It wasn't until today that Fan Yuncheng admitted from the bottom of his heart that the Ling Xiao in front of him was the smartest woman he had ever met in his life, and she seemed to be able to see through her heart and say the things he was most reluctant to mention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He didn't know how to tell her what was going on, and even if he told her the whole story, would she understand? She was also a woman, and she would definitely despise what she did on her wedding night, what kind of person would she become in his eyes? Does she like herself now? If she knew about it, would she not like herself? Fan Yuncheng's heart was struggling painfully.

"Cheng Gongzi, Ling Xiao is waiting for your answer......" Ling Xiao sighed softly, her sigh softened Fan Yuncheng's stubborn heart.

"Yes...... I'm married, too. Fan Yuncheng's voice trembled a little, he really didn't want to say this.

Ling Xiao stared at him in a daze, speechless for a long time. She already knew how unrealistic that little idea in her heart was, but once Fan Yuncheng said it herself, she still felt that her heart hurt like a knife.

"Why do you come to me all the time when you're married? It was a long time before she asked.

"I can't help it, Ling Xiao. Fan Yuncheng said.

Ling Xiao suddenly didn't want to listen to it anymore, she hurriedly turned around: "Cheng Gongzi, you better go back." ”

"I ...... Does that just make you scared?" asked Fan Yuncheng bitterly.

"Cheng Gongzi...... There are some things that would be better if not spoken out. A tear quietly slipped down Ling Xiao's cheek, but Fan Yuncheng didn't see this tear.

“...... Well, I won't say any more, it's just ...... It's just that Ling Xiao promised me that you would teach me how to crack the ...... of this case."

Ling Xiao stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and then turned around, she didn't know what she had just done, which made Fan Yuncheng's already dead heart rekindle the flame of hope.

"Only this once, Ling Xiao will only help you this time!"

"Good ......" Fan Yuncheng knew that she couldn't force Ling Xiao to do anything for herself, even if she didn't help herself this time, she would have nothing to say.

On this day, Fan Yuncheng and Zhang Shan, the head catcher, changed into ordinary people's clothes and came to the Jiujiu Gambling House. Fan Yuncheng was dressed as a gentleman disciple, with a piece of jade hanging from his waist, holding an ivory folding fan, followed by Zhang Shan in servant costumes, the two walked between the gambling tables, although they did not bet on gambling money, but their behavior was particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

The actions of Fan Zhang and the others attracted the attention of a person upstairs, who was Wu Yingqian, the owner of the gambling house. He has been running a gambling house in Qiaozhou for more than ten years, and has won countless huge profits over the years, as for how many wives have been separated and families have been ruined, he has always been indifferent, and he only has silver on the gambling table in his eyes.

He stretched out a hand to indicate his subordinate, Yan Fei, who noticed Fan and Zhang who were observing everywhere. Yan Fei had already noticed that the two people who entered the door were unusual, but the first thing that gamblers who entered the door was to sit down and gamble for money, not like these two people, as if they were looking for something.

Fan Yuncheng had already noticed a pair of cold eyes watching him upstairs, he pretended not to see it, just kept walking around, he knew that there would always be one party who couldn't hold his breath and started to act.

"This guest officer, do you want to sit down and gamble?" The dealer had already begun to call the board, Fan Yuncheng smiled slightly: "I don't know how to place this bet?"

"The guest officer can go down more and less, according to the guest officer's heart. ”

Fan Yuncheng took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve and put them on the table. For a moment, the people at this table held their breath, and these two ingots of silver were bright and shiny, which was quite eye-catching.

"This one hundred taels of silver is my bet today, I don't know what kind of play this gambling house has?" Fan Yuncheng said pretending to be relaxed.

At this time, a person approached Fan Yuncheng and the others, and picked up the silver taels on the table: "The guest officer seems to have a lot of money, which can really be described as a lot of money, in this case, please also ask the two guest officers to go upstairs with me, my master is invited." ”

The person who spoke was long and wore a long shirt, but his gestures were a little capable, which was quite different from ordinary people. For some reason, Fan Yuncheng looked at the young man who took the silver tael, the young man and Fan Yuncheng looked at each other, the two sides had been fighting for a few rounds in their hearts, and the aura revealed under the young man's cold appearance made Fan Yuncheng extremely appreciative. He stretched out his hand to Yan Fei, who put the two ingots of silver he had taken from the table into his hands.

Fan Yuncheng and Zhang Shan glanced at each other, Zhang Shan nodded, and at the same time clenched the dagger in his hand.

When they came upstairs, the shopkeeper Wu Yingqian smiled kindly, and arched his hand to the two: "The two guest officers are really arrogant, and they are such a big bet when they get started, they must be people with a lot of money." ”

"I don't know what the master's house is called?" Fan Yuncheng replied.

"In Wu Yingqian, do some small business. ”

"Boss Wu, surnamed Fan, has recently made a small fortune, these are just some of them, can Boss Wu see clearly?" Fan Yuncheng raised the silver ingot in his hand in front of Wu Yingqian, Wu Yingqian took the silver ingot with a smile, and the smile on his face froze after seeing it clearly, and then put the silver ingot on the table.

"Fan Gongzi is really joking, such a big ingot, our small gambling house has never seen it. If Fan Gongzi has scattered silver taels, he can ask Gongzi to play a few games. ”

"Since Boss Wu can't afford to play big, then I have no choice but to say goodbye and find another place. Fan Yuncheng sighed, "I'm leaving." ”

"In this way, then Wu will not send it, son, please go. ”

Fan Yuncheng bowed, exchanged glances with Zhang Shan, and turned to go downstairs.

Fan Zhang and the others went out on the front foot, and Wu Yingqian called Yan Fei: "You go out immediately and follow them, and ...... if necessary" He made a killing move.

"Yes, master!" Yan Fei turned his head and called one of his subordinates, and quickly followed Fan Yuncheng out of the gambling house.

"Seeing the one next to him, he is a person with martial arts, I will deal with this person, you deal with that son. Yan Fei said coldly to his subordinates.

"Yan Daxia, does that brother want him to die or do you want him to live?"

"Boss Wu said, kill if necessary!"

"Yes, little one!"

Yan Fei noticed at this time that an old man was floating beside him, this old man was sixty years old, full of gray hair, and a wisp of beard floating on his chest. Yan Fei looked at his distant shadow, and frowned slightly, what he wanted to do now was to kill the two people in front of him, and he couldn't make any extraneous branches at this time, although there was a trace of doubt about the old man in his heart, but things had priorities, and he had to do the most important thing at hand before he could go back and think about anything else.

"My lord, there's a tail in the back. Zhang Shan had already seen a dark shadow following them.

"Have you noticed Boss Wu's expression?" Fan Yuncheng asked quietly, "He recognizes this silver, and I dare to conclude that this fake silver ingot has nothing to do with him." ”

"I'm afraid that he will kill him. Zhang Shan did not dare to let his guard down.

"I'm just afraid that he won't send someone to kill him. Before Fan Yuncheng's words fell, a gust of wind suddenly swept behind him, Yan Fei pounced on the two of them very quickly, Zhang Shan did not carry a long weapon, so he had to pull out a dagger to hold the long knife that Yan Fei slashed over.

The two of them have passed more than a dozen moves in a very short time, Zhang Shan took a step back slightly, and saw that Yan Fei in front of him was only in his early twenties, and his kung fu on the knife was excellent.

"Good skills!" Fan Yuncheng was already cheering beside him.

"People who are about to die are still in this mood, hmph, I don't know if they are alive or dead. Yan Fei said coldly.

"There are really not many gangsters who can fight with Zhang Shan without getting hurt, isn't it, Brother Zhang?" Fan Yuncheng didn't care about Yan Fei's threat.

"It's a pity that it's a lackey!" Zhang Shan sneered, Yan Fei's brows furrowed, a cold light shot out of his eyes, and the long knife in his hand swung and slashed towards Zhang Shan.

Zhang Shan's weapon was not smooth, he could only try his best to parry, he didn't notice that a figure flashed next to him, as soon as his hand was raised, a bright light flew towards Fan Yuncheng, he secretly complained in his heart, he didn't expect that the enemy still had helpers, Lord Fan was only afraid that it was more than lucky. That is, in an instant, the hidden weapon that flew towards Fan Yuncheng suddenly disappeared without a trace. At this time, Yan Fei, who was fighting with Zhang Shan, suddenly retreated, stumbling a little under his feet, and Yan Fei's helper, who was lying in the shadows, had already fallen to the ground at this time.

Zhang Shan was stunned, Yan Fei slashed with a knife, and after Zhang Shan dodged, Yan Fei reached out to pick up his companion who fell to the ground, and several ups and downs had already gone away.

Fan Yuncheng didn't see what was going on at all, and he didn't understand why the enemy suddenly retreated when he was about to succeed.

"Your Excellency, are you alright? Zhang Shan ran to Fan Yuncheng's side and asked.

"It's okay, it's just strange why they left suddenly?" Fan Yuncheng picked up a dart at his feet, puzzled.

"I'm also very strange......" Zhang Shan said with a frown. He and Fan Yuncheng came out to investigate the case in private, and did not bring helpers, it seems that when Fan Yuncheng was worried about his life, there was a helper who secretly saved his life.

"Brother Zhang, without further ado, let's go back and report to Lord Zhu and take down the wicked people in this gambling house. ”

"My lord, how can there be such a simple thing, you go to take people at this time, and it is not a place to mint fake silver, there is no evidence, how to take people?"

"Brother Zhang, one thing you are right about, we are afraid that this trick has already been achieved, and the shopkeeper is bound to destroy the evidence, and this is our perfect opportunity. ”

"What the lord said is, then let's go to Xiao Qizong and Lord Xiao, he can immediately mobilize troops and horses to arrest people. ”

"Let's go together. ”

"Do adults know how to ride horses?" asked Zhang Shan.

"Yes......"

"We'll ride fast in a moment, and don't let the thieves escape. ”

"Okay, hurry up. Fan Yuncheng and Zhang Shan ran to the mansion together.

Yan Fei returned to the gambling house, his knees were still aching. His martial arts are considered a well-known role among Wu Yingqian's thugs, but the opponent he encountered tonight, he didn't even see him, so he was plotted.

After more than ten rounds with Zhang Shan, he knew that Zhang Shan was a member of the government, and that Fan Gongzi was not an ordinary person.

Since his debut, the least thing he is afraid of is to meet an opponent who is stronger than himself, but today's events have made him unwilling, and he is arrogant by nature, and he has never suffered such a big loss.

After listening to Yan Fei's story, Wu Yingqian didn't say anything for a long time. It was the first time Yan Fei had seen him react like this. Since Wu Yingqian saw Fan Yuncheng, he knew that this person was extraordinary, and he was afraid that his years of business would be ruined in the hands of this person.

"You go and get more people and move things out as soon as possible. Don't move the gambling house for the time being, I'm afraid that the government will take action immediately. ”

"Yes!" Yan Fei replied, turning to leave.

"Ma Daosan. Wu Yingqian turned around and called another thug beside him, ordered him to come up with his ear, and whispered something.

"Do as I say, and don't make a mistake!"

"The villain obeys!" Ma Daosan quickly went out.

Wu Yingqian looked at Yan Fei's back, mixed with joy and sorrow in his heart, this Yan Fei has come to his side, in the eyes of a clear-eyed person, Yan Fei's every move is controlled by himself, secretly, Yan Fei is a pair of eyes that the wicked people put beside him, his every word and deed is controlled by him, every moment he is under his surveillance, this bitterness in his heart is no one to tell, today someone came to disrupt the situation, it is an excellent opportunity for him to get out of the way, he has already made up his mind to escape from all this.

Zhu Muzhi was so anxious in the Assassin's Mansion that this Fan Yuncheng went to investigate in private, and even the head catcher Zhang Shan almost had an accident, this Fan Yuncheng asked to send someone to the Jiujiu Gambling House after returning home, he was a young man who was not stable, and Xiao Qizong, the garrison of Qiaozhou, was even more impatient and temperamental, and he couldn't listen to this kind of thing, so he had led his troops to the gambling house.

What's even more infuriating is that Fan Yuncheng, obviously a literati, but rode away with Xiao Qizong, Zhu Muzhi knows that the current emperor has always favored Fan Yuncheng, and because Fan Yuncheng's uncle has a very good relationship with the current emperor Xiao Yan, everyone in the officialdom will sell Fan Yun a face. It's just that this nephew of his, although he is quick-thinking, smart and studious, but for these ways in the officialdom, he is like a fool, I don't know how to deal with each other, these days in Qiaozhou, he always reminds this young man how to deal with things, and he nods and agrees every time. It's just that when he encounters something difficult, he puts these warnings behind him and does things according to his own temperament. Every time it comes to such a time, Zhu Muzhi can only let it be, because this person's father-in-law is his teacher, if this person has any mistakes, it is not easy to explain to the boss. In desperation, Zhu Muzhi had to order his subordinates to hurry to the gambling house.

Yan Fei thought that he was very fast, and no one could catch up. But just as he was getting to the place where the fake silver ingots were minted, a man in the middle of the road blocked his way: a thin old man, with white hair and a rickety figure, dressed in a tattered shirt full of patches, and coughing from time to time, the same old man he had met in front of the gambling house. He knew that it was no accident that this old man appeared in front of him, but the things he was going to do were urgent and abnormal, and he couldn't care about others. The place occupied by this old man was the place where he had to pass, and at this moment he was in a hurry, and he rushed forward. The old man's arm waved lightly, and an extremely powerful force came, Yan Fei held his breath and hurriedly retreated, so that he was not injured.

"Who are you, and why are you standing in my way? Yan Fei asked sharply.

"The sea of bitterness is boundless, and the back is the shore. The old man's voice was hoarse.

"Hmph, you don't know who I am. ”

"You don't need to know this, the road ahead is dangerous, and if you go, it will be a dead end. The old man showed no intention of backing down.

"Hmph! When I fought with that headcatcher, it was you who hit the acupoint on my leg with a flying stone, and I was defeated, right?" Yan Fei's leg was still aching faintly, and he hated it in his heart, but the opponent's martial arts were extremely high, so he had to pull out the long sword behind his back.

"Why do you use a long sword now when you use a knife against the enemy?" the old man coughed lightly and asked him slowly.

Yan Fei was silent and didn't answer, his best weapon was the long sword, when he fought against Zhang Shan, he was indeed a little underestimated, and he didn't take him seriously at all, since Wu Yingqian had already given an order to the two of them to die, he definitely wouldn't leave him alive, but he didn't expect that the master in front of him would help.

The old man shook his head slightly: "You don't go to a good age and a good future, but you want to die." Before he finished speaking, Yan Fei's long sword was also handed to him, the old man's figure flickered, Yan Fei's heart was shocked, this moment he didn't have the appearance of an old dragon bell at all, Yan Fei saw that his body was weird, and his movements were unprecedented.

The old man's two sleeves were spread out in the wind, fighting with Yan Fei with his bare hands, and when he was tossing and turning, Yan Fei could see that he had no sword in his hand, but his body was like a sharp sword, resolving every move and momentum of his one by one. Yan Fei went back and forth with him for dozens of moves, and the old man had no intention of killing him, but he couldn't get out for a while.

Yan Fei's heart was anxious, and the sword in his hand was a little off, and he suddenly understood that this old man was using a strategy to delay the army, the purpose was to make him unable to rush to the place where the fake silver was minted in time.

Just when he had no way to escape, a man in black rushed over from a distance, and with a wave of the long sword in his hand, he crossed between him and the old man.

"Master......" Yan Fei was stunned, he didn't expect that Master would come to Qiaozhou in person.

"Hurry up and take care of things, he'll leave it to me. ”

The man in black stabbed the white-haired old man with a sword, and the old man's figure shook and jumped backwards, and the man in black was slightly stunned when he saw his figure.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?" repeated the old man in a low voice.

"Why are you using this mental method?"

"You have your own mind?" the old man repeated.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?" the old man asked coldly.

"You...... You're not him at all. The man in black cried out.

"At the beginning, your master let you live, and you just went to be a blacksmith, but you just wanted to be a killer. The old man snorted.

"You...... How do you know about me?" exclaimed the man in black.

"Aren't you looking back now?" the old man shouted.

"Hmph, how can my current power be compared to the original, and glory and wealth are just around the corner in the future, how can you know my ambitions. ”

"Grand ambition, the grand ambition in your heart will only harm you, the old man has already expected that your final outcome will be to be unloaded and killed by a donkey. The old man smiled, "You will never realize the truth of turning back to the shore for the rest of your life?"

"Go and tell those who love to listen, if you can't tell the source today, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless. ”

The man in black was already very helpless, and stabbed the old man with his sword, and the old man heard that the sword he stabbed over, with a fierce wind, he had no weapon in his hand, so he had to get up and jump back.

The man in black fought him for dozens of rounds, suddenly put away his sword, and asked sharply, "Who are you that red mole girl?"

"Red mole, where did the red mole come from?" the old man was also slightly stunned.

"Have you never had a girl with a red mole between your eyebrows? The man in black asked with a grim face.

"I heard about the red mole for the first time today, what is her hatred for you?"

"Whoever stands in the way of the prince has only one end, that is, death! That girl is the one who stands in the way of the prince, so she can only die. The man in black said coldly.

"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, but what you have done is to kill innocents indiscriminately, to be mad, and to do some despicable things, your fate will be miserable!" the old man coughed softly, turned and drifted away.

The man in black stood on the ground, silent for a long time, he didn't come out in the past few years, he didn't expect that there would be such a master, he was younger than his master, but his skills were not inferior to the master, but he didn't understand why this person wanted to stop himself, he knew that he couldn't stay here anymore, he followed closely behind Yan Fei, and when he wanted to stop him, he found that Yan Fei had walked into the encirclement of officers and soldiers, he forcibly stopped his steps, and watched his beloved disciple step by step into the encirclement, he was anxious, at this time he understood that the old man deliberately delayed Yan Fei, the purpose was to capture him, and he was against this old man of unknown origin since then, with a deeper level of vigilance.

All his apprentices were chess pieces in his hands, but Yan Fei's chess piece was something he didn't want to use no matter what.

When Yan Fei rushed to the warehouse in a big circle, he didn't have time to transfer any materials at all, and he was surrounded by people in the government.

He didn't have time to escape, so he was caught by Xiao Qizong's men, and he had no choice but to be captured. When passing by Xiao Shou's horse, he was surprised to find that Wu Yingqian's follower Ma Daosan was actually standing next to the horse, Ma Daosan saw the officers and soldiers escorting Yan Fei over, pointed at Yan Fei and said to Xiao Qizong: "It's him, it's this person, he often comes to our Wu shopkeeper's gambling house to gamble money, and once I saw him masked and talking to Kuding in the house?"

Yan Fei couldn't listen to it anymore, so he kicked Ma Daosan to the ground, and the officers and soldiers who escorted him hurriedly pulled him back. Yan Fei looked at Ma Daosan, who was humming on the ground, laughed coldly, turned around and walked away.

Fan Yuncheng, who was on the horse next to him, looked at all this in front of him and frowned, this Yan Fei didn't cover his face when he chased him and Zhang Shan, and when he talked to a small Kuding, would he be covered?

"Lord Fan, you have to solve this case today, you have a great achievement, haha!" Xiao Qizong laughed proudly on the horse, Fan Yuncheng looked at him in amazement, this case can be said to be full of suspicions, and he must not close the case so hastily, if he wants to continue the investigation, he doesn't know how to start. That Wu Yingqian can be said to have washed himself cleanly, and there are no clues pointing to him.

Fan Yuncheng came to the field where Ling Xiao planted flowers for several days, waiting for her to appear, those herbal flowers have withered, and the fruits of the mandala have hung on the branches, he stared blankly at those unripe fruits, I don't know why Ling Xiao didn't come for a few days, does she no longer pay attention to these flowers and grasses?

He sat beside the field, and the wind of early autumn blew in gusts, and he gradually felt sleepiness coming, and unconsciously lay on the ridge and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he saw Ling Xiao, he dreamed that he was marrying her, she was wearing a bright red dress, her fair face with dark eyes, under the reflection of the red dress, set off her otherworldly face, he was overjoyed in his dream and wanted to step forward and grab her hand, but no matter how he walked, he couldn't walk in front of her, his heart was anxious, but for some reason he couldn't say a word, he really wanted to shout out loud, let her stand up and walk to himself, the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't shout, when he was so anxious that he was about to cry, he suddenly woke up from his dream, and sat up from the ground。

He was surprised to find that his body was covered with a coat, and Ling Xiao, who appeared in his dream, was squatting in the field at this time, picking up the fallen herb fruits. She heard the sound of Fan Yuncheng waking up, stood up and walked over.

"How can you sleep here in this wilderness? Ling Xiao scolded him softly.

Fan Yuncheng looked at the clothes covering his body, his heart was full of warmth, this shirt must have been made by Ling Xiao for him, he hurriedly stood up, with an expression of fear that Ling Xiao would take the shirt away immediately, and put the shirt on his body.

Ling Xiao smiled slightly, this shirt was just right on his body, and he didn't even need to modify the size and length, after she finished making clothes for her husband, every time she couldn't get rid of this Cheng Gongzi in her mind, her heart would become soft, and she could only pick up a needle and thread to make a shirt for him.

After Fan Yuncheng put it on, he stretched out his arms and asked Ling Xiao like a child: "Ling Xiao, this dress is too suitable." ”

"Then wear it. Ling Xiao said softly.

"Well, I'll wear it all the time. Fan Yuncheng nodded vigorously.

"Cheng Gongzi came here today, what's the matter?" Ling Xiao already knew that this Cheng Gongzi would come to him if he found an excuse, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to stop him.

"Ling Xiao, can you sit down and listen to me say to you slowly?" Fan Yuncheng took her hand and pulled her to sit on the ridge together.

Ling Xiao's face turned red, she wanted to withdraw her hand, but this Cheng Gongzi, as if he had grabbed some treasure, refused to let go of her hand, she had to let him hold her hand and listen to him tell what happened.

"What happened later?" Ling Xiao couldn't help but ask after listening to Fan Yuncheng's narration. “...... At this point, even if I wanted to continue the investigation, there would be no clues. Fan Yuncheng sighed, "It's just that Yan Fei, who will be escorted into Beijing in a few days." ”