The next morning, before the rising sun was about to rise, the three horsemen left Yingtianfu. Lin Fanghe was wearing official clothes and walked in the middle, Tang Yu and Xiang Jincheng each carried steel knives on their waists and followed left and right.

Lin Fanghe turned his head to look at Tang Yu in the saddle, and smiled slightly: "The news you got is very timely, and the 'change' of people has a lot to do with it." If you find him, I believe that some difficult mysteries will be answered. ”

The three rode to the east and ran to the Qilin Lane of Gulou Street.

Entering the alley to the head of a small courtyard, the three of them dismounted, Xiang Jincheng tied the horse tightly, pointed to the door with a whip, and said: "It's here, it should be here." ”

Lin Fanghe stepped forward and pushed the courtyard door, and the door was bolted from the inside.

He nodded, and Xiang Jincheng and Tang Yu came to the wall, one crouched down, and the other stepped on his shoulder to climb up the wall, shrugging and tumbling into the courtyard.

Tang Yu pulled out the latch of the door, opened the courtyard door, and let Lin Fanghe and Xiang Jincheng come in.

The courtyard was empty, except for the atrium, which was overgrown with wild grass and a few piles of broken bricks, there was no furnishing in sight. At a glance, it can be seen that this place is only a temporary residence, and the owner has come and gone in a hurry, so he can't take care of it.

The three of them walked straight forward.

Entering the middle courtyard, when I arrived at the front of the house, I was greeted by two small black doors, which should be the place where the owner lived. Xiang Jincheng walked up the steps, lifted his boots, and kicked the door open. There was silence in the room. The three of them looked at each other, and were about to lift their feet into the house—

Ho Ho roared, and a tall man suddenly rushed out from the inside, with a leopard head and eyes, two feet wide at the shoulders, ten girth wide at the waist, and an octagonal iron sledgehammer in his hand, smashing his head and covering his face towards several people!

Suddenly seeing an uninvited guest falling from the sky, the three of them were shocked.

Lin Fanghe and Tang Yu hurriedly avoided and hid behind the pillar. Xiang Jincheng retreated, and in a panic, he fell under his feet and fell down the stone steps.

With a loud bang, the hammer smashed on the bluestone steps at the door, and the stones broke in an instant, and the debris flew around!

Xiang Jincheng's ears were buzzing with shock, and before he could react, the second big man had already thrown off his big stride, rushed forward, hammered with both hands, roared, and slammed his head!

This hammer smashed down, and it is estimated that the originally intact Xiang Catch will soon turn into a pile of meat sauce.

Xiang Jincheng clenched his head in fright.

At the critical moment, he saw Lin Fanghe flipped in the air, swept out two feet, and his body was in the air with strength in the fingers, lightning and stone fire, poking and poking dots that had already sealed the acupoints around the black man. On his tiptoes, he bent down and leaned over to pull Xiang Jincheng to the side quickly.

Only then did he move away, and the big man's hammer fell down with a clatter, and he sank deep into a pit in the ground.

Xiang Jincheng wiped a cold sweat and was shocked: "It's so dangerous!"

Lin Fanghe calmed down and shouted, "You two quickly find a rope and tie him up." In a hurry, he couldn't find the rope for a while, and he was hesitating to himself, only to see Xiang Jincheng untie the cloth belt from his waist, tie a knot, and firmly tie the big man who collapsed to the ground from behind with his backhand.

The three of them turned around and entered the house, searched carefully, but couldn't see any trace of "Change"?

The living room is not large, with two rooms inside and outside. There was a bed by the window, and the bedding was messily spread out on the bed. In the outer room, against the wall, there was a larger wooden bed, which was more than a foot long, presumably for the big man to rest. In the corner stood a large black vat full of cobwebs. Nothing else.

Lin Fanghe looked at the front and back windows, then came to a small square table in the house, reached out and touched the tea set on a few cases, and said: "The window is not broken, the water is still warm, I believe people will not go far." ”

Tang Yu was also puzzled: "My lord, is it 'Change' that went out, or did he not come to live here at all?"

"It's unlikely, there aren't many places in this city where 'Variety' can stay. Lin Fanghe looked away and looked at the layout of the room: "Besides, he didn't know that we were coming? Suddenly, he was caught off guard, no matter how shrewd he was, it was impossible for him to escape so quickly?"

Xiang Jincheng stroked his head, still afraid: "Wake up that relative and torture it, don't you know everything." This brute has a lot of strength!"

Turning around to leave, Lin Fanghe suddenly shouted: "Wait." The two of them were startled, and their eyes turned to each other. Lin Fanghe waved his hand and signaled silence, he tiptoed to the big vat in the corner, nodded and let the two pass. Tang Yu and Xiang Jincheng also followed quietly. Lin Fanghe was angry, and the two of them looked down, and it turned out that on the edge of the dusty wooden cylinder head, there were clearly traces of a few finger prints!

Tang Yu slowly pulled out his waist knife, approached the mouth of the cylinder, stepped forward with his other hand to remove the wooden cover, and shouted loudly: "Don't move!"

Sure enough, a middle-aged man slowly stood up in the water tank.

Wearing a square scarf, the body is thin and thin. Wear a sparkling robe. His face was sallow, his eyes flickered, and his goatee trembled: "I have always obeyed the law and obeyed the law, and I am not a bully, where did I provoke the government? Why did you arrest me?"

"Then what are you hiding when you see an official? Lin Fanghe interrupted him: "'Baichang', we are looking for you just to understand the situation, not to arrest you." Every citizen of the Ming Dynasty has the obligation to cooperate with the government in investigating the case, don't you know this?"

Helpless, he answered "yes", and was immediately taken out of the vat by Tang and Xiang, turned his hands back, tied them from behind, and pulled them into the courtyard.

Xiang Jincheng managed to wake up the big black man, and made a looper on the end of the cloth belt, put it around the necks of the two people, and led it out of the hospital. He tied the rope to the saddle and taught them, "You two listen, don't think of running, if you walk around and the horse is strangled to death, don't complain about Lao Tzu's cruelty!"

Tang Yu took the reins and was about to get on the horse, when suddenly his body shook and fell to the ground. His facial features suddenly distorted, his body twitched, and his teeth were gritted rattle.

In an instant, the nostrils were bleeding.

Xiang Jincheng panicked on the side, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with him, why did a good person suddenly become like this." Did you suffer from epilepsy?"

Lin Fanghe squatted down to check it, shook his head and sighed: "No, he was highly poisoned." ”

"Poisoning. Xiang Jincheng disagreed, and said: "Xiao Tang is usually very cautious, and he doesn't recruit anyone to provoke anyone, how can he be poisoned?"

Lin Fanghe's face was worried, he took out two turquoise pills from his bag and stuffed them into Tang Yu's mouth. Then he got up and lifted him up, put him on the saddle, and said to Xiang Jincheng: "You go back by yourself first, be careful to escort him on the way, and don't let the two of them escape." He put the reins on his horse, turned around and said, "My detoxification pill can only delay the onset of toxicity, not completely eradicate it, and I will take him to treatment immediately." You escorted the two 'Variants' back to the government office, and temporarily imprisoned them for good life. Don't make a mistake!"

Xiang Jincheng responded: "Obey." ”

Lin Fanghe beat his horse and galloped and went straight to the north gate.

Tang Yu was on horseback, and he was slightly conscious at first. He saw the trees, shops, and pedestrians on both sides of the road retreating rapidly. Suddenly stunned, he felt as if he had returned to the fishing village where he grew up, went down to the river to fish, and cast a net in the middle of the river with his father-in-law in a small boat. The days of the Qingchuan calendar have changed suddenly. The wind on the river, the wind and clouds, the stormy waves, the small fishing boat is just like a leaf, being thrown around, up and down violently!

"I've caught a big fish, father-in-law, let's sell it. It's good to change salt at the market......"

Tang Yu muttered and fell asleep.