"That's a lot of people." Wu Neng sighed while looking at the crowd outside the carriage.

"After all, he is the first grandmaster of the Eastern Continent." Iron Mask said lightly.

Shi Cheng looked at the lively alley outside and said, "I'm afraid that today, the sect disciples and scattered cultivators of the entire Western Desert Country have crowded around Dengnan Port. ”

"What's the use?" Tie Mian didn't care, "After all, the Lord of Yuanliu City is the honor of a country, and after arriving at Dengnan Port, he must go to the post house dedicated to receiving foreign envoys under the heavy protection of the sergeants, and the only ones who will really have the opportunity to meet him at that time will be the few important members of the few sects in the Western Desert Country." ”

"However, I really don't understand why Zhao Ping set the place to meet near Dengnan Port, and at the moment I can't even find a place to park on the side of the road." Wu Neng complained a few more words.

"The guest is whatever the host is." Shi Cheng smiled and rounded, his gaze swept over the side of the road, and then he saw a strange chariot with an exaggerated shape, no war horse to tow, and a heavy crossbow in front of the body. The body of the heavy crossbow was tightly wrapped in planks and iron sheets, and only the gleaming arrows were exposed. The arrowhead is carved with a faintly glowing red fire pattern that causes the bolt to burn and explode upon hitting the target.

The surroundings of the chariot were deserted, in stark contrast to the bustling scene not far away, and on the roof of the chariot stood a sergeant with a half-leaning body and holding a repeating crossbow.

"Even the spirit chariot driven by the magic circle has been pulled out as a guard, and it seems that the Wei people attach more importance to this state visit than I thought. The eagle head on the armband, the new rhinoceros three-B spirit array chariot of the Wei Kingdom...... It was actually the troops of the 23rd Army of the Forbidden Army under the Southern Wilderness Governor's Mansion? Shi Cheng thought to himself.

The carriage struggled through the crowded street for a while, and finally the coachman's voice came from outside the carriage, "Master, two sons, Wangyunlou has arrived." ”

"Master, it's not good to park here, why don't we come down first." Zhang Tian, who was driving with the driver outside the car, said.

"Okay, let's get out of the car." Shi Cheng nodded.

Shi Cheng and the three of them got out of the car together, Zhang Tian and the two nursing homes were beside the three of them, and a group of six people walked into the gate of Wangyun Tower together.

"How many sons, do you have an appointment?" A guy greeted him and asked respectfully, there were a lot of people in strange costumes on the street during this time, and the mask on Iron Mask's face did not surprise him.

"The seat booked by Zhao Guanren should be on the third floor." Zhang Tian said.

"It's a guest of Zhao Guanren." The man nodded, "A few sons are here to listen to the lunchtime of the lark girl, please come with me." ”

Under the guidance of the guys in the store, the group went all the way up to the third floor and came to a private room. Zhang Tian and the three of them waited outside the inner door of the private room, while Shi Cheng and the three of them pushed open the inner door and walked in.

"Shi Cheng, Little Brother Wu, Tie Gongzi, you are here." Zhao Ping was already sitting in the private room, and when he saw Shi Cheng and the three of them come in, a smile appeared on his somewhat tired face.

"Lord Zhao, I haven't seen you for many days." Shi Cheng took the lead in saying hello, and after Wu Neng and Tie Mian greeted Zhao Ping in turn, the six of them sat down separately.

After Zhao Ping gave a few words to the guy, the guy nodded and hurried out. Soon, a few hors d'oeuvres and two jugs of cider were served.

"In the past few days, the yamen has been strictly inspected, and I can't drink freely, so I can only use fruit wine instead, and I hope you don't want to be surprised." Zhao Ping said.

"Lord Zhao, you are too polite, I think the fruit wine is better than other wines." Wu Neng said with a smile.

"If you like it."

Shi Cheng looked at the private room in front of him, and he found that this private room was not isolated, the entire private room was connected to the hall in the center of the third floor, and there were other doorways with curtains on the walls of the hall, presumably connected to other private rooms.

The entire third floor is so ingeniously designed that the guests in the private rooms can only see the dancing girls playing in the center of the hall, but not the guests in the other private rooms, even when the curtains are opened.

Tie Mian glanced at the dishes and chopsticks on the table and asked, "Lord Zhao, there should be more than just the three of us as your guests today, right?" ”

"That's right, there are two more." Zhao Ping replied.

"You look tired lately." Shi Cheng asked suddenly.

"Ugh." Zhao Ping rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Don't hide it, I'm afraid I won't be in the criminal procuratorate for long." ”

Shi Cheng and the others were taken aback, and Wu Neng asked a little anxiously, "Why is this?" ”

Zhao Ping sighed again, and then talked to Shi Cheng and the others about the things he encountered after returning to Beijing.

After listening to Zhao Ping's experience, Shi Cheng's brows were already furrowed very much, and he hurriedly asked, "So, your country really doesn't have the idea of investigating the Xieyang Dao case?" ”

Wu Neng said angrily: "Old Shi, no wonder the Lord of the Western Desert is also pushing back in front of you, I think he may be secretly colluding with the Lu Clan!" ”

"Wu Gongzi is cautious!" Zhao Ping hurriedly interrupted Wu Neng, and then he turned to Shi Cheng, "Shi Cheng, when you were summoned to the palace by the king that time, you also mentioned the matter of the Lu clan in person?" ”

Shi Cheng nodded helplessly, and then said, "But for some reason, the lord of your country is indifferent to my proposal and doesn't seem to believe Shi's words. ”

"How can this be ......" Zhao Ping lowered his head, looking a little anxious.

"Shi didn't think that the Lord of the Western Desert would have any collusion with the Lu Clan, otherwise it would be easy for the Lu Clan to deal with Shi. It seems to me that there may be another reason why the king of your country behaved in this way. ”

"Another reason?"

"Lord Zhao, Shi has something I want to ask you, before and after the Xieyang Dao case, did there happen in the villages and inside and outside the city in the relevant area other things that seemed to have nothing to do with the Lu Clan, but would make your government feel suspicious?"

Zhao Ping thought carefully for a while, and finally shook his head with some distress, and said, "Maybe my level is not enough, at least I can't think of anything that can influence the king's mind in this matter." ”

However, Zhao Ping is not out of luck, "That's it, in a few days, I plan to have a drink with the people in the internal guard, and I'll ask over there when the time comes." After all, the Criminal Procuratorate is no better than the internal guards in terms of ears, eyes and powers, and I don't know, maybe they can know something. ”

"Then there is Lord Lao Zhao." After Shi Cheng finished speaking, he toasted Zhao Ping.

The more important things have been said, although everyone is worried, but for now, they can only wait for Zhao Ping to go back to find new clues, and after the four of them have a drink, they began to talk about other topics.

"Today is the day when the Abyssal City Lord arrives in the Western Desert, won't drinking with me, a Hita at this juncture, cause you any trouble?" Shi Cheng asked.

"So today I'm in civilian clothes, so it's a secret trip. Besides, I'm afraid I'm not far from being transferred right now, and the things related to the Abyss City Lord won't fall on my head for a while. Zhao Ping said as he pointed to his clothes, "Besides, I haven't revealed your identity to the store here, and they won't know who you are." ”

"But my face is not the face of the Cold Moon after all, and you can still see the difference when you look closer." Shi Cheng said half-jokingly.

"It's okay, it's not that there are no foreign merchants coming to do business in Wangcheng, you people in the Western Continent all look the same, how can the ordinary people tell who is from which country, as long as you keep a low profile, it doesn't matter." Zhao Ping didn't take what Shi Cheng said to heart.

Wu Neng looked at the door of the private room and asked with some curiosity: "Lord Zhao, aren't there still two guests, why haven't they come yet?" ”

Zhao Ping looked at the hourglass on the cabinet on the side and said, "Come on, count the time, they are about to arrive." One of them is my cousin Xu Jincheng, whom you have already met in Huibao Pavilion before. The other one, in fact, wants to come and meet you. ”

"Want to come and see us?" Iron Mask's tone was a little confused.

"That's right, his name is Qu Changqing, he is my senior in the Criminal Procuratorate, he resigned from the Criminal Procuratorate three years ago, and now he is serving as the elder of the Martial Arts in the Western Desert Martial Academy."

"We don't know this man, why does he want to come to see us?" Shi Cheng asked.

"Maybe it's because I used to work in the Criminal Prosecutor's Office. After listening to me talk about the Xieyang Dao case, he seems to be very interested in you. ”

Shi Cheng didn't say anything more, but he felt a little strange in his heart.

Soon, the guy who had just brought the wine and food walked in and said respectfully, "Zhao Guanren, your two friends have arrived. ”

"The congestion on the road made my cousin wait for a long time." There was a familiar voice outside the door, and when he looked up, he saw that Xu Jincheng had already pushed open the door of the private room and walked in.

"Ah Ping, I've been waiting for a long time." Another unfamiliar voice came from behind Xu Jincheng, Shi Cheng looked at it, and saw a rather bookish middle-aged man following Xu Jincheng into the room.

"Senior brother has also arrived." Zhao Ping hurriedly stood up to greet Qu Changqing.

Xu Jincheng said with a smile: "I happened to meet Brother Qu on the way here, so I came over together." ”

Zhao Ping introduced each other to everyone, "Shi Gongzi, Wu Gongzi, Tie Gongzi, you should have already met Cousin Jincheng, the senior brother next to him is my senior brother, named Qu Changqing, and now he is serving as an elder in the Western Desert Martial Academy. Senior brother, these three sons have helped the younger brother a lot in the Xieyang Dao case, and I have already introduced their identities to you when I visited the Martial Arts Academy last time. ”

Qu Changqing didn't immediately greet Shi Cheng and the others, his face looked very strange, and after glancing at the hall in the center of the third floor invisibly, he arched his hand and said to Shi Cheng and the three of them: "The three of you have helped me a lot on the Xieyang Road before, and Qu has thanked you here." ”