At noon, the clouds are clear, and on the copper gilded double plaque hanging high in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the eight big characters of "Miao Solemn Domain" and "Daxiong Treasure Palace" are dazzling. On the square, people from various Jianghu sects have been lined up in dozens of arrays. In front of the main hall door, there are five Luo umbrellas in a straight line in turn, and they are seated from the left and right columns, respectively, Taifu Yu Zisong, Taiwei Xie Anshi, presiding over the master of Zhikong, Zhenbei Hou Hengyuanzi, and Wang Chuzhong, the general of Xiaocai.

Several people in the audience glanced at each other, and they all signaled the host Master Zhikong to open first.

"Today, the heroes of all factions in the Central Plains gathered in Feilai Peak, which is indeed a rare event in a century. Lao Wei is honored that Lingyin Temple can become a place for the imperial court to select talents to protect the people and serve the country. You have come from thousands of miles away, the place of my Buddhism, coarse tea and light rice, and the place where the hospitality is not considerate, please forgive me. Master Kongzhi smiled, got up, folded his palms, bowed, and sat down.

"Master Kongzhi, you are too polite!" everyone replied respectfully.

Heng Yuanzi took a sip of tea and gestured to Zhang Mengbin for a look.

Zhang Mengbin understood, trotted to Xie Anshi's side and bowed and said, "Lord Taiwei, there was a big change in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion last night, and my Hou Ye is unwell and inconvenient, please say a few words!"

Xie Anshi nodded slightly, got up and hugged his fists and said, "Xie Mou's imperial court thanks Master Kongzhi and the people of Lingyin Temple for their strong support for the imperial court's recruitment of talents, and thank you to all the heroes here for their tireless work and coming from afar!"

Clenching his fists and looking around, Xie Anshi continued, "Xie is a martial artist, he doesn't understand ordinary etiquette, so if he has something to say, he will say it directly." Since the jackal aliens disturbed the territory of the Central Plains of Dashun, the people of the northern border have been deeply tyrannical, and the farmers and merchants have been decadent, and they have been in dire straits all the time. However, at the time of survival, there are traitors and villains who do not want to forge ahead, fornicating with the Snow Wolf Country, collecting wealth and harming the people......"

Hearing this, there was already a lot of discussion among the people in the square, "It's too shameless", "There is such a traitor", "It must be severely punished......

Zhang Mengbin leaned close to Heng Yuanzi's ear and whispered, "Looking at his complexion, his middle qi is thick, his limbs are natural, and his martial arts are vigorous...... Unlike when he was hit and his throat was sealed, he was not a murderer. ”

After hearing this, Heng Yuanzi felt a little sympathetic, and said hatefully, "Step up the investigation, there are only a few great heavenly masters in the world, hum!"

Zhang Mengbin nodded and retreated, came to a secluded place, looked around left and right, and took two carrier pigeons to send a message. An expressionless man in white has quietly seen this scene!

"Here today, the imperial court specially recruits Jianghu Chinese talents and martial artists to serve in the dynasty, help Dashun eliminate internal troubles, drive out jackals, and restore our mountains and rivers! Those who have aspirations or those who have recommendations can recommend them and send them to the Taiwei Mansion!" Xie Anshi said righteously, and continued, "In addition, if anyone provides evidence of the crime of Zhengdao endangering the society, after verification, the imperial court will definitely reward meritorious deeds!"

The crowd in the field began to be lively, some were busy writing recommendations with the monks, some were discussing Taoism, some were greeting each other, and some disciples and grandchildren were chatting about where to have fun in Feilaifeng......

Wen Taizhen, Cao Shubao and the others observed on the edge of the square for a while, and then walked straight to Heng Yuanzi in front of the main hall.

"Grass people Wen Taizhen, I've seen Zhenbei Hou!" Wen Taizhen said.

"It turned out to be Wen Shaoxia, who has been famous for his handsomeness and loyalty in the rivers and lakes in the past two years, you are here today, that is, you have the ambition to serve the imperial court, and Benhou is willing to recommend you as an official ......" Heng Yuanzi looked at Cao Shubao on the side again, nodded and continued, "Cao Shubao, a talent for strategizing, Benhou has heard of it." ”

Cao Shubao and Wen Taizhen hugged their fists together and said, "Thank you, Master Hou, for your appreciation." Chu Miyun on the side turned his face disdainfully.

"Xiahou Sha has seen Zhenbei Hou!" Xia Housha stepped forward and squatted down and saluted.

"Oh, Miss Xiahou, you're here too, after a long absence, your complexion has changed a lot......" Heng Yuanzi recalled Xiahou Sha's mourning for the loss of his father that day, and then thought about the pain of losing his son, and the grief came from it, and he sighed unconsciously.

"The people's daughter came today to thank Hou Ye for his grace for his deceased father's grievances, and to ask Hou Ye to be worshiped by the people's daughter!"

Heng Yuanzi hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiahou Sha, "Hurry up, you are serious, it's just a gesture." ”

"Master Hou, I have one more thing to ask for......" Cao Shubao hugged his fist to Heng Yuanzi.

"Oh, let's hear it!" Heng Yuanzi looked at Uncle Cao and said.

"We have a friend who came to Lin'an with him, and he went out alone at noon the day before yesterday, and then disappeared...... Cao Shubao said euphemistically.

"Since it's a missing person case, can you report it to the governor's office?" Heng Yuanzi wondered.

Xiahou Sha saw that Cao Shubao's words were euphemistic, and she didn't want to directly expose Chu Miyun's sneaking into the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, so she took a step forward and said, "Back to the Hou Ye, the missing person is my sworn sister, pretty, we got the exact news after searching Lin'an City, she was robbed by a son of the Xie family, and then I heard that she was fortunate to be rescued by the little Hou Ye of the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, and now she is ......in the Hou Mansion."

As soon as Heng Yuanzi heard this, his pupils dilated, and his eyes looked around at several people, his expression was abnormal and thoughtful.

"My sister-in-law is still young, and there is no news after going out for a day and a night, and I, as an older sister, am very worried, and I beg Master Hou to let us take her back. Xiahousha then said earnestly.

"Last night, did you already know about the matter of the Hou Mansion?" Heng Yuanzi said with a fierce face.

Several people looked at each other, and Chu Miyun secretly held back a smile. Cao Shubao answered, "Back to Hou Ye, I just heard from friends on the rivers and lakes in the morning, and I also asked Hou Ye to mourn and change." ”

A few people worked together.

"Well, Uncle Cao, knowing the world without leaving home, it's true. There is indeed such a young and beautiful woman in the Hou Mansion, later, you can go back to the Hou Mansion with the Hou to see her for confirmation, but until the matter is clear, she can only continue to stay in the Hou Mansion!" Heng Yuanzi took the look and looked at Uncle Cao.

Xiahou Sha, Wen Taizhen and the others glanced at each other, bowing respectfully to Heng Yuanzi, and at this moment, they saw a familiar figure.

"Mrs. Yu, I haven't seen you for many days, you are really getting more and more energetic!"

In fact, Yu Zisong was looking around to watch the beautiful scenery in the Lingyin Temple at that time, and he had no impression of the big cake face dead fat man in front of him who suddenly appeared and scared him.

“...... Oh, what a coincidence, are you?" Yu Zisong said with a questioning smile.

"Wu Xing, Qian Xian, Shao...... Hahaha, today Qian was picking tea in the West Lake, and he heard that there was a hero conference in Lingyin Temple, so he came to observe, and he didn't want to meet Master Taifu......" Qian Yuanwai smiled embarrassedly, and added, "Come in a hurry, this is the 'eighteen trees in front of the palace' picked by Qian in the morning, and the right to make amends, please accept it from Mrs. Yu!"

"Oh, this tea is so valuable, how can this official be embarrassed......" Yu Zisong stretched out his hand in a refusal.

"Except for the money clerk, don't come to harm!" Xia Housha deliberately elongated her voice.

"Huh?" Qian Yuanwai glanced back and found that it was Cao Shubao, Wen Taizhen, and Xia Housha, and shouted with a frightened face, "Lu Bilie!"

A black-robed Taoist priest sprinted forward and hugged his fists, "Master called me?"

He ...... They, is that them?" the cake was like fried oil, and Qian Yuan's face was covered with cold sweat, and he suddenly hid behind Lu Bihan.

Lu Bilie immediately drew his sword and pointed at Cao Shubao and the others.

Yu Zisong and Heng Yuanzi, who were watching from the sidelines, were inexplicable, and the eyes of everyone around them were also attracted.

"Amitabha, why did the donors use force in the pure land of Buddhism, and why did you explain it clearly. The great monk Kongzhi stepped forward and said together, and Xie Anshi and Wang Chuzhong also followed.

"The master misunderstood, we didn't mean to use force, we just happened to meet Qian Yuanwai's acquaintance, so we just said hello! I didn't expect Qian Yuanwai to react so much...... Wen Taizhen said with a smile.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, can this fellow Daoist put away his weapon first?" said Monk Kongzhi smiled at Lu Bilie.

Lu Bilie nodded, and as soon as he put away his sword, Qian Yuanwai hurriedly grabbed the arm of Monk Kongzhi, and said in a convincing complaint, "Master, adults, don't be deceived by them, they are simply robbers, hum!"

Cao Shubao and the others glanced at each other, smiling, and wanted to see him continue to perform.

Seeing that the other party had no defense, Qian Yuan's face was like a balloon puffing up, and he raised his head and spitted and said, "A few days ago, it was these people who went to Wuxingcheng to make trouble. Relying on their martial arts, they not only beat dozens of people in my house, but also teased my flowery daughter, and finally robbed 20,000 taels of silver tickets from my house. What a bold and reckless act!"

"Is this true?" Yu Zisong said in surprise, looking around at Wen Taizhen.

"It's true, Lord Lieutenant, you have to call the shots for me. Qian Yuan knelt down and bowed down, and grabbed Yu Zisong's trouser leg.

"Wen Taizhen, what's going on with this Qian Yuan's words?" Heng Yuanzi asked curiously.

At the same time, Monk Kongzhi, Xie Anshi, Wang Chuzhong, and people from all factions were also curious about the whole story. Of course, except for the empty wisdom monk Liugen Qing, everyone else has their own hearts, and of course there are also those who are purely lively.

"Oh, you're Wen Taizhen, I'd like to hear what you have to say about it. Hmph!" Yu Zisong nodded, with a meaningful smile, and then patted the big cake face holding his thigh with one hand, and said, "Okay, Qian Yuan, you get up first!"

"We did take 20,000 taels of money at the time...... Wen Taizhen explained.

As soon as Qian Yuanwai got up and heard this, he immediately interrupted smartly, "Listen, everyone, he admitted it himself, he heard it!"

"Outside the money clerk, you just said that we beat the people in your house and took your money, why don't you talk about your collusion with human traffickers, the oppression of the people, and ah, your daughter...... Hey, it's the same as you carved out of a mold, and she speaks wildly and bullies, except for you, I can't think of anyone who thinks she is like a flower!" Cao Shubao refuted sharply.

Wen Taizhen and Xia Housha looked at each other and smiled when they heard this.

"You ......," Qian was speechless for a while.

"The 20,000 taels of silver tickets have now been recorded in the Yellow River disaster relief funds, if you want to check, you can ask the handling official Liu Yueshi at any time. We still have to thank Qian Yuanwai!" Wen Taizhen looked around with his fists clenched, and raised his thick eyebrows and said provocatively to Qian Yuanwai.

"Su Wen Shaoxia is chivalrous and righteous, and his appearance is dignified, even the emperor often reads your deeds in "Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng", and the old man has long had the intention of intersecting. Today, when I saw it, it was really a young hero, yes, hahaha!" Yu Zisong nodded.

"Mrs. Wen really doesn't dare to be praised by Lord Taiwei, after all, I don't have a big official friend who drinks a hundred taels of gold cup of tea!" Wen Taizhen stared at the tea cake in Yu Zisong's hand, with a disgust on his face.

Heng Yuanzi, Xie Anshi, and Wang Chuzhong looked at Wen Taizhen, and then at Yu Zisong, all thinking about it.

"Wen Shaoxia blamed that the old man was also confused for a while, thinking that he was an ordinary person when he got out of the court, so he accepted the tea of this person with ulterior motives!" Yu Zisong threw the tea into the arms of the money clerk, and then looked at Wen Taizhen and said with a smile, "The old man is still the same sentence, appreciate your character and behavior, and want to make friends with you, if Wen Shaoxia you don't dislike it, please come to the house another day to talk about it, and exchange ideas with each other to do practical things for the people." ”

"Yu Taiwei is well aware of the righteousness, if there is a chance, a few grass people will definitely come to visit. "Wen Taizhen hugged his fists.

Everyone looked at the Qian clerk who was gone, and couldn't help but smile at each other.

Mrs. Wen sincerely understands that since he set foot in the rivers and lakes three years ago, from a prodigal son who wandered around through ignorance to now becoming a popular young chivalrous warrior on "Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng"; Now, he is more aware that even in the midst of filth and harshness, there is still that side of humanity. He silently looked at his confidante Xia Housha, his good friends Cao Shubao, and Chu Miyun beside him, and his heart was warm.

In the study room of the Huiji Palace, Sima Dao was asking his henchman Duan Weijian about the situation of the Hero Conference.

"Mr. Duan, is it normal to live in Lingyin Temple today?" Sima Dao took a sip of tea.

"Back to the prince, the dark whistle is coming, and everything is normal at the Heroes Conference. Of course, there are special and weird things. Duan Weijian looked elegant and spoke thoughtfully.

"Oh, the so-called special and weird, sir, can you tell me in detail?" Sima Dao put down the teacup and looked like he was listening.

"Lord Wang, what I mean is special, that is, the hot young heroes Wen Taizhen, Cao Shubao, Yu Zisong and Heng Yuanzi who have come in from the rivers and lakes are all trying to get closer to them......" Duan Weijian described to Sima Dao while analyzing in his heart.

"Oh, these two are just knights, what's so special?" Sima Dao said curiously.

"Lord Wang, do you remember that you mentioned before that the emperor has been paying attention to some anecdotes in the rivers and lakes recently?" Duan Weijian reminded.

Sima Dao nodded and said, "Well, when I think about it, I thought that the emperor was young and ignorant, blindly worshipping some individual heroism in the rivers and lakes......

"Hahaha, Wang Ye is wise, this is indeed a subjective reason! But there is another considerable reason, that is, now the people's voices about restoring the Central Plains and expelling jackals are getting louder and louder, and the government and opposition officials also have the same voice......" Duan Weijian gave Sima Dao a thumbs up and analyzed.

"Are you saying that there are people in the court who want to recruit troops and horses in the name of the Northern Expedition, surrender to the emperor, and take the opportunity to increase their right to speak?"

"Well, the prince is really quick!" Duan Weijian agreed.

"What does that strangeness mean?" Sima Dao's interest suddenly rose, and then asked.

"Xiaosheng is here, according to the secret agent's report, last night the two sons of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion and the distant relatives of the Xie family were in Yihong Courtyard, the land of the Qinglou, and there was a conflict over a woman, and the eldest son of the Heng family died in his bedroom that night...... "Duan Weijian stated.

Sima Dao was surprised for a moment, and unconsciously interrupted, "This is really big news, hmph! Can the murderer be caught?"

"The murderer is unknown at the moment!" Duan Weijian replied.

"Hmm...... In this way, there is a lot of bond between the Heng family and the Xie family!" Sima Dao raised his head and said, thoughtful.

"Lord Wang, because of the incident that night, Xiao Sheng accidentally found that during the accident time, there were also Cao Gang, Yan Gang, Qian Xianshao, the richest man in Wuxing, and ...... People of the Righteous Dao Sect!" Duan Weijian looked at Sima Dao with a look of surprise on his face, and continued, "Xiao Sheng, based on the information he collected before, he can boldly speculate that the channels for the Righteous Daoist Sect to make money to foreign countries are Cao Yun and private salt, and the money laundering in the middle is this surname Qian. The distant relative of the Xie family is also suspected of being responsible for providing information, as for whether it was instigated by the Xie family's family, further investigation is needed! However, judging from this situation, the prince's previous plan will be smoother!"

"Okay, hahaha, Mr. has to take a lot of trouble out of all this!" Sima Dao was smug and praised Duan Weijian.

In the afternoon, there was a partial courtyard in the Hou Mansion in the north of the town.

"Eggplant...... Eggplant, we're coming to see you!" Xia Housha knocked on the door.

"Ah...... Sister!" Sima Ru pushed open the door and hugged Xiahousha excitedly, and two lines of tears had burst out of a pair of apricot eyes.

"I brought you some plums and two sets of change of clothes...... Have they embarrassed you?" Xiahou Sha stroked Sima Ruyun's temples and said with concern.

Seeing that Cao Shubao, Wen Taizhen, and Chu Miyun were also here, Sima Ru hurriedly shook his head, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said with a smile, "Let's go into the house and talk!"

When everyone entered the house, Wen Taizhen shrugged his thick eyebrows and glanced out, confirmed that there were no guards in the courtyard, and closed the door. As soon as Chu Miyun entered the house, he walked around the house, scanning everywhere with a pair of thief eyes.

"Are you alright?" Cao Shubao looked at the eggplant.

"It's okay, you see! The guard just said that I was not allowed to step out of the courtyard until the matter was clarified, and someone would deliver food on time for every meal......" Sima Ru smiled, stood up and turned around in place, his eyes moved from Cao Shubao to Xiahou Sha and continued.

Sima Ru was wearing a set of exquisite blue pleated skirts, which was given by Xue Yi that day, and she was still slim, but her pretty little face was slightly tired.

Cao Shubao nodded, and continued, "You have to tell us in detail what happened that day, so that we can find out the murderer as soon as possible, otherwise the Hou of Zhenbei will not let us take you out."

Sima Ru was stunned for a while, looked around at a few people apologetically, and finally looked at Xia Housha and said in a low voice, "I have something to hide, in fact, I have been hiding it from you." ”

Xia Housha grabbed her hand and comforted, "It's okay, we can understand it." If you really have something unspeakable, just say something related to the case......"

"Wen Shaoxia, Cao Shaoxia, Hou Ye invited the two of them to talk about it. The voice of a guard came from outside the door.

"Then you talk first, and we'll deal with it first. Cao Shubao took a deep look at Sima Ru, then nodded with Mrs. Wen and walked out the door.

"Hey, hey, I'll go too, wait for me!" Chu Miyun saw that there were only two girls left, and hurriedly chased out the door.

Sima Ru suddenly hugged Xiahou Sha, "Thank you, Sister Sasha!"

Xia Housha smiled and gently stroked her back, and it took a while for Sima Ru to let go and settle down.

"My biological father is Emperor Xiaohui of the first emperor of Dashun, and my biological mother is Yang Yanrong, the former queen of Dashun. ”

"Ah......" Xiahou Sha was surprised, and hurriedly wanted to salute, "Princess Qinghe!"

Sima Ru hurriedly grabbed Xiahou Sha, and "shh ”

"Hmm...... No wonder, the song you played that day was the song of the west wind, it was a court music, and only the people of the royal family and the ministers had the privilege of listening to it!" Xia Housha sighed at the golden branch and jade leaf in front of him.

Next, Sima Ru described the situation of the day to Xiahou Sha in detail.

"When I woke up, I couldn't find the royal jade I was carrying......" Sima Ru was a little disappointed.

"Don't worry, I believe that even if you don't have that jade pendant, Wen Taizhen and Cao Shubao will definitely think of a way to help you prove your identity!" Xia Housha comforted.

"Well, I believe in you!" Sima Ru remembered Cao Shubao's appearance, and leaned his little head on Xiahou Sha's shoulder with wide eyes......

"It's not you, it's all of us!" Xia Housha saw her distracted and shook her arm slightly.

"Well, all of us!" Sima Ru looked at Xiahou Sha, and the two of them laughed comfortably.

Hearing this, Zhang Mengbin fiddled with the wrench in his hand and nodded with satisfaction, and then he quietly left the window, signaled to the guards to silence, and walked out of the courtyard quietly.