The old bustard immediately knelt down and said in a panic: "My lord, don't you scare the old man, you see that all the dignitaries and rich sons from my Spring Festival Mansion are all high-ranking officials and rich sons, how can they harbor thieves?"

Li Chengdong helped the old bustard up and said, "What is the old mother anxious about? The official just said casually, the Yingchun Building here is a place where the old mother is a place to chant poetry and vassal elegance, how can she have the courage to do that headless thing?"

The old bustard said, "No, my lord, you can scare the old mother to death." The old body is just protecting the family and protecting the mouth, and the business is serious, if you open a golden mouth, let those military uncles not come to my building to make trouble. The old body is grateful, and in the future, any delicious person must be thinking about you. ”

Li Chengdong said: "Old mother, is it that this Celin Army has recently come to your building to make trouble, you say something, this official will be in charge of you." ”

The old bustard said: "That's not it, it's just that now the war is in chaos, there is burning, killing and looting everywhere, and there is no bottom in the old body and mind. ”

Xu Qing was hidden on the side, listening to the old bustard say a lot of left and right sentences, nothing more than one purpose, but she was so fanciful that she thought that this old bustard really deserved to be a person who had been in turmoil for a long time.

After the two of them spoke, Li Chengdong walked up the stairs, arrived at the corridor, turned back to the house, turned his head and suddenly saw Xu Qing behind him, so frightened that Li Chengdong leaned against the door and couldn't move, seeing Xu Qing's cold face, he pretended to be fine, opened the door and entered the house, Xu Qing followed in, and closed the incense door.

Ye Ji was in the house, a fragrant woman on the couch, her eyes were slightly dark, and when she saw Li Chengdong entering the house, she immediately had a light in her eyes, staring at Li Chengdong with a face full of grievances.

Li Chengdong was also full of pity, Xu Qing smiled and said, "Master, we have been out for so long, you haven't done anything to this woman?"

Ye Ji said angrily: "What are you talking about?"

Li Chengdong looked at Ye Ji, and Ye Ji said: "This head is still a little disciplined. ”

Then he said, "Who have you been going to see?"

Li Chengdong said: "It was one of my military deputies, and he said that the Sellin Army asked me to wave a part of the sergeants for their use, and went out of the city to find the five soldiers who did not know their whereabouts." ”

Ye Ji said: "What do you have to say?" Li Chengdong said: "The lower official intends to let the two Donglin soldiers who pretend to be the lower officials go out of the city to investigate with the lower officials, so as to ensure that there is no worries." ”

Xu Qing said: "My lord, do you think this Serin army is so easy to fool? They even have to compare the portraits of their own soldiers one by one, count the number of people one by one, how can they let go of your Donglin army?"

Li Chengdong said: "The official is in charge himself, what do they dare to do?"

Ye Ji said: "My lord still has to think of a complete strategy, after all, this is not involving the lives of two people." ”

Li Chengdong calmed down, pondered carefully, and suddenly a thought flashed, and said to the two: "Don't worry, the two of you have your own way, after all, this is still the east of the city, those Selin troops are just bluffing, see how the official governs them." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Xu Qing said, "My lord is really thoughtful?" Li Chengdong said: "Don't worry, the hero, everything is on this official." Ye Ji said: "Please also ask the lord to inform the old man of the detailed plan." ”

Li Chengdong had no choice, so he had to inform them one by one, and the three of them finished discussing. Xu Qing glanced at Ye Ji, and saw Ye Ji nodding, it seemed that he recognized this plan, so he relaxed, and the two were about to leave, but they saw Li Chengdong and said: "Two heroes, please also untie Zhi'er's acupoint, and the lower officials are grateful." ”

I saw that Ye Jitou didn't look back, and opened the door with Xu Qing, and Xu Qing was about to persuade. But when he saw Ye Ji's back finger, a light immediately flowed to the woman's chest, and the woman's chest hurt, so she bent down, the acupoint had been solved, and she was buried in Li Chengdong's arms and cried.

Xu Qing was shocked, thinking that the finger power of this leaf trace was so profound, and he vaguely remembered that this leaf trace was a master of making swords, why was the finger power so good? The person who had the finger power should be Xiao Song, it was not that these two people were from the same family, and the exercises were also somewhat similar. In short, according to the current situation, it is even more difficult to get rid of this leaf trace.

Master Zhao Sheng taught him two secret books, and he didn't have time to practice, let alone be able to defeat this old man, so he had to outwit him if he couldn't attack.

Xu Qing thought like this, and the two of them had already gone out to the corridor. After turning a few places, I came to the first place under the flower window, which was in a biased position and was not often walked around. Ye Ji saw that there was no one around, so he jumped on the flower window, opened the window door and ran out of the window, and Xu Qing followed behind him and went out of the flower window.

The two climbed up to the house, walked towards the east of the palace, and when they reached the front of the office, they swept into the house, bypassed the stone road, turned into the courtyard, and waited for a place.

said that in the Yingchun Building, the glamorous woman who called Zhi'er fell into Li Chengdong's arms and refused to get up. Li Chengdong spoke softly for a long time, but he didn't see her improve a little, only to see the little girl crying: "What about the adult, the concubine has no life to see the adult in the future, and the adult forgot about the concubine." ”

Li Chengdong said gently: "Baby, don't be temperamental, you see it's okay now." ”

Na Zhi'er said: "My lord, you didn't know that you could scare Zhi'er to death just now, Zhi'er thought that she would never be able to have fun with adults again in this life!"

Li Chengdong said: "Don't say these stupid things, you and I will stay together for the rest of our lives, and we will never be separated again." ”

Na Zhi'er looked at Li Chengdong affectionately and said, "My lord. .. Are you telling the truth?"

Li Chengdong couldn't hold back any longer, and the two lingered again. However, Li Chengdong knew in his heart that he must not miss a big event, so he put on a good official uniform and bid farewell to Zhi'er. Suddenly, he remembered something and said to her: "Zhi'er, don't worry, this official will be fine, and he will definitely find the antidote for you." But if the official can't come back, you have to save the official's life. ”

The woman exclaimed, "My lord, don't scare the concubine, you won't be able to come back." ”

Li Chengdong said: "Bah, crow's mouth, why can't I come back, just in case." If you don't see this official coming here to look for you at dusk today, it means that this official has been held hostage by them. All you have to do is find the Selins and tell us the truth, and they will come to their rescue. ”

The fragrant woman said timidly: "Don't dare to concubine, my lord, don't go, leave them alone, okay?"

Li Chengdong said: "You stupid girl, don't you know that you have been poisoned by that thief? If you don't find the antidote as soon as possible, you and I will be poisoned to death." ”

Seeing that Zhi'er was still in a state of reluctance, Li Chengdongfu hugged him in his arms and said, "Don't worry, this official is the prefect of a city, and his family background is deep, they are just bandits, what do they dare to do with me? ”

Saying goodbye to Zhi'er, Li Chengdong walked out of the house, went down the stairs, took out the gold ingot, and handed it to the bustard. The old bustard's face was happy, all the way out, Li Chengdong walked to the yamen, the guards were already waiting in front of the yamen, seeing Li Chengdong coming, he hurriedly came over and said: "My lord, you are back, there is a bit of a hurry, we should dispatch soldiers as soon as possible." ”

Li Chengdong said: "What's the hurry? Panicked, what kind of system, you transfer more patrol troops over, remember, the more the better, don't miss a single one." Those who excuse themselves to recuperate at home and help at home, don't let them go, and pull them all over to me. ”

The protector said, "Yes, the subordinates have orders." ”

Just as he was about to turn around and walk away, Li Chengdong suddenly said: "But there is still a military uniform in the east?"

Li Chengdong said: "There are dozens of guards in my house, let them go with them." The guard said: "There are hundreds of patrols in this city, so how can you use your guards." ”

Li Chengdong sneered: "If you want to take it, you can take it, what so much nonsense." ”

went away to gather the soldiers, Li Chengdong walked into the mansion and gathered all the guards in the mansion. At the right time, Xu Qing and Ye Ji had already changed into a guard shirt, mixed in the palace guard, and stood in the last row. Those guards saw that the two were a little strange, but they didn't care so much. After all, the palace guards rarely went out of the mansion, and they had never seen the portraits on the walls, so they couldn't tell who these two were.

Just a little greeting, asked about the names of the two, Xu Qing replied with a smile: "My father and I just arrived in the mansion, became guards, begged for a bowl of rice, and hoped that the eldest brother would take care of it." ”

The man smiled: "Don't worry, I'll cover you in the future, but your father is also here as a guard, which is a bit abrupt." ”

Xu Qing said: "Big brother, you know, the family is poor, otherwise how can you let the eldest brother take care of it, do you say it." ”

The man said, "Good brother, whoever dares to bully you two in the future, just tell me!"

Xu Qing hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, big brother." ”

At this time, Li Chengdong had already come to everyone and said to everyone: "I gathered everyone today to cooperate with them to go out of the city to find thieves in response to the will of the imperial court. You don't need to do anything, just follow the procession, and keep an eye on the movement around you when you go outside the city. ”

Everyone received the order, and after a while, the major shareholders gathered outside the yaya, and the protector Mo Fan ordered people to send dozens of sets of military uniforms into the yaya.

Li Chengdong saw the soldiers coming in with military uniforms, so he ordered the housekeeper to distribute the uniforms. Due to the urgency of time, no matter the size, the government guard can only settle for the future, after all, he will only go out of the city once, and he will never return in the future.

The guards went back to the room to change their clothes, and when they came out, the housekeeper asked them to gather outside the palace. Xu Qingye was naturally the same, so it was natural for him to blend into the Donglin army, and when the sergeants saw the two unfamiliar faces, they thought they were the guards. Except for the one who had just known the two in the mansion, the rest of the palace guards saw the two and regarded them as Donglin sergeants.

As a result, the army was pulled out, and the two of them were safe and sound, and then reached the entrance of the city, and Huang Zhi, the guard of the city gate, saw that Li Zhifu led a group of eastern troops to come, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the prefect to personally lead the troops, but the last general opened his eyes." ”

Li Chengdong, who was riding a red fox horse, sneered: "Does General Huang think that a civil official in this prefect's mansion is a weak person who can't ride a horse and can't lead soldiers?" Huang Zhi hurriedly said: "The last general lost his words and injured the adult by mistake, I hope the adult will forgive me." Li Chengdong said: "Since there was a misunderstanding, please ask General Huang to get out of the way, I will go out of the city to find the thief." ”

Huang Zhidao: "Don't worry, just because that thief once disguised himself as my Sergeant Sergeant and infiltrated the city. To this day, the whereabouts of the seven soldiers are unknown.

In order to prevent thieves from repeating the old tricks, please also ask your lordship to allow the subordinates of the last general to inspect and inspect. ”

Li Chengdong said: "What do you mean by this? Don't you say that this official harbors thieves?"

Huang Zhidao: "My lord really misunderstood the last general, what does the last general mean, but this thief is strong in martial arts and scheming." If you are afraid of mistakes, it is better to be cautious. ”

Li Chengdong said: "That's it, if you want to check, check it, but there are a lot of troops in the east." If you had checked them one by one, the thief would have fled. ”

Huang Zhidao: "According to the adult's opinion, what should I do?"

Li Chengdong thought for a while, and suddenly said: "There should be more than one portrait of that thief, you can find more to hand over to the lieutenant general of this official, and let him quickly check it, which is much faster." ”

Huang Zhidao: "My lord is wise, and I will arrange this in the end." ”

He said to Serin, "You go and get all the portraits in the general's camp." ”

The soldier received the order, rode to the barracks, returned a moment, handed the drawing paper to the protector Mo Fan, Mo Fan took the painting, and said to Li Chengdong: "Who should this portrait be given to my lord?"

Li Chengdong dismounted and said: "If there is anything to be entangled in, just give it to him." ”