In the hall, Du Juan held Dong Ping's shoulder and said with a smile: "Master Horse, that Second Master Chai is an unobstructed person, you must not take what he says to heart." Dong Ping patted Du Juan's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Juan'er, I have wronged you." In the evening, I'll pinch your shoulders and beat your legs. ”

The cuckoo hurriedly took his hand away, and saluted: "Master Horse, this is really torturous slaves!" Dong Ping said slowly: "Now you go to the Qin Mansion, estimate the time, Qin Xiang should go back." After you met Qin Xiangye, tell him everything I said to Second Master Chai. ”

When Du Juan heard this, her heart trembled, her tears were in her eyes, and she said earnestly: "Master Ma, you may not know that Zhou Wangfu and Qin Xiang have a beam that cannot be solved. The slave maid has followed Qin Xiang for so many years, and she boasts that she knows a little about him. Others are the most powerful, and they only have seven exquisite hearts, and Xiangye's heart is a hornet's nest ......" Hearing this, Dong Ping burst out laughing, and he said: "Sister Juan'er, why are you talking so cute." ”

Du Juan said helplessly: "Qin Xiang, he already has a grudge against the horse master. If you tell him what Second Master Chai said, although Master Ma is not Uncle Chai, as long as that thought turns in Qin Xiang's dense heart, then he should also be suspicious. ”

Dong Ping smiled and stopped Du Juan's waist and let him sit on his lap. He said, "Sister Juan'er, you treat me so well. But you don't have to worry, I'll let you say it, and you will say it. Do you think this is a good place? I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me. Even if I don't say anything about this matter, it will reach Qin Xiangye's ears in the end. In that case, it's better for us to tell Qin Xiang first. No matter what he thinks, we can at least settle down with peace of mind, don't you say?" As he spoke, Dong Ping was about to tickle the cuckoo's itch. The cuckleoo giggled, but there was no joy in her eyes. She looked out of the house with anxiety, looked at the gloomy sky, and felt that her heart was also covered with a layer of unclean, unclean haze.

Dong Ping sighed lightly: "What you are afraid of is not Qin Xiang, what you are afraid of is that I am really that Chai Guan Mountain." You're afraid that I'm just taking advantage of you if I'm good to you, and you're afraid I'm hypocritical, right?"

The cuckoo's voice smiled suddenly, as if relieved, but also as if sinking: "Master Ma knows the slave and maid too well, and the slave and maid really don't want to go back to the Qin Mansion again." Dong Ping's right hand passed through the cuckoo's jet-black hair, like a dip in spring water. The hand slid straight down, fingertips brushing over the unhealed wound and slippery skin on the cuckoo's back. I don't know whether it was pleasure or pain, and the cuckoo couldn't help but spit out.

Dong Ping said: "You treat me and me, and I will never forget your affection." Sister Juan Er remembered this, and she was fine. The cuckoo said helplessly: "The slave remembers." ”

Dong Ping patted the cuckoo's slender waist and said with a smile: "Remember it, then get up, you have numb your legs." The cuckoo said angrily: "Obviously, it was the master of the horse who pulled the slave and maid over, why do you blame the slave and maid now?" Dong Ping smiled and said nothing, and scratched the cuckoo's nose.

The cuckoo stood up and said, "The slave maid will prepare a gift and go to the Qin Mansion." I'm afraid that if the slave and maid go to the Qin Mansion this time, Qin Xiang will ask the slave and maid to do something sorry for the concubine. ”

Dong Ping said with a smile: "Then what Qin Xiang asks you to do, you can do it, don't disobey him." ”

The cuckoo burst into tears, "Xiangye treats slaves and maids with kindness, and the slaves and maids are very good, and the slaves and maids really don't want to be caught in the middle, and they are in a dilemma. ”

Dong Ping smiled and said: "It is precisely because I don't want to see you embarrassed that I want you to obey his old man's wishes." As long as you have me in your heart, then no matter what you do, I will be happy. ”

Du Juan said worriedly: "If, if Qin Xiang wants to ......" Du Juan couldn't say anything in the second half of the sentence, and from the bottom of her heart, she still didn't want to say bad things about Qin Zhonghui.

Dong Ping laughed and said: "Whoever wants to harm me and yin me, then let the horse come." If I don't have any skills, can I be Zhao Qingting's son-in-law!"

Shen Mingyue, who was sitting on the eaves, trembled in her heart, and she said secretly: "Why do you want to come at me with these words." She whispered to Ruo'er: "Sister sent you back to the room, you carefully pondered the mental methods that my sister taught you today." If you are hungry or thirsty, let them bring you the servants, and they will not dare to do you any wrong. My sister went out to do some errands and will be back in a while. ”

Ruo'er smiled: "Sister don't worry, Ruo'er can take care of herself." ”

After Shen Mingyue sent Ruo'er back to the room, she left the Horse Mansion alone. Shen Mingyue actually didn't know much about Dong Ping, the first intersection of the two was in Tunnan City, when Tie Zhu chased the old thief again, and unintentionally glanced at Dong Ping. Later, when Tie Zhu secretly visited the traces of the old thief in Yan Linmingcha, Dong Ping had already entered Luyue Academy. Later, in Chengdu, Shen Mingyue also put her mind on the case of the Li family's annihilation, so she didn't remember much about Dong Ping who slipped away from her. Until the two met in Lin'an this time, Dong Ping turned into a horse master, but Shen Mingyue wanted to investigate him in detail. However, struggling to take care of Ruo'er, Shen Mingyue has not spared her hands. But today, hearing Chai Yanqing's specious words, Shen Mingyue couldn't bear it anymore and was ready to investigate.

Shen Mingyue first came to the Ministry of Officials and checked Dong Ping's records of being an official in the temple in the past. Shen Mingyue said in her heart: "This Dong Ping used to be a powerless civil official, and it doesn't seem like he deliberately wants to hide his cultivation. But judging from his performance in the Li family's old mansion that day, his cultivation was not inferior to mine at all. Although he claimed to have joined the army in Shubei City for three years, even if he studied hard and practiced hard in the past three years, he was later mentioned by a master in Luyue Academy. But in less than four years, how did his cultivation reach this point?" Thinking of this, Shen Mingyue couldn't help but think of going to Shubei City to visit in person.

Suddenly, she thought again: "If I find out clearly, then what's the point? Isn't the name of the prince of Shuzhong more important than that of Chaiguanshan? Then this news will naturally flow to Qin Zhonghui's ears, and then I will indirectly become Qin Zhonghui's helper. Shen Mingyue was in a dilemma for a while, and she couldn't make up her mind. After a while, Shen Mingyue made up her mind, and she said secretly: "I have to figure it out, I just want to feel at ease for myself, and I don't tell others." Shen Mingyue was also resolute, and she had a certain mind, so she went to Cong Yunwei's horse farm to transfer eight good horses. Galloping all the way north.

At the same time, a fragrant carriage slowly stopped outside a barracks in Gangneung. Zhao Qingting's tens of thousands of troops whose whereabouts are unknown have always been a big problem for Song Ting, in order to dispatch in time and prevent trouble. As a result, the Privy Council set up new barracks at various land and water transportation hubs in the south. The barracks in Gangneung is one of them.

The driver was a middle-aged man wearing a hat and a gloomy face. He was dressed in a black robe, with a silver four-foot steel hook pinned to his waist. On the right side of the carriage, there is a long river that flows endlessly, and a black mountain that is shrouded in mist and endless. On the left, there is a barracks that exudes solemnity and murderous intent.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "My lord, this General Ma has two brushes, I haven't seen a barracks with such an aura for a long time." ”

Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, two soldiers ran over with spears. The two of them pointed their guns at the middle-aged man and shouted: "The barracks are heavy, idle people, etc., don't stay!"

The middle-aged man said lightly: "Go and tell you General Ma that the Lord of Lin'an wants to see him." ”

A soldier frowned and said, "There is a codex in the state, a token!"

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he touched the steel hook on his waist. At this time, I heard the person in the car speak: "There is no codex in the state, but the codex of Lord Lin'an Wan Yiyi Wan brought one." As the words fell, an old man of short stature, ruddy complexion, and short white hair lifted the curtain and drove out of the carriage. He threw a letter on the ground and said, "Show it to your general." A soldier picked up the letter and ran back to the barracks. The other soldier stared at the middle-aged man and the short old man naked.

Suddenly, the old man smiled and said, "Young man, there is something wrong with your posture of holding a gun." With that, I saw the old man rise up and slash over the soldier's head like a roc bird. The soldier felt a numbness in his mouth, and the spear he was holding on to was gone.

The middle-aged man smiled: "Adults should be strong when they are old!"

The soldiers looked around from side to side, and suddenly saw the old man standing in front of a bare rock wall on the north side of the barracks, holding a spear. The old man smiled slightly, raised his spear, and pressed the tip of the spear against the rock wall. Immediately, the soldiers saw that the old man had submerged the handle of the long iron spear into the rock wall.

The soldier was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe how this old man, who seemed to be getting older, could have such strength. He didn't know that this old man was also a good master in the row in Ouchi back then, and he was only a few points weaker than Ran Zhong.

Suddenly, a cold man's voice came from the barracks: "Since Commander Wei is here, why don't you come to the camp to talk." ”

The old man smiled slightly, opened his mouth indifferently, but the voice spread for miles: "The old man has long been out of command of the secret guard for many years, and General Ma has been in love." ”

A middle-aged man with a steel hook opened the way in front, and the old man followed him into the barracks and came to the main tent in the camp. I saw that in the tent, a middle-aged man in a robe was flipping through a thin book. He was born elegant, but a few scars on his face added a bit of ruthlessness to it. This person is the general Ma that the old man is looking for, Ma Ansheng.

Ma Ansheng put down the book and said with a smile: "Commander Wei, please take a seat." ”

The old man smiled slightly and sat down in his chair. The middle-aged man stood behind the old man meticulously. Ma Ansheng said slowly: "I heard that after Commander Wei resigned from the post of commander of the secret guard, he disappeared from the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, Commander Wei actually went to be a staff member of Wan Daren. ”

The old man smiled and said: "There are talented people in the country, how can the old man occupy the position of commander all the year round." So in the early years, the old man gave the position of commander to the virtuous to my apprentice, not for life. It's a pity that the little apprentice was not good at learning and lost his life in the desert. ”

Ma Ansheng sighed and said, "Commander Wei mourns." ”

The old man waved his hand and said: "The old man has already seen it, everyone is dead, why grieve, the surviving people should have revenge." ”

Ma Ansheng said lightly: "Commander Wei has anything to help with, and the young general is duty-bound." ”

The old man smiled and said: "The old man has been visiting the desert for a long time, and he actually learned that my little apprentice died at the hands of a young man named Dong Ping, and later I heard that Dong Ping had served with General Ma and you, can this matter be serious?"

Ma Ansheng's heart froze, and he immediately nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

But he said that the old man's surname was Wei, and his name was Wei Dujiang. He was originally one of the commanders of the Ouchi two guards and the secret guards. And Mo Sheng, who died in Jackdaw City, was his disciple. On the fifteenth day of the first month of every month, Na Mo had to say hello to his master all his life. But for two months in a row, Wei Dujiang didn't see Mo Shengsheng's face, and he concluded in his heart that Mo Shengsheng had suffered an accident. Later, after he went to Ouchi to inquire about Mo Shengsheng's whereabouts, he went to the desert with his servant Tian Shou. Tian Shou is the middle-aged man with a steel hook.

And the other party, after purging the traitors in the rudder, killed Mo for life. Duan Yunlou agreed with Wei Li to put all the death of Mo for life on Dong Ping, an outsider. At that time, although Duan Yunlou knew that Dong Ping was her brother-in-law, when she saw that Dong Ping and Ruan Li had become husband and wife, she had the resentment of fighting for Jiang Cijun, and let Dong Ping carry this black pot in a fit of anger.

The news that Wei Dujiang heard was that Dong Ping had killed Mo Shengsheng, and Wei Dujiang naturally wanted to find Dong Ping. At that time, Beimang Jianghu had been circulating a reward order for Dong Ping, but Wei Dujiang disdained the reward order. An old fox like him, who has been in the Ouchi for many years, can't see the cattiness behind Uncle Tai's tired fall. He always believed that Dong Ping was secretly hidden by Luyue Academy. But he was afraid of the power of the academy, so he never dared to enter the academy to look for it, but hirked in Yanlin City, openly and secretly visited. Until not long ago, Tian Shou received a handwritten letter from Wan Yiqi. In the letter, it was said that he wanted Wei Dujiang to help find out the identity of a person, and that person was the unrivaled master of the Shuzhong Palace, Dong Ping. Wei Dujiang inquired and immediately returned to Lin'an. In a conversation with Wan Yiqi, Wei Dujiang concluded that this Dong Ping and Dong Ping, who killed Mo for life, were the same person.

But at that time, Wei Dujiang did not see joy, but was extremely sad. Because he knew that with Dong Ping's current identity, he would not be able to do anything about it. However, Wan Yiqi promised him that as long as Dong Ping's true identity was found out, then he would allow him to assassinate Dong Ping. Wei Dujiang thought to himself, since Wan Yiqi came out to top the cylinder, then he decided to check for Wan Yiqi. After going back and forth, I found Ma Ansheng, who had been transferred to Jiangling.

Wei Dujiang smiled and said, "I heard that Dong joined the army, and it was General Ma who pulled him out of the pile of dead people who sent Shanhu outside Shubei City?"

Ma Ansheng said with a smile: "Commander Wei has listened to what the people in the city said, and he just spread it. It is true that Dong joined the army and was brought into the city by the young general from Shanhu, but he was not pulled out of the pile of dead people. At that time, the young general went to Shanhu to bury the body of the dead soldier and happened to meet Dong Ping. At that time, not long after he moved to a village outside the northern part of the city, he came to Jianshan Lake to catch two fish for his frail and sick wife. But the corpses full of lakes scared him stupid. Later, when I talked to him, I learned that he had served as an official in Lin'an. The young general remembered the affection of his colleagues, so he took him back to Shubei City and gave him a false position to join the army, which can be regarded as an errand to support his family......"

Wei Dujiang suddenly grabbed the white and said: "But the old man heard that Dong has been living in the city alone, where did this wife come from?"

Ma Ansheng said with a smile: "Dong Senjun's wife was born shy and frail, so Dong Senjun has been placing her in a nunnery in the south of the city. There were rumors in the city that Dong Senjun had an affair with a little nun in the nunnery, but this was not the case. And the people who know about Dong's participation in the army are only young generals. ”

Wei Dujiang sneered: "General Ma, you have to weigh more when you speak. Before the old man came here, he had visited your sect leader, Han Qingsi. His statement is very different from yours. ”

Ma Ansheng smiled and said, "If Commander Wei thinks that what Sect Leader Han said is true, then why do you want to ask me?"

Tian Shou said with a smile: "Don't blame General Ma, it's the idea to visit Sect Leader Han. ”

Ma Ansheng waved his hand and said, "What the young general said is true. Later, Dong joined the army to escort a young lady out of the city, but he did not return when I left office, and I thought that he had died tragically under the knife of the bandits. But he didn't expect that he had something to do with Mo's lifelong death. ”

Wei Dujiang smiled: "That young lady should be the daughter of Duan Qingliu, that young lady Duan was married to the fetus in the womb of a large family in Beimang as early as when she was in her mother's womb. At that time, Duan Qingliu ignored the separation between the north and the south, and insisted on sending Miss Duan to Beimang to complete the marriage, which really won a lot of praise. But as far as the old man knew, the family had not waited for Miss Duan. Hey, alas, alas. General Ma, you have done a great sin. It's not good to choose who to escort Miss Duan, you have to pick a powerless Dong Ping. Maybe when Dong Ping encountered the bandits, in order to survive, he personally sent Miss Duan away. ”

Ma An smiled suddenly: "Commander Wei, since Commander Mo is your senior disciple, he must be not low in cultivation." Tian Shou hurriedly said: "That's nature, as the commander of the secret guard, how can he be a wasted person." ”

Ma Ansheng smiled and said: "In this case, how can a powerless Dong Ping kill Commander Mo? Or maybe Dong has always had a unique skill, but he has never revealed it in front of people. If this is the case, how can Dong join the army and be greedy for life and fear death, and in order to survive, he handed over that young lady to others? Commander Wei, you are old and smart, don't be a fool in your old age. ”

Wei Dujiang's heart palpitated, and he said secretly: "At that time, the old man was very angry, and when he knew that Dong Ping was the murderer who killed him for life, he only had the idea of killing him as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, this thought turned into an obsession and blinded me. Now that I think about it, there are indeed a lot of loopholes in this. That Jackdaw City is the territory of the Bun clan, and how many cats are hidden in it?" Thinking of this, Wei Dujiang smiled relievedly, and he said, "Since Dong Ping has not returned for a long time, can General Ma visit Mrs. Dong for him?"

Ma Ansheng nodded and said, "Before the young general left Shubei City, I visited once and gave some silver taels. Haven't seen it since. ”

Wei Dujiang nodded, got up and said, "Since this is the case, the old man will not bother and leave." ”

Ma Ansheng smiled: "Don't send it." ”

As soon as Wei Dujiang and the others came out of the camp, Tian Shou said: "Han and Ma gave two statements, which one should we believe?"

Wei Dujiang said lightly: "Naturally, his surname is Han, and this Ma Ansheng is protecting Dong Ping everywhere." Just listen to what he says. ”

Tian Shou nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Wei Dujiang looked at the hazy landscape in front of him, and his eyes were full of tears in a trance.

He said softly: "Repair the seal book and pass it to Lin'an." ”