The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Chu Mofeng and others set off along the official road to Chang'an City, and on the way, Gu Zhen'er recalled the poem that Chu Mofeng once recited, and couldn't help but be full of yearning for Jinzhou.

Who knew that in Xicheng County, under the rule of Jinzhou, within a month and a half, three young girls disappeared one after another, although the bitter lord offered a high bounty, and the government also made great efforts to find it, but nothing was found.

However, this matter was reported to Chu Mofeng through the Jinzhou chariot and horse company, and Chu Mofeng, who was staying in Brazil County under the rule of Mianzhou for a short time, immediately decided to separate from the Qincha Guard, and led Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er to Jinzhou, while the Qincha Guard was led by Xue Yun, and then escorted Dou Rail back to Chang'an.

Slowly lit the note, Chu Mofeng looked at the somewhat dim sky outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh, it seems that it is easy to fight the world, it is really not easy to sit in the world, Yizhou before, Yizhou now, Jinzhou, how much invisible darkness is there in this world, and are the people of the Central Plains really living and working in peace and contentment?

As the saying goes, Chang'an alone takes out Chang'an, as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the most prosperous place in the world, but it is hidden in a more dirty darkness, not to mention the underground forces under the jurisdiction of Ma San, just look at those deep mansion compounds, those dirty and rotten filth are frequent, but these years rely on someone's 'earnest teaching', the atmosphere in Chang'an City has become more and more clear.

Once, Chu Mofeng said at a royal banquet with the intention of wine, pointing to a group of imperial relatives in the palace: Some of you were born and died with the Emperor Taishang, and the Emperor Taishang thanked you for your hard work, so he gave high-ranking officials a reward, but these are limited to you, as for your heirs, they have not been tacitly approved by the court to enjoy any privileges, just like Your Majesty and this king back then, although we were hanging the titles of King Qin and King Xian at that time, but we still fought everywhere, because of His Majesty's words back then, the King of Japan still remembers it vividly, As relatives of the emperor and the country, we should set an example in the face of major rights and wrongs, and we can only do our best for the country and the people of the world, and we cannot blindly covet enjoyment and comfort. It is these words that still warn the king, so all of you here, if your heirs in the future oppress the good, are unkind to the rich, or violate the criminal law, your majesty will not give an order to take people, and this king will not be spared after knowing it, after all, there is an old saying that water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat, so think more about the reason for the fall of the former Sui Dynasty.

After saying this, the imperial relatives who were present at the time suddenly shuddered, but Li Shimin, who was at the top, nodded with a smile. Thinking of the scene of that day, Chu Mofeng secretly decided that before the Tang Dynasty was ready to fight with the Turks, the master must sweep away these darkness, in order to meet the aspirations of the people, and then the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks could move forward.

Thinking of this, Chu Mofeng said goodbye to Jin Erniang, the shopkeeper of the Mianzhou Carriage and Horse Company, bought some food from the street, and hurriedly returned to Qincha Xingyuan.

After returning to Qincha Xingyuan, Chu Mofeng thought for a moment and summoned Xue Yun first. Xue Yun is taking a nap in the house, and the slightly unsheathed horizontal knife is placed at hand, so that when there is an emergency, he can draw his blade against the enemy as soon as possible, at this time, a slight footstep came from outside the door from far and near, Xue Yun squinted, and his right hand habitually rested on the scabbard.

I saw that the door was gently pushed open, Xue Yun's hand held the scabbard tightly, and he was about to get up and take out the sword, only to hear the figure shout softly: "General Xue, General Xue don't sleep, His Royal Highness King Xian asked you to go over." ”

Hearing this, Xue Yun hurriedly let go of his hand, pretending to have just woken up, looked at the person who came and said, "I know, I'll go over here." Then he hurriedly got up and got dressed, and walked towards the room where Chu Mofeng was.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chu Mofeng frowning and didn't know what he was thinking, seeing this scene, Xue Yun couldn't interrupt Chu Mofeng's train of thought, so he could only stand in place, and after about half an hour, Chu Mofeng raised his head and looked at Xue Yun and said: "Tomorrow at four o'clock, the Qin Guards will set off to return to Beijing, remember to keep an eye on Dou Rail, if he resists, you can kill him without going through the situation, I will give you the task of taking care of Dou Rail, and bring him back to the capital smoothly and hand him over to His Majesty for disposal." ”

As soon as he heard Chu Mofeng say this, Xue Yun immediately understood that his chief officer was going to divide his troops into two ways, and immediately saluted Chu Mofeng and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission and bring Dou Liang back to the capital safely." ”

"Well, after returning to Beijing to hand over the errand, you quickly returned to the Longcheng army camp and stepped up the training of the soldiers, this king has an ominous premonition, within three years, His Majesty will definitely use troops against the Turks, and we can't delay at that time. Looking at the sky outside the window, Chu Mofeng said slowly: "After this king returns to Chang'an from Jinzhou, he will definitely not be in the capital within a year or two, and the Longcheng army will rely on you at that time, do things well, don't let this king down." ”

Xue Yun nodded when he heard this, and then got up to say goodbye, and then Chu Mofeng sent someone to call Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er, and after some instructions, the three of them left the Qincha Xingyuan after noon and rushed towards Xicheng County, the seat of Jinzhou Governance.

After leaving Mianzhou, Chu Mofeng, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er went north along the official road, changed boats from the ferry port in the west of Longzhou City, first went north and then east along the Han River, and rushed down the river to Jinzhou.

The three of them got off the ferry outside the north city gate and walked straight towards the city gate, seeing a long line of people entering the city, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but put a label of incompetence on the county Shoulang of Xicheng County in his heart.

As early as on the boat, Gu Zhen'er learned that she was about to go to Jinzhou, and she couldn't help but be full of yearning for the scene in the poem, who knew that at this time, when she saw the narrow and crowded line at the city gate, she immediately said with some disappointment: "Brother Feng, is there a mistake in this "Book of Songs", how can this be the birthplace of that beautiful love story?"

As soon as Gu Zhen'er's words fell, a well-dressed middle-aged man in front of him suddenly turned around, shook his head at Gu Zhen'er, and said with a smile: "This girl's words are wrong, the article recorded in the "Book of Songs" 'There are arbors in the south, and you can't think about it. The poem, the story told in it happened in Xicheng County, but in the past few days, because of the loss of three girls in the city one after another, the county magistrate had to strengthen the investigation of the four gates, and you should not complain about the county magistrate, Lin Yuanyuan's daughter, also disappeared a few days ago. ”

"Brother Chu, I can understand what this stealing child is doing, but this stealing woman is still a young girl, not to mention that women of this age are all conscious, what is this person stealing?"

Looking at the slowly flowing crowd, Gu Zhen'er thought for a moment and said, "Cousin, do you remember that a friend on the road once mentioned that in the Bashu area, there was a demon who used a young girl to make alchemy?"

"Bashu Demon Dao Huang Tiande?" Hearing Gu Zhen'er say this, Liu Feiyan couldn't help frowning, "Didn't that guy die a long time ago?" I heard that he still died in the hands of Master Qinglian, this should not be fake." ”

"What about the one who sucked the blood of a young woman?" Gu Zhen'er walked forward slowly, her mind constantly searching for the strange things she had heard before, "Demon Monk Wenkong should still be alive, right?"

"Alive, when the abbot of Songshan Shaolin Temple went down the mountain to clean up the portal, he scrapped his martial arts and broke his tendons with one palm, and now he should be hiding somewhere to survive. Hearing Gu Zhen'er mention the demon monk Wenkong, Liu Feiyan couldn't help but feel a little helpless, "Zhen'er, it is said that you usually like to collect these anecdotes the most, why did you say that the two of them are either dead or half-dead today, hurry up and think about it again." ”

It happened that the three of them walked to the city gate, and were about to enter the city after handing in the road guide, but Gu Zhen'er suddenly shouted: "I said cousin, after so many years, who knows which guy who likes to kidnap girls is doing evil outside, maybe if I see this person, I should be able to call out the name." ”

Chu Mofeng and Liu Feiyan on the side didn't feel anything when they heard Gu Zhen'er's words, and the soldiers defending the city were immediately shocked when they heard the words 'kidnapping girls', and then surrounded the three of them with spears, only to see one of the commanders shouting at the three people: "You three, quickly put down your weapons and tie your hands and arrest them." ”

The sudden scene made Chu Mofeng and the three of them a little surprised, and then they couldn't stop laughing, only to see Liu Feiyan pointing at Gu Zhen'er and saying, "You stinky girl, you see that you're causing trouble again, right?" I told you to be cautious when you go out, it's good now, let these people treat us as the ones who kidnapped the girl, what should you do?"

Seeing this, Gu Zhen'er couldn't help covering her mouth, looked at the soldiers who were waiting around her, and immediately shook her head self-deprecatingly and said, "Brothers, you have misunderstood, our brothers and sisters are here to play in Jinzhou, and they are not people who kidnap girls. After speaking, he turned to look at Chu Mofeng, and said expectantly: "Brother Feng, you can speak quickly." ”

At this time, Chu Mofeng's shoulders were still trembling, looking at Gu Zhen'er with an anxious face, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but stretch out his hand and nod her smooth forehead, "The little girl knows that she is wrong, right? ”

Gu Zhen'er immediately shook her head desperately when she heard this, "Brother Feng's family knows that it's wrong, and it won't be again next time." Seeing Gu Zhen'er admit her mistake, Chu Mofeng nodded contentedly, and then walked up to the commander of Fang Cai, took off his waist card and handed it to him.

As soon as the commander saw this waist card, he first looked back and forth, and then was about to kneel down to Chu Mofeng, but Chu Mofeng helped him up when he saw this, and whispered in his ear: "Don't care about these false courtesies, just take us to your county commander." ”

Seeing this, the commander respectfully returned the waist card to Chu Mofeng, and then shouted loudly: "Let's all disperse, these three were invited by the county magistrate, and it was a misunderstanding, let's disperse." Then he signaled his soldiers to disperse the people, and he took Chu Mofeng, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er to walk in the direction of the county government.

The county government of Xicheng County is empty at the moment, it is not that the county officials are derelict in their duties, but that today it is a semi-monthly teasing performance.

Teasing, also known as opera, has gradually risen since the founding of the country by Emperor Li Yuan, and today's opera is most popular in the military drama, which is also known as "joining the army", which is mainly based on Kebai, and is also interspersed with songs and dances. It is based on social news and folk tales, and usually features an actor named "Joining the Army" and a "Falcon". When performing, one person is witty, the other is stupid and ridiculous, and its witty and humorous is quite similar to today's burlesque and cross talk. That's why it's so popular.

There is a local teasing team in Xicheng County, which tours in the Bashu area all the year round, because most of the members are natives of Xicheng, so they will return to Xicheng once every half a month, and perform for free for the elders of their hometown, if a new repertoire is arranged, it will also give priority to the people of Xicheng to enjoy, so this team called Yun Mantian is very popular in Xicheng.

There is a full-time man who plays in the army in the clouds, named Zhou Youran, this son was born with sword eyebrows and handsome eyes, and is loved by the ladies and ladies of the Xicheng provinces.

The Xicheng County Commander was invited to attend the banquet, and the county government officials were divided into two ways, one went to inspect outside the Assassin's Mansion, and the other was to continue to search for the lost girl, so the entire county government except for an old man who swept the floor, the rest of the people were not there.

After the commander of the city guard brought Chu Mofeng and others to the county office, he found that there was no one in the county office, and his face immediately changed, and he hurriedly asked the old man who was sweeping the floor, and learned that the Assassin's Mansion held a banquet, and the commander looked at Chu Mofeng with some embarrassment, "My lord, how is this good?"

"It's okay, you can stand down, the three of us will go to the Assassin's Mansion, and keep an eye on the carriages entering and leaving the city, especially those that are piling up goods. Chu Mofeng waved his hand at this person, asked the direction of the Assassin's Mansion, and then motioned to Liu Feiyan to take out a few hangs of money and stuff them into the hands of the commander, "These are for you, it's cold, take it to buy some soju for the brothers below to warm up, this king is also a soldier, I know that it is not easy to be a soldier, so you can step down." ”

Seeing this, the commander accepted the reward, gave a salute to Chu Mofeng, and turned around and left the county office. After the commander left, Chu Mofeng smiled at Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er, "Let's go, after such a journey, I'm really a little hungry, so I'm looking for a place to eat." After speaking, he turned over his horse and walked in the direction of the Thorn Mansion.

Li Yuanheng, the eighth son of Li Yuan, was the eighth son of Li Yuan, and his mother was Concubine Yin De, and he was named King of Yu in the third year of Wude (620). After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he remembered the death of his mother Concubine Yin De, and specially ordered to move the history of Jinzhou to assassinate.

As a royal nobleman, Li Yuanheng did not do his job like the princes of previous dynasties, since the beginning of his tenure, he went around to investigate the people's situation, rectify the officials, under his leadership the Jinzhou area gradually became rich, and the officials under his rule were very convinced, so the disappearance of the girl, Lin Youshen has not dared to report for a long time.

Chu Mofeng and the three of them came straight to the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, only to hear bursts of laughter coming from the mansion, the two guards at the door saw the three horsemen coming from the street, all of them were dressed in ordinary clothes and carrying blades, they immediately looked at the three of them vigilantly, and saw the three of them come to the gate of the Assassin's Mansion and turn over and dismount, the two guards couldn't help but swallow their saliva and clenched the spears in their hands.

I saw that the man among them stepped forward and smiled slightly, and an aura of not anger and majesty instantly rushed to his face, and one of the guards asked with a little apprehension: "Who is coming? Why are you lingering in front of the gate of the Assassin's Mansion?"

I saw the man untie a waist card from his waist and hand it over, and said softly: "Please go in and report it, just say that the owner of this waist card is here, and ask your master if he came out to greet him?"

Although the two of them belong to the guards of the Assassin's Mansion, they have also followed King Yu for some time, and they are particularly sensitive to this kind of golden thing, only to see one of the guards take the waist card and look at it, and instantly his face changed and ran towards the mansion with the waist card, and after a while, he only heard the silence in the mansion, and then saw the door of the mansion wide open, and Li Yuanheng, the king of Xu, walked out with the officials of Jinzhou.

Li Yuanheng saw Chu Mofeng stepped forward and grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Xianwang, what kind of wind blew you to my small temple? Let's go, there is a banquet in the mansion today, come in with me and have a few drinks." ”

This King Xuan can talk to King Xian, but the officials in Jinzhou do not have this blessing, so they immediately knelt down collectively and bowed to Chu Mofeng and said, "Xiaguan and others have seen His Royal Highness King Xian. Chu Mofeng, who was hungry in his belly, couldn't care about these false courtesies at the moment, and immediately waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and then walked into the Thorn History Mansion under the pull of Li Yuanheng.

After arranging Chu Mofeng at his head, Li Yuanheng signaled to join the army to continue the performance, and Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er, who were the personal companions of King Xian, were arranged under Li Yuanheng, and then a new staggering of the assassin's mansion began.

After drinking three cups with Chu Mofeng, Li Yuanheng said with a smile: "Brother, didn't you come here today with your Qin Guard?"

"No, only this king and two guards arrived, the Qin sent guards to leave from Mianzhou tomorrow, and returned straight to the capital without stopping, this king came because he learned that some bad things have happened recently under your rule, and by the way, I came to help you deal with it. Chu Mofeng shook his head, three glasses of strong wine went down, and the chill in his stomach suddenly disappeared, replaced by a hot feeling.

Hearing that there was a problem under his rule, Li Yuanheng immediately said with a blank face: "Brother, isn't Your Majesty ready to kill me?"

"How many drinks did you drink before this king came?" Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard this.

"A cup, what is my brother asking for?" Hearing Chu Mofeng's sudden change of words, Li Yuanheng couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he still told the truth.

"I have heard of Li Yuanheng, the king of alcohol, who has drunk an amazing amount since he was a child, and it is really ridiculous and generous to see it today. Chu Mofeng immediately laughed when he heard this, "Are you confused with a cup? If Your Majesty is really a person with a small amount of energy, how could he let you go to Jinzhou to be a thorn? ”

"Well, the royal family says that you never tell lies, brother, I believe you. After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuanheng also thought for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "But there are people who have violated the criminal law among the officials under my rule?"

"It's not, it's just that if I don't come again, your young girl in Jinzhou will be about to be taken captive. Chu Mofeng shook his head, and then told Li Yuanheng all the news he knew.

After listening, Li Yuanheng immediately raised his hand to signal the opera to stop, and then asked sharply: "Where is Lin Youshen, the county magistrate of Xicheng County?"

Seeing this, Lin Youshen, one of the guests, hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Yuanheng and said, "His Royal Highness King Qiyu, the lower official Lin Youshen is here, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Xu's orders are?"

"Lin County Order, this king also asks you, has the lost girl in the city been found, why is this matter concealed and not reported?" I saw Li Yuanheng stand up and look at Lin Youshen coldly, thinking that this time it was really a big joke, if the immortal King Xian arrived, it was estimated that he would have to plead guilty in front of the emperor's brother, thinking of this, Li Yuanheng couldn't help but have a trace of hatred for Lin Youshen.

Lin Youshen on the side was shocked by Li Yuanheng's questioning, but he didn't know how to speak for a while, and when he was in a dilemma, he saw the person called King Xian at the head of King Yu stand up and pull Li Yuanheng by the hand, " Brother, don't blame Lin County, I guess you don't know yet, one of the three missing girls is the daughter of Lin County, Lin County's order can endure the pain and lead the three classes of fast officials to look for him day and night, proving that he is a rare good official, as for not reporting, who made you feel loved by the officials under your command, they just don't want to distract you because of this kind of thing. ”

After Chu Mofeng finished speaking, he deliberately glanced at the county magistrate Lin Youshen, only to see Lin Youshen smile with gratitude, and then Chu Mofeng pushed Li Yuanheng down on the chair, took a sip of the wine glass and said: "Because something happened, so I'm here, don't worry, I will definitely check it out for you, and I can't let the people be persecuted." ”

Hearing this, Li Yuanheng raised his wine glass and respectfully toasted Chu Mofeng with a glass of wine, "Then everything will be left to Brother Xianwang." Chu Mofeng nodded when he saw this, and then the banquet continued, and it was not over until the beginning of the unitary period.

Then Li Yuanheng signaled his subordinates to arrange a mansion for Chu Mofeng as a temporary residence, Chu Mofeng and the three of them walked towards the mansion leisurely, along the way, Chu Mofeng, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er kept discussing today's opera, only to hear Gu Zhen'er say excitedly: "Brother Feng, it's the first time I've watched an opera when I'm so old, this opera is really interesting today, I don't know if I can still see it tomorrow?"

Looking at Gu Zhen'er, who looked like a little daughter, Liu Feiyan said with a smile: "I heard that there will be another spring flower and autumn moon in the city tomorrow, and you can go to see Zhen'er again at that time." ”

Hearing the words spring flowers and autumn moon, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but smile weirdly, and then led Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er forward......

As the saying goes, after all the impossible is eliminated, the remaining one is the truth, and watch Chu Mofeng listen to the drama and investigate the case, and then see Gu Zhen'er obsessed with opera and imprisoned, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......