The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

Li Kecheng fell from his horse.

After Xu Kuining's accident, Li Kecheng was appointed as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. It has not been half a year now, and the bench is warm, but the first of the three fires that the new official took office did not burn, and he was imprisoned in Dali Temple.

It has to be said that Chen Mao's move was really unexpected. When Li Kecheng came out, he brought several familiar and famous people with him.

Many of them have a close relationship with Li Kecheng, such as Li Kecheng's recommender, Master Liu, and Li Kecheng's father-in-law, Master Shi.

Listening to his subordinate's report, Wang Jin rubbed his forehead in annoyance. He never dreamed that Li Kecheng, who had been drinking with him the night before, would have bad luck the next day.And will the next one be me?

Wang Jin took a deep breath, and let out a long breath, thinking about what he had done these years, although he was careful, who knew if there would be any omissions?

The treasury counting work was all over yesterday, Wang Jin went to the household department and looked around, but he didn't see Yan Keqing, so he couldn't help feeling anxious.After thinking about it, he ordered someone to take a box of top-quality ginseng and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The rain just stopped, and there were pedestrians on the road. Wang Jin couldn't care about the street scene, full of anxiety, he couldn't wait to knock on the door when he arrived at the prime minister's mansion. After a while, a boy opened the door.

"Wang Jin, Minister of the Household Department, is here to pay a visit to Mr. Yan."

The little boy saluted politely, but did not let Wang Jin in, "Master Wang, my master is sick and cannot see guests."

sick?Wang Jin blinked, Yan Keqing's body was always strong, and he rarely got sick, why did he get sick at a critical moment?

Wang Jin had to think too much, pursed his lips, put on a considerate smile, pushed the gift box in his hand to the door, and insisted on holding the boy's hand to let him take it, "This ginseng, since Mr. Yan is ill, you can use this to make up for it." good."

The little boy refused to take it back, but Wang Jin insisted on not taking it back. He got into the sedan chair as if fleeing, and went back to the mansion.

"Master, why did you come back so early today?" Mrs. Wang was puzzled, Wang Jin came back twice today, and looked a little flustered.

Wang Jin waved his hand to stop asking, "Don't ask, no matter who comes, you will say that I am sick."

"What? Master, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Wang asked anxiously, but Wang Jin got impatient and shut himself in the study without seeing anyone.

When Wang Jin complained about his illness, Chen Mao remained indifferent, and when Yan Keqing told him about his illness, he didn't panic, and just a mere Wang Jin was still ignored.

Li Kecheng was arrested, the evidence was not enough, it was just a suspicion, and other people were involved, but Chen Mao took advantage of it, and Wang Jin was more suspected than Li Kecheng. The reason why Chen Mao didn't do anything was because he wanted to take a long time to catch big fish.

The bait is naturally Wang Jin.Going through the plan in his mind, Chen Mao's mood improved, but Zhou Zhou was frowning.

"What happened?" Originally, Chen Mao was not willing to ask about Tianjilou's affairs, but recently Tianjilou asked to see him frequently, and Chen Mao also felt a little weird.Seeing Zhou Zhou frowning, Chen Mao's good mood gradually lost.

But Zhou Zhou didn't answer immediately, he kept frowning and closing his eyes thinking about something, Chen Mao didn't hear him, his forehead was gradually covered with sweat, and he opened his eyes after a while, with a dazed expression.

Chen Mao had never seen Zhou Zhou like this before, and he was very anxious. He was about to announce the imperial physician, but Zhou Zhou grabbed his hand, "I'm fine, it's...the world is in trouble."

Zhou Zhou's lips were pale, but his expression was serious, not like joking.

"What do you mean?"

"Recently, the Tianji Instrument has observed the flickering of alien stars with uncertain trajectories, interacting with the ever-bright and stable Venus, and the light of Ziwei Star is gradually fading..." The Tianji Stone is also crumbling.

Zhou Zhou didn't say the last sentence, and the hand that clasped Chen Mao's wrist became tighter and tighter, "There will be a flood first, and then there will be an earthquake. We have to prepare first."

Chen Mao didn't want to believe it, but Zhou Zhou never lied about it.

Before Chen Mao could take action, rumors spread to all parts of the capital, "Master Guoshi predicted a catastrophe!"

"Run for your life!"

"Looking at the continuous rain, is the capital going to die?"

It has been raining continuously for several days, and the sky in the capital city has never seen a clear sky. The old people who have lived for a long time are also panicked. They have never seen such weather in the capital city.

The torrential rain was not as frequent and terrifying as the previous few days, but the drizzle continued, occasionally mixed with lightning and thunder.

Everyone was hoping for the rain to stop, including Chen Ke—as soon as the rain stopped, he set off westward to catch up with Xu Qingfeng.

Fortunately, the rain stopped soon—before Chen Mao had time to be happy that those rumors were unfounded, Liuzhou in the south of the river was flooded, and nearly a thousand people died.

Then there was an earthquake—earthquakes occurred in the most southeastern states, and the impact was widespread, but fortunately there were not many casualties.

In a few days, many things happened one after another. Chen Mao was in a state of desperation. Zhou Zhou came forward to refute the rumors at the right time.

Chen Ke was stumbled in the capital for a while, and was in an extremely bad mood.

Because of these, the letters sent to the west were somewhat affected. It took Xu Qingfeng half a month to receive the news of these things that happened in the capital.

"My lord, the lord is definitely fine." Zuo Ming comforted him, but he couldn't say anything good, and he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

In the past, Guan Hongfeng would take advantage of the convenience of King Ren's correspondence with Mr. Xu to write him a letter, but these few times, he didn't have it. The situation in the capital must be not very good.

"I know." Xu Qingfeng muffled.

But knowing is useless, the distance between the two is too far, Xu Qingfeng has been rushing westward, even if the messenger keeps changing horses day and night, it will take [-] days to deliver the letter, and then go further west, what is needed Time will also be longer.

After that night in Qingzhou, Lei Tao actually died.At that time, Xu Qingfeng never expected Xiaobie to be so ruthless, and the grievances between Xiaobie and Xiaobie were also forged, but no matter how you calculate it, it was Xu Qingfeng who suffered.

Lei Jing gathered the three religions and nine schools in the world to offer a reward for Xu Qingfeng's head, and chased him all the way, making Xu Qingfeng and his party very embarrassed.

Thinking of Xiao Farewell, Xu Qingfeng became angry.And this Lei Jing is not easy to deal with, just now Wusuli inquired about the news, saying that Lei Jing added another ten gold, and offered a reward of forty gold, and set a time limit at the same time.

Within half a month, if no one can take Xu Qingfeng's head, he will take action himself, and indirectly declare war on Xu Qingfeng.

"What should I do?" After hearing Wusuli's words, Tian Wen was a little confused, not knowing that things would come to this point.The so-called rivers and lakes are more incomprehensible than what the master told him.

Xu Qingfeng is also in trouble, Xiaobie is not afraid of death, he is not afraid, but the outside world is rumored that Xu Qingfeng killed Lei Tao maliciously, dug out all the things in Wuheng Gambling House, reversed right and wrong, and poured dirty water on Xu Qingfeng.

Even if everyone spurned his rascal son, Xu Qingfeng was at the wrong side. If Lei Jing were to be killed now, Xu Qingfeng would not be able to justifiably kill Lei Jing and settle the matter.

How to explain Lei Tao's death?How do you explain that it was Xiao Bie who moved his hand?Will Lei Tao believe it?

Xu Qingfeng was very annoyed.

"Young master, it's time to go."

At this time, they were resting in a small tea shed by the roadside. The tea shed was really not big. It was just a shed built for people on the road to have a rest.

Just now when they were seated, the teahouse was empty, and two tables of guests came within a cup of tea. Wusuli and Zuo Ming looked at each other, feeling that the situation was not good.

Xu Qingfeng glanced left and right at the new tea customers. There were only four sets of seats in the tea shed. Xu Qingfeng and the others had many people and occupied two of them. There were only four new tea customers, each of whom occupied two seats. It became lively.

"Walk……"

If the other party is not an assassin, Xu Qingfeng is not willing to stay for a long time, it will affect innocent people. If the other party comes for the bounty, Xu Qingfeng also feels that the tea shed is not a good place to use it.

"Hey—" A ragged young man sitting on the outermost table stopped Xu Qingfeng and the others: "Where are you going, my lord?"

"We know each other?" Xu Qingfeng asked coldly.

"Now I know you." The man stood up slowly, cupping his fists in a salute, "I am one of the four evil spirits in Xiayangguan, and I am the second child. It is a pleasure to meet you."

The clothes are ragged, the body is dirty, the hair is even more disheveled, it seems that it hasn't been washed in a month, but when he talks, he imitates those learned people.

Xu Qingfeng maintained his superficial politeness: "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm in a hurry, let's go ahead."

As Xu Qingfeng said, he took a step forward, and the man also took a step back, still standing in front of Xu Qingfeng, "Hey—my lord, is your surname Xu?"

Xu Qingfeng let out a "huh", feeling a little impatient.Wusuli pressed the knife at his waist with his right hand, and with a "clank", the knife came out of its sheath.

The other three of the four evil spirits of Yangguan stood up almost at the same time.

Zuo Ming didn't greet much, and preemptively kicked Er Sha out.

Yangguan Sisha, the name is quite loud, but the skill is mediocre.Not to mention that Zuo Ming, Wusuli, Tianwen, and Xu Qingfeng's martial arts are not bad, and Aman and Wuxuli's boxing skills are also good enough.

Since Qingzhou, I have been traveling all the way, and there have been fights and mediations from time to time. The journey is not boring at all, but it makes people tired.

When Chen Ke returned to Beijing, he took away half of the guards, leaving less than 20 people to follow Xu Qingfeng far away, but no matter how many people were left behind, they couldn't bear the beating.

After a cup of tea, the four evil spirits of Yangguan fell under the sun one after another.

Without stopping, Xu Qingfeng got on his horse, and they continued on their way.In order not to harm ordinary people, after discussion, several people did not enter Qianzhou to rest according to the original plan, but closed the town to rest in a small town further ahead of Taozhou today.

After the journey of more than 20 days, Xu Qingfeng not only became darker, but also lost weight. He rode horses and dust all day long, so he was in a mess, and the others were not much better. Tianwen was young and Aman was a girl.

But neither of them yelled a word of suffering, they gritted their teeth and persevered in any ailments, Xu Qingfeng felt guilty and grateful.

Hurrying quickly, several people finally arrived at Shangfeng Town before sunset.

"My lord! Look, Shangfeng Town!"

Shangfeng Town is located in a very vast terrain, the land is not fertile, the grass is short and the trees are sparse.

But behind the sparsely populated cottages, a big red sun hangs, the red light stains the land, and the golden light reflects the sky. There is no wind, and the colorful clouds do not go away. Everything seems to be frozen, only the sun is slowly setting.

The sun is setting, so far away.