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When Zhao Yanhao heard the news, he led Xu Jinshan and others to Chang'an Town the next morning. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The tragedy occurred in a mountain col not far from Chang'an Town, and not only the culprit Dongfang Zhen was killed, but also a coachman, a horse and four officials were killed, and seven officials were either missing arms or legs.

"When did it happen?" Zhao Yanhao asked Ming Feinan, who was following him.

"Yesterday afternoon, before the end of the day. Ming Feinan immediately replied, thought for a while and added: "The explosion is very loud, and you can hear it within a radius of three or four miles. ”

"Oh. Zhao Yanhao responded casually and looked at the scene.

He could see at a glance the location of the explosion, which was littered with debris of the carriage by the bend around the rock wall, a large crater had been blown out of the ground, the turf was flying everywhere, the trees around him were shattered, and the nearest three cypress trees had been blown to the ground.

Half of the stinking body was shaken five feet away, and it was supposed to be a coachman, and a horse with a bloody back half of its body froze under the rock wall, and its brains spilled all the way down from the half of the rock wall, painting the rock wall mottled, and it seemed that it was shocked and flew out, and the horse's head hit the rock wall.

In the messy grass and crops, there are dots of blood everywhere, interspersed with several large pools of dried blood, which is shocking.

"It's so powerful!" Zhao Yanhao was surprised, "How much explosives should be needed to do this!"

"Covered in explosives!" Ming Feinan's tone was amazed with anger, "This guy is an outlaw at all, his waist is covered in explosives, and even he has been blown apart...... Zhao Daxia, please look, those should be his stumps!"

Zhao Yanhao looked carefully one by one in the direction he pointed, and saw that there were some small black stumps, or resting on the trees, or hanging in the branches and leaves, or scattered on the grass, and some treetops, attached to some fragments of clothes that were fluttering in the wind.

"Ming Zhutou, could you please describe the situation in detail?"

"Of course! Zhao Daxia was polite...... However, at the time of the incident, Ming was not at the scene...... I don't think it's better to go back to town first, and let the brothers who were personally involved in the capture tell you the details, how about it?"

"That's for the best. Let's go!" Zhao Yanhao took the lead in getting on the horse.

"The whole process, there is nothing clearer than the small one, let the small one explain in detail," Yu Dafang, who was wrapped in a bandage on his left arm, was as his name suggested, and his speech was also very neat, "Yesterday afternoon, as usual, we closely checked the merchants who passed the customs. Later, a group of tea merchants came, which aroused my alarm......"

"I've noticed it a long time ago......" Another yacha who injured his right leg hurriedly interjected, probably because he was afraid that the credit would be monopolized by Yu Dafang.

"Don't interrupt!" Ming Feinan glared at the yacha and turned his head to look at Yu Dafang, "Go on." ”

"There were five of them...... No, it should be six people, led by a man in his thirties, three other men and a coachman, and in the carriage lies a middle-aged man who is seriously ill......"

"Middle-aged man?" Gao Jinlou interrupted him, "This person should be that Dongfang Zhen, right? This person is very young, how can he be middle-aged?"

"Don't worry, Lord Gao, please listen to the small details. Yu Dafang smiled and explained: "We searched the goods, and when we saw that they were indeed all tea, we were ready to let them go." It was then that I noticed that one of them glanced at the portrait in my hand and looked nervous, and became suspicious......"

"What you hold in your hand is the portrait of Dongfang Zhen, right?" Xu Jinshan stared at Yu Dafang and asked lightly.

"Yes. "I immediately stopped them, looked at each one of them, and when I saw that they were not alike, I boarded the carriage and went to examine the seriously ill man." ”

"What does that person look like?" Zhao Yanhao, who had been listening intently, was anxious to determine if this person was really Dongfang Zhen, and couldn't help but interject and ask.

"Very burly, with a full beard ......"

"Nonsense!" Gao Jinlou glared at him angrily, "You kid, you must have taken the wrong portrait?...... Go, show it to me!"

"There is absolutely nothing wrong," Yu Dafang sat still, not meaning to take the portrait at all, "Lord Gao, this is his appearance after his disguise." ”

"Oh, I see. Gao Jinlou was relieved and urged: "Finish it in one breath, don't keep selling it!"

Yu Dafang thought angrily in his heart: "His grandmother's, it's not that you always interrupt, but you blame Lao Tzu!" But he didn't dare to show a trace of displeasure on his face, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes...... Somehow, Xiao always felt that his figure was too uncoordinated, his waist was too burly, and his head was smaller, and although there were such people, their faces were generally not thin, and they were by no means like this person......"

"What does his face look like?, is it long and slightly thin?" Zhao Yanhao interjected again.

"Well, I put on my beard and look thinner. Yu Dafang took a big sip of tea and continued: "I saw that his face was pale and his eyes were closed, so I patted him. He groaned and opened his eyes, saw the sudden change in color behind me, grabbed me with one hand, and the small reaction was quite fast, dodged, and then held him down......"

"You're ...... Can you actually hold him down?" Zhao Yanhao stared at his eyes in surprise.

"Yes. He must have been badly injured, wheezing profusely, and his strength was a little weak...... After that, Hou Fang and other brothers jumped up to help, the thief struggled hard, and the Hou Fang brothers held his face tightly, but unexpectedly wiped off his beard...... I saw it carefully and clearly, that young face was exactly the same as the person in the portrait, it was that Dongfang Zhen!"

"Take the portrait!" Zhao Yanhao stood up with "Teng".

"Hurry up and get it!" Ming Fei Nannu gestured to a messenger.

"Look carefully, but is this person?" Zhao Yanhao handed it to Yu Dafang after confirming that the portrait was correct.

"Absolutely can't be wrong, it's him!" Yu Dafang was full of confidence.

"Go on!" Zhao Yanhao sighed when he heard this.

"Just then, his accomplices rushed over, pushed us out of the carriage, dropped the goods and ran. Yu Dafang looked excited, foaming at the mouth, "After the four thieves broke off, their martial arts were very high, protecting the carriage and fighting and leaving, we were busy chasing bravely, and finally intercepted them in Xigou, and the coachman panicked and overturned the carriage...... When the four thieves saw our people, they could no longer protect the thief, and galloped away...... Ladies and gentlemen, you haven't seen them in person, those guys are so strong, we can't stop them at all......"

"No one blames you," Ming Feinan looked a little embarrassed by the incompetence of his subordinates, "Finish it in one breath!"

Yu Dafang's face was relieved, and he continued: "The thief was thrown to the ground, and we all rushed to catch him, but we heard the thief laugh loudly: 'Happy! There are so many dogs...... Dog's paw for my burial, it's worth it!' Immediately after, the guy lit the fuse, and before we could react, we heard an earth-shattering bang...... Ho, that scene, bones flying, flesh and blood ...... in the air."

"Okay, okay, no more, let's go down and rest!" Ming Feinan waved his hand and motioned for him to retreat.

"Go, bring up the weapons found at the scene and show them to Zhao Daxia!" Ming Feinan turned his head and ordered a servant standing behind him.

Two steel rings with a bright body, the edge of the edge exudes the cold light of Bisensen, and the ring body is connected to two thin steel chains, which are almost three zhang long.

Zhao Yanhao is proficient in blade materials, and can judge at a glance that this ring is made of very pure steel, and forged with rare metals, which is not only extremely hard, but also extremely sharp;

"It's really him!" Zhao Yanhao played with the flying ring, muttering to himself, and a sense of melancholy suddenly surged up inexplicably in his heart, and he didn't know whether it was the unwillingness to fail to kill the enemy himself, or the sigh of the miserable end of this person.

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Finally the water came out, and the group was very excited, and immediately said goodbye to Ming Feinan's head catcher and returned to Junzhou unhurriedly.

After more than a month, Zhao Yanhao missed Shaolin very much, so he wanted to go back immediately, but Xu Jinshan dissuaded him, saying that Master Miao had already instructed him, saying that there was something important to do next, and he needed his help, so he had to wait until Lord Miao came. Zhao Yanhao asked what was going on, but Xu Jinshan said he didn't know, and asked him to ask in person at that time.

Zhao Yanhao was a little hesitant at the time, but thinking that Miao Yizhen was his uncle, he was not polite to resign, so he had to give up his thoughts. He made up his mind in his heart, if what he asked for was not to solve problems for the rivers and lakes, but to serve the imperial court, he would immediately decline politely.

Once you are idle, it is very uncomfortable to wait for someone. In addition to practicing every morning, Zhao Yanhao spends the rest of his time either wandering around, or going to the teahouse to sit and drink tea, chatting to pass the time.

Fortunately, a few days later, Miao Yizhen led the crowd to hurry to Junzhou, and Xu Jinshan and others heard the news and went out of the city to greet them.

"Why don't you see Yan Hao?" Miao Yizhen waited for everyone to see him, and then turned his head sideways to ask Xu Jinshan, who was beside him.

"I went out early in the morning, and I don't know where I went?"

Miao Yizhen let out an "oh" and asked softly, "What has he done these days?"

Xu Jinshan thought for a while and reported: "Since the adults left, there have been two major events here: one is that the two bandits in Qingshuiyan and Yangwan have all been killed, and the other is that the thief in Dongfang Zhen has died. After the incident, he led us ......"

"These two things, the official has known for a long time," Miao Yizhen interrupted with a wave of his hand, stared at his side face, and asked softly, "Is there anything else?"

"Uh......" Xu Jinshan caught a glimpse of him staring at him, and his heart was a little nervous, "Other...... It's nothing, just go out every day for a stroll or drink tea or something......"

"I heard that he went to visit the tomb of Ebony?

"Yes, yes!" Xu Jinshan hurriedly admitted, thought about it and defended: "My subordinates thought that it was an inconsequential trivial matter, so they ...... it."

"Hmph, a trivial matter?" Miao Yizhen glared at Xu Jinshan, who looked confused, and stopped talking.

Xu Jinshan was so worried that he didn't dare to say anything more, and carefully controlled the horse to move forward slowly.

"By the way, have you clarified those two cases?" Miao Yizhen suddenly asked.

"Find out...... Basically, it's clear. The murder of the two bandits was committed by Dongfang Zhen's accomplices, and Dongfang Zhen's death was revealed during their attempt to secretly escape back to Kunlun Mountain......

"What nonsense!" Miao Yizhen suddenly grabbed the reins, and got off the horse with a "Teng" sound, Xu Jinshan was startled, and after being stunned, he jumped off the horse.

Miao Yizhen grabbed his shoulder with his hand, squinted into his eyes, and said slowly: "Could it be that these are the results you found out?"

Xu Jinshan's heart was pounding, and he lowered his head and said, "Yes...... Even Brother Zhao thinks so. ”

Miao Yizhen's face was cloudy, and after a moment of silence, he gently patted him on the shoulder, turned around and walked a few steps, put his hands behind his back, and looked into the distance attentively.

When all the subordinates saw this, they got off their horses and approached one after another.

"You all go away, Xu Jinshan stays!"

How dare all the subordinates disobey? Xu Jinshan approached lightly and respectfully served beside him.

"Wow! You're really bold! You dare to play tricks with this official!" Miao Yizhen muttered to herself.

"It's wronged!" Xu Jinshan's face changed sharply in fright, and he hurriedly knelt down and hugged his thigh, and said in a panic: "My lord, what a great wrong...... Borrow a small one hundred ...... No, 10,000 dares, I will never dare to deceive you!"

"Who said you?" Miao Yi was really angry, but couldn't help but say: "Get up!"

Xu Jinshan stood up timidly and asked in an embarrassed whisper, "My lord, who are you talking about?......

"You shouldn't know, don't ask!" Miao Yizhen glared at him and said sternly.

"Yes, yes!" Xu Jinshan was sincerely frightened and didn't dare to raise his head.

"By the way, what you said just now that Dongfang Zhen has died, Yan Hao has completely believed it?"

"Yes. Xu Jinshan wondered in his heart: Listening to his tone, it seems that Dongfang Zhen is not dead, isn't it...... The matter has been verified?...... It's impossible, I also went to the scene to inspect it, how could it be that I didn't die? So he reminded: "My lord, I think this matter is very credible, and there are both human and physical evidence!"

"Oh, let's hear it. ”

Xu Jinshan felt that his expression was a little sarcastic, so he stubbornly said: "At least four people in Chang'an Town have seen it with their own eyes, and the deceased is indeed that Dongfang Zhen...... Moreover, at the scene, the thief's weapon was also found!"

"Really?" Miao Yi said lightly with a smile: "In this way, it really is dead!"

"Could it be...... The thief is not dead?"

"Hmph, did the official say it?" Miao Yizhen glanced at him coldly, and said secretly: "Damn people, naturally they should die as soon as possible!"

Xu Jinshan didn't dare to speak again, and looked at him in confusion.

Miao Yizhen slanted at the long white clouds in the sky, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered to himself: "The dark arrow action is imminent, but it is still such an endless entanglement, I am still worried!

This time, Xu Jinshan heard it, and the person he was talking about was Zhao Yanhao.

"Listen," Miao Yizhen's expression was solemn, staring at his eyes for a moment, "Dongfang Zhen is dead, this matter is absolutely true! If Yan Hao still has any doubts, he must be convinced!"

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A poorly clothed beggar huddled in a corner of the alley, shivering, his stray hair like hemp rope obscuring his filthy face, not only could not tell how old he was, but even his gender could not be distinguished.

A little girl, about eleven or twelve years old, slender and slender with a basket of flowers on her left shoulder, walked past the beggar as if no one was around, like the other two pedestrians.

Zhao Yanhao, who was slowly pacing to the alley, glanced at the beggar and stopped, his eyes showing compassion.

"Uncle, do you want to buy flowers?" the girl who sold flowers said hello crisply, ran up quickly, pointed to the flowers in the flower basket and said, "Uncle, they are all freshly picked, and they are only a penny and a branch." ”

Zhao Yanhao glanced down and saw that the flowers were purple and red, delicate and beautiful, and the fruits were all freshly picked. He didn't know much flowers, only the Junzi Orchid, Yueji and Peony among them.

"Okay," Zhao Yanhao reached into his arms, took out a small handful of broken silver, picked out a small piece from it and handed it to her, pointed to a branch of Junzi Orchid, and said softly: "Give me this branch." ”

"Uncle, buy a few more! My mother is sick and needs to sell these flowers...... If I can't sell it out, my father will not only beat and scold, but also won't give me food!"

Zhao Yanhao's heart was sour, and after glancing at her face that was dish-colored due to long-term malnutrition, he didn't hesitate to stuff the broken silver in his hand into her small hand, "Uncle's body, that's all, take it!"

"Thank you, uncle!" the little girl happily picked up the silver, took off the flower basket on her shoulder and handed it to him, "These flowers are all uncle's!"

"Uncle only needs this branch!" Zhao Yanhao raised the Junzi Lan in his hand and touched her soft yellow hair, "Go ahead!"

The little girl hesitated for a moment, suddenly her eyes turned red, and she was busy lying on the ground and kowtowing, but she was already pulled up by Zhao Yanhao, hung the flower basket back on her shoulder, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, my uncle is also a poor ghost! Go back quickly and give the silver to your father!"

The little girl thanked her and ran back excitedly.

Zhao Yanhao shook his head at her back, sighed heavily, slowly walked to the beggar's side, took off his robe, squatted down, and draped the robe over him.

The beggar glanced at him listlessly, and said weakly, "Hungry...... Hungry!"

Zhao Yanhao hurriedly got up, ready to buy him a few steamed buns, and after taking a few steps, he suddenly realized that he was already penniless, so he walked back again, and said softly: "I'm really sorry...... I...... I don't have any money!"

The beggar squinted at him with disdain, turned his head, wrapped his robe tightly around him, and closed his eyes.

"Brother Zhao, it turns out that you are here! It's really easy for us to find it!" The two brocade-clothed guards ran over excitedly and gasped: "Go back quickly, Master Miao is here!"

"Is it?" Zhao Yanhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and after following them out a few steps, he suddenly remembered and stretched out his hand to a brocade guard: "Do you have any silver?" ”

"Of course, how much?" the brocade guard took out a few ingots of silver.

Zhao Yanhao casually took a tablet, turned around and stuffed it into the beggar's arms.

The beggar stared at the silver in his bosom with an excited look on his face, and gave him a thumbs up.

"His grandmother's, it turned out to be fed to the dogs!" the brocade guard was angry.

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"Uncle Shi, what happened after I left, Jinshan told me. Miao Yizhen patted the back of Zhao Yanhao's hand, and said with a smile: "Finally, the sky has eyes!

"Hey, it's a pity that I couldn't kill that thief myself!" Zhao Yanhao was still angry, "But ...... But I'm still not entirely sure. Uncle Shi, can you ...... Can you bother me and help my nephew investigate in detail?"

"What do you want to help or not? It's all our Shaolin business, it's too much to say that!" Miao Yizhen pretended to be kind to him, "I have already heard of this, and I have sent someone to inquire carefully, and all kinds of evidence prove that the thief who died is indeed the Dongfang Zhen!"

"Then I'll be completely relieved!" Zhao Yanhao's face relaxed, and after thinking about it, he asked: "Uncle Shi, I wanted to go back to Shaolin a long time ago, but Brother Xu said, you still have important things for me to do, I don't know what it is?"

Miao Yizhen's face was pale, and he didn't answer immediately, staring at his eyes and said slowly: "Yan Hao, have you ever heard of Dou Xingkong?"

Zhao Yanhao was stunned, he didn't expect why he would suddenly mention this person, and replied, "Of course I've heard of it." I heard that this person is a giant thief, not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also outstanding in light skills. ”

"Well, this guy has a nickname, called 'Night Thief Thousand Families', you can imagine how high his light skills are. ”

However, my nephew heard that this person died more than ten years ago...... Is he still alive?"

"Yes, alive. Miao Yizhen sighed, "Being able to be safe and sound under the more than ten years of hard pursuit of Guo Jingyang, the first god of the six doors, is indeed not simple!"

"What kind of serious crime did this person commit?" Zhao Yanhao was surprised.

"Well, that's a long story. Miao Yizhen picked up the tea bowl and slowly lifted the lid of the tea and took a sip. Zhao Yanhao glanced at him a little eagerly, and muttered in his heart: This Uncle Miao, everything is good, but this is not good, he likes to sell Guanzi, he is not cool enough, and people can't guess his thoughts.

"Yan Hao, don't be in a hurry, listen to Uncle Shi and I will speak slowly. Miao Yizhen saw through his mind at a glance, "Dou Xingkong, this person, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as bold! This guy has entered the Forbidden Palace twice and stole several tributes from Ouchi!"

"What a thing that doesn't know whether to live or die!" Xu Jinshan sighed.

"Yes, even the current saint was furious and personally ordered him to be arrested! But this guy is too cunning, at that time, dozens of elites were dispatched to hunt him down, and it took several months to return in vain. ”

"Could it be that this senior ...... Have you never shown up since then?" Zhao Yanhao admired this kind of person very much, and his tone was respectful.

"No," Miao Yizhen sighed lightly, "After hiding for more than a year, he reappeared, and he continued to commit crimes!"

"What?...... Do you dare to go to the palace?" Zhao Yanhao almost couldn't believe his ears.

"Not really," Miao Yizhen shook his head lightly, "This time, he went to the Nangong family, and he went to steal the rare treasures of the Nangong family." ”

"The Nangong family of the Fujia Central Plains?" Zhao Yanhao's eyes widened, once again in disbelief, "When did it happen? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Fifteen years ago. Miao Yizhen took a shallow sip of tea, slowly put it back into the tea bowl, and said word by word: "This is a matter that few people in the rivers and lakes know. ”