At this time, it was already afternoon, and a maid reported that someone from the kitchen had come to ask Zuo Xiang where to pass the meal, and Zuo Xiang ordered it to be passed in the reception room. The maid got the letter and retreated, and as soon as the left minister saw the next person retreat, he put the note he had just held in his hand on the table, and said to Pu Mu, who was sitting in the guest seat: "Pu Shaoxia, according to the appearance, it's better not to go." The note was probably placed directly in the pastry from the pastry shop. Ben sent people to the pastry shop to check out who did it, and that day Xiangyuan, in the flower street and willow lane, is a green building, which is mixed, if the prime minister sends people from the government to investigate, there will be people in the court and the middle of the court to discuss......; Pu Shaoxia has just been ambushed, his martial arts have not yet recovered, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, if I fall into the hands of the enemy again, how can this be good?"

Pu Mu said: "Xiangye, the strange thing about this matter is not only in this note, but also in this pastry, how can this box of pastries be so coincidental that only one pastry hides a note?

Zuo Xiang said: "This kind of pastry is ordered to be delivered to my house every month, but this box is ordered again for the purpose of entertaining Pu Shaoxia." ”

After that, Pu Mu broke all the cakes on this plate, and sure enough, each cake hid the same note. Pu Mu said: "It's really painstaking, but it's strange, if that person can sneak into the pastry shop to start it, why don't you just poison the pastry, but bother to stuff the notes into the cake one by one?"

"This is really intriguing, but that day Xiangyuan is still dangerous, and the time is not clearly stated in this note, even if you want to go, you can't wait from evening to night, right?" Zuo Xiang said.

The maid went into the house again to report that the meal had reached the reception room, and Zuo Xiang proposed to have dinner first, and then discuss the matter of tonight. Pu Mu then had dinner with Zuo Xiang, and after dinner, the people put away the table, served tea, turned on the lamp, and left the reception room.

Pu Mu took a sip of tea and said, "Does this person who knows Tianxiangyuan know Xiangye?" Zuo Xiang smiled and said: "Is this Pu Shaoxia an old man, this official in the court, although there are people who like fireworks, but most of those people are estranged from the prime minister in the court, if the prime minister wants to find them, I am afraid there will be difficulties." ”

"Xiangye forgives his sins, Xiangye is a righteous man and a gentleman, and the friends he has made are also honest and honest people, Xiaomin asked this, he really deserves to die-" Pu Mu said.

"Hahahaha...... Pu Shaoxia's words are serious, and what Pu Shaoxia asked must be to find some clues and find clues. The people I know don't know, but the others in this house may not know. Someone is coming—Steward Zhang—" Zuo Xiangdao.

After a while, Steward Zhang arrived at the reception room, and Zuo Xiang said: "Steward Zhang, among some of the friends you make on weekdays, do you know about that Tianxiangyuan?"

The housekeeper panicked, immediately knelt down, and said: "Where is the Xiangye, the villain has been taking care of the Xiangfu, and the only people who know each other outside the Xiangfu are relatives, and there are no friends who drink and meat...... And the prime minister has rules for the house, no one is allowed to haunt the Fengyue place, even if the villain has eight guts, he doesn't dare to go......"

"Steward Zhang doesn't need to panic, he is just asking casually, that Steward Zhang knows those little guys, did he go to those places during the break?" Zuo Xiang continued to ask.

"This ...... This villain really doesn't know ......" Steward Zhang said in a hurry, such a sudden question, for those who are subordinates, they are naturally panicked, of course, they may also be hiding something.

Pu Mu said: "Steward Zhang, if you know something, you can say it directly, if there is really a violation, just correct it next time, I will intercede with you on behalf of Xiangye, but you must tell the truth." ”

Zuo Xiang was a little surprised, although Steward Zhang's words were a little unreasonable, but Pu Mu also asked directly unusually, only to see that Steward Zhang knelt lower, seemed to be panicked with tears, and said: "The villain is guilty, the villain has a cousin niece, who came to Beijing to take refuge in the villain, and she rented a house outside the villain, but soon, the villain's cousin and cousin-in-law passed away...... Villain...... The villain didn't want to take care of her anymore, and when he saw the wealth, he was blinded by lard...... Sold her to Tianxiangyuan ......"

Zuo Xiang said angrily: "I have less money to pay you here, let you do this deed - that's your relatives - it's still the same for your relatives, if you are in charge of the subordinates, you don't know how to do something hurtful to make a living......

Pu Mu immediately interrupted and said, "Xiangye is angry, although this person is extremely evil, he is useful now." If you want to dispose of it, please postpone it-"

Zuo Xiang smoothed his chest with his left hand, coughed a few times, and said, "That's it, first punish you for three months, and demote you to a deputy...... After Pu Shaoxia's matter is over, I will settle accounts with you carefully-Pu Shaoxia, if you have anything to ask him, it is-"

Pu Mu said, "How long has your niece been in Tianxiangyuan?"

Steward Zhang replied, "It's been more than three months. ”

"I guess you've been to Tianxiangyuan. Pu Mu said.

"Yes...... The villain has also been to Tianxiangyuan a few times since then, but there has never been a prostitute, and every time the villain asks the bustard's mother to give her some money......" Steward Zhang said.

"You ask your bustard mother to give money, how can the money get into her hands, today I ask you about Tianxiangyuan, and I will ask you, since you send money to your niece every month, how could you send her to a brothel because of money in the first place, what else do you have to hide from Xiangye-" Pu Mu Zhengse said.

The housekeeper immediately kowtowed frequently and said, "Villain, at that time...... Gambling money...... Played some big gambles and lost harder. But things are in a hurry, taking care of the funeral affairs of my cousin and cousin-in-law, and I have to pay for the family, so ...... ......"

"You-" Zuo Xiang coughed a few times, "Pu Shaoxia, you talk to him here first, come here, help me back to the room-" Zuo Xiang heard this, according to his style, he naturally wanted to severely punish this housekeeper, but now Pu Mu's situation is urgent, if he tells him the words of severe punishment in the future, I am afraid that he will talk nonsense and interfere with Pu Mu's analysis, so he has to avoid it for the time being, and then liquidate the various sins of this housekeeper in the future.

"You think about it and then talk back, where is Tianxiangyuan and how is it open?" Pu Mu said - the reason why Pu Mu wanted to ask Steward Zhang before this was because he had doubts about Steward Zhang at that time, and he was worried that Steward Zhang would answer adulteration later, and when Steward Zhang told the truth, Pu Mu was naturally much more relieved.

"This Tianxiangyuan, in the downtown area in the south of the city, there is a street and alley in the downtown area, and the street and alley are the famous fireworks alleys in the south of the capital, and Tianxiangyuan is among them. Tianxiangyuan opens the door around the hour of the day to welcome guests, and closes the door when it is ugly the next day. Steward Zhang said.

"In the Xiangyuan that day, is there a girl who is good at dancing?" Pu Mu said - Pu Mu remembered Yan Yu when he was in the Baishang Residence in Longbi Pass that day, and thought of whether it was Yan Yu's doing, so he asked.

"I don't know if this villain is true, but in the land of fireworks, there must be a woman who is good at singing and dancing...... The villain didn't know anything else about Tianxiangyuan. Steward Zhang said.

"Okay, you go down first, don't make any more mistakes in the future, this time I can intercede in front of Xiangye for you, but how Xiangye deals with you, it's not up to me to control, you can do it yourself-" With that, Pu Mu left the reception room and went straight to where Zuo Xiang was.

The housekeeper put his head against the floor tiles, and said in a crying voice: "Thank you Uncle Pu for your love, Uncle Pu is going well-"

said that Pu Mu went to Zuo Xiang's house, saw Zuo Xiang and his wife and concubine, and saluted, Zuo Xiang stabilized his mood at this time, coughed twice, and said: "These subordinates are getting more and more muddy, and I have to take care of them one day-you too, how did you tell you, take care of the family, this matter in the court has made me anxious, and when I return home, it's still like this, hey——"

Mrs. Zuo Xiang immediately smoothed Zuo Xiang's chest and said, "It's not our woman, but why do you have to get so angry?

The concubines on both sides also followed the persuasion, and Zuo Xiang said: "Okay, how many lifespans I live is determined by heaven, and no one can take it away." You women......" Zuo Xiang turned to the two concubines and said, "You go back to the room first, and leave the lady alone." ”

Pu Mu on the side was naturally slightly embarrassed when he saw this scene, and Zuo Xiang smiled: "Pu Shaoxia smiled." Mrs. Zuo Xiang also echoed and said, "What did the young man say to the master, the old man retired......

Mrs. Zuo Xiang left the room, closed the door, and Pu Mu said, "Xiangye, I want to go to Tianxiangyuan tonight to investigate." ”

"Since the young man has a bottom, it doesn't hurt to go, but I still need to inform my guards to go with you, so that you can take care of it, so that you don't fall into panic if you are in danger. Zuo Xiangdao.

"Xiangye's move is inappropriate, the guards in the mansion are responsible for protecting the prime minister's mansion, how can I transfer out at will, and my skills have been restored to eighty or ninety percent, one person is easy to move, and many people will take care of one and lose the other-" Pu Mu said.

Zuo Xiang smiled: "Hahaha...... Sure enough, you are young and vigorous, and you know that your martial arts are strong so you intend to recruit you into the Great Interior, but as the saying goes, 'two fists are hard to beat four hands', if many people are in distress, don't they help each other? So, I sent someone to my order, to ask the patrol room Jin to catch the head, and you to make a response, they do not enter the Tianxiang Garden with you, but if you are in danger, they immediately answer you, so be, you can't shirk - the gold catcher is the person who protected you into the capital that day, you know him. ”

"Thank you so much, Xiangye, I will retire first-" After saying that, he also left the house.

At this time, the night of the capital in the fireworks alley of the south city can not see the slightest silence, the lively green buildings one after another, brightly lit, endless streets, noisy sounds endlessly, Pu Mu has arrived at the gate of Tianxiangyuan at this time, and was pulled by a gorgeous woman sleeve, Pu Mu is still a little hesitant about such a place, a little uncomfortable for a while.

After entering the door, there is an extremely large courtyard, there is a pond in the center of the courtyard, and on several water pavilions in the pond, many men and women are drinking and playing, looking for fun.

Behind the courtyard is a four-story concave high-rise building, and when you enter the building, there are many drunk guests. When the bustard mother saw Pu Mu being pulled in, she immediately stepped forward and said, "Yo, which girl are you looking for?"

Pu Mu smiled, he knew that his clothes were worse than many people in this building, it was the rule of the Qinglou since ancient times to watch people put down dishes, and by looking at the clothes, he knew what kind of girl the guests could pay - Pu Mu took out two ingots of silver - he came out and asked Zuo Xiang for a lot of silver.

The silver was directly thrown into the air by Pu Mu, and several women next to the bustard's mother immediately grabbed it upward, and the garlic under their feet fell into a ball. Seeing this, the bustard's mother immediately greeted her with a smile and said, "Uncle, do you listen to the song first, or drink the flower wine first, this girl can sing and dance, and she will definitely be able to serve you comfortably——"

Pu Mu said: "I want a girl who dances well - send it upstairs." ”

"Okay—" The bustard mother snatched the silver from the girls' hands and shouted upstairs, "Mengwu, greet this son—"

After the door opened, a veiled woman really came, the woman was dressed in white gauze clothes, her tight lower abdomen loomed, her snow-white shoulders were bare, and she walked towards Pu Mu step by step. Pu Mu saw the woman at a glance and motioned for him to close the door, and the veiled woman closed the door and said, "Since you want to watch the dance, why do you have to close the door so anxiously?"

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?" Pu Mu said.

The woman took off the veil, and sure enough, it was Yan Yu of the Baishang Residence in Longbi Pass that day, Yan Yu said: "I've been waiting for you for a while-" After saying that, the slender jade hand was on Pu Mu's shoulder, Pu Mu swept her hands down, and said, "If there is something, just say-"

"I think you all want to know who asked us to ambush those of you who entered the capital and entered the Ouchi. Can you believe what I told you?" Yan Yu said.

Pu Mu said: "If I don't believe why I came here? I don't like to stay in such a place for a long time. ”

"That person is-" Before Yan Yu finished speaking, the door of the room broke, and a masked knife came to kill, Pu Mu directly kicked the table away and opened the two of them, and then the room was smashed in a mess, and the entire Tianxiangyuan exploded in an instant. The men and women scattered and fled - this scene at Longbi Pass was repeated again in Tianxiangyuan.

I saw that the singers who played and sang on the balcony also showed their true colors - they were the twelve singers of that night, and I saw that the singers also killed the corridor upstairs and surrounded Pu Mu and Yan Yu with the group of swordsmen. Pu Mu said: "I'm afraid you want to tell me that you didn't bring these people." ”

Yan Yu said: "If I brought it, they will surround me?"

While speaking, the group of swordsmen and the twelve singers killed the two, and a group of people hit the hall directly from the corridor, and the martial arts of those swordsmen were not low. A group of people fought together, only to see that singer, playing the pipa, a burst of strength directly shook the two catchers, who had already played the flute, and the four or five catchers in front of them covered their heads and had a headache - the internal force of the twelve singers' music, if it was a mediocre martial artist, would interfere with the mind, headache and chest tightness.

Pu Mu knocked down eight or nine swordsmen, snatched the knife in his hand, and cut down a few swordsmen for a while, seeing that Yan Mo was besieged by three or four swordsmen, and he had been stabbed in the arm, Pu Mu saw this, and stirred into the swordsmen, and a rotary slash shook away the steel knives of the swordsmen, pulled up Yan Yu and ran out. Suddenly, there were a lot of black-clothed people outside the building, and at this time, Jin Zhutou had to deal with the twelve singers before the head, and then he had to deal with the black-clothed people, and after carrying the singer's wooden flute with a sword, he said to the remaining subordinates: "Send a signal immediately-"

The catcher said quickly: "I'm trapped now, and I can't send a signal-" Jin Zhutou was distracted, and his back was hit by the singer's flute, and he stumbled a few times, and when the singer saw this, he immediately flew forward, held up the pipa and stabbed straight at the head of the gold, but he didn't know that the head of the gold catcher returned with a sword, and directly broke the strings of the singer.

At this moment, a wine jug flew out of a room door and hit the head of a man in black in the chaos, and before everyone knew it, the flute of a singer had been snatched away. Suddenly, there was a man in plain clothes in the crowd, and in his hand was the singer's flute, and they were all surrounded by the man in black and the singer.

"Do you have any signals on you to move the rescuers?" the man asked Jin Catcher.

Jin Zhutou said: "This is my waist card, go to the patrol yard in the southeast, say that we are ambushed, please rescue reinforcements-"

"Okay, you guys hold out until I come back - help me get out. With that, the man rushed to the door, and one of the men in black said, "Can't let him out—"

I saw Pu Mu slap with all his strength, and a burst of strength directly pushed the group of black-clothed people, and the group of black-clothed people were pushed two feet away, at this time, the singer and the black-clothed people in the hall also killed Pu Mu and the others, but before the group of black-clothed people at the door came to their senses, the man had already run out.

"Kill the rest of the people—quick—" said the rest of the men and the rest of the men scuffled again.

The sound of swords fought quickly, and the whole street knew that something was wrong, and the people in the shops had already disappeared without a trace.

I saw that the twelve singers used the formation to surround everyone again, but the body method no longer seemed to be the formation that Pu Mu saw last time in Longbi Pass.

Pu Mu and everyone had not yet rushed out of the formation, only to see that the twelve singers had dispersed the formation, and the man in black immediately rushed in and fought with everyone, so general, Pu Mu and the others gradually lost their physical strength, and Jin Zhutou's subordinates had all been killed, and Yan Yu's shoulder was also deeply stabbed.

In this way, the three of them held out for another round, and seeing that the three of them had been defeated and gradually leaked, the twelve singers and the remaining dozen or so men in black immediately killed the three with all their might.

At this time, Pu Mu went crazy, slashed with a knife, and rushed out of a corner directly, surrounded by several black-clothed people, after he struggled to kill a few black-clothed people, he wanted to rush in and bring the remaining two out. Yan Yu was stabbed on his collarbone and was directly shocked into Pu Mu's arms, and Jin Zhutou was also surrounded by the twelve singers.

At this time, there was a shout outside the door, and more than 30 catchers poured in together, and the man entered the formation with a whirlwind, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the twelve singers, he kicked one of them away, grabbed the head of the golden catcher, and the head of the gold catcher jumped with his strength, and the two of them took off a somersault and fell directly to the ground. The catchers were already fighting the crowd.

Yan Yu's shoulder was bleeding, Pu Mu hugged her and asked, "Can you still hold on?"

"They won't let me go...... Help me get out......" Yan Yu said, the pain in her body was unbearable, the knife on her collarbone just now was very deep, and the blood had stained her shoulder red.

"At the moment, there are not many of them left, and we will cooperate with these arresters to capture them—" Pu Mu said.

"Okay—" the man said.

After that, Jin Zhutou and the man killed together in the crowd, after Pu Mu placed Yan Yu, he picked up a knife and killed in the crowd, the sword reverberated, and the group of black-clothed people had all been eliminated. Seeing that they were invincible, the twelve singers immediately used light skills to prepare to escape, who knew that the man's speed was strange, and he jumped above the heads of the twelve people in an instant, and slapped the Tianling Gai of one of them with a palm, only to see that the woman was directly shaken down, and was captured by the group of catchers after landing on the ground.

The remaining eleven singers immediately wanted to escape from the corridor, but were intercepted by Pu Mu and the man, and their formation could not be used in this corridor. Pu Mu said: "I said, if there is a next time, it will not be like the last time in Longbi Pass-" After that, he slashed at those singers, and the man also attacked those women from behind.

After a good fight, and after seven or eight rounds of scuffle, the fence in the corridor was directly broken by the two singers, and they fell down with the broken fence, and they were also arrested and arrested.

At present, the eight singers saw the opportunity and broke into a house, Pu Mu and the man caught up with them, the women jumped out of the window, Pu Mu flew out with a knife, and did not cut anyone, only to see the knife directly nailed to the tile roof opposite. The singers dodged the knife thrown by Pu Mu, jumped off the eaves, and disappeared in an alley.

Yan Yu couldn't support it anymore, fainted, Pu Mu picked up Yan Yu and was about to go out, Jin Zhutou said, "Where is Brother Pu going?"

Pu Mu said: "Go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to save her-"

"Brother Pu, if you go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, you still need to find a doctor, and Brother Pu also knows that there are hidden forces behind these people, if you go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I am afraid that it will bring death to the family of the Prime Minister Zuo-" Jin Zhutou said.

"So what should I do?" the man grabbed a grape from the table that had not yet been broken and put it in his mouth, his words and appearance were strange, but the situation was urgent, and no one paid much attention to it.

"First sent to our patrol yard, there is a duty in the patrol room, Lang Zhong, who came out of the hospital, and it is not a problem to treat such an injury. What does Brother Pu think?" said Jin Zhutou.

Pu Mu said: "It's so good-a few fast catchers, take a hand-" After that, Pu Mu and the fast catchers put the injured Yan Yu on the horse, and Pu Mu said: "Brother Jin, what happened tonight, I still need to rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion to inform Zuo Xiang, and I also bother Brother Jin to take care of this girl, so I can't let her be in danger again." ”

"That's natural, there are people in the capital who dare to commit murder in the city, of course, I have to investigate this matter thoroughly, and I will do my best to guarantor people. Jin Catcher said.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Jin Zhutou led the rest of the catchers to get on the horse together, and Jin Zhutou drove the horse to protect Yan Yu in front, and the group returned to the patrol yard.

Now there is still the strange man and Pu Mu left in the remaining building, Pu Mu said: "Brother Tai Yaxing is not small, just after the end of a big war, he looked for things everywhere to fill his stomach. ”

"I arrived in this capital for three days and three nights, and I just wanted to have a full meal, but I was disturbed by you. Why don't you find some leftovers to fill in now?"

Pu Mu leaned against the staircase and said, "There are so many restaurants in this capital, do you still need to come to this place to eat?"

The man dragged a chicken leg from the half of the roast chicken in a room upstairs, jumped to the ground, and said, "I sell medicine to the girls here, and they let me drink and eat here, what's wrong?"

"Selling medicine?" Pu Mu wondered.

The man took a bite of chicken leg and said, "Yes, contraceptive medicine-"

Pu Mu was a little uncomfortable, he didn't like such a direct conversation, and said, "Brother Tai still understands medicine?"

"I know a little bit about medicine, astrology, and gossip. The man said.

Pu Mu smiled: "I think my brother's martial arts are also good-"

The man ate all the chicken legs and said, "Let's go, I have to find a place to sleep tonight, and I'll see you again-"

"I don't know my brother's surname?" Pu Mu said.

"I don't have a name, just call me Tricky-" With that, the man left Tianxiangyuan, grabbed a handful of peanuts on the stone table by the pond before leaving, and threw them into his mouth as he went.