After the snack, Jacob arrives at Taihao's room and tells him that Domainben of Pibo City has come to the castle. When Tai Hao heard the news, he immediately got up and prepared to meet Yu Ben. He knew that Yu Ben was an official who managed the military and political affairs of Pibo City, and he must pay more attention to etiquette, because Taihao knew very well that he was representing the image of an official of the Eastern Empire.

When he reached one of the castle's reception rooms, he saw Domainben and his retinue in Pibo City. The domain of Pibo Castle was a tall man who wore an ornate armor and held a long sword. His retinue were also dressed in ornate armor and armed with spears.

Jacob first introduced himself to Tai Hao: "This is Lobsang Deji of Pibo City. Then he introduced to Lobsang Deji: "This is Tai Hao, an official of the Eastern Empire. ”

Tai Hao clasped his fist at Lobsang Deji and said, "If Lord Yuben can come here in person, then the case here will soon become clear." ”

Lobsang Deji smiled and said: "Now that the Tubo Kingdom and the Eastern Empire have reconciled, it is really an honor for me, an ordinary magistrate, to meet Lord Taihao here." ”

Tai Hao smiled: "Where, where...... This official passed by here, but he didn't expect to bring trouble to your place, what a shame! ”

Lobsang Deji waved his hand and said, "Lord Taihao, don't say this first, wait for the case to be clarified, maybe this matter will have nothing to do with Lord Taihao." ”

When Tai Hao heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Because he knew very well in his heart that it was the fake Jacob Cidan who killed the seventh uncle, and it had nothing to do with him, no matter how the case was investigated, the final result would be the same, I don't know why Lobsang Deji emphasized that "maybe this matter will have nothing to do with Lord Taihao", could it be that the investigation of the official mission of Pibo City now has something to do with him?

Lausanne Degui continued to look around the castle and said, "The official has never been here before, and there are very few cases in this castle, and even if they do, it is enough for the officials to deal with them. This murder case is a very important matter, and it must be handled by this official himself. However, the architecture of this castle is truly unique! Eh, Lord Taihao, do you know where the subtleties of this castle are? ”

When Tai Hao heard this, he immediately responded: "I heard from the seventh uncle below, because Pibo City was the capital of the Tubo Kingdom before, and this castle was built by the Tubo prince at that time to worship the heavens, and it was called the 'Temple'. But what is the subtlety is unknown. ”

"Castles in the Oriental countries are often known for their long history, great variety, grand scale, ingenious structure, complete functions, rich connotations, and extremely high historical, artistic and scientific value, with different shapes, the most square, and in the southern regions there are also castles with circular buildings. However, the castle in Western countries has a gloomy temperament, and the openings of the outer doors and windows are small, mainly considering safety factors, and do not like the sun; The wall material is mainly stone, and even the roof. The building assemblage is diverse, but lacks façade changes, and is dominated by simple geometric shapes. Although we belong to different countries now, our ancestors are the same cat people who came to the East. Every city in your Eastern Empire is dedicated to the cat god, and the cat god is from the West, so in terms of architecture, sometimes you will learn from Western architecture. Therefore, the subtlety of this castle lies in the fact that it was built with Western architectural features, but rarely took into account Eastern architectural features. Perhaps it was when it was built, the ground was not chosen to be too wide, limiting the size of the castle. ”

After listening to this, Taihao nodded and said, "So that's the case, you are really knowledgeable and talented, and I admire it." ”

At this time, the chief who came to investigate the case that day and the servant walked in. They saluted Lobsang Deji and Tai Hao, nodded lightly to Jacob the butler, and then began to report the case to Lobsang Deji.

The commander said: "According to the investigation of the case, the cause of death of the owner of this castle, Yi Si, was poisoning, and the poison in it was a red powdery poison 'red leaf powder', which would weaken physical strength and lead to physical failure until death. ”

Lobsang Deji said: "This ...... This situation is very serious! It seems that the murderer had premeditated. ”

The chief sighed and said, "At that time, the lower official had sent an official to search every room in this castle, and no clues of poison were found. ”

When Tai Hao heard this, he began to doubt the ability of this chief. Hurriedly stood up and said to the chief: "This chief said that there was no clue to the poison, but it has been found out below, and it was the castle's butler Jacob's ......" Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "It should be said that it was the bandit who pretended to be the butler Jacob, who drugged the real butler and stunned him and locked him in the secret room of the room, and he pretended to be the butler of the castle, intending to get close to the castle owner, and put it in his teapot every other day." Red leaf powder', just like that, poisoned the castle owner. ”

Jacob said, "That's right, that's it, I can prove the words of Lord Taihao." ”

The chief said, "According to the meaning of your words, may I ask where the false butler is now?" ”

Tai Hao said: "The fake butler is locked in the secret room, and he is dead. ”

The chief's eyes widened, and he asked in amazement, "You killed him?" ”

Tai Hao said: "It wasn't us who killed it, the environment in the secret room is complicated, and all kinds of organs are heavy, so it's normal to die inside." ”

When Lobsang Deji heard the news, his face was a little solemn, and he said: "It seems that this case is a bit complicated, and more evidence is needed to confirm the identity of the murderer, otherwise it will be impossible to make a conclusion." This official will re-investigate the case, and if there are any new clues, I will immediately notify Tae-ho. ”

Taihao knew in his heart that although the facts of the case were clear, there were indeed some doubts for the officials of Pibocheng. There must have been some complication between the chief and the false Jacob, for Jacob's bed was overheard talking to a man who was the chief. But what is the real purpose of complicating a simple case?

Tai Hao said: "In this case, you can stay in the castle for a few more days." ”

Lobsang Degui nodded in agreement. He told Taihao that he would arrange for an official messenger to find out the results as soon as possible.

Tae-ho decided to take a good rest in the castle and regain his strength. He believed that Lobsang Degui would not be an official who was in the same league as the bandits, and that the truth would be investigated in less than two days.

But Taihao finally thought about the problem too simply, he didn't expect a simple case, a case that had been investigated once twenty days ago, and the results had already been reached. was re-investigated by Lobsang Degui, and it took two full months before the investigation was clear.

In the past two months, Tai Hao has only done one thing, that is, to teach himself "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea", and in two months, he has mastered all the fingering techniques of each move of "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea". His fingering is very subtle, not only can he control the direction of his opponent's movements, but also accurately locate the opponent's position, strength and other characteristics, and even use every move in "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea" in a targeted manner.

One day, Luo Xiu was about to go to his room to find him, Tai Hao decided to tease him, and when he didn't go to his room, after his fingers were full of strength, he used the second trick of "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea" "Crossing the Sky and the Sea", pointing at Luo Xiu in the air, Luo Xiu immediately seemed to be "nailed" to the ground, unable to move for half a minute. Seeing this scene, Taihao couldn't help but be secretly amused, thinking, "I see if you can still walk!" ”

The muscles of Luo Xiu's whole body stopped, but only his mouth could still speak. Busy said to Taihao: "What kind of kung fu are you, why are you so powerful, why can't I walk." ”

Tai Hao laughed and said, "I have sealed the acupuncture points all over your body, and now you only have your mouth to speak." ”

Luo Xiu said: "Brother Taihao, spare me, I can't move like this, I'm too tired......"

Taihao thought for a moment, and said with a guilty face: "Oops, I only learned to solve acupoints, and I forgot to learn how to solve acupoints." ”

Luo Xiu said dissatisfiedly: "How can this be, are you lying to me, Brother Taihao, I know you are teasing me, help me untie it." ”

"Good, good...... I'll untie it for you! As he spoke, he straightened his index and middle fingers again, bent his ring finger and little finger, pressed his thumb against the nail of his ring finger, and once again used his strength to go towards Luo Xiu, who was able to move in an instant.

Luo Xiu ran to Taihao's side and praised: "Brother Taihao, your kung fu is too good, I also want to learn, can I worship you as a teacher?" ”

Hearing Luo Xiu's words, Tai Hao couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm not much older than you, you want to worship me as a teacher?" ”

Luo Xiu shook his head and said: "The so-called 'teachers have no elders and young, and those who are capable are teachers', your kung fu is really amazing, if you can teach it to me, if there are bandits bullying me in the future, I will not be afraid anymore." ”

Taihao let Luo Xiu into the room and said to him, "Don't talk about this yet, what is the matter with you coming to me?" ”

Luo Xiu was inspired and replied, "The ...... who came to you for apprenticeship" said and laughed twice.

Taihao couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard Luo Xiu's answer. He felt that the relationship between him and Luo Xiu was indeed very good, but this kind of thing still needed to be seriously considered.

"Looks like you're serious." Tai Hao said with a smile, "But I think that learning martial arts is not to take revenge, but to protect yourself and your friends." ”

Luo Xiu nodded in understanding, and told Taihao about some of his troubles. He often has the same nightmare these days, and every time he wakes up from a dream, he misses his grandfather and aunt immensely, and how much he wishes in his dreams that he can become stronger so that he can protect them. But now, he is bent on avenging his grandfather and aunt, but he is weak and doesn't know what to do, so he wants to learn martial arts from Taihao.

Tai Hao listened carefully, feeling the determination of Luo Xiu's heart to become stronger. But he didn't promise him, Taihao said to Luo Xiu: "You come to my room to find me, there must be other things, you can say it quickly!" ”

Luo Xiu showed a very helpless expression and said, "I just came to ask you when we will leave, and it is too long to stay here." ”

Tai Hao said: "It's been two months, and I don't know if Yuben Lobsang Deji has found out the results of the case, so I'm in a hurry." ”

Luo Xiu said: "Isn't the case already clear, I really don't know what else needs to be investigated." ”

At this moment, Jacob came over and bowed his hand to Taihao: "Lord Taihao, Yu Ben has investigated the case clearly, now please go to the reception room." ”

After saying that, Tai Hao went to the reception room with Jacob Tishan and Luo Xiu, and in the reception room, Yuben Lobsang Deji and General Solang Tashi from Luo Qi had been waiting for a long time.