Rui Hegui

On that day, after Jin Hao waited for the two adults to be safe, he was escorted by two hundred Fan's troops, detoured from Yanze to the north, and joined Jingmo and Yan Chang. More people went south, Yan Chang went to Tongzhi Xingshuo, and Jing Mo sent the news to the capital.

Tian Guang is also impatient, and has been worried about the progress of Xiangyuan City. He has already gathered the Ningzhou defenders on standby, so when Jin Hao handed him some of the criminal evidence compiled by Yan Chang and Zhao Liangyue, he didn't even look at it. He gave him the soldier talisman directly, and asked him to go south quickly with [-] soldiers and horses.

Therefore, Jin Hao was able to take the people out of Ningzhou in just over two days, which made Xiangyuan City a little surprised and caught off guard.

On the second day after Chu Bandit woke up, there was news that the Ningzhou defenders were going south. Chi Tingyu also began to explain the situation in the southwest border to Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue-the long-term existence of the black market, and the previous government of the three southwest states. Either by inaction or with evil intentions, they sent millions of real gold, silver and iron ore resources to Tuyuan. With this, Yeyuan recruited troops and made Kriti form a powerful army outside the control of the royal family. Waiting to attack Daxu in a few days and make an indelible contribution in order to seize the throne of the king's brother Ke Liqiu in the future. The situation is complicated and the war is about to break out.

Two days later, Jin Hao tore a hole in the north of Xiangyuan City, and then accelerated southward.

When Jin Hao rushed to Xiangyuan City with 3 people, the people in the city were empty, all the treasures were swept away, and all the ordinary residents were slaughtered. It was an empty city, just like a ghost city.

Only half an hour later, the Fan family army near Yanze received the bad news from Xiangyuan City. Fan Qiguang ordered people to set up ambushes on the north and south sides of Yanze respectively, and drove about 1 horses from Axisui to Yanze. After the ant poisonous miasma greeted him, he surrendered without fighting.

"Hey, you bastard defenders of Xiangyuan City, you used to be fish and meat people, if you go further to the southwest, you will be treason."

Among the 1 horsemen, apart from A Xisui's own [-] killers, the rest of the defenders were actually strangers to Ye Yuan. When Chi Tingyu appeared on Potou with a gun on his back, he was tall and imposing, and there were people on the spot. The veteran recognized him and shouted excitedly, "It's General Chi!"

No matter how long time has passed, no matter what crimes were convicted in the treason case back then, as long as Chi Tingyu, once one of the great gods of war, appears in the sight of everyone, it is difficult not to be attracted by him, even if he is already half a man. Huafa.

"Didn't General Chi die a long time ago?"

"Could it be that the entire Fan family army was not wiped out at all?"

"But back then, all the blood left on Kunshan was red..."

"Okay, I'm not Chi Tingyu, I'm just a bandit living in the swamp." Chi Tingyu smiled indifferently, raised his finger at Axisui, and said, "The two-headed leopard should have slipped away. This can’t be let go anymore, catch it alive.”

His subordinate Fan Jiajun took the lead and charged towards A Xisui.

A Xisui looked at Chi Tingyu who was enjoying himself on the hillside, his palms were covered with sweat.

Although he had never seen Chi Tingyu before, Tu Yuan suffered a lot from his murderous aura, which was like a long wind in late autumn, and his father and brother died under it.

He is Chi Tingyu!

"Stop me, I can't stop me from feeding you to the wolves, and your family can't escape!" A Xisui let the killers surround him in horror.

The defenders of Xiangyuan City, who were not aware of the situation around them, finally realized that the guest servant of General Luo whom they had been obeying all along was probably not loyal to Da Xu.

"What are you doing in a daze? That's Chi Tingyu, the court criminal 15 years ago, fuck me!" A Xisui shouted at the defenders, "Hurry up."

The surrounding defenders did not respond, and then the veteran put down his tasseled gun first, and then the rest of the defenders also dropped their weapons.

A Xisui was quickly captured alive. When Chi Tingyu raised his chin with the tip of a gun, his instinctive fear made him dare not look directly into Chi Tingyu's eyes.

"Your real identity is the fifth son of General Binu of the former Tuyuan Army, but it's a pity that you don't have the bravery of your father and brother, and you are just a mouse in the dark."

Chi Tingyu turned the tip of the gun slightly, A Xisui's neck was cut open, and warm blood flowed down.

"Actually, you are useless. For Tu Yuan today, your final order to escort the two-headed leopard away has been completed. For Da Xu, all the black market transactions you have done are already done, and arresting you will not help. But," Chi Tingyu leaned down, and said, "What I want to know is a clue related to the old case back then, a clue that is crucial and can open an important level in it."

Just last night, the lights in the stronghold were on all night. Chi Tingyu, Chu Gui and Zhao Liangyue sorted out all the clues of the current old case, and found that there was a very important clue that was still shrouded in fog, and it was that clue. What happened inside Fan Jiajun at that time seemed ordinary, but in fact, it was extremely frightening to think about and could not be explained.

For example, how did Yeyuan's first group of people sneak into the Fan family army under Fan Qiguang's command? After all, at that time, the Fan family army was established not long ago, and Fan Qiguang basically all the soldiers under him would personally intervene, and there were very few people in the world who could fool Fan Qiguang's eyes.

For another example, how did the secret works that were hidden very deeply and old like Nan Xing be sent to the senior officials, and how much is still hidden in the whole Daxu now?

Everything is foggy because of that broken thread, as if the truth is right in front of us, but it is so far away.

"General Chi, you know, people like us must have something in Ye Yuan's hands to work hard." A Xisui closed his eyes and said, "So, don't waste time, kill me. "

However, Axisui waited for a while, the spear point did not pierce his throat.

Chi Tingyu said: "You probably don't know. If you can find out that you are the fifth son of General Binu in the capital, you will naturally know what your sister is in the capital now. Is she called Ruan Yue? I see Go through her portrait and look carefully, your eyebrows and eyes are indeed similar."

A Xisui suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chi Tingyu.

"Oh, it's really true." Chi Tingyu smiled, "My apprentice-in-law guessed it based on the latest news from Beijing, but I didn't expect her guess to be so accurate. She's really too smart. Tsk tsk, my dog ​​apprentice is really good at matching her Pig arch cabbage."

A Xisui was confused by Chi Tingyu's words, but he knew that his sister's safety was already in the hands of these people.

Chi Tingyu asked: "So, can we talk now?"

A Xisui let out a long sigh, his whole body sank, and said: "There is an underground secret room in the study room in the backyard of Xiangyuan City Government Office, everything you want is there."

Chi Tingyu asked again: "What is that? Let me evaluate it first. Is it worth changing your sister's life?"

"Enough, enough for you to overturn the case." A Xisui finally looked up at Chi Tingyu, his eyes full of pleading, and said, "I betrayed Tu Yuan after all, I hope you will treat my sister well, and tell me the truth for me." She, don't go back to Tuyuan in the future."

As soon as the words fell, A Xisui thrust his neck forward violently, the point of the gun pierced through instantly, and blood spattered all over the ground.

On the southeast border of Yanze, Zhao Liangyue and Chu Bandit led people to hide behind the reeds, but until the end of noon, when the sun was high above their heads, they did not find any suspicious persons. This meant that the two-headed leopard had led people away from Da Xu The border is gone.

Bandit Chu leaned back against a tree, pulled Zhao Liangyue over, and sighed, "Where did that fellow run away from? Obviously even Yanze has an eyeliner."

Ever since the two parties' intentions were confirmed in the carriage, Chu Shangshu has become completely unscrupulous. As long as Mr. Zhao is out of sight, he will start looking around. Every meal should take advantage of Zhao Liang's unpreparedness, touch his hands and earlobes.

On the other hand, Mr. Zhao, every time he was molested by Chu Shangshu, he would stare at him, but as soon as Chu Shangshu started to cover his heart and pretend to be sick, Mr. Zhao thought that the arrow injury might not be healed, so he could only choose to compromise. Ren Chu Shangshu flattened and rubbed it into a circle.

Just like now, Zhao Liangyue was suddenly pulled into his arms, thinking that there were people around him, and wanted to break free, but seeing that Chu Bandit seemed to be involved in his actions, he frowned, and he didn't dare to move.

"Xi Lin, I found that you still don't feel sorry for senior brother at all." Bandit Chu took advantage of it and put his head on Zhao Liangyue's shoulder, complaining, "I was so worried that it would be unsafe for you to lead someone here alone, so I deliberately dragged you Followed by a sick body, your physical strength will be exhausted, but you..."

"Senior brother." Zhao Liangyue thought about what Chu Biao said, and hurriedly raised his arms to half hug Chu Biao - in this case, Chu Biao would have to talk all day every day, and he was already very helpless and comfortable with it.

Satisfied, Bandit Chu took the opportunity to kiss Zhao Liangyue sideways again.

Another half an hour later, Zhao Liangyue and Chu Bandit completely gave up guarding the Two-Headed Leopard, and when they were about to carry them back to the stronghold in Yanze, a black unicorn flew over from a distance.

Bandit Chu raised his hand to pick it up, but the black unicorn bypassed him directly and landed on Zhao Liangyue's other shoulder, and even tilted his head towards Zhao Liangyue to be cute, but probably the way was wrong, not only not cute, but also like a neck It looks like it's about to break, and it looks scary—Chu Biao remembered the scene where Chi Tingyu waved a branch at this black unicorn two days ago, probably training this?

Bandit Chu: "..."

Really, it's a lot of age, and sometimes it's not serious.

Chu bandit raised his hand and grabbed the black unicorn, took off the paper on his leg while it was thrashing and struggling, and then sent it to the sky just like the white pigeon that threw Jingji back then.

"It seems that Master has gained something." Bandit Chu opened the paper, scanned it with Zhao Liangyue, and said, "Master told us to go to the study room in the backyard of Xiangyuan City Mansion to check the underground secret room."

Zhao Liangyue nodded, and said: "There is a distance in the past, and the horse riding is bumpy. Brother, go back and rest. I will take someone there."

Bandit Chu dissatisfied: "Tsk, Xi Lin despises me again?"

Zhao Liangyue had no choice but to take Chu Bandit on the road, and because Chu Bandit was injured, the two rode together on the same horse—although in the end it was still Chu Bandit sitting behind, which could not be discussed.

The whole time, Jing Mo looked at his adult who had no bones to take care of, and pretended to be tall and reassuring to rely on: "..."

After the two brought a group of Ningzhou defenders to Xiangyuan City, Jing Mo quickly led people to inspect the government office again, and only after making sure that they were safe did they let them in.

The study room in the backyard of the government office is in the northwest corner, across a bamboo grove. Bandit Chu, who was immediately cleared up, started crying again, so Zhao Liangyue had to help him walk carefully.

In fact, after taking control of Xiangyuan City, Yan Chang led people to turn the government office upside down, but at that time no underground secret room was found.

Jing Mo led people to guard near the study, while Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue opened the door and entered.

After entering the study, Chu Bandit looked around, reluctantly let go of Zhao Liangyue, resumed Chu Shangshu who was serious about handling cases on weekdays, paced among the calligraphy, paintings and antique shelves in the study, stretched out his fingers to check, knocked on the wall .

In the end, bandit Chu stopped in front of a Buddhist shrine, directly blasphemed the Buddha, and split the shrine with a knife, revealing a sophisticated mechanism inside.

Zhao Liangyue walked over, took a closer look at the lock, the design was extremely ingenious, and sighed softly.

Chu Bandit smiled and asked: "What's the matter, can't Xi Lin be untied? How about I show you my hands, brother?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Liangyue's hand went around Chu Bandit, twisted the lock three or five times, and said: "I am not as good as senior brother Qimen Dunjia, but it is still possible to pick the lock."

Chu bandit rolled his peachy eyes and said, "Tsk, our Xilin fruit is really a rare and exquisite person, and he looks extremely handsome. I will have to watch it when I return to Beijing, and I can't let others covet and snatch it away."

Zhao Liangyue's ears turned red, and he hurriedly pushed open the door of the secret room, wanting to step in, but was stopped by Chu Bandit: "How can you let Xi Lin go in front?"

With that said, Bandit Chu first threw a handful of copper coins towards the secret road, then lit a lamp with a fire pocket and put it on.

The two walked down the stairs, and within a few steps, they saw the secret room, in which the hanging veil could be vaguely seen fluttering, like a ghost, with a bit of weirdness.

Chu bandit went over and lit the lamp inside, and the light instantly illuminated the whole secret room, and both of them were startled.

Here is a small sacrificial place!

The object of sacrifice was painted on a portrait in the middle. Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue stood at the entrance this time, their sights were blocked by the veil, so they couldn't see clearly.

But based on the vague outline, it is probably known to be a woman.

Who would put a portrait of a woman in such a dark and secret room for worship?

The two pushed aside the veil and walked in.

Just when Zhao Liangyue saw the woman in the portrait clearly, he was about to talk to Chu Bandit when he turned his head and found that Chu Bandit had been struck by lightning and was stunned, looking at the woman in disbelief, then looking down, looking After glancing at Tu Yuan's writing on the side, the hand hanging by his side was trembling.

Zhao Liangyue frowned, and looked at the portrait, only to see the letter: "The flowers blooming under the moonlight in the western region are guiding her people to open up eternal prosperity. Our eternal Zidar, Tu Yuan Wanmin will never forget Goddess."

Zidar, in Tu Yuan’s language, it means a heroine, that is, the so-called secret works of Tu Yuan. Most of them are not left with their names, let alone their portraits. Those who ask A Xisui to set up a secret room for sacrifice can only explain , this Zidar has a very high reputation in the hearts of the Tuyuan people. In other words, it is the secret work that played a key role in the old conspiracy 15 years ago, and it is the last clue they lack.

Zhao Liangyue had a bad premonition in his heart.

Chu Bandit walked to the portrait step by step with difficulty, and did not move for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Bandit looked sideways at Zhao Liangyue, from which Zhao Liangyue saw intense sadness and pain, rushing toward him like a tide, giving people a sense of suffocation in despair.

Zhao Liang took two steps forward, held Chu Bandit's hand, and found that his hand was cold.

Bandit Chu said in a hoarse voice, "Xi Lin, the woman in the portrait is... Teacher's Wife."

Zhao Liangyue was startled when he heard the words, like falling into an ice cellar.

That strange woman who was described by Chu Bandit as the most gentle in the world, but at the same time, a doctor with a benevolent heart and a tough character, once gave the teacher the most unforgettable husband and wife friendship, gave Chu Bandit mother and child meticulous care, and gave Fan Jiajun the most timely when they were injured or sick Efficient treatment.

She came from a famous family of the Zhao family, was the first wife of the emperor's teacher Wang Yu, was a doctor accompanied by the Fan family army, and had been granted the title by the late emperor. She was so perfect that no one would doubt her.

When she occasionally brings back an outdated frontier soldier, when she occasionally recommends a fellow villager to join the Fan family army, when she occasionally releases the so-called orphans in the family of the senior officials who have been friends with Wang Taboo, etc. Huapi put the insects and ants one by one into the embankment of thousands of miles, until finally the boat sank, and the thread drawn by her had already formed a huge net, which firmly tied the Fan family army who was a great threat to Tu Yuan. Liusheng Gate.

"So, Nan Xing didn't betray me because of my mother." Chu Bandit said, "Because from the beginning, she was my wife, no, it should be said that Tu Yuan carefully arranged for me."

Zhao Liangyue hugged Chu Bandit and said, "Senior Brother..."

"Xilin, do you know? Everyone, all of us, have never doubted her." Chu bandit hugged Zhao Liangyue tightly in his arms, as if grabbing a piece of driftwood, "Even if it is Wang Xian and At the same time, she is full of doubts in the case of the teacher, whether it is me, Xing Shuo, Master, or Senior Xue, no one has ever doubted her."

Zhao Liangyue thought that his teacher had been staying in Xuanshan, Maozhou before his death, and he must have missed his dead wife in every possible way, but he didn't know that the gentle knife in the world is the deadliest, attacking the heart is far better than attacking the city. Big and endless, immeasurable.

Injured by loved ones, all the damage will be infinitely magnified.

But Chu Bie couldn't grieve for too long, so he cheered up quickly, and quickly returned to the study with Zhao Liangyue, alienated the news and possible relationship network related to this "Zhao family", and then wrote three letters as code words, Ask Jingmo to quickly send the letter to Kyoto, Mobei and Jiangnan.

At the same time, Xue Ran, who had been guarding near the Qiangqian Pass, suddenly noticed a change outside the pass.