Rui Hegui

For the next whole day, the attendant at the door found that his family's Rakshasa, who used to have cramps when he was moving, and digging holes for others to jump when he was still, was in a very good mood, and he even rewarded them with a few things.

Then one of the servants guessed that Mr. Zhao was related, so he began to be smart, and took the opportunity to step forward when Chu Biao was looking through the official documents, and said, "I just saw that Mr. Zhao's mood has improved a lot, and it's because you have taken good care of him. "

Chu Bandit took the time to glance at him, and there was a small smile on the corner of his mouth, giving people the illusion that "in fact, Chu Shangshu and others are kind and warm".

The attendant then said again: "Actually, Mr. Zhao also values ​​you very much!"

"You don't need to say this, I have eyes."

"My lord fell asleep in the morning, I really don't know." The attendant paused for a while, seeing Chu Bandit raised his head, and said, "My lord, you don't know something. Master Zhao is waiting at the door early this morning. I'm afraid I disturbed your rest and didn't call you!"

Bandit Chu frowned slightly, and asked, "When did Xilin come here?"

"About dawn."

"In other words, you've been standing there for about half an hour?" Bandit Chu narrowed his eyes and looked at the servant.

The servant still didn't know that the disaster was coming, so he smiled and said: "My lord, you can't say 'it's only half an hour', Mr. Zhao is still sick."

Immediately, Bandit Chu's complexion changed suddenly, and he returned to his frosty Rakshasa appearance in the Ministry of Punishment. The attendant suddenly didn't dare to look directly, feeling bad, and quickly knelt down.

"You also know Mr. Zhao is still sick, so you still let him stand outside for so long, what I said before, why didn't you come in and report me?" Bandit Chu got up, kicked the servant over, and reprimanded , "I don't know where Jingmo found you brainless waste."

"Damn it!"

"Damn it, but what's the use of dying?" Bandit Chu turned around, and said with a hand on his forehead, "When Jing Mo comes back, let him deal with you himself. Get out."

The valet quickly rolled away.

Bandit Chu sorted out the official documents on the desk, picked some up, and went to Zhao Liangyue's room.

At that time Zhao Liangyue was sorting out the things in his pamphlet and drawing on the paper, when he heard the sound of footsteps, he knew that Chu Bandit was coming, so he asked, "Did you find some clues?"

"Well, after three days of tossing and prying out something from the mouths of all parties." Bandit Chu went to sit down opposite Zhao Liangyue, and said, "The criminal evidence currently held by the Ministry of Punishment is easy to kill Wu Yi, but It's hard to move the few people around him."

Zhao Liangyue nodded, and said: "Indeed, if Wu Yi is beheaded at this time, there will be no proof of death, but it will give other people a chance to excuse themselves."

"Do you still remember that master named Pei Qu? I sent Jing Mo to investigate, and all the children of this family are in the city, but he has almost never returned home, and has been living in the government office."

"It seems that his identity is mostly borrowed from others." Zhao Liangyue thought for a while, and said in doubt, "Such an unknown person can make the forces of Wang Han in the capital and Ningzhou treat him politely. Could it be that Wang Han is behind his back?" Powerful?"

"But I haven't found such a force in the capital, and Yunhezi has never found it in the Jianghu. If it really exists, it will be like a ghost hidden in the invisible. It is a turbulent wave hidden in the dark, and it is bound to fall into great danger. "

Zhao Liangyue asked: "You want to find out Pei Chun's identity when dealing with Wu Yi?"

"Yes, I have already asked Jingmo to bring Jiang Zheng, who was sent to prison overnight, to join the army, and to review overnight." Chu Bandit said, "Although this person is Wu Yi's in-law, he helped Xu Guangchuan when he left Ningzhou, so Wu Yi fabricated an unjust case and threw him into prison, so he should know a lot."

"So, what we need is time. I heard from Zhuo Chuan that Song Yu is in Tang County, and Wu Yi is being suppressed by us. He will definitely call Song Yu back. He will come here in about five days. We only have two It's time." Zhao Liangyue thought for a while, then raised his head and asked, "The right side of Ningzhou is Hezhou, the former magistrate of Hezhou became an official last year, who is the present?"

"Jin Rui, the former co-prefect of Hezhou, was born as a Confucian general, and he has some skills. Five years ago, buying and selling officials and nobles became popular in Hezhou, and he solved it with thunderous means."

Zhao Liangyue showed the map on the pamphlet to Chu Bandit, slid his finger on it, and said, "This is the topographic map I have drawn since I approached Ningzhou. Although Shaoshan is like a natural barrier, it separates the The road between Kyoto and the counties in the northwest, but there is an obstacle between Hezhou and Hezhou, if Song Yu launches a disaster and Hezhou is willing to help, it will increase the chances of winning a lot."

"Xi Lin and I thought about it together." Chu bandit smiled slightly, and said, "However, half a day is enough to try a case full of loopholes like Jiang Zheng. I want to borrow the purpose of the Hezhou garrison. After finding out that Tangxian Iron Mine is in contact with Kyoto, prevent the Zhennan Army from destroying the corpses and eradicating traces."

"Indeed, on the way we came to Ningzhou, there were still dead men chasing after us. If we really brought something back, the Zhennan Army probably would have no scruples and would have shot directly." Zhao Liangyue was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said, "It seems that the senior brother has already borrowed it, but Hezhou can't call the defenders under the order of the Ministry of War. This is a very important matter. Can Jin Rui agree so readily?"

"Because Jin Rui came to Beijing with the former magistrate of Hezhou five years ago. I used a false identity to inquire about the case of buying and selling officials in Hezhou. He didn't know until the matter was resolved that it was my treacherous plan, but it was too late. It’s late, the favor has already been owed. In addition, in the next few years, I took time from time to time to help him defend against impeachment and promote him, so the favor is even greater.”

Zhao Liangyue couldn't help laughing, thinking, this is really in line with Chu Bandit's style.

"By the way, there are also some documents brought from Yicheng, which are considered evidence, but not ironclad evidence. They are all things that can be pretended to be vague and discarded. This is why Wu Yi did not try to stop them. However, there are two of them. It's puzzling." Bandit Chu said as he handed it to Zhao Liangyue, and said, "Look, Xilin, these belong to Tang County's storehouse official Pu Mo and Gong Cao Xia Xi respectively, and these two are the most diligent in submitting official documents, and they never stop. What was reported was not urgent business, but two people exposing each other's greed for ink, and what they said was obviously false, obviously framing the blame."

Zhao Liangyue nodded, quickly scanned the documents, and said: "It seems that these two people have no sense of proportion and insist on a war of words on the documents."

"But after reading it for a long time, I always feel that there are articles in it, and they seem to be conveying some news." Chu Bandit took a cup and poured tea, but did not drink it, but dipped it with his fingers, and drew a picture of Ningzhou on the table. The general outline was circled in the southwest direction again, and said, "In the documents of the two of them, the most mentioned thing is that the other party borrowed Tang County's disaster relief to raise money, but each time it was only a few sentences, which were covered by other things in a long space. past."

"Wait, in the last two letters, each of them has a small poem with Tibetan acrobatics, both emphasizing a place, Cangqing Mountain." Zhao Liangyue raised his head and asked, "Did Xu Guangchuan mention this place to you before?"

"No, it's the first time I've heard of this place, but the Zhuo family is from the Jianghu, so I should know something." Bandit Chu summoned his servants and ordered, "Go and invite the brothers and sisters of the Zhuo family."

Zhuo Chun and Zhuo Chuan came up quickly.

Zhao Liangyue asked: "Miss Zhuo and Shaoxia Zhuo, do you know Cangqing Mountain in Ningzhou?"

Zhuo Chun replied: "Zhuo's family often runs darts in the east, Ningzhou doesn't come much, and I haven't been here before, but Zhuo Chuan seems to have been here once in memory, and he mentioned Cangqing Mountain."

"It seems to have such a thing." Zhuo Chuan racked his brains to think about it, and suddenly said, "I remembered! I came here with my father once when I was young, and I did pass by. I love bandits... Wait a minute, could it be that the bandits from Cangqing Mountain attacked us that day?"

"Probably so." Zhao Liangyue asked again: "Do you still remember what year it was?"

Zhuo Chuan touched the back of his head, wondering: "I only remember that I came here a long time ago, but I don't remember the specific year."

Zhuo Chun said: "It's the 53rd year of Jianning."

"Sister, you remember so clearly!"

"Because you were just seven years old that year, and you clamored to run darts, but you were the only child in your family, and your parents didn't agree. But in the end, you couldn't be persuaded, so your father had to take you by his side."

"It was 16 years ago." Bandit Chu thought for a while, and said, "The Cangqing Mountain at that time was probably a veritable den of bandits."

The Zhuo brothers and sisters were puzzled when they heard the words, but Zhao Liangyue knew the meaning of Chu Bandit's words, so they changed the subject with the Zhuo brothers and sisters, and briefly talked about the Tang County clerk, to see if they could think of something based on it.

"According to Mr. Zhao's words, I do remember that Cangqing Mountain is fairly close to Tang County, it is in the southwest of Tang County." Zhuo Chuan said again, "But the two officials in Tang County took great pains to beat around the bush like this. The land is sent to Yicheng, and the one who can read these documents is Wu Yi himself, if Wu Yi finds out, won't this be a direct disaster?"

Zhuo Chun shook his head, and said: "Wu Yi hardly cares about government affairs and spends his days idle, so most of the documents just don't reach his eyes, not to mention that the previous documents of these two people have always been boring and annoying. Few are willing to read it. I just don’t know who I want to pass this news on to.”

Zhao Liangyue said: "From what Senior Brother Ju said, I deduce that this news was passed on to us."

The brothers and sisters of the Zhuo family were puzzled at the same time: "Senior brother?"

Bandit Chu smiled and said, "It's me."

The brothers and sisters of the Zhuo family were stunned for a moment, but Zhuo Chun saw that Zhao Liangyue yelled very smoothly, and Chu Bandit himself accepted it with peace of mind, so he didn't ask any more questions, but Zhuo Chuan became curious again, but was cut off by Zhuo Chun immediately up.

"What Xilin said is true." Bandit Chu picked up the previous documents and handed them to Zhuo Chun, and said, "These two people were just slobbering documents before we came to Ningzhou, obviously they have been making preparations for a long time. , and began to carry the news secretly, which coincided with the time when we came to Ningzhou. Therefore, I suspect that there is any key evidence in Cangqing Mountain."

Zhuo Chun understood, and asked: "Master Chu wants me to go to Cangqing Mountain in advance?"

"Exactly, we need to stay in Ningzhou City for now." Bandit Chu ordered, "When you arrive at Cangqing Mountain, find a way to contact the people there and see if you can find out something."

Zhuo Chun took the order, told Zhuo Chuan a few words, and immediately set off.

Zhao Liangyue took the official document and compared it, and said puzzledly: "Every time these two people expose each other, the amount of gold and silver in the same matter marked in the same matter is different. It seems that it was fabricated at will for the purpose of framing, but since it is specially written Tibetan acrostics lead us to Cangqing Mountain, so these numbers probably have a lot to say, and..." Zhao Liangyue glanced at Zhuo Chuan, Zhuo Chuan retreated wisely, and then Zhao Liangyue said, "I see the reaction of senior brother , it should be expected that Xue Ran is undoubtedly in Cangqing Mountain, so most of the documents are also related to him. I was thinking, if he led us there, is he going to cut off your head, or give a share to save Ning? Give us the evidence that the state was in trouble."

"I bet on the latter."

Chu Bandit looked sideways at the vast blue sky, without any cloud shadows, just like a pool of clear water, so clear that people feel unreal, but in the eyes of those who look at it, they are extraordinarily firm and convinced.

Zhao Liangyue suddenly recalled that Xue Ran didn't point the blade at him when he stabbed at him, but chose to block and close the knife. In front of my eyes, I can still think that it is a gentleman who is truly benevolent and righteous if he does not harm the innocent.

Zhao Liangyue laughed suddenly and said, "Then I'll bet on the latter too."

Bandit Chu turned his head and looked at Zhao Liangyue in a little astonishment, then Taohua smiled, and said sickly again: "Xilin, did you see that your brother made a bet, so you just hold the phrase "marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog" Follow the dog' mentality?"

Zhao Liangyue suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Master Chu is too worried."

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore." Chu Bandit showed no signs of admitting his mistakes, but he still pretended to be pitiful, "Don't take back the word "Senior Brother", this is the name I got from going up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire. It's really not easy."

"..." Why did it sound like I was ungrateful.

Just as Zhao Liangyue was about to say something to Chu Bandit, Jing Mo came back, and the people involved in Taoism were already waiting in the government office.

Bandit Chu frowned slightly, and asked, "Didn't I ask you to guard it yourself and send someone back to inform me?"

"My lord, there is Youbai here, how can I be used?" Jing Mo hurriedly said, "Master Zhao sent him there early in the morning, and that Pei Chi wanted to run away halfway, and used a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain. I was deceived. Fortunately, Yubai, who was guarding the eaves, saw it, and tied it back in two or three strokes."

Chu Bandit glanced at him, and reprimanded: "I'm ashamed to say, what's wrong with you and your subordinates recently, it's useless to stuff one by one? When you return to Beijing, spit out all your two-year case money!"

Jing Mo let out a cry, then immediately lowered his head, put on a bitter face, and said, "But that Pei Chi is really cunning, and why do my subordinates make mistakes? I'm here every day, why didn't I see...My lord , Mr. Zhao, you wait for me!"

Chu bandit had already brought Zhao Liangyue downstairs and rode to the government office.

The sky is sinking and the setting sun is like blood. It is the time when the tired birds return to the forest, but some people are witnessing the final sunset, either for atonement, or for the right path, or for destiny.