Qin Xiao's voice suddenly sounded in the silent courtyard, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. When they saw that it was Qin Xiao who spoke, many policemen showed surprise on their faces.
Captain Han glanced at everyone, but no one dared to make eye contact with Captain Han.
He didn't say much and walked straight out of the courtyard. He passed by Qin Xiao without even looking at him, but Qin Xiao understood that since Captain Han had no objection, he agreed to go with him and immediately followed him.
They all looked at each other in confusion, but soon they all followed behind and gathered outside the main entrance of the Duwei Mansion.
Lieutenant Han got on his horse, then turned to look at Qin Xiao and said calmly: "Follow me!" With a shake of the horse's reins, the horse galloped away.
Qin Xiao immediately ran after him, but in the end he couldn't outrun the horse. After chasing him out of a street, he saw Captain Han on horseback waiting in front, so he quickened his pace and ran over.
"The physical strength is not bad." Captain Han was riding on the horse, glanced at Qin Xiao condescendingly, and said lightly: "But his mind is very confused. Do you know that there are so many people in the Yamen, why don't they dare to follow me to Zhen Xiao?"
Hou Mansion?"
Qin Xiaodao: "Because the Zhenhou Mansion is too powerful, they are afraid that if they offend the Zhenhou Mansion, they will not be able to survive in Turtle City in the future."
Captain Han snorted coldly and said, "Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid!" Qin Xiao nodded: "I'm afraid too."
"If you are scared, why do you dare to come with me?" Captain Han stared directly into Qin Xiao's eyes.
Qin Xiao also looked into Lieutenant Han's eyes and said seriously: "Sir, my world is in Turtle City. In this world, you and Meng Baotou are the most important people to me. Scholars are confidants.
If you are in trouble, I will fight for you."
Captain Han stared at Qin Xiao and finally said: "Child's talk." He took out something from his arms and handed it to Qin Xiao. In the dimness, Qin Xiao couldn't see what it was for a while. Captain Han already said: "
Keep this thing away so no one can see it."
Qin Xiao was a little strange, but still took it with both hands, and then realized that this thing turned out to be a jade pendant.
The jade pendant had a unique shape, with a tiger's head carved on the front and fangs like knives, and the tiger was full of wind. He turned it over and found the word "生" engraved on the back.
"When you go to Zhenhou Mansion tonight, no matter what happens, don't say anything, let alone act rashly." Han Duwei stared at Qin Xiao's eyes and said extremely seriously: "If anything happens to me in the Marquis Mansion tonight, you will
Take this jade pendant, go to Jiebei Mansion to find a man named Su Changyu, and give this jade pendant to him."
"Su Changyu?"
"Don't worry, as long as you go to Jiebei Mansion and ask about this person, it will be easy to find him." Han Duwei said seriously: "After seeing him, give him this jade pendant and tell him that the overall situation is the most important, don't act out of emotion, let alone
I will take revenge." After a pause, he continued: "Tell him by the way, Lao Han asked him to find a job for you."
Qin Xiao was a little confused, wondering who Su Changyu was.
But he understood that Captain Han had already prepared for the worst when he went to Zhenhou Mansion tonight.
"Sir, nothing will happen tonight." Qin Xiao said hurriedly: "And I have never seen that Su... Su Changyu, if I look for him with the jade pendant, will he suspect that I am a liar?
"
Captain Han shook his head and said: "No, when he sees the jade pendant, he will know that you are mine." Without further words, he pulled Qin Xiao onto the horse's back, flicked the reins, and headed straight to Zhenhou Mansion.
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Qin Xiao put the jade pendant into his arms, thinking that although the Zhenhou Mansion was overbearing, Captain Han was an official of the Duwei Mansion after all. He was a member of the imperial court, and the Zhenhou Mansion might not dare to attack Captain Han.
But who was Su Changyu? Qin Xiao felt very strange.
Zhenhou Mansion is located in the center of Guicheng. The tributary branched from Changling Mountains passes through Guicheng and also passes through Zhenhou Mansion. Therefore, part of this river became the Zhaizhong River.
This was precisely why the Zhen family chose a site to build their mansion.
The existence of the Zhenhou Mansion in Turtle City is like the existence of the imperial city in Kyoto. In fact, the old marquis in the Zhenhou Mansion is indeed the local emperor of Zhen County.
There is an empty street around Zhenhou Mansion, which only belongs to Zhenhou Mansion. People in the city will never dare to pass by the streets around Zhenhou Mansion. The sky has already darkened, and the wide street in front of the gate of Zhenhou Mansion
The road was deserted, and not a single soul could be seen.
Captain Han rode directly to the front of Zhenhou Mansion. Qin Xiao had already seen lanterns hanging on the two large stone pillars in front of the main entrance of the Hou Mansion, illuminating the heavy gray-brown door. Next to the two stone lions with teeth and claws in front of the door,
Each has two swordsmen wearing green shirts.
In front of the gate of Han Duwei Lemahou's mansion, four swordsmen immediately pressed the handles of their swords, and one of them said in a deep voice: "You are so bold, you dare to break into the Hou's mansion without permission!"
In the eyes of the guards of the Hou Mansion, just entering the avenue in front of the Hou Mansion is tantamount to provoking the Hou Mansion.
Han Duwei and Qin Xiao dismounted from their horses, took two steps forward, and seemed to have thought of something. They threw the whips to Qin Xiao to catch, and then stepped forward and held their hands in their hands: "Han Yunong from the Duwei Mansion, please see the old Marquis, please."
Pass the news on your behalf!"
The swordsmen in green shirts looked at each other. One of them went over and patted the door. With a creak, a small door opened and his head poked out. The swordsman in green shirts said a few words and then retracted his head.
The small door was also closed, and the swordsman in green clothes turned around and said, "Wait!" His tone was very cold.
Not waiting for too long, he saw the small door opened again, and a man in black clothes walked out of the door. Qin Xiao frowned slightly when he saw this man, and his eyes fell on the man's right hand.
The right hand of the man in black is wearing a black glove. Under the light, it glows with a faint dark light, showing that the glove is anything but ordinary.
The Marquis Gate is as deep as the sea, and Qin Xiao doesn't know many people from the Zhenhou Mansion, but he does know the person in front of him. He is privately called a ghost by the people of Turtle City, and his nickname is Guishou San.
"Follow me." Guishou San said coldly, without talking nonsense, turned around and returned to the house.
Han Yunong whispered to Qin Xiao: "Don't say anything." When he climbed up the stone steps, Qin Xiao followed closely behind him and followed the ghost hand San into the house.
The two of them entered the mansion, followed by Guishou San, and walked through the courtyard. Everywhere they saw, there were carved beams and painted buildings, which were antique. This huge mansion was like a maze, with courtyards in the courtyard and halls behind the halls. It was so familiar to them.
Seeing that most of the houses in the city were built with rammed earth, Qin Xiao's eyes were opened when he entered the fort. He felt that there were completely two worlds inside and outside the high wall.
Passing through an arch and following a bluestone path to the outside of a courtyard, the courtyard door was open. Qin Xiao saw a plaque hanging above the courtyard door with the words "Linghexuan" written on it. There were swordsmen on both sides of the courtyard door.
The guard, following Guishou San into the courtyard, heard a voice exclaiming: "Sir... Your Majesty!"
Han Yunong and Qin Xiao followed the sound and saw only seven or eight swordsmen in green clothes in the spacious courtyard. Several of them had swords drawn in their hands. A big man in the middle was tied up with five flowers. Qin Xiao recognized him at a glance.
The horse quickly catches Meng Zimo.
When the swordsmen saw Han Yunong appear, they seemed to be afraid that Han Yunong would come forward to snatch him away. Two people immediately stepped forward and grabbed Meng Zimo's arms that were tied behind his back, trying to push him down to his knees. Meng Zimo let out a low roar and broke away.
, turned around and glared angrily, but it scared the two people back a step.
Qin Xiao was a little surprised when he saw Meng Zimo being tied up by Wu Hua Da. Han Yunong also frowned, but he was still unusually calm and walked forward without saying a word and entered the house.
The room was very spacious and elegant. The moment Qin Xiao entered the room, a strange smell hit his face. He had never smelled this kind of fragrance before. For him who has an unusually sensitive sense of smell, this smell was
The scent was immediately engraved in his olfactory storehouse.
Qin Xiao closed his eyes slightly, straightened his nose and sniffed slightly, but soon followed Han Yunong a few steps forward.
There was a table full of fruits on a table in the hall. Qin Xiao didn't look at anything else but just the fruits. He knew that these fruits were already worth a lot of money, at least in the shop in Turtle City.
It’s also impossible to buy.
On the chair next to the desk, squatting was a young man in purple clothes. He was about twenty-four or five years old. He raised his head, raised his arms, twisted a grape between his two fingers and put it into his mouth. Then he turned his face and put it in his mouth.
The grape skins were spat out on the plate on the side.
"Young Master!" Han Yunong stepped forward and cupped his hands.
The young man raised his head and said coldly: "What are you doing here?"
Qin Xiao recognized that this person was Zhen Yujiang, the second son of Marquis Changxin. Compared with Marquis Changxin, who lived in seclusion, this young master was well known in Guicheng.
Zhen Yujiang has a flamboyant temperament. In the eyes of the Zhen family, Turtle City is their land, and the people living in Turtle City are the people of the Zhen family. Therefore, Zhen Yujiang will ride a tall horse through the Changchun River every now and then under the protection of a group of guards.
Street, enjoying the awed looks from people on both sides.
There are only a few people who have met Marquis Changxin, but there are not many people in Guicheng who don't know Zhen Yujiang.
Two steps away from Zhen Yujiang, there is a middle-aged man wearing a blue gown. He has a slender figure and a green beard under his chin. He holds one hand behind his back, but his eyes are sizing up Han Yunong, with a hint of amusement on his lips.
A shallow smile.
Han Yunong said: "I heard that Mr. Meng kicked a dog in the Hou Mansion to death last night, so he came to apologize at noon today, but he hasn't come back yet. Han is his boss, come here and ask what's going on."
"You don't need to say more." Zhen Yujiang sneered: "Even if you come to the door, you can't save him. I will kill him today."
Han Yunong frowned and said, "Although Meng is reckless, kicking a dog to death is not a crime that leads to death, right?"
"Who told you it was because of a dog?" Zhen Yujiang jumped down from the chair, stared into Han Yunong's eyes and said, "He stole the imperial treasure and was so bold that he must die."
"A treasure given by the emperor?" Han Yunong changed color slightly.
The middle-aged man in blue shirt just walked over to Han Yunong with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Meng Zimo came to the door to apologize. The young master thought he was sincerely apologizing, and invited him to come to Linghe Pavilion to wait. Young Master.
The young master was busy at the time and did not see him immediately, leaving him to drink tea alone. Later, he took the time to come over to comfort him and wanted to let him go back. However, he suddenly discovered that the imperial Buddha statue placed in Linghe Pavilion was missing.
And fly."
"The Imperial Buddha Statue?" Han Yunong frowned and said, "Mr. Lang, are you saying that Meng Zimo stole the Imperial Buddha Statue?"
Mr. Lang, a middle-aged man in blue shirt, nodded and said: "Yes. The imperial Buddha statue was given by a saint and was placed in Linghe Pavilion. When Meng Zimo came in, the Buddha statue was still there, but when he was about to leave, the Buddha statue was not there.
Fly away." Pointing to an antique nanmu stand in the corner, "Go and see for yourself, the Buddha statue was originally placed in that shell box."