On the ninth day of the first month of April, Qinjin crossed.

The reeds swayed, the starry night was sinking, the shadows of the trees were swaying in the dark wind, and the sound of the owl was heard in the distance, and in the makeshift camp by the river, piles of bonfires were still burning, and the voices of people were occasionally heard. This is already the boundary of Shandong, in front of which is a tributary of Surabaya, and after the past is Gunzhou and Yunzhou, close to the territory of Liangshan. Lin Chong sat on a big rock in the darkness in the distance, holding the steel gun horizontally in front of him, looking at the tip of the gun and thinking about things.

Song Wan took the wine bowl and wine jar, walked over from the side, and handed him a bowl of wine: "Brother Lin has something on his mind?" ”

"Thank you." Yunli King Kong Song Wan is not very good at Liangshan, but he is an old man in Liangshan, he generally speaks and does things in a mediocre and steady manner, and he still has some weight, Lin Chong thanked the other party, took the wine in his hand and put it down, and then drank it in one gulp, "Brother Lao Song is bothered." ”

"Since the battle a few days ago, Brother Lin has been a little uneasy, and he can still see it as an elder brother."

What Song Wan said was naturally not the battle of Jiangning, but the fact that everyone was intercepted and killed on the way back to Liangshan three days ago. The people who made the move, in addition to the soldiers of the government, also had a few masters, and they were those who appeared in the Jiangning Su Mansion. Three of them made the soul gun and the young man who led the kung fu quite good, but the most powerful was the little colonel who fought with them in Jiangning Prison, at that time he was unprepared, all the way to almost invincible, the two leaders under Fang La's command died under his gun as soon as they came into contact, and then it was Lin Chong who took over the little colonel, the two fought farther and farther away, and it seemed to be a tie after the last time, the little colonel left, Lin Chong seemed to have some concerns.

But this is just what others see, Song Wan was sent over this time, mainly to balance the situation in the team, which can be regarded as a pressure formation. At that time, the battle was fierce, but he saw that the little school was powerful, and originally wanted to go over to help, but after chasing over, he saw that the little school was fighting, suddenly stopped his marksmanship, took a few steps back, and asked Lin Chong: "What does Master Zhou Tong have to do with you!?" ”

Shaanxi hero "Iron Arm" Zhou Tong is a famous martial arts master on the rivers and lakes, and his status in the Bianjing Imperial Boxing Gym was the most transcendent, and he was Lin Chong's teacher. Several of his personal disciples, Lu Junyi, Sun Li and Lin Chong, had already gone to Liangshan, while Shi Wengong and Luan Tingyu were enemies of Liangshan, one dead and the other missing. When Song Wan heard the little colonel say this, he immediately understood that this little school with strong martial arts also had something to do with Zhou Tong, but Lin Chong didn't admit it, and said: "Fight it, do nonsense." "Shoot and attack.

The little school's martial arts were still above Lin Chong, seeing that Lin Chong didn't admit it, he also attacked with a spear, both of them were first-class spear masters, Song Wan didn't dare to step forward, but he fought for a while, Lin Chong fell downwind, and the little school's expression became more and more confused, and after fighting for a while, he suddenly jumped away, and said in a deep voice: "I know who you are!" ”

Lin Chong didn't speak, and the little colonel said: "I've heard about you, and I know that you have a grievance and blood feud, but even so, you shouldn't help these bandits rob those Fangla bandits...... Although I can defeat you today, I may not be able to kill you, only let you go this time, if he is my duty one day, and you are still in Liangshan, I will definitely kill you! Hello for yourself! ”

"That person is my master's personal disciple, and he is also my junior brother." Lin Chong said this, Song Wan naturally understood, and patted him on the shoulder: "The elder brother can also see it, this person's martial arts are so high, and he has a brotherly friendship with you, he didn't want to compete with you last time, he is affectionate and righteous, and he is also a good man when he thinks about it, why not ......"

Before Song Wan's words were finished, Lin Chong's hand tightened, and the steel gun buzzed, and Song Wan knew that he might be angry about this sentence, so he stopped talking. After a while, I only heard Lin Chong say: "He is a closed disciple of his master, you can't touch him." He used to be a loyal person to serve the country, and later was framed by Gao Yanei, his wife was humiliated to death, and the blood and sea of hatred had to go to Liangshan and fall into the grass, perhaps because of his sentimentality, at this time the tone was not high, and there was also a bit of melancholy, but the meaning of the words was categorical and could not be ignored. Song Wan couldn't say it anymore, so he had to drink the rice wine with him one by one, and at this time, the camp suddenly became chaotic. …,

This time Jiangning robbed the prison, the government must have chased and killed them all the way, but they are all old rivers and lakes, and the participants are all elites, so the incident of being ambushed was the one three days ago. At this time, as soon as the chaos came out, Lin Chong grabbed the steel gun and rushed over with Song Wan, but the riot over there had already begun to extend outward. The scale of the raid was small, but a master broke into the outskirts of the camp, and someone in the distance attacked with a bow and crossbow, which immediately caught everyone by surprise. When Lin Chong and the others arrived, the masters over there had already rushed out of the city on galloping horses, and they also caught a leader under Fang La's command, and the rest of the people were also chasing after them on horseback or running.

There are masters here, and when the galloping horse protrudes, the stones and hidden weapons are thrown over like flying locusts, and at the same time the bows and arrows and crossbows that come from them are opened. The raider was dressed in white, and the horse ran away, and the captured leader struggled, and the two seemed to fight, and the blood flew backwards in the wind, and the screams were terrible. When they were close to the woods, the running horse's leg was finally hit by a stone, and with a long neigh, both of them rolled off their horses, and when the people rushed in, the man in white suddenly stood up, grabbed the corpse of the leader, and threw it at the people, and someone caught the corpse, and then could not help but take a step back.

"This man, this man......"

Not far away from the edge of the woods, I saw the man in white facing everyone sideways, there were already spots of blood all over his body, especially on his head and face, blood was overflowing, I saw him poof, spit out something from his mouth, that thing fell on the grass, there were many murderers in the crowd, and recognized it as an eyeball.

The corpses caught by everyone have been torn from the throat upwards, not only the throat has been torn, but even the entire head and face have been torn apart a lot, and in some places you can see the white bones of Sen Ran, and an eyeball has also been dug out, and it looks like it is full of tooth marks. The leader who was caught was actually bitten to death alive.

The man in white was long, and his eyes seemed to glow in the dark, and with the blood all over his body, it was extremely strange. Of course, everyone was not one to be frightened, but after a little hesitation, they were about to rush up, and the man in white threw himself into the woods, and under the cover of several waves of arrows, he ran away.

It's already night, everyone is not very clear about the surroundings, and they know the principle of Lin Mo in, search for a while, and give up, some people remember the man in white, but they also have palpitations, killing people on the rivers and lakes, killing will kill, even if there is Sun Erniang who is used to making human meat buns on Liangshan, this kind of person will directly bite people to death with his mouth in a fight, after all, it is a little rare. There are also well-informed people in the vicinity, who said, "It's the wolf thief here." ”

In Shandong, there are many bandits at this time, the wolf thieves that the person said, but a few people have also heard of it, it is a small bandit on the side of Surabaya, elusive, occasionally appearing, doing more black and black things, not much about the rules, but they have always been petty fights, and the rest of the people have not taken it to heart, but they heard that the leader of the wolf thieves eats alive and is extremely cruel.

After talking for a while, I don't know why this wolf thief suddenly stared at his wave of people, but he was about to cross Surabaya, as long as he passed, and when he reached the boundary of Liangshan Shuibo, the wolf thief obviously didn't dare to chase after him. So they were vigilant, and when they crossed the river on the second day, no enemy came out again, and occasionally the story of the wolf thief was mentioned, and it was immediately forgotten. That kind of brainless madman, maybe he was injured by mistake or he had a brain pump, it was not good to dispatch the entire Liangshan for him, and they would not be staring at themselves.

At this moment, they are still thinking the same way......

Summer has arrived, the wind and rain have come suddenly, and the weather has changed in an instant. When the sky turned dark, Ning Yi stood on the second floor of Qingyuan, watching the scene of pedestrians and merchants running below, this scene may also be similar to Jiang Ning before the Su family encountered the Liangshan bandits. …,

“…… Twelve years ago, when today's son had not yet ascended to the throne, the Secret Investigation Division was originally established in a hurry, and there were only two departments at first, namely Liaodong and Yanyun. The first section of Liaodong is dedicated to provoking the contradictions within the Liao State, while the first section of Yanyun is to prepare for the return of the sixteen states. The establishment of these two parts is actually somewhat idealistic, originally because of the spirit of a few scholars, in the name of the royal family, a total of five patriarchs who participated in it, and now they have retired or died, leaving only me and Qin Xiang. ”

Ning Yi's injuries have basically not affected his body, and he is already preparing to leave Jiangning, and today Kang Xian invited him over to officially tell him about the secret investigation department.

"But even so, the Secret Investigation Division was proposed by Si Yuan from the beginning. In fact, although the person of Si Yuan is not biased in the right way in the end, sometimes some of his methods are a little off-the-beaten. Many of us, from the beginning to the end of the year, do not understand what he is thinking in his heart, since the beginning of the establishment of our dynasty, inherited the system of three provinces and six ministries, also has its own changes, but all affairs actually have their own functions, internal criminal department, Yushitai, Dali Temple, external affairs, has always been handled by the Privy Council. Liheng should also understand that if a thing is not clear, it may eventually lead to a catastrophe, and most of us at that time upheld this idea and expressed our opposition to the plan proposed by Si Yuan. ”

Not long ago, when he said this, Kang Hyun couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.

"But Si Yuan's methods are changeable, but his temperament is firm, and he has a master-apprentice friendship with today's saints, and finally said that the saint who was still the prince at that time nodded. But the saint is probably not very enthusiastic about this, has been emphasizing, once the conflict of duties, everything is dominated by the three divisions of the yamen, the Privy Council, to the later, the establishment of the secret investigation department, funded by me in the name of the princess of Chengguo, the source of the main heir, the remaining three, respectively, Liang Mengqi, Zuo Duanyou Zuo Gong and the great Confucian Wang Qisong, a year after the establishment of the secret investigation department, Zuo Gong died, on the eve of the Heishui Alliance, the Liao army went south, Wang Qisong Wang's family was in Xingshan County, it was the Liao army to advance the front, the prince's temperament was extremely strong, except for women and children, the whole family did not avoid, In the end, the family was martyred, the prince was skinned and his body was displayed, and Hei Yuan was on the front line at the time, and it may be a regret in his life that he could not do anything about it. ”

After Kang Xian said this, he paused slightly, he was also old, and he could have been able to express his joy and anger, but when he talked about it, he couldn't help but have a slight red eye, maybe Qin Siyuan's life regrets were the same for him. However, then he shook his head and walked away.

"The prince is still a family of women and children, but there is only one grandson left in the family, named Wang Shanyue, if you go to Shandong, you may have some dealings with him...... It's hard to say whether the original intention of the secret investigation department was good or not, but at the beginning, I was good, and I was also good, but I didn't have any experience, and I couldn't do it after all, and then I groped all the way, and after arriving at the Blackwater Alliance, some insiders thought that it was the secret investigation department that moved frequently in the north, which annoyed the Liao people - in fact, this reason may also be partly ......"

"Before the Blackwater Alliance, the Secret Investigation Division gradually developed, and there were also five departments in the country, due to the small number of people, it directly divided the southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest and central five pieces, but in these aspects, the amount of manpower is actually insufficient. After the alliance of the Black Water, Si Yuan dismissed the military department, Liang Mengqi felt guilty, and even sent a letter to Si Yuan to cut off his robe, and the matter of the secret investigation department stopped. However, the two departments of Liaodong and Yanyun in the north have always been moving, this is my exclusive move with Siyuan, until the chaos in the north gradually appears, the saint only remembered the secret investigation division again, let it run again, although the time to re-run is not enough, and there are many constraints, but in the Hangzhou rebellion, it finally played a little role......"

Kang Xian said this about the secret investigation department, and now some of the establishments, Ning Yi asked some more questions, and Kang Xian returned to the Horse Mansion. At this time, it was already dark, and seeing that it was about to rain heavily, Ning Yi stood by the railing on the second floor for a while, and saw a carriage coming from the other side of the street, and the person driving was high-spirited, it was Yuan Jin'er, who saw him from a distance, turned his head and stretched out his hand to point to this side, and then the curtain opened, and Yun Zhu poked his head out from inside. She still had a white veil wrapped around her head, and it seemed that she had lost a lot, but when she saw Ning Yi, she laughed softly, and then waved her hand to this side.

With a boom, lightning streaked across the sky, and Ning Yi looked up at it...... Heavy rain again.

I'm tired today, it's a little late. (。

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