"Brother Wenqi, something happened......" Chen Wenqi walked out of the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, and Jing Xing suddenly pounced and whimpered.

Chen Wenqi's heart tightened, and the relaxation after the big exam disappeared in an instant. He pulled Jingxing to a secluded place with few people, and asked calmly, "What's wrong?" Don't panic, speak slowly. ”

"Yang Gongzi, Yang Gongzi is gone. Jingxing said with tears on his face and sobbing.

made an appointment to meet in front of the Gongyuan today, and now only Jingxing is alone, Chen Wenqi has vaguely felt that Yang Shanling has something to do. But when Jing Xing said this, he was still taken aback: "Yang Gongzi is gone, why is it gone? Tell me carefully." ”

Jing Xing calmed down a little, and roughly described to Chen Wenqi how he waited in the Tribute Courtyard, how he played chess and gambled tea with others, and how Yang Shanling was deceived by others, and then said: "After I drank a bowl of tea in the teahouse, I saw that noon had passed, so I came out to the agreed place to wait for Yang Gongzi and them. Before he got under the willow tree, Zhu Rui hurriedly ran over, shouting as he ran, "Jingxing, your son-in-law is sick, go quickly." I hurriedly followed Zhu Rui to the back of the Gongyuan, but I didn't see any trace of Yang Gongzi, thinking that Zhu Rui had heard it wrong, and it should be in the Gongyuan. We hurried back to the Tribute Courtyard and begged the Tribute Academy's guards to let us in. The doorman went in and reported to the examiner, who said, 'If a candidate is sick, they will be the first to report it to me.' Only then did we know that Yang Gongzi must have been deceived by the bad guys. Young master, it's all my fault that I shouldn't have told people about you, I'm in a big trouble, young master, you hit me, woo. Jingxing knelt in front of Chen Wenqi with a puff, crying non-stop, and after getting into trouble, he didn't dare to call him "brother".

Chen Wenqi listened to Jingxing's words, and he was extremely angry at first, and he couldn't wait to slap him. Then I thought about it, Jing Xing, a simple boy who was only fifteen years old, how could he know that people's hearts were sinister? Besides, it was useless to blame him, and the most urgent thing now was to find out Yang Shanling's life and death, where he was, and if his life was worry-free, he had to find a way to rescue him as soon as possible. So, who deceived him? Why did he deceive him? Was it the enemy's search for a gap or the kidnapping for money? These are all possible, but Chen Wenqi has no understanding of Yang Shanling and cannot make a reasonable judgment. He thought carefully about the details of his acquaintance with Yang Shanling for a few days, and felt that the invisible man hiding in the bushes was the most suspicious. If this invisible man and the Geyi are their accomplices, and the Geyi people mysteriously disappear, he will frantically search for them. However, the Ge Yi people were arrested and locked up in the prefect's yamen prison, and it was not easy for the invisible people to find them? By catching Yang Shanling, he can not only find the whereabouts of Ge Yiren, but also use Yang Shanling as a bargaining chip to rescue Ge Yiren and them.

When Chen Wenqi thought of this, his nervous mood suddenly relaxed a lot. If this is the case, Yang Shanling's life is worry-free for the time being, and as long as the invisible man is found, Yang Shanling can be found. The first priority is to find the invisible man first, and to find the invisible man, you must pry open the mouths of the Ge Yi people.

Chen Wenqi made up his mind, stretched out his hand to pull Jing Xing up, and said to him warmly: "You are indeed in trouble, but now is not the time to beat you and punish you." We want to rescue Yang Gongzi as soon as possible and make up for our mistakes, you know?"

"Got it. Jing Xing replied quietly while sobbing.

"What about Juri, didn't you say he came looking for you?"

He went back to tell the news. ”

"Ah, wouldn't Aunt Yang be in a hurry if she knew? Quick, you go to Yang Gongzi's house quickly, tell Aunt Yang, please don't worry, I already know some clues, and I will save Yang Gongzi soon." Just go. Chen Wenqi was worried that Yang Shanling's mother was in a hurry, so he hurriedly asked Jingxing to go back to ease the atmosphere.

Jing Xing ran away, and didn't forget to ask as he ran: "Brother Wenqi, what about you?"

"I'll go to the prefect's yamen. Hey, come back and bring my basket with you. ”

Chen Wenqi didn't dare to slack off, and after throwing the exam basket to Jing Xing, he rushed to the prefect's yamen.

The words are divided into two ends. Xiao Jingxing knew that he had a big disaster today, and he was extremely guilty, and he couldn't wait to exchange himself for Yang Gongzi. Now Chen Wenqi asked him to go to the Yang Mansion to report the news, which can be regarded as an opportunity to make amends and make up for his mistakes, how can he not go all out? So he ran wildly towards the Yang Mansion with the test basket on his back, completely forgetting the heat and fatigue, and ran back to the backyard of the Yang family in one go. The dumb maid happened to be fetching water and watering flowers in the backyard, so he gestured to him, saying that he had something urgent to see "Zhu Rui". The dumb maid didn't dare to slack off, threw down the bucket in his hand, ran to the front hall, and called Ruizhu over.

"Quick, tell my aunt that Brother Wen Qi has clues about Yang Gongzi, please don't worry. Jing Xing didn't have time to get close to Rui Zhu, and said to him urgently.

Rui Zhu, who was originally full of gloom, suddenly had a bright eye, grabbed Jing Xing's hands, and asked in surprise, "Really?" Chen Gongzi knows about Xiao ...... Where is the young master?" Without waiting for Jing Xing to answer, he turned around and rushed to the front room, shouting: "Madam, there is a clue from Miss." ”

In the originally silent front hall, there was a sudden sound of noisy human voices, and then there were messy footsteps from far and near, and in a short time, Rui Zhu and another middle-aged woman were helping a beautiful woman about forty years old to the backyard. Behind the beautiful woman was a middle-aged man in his thirties. This middle-aged man Jing Xing also knew him, he was the prefect "Yang Daiming" who met in the prefect's yamen that night.

While Jingxing was stunned, Rui Zhu walked over, pointed at the beautiful woman and whispered to him: "This is my wife, you have met once, Lord Yang, go over and pay respects." ”

Jing Xing's misfortune came out of his mouth, causing Shen Lingshan to be deceived and missing, knowing that Mrs. Yang did not know the inside story, Jing Xing still harbored a deep sense of guilt. He walked up to Han Mei and knelt on the ground with a pop: "Jingxing has seen Madame." He turned around again and faced Han Ming: "The grass people have seen Lord Yang." ”

Han Mei is everyone's best background, although Shen Lingshan's life and death are unknown, and her heart is very heavy, her appearance is still calm as usual, and she does not lose everyone's demeanor. She raised her hand towards Jing Xing and said kindly: "Child, you are a guest of my family, you don't have to be so polite, please get up." ”

When Jing Xing heard this, he felt even more guilty, stood up, bowed his head and stepped aside.

"You said that your young master knows Shan...... Uh, Xiao'er's clues, where is your young master now?" Han Mei asked softly.

"Brother Wen Qi, he went to the prefect's yamen. Jing Xing replied, turning his head to look at Han Ming.

"Went to the prefect's yamen? What did he do with the prefect's yamen? Could it be that he went to report the case?" Han Ming frowned, and then said softly to Han Mei: "Sister, I have to go back quickly." ”

"Go ahead. Be sure to rescue Shan'er as soon as possible. Han Mei also whispered to Han Ming.

Han Ming nodded and said, "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely bring Shan'er home safely." Then he left quickly.

Besides, while Chen Wenqi was hurrying away, he was thinking about how he could persuade the prefect Yang to let him meet with Ge Yiren? After all, the detainees could not meet him as soon as he wanted, and even if he agreed to meet with Ge Yiren, how could he get Ge Yiren to speak as soon as possible? Chen Wenqi did not leave very quickly, because he knew that the plan was not thorough, and when he arrived at the government office, he met with the prefect or Ge Yiren, which was not only useless but worse. As I walked and thought, a plan gradually matured. He didn't know if the plan would work, but time was pressing, and no one could afford to hesitate anymore and could only go all out. After making up his mind, he quickened his pace, and soon arrived outside the door of the prefect's yamen, and was hesitating whether to sound the drum or enter over the wall, when he suddenly saw the prefect Yang returning from outside, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute: "I have seen Lord Yang in my evening." ”

"No need to be polite. Chen Gongzi was wandering in front of the door, could it be that something was wrong?" Han Ming wondered why Chen Wenqi didn't ring the drum of grievances when he wanted to report the case.

"I came to visit the prefect in my late life, and I have something important to ask for. ”

"Oh, what is Gongzi Chen asking for?"

"Dare to ask your lord, can the gangsters who were sent in the next night be in prison?"

"Still in prison. I've been busy dealing with the big exam for the past few days, and I haven't had time to interrogate it. Han Ming wondered in his heart, didn't this Chen Xiucai come to report the case? What did he want to do with those thieves? Just thinking about it, he heard Chen Wenqi say cautiously:

"I have a reluctant request, and I beg my lord to answer. ”

"Chen Gongzi, please speak. ”

"I want to meet them alone. ”

Han Ming has solved countless cases in Wuchang Mansion, and many doubtful cases can be solved quickly, and there are few wrongful cases, backlog cases, and unsolved cases, which are worthy of the four big characters written on the plaque above the court: Mirror hangs high. But for Shen Lingshan's mysterious disappearance today, he has no clue at all. Now this Chen Xiucai is silent and doesn't talk about Shan'er's affairs, but wants to see Ge Yiren, could it be that he wants to find Shen Lingshan's whereabouts from Ge Yiren and them?

In order to eliminate Chen Wenqi's concerns and enable him to let go of his actions, Han Ming simply made his words clear: "Is Chen Gongzi here to rescue Yang Shanling? Don't hide it from Chen Gongzi, this government and Yang Shanling's parents are also old friends, if Chen Gongzi has a way to rescue Yang Shanling, and please do your best, this government will do its best to cooperate." ”

Chen Wenqi was overjoyed when he heard this. The original plan was that if the prefect did not agree, he would be forced into prison. Now that I can learn about the support of the people of the house, things are much easier.

So, he told Han Ming his plan. After hearing this, Han Ming felt that it was feasible, so he said happily: "Go, follow me." ”

A moment later, the official took Ge Yiren and the other three to a suite in the backyard of the government. Chen Wenqi didn't say a word, he took a camphor wooden chair, put it in front of the three of them, and raised his index finger and middle finger, poked at the chair surface, and suddenly poked a big hole. How had the three of them ever seen such a kung fu? They were shocked for a moment.

After doing this, Chen Wenqi said: "I haven't alarmed you in the past few days, but I want you to calm down and think about it." Now I want the three of you to answer my question alone, and whoever tells me a lie, he will have such a chair. I want to tell you in particular, this is not a public court, I only act according to my feelings, and I hope you will not joke with your own lives. ”

After that, he called the official standing outside the door and took the two accomplices of the Ge Yi people to another room to wait.

Chen Wenqi said to Ge Yiren: "I'll ask you a few questions, if there is a lie, I won't give you a chance to correct it." Now give you a stick of incense time to think about it, if you are willing to answer my question, it doesn't matter if you don't want to, when the time comes, hum. After Chen Wenqi finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to light the incense on the table, and the person walked out of the door.

After taking three steps, Ge Yiren shouted, "I am willing to answer." ”

Chen Wenqi stopped, turned around slowly, stared into Ge Yiren's eyes, and did not speak.

Ge Yiren couldn't stand Chen Wenqi's gaze, looked away, and repeated: "I'm willing to answer." "That's good. Now answer my first question: What's your name?"

"Chu San. Ge Yiren—now he should be called Chu San—replied quickly.

"Oh, Chu San. It wasn't just the three of you who blocked the way the night before, but there was also an accomplice hiding in the dark, wasn't it?"

Chu San was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself how he knew that someone was secretly hiding? Could it be that he already knew everything? Chu San and they were originally engaged in some petty theft, where did they dare to gamble with their lives? Since people already knew, it would be better to pour beans and take out the plate from the bamboo tube, and maybe they would end up with leniency.

"Yes. ”

"He's your accomplice?"

"No...... No. ”

"Not an accomplice? Not an accomplice, how can you be together?"

Chu San paused and said, "It's just 'helping' each other." If we have a good idea, he will help us eliminate the disaster. In return, it is to help him pay attention to people who have martial arts tricks that are 'like a sword but not a sword, and like a sword but not a sword'. ”

When Han Ming heard this, he was taken aback, "like a sword but not a sword, like a knife not a sword" martial arts? What kind of martial arts is this? Han Ming vaguely remembered what his father said in the broken temple that day, "double killing with a sword"? Could it be that they are talking about the 'sword technique'? The only people who can use the martial arts passed down from the family are our brothers and sisters and senior brothers, except for my father and mother. Could it be that this person was sent by Liang Fang's eunuchs to find us? In that case, Shan'er's life would be in danger now, and her sister and brother would not be spared.

"'Like a sword but not a sword, like a knife not a knife' move?" Chen Wenqi muttered in a low voice, remembering Yang Shanling's move that night, and didn't understand the joints for a while.

I can't figure it out, Chen Wenqi doesn't think about it anymore, the most important thing in front of him is to find Yang Shanling, and then rescue him, and keep the rest for later. So he then asked:

"What kind of supernatural powers does this man have to help you eliminate disasters?

"I only know his surname Gou, I don't know what his name is, he said that he is a person from the prefect's yamen, and he is in charge of these things. ”

The people in the prefect's yamen. Riya Han Ming was taken aback again.

"Huh?" Chen Wenqi glared at him.

"The villain really didn't tell a lie, and I really don't know what his name is. Chu San panicked, for fear that Chen Wenqi would poke a big hole in his body.

"Where is he?"

"In the ......," Chu San said a place.

Chen Wenqi lifted Chu San up, clicked on him a few times, and said: "I sealed your acupuncture point with a unique technique, and I didn't feel anything within three hours, but if you don't solve it after three hours, you will be worse off than dead." I'll go to the guy surnamed Gou now, and if I find him, I'll come back and unlock the acupuncture path with you. ”

Chen Wenqi entered the inner room, whispered a few words to Han Ming, and then asked Han Ming for a long sword, and went out of the gate of the mansion, and saw Ruizhu and Jingxing spinning around like headless flies at the door, thinking that something had happened to Mrs. Yang. Chen Wenqi thought about it, took Ruizhu and Jingxing, and left the prefect's yamen quickly.

Besides, Gou An is going smoothly today, and he effortlessly deceived the people who made the trick of 'like a sword but not a sword, like a knife but not a knife', not only will his head be saved, but it is also possible to take credit and even transfer back to Jinyiwei. After he came out of Hou Huai's house, he went to the gate of the Gongyuan to dismiss the accomplices who stayed there, and went to the opposite restaurant to ask for two dishes of side dishes, beat half a catty of soju, and returned home to drink himself.

Suddenly, a crisp voice came in from the open door: "Brother Wen Qi, it's him, it's him." ”

Gou An followed the sound and looked, there were three people standing outside the door, two of them met in front of the Gongyuan in the morning, and the other one was the Xiucai who Chu San and they stopped the night before, the "Brother Wenqi" in the mouth of the scholar just now.

Before Gou An could speak, Chen Wenqi walked up to him, pointed at him and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Gou An sat still, with thoughts in his heart, judging from the situation the night before, except for the surname Yang, these three people should not know martial arts. But now that this surnamed Chen is holding a long sword, is he the one who sent the secret weapon? No matter what, he can't make any extraneous branches. The mind was decided, his eyes flickered, and he was ready to find an opportunity to get out.

"Toast and don't eat and eat and drink, and if this is the case, eat me with a sword. After waiting for a long time for Gou An not to speak, Chen Wenqi was impatient, took out a long sword, and stabbed Gou An at the center of his eyebrows. Gou An didn't have time to retreat, so he hurriedly blocked it with the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and swung Chen Wenqi's long sword aside. Chen Wenqi was shocked, the sword he was determined to win was actually dissolved by him with bamboo chopsticks, and hurriedly picked up the long sword and slashed at the top of Gou An's head. Human life is at stake, Gou An reached out and grabbed a dish, tried his best to go up, "clang", the dish was split in half, and the force of the rebound shook Chen Wenqi back again and again, fortunately, Ruizhu and Jingxing reached out to hold it, so as not to fall.

Chen Wenqi looked stunned, pointed at Gou An and said: "Sure enough, there are some evil sects, come, eat me again." Holding a sword flower in his hand, he threw himself at Gou An.

As soon as the connoisseur stretched out his hand, he knew if there was one. Gou An was born as a lieutenant of Jinyiwei, and his martial arts attainments are extraordinary. Two moves forced Chen Wenqi back, thinking that this person's martial arts were not enough. Seeing that his long sword was stabbed and split, it was very similar to the move surnamed Yang, no wonder the two were together, and it turned out to be accomplices. Gou An was overjoyed, he had just caught a man surnamed Yang, if he caught this man surnamed Chen again, wouldn't it be another great achievement? Gou An pushed the table of eight immortals in front of him, stopped Chen Wenqi from rushing forward, reflexively picked up the short gun leaning against the wall, and said, "Aren't you looking for Yang Gongzi? I'll take you there." After that, he raised his gun and stabbed Chen Wenqi in front of him.

When Chen Wenqi heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, his righteous brother was really kidnapped by this surnamed Gou, and his original hanging heart suddenly returned to his place. Seeing the short spear squeezing to the front door, he hurriedly swung his sword to block.

As the saying goes, an inch is long and an inch is strong. This spear is four feet long, shorter than ordinary guns and slightly longer than swords, and can be used in both long and close combat, and is Gou An's famous weapon. Gou An's short gun in his hand is very different from the empty-handed battle just now, only to see the red gun tassel jumping and flying, which is dazzling; Although Chen Wenqi had a long sword in his hand, he could not attack in close quarters, and he was no threat to Gou An. In a hurry, Chen Wenqi threw his long sword and shot towards Gou An's throat, and at the same time, he was short, bent and rolled, bullied Gou An's side, and slammed Gou An's knee with his fist. This is a dangerous move to put the place of death and then live, the long sword thrown, straight to the enemy's vital point, so that the enemy has to defend, and to break the attack of the long sword, the next plate must be empty, take advantage of the void to win with one blow. But......

When Gou An saw the long sword flying, he did not swing the gun as Chen Wenqi wanted, but leaned his body on the ground, his body was lying on his back, his feet were twisted and kicked off the ground, and Chen Wenqi "twisted" to the ground and slid three feet backwards. Before Chen Wenqi could turn over and stand up, Gou An's short gun followed him like a shadow, and the tip of the gun had already caught his shoulder socket.

"Brother Wen Qi", "Chen Gongzi", Jing Xing and Rui Zhu exclaimed at the same time, wanting to rush to the rescue.

Chen Wenqi didn't expect this person's martial arts to be so strong, and his face suddenly turned like ash, and he hurriedly stopped the two children: "Don't come here, hurry, quickly find someone to come and ......", seeing that the two children hesitated and did not move, Fu shouted angrily: "Didn't you hear? ”

The two little ones realized that staying here would be useless, so they quickly turned around and ran out to find someone to save them.

Gou An leaned down, lit Chen Wenqi's acupoint, put away the short gun, found a broken sack, and stuffed Chen Wenqi into the sack.

"Shameless thief, what do you want to do with my son?" Chen Wenqi's acupoint was pointed, but he was still able to speak.

"Didn't you come to find the man surnamed Yang? I'll take you to see him." Gou An said proudly.

"Don't, you killed me, this son doesn't want to see him at this time. ”

"You poor people who study are really pedantic, what kind of face do you care about when you die? It doesn't matter, the one surnamed Yang is the same as you, waiting for you like a zongzi, haha. ”

"If you don't go, you will kill this son ......"

Gou An didn't talk to Chen Wenqi either, found a rag to plug his mouth, looked at both sides of the door, turned around and carried the sack on his shoulder, walked out of the door, and disappeared into the twilight.

At this time, a person walked out from the corner of the opposite house and quietly followed Gou An.