I'm afraid you'll be widowed

Fang Cenxi knew that Yu Zirong was afraid of Duke Liang's mansion, so he didn't have to worry about Pei Gong's safety.

But in just a few days, he can also see that Xianghai is troubled, and it is useless to stay for a long time, and there is no need to let Pei Gong know about many things, otherwise the disaster will only continue.

The only way to find out the clues earlier is to go back to Beijing with Pei Gong.

He also found out that the lost official bank Yuemo was buried on the mountain early in the morning.

Unexpectedly, Yu Zirong soon came to him again, offering clues as if "surrendering", insisting on accompanying Fang Cenxi to the mountain to find more clues.

"I heard that Mr. Pei had some trouble with Fang Pingshi in the past few days?" Yu Zirong sighed softly while climbing the mountain with great effort, "These young masters are just difficult to serve."

"Since I came to Xianghai, troubles have happened every day. Fang has a good temper to judge things. If it were me, I'm afraid I can't stand it long ago."

Unexpectedly, Fang Cenxi just smiled lightly: "How can we not make trouble?"

"After all, the dead yamen servant went to the county yamen on business in the morning, and he was not dispatched."

"Why did he die inexplicably in the inn where the third master stayed? What's more, the wound was so long that it didn't penetrate the body. The murder weapon was really a wild goose feather knife, not a dagger?"

Yu Zirong was startled, Fang Cenxi had already made this unjust case clear.

Looking at Fang Cenxi's figure, he couldn't help but tremble slightly.

The person in front of him is obviously still so young, but he is really terrifying, as if nothing can be hidden from him.

If things go on like this, those shady secrets in Xianghai County will be revealed sooner or later...

Yu Zirong was shocked, and suddenly felt that he couldn't wait for a moment.

He followed Fang Cenxi up the halfway up the mountain again, and finally, when Fang Cenxi looked at him sideways, he pushed towards Fang Cenxi.

As long as Fang Cenxi "falls down the mountain", the secret will be kept again.

Unexpectedly, Fang Cenxi turned around and dodged like a prophet, but Yu Zirong staggered and slid down the cliff.

Yu Zirong was not broad-minded but fat. Seeing the official hat fall off, he could do nothing but hold on to the branches of the tree and struggle as hard as he could. His forehead was dripping with sweat in an instant.

Fang Cenxi didn't change his expression: "You acted too hastily, magistrate Yu."

"If I were you, I would definitely go further up."

Yu Zirong hastily put on a begging look: "Fang Juan, Mr. Fang, we have something to talk about, I will tell you where the official bank is."

"This mountain is dangerous at night. If you don't have a lower official, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to go down."

Fang Cenxi sneered: "It's okay, when Jin Yiwei comes, he will have his own way to dig up the mountain and find the buried official bank."

"I know there are wolves in this mountain. I'm afraid you have harmed many people like this before?"

Yu Zirong was surprised when he arrived: "How do you know..."

There were not too many wolves appearing in this western mountain in the past two years, but in the past two years, for some reason, there have been so many wild animals, and the people who went up the mountain have been injured and killed several times.

But this kind of thing should only be known to the Xianghai people near the mountain. Fang Cenxi is away in the capital, so he shouldn't know about it.

"Magistrate Yu is really in danger, he can even think of a way to kill people and wipe out traces." Fang Cenxi leaned down slowly, looking at Yu Zirong's embarrassment.

Yu Zirong couldn't climb the cliff, but he didn't dare to let go.

There is a cliff ten thousand feet below, but the only thing that can be borrowed is a small tree branch that crosses the cliff above the head.

Although Fang Cenxi has no strength to restrain a chicken, he is completely passive.

Yu Zirong was afraid of falling into the abyss, but also couldn't bear it because he supported his whole body with only two hands.

But he is bloated, and the branches are obviously overwhelmed.His palms were sweating more and more, and his fingers naturally tended to slide down and slip off.

He was anxious and frightened, so he had no choice but to speak in a panic: "You came to Xianghai to investigate the case, even though you were convicted of a crime, but I accidentally fell down the mountain, do you think that others will not suspect you, so you can easily hand over the job?"

Fang Cenxi was unmoved at all: "No, why did you fall down the mountain by accident? I will only report the truth."

"The county magistrate failed to harm someone but slipped, so he fell off a cliff and died."

He slowly raised the corners of his lips: "You are greedy for officials and bribes in Beijing, thinking that you will have a backer if something goes wrong?"

"But you forgot that those people look forward to your money, but they look forward to your death even more. Only after you die can the case of Xianghai's loss of official money be settled, and their money will be secure."

Yu Zirong took a deep breath: "Fang Cenxi, the inner guard fell down the mountain, do you really think you can get away with it?"

"Even if you can go back to the capital, the inner guards will surely be able to dig you out, and will never make it easier for you."

Hearing these threatening words, Fang Cenxi's smile finally turned into laughter.

"It turns out that County Magistrate Yu is actually an internal guard? No wonder he is so confident."

Yu Zirong didn't care to observe Fang Cenxi's subtle expression any longer, and could only take a few breaths: "Since you know the inner guards are powerful, how dare you make such a mistake? In this world, only Your Majesty has the right to deal with the inner guards."

"If you pull me up, I'll give you a way to do the job, otherwise we'll all have a hard time."

"The secret stake that Zeng Zhe put in Xianghai is you?" Fang Cenxi still had a gentle smile on his face while speaking, "Is this how he covers up and allows you to run amok everywhere for the sake of harming Xianghai?"

Yu Zirong's face was finally full of panic: "How do you know Zeng Xieling?"

Fang Cenxi flicked his sleeves slowly: "Zeng Zhe's subordinates are nothing more than that."

"Who are you?" Yu Zirong's eyes were full of puzzlement and panic. Seeing that the branch was slowly breaking, he couldn't help blurting out: "How do you know so much?"

Fang Cenxi watched him fall inch by inch with cold eyes: "When you first joined the inner guard, didn't anyone teach you not to ask questions that shouldn't be asked, and not to listen to things that shouldn't be listened to?"

It wasn't until Yu Zirong fell down the bottomless cliff in complete despair that Fang Cenxi slowly got up.

Fang Cenxi's inexplicably curved eyes deepened further: "Magistrate Yu, you have too many questions."

"The dead don't need to know these things."

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Although Pei Gong thought that his investigative skills were inferior to Fang Cenxi's, he was by no means a useless waste.

If Fang Cenxi can check, he will certainly be able to.

There are many doubts about "hydration gold". If we want to investigate, we have to start with the group of craftsmen in the prison of the county government.

The autumn wind is curling up, and the sky is already dark.

When he rushed to the county government prison, there was no jailer in the place that was usually closely guarded.

Pei Gong's heart sank, and he hurried into the prison, only to breathe a sigh of relief seeing that the craftsmen in the cell of the death row were still there.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen thugs with murder weapons in their hands.

Pei Gong hid himself under the bars of the prison, watching the dozen or so people coming from Kuiye, he couldn't help asking the craftsmen in the prison in a low voice: "Why didn't you see the jailer today? Do you know who these people are?"

The gold, silver and blacksmiths made a careful identification for a moment, and couldn't help nodding their heads: "These dozen or so are all bandits who are rampant in Xianghai, and Yu Zirong is in the same gang."

"Lord Pei, these thieves have been ruining the folks in the village for a long time, and they are difficult to deal with, so be careful."

As soon as this remark came out, Pei Gong immediately understood.

Thinking about coming to Xianghai County, the dog jumped the wall in a hurry, so he made such a bad move, trying to completely erase the witnesses in the prison.

"Waiting is hard to deal with." He sneered, holding the knife in front of his body, "Everyone just hide well and don't come out of this prison."

"If I put one in, I'll lose you a coin of silver to eat wine."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Gong rushed out the door.

He kicked the leader to the ground before he even took out his knife, and stepped on the opponent's sword with one foot, forcing the bandit to be unable to draw his sword.

Seeing this, the rest of them rushed forward.

Pei Gong raised the scabbard to fend off it casually, and after three or five blows, the ground was full of people looking for teeth.

He drew the knife very quickly, almost no blood was seen, the bandits who used to run rampant in Xianghai in the past were like puppets who were manipulated by others.It wasn't until the thieves and bandits fell to the ground and were tied up by the craftsmen to watch, that Pei Gong turned his eyes to the corner of the door.

There was clearly someone still hiding there.

Hiding the county magistrate who directed these bandits.

Pei Gong held the handle of the knife directly against the county magistrate's neck: "Yu Zirong sent you here? Where is he?"

The county magistrate was so frightened by Pei Gong's iron-like yanling knife that he was slashing like mud, trembling as if his tongue was chattering.

"West, it's in Xishan."

"The official bank is all buried on the mountain. The county official and Fang Pingshi went to the mountain to find the lost official bank."

Pei Gong put away the knife: "Find someone to lead the way to Xishan."

"No, not on the West Mountain." The magistrate shook his head hastily.

Pei Gong sneered and pulled out the knife: "Can I use it now?"

"Pei...Pei Zongqi..." The county magistrate crawled and fell at Pei Gong's feet, his voice was trembling slightly, "I can't go up, now that it's dark, I can't go up to the West Mountain at night. There are wolves everywhere."

"This year's weather is good, and there are a lot of wolves. In autumn, three of the hunters who rely on the mountains for their livelihoods have already died on the mountains. They were all eaten by wolves so badly that they couldn't even leave their bodies..."

Pei Gong lowered his brows lightly, picked up the county magistrate's collar, and dragged the man up halfway: "You know that there are wolves on the mountain, and you still ask Fang Pingshi to follow Yu Zirong up the mountain?"

The county magistrate repeatedly begged for mercy: "This is all the idea of ​​the county magistrate, Mr. Pei forgives the crime. The magistrate said that no matter who it is, if they know too much, they will definitely not be able to stay."

"If a person dies in the mouth of a wolf, he is dead without proof."

A killing intent that cannot be concealed flashed across Pei Gong's eyes.

Yu Zirong was so mad that he wanted to directly kill someone.

He only realized it now, Fang Cenxi didn't want to tell him too much about the case——

Could it be to save him from this fatal disaster?

Pei Gong broke out in a cold sweat for no reason.

Fang Cenxi could fall down even being pushed by him, if he really bumped into a wolf...

He couldn't help pursing his lips.

If he hadn't made up his mind to stay by Fang Cenxi's side, Fang Cenxi would definitely not be in danger alone.

Pei Gong's thoughts were like a mess, only one voice remained in his head.

He had to find Fang Cenxi quickly.

In any case, he couldn't let Fang Cenxi lose his life.

Pei Gong threw aside the county magistrate without saying a word, "Look for someone to lead the way, and I will reward you with a piece of ingot."

The county magistrate had a bitter face: "President Pei said, no one dares to lead the way in Xianghai."

"Wait until tomorrow morning, we will leave immediately..."

"Get up." Pei Gong said coldly, turning around and wanting to leave.

"No, Mr. Pei." The county magistrate walked to Pei Gong's feet again, "If something happens to you, we will die."

Pei Gong's eyes were cold, and he simply kicked the county magistrate blocking him from the wall: "Get lost."

In the huge county government prison, no one dared to speak out for a while.

No one doesn't like money, but they are more afraid of the wolves on the West Mountain who eat people and don't spit out their bones.

The wind blew the lantern and swayed gently, and the pale light and shadow shining on the ground kept swaying.

A timid voice suddenly came from the wind: "I... my lord, I can lead the way."

Pei Gong looked intently, it turned out to be the little beggar they met when they first arrived in Xianghai standing at the door.

The little beggar raised his hand at Pei Gong, "I know the way to the west mountain. My mother took me to pick mushrooms."

Everyone's eyes fell on the little beggar who was half a person tall, and they didn't know whether they were ashamed or admired.

Pei Gong's eyes were less sharp towards the county magistrate, and he walked towards him kindly: "They say there are wolves on the mountain, aren't you afraid?"

The little beggar swallowed: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid."

"But we almost starved to death earlier, it was Mr. Fang who bought food for my younger siblings and me."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly became a little more determined: "When my father was still there, he always told us that a person is alive only if he knows how to repay his kindness."

"I'll take you up the mountain and find Master Fang."