not detailed, but it is said that Cheng Chunxu, the head of the case evidence department, and Li Zeng, the head of the Imperial Court, were summoned overnight, and after a toss, the evidence documents were sent to Dugu Shuo's house.

By dawn, all the internal security divisions had finished their work and were busy.

Yan Qingfang, the commander of the internal guard palm seal, sat in the hall, and on both sides were the left division commander Zhonglang general Wu Gengji and the right division commander inspection school Zhonglang general Guan Yuexian, and then the two officials of the criminal department and the envoys and leaders of each division were seated in turn.

Pei Ce and Dugu Shuo stepped forward to give a salute, and when they sat down, they heard Yan Qingfang cough lightly a few times, and said to everyone: "I have seen the fold presented this morning, the matter of Longyou has been completed, and a colleague of the internal guard must be generously compensated." This time, I don't think there is a need to pursue the fault, but there must be a reward, Master Pei Ce Pei should be credited with the first merit, and the rest of the brothers will be rewarded together! After speaking, Pei and Dudu hurriedly stood up and waved their hands respectfully.

Pei Ce still stood up after the salute, waved his hand and said: "Great Commander, I am responsible for this errand, although the ending can be successful, but it is a casualty, according to the rules, the mistake is in me, I should be punished for half a year, I must not remember the first credit, if it is not for the Dugu commander to deal with it wittily, turning the danger into a disaster, I am afraid that the internal guard will be injured more, I propose that Dugu Shuo should take the first credit!" ”

Dugu Shuo listened, and wanted to get up to argue, but Yan Qingfang raised his hand to stop him, and said: "This time to catch the rebel, it was originally a matter of the internal guard Zuo Si, and it was for the sake of safety before calling you, you were also seriously injured, Dugu Shuo wrote very clearly in the excerpt, you don't have to be humble, I have instructed the Internal Affairs Department to be generous to Lu Fang, you should be at ease to serve Your Majesty for the Great Zhou, you don't have to criticize personal gains and losses, this matter doesn't need to be discussed!" Pei Ce wanted to say more, but was stopped by Guan Yue first, and when Yan Qingfang said it, everyone got up and said in unison, "Yes!" ”

Yan Qingfang came to the inner palace to announce that Emperor Wu had summoned him, so he asked Guan Yue to say a few words, and took the excerpt and hurriedly went.

After sending Yan Qingfang away, everyone sat down again.

Guan Yue said in the foreword: "Destroying the remnants of the king of Langya is the most worrying thing for Your Majesty, Pei and Du's errand is very happy for Your Majesty, I think there will be a reward soon, the two of you should rest at ease, go and rest for a while, don't do another errand!" As he spoke, he nodded to the two and motioned for them to leave.

Pei and Du listened to it, stood up and waved their hands and thanked them. Pei Ce said: "This time is the blessing of His Majesty, the great commander is strategizing, the two commanders are well commanded, and thanks to the help of the secret guard Zheng Zhang, who was cultivated by the Wu Lord in Longyou Dao, I humbly implore the two commanders to remember his merits, so as to comfort the hearts of the brothers of the secret guards of the provincial government and the state government!" As he spoke, he waved his hands and saluted.

"That's reasonable, I'll ask Commander Yan again, and I will definitely give a reward, if you want, you can also transfer to the god capital!" Guan Yuexian, the commander of the right division, said with a smile, Pei Ce waved his hand and retreated, and everyone inside laughed, and then discussed the matter.

Dugu Shuo came out of Pei Ce first, and then rushed to the market, and when he inquired about Grandma Cai in the market, he realized that no girl had come, and Dugu Shuo's heart of joy and anticipation was suddenly lost, so he went home listlessly and dejectedly.

When he arrived at the mouth of the alley, a person suddenly came out, and the unsuspecting Dugushuo was frightened. Raising his eyes was Pei Ce, Dugu Shuo ignored him, and turned around and went in.

Pei Ce thought that Dugu Shuo hated him for robbing Qinzhou of the credit, so he opened his mouth and scolded: "Brother Dugu, why should you be so petty, I argued in the hall today, but Commander Yan didn't allow me to say in detail, this time I robbed you of the credit, and next time I will definitely grab one for you!" ”

When Dugu Shuo heard that Pei Ce had misunderstood, he hurriedly said: "Brother Pei, why did you say this, if I really want to take credit from you, I naturally won't write it in the excerpt!" When Pei Ce heard this, he suddenly wondered, but he was secretly a little happy in his heart, and said: "It's not for merit, so why are you so depressed and lose your soul?" ”

Asked by this, Dugu Shuo was suddenly shocked in his heart, and he hurriedly turned his worries, and said with a deliberate smile: "Brother Pei, I won't tell you, I have always been faintly uneasy in my heart, whether it is Yan Qingfang or Wu and Guan, it is strange to downplay the death of Lu Fang, according to the convention, it should be fined, at least not to be reprimanded by the two deputy commanders, I thought that today would be a must, but the three commanders seem to deliberately not say it, and they want to reward, I really don't understand what the truth is!" ”

Pei Ce listened, laughed, and said: "You look forward to punishing my Yulu to feel at ease, I just said that this person always likes to think cranky, in my opinion, they don't care, but Guo Lin's legacy completely overshadowed the death of an internal security guard, it can be seen that this time is not as simple as catching an anti-thief remnant, and the strange can't and don't want to say it to us, and we don't have to take it to heart." Come on, a few of them are going to drink flower wine, and they haven't rested for a few days, so it's better to have a good time in your secluded house! ”

Pei Ce said, picked up the wine in one hand, and showed the meat to Dugu Shuo in the other, and then went straight to the kitchen, saying as he walked: "You should also marry a daughter-in-law!" Haha, Xu Gao, Guo Bing, Qin Yang, and Shangguan Yi will come over together on the errand they sent in the morning! Dugu Shuo listened, oh, his heart suddenly became worried, and he said in his heart: "In case they were all there when Liu Lingwei came, I didn't have time to explain what to do, but I don't know if Pei Ce saw Liu Lingwei that night!" Thinking like this, he turned around and suddenly saw Pei Ce standing in front of him with a knife, Dugu Shuo was frightened again, and suddenly covered his plopping chest.

"How do you walk without a sound, you come without saying a word!"

"What do you want? I've been talking to you for a long time, and I haven't seen you talk, I'm obsessed! I've come up to you, and you can't see or hear, but instead say that I don't make a sound when I walk, it's weird! Pei Ce said, shaking his head and turning around.

"What did you say?" Dugu Shuo asked.

"I said that I have a distant cousin, and I will come to Shendu with my uncle in a few days, and then you will go to see each other, and you will look like a shy flower, delicate and exquisite, no worse than the girl in Shendu!"

"Forget it, I'm a rough man, don't scare the girl!" Dugu Shuo said, Xu Gao and others came, and the courtyard became happy for a while.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Shangguan Yi say: "Haha, it's better to have this house of Brother Dugu, far away from the market, clean and comfortable, no wonder it disappeared as soon as it was dispersed!" ”

"Hey, don't sell your mouth, come and help, can't you see that I'm busy alone!" Pei Ce shouted, and everyone rushed in laughing.

Xu Gao exchanged a few words with Dugu Shuo, and then heard Pei Ce shout: "There is no vinegar, Xu Gao will go to Aunt Cai to ask for some!" When Xu Gao heard this, he was about to leave, but Dugushuo hurriedly stopped him and said, "I'll go!" Everyone glanced at Dugu Shuo and said, "How did Commander Dugu go to Longyou Dao and change as if he was a different person!" ”

Pei Ce smiled: "Don't worry about him! When they heard this, they laughed in agreement.

Dugu Shuo didn't care about everyone inside, went out and went straight to Granny Cai, sold vinegar, and repeatedly told a few words before he came back with confidence.

Everyone did not gather on a good day, and they were happy for a while, and they ate until they were drunk, and they staggered and slept in one place, until the next day when the sun was hot, and they went back drunk one by one.

Dugu Shuo went to Granny Cai's shop again early, but there was still no news of Liu Lingwei, and it was still like this for two days in a row, until she was teased by Granny Cai.

On the evening of the third day, when the lantern was in charge, Li Zeng, the head of the Imperial Court Division of the Internal Guard, came to invite Dugu Shuo to go to Mingtang to meet the commander Yan Qingfang, although Dugu Shuo had doubts in his heart, he didn't ask much about delay, put on court clothes, and went straight to Mingtang with Li Zeng.

Dugu Shuo saw the people of the Imperial Front Division from a distance, so he deliberately asked Li Zengdao: "Lord Li, do you know why the Great Commander did not order me to go to the Internal Security Division, but to go to Mingtang?" ”

Li Zeng gently flicked his horse, and said with a mysterious smile: "Your Majesty is in Mingtang at the moment, I think it is your Longyou Dao's errand that you have done well, and Your Majesty is going to be rewarded!" Dugu Shuo listened, and the corners of his mouth smiled, he already knew that it was Emperor Wu who wanted to see him, and it was inconvenient to send the Imperial Division, so he sent someone from the Imperial Court Division.

Suddenly, a thought flashed, Dugu Shuo remembered Liu Lingweilai, didn't say anything for a while, secretly pinched a handful of sweat, and said with a smile: "It's all for Your Majesty, and you don't need to be rewarded, you should do your best!" Li Zeng listened, smiled, did not speak, and turned the horse away.

When he arrived at the Ming Hall, Li Zeng was stopped at the door by the internal guards of the Imperial Division, and only Dugu Shuo was allowed to go in, Dugu Shuo thought as he walked, it should have been summoned by His Majesty, or Liu Lingwei had already known about Liu Lingwei, or Liu Lingwei was arrested. I thought about stopping suddenly, but the matter had already come to an end, so I had to go hard.

When I entered the Ming Hall, I saw that I often followed the eunuch to guard the door, Dugu Shuo waved his hand to ask for it, and there was a summons inside, so I invited in.

Although Dugu Shuo had seen the Martial Emperor a few times, he had never been summoned, and he was very worried in his heart.

"Humble Dugushuo knocks to see Your Majesty!" At the door where Dugu Shuo entered, he saw Long Yan from a distance, so he knelt on the ground and said with a long sigh.

"Dugu Shuo is free of courtesy, and he will talk back closely!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Dugu Shuo said, waved his hands, walked quickly with his waist bent, approached the front of the steps, and knelt down again and said, "I don't know what Your Majesty has to call the lowly to come and say?" ”

"Don't be formal, get up and say!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" When Dugu Shuo heard this, he hurriedly got up, retreated to the side, and saw Yan Qingfang and Wu Chengsi on the side, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I've seen two adults!" The two men remained silent, but waved their hands in return.

"If you are a young talent, this time Guo Lin's legacy has been done very well, I am very pleased, I have already instructed the cabinet to promise you a reward on the next day!" The Martial Emperor turned his back and stood, holding his forehead with one hand, and said thoughtfully.

Dugu Shuo hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Sharing worries for Your Majesty is a matter of duty, and I dare not say anything about it!" ”

Wu Cao said: "Haha, it's a sincere child, get up!" ”。

Dugu Shuo said: "Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Wu Chengsi suddenly asked: "Dugu Shuo, when you arrested Guo Linyi in Longyou, were there other people present?" This sentence alone is like a thunderbolt from the sky, Dugu Shuo thought that Liu Lingwei was arrested, and deliberately called him to come to inquire, his heart panicked for a while, sweat oozed from his forehead, and he pretended to be calm again, thinking about how to reply, but Wu Chengsi saw that he was shocked, so he said: "Dugu Shuo, it is common for the emperor to ask questions, you don't have to panic, just tell the truth about the situation that day!" When Dugu Shuo heard this, his heart relaxed slightly, but he still couldn't figure out the situation, thinking that it was most likely that he would take it upon himself to let go of the four border soldiers, so he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and apologized: "It's a crime to be lowly and guilty, you shouldn't let go of those four border soldiers!" ”

The three of them listened, looked at each other and smiled, and Emperor Wu said again: "Let's be even, I have seen it in the excerpt, I can't imagine that you are so young, you can think long-term, think about Da Zhou everywhere, and maintain the reputation of the widow, it is really rare, forgive you for your innocence!" ”

Dugu Feng listened, and with a little explanation in his heart, the Martial Emperor turned his head and said to Yan Qingfang: "The internal guard has such a person who understands the overall situation, and it is also the credit of Qingfang!" Yan Qingfang hurriedly waved his hands and said: "It is all the blessing of His Majesty's Shengming, and the Great Zhou has to come out in many generations!" These two sentences made the originally melancholy Emperor Wu suddenly smile, and Wu Chenghei also echoed a few words.

"Your Majesty summoned you today to make you think again, did you miss anything when you cleaned up Guo's house that night?" Wu Chengsi suddenly asked, Dugu Shuo's mind immediately remembered that Guo Lin handed over a thing to Liu Lingwei when he was dying, he knew that he didn't dare to hesitate at this moment, so he immediately said: "There is nothing missing, we have searched all over the house, pool, and dry well in the courtyard, and all the documents and letterheads are a piece of waste paper, which have been sealed and brought back to Luoyang!" ”

"Can you tell me about that night in front of His Majesty?" Wu Chengsi listened and said.

Dugu Shuo nodded in agreement, and then explained the situation of that night in detail from beginning to end, and Dugu removed the matter of letting Liu Lingwei go. Then he said: "We know that this matter is very important, and there is no delay on the road, after returning to the capital, all the evidence should be handed over to the case evidence department for seizure, and there is no omission!" ”

The three of them listened, nodded again and again, and Wu Chengsi said: "In the same way as Pei Ce said, there should be no omission, Commander Yan said that Dugu Shuo is the most careful and thoughtful among the internal guards, and there should be no omission!" ”

"It's hard to be in charge, go down and rest!" Under Emperor Wu's signal, Wu Chengsi said, Dugu Shuo hurriedly knelt down and retreated, listening to Emperor Wu's words as he walked: "Check again, or the news in Yingzhou is wrong, or that thing is not in Guo Lin's hands at all, it's just that the thief is using this to disturb the thoughts of the court······" Dugu Shuo listened to the words of Yingzhou, and his heart was already worried, thinking that what they said should be closely related to Liu Lingwei, he knew that he had to find Liu Lingwei, maybe there would be danger, so he left Mingtang and went straight to Granny Cai's shop.