The old east wind comes to dream

All the clues on Cao Guangshou's side had been cut off, so Yan Junchi ordered to turn his attention to Liu Chong who was being escorted back to Beijing.Order Ma Chengda to personally lead Xing Kang, Wang Sicheng, Gu Zizhan, Fu You, and Wang Shuli, and take a group of officials to Hedong Mansion immediately, Xing Kang and Gu Zizhan to check Liu Chong's mansion, Ma Chengda takes Wang Sicheng and others People went to check Cao Yan's real estate, especially the yard where privately cast official silver utensils were found.

Another day later, the group set off and left the capital.

On the hill outside the city, Chu Lan was watching Gu Zizhan and his party leave in a hurry.Beside her stood a middle-aged Taoist nun in a Taoist robe, she was Taoist Priest Yuan Hui.

Daoist Yuan Hui looked at Chu Lan who was full of worries, and smiled kindly, "Reluctant? Either way, seeing that you and Zizhan get along well, Master is relieved."

Chu Lan was taken aback, but soon came back to her senses, her voice was a little more shy than a daughter's family, which was rare. "Master, don't make fun of your apprentice."

Daoist Yuan Hui smiled narrowly, his eyes full of affection.However, in the blink of an eye, his expression suddenly darkened. "As a teacher, I believe in the way of heaven all my life, and I teach you like this all day long, which makes you have many constraints. Feiyou, will you blame me?"

Chu Lan was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why Daoist Priest Yuan Hui asked such a question, but then he answered naturally: "Of course not." After a slight pause, he continued: "The way of heaven is permanent, this is the master leading me I have seen it. The disciple is stupid, and he is not as good as the master, but he still understands the truth. Yu Gong, as a disciple of Tianjimen, it is my duty to protect the way of heaven. She is a person of destiny. I was destined to marry her since I was a child. Yu Zi, you are the savior of our mother and daughter, and you have treated me with more kindness than my own daughter. Naturally, I will do my best to realize your long-cherished wish. "But a bit of bitterness rose in my heart, the word fate has already caught too many people.

Looking at the figure that had gradually disappeared, Chu Lan's voice was a little unreal. "I just hope that everyone can get what they want, and live up to this life."

Daoist Yuan Hui followed her gaze and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "Wishes are so vain, and those who are trapped in them are nothing but panic."

He looked at Chu Lan again, with a smile on his face, "You should be happy in your life. Men and women, and girls, are all guests in the world of mortals for a hundred years. Feiyou, cherish the people in front of you."

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A few days later, Gu Zizhan and his party arrived in Hedong Prefecture. Ma Chengda and others stayed in Bozhou, and Xing Kang took Gu Zizhan to continue to Cizhou.

After walking for another two days, he arrived in Cizhou. Xing Kang contacted the local state capital, found the Xiaoqiwei who was stationed there, and began to search Liu Chong's mansion.Sure enough, a lot of correspondence with Cao Guangshou was found, including Pei Wenqing, who accepted 10 taels of bribes.First pass this matter back to the capital, and everyone began to rummage in Liu's mansion.

Beside Gu Zizhan, apart from Zhang Guan and Li Dai, there was another young follower quietly.

Besides Chu Lan, who else could it be?

When Gu Zizhan saw Chu Lan for the first time, he was so shocked that he almost fell off his chair.

Chu Lan was dressed as a servant at this time, with a thin body, dark complexion, and two mustaches on her lips.

Smiling slightly, with two mustaches curled upwards, Chu Lan said in a hoarse voice, "Little man Chu Gui, I have met your son."

Gu Zizhan was stunned, and then burst out laughing.Chu Gui, Chu Gui!When the two of them got married that day, Gu Zizhan sang the doggerel outside Chu Lan's boudoir door, which together read "I love Chu boudoir"!Now that the rightful lord has come and accepted it openly, how can she not be happy?

Chu Lan made her blush with laughter, and angrily said to her, "Keep your voice down."

Gu Zizhan quickly covered his mouth, blinked, and asked her in a low voice, "Alan, Alan, why are you here?"

This man!Chu Lan was ashamed and annoyed, why did she come here? Could it be because she couldn't let go of the person in front of her?What Daoist Yuan Hui said that day touched her deeply.Life is in a hurry, is it really necessary to spend it in worries and escapes?Although she is not quite sure about her own intentions, she can no longer deceive herself and others with her concern and longing.Even though fate is inevitable, meeting this person in front of him can be regarded as a ray of starlight in the gloom.

What's annoying is that the usually shrewd people are now acting stupid and want to get to the bottom of it seriously.

Seeing that Chu Lan didn't answer, Gu Zizhan's eyes darkened a little, and he replied to himself: "I know, the crown prince must have asked you to come."

Chu Lan's heart ached from her anger.She has already called herself "Chu Gui", isn't the meaning of this obvious enough?It can be seen that Gu Zizhan's face is sad and sad, but he still can't bear it. Forget it, how could she not know that if it wasn't for the true love, how could this person in front of him be so worried about gain and loss.

Thinking that this person's worries about gains and losses were all caused by himself, he couldn't bear it in the end, so Chu Lan gave her a reproachful look, and answered her with feigned anger: "I'm here to see, I'm afraid that you, a suave young man, will carry your newlywed wife behind your back. Do something bad."

Gu Zizhan naturally knew that she was teasing him, but he was immediately appeased, with surprise in his eyes, he couldn't believe it, "Alan, Alan, do you miss me?"

Chu Lan's face became hot, she nodded and tried to calm down: "I wonder if you will be troubled by the case, and cry anxiously."

Gu Zizhan's brows and eyes were completely stretched, his eyes were deep, and joy flooded in his heart.Would ordinary boudoir close friends be as worried as they are?Does it mean that A Lan also has a little bit of unusual affection for her?

Going forward to hold Chu Lan's hand, Gu Zizhan's eyes were burning, and he couldn't help but say, "Alan, Alan, I'm so happy."

Under such gaze, Chu Lan's face was completely red.

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Beijing.

Dingguo government office.

The current Duke of Ding, Wang Yunhe, was anxiously pacing back and forth in the study.

Wang Yi, the steward of Duke Dingguo's mansion, stood behind him, silent like a cicada.

Suddenly, Wang Yunhe stopped, turned around and asked, "Why is there no news yet?"

Wang Yi bowed his head and replied: "The woman was seriously injured and blind, even if she escaped, she should not live long."

Wang Yunhe was furious: "Trash! If you cut the weeds and don't get rid of the roots, there will be endless troubles!" Just as he was about to continue scolding, he heard a knock on the door, and a servant came in and reported: "Mr. The body has been found outside the city."

Wang Yunhe's expression relaxed, and he couldn't help laughing: "Good! Very good! Destroy the body immediately, without leaving a trace!"

The servant backed out after responding, remembering that the corpse had already changed beyond recognition, seeing that Wang Yunhe didn't ask about it, he didn't elaborate.

Wang Yunhe looked at Wang Yi again, and reprimanded: "This time is a lesson, you will remember it for me, there will never be a next time!"

Wang Yi quietly wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and quickly responded.

Wang Yunhe's expression froze, and he said to him again: "Go, contact Xu Ruogu, Zhan Shi of the East Palace, and tell him that I will personally ask for an interview, and I have important matters to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Wang Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help looking at Wang Yunhe, "Duke, are you really planning... In this way, I'm afraid that my aunt will be in danger, and the Duke's mansion may... ..."

Wang Yunhe looked disturbed and interrupted him: "I don't care anymore! I can't let Dingguo Mansion be destroyed by my hands!"

Wang Yi quickly agreed and withdrew.

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A few days later, Xing Kang and Gu Zizhan had basically found out that Liu Chong had been greedy for money when he was working in the Zhan Shifu. Later, he asked his nephew Cao Guangshou to continue collecting money through the Department of Tibet. Doing business and making a lot of money.

It's just that the amount of money involved is huge, and the income from corruption alone cannot fully make up for it, and it can even be said to be a drop in the bucket.

In addition, the amount of fake official bank was found to be nearly one million, and Liu Chong was confirmed to have participated in the private casting of official bank.

The source of these stolen money and fake official silver is still not clear, but it is vaguely related to the two prefectures of Hedong and Hexi, which coincides with the place where the private casting of official silver was found before.

Xing Kang decided to report to Ma Chengda immediately, and rushed back to Bozhou to join him.

When Xing Kang and Gu Zizhan arrived, they found that Ma Chengda and the others had already left.

It turns out that Ma Chengda's situation here is more complicated.In this house of Cao Yan in Bozhou, I found a few more maps and put them together with the previous one, which happened to point to Dingzhou, which is not far from Bozhou and is also under the jurisdiction of Hedong Prefecture.Ma Chengda and the others went to Dingzhou according to the map.

Immediately, Xing Kang took Gu Zizhan to Dingzhou.

The location indicated by this map is Dancheng County under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou, which is actually a barren mountain.

The mountain is really desolate, it is still cold in March, the vegetation is all withered and has not yet sprouted new shoots.There are a few barren graves scattered among the dead trees, their shadows elongated by the setting sun, and when the wind blows, the light and shadows are messy, making them extremely bleak and cold.This mountain does not have a name, because there are several random graves on the mountain, the locals directly call it Grave Mountain.

After meeting Ma Chengda, Xing Kang and Gu Zizhan began to inquire about the progress of the case.

Ma Chengda has concluded that the utensils in the courtyard in Bozhou were indeed used to cast silver, and there are also some traces left in the courtyard, indicating that many people used to come and go here, but now it is empty.Asking the surrounding residents, some people also proved that many people lived here, and there were many carriages transporting goods to and fro, and some people even heard the noise of mechanical knocking from inside.

It can basically be proved that there was once a place where official silver was privately minted.

But in this way, this map appears a bit abrupt.

At first, Ma Chengda thought that this map should indicate where the fake official silver was stored, but after searching the cemetery, he couldn't find a place where he could store things.

That night, when they returned to their residence in Dancheng, General Ma Cheng asked Xing Kang to discuss the case, and Gu Zizhan walked around Dancheng with Fu You and others.

Fu You pulled Gu Zizhan, who hadn't seen him for many days, and showed extraordinary enthusiasm.

Gu Zizhan has a big head. When it comes to shopping, she only wants to hang out with Chu Lan, not with such a group of light bulbs.Being dragged by Fu You, Gu Zizhan asked him angrily, "Cousin Fu, where are you taking your brother-in-law?"

Fu You chuckled, and said, "My little cousin is not here, so don't call me that, or I won't be ashamed to take you to play." Now he accepts Gu Zizhan's brother-in-law quite well.

Blushing again, Fu You took Gu Zizhan aside with a bit of embarrassment, and whispered: "Don't look at me like that, it's, it's Wang Shuli, a bastard, he insists on taking me there to gain knowledge, I, I haven't been there before, I just want you to accompany me to strengthen my courage." Suddenly with his hips on his hands, Fu You raised his chin, "Don't forget that I know you have been there, don't try to fool me with this!"

Gu Zizhan was at a loss, "Can you explain more clearly, what is 'that'?"

Suddenly, a hoarse voice came from behind, "'Nah,' refers to Qing/Lou, right?"

Gu Zizhan and Fu You turned their heads together, and saw the dark-faced long follower "Chu Gui" following them.Gu Zizhan glanced at her, and suddenly felt that her face seemed to be getting darker.

Gu Zizhan looked terrified, and was so frightened that he could hardly speak. "No, no, no, no, no, I've only been there once, and it was all about business. I didn't even look at the other ones!"

Just heard Chu Lan say quietly, "That's just right, the son of the world can go and see clearly today."