At the foot of Jinsu Mountain, groups of forbidden troops were fully armed and walked through the market with torches. The streets had already been under martial law, with one post every ten steps and one sentry every five steps. They refused to block the streets with horses, as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Qin Chong and his two men came to the town.
When I saw this scene, my heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Lang Zongyu was used to being a bandit and was most afraid of seeing officers and soldiers. But Qin Zhong was different. He vaguely guessed that the officers and soldiers might be related to the Five Elements Treasure.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Zhong dismounted and walked to the roadside. With such martial law, it is impossible to enter on horseback. Even on foot, I am afraid it will take a long time to inquire. Now, Qin Zhong's identity certificate is in the baggage of the inn. And Lang Zongyu is alone.
Bandits cannot withstand interrogation.
"Let's rest here for now, and we can get in later later." Qin Zhong sat down on the ground and stretched out his legs.
"Okay." Lang Zongyu listened to Qin Zhong's instructions, and sat on the ground after hearing this. Today he got a good horse, and he galloped around it. Now that he rested, he felt that his buttocks and both sides of his thighs were burning.
pain.
"You didn't talk much when you came back today, but you didn't see your sweetheart?" Qin Chong said casually.
"Yeah." Lang Zongyu nodded dullly.
"You really haven't seen it?" Qin Zhong was really curious about this Xiu Qin.
"After taking a look from a distance, her parents didn't want to see me." Lang Zongyu lowered his head, not very interested.
"How did you two meet?"
"When my parents were alive, they arranged a marriage for me."
"Ah? Have you been engaged?" Qin Zhong really didn't expect that the two of them were actually engaged.
"After something happened at home two years ago, I was wanted by the government and her family no longer recognized me." Lang Zongyu looked gloomy when he said this.
"What about sister-in-law? How does she treat you?" Qin Zhong changed his name and called her sister-in-law, out of respect for Lang Zongyu. Lang Zongyu is already eighteen, while Qin Zhong is only fifteen. In addition, he learned that Xiuqin and Lang Zongyu are engaged
, naturally he can no longer call Xiu Qin arbitrarily.
"Xiu Qin said that even if my parents don't recognize me, she will recognize me." Lang Zongyu grinned.
"Do her parents dislike you?"
"Really?" Lang Zongyu looked at the night sky and sighed, "I am also afraid of the power of the traitor family."
Lang Zongyu's enemy was named Zhang. He was a large family in Fuping County, with thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless shops, and was known as Zhang Bancheng. The Zhang family had a fortune of tens of millions, but only a few people. And the dude killed by Lang Zongyu was the Zhang family.
Zhang Hanyu, the only seedling of the third generation.
Zhang Hanyu has been pampered since he was a child, asking for stars to give to the moon. He is as doting as heaven. Because of this, Zhang Hanyu has developed a domineering and domineering temperament, and he is also lustful. As long as any pretty woman is met by him, he will eventually be able to escape his ravage.
No matter how big the issue is, his family can handle it for him, so he is lawless and domineering.
But in Longquan Village, the dandy finally met the desperate Lang Zongyu. Seeing his sister throwing herself off the cliff, Lang Zongyu was so angry that he chased Zhang Hanyu for dozens of miles. At the gate of Fuping County, he beat Zhang Hanyu to death with a fist. And Lang Zongyu, for this reason
Pay a heavy price.
He and the Zhang family have a sworn hatred. And the Zhang family will never let Lang Zongyu go.
Speaking of this, Qin Chong was a little confused. Even if the Zhang family was rich, they were just a local rich man. How could they control the government?
Of course, money can make people go around, and it is not ruled out that the Zhang family spent a lot of money to bribe the officials handling the case. But one thing is that officials in today's era all call themselves scholar-bureaucrats, and they especially look down on businessmen. They will accept the money but nothing will be done.
There are many officials here.
"Does the Zhang family have any background?" Qin Zhong asked tentatively.
"Yes, the background is very big." Lang Zongyu sighed and said slowly. Mentioning the Zhang family's background, Lang Zongyu felt weak all over.
"Oh? What's the background?" Qin Zhong asked.
"I heard that someone from the Zhang family is working as an official in the punishment yamen." Lang Zongyu said.
"Take punishment to Yamen?" Even Qin Zhong couldn't help but take a breath of air after hearing this.
The Department of Punishment and Prison, together with the Division of Appeasement, the Division of Changping, and the Division of Transportation are collectively called the Four Supervision Divisions. The Division of Appeasement is commonly known as the Shuaisi, the Division of Promotion Changping is commonly known as the Cangsi, and the Division of Transportation is commonly known as the Cao Division.
The Criminal and Prison Division, commonly known as the Xian Division, is responsible for the administration of justice, prisons and prisons, and oversees finances.
He was mentioned as the chief officer of the Criminal and Prison Department, his official title was mentioned as a official official of the Criminal and Prison Department, and he was a dignified third-rank official of the imperial court.
He also has a supervisory power in his hands, which is most feared by local officials. He supervises local officials, and impeachment memorials go directly to the central government.
After saying this, Qin Chong suddenly understood. Someone from the Zhang family was being promoted to be an official in the Yamen. How dare the local officials not give face to them? Even if they were junior officials working in the Yamen, they would never dare to offend them and could only respect them carefully. The Zhang family
If they want to kill someone to vent their anger, the government will just turn a blind eye.
"Don't be discouraged." Qin Zhong patted Lang Zongyu's shoulder hard and said, "Keep this hatred in your heart for now, and one day let him pay for it with blood."
"Yeah." Lang Zongyu raised his head and looked at Qin Zhong, nodding sharply.
As the two said this, time passed little by little, and the night became darker and darker. Looking up at the sky, it was probably around midnight. Qin Zhong stood up, put his bow and arrow on his back, and walked to the town. He wanted to go into the inn and get it back.
Lang Zongyu stayed here and looked after the horses.
On the street, the soldiers patrolled as usual, but they were obviously on an errand. Qin Zhong used the shadows on the roadside to avoid the soldiers and quickly climbed over the wall and entered the inn. The inn was dark and there was no movement. He was afraid that it was the guests staying there.
, has already left completely.
After listening for a moment and confirming that everything was safe, Qin Chong crouched and ran to the stable. His white horse Zhui Feng had been staying in this inn, and he didn't know what happened. He thought to himself, and quickly approached the stable when he heard a sudden snort.
, Qin Chong's heart couldn't help but relax.
"Zhui Feng." Qin Zhong was overjoyed. He shouted softly and stepped into the stable. The stable was very big, but there was only one horse Zhui Feng at the moment. Upon hearing Qin Zhong's call, the white horse stood up from the ground and started to fight.
He came closer with a snort, his horse's head tilted towards Qin Zhong in a very affectionate way.
Raising his hand to pat the fearful horse's head, Qin Zhong untied the reins and slowly led Zhui Feng out of the stable and into the courtyard. He still had to get back his luggage, including his identity documents, clothes, gold and silver, which were all in the baggage.
The clothes on his body are almost torn into strips of cloth. If he doesn't change, he will really look like a beggar.
At this moment, the lights came on in the hall. After a while, the door opened, and the shopkeeper's head popped out. The sound of horse hooves woke up the shopkeeper, so he went out to check and suddenly saw a man and a horse in the yard.
, was immediately startled.
"You? You? Who are you?"
"Don't be afraid, shopkeeper, I'm back." Qin Zhong said in a loud voice.
The shopkeeper held the oil lamp and looked at it for a long time, but he still recognized Qin Zhong by the white horse. The key was the white horse and the divine horse. Seeing it once must have left a deep impression on him. The shopkeeper has been on tenterhooks these past two days, checking the white horse every day, so he is very worried.
I almost remembered Qin Chong.
"Oh, it's really Master Qin. How did it become like this?"
"Something happened, and I would like to thank the shopkeeper for taking care of Zhui Feng for me."
"It should, it should." The shopkeeper said, turned around, opened the door, and asked Qin Zhong to enter the room.
"What happened in the past two days? Why are the streets full of soldiers?" Qin Zhong asked, expressing his doubts.
"Alas, it's not those Jianghu people who are making trouble." The shopkeeper was full of complaints when he talked about this matter. When the officers and soldiers came, the guests of the inn were frightened and hurriedly checked out and left. No one wanted to cause trouble. But it was good,
The inn was deserted except for the shopkeeper and the waiter.
According to what the shopkeeper said, Qin Zhong slowly figured out some clues. That night, Qin Zhong fell off the cliff to save Yun Ni, but the fight at that time did not end. It was not until noon of the next day that a group of forbidden troops came to the town.
, and then went up the mountain to stop the fight.
Many Jianghu people went down the mountain and left one after another. Immediately afterwards, the Imperial Army carried down large and small iron lumps from the mountain. The big ones were as big as a cow's head, and the small ones were as big as a watermelon. A dozen people lifted a piece, and it looked unusually heavy.
For this reason, many people were injured along the way.
"Iron knot?" Qin Zhong couldn't think of what it was, but it was probably a five-element rare treasure.
"Yes, those iron bumps are quite strange. They shine with golden light whenever the sun shines on them." The shopkeeper recalled what he saw that day.
"This?" Qin Chong's heart skipped a beat, why did it sound like his double hammer?
"Some people say that it's all gold that fell from the sky." The shopkeeper said mysteriously, with eyes full of envy.
"Have you seen any Taoist priests?" Qin Zhong didn't care about Tie Giaoda, he just wanted to find out about Yun Ni.
"Taoist priests? There are, living and dead." When the shopkeeper talked about Taoist priests, he didn't show much respect and was quite joking.
"I heard that many people died?" Qin Zhong asked tentatively.
"Isn't that right?" the shopkeeper glared and said, "Only twenty or thirty corpses were brought down."
"So many?" Qin Chong was also shocked.
"I heard that a big shot died. No, the officers and soldiers came here just for him."
"Big shot? What big shot?" Qin Zhong asked in surprise.
"I don't know about this. I heard that he came from the capital and died in Jinsu Mountain."
As soon as he heard that they were coming from the capital, Qin Chong stood up suddenly, his heart beating so fast that he almost lost his rhythm. Aren't Yun Ni and Qingyun Sanren coming from the capital? Could it be that something happened to them? Qin Chong was immediately confused.
After a while, he grabbed the shopkeeper's arm.
"Is the person who died a man or a woman?" Qin Zhong didn't even notice. His tone changed and he unconsciously exerted force on his hands.
"Ah, ah." The shopkeeper cried out in pain.
Qin Zhong suddenly woke up and quickly let go, saying sorry continuously. The shopkeeper also saw that Qin Zhong was wrong, but he was running an inn and was used to traveling around. He was already experienced in the world and knew that trouble comes from the mouth.
It made sense, so I shook my head and didn't ask any more questions.
"I heard that the big shot who died was a man. What about the great steward of the palace?" The shopkeeper was not very confident. After all, he heard it all and could not be sure. "Those soldiers on the street are looking for the murderer.
." As he said that, the shopkeeper glanced at Qin Zhong.
Qin Zhong noticed that the shopkeeper's eyes were wandering, and he was afraid that he was suspicious of him.
He remained calm and asked, "Is all my luggage still there?"
"Ah? Yes, yes, of course they are all here, not a single thing is missing." The shopkeeper immediately came back to his senses and patted his chest to assure himself.
"Very good, I've picked up my luggage and will leave tonight." Qin Zhong said, getting up and going up to the second floor.
"Leaving tonight? Why not rest for the night and leave again at dawn tomorrow?"
"No, there are some urgent matters that need to be dealt with."
After entering the room, he lit the oil lamp and looked around carefully, but found no trace of turning over. He reached into his bag and took out a document. This was his identity certificate. If he lost it, he would be lost all the way.
But that was troublesome. As for other gold and silver items, he didn't care much.
He took out a piece of silver, handed it to the shopkeeper behind him, and said, "This is shop money."
"It's too much, it's too much, we can't use this much," the shopkeeper said repeatedly, holding the silver in his hands.
"I've been away for the past two days, and Baima has taken good care of you. This is a small kindness, please accept it."
"Haha, thank you, thank you so much." The shopkeeper immediately smiled brightly and sent Qin Zhong downstairs. When he got downstairs, the shopkeeper stopped and did not open the front door. Instead, he waved to Qin Zhong and walked towards the backyard.
Go. "There is a small door in the backyard. It is more quiet outside."
"Thank you so much, shopkeeper." Qin Zhong expressed his gratitude and saluted with clasped fists. Now that he was riding a horse, he would inevitably alert the Imperial Army. Being able to avoid interrogation would naturally save him a lot of trouble.
"Let's go." The shopkeeper opened the small door, which was large enough for the white horse to pass through.
Outside the backyard, there is a field, with crops half a man's height undulating in the wind, like ocean waves. Along the wheat field, there is a four- to five-foot path that twists and turns leading into the distance. The Imperial Guards are all on the front street, but here they are.
No one was seen.
After leading the horse for a while, he felt that he was out of the town. Qin Zhong jumped on the horse and shook the reins lightly. Zhui Feng raised his head fiercely and jumped out like lightning. Above the silent wilderness, it was like a white stream of light.