In the station building of the Investigation Division of Dingzhou Prefecture.

Qin Lou Chang saw that Liu Rui's shadow was different, and he didn't know why.

Liu Ruiying asked: "In the city of Dingzhou Mansion, how many scholars are there with sealed products?"

"But this still needs to consult the archives, I don't know ...... Liu Xingqi"

Qin Lou asked tentatively.

"Annoyed that the head of the Qin Mansion will send me a copy of the list of all the scholars who have been sealed in the Dingzhou Mansion. ”

Liu Ruiying didn't explain what this move meant, he didn't know if there were any ghosts in the current Dingzhou Mansion Investigation Division Station. But since you've found a little clue from the rack car, it's better to keep looking.

After a while, a provincial servant sent a copy of the list, which was only a few thin pages.

Dingzhou is located on the border, the people are fierce, martial arts is the mainstream, and there are very few scholars, only more than 200 people in total. Most of them are first-grade white juan grass, and there are only four people who arrived at Sipin Qingjin Mountain. Three of them are civil officials in the Dingzhou Prefecture, and they are all very old. The remaining person is the one who was humiliated in the battle with Liu Ruiying in Chengxin Hall today, named Luo Xiuran.

"It's not that enemies don't get together......"

Liu Ruiying tapped the door of his head with the joint of his right index finger and smiled slightly.

"Who are you?"

"The Investigation Division will do things, and those who hinder will be killed!"

In front of the Locke family's house, Liu Ruiying took the twenty provincial subordinates in the station building to accompany him, regardless of the obstruction of the gatehouse, and went straight in.

These twenty people were personally ordered by Liu Ruiying looking at the archives one by one, all of whom had just entered the station building and had no background behind them.

"Dare to ask where the official family is, what is the so-called matter when you come to my Luo family?"

An old man, on crutches and supported by two maids, walked out of the room tremblingly and asked.

Twenty provincial subordinates lined up on both sides, and Liu Ruiying strode from the rear with a sword.

"I am the provincial flag of the Central Capital Investigation Division, and the Northwest Special Investigation Envoy. Where is your son now?"

Liu Ruiying showed his official credentials and said.

This old man is the "foolish father" in the mouth of Luo Xiuran, the four-grade Qingjin Mountain.

"The dog has not returned from going out, Liu Xingqi also asked the house to sit down first, and the old man sent someone to call him back. I just don't know what crime the dog has committed?"

Liu Ruiying sneered in her heart, thinking that she was the same pedantic to father and son.

The son called Lao Tzu a foolish father.

Lao Tzu said that his son would go over the dog for a while.

I don't know that there is only one stupid old man in this family, and he has a dog baby......

"It doesn't matter. ”

Liu Ruiying didn't have the heart to explain to him at all, so she just stood in the courtyard and waited.

"Hahaha, yes, yes, it's really a lot of fun...... Wait for tomorrow, let's continue tomorrow!"

There was a burst of laughter outside the door, but it was Luo Xiuran who came back.

"Daddy, what's the matter with calling me home so early?"

Before Luo Xiuran entered the door, the voice had already come through the door.

"Son-in-law, and have the face to ask me, but what good have you done outside, and provoked the butler to come to the door to get you...... The eighteenth generation of your ancestors has made you lose everything!"

Luo Xiuran was stunned by what his Lao Tzu said, thinking that he was unhappy today because he was deflated in Chengxin Hall, so he went to drink a meal of flower wine, and there was no incident.

But when he saw Liu Ruiying, he immediately understood cause and effect.

"Hehe, who am I! You dare to come to my house to find trouble, it's really a lot of courage! Dad, don't be afraid, this guy is a Jianghu man...... It's not an official at all. Who knows where he gathered so many people, and really thought that he could come out and scare people by changing his dog skin?"

Luo Xiuran said unashamedly.

Seeing that his son was so unscrupulous, the old man also had some doubts about the identity of Liu Ruiying and others.

"Bold! Liu Liu Provincial Banner is the headquarters of the Central Capital Investigation Department, the Northwest Special Investigation Envoy, and the Special Investigation Department of the Northwest Province.

One of the provincial swords drew his sword and said sharply, but he also intended to show himself in front of Liu Ruiying.

There is another person who showed the old man the identity of the station building of the Siding Prefecture.

Their official credentials are different from Liu Ruiying, and they are also stamped with the seal of Tang Ming, the governor of Dingzhou, so it is more convincing.

This old man is also a well-informed and capable master. Seeing that the official's letter was completely fake, he immediately raised his crutches and joked at Luo Xiuran with his head and face, and Luo Xiuran, who hit him directly, squeaked and screamed.

"Son, are you right, you are wearing the four-grade Qingjin Mountain uniform? Have all the sage books you read been eaten by dogs?!"

The old man chased after him for a few steps, but he was exhausted, and scolded with a cane.

"Didn't you get eaten by a dog...... Otherwise, how could it be a dog? You're right, Luo Xiuran. ”

Liu Ruiying looked at Luo Xiuran and said.

A trace of fierceness flashed in Luo Xiuran's eyes, and he said loudly:

"My family is very familiar with Dingzhou Tangzhou, you don't want to declare a personal vendetta!"

"Then go and call him, I'll wait here. Or I'll go with you. ”

Liu Rui said with his sword in his arms.

"Daddy, save me!"

Luo Xiuran felt bad in his heart, and shouted for help at the moment.

"Shut up and drag it away!"

Liu Ruiying was too lazy to listen to his noise anymore.

"Your son is involved in a major case, and if it is found out, he will be released. ”

Liu Ruiying saw that this old man was an out-and-out rotten Confucian, so he said a little more to him.

Dingzhou Prefecture Investigation Division Station Building, torture room.

"Remember what this is?"

Liu Ruiying took out a pack of paste that she had bought in Chengxin Hall earlier and asked.

Luo Xiuran was tied to an iron bench, trembling all over, and did not dare to raise his head. His eyes twitched slightly, and after seeing the object clearly, his lips trembled with fright.

"It's also thanks to you, if it weren't for you, a great scholar of the four grades...... In this little prodigal son, he really didn't know that this paste could withstand hunger. You are a guest, and I have the right to drink this paste for you, so I will treat it as an entertainer. After all, I don't have dinner for you, and I don't have Sister Yao to drink flower wine with you. ”

Liu Ruiying said as she brewed a cup of sticky paste, pinched Luo Xiuran's mouth and poured it in.

"Vomit ......"

The paste is salty, and there is a strange fragrance. It was originally used to prevent insects, but now it made Luo Xiuran retch.

Liu ...... Liu Xingqi, is it a small mistake...... The small ones shouldn't steal the limelight from you, shouldn't make pairs to ridicule you, and shouldn't ...... Hit you with an inkstone. ”

Luo Xiuran said weakly.

The provincial who was also on the side was furious when he heard that this person actually smashed Liu Ruiying with an inkstone, and he picked up an iron blade rake and was about to do it, but he was stopped by Liu Ruiying's eyes.

"Do you really think I'm here for today's incident in Chengxin Hall?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"No, no, no, you have a lot of adults, and you will definitely not investigate and deal with small ones because of such trivial matters, you must ...... There must be ...... Yes......"

"What's the matter? Stammering? Tongue knotted? Come on, come on, just make a pair, do you want me to give you a couplet?"

Liu Ruiying's words amused everyone around the Investigation Division.

"Master Liu Xingqi...... I was wrong, you have one is one, and two is two! As long as the small one can do it, it is to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and if you break these legs, you will definitely do it for you. ”

Luo Xiuran is also worthy of being a person who can wear these four-grade Qingjin Mountain, and in a few words, he guessed that Liu Ruiying must have asked for himself. In this way, your life is safe, as long as you lower your posture, make a fool of yourself, and get out of here first.

Liu Ruiying's eyes are similar to that of deterrence.

Luo Xiuran didn't cultivate, if he used the iron blade rake, he would faint after two or three clicks......

"Okay, then I'll ask you. In this Dingzhou capital city, in addition to you, how many other four-grade Qingjin Shan are there?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"Sipin Qingjin Mountain? In this Dingzhou Mansion City, there are only three people except in Xia, all of whom are on errands in the Prefecture Mansion, although they are the same as the small ones, but the backup is much higher. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Xiuran spoke with pride.

However, he can be proud of being admitted to such a grade at this age and in a remote place in Dingzhou. It's just that this son's heart is too poor, and it will be difficult to become a big tool in the future.

"What about outside the capital of Dingzhou?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

He knew that literati were the most social, and they were the most particular about circles.

Talk and laugh are all Zichen, and there is no white ding.

Purple satin is a five-grade product, and Bai Ding is worse than a first-grade white juancao, it is for children who have no product, so you can see how strong the views of this group of reading portals are. So don't look at Luo Xiuran as a person from the capital city of Dingzhou, but he must be clear about the situation in the entire Dingzhou.

"It's gone...... The only four are in the capital of Dingzhou. Master Liu Xingqi, this Dingzhou is very remote, how can there be so many high-quality readers...... First, there are no conditions, the family can't afford to support them, and second, there is no husband, even if you are talented, someone has to lead it. ”

That's a good point.

But Liu Ruiying's intuition told him that there must be one more person!

"You're from Bogulou?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"Uh...... The small one is the Dingzhou Mansion under the jurisdiction of Bogu Building, but it is only a shallow learner...... You can't enter the main building of Nabogu Building. ”

A hint of loneliness flashed in Luo Xiuran's eyes, but it was replaced by an excitement.

This scene fell in Liu Ruiying's eyes, which was obviously extremely unreasonable, which made him even more surprised.

"Is Bogu Tower spectacular?"

"Of course! The shape of Bogulou is like a dragon soaring into the clouds, majestic and sacred. It can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be desecrated, and it is towering and unattainable...... Just looking at it makes people feel that they have no regrets in this life. ”

Luo Xiuran said with a look of fascination.

Hearing this, Liu Ruiying admired Luo Xiuran a little.

Although this kid can't be on the stage, he still has a lot of faith in the text.

"How are your friends in the main building of Bogu House lately?"

"Okay, we just met a few days ago......"

Luo Xiuran realized that he was speechless and suddenly closed his mouth.

"Who is it?

Liu asked with a squint.

Excitement flashed in his eyes when he saw Luo Xiuran talking about the main building of Bogu Building before, and he knew that he seemed to have faint expectations for the main building. But with his own level, he definitely can't enter, so he must have known the people in it and wanted to borrow a bridge to cross the river. So Liu Ruiying bluffed him, but he didn't expect it to be a hit!

"This ......"

Luo Xiuran's face was embarrassed, and he was no longer as quick as before.

Liu Ruiying didn't say anything when she saw this. He just asked someone to bring a tin bucket with two rats in it.

"What are you doing!"

The two provincial servants uncovered Luo Xiuran from the iron bench, pressed it on a large wooden table, lifted his clothes, and leaked out his belly.

The sword marks on this wooden table, and the countless blood stains roasted by the fire, make ordinary people feel dizzy as long as they look at it.

Liu Ruiying put the tin bucket upside down on his belly, and the rat was locked in it, squeaking.

"What's in there, what's crawling around on my belly?"

Luo Xiuran exclaimed in horror.

"It's a mouse. Don't you scholars call it a rat?"

Liu Ruiying said, clamped a brazier from the tongs, and placed it directly at the bottom of the iron bucket.

"The rats are insatiable, greedy for life and afraid of death, and I remember a long poem to scold them. Today, let's take a look at what you readers say is right, everything should pay attention to the unity of knowledge and action, right? ”

Tietong was getting hotter and hotter by the brazier, and the rats inside couldn't stand the heat, so they had to scratch Luo Xiuran's belly desperately, trying to make a hole and get into it to dodge.

"Ah...... Ahh......h

The entire room echoed Luo Xiuran's hoarse screams.

"Are you willing to say it?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"Willing, willing...... I do, I'll say anything......"

Luo Xiuran hurriedly agreed.

Liu Ruiying asked the left and right to remove the brazier Tietong, and saw that his stomach was covered with blood and tooth marks.

"He is also a four-grade Qingjinshan...... It's just that he studied in the main building of Bogu Building, and I also met him somewhere. He was two years older than me, and he only asked me to call him Brother Hong, but he didn't know his real name. Although he is also a fourth-grade Qingjin Mountain, he seems to be quite well-connected, but there is a way to let me enter the building during the next selection. Therefore, I was very respectful to him, and even after I returned to the capital city of Dingzhou, I kept writing with him. It wasn't until the night three days ago that he came to visit with a friend, saying that he was going to stay for a few days, and I was overjoyed, thinking that this was a good opportunity to make more friends with him. Unexpectedly, he was busy every day, and every time I said that I wanted to entertain him for a visit, he shirked it on the grounds that the main building was arranging official business, so I didn't say much. It wasn't until this morning that I saw that the wing room where he lived was empty, leaving only a letter. ”

Luo Xiuran was really scared this time...... If even his life is gone, then what level of fame and fame do he need? At that moment, he knew everything, and he said everything, and he didn't miss a single thing.

"Where is that letter now, and what is it?"

Liu Ruiying calculated the time, just after he repelled the icicle man and the archer. The two of them must have returned to Luo Xiuran's house to pack their things, and then left overnight.

"That epistle is still in my home...... There's nothing written in it.,It's just a kind of polite words like being taken care of.。 He also said that he would take my affairs to heart, so that I should not worry too much about Yunyun. ”

"Did the letter mention where he was going after he left?"

Liu Ruiying asked again.

"Not really...... However, when I corresponded with him some time ago, he was already in the Dingxi Royal Domain, not in the main building of Bogulou. ”

Luo Xiuran said.

"Where is the Dingxi Royal Domain?"

"Xiangteng Inn in the capital of Mengzhou. ”

Luo Xiuran said.

Liu Ruiying inquired about what he wanted to know, and he didn't break his promise, so he immediately let Luo Xiuran go, and just sent someone home with him to get the letter.

After getting the letter, Liu Ruiying found Qin Lou again. told him what had happened, and asked him to write a report on his behalf, saying that he was going to the location of the main building of Bogu Building.

Liu Ruiying felt that although it was possible for the other party to return to Mengzhou, there was a high probability that he would run thousands of miles to fight in the air. However, Luo Xiuran said that the other party was a person from the main building of Bogu Building, so it was better to go directly to the source.

When the building chief Qin heard this, he hurriedly said that there was no problem, and said that he was very familiar with the building manager of the Mengzhou Mansion station building, and would help Liu Ruiying ask about the situation over there.

"Liu Xingqi is going to set off now?"

Seeing that Liu Ruiying was about to set off on the road as he spoke, Qin Lou asked the chief.

He also thought about booking a table at the Xiangteng Inn tonight for him to practice.

"Without further ado, I'd better get there early. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

To go to the main building of Bogulou, it is necessary to pass through the Dingxi Royal City.

Liu Ruiying is going to take advantage of the fact that the sky is still acceptable, and arrive at Dingxi Wangcheng first tonight, and wait until tomorrow to meet Huo Wang before making a district.

After he got out of the investigation division, he found a civilian dart bureau. Spend two silver and ask him to send a letter to Tianmu Province, the central capital of the Investigation Division.

Although this will be done later than the official road, it is often much more secrecy, especially when the inner ghost is not clear. After all, the dart game takes the dart, only looks at the price of the thing, the cost of the dart, if the rules are broken and the goods are swallowed, then it is a big taboo! Who makes this bowl of rice eat a "faith"?

After the dart finished delivering the letter, Liu Ruiying drove to the Xiangteng Inn again.

He inquired with the shopkeeper and knew that Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts were not in the store, so he must have gone out shopping again......

Liu Ruiying was a little disappointed...... I had to leave a book to the shopkeeper and let him transfer it to Zhao Mingming on his behalf.

As soon as these two things were completed, Liu Ruiying was able to easily get on the road.

The darker it gets in Dingzhou, the later it gets, and if you think of it from the south, it's just early afternoon.

Liu Ruiying rode a horse and galloped on the official road, hunting in the wind in an official robe, holding the reins in his left hand and the planetary sword in his right hand, with a heroic posture!

Suddenly, he saw a man riding a horse not far ahead.

But the horse was thin and pitiful, and the back of the man on the horse was also thin and pitiful.

He was dressed in white, but not in a literary garment. The hair is long and does not tie up.

He held an emerald-colored wine gourd in his hand and a sky-blue sword hanging from his waist.

Take a sip and pour a sip on horseback. It seems that he is already drunk...... It was as if he was about to fall off his horse in the next second.

Liu Ruiying didn't care, but overtook the side and came to a tea shed in front of him. When a bowl of tea was still hot, I saw that the man also came to the tea shed crookedly.

"Is there any wine?"

The man asked.

"Objective...... Only tea, no wine. ”

Xiao Er in the tea shed pinched his nose and said, but the smell of wine in the sky was a little smoky.

"Liar! You have wine, I smell it! It's in the drawer under your counter, even though it's loose cloudy wine...... But something is better than nothing!"

The man sniffled, put his wine gourd on the table, and said.

Xiao Er was surprised.

The wine in the drawer was leftover from the yesterday I had bought, and it was indeed a farmer's brew bought from a nearby village. It's just that this person can smell the place where the wine is stored and the tears of the wine just by his nose, how good is the wine?

"Objectively, this wine is drunk by the little one...... Not sold. ”

Xiao Er refused.

The man didn't say a word after hearing this, only took off an accessory from his waist and threw it to Xiao Er, and asked, "Is it enough?"

Xiao Er took it in his hand, but he didn't see what it was, he just felt heavy.

It wasn't until I saw it clearly that I almost couldn't hold it and fell to the ground......

Good guy! It's actually a golden turtle waist pendant! There is such a big injustice in the world, exchange the golden turtle for half a jar of turbid wine to drink!

"Enough is enough!"

Xiao Er said it, but he was afraid that the man would regret it...... He hurriedly put the golden turtle in his pocket, and then brought out the remaining half of the jar of wine and gave it to him.

"Mo laughs at the farmer's wine ......"

The man muttered to himself, and several gulps had already been swallowed.

Liu Ruiying looked at him and felt funny, although he was half a drinker, but he had only seen someone like this in his life.

I saw this person find an empty table and sit down, with the wine jar on the left and the wine gourd on the right. But the altar in the left hand touched the gourd in the right hand and said, "Brother right, I toast you!"

Then take a large sip on each side.

Then he touched the wine jar with his right hand gourd and said, "Brother Zuo is polite, I will give you a glass in return!"

This was followed by a large sip on each side.

Everyone in the tea shed felt that they had seen a fool and laughed.

Liu Ruiying saw that although this person was drunk, his squinted eyes couldn't cover the blazing light, and although his body was thin, he was well-proportioned and decent. Sitting there alone, as if not sitting there, there is a natural feeling, as if it can be integrated with this wine mountain, this water and this tea shed.

A pair of hands with ten slender fingers, whether it is lifting the altar or holding the cup, they are steady, easy and flawless.

"Where are you going?"

Liu Ruiying felt that this person was extraordinary, so he asked.

"I came from Jiuxing Village to find the Jiuquan. ”

This man didn't raise his head, and still kept drinking from side to side.

"Dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"

Liu Ruiying asked again.

"Under the surname wine name three halves. ”

After all, this person tilted his head, glanced at Liu Ruiying and said.

"Wine ?...... a half"

Such a strange name made Liu Ruiying repeat it unconsciously.

"That's what everyone in the village calls me, but it doesn't matter what I say. They say that I shall not be without wine for half a day, and shall not be without wine for half an hour, and shall not be without wine for half a moment, for the sake of three halves."

The wine three halves explained.

"The third half brother is a sword cultivator?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"I love to write poetry. ”

The wine three halves said.

"It turned out to be a scholar, I don't know what grade?"

Liu Ruiying's first reaction as long as he sees the scholar now is to care about what grade the other party is, and it seems that the attack of the icicle and the archer that night has caused him a lot of shadows.

I have to say that after this incident, Liu Ruiying still rode alone in Dingxi, but she was really completely "indomitable".

"If I can defeat you once, I can defeat you a second time!"

Liu Ruiying thought like this in her heart.

"I also practice swords. ”

The wine three halves said.

Liu Ruiying was a little helpless...... I don't know if this person is really stupid, and he talks so upside down.

"I don't know what realm it is when I practice swords, and I don't know what level I am when I write poetry. So indeed, I don't know what to do. ”

Jiu Sanhan shook his head and said.

"And where are you going to Jiuquan?"

Liu Ruiying asked again.

"I don't know...... I've only heard about it. They asked me to go to Nabo Gulou to take a grade, but I wanted to find the Jiuquan first. ”

"Hehe, you're also interesting...... After a while, Kung Fu asked me a question. I don't know if three and a half are matched with three, then you and I have to drink three cups of him to be worthy of this fate!"

After the wine was finished, he sat opposite Liu Ruiying with the wine jar.

Liu Ruiying saw that the third half of the wine was only wearing a single coat.

"The third half brother is so hardy?"

Liu Ruiying asked in surprise.

"No...... I still have a fur coat when I leave the village. Later, when I was on the road, I changed my drink to drink. The family in that store is really good, and he gave me this wine gourd. ”

The wine three halves said.

Liu Ruiying didn't know what to say......

Feelings: This benevolent brother pawned all the way along the way, but all the valuable objects on his body were exchanged for money to buy wine and drink.

And judging from the golden turtle exchange for turbid wine just now, I don't know how much money I lost for these few mouthfuls of yellow soup......

It was difficult to be gracious, but Liu Ruiying had no choice but to accompany the wine for three and a half drinks, but in her heart she blamed herself for talking cheaply.

"You're a sword cultivator?"

Jiu Sanban pointed to Liu Ruiying's star sword and asked.

"I am. ”

Liu Ruiying looked at the sky and saw that it was not early, so he said goodbye to the wine and wanted to continue his journey.

"Wait!"

The wine stopped Liu Ruiying.

Liu Ruiying didn't know what was going on, and subconsciously clenched the star sword in his hand.

"I don't know your name yet. ”

The wine three halves asked.

"Under Liu Ruiying. ”

After speaking, Liu Ruiying got up and went to check out, and bought another pot of tea to take on the road.

"Except for the people in the village, you are the first to talk to me when you go out this time. Sure enough, it was still comfortable to speak...... If someone talks to me every day, I don't have to bow to my right hand with my left hand. ”

Jiu San shook his head and slapped a piece of paper on Liu Ruiying's chest.

The speed was so fast that Liu Ruiying was a little caught off guard.

There is a poem written on the paper, titled "Gift to Liu Ruiying".

Three and a half horses passed the tea shed, and suddenly smelled the wine in the cabinet.

The farmer's turbid wine is dry and strong, but he is drunk with Ruiying.