"Brother Xu, forget it...... You let them go, I don't want to see them again!" Yao Zibei looked at Pan Yanqun's miserable appearance of flowers and pear blossoms with rain on the side, and he couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly said to Xu Ke.

"Master Xu, please, let go of the insider! Clumsy Jing she is ignorant, offended Sister Ling, this matter is the fault of Deng Kui alone, if you want to kill or chop you, all of you will rush at me, don't hurt her......" Wu Dengkui saw that the soldering iron only needed to go two inches forward, and his wife's face was immediately ruined, he was busy prostrate on the ground, kowtowing and begging continuously.

"Hmph, you still have a little conscience!" Xu Ke waved his hand and stopped the guard. At this time, Pan Yanqun trembled all over, her face was full of tears, and most of her long black hair had been burned. She had never been so humiliated and frightened in her life, and when she saw that the guards had finally retreated, she couldn't help but hug Wu Dengkui's shoulders and wept bitterly......

In fact, Xu Ke had already secretly signaled with his eyes, just letting the guards punish that Mrs. Wu slightly, and he never thought of really scalding her face. He deliberately asked the guards to dangle the soldering iron behind Pan Yanqun's ears, with the intention of frightening, so that she could remember the lesson and not be so cruel and vicious in the future......

"Bold Wu Dengkui! You rescued my sister from the hands of the Fengyue broker, I should have thanked you well, but why did you have impure intentions, and forcibly left my sister in the outer house for no reason, and you couldn't restrain the fierce wife at home, causing her to commit murder and violence! This official will also punish you today! Come on, he will be severely punished with fifty boards to set an example!" Xu Ke slapped the shocked wood again and reprimanded angrily. In fact, Xu Ke still doesn't know what Wu Dengkui did on the night of the 10th day of the second lunar month, if he knows, I'm afraid that Wu Dengkui will have to be beaten into a cripple by Xu Ke today!

When the guard got the order, he immediately stepped forward and pushed Wu Dengkui to the ground, and picked up the wooden stick to hit him between his buttocks. Seeing this, Pan Yanqun didn't care that a large part of her long hair had been burned, so she hurriedly lay on her husband's back, and cried loudly: "Lord Xu, Master Qingtian! There are thousands of mistakes, all of them are the fault of the concubine! Please don't beat Wu Lang! The concubine is willing to be punished alone! Miss Yao...... Miss Yao, please, tell your brother to stop, and beat me if you want to!"

Yao Zibei faced Xu Ke and said softly, "Brother Xu...... You better let them go, I saw these people, and my heart ...... It's so uncomfortable!"

Xu Ke thought that helping his sister stand out today would be a soldering iron and a stick fight against her enemies, and his sister should be happy. At this time, I saw Yao Zibei's face pale, panting in his chest, and he seemed to be extremely unwell, and he felt strange in his heart. When he saw that the punishment had been punished so far, these people were crying and kneeling, it should be almost over, so he waved his hand at the moment, stopped the guards, and took Yao Zibei out of the interrogation room.

"Let them confess one by one, and then let them go!" Xu Ke gave Ding Chunqiu an order and walked out of the door.

Shu Hetian followed behind Xu Ke and Yao Zibei, he stared at Xu Ke's proud figure, but sighed secretly in his heart: "What kind of place is this Tsing Yi Wei? How did a good and simple young man enter Tsing Yi Wei for less than three months, and the changes are so huge?"

......

When the three of them returned to the official room, Xu Ke saw that Yao Zibei was still pale, her lips trembled slightly, and she didn't say a word, thinking that she was unwell, so he asked Shu Hattian to take her back to the house first, only saying that he had finished handling official business, even if he went home on duty.

Shu Haotian led Yao Zibei on the front foot and just left, and the back foot came in to inspect Yang Wenyuan.

Yang Wenyuan only said that Shen Dudu had been invited, and said nothing else. Xu Ke saw that it was already Shen Shi, and Kankan was about to be on duty, and he felt a little strange in his heart, and he didn't know what the governor was looking for him at this time. But he could only follow Yang Wenyuan to Shen Huan's signing room.

"Brother Xu is here! Please, please!" Shen Huan saw Xu Ke, still as warm and hearty as ever, and was always kind and easy-going.

"I don't know what the governor is announcing me?" Xu Ke bowed.

"Huh...... Don't be busy!Sit down first, watch the tea!" Shen Huan saw Xu Ke sitting down, so he nodded to Yang Wenyuan, and Yang Wenyuan hurriedly handed a pre-written book to Xu Ke's eyes.

Xu Ke opened the cover, slowly unfolded it, looked at it for a moment, and unconsciously showed a worried face, and asked Shen Huan, "Shen Dudu, ...... are you?"

Shen Huan said: "Brother Xu, you only need to sign at the end, and this letter will be counted as a joint name between you and me." ”

Yang Wenyuan hurriedly said: "Xu Baihu, if you can play with Shen Dudu, then Dudu has given you a lot of face!

Xu Ke said: "Shen Dudu falsely praised me for not being afraid of strong dangers, fighting the evil tiger, and fighting with my life to save the princess's daughter...... However, the governor said that Nangong Qianhu acted perfunctorily, was sluggish in his rescue, and was afraid of trouble, so he only knew how to push, but he couldn't move forward in the place where he was half a mile away from the princess, and he was afraid of the giant monster and walked away...... With such a statement, the disease-free committee really can't agree with it!"

Shen Huan's face turned cold, and he said, "What, what Ben Du said is not right? That night, you had obviously found the princess's hiding place, but Nangong was silent but repeatedly shirked it, and insisted on rushing to Shuangtuji with a large group of people to stay overnight. Isn't this 'perfunctory and reckless'?...... If it weren't for your Brother Xu's insistence on going up the mountain, Princess Lingyu might have died in the tiger's mouth......!

Xu Ke hurriedly said: "Shen Dudu, having said that, it was all up to luck to find the princess that night without illness. At that time, it was already the middle of the night, and the brothers were sleepy and lacking horses, and Nangong Qianhu led a large group of people to rush to the lodging, and it was not impossible!"

Yang Wenyuan said with a smile: "Brother Xu, you have read it carefully, most of the good things in this letter of our Dudu are said for you! As for the few sentences about Nangong Qianhu, although Brother Xu, you are reasonable, but what Shen Dudu said is also the truth...... Brother Xu, you are an understanding person, Shen Dudu's letter is handed over, for you Brother Xu, there is only a hundred benefits and no harm!"

Shen Huan picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of tea, and pretended to be careless and said, "Brother Xu, do you want to ...... Your position in the hundredth household is going further?"

When Yang Wenyuan heard this, he immediately showed a happy expression, and hurriedly sneered: "Xu Baihu, you are now the position of the chief hundred households, and you are the identity appointed by the Son of Heaven, if you take a step further, it will be a thousand households! I have never heard of anyone who can be promoted to the position of a thousand households before the age of thirty since my grandfather!"

Xu Ke saw that the two of them were singing and harmonizing, but he felt unhappy for no reason. Naturally, their intentions are already there

It's very clear. If he assists Shen Huan to bring down Nangong Bushu, then no matter which Qianhu makes up for Nangong's position, there must be a Qianhu's position vacant. According to the current identity of Xu Ke's chief hundred households in the North Anping Division, then the one who can take over the empty thousands of households is, of course, Xu Ke.

Xu Ke sat upright, bowed his hands, and said: "Shen Dudu! In the past three months, he has not been able to travel and enjoy his success, and how dare he dare to think about it again! Nangong Qianhu is an upright person and acts fairly, and he is a person who is humble and respectful! This performance of the governor will never dare to be signed! On other days, if the emperor asks about this matter, the lowly position should also be played truthfully, and it will be justified!

The meaning of Xu Ke's reply is already very clear, not only will he not fold his name with you Shen Huan, but if you fold it, he will also plead with the emperor for Nangong to be silent.

After Shen Huan heard this, his face immediately turned cold. However, although he looked unhappy, he did not have an immediate seizure. He took another sip of tea, was silent for a moment, and then said:

"Brother Xu, this governor won't hide it from you, you have been meritorious in rescuing Qin Cha before, and the emperor has already decided to promote you to inspect a thousand households, if it weren't for his Nangong silent secret in front of the emperor to kill the Qin prisoner Sun Xun without authorization, you would have been sitting in Wen Yuan's position at this moment...... "After that, Shen Huan didn't forget to glance at Yang Wenyuan. His words are also true, but it was not Nangong who stabbed Sun Xun to death that day, but it was him Shen Huan.

When Yang Wenyuan next to him heard this, he also "sighed" in his heart, and secretly said that it was so dangerous! If it weren't for this Xu Ke's personal revenge on Sun Xun, I am afraid that he would not have been able to inspect the position of a thousand households.

Xu Ke still arched his hand and said: "Shen Dudu, there is a way that 'life and death are in the sky'! If Xu really can't be promoted, it can only be due to fate, but he can't blame others." If the governor has nothing else to say, Xu will leave......!"

Shen Huan waved his hand again to let Xu Ke sit down, and at this time he had changed into a kind face as at the beginning, and said continuously: "Brother Xu......, sit down for a while!

Xu Ke had to sit down again, but saw Shen Huan waving at Yang Wenyuan and said, "Wenyuan, you have something to do, just go and get busy first!"

Yang Wenyuan hurriedly got up and hurriedly walked out of the door, and closed the door again.

Xu Ke asked, "I don't know what else the governor commands?"

At this time, I saw Shen Huan sitting on the Taishi chair, holding the tea bowl with a leisurely expression, and said kindly: "Brother Xu, Shen wants to tell you a story. ”

Shen Huan took a big sip of tea, and on his red face, the smile was like a spring breeze. He calmly said to Xu Ke slowly:

"On the first day of the second month, the court outside the noon gate asked Sun Xun to behead the door. The important culprit in the prince's rebellion case, Li Junxian, the general of Zuo Wuwei, was also beheaded. Unexpectedly, when the prisoner was inspecting Li Junxian's body, he discovered a secret ......"

Xu Ke's heart moved slightly when he heard this, he pretended to be calm, and listened to Shen Huan continue to speak:

One of the right eyeballs in Li Junxian's skull rolled out, picked up the eyeballs and pinched them, which were full of wall powder and sawdust. Brother Xu, you and I all know that although Li Junxian was imprisoned in the prison for a month and tortured by Sun Xun, he did not suffer the punishment of gouging out his eyes, and his pair of tricks should be intact, so why should others give him a disguise? Brother Xu, tell me why this 'Li Junxian's corpse is missing a right eyeball?"

"This ...... I can't guess it. I think it is...... I think he was accidentally injured and lost his right eye!" Xu Ke lowered his head, took a sip of tea, and replied casually.

Shen Huan smiled and continued: "I heard that before the execution, this Li Junxian was changed to a first-class cell by your subordinates, and he was still provided with chickens, ducks and fish every day. Li Junxian was raised by you to be fat and fat, and being locked in a prison is like living in an inn. The wounds all over his body have gradually recovered, where did he get hurt? Even if he was injured, how could he lose an eyeball?"

Seeing that Xu Ke bowed his head and was silent, Shen Huan continued:

Just one day before Li Junxian was to be beheaded, there was one missing body of Sun Xun in the morgue. Coincidentally, his subordinates reported that Sun Xun's body was taken away by you, Xu Baihu, but you have never returned it after you took it. At the same time, the governor also heard that the guards of the Imperial Prison reported that you Xu Baihu had taken a young man and was busy in the cell where Li Junxian was held for most of the day, and he secretly ordered no one to disturb him...... Brother Xu, if this governor is not mistaken, you have been busy in the cell for a long time, and you skillfully used the art of disguise, and came to a 'Li Dai Taozhuang', turned Sun Xun's corpse into the appearance of Li Junxian, and turned Li Junxian into another member of the Tsing Yi Guard, and took him out of the prison in a grand manner, right?"

"This ...... Shen Dudu said that he was laughing! Xu Mou was a hundred households, how could he have such a means? Besides, even if he was Sun Xun's dead body, how could he move? Can he still follow the guards to the Dharma field?" Xu Kewu pretended to be calm and laughed softly.

Shen Huan snorted coldly and continued: "Shen has heard that there are many capable people in the rivers and lakes, and those who can make the corpse still move as usual, 'corpse control talisman' and 'puppet technique' can be done! It is reported that there is also a secret technique in Xiangxi Ghost Gate, called 'corpse raising technique', which can not only make the dead behave normally, but also understand human speech. These dead people only know how to obey the command of their masters, kill people and take goods, and do everything, which is really amazing......"

When Xu Ke heard this, he knew that his previous meticulous plan to save people had been fully investigated by Shen Huan. However, at this time, he had to pretend not to know, and then took another sip of tea and said with a smile:

However, a story is a story after all, and Xu asked himself, there is really nothing extraordinary. Xu doesn't know all these tricks that Du Shicai said!"

Shen Huan listened, but couldn't help laughing, he stood up, walked to Xu Ke's side, patted Xu Ke's shoulder cordially, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, I might as well say something to you today! I have always admired your ability! If you are willing to join hands with me and sign your name on this letter, you will be my good brother! From now on, this Bei'an Ping Division will be a thousand households

Sooner or later, Brother Xu will come to sit, and Tsing Yiwei is the world of you and me! The story that Shen told you before, you can just listen to it as a story, and no third person will ever know. If not, Brother Xu...... You are a wise man, and if this story reaches the ears of the Holy One, you should know what the consequences will be?"

When Xu Ke heard this, he couldn't help but gasp. He knew that according to the law of the Great Qian, it was a capital crime to recidivise the crime of recidivism. What's more, Li Junxian's head is the crime of rebellion, if the Son of Heaven is angry, he will also be punished for rebellion, and if he is not good, he will be punished by Ling Chi, and he will be beheaded all over the house, and the nine clans will be connected. But even so, if he was forced to submit like this, he would never have been. So, Xu Ke stood up and said indifferently:

"Governor Shen, Xu does things, but he has a clear conscience, and Xu will never sign this twist and turn. If you want to tell the story of the governor to others, just ask for it, and Xu will not accompany him!"

After speaking, Xu Ke flicked the sleeves of his robe and strode out of the door. Leaving Shen Huanmuran's figure, he froze in place, looking at Xu Ke's back and couldn't help but be distracted......

Shen Huan's originally ochre-like face revealed some purple light from time to time. His eyes narrowed, his teeth clenched, and the expression on his face was not known whether it was anger or shock......

After Xu Ke got out of Shen Dudu's signing room, he went straight to the north hall. When he arrived at Nangong's silent office, he saw that the door was closed, and when he asked the guard, he knew that Nangong Qianhu had just been on duty. He hurriedly took three steps and made two steps, hurriedly ran to the gate, and out of the gate, he finally saw Nangong's silent and calm figure, walking leisurely towards his own mansion.

"Brother Nangong, stay!" Xu Ke hurriedly strode after him.

"Brother Xian, I went to your official room to look for you, and when I saw that you were not in the room, I still thought you were already on duty!" Nangong silently saw Xu Ke behind him, and immediately smiled happily.

"Brother Nangong, Brother Fool has a few words I want to talk to you, can I take a step to speak?" Xu Ke walked up to Nangong silently, took his hand, and said.

"Okay, why don't you go with me to the house and sit down, and the housekeeper must have made dinner at this time. Nangong replied silently.

"This ...... Brother Nangong, why don't we go to the Deyue Tower and find a private room? It's only a few hundred steps away. Xu Ke scratched his forehead and said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Brother Xian! It's not that the foolish brother said you, the foolish brother knows that you don't care about those few pieces of silver. Besides, although the wine and food in Deyue Lou are good, in the eyes of the foolish brother, they are still far inferior to the craftsmanship of the sister-in-law!" Nangong smiled silently. In his mind, even if all the restaurants in the world are combined, the delicacies cooked are probably not as exquisite as his sister's craftsmanship......

Xu Ke had no choice but to follow Nangong silently to his Yongxingfang mansion. As they walked, they said:

"Brother Nangong, do you know that Shen Dudu wants to be unfavorable to you?"

"Oh...... Who did you listen to?"

"Needless to say, I saw it with my own eyes today. Shen Huan wanted to fold the song to the emperor, saying that you acted perfunctorily, neglected to save people, ignored the princess's danger, and walked away! He also asked me to sign the fold and play it with him!"

"This ...... There is such a thing!"

"Brother Nangong, don't worry, I have sternly rejected today. If he asks the emperor one day, I will speak for Brother Nangong!"

What Shen Dudu said was not entirely unreasonable. ”

"How can there be such a reason! He is making something out of nothing, and there is no excuse for the crime he wants to add! Brother Nangong must not blame himself! In order to find the seventeenth princess, you have not slept well for seven days and seven nights, and you have led everyone to search all over the land around Chang'an City for hundreds of miles...... Your brothers can see this merit for all to see! How wise is the son of today, how can he be deceived by a traitor?"

"Traitor? I have followed Shen Dudu for many years, but I really don't realize that he is a 'traitor'! I really don't know, why did Shen Dudu attack me today?"

"Ahem, Brother Nangong, this goes without saying, this time is different from the past! In the past, when Sun Xun was there, you were allies, but now that Sun Xun is dead, you occupy Sun Xun's position again, the times are different, and your mood will naturally change...... This is what the foolish brother wants to say to his brother today! In the future, Brother Nangong will have to be careful against that Shen Huan!"

"Thank you Brother Xian for reminding me! However, Brother Xian is also too worried, Shen Dudu and I, after all, have been friends for many years, and he may be right about things and not people when he plays this time!"

"Oh, Brother Nangong, how do you say it before you can believe it!"

......

Nangong Buyu's mansion is in Yongxingfang, and it is only a few hundred steps away from Tsing Yiwei to the north. While the two were talking, they had arrived at the gate of Nangong Mansion. Xu Ke heard a burst of heavy footsteps from afar, and when he was neutral in his mind, he imagined a fat female man of nearly three hundred pounds, and her huge body was striding forward......

"Oh! No, no, no! My stomach is starting to make trouble again, I really ate it last night, Brother Nangong, I ...... I'm going to take my leave! I've got to hurry to get ...... That place!" Xu Ke hurriedly covered his stomach, pretending to be in pain, and did not wait for Nangong to reply silently, turned around like a puff of green smoke, and walked away quickly.

"Brother Xian, you want to go to the toilet, but you can go inside......" Nangong was silent and wanted to hold Xu Ke's hand, but he was half a step slower, at this time he looked up, where could he still see Xu Ke's half figure?

"Brother...... I heard Xu Gongzi's voice, what about the others?" Nangong Wuhua's burly body had already stepped out of the door, she looked around, and did not see the figure that she thought about day and night in her heart, and she didn't feel extremely lost in her heart, so she asked eagerly.

"You heard it wrong, where did Gongzi Xu come from, he is the elder brother!" Nangong replied indifferently without saying a word, and walked into his own mansion......

The brother and sister walked into the front hall and sat down at a table of red pear wood with eight immortals, Nangong Wuhua poured wine for her brother and went to the kitchen to cook.

Facing a table full of food, Nangong was silent but seemed to be preoccupied. He ate a few mouthfuls of food, drank a large sip of stuffy wine, and suddenly put the wine glass heavily in front of the table, his face was solemn, and he sighed:

"I Nangong all my life, I ask myself to be above board! The big husband acts, but I want to be worthy and have no regrets! I am doing the right thing, why am I afraid of you Shen Huanhu!"