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The travel-stained convoy entered from the north gate of Jincheng and traveled all the way to Jinxiu Tower.As soon as Yue Qing got off the carriage, he stretched out his robe sleeves, as if turning into a big broom sweeping the fallen leaves, and swiped towards the house without touching his feet.

"Master Yue! Master Yue!"

Fang Ke yelled several times from behind but didn't stop anyone. In a hurry, he lightly tapped his feet on the ground, performed a half-moon somersault in mid-air, and landed in front of Yue Qing to block his way.

"I'll talk about it later! I'll take a shower first!" Yue Qing walked around Fang Ke without raising her eyelids.

Fang Ke felt that their shopkeeper Yue was good at everything, except for one thing. He loved cleanliness too much, and he had to wipe every chair twice. Wash the dust yourself first.

"Master Yue! Don't wash it yet, something happened to Master Feng!"

Yue Qing finally stopped and looked back at Fang Ke in surprise, his expression seemed to say: What can happen to a scumbag?

"Master Feng chased someone out half a month ago, and he hasn't shown up since then. We found Master Feng's saber in an alley in the west of the city, and we guessed that something happened to Master Feng. But Master Feng ordered However, no matter what happens, we can’t act rashly, so we had to secretly send people out to search, and we found this on the border of Yizhou a few days ago.”

After Fang Ke finished speaking, he handed something to Yue Qing. It was a piece of bark with some scratches in all directions.

This is the code word that Ling Xun left on the big tree at the entrance of the inn that night. Fang Jue found it when he was looking for it, and peeled the tree back.

Yue Qing gazed at the pattern of the ghostly talisman for a while, then raised his eyebrows, "Master Feng went to the capital?"

"Yes."

Fang Ke could also understand Feng Wuge's code words, which actually just left a meaning of going to the capital, so that the family members don't have to worry.As for how he got there, and what happened in the middle, it is unknown.

"We also heard from the villagers on the outskirts of the city that they heard someone shouting that night, and following the sound, they saw two figures in the distance. One of them was very similar to our Lord Feng. It is said that he was being held hostage at that time!"

"Did you send any news to those who stayed in Beijing?" Yue Qing asked.

"not yet."

"Ask someone to inform them, secretly inquire about Master Feng's whereabouts, and don't say anything."

After Yue Qing left these words, he was ready to continue his bathing career.

But Fang Ke said worriedly: "Master Yue, we, Master Feng, can't do anything..."

"Don't worry, I can't die. Master Feng has his own sense of propriety. If his life is really in danger, he won't leave such secret words."

It was like a needle that stabilized the sea. As soon as Yue Qing came back, the restless monkey cubs in the nest finally calmed down, but Fang Ke didn't see it. Just when Yue Qing turned around, a deep worry flashed across his eyes .

Yue Qing had just returned from the northwest, and before he escorted the convoy away, something happened there.

The cause was continuous torrential rain in Jincheng area, which caused a landslide. Seeing that the village at the foot of the mountain was in danger, a formation mage stood up and blocked the soil with formation techniques, saving the lives of hundreds of households in the village.But when the heavy rain stopped, the county magistrate wanted to cross the river and demolish the bridge to arrest the magician, which was met with fierce resistance from the whole village.

I don't know if someone is manipulating it behind the scenes. The situation intensified. More and more formation masters appeared in Jincheng. In the end, the county magistrate was killed. "The banner is actually reversed.

This matter has now been reported back to the imperial court. On the surface, it is just a small group of rebels making rebellion, but Yue Qing knows that the situation is far from that simple.Liangzhou's folk customs are tough, judging from the number of goods shipped from Jinxiulou in these years, there will be big troubles there sooner or later.

But at this juncture, something like this happened to Feng Wuge again.

Is it just a coincidence?

Yue Qing vaguely felt uneasy, so he wrote a letter overnight and sent Fang Jue to the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion, telling him to hand it over to Yuan Xi, the son of the Governor.

In the palace of Zhongchangshi in the capital, Ling Xun was led by a young eunuch to meet Zhongchangshi Qin Chao.

The white-faced and beardless old eunuch sat tall and looked down at him, with a pair of smiling eyes, like an Amitabha Buddha full of merit, like the "nine-thousand-year-old" who ate meat and drank blood and made all the court officials shudder. It's totally irrelevant.

"When you see Master Zhongchang, why don't you kneel?" The little eunuch standing beside Qin Chao saw Ling Xun standing there upright, and shouted in a high-pitched voice.

Ling Xun didn't move, but said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The grass folk customs have no songs, and I pay my respects to Mr. Zhongchang Shi."

"Ask why you don't kneel!" The little eunuch's voice became sharper and harsher, as if his majesty was offended.

"Returning to my lord, it's not that I don't kneel, but that Cao Min was born with a strange disease."

"Oh? What eccentricity?" Seeing that Ling Xun was speaking strangely, the little eunuch was a little curious, and peeped forward like a chicken with a bald neck.

Ling Xun looked at the little eunuch, and the smile on his lips deepened. Those who didn't know thought he was teasing mynah: "My knees, when I see someone with imperfections, they will become like a piece of iron, extremely hard. I can't bend even if I want to."

The air suddenly froze. The Chief Historian who stood by Qin Chao's side raised his head in surprise and looked at the man standing in the hall. He couldn't believe it. He was still clearly engraved in his head that night or he was flattering. Or look as vulgar as a bandit.But at this moment, he realized that no matter what kind of face he had, it was difficult to match Feng Wuge in front of him.

This is obviously a blatant provocation. Using the incompleteness of the six roots to talk about it can be said to have hit the Achilles heel of the eunuch lineage. The little eunuch probably has never seen such a desperate person. He was so angry that he gestured in mid-air for a long time and said no. speak out.

"It's really strange that there is such a rare disease in the world." Qin Chao, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his mouth and looked at Ling Xun with a smile. His gaze seemed to turn into a snake, and he crawled up Ling Xun's legs coldly and greasy. "It's not as good as this. We happen to have a good medicine here, which may be able to cure this disease. I wonder if this formation master is willing to give it a try?"

The eunuch's voice was already thin, and Qin Chao's voice was very soft. The combination of the tone and tone suddenly gave people a creepy feeling.

The chief historian's heart raised his throat, and hurriedly winked at Ling Xun, telling him not to die.

But Ling Xun didn't change his face.

"If Master Zhongchang Shi is willing to give medicine to cure the strange disease of the grass people, the grass people will definitely be grateful."

Qin Chao narrowed his old eyes and clapped his hands. Four eunuchs with torture sticks came in and stood on either side of Ling Xun.

"You four, you must treat this formation master properly, you know?"

Mr. Zhong Changshi personally spoke, and the four of them naturally had to be active, so they exchanged glances with each other, rolled up their sleeves, swung the thick torture stick, and beat Ling Xun into the hollow of Ling Xun's knee with all his strength!

Snapped!As the first blow of the torture stick hit Ling Xun's leg, his brows frowned slightly, and after the continuous beatings, he lost his expression. There was a shocking one-foot bloodstain, which would even make people think that the torture rod hadn't hit him at all.

One after another, the only sound left in the room was the blunt sound of bamboo sticks beating hard on flesh and blood.I don't know how many hundreds of hits, even the four eunuchs holding sticks were so tired, but Ling Xun didn't make a sound from the beginning until he couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground, lying on his back. After all, he did not bow to Qin Chao.

Qin Chao's face turned green and pale, and with a wave of his sleeves, someone dragged Ling Xun directly to the prison and locked him up.

Maybe it's because of old age, Zhong Chang Shi often has nightmares recently, and those who died in his hands frequently take advantage of Zhou Gong's convenience to seek revenge in their dreams.Especially after the new emperor came to power, more and more people wanted to assassinate him, and ordinary guards could no longer give him a sense of security.With his keen political sense, he predicted that a big chaos would come soon, and he knew that if he wanted to protect himself in the chaos, he must first recharge his strength.Therefore, he began to recruit formation masters widely among the people, and first raised them with a lot of money to prevent problems in the bud.

Originally, I came here happily to recruit, even the rewards and official badges were prepared, the previous few formation masters were fine, in front of the gold and silver ranks, there is no one who would not be attached, but it happened to this hairless yellow-mouthed kid There's something going on here, what a disappointment!

"My lord, why do you still keep such a dog's life?"

The little eunuch has been with Qin Chao all the year round, and the noble people have seen many of them. In order not to be driven by the eunuchs, many people were killed just by hitting the dragon pillars in front of Mingde's gate, but they have never seen anyone Like this little boy, so rampant that he dares to disobey Jiuqian face to face.

"I can still keep this person, I can't kill him. Tell the people below to watch carefully, and don't let him die."

Qin Chao quickly calmed down his anger, and then restrained himself into a statue of Maitreya Buddha with benevolent eyebrows and eyes. He slowly took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his hands lightly twice.This handkerchief was made by Jinxiu Building.

He had heard of Jinxiulou's reputation for a long time, and the palace would buy their fabrics every year, but Qin Chao only thought that Jinxiulou's fabrics were comfortable to wear before, but he never noticed that there is something different here.

He has lived for a long time, and it is the first time he has seen someone who can integrate the art of formation into embroidery, but the meaning behind this may not be imagined by everyone, and I am afraid that it will only be realized when the world is really chaotic. It makes people suddenly realize.

If possible, Qin Chao actually wanted to kill this little third-rate magician. He felt a strong sense of discomfort when he saw this man's eyes.But he couldn't, or at least he had to save his life until this person explained the secret of integrating formation techniques into weaving and embroidery.

So how can I get him to cooperate obediently?

Judging from today's situation, the boss of Xiulou is probably a hard-headed person who likes to fight against eunuchs. Ordinary torture may be useless.

Qin Chao suddenly thought of the face of the owner of Xiulou who was more beautiful than a woman, and suddenly showed a sinister smile, and ordered: "After tonight, transfer him to the lowest public cell."

The minds of the eunuchs seemed to be miraculously connected, and the little eunuch immediately understood and ran excitedly to make arrangements.

Ling Xun was thrown into the prison cell, his legs were in severe pain as if they had been cut off, the flesh was connected to the bone, and the pain was heart-piercing if he touched it lightly.Panting for breath, he barely climbed to the edge of the wall and sat down. Facing the dark and damp cell, he suddenly laughed.

After many years of ups and downs in the grass, he thought that he had worn away his skin long ago, and became a walking corpse who talked about people and talked about ghosts. He didn't expect that there was still such an invisible hand left in the bloody dead flesh. The iron bones of the mountain are not dewy.

In fact, he didn't intend to seek his own death today, but if he knelt down on him, he even knelt down to a big yellow dog, so what's wrong with kneeling down like a eunuch?But when he saw Qin Chao's face and thought of the ghosts of the Ling family that he was holding in his hands, his legs stopped working.

For no reason, he became a good man who stood up to the sky, which somewhat made Ling Xun not used to it. He stared blankly at the iron cage, his expression suddenly a little dazed, as if he saw the person in his memory again.

"Why are you crying? Who made you sad?"

This gentle and shallow caring sound became the comfort of countless nightmares later. Whenever I was down and lonely and reached a dead end, I couldn't help digging out the boy in the gray cloth shirt from the deepest place in my heart, and used it as a temporary warming.It's a pity that the impression of him when he was a child has long been blurred, and there is only a vague outline of this person who has been thinking about it, and he can't remember the specific eyebrows and eyes.

I haven't seen him for more than ten years. What is the handsome young man like back then now?

It must be much cleaner than him.