The sun rises in the east, hanging high, and a dawn in the morning dawn breaks through the clouds and sprinkles on the ground. At the north gate of the Fallen Leaf City, people come and go, and the inner gate of the city seems to be covered with a golden carpet.

The man of the Miao family, who had been frozen outside the city for a night, was walking towards the prison mansion in the center of the inner city at this time. After a few steps and a break, he stopped and walked, he was holding oily paper wrapped in buns in his hand, his cheeks were agitated, and a trace of heat came out of his mouth, his expression was flat, except for looking a little displeased, he was not in a hurry.

Since the imperial court opened a market in Jiming Mountain, the people of Nanling Miao Mountain and the people in the inner area of the Southern Dynasty have communicated with each other, bartering with each other, but the circulation of coins is very small. The main reason is that the Miao people rarely go out, and the control over the Siji is strict, and all those who pass through the prison gate must go through the file to report, and there are very few places to spend money, and the other part of the reason is that in recent years, the Miao people have lived a stable and self-sufficient life, which can be said to be a world of difference compared to the days of five years ago. The Miao people are rich in their hearts, but they are also happy.

Over the years, the Miao people can be said to have always kept to themselves, except for the disaster five years ago, the current ethnic group has really gone out, and there are actually very few Miao people who have seen the world, so it doesn't matter what they yearn for or not.

After the witch curse, the prescient Father Mo took a group of black seedling sect members to take the lead away from Jiming Mountain in advance, and at the end of the tragedy, the old real person who worshiped the Xuanguan rushed to the main altar of the Five Immortals Sect with a single sword, and everyone who survived was terrified, where else could they have other thoughts.

It was also after that incident that there was a saying circulating within Miao Village, and the specific matter was unknown. But all the sect members who were lucky enough to see an old real person descend into the world like a true immortal and subdued the majesty of sentient beings, or who had heard about it afterwards, did not talk about it except for the class.

The Five Immortal Sect began to diverge from that moment, and the three tribes of Black Miao, White Miao, and Red Miao each lived in a corner alone, except for internal affairs and the day of sacrificing to the Five Poison Divine Monarchs on the fifth day of the fifth month of May every year, there were few opportunities to live together in groups.

Despite this, year after year, there are always some gossip that has been repeatedly banned, and later to spread falsehoods, things have become more and more outrageous, although Miao Village does not say that the old man is afraid of the tiger, regarded as a flood beast, ordinary people dare not look at each other when they see it.

This is also why when the old people come here again, they will see the Miao girl in Huanyi by the river and the Miao people in the small building on stilts will do such a thing to hide their faces and leave, and they will not see the door.

As for those gossip, Ah Mo saw that there was no big harm, but the people who were good were relieved, and there was no revenge or gathering people to bring anger, so he had to take care of it. More is better than less, after all, the real people who worship the metaphysical view are cultivated all the year round, and there are few who go out.

People come and go in the city, whether it is the residents who have lived in the city for a long time, or the people of the villages who come to the market near the Fallen Leaf City, within five years, there are not a few people who have been to the Jimingshan Market to pick up goods. At that time, the imperial court deliberately blocked the news, and it is estimated that until now, there can be a few people who know about the disaster who are either dead or selectively forgotten, where are there any waves.

The man walked slowly, familiar with the layout of the city, and when he was about to approach the majestic mansion, he deliberately chose those hidden corners that few people usually visited.

As he passed the county hall, which was a few blocks away from the prison mansion, the man secretly stopped and took a look, as usual, nothing unusual.

Two bright red lanterns hung high, and at the door stood two soap-clothed officials, standing with swords, and their expressions were more solemn than usual.

The man frowned, looked up at the sky, it seemed that he had gotten up earlier today, and the time when the county government had set up the door was beyond expectations.

After looking at it carefully for a few minutes, as if he couldn't find any clues, the man pursed his mouth, and then looked back at the prison mansion, maybe the answer to some things had to go to the prison lord to find it.

After walking a few streets to the door of the most majestic mansion in Fallen Leaf City, the man wiped his mouth, reached out to wipe his body, and tidied up his outfit a little, before walking towards the heavy middle gate in front of him.

The man walked up the stairs and crossed the threshold, and the two soldiers with a single knife at the waist did not move, not even blinking their eyelids, as if they did not see it.

After the man entered the inner door, his expression began to become solemn, and when he was about to walk to the living room of Lord Jiancheng, a peaceful voice came from afar, "Amu, shouldn't you go back to Miao Village at this time?"

The inner courtyard of the prison mansion was empty, and the man followed the sound, and a burly figure turned through the three corridors and quietly appeared in front of him, it was the man in Miao Yi named Amu who bowed his head and arched his hand: "My lord, Amu has something to report." ”

Ten minutes later, two people left the prison mansion one after the other, both going to the north gate of the city.

One person changed into a Miao costume and only wore a plain coat that looked like an ordinary person in Fallen Leaf City, and the other was a government soldier wearing dark red government soldier standard armor.

After passing the city gate, the man who went out to change his outfit continued to move along the official horse avenue leading to Qingshui City, and on the side of the rut marks that could disappear on the official road, the man seemed to determine the direction, and walked to a certain tree on the left side of the official road, and took out a carving knife from his arms to cut off a piece of bark, which looked like a tooth flag.

After going out, the soldiers of the prison and the government came to the north gate of the city to stand still, looked at the small officials guarding the door, and began to question.

In a sparsely populated place far from the official road, some people lit water and ran around.

In the Prison Mansion of Fallen Leaf City, not long after the two of them went out, Lord Cheng Xu, the middle pastor, dressed in civilian clothes, quietly went out with two government soldiers.

The county government office, the county lord Huang came to the prison door where Li Yunfeng was still held last night, Chen Wen and the others all bowed down and saluted after seeing their county lord, Huang Weihe frowned and waved his hand.

The two little officials who were kneeling on the side guarding the prison door, after seeing the county lord come to the prison in person, were shocked, and the eyes of the four hangover and nightmare suddenly sobered, and the two little officials were like pouring a plate of cold water on people's heads, trembling.

Liu Ling, who was sitting on a broken straw mat in a single coat in the cell, heard the movement outside, turned around and picked up the iron cable on the side of him, Huang Wei and the short body entered the prison door, and the two started talking.

The main thing is that Liu Ling is talking, and the county lord is listening.

After Zhang Si arrived at the county lord, he led Wang San and several officials to the side, leaving Chen Wen closer to the prison door.

The two in the prison were talking, Chen Wenyou wanted to listen, but he couldn't hear clearly, and just wanted to stand closer to the side, he heard footsteps at the gate of the prison in a hurry. A messenger who came here with the county lord came here before, hugged his fists and said something beside the two.

Huang Weihe and Liu Ling glanced at each other, walked out of the prison door together, and walked towards the prison gate.

When Liu Ling passed by Chen Wen's side, he gave him a look, and at the same time explained a few words to Zhang Si.

After a while, most of the place where there was a crowd of people before was empty, and only Zhang Si and Wang San were left to lead a few officials to rush around.

Chen Wen followed behind Liu Ling and the county lord, and several people walked out of the prison gate and walked towards the inner courtyard of the yamen.

The bodies of the two servants lay there quietly, and Lord Xu, the prisoner, squatted down, uncovered the clothes covering the corpses, and frowned slightly.

At the gate of the county government, there were two soapy clothes standing with knives outside, and two prison soldiers with knives at their waists stood inside.

Lord Cheng Huang and Liu Ling and the other three people in the county all stepped forward to salute after seeing Lord Xu.

Xu Maocai coughed, stood up and pointed to the two corpses lying on the ground and said, "Lord Huang, what's going on?"

Huang Weihe stepped forward, saluted and said, "Lord Xu, the lower official also learned about this matter by the official who had just received a little bit of a messenger, and Liu Ling can say the specific situation." ”

Liu Ling, who had been standing behind him, stepped forward silently and said what he saw last night and his speculation word for word.

Xu Maocai nodded slightly, "It's a good way, but you must be careful, don't end up losing your wife and breaking your army, and hurt that person for no reason." ”

Liu Ling looked solemn.

Outside the yamen, a soldier from the prison mansion stepped forward and whispered a few words in Xu Maocai's ear, and the master of the prison rubbed his fingers, as if smiling.

It was the soldier who had gone to the north gate of the city before, and after telling the news he had learned to Lord Jian Cheng one by one, he bowed down and stood aside.

Xu Maocai then said: "Last night the prison palace lost a carriage, the official had a staff member last night back from errands, happened to see that it was the carriage with the flag of the governor sneaked out of the north gate in the middle of the night, the official thought that this matter may be related to the government office, this is just early in the morning, I don't want to send the government soldiers to the north of the city to inquire just came to report, last night, there was a county government soap clothes to drive out of the city gate, now it seems that most of it is related to the two killed officials in front of him. ”

Liu Ling said with a straight face: "What the adults just said, the person who drove out of the North City Gate was wearing a yamen soap suit?"

Xu Maocai looked at the government soldiers standing beside him, and the government soldiers nodded heavily.

Liu Ling turned his head to look at Lord Huang of the county again, Huang Weihe looked incredulous, and shook his head again and again.

The Eunuch crouched down and lifted the clothes that had been placed on the two dead servants.

Liu Bantou, who was only wearing a single coat, groaned slightly, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Lord Prison means that the man who robbed the prison last night killed two officials, stripped off his clothes to cover up, and then hid in the carriage stolen in advance and went out of the North City Gate overnight. ”

Xu Maocai nodded, noncommittal, looked at Liu Ling and said, "I have sent someone to investigate all the way, and there will be a flag mark of the lieutenant on the way, you should pay close attention." ”

Liu Ling bowed and retreated, and Chen Wen stopped talking.

Xu Maocai looked at the old Lord Huang next to him, and the two glanced at each other and stopped talking.

Liu Ling reorganized her outfit, carefully arranged everything, nodded to the two adults, took out the golden knife left by the master and strode away.

After Huang Weihe sent Lord Jian Cheng out of the mansion, he said to Chen Wen: "You also go and prepare, remember to be careful in everything." ”

Chen Wen nodded and walked towards the side of the government prison.

On the north side of the city, the crowd of people coming and going is still endless, the closer to the grand festival of Chongxuanguan, the more people in the vicinity of Fallen Leaf City will pay homage, and the official horse avenue leading to Qingshui City is full of pedestrians, not as deserted as at night.

There was a woman dressed in gray and wide sleeves dressed as a man mixed in with the pedestrians who went to Chongxuanguan Yunding Mountain to watch the ceremony one after another, she sometimes looked up at the surroundings, sometimes looked down at a certain piece of paper in the palm of her hand, and walked in a hurry.