one step closer to the end

Chapter 1240

"Boom~"

Zhao Guanren suddenly strode forward and kicked open the door of a luxury brothel. The turtle slave who was about to close the door fell on his back, and hurriedly crawled to the side in horror, while he took Xia Buer and carried Xia Buer aggressively. The knife went in.

"Oh~ two officials, what is this..."

An old bustard rushed over to greet her. There were at least a hundred women in the brothel on the third floor, all of whom opened their doors half-closed and stretched their heads to look around. Many come from such places.

"What do you say I am..."

Zhao Guanren slammed the ring-shou knife on the ground, and asked loudly: "If you close the door when you see the official, could it be that you are a guilty conscience and have harbored criminals or monsters?"

"Fart! When we are here..."

The old bustard stared fiercely and said: "You two soldiers and slaves, the autumn wind hit my head, you go to Taichang Temple to ask Lord Zhang to inquire, from the prince and prince to the county magistrate of Shaoyin, who is right? We are regular customers of Yuchun Tower, you..."

"Second son! Hurry up and take your notes..."

Zhao Guanren beckoned arrogantly, Xia Buer took out a brush and booklet from his arms, and asked seriously: "Old bustard! Who are you talking about just now? Which Master Zhang in Taichang Temple is your accomplice? Is he The mastermind who hides the monster, quickly recruit!"

"..."

The old bustard's arrogance subsided immediately, and he asked in surprise: "What are you recruiting, what are you recruiting, what kind of accomplices, you don't want to talk nonsense, okay?"

"Old bustard! Don't think that we are coming to the autumn wind..."

Zhao Guanren raised his head and said with a sneer: "Most of King Qing's family died, and the Holy One was furious. You still dare to have sex with my little widow—pretending to be someone above you! Let me tell you, someone ordered you, saying snakes The demon came out of you!"

"Nonsense! Who is this who kills thousands of swords to harm people..."

The old bustard hastily took out a handful of broken silver, handed it over, and mourned: "We have always been law-abiding, not to mention monsters that cannibalize people, and thieves dare not hide it privately. It must be framed by colleagues, right! It must be the Camellia House The gang of whores, please raise your hands high!"

"Go away! I'm not here to fight the autumn wind, I'm a bad guy who was kissed by the master of the country..."

Zhao Guanren stepped forward and looked around at the girls upstairs, and said loudly: "One here counts as one. Once it is found out that the snake demon is here, you will hide it and not report it. Don't say that you are a turtle slave. All the backers have to be chopped down together!"

"Yo~ What a big tone, I thought it was the Jinwu Guard who came..."

suddenly!

A plump figure appeared on the third floor, leaning on the railing with her veil covered, and said in a condescending voice: "Don't use chicken feathers as arrows. I have nothing to do with the presence of monsters. If you have the ability, you can show real evidence. I will sue you in front of King Ning!"

"Beautiful! You were sleepy and had no pillow, but you delivered it yourself..."

Zhao Guanren raised his head and smiled grimly: "Little whore! I'm afraid you don't know who the monster is. It's the famous Princess Ning, the second son! Hurry up and make a note to inform Dali Temple that the oiran of Yuchun Tower has publicly admitted that she has something to do with King Ning." Tell people about their personal affairs, and help hide monsters!"

"Oh! I can't do it, I can't do it..."

The old bustard hurriedly pressed Xia Buer, and said anxiously: "My lord! Thrush is spoiled and spoiled, ignorant of worldly affairs, and nonsense for a while is not true. Please follow me to the back hall, my servant. Just think...Thrushshe farted!"

"what!!!"

The girls in the building suddenly exclaimed, and when the old bustard looked back instinctively, dozens of unscrupulous people with knives came outside the door, and a burly beard walked in, crossing his hands and asking: "Dare to ask, but Luo Ning is a bad coach, Lord Yin Zhiping?"

"It's right here! Brothers, you have worked hard..."

Zhao Guanren strode over to return the salute, took out two silver bars and said, "It's too late to chat with everyone, let's take this broken silver to drink tea, please brothers who are good at water, go to the front of the old city wall to fish it, there are snakes The remains of the person killed by the demon!"

"remains?"

Everyone's expressions changed immediately, and Zhao Guanren walked to the door and said: "After a little familiarity with the art, I noticed that this place is quite dark, and I found out that I was killed by a snake demon after asking the soul, and everyone knows about the Prince Qing's mansion." Alright, I'll get promoted and get rich together after finishing the errand!"

"What are you doing in a daze! Why don't you go down the river to pick up the corpses, and wait for others to come to claim credit..."

The bearded man turned around and yelled, and a group of people hurried to the old city wall, and Zhao Guanren followed with his hands behind his back, but the old bustard went to the door and stretched his head to look, almost collapsing on the ground. They are only tens of meters away.

"Buddhist! You have offended someone, and he wants your life..."

Xia Buer stepped forward and said in a low voice: "The snake demon just came ashore from this river, but someone said it entered your house. Right now, all the major yamen are eager to arrest people for business affairs, and they will definitely beat you into tricks. If you think about it If you want to get out, you have to find evidence to prove that it has nothing to do with you!"

"Thank you, the official, for your reminder. I know about this, so I'll go and tell my boss..."

The old bustard hurriedly took out two silver bills and stuffed them to him, and ran out the door in a hurry, but Zhao Guanren didn't just watch, and deliberately asked people to knock on the door and ask, so that everyone in the buildings on both sides of the "Tianhe" knew about it. , Surrounded the corpse-hunting scene with water.

"Oh! There are bones, dead bones..."

A burst of exclamation suddenly sounded, several unscrupulous people were standing on the boat, lit more than a dozen torches and lanterns, and soon tied bamboo baskets with fine hemp ropes, and brought out a large pile of bones from the river, including two Skull, the frightened girls cover their eyes and scream.

"Quick! Fish again and see if there are any clothes and accessories..."

The bearded man squatted down by the river and shouted in surprise and joy. This person's name was Wei Jian, and he was regarded as a small manager among the bad people in Luo Ning. These low-level bad people only wanted to investigate the case. There is no shortage of rewards.

"Officer! How about taking a step to speak..."

The old bustard squeezed out of the crowd panting, Zhao Guanren turned around and followed her to the Yuchun Tower, the old bustard quickly led him into the back hall on the first floor, only to see that Huakui Thrush, who was still domineering just now, had already taken off her veil and stood with her head down. at the table.

"Oh my god! Grandpa was shocked, why did he wipe it like a ghost..."

Zhao Guanren shrank half a step abruptly. He really couldn't appreciate the Tang geisha's makeup. His whole body was smeared whiter than putty powder, his cherry mouth was slightly red, he had two short inverted eyebrows, and he was wearing a low-cut white dress. At first glance, I thought it was a ghost.

But Thrush's figure is really plump, a little fatter, a little less dissatisfied, two headlights are rare F-class, and a standard oval face, about seventeen or eighteen years old, but it's dead. It is only 1.6 meters, like a small Yangzhou horse.

"My lord keeps himself clean, he doesn't enter many buildings, so he has to paint like this at night, otherwise he won't be able to see his face clearly..."

The old bustard quickly brought out a large tray covered with a red cloth, and put it on the table with great difficulty. After Thrush lowered her head and lifted the red cloth, it was full of 300 taels of silver, but Datang's half a catty was Eight taels, it would be more than 50 catties in modern times.

"Yo~"

Zhao Guanren picked up a silver ingot, weighed it, and said with a contemptuous smile: "Little Hua Kui! I think you are playing suona with your buttocks--you have great stamina! You can make King Ning come to protect you desperately. After a long time, you are The little widow's belly—there's no one there!"

"My lord! Don't make fun of me, I know I was wrong..."

Huamei immediately grabbed his arm and said in a mournful voice: "This is such a disaster, how could King Ning be willing to take the lead for me? He only came to listen to me play the qin twice, and it's not even a friendship. My lord I have already gone to find the national teacher, and I hope you can hold your hand high!"

"It's useful to find the national teacher, he wishes you were the same party..."

Zhao Guanren threw back the silver and said disdainfully: "The bones have been fished up, and they sank at the door of your building. You must either prove your innocence, or find evidence to prove that other buildings assisted Princess Ning, so that I can help you, otherwise you will all Lou has to be pulled out and beheaded!"

"We have evidence, as long as the official is willing to help..."

The old bustard pushed Thrush into his arms, and said in a low voice: "Three days ago, someone saw Concubine Ning, and they took a black-covered boat in the middle of the night. Outside the temple, Princess Ning's hair was wet at that time, she must have just eaten someone underwater!"

"Crap you!"

Zhao Guanren said suspiciously: "I believe you all know the emperor, but Princess Ning is a woman, how can she show her face here, besides, can she eat people and still wear palace clothes?"

"The concubine is wearing a black dress, but the punter is wearing Shu brocade, showing half of her breasts. How can ordinary people dare to wear that when they go out..."

The old bustard whispered: "Big teapots come and go every day. They can't be wrong when they look at people. The man said that the women who punted the boats must be court ladies, and there was a sign of Xiaoxiang Garden on the black-covered boats. It's just that he didn't recognize Ning. Princess, I need your help now!"

"Hmph~ You are smart..."

Zhao Guanren sneered and said, "Xiaoxiangyuan is across from you, and the business is better than yours. It just happens to kill two birds with one stone, right? Go and call the big teapot. If what you said is true, I will definitely help you, Thrush! For the time being, help me keep it!"

"Hey! Thank you, my lord, for your pity..."

Thrush nodded in surprise, and Zhao Guanren walked back to the lobby to drink tea. On the wall were plaques with the names of the girls with red cards. Although Thrush was not an oiran, her plaque was hung on the highest place. Shepherd.

"My lord! All blessings to you..."

A big teapot was ushered in, who seemed to be a guy from another building. Zhao Guanren had just found a cigarette pot to study, and raised his head to ask him a few words. Except that the ship is not marked, even the details can be said.

"Buzz! You are saved, don't let him leave..."

Zhao Guanren patted the bustard on the shoulder, picked up the pipe and went out, just in time to see a large number of soldiers coming from both sides of the bank, including Qianniuwei and white-robed mages, even the bald men from the Bodhidharma Academy. Surprised and suspicious, one by one came to the scene of recovering the corpse.

"Yin Shuai! I have made a major discovery..."

Wei Dabeard glanced at all the officials, crossed his hands and said: "Two corpses were fished out from the river, and a fish charm was fished out at the same time. One is Cao Dakai, the son of the Minister of the Household Department. He lost track of him the day before yesterday, and the other should be him. His classmate and friend, the second son of Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of War!"

"Good guy!"

Zhao Guanren said loudly on purpose: "This snake demon only picks up the heirs of high officials. It seems that the plan is very big. It's not just to satisfy the appetite!"

"Yin Zhiping! How did you find these two bones..."

A white-robed sorcerer came out, he was the first sorcerer of Baiyun temple, it is said that he is the only personal disciple of the temple master, and his Taoist name is Tianyangzi!

"Brain! Experience..."

Zhao Guanren said loudly: "The snake demon turned into a princess is definitely not for the purpose of eating people. Just ask if any officials have disappeared recently, and you will know whether it has harmed people. But the snake demon is also a snake, let alone it is a bamboo leaf green, which is good at water. Xizhu, only this place is the most suitable for it!"

"Isn't it a white snake? Why is it turning green again..."

A Qianniuwei looked at him suspiciously, but Tianyangzi said again: "Seeing that you are so confident, you will definitely not make mistakes. If you have other facts, please let me know, and I will definitely show it to you." Please credit!"

"The first master! I'm really sorry..."

Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "The national teacher promised to return my innocence after the truth came to light, and to remove my family from being a good one. In the future, I will have to obtain fame and become an official in the court, and the clues that come from the hard way are life-saving grass. Please forgive me for not telling the truth. !"

"Hmph~ The king, as the person involved, has the right to know the truth..."

A cold snort brought the discussion to an abrupt end. Zhao Guanren turned his head and saw that it was a bad dish. The snake monster's husband actually came in person...

Chapter 1241

"Lord Ning!"

The black melon-eating crowd quickly separated, Qianniuwei and the mage group also surrendered, and saw a white-faced middle-aged man walking over. Maybe Datang didn't have python robes. He was wearing a crimson robe. Robes, but the gray face shows that the wine is too much.

"The low-ranking LN County bad commander, Yin Zhiping sees His Royal Highness King Ning..."

Zhao Guanren crossed his hands respectfully and saluted. How did he know that there was a beautiful mature woman with even more ostentation, hundreds of guards from the golden armored martial arts army, riding tall horses, with golden swords on their waists, and wearing men's white robes. Thought he was a handsome boy.

"Meet Princess Anning!"

Tian Yangzi stepped forward and bowed slightly. It turned out that the other party was the sister of the emperor's old son. It was probably someone who was invited by King Ning, and Zhao Guanren immediately shouted: "The humble Yin Zhiping, I wish Your Highness the eldest princess a happy life and a healthy life! Stay forever, everyone loves everyone, and the flowers bloom when they see each other!"

"Hahaha……"

The eldest princess laughed heartily, and reined in the white horse to play with her taste: "I thought that the bad handsome you, the teacher of the country, must be a great talent who is proud of his talents, but I didn't expect the compliments to come, it seems that you are also a sycophant." Your generation!"

"Your Highness! What you said will hurt the hearts of all the talented people in the world..."

Zhao Guanren laughed loudly and said: "As the saying goes! Fair and fair ladies and gentlemen are good-looking, and the so-called Yiren are on the side of the water; but the eldest princess is far more than that, she will spend thousands of dollars to buy precious knives, sable fur for wine is also a luxury, don't say that women are not good things, It sings on the wall of Longquan every night!"

"Huh? Good poetry, good poetry, suitable for the occasion, appropriate for the occasion..."

I don't know which literati poet was extremely supportive, and he was the first to praise in the crowd, so that Xia Buer had no chance to praise his feet, but the eldest princess was stunned by the words, and instinctively looked at the Longquan sword in her waist, and the heroic appearance on her body. Cool menswear.

The eldest princess asked subconsciously: "Since you are a scholar, why did you become a bad person? Do you have a reputation?"

"Alas~ I originally set my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch..."

Zhao Guanren looked at the bright moon with his hands behind his back, and said with a wry smile: "When you are drunk, you only sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep under the flowers. In the sky, if poverty is compared to chariots and horses, he will have to drive and I will be free!"

'Depend on!Forget about piracy, you still cut and paste, I can’t fix it...'

Xia Buer slandered in the crowd, but the Qinglou Riverside is a gathering place for talented scholars and beauties. As soon as Tang Bohu's poem came out, the audience applauded and applauded continuously, and the eldest princess also jumped off the horse .

"Yin Shuai has such a poetic talent, he deserves to be loved by the national teacher..."

The eldest princess personally stepped forward to bow her hands and saluted, and said: "It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to have a drink with Yin Shuai today. The lord came here for my nephew who is suffering. Now it is rumored that Princess Ning was transformed by a snake demon, which even alarmed the Holy Majesty. I also ask Yin Shuai to give him justice!"

"I don't dare to be fair, and the humble people speak lightly, so it's not considered..."

Zhao Guanren turned his head to look at Tianyangzi and the great monk sent by the Bodhidharma Academy, and intervened and asked, "The two masters are my masters, representatives of the industry of subduing demons and demons. Dare Xiaosheng ask the two masters, Our Prince Ning was transformed by a demon?"

The two masters shook their heads at the same time and said, "Of course not!"

"Princess! Did you hear that, justice is at ease..."

Zhao Guanren turned his head and smiled and said, "According to the preliminary investigation, Prince Ning has not met with the concubine recently, and he does not know that his wife has been killed by a monster. Otherwise, Prince Ning must be haunted by a monster, and his life will not be long. How can he live like a tiger, Prince Ning! Are you right?"

"That's right! It's very true..."

Prince Ning hurriedly beat his chest, raised his head and said: "This king is fierce and fierce, and all evils will not invade. If there are monsters approaching me, how can this king not know, Yin Shuai! You continue to investigate for this king to see who is colluding Monster, harm my concubine, tarnish my reputation!"

"Princess! My lord! Please forgive my cowardice and incompetence..."

Zhao Guanren intervened and said: "This time, the evildoers formed a gang to commit the crime. The outsiders were supported by the same kind, and the insiders were cooperated. The humble official saw a purple-robed man assisting the snake demon. When he left, he threatened me and ruined my family. I ended up as a bad person." The situation is already dire!"

"The purple-robed man?"

The aunt and nephew looked at each other in surprise, but Tian Yangzi suddenly said: "Your Highness! My Baiyun Temple has been investigating this matter, and I just got some clues. Don't worry, let me send it to investigate, and Yin Shuai I am entrusted by the national teacher, so it is inconvenient to bother him!"

"You motherfucker, stinky Taoist..."

Zhao Guanren cursed secretly in shock, this guy blocked the rest of his words, otherwise he could at least be a petty official.

"aunt!"

King Ning said in a low voice: "There are too many people here, so it's inconvenient to discuss this matter in public. Besides, Tianyangzi is safe and secure, so let's go back first!"