"Toya, you are right to think so. No matter what time, you must not forget that we are people on the grassland, people from the Haramanglai tribe, and people under the blessing of the eternal sky. Brother and the noble
The guest has planned a big event. If this event succeeds, it will encourage the currently divided grassland tribes to reunite under the banner of the Great Khan, regroup and fight back to the Central Plains. By then..."
As soon as he said this, a figure suddenly rushed over, grabbed his basket, turned around and ran into the alley next to him.
"Ouch!" Narentoya screamed.
Just when Lakshen was stunned, the basket had been snatched away, and then his sister screamed again. Lakshen hurriedly asked: "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Narentoya crossed her arms and said with a blushing face: "He...he touched me..."
"What a bitch!"
Lakshen was really angry now and shouted: "You little thief, don't leave!" He chased her into the alley. Seeing this, passers-by gathered around and looked into the alley. Narentoya was afraid of her brother.
When he failed, he wanted to quickly catch up and call his brother, but after taking only one step, his arm was tightly grasped by a strong and strong hand.
Narentuoya turned around and saw a big man wearing a tile hat and a dog fur coat. He had a beard under his chin and only showed a pair of beautiful eyes. He said to her with a slight smile: "Girl,
Don't raise your voice."
"You are...um..."
Before Narentuoya could finish speaking, another hand stopped her mouth, and her whole body was dragged away very quickly. No one noticed the people who were watching with concern as they fled and chased each other in the alley.
Ximen Qing ran very fast, and Lakshen behind him took long strides to catch up even faster. Ximen Qing went around east and west, through streets and alleys, and went to remote places. His dress and behavior looked like a highway robbery.
Lakshen had no doubt that he was a rogue. He just wanted to catch up with this frivolous little thief quickly and teach him a lesson with a pair of iron fists.
But as he was chasing after him, a person suddenly jumped from the air in the long alley ahead. He was as light as a feather, passed Ximen Qing, stood sideways, slowly raised his right hand, holding a black leather sheath tightly in his hand, looking extremely
It is a fierce single sword, with a cat's eye on the handle, emitting a charming and frightening light.
Lakshen stood up suddenly: "Oops, I was fooled!"
The knife-wielding man spoke coolly: "Are you going to restrain yourself, or do you want me to do it myself?"
Lakshen's reply was simple: "Nonsense!"
He took out a shining scimitar from under his broad fur coat and pounced on it viciously...
This is a dilapidated house. At that time, Beiping was far from being rich in land. This house was already in a desolate location. After this family fell into decline, others who bought the land had to clean up the damaged house.
, it is far less convenient than building a building on the ground, and it has never been sold, so it was left abandoned. As time went by, only two rooms of the house collapsed. The yard was overgrown with weeds and became a place for wild cats and dogs.
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In the yard, Xia Xun stood there, with Peng Ziqi and Ximen Qing in front of him. Both of them lowered their heads, and the three of them were speechless for a long time.
After a long time, Peng Ziqi plucked up the courage and said, "I... didn't kill him."
Xia Xun hummed and said, "I know."
Ximen Qing said quickly: "I didn't do anything at all."
Xia Xun sighed: "I know that he committed suicide. The question is, what should we do now?"
Ximen Qing said: "What's the point? He would rather commit suicide than be captured. It's clear that there is something wrong in his heart."
Xia Xun said: "What is this ghost? Do we know?"
Ximen Qing rubbed his nose and stopped talking.
The three of them each pondered for a long time. Xia Xun's eyes suddenly moved. Peng Ziqi had been secretly peeking at his expression and asked with some hope: "Is there a way?"
Xia Xun shook his head and nodded: "Let's give it a try."
Narentuoya was tied up in the only house that was still intact. She was very scared at first, but when she thought about her identity, she felt relieved. He didn't look like a robber, and she wouldn't accept him.
Humiliating. Now that he has figured out her identity, he will no longer dare to kidnap the people from Prince Yan's house. Does he still want to hang out on the ground in Beiping?
Narentoya was comforting herself when she suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, accompanied by a humming sound, as if someone was covering their mouth and nose. The voice sounded a bit like her brother, Narentoya.
She immediately started struggling, but she was tied up and had a ball of rag stuffed in her mouth, so she couldn't scream.
At this time, I heard someone outside say: "Lakshan, who do you think we are? On the ground in Peiping, those who dare to openly take people on the street, can they be gangsters? What do you think this is?"
"Hmm..."
The gagged squeaks suddenly became louder, and the man said again: "Yes, we are the people who are sent to the Chasi Yamen. Grandma, if your sister hadn't been from the Prince Yan's Mansion, we would have needed this."
If you are so careful, you still have to pretend to be a gangster. Lakshen, your incident has been exposed. Now the official will give you a chance to atone for your sins. As long as you tell us the ins and outs of the incident, we will let you go.
You are just a little person running errands for others. As long as we catch the culprit, we will not make it difficult for you. You can see how we dress up like this. As long as you are not put on the record, you can do whatever you want.
This is a way for us to punish Prince Yan by punishing him."
Lakshen snorted heavily, but still didn't speak. He only heard the man say again: "Hey, you have a tough mouth. Since you don't eat and drink as a penalty for toasting, then you can't blame me, brother. Someone, come on.
Drag him into the yard and beat me hard. When he is willing to nod and confess, I will let him go."
Narentoya listened anxiously. After a while, she heard a "puff" sound coming from the courtyard, mixed with a changed voice of pain. The simple Narentoya believed everything she heard.
Well, she entered the palace when she was over eight years old. She has always been just a little palace maid who swept and served. She only went out to the palace occasionally to visit the market and meet her elder brother. How could she know that there were so many intrigues and intrigues.
"Brother, what did you do?"
Narentoya thought anxiously. She vaguely knew that the business her brother was doing was not a respectable business, but even though she had asked, her brother never wanted to tell her about these things. She heard that he was being beaten outside.
The sound penetrated her flesh and hurt her heart:
"Brother, it's true. My brother has been loyal since he was a child. He would rather suffer himself than involve others. Now he is being beaten so hard. In the winter, if he gets chilblains and frostbite, there is no one around to take care of him.
, how could that happen?"
Just when Narentoya was worried, she saw the bearded man who had kidnapped her come in, pulled the door open, stretched out his hand and tore off the rag from her mouth. Narentoya immediately shouted: "Brother, brother..."
The man chuckled and said: "No need to yell, your elder brother is very tough. He doesn't burn incense until he sees the real Buddha. Well, then he will suffer the pain first. When he can't help it anymore, I will stop and ask questions. Girl, are you? The people of Prince Yan's Mansion originally wanted to let you go. We, the public servants, don't want to deal with the phoenixes, dragons and grandsons. But your eldest brother committed a case and was sentenced according to the order issued by the Inspector. If you can't do it as scheduled. If we solve the case, we will be punished. We have no choice, I'm sorry."
Narentoya said anxiously: "What do you want to ask my eldest brother? What has my eldest brother done?"
Following the dull "puff" sound coming from the window and the excruciating grunt of pain, the man leisurely flicked his fingers and said: "It seems you don't know anything? Then what can I tell you? What’s the use?”
Narentoya suddenly remembered what her elder brother had just said, and couldn't help blurting out: "Ah! Could it be related to my elder brother's distinguished guest?"
The man smiled half-heartedly and said, "What kind of distinguished guest are you?"
Narentoya only had one relative, Lakshen, and her eldest brother was very loyal. She didn’t want to cause her eldest brother to suffer for the sake of loyalty, so she hurriedly said: “I don’t know either. My brother just told me that that man came from the grassland. The person who came up also said that I had met him when I was a child. The eldest brother only said that he wanted to do a big thing with that person. He also said that he wanted me to help him and that he would take me home. He would tell me about it after meeting the person... …”
When Narentuoya said this, she burst into tears and choked with sobs: "Please, gentlemen, please don't beat my brother anymore, he will not do anything harmful to God..."
Xia Xun looked at her condition and thought to himself: "It seems like this little girl really doesn't know anything..."
So he immediately laughed and changed his tune: "Of course, of course, we also know that your brother is actually just threading the needle inside, leading the way, running errands, and earning a few hard-earned money. If not, we wouldn't think about it. Investigate privately and let him go if you can.
But he is ignorant. Since there is a case against him, even if the Yan Palace knows about it, I am afraid that he will not protect him because of you, a little palace maid. Tell me, what did your brother say to you? Don't tell me, let's go back and get the person. As long as we catch the real criminal, your brother will be able to atone for his crime. It won't be a big deal if it doesn't rely on your relationship."
"Okay, I said, my brother said..."
Narentuoya learned everything her brother said to her. Xia Xun thought about it and asked her some questions. Narentuoya confessed everything without hesitation, and then begged hurriedly: "Master, I don't know what to say." I told you, go catch that guest, he is at my brother's house. Please let my brother go."
Xia Xun raised his voice and said: "Suspend the punishment, don't fight!"
Outside the window, Ximen Qing, who was sweating profusely, took off his outer robe and wrapped it around his arms layer by layer. He was practicing the "Big Monument Slam" on a broken stone mill, making grunting pig noises while throwing it back. When he heard Xia Xun's words, he took a deep breath and sat down on the millstone.
In the room, Xia Xun said: "Okay, let's go and arrest the real criminal now. Once the murderer is caught, we will let you brothers and sisters go after asking the Inspector for instructions."
Xia Xun turned to leave, but Naren Tuoya suddenly stopped him again. I...I told you, he...he is very brotherly and loyal..."
Xia Xun looked at her for a moment and said slowly: "Don't worry, I will never tell him about this."
"Things are back to *** again."
Xia Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Lakshen asked his sister out, and he really wanted to bring her in to help them. The problem is, what they want to do, this girl Narentoya doesn't know at all, and even that person She doesn't even know his identity. She only knows that she knew that person when she was a child. We have been busy for thirteen times, but we just know that they are going to do something big, but as for what they are going to do, we still don't know. "
Ximen Qing also frowned: "This is troublesome. We have forced Lakshen to death, but we can't go to Lakshen's house to arrest people. Soon the officials from the Peking Prefecture will be all over the streets to arrest us. According to me, it doesn’t matter what the hell they want to do, let’s just run away.”
Xia Xun gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not willing to do it. If I can't figure out this secret and just leave like this, I won't be able to get a good night's sleep along the way."
Ximen Qing glanced at Peng Ziqi who was standing aside, coughed and said, "That's what it should be..."
Peng Ziqi didn't understand Ximen Qing's words and only said to Xia Xun: "The problem is that we are now at a deadlock. Lakshen's death may not be able to stop their plan, but we have no chance to figure out what they want to do. Look. When Lakshen saw that he was being captured, he immediately brandished a knife and committed suicide. I'm afraid those people are like dead warriors, and they may not be willing to confess if they catch another one."
Xia Xun said solemnly: "Because of this, it shows that they must have a major conspiracy."
Ximen Qing rolled his eyes and suddenly said: "How about that cute and silly girl in the room? What if we can convince her to do something for us and find out the real purpose of those people?"
Xia Xun said slowly: "If Narentoya went, but her brother didn't show up, how to explain it? Except that he is dead, there is no other reason that makes sense. Narentoya is young, so she just asked us to lie In the past, if we wanted to instruct her to do things for us, why not let her see with her own eyes how her brother became? If she really saw her brother, she would hate us to death, and would she still be willing to do things for us? What’s more, the body was left on the road. , it’s not in our hands, even if we try to pretend the body is unconscious and get away with it, it won’t work.”
Ximen Qing glanced at Peng Ziqi again and said, "You just said that Naren Tuoya entered the palace at the age of eight and has never seen a single clan member except her brother?"
"yes."
Ximen Qing rolled his eyes and said: "The girl has changed in her eighteenth year. What's more, when she was eight years old, she was just a yellow-haired girl who had just come from the grassland. Not to mention being pampered and pampered in Prince Yan's house these years, her life was not the same. The change is even more dramatic, that is to say, the Mongolians waiting at Lakshen's house don't recognize her appearance, right?"
Xia Xun's heart moved: "You mean?"
Ximen Qing's eyes glanced at Peng Ziqi again. Xia Xun immediately shook his head and said, "No!"
Peng Ziqi also understood and said decisively: "Let me go. As long as you are careful, there will be no danger."
Xia Xun said: "This is not a question of whether it is dangerous or not, but that you don't know how to lie. My eldest brother just died. You have to be devastated and frightened. Can you act like it? Suddenly you see your childhood.
Although the members of the tribe no longer recognize each other's faces, can you predict how they would react once their names are known? You have to find a way to actively deceive them, participate in their plans, and find out their conspiracy. This is adaptable.
You have the ability to speak human words to people and ghosts to ghosts, you..."
Xia Xun suddenly lost his voice when he said this. He stared straight ahead without saying a word, as if he was possessed by something evil.
Peng Ziqi and Ximen Qing asked nervously: "What's wrong with you?"
Xia Xun said carefully: "I suddenly thought of a... super liar. Maybe... she can do it..."