The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

1. Suspicion in Linjiang Town ([-])

"Assassin A's operation failed, King Ren has gone to Wushan."

"A? No, he is not anymore, he is too conceited, too eager for quick success..."

The man sat behind the desk, his black clothes blended into the desk and the black gauze screen behind him, his bony hands were unusually pale, with blue blood vessels faintly visible, holding the message sent back by the flying pigeon. Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at the person lying on the ground, as if blaming him for saying something wrong, "Where's the new A?"

"It hasn't been made up yet. B and C led Wu and Ji to follow King Ren's team, keeping a safe distance so that they won't be discovered. Do you want to continue to assassinate..."

"No..." The man folded the small note in half and then folded it in half until the note could no longer be folded in half and became a small piece of paper. The man opened the small palm-sized stove on the desk, turned on the fire, and turned on the stove. The piece of paper was put in, "Don't worry, let's follow for now, let B and C not move rashly. Well, where's Ding?"

"Ding is still lurking in King Ren's secret guard, and has not been exposed so far."

"Very good." Seeing that the pieces of paper in the small furnace quickly turned into black ashes, the man closed the lid to block the rising smoke, and propped his chin with one hand, "What about you, Xiao Farewell, do you want to be a ?”

Xiaobie remained unmoved, lowering his head even lower, his forehead almost sticking to the ground: "The Twelve Branches have a strict system of substitutes and clear rewards and punishments. Xiaobie is a non-staff member of the Twelve Branches, and hastily becoming a member of the Twelve Branches. Not to mention breaking the rules, it is impossible to decide." convincing others..."

"Okay, okay, I got it." The man's tone was not harsh, Xiaobie still kept his mouth shut, only to hear the man ask him: "If I let you go to King Ni, would you like it?"

"Yes. Xiaobie's life was bestowed by you. For you, Xiaobie will die."

"not afraid?"

"not afraid."

"Heh." Xiaobie's firm and decisive answer was met with a man's chuckle, "Come forward."

Xiao Bie hesitated for a moment, then slowly stood up and walked to the desk.

"look up……"

Xiao Bie didn't dare, just raised his head slightly, his eyes fell on the table.The man chuckled again, Xiaobee's hands hidden under the wide sleeves trembled slightly, the man suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiaobee's collar and pulled him forward, caught off guard Xiaobe supported the table with all his strength so as not to hit the man.

"I'm asking you to look at me." The man's breath was very close to Xiaobe, his eyelashes fluttered with nervousness, Xiaobe quickly raised his eyes to look at the man.

Then he lowered his eyes and landed on the man's skirt, the faint golden pattern on the black skirt made Xiaobie feel a little dizzy.

"Such a beautiful face..." Every word the man said made Xiaobie tremble, and his body tensed more and more, like a taut bow, "I can't bear it."

The man let go of Xiaobye's collar, so he let him go. Xiaobye hurriedly stood up, tidying up his clothes in a hurry, thinking about the word "reluctant".

"Master, the emperor announces you to enter the palace." A notification came from outside the door suddenly, and the man responded, as if he had lost interest, and waved Xiaobie to back down, "Go down, let Ding monitor the movements of King Ren. There is... that Xu Qingfeng, the third son of the Xu Mansion."

"Mr. Xu, it's time for dinner."

Before the sun set, Chen Ke and his party finally settled down in the nearby town of Linjiang Town. As soon as they found an inn to rest, Guan Hongfeng came back with a doctor, but the doctor was very young and his medical skills were mediocre. Injury just hastily prescribed the wound medicine, and left embarrassingly under the watchful eyes of the whole father-in-law.

At dusk, Chen Ke, who had taken the medicine, was lying on the bed and fell asleep. Xu Qingfeng, who was refreshed after an hour's rest, sat quietly beside Chen Ke's bed, leaning on the edge of the bed to look at Chen Ke's face.

Sometimes I was bored, playing with my fingers, rubbing the smooth fabric of the clothes, or lying on the edge of the bed and taking a nap. When Grandpa Quan came into the room, Xu Qingfeng was just sitting there in a daze.

Hearing "eat", Xu Qingfeng's eyes lit up, bluntly showing joy in his eyes.

Eunuch Quan couldn't help sighing, children are very active and don't like to be quiet, but this Mr. Xu is quiet and seldom talks. It is rare to be able to stay in front of Chen Ke's bed for two hours without moving his place.

But Chen Ke hadn't woken up yet, so Xu Qingfeng looked at Chen Ke tangledly, then at Eunuch Quan, and shook his head: "Don't eat..."

After hearing the words, Grandpa Quan retreated, planning to come back and wake up the prince in half an hour.When he walked out of the room, he happened to see Guan Hongfeng coming back from the outside, so he asked him, "Are there any other doctors in this town?"

"No more. The one in the afternoon was invited from the medical hall. The old doctor in the medical hall went to the mountain to collect medicine. He is the son-in-law of the old doctor. He is in charge these days. The doctors in other medicine halls are not as good as him." .”

Eunuch Quan pursed his lips speechlessly, and he sighed after a while, "Okay, let's go to Wushan as soon as possible, although the prince's injury is not serious, but if you can let Wushan's precept master diagnose and treat it for you, it will always make people feel better." It's safe. And Mr. Xu's illness needs to be treated as soon as possible..."

"Well, uh, actually, it doesn't look like a fool at all..." Guan Hongfeng said in a low voice, "But the prince pays great attention to Mr. Xu."

"It's good to know." Eunuch Quan gave Guan Hongfeng a serious look, "Don't be a fool, Mr. Xu is just mentally degraded, he is just a child, don't talk nonsense next time."

"Hey, I got it." Guan Hongfeng touched his nose uncomfortably, looked around, and asked, "Where's Zuo Ming?"

"It's time to arrange the vigil, you go to eat first."

"Oh, yes." Guan Hongfeng responded and went downstairs. Zuo Ming was nowhere to be seen in the inn lobby. Call it a stable.

Zuo Ming was feeding the horse. It was a big brown-red horse with pure and shiny coat, named Huo Yan, and it was Guan Hongfeng's mount.

As the leader of the hidden guards, Zuo Ming went to Wushan for this trip, although he came out behind the scenes and came in front of people, but he didn't have his own horse, unlike Guan Hongfeng, who was a close guard, who had his own exclusive mount.

Huo Huo has a bad temper, and idlers can't get close to him. Guan Hongfeng spent a few days trying to tame Huo Huo.

But unexpectedly, Huo Huo is close to Zuo Ming, so Zuo Ming often feeds Huo Huo.

"I guessed you were here." Guan Hongfeng approached slowly.

"Yeah. Huo Huo is hungry." Zuo Ming didn't look back, Huo Huo chewed the food in his mouth leisurely, flicking his tail from time to time to drive away flying insects, Zuo Ming reached out and stroked Huo Huo's hair.

"It's very close to you." Guan Hongfeng said as he picked up a handful of food and grass and handed it to Huo Yan, who turned his face away. Guan Hongfeng had long been used to Huo Huo's indifference from time to time, so he handed the food and grass to the horses in the stable on the other side.

"is there anything?"

Patting the dust off each other with both hands, Guan Hongfeng said seriously: "I walked around this small town today. The town is not big, but it's not peaceful."

"What?" Zuo Ming put down the food and grass, turned to face Guan Hongfeng, and said seriously: "But those assassins..."

"No. I heard that a young lady died two days ago. The death was unusual. It made people in the town panic. That's why I saw this deserted scene today."

Zuo Ming just raised his eyebrows without any other reaction, so Guan Hongfeng had no choice but to continue talking to himself: "I heard that she is the daughter of a rich family, but she suddenly disappeared at night, and I couldn't find it after searching for two days. Later, I found it in a lake in the west of the city. dead body, naked, with multiple wounds."

"There is such a bizarre and terrifying case in such a small place. We are newcomers and unfamiliar with the place, so it's better to leave as early as Qichen, and the prince still needs to go to Wushan to seek medical treatment..."

"That's what I mean too." Guan Hongfeng nodded in agreement and said, "I'll report to the lord later, and I'd like to trouble you to arrange more people to strengthen the guard tonight."

"It's natural."

"have you eaten?"

"No."

"Let's go and eat together. Eunuch Quan said that the food is ready."

"En." Zuo Ming put down the grain and grass in his hand, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and walked towards the inn lobby with Guan Hongfeng.

There were not many people in the lobby at this time. It seemed that only Chen Ke and his party were staying today. They sat at the table and greeted Xiaoer to serve food, but the innkeeper ran in in a panic.

"Boss Lin, what happened and why do you look so bad?" Guan Hongfeng asked.

"Oh, guest officer, you don't know something. There was a murder case in our Linjiang Town recently. Two days ago, we found a girl sinking in the lake, and another one died this afternoon!"

Guan Hongfeng and Zuo Ming looked at each other, then turned to ask Boss Lin: "Have you reported to the government? What did the government say?"

"What can I say! I'm still checking and checking, but there is no result!" Boss Lin shook his head and sighed. , it’s better to be careful, don’t go out for a stroll at night.”

"Haha, Boss Lin is worrying too much. We don't know where we live. Where should we go for a stroll? Go and rest." Watching Boss Lin go to the back of the inn, Guan Hongfeng said seriously, "I'll go check it out."

"Where's the meal?"

"You eat by yourself first." After finishing speaking, Guan Hongfeng hurried out of the inn. Zuo Ming felt uncomfortable sitting in the lobby eating, so he ordered someone to bring the food to his room.

Upstairs, Chen Ke has woken up and is eating at the same table with Xu Qingfeng. The two of them are not talking, and they are taking care of the table. There is a plate of boiled prawns on the table. Xu Qingfeng seems to like it very much. He peels the prawns by himself. Eating vigorously, his hands were full of soup and his cuffs were all dirty, Chen Ke didn't care about him, and let him go.

Eunuch Quan stood outside the house, and there were guards standing at both ends of the corridor. There was a sudden barking of dogs in the yard behind the inn, and there seemed to be commotion. Going downstairs, just went downstairs to the lobby, and saw a masked man rushing in, ran into Eunuch Quan head-on, turned around and fled, Eunuch Quan subconsciously chased after him.

I don't know what's going on outside. In the room, Xu Qingfeng is still fighting with boiled shrimp for [-] rounds. He even broke out in sweat after eating. When he raised his eyes and saw that the sweet soup was already on the table, he reached out to grab the soup bowl, but unexpectedly, his sleeve swept aside. A lot of dishes fell on Chen Ke with a "crash".

Chen Ke didn't speak, it wasn't wrong if he didn't lose his temper, let alone if he lost his temper, he put down his chopsticks depressedly, and greeted Grandpa Quan, but no one answered. He stood up and ran out the door, calling out "Grandpa Quan, Grandpa Quan".

When the guard at the end of the corridor saw Xu Qingfeng coming out with two greasy hands raised, he was taken aback for a moment, and then signaled Eunuch Quan to go downstairs.

So Xu Qingfeng also went downstairs, thinking only to find Eunuch Quan quickly.