There are three commanders and six deputy commanders under the head of the Investigation Division.

Without exception, these nine people are all top players in the Investigation Division, so they are called the "Nine-fold Heavenly Pass", as the so-called "Heavenly Pass has nine layers, one step at a time".

"How heavy are you?"

Yuan Mingkong was a little stunned by Zhao Rang's question, and after reacting, he said with a smile:

"It's all folk rumors! Where did it come from? Wouldn't that be a god? ”

The shadow guard came and went without a trace, and over time, of course, it became more and more outrageous by people, and it was not much different from the gods and ghosts.

Zhao Rang had already guessed that Yuan Mingkong's identity was not simple, but he still didn't expect that Yuan Mingkong would be the deputy commander of the Investigation Division and the Shadow Guard!

"Why don't you speak?"

Yuan Mingkong saw that Zhao Rang pursed his lips, didn't say a word, and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of him.

"What about her, shouldn't your sister also be the deputy capital?"

Yuan Mingkong replied:

"She wants to be, do you think she can do it?"

Zhao Rang said indignantly:

"Why not? There are so many people than you! ”

Zhao Rang regretted it a little...... I felt that I shouldn't have been angry and interfered in this matter indiscriminately.

There are no taboos in the shadow guard.

Even if he is a member of the Zhao family, if Ying Wei thinks he is in the way, he will definitely get rid of him mercilessly.

A person who talks about human feelings can't be a shadow guard at all. It can also be said that the shadow guard who talks about human feelings has long since died!

Zhao Rang froze, slapped his cheeks with both hands, forced himself to put on an extremely flattering smile, and said to Yuan Mingkong:

"Big brother!"

"No, sir! Lord Vice-Governor! You give the little one a way to live, the little one who comes to the Western Regions just wants to see and open his eyes, but he doesn't want to put his life into it! ”

"Don't worry, sir! I will never divulge half a word of these things, and I will not say anything to anyone, not even my daughter-in-law! ”

Yuan Mingkong watched Zhao Rang's acting very calmly, but when he heard this last sentence, he really couldn't help it, and scolded with a smile:

"With your unproductive appearance, can you have a daughter-in-law! Still talking about this? ”

Zhao Rang straightened his face and said very seriously:

"Not now! But there will definitely be in the future! ”

The implication is that you Yuan Mingkong can say that I am unproductive, but you must not say that I have no daughter-in-law!

It's not something to joke about.

In case he is really listened to by the old moon in the sky, he pulls his red line, and then fights to the death, and then Zhao Rang doesn't know who to cry to or who to scold his mother!

Yuan Mingkong was still unsatisfied, and continued to tease him:

"It's extreme, it's extreme! Don't you have a spare one right in front of you? ”

Yuan Ke was glad to know that his brother was making fun of her, so he immediately smashed a fist on Yuan Mingkong's back, and said delicately:

"Brother! What nonsense are you talking about......"

After that, he blushed and secretly glanced at Zhao Rang.

Zhao Rang looked at him, immediately straightened his waist, cleared his throat, and committed himself to a true gentleman!

The three of them joked for a while, and they all felt much more relaxed.

Zhao Rang no longer pretended.

Although Yuan Mingkong's identity really shocked him a lot, he didn't think much about it.

Because he believes that Yuan Mingkong is not the kind of person who unloads the mill and kills the donkey, crosses the river and demolishes the bridge.

There is no reason for this trust.

If you ask Zhao Rang why, he must not be able to say why, but he firmly believes in this in his heart!

If you have to find a reason for this, it is that these two people have become real friends after these incidents.

The friendship between men came so strangely and suddenly.

A glass of wine is enjoyable, and a word of the right temper can make the two become friends.

There is no substitute for this feeling.

Love can't work, and neither can family affection!

Because it is the purest, it is worth taking care of and remembering.

Therefore, although Zhao Rang was afraid of the Investigation Division and the Shadow Guard, he was not afraid of Yuan Mingkong.

Just because in his heart, he has regarded Yuan Mingkong as his friend!

Ever since he decided to come to the land of Lan Mo with the brother and sister from the Shang Alliance, he had already recognized this matter.

Seeing that Zhao Rang had regained his normal shape, Yuan Mingkong sat opposite him, reached out and touched it from his waist, and there was a delicate small iron box in his hand.

This iron box Zhao Rang is too familiar!

"Isn't that a map of the valley and its surroundings?"

At that time, Yuan Mingkong got the news that the Admiralty Dart Bureau would trade here with 500,000 arrows, but now that these arrows have disappeared, Zhao Rang doesn't know what Yuan Mingkong is going to do when he takes out this map again.

"Shh

Yuan Mingkong compared the index finger of his right hand to his mouth and made a silent gesture, which caused Zhao Rang to feel nauseous......

He hates his friend the most!

Isn't it good to say something generously?

You have to fiddle with your ingenuity and come up with a look of "everything in the world is under control".

The world is bigger, there are more people, and there are more things. Even if you are the deputy commander of the Investigation Division and the Shadow Guard, Zhao Rang doesn't believe that he can master it all. Unless Yuan Mingkong has the ability to clairvoyance and shunfeng ears in the immortal biography.

However, when Yuan Mingkong opened the iron box, Zhao Rang found that the iron box seemed to be a little different.

He saw that Yuan Mingkong was not familiar with this map at all, and it took him a quarter of an hour to put it together.

The way of viewing is exactly the same, still using candlelight to penetrate a hole smaller than the tip of a needle, so that the light and shadow fall on the table, and the dots form a line, connecting into a complete map.

The previous Zhao Rang had seen it, and the terrain outlined on it was completely different from the one projected on the table now, and it was basically two places.

"Where is this?"

Zhao Rang asked.

Yuan Mingkong asked Yuan Kexin to hold the candlestick, pointed to a mark in the north of the center, and asked rhetorically:

"Do you know what that mark means?"

Zhao Rang shook his head.

Before that, he had never looked at a map.

Even if he is out of the house and out of town, the map is useless to him.

Anyway, you are going wherever you go, so you don't care about the direction at all, just walk blindly. I really can't find a place to eat and sleep, I have a mouth under my nose, just open my mouth and ask people, where do I need a map?

"This is the big tent of the Gongchen tribe!"

Zhao Rang asked:

"Is that the tribe of the fourth prince?"

"Anzo!"

Yuan Mingkong added.

Zhao leaned back.

The names of the people in the Western Regions are too difficult to remember, and they are tongue-twisting.

I don't know much now, and I can barely remember it. Stay a little longer, and your brain will have to turn into a mess.

"The big tent is his house?"

Yuan Mingkong smiled:

"You can say the same thing."

The father of the fourth prince, Anzuo, is the patriarch of the Gongchen tribe.

The tribal tent is the residence of the patriarch, which is equivalent to the "royal city" of the tribe.

Anzuo's father held an important position in the kingdom of Lanmo, so he basically lived in the royal city. The Great Tribal Tent was inhabited only by Anzo and his princess.

"This guy even has a daughter-in-law!"

"People are a prince anyway, isn't it logical to have a daughter-in-law? Not to mention more than one! ”

Zhao Rang was very unconvinced and said:

"You got the map of his house, do you want to capture the thief and capture the king first?"

Yuan Mingkong didn't answer, and his fingertips moved a few more inches towards the north.

One inch on the map, thirty miles on flat ground.

Thirty miles north of the big tent of the Gongchen tribe, there was a ripple on the map.

"Good fellows! There is also a lake on the Gobi Desert! ”

Zhao Rang understood this mark and said in surprise.

The nomadic tribes of the Western Regions and Dawei relied on agriculture differently.

Nomadism must depend on the time of day and choose the right place to live during the year according to the different climates.

From this point of view, the people of the Western Regions living in this land are also admirable!

For thousands of years, they have continued to live the way they have lived since their ancestors, working with their herds of cattle, sheep and horses, day after day, year after year, according to the cycle of pasture growth.

In this way, in the eyes of the Dawei people, there is no fixed home, but they don't feel it.

"Is this the summer pasture of the Gongchen tribe, every time spring comes, the tribe will transfer here."

"Because of this lake?"

Zhao Rang asked.

Yuan Mingkong nodded.

On the Gobi Desert, as long as there is water, there will be grass.

And there are only two ways to have water, rain and snowmelt.

The summer heat melts the ice and snow, flows down from the mountains, and gathers here to form a body of water, which is the most beautiful place on the Gobi Desert, and the people of the Western Regions call it an "oasis".

The oasis is rich in water and grass, enough for the entire tribe to spend the summer here.

The larger the oasis, the more cattle, sheep and horses can be fed, and the population of the tribe will also flourish.

The reason why the Gongchen tribe, where the fourth prince Anzuo is located, can become the second largest tribe in the country of Lan Mo is because of these large and small oases in the tribal territory.

"There is news from the shadow guards in the royal city that the fourth prince Anzuo has not appeared in the city for a long time, and it should be appropriate to return to the tribe to arrange the summer transition."

"In addition to his guards, there are also a few strangely dressed people who have never been seen by the shadow guards."

"In order not to startle the snakes, they didn't follow too closely."

After hearing this, Zhao Rang said:

"Do you suspect that these people are from the Smoke and Rain Pavilion? They colluded with the fourth prince Anzo? ”

Yuan Mingkong nodded.

Zhao Rang raised his own questions:

"But that's not right!"

"What's wrong?"

"The time is not right!"

Mrs. Wang's poisoning was in the afternoon today.

The news from the shadow guard said that the fourth prince Anzuo had left the royal city a few days ago.

If the strangely dressed people who left with him were people from the Smoke and Rain Pavilion, how could they poison them? Is it possible to go and come back?

"You think the same as I think!"

Yuan Mingkong's knuckles lightly buckled on the tabletop, tapping rhythmically.

He makes this move when he thinks with all his might.

What Zhao Rang thought was actually very simple.

Either the news from the shadow guard is wrong, or someone else is poisoned.

This person must be very familiar with Third Master Wang, and maybe he has deep trust, and he can approach him from time to time without being suspicious.

Other words......

Xiang Teng lives inside, and there may be a mole around the third master Wang!