Gui Yuan

Fei Tian ran all the way back to the inn, bumped into Tian Cheng at the top of the stairs, stopped abruptly and asked, "It's so late, where are you going?"

"Me? I'm going to spy at night."

"Wait first, I have something important to say, something very important, you go and call your lord and Young Master Ning, we will meet in Master Zhu's room."

In a hurry, he patted Tian Cheng's shoulder and went upstairs in two steps.Tian Cheng didn't know why, but he still did as he said.

As soon as he entered the room and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Tian Cheng brought the two of them into the room.Ning Qing sat down beside him, saw him sweating profusely and smiled, "Why is it so urgent, what did you do today?"

Fei Tian winked and said: "You will never guess. Didn't I go to see my aunt who happened to meet yesterday? When I went, I ran into her man being rough on her, and I wanted to teach him a lesson so that he could calm down. Don't dare to be arrogant, just followed him into the house at the end of the street, and met him talking to someone, guess what?"

Zhu Yu smiled: "If you can't guess, just say it."

"You guys are so boring." Although no one paid any attention to him, he enjoyed it and said in a mysterious way, "It's the housekeeper of Lin Ruode's mansion. He brought us tea back then, otherwise I might not have remembered it."

This is strange.

Ning Qing and Wei Yao looked at each other, blissful in their hearts, and asked: "Can you hear what they said?"

"I heard it clearly. It seems that Wang Er, oh, my aunt's man, gave him the account book. The steward mentioned 'officials from the imperial capital', which attracted my attention."

Ning Qing asked: "What account book?"

Fei Tianming thought hard to no avail, and shook his head: "I don't have clairvoyance, and I'm too far away on the roof, so I can't see clearly."

The clue was interrupted, Ning Qing pursed her lips.Fei Tian suddenly remembered: "However, I saw him go to several grain shops today, it should be the account books in the shops."

Ning Qing asked: "But Xuanji Grain Shop?"

Fei Tian thought for a while: "Yes, that's the name, hey, how do you know?"

In this way, everything makes sense.Lin Ruode said before that his family's business was originally a grain store business, no wonder he made a lot of money to build such a mansion.

"Zhao Zhuo and I were suspicious of this grain store today, and we planned to let Tian Cheng go to visit tonight, but we didn't expect you to hit the right spot."

Fei Tian frowned a little dissatisfied: "How can you say that, why didn't you meet me? This is fate, and it should be my credit."

He has always been this temperament, and brought them a lot of fun along the way, Zhu Yu is not as cruel as Ning Qing and Wei Yao, so he doesn't like to tease him.

"You did make a meritorious service this time, and I will remember it for you."

Fei Tian was very impressed.

Playing around is playing around, the business is important right now.Zhu Yu thought for a moment: "Right now, arrest Lin Ruode first, and escort them back to the imperial capital after we have wiped out the southern barbarians outside the city."

Hearing this, Ning Qing stretched out her hand: "No."

Zhu Yu looked at him suspiciously: "Why?"

"If you put a long line to catch big fish, now that you have bait, you just wait for the fish to take the bait."

Ning Qing smiled and took a look at Wei Yao. The two of them had a mysterious understanding of each other, which made the rest of them elusive.

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After a few days of planning, Du Yuan sent someone to invite them.

"The lower officials have sent people to explore the road ahead of time, and now everything is ready and we only owe it to the wind." Du Yuan bowed back.

"Very good, Mr. Du has worked hard these few days." Zhu Yu sat on the upper seat and nodded slightly in agreement, "Since Mrs. Du is ready, I will be the master, and I will lend you a favor."

When Du Yuan heard it, his smile faded away, and he didn't answer, "I don't know what your lord means?"

"Hey, I specially brought a few military officers from the imperial capital this time. This one is the most experienced. Let him lead the suppression of bandits, and it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

Du Yuan looked along Zhu Yu's pointing hand, fixed his gaze on Ning Qing, and hesitated to speak.This person is fair and clean, and looks a little thin and weak. It is a bit credible to say that he is a son of an aristocratic family from the imperial capital. Can such a person lead troops?Du Yuan smirked disdainfully in his heart, seeing that the boy next door dressed in black was more handsome than him.

Although he thought so in his heart, it was not easy to show his superior's face, Du Yuan smiled and said: "That's good, I am worried that there is no one to lead me, thank you sir."

Ning Qing didn't seem to think that he was invincible in victory, and stepped forward to Du Yuan and said, "Lord Du, don't worry, I also brought some people here, this time the suppression of the bandits will definitely be successful."

Du Yuan dismissed it in his heart, but still nodded in agreement on his face.

"By the way, I wonder when my lord plans to suppress the bandits?" Du Yuan asked.

Ning Qing sat down on the chair next to him, and said indifferently: "Since everything is ready, it is better to hit the sun than to choose a day. I have read the almanac, tomorrow will be auspicious, and it is suitable to travel. It is a good day to suppress bandits."

Du Yuan stared slightly, shocked.The military officer from the imperial capital is this kind of thing?He couldn't help but start to think about whether the court really cared about this matter.

"Then, according to what your lord said, the next official will notify you immediately." After all, Du Yuan kept his composure and did not lose his sense of proportion in front of them.

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It was night, the moonlight shone into the house like a toad, and covered the ground with silver light. There was a slight sound in the silence, like the sound of wind, which was particularly abrupt in the silence.

Lin Ruode opened his eyes instantly, and when Fang sat up, someone covered his mouth from behind, turning all the shouts into whimpers.

"Don't make a sound!"

When Fang heard the voice, Lin Ruode stopped struggling, and the man in black let go of him: "The warehouse is not safe anymore, and the morning will be right tomorrow, at Luoxia Ridge."

The man in black hurriedly left after delivering the message, and the room was still silent, as if nothing had happened. Lin Ruode fell back on the bed in frustration, and sighed, appearing to be mournful in the emptiness.

At the beginning of the next day, Ning Qing, Zhu Yu, and Fei Tian rode in a carriage together. In front of the carriage, Du Yuan led the way, followed by two teams of officers and soldiers, more than 100 people. Zhao Min and the dozen or so people he led were halfway What is added follows at the end.

Ning Qing seldom got up so early, her eyes were still full of sleepiness, and she couldn't help yawning.Fei Tian asked curiously, "Where did Mr. Wei go early in the morning? He didn't come?"

Ning Qing was sleepy, and waved his hands: "The little bastard in his family has gone crazy, he took it to the mountain to blow some air."

"Little beast? Who is it?"

Ning Qing had already closed his eyes to rest his mind, Zhu Yu kindly told him: "It's Treading Snow."

"Ah..." For some reason, he seemed to understand the title.

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It took less than half an hour from Xuanzhou to the foot of Luoxialing Mountain. Taking advantage of this time, Ning Qing fell asleep and regained some energy.When he got off the car, he was full of energy, looking at the mountain in front of him with great interest: "Is this right here?"

What would happen to a military attache who didn't even ride a horse and still had to ride a carriage? In Du Yuan's eyes, these officials from the imperial capital were nothing more than embroidered pillows.

"Yes, we will go up the mountain in a while." Du Yuan realized something was wrong, "Is there one less person? Can we wait?"

Ning Qing shook his hands indifferently, with a face of novelty, and his attention was all on the mountain: "He is just my subordinate, it doesn't matter if he comes or not, I asked him to go to the market to buy some special products, and take them back to the imperial capital after the matter is settled." .”

Du Yuan was at a loss for words for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right."

Ning Qing walked to the carriage and said to Zhu Yu: "My lord has a noble status, just stay here and wait for the good news, and wait for the officer to catch someone and return to his life."

Zhu Yudan smiled and said, "I hope this goes well."

Du Yuan followed and bowed to Zhu Yu: "My lord has a noble status, the lower officials will send a few people to guard, if anything happens, I will send you away first."

"Lord Du has a heart."

Ning Qing and Du Yuan led at the front, and the officers and soldiers followed into the mountain. After they were nowhere to be seen, Fei Tian put down the curtain of the car and asked softly, "Master Wei, can you make it in time?"

Zhu Yu put his index finger on his lips, and said softly: "The wall has ears, you and I can just wait."

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After walking into the mountains for a long time, it was really strenuous for Ning Qing, who hadn’t walked the mountain roads for a long time. He had to rest every time he walked, and sat on the big rocks to wipe his sweat and pant. Bear with it, after a short walk you will arrive at the bandit's territory, now is not the time to rest."

Ning Qing glanced at him, took a sip of water, wiped the water stains with his sleeves, and finally got up: "Finally, it's almost time, let's go."

After walking for another stick of incense, Du Yuan whispered: "There is a sound, it should be here soon."

Ning Qing listened carefully, sorry for his poor hearing, but he really couldn't hear anything.

After a while, a group of strong men wearing Nanban costumes appeared in the distance. Ning Qing hurriedly stepped back, as if frightened, and panicked: "Here we come, Mr. Du, hurry up and take the officers and soldiers up , I am queen."

Du Yuan pursed his lips and tried his best to resist the urge to give him a glance, and rushed forward with the people.The two parties immediately merged together, and it became a scene of fierce battle.Even though Ning Qing hid far away, it was inevitable that he would be affected by several people, so he could only dodge and dodge.Not long after, the situation was a little different. Although the two armies were fighting, our military strength was too vulnerable. The southern barbarians almost counted one as ten. It didn't take long before they noticed a particularly conspicuous one in the uniform of a group of soldiers——wearing yellow cloud pattern brocade Ning Qing in the robe.

Several bandits flew towards Ning Qing with long knives. Ning Qing staggered and was pulled behind him. Zhao Min and two soldiers stood in front of him. Zhao Min whispered, "I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you." , be careful yourself."

Ning Qing hastily took two steps back: "Be careful."

Zhao Min blocked the sword and blocked the long knife. Several people came and went. Although that group was not as skilled as Zhao Min and the others, there were too many people, and our side suffered heavy casualties. The remaining people were really hard to resist. .

A whistle sounded from nowhere, and the bandits retreated suddenly, lined up, took out their bow|crossbows from behind, and fired bows and arrows at the only remaining officers and soldiers. There was a dull sound of falling, and within a moment, corpses were everywhere in the open space, and even the group of thieves didn't make much effort.The bandit leader suddenly signaled to stop shooting arrows, the archers retreated, and there was a dead silence around them.

Only Zhao Min and a dozen soldiers were left in a circle, keeping Ning Qing behind.Several of them had wounds on their bodies, and the blood soaked through the black clothes, clinging to the skin.

Ning Qing gently pushed Zhao Min away, and stood up with burning eyes: "At this point, there is no need to cover up, come out, Master Du."

With a joyful laugh, Du Yuan pushed aside the archer and walked out from the crowd.