The General and His Enemy Your Highness

After all, the violent storm finally stopped at dusk, and the sky burst into brilliant rays of light, like flowing fire burning into the sky, and the layers of burning clouds were magnificent and gorgeous.

The rare sky is bright, but it is a pity that when the sun reaches the west mountain, it is only a flash of glory.

Mei Geng breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately the heavy rain did not last for three days and three nights, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. When the heavy rain first stopped, the local county magistrate came to visit him. The assistant official of the local county magistrate was the county magistrate, surnamed Zhang, short in stature The middle-aged man squinted his eyes and often smiled. He was not as restrained and respectful as the county magistrate. On the contrary, he talked humorously and was a person with a lively mind.

Mei Geng always pursed his lips, listening to his long speech with a half-smile, and when the eloquent Zhang Xiancheng closed his mouth, he threw out a sentence lightly: "I found all the account books of Linzhang County for the past two years. Wang wants to see how the 10 taels of silver disappeared out of thin air."

Zhang Xiancheng's face froze, and he responded, but his forehead was already sweating.

Mei Geng sneered secretly, he still wanted to deceive him with this kind of knowledge, even those old foxes in Yong'an who had become fine can't do it.

King Xiping insisted on looking at the account books, and that night, hundreds of account books were brought to the inn. When Mei Geng saw it, his face darkened a little, and he opened one casually—oh, the account books of the first emperor's three years.

"The things that this old thing sent are upside down." Mei Geng sneered, and flipped through the two books casually, "There are missing corners and pages, blurred and in a mess."

"Nothing can be found." Chu Ce's tone was firm, and his complexion was not very good. "Zhang Liyuan dared to do this, because he meant to tear his face."

Mei Geng laughed softly: "So much money, as long as it wasn't thrown into the Zhang River, you can always find some clues if you want to check. These old things should be dead long ago, but they are still left in the world to act as monsters."

Chu Ce frowned tightly, and murmured in a low voice: "He dared to declare war openly, if he is not stupid, then he has something to rely on."

"See the trick." Mei Geng pinched the soft earlobe of His Royal Highness, then moved closer to embrace him in his arms, and asked softly, "Do you feel unwell?"

Chu Ce didn't care about other things, blushed and shook his head lightly, extremely ashamed, but he didn't push the person away, but leaned softly against him.

Mei Geng suppressed a smile, finally did nothing else, and put his arms around His Royal Highness in a polite manner, "The people outside the inn are all my people, and I will introduce them to them for two days, and we will deal with them after we find out the whereabouts of the disaster relief money."

Chu Ce has long been accustomed to Mei Geng's gentlemanly behavior, and sat down with peace of mind. Even though most of the male favorites are young men of his age, they are not yet the age to do that.

Late at night, with a bright moon and sparks, and wet after the rain, several masked figures in black appeared on the deserted street. Then, the sound of gold and stone suddenly sounded, and with the sound of sharp knives cutting flesh, bright red blood poured into the pool of water, forming a large thick swath of dark red.

After fighting for a while, the masked man seemed to be afraid of making too much noise, seeing that the situation was not good, he withdrew quickly.

The rest of the hidden guards of the palace looked at each other, and then at the corpses all over the floor, their expressions became distorted.

Just go, why not take your brother's body with you?

So the hard-working secret guards looked at each other, clasped their hands together, and played finger-guessing in the street—the loser would be dealt with.

The lost guards looked up at the sky and looked at the moon, feeling in their hearts, not only to protect the safety of the master, but also to quietly erase these traces.

-

For several days in a row, although there were a few light rains, there were no more violent winds and showers, and Linzhang seemed to be calm again.

The handsome man in the brocade robe had gloomy eyes, twisted the secret letter with his fingertips, glanced at the black-clothed dark guard standing below, and said in a cold voice, "Can't find it?"

The hidden guard's hands were trembling, and he bite the bullet and said: "My lord, my subordinates searched all the shops and houses under the names of Linzhang officials, and there was nothing abnormal. They even searched all over their relatives, but they really couldn't find them."

Mei Geng didn't respond, his eyes were filled with gloom.

This is strange, if it is said that they are greedy for money, then County Magistrate Feng and County Chancellor Zhang are not like rich and noble families. Could it be possible that the money that was greedy was kept for viewing?

"What about the military affairs?" Mei Geng asked.

Hearing the sound, the dark guard said again like beans: "The governor of Yezhou, Cheng Xuan, is in command of the local soldiers. And what Luo Fu said is the truth. The missing people in the army have been missing since four years ago. Not many, so no one cares, if not for Li Zhong who came back this time, I am afraid no one would have noticed something wrong. But there is no trace of Li Zhong's whereabouts during this time of disappearance."

It was a mess.

No trace could be found, and Mei Geng also found it unbelievable. Everything he did would definitely leave his feet behind, and he would never be able to do it without a trace.

"Mei Geng—"

A sweet young man's call came from behind the screen, and soon the young man in a noble green shirt stepped out, Chu Ce said with a smile: "It's okay, the embezzlement of disaster relief money is put on hold for now, as for the army, it can be done from Li Loyalty."

Mei Geng's gloomy face eased, and he gently took Chu Ce's hand and squeezed it, "Have you rested?"

"No problem." Chu Ce smiled, and gave the hidden guard a look, signaling him to back down.

For example, the secret guard who received the amnesty disappeared in the blink of an eye, and as soon as he went out, several colleagues surrounded him and asked in a breathy voice: "How is it?"

The dark guard who just came out was complacent, and stretched out his hand: "Today, the prince took the initiative to hold the hand of His Highness Fifth, and here is the money."

Those who win are happy, those who lose are gnashing their teeth.

-

In the east street and alley, in front of the old wooden door, there is a row of people standing.

Qin Gui, who was dressed in black and held his sword expressionlessly, raised his jaw, "This is it."

Everyone looked at a straw mat in the courtyard, it looked like a person was curled up inside, they guessed something, and immediately their faces were not very good.

Luo Fu also nodded, obviously he had been here before, and then he took the initiative to knock on the wooden door and said loudly: "Sister Li, are you there?"

Not long after, a woman in plain clothes came out of the room, the young woman had red eyes, she was stunned for a moment when she saw Rover, then suddenly changed her face, angrily said: "You still have the face?! Didn't you say you would protect him?!"

The hatred in the sharp voice was not fake, Luo Fu choked up, "Li Zhong?"

The woman smiled sarcastically, and pointed to the straw mat in the courtyard, "What's going on? Who is going to kill him?!"

The questioning eventually turned into wailing and heartbreaking.

Mei Geng took a deep look at that cheap straw mat, and his heart sank.

died?

The only clue, so dead? !

Mei Geng was annoyed by the woman crying, and was turned away, so he simply ignored her and shouted: "Come out."

A man in black appeared from nowhere, he bowed to Mei Geng, and then said: "My lord, I have already sent someone to tell my lord about what happened an hour ago, and the death was not at the hands of others."

The sudden hidden guard made the woman's cry much quieter, Fang Ren was stunned and looked at Qin Gui blankly.

Qin Gui showed great kindness and said in a low voice: "The day Luo Fu came, the lord sent someone to protect Li Zhong." Seeing Fang Ren's sluggish look after speaking, he immediately sighed that it should be difficult for his brain to understand.

"Continue." Mei Geng didn't change his face, and the dark guard continued without any fluctuations: "Suddenly fell to the ground, without warning."

He was already inhuman before, although Mei Geng guessed that his life might not be long, but he didn't expect that he was only an hour late.

The secret guard said again: "In the past two days, many people have tried to do something, and some people even came to snatch the corpse just now."

Mei Geng sneered, "It's good to see, let someone do an autopsy."

There really is no kingly law in Linzhang, first he chased and killed Luo Fu who was an official, and then tried to rob Li Zhong under his nose, even trying to take away his body.

Mei Geng's expression became more and more serious, and the people around him were so frightened that they even slowed down their breaths. The only one with a calm expression was Chu Ce. He gently pulled off Mei Geng's sleeve, and said softly, "It's a good thing, since you want to take it away His corpse proves that there are clues on the corpse that we cannot discover."

The people on the left and right were already dead, Mei Geng couldn't help but gritted his teeth, so he turned his attention to the woman who was crying faintly.

Mei Geng was originally a handsome young man, and in addition to the conversation with the secret guard just now, the woman did not resist too much, instead she answered his words weeping.

It is only said that Li Zhong has only been home for eight days, he has been talking nonsense, he does not eat or drink water, and runs out when he can't see him. For this reason, he is even tied up, but he can still break free from the rope and run out—— That was the day when Mei Geng met Li Zhong on the street.

But where it came from, I still have no clue.

On the way back to the inn, Mei Geng's expression was still gloomy, the clouds on his face were more cloudy than the sky in Linzhang at the moment, and it was about to be lightning, thunder, squall and shower.

Qin Gui, who was always upright, quietly winked at Chu Ce: Hurry up.

Chu Ce's ears turned red, and he pretended he didn't see it.

As soon as he returned to the inn, he heard that County Magistrate Feng had brought his wife back to the previous thatched hut. Mei Geng just smiled coldly when he heard the words, and immediately ordered: "Bring that Cheng Xuan over to my lord!"

Not only that, but he also sent an order directly to call Feng County Magistrate and Zhang County Cheng to get ready-open the trial!

Cheng Xuan is a stable man in his 30s, not a rough man, but rather handsome, he was still wearing a military uniform when he was brought to court.

County magistrate Feng sat in the courtroom, and on the lower left sat Zhang Xiancheng and his master. The master's surname was Lan. He was a thin man in his 40s. a lot of.On the right side were Mei Geng and Chu Ce, and behind them stood pillar-like Qin Gui and Fang Ren.

Without waiting for Magistrate Feng to hear the case, Mei Geng asked calmly, "Cheng Xuan?"

Cheng Xuan smiled, leaned over and saluted, "The last general, Cheng Xuan, will see King Xiping, and His Highness the Fifth Highness." After speaking, he said, "The lord called me urgently for the drill officers and soldiers, and I have time to change clothes in the future, I hope lord Haihan. "

"It doesn't matter." Mei Geng smiled, but there was a cold look in his eyes. He threw a booklet on the ground and shouted sharply: "Your lieutenant disappeared for no reason, why didn't you report it?"

Cheng Xuan turned pale.