Yangyue

In the garden of the Hou Mansion, Xi He was leading a few little girls to trim the peony branches. A little girl quietly approached Xi He and asked in a low voice: "Sister Xi He, the girl that Hou Ye brought back a few days ago... Just stay like this?"

"Isn't that right, Master Hou likes her so much." Xihe snorted, "Master Hou just sees that she is beautiful, so what if she is blind in one eye? I have let her stay in the room every day for the past few days, and the study also Let her in and out... It's okay, one more person is better than letting that Jiyun spoil her."

At this time, in the study of the Hou Mansion, Dong Zhitao was carefully looking at several paper packages sprinkled with medicinal powder on the table, while Qi Zhu sat aside, drinking tea and watching quietly.

Dong Zhitao picked out one of them, lightly twirled the powder with his fingers, sniffed it on the tip of his nose, pondered for a while, and said, "This is the poison powder used by the Mara Sect to poison the virtuous king and murder the son of the virtuous king. It is colorless and odorless, and it disperses when heated In the air, after inhalation, you will have palpitations, nightmares, hallucinations, and insanity."

She then spoke out the poison contained in more than ten poisonous powders, and gently patted the powder off her fingers.After the powder was brought back by Qi Zhu, he had already found out the poison contained in the poison powder, which was exactly what Dong Zhitao said.

Dong Zhitao continued: "Master Fang, in order to restore the old skills, Huo Qiao not only built flesh and bones, but also borrowed the skills of the golden snake fetus. The head of the Hongyue Society, Yue Hongyi, the leader of the Moro Sect, You Jinlin, and Geng Chong said, all three of them have improved their martial arts by using the Gu poison of Huo Qiaoqi's Gu sect, especially Yue Hongyi, without Huo Qiao, she would not be able to cultivate the Wuyin Flying Flower Formation. It is much easier for Qiao to practice the exercises than before. Huo Qiao can almost master the third-rate exercises such as the Wuyin Flying Flower Formation. The dense fog of Sanfeng Mountain is Huo Qiao's handwriting.

"But the Gu poison that Huo Qiao gave those three people actually contained the poison that condensed into the fetus of a golden snake. Both Yue Hongyi and Geng Chongdao were stupid people, and they had been kept in the dark. You Jinlin noticed it at first. Then Huo Qiao planted a gangrene on his chest, so he had no choice but to continue to obey him."

Dong Zhitao paused, then looked at Qi Zhu: "Master Fang, is the golden snake fetus in You Jinlin's body still in your hands?"

"It is indeed still in my hands." Qi Zhu replied, "But the golden snake fetus is too powerful, and I am afraid it will be difficult for me to absorb it in a short time."

"Then what about Die Gang?"

"Not now."

Qi Zhu's answer was unexpected, Dong Zhitao looked up in surprise, but someone knocked on the door of the study at this moment, and Xihe's voice sounded outside the door: "Master Hou, Mrs. Xian has delivered a letter from her family in Huainan, saying yes The third uncle is gone."

The third uncle mentioned by Xihe is the biological brother of his late wife, Chao Shi. I heard that when Qi Zhu was a child, he often had contact with the Hou Mansion.

Qi Zhu has been doing his filial piety to the younger generation. For a year or so, he will always send some letters and money back to the Chao family, and also donate a few local officials to the men of the Chao family.The Chao family has not fallen much over the years, no matter what, it is his "mother's" family, and he should help.

Qi Zhu let Xi He in, and Xi He walked in with a letter in his hand, seeing Dong Zhitao standing aside, with a slight curl of his lips, he still saluted her, and handed the letter to Qi Zhu.

Qi Zhu opened the letter paper, read it hastily, and said: "I still remember that my third uncle often came to visit me when I was a child when I first went to the study. I haven't been back to visit relatives for almost five years. I should go back to offer my condolences. Xi He, pack and pack my luggage for me tomorrow, and when I explain to the emperor, I will go back to my mother's house to have a look."

"Yes."

Qi Zhu turned to look at Dong Zhitao, and said with a smile, "Zhitao, you can go back with me."

Dong Zhitao smiled slightly: "Yes, Lord Hou."

After Xi He left, Qi Zhu sat down at the desk, spread out the letter paper, and wrote a simple reply to my family.

Dong Zhitao frowned slightly, and said: "Lord Fang, Huo Qiao's forces have infiltrated a lot in Huainan now, if I go like this, I'm afraid..."

Qi Zhu said slowly: "Five years have passed, it's time for me to meet my old friend."

Seeing the gloomy and solemn look in Qi Zhu's eyes, Dong Zhitao was startled.

From winter to spring, Huainan entered spring early.

Fenzhou is a well-known and prosperous place in Huainan area. At this time, it is the time for merchants from the north and the south to do business. The city of Fenzhou is very lively, and the hotels and inns are full of people.

At this time, a group of carriages and horses slowly stopped in front of an inn named Yuelai Inn, and a wealthy man with a big arm and a round waist got off the carriage, followed by more than a dozen attendants.

The waiter at the inn hurriedly welcomed the man into the inn. The man seemed to be an acquaintance of the inn, and the innkeeper also greeted him with a smile on his face, and he was full of compliments inside and out.

The man put a bag of broken silver on the counter and said, "Shopkeeper Chen, as usual, I want the upper room on the east side of your place. This year, the south side has a lot of business, so I will stay for a few more days."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper showed a bit of embarrassment, rubbed his hands and said guiltily: "This...Master Du, to tell you the truth, in fact, the upper room on the east side of the small shop has already been occupied by a customer, and he came to the south A guest of Shang’s long-term residence. Otherwise, the upper room in the south is also the best. I have had someone clean it up a long time ago, you see..."

The man known as Master Du stared at the words, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master Chen, I live in the upper room on the east side of your house at this time of year, why did you give it to someone else this year! No! I pay attention to Feng Shui in business, Fengshui is the best on the east side of your place, I don’t live in other places, you call that person out, I’ll pay him three times the price, and let him move the place!”

Shopkeeper Chen couldn't persuade him several times, but in the end he didn't dare to offend Mr. Du, so he could only lead him upstairs to the upper room.There were two servant-like people guarding the door of that room. Seeing someone coming, they stepped forward to ask what was the matter.

Shopkeeper Chen said: "Two, this is Mr. Du Wenzheng, who came to run a business from the north. Mr. Du is a frequent customer of our shop, and he is used to living in this upper room. Let's see if we can discuss it with your young master. Pay three times the price, please change to another room?"

The servants looked at each other, knocked lightly on the door, and called out: "Master, there is a guest from the hotel asking to see him, saying that he wants to change rooms."

A cold voice sounded from the room: "No change."

Hearing this, the boy said to the shopkeeper and Mr. Du without changing his face: "My young master doesn't want to change. The shopkeeper pays attention to first-come-first-served. Please ask this Mr. Du to go to another room."

"May I ask who is the name of the person who lives here? Which business is he running? What kind of business is he doing?" Du Wenzheng swept the two servants in front of the door and snorted coldly, "Liaozhou Dujiabu Village listen Have you ever done it? Budu is for the big family in the capital! The guest officials inside, don’t know what’s good and what’s wrong!”

After the voice fell, the door was suddenly opened.

Du Wenzheng raised his eyes, and the aggressive words stuck in his throat, as if he was strangled by life, his fat face turned red, and his eyes stared straight.

The man in the room was wearing a light colored shirt, but the plain color couldn't hide his appearance.Du Wenzheng is also a person who has the obsession with Long Yang. He married his wife and raised a male favorite at home. When he saw the person in front of him, Du Wenzheng suddenly felt that the crooked melons and dates in his house were tasteless.

Henry Zhang stared at him, and said coldly: "I said, don't change, don't make noise in front of my door."

The guards of the duckweed pavilion pretending to be servants nodded, and were about to send Du Wenzheng and his party away, but Du Wenzheng suddenly reached out and grabbed Henry Zhang's wrist, one hand was sweating profusely, and the whole person stuttered : "You... who are you? Where are you from?"

Before Xiao Yangyue could respond, the guards standing on both sides revealed the short knives in their sleeves, put them on Du Wenzheng's arm, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't touch our young master, or someone will cut off your wrists."

The innkeeper stood aside, his legs trembling with fright, and he didn't dare to show his air.The murderous look in the eyes of the two guards was really not like that of ordinary people, and the servants around Du Wenzheng were also stunned for a moment.

Du Wenzheng trembled all over, knowing in his heart that he had offended someone he shouldn't, so he let go of his hand in an instant, and hurriedly staggered away.

Henry Zhang turned back and entered the room, wiped the sweat on his wrists heavily with a cloth, his eyes were full of gloomy disgust.

A personal guard walked in and asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to change places? Recently, there have been a lot of people going south to run business, and there are mixed fish and dragons. It is inevitable that it will be noisy."

Henry Zhang pinched his brows, he has been in Fenzhou for almost two months, and there are a lot of troubles recently, he really needs a clean place: "Someone find a clean place again."

Fenzhou is the prefecture and county where Lord Hou's mother's original family, Chao's family, is located. Eight or nine months ago, Xiao Yangyue had arranged duckweed pavilion personnel in Fenzhou and several neighboring counties to investigate Qi's and Chao's residences.

This time he came here very generously, he had never even changed his face, because he had already told Qi Zhu that he would investigate him, and he was not afraid to startle him.If his own investigation is blocked, it is Qi Zhu himself who is really trying to cover up.

"Hou Ye's uncle passed away more than a month ago. He had a close relationship with his mother's uncle when he was a child. He will definitely return to his home to express his condolences. Now he is probably coming soon." Henry Zhangyue said, "Arrange people to keep a close eye on Chao Mansion, If Lord Hou comes back, report to me immediately."

"Yes."

After the personal guard left, Henry Zhang sat down at the desk by the window in the room, and continued to look at the stack of letters that had been put down earlier.

When Qi Zhu was still studying as a child, he met a fellow of the same age in Fenzhou, and the two had a close friendship.Later, when the man returned to Fenzhou, Qi Zhu and him often exchanged letters. After Qi Zhu was kidnapped by martial arts bandits, the two of them naturally broke off contact.

Now that person is a not-so-big or small magistrate in Fenzhou. Xiao Yangyue sent someone to take the order of the court to spread the word, saying that the Xiankun Hou's mansion committed crimes a while ago, and Lord Hou was imprisoned. The court sent people to investigate Hou. Yeben's family and his relatives and friends.

When the man heard this, Dang was terrified. He was afraid of getting into trouble, but he didn't dare to deceive the king. He ran to the government several times and explained that he and Lord Hou had only met each other in the capital when they were children, and it has been nearly ten years now. I haven't contacted him, and handed over all the letters I passed with Lord Hou in the past, for fear that the court will blame me.

Now, those letters are all in Henry Zhang's hands.

Although these letters are very old, the handwriting can still be recognized clearly. Xiao Yangyue has compared these letters with the recent handwriting of Lord Hou many times in the past few days. Although the handwriting is slightly different, these letters have been for ten years. For such a long time, there will be some changes in the handwriting of ordinary people.Apart from these, the strokes of the handwriting are very similar, and the overall font is almost the same.

If it was not written by the same person, it would be difficult to imitate to such an extent.

Henry Zhang put down those letter papers, it was not enough to start with these details, he also needed more clues.

Among the letters used to compare the handwriting, and the last time when Mukhba Khan visited the palace, the Lord Hou secretly handed him the letter at the banquet. The handwriting on this paper is more than any other letter. His handwriting was messy, but it was difficult to hide his domineering, maybe because of the occasion, he could only write scribbled.

Henry Zhang looked at the handwriting on the paper, and touched it with his fingers unconsciously.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the room again, and a personal guard walked in quickly, took out a few rolled up rice papers from his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is news from the secret guard, saying yes The kidnapping case entrusted by the Hundred Step Sword Sect ten years ago has some clues."

Xiao Yangyue raised her eyes suddenly, took the few pieces of paper from the hand of the guard, and unfolded them, all of them were portraits.

"These five people have been confirmed to have survived from the Baibu Sword Sect back then. Their identities have been ascertained, and people have been sent to watch them. They did not startle the snake." The guard pointed to the man on one of the portraits. The man looked He looked about 25 years old, with firm eyes, "especially this person, his name is Zhuang Ying, and he lives in Fuzhou, three hundred miles away from Fingzhou."

"Zhuang Ying..." Xiao Yangyue stared at the person on the portrait, secretly said, "Can this person know martial arts?"

"Yes, and the martial arts should not be low."

"Look at it first, and leave tomorrow."

"Yes!"

On the morning of the second day, when Henry Zhang packed up her luggage and went downstairs, she suddenly noticed that someone was spying on her.He turned his head immediately, just in time to catch a glimpse of the door of the upper room on the south side of the second floor of the inn hastily shut.

That upper room was inhabited by the businessman surnamed Du who was squinting at him yesterday, Henry Zhang frowned for a moment, then turned his head and went downstairs to leave.

In the upper part of the south, Du Wenzheng hid behind the door sweating profusely. The servant next to him said cautiously: "Master...you really like it, why don't you just ask? The Du family is a wealthy family in Liaozhou! Others Even if you want to have a relationship with the master, you can't get it..."

Before the boy could finish speaking, Du Wenzheng slapped him on the head suddenly, and cursed: "What do you know! Look at the clothes on that beauty, and the guards around her, they are not what ordinary people have." ! He must also be a son of a noble family!"

The boy scratched his head and said, "This... what is the master planning?"

A dark light flashed in Du Wenzheng's eyes. He couldn't get someone, but he couldn't just let him go!

"Go, bring a pen and paper." Du Wenzheng shouted, "Write a letter to the third master and tell him that there is work to do."

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The article will be updated in the middle of the dead line, and the frequency of the next day will resume after the winter vacation!

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