A few days after the Lantern Festival, the end of the lantern temple, the New Year has passed. The beginning of spring has arrived, and the beginning of spring has passed fifteen years ago. Everything in the palace is back to normal.

The full moon is lacking again, and Chen Renhai is on duty in the Moon Dragon Pavilion tonight. He opened the pamphlet again, and a few days after returning to the palace, there was nothing abnormal in the officialdom and the rivers and lakes, but he thought of the pamphlet that his sister picked up on Chinese New Year's Eve, and his thoughts were the same as Guo Yu and others who spent Chinese New Year's Eve in the capital: How could such a small booklet have such exquisite painting? I think it can't be someone boring.

Long Xiangtian returned to the Moon Dragon Pavilion - since returning to normalcy and not going to the Ten Thousand Flowers Hall to guard, he had spoken less than before, except for explaining the matter of the guards patrolling the palace, he almost rarely communicated with the other seven people. He didn't say anything to Chen Renhai, only glanced at Chen Renhai, saw a booklet in his arms, and turned his head to the barracks upstairs.

When he was young, Pu Mu also returned to the pavilion and said, "Brother Chen, how can you be so worried these days? This sadness is all written on your face, are you homesick again when you just returned to the palace?"

Chen Renhai said with a smile: "Brother Pu misunderstood, a few days ago, he was tired of carriage and horses, and he was on duty in the palace for two nights, and he was a little unwell. ”

"Haha...... So that's the case, I want to feel the same way, as soon as the Spring Festival passes, I am also a little uncomfortable. Pu Mu said.

Chen Renhai said: "It's a beautiful woman who can't enter the palace at will." ”

Pu Mu said: "I'm afraid it's Brother Duan talking nonsense with you again, right? When he arranges the secret sentry and returns, I will definitely settle accounts with him——"

A voice came from outside the door, "Who wants to settle accounts with me?" Duan Gan arrived in the Moon Dragon Pavilion, followed by Guo Yu and Li Defei.

Pu Mu said: "I think it's you talking nonsense with Brother Chen. ”

Duan Gan smiled slyly: "Brother Pu is thoughtful, he would suspect me at will?

Guo Yu said: "Brother Pu, can the marriage be decided?"

"If there is an eyebrow in this matter, you still need to ask the emperor, if you want to come to the emperor to give a marriage, how can Brother Pu get engaged to marry in private?" Duan Gan said treacherously.

"Don't make fun of me, the secret whistle password is also for Brother Duan to inform—" Pu Mu said.

While everyone was speaking, Wang Yu returned.

"Brother Wang, you're too late again—" Duan Gan said treacherously.

Wang Yu said: "My father-in-law helped me find a woman again, so I have to go...... And my father-in-law also told the emperor that it was time to talk to me about family affairs. I heard that the emperor is still very concerned about this matter......"

Duan Gan smiled slyly: "In this way, I will soon be able to drink two wedding wines——"

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and Wang Yu said, "Everyone, don't talk about this matter yet." Just now in the general's mansion, someone put a booklet at the door, and I picked it up when I went out to the palace, but there was something else in it——"

With that, Wang Yu placed the booklet on the bookcase and opened it, and Guo Yu and Chen Renhai couldn't help but have dilated pupils when they saw the booklet—it was the same as what they had seen and written on the booklet.

After everyone flipped through the booklet, Chen Renhai took out the booklet in his arms, and Guo Yu did the same. All three booklets are on the bookscase, and they are exactly the same—this is no coincidence.

After Chen Renhai told the matter, Guo Yu also told the matter. Everyone fell into thought, Pu Mu picked up these three booklets, and compared them carefully, but felt that the three booklets were exactly the same, and the pictures on the booklets were exactly the same, and it seemed that there was no difference in the handwriting of the drawings - "This painter is definitely not simple, and the world will not be peaceful again." Pu Mu said.

Li Defei picked up the booklet and read it, and said, "It's strange to say, this booklet by Brother Chen and Brother Guo was picked up by children on the street, but Brother Wang's is at the gate of the General's Mansion?"

Wang Yu said: "After going out, on the way down the steps, it is also on the street." ”

"It's so distributed, people who want to come to patrol the house will probably know. Why don't you ask someone from the Criminal Department to check it out in the next few days?" Chen Renhai said.

Pu Mu said: "I think tomorrow I will wait for the emperor to report this matter first, and then discuss it after listening to the emperor's will." ”

"Well, that's for the best. If the emperor hands over this matter to the Criminal Department, we will not have to worry about it. Duan Gan said treacherously.

Pu Mu said with a smile: "If the criminal department can't solve it, and it still involves court officials, we don't want to make a thorough investigation, and let me wait for a few days to borrow the auspicious words of Duan's godbrother." ”

The conversation continued for a while, and except for Chen Renhai, who was on duty at night, the rest of the people went upstairs to rest.

After the beginning of spring, the snow melts quickly, and the palace maids and eunuchs have been a little busy recently. As soon as the morning dawned, there were many eunuchs and palace maids cleaning the snow melt from all over the palace.

Pu Mu and Chen Renhai left from the Qinzheng Hall and went straight to the Moon Dragon Pavilion. Long Xiangtian sat on the steps at the entrance of the Moon Dragon Pavilion, looking at the palace group outside the pavilion - the palace at the inner gate, the largest was the Fazheng Palace, and the other palaces were so far away that it was difficult to see.

When Pu Mu arrived at the Moon Dragon Pavilion, he saw Long Xiangtian sitting like this, so he said, "Brother Long has finished practicing early in the morning, why don't you go and sit in the pavilion?"

Chen Renhai said: "The spring is cold, and it is still a little cold outside, so it is better to ......"

"I'll go back when I'm young, and after practicing, the qi in my body is hot, come here to cool off for a while—" Long Xiang Tiandao. After that, Long Xiangtian didn't say anything more.

The two smiled and nodded, and returned to the Moon Dragon Pavilion. Poplar sat next to the bookcase, and Poplar was looking at the three booklets, and when he saw the two of them coming to the bookcase, he asked: "Brother Wang has told me about this matter, these three booklets are really peculiar, you two have enlightened the emperor, I don't know how the emperor decides?"

Pu Mu said: "The emperor first sent this matter to the Criminal Department for inspection. Search for such pamphlets in Beijing and prefectures before making plans. ”

"Three booklets, two from the capital and one from Ludong, and they are all seen on the streets......" Bai Yang fell into thought before he finished speaking.

"We can also pay attention to this case, and let the surveyors go from the imperial guard room to the Moon Dragon Pavilion in a short time, and we will discuss this matter carefully. Chen Renhai said.

"Why bother to come to the class room, I'll wait for myself to come-" A voice came from outside the door, it turned out to be Zhao Zicheng, Qian Jing, and Wu Xiong. Zhao Zicheng said: "Wang Yu has told me the matter today, and I will come later——"

Pu Mu got up and said, "That's very good—" After that, Zhao Zicheng and the others sat down next to the bookcase. Zhao Zicheng saw the three booklets on the bookcase, so he immediately picked them up and flipped through them.

"Why is this 'burning up the southeast officials' and 'Ya Pick Ganliang Army' so incompatible with the words behind?" Wu Xiong said.

Pu Mu was awakened by Wu Xiong's words and said, "Yes, the rest of the sentences do not explicitly mention the court officials. The southeastern officials and the Ganliang army are both affiliated to the imperial court, which is inconsistent with the following sentences. ”

"Southeast officials, do you mean the case of the Ministry of Rites?" Chen Renhai said.

As he spoke, Long Xiangtian walked into the Moon Dragon Pavilion and said: "Dongting is located in the south-central part of our territory, far from the southeast;

The rest of the people didn't reply, and after a while, Bai Yang said: "According to what the prince of Zhenbei said, the rebels in the northwest have fled out of the pass, do they want to make a comeback?"

But the prince said that as soon as this battle is over, the city gates in the northwest have all been locked, and foreign merchants are not allowed to enter the customs. How can the Northwest rebels set foot in Middle-earth?" said Chen Renhai.

Long Xiang Tiandao: "There is a place to enter Middle-earth-"

Everyone moved their eyes to Long Xiangtian, and Long Xiangtian continued: "The former site of the former Han Dynasty's Western Regions Protectorate, there is an old official road, from the Loulan Ancient Road to the end of the official road, and at the end of the official road there is a town in Middle Earth. Through the official road in that town, you can go directly to the Central Plains, where there is no territory and city pass set up by the Ganliang army. ”

Pu Mu said, "How did the Dragon Commander know?"

Long Xiangtian did not answer directly, but said: "I walked this road when I returned from studying art in the ancient road of Loulan, and there were still many Hu merchants who went to Middle Earth to trade from there when the imperial court was at war with the rebels in the northwest. ”

Poplar said, "When did the dragon rule this?"

"It's been more than half a year. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Pu Mu said: "Brother Long's arrival in the capital is already the time of the re-election of the Great Interior, which has been a period of time since walking the ancient road at that time. Now that the imperial court is victorious, will the Ganliang army clear the border and strengthen the checkpoints?"

Long Xiangtian said: "I don't know if this ancient road can be found by the Ganliang Army, but that's all Long knows." For a few surveyors to analyze—"

There are no other clues other than these pamphlets, and only the people of the court in the northwest and southeast directions are mentioned in the pictures. The southeast official ......," Zhao Zicheng said, and fell into thought again.

Pu Mu slapped his head and said: "Qian Jing, go to the Ministry of Officials to find Wu Shangshu, and ask for all the rosters of officials in the southeast and southeast, as well as the details of the officials." ”

Qian Jing returned the order, ran out of the Moon Dragon Pavilion, and went out of the palace to find Wu Shangshu of the household department. Zhao Zicheng said: "There are two prefectures in the southeast, Zhejiang and Fujian, with a total of more than 20 prefectures and counties, so the officials, I don't know who is mentioned in this booklet." Finding a needle in a haystack like this is not the best policy. ”

"What is Master Zhao's opinion?" Long Xiang said.

Zhao Zicheng said: "Not at the moment, but we can only wait." ”

"Wait?" Chen Renhai wondered.

"They have already issued these pamphlets, and we can only fix them after the incident. It is like a person's illness, as soon as this booklet comes out, it is like having physical pain, and the diseases in the internal organs have already gathered momentum, and the illness will come like a mountain. The officials in the southeast may not all suffer in the future, but they don't know how they will be affected by this flying disaster. Zhao Zicheng said.

"The case involving local officials that has not been brought in by the officials of the Criminal Department has not been sent to the Picket Department recently, will it really get out of control?" Guo Yu said.

Chen Renhai said: "Every state and county has patrol yards and garrisons, can't they be prevented?"

"That's why I said wait. Zhao Zicheng said.

Pu Mu said: "We need to be ahead of them-" After that, Pu Mu got up and said to Zhao Zicheng: "Brother Zhao and I went to the Qinzheng Hall to face the saint, and asked the emperor to send an urgent order to the soldiers and horses of the southeastern states and counties to strengthen their vigilance. ”

Zhao Zicheng got up and said: "It can't just be the southeastern states and counties, but also need to inform all the provinces to take strict precautions-"

Everyone nodded, and Pu and Zhao walked quickly out of the Moon Dragon Pavilion and went straight to the Qinzheng Palace.

Seeing that there was nothing to discuss, Long Xiangtian got up and went to the door and looked at the palace group behind the palace wall on the main street. After that, he went upstairs again and said, "I won't eat lunch, so you don't have to leave it for me." With that, he went into the barracks.

Bai Yang said: "Brother Long doesn't think about food these days, I don't know why." Although Brother Long usually speaks very little, but now it has become even fewer, and it is rare to say something like today. ”

Duan Gan Weifeng, Guo Yu, and Wang Yu returned from Taixue, and the three of them took the guards to move all the records of the rivers and lakes written by Taixue recently to the Yuelong Pavilion Chronicles.

Duan Gan said as he went downstairs: "Recently, the rivers and lakes have been very peaceful, and there has been no friction between the gangs and the imperial court, and there is no estrangement between them. I don't know what this album is about—"

Guo Yu said: "Brother Duan, don't be impatient, at this time, I can only wait to move." ”

At this time, a palace maid came to lunch, and everyone asked her to put the food in the kitchen. After that, the palace maids withdrew from the Moon Dragon Pavilion one after another.

Night fell again, Long Xiangtian made tea on the bookcase, and he had the habit of drinking night tea. Pu Mu and Zhao Zicheng went to the Diligent Administration Hall to discuss the policies discussed by the commanders. The emperor naturally accepted the proposal of Pu Mu and others, and after the edict of the military department, he asked the two to retreat.

Long Xiangtian also flipped through the three albums and fell into thought. He felt that what Zhao Zicheng said was reasonable, they were already passive at the moment, the other party had arranged everything in secret, in addition to increasing their precautions, they thought that they could only arrest the real culprit after the incident. Such a mysterious and premeditated matter, he naturally knew that if it happened, it would be difficult for the local officials to think about it. He has just finished reading the records of the rivers and lakes in the middle of the chronicles, and there must be something hidden behind the seemingly calm rivers and lakes.

The spring cold is precipitous, Long Xiangtian covered the door of the Moon Dragon Pavilion, added some lamp oil, and sat back next to the bookcase. The door opened, and it turned out to be the leather waiter of the criminal department. I saw that Pi Shilang hurried to the Moon Dragon Pavilion, followed by two Ouchi guards, each holding a stack of booklets in their hands.

After visiting Long Xiangtian, Pi Shilang said, "Commander Long, these are the pamphlets that the patrol house has searched on the streets—"

Long Xiangtian said: "Are there any similarities and differences with those drawn in these three booklets?"

Pi Shilang flipped through one of the three booklets and exclaimed, "All of them are the same as those drawn in these booklets—"

"Did these come from the people, or did they pick them up from the streets?" asked Long Xiangtian.

Pi Shilang said: "Some were picked up on the street, and some were obtained in street restaurants, food stalls, chess clubs, teahouses, inns, and guest rooms. ”

"Are those shops temporarily locked?" Long Xiang said.

Pi Shilang said: "The catchers of the patrol room have temporarily sealed the shop, and the guys and shopkeepers have also gone to the government office to make confessions one by one. ”

"Well done, these brochures are all in the palace, and I will make a decision after giving the emperor to the emperor. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

After Pi Shilang returned the order, he withdrew from the Moon Dragon Pavilion.

Long Xiangtian looked at this stack of pamphlets, and he naturally understood that something would definitely happen on the rivers and lakes soon.

It was dawn, and there was still a little chill in the cold morning, and the commanders in the barracks all freshened up and went downstairs. After Long Xiangtian and the rest of the people informed the people from the Criminal Department that they had sent the booklet to the Moon Dragon Pavilion last night, they went back to the barracks to rest.

Pu Mu said: "Now there is really no way to deal with it except waiting." With that, he shook his head.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a word: if the garrison is on guard at this time, these people may not have a chance to take advantage of it. Duan Gan said treacherously.

Wang Yu said: "Yes, the various departments of the imperial court are closely connected, and the military department has issued an urgent order, and I think that we will make arrangements in the near future. ”

Chen Renhai said: "I hope so." ”

After a few days, it was peaceful. It is only said that after dinner on this day, an internal attendant came to the Moon Dragon Pavilion to order the emperor to edict the eight commanders to go to the Qinzheng Palace to discuss matters.

The night is not as fast as winter, but the early spring night is not too slow. It wasn't until the time of the reign that the eight returned to the Moon Dragon Pavilion from the Qinzheng Palace. Thinking that their expectations have been broken, their sadness must not have brought good news.

Pu Mu said: "The emperor ordered Brother Long, Brother Bai, Brother Li, and Brother Chen to go to Ganliang Mansion to supervise the disappearance of Yuma. Brother Duan, I think your wish is still better. ”

Duan Gan said treacherously: "The emperor asked you and the other four to bring officials from various ministries to go together, and if you want to come to the emperor this time, you must also know what it is impossible to prevent...... Therefore, let Ouchi bring enough people to show the power of my dynasty. ”

Chen Renhai said: "The emperor ordered us to leave on the same day." Brother Long, Brother Bai, Brother Li, I'd better sort it out by myself and go to the officials of the various ministries to set off. ”

The three of them answered, and then went to the barracks to get weapons, sorted out their official uniforms, and hung up their waist cards, and then said goodbye to the four of them and left the Moon Dragon Pavilion.

The group of people in the capital quickly left the city. The crowd kept going, and in less than ten days, the group of people and horses in Ouchi arrived in Ganliang Mansion. A group of people dismounted one after another, led by Long Xiangtian, Chen Renhai, Bai Yang, and Li Defei, followed by Yu Wenfeng, Leng Jie, Ren Chaoxian, Mei Jin, four internal officials and a small squad of guards.

Long Xiangtian knocked on the door of the Ganliang Mansion. The official of the government opened the door, and when he saw this group of people standing at the door, before he could ask the reason, Long Xiangtian showed his waist card and said, "The case of the governor of the inner house-quickly lead me to see the governor of your house-"

When the official saw this waist card and saw the official uniform inlaid with silver silk and white Ze on Long Xiangtian's body, he knew that this person was designated as the commander of the Ouchi, and immediately opened the door of the government office, and said frequently: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be careful of the steps-"

And they went into the palace together, and it was covered widely, and the public hall was directly opposite the gate. When the group entered the public hall, Ma Chuan, the governor of Ganliang, immediately stood up and saluted, and said, "The lower official Ma Chuan, the governor of Ganliang, has seen all the governors——"

Chen Renhai motioned for his exemption and said, "Governor Ma, we have been ordered to come to supervise and crack the recent case of the disappearance of Yuma. I also asked Governor Ma to provide us with the case file and investigate it carefully with us. ”

Governor Ma immediately summoned the master bookkeeper and asked him to present the case file to Chen Renhai. Long Xiangtian said to Leng Du and the others: "Ren Chaoxian, Mei Jin, you two will follow me to the back hall to check the file, Leng Du, Yu Wenfeng, you and the others will lead the guards to wait here." Everyone replied.

Bai Yang said: "I also ask Governor Ma to arrange a place for them to stay." Governor Ma immediately replied to the order, and sent the official to lead Leng Jue and others out of the court, and then Governor Ma led Long Xiangtian and others to the back hall together.

The cool spring breeze seems to be the same as in winter, the trees here have not yet produced any new leaves, and the whole world is still a little dusty.

In the back hall, the six people finished reading the file, and Chen Renhai asked: "Governor Ma, the imperial horse has been sent out from the hands of the horse merchant since the second day of the second month of February, and it stands to reason that you can go to Ganliang Mansion on the tenth day of the second month." Why did you wait for February 14 to go to the verify?"

Governor Ma said: "You commanders don't know, the royal horse is sent from the state and county of the Hui department, there are quicksand and storms in the cool desert on the third day of the second month, so the lower officials guess that it is because of this delay, but the scout on the fourth day of the first month came to report that the wind and sand have stopped, so I waited until the fourteenth to verify. ”

While speaking, Yu Wenfeng came to the back hall, and Long Xiangtian asked when he saw this: "Yu Wenfeng, what do you have to say?"

Yu Wenfeng said: "Commander Long, I saw this on the street when I left the gate of the mansion just now——"

Long Xiangtian saw the booklet in Yu Wenfeng's hand, and immediately took it and opened it, and it was surprisingly consistent.