Although the officials were polite in their words, the arresters who surrounded Shi Cheng and the others clearly made Shi Cheng feel that the comer was not good.

Shi Cheng thought about it for a while, and then he had a guess, there were only three people in his party, and they could actually walk out of the Xieyang Road that had been in trouble for so long intact, this kind of thing would make a person with a lively mind think about it, and he would feel very wrong.

Shi Cheng smiled dumbly in his heart, but he couldn't explain anything at the moment, go in and meet these head-hunting officers, and then just take the opportunity to act.

The group passed through a long corridor and passed through two small courtyards, Shi Cheng raised his head, and the plaque on the pavilion in front of him had three big characters written on it - "Council Pavilion". The leading official made an announcement in front of the door, and then with a wave of his hand, he ordered his subordinates to "send" Shi Cheng and others into the building.

The main hall of the Council Pavilion was not too big, there were only three people in the hall, the first of whom was dressed in red stripes and black, and carried a black-handled gold-ring treasure knife around his waist, looking to be about fifty years old. The other man in black, dressed as a younger military attaché, stood on one side, his face unprovoked. Sitting in front of Shi Cheng on the left was a middle-aged man dressed as a civil official, who looked quite kind on the outside.

The official who led the way respectfully saluted each of the three officials, and then said to Shi Cheng: "These three are Lord Gao, the lord of this city, Lord Sun, the envoy sent by the Criminal Procuratorate to the case of Governor Xieyang Road, and Lord Zhao under his command, so hurry up and salute." ”

Shi Cheng simply bowed to the three officials in the hall, his face still showing an indifferent look, and he couldn't see much respect.

Seeing Shi Cheng's appearance, the younger military attache was a little unhappy, and the originally kind face of the civil official sitting on the left side had already appeared a strong look of displeasure.

Shi Cheng only smiled slightly in his heart, Danshi walks the world, has always been respected, in many cases, it is enough to treat people with the kind of politeness that is plain, if he is here today to be respectful to a few vassal officials who are not big officials, I am afraid that the peers in the world will not hate the iron and steel to form a group to beat themselves.

The officials who led the way and the catchers who stood beside Shi Cheng and the others all glared angrily when they saw Shi Cheng, a civilian who looked like a Chita, behaving like this. Wu Neng was uncomfortable to be looked at by these sword-like gazes, but seeing that Shi Cheng was not panicking, he also felt a little confident in his heart.

As for the iron face beside him, the whole person is like a sharp sword nailed to the ground, although there is no expression or movement, but the temperament is extremely sharp, a few catchers wanted to step forward and scold a few words, but when they saw the iron mask's eyes, they unconsciously shrank back.

At this moment, the military attache surnamed Sun who was sitting in the center made a gesture, and the catchers immediately retracted their gaze and retreated. However, this Lord Sun didn't seem to plan to get straight to the point, he just picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip lightly, and then said with a smile to the civil official surnamed Gao next to him: "Lord Gao, it is worthy of the tea leaves of the Eastern Continent, and the taste is really good." ”

The civil official surnamed Gao did not answer the words of the military attache surnamed Sun, but said coldly: "Lord Sun, the grass people in the countryside, I don't know how to educate, I think we should first ask these three Diao people to eat a killing stick, and then ask slowly, maybe you can get some useful information, Lord Sun, what do you think?" ”

Shi Cheng saw that the military attache surnamed Sun in the center did not mean to get straight to the point, and he didn't bother to stir up the conversation first. He stood still, and if it weren't for the fact that his eyes were open, the people next to him might have thought he was asleep.

The military attache surnamed Sun smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Lord Gao, don't be impatient. Then he turned his head and looked at Shi Cheng carefully.

After a while, there was a knock on the door of the council cabinet, and a servant hurriedly entered the door with a document, and respectfully handed the document in his hand to the military attache surnamed Sun.

After reading the documents in his hand, the military attache surnamed Sun had some surprise on his face, he raised his head and said to Shi Cheng who was standing below: "Shi Cheng, Tie Mian, you two are both from Xilu Cheta?" Wu Neng...... The name is quite peculiar, according to your customs clearance document, you are from Wu State? ”

The civil official surnamed Gao turned pale, stretched out his finger and pointed at Shi Chenghe Tie Mian, and said, "Sure enough, it's a Cheta barbarian from the Western Continent, no wonder he has no education at all." Do you know that if you are still in the four-year war of the Southern Wilderness, just because you are a Chita, this official can directly arrest you for the crime of being a spy, or even behead you directly?! ”

At this time, the tall man was mighty, and if he were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would already be trembling.

Shi Cheng had some doubts in his heart, could it be that this tall man was a hard-line official in the Western Desert? But even hard-line officials don't need to give themselves a dismissal so easily.

He arched his hand lightly and said, "It's just a wandering pharmacist below, and it's a little inappropriate for adults to be so wronged when they meet for the first time, right?" ”

After hearing Shi Cheng's straightforward remarks, the official surnamed Gao snorted coldly and shouted: "The barbarian's tongue is clever!" ”

The military attache surnamed Sun glanced at his colleague and sighed helplessly, just as Master Gao was about to have a seizure, the military attache surnamed Sun suddenly leaned over and said something in his ear.

Master Gao glanced at the military attache surnamed Sun suspiciously, and then took the document in his hand and looked at it, before forcibly suppressing his anger and said lightly: "Lord Sun, hurry up and ask." ”

Lord Gao's face changed so quickly that Wu Neng looked a little confused, but the corners of Shi Cheng's mouth showed a strange smile.

The military attache surnamed Sun turned his gaze to Shi Cheng and said, "The matter of the three of you is already known to this official. Now, tell me more about what you have seen and heard on the Slope of the Sun. ”

Shi Cheng responded and told in detail what the three of them encountered when they passed through the uninhabited village on the Xieyang Road, but he deliberately concealed the experience before walking to the uninhabited village.

"I know." The military attache surnamed Sun nodded, rubbed his temples, and turned his head to the military attache standing beside him and ordered, "Zhao Ping, you go out now to give an order, and order the captain of the sixth team to take their men and horses to the village that Shi Cheng said to have a look, and don't let go of any clues." ”

"Yes!" After the military attache named Zhao Ping received the order, he hurried out of the hall.

"I still have some doubts, I want to ask you." The military attache surnamed Sun didn't have a loud voice, but the people in the room could hear it clearly, "You said that you set off from Redwood City, then haven't you heard about the things on the Xieyang Road there, why did you dare to go on the road with only two companions?" ”

"A few of us are not familiar with each other, and we really don't know the dangers on this slanting yang road before we go on the road." Shi Cheng replied unhurriedly.

The military attache surnamed Sun stared at Shi Cheng for a while and said, "Since this is the case, this official knows." Since you are an eyewitness to this case, then I hope you can stay in Yunqiu City for a while and cooperate with the government to handle the case, I don't know what you think. ”

"How long do we need to stay here?" Shi Cheng asked.

"Ten days." The military attache surnamed Sun replied.

Shi Cheng looked embarrassed, and after thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, after all, the lives of the entire village are at stake, so Shi will obey your arrangement in everything." ”

"Wen Si, the accommodation of these three witnesses is up to you. By the way, don't be slow with people. After the military attache surnamed Sun finished saying this, the official who came in with Shi Cheng and the others answered, and led Shi Cheng and his party out.

As soon as Shi Cheng and the others went out, the military attache named Zhao Ping had already returned from passing the order.

The civil official surnamed Gao snorted, looked at the military attache surnamed Sun, and said: "The case has been handled for so long, and today it is difficult to wait for these three suspicious people, why is Lord Sun calming down?" ”

The military attache surnamed Sun took a sip of tea and said: "Master Gao, don't forget the identity of that Shi Cheng, if you really come up, you ignore the thirty-seven twenty-one, wronged the innocent, and provoked the forces behind him, I'm afraid things will be very troublesome, at the moment Sun is not stretched thin in terms of time, what about the long-term line?" ”

"Not stretched? All I know is that the military order you made in front of the king and the princes of the court is about to expire. The civil official surnamed Gao showed a mocking look on his face and said: "The lower official still has official business, so he will leave first." With that, he brushed the sleeves of his robe and walked away quickly.

Zhao Ping was indignant in his heart, and said to the military attache surnamed Sun: "My lord, since you came here to take up your post last month, Gao Yan has been squeezing you openly and secretly. His previous sentence 'Countryside grass people, don't know how to educate' is clearly directed towards you. I think it's better to find a reason to assist in handling the case, and teach this guy a good lesson. ”

"Young man......" The military attache surnamed Sun shook his head, drank the tea in his hand, and said: "Ah Ping, you remember, if you want to climb up in the officialdom, you have to learn to be patient, especially in front of these civil officials. ”

Zhao Ping also sighed and said: "Why did your lord let those three people leave, when the king sent you to the case of the governor of Xieyang Dao, in order to suppress those civil officials in the locality, you were forced to make a military order, and the case will definitely be solved within three months, and now it looks like the deadline is about to expire...... If the case can't be solved by then, these turbans don't know how to write bullet stamps to the royal city. ”

"Look at this." The military attache surnamed Sun handed the paperwork in his hand to Zhao Ping. After Zhao Ping took it, he looked at it for a while, and his face changed greatly, and he said, "That's ...... That Shi Cheng turned out to be ......"

"Now you know why he dared to act like that, this person can't move lightly, he can only slowly deal with it." The military attache surnamed Sun said helplessly.

Zhao Ping said with some discouragement: "Alas, after checking for so long, I finally found these three suspicious characters, but I can't act rashly. ”

The military attache surnamed Sun walked to the window, pushed it open, and an autumn breeze blew in, calming his chaotic thoughts a lot.

He said calmly: "So far, I can only say that I brought it on myself." Also, if I had half the ability of those big turbans in the Wind Steering Section, I would have seen that the chaos on this side of the Xieyang Road was not necessarily a bad thing for some people in the royal city. ”