After entering the yamen, there were officials who held fires and swords to patrol in formation, Wang Qilin avoided them and approached the second hall, standing in the shadows and waiting for a good opportunity.

In order to protect the safety of the high-ranking officials, Dou Dachun personally led the team on duty, and they surrounded the second hall, and it was really difficult to avoid the eyes and ears of all of them to enter Liu Bo's room.

Fortunately, he had a very hard relationship with Dou Dachun, Xu Dachun went up and whispered a few words to Dou Dachun, Dou Dachun scratched his head in embarrassment, and finally took away a team of guards.

Eight Meow came back quietly and gave Wang Qilin the shape of a broadsword.

The two bedrooms are both inside and outside, with officials living in the inner room and guards or servants in the outer room.

Liu Bo naturally slept in the inner room, while Liu Sheng, a disciple of the Pure Yang Palace, slept in the outer room.

Wang Qilin nodded to Xie Toad, and Xie Toad walked to the window of Liu Bo's room on the occasion of the official errand, took out a talisman and threw it in.

The window opened, and Liu Sheng came out with a sword.

In the bright moonlight, the great sword revealed a cold and clear chill.

Xie Toad took Liu Sheng away, and Wang Qilin jumped in along the window.

At this moment, he already understood the intention of Liu Bo and Zhao Lin to tell him, the two of them did not covet him, otherwise they would not have planted so many people inside and outside the second hall.

So why did he have to go in on his own, away from everyone's eyes and ears?

Liu Bo's skills to be tested.

Wang Qilin turned over and jumped in, and fell to the ground with both hands, silently.

The door of the inner room was closed, and he stepped forward to open the door, and saw Liu Bo smiling at him from behind a desk:

"Lord Wang is really as Lord Zhao said, he is young, but he is thoughtful and skilled. ”

Wang Qilin entered the house, closed the door and saluted: "Xiaguan took the liberty to visit late at night, and I hope that Lord Liu will forgive his sins." ”

Liu Bo waved his hand and said: "How can this be a presumptuous visit? I want you to come, you have done a good job, first transfer away the guards with many people and eyes with connections, and then arrange for subordinate masters to lure away Liu Sheng, who is skilled but inexperienced in the rivers and lakes, very good and has brains." ”

Wang Qilin clenched his fists again.

He didn't know what Liu Bo called him here for tonight, so he closed his mouth tightly.

Liu Bo stood up and walked slowly in the room, and suddenly chanted "Mid-Autumn Festival Moonlit Night for Liu Cao Erjun":

"A few times the flowers sat down and the, and the silver man red wall looked into the distance. It seems that this star is not last night, for whom the wind is exposed and the midnight is upset. Lingering thoughts and pulling out the cocoon, like a sad heart peeling banana. In March and May of three or five years, the poor glass of wine never went away. ”

"Good poetry!"

He turned his head and smiled at Wang Qilin, and asked, "Is this poem really written by Lord Wang?"

Wang Qilin said sincerely: "I saw an old man in my dream, but Xia Guan dared to swear with the lives of his whole family, this poem has not appeared anywhere in the world." The reason why I took it out tonight was because Master Meng ......"

"Meng Zhongxian wants to embarrass you at the night banquet, he knows that you haven't studied, so he wants to beat the drum and pass the flowers to force you to compose poems, so that you will be embarrassed in front of me and Lord Zhao. Liu Bo said with a smile.

Wang Qilin nodded silently.

The prefect is well-informed.

Liu Bo waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then he continued to spin in circles with his hands in circles, staring at him as he turned.

Wang Qilin had no expression on his face, looking calm and waveless, but secretly he was vigorously lifting his anus, carefully guarding against accidents.

After about a stick of incense, Liu Bo suddenly spoke: "On the first day of the first month of August, the autumn test of this county was started, and it lasted three days and officially ended on the third day of the first month of August. There are 2,804 candidates in the county, and 64 will be selected in the end. ”

"But!"

"From the fifth day of August to the eighth day of August, sixty-four students who took the examination disappeared! Later, the body of a scholar was found, and this scholar was very strange, well, it is said that the other sixty-three people disappeared!"

Wang Qilin raised his head violently.

"During this period, an incident happened," Liu Bo said, "On the fourth day of the eighth month, the Landa Monastery in Pingyang Province invited overseas Buddhist monks to come and give lectures, and it was rumored that the monks could bless people and change their fortunes. ”

"The candidates all want to be lifted, and Binh Duong Province is adjacent to the county seat, and at the end of the third autumn of August, almost all the candidates immediately went to the temple in groups to seek the blessings of the monks. ”

"The monk was amiable and compassionate, and he opened a dojo to bless the candidates. Yang Zuo, the iron captain of Pingyang Prefecture, investigated the monks and the temple in depth, but disappeared. ”

"Two things happened, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the holy dragon was furious, and he had already deposed the prefect and governor of the county, and the county's parents, the official assassin Shi, happened to be in poor health, so he took advantage of this incident to sue the old man and return to his hometown. The court needed someone to investigate and deal with the case, so it issued a decree to me three days ago......"

Speaking of this, he stared at Wang Qilin deeply: "Now I am no longer the prefect of Yunzhou Mansion, but the prefect of Taishang Mansion in the county town and acting as the governor of this county!"

The New Han Dynasty followed some of the administrative divisions of the Great Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty divided the country into thirteen states except for the seven counties near Beijing, while the New Han Dynasty divided the world into nine continents, each continent had two to four counties, under the county were a number of prefectures, under the prefecture were a number of county seats, and under the county were a number of villages.

For example, Jixiang County, where Wang Qilin is now located, is under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou Prefecture, and Yunzhou Mansion belongs to the merged county, and the merged county belongs to Zhongzhou.

The county seat of the Nama-gun is its capital city, called Uehara Prefecture, and its administrative status is half a level higher than that of other prefectures.

Liu Bo's promotion from the prefect of Yunzhou Prefecture to the prefect of Shangyuan Prefecture is a promotion, and he also has to act as the assassin of the county, which is a high promotion, and he is already a prince.

But Liu Bo didn't have a happy expression on his face, he frowned and asked, "Lord Wang, you should know the current situation of this official, right?"

Wang Qilin sighed and said: "The imperial court looks at the ability of important people, and wants the adults to stabilize the overall situation of the military and political affairs of the county, and after the adults enter the county town, the top priority is to solve the case of the disappearance of sixty-three scholars and the death of one scholar!"

Liu Bo nodded slowly and said, "These are not ordinary scholars, they are all talents, and they are likely to be the ones who are about to be released." You must know that the Holy Lord rules the country by hundreds of officials, and if these sixty-four people are the people of the county, then it means that there are sixty-four officials missing!"

"Do you know what that means?"

Wang Qilin said: "This is a major event that shakes the foundation of this dynasty!"

Liu Bo said: "Not bad at all! In comparison, a corrupt official Li Ying who was harmed by demons and evil is nothing, and the leakage of your county's annual exam questions is nothing!"

"Cracking this case is the official and our county's top priority, I have asked you for help Song Shuai, but Song Shuai still has important business, I asked him to recommend talents to assist me, originally I thought he would recommend a gold general, no matter how bad it is, it is also a silver general, but no. ”

"He recommended you, a mere Great Seal!"

What can Wang Qilin say? Li Changge really looks up to himself!

Liu Bo said: "I am close friends with Ge Shuai, he will never cheat me, since he recommended you to help me, then I will reuse you! So you think I came to Jixiang County this time because of Li Ying's murder and the leakage of the year's exam questions, right?"

"No, these two things are under the jurisdiction of Lord Cao, and this official is here for you! Lord Zhao is also here for you!"

Wang Qilin nodded silently.

Liu Bo said again: "Yang Zuo, the iron captain of Pingyang Mansion, has disappeared, if you want, you will be the iron captain of Pingyang Mansion from tomorrow." ”

Wang Qilin's heart was shocked, and he said: "Xiaguan has just entered the Heavenly Prison for less than a year......

"You don't have to tell me this, I know it, Ge Shuai said it when he introduced you, but you have solved hundreds of cases, and you have investigated every case clearly, right?" Liu Bo stared at him and asked.

Wang Qilin said that he was not happy or nervous, he felt that everything was a little ethereal, and said: "Maybe it's good luck for humble duties." ”

Liu Bo shook his head and said, "People are not reckless young people, Lord Wang is young, why is he so sophisticated and sleek?

Wang Qilin swallowed his saliva, and suddenly changed his tone and asked: "What is the talent of the sixty-four talents who had an accident? They are talented, has anyone seen how talented they are?"

Liu Bodao: "I don't know these yet. ”

Wang Qilin said: "In other words, it is not clear whether these sixty-four people are going to be on the list of sixty-four people?"

Liu Bodao: "Naturally, how can it be so simple to review the examination papers? So far, their examination papers have not been formally reviewed. ”

Wang Qilin asked again: "Your Excellency asked me to help you solve this case, but you arranged for me to go to Pingyang Mansion to be an iron captain, and it was these sixty-four scholars who had an accident in Pingyang Mansion?"

Liu Bo showed a little smile on his face and said, "Why don't you guess that they are all from Pingyang Mansion?"

Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "The most terrifying thing about this case is that we don't know if these sixty-four people are the sixty-four people in the future, if they all belong to Pingyang Mansion, then this worry can be relieved, and it is impossible for the scholars of Pingyang Mansion to take charge of the whole county." ”

Liu Bo nodded and said: "Yes, they are all missing in Pingyang Mansion, of course the body of one has been found, but the other sixty-three are alive and dead, you have to find them out and dig out the inside information!"

Wang Qilin said: "But I don't understand it, how can I expect such a serious case to be just an iron captain? The imperial court will definitely arrange for other people to investigate this matter, and the humble position thinks that it will not be the turn of the humble official to take the lead in this matter, right?"

Liu Bo sighed and said, "There are some things you can't know, I can only tell you that now the frontier is unstable and some people are in turmoil, and the imperial court has transferred a large number of masters to the four realms." In addition, there seems to be some great magic weapon or power in Jiuzhou, and the imperial court happened to mobilize a group of masters to inquire about this matter a few days ago. ”

"Now that something has happened to the magistrates of this county, and other counties are in turmoil, they also need to mobilize masters to protect their own magistrates. But don't worry, it's not just you who is investigating this case, and there are many people who are responsible for investigating the case. ”

"But," Liu Bo said with blazing eyes, "I hope that you will be the one who finally finds out the facts of the case!"

Wang Qilin pondered for a moment, raised his head again and said: "But the magistrate of this county is responsible for being harmed by demons, and the annual exam questions are leaked, and the lowly position is also responsible." ”

Liu Bo said with a smile: "Li Ying, this person is just a mediocre official, he is insatiable and reckless on weekdays, he has no political achievements, only treachery. Someone has already sued him, saying that he is hiding filth and dirt in the yamen, and turning the righteous place into abalone's wantonness, hum! This kind of person will naturally be harmed by treachery and evil without the protection of dragon energy, and it can be regarded as a screening of heaven to eliminate evil for the imperial court!"

"The leakage of the annual exam questions has nothing to do with you, the local teachings colluded with Li Ying, a thief, and formed a group of parties to exclude you from the power of the government, you don't know where the annual exam questions are kept, how can you talk about protecting the test questions? So this matter is Li Ying's own fault, and it has nothing to do with you!"

Wang Qilin had been worried about it for a long time, and Shangguan pushed away all the responsibility in a few words.

The word soldier has two hands, and the official word has two mouths, which has been the case since ancient times.

At this point, he couldn't refuse, so he clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you for your promotion, and I will do my best to solve the case in order to repay my lord's appreciation." ”

Liu Bo smiled and waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, it is the imperial court that promotes you, it is the saint who appreciates you, and we are just hunting on behalf of the heavens." Also, the officialdom of Pingyang Fucheng is chaotic and the people are complicated, so you have to be careful when you go. ”

"But you are the official's person, just do things, as long as it is to solve the case and serve the Son of Heaven, then there is no need to scruple about what you do, but please give it a go. ”

After telling him a few words, Liu Bo personally opened the door to send him off.

Wang Qilin pushed open the window and was about to jump out, when a muffled voice sounded outside: "Let's go to the front door." ”

Liu Sheng had already returned, holding his big sword and leaning against the wall in a daze.

Xu Da and Xie Toad were waiting outside the yamen, and when they saw Wang Qilin coming out, the two of them came up and asked, "How is it?"

Wang Qilin said: "I'll tell you a good news, I've been promoted." ”

Xu Da couldn't bear it, and comforted him: "The seventh master is fine, men are like this, sometimes they have to compromise with the reality of the dog day in order to make a living." Alas, there is no way to encounter this kind of thing, in fact, it is nothing, a few days ago I was uncomfortable in my intestines, I went to Baicaotang for consultation, and the doctor also gave me a colon open consultation......"

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Wang Qilin glared at him angrily, "Lord Liu wants to be promoted, it just so happens that Pingyang Mansion has encountered a big case, and the iron captain of Pingyang Mansion City has disappeared again, so let me go to act as the iron captain and help him solve the case!"

Xu Da was disappointed: "That's all?"

"What do you think?"

"I thought," Xu Da hehe smiled, and felt that it was wrong, "You didn't do anything, why is Lord Liu so optimistic about you? You must know that Zhang Ruhui is in our Jixiang County, he hates Wu and Wu, he can't promote you, right?"

Wang Qilin said earnestly: "Lord Liu is a clean official and a good official, he knows that I am capable and talented, so he promoted me, and Ge Shuai also said good things for me and recommended me to him, so what's the problem?"

Xu Da no longer doubted, and said cooperatively: "The seventh master is reasonable, and today the seventh master also made a good poem to pat him on the back, well, I didn't see it, seventh master, it turns out that you are a good sycophant, the uncle always thought that he would pat the sycophant, and now I am much worse than the seventh master." ”

Wang Qilin said solemnly: "Seventh Master, I never make sycophants, I rely on real skills. ”

Xie Toad said: "Whether it's sycophants or real skills, what happened to Lord Liu, and it is up to you to solve the case?"

Wang Qilin told the two of them about the case, and after listening to it, the two of them gasped.

Xu Da said in a lost voice: "Sure enough, it's a big case!"

Xie Toad thought for a while and said: "No wonder Lord Liu wants to promote you, I'm afraid it's not that Ge Shuai recommended you, but that Pingyang Mansion has become a mess, the gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, and the person who listens to the heavenly eunuch's ability to deal with this mess refuses to put himself in it, and Lord Liu can only choose you." ”

As soon as he heard this, Xu Da sensitively shouted: "That seventh master has been cheated again!"

Wang Qilin shook his head and said, "What kind of trick is it to give me a promotion?" And he also gave me the opportunity to refuse. So I guess he's not trying to trick me, he's trying to give me a chance to take a risk. ”

Saying that, he sighed facing Mingyue: "Life is always like this in the world, there is no pure good thing, if you want to gain, you must pay." ”

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!

Xie Toad followed and said: "What Lord Wang said is very true, but I always feel that this matter is not as simple as we discussed, is there anything in it that I don't know now?"

Wang Qilin said: "It's okay, Lord Liu will not go to the county seat until the first day of September, and I have to wait for him to take office before he can take office, so we still have time, we can investigate slowly, tomorrow you go to inquire about the situation in Pingyang Mansion, let's prepare in advance." ”

Xu Dadao: "I also sent out my group of splashes, they are mixed in the market, and they will definitely find out some news." and Dou Dachun, this guy is the best gossip, he knows more about things in the officialdom than we do, so I have to ask him. ”

"Well, these are not in a hurry, Xu Ye, tell me about you being asked about being opened in Baicaotang. ”

"Actually, sister oil is ......"

"What's wrong with my sister's oil, what's wrong, my mouth is scooping?" Wang Qilin laughed at him, then stretched out his hands to press his shoulders, and said, "I've heard people say that you have to be in this position for open bowel consultations, right?"

Xie Toad asked, "How can you open it with both hands on your shoulders...... Hey, hey!"

Xu Da was annoyed: "Get out!"

"Tell us how you feel, let's open our eyes!"

The three of them laughed and returned to the post house, and it was already the second half of the night.

The post house has not rested, Uncle Jin, Mu Xi and the Wang family are sitting on the edge of the pond while eating snacks and chatting, laughing and laughing.

Wang Qilin saw that Suisui Niangzi, Bao Da and Hu Tu were also there, so there were many people.

Seeing him enter the door, Uncle Jin smiled and said: "Seventh Master, you came back a little late, the Suisui lady stroked the qin and the Muxi girl danced on the pond before, which is really great." ”

Heidou ran up and said, "Grandpa also said that you were a child, uncle, it turns out that you were very stupid when you were a child." ”

Wang Qilin smiled: "Really?"

Black Bean nodded solemnly.

"Then are you happy to hear it?" Wang Qilin asked again.

Black Bean's eyes narrowed into a slit: "Happy! And I don't have to sleep tonight, I can play all the time, I'm very happy!"

"Then have you finished your homework? Old Master Meng left you homework for the Mid-Autumn Festival, I heard it. ”

The smile on Black Bean's face gradually disappeared and said, "Not happy." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "What?"

Black Bean said pitifully: "When I heard my grandfather talk about you just now, I was not happy at all. ”

Wang Qilin affectionately touched his braids and said, "But when my uncle knew that you had homework that you hadn't done, he was very happy." ”

Black Bean pouted and wanted to cry.

Xu Da comforted him and said, "It's okay, Black Bean, everyone has to stay up all night tonight and don't sleep, so you have time to do your homework, go ahead." ”

Wang Qilin added: "But you don't have a lot of time, it's already the fourth watch and almost the fifth watch, and it's going to be dawn." ”

Black Bean looked up at the sky and cried.

So a candle was lit on a table in the room, a child was holding a brush and struggling to write, and a group of people outside the room were eating snacks and drinking tea around the table, and from time to time they had to sing a song, which was so happy.

The black bean squeezed his eyes and tried to brew a little sleepiness, but he was too excited just now, and he couldn't sleep.

He put down the brush and sighed sadly, and Yameow, who was sleeping on the table, rolled up the brush with his tail and threw it to him, and then pumped the table with his tail.

It's like a gentleman whipping a table.

Black Bean couldn't help it, and left tears of pathos.

He had a hunch that his carefree, happy childhood life was gone.

Seeing that he still didn't write, Hachimeow jumped up all of a sudden, waved his long tail and gestured at him, and shouted "meow" in his mouth: If you don't write again, the whip will whip you!

It scratched Ninety-Six with its little chubby hairy hand, and Ninety-Six screamed blankly: "Six-six-six!"

Hachimeow continued to wave her tail and wagged in front of the black beans, whipping the air and making a 'pop' sound.

With the dog's legs, it flicks the whip more vigorously.