On the outskirts of the capital, thirty miles outside Dongzhimen.

Nie Fu was sitting in an inn in the suburbs. It was the first three days of summer. He changed horses and ran for two days and one night without rest. He traveled eight hundred miles from Ningyuan to Tongzhou until now.

I have to rest. If I hadn't meditated and practiced Qi on weekdays and my body was in good condition, I would have collapsed from exhaustion by now.

Along the way, he was covered with wind and sand. He fetched a basin of water from the store and washed himself in the stable outside the inn. He washed the sand off his face, washed his hair and combed himself.

Fan.

He went into the store and ordered a cup of herbal tea, sat down for a while, collected his thoughts, and planned the rescue of Yang Lian.

The traffic thoroughfare in Tongzhou is bustling with people, and the inn is full. Most people simply drink a cup of tea and eat a bowl of noodles. The inn does not have any big dishes. It is mostly a place for people coming and going from Beijing to take a short break. The time is relatively short.

nervous.

But there were about ten people crowded into one of the large round tables, and the chatter was extremely loud.

Around this table was a man dressed as a martial artist talking, drinking tea and cracking melon seeds. Among them was an old scholar wearing a white scarf hat and a teenage boy. The other seven or eight big men were all naked.

A busty salesman.

"Master Qin, you are knowledgeable. Please tell me what big things are going on in this capital."

"Yes, Brother Qin, tell me."

"You have a wide range of escorts and often travel around the capital, so you must know a lot."

"Oh, don't listen to my nonsense. We should listen to this teacher Gu. Teacher Gu walked with me all the way and told a lot of interesting things about various provinces along the way. He reads a lot, so listen to him." Qin Biao

The head was pushed away.

The old man waved his hand and replied, "I am just a commoner, and what I am talking about are ordinary things. You should listen to Master Qin."

"Speak slowly, haha, the biggest thing in the city now is Wang Wenyan." Master Qin said slowly pouring the tea.

Nie Fu was very interested in this topic and listened attentively.

"It is now rumored that Wang Wenyan took Xiong Tingbi's money and was imprisoned in Dongchang. Xiong Tingbi failed to defend Liaodong and was dismissed from his post and imprisoned. In order to find a way out, his people took the money and looked for rescuers everywhere. It is said that the money was given to Wang Wenyan to do something

Some public relations officials hoped to give Xiong Tingbi a lighter sentence. But Dongchang seized on this line. It is said that Wang also confessed that Gu Dazhang and other four people also took the money, and these four ministers were all arrested. These four people have one thing in common

The point is, they are all the backbone of the Donglin Party. I think Wang Wenyan is over. Wang Wenyan is commonly known as the only wise and courageous member of the Donglin Party. Once he dies, only Huang Zunsu will be left. The Donglin Party will probably be disbanded this time."

"How could Wang Wenyan confess Yuan Huazhong, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, and Gu Dazhang?" the young man asked.

Nie Fu was a little surprised that the young man named the four ministers accurately.

"It may be true that Wang Wenyan accepted bribes. After all, this person has always walked between the black and white. But Yuan, Wei, Zhougu and the four people should have been framed. The four adults Yuan, Wei, Zhougu and Yuan are all national celebrities and pay attention to integrity. The only one who is more suspected

It’s Master Zhou Chaorui, after all, he has written four times to recommend Xiong Tingbi for his talents, and suggested that Xiong Tingbi be allowed to guard Ningyuan." The man surnamed Qin said while drinking tea.

The young man replied: "This is obviously a false accusation. Let me take Wei Dazhong as an example. Wei Dazhong was arrested in his hometown. At that time, thousands of fellow villagers cried and sent him away regardless of their safety. Wei Dazhong was from Jiashan, Zhejiang. He was known as the honest official of Jiangnan. His family was extremely poor, and his favorite hobby was

To say that he received money from Xiong Tingbi is really unbelievable. These eunuchs are guilty of crimes and are doing everything for their own political purposes. It is estimated that Dongchang will take action later."

"Dongchang is a bunch of thieves."

"A bunch of bastards in the East Factory."

Some men also started talking about it.

"Shut up, you guys don't know how high the sky is. Don't talk nonsense like this. Be careful that walls have ears." Master Qin said.

"But why does Dongchang want to cause trouble for these people?" The young man looked at the old man and asked.

"It is probably because of the party struggle. As you said, all actions have political purposes. The knowledge here is profound. These ministers have to think for a long time about the wording of the last memorial. They have to be comprehensive and exquisite.

The words must be said beautifully but with hidden dangers. These are profound knowledge." said the old man surnamed Gu.

"Teacher, are we studying and writing articles just to pursue these things?"

Teacher Gu touched the boy's head and looked at the boy with a smile but loving eyes, as if to tell him that the time has not come yet and we will talk about these principles later.

"Hey, we don't want to listen to these official things. It has nothing to do with us ordinary people. I want to hear some exciting things, fights and so on, who killed whom, or like the court attack you mentioned last time, red pills

, Palace transfer case or something like that?" a Chinese character shouted.

Another white-faced man said: "Now that it is so chaotic, we still hope that some martial arts heroes will come to save everyone. In the past, people said that Shaolin Wudang was a martial arts master, and he was a chivalrous and righteous man. Now he has made a memorial arch for the Nine Thousand Years Old Master.

Shaolin is no longer the Shaolin it used to be, and Wudang is no longer the Wudang it used to be."

Another man came up and said, "Yes, and what you said last time: One Brother, Two Feixue, Three Duanmu, etc. We want to hear this."

Several young men surrounding the man surnamed Qin gathered around him and talked about Jianghu affairs. They were obviously more interested in Jianghu affairs.

"Okay, okay, brother, don't look down on Shaolin and Wudang. These two sects are still the leaders in the martial arts world. It's just that they don't want to get involved in these politics and are wise to protect themselves. Now, although everyone talks about singers, Feixue, Shandong

Duanmu is a powerful martial artist, but I think these are still rising stars. Only now Shaolin Wudang cultivates their moral integrity and does not pursue fame and fortune, so that these rising stars have the opportunity to rise." Master Qin said.

Master Qin took a sip of tea and said, "Okay, let me talk about a bizarre murder case a while ago."

"By the way, a murder occurred the night before yesterday. In the courtyard of Baimao Hutong near the Metropolitan Procuratorate, two people died. One of them was a Baihu Jinyiwei and a hereditary military attache. The other was a woman. When the woman's body was found,

**, the lower body skirt was taken off to the waist. It is said that this woman is a widow who lives alone. The scene looked like Jin Yiwei forced the widow to rape. The widow took a knife and killed Jin Yiwei in self-defense. Unfortunately, both of them were seriously injured and died."

"This is a rape case..." one of the men said with a lewd look.

"You think that's it, right? It's not that simple. How could the widow grab the knife and kill the highly skilled Jin Yiwei? Later, Dongchang asked Zuo Zuo from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate, and Wu Zuo said that he couldn't figure out how this murder happened.

Yes." Master Qin said.

"Wu Zuo said that the murder weapon was the Xiuchun Dao, but there was no murder weapon at the scene. How could a woman kill a military attaché? She was a hereditary military attaché and was highly skilled in martial arts. Moreover, Dongchang investigated the surrounding neighbors and they all said that they did not hear any sounds of fighting.

."

"Anyone who dares to kill Dongchang these days will not want to live anymore, but he is clueless and has no witnesses. Dongchang is furious but has no clue, so it becomes an unsolved case." The man surnamed Qin continued.

"This guy is my junior brother from the side branch. We usually have a drink together when we have something to do. He drank too much yesterday and accidentally said something. He thought that there was a third person who, if not with a musket, was killed by a master. This master should be

He is good at using thin awls or thin swords. He said that there were many wounds on the dead body. If you can't tell if you don't look carefully, the dead Jin Yiwei should have been pierced by a very sharp and thin needle first, and then by someone else.

Use a knife to chop at the wound, trying to hide the original wound."

"Wu Zuo said that there were three fine needle puncture wounds on Jin Yiwei's body, which were located on the shoulder, collarbone and heart. They were deep and thin. They were very similar to a case he had taken over before. It was said that the murderer in that case was Feixue."

"Feixue..." As soon as they heard the word Feixue, everyone was whispering to each other, as if everyone had heard of and met him.

Captain Qin said proudly, "Do you know why you didn't tell what this man did? Because he was angry with Dongchang and always treated him as his grandson, so he was unwilling to tell the truth. Anyway, the people who died were Dongchang people.

Do you think my brother likes to hold grudges, hahaha."

Just as everyone was laughing, there was a sudden sound that startled everyone.

Three people wearing dark blue Feiyu official uniforms rushed in from the door. The first man pulled out the knife from his waist and slashed it with a bang on the first Eight Immortals table outside the lobby.

"Embroidered spring knife!" The man named Qin shouted softly when he saw the knife.

The two strong men at the back also pulled out their knives, looked around with the knives, and pointed the knives at every table in the inn fiercely.

Every table was shocked when they were pointed out, and you could see that everyone swallowed their saliva when they were pointed out.

"Fuck it, who said that Dongchang is a thief? Is it you, or you, that guy, stand up for me?"

"It's you." The first Tiqi walked forward, pulled out the knife on the table, walked a few steps forward to Master Qin's table, pointed the bright white tip of the knife at Master Qin and Teacher Gu, and a ray of sunshine

The light was projected onto the tip of the knife and fell on Nie Fu's table.

Nie Fu had been following Sun Chengzong for a long time and had heard a lot about the evil deeds in Dongchang, so he really didn't like these imperial guards. Now that he had no official position, Nie Fu had something to worry about. He rubbed his hands together, secretly using his internal energy, and clasped his right hand on the table.
Chapter completed!