It's night in the northwest again, and this time the night is extraordinary for this land.

General Zhou was silent for a long time, he had already said everything he could say, although he still didn't know what the "Heavenly Help" in Chen Renhai's mouth meant, but even if he knew it at this moment, what could he do? The sword next to him was still cold, he already understood that his life was in the hands of others, and no matter how many words he spoke, it seemed that there was no meaning.

Chen Renhai said: "General Zhou is indeed refreshing, but that's all General Zhou knows?"

"Then what else does Commander Chen want to know? Even if he asks, the last general will know everything. General Zhou said, he said very lightly.

"Who entrusted General Zhou to cooperate with the Shaxi Gang to steal the imperial horse? Also, if General Zhou didn't know the forces behind it, then why did he get involved in this matter?" Chen Renhai said.

General Zhou said: "Commander Chen asked very carefully, and General Rong Mo thought carefully about how to respond to what Commander Chen asked...... The people of the Shaxi Gang don't know each other. It's just that someone sent the last general a sum of money, and asked the last general not to let the people who came to investigate the case go to Liangzhou City, and they also asked me to blame the Hu Governor's Mansion. This Hu prefect himself is an official of the sour literati, and he has many disagreements with my Ganliang army, and he also wrote to the saint, saying that the Ganliang army's military style is not right, which is caused by the main general. Is the military style unright? caused by the commander? I have long seen that he is unhappy."

Bai Yang said: "They used a sum of money to make you betray the imperial court? ”

"No matter what you say, I don't know what kind of faction this force is, let alone where it comes from. However, looking at the way they talked, they were a bit like businessmen. General Zhou said.

Chen Renhai continued to ask, "That's all General Zhou said?"

"No, that's all...... General Zhou sighed.

The rest of the people did not continue to speak, and then Chen Renhai took out the talisman and said: "The holy talisman, all the soldiers listen to the order" After a word, the soldiers outside the door poured in, Chen Renhai said: "Put General Zhou in the Ganliang Mansion Prison" After that, the soldiers said "Offended General Zhou." Then, he grabbed General Zhou and escorted him out of the barracks.

Twilight spring has arrived, but the warmth of the northwest is still very stingy. Long Xiangtian put away the sword and said, "Do you believe what that person said?"

Chen Renhai said: "He still has something to hide, but at present, I can't get his words out." ”

Bai Yang said: "What does Brother Chen mean?"

"I heard something in his words. The sigh, and the tone in which he said 'know everything' and 'only so much,' showed that there was much more to what he understood. Chen Renhai said.

"Brother Chen didn't ask but temporarily detained him, because he already had a countermeasure in his heart. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Chen Renhai smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Long really thinks highly of me, now I am in a hurry, what countermeasures can I have? If Brother Long hadn't informed me in advance, I would have been kept in the dark by this person." It is also impossible to take him into custody now, although his words are full of words that he does not know the mysterious force, but I think he just does not know the whole group of people, and he is afraid that he still has the control in their hands. ”

"Take him into custody, and I think you can keep him for the time being. This group of people attacked the military camp and injured many soldiers and generals, first of all, I and others ruled out their suspicions, and then let them blame the prefect Hu...... Why did they blame the prefect Hu? In the dossier provided by the prefect Hu...... Brother Chen, can you find any clues?" Bai Yang said.

Chen Renhai said: "The dossier in Liangzhou, except for recording the fact that there are more picture albums collected by the people, is not abnormal compared with other states and counties. By the way, the number of people who were distributed to the albums recorded in the Liangzhou file was much more than that in other prefectures and counties. However, the inspection of the subsequent market was checked, but the vendors who distributed brochures were not found. The same is true for other states and counties. ”

"The states and counties have been put under martial law, I wonder if they can still be in the city?" Bai Yang wondered.

"They are wandering in this Ganliang generation, what are the similarities and differences between being in the city and not being in the city?"

Bai Yang said: "In my opinion, it is better to issue a notice to reassure the people first. ”

Chen Renhai nodded and said: "This notice of peace needs to be issued quickly, as soon as this album comes out, and Huangsha attacks the military camp, the people who want to come to trial will probably go back and talk nonsense, and we still need to prepare and distribute the notice as soon as possible." ”

Long Xiangtian was puzzled and said: "This East Road military camp is on the outskirts of Ganliang Mansion, and there are not many families here. During the interrogation, Governor Ma leaked the matter?"

"That's not true, but it's hard to keep things secret, especially when so many people are on trial, even if they don't know that the military camp has been attacked, I'm afraid they will know that the government has noticed something strange at this moment, so they will be interrogated. If anyone spreads a rumor and spreads it wider, he is in the hands of the enemy. Poplar said.

Long Xiangtian didn't reply, Chen Renhai nodded, and said, "So let's go down."

After that, Bai Yang went out of the room and called the master bookkeeper to come, and the master book wrote a letter, so he sent a soldier to send a letter to Li Defei in the government office.

After a long time, Long Xiang genius said: "Now Liangzhou City still needs to go, I think General Zhou has not issued an order, and the East Route Army in Longxi has not yet set off." Guys, what do you think?"

Chen Renhai said with a smile: "I don't know what to do now, although I have caught General Zhou, I don't know if I was hit by wind and sand on the way to Liangzhou City......

Long Xiangtian remembered what Chen Renhai said to General Zhou, and immediately asked, "Brother Chen, what does the 'Heavenly Help' mean in the desert?"

Chen Renhai patted his head and said with a smile: "Hey, I have been a little sluggish in thinking about it these days, and I almost left such an important matter behind: during the day, Brother Li told me that Wulong was dead, and then Brother Long secretly told me about the plan in a note, and Brother Bai and I went into the desert, and we were extra careful. When I arrived in the desert, the wind and sand really came, and when I turned to run, there was a sound around the wind and sand. ”

Long Xiangtian was a little surprised and asked, "A burst of voice?"

Chen Renhai said: "I don't know where this voice came from, we only heard 'There is no wind in the desert, why do you have evil thoughts?' and...... By the way, there is also a phrase 'the wind and sand retreat', and then the wind and sand disperse

。 ”

Poplar continued: "When I asked who it was, my voice started again, and I only said that I waited for someone he wanted to help here, but only once. ”

Long Xiangtian's eyes were a little wide, and his tense face was a little relaxed, and after a while, he said: "This person is none other than one of the four saints who is as famous as Xiao Taiyi." ”

Bai Yang said: "'The Buddha enters Shaolin, the immortal returns to Wudang, the demon lives outside the plug, and the demon hides in the rivers and lakes', the Buddha has lived in Shaolin for a long time, and even Brother Pu has never seen his true face in Shaolin. Demon dwelling outside the ...... The person who helps us is the Demon Saint?"

Long Xiangtian nodded and said, "This demon saint has a stunt, which is Baili Yin. As soon as this hundred-mile sound comes out, it can be transmitted within a radius of a hundred miles, and those people know that there are people around them when they hear this sound, and they are afraid to retreat. And if they don't retreat, the demon saint will probably kill them all in the desert with a hundred miles of sound. ”

Chen Renhai was puzzled and said: "Among the four saints of martial arts, the whereabouts of the two demon saints are the most secret, and they don't like to get involved in the affairs of the imperial court.

Long Xiangtian said: "Since this demon saint acts secretly, I don't have to discuss his actions anymore if I want to." At this time, it is necessary to issue another order to order the Longxi East Route Army to immediately leave the camp and blockade Liangzhou City. We went with a hundred sergeants and our guards. ”

"Call for a cold decision, and let him bring the antidote, just in case. Chen Renhai said.

The night passed like this, and the soldiers slept very deeply in the East Road barracks that night, but the three fell asleep very late.

The last time he proposed to go to the desert, Chen Renhai wanted to go along the desert to find the traces of the royal horse, and the second time was to lure the snake out of the hole. If you know the traces of the imperial horse from General Zhou, you will not go out of the desert.

The horses ran fast on the official road, and in less than an hour, Liangzhou City was already in front of them, and there was nothing unusual along the way. Several scouts had already greeted them outside the city. Long Xiangtian was about to send someone forward to ask questions, but a scout stepped forward and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Eastern Route Army still has three minutes to go to Liangzhou City, and I have already arrived in the city to inform Governor Hu of this." At this moment, Governor Hu has imposed martial law on Liangzhou City, and asked me to wait here to wait for all of you. ”

Chen Renhai said: "The wind and sand here are a little big, I will wait until I enter the city before speaking, you wait to guard the city gate, and wait for the East Route Army to come outside the city to report as soon as possible." ”

The scout received the order and made way out, and Chen Renhai and the others entered the city.

Outside the palace, Hu Zhifu was already waiting, and after seeing Chen Renhai and others arrive, he immediately sent someone to lead the horse, and he greeted a few people who had just dismounted, and said: "Today, the scout of the East Route Army came to report, saying that you are going to Liangzhou City to investigate the case, so the lower officials have sent people to block the city, and the lower officials will definitely do their best to assist the adults to find out." Have you had lunch, the government has already prepared food and drinks, why don't you ......?"

Long Xiangtian stopped Hu Zhifu's words and said, "I have more than 100 people under our subordinates, so settle them down first." ”

Hu Zhifu said: "The guest rooms in the palace can't accommodate so many people, and there are still some houses in the Gongyuan, how about first wronging the sergeants and letting them live in the Gongyuan temporarily?"

Chen Renhai said to Mei Jin beside him: "Let the chief soldier lead the soldiers and brothers to live in the Gongyuan first." ”

Mei Jin then went to the team and said a few words to the leading sergeant, and Chen Renhai said: "Please also ask Governor Hu to send someone to lead the way." ”

After hearing this, Governor Hu immediately sent someone to guide the way. The streets were vacant, and Chen Renhai, Bai Yang, Long Xiangtian, Mei Jin and Leng Jue entered the government under the guidance of Hu Zhifu and other officials. After lunch, Long Xiangtian spoke, "Does Governor Hu know about the rudder of the Northwest Jockey Club outside the city?

Hu Zhifu said: "If Lord Huilong, the lower officials know about this rudder, but they haven't had a business of sending horses for a long time." ”

Such words made the people who came to investigate the case not think that the rudder of the Northwest Horse Club did not send the horses, so they didn't think that they sent these royal horses out of the city, could it be that General Zhou was lying? Or did someone from other horse clubs send horses?

"Are there any other horses that can be transported here these days?" asked Long Xiangtian.

Governor Hu shook his head and asked the rest of his officials, and those chief bookkeepers, chief catchers, and secretaries all said that they had never seen the horse merchants pass through Liangzhou City.

Mr. Yang of Liangzhou said: "My lords, the lower officials have received orders from the lords of Ganliang Mansion in the past few days, and they have been sorting out the files for the Hu Governor's Mansion above the government office, and the matters of patrolling the streets of the house are also recorded in the files, and there is indeed no merchant transporting horses. ”

Chen Renhai pondered what General Zhou said, did he not mean that the merchants transported the horses in batches?

"Governor Hu, have there been more horses coming and going in Liangzhou City recently?" asked Chen Renhai.

Hu Zhifu said: "In the late spring, there are indeed many horses coming and going, most of them go to the Central Plains to do business, and some people go to the Central Plains to find some way to live, this Ganliang Mansion is poorer than other prefectures and prefectures of the imperial court, many people can't find a way to live here, but it is too cold in winter to travel, so some people go out in the spring, and these horses are their foot strength. Therefore, in the late spring, a large number of horses go out of the city every day, but when the adults come to investigate the case, the lower officials will set up many guards at the city gate every day to strictly check the news, and the picture albums in the city are frequently published, the people are panicked, so the horses and people in and out of the city are much less. ”

"Governor Hu, around the third day of the second lunar month, the amount of horses coming and going from Liangzhou City has not increased or decreased?" Long Xiangtian asked.

"This ......" Governor Hu really can't be estimated.

Yang Zhutou said: "The third day of the second month that the adults asked, is it at this time that the adults deduced that the third day of the second month is the time when the royal horse disappeared?"

Everyone didn't reply, and Governor Hu was a little uncomfortable, and said: "Yang Zhutou, this is a secret of the imperial court, how can you inquire indiscriminately"

Yang Zhutou said: "Your Excellency forgives your sins, the lower officials are just guessing......"

Long Xiangtian interrupted Yang Zhutou's words and said, "Yang Zhutou misunderstood, and I don't dare to break it."

It is set to be the third day of the second month of the second month, but the cool desert is full of quicksand and storms on the third day of the second month, so I guess that someone fished in troubled waters and robbed the horse. ”

"I see, Yang Zhutou, do you have any other information to tell you about around the third day of the second month?"

Yang Zhutou said: "In those days, the merchants came and went as in previous years, if there were thieves who robbed the horses and transported them here, they must have come in batches, even if they were broken into pieces, we have never seen any merchants transport a small number of horses." If the bandits are disguised, they also need to have a place to settle down before they can make plans, all of this seems unreasonable......"

Chen Renhai said: "What Yang Zhutou said is reasonable. But they had been ambushed twice on the way to Liangzhou City in the desert, and the enemy seemed to have done too much to do so, so why did they have to have these two more ambushes?

Chen Renhai pondered the two ambushes they had encountered: once to lead Wulong into the encirclement, and once to play with General Zhou to lure the snake out of the hole. But if the enemy pretends to be a puzzle, then what General Zhou said is not true, General Zhou has been caught, and it is not beneficial for him to lie, and before this they have been familiar with the realm of the Ganliang realm, Liangzhou City is the best city to transport horses, and the enemy has worked hard to transport the imperial horses to a distance, and let people ambush them in the desert, and let General Zhou ......

No one spoke in the back hall, neither did Bai Yang and Long Xiangtian, and Mei Jin and Leng Jue were also thinking. They were silent, and the rest of the officials naturally did not dare to speak out, because these officials knew little about the details of the case and could not provide them with any clues, and second, the officials did not dare to disturb their thoughts.

Bai Yang said: "At present, we don't know where to start, but this Anmin notice, please post it quickly."

Governor Hu took the notice and said, "The lower officials obey the order", and Governor Hu immediately sent the master book to copy the notice, and then posted it in the streets and alleys of the city.

Long Xiangtian said: "Governor Hu, tomorrow we will go out of the city to investigate the case, you don't need martial law, just return to normal duty." ”

Governor Hu immediately replied to the order, and a scout came to report that the Eastern Route Army had arrived. Everyone got up, and Chen Renhai said: "Let the soldiers who lead the troops be stationed in the tribute courtyard, and the remaining soldiers, Hu Zhifu, can there be other places for them to live?"

"There is no extra place in the city, why don't you let it camp outside the city?" said Hu Zhifu.

Bai Yang said: "Okay, pass the order and let the leading soldiers distribute it by themselves." Governor Hu also asked someone to send troops to move in. ”

After Governor Hu replied to the order, Long Xiangtian got up and said, "May I ask Governor Hu, how to divide the rudder of the Northwest Jockey Club?"

"You can find them in the market town ten miles outside the north of the city, so it's better for me to send ......," Hu Zhifu said.

Long Xiangtian immediately got up, and before Governor Hu could finish speaking, he said: "Quickly order the Ouchi guards in the Gongyuan to go out of the city with me to investigate the rudder of the Northwest Jockey Club." ”

Chen Renhai said: "Okay, I'll wait here for Brother Long's good news." ”

A notice was posted in the city, but the people saw the army and the Ouchi people entering the city, and saw the notice of peace and read:

The people of Liangzhou City:

It has been a long time since the strange picture album came out, and the paintings are all evil, and the words are all rebellion. The matter of confusing the public in the album has been thoroughly investigated by Ganliang Mansion, and the Ganliang Government and the Imperial Court will definitely bring the case to justice, and Ganliang Mansion will be peaceful and blue. In this way, the people of Liangzhou City are told not to believe rumors, nor to spread rumors indiscriminately, so they can only live with peace of mind, and the case will be solved in a few days.

The people read the notice of Anmin, and some people were naturally relieved, while some people were even more uneasy when they saw the Ganliang army entering the city and the arrival of the officials of Ouchi. For those people, such a situation only makes them more alarmed.

It is only said that Long Xiangtian led a team of guards out of the city, and arrived at the market town in less than three quarters of an hour, there was indeed a horse farm in the market town, Long Xiangtian sent someone to get off the horse and buckle the door, and the guards reported their identities after someone opened the door, Long Xiangtian showed his waist card, and the little guy immediately led Long Xiangtian and the guards into the door.

In front of him was a house, and a man with a big belly came out of the house to greet him, and the man said: "I don't know that the adults of the court are coming, and they are not welcomed, and there are many offenses, and I ask my lord to forgive me." ”

Long Xiangtian said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to be like this, you don't have to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I came here today to learn about the case from the shopkeeper." ”

The man said, "I see, my lordship also asks the house to speak." ”

Long Xiangtian turned his head to all the guards and said, "You are waiting here."

After hearing the order, the guards all stood, and Long Xiangtian immediately entered the house with the shopkeeper.

The man's name was Xu Jian, and he was the helmsman of the Northwest Jockey Club, responsible for the supply and sale of horses in several states and counties. After Long Xiangtian explained the intention and the reason for the matter, Xu Jian's rhetoric was no different from what Hu Zhifu and other officials said

"To tell you the truth, it is indeed a little strange these days, many horse trainers have resigned themselves and do not know where they have gone, so although we have found horses, the number of horses that can be trained has been greatly reduced. Before the horse was sent out this time, we had no business for a long time, but the robbers robbed the horse from nowhere. The gang leader found the people of the Shaxi Gang, but the Shaxi gang leader was also confused, recently the Ganliang Army closed the border pass, and the Shaxi Gang had no source of jewelry business, so he went back to the old town of Jincheng to start a cattle and sheep business, and the Shaxi gang leader has always been there. Xu Jiandao.

Long Xiangtian said: "But the person who ambushed the officials of our dynasty in the desert is indeed the person who can use the art of controlling sand, this Ganliang generation, except for the Shaxi Gang, there is no one else." ”

Xu Jian said with a smile: "My lord, please forgive me, the villain really doesn't know about this matter." Although the sand is the housekeeping skill of the Shaxi Gang, whether others will, the villain does not know. ”

Long Xiangtian nodded and said, "Hmm...... By the way, Lord Xu Helm, can you tell me how to distinguish a good horse, if Lord Xu Helm can distinguish a royal horse and if it is not difficult to speak, you can also tell me. ”

Xu Jian said: "The adult is handling the case, how dare the villain hide something, the villain does know." Why don't we go to the stable, I'll tell you. ”

So saying, the two got up and went from behind the house to the stable.