Shan said that Xian Jingyue inquired all the way on the street within the city wall of Yumen Pass, and finally found the store opened by "Yinshan Hall", which is a small stone building at the end of the whole street, with a total of two floors, and a small flag with Tai Chi gossip is hung at the door, with the word "Yinshan" written on it.

Seeing that the door of the shop was open, he walked directly into the stone house, but saw only an ebony counter and a few sets of chairs, except for an eleven or twelve-year-old Taoist boy hiding behind the counter to take a nap, there was no one else in the room. Looking at the corner of the house, there was a wooden ladder leading to the second floor of the stone building, and he didn't wake up the child, and went upstairs softly along the wooden ladder. It turned out that the second floor of this stone building was actually a huge bedroom, with more than a dozen bedding on the ground, which looked like an inn for pedestrians to settle down, and it was also empty at this time. Xian Jingyue went downstairs again, woke up the Taoist boy behind the counter, and beckoned: "There is a labor chief, I want to find someone." ”

The boy woke up in shock, rubbed his hazy eyes, slammed a booklet on the counter, and said angrily: "'Yinshan Hall' never looks for people, only for corpses. If you have a relative or friend who has disappeared in the Western Regions, write down the name, age, and characteristics of that person in the booklet, write as much detail as you can, and then pay a deposit of one or two silver. After that, on the eighth day of each month, a new corpse will be sent to the outside of the village, and if there is a corpse of your relatives or friends inside, you will pay another two taels of silver to take the corpse, if not, continue to wait. If there is no result for three consecutive years, come here to get your deposit back and ask Gao Ming to find someone for you. ”

Xian Jingyue had already seen that this Taoist boy did not know martial arts, so he immediately fabricated a fake name and wrote it on the booklet, and made up some physical features, only saying that he was his friend, and then took out a tael of silver from his arms and put it on the counter. When the Taoist boy took away the money, he inquired about the other Taoist priests under the "Yinshan Hall". Unexpectedly, the Dao Tong rolled his eyes on the spot and said coldly: "The subordinates of the 'Yinshan Hall' have always only dealt with corpses, and they will not accept guests. If you think we are rude, you can ask for another kind of wisdom. ”

In this way, Xian Jingyue couldn't ask anything, so she had to come out of the stone house. Although I couldn't figure out the reality of this "Yinshan Hall" this time, looking at the posture of the boy, it was clear that he disdained to earn this two taels of silver, which shows that most of the speculations of the merchant will not give up are correct. He went back to the inn where he was staying, and when he passed by a grocery store on the street, he couldn't help but be shocked.

It turns out that this grocery store looks ordinary, but in the lower right corner of the store sign carved a six-petal plum blossom, about the size of a copper coin, if you don't look closely, you think it is a wooden lump on the store sign. Xian Jingyue immediately stepped into the store and asked, "People who are traveling, ask the shopkeeper for a bowl of water to drink." ”

The owner of the grocery store was a Han woman in her thirties, who looked like a peugeot, dressed as a young woman, wearing a well-tailored gauze dress. Seeing that Xian Jingyue came to ask for water to drink, he replied casually: "There is water in the porcelain jar at the door of the store, and I pour it myself." Xian Jingyue remained motionless in place, and said lightly: "The road ahead is long, life and death are uncertain, I implore the shopkeeper to pour water for me in person, in order to seek protection." ”

The woman's expression suddenly froze, her eyes stared straight at Xian Jingyue, and she asked slowly: "The concubine happens to have a few pairs of armor at home, I wonder if the guests can use it?" Then the woman asked, "Why do you want the Golden Armor?" and she replied, "I want to fight the Zephyr." ”

Speaking of this, the woman's face was already full of surprise, and she hurriedly asked Jingyue to enter the inner room to rest, and she covered the door of the store, hung out a sign that was closed, and then also entered the inner room together, knelt down to Jingyue Xian, and said respectfully: "The concubine Li Liu is a lieutenant in the Governor's Mansion of the Pro-Army, and is under the command of the commander of the Left Guard, and is ordered by the emperor to set up a reconnaissance in the area of Yumen Pass. I don't know what to call an adult?" Xian Jingyue hurriedly asked her to get up, and replied: "The guard army is under the command of Ye Dinggong, first Jingyue." ”

It turned out that the inexplicable Q&A between the two of them before was a cut code for the joint, not an organization on the rivers and lakes, but the pro-military governor's mansion of the imperial court. It is said that because this pro-army governor's office is directly under the orders of the emperor, it has always been extremely secretive, and even the ministers of the court and the central government can't figure out the details, but they only vaguely know that there are three types of positions: "commander", "commander" and "captain", as for what kind of organizational structure it is, others don't know anything. Even Xie Yixiang and Xian Jingyue had such a close relationship, and they had never heard Xian Jingyue mention the details of the pro-army governor's mansion.

In fact, the entire pro-army Governor's Mansion was divided into six divisions, in order, the front, rear, left, right, and center guards, which were responsible for the tasks assigned abroad, and the other was the Yiluan Division, which was specifically responsible for protecting the emperor's safety. Each of these six departments has six commanders, all of whom are civilian and are only responsible for managing and dispatching; under each commander, there are two commanders, but they are military officers; and all of them are school captains. Therefore, there are a total of six commanders in the entire pro-army Governor's Mansion, collectively known as the "Six-petal Plum", and the twelve commanders of them are collectively called the "Twelve Guards", and Xian Jingyue is one of them. But although he was nominally subordinate to Ye Dinggong, the commander of the guard army, in fact, he was not bound by the guard army, and almost all of them were directly appointed by the emperor.

And the woman in front of her, who called herself "Li Liu's", said that she was a captain placed in Yumen Pass by the pro-army Governor's Mansion, and she was naturally one level lower than Xian Jingyue, so Xian Jingyue didn't need to explain her intentions. It's just that I didn't expect that among the garrisons in this Yumen Pass, there was actually a pro-army governor's mansion, which shows that the emperor is suspicious by nature, not only can't trust Lu Yuanpo, who led the troops, but even the seventh prince Taiwang, who is stationed in the northwest, can't believe it.

At that moment, Xian Jingyue asked this Li Liu about the situation in Yumen Pass, and Li Liu replied: "I have been ordered to monitor Lu Yuanpo's words and deeds for six years. Speaking of which, this Lu Yuan is also loyal, and there has been no disrespect in the past six years. However, in the end, he is a man in the army, and he governs this place with military law, and there is inevitably a lot of corruption. In the early years, he had reported this several times, but the emperor ignored it, so he stopped reporting it in the following years. ”

Xian Jingyue was secretly shocked in her heart, but her face was silent. He didn't know much about the emperor, you must know that the emperor's corruption in purging officialdom has always been extremely strict, and he once had the intention of killing his head if he embezzled five taels of silver, but he didn't expect to be willing to open up to the garrison of Yumen Pass. I think it's because the world was decided at the beginning and I had to rely on the garrison here, so I was willing to be tolerant and only wait for him to come back to settle the score. But I heard that Li Liu added: "The so-called gold is not enough, and no one is perfect." Although this Lu Yuanpo is loyal, if the master of the general office comes for Lu Yuanpo this time, he will definitely cooperate with him. Xian Jingyue couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and shouted, "Hugh wants to talk nonsense!"

Li Liu hurriedly said: "Guilty of despicable duty." At that moment, Xian Jingyue asked about the "Yinshan Hall", and Li Liu didn't know very well, and it was similar to what General Lu and others knew, and he only said that his duty was to monitor Lu Yuanpo's words and deeds, and he didn't dare to pay attention to other things. Xian Jingyue politely greeted the two armies, got up and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, Li Liu suddenly asked: "A few days ago, I received an order from the senior commander of the Left Guard Army, saying that there was a rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and the whole body was moved within the four realms, and his subordinates were ordered to monitor the movements of Yumen Pass. Since the general manager is from the Central Plains, I wonder if you know about the situation of the Jiangnan rebellion?"

Xian Jingyue couldn't help but be stunned, recalling General Lu's words in the morning, it turned out that there was a rebellion in Jiangnan, so the generals of Yumen Pass would deduce the sand table in the camp tent to take precautions. I just can't figure out where this rebellion in Jiangnan came from, if it is peaceful today?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Liu sighed faintly and said, "Jiangnan reminisces, the most memorable is Hangzhou." The humble post was originally from Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, and he had been sent to Yumen Pass for six years, and when he heard the news, he inevitably felt homesick, and he couldn't wait to put on his wings and return to Jiangnan. Alas, it seems that a ghost place like Yumen Pass, it is obviously autumn, but how can it still be so hot?" As she spoke, she casually lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing a pair of smooth and satin-like calves, and smiled at Xian Jingyue: "If the master has other needs, just give orders, and there is nothing to do." ”

Xian Jingyue suddenly felt that the roots of his ears were hot, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment, so he quickly got up and said goodbye, only saying that he would come to visit again in the future. On the way back to the inn, he kept thinking about Li Liu's so-called "Jiangnan Rebellion", but he didn't expect that he had been going from Bifu in Longdong Mountain to Emei Mountain in Jiazhou Prefecture, and then from Lanzhou City to Yumen Pass.

In the evening, Xie Yixiang also came back from General Lu's side, saying that General Lu had promised to come down and send Master Zhou to lead the sergeants to search for Ning Cui's whereabouts, but Shang did not give up but did not return overnight, and he did not know where to investigate the case. The two discussed the Jiangnan rebellion again, and Xie Yixiang was also confused, unable to figure out the reason for this rebellion, so in the end they had to go back to their rooms to rest, just waiting for the corpse team of "Yinshan Hall" the night after tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the next day, Master Zhou, a staff member under General Lu, suddenly came to visit and said that Ning Cui's whereabouts were already available.