Chapter 234: A Corner of the West City, Ghosts Appear
The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Chu Mofeng disguised himself and appeared in Yizhou as Abdullah, and then was captured by the officers and soldiers of Yizhou for going down the mountain to buy, and Dou Liang, the governor of Yizhou, after receiving the reprimanding tone of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, made up his mind to exterminate the fangs in the Yizhou area after the Qin mission left.
Under the side knocks in the prison, Chu Mofeng learned Dou Liang's true intentions, and according to Chu Mofeng's arrangement, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er encouraged the fangs in the mountains to come and cry out when Qin Cha came.
On the second day, the Qincha guards came to Yizhou, and Xue Yun, who was dressed as Qincha in the car, was in accordance with Chu Mofeng's instructions, and ordered Dou Rail to release the imprisoned fangs Abdullah and Guiduo Fucai, and then Abdullah turned into a Qincha Chu Mofeng in full view of everyone, and under some reprimand, Dou Rail knew that his plan had been revealed, and then Chu Mofeng asked Shang Fang to take out the sword, dismissed Dou Rail and detained him according to the regulations, and ordered Yizhou officials to quickly pacify the people and resume production.
Subsequently, Chu Mofeng did not stay in Yizhou for too long, and then led the Qincha guards back to Chang'an.
The Qincha guards slowly walked on the official road leading to the capital, and in the Qincha carriage, Chu Mofeng threw away the chess pieces in his hand, and said angrily: "Don't play, don't play, Feiyan, you're really amazing, I haven't won a single game in ten consecutive games." ”
"Brother Chu, of course you don't know much about these things that pass the time in your spare time, after all, you are a person who does great things. Twisting lightly, slowly putting the chess pieces on the chessboard into the box one by one, Liu Feiyan smiled and said: "When Pingsu had nothing to do in the mansion, he found a chess game and learned it, and today it was confirmed that this chess game is really right." ”
And Gu Zhen'er, who was sitting in the corner of the carriage, looked at the scenery outside through the car window, and muttered from time to time: There are arbors in the south, and you can't think about it. Han has a wandering girl, unthinkable. The breadth of the Han is incomprehensible. Jiang Zhiyong is incomprehensible.
Hearing Gu Zhen'er suddenly recite this poem, Chu Mofeng's eyebrows jumped, and he cautiously turned his head to look at her, "Zhen'er, is there something wrong with this poem?"
"No, Brother Feng, it's just that I'm about to arrive in Mianzhou, and after Mianzhou, it will be changed to a waterway, and I want to be able to go to Jinzhou to see how beautiful the place where the story originated in your mouth will be. Looking out the window in a daze, maybe even Gu Zhen'er herself didn't notice that a crystal teardrop slipped down quietly from the corner of her springy eyes......
Jinzhou, together with Liangzhou, is the Hanshui Basin, located in an important north-south transition zone, north of the Qinling Mountains, south of the Ba Mountain, north of Chang'an, south of the Yangtze River, the local residents by the mountains and rivers by the mountains and water, life is much richer than other states and counties along the way.
When it comes to Jinzhou, we have to mention Xicheng County, Xicheng County is an important tax town in Jinzhou, although the county is not big, but there are many rich businessmen inside, many people take advantage of the Han River in the north of the city, relying on convenient transportation conditions to radiate business to all parts of the Central Plains, because Xicheng County is relatively wealthy, there are many inns and restaurants in the city, and there are places like Chang'an nameless wine shops in the city, and the restaurant in the city called Spring Flower and Autumn Moon will only appear once every half month, so that the rich businessmen of Xicheng County are eager to go.
However, in this small Xicheng County, about a month ago, a strange thing happened, the second lady Sun Yue'er on the house of Sun Guicai, a cloth merchant in the city, disappeared on the way home after the visitor, in view of Sun Gui is a big tax payer in Xicheng County, the county government attaches great importance to this, and after receiving the report from Sunfu, he quickly dispatched three classes of officials to investigate the whole city, but still found nothing, and then Sunfu issued a heavy reward of 100,000 yuan, who knows that nearly a month has passed, and there has been no one who came to receive the reward.
Half a month ago, Zhao Xiaowan, the pearl of Zhao Qiande, the shopkeeper of the Xingyun Warehouse in the city, left a letter saying that he went out of the city to meet with friends, who knew that he had not returned until the city gate was closed, and then the Zhao family came to the county government to beat the drum and report to the official, originally the county government heard that it was a case of missing girls, and did not want to care anymore, but the Zhao family had someone to be an official in the state, and then the third class of the county government was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping on the ground, and it was still in vain, and the Zhao family immediately issued a reward of 100,000 yuan, looking forward to getting useful clues, who knew that there was no news in the past half a month.
On this day, it has been half a month since Zhao Xiaowan's disappearance, because of the loss of two girls in Xicheng County one after another, the whole county is panicked, and many people who have daughters in the family are expressly forbidden to go out, and every day after noon, the street is instantly empty.
Since it was already winter, the days were short and the nights were long, so that the sun did not rise until the beginning of the last hour of each day, and after four quarters of the Shen hour, the sky gradually began to darken, and by the end of the Shen hour, it was already pitch black. Today, Lin Yuanyuan, the daughter of Lin Youshen, the county commander of Xicheng County, returned from her aunt in Liangzhou, because Lin Youshen was so preoccupied with the disappearance of the girl that he forgot all about his daughter's return date.
At four o'clock, the sky became dark, only to hear a bang, the ferry boat from Liangzhou, the hull of the boat and the platform of the ferry port slightly contacted, slowly docked outside the north gate of Xicheng County, a woman about ten years old jumped down from the boat, a bright red dress looked so dazzling in the dark night, looking at the people in the same boat were all picked up, the woman couldn't help but pout, "This father is busy with the affairs of the official family again, and he forgot to pick me up again." Then the woman carefully identified the direction, and the woman walked straight towards the north gate.
When he came to the city gate, he took the road guide and showed it to the soldiers guarding the city, and when the other party saw that this person was the daughter of the county commander, he immediately let him go. Walking on the streets of the city, Lin Yuanyuan was surprised to find that there were very few pedestrians on the street at this time, and occasionally encountered them with a hurried look, which inevitably made Lin Yuanyuan a little curious, thinking that she would ask her father when she returned home later, Lin Yuanyuan couldn't help but speed up her pace.
It is worth mentioning that the county government of Xicheng County is located in the south-central direction of the city, and the backyard of the county government is the place where the county order Lin Youshen's family lives.
In the shadow of the street, a pair of bloodshot eyes were locked on Lin Yuanyuan's body, and as Lin Yuanyuan moved, the owner of these eyes kept panting, and his naturally drooping hands trembled slightly.
Lin Yuanyuan walked forward quickly, always feeling that someone seemed to be following behind her, in desperation, Lin Yuanyuan suddenly accelerated and ran forward, after running for a distance, she suddenly stopped, suddenly turned around and looked back, but found that there was nothing behind her, seeing this scene Lin Yuanyuan couldn't help but pat her chest like self-deprecation, and then turned around and prepared to continue walking.
Who knew that as soon as he turned around, he felt a flower in front of him, and then lost consciousness and fell to the ground, only to see Lin Yuanyuan standing next to a slightly thin figure, dressed in a black night suit, looking at Lin Yuanyuan, who fell to the ground and did not wake up, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook, revealing an evil smile.
Lin Youshen, who had been busy all day, returned to the back office from the front hall, and when he entered the door, he saw his wife Lin Qin standing at the door with an anxious face, and when he saw Lin Youshen coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and exclaimed, "Master, Yuan'er returned from Sister Liangzhou today, did you forget to send someone to pick her up at the ferry?"
Lin Youshen immediately slapped his head when he heard this, and then shouted 'not good', and then hurriedly called the servants and a few servants on duty, and ran towards the ferry in the north of the city, and came to the ferry only to see a boat stopped in place, Lin Youshen hurriedly ran forward, after the boat boss arrived in Xicheng, tied the boat and began to bury the pot to cook, and was sitting in the cabin leisurely drinking wine at the moment.
After a glass of wine, the boat boss hummed a small song and refilled a cup by himself, and then picked up a wooden chopstick and sent it to his mouth, and was about to take a sip of the wine glass, only to see the cabin door kicked open, the boat boss thought it was a robbery, and picked up the short knife at hand and prepared to get up and fight hard, who knew that the wrist holding the short knife suddenly came from a pain, and he was also held by several horizontal knives.
"Who are you? Why did Lang Lang Qiankun come to rob the ship? Isn't there a royal law?" the captain of the ship immediately shouted loudly when he saw this.
"Let me ask you, how many guests have you taken on board today, is there a young woman?" the captain of the ship was pressed against the table, and a majestic voice came from his ears.
"There are four people in total, and there is indeed a young woman, dressed in red clothes, who left straight after getting off the boat, and the villain doesn't know where she went?
"Let him go, let's go. I heard the majestic voice again, and then the several horizontal knives around my neck were all removed, and the captain of the ship stood up, only to see a middle-aged man in official uniform standing in the cabin of the ship.
After taking a closer look, this person turned out to be his parents, Lin Youshen, and the boat boss immediately saluted Lin Youshen and said, "It turned out to be the county commander, I don't know what the county commander commanded?"
"The little girl took your boat back to Xicheng today, I didn't expect that I didn't go back to my house now, and this official is a little abrupt because of the disappearance of the girl before, I hope you don't be surprised. After the official in charge of the investigation returned, he shook his head at Lin Youshen, and then Lin Youshen was a little embarrassed to take out a bunch of money and put it on the table, and said to the boat boss: "You take this money, it is regarded as the official to make amends, if you have any news, you can go to the county government to report." After saying that, he left the cabin with a group of officials.
After entering the north gate again, Lin Youshen looked at the narrow and dark street, and couldn't help sighing, the cold wind hit in the winter night, Lin Youshen couldn't help but shrink his neck, and then stood motionless in the cold wind, and kept demonstrating the route his daughter could travel in his mind. Conduct a house-to-house investigation along this road, don't let go of any clues, go to a few people and call out all the servants who are resting at home, live to see people, dead to see corpses, go quickly!"
Seeing that the county commander had an order, all the officials began to act one after another, some came forward to knock on the door to investigate, and some went to the colleagues' homes to call people, and for a while, the entire Xicheng County fell into a state of chickens and dogs jumping again.
At this time, in a building in the city, Lin Yuanyuan woke up faintly, looked at the unfamiliar scene in front of her, and hurriedly shouted, but a rag was stuffed in her mouth, preventing the sound from coming out. Seeing this scene, Lin Yuanyuan did not seem panicked, but moved her body first, and found that her hands and feet were all tied, and then she had to start observing the surrounding environment.
The first thing that catches your eye is the dark and damp stone wall, and she seems to be somewhere underground, because she can't hear the sound of the watchman outside the door, so Lin Yuanyuan judged that she should be underground, and there is an object similar to a cage in the whole space, which seems to be a person lying inside, and I don't know if he is still alive. Directly in front of it is a large board with a kitchen knife stuck in it, and the whole board seems to have been soaked in some liquid all year round, showing an eerie dark red color.
A group of officials began to investigate the carpet along the road pointed out by Lin Youshen, but when they knocked on a household, they first explained the situation, and then went in to start a careful inspection, and learned that the county magistrate's daughter was lost, and the residents along the way have cooperated, and as everyone slowly advanced forward, they unconsciously came to the center of the county, which is only two buildings away from the county government, one is the Spring Flower and Autumn Moon Restaurant, and the other is the Jinzhou Car and Horse Shop.
The soldiers were divided into two ways, one of which came to the door of the restaurant, in a rush of knocking on the door, the restaurant guy slowly opened the door, seeing the posture of a group of officials outside the door to catch the open fire, the guy couldn't help but be frightened and retreated, only to see a catcher quickly stepped forward and said: "Don't be afraid, we are here to find someone, today the county magistrate's daughter is missing, please ask the second brother to make it convenient." ”
Hearing that the county magistrate's daughter was lost, the guy immediately remembered the disappearance of the previous girl, and was immediately stunned at a loss, and at this moment a slightly feminine voice came from the stairs, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you hurry up and open the door and let the officials come in and search?"
Everyone raised their eyes and saw a woman slowly walking down the stairs, this person gave people the first impression of beauty, it was too beautiful, just like those famous characters in the Jiangnan area, at this time Lin Youshen walked in, arched his hand at the woman and said: "Cheng shopkeeper forgive me, the incident happened suddenly, the official must not think about it, and hope that Cheng shopkeeper will not blame." ”
This person is Cheng Xiaoyun, the shopkeeper of Chunhua Qiuyue, as soon as he saw the county magistrate apologize, Cheng Xiaoyun immediately covered his mouth and smiled and said: "What is Lord Lin, what are these words, you are a county parent official, the little woman should cooperate with you in the case, please bring your big brother in to check." Then Cheng Xiaoyun said to the guy downstairs: "Erfu, go and make tea for your eldest brother." ”
Seeing this scene, Lin Youshen shouted: "Pay attention to your subordinates when you go in to check, don't bump into the official who is not easy to explain." Immediately, a group of officials rushed into the restaurant, one room after another began to check, to find out in front of a room on the second floor, but was stopped by Erfu who came to ask, saying that he would not let him in, everyone couldn't help but be suspicious when they saw this, and immediately wanted to push Erfu in, and the two parties did not let each other go, and they were frozen in place for a while.
The noisy sound alarmed Lin Youshen and Cheng Xiaoyun downstairs, and the two hurriedly went upstairs, only to see Lin Youshen frowning and asking, "Why are you arguing here? Have you checked it all?"
One of them quickly turned to Lin Youshen and said, "Lord Qiyu, my subordinates and others have found out here, and this guy won't let us in." ”
Seeing this, Lin Youshen remembered that his daughter's life and death were still uncertain, and he couldn't help but burst into flames, and was about to ask, only to hear Cheng Xiaoyun behind him shouting: "Erfu, get out of the way, although it is a women's boudoir, it can't hinder you from investigating the case." ”
Erfu flashed to the side when he saw this, and then Cheng Xiaoyun stepped forward and opened the door, and what caught everyone's eyes was indeed the woman's boudoir, but everyone saw that it was not good to go in again, so they could only look at Lin Youshen like asking for help, Lin Youshen sighed helplessly when he saw this, and said to Cheng Xiaoyun 'offended', and then walked into the room, and after a round of investigation, he found nothing, Lin Youshen immediately walked out of the house, said 'bother' to Cheng Xiaoyun, and then led a group of people out of the restaurant.
At present, only the carriage and horse shops are left without searching, but at this time Lin Youshen is a little hesitant, after all, the places inspected before are all private houses, and the Jinzhou carriage and horse shops, or the carriages and horses of the entire state capitals under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, have a majestic figure behind them.
Standing at the door of the carriage and horse shop, Lin Youshen stretched out his hand several times and was ready to knock on the door, but retreated back at the critical moment, for a while Lin Youshen lingered at the door of the carriage and horse shop, but at this time the door of the carriage and horse shop slowly opened, only to see a young man walk out, and said to Lin Youshen: "Han Si, the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop in Xiajinzhou, I don't know why the county commander is holding on to the gate of the carriage and horse shop tonight, is it not that the carriage and horse shop has violated the criminal law?"
Seeing this, Lin Youshen arched his hand at this person, and then told the truth of the matter, who knew that this person named Han Si listened to Lin Youshen's words, and immediately removed the door panel to open all the doors, and made a gesture of invitation to Lin Youshen, "In this case, please also ask the county commander to go in and check it, there will definitely be no complaints about this matter." ”
Han Si's words made Lin Youshen sure that there would be no trace of his daughter here, but since the other party agreed to go in to check, then just in case, the only way to go in and investigate, then Lin Youshen ordered a few officials to arrest him and ordered him to go in to check, while he stood outside the door and waited.
At about a stick of incense, several people who were named walked out one after another, and everyone looked at Lin Youshen and shook their heads, which made Lin Youshen feel excited and his mood instantly fell to the bottom. Then Lin Youshen said goodbye to Han Si and returned to the county government with everyone.
Closing the door of the carriage and horse shop, Han Si walked to the inner room in the backyard, at this time there was a man in the house who looked exactly like Han Si, this person was Han Si's younger brother Han Wu, as soon as he saw Han Si come in, Han Wu immediately looked up and asked, "Brother, what's wrong outside?"
I saw Han Si sitting on the chair, frowning and pondering for a moment, and then whispered: "The county ordered Lin Youshen's daughter to lose it, this is already the third one, this matter is indeed a little strange, it happens that His Royal Highness is returning to the capital from Yizhou, I think it is necessary to report this matter to His Highness." ”
"Okay, what do I need to do then?" Han Wu nodded, stood up and waited for Han Si to give an order. I saw Han Si get up and walk back and forth a few steps, then nodded and said: "A few days ago, I received a flying pigeon from Yizhou Station, saying that His Royal Highness has finished handling Yizhou affairs and is ready to return, according to the distance, His Royal Highness should pass through Mianzhou, and then turn to the water to return to the capital, I quickly flew the pigeon to Mianzhou Station, and informed them to stop His Royal Highness at the Mianzhou ferry, I hope the time can be in time." ”
Then Han Si looked at Han Wu and said earnestly: "From tomorrow onwards, you will walk around the city to see if you can find some useful information." ”
Seeing this, Han Wu nodded vigorously, and then Han Si hurriedly wrote a note, took out a carrier pigeon from the pigeon cage, stuffed the note, and threw the carrier pigeon into the sky, and then the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew towards Mianzhou.
At this moment, the Qincha Guards were about twenty or thirty miles away from Basil County under the rule of Mianzhou, and the whole team slowly walked forward by the light of the torches, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er in the carriage had already slowly leaned together, and at this time they had already fallen asleep.
The team drove slowly all night, and arrived outside the south gate of Pasir County under the rule of Mianzhou at the beginning of the second day, looking at the tired entourage, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel compassion, opened the curtain and shouted to Xue Yun, the leader: "General Xue, pass on the king's order, and the Qin send guards to enter Mianzhou to rest for a day before setting off." ”
Xue Yun nodded when he heard this, and then sent someone into the city to inform the Mianzhou officials, and then the Mianzhou Assassin Shi led a group of officials to hurry out of the city to greet him, and when he heard that the Qin was coming, the Mianzhou officials couldn't help but be shocked, and did not receive any news at first.
Then the Qincha guards came to the Qincha Xingyuan under the leadership of Jin Zhanpeng, and had entered the Qincha Xingyuan, Chu Mofeng ordered the entourage to rest as much as possible, and he politely refused Jin Zhanpeng's kindness to the banquet and came to the Mianzhou Carriage and Horse Store alone.
There is a very famous place in Mianzhou County, which is the Mianzhou Carriage and Horse Shop, for no other reason, just because the shopkeeper of the Carriage and Horse Shop is a beautiful woman, how beautiful is this woman? According to those who have seen her, after seeing this woman, and then going to see other women, you will find that other women are vulgar and unsightly, so the business of Mianzhou car and horse shop is also very prosperous, and many wealthy businessmen want to take advantage of the occasion of giving away business to get close to Fangze, but this golden shopkeeper seems to be very good at leaving and right, and keeps a certain distance from anyone.
At this time, the golden shopkeeper who made everyone in Mianzhou think about it was standing respectfully in front of a young man, saying something carefully, the man looked up at the golden shopkeeper, and then sighed and said: "This king really doesn't know whether it is right or wrong to transfer you here?"
I saw that the golden shopkeeper said with a smile: "Your Highness, what are you talking about, the slave family feels very good when they come here, the air is good, the water is good, and the officials here are relatively honest, at least there is no corruption and bending the law." ”
The man was Chu Mofeng who came out to hang out alone, and after coming to the Mianzhou carriage and horse shop, Chu Mofeng went straight to the shopkeeper Jin Er, and then Jin Er took Chu Mofeng to an inner room, and began to report the recent work, and was listening to Jin Er talk about the affairs in the Mianzhou area, suddenly a guy walked in with a note, and gave a salute to Chu Mofeng and Jin Er and said: "Your Highness, the shopkeeper, Jinzhou Han Si sent a message, saying that there was a change in Jinzhou, and I implore His Highness to go." ”
After Jin Er took the note and handed it to Chu Mofeng, he saw Chu Mofeng unfold the note and look at it roughly, then lit the note against the candle and threw it on the ground, then stood up and said to Jin Er: "The king of tomorrow has to leave for Jinzhou, and it seems that he is going to leave the guards behind." After saying that, he walked slowly towards the door......
As the saying goes, love to the extreme is hate, and look at the reappearance of ghosts in Xicheng County, and then look at Chu Mofeng's design to catch ghosts, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......