At this time, the sky was already bright, and the official ship set off from Jiangxin Island, where the Jiangnan Oiran Conference was located, and arrived outside Yangzhou in less than half an hour.

Cui Geng got off the boat, returned to Jiangdu County, and hurriedly sent Yongguang to inquire about the news.

Yongguang reported that after Ruyi Building was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, he gradually relaxed his heart.

But there was no news of Meng Shenshuang's death from beginning to end.

Meng Shenshuang is immortal, he can't let go of his heart.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Miao visited in person, and without waiting for Cui Geng to ask, he took out a rather delicate portrait.

On the painting, a young man stands in a small boat, looking handsome and smiling, and a green shirt is slightly rolled in the river breeze, which makes him even more personable.

The guy is very handsome!

The more Cui Geng looked at it, the more confused he became, how could the person in this portrait be so similar to himself?

Wei Miao saw his doubts, nodded, and said, "The person on the painting is Cui Xian's order!" ”

Cui Geng was shocked: "This portrait was searched from the Ruyi Building? ”

"Exactly." Wei Miao nodded again and said, "Meng Shenshuang is missing, and on the third floor of the Ruyi Building, there is only this image left." ”

Rub, this girl actually absconded in fear of sin!

Cui Geng couldn't help but feel disappointed for a while, and said, "Why are you hanging my portrait on the third floor of this dog day?" Hey, the boat... Tsing shirt... The river breeze blows... Isn't this a picture of me yesterday when I was watching the Oiran Convention from afar? Vivid, who painted this? ”

Wei Miao said: "Meng Shenshuang, good at Danqing." ”

"Damn, what is he doing with me if he has nothing to do? Still hanging in his old nest Ruyi Building? ”

Wei Miao shook his head and said very simply: "I don't know." ”

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After the soldiers and horses of the Dadu Governor's Mansion surrounded Ruyi Tower for three days, they finally failed to capture Meng Shenshuang, and then Zhang Qian ordered the withdrawal of the army.

After all, Lijingmen was organized and built by Lai Junchen under the secret instruction of Wu Zetian. So strictly speaking, Meng Shenshuang is Meng Shenshuang, Lijingmen is Lijingmen, and Meng Shenshuang is not the head of Lijingmen in Jiangnan Province. Although Lijingmen does not have the official establishment of the imperial court, can't Lijingmen be uprooted because he can't catch Meng Shenshuang? That finally hit Wu Zetian's face.

An old fox like Zhang Qian naturally can't do such a thankless job.

In the next few days, regardless of Zhang Qian or Cui Geng, after several days of open investigation and secret visits, Meng Shenshuang's whereabouts and whereabouts were still there.

A few days later, the headquarters of Lijingmen officially announced that Lu Yanfei, deputy director of Jiangnan, would temporarily act as the general manager of Meng Shenshuang.

The case of Cui Geng's assassination is over.

There's no way, and there is no definite evidence, Zhang Qian can't send a sea fishing document to arrest Meng Shenshuang, right?

On Cui Geng's side, he could only scatter all the officials on the one hand, and on the other hand, ask Li Shan to mobilize the power of Li Shan's black boss in Yangzhou to find the whereabouts of Cui Xiufang and Meng Shenshuang.

Li Shan advised Cui Geng not to worry too much, Cui Xiufangji has his own natural appearance, and he should not encounter any trouble.

……

Time is like an arrow, more than a month has passed, and these two people seem to have evaporated from the world, without any clues.

After the Oiran Conference, although Cui Xiang and Zheng Yu did not leave Yangzhou, they somewhat restrained themselves and did not continue to be outside the world.

During the day, under the leadership of Li Ya, the head snake, they wandered around the city.

At night, I stayed in Jiangdu County.

Sometimes they also came back with some small gifts, which made Cui Geng suddenly feel that these two goods were much stronger than Cui Mike.

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On this day, Cui Geng received an official letter from the Huainan Provincial Pacification Envoy Yamen, asking him to supervise the casting of the abbot's mirror on the Dragon Boat Festival.

The abbot mirror is a kind of Yangtze River state of mind.

This kind of mirror is very large, with a square circle, so it is named the abbot mirror.

Cui Geng secretly wondered when he saw this official document, right? The Yangtze River Mood Guanfang is under the control of Zhang Qian's Yangzhou Thorn History Yamen, not only is it not my small Jiangdu County Order, but it is not the turn of Huainan Province to appease the Yamen to issue this official document.

He was puzzled and personally came to the door to ask Wu Youxu.

Hearing that this cultivator prince explained the ins and outs clearly, Cui Geng couldn't cry or laugh in an instant.

In addition to too much "demand", too little "supply" is also one of the main reasons.

Each mirror has to be forged repeatedly, known as "a hundred refinements".

In the end, Yangtze Jiang's state of mind is thin and brittle, and it is likely that if he accidentally forges it, the entire mirror will be scrapped.

Especially this abbot mirror, because the area is too large, the yield is too low, and it often takes a year to produce a good product.

The official price of the abbot's mirror is 5,000 guan, which is more expensive than the same weight of gold, so it has to be related to have a way to buy it. At the beginning, Zhang Yuanchang and Lin Zhixiang were even more salivating about this kind of mirror, salivating three thousand feet.

This year, Wu Zetian asked Yangzhou to dedicate an abbot mirror.

Although Wu Youxu is not interested in wealth, he is still very filial to this aunt, so he wants to complete this matter.

However, to pay tribute to the emperor, you can't always buy some old goods from anywhere, you can only buy them from the official shop.

What is good is that according to rumors, the Yangtze River Heart Mirror is the most authentic on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

Because May is the month of fire, the fifth day is the day of fire, and the noon time is also called the fire hour, and the noon of the fifth day of May has a triple fire, which is the time of the yang prosperity of the yin and yang gossip. Overcoming gold with fire, this is the best time to cast a mirror with molten gold.

The abbot mirror dedicated to Wu Zetian, no need to ask, must be cast on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

After carefully calculating this probability, the abbot mirror is cast every day, and there is only one good product in an average year. The probability of the Dragon Boat Festival being cast into an abbot mirror is less than three in a thousand, which is too low.

Wu Youxu was in a hurry, so he thought of Cui Geng. After the scene of the steamed bone autopsy, he always felt that Cui Geng was quite mysterious and bullish. With Cui Geng supervising the casting of mirrors, the chance of success is definitely greater than that of ordinary officials!

After Cui Geng listened, he immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Wang, you are sick and go to the doctor!" Let's talk ugly first, I really can't cast the abbot mirror, you can't rely on me. ”

"Of course not, this king is not old and confused." Wu Youxu patted Cui Geng's shoulder twice and comforted: "Cui County's order goes, you will be a great achievement in casting the abbot mirror, and if you can't cast it, it will be the king's bad luck, and it has nothing to do with you at all." But whether it succeeds or not, this king owes you a favor. ”

"Hey, the prince is serious!"

Cui Geng arched his hand and said: "When you helped the lower official clarify the rumors spread by Lijingmen, the lower official owed you a favor. Later, you helped me to settle the town, so that Wu Zhuang could judge the case impartially, and the lower official owed you a favor again. Speaking of which, the lower officials still owe you more. Serving the prince to share his worries is something that the lower officials should share! ”

These words were said beautifully, and Wu Youxu's eyebrows stretched when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

He waved his hand and said, "What others owe to this king, this king can't remember!" What this king owes to others, this king himself can't forget! Although Cui County Ling works hard, this person remembers this love! ”

"The lower officials must do their best."

That being said, Cui Geng also has the strength to do something like a pure character for supervising the abbot mirror.

On the fourth night of the fifth month, Cui Geng lived in the workshop of the Yangtze River Heart Mirror.

Just after the fifth watch, Cui Geng was called up.

After washing their faces, rinsing their mouths, and eating a few bites of breakfast, the group left Yangzhou City and went straight to the riverside.

The Yangtze River state of mind, as the name suggests, is a mirror cast in the heart of the Yangtze River.

The mirror-casting furnace was placed on a large boat on the Yangtze River, and the workshops in the city mainly provided accommodation for artisans. Cui Geng got on the boat under the guidance of a small officer in a light green robe.

This is the official who manages the Yangtze River Mood Workshop, surnamed Shi Jingkuan, don't look at only one workshop, and he is also a righteous and nine-grade official.

The two of them arrived in a very elegant cabin and sat down as guests.

After a few words of greeting, Shi Jingkuan suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Our workshop has been producing abbot mirrors for a few years, why did Your Majesty ask for a mirror just this year?" Cui County's order can know the reason? ”

Cui Geng was slightly stunned and said, "I don't know." Isn't it a sudden whim of His Majesty? ”

"Of course not." Shi Jingkuan smiled slightly, took a sip of tea soup, and said leisurely: "Cui County doesn't know anything about it, but there is a lot of hidden secrets in it. ”