"Okay! Xiao Yuan has a backbone outside! I hope that in the future, you will be able to be so tough when you are old!" Zheng Tiju threw down a sentence and brushed his sleeves away.

"Master, why don't you let Fei'er leave immediately and ask to see Governor Pei?" Xiao Mu suggested when she saw Zheng Tiju walking out of the courtyard gate far away.

"It's not proper, since the prefect's yamen and the salt administration department dare to treat the Xiao family like this, they must have explored my Xiao family's hole cards, and the governor should have been in their consideration. Xiao Wanlin shook his head and denied his old wife's words.

"Ying Tianfu?" Xiao Fei whispered three words, looking at Xiao Wanlin.

Xiao Wanlin pondered for a moment, but still shook his head, "Wait for the news from Fu Bo." ”

Until the Xiao family had lunch, Xiao Fu still hadn't returned, Xiao Fei couldn't help but look forward to his old man's discovery, this old servant has served Xiao Wanlin for more than 20 years, since he knows that his family is anxiously waiting, and he can not return for a long time, he must have made a major discovery. Xiao Wanlin went back to the room in the afternoon to take a nap as usual, while Xiao's mother pulled Yin Xiaomei to choose fabrics, and she didn't take the Xiao family's catastrophe seriously at all.

Xiao Fei was waiting for Xiao Fu in his study, he had already explained to the porter, and he would report it as soon as there was news of Fu Bo. And he also has his own considerations, really can't use his buried hands in Hangzhou for many years, although it is a pity to use it now, but the Xiao family does not have many hole cards available at the moment. And Xiao Wanlin's refusal to use the relationship in Yingtianfu Nanjing City couldn't help but give Xiao Fei a headache, what did Xiao Wanlin notice that was so cautious? Or did Xiao Wanlin really not take them into account and have all the confidence to survive this catastrophe.

Just when Xiao Fei hesitated, thinking about going out to arrange his hidden forces, someone came to report, "Eldest Prince Qiqi, someone outside has sent a letter to you." ”

"My letter?" Xiao Fei was stunned, who would write to him? Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to test the Xiao family again? It shouldn't be, the predicament of the Xiao family has been so far, there should be no need to do it again. Xiao Fei took the letter from the little servant suspiciously, looked down, and saw a few sharp words on the paper envelope: My brother Rufei opened it personally.

It was Situ Shenjian's letter! Xiao Fei said to his subordinates quietly, "What about the person who sent the letter?"

"Back to the eldest son, the letter is a post station, and the messenger has already sent the little one away. ”

Xiao Fei nodded, there shouldn't be anything important, so he ordered, "You go down first, and tell me in time if there is news from the housekeeper." ”

"Yes, Grand Prince. The little guy bowed and stepped back.

Xiao Fei closed the door of the study, sat down in front of the desk, put the letter in his hand on the table and looked at it carefully, the corners of the envelope and the fire paint seal were not damaged, then he tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper, it was indeed Situ Shen's sword hand, the words seemed to be overflowing with sword energy, and between the lines were like spears and spears, vigorous and powerful, and domineering.

My brother is like flying, and the words are like meeting:

My brother hurriedly went south from Liangzhou in the northwest a month ago, and only sent a letter to inform me and others, saying that Hangzhou Xiaofu was in a hurry. The foolish brother and others fought or made peace with the people in the north, and the parents of the third brother came forward to mediate, and the situation was barely stabilized. The third brother and the two have made a safe arrangement and will not contact other forces for the time being. A few days ago, my father wanted to send his foolish brother and fourth brother to Hangzhou, but his brother listened to it and was blocked by the Shaolin elders.

Yesterday, the sixth brother disappeared after he appeared, and the foolish brother thought that he had gone to find his brother, hoping that the brother would take care of him.

In addition, my father's will is credible.

Brother Shen Jianzi Tianshun is the seventh day of the ninth month of the seventh year

Situ Shenjian's letter was not long, just three pages, less than two hundred words. However, it is more clear what happened after Xiao Fei left the northwest and went straight to Hangzhou: Leng Qiuhe led, united with decent people in martial arts, and fought viciously with the Holy Martial Sect, Feixue Lou and other evil forces in the rivers and lakes several times, during which there may be government forces involved, and it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me. In the end, Leng Qiuhe contacted his adoptive father Leng Xuan, which coordinated the forces of all parties and suspended the dispute, after all, Leng Xuan's influence in the northwest was no less than the emperor's status in the Forbidden City, and the black and white, officialdom, and military had to give him some face. But this is temporary after all, involving the change of power between the two militaries and the Ming Dynasty, and Leng Xuan's intervention at this time is nothing more than to make the conflict more tyrannical when it breaks out again. This situation is like a group of beasts in the mountains and forests, each into a faction, at this time the old tiger stands up can only make jackals, leopards, boars, etc. frightened for a while, and when they stretch out their claws again to show their fangs, the first to suffer is estimated to be the tiger in the twilight years.

And Situ Chao, who arrived later, must have broken the situation, thinking that it would not be difficult to break the situation with Leng Qiuhe's mental strength, but the difficult thing was how to ensure that he and the prince could escape with their whole body, and not be able to destroy the temporary stability of the border area. Old Situ must have wanted Xiao Fei to go over to help Leng Qiuhe, after all, Xiao Fei's overall view is stronger than Leng Qiuhe, so he must send Situ Shenjian and Zhou Lingfeng south to Hangzhou to help Xiao Fei deal with the affairs of Xiao Mansion, so that Xiao Fei can get out and go north. But this matter was dissuaded by the old monk of Shaolin Temple, and Xiao Fei could understand it, after all, the two of them could be regarded as the top combat power around Leng Qiuhe and the prince, and they were indispensable.

At this moment, Han Yubing appeared, probably because he heard that Xiao Fei was in trouble, and went straight to Hangzhou without saying a word, although he didn't tell everyone, but Situ Shenjian speculated. Xiao Fei estimated that according to the temperament of the sixth child, it should be like this, as for what Situ said about "taking care" of the sixth child, he was probably afraid that his stubborn temper would come up again and kill in Hangzhou. After all, the habit of the sixth child is to use a knife in his hand to solve everything!

As for the end of the epistle, what Situ Chao meant was that the people of Jinghongmen were credible. But this sentence is ambiguous, are they credible in the matter of Leng Qiuhe and the crown prince, or can they believe it from the standpoint of the disciples of the Tianhan Sect?

Situ Chao was friendly with his master Shangguan Fengxue in his early years, and even swore a knees, so he should know some things, but why couldn't he say it explicitly? Xiao Fei naturally knew that the Jinghong Sect had a great deal to do with the Tianhan Sect, and it was enough for their disciples to be proficient in the light martial arts method of "Phoenix Spreading Its Wings"! Of course, Xiao Fei had already seen the "Dragon Teng" mental method of Youlong Tomb Mansion and the "Tiger Leap" mental method of Fuhu Villa, and the main martial arts mental method of these three Jianghu sects was actually the "Three Absolute Stones" of Tianhanmen The three peerless schools on it, Xiao Fei can't help but be suspicious, naturally he doesn't believe in anyone!

There was a knock on the door of "Tuk Tuk Tuk", "The eldest prince, the housekeeper is back and is waiting in the flower hall." ”

"Okay, I got it. Xiao Fei agreed, put away the letter, and walked towards the outside of the study. No matter what the situation is on Leng Qiuhe's side and Jinghongmen, for now, let's deal with the Xiao family's affairs first. Where did the sixth Han Yubing go? According to his footsteps, he should have arrived in Hangzhou long ago.

Just thinking about Han Yubing, the flower hall was already in sight, Xiao Fei pushed the door in, but Xiao Fu and Xiao Wanlin were inside.

"Fei'er is here, Fauber, tell me what you will find out. Xiao Wanlin saw Xiao Fei sitting down, so he said to Xiao Fu who was standing aside.

"Master, eldest son, after the old slave arrived at the dock with the second son in the morning, in addition to going to the warehouse to check, the old slave also went to find the chief steward to understand the situation of the five Liu brothers. These five people, who have been in Zhenjiang all the year round, do not have many evil deeds, and do more business for the bodyguards of the small caravan, after all, my Xiao family recruits people from many aspects. In the more than 20 days they have been at the dock, they are usually quite diligent, and they have also caught a few small thieves with their own hands. But just last night, at about the third watch, a watchman saw Liu Lao Er and Liu Lao Si quietly boarding the boat and leaving, and according to the night watchman on the dock, the draft of these three ships was not deep, and there should not be much cargo loaded. So the so-called 800,000 stone sea salt is not on the ship. The theft of the salt ship at the wharf is indeed a situation against the Xiao family. ”

"This is not surprising to the old man, what I want to know is whether this 800,000 stone sea salt exists, and if it exists, this batch of salt is the best breakthrough in this matter. Xiao Wanlin saw the key point, and Xiao Fei also nodded in agreement.

"This is the second thing that the old slave wants to say," Xiao Fu continued, "Before that time, the branch of Qiantang County launched three batches of flying pigeons to report, saying that it was located along the beach along the Qiantang River, and found a stranded Xiao cargo ship, with about 200,000 stone sea salt on it, and a corpse, which happened to be known by a guy over there, it was Liu San'er of the five Liu brothers, and there was also the waist card of the Xiao dock guard, and the letter explained that the branch over there had hidden the body and the boat, and did not alarm the government. ”

"Fu Bo, what do you think?" Xiao Fu explained the matter objectively, but Xiao Fei wanted to know Xiao Fu's first thoughts when he learned about it.

The old slave thought that this was not an infighting between bandits, but a deliberate murder, and then abandoned the body of the ship for people to discover. ”

"Yes, I also think so, one of the three ships that the Xiao family disappeared, there is a waist tag of the Xiao family's guards on the corpse, and there are 200,000 stone sea salt, this is a desperate plan to completely buckle this basin on my Xiao family's head!" Xiao Fei said.

"It should be like this," Xiao Wanlin said in a deep voice, "I don't know if there are other clues on the body, what is the cause of death?"

"After receiving the news from the flying pigeon, the old slave has sent someone to investigate quickly, and it is estimated that it is time to come back now. "Xiao Fu did things really safely, and he had already arranged this matter.

At this time, the second housekeeper came to report: "Shen Qi, the guard in the front yard, asked to see the housekeeper, saying that he had something important to return." ”

"Let him come here. Fauber said.

"Yes, the villain will let him come over at once. A moment after the second butler left, a man in his thirties with a shrewd face walked in.

"I've seen the master, the eldest son, and Fubo. The person who came was Shen Qi, the person sent by Fu Bo to Qiantang to inquire about the news, and after entering the door, he took three steps forward and bowed with his fists.

"Shen Qi, what did you find in Qiantang?" Xiao Fu asked directly.

"The deceased is Liu San'er, he was stabbed three times in the chest, the fatal wound was a knife wound in the neck, no other wounds were found, he should have been killed in a fight, and the opponent's martial arts should be much higher than him. Shen Qi told what he had seen and what he had preliminarily inferred.

"What blade?" Xiao Fei asked.

"The deceased Liu San'er's habitual long knife is in the cabin, and the blade is not stained with blood, which also shows that the murderer's martial arts are strong. The wounds on Liu San'er's body should have been caused by a knife. ”

"Wat knife?" Xiao Fei and Xiao Wanlin were both shocked, how could they involve the Fusang warriors again.

Shen Qi nodded affirmatively, "It is indeed a Japanese knife, his subordinates have fought with the Fusang ronin, and they know the destructive nature of the Japanese knife and the characteristics of forming wounds, it is definitely not wrong." ”

"Alright, you go back and get some rest. After Fu Bo sent Shen Qi away, he turned back to Xiao Wanlin and said, "According to the chief steward of the dock, the five brothers of the Liu family are all good at playing knives in the Jiangnan area, and they barely have the strength of second-rate masters. And Liu San'er's skills are second only to Boss Liu, and he also has a lot of means, he can be killed so easily, which shows that the other party has a master!"