Midnight.

Four fast horses drove out of Tianshu Town and galloped north in the moonlight.

It was the direction of Uehara Prefecture, the capital seat of Namigun.

Four fast horses and two people, Wang Qilin and Xu Da changed horses halfway and rushed to Shangyuan Mansion as fast as possible.

Binh Duong Province is relatively close to Sangahara Province, half of them are connected to each other, and the other half is embedded in part of Da Ping Province.

Daping Province and these two prefectures show a triangular geographical posture, it has a rare plain area in the whole county, and the land is fertile, which is the granary of the county.

That's why the Wu clan wants to enter the Shangyuan Mansion so much, as long as they hold the Shangyuan Mansion and Pingyang Mansion, the Daping Mansion in the middle has no danger to defend, so they have to obediently make a granary for the Wu family.

The city of Shangyuan Mansion is deep and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the people of Pingyang Mansion are fierce, the arrogant soldiers are like clouds and rain, and there is a granary to supply food, so once the Wu clan rebels, things will be more troublesome, and it is not difficult for the imperial court to solve them, but it always takes some effort.

The fast horse galloped, the two did not rest, after crossing the Daping Mansion, they continued to go north, this section of the road is very easy to walk, all the way to the Shangyuan Mansion is flat.

After rushing to the capital city of Shangyuan Prefecture, Wang Qilin saw the fortress-level city for the first time.

Other prefectures such as Yunzhou Mansion have tall and sturdy walls and a hand-excavated moat, while Pingyang Mansion does not even have a decent city wall and moat.

This is not the case with the Uehara Prefecture, which has tall walls on all sides and is surrounded by natural hazards: it is bordered by the original mountain in the east, the Daqiu Mountain in the back, and the river in the west, and the river flows in the southwest corner of the city to the south, and finally half-encircles the castle like a belt.

This kind of natural danger has a unique name in feng shui, called the waist around the green dragon, the back against the white tiger, and also has a unique name in the military, called the Xiangshan Belt River.

The city is magnificent, and the city walls are neat.

The world is strong!

Wang Qilin stood on the other side of the river and looked at the county government from afar, and couldn't help but feel a heroic feeling in his heart, and said: "This is a serious big city, when can we be an official here?"

Xu Da took off the water bladder, poured two mouthfuls of water to moisten his throat, and muttered: "Two peaks, green snails and one stream, ten miles of city and half into the mountain!"

"Good poetry, good poetry. This evaluation was given by himself.

Wang Qilin smiled and crossed the bridge to a city gate.

There are four city gates and four city towers here, the east is called "Ziyang", the west is called "Changqing", the south is called "Diecui", and the north is called "Gongji".

The city gate is equipped with an urn coupon heavy gate, the road under the gate is made of blue stone, and the door opens two convenient gates along the river section, a horse gate, and a water post gate.

Seeing them appear on horseback, some soldiers shouted from afar: "Go to the horse gate, don't go to the main gate!"

But Wang Qilin entered the city from the main gate, and a soldier in armor came up with a gun to stop him: "Who-ah, it's Lord Tiewei of the Heavenly Prison!"

"Get out of the way, this official has urgent business to visit the county guard. Xu shouted.

The soldiers clasped their fists and saluted, and personally found two tall and sturdy soldiers to open the way in front.

The layout of the entire ancient city of Shangyuan is built along the mountain and the river, it is long from east to west, short from north to south, with a bell and drum tower as the core area, and then opens up four wide avenues to the southeast and northwest.

The important buildings in the city are built according to these four avenues, the yamen of the county town, the yamen of the fucheng, the Wenzhi Pavilion, the Wenchang Pavilion, the Chenghuang Temple, the University Academy, the Hanlin Academy, the Confucian Temple, etc., are distributed from the center of the city to the east, and the west is mostly barracks, such as the large and small martial arts fields, the school captain camp, the elite cavalry camp and so on.

This layout of the city follows the traditional regulation of the left and the right, with the east as the left and the west as the right.

Wang Qilin went directly into the county government, and the lieutenant who led the way took him directly into the back hall of the government and said, "Two lords, please rest here for a while, and the county guard will deal with urgent official business, and then I will come to see you." ”

"Thank you. The two clenched their fists.

The lieutenant stepped back to leave, and hesitated before going out: "I have to remind you two words of humiliation, I hope the two adults are here and don't go out for a stroll." In order to protect the safety of the county guard, the imperial court installed many masters in the yamen. ”

"In addition, Lord Liu used to go to the northwest frontier in his early years, and he also brought back some masters of the Western Regions, these people are moody and hiding, if the two adults accidentally bump into them, there may be some trouble. ”

Wang Qilin gave Ambassador Xu a look, and Xu Da leaned up and asked in a low voice: "May I ask what masters are there in this mansion?" ”

The lieutenant hesitated and didn't want to speak, Xu Da reached out and stuffed it into his sleeve and smiled at him.

Seeing this, the lieutenant also smiled, and he said: "Okay, the humble position should also remind the adults two more words, Lord Liu has four secret guards by his side, they are superb and treacherous, there is a master disciple of the Pure Yang Palace, who has unparalleled swordsmanship, and there is a little monk who often takes him with him......

Wang Qilin asked, "Is Lord Liu practicing Buddhism now?"

The lieutenant said: "Yes, Lord Liu used to be an official in the Western Regions Frontier. There are many people in the Western Regions who are still Buddhas, so Lord Liu also likes to study Buddhism. ”

Wang Qilin nodded: "I see." ”

Liu Bo didn't treat the two lightly, the three of them chatted for a while, and footsteps sounded outside the door, and when they heard the voice, the lieutenant hurriedly waited at the door and opened the door.

First, Liu Sheng, a disciple of the Pure Yang Palace, who liked to have a straight face, entered the house, and then Liu Bo appeared in front of them.

At this time, it was almost late October, and two months had passed since the last time the two sides met.

Compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Bo is now clearer, and he no longer wears a wide and plain scholar's robe, but changes to a red official robe.

After the two sides met, Wang Qilin saluted and said, "The lowly Wang Qilin pays a visit to the county guard. ”

Liu Bo smiled lightly and beckoned: "Please, you are the official I personally brought up, you and I feel like teachers and students, so you don't have to call me Lord in private, just call me Mr. Wenhuai." ”

Wang Qilin thought of Wu Weilai and Wu Xingde, these two people have always called Liu Bo Mr. Wenhuai, so the two of them and Liu Bo are also like teachers and students?

He subconsciously thought about it, and Xu Da rubbed the pole and climbed up: "Yes, Mr. Wenhuai." ”

Liu Bo looked at him kindly and smiled: "Lord Xu, it's better to call this official Lord County Shou." ”

Xu Da sneered.

Liu Bo asked Wang Qilin: "Xiao Qi, why are you in such a hurry to find me?"

Wang Qilin looked at Liu Sheng and said, "Back to Mr. Wenhuai, this official has something important to report." ”

Liu Sheng stood in front of Liu Bo with a big sword on his expressionless face, and he didn't see his eyes.

Liu Bo laughed and said: "Liu Sheng is his own person, you can rest assured of him, he can know what I can know." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Okay, Lord Liu, this official has roughly investigated the case of the disappearance of the scholar, and has found relevant evidence, and now I am here to report the details of the case to the adult." ”

Liu Bo frowned and said, "Oh, you found out the facts of the case so quickly, no wonder Ge Shuai wanted to recommend you to me, you are really a talent." Come, sit down, and tell me the case. ”

Wang Qilin said: "Lord Liu, first of all, I will report to you the situation of these sixty-three missing scholars, they are not dead now, but have become sheep and are being grazed around by a powerful man!"

"What?" Liu Bo was dumbfounded.

Wang Qilin continued: "Secondly, I would like to report to you the hidden facts of this case, the Pingyang Wu clan has cultivated the evil art of reversing the dry spirit, this evil art can deprive people of their lives, these sixty-three scholars are the beneficiaries, they originally had an ordinary fate, but they snatched away the good fortunes of some people who have rich and noble futures. ”

"One of the victims is a child from Daliushu Township, he was angry with the land of Daliushu Township, and the land was angrily sued in the Nine Secluded Mansion, and the matter involved the gods, and the powerful man I mentioned earlier was the descendant of the ancient gods, and he took this and walked the world, and turned all the beneficiaries into rams for grazing. ”

Liu Bo stood up violently, and he said sharply: "This matter is so serious? Do you have evidence? Otherwise, the matter is very involved, don't talk nonsense!"

Wang Qilin said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense, I have already obtained evidence, and the two major evidences are dead and alive." ”

"The evidence of his death is that Sun Wu Jinghui, the sixteenth generation of the Pingyang Wu clan, died in the Heavenly Master Palace, and he took away the fate of the dead scholar Feng Liang!"

"The living evidence is Xiaoyin Jingming in Daliushu Township, the Wu family exchanged the fate of a little boy to his nephew, and he was strictly guarded in the lowly post house at this time!"

Liu Bo frowned and said, "Is the matter the Wu Clan's doing?"

"Sure!"

Wang Qilin is very sure.

Liu Bo groaned and asked, "Are these two pieces of evidence sufficient?" Wu Jinghui is this person, I know, he is the most promising monk of the younger generation of the Wu Clan, the youngest Heavenly Master in the Heavenly Master Palace, he is actually dead, if he is dead, how can he still be used as evidence?"

Wang Qilin said: "Although he is dead, the ghost of the scholar Feng Liang, who was taken away by him, has not dispersed, and his ghost can be found and his ghost can be used as evidence." And after the reverse dry evil art is performed, it will leave traces, and these traces are evidence. ”

"The most important thing!"

"The sixty-three missing scholars are not dead, they are still alive, they have just turned into sheep, so after finding them, turn them back, they are all evidence!"

Liu Bo asked, "Can you find them?"

Wang Qilin said: "The powerful man who punished them did not deliberately hide, as long as Mr. Wen Huai ordered this person and the flock to be tracked everywhere, they would definitely be found." ”

Liu Bo nodded slowly.

He thought for a while and said, "Xiao Qi, you have to think clearly, this case involves the Wu family, and one bad thing is to slander the imperial court officials, I'm afraid that I will lose my head, so do you have conclusive evidence?"

Wang Qilin said solemnly: "Mr. Wenhuai, rest assured, the evidence of despicability is conclusive!"

"Then how sure are you that you will bring down the Wu Clan?" he asked again.

Wang Qilin thought for a while and said, "Ninety out of eight." ”

Liu Bo was silent, this time he was silent for a long time, a full time of incense.

After the silence, he asked: "Xiao Qi, in fact, the truth of this case is confusing, if you can't find out the truth, put this case on hold for two or three years, and wait until the saint forgets the case, the case will be revealed." ”

After speaking, he stared at Wang Qilin and asked softly, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Qilin hugged his fists and said: "The lowly duty understands, but the lowly duty is a tendon and a dead eye, since the truth of the case has been discovered, I want the truth to be revealed to the world, and give an explanation to the saints, the victims, and the people of Limin!"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng looked at him for the first time after entering the door.

Liu Bo asked, "What do you want to do?"

Wang Qilin said in a deep voice: "The humble post has already passed the order to Ge Shuai, Zhong Wuqi Jin General, Taiba Yin General, and Zhao Lin Tongwei, and made a statement of the case, asking them to come to Pingyang Mansion to try the Wu clan together. ”

Liu Bo nodded.

Wang Qilin said again: "But Wu Hanlin and Wu Jingzhan father and son are high-ranking officials of the imperial court, if they only listen to the heavenly supervisor to try the case, it will inevitably be a little arbitrary, so I humbly ask Mr. Wen Huai to go to Pingyang Mansion with him to inquire about the Wu family!"

Liu Bo took a cup of tea and drank two sips, he put down the teacup and said: "Liu Sheng, please give an order to the county lieutenant, and ask the lieutenant of the Tun cavalry to order the soldiers of the elite cavalry battalion, and one day later, this official will lead them to practice mountain warfare." ”

"Shangyuan Mansion has low mountains and few forests, Daping Mansion is all flat land, and there are many hills in Pingyang Mansion, this official will take them to Pingyang Mansion to practice this time!"

Liu Sheng arched his hand and said, "Obey the orders of the adults." ”

Liu Bo said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, you take a rest and go back early, if there is anything, you contact me in time, and the official is waiting for your news at any time." ”

He was about to leave, and Wang Qilin said again: "Mr. Wenhuai, I came to see you this time and brought a private letter, which was handed over to you by Wu Xingde, a head catcher in Pingyang Prefecture, who asked me to pass it on to you, he said that this letter is very important, and you must read it." ”

A bamboo tube appeared in his hand, which was double-sealed with wax oil and sealing paper, and looked full of mystery.

Liu Bo frowned and took the bamboo tube and opened it, but he didn't look at the letter paper he took out, but peeled off the inner layer of the bamboo tube.

This inner layer is the real letter paper.

He saw that his complexion had changed drastically, and he subconsciously took two steps back.

Wang Qilin made a gesture to help him.

But just as he was about to step forward, Liu Sheng slapped the big sword in his hand and drew his sword: "Go back, don't move!"

Liu Bo hid the inner layer of the bamboo tube in his sleeve, and he hurriedly said: "Xiao Qi, you arrange your own itinerary, I have to deal with other things, and we will meet in Pingyang Mansion in two days." ”

Wang Qilin was inexplicable, and Xu Da muttered: "What is written in this letter? Why is Mr. Wenhuai so out of shape?"

Liu Bo shook the sleeves of his robe majestically, and said: "Silence! Remember, Wu Xingde didn't give you any letters, you came by yourself!"

Wang Qilin said: "Yes, I haven't seen Wu Zhutou since I went out. ”

Liu Bo waved his hand with a gloomy face, and then hurried away.

Liu Sheng put away his sword and followed, and when he came to the door, he couldn't help but turn around and give a thumbs up to Wang Qilin and the two.

Xu Dahui gave him a thumbs up and a middle finger.

Liu Sheng didn't understand the meaning of this gesture and left inexplicably.

Wang Qilin coughed and said, "Master Xu, don't make this gesture in the future, okay?"

Xu Da asked, "Why?"

Wang Qilin said: "If people give you a thumbs up, you can also give a thumbs up." ”

Xu Dadao: "But according to the rules, I have to thank people for their praise of us, so I first raised my middle finger to express my gratitude and then gave him a thumbs up." ”

Wang Qilin said patiently: "Who told you that the middle finger is a sign of gratitude?"

Xu laughed, he said earnestly: "Seventh Master, you haven't been in the rivers and lakes, so you don't understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, this is the meaning of gratitude in the rivers and lakes, I don't believe you go to ask the chief, he must know this rule after walking the rivers and lakes for many years." ”

Wang Qilin was stunned when he heard this.

Isn't that?

The two of them had been on the road all night last night, so they rested until noon, and after lunch and bought something, they rode back.

When I returned to Tianshu Town in this way, it was already night, and the moonlight was not good tonight, and the clouds were constantly passing through, so the stars and moon were intermittent.

Wang Qilin rode down the street, saw the post house, and saw two women standing on both sides of the street.

On one side is the door of the fifth taste, Suisui Lady is leaning on the door panel and smiling, and on the other side is the door of the post house, a slender plain-clothed woman wearing a white veil of the same color is on guard.

Although Wang Qilin couldn't see the expression of the plain-clothed woman, he could feel that she was very nervous and anxious, and the cold night breeze blew, but her clothes were motionless.

The whole person was tense like a bow.

The horse's hooves made a crunch on the pavement, and the Suisui lady turned her head around her arms and smiled at him, and turned back to the restaurant.

The white-veiled woman's clothes were suddenly shaken by the night wind.

Wang Qilin dismounted and asked, "Hey, why are you here this lady? Are you here to send me the spirit of the incense god?"

He recognized the identity of the white-veiled woman from afar, it was the weasel fairy girl he saw in the Wufu Temple that night.

The woman saluted him very gently, and said softly: "Lord Hui, that's exactly the case." ”

Wang Qilin beckoned her into the post house, and the woman smiled and said, "It's getting late, and it's not good for a woman from the slave family to enter the post house with an adult, so it's better to hand over your spirit here to you." ”

"You leave it to my family chief," Wang Qilin was afraid of being fooled by her, "Don't be afraid, there are many people in the post house, and no one will gossip." ”

The woman is speechless, is the slave afraid of gossip? The slave is afraid of the woman of your pair!

Wang Qilin took her into the post house, Xie Toad came out, saw the woman hurriedly handed him a piece of jade, then turned around and ran.

Seeing this, Wang Qilin stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "It's all here, why are you in a hurry to leave?

Xu Da was stunned when he saw it, and muttered, "It's a fucking hooligan." ”

Wang Qilin hurriedly explained: "The lady misunderstood, I have something I want to ask you." ”

The woman said helplessly: "Adults ask here, the slave child is still at home, and now he is in a hurry to go home and feed the child." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Dare to ask what the lady is called?"

"The adult can call the slave family Guan Niangzi. ”

"Guan Guan Niangzi?Okay, then may I ask Guan Guan Niangzi, do you know the woman who confronted you just now?"

Guan Guan Niangzi was stunned and said with a wry smile: "The slave family doesn't know her, and the other adults may have some misunderstanding about the word confrontation." ”

Wang Qilin said disappointedly: "Then do you know her skills? She is better than you, right?"

Guan Guan Niangzi looked left and right, and suddenly reached out and pinched a trick while Xie Toad was not paying attention, and the whole person turned into a yellow mist and dissipated with the night wind.

Ran away.

Wang Qilin nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that Suisui Lady is much more powerful than this Yellow Fairy Lady." ”

Xie Toad stroked his beard and smiled: "Seventh Master, since you are so curious about her, why don't you go directly to her and try her skills?"

Wang Qilin said with a straight face: "No, Sui Sui didn't appear next to me for a while, since she didn't want to show me everything, she naturally had her considerations, why did I have to ask? What is the most important thing between men and women? Do you know?"

Xu Da nodded: "Live well." ”

"Get out! it's trust, trust!" Wang Qilin couldn't help but choke his neck.

Xu Da was shaken like the tiniest heather tree in the yard, and he hurriedly said: "It's trust, it's trust, I remember wrong, Seventh Master!"

Wang Qilin asked again: "Do you know what is the most important thing to maintain the temptation between men and women?"

Xu Da said cautiously: "It's your turn to live this time, right?"

Wang Qilin shook his fist.

Xu Da hurriedly shouted: "It's trust, it's trust!"

Wang Qilin punched him: "Are you stupid? It's a mystery! It's a mystery!"

Xu Da gave a thumbs up and middle finger in admiration and said, "Yes, yes, what the Seventh Master said is right." ”

Wang Qilin said depressedly: "Why are you stretching out your middle finger to me again?"

Xu Dadao: "I'm thanking you for teaching us the experience of getting along with men and women." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yi also hurriedly raised his middle finger at him.

Wang Qilin snorted and turned his head to leave.

Then he heard Shen Yi's voice behind him: "Amitabha, I didn't expect that the seventh master, a young man, is quite experienced in the affairs of men and women, and he has benefited a lot from spraying monks tonight." ”

Xu Da said: "Of course, the poor know how to spend money the most, and the boys are the best at picking up girls, as far as they know a lot of routines." ”

"Why?" Shen Yi asked stunned.

Xu Da said: "Why? Let me give you an example, this is like fighting on the battlefield, recruits practice routines, veterans know that when they go up, they will see red with spears, and everything else is in vain, isn't it Ma Ye?"

Ma Ming nodded: "Yes, but the spear you said is red, is it the same as what I understand?"

Xu Xiaoda's face blushed when he heard this, and he muttered 'insulting Sven' while listening attentively and attentively.

Eight Meow hugged Jiuliu and listened with relish, and gave Xu Da a look: It's a little sassy.

Xie Toad reluctantly stroked his beard and left: "Immeasurable Tianzun, the one who is close to Zhu is red, the one who is close to ink is black, and the one who is close to Xu Da is yellow." ”

He threw the jade block to Wang Qilin, and said: "Seventh Master put it away, this is a piece of dipterocarp incense, which is forbidden to the incense god Qianminpo's spirit, in the future, Lao Dao will find suitable materials for you to make a Qianminpo, and you will refine it to make your sword, so that you can also give full play to the power of the Eight Heavenly Dragon Sword Formation." ”

Wang Qilin caught the jade piece and sniffed it, and wondered: "Ah? This is a piece of dipterocarp? How can it be a jade piece? And there is no fragrance." ”

Xie Toad smiled: "It's just like a jade block, but this is dipterocarp, and its own aroma has been sucked away by the Qianmin woman enshrined by the Huangxian clan." ”

"But the Qianmin woman has to breathe in and exhale, so there is the spirit of the Qianmin woman hidden in it, which is much more precious than the dipterocarp itself, and it has thousands of wonderful uses after refining. ”

Wang Qilin took it into his arms, and it happened that there was still a cyan flame in the creation furnace, so he used it to refine this piece of dipterocarp, so that he didn't have to trouble Xie Toad to find some masters.

He put away the dipterocarp and said: "Dao Chief, you don't have to be a Qianmin woman for me, you help me imitate a person to be a paper man, this time you have to spend a little bit of effort, you must be realistic, I have a wonderful use." ”

Xie Toad said happily: "Leave it to me, but how realistic should it be?"

Wang Qilin said: "This time he is very useful, so he can be as realistic as he can, and it would be best if he could think simply." ”

Xie Toad thought for a while and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, that old Taoist priest is going to use his housekeeping skills. But to fulfill your requirements, we need to have the real body of the humanoid, and I need to get something from him. ”

Wang Qilin said: "You go to the cell with me, and the people are locked inside." ”