long old

The task is to hold the mentality of muddling along.

When His Royal Highness ordered him to go up the mountain to lurk in Langqing Village, he never gave any particularly important tasks, but just smiled with a magic stick and said: "When the time comes, you will find out the meaning of loneliness. Until then, you can stay in the cottage with peace of mind."

Having said that, Bai Chen had no choice but to obey his orders.

There are not many interesting things in Langqing Village.The village owner Lin Yan is a coward.After doing the business that may be the biggest ticket in his life, he will stay behind closed doors.

Even the three meals a week are delivered to his room by his close subordinates, his wife and auntie, and then the leftovers are sent to the kitchen for cleaning, so he is nowhere to be seen.

Bai Chen also tried to talk to other bandits, trying to get some useful advice.

As a result, when they heard Bai Chen's question, their eyes became evasive and their words were evasive.Bai Chen could only learn a little information from those few words.

Lin Yan, the owner of the Langqing village, is eccentric, timid and fearful, and was forcibly forced into the position by the former village owner.

Moreover, even if he is so useless, he has been sitting firmly on the position of the village leader, relying entirely on the support of the person behind him - no one knows who it is.

He never showed his face, but he convinced all the bandits, even if he was jealous, he didn't dare to do anything wrong, and he didn't even dare to use dirty tricks.

Rong Mo frowned, flipped through some information that had nothing to do with the purpose of this trip, and spent a long time picking and choosing before finding what he needed.

"...I and those few people were bored and walked around the village, and I was already a little sleepy. But the others were still silent and meticulously inspecting the surrounding situation. So I had no choice but to force my yawn back Throat, continue to wander with them. Suddenly..."

Bai Chen didn't know whether it was the second or fourth lap when he passed the bedroom where Lin Yan usually stayed, but he found that the wing room was pitch-black in recent nights, but today the room was filled with bright lights.

He suddenly felt something was wrong, stopped his pace, and walked to the side silently.

After several times of observation and practice, Bai Chen has already figured out that once the people at the end of their night patrol team slip away, they won't notice-as long as they appear once at the beginning and end, and they will be able to get their heads together. Well, it can't go too far wrong.

Bai Chen hunched over, quietly staying on the roof and eavesdropping on the movement inside the house.Another middle-aged man's voice came from the room: "Which adult really gave that order?" His words revealed a strong sense of urgency and persecution.

There seemed to be another person in the room, but Bai Chen couldn't hear his voice anyway, he could only hear the man's voice: "Really? Then it means that the information about His Highness and the others coming to rescue the disaster is not groundless?"

Bai Chen couldn't help but widen his eyes in amazement. The news of their arrival was only known to officials of the fifth rank and above in the imperial court. Who did the news come from?

He forced himself to calm down, put aside this question and ignored it, and continued to listen: "You actually did something to His Royal Highness! It was a waste of me instigating the owner of Qingfeng Village for so long to relieve that adult from any worries. Who knew that you... Alas!" He sighed and couldn't bear to continue.

Bai Chen bent down, wanting to hear more clearly, but only heard the man's whole body order: "Hurry up and send my answer to your lord. As for me, I will deal with that gentleman on the roof."

Hearing his final breath gradually become more pronounced, Bai Chen immediately turned around and jumped off the roof, just in time to join the night watch team, pretending to be deaf and dumb to patrol.

Lin Yan opened the door, jumped up to the roof angrily, and checked the situation, but found that there was no one on the roof, so he had to call the captain of the patrol and question him carefully: "Have you seen anyone wandering around my house?" ?”

That captain is a foolish and reckless man, who has martial arts and loyalty, but never thinks seriously.So he just replied: "Yes, a few of us have been patrolling here. Do you have any questions?"

Lin Yan became even more angry, but he just held back his temper and explained to him more clearly: I mean, is there anyone here to poke around and ask for information? "

Bai Chen's heart tightened suddenly, but fortunately the team leader only answered inexplicably: "No. There is a famine in Zhaoyuan City recently, and even the government officials don't want to hang out here, and there are no woodcutters going up the mountain to cut firewood. Here It was our brothers who started watching here. Don’t worry, there will be absolutely no problems!”

He boasted Haikou so much, although Lin Yan looked suspicious, but because of his certainty, he could only choose to believe him.

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, Bai Chen almost laughed out loud in the team.

Rong Mo turned the letter to the end, and said with a blank expression: "...The above is all I have discovered. Please reply as soon as possible after your highness recovers. Bai Chen."

Rong Mo couldn't help feeling a little headache, but had no choice but to put the letter aside properly.

He couldn't say that the news sent by Bai Chen was meaningless, but it didn't help their overall task very much, and many messages could even be called cumbersome.

Except for the "adult", who already knew that he came here as an imperial envoy to provide disaster relief and investigate corrupt officials, the other information was basically consistent with what Rong Mo knew and the conclusions he deduced, and there was not much difference.

But at this moment, even if he knew that there was a traitor in the court, Rong Mo had nothing to do about it.Rong Mo always felt that the process of this case was too consistent and similar to the case that Yan Ci and Zhang Cherui experienced back then, as if this kind of case was specially customized for him.

It's just that Rong Mo never compromises like Zhang Zerui, and does those business that lose money. What he believes in is to take the initiative and strike first.As for the future, let's think about it in the long run.All in all, the opponent must never be given the chance to stand up.

Rong Mo is still young, energetic and impetuous, he doesn't know that waiting is the most important thing.Of course, this is not a big problem in itself, time will teach us all.

Rong Mo got up, asked the waiter for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote back to Bai Chen.After finishing writing, he put it in a gold-plated envelope, tied it to the leg of the pigeon that Shan Fan brought back, and released the pigeon.

Rong Mo adjusted his clothes, took Mo Xuan again, and whispered: "Wake up Wei Yan. Let him come with us. You stay in the inn and wait for Wen Han and the boy to wake up. Then take them to find Bai Chen. "

Shan Fan subconsciously nodded, and couldn't help asking: "Where are you going?"

Rong Mo had already stepped out of the door with one foot. Hearing this, he casually asked, "The City Lord's Mansion."

The author has something to say: as soon as Qingming is updated, and when it is updated on Sunday or Saturday, Volume [-] will be completed.

I have to go back to school on Sunday afternoon, so I'm not sure if I can post, see you in the manuscript box.

☆, shake the city (pick up nine)

Wei Yan's complexion was very bad. No one would be in a good mood when they were told that there was one last thing to be done when they could finally rest after a long time of busy work.

But after completing this task, it is logical to say goodbye to the emperor and return home.It was for this reason that Wei Yan was willing to fool around with His Highness the Crown Prince.

Therefore, he complained and complained, and he still had patience, and obediently took the things His Royal Highness explained, and while sorting them out, carefully arranged them according to the year, and followed Shan Fan out of the inn.

Rong Mo walked in front with a blank expression, holding Mo Xuan's hand, walking faster and faster, while constantly calculating the countermeasures in his mind.

He has always been such a character, although what he said sounds very muddled and useless at first glance, but after stringing together, it feels unbelievably delicate.Moreover, the further you go to the back, the less obvious it is.

Mo Xuan lowered his eyebrows and followed him slowly.He always felt that this incident was a bit deliberate, as if it was to restore the incident seven years ago, and then set a trap for them.

Along the way, they were like marionettes, being led by the puppeteer who manipulated the thin strings behind them, and stumbled into the trap without realizing it.

When he was finally captured by the hunter, he suddenly realized, but he had no choice but to give up struggling.

Mo Xuan has been used to this way of life since he was a child, but, selfishly, he doesn't want Rong Mo to become a person like himself, imprisoned here by an invisible cage, with no strength to escape, but he is not willing to be ordinary .

He only wants to die in exchange for the coming of freedom.

Rong Mo walked to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, knocked on the door knocker despite the obstruction of the two guards, and waited for the butler to open the door for him.

But before someone opened the door for him, the two servants grabbed Rong Mo's arm impatiently and dragged him outside.

Rong Mo's eyes were fixed, he broke away from their hands effortlessly, and whispered disgustedly: "You don't need to waste your energy, I will go by myself. However, I have urgent news to report to the city lord. If you miss the opportunity, Can you afford it?"

Rong Mo said, without any explanation, he led Mo Xuan out.

Those two young men were also people who hadn't seen much of the world, so they heard that the wind was rain.Seeing that he was so sure and threatening, they panicked.Seeing him walking out without hesitation, he was immediately disrupted.

The two glanced at each other and discussed countermeasures with each other: "Do you think what he said is true?"

"I think it's kind of true. But is what a child said believable?"

The other person also didn't believe it or not, and wasn't quite sure, so he just stood there anxiously, staring at the backs of the two walking away.

The other person also turned around to look at them, and seeing that they were about to go out of his field of vision, he gritted his teeth cruelly and shouted to them: "Hey, those two people in front, come back first, let's go for a while." I believe you, but we need to ask more clearly."

Rong Mo paused in his footsteps, knowing that they had already been shaken, he couldn't help but curl his lips, but it didn't show on his face.

However, after hearing the second half of his sentence, he didn't stop. Instead, he sped up his pace and continued to walk forward, as if he was really in a hurry to do another thing and gave up lobbying them.

The two people saw that it was okay, and that they delayed things, and neither of them could bear the responsibility. They glanced at each other, hurriedly chased after them, grabbed Rong Mo's arm, and begged him for mercy: "We really believe it. As soon as you go back with us, we will report to the city lord. He will definitely listen to your opinion and have an interview with you."

Rong Mo stopped in his tracks and squinted at them with a sideways look, showing a little more impatience.

He shook off their hands, doubts appearing on his face: "What you said is true?"

The two young men nodded repeatedly and urged: "Is there still a fake? In short, you go back first."

Rong Mo turned around and replied distrustfully: "Okay, Gu Gu can go back first, but you guys have to hurry up, this is really very important information."

Mo Xuan beside him also nodded solemnly, deliberately pretending to be in a hurry, and said softly: "Please hurry up, my two friends, we still have to continue our journey. If we don't have some friendship with the city lord, we will I don’t want to go into this muddy water.”

Those two young men were hesitant at first, and listening to them like this, one singing a bad face, and the other singing a "red/faced" song, the mind was even more chaotic, and it was easy to talk about the two seemingly indifferent The person who wished coaxed him back to the City Lord's Mansion, and rushed into Zou Ming's study in a hurry.

Zou Ming was talking with others at the moment, when he saw the two of them barging in recklessly and interrupting their conversation, his face suddenly became very ugly.

He was about to reprimand, when the two servants hurriedly reported: "My lord, there are two well-dressed young masters waiting for you in front of the city mansion, and they said that they have very urgent news to report to you. "

Zou Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, nodded casually, and said to the person he was talking to: "You go back first, I guess I have to go out to take care of a few people."

The man nodded in a muffled voice, and the servant followed the master's words and looked over at the guest, but was taken aback by him.

However, it's not because that person looks too ferocious, on the contrary, that young man is wearing a very gorgeous red dress, and there is a tear mole on his face.

His eyes were very scattered, as if he was wandering in the sky, and when he looked closely, he found that he was only full of arrogance and contempt.

He raised his head, glanced at Zou Ming, and said softly, "Okay. It just so happens that I've been away for too long, and my lord will be suspicious."

It wasn't until the young master climbed out of the backyard from the wall, jumped into the carriage and drove away alone, that Zou Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the two young men, "Did the two young masters say that there was something wrong?" Want to sue?"

The two of them thought about it carefully, and they were both stunned. After a while, they replied hesitantly: "No, they didn't say it clearly, they only said it was a very important matter, so... ··”

Before he finished speaking, Zou Ming interrupted him impatiently with a penetrating gaze: "Then let them go back, if they don't even explain anything clearly, they must be liars."

The master was so sure, the two servants naturally believed it, and felt a little more annoyed at the two young masters, so they took a basin of water cursingly, walked out of the house, and faced the waiter who was still waiting at the door. Two people, throw it on their heads.

It was only a few days of the first lunar month at this time, and there was even thin ice in the water, which added a bit of chill to the face just like that.

If only Rong Mo suffers from this, that's all.But there is an extra Mo Xuan in the middle, and he has been cold since he was a child. He relies on his own martial arts training. When he goes out, no matter how much he persuades him, he refuses to add a piece of clothing.

Rong Mo even lowered his face and came to force him, but Mo Xuan also did his own thing, just barely draped a cloak loosely around his shoulders, and then stubbornly dragged him out.

It's not that Rong Mo never thought about having a serious discussion with him, but every time he called, "Ziqing." He would turn his head, as if he knew what he was thinking, and give him a sideways glance, which was better than Chunhua's. .

Rong Mo's heart softened in an instant, so he could only grab his hand pretending to be serious, kissed him lightly for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "You just rely on it."

Mo Xuan was just startled, and then blushed and laughed, not sure if it was because of this sentence, or he laughed too much.Rong Mo wasn't sure.

Although his thoughts were not here, Rong Mo subconsciously took off his coat and put it on Mo Xuan.

But Mo Xuan stubbornly refused to take it, because Rong Mo was standing in front of him before, and he only splashed a few drops of water, obviously he would be much more embarrassed than himself at this moment.

Indeed, when Rong Mo saw that he was determined not to take it, he realized that his clothes were soaked and his long hair was dripping with water.

When Rong Mo realized this, his expression changed suddenly.First he was stunned, and then he looked at the two with a bit of grievance. The pair of black and white peach blossom eyes were so pure and innocent that they felt a little guilty for what they had done.

But when they recalled Zou Ming's words, they immediately hardened their hearts and reprimanded them: "Go, go, since you have something to do, don't waste your time here. Our city lord has a lot to do every day and doesn't like to spend time on boring things." waste time."

Rong Mo shrugged, and didn't want to waste his words.Now it's not like I didn't remind them.

Rong Mo watched the two servants turn and enter the mansion, and the moment they closed the door, he nodded slightly to Wei Yan who was watching the play.

Wei Yan was holding a large stack of scrolls, walked over unsteadily, accidentally bumped into a drunk beside him, and scattered the scrolls all over the floor.

He hurriedly made a gesture to pick it up, and the enthusiastic people around him helped him.

Wei Yan thanked softly, and accidentally bumped into one of them, and it unfolded accordingly.The curious people beside him began to read: "The city lord, Zou Ming, is licentious and immoral, he bullies others by taking advantage of his power, and robs people's daughters by force. The whole family is young and old, and only children are left to feed."

He was stunned, Wei Yan blocked the scroll in a panic, and shouted: "Don't... don't look at it, these are the complaints received in the past few days, and the city lord asked us to deal with them, so we can't look at them."

Having said that, after all, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, no matter how hard you try to stop them, you can't resist so many people, the scrolls soon got into other people's hands, and they read aloud one by one: "Dog Zou Ming, return my money, for my own sake!" Selfishness, raising prices, and taking the opportunity to plunder money."

"Bullshit city lord, bullshit parent officer..."

They couldn't help but look at each other as they read one by one, and one of them murmured, "Good scolding, great scolding!"

Wei Yan couldn't help laughing secretly in his heart: "Of course this effect must be achieved. After all, it was Bai Chen and His Highness who exhausted their time and effort in carving and making. The other part was taken from the City Lord's Mansion together, which is considered as a reward for His Highness's jade pendant."

As they recited one by one, the crowd became more and more angry. Finally, one person shouted unbearably: "Go, kill this dog official, and give us peace."

"That is, before he took office, we were as happy as we wanted under the rule of Changcheng Lord. How could we live so miserable like we are now, and be oppressed by him?"

This is true, Zhaoyuan City was also a place of beautiful mountains and rivers before.But since Zou Ming took office, the corvee tax has increased, and the people are struggling to live.

In order to pay back the taxes, the residents of Zhaoyuan had no choice but to cut down the trees outside the city, and even the ore in the mountains was over-mined, which caused such barrenness.

Shouting like this, they picked up the available household items and rushed towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Soon, the door was knocked open by aggressive people.

Zou Ming was sitting in the tea room at the moment, drinking tea leisurely, but was disturbed by the movement outside the window.He pulled up his clothes angrily, and rushed out.As a result, when I went out to see it, I was dumbfounded.

A group of people huddled in the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion, with a huge crowd.

As soon as he appeared, the people fell silent, and began to whisper again and again: "Is it him?"

"It's definitely true, it's him."

Zou Ming didn't notice the murderous intent in their words, and still ordered his servants to drive them away brazenly, "Where do you think this is? A market? This is the city lord's mansion, hurry up and get out of here. You rascals , how do you have the guts to break into the city lord's mansion to act wildly?"

When he said this, the already angry people were instantly ignited with anger, and they threw the benches, benches, bowls and chopsticks in their hands at them.

They usually oppress the common people, they are used to awe and prestige, they never thought that they would be so daring, and they were a little fooled for a while.After that, he began to dodge in a panic.

Suddenly, the sharp-eyed boy caught a glimpse of the three people who stood out from the crowd standing behind the crowd. After a closer look, he pointed at the three of them and cursed: "Okay, you guys. We lied about the news in front of the city lord. Our city lord has a kind heart, so we didn't." To punish you, you poured a basin of water on you. In the end, you repaid your kindness with revenge, and even wantonly spread rumors, inciting a group of ignorant people to come to the city lord's mansion to make trouble. You simply didn't pay attention to us."

"Why does Gu have to pay attention to a small city lord?" Rong Mo couldn't help asking with a sneer after hearing what he said, then looked at Mo Xuan, and asked with a chuckle: "Gu didn't know that Zhi Guolu According to the law, His Royal Highness must treat a county magistrate with courtesy. Don't you think so, Seventh Prince?"

Mo Xuan also laughed at Yan Yan's answer: "Why does Your Highness the Crown Prince have to be serious about the blind and arrogant? After all, they are used to rampaging in the countryside, so it is inevitable that the blind and blind will mistake themselves, a servile villain, for a big shot."

Such blatant ridicule made the boy blush.Zou Ming focused on another detail, couldn't help turning pale, and took a few steps back.

The crowd moved out of the way spontaneously, Rong Mo walked up to Zou Ming, kicked his knees, forcing him to kneel down.

Rong Mo stepped on his knee with one foot, bowed his head and asked, "Master Zou, just tell me, if Gu Ruo reports what you said to the emperor, then who is more unreasonable at this moment?"

How dare Zou Ming answer?But knowing that this boy is likely to be His Royal Highness, he was already frightened, how could he have the courage to answer?

But Zou Ming still had the last hope, and asked stubbornly: "You have no evidence, why should I believe your words?"

"Oh? Don't you believe me?" Rong Mo unsheathed Jiao Shi, deliberately shaking it in front of the people in Zhaoyuan City.

Although they have never seen Jiao Shi with their own eyes, they have heard his stories since they were young and grew up, and they have long been familiar with them and memorized them by heart.As for Jiaoshi's famous sword, he dare not admit his mistake.

Immediately someone knelt down and said in a low voice: "Jiaoshi, it really is Jiaoshi! Welcome Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Rong Mo nodded politely: "Get up."

Only then did they dare to move, and they didn't even dare to breathe out.

"If Mr. Zou still doesn't believe me, there are other ways to win your trust." Rong Mo took out the imperial gold medal from his sleeve and held it up in front of Zou Ming, seeing Zou Ming's surprise with satisfaction. With a look of fear in his eyes, he carefully stuffed it into his sleeve.

Rong Mo: "Just believe it. I have something to ask you: Who are you working for? You collect so much taxes, but you still can't make ends meet. What is the money used for? Bribes, or private soldiers? Gu Kan , both of them."

Zou Ming subconsciously looked at the courtyard behind him, and closed his mouth tightly.

Rong Mo let out a disdainful "tsk" and didn't intend to delve into it further. Instead, he asked another question: "You said, how much does a person want a modest position before he thinks of falsely accusing a good official? Good host?

"How helpless is a son to burn down his own home?"

Chang Yue is not a bold and bold person at all. On the contrary, he has thought a lot: if he kills the court official, he will undoubtedly be responsible; Becoming a thieves and thieves can even buy time and collect evidence.

However, there may be many reasons for him to do so in the City Lord's Mansion.A fire burns everything up.

Fortunately, Chang Yue has kept Chang Dingyuan's accounts and recorded traffic records properly in the past few years, and there is even evidence that he can't bribe: because Chang Dingyuan has never left Zhaoyuan City in his life .

What's more, Zhaoyuan City is located on the border, so Chang Dingyuan, who is a military attache, even if he accepts bribes, he also uses them as military pay.Where does the spare money come from?

Chang Yue even found the housekeeper who perjured him back then, and obtained all false testimony.

Zou Ming's face became paler, and he said from left to right: "After all, this place is far away from the capital, so everything is convenient. Besides, that lord has also looked for City Lord Chang, and he didn't..."

Zou Ming didn't continue, Rong Mo frowned and kicked him hard.

He still didn't say anything, but suddenly his eyes widened, the whites of his eyes hung upwards, and he muttered, "It's what he deserves... that person is too, and so is the little one... he's been acting innocent all day long It’s as if others don’t know what he’s doing secretly, he deserves to die! Hahaha..."

Zou Ming was originally a servant, but later he became the lord of the city because he betrayed his master.Now, he's crazy.

Rong Mo knocked him out, and found a silver needle on his neck that popped out at some unknown time.

Wen Han just came back at this time, and was stunned at the door together with Shao Yan.

Shan Fan was talking about Bai Chen from behind, and Bai Chen covered his ears, holding a pile of testimonies in his arms, and stood still at the door.

Rong Mo turned around with a very bad expression, and walked out while leading Mo Xuan. When passing by Wen Han, he said softly, "Master Chang is innocent."

With just one sentence, Wen Han burst into tears.

Shan Fan who was waiting at the door suddenly stepped forward and whispered something in Rong Mo's ear.

Rong Mo narrowed his eyes, and ordered in a deep voice, "Check."

After nightfall, in the Zhaoyuan City Inn——

Rong Mo handed over a letter and the proof that Chang Dingyuan was Chang Yue and Chang Dingyuan to the soldiers at the station and sent it to the capital.

Three days later, Rong Mo went to Handan.

Another three months later, Yi Zifeng was born on the ninth day of the third month, Chang Dingyuan was rehabilitated, his injustice was rehabilitated, and he was posthumously named Marquis of Zhaoyuan.

"You stay too, and do one last thing for Gu."

"Yes!"

the other side--

On the southeast border, a child hurriedly came to an inn: "Shopkeeper, serve the food."

Everything will start.

The author has something to say: I typed this for two days and four hours (desperately) and deleted a lot of useless words. (feeling more desperate for my own crap)