The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

"Tap, tap, tap..."

The dense horseshoes raised the loess, and the dust and smoke rolled back. Several horses accompanied a carriage and galloped on the official road, and soon drove into Qingzhou.

"Where are you?" A clear and pleasant male voice came from the carriage, asking a little tiredly.

"Young Master Qi, you have already arrived in Qingzhou."

"En." Xiaobie slowly opened his eyes, pinching the center of his eyebrows wearily.A few days ago, he was in Zhuozhou calmly dealing with the affairs of the Blue and White Society. It was only after Xu Qingfeng and his party left for a few days that he realized that King Ren had disappeared.

Worried about something tricky, he immediately rushed to catch up, and finally arrived in Qingzhou only one day later than Xu Qingfeng.

Qingzhou is a relatively good medium-sized town encountered during the half-month journey. Xu Qingfeng will definitely rest here.But King Ren actually returned to Beijing!

Subconsciously biting her lower lip, Xiao Bie clenched her fists, feeling restless.Even after catching up with Xu Qingfeng, Xiaobie still couldn't figure out the other party's intentions. The person he had been targeting all along was Nioh, and he suddenly lost his target, which made him a little at a loss.But since King Ren is not around, Xu Qingfeng is the breakthrough point.

"My lord, are you going to the Chamber of Commerce's annex?"

"No." Xiaobie sat up straight, "find a restaurant."

"Yes……"

Xu Qingfeng and his party, who arrived in Qingzhou one day earlier than Xiaobie, checked into Yuanju Inn.

Not long after Xiaobie entered Qingzhou, Zuo Ming gently knocked on Xu Qingfeng's door.

"Enter……"

"My lord, don't enter the city overnight."

"The pursuit is really tight." Xu Qingfeng put down the letter in his hand, with a slightly cold expression.Chen Ke returned to Beijing in a low-key manner, and both of them deliberately concealed Chen Ke's whereabouts.

Therefore, Xu Qingfeng pretended to be natural and pretended that Chen Ke was still there was very simple, but he only succeeded for four days.

Unexpectedly and expectedly, Xiaobe quickly chased after him.

"Where did he go?"

"I found a small restaurant."

"Have you made contact with the people from the Blue and White Society?"

"nothing now."

"Continue to monitor and report at any time." Xu Qingfeng gave the order.

"Subordinates take orders."

"Where's Lei Tao..." Xu Qingfeng narrowed his eyes and thought for a while before he remembered the name.

"He's coming to Qingzhou too." Mentioning Lei Tao, Zuo Ming's expression became uneasy.

That night, what Miangu saw was indeed Lei Jing, the prefect of Zhuozhou, and the rambunctious young man in pink was indeed Lei Jing's son——Lei Tao.

After leaving the gambling house, Xu Qingfeng and Zuo Ming went back to the inn smoothly, and exchanged with Yi Yixiao their experiences after being separated. Adhering to the principle of "one thing more is worse than one thing less", they set off before dawn the next day.

Unexpectedly, Lei Tao's actions were also very fast, blocking them on the road the day after they set off.

"Hey, where are you going? My face is still hurting, my lord." Lei Tao was in front immediately, and the tall horse was also very majestic, but his face really couldn't bear to look directly at it. The eyes are smaller, wretched and ugly, and a little pathetic.

Wusuli also immediately stepped forward, dressed in strong clothes, with a tall and straight figure, with a kind smile on his face, and innocently said: "Dare to ask the young master..."

"Don't play dumb for me!" Lei Tao shouted angrily.

Wusuli was still good-tempered, "Is there some misunderstanding about this son, don't scare my lady."

"Miss?" Lei Tao looked suspiciously at the pedestrian.The leading middle-aged man looked friendly, but he was definitely not easy to bully. He should be a guard or a martial artist, followed by a few horses and a few guards with knives.

The driver in front of the carriage was thin and dark-skinned, and kept his head down.Behind the coachman sat a woman who was watching them nervously.

Lei Tao was a little agitated. The news he received clearly stated that the two people he was looking for were in this carriage.

"Then let that, uh, let your lady come out!" Lei Tao ticked his fingers impatiently.

Wusuli's eyes widened: "This young man is too rude! We are on our way, please get out of the way."

"Heh..." Lei Tao lightly clamped his horse's belly, and walked forward two steps, "What miss, come out! Don't play tricks with me!"

What a dude!Wusuli drew out the big knife at his waist, shook the blade, and shouted loudly, "Qing Tian Bai Ri, you are going to rob the women of the people by force!"

Wusuli's saber hand trembled beautifully, and his voice was deep and deep, which showed his deep internal strength and good martial arts.Lei Tao didn't care, he waved his hand, and the servants behind him obeyed the order and stepped forward.

At the nick of time, the curtain of the car opened, and a bald boy rushed out holding a stick with eyebrows.

"Bold bully! The sky is bright and the sun is bright, so you are not afraid of thunder when you do bad things?!" Tian Wen asked.

"Yo, little master, is this going to do justice for the heavens?"

Before Tian Wen could speak, the curtain of the car was hurriedly opened again, revealing a pretty girlish face, looking anxiously at the little boy in front of the carriage: "Xiao Tian, ​​come back quickly!"

"Sister, get in quickly." Tian Wen rushed over, and the woman beside her was also in a hurry, "Miss, get in the carriage quickly."

That girl is none other than Aman.

Aman stretched out his hand to signal Wu Xuli, who was pretending to be his mother, not to panic, touched Tianwen's head, took his hand, and looked directly at Lei Tao boldly: "Dare to ask this son, why did my little girl have any trouble with you?"

The girl's face was delicate and bright, and her facial features were unusually deep compared to girls from the Central Plains. When she frowned, she carried a faint melancholy temperament, but she stared at Lei Tao without showing any weakness.

"Outsiders?" Lei Tao was also a little wary, with a surprised expression on his face.

"If it's a misunderstanding, please let me out of the way, my brother and I are in a hurry to visit relatives." Aman continued, with a heavy tone, and even looked closely at Lei Tao.

Lei Tao looked questioningly at the girl and the bald boy in the carriage, peeking inside through the raised curtain, it seemed that there was no one else.

Is it really wrong?After leaving Zhuozhou, they didn't take this road?

Lei Tao was hesitant, and the attendants on one side drove forward knowingly to test, and came to the front in a short while, but Ussuri was not polite, and stabbed the horse of the comer first with a knife, the horse's leg was injured, bleeding profusely. Then he knelt down, and Wusuli cut off half of the man's arm with a backhand knife.

The screams were severe enough, Lei Tao's face seemed to be shrouded in haze, he tightened the reins, and slowly took a step back, and the attendants also slowly backed away to the two sides, making way for them.

"Let's go." Aman sat back in the car.

"Yes! Miss, please sit down."

Tian Wen got into the carriage, Aman lowered the curtains again to block Lei Tao's prying sight, and the carriage started again.

After throwing away Lei Tao for a while, Aman really breathed a sigh of relief, opened the curtain, and Xu Qingfeng, who was riding a horse and pretending to be a guard, praised her with a smile: "The acting is very good."

"What about me?" Tian Wen poked his head out and asked, his eyes sparkling.

"It's also very good." Xu Qingfeng praised generously.

Tianwen grinned, and poked his head to look outside the car, "Shouldn't you keep up?"

"If you follow up again, I'll beat him up." Zuo Ming, who was pretending to be a coachman, frowned and said unhappily.

Seeing Zuo Ming's face darkened by more than one degree, Xu Qingfeng felt it was funny.He turned over and landed on the carriage, and sat next to Zuo Ming.

Xu Qingfeng took a leisurely look at the scenery for a while. Compared with the previous greenness, the farther west he went, the world became more and more open, and he gradually felt lonely.

"This method can only be used once." Lei Tao should soon find out that he has been tricked, "We have to go to Qingzhou first."

Zuo Ming nodded and accepted the order, "Tonight, I will only rest for three hours, so hurry up."

"Okay. How's Xiaobee's investigation going?"

"My lord, at present we only know that they are in contact, and Xiaobie's identity remains to be investigated."

"Hmm..." Xu Qingfeng murmured.

That day when I saw Xiaobie in Suqinzhai, the person who talked to him was Lei Tao.Although only a little side profile was seen, Lei Tao's appearance can be said to be very distinctive. Rumor has it that his biological mother was a dignified and dignified lady, and his father, Lei Jing, was handsome and gave birth to Lei Tao somehow.

"Lei Tao..." Xu Qingfeng stood up, unknowingly sat in front of the desk all morning, his shoulders were a little stiff, and he said while twisting his neck: "Also send someone to follow him closely, he should be in contact with Xiaobie. Xiaobie He and Lei Jing should both be the core of the Blue and White Club."

"Your subordinates take orders." Zuo Ming immediately reported the third thing: "Yi Yixiao and Su Libai have left Zhuozhou and set off to return to Tsingyi Gate."

"Where's Aunt Mian?"

"Has been closed for three days, said to be seriously ill."

"Seriously ill..." Xu Qingfeng lowered his head, looked at the relationship diagram he had sorted out on the desk, drew a line between Lin Mian and Lei Jing, and asked another question.

Lin Mian was not really seriously ill. When he sent Aman to the inn in the early morning of that day, Lin Mian covered his face with a white scarf. It was still dark, so he felt like "there is no silver 300 taels here" .

Lin Mian's face was injured, as if he had been slapped. On that slap-sized face, the bruises were very conspicuous, and the swollen cheeks distorted the original pretty face.

Lin Mian didn't say much, just summed it up in a few words, but it's not hard to imagine that the person she was anxious to see at that time was Lei Jing.

Lei Jing has a violent personality, and when he gets angry, he beats people and throws things. This matter can be found out after a little inquiring in Zhuozhou. He even killed someone a few years ago, and with his bastard son, the Lei family's misdeeds are still very famous in Zhuozhou. of.

But Lei Jing is indeed Lin Mian's savior. He rescued Lin Mian who was dying on the way to escape, and gave her a new identity as "Miangu" in Yunhai Tower.

"Lei Jing is the second-ranked member of the Blue and White Association, and Lei Jing handles all the daily affairs."

Lin Mian was still so calm, even indifferent, and indifferent to his injuries, "I started storing a lot of food last month. Lei Jing said that this was not his plan, but the boss's order."

"Do you know that there are weapons hidden under those grains?" Xu Qingfeng observed Lin Mian's expression in the light of dawn.

Lin Mian was silent for a while: "I know. Give me a few more days, and I'll give you the evidence that Lei Jing tried to rebel."

How to get this evidence?What kind of evidence?Lin Mian didn't say anything, and Xu Qingfeng didn't ask, but he was worried. There was a determination in Lin Mian's eyes.

"Pay close attention to Lin Mian's movements, and investigate the Xizhou case. I want to know the details."

Bringing up the Xizhou case, Chen Ke still needs to think about it, not to mention Xu Qingfeng, who knows little about the Xizhou case.

But putting all the clues together, people can't help but wonder, from the Xizhou case to Linjiang Town, from the Devil's Cult to the Blue and Flower Society, from the inside and outside of the rivers and lakes to the court, what is the inextricable connection behind it.

The matter had a faint outline, and it was no longer so vague, but Xu Qingfeng suddenly thought of Chen Ke. Today should be his third day in the capital.After leaving Zhuozhou, Chen Ke must have been very tired as he rushed back to the capital day and night.

"Young master." Wusuli knocked on the door, "Letter from King Ren."

Just thinking about Chen Ke, his letter arrived, Xu Qingfeng happily walked over to open the door, and took the letter from Wusuli.

It is said to be a letter, but it feels very thick in the hand. Xu Qingfeng carefully opened the envelope, and inside was a picture album, and some strange stories painted. When Xu Qingfeng was not awake, Chen Ke searched for many such picture books to relieve him. .

Not a three year old anymore.Xu Qingfeng was angry and funny, and felt happy at the same time. With a sweet heart, he opened the title page, and there were eight words written:

The peach blossoms are scorching, and the return date can be expected.

Xu Qingfeng seemed to understand, but recognized that it was Chen Ke's handwriting, so he stared at it and was overjoyed before continuing to read.

Zuo Ming didn't know when he left, and who brought the lunch over. It was placed on the table, and it was still cold. Xu Qingfeng read the picture book in one breath, until he found a few peach blossoms in it, which made him feel overwhelmed. Smooth and lightly scented.

——The peach blossoms are scorching with a bit of fragrance, and the return date is far away.