The two reported the names of "Mu Hu and Mu Han" to the guards in the house, but the guards did not go in to report it, and directly introduced the two to the main hall, which was obviously ordered by Bao Zheng before.

Bao Zheng sat in front of the hall, talking to Kou Yun, with a sad face on his black face, and when he saw the two of them, he hurriedly got up to greet them.

Hu Mu and the others hurriedly saluted Bao Zheng, and after greeting each other, Hu Zhenbang went straight in: "Lord Bao is full of sorrow, as if he has something on his mind, isn't it because of the "Wujing General Essentials", presumably the whereabouts of the three people have not been found?"

Bao Zheng said: "Mu Shaoxia is clever, and you really saw through your heart. The old man ordered someone to carefully search the body of the party item Santaka last night, and found no scriptures, and he interrogated the party item Santaka early this morning. ”

After a pause, he pointed at Kou Yun and said: "The two of you have already met Brother Kou last night, can you know the origin of my brother? He is a descendant of Kou Zhun, an important minister of the former dynasty, called Kou Yun, and he is also a military attache guard in front of the palace today, and he is quite skilled. Speaking of this, he thought that Kou Yun was blind, and even if he had a martial art, he was afraid that it would be difficult to perform it, and his heart couldn't help but sink, and he couldn't go on.

Hu Zhenbang naturally knew Kou Yun, he saw Bao Zheng's introduction, but as a first acquaintance, he immediately bowed to Kou Yun: "I have heard for a long time that Kou Zhun Zhongjun, a scholar of the former dynasty, served the country and was a famous loyal minister, and after I was fortunate to see Zhongliang today, it was really a blessing for three lives! Lord Kou, Muhu is polite!"

Mu Hanyi also bowed to Kou Yun in the same way and said, "In Xia Mu Han, he is Mu Hu's brother, and I have seen Lord Kou here!"

Kou Yun arched his hand to the two and said: "The two young heroes are polite, I have never met the two of them, but I was helped by the two of them, avenged my eyes, and also took three party thieves, Kou Yun is grateful!" Hu and Mu said that they did not need to be polite.

Kou Yun said again: "Listening to Lord Bao, the two of you are really brave and chivalrous people, but I don't know where you are doing the business of a leather merchant?

When Hu Zhenbang saw him asking, he must have wanted to find out his true identity, and was about to make up something to deal with it, when he suddenly heard Mu Hanyi preemptively say: "Lord Kou, in fact, my brother's father is Han, and my mother is a Jurchen, and they sell some leather goods in Khitan all the year round to sell in various places, and they have no fixed place. ”

Kou Yun said with a smile: "Mu Han Shaoxia is modest, but I still know a little bit about the martial arts masters in Song, Liao, and Jin, I don't know if the names of the two parents can give a hint or two?"

Mu Hanyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "This little bit of superficial effort, how dare you worry about Lord Kou, my parents have a word first, so that my brothers and sisters can rely on the skills they have been taught, show off everywhere, and ask the adults to bear with me." ”

Bao Zheng said on the side: "Brother Kou Shi, since these two Lingzun Lingtang have confessed, then don't ask." He was afraid that Kou Yun's question would be too straightforward, and the two of them thought that they had instructed Kou Yun to inquire about his two backgrounds, in order to block his questioning.

Kou Yunmeng said: "Yes, I asked like this, I am afraid that it will arouse the vigilance of the two, this 'Mu Hu' must be Hu Zhenbang, inferred from the fight that day and last night's performance, this person should not be a threat to my Great Song, but his brother 'Mu Han' really can't guess what the origin is, but since he is with him, he must have the same purpose." The top priority now is how to make these two people use them for me and recapture the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" for my Great Song Dynasty. ”

After making up his mind, he changed the topic and said: "Two young heroes, Lord Bao interrogated the party item Sanying this morning, and asked about the whereabouts of the twelve volumes of "Wujing General Essentials", these three criminals have always refused to confide half a word, I don't know what the two of you can do, can let these three people confess?"

Mu Hanyi said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, I have an idea, I might as well detain the three criminals separately and interrogate them separately, after a few days, these three people will be suspicious of each other, and after some time, they will release the news to the other two, and they will say that the person in them has already recruited all of them, see what will happen to these two people?"

Bao Zheng listened, and said to Kou Yun and Hu Zhenbang: "What do you two think?", Kou Yun said: "What Mu Han said, you can give it a try, but I am afraid that these three people will be resolute and refuse to be suspicious of each other, how can this be good?"

Hu Zhenbang said: "What Master Kou said is extremely true, but in the current situation, this is the only way to try, if it is torture to extract confessions, these three people will be willing to die unyielding." ”

Mu Hanyi said with a smile: "I naturally have some ways to convince them." ”

Bao Zheng said: "You can tell me and listen to it." ”

Mu Hanyi 1510, like this, told everyone, listened, that Kou Yun nodded again and again, Bao Zheng stroked his palms and laughed: "Mu Han Shaoxia is not only good at martial arts, but also resourceful. It is said that my master of Kaifeng Mansion, Gongsun Ce, is the reincarnation of Zhuge , I see that I am on par with you, but it is a pity that I sent him to Hongze Lake to control the water this time, otherwise I will teach you two to be close and close. ”

Mu Hanyi arched his hand and said, "Master Bao praised it falsely." In a blink of an eye, he squeezed his eyes at Hu Zhenbang and grimaced. Hu Zhenbang almost couldn't help laughing out loud, and forced himself to endure it. also said politely: "Lord Bao carries love, my brother has loved some ghost ideas since he was a child." ”

Bao Zheng smiled: "I love your little brother very much, even if it is a ghost idea, as long as it can do great things, it is a good idea." I have a question, I wonder if you two would like to stay in my house and serve as errands?"

Hu Zhenbang hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Lord Mengbao is wrong to love, my brother is willing to serve the adult, and track down the whereabouts of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", but, it's just ......."

Mu Hanyi answered: "It's just that my brothers are on the orders of their parents, and they still need to continue the family heirloom leather business, I am afraid that they will live up to the good intentions of Lord Bao, and I hope that Lord Bao Haihan." ”

After hearing this, Kou Yun said softly: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and the two of you must be filial to your parents and obey your parents' orders, and you have nothing to blame. Master Bao is very pleased to have your help in tracking down this "General Essentials of the Martial Arts". ”

Bao Zheng saw that Mu Hu and Mu Han were unwilling to serve as officials, and he felt very regretful at first, but when he heard Kou Yun say it, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

It turned out that Bao Zheng himself was a great filial son, and after being admitted to the Jinshi that year, the imperial court appointed him as the county governor of Jianchang. However, because of the old age of his parents, he could not bear to stay away and chose to resign, and the imperial court specially arranged to be an official in Hezhou, near Jianchang County, but because Bao Zheng's parents were unwilling to leave their hometown where they had lived for decades, Bao Zheng resigned again. It wasn't until after his parents passed away that he kept filial piety for his parents for three years before he left his hometown to take office.

Therefore, when he heard Mu Hanyi's reason, he also secretly praised the young man's filial piety. At that moment, Bao Zheng smiled and said: "It's okay, the two of you can help the court track down the lost "Wujing General Essentials" is already a great loyalty, and they can obey the orders of their parents, which is a great filial piety." Bao is really fond of the two young heroes. What's the matter with not being here? ”

Let's say that after the three eagles were brought back to Kaifeng Mansion, the servants searched the three of them and found no books, so they put the three in prison that night. Early the next morning, Bao Zheng ordered the three to be taken to the government for personal trial, but the three of them were very stubborn, and they refused to reveal a word about their whereabouts after the book "Wujing General Essentials" was obtained.

Bao Zheng saw that Ma Qing's eyes were blind, Pan Tianluo was injured in many places, only Tuoba Hongfei was slightly less injured, and immediately ordered someone to beat him with a hundred rods first.

When the three of them were brought back to the prison, they had already looked around and groped around, and it was a large stone house about two feet square, the walls were all made of rough stones, and the ground was also paved with large stones, and there was a dung bucket in the corner of the wall, and all the smell of stench and mildew was in the nose.

The three of them waited for the jailer to go away and discussed softly. Tuoba Hongfei said: "This place is heavily guarded, the wall tiles are extremely thick, and if you want to escape, this is absolutely impossible." ”

Ma Qing said: "Two brothers, I am blind and have become like a wasted person, you two must try to get out and hand over the scriptures to the master." ”

Pan Tianluo said: "The third brother Hugh wants to say such a thing, I, the three eagles, live and die together, I must not abandon you, I must think of escaping from here together!"

Ma Qing was silent after hearing his words, and he guessed a few points in his heart, knowing that it must be difficult to get out of this prison.

Tuoba Hongfei said: "Master ordered the three of us to take these twelve volumes of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" and hide them in the Xiangguo Temple, this layer of tasks has been completed, but how to tell the master the news to his old man?"

Pan Tianluo suddenly said: "Today is the first day of the fourth month, and the master said that he needs to hand over the book to him on April 15 at the latest, so how can this be good." ”

Ma Qing said: "Master came from Tubo, he will go to Xiangguo Temple, and when he sees that the three of us are not there, he will definitely look for it." It's just a huge Xiangguo Temple, and we hide the scriptures so secretly, even if it is a fairy, it is difficult to find it. ”

Tuoba Hongfei said: "If you think about it again, you must not be able to teach them to trap the three of us here." ”

Pan Tianluo suddenly said: "I'm afraid that before we can figure out a way to get out, they will behead the three of us." ”

Ma Qing sneered: "Second brother, are you afraid of death?"

Pan Tianluo was a little unhappy and said: "As soon as I say this, the third brother suspects that I am afraid of death? I am dead, and I will not tell the whereabouts of the scriptures." ”

Tuoba Hongfei saw the two of them raising the bar, and persuaded each other: "The two younger brothers should not be discouraged, there is no endless way for the heavens, they can't get the news of the scriptures, and they will never kill the three of us, as for the torture to extract confessions, the three of us will not be afraid of death! Now we have to think of a way to tell the master where the scriptures are hidden." ”

Suddenly, I heard the sound of footsteps coming from the corridor outside the prison, which sounded like there were as many as ten people, and the footsteps came to a stop in front of the prison door, and one of the officers took out a long key and opened the iron door of the cell. The first few people were the four lieutenants Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao, and Ma Han, followed by several errands.

That Zhang Long and Zhao Hu stepped forward and said to the three of them: "I am now ordered to take Pan Tianluo and Ma Qing to be detained separately." ”

Pan Tianluo said angrily: "Why are the three of me detained?", Ma Qing also said: "If you want to kill, you will kill, what kind of tricks are you doing to be a straight thief?"

Na Ma Han sneered in the back: "It's not easy to die, this will give you a knife in the neck, your three brothers are so righteous, if you die one, the other two will also pay for death?"

Ma Qing was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Yes, of course, I regard death as home, but I don't want to harm the lives of my two elder brothers." ”

Wang Chao, who was standing next to Ma Han, also said: "Don't the three of you have a heavy responsibility on your body?

The three of them were shocked when they heard this, and said in their hearts: "It's not easy to die, but the three of us have failed, and I don't know who will be cheaper." ”