Li Sheng asked himself if he owed nothing to this nephew, let alone a deep hatred for him, there was no need to kill him, unless someone instructed him.

Du Feng and Xie Liangmao are not much different in age, the master and servant have a deep relationship, and they are even more loyal to Xie Liangmao, and what his own uncle says is not as good as what Xie Liangmao, the master, says.

If there is anyone who can instruct Du Feng, it is only Xie Liangmao.

And he is also the best person to poison Li Sheng, Li Sheng has never been defensive against him.

Han Changwan twisted his eyebrows and carefully recalled what Li Sheng said after he woke up.

The girls that Qingyunzhai has collected over the years have all been sent to Beijing to provide Xie Liangmu with the practice of immortality.

As for what kind of evil art it was, Li Sheng said that he didn't know, and Han Changwan didn't ask in detail.

He never believed in these Shinto things.

Immortality, this is a joke, even if the eighth king can live for a thousand years, he will die in the end.

Li Sheng felt that it was because he strongly opposed Xie Liangmao's practices and disobeyed Xie Liangmao's orders several times that he would cause death.

The current Xie Liangmao is no longer the ignorant child sixteen years ago, he is growing in his wings, thoughtful, and ruthless, and he no longer needs Li Sheng, a stumbling block that is highly skilled and constrained.

To be able to endure until now to kick away this stumbling block is already his graceful and tolerant.

But Han Changwei was skeptical of Li Sheng's words.

Although Li Sheng said that Dou Weiqi was Xie Liangqi's person and was specially placed in Qingyun Village, looking at Dou Weiqi's actions, it didn't seem like he was thinking about Xie Liangqi completely.

One is that the number of girls sent out is not right, according to Li Sheng, there are more than 100 girls sent to Xie Liangmu every year, all of whom are sent to Beijing in the name of buying maids, but Qingyunzhai collects two or three hundred girls every year, so where are the remaining half of the girls?

Second, Dou Weiqi seems to know the time when the Yulin Army is going to blow up the mountain, so where did he know that the Yulin Army is going to destroy Qingyunzhai, even Li Sheng doesn't know.

The three Yulin Army suddenly wanted to destroy Qingyun Village, of course, in order to kill people and destroy their mouths, and bury all the actions of Qingyun Village in the past five years in the collapsed Dingyun Mountain, but Han Changdui didn't think that a waste emperor who had been hiding outside for so many years like a lost dog could drive the Yulin Army.

It seems that the strangeness in this can only be found out by strictly interrogating Dou Weiqi and Xue Shou, as well as those caught from the rudder.

This time, Li Sheng confessed Xie Liangji's nineteen rudders in the capital in one breath, Han Changdu's harvest is not abundant, and Xie Liangji's loss is not tragic, the situation that has been painstakingly operated in the capital for more than ten years, after this move, was beaten to pieces, and then I want to regroup, I am afraid that the situation will be difficult.

One can imagine how hateful Xie Liangmu should be! I don't know if he would have thought that it was Du Feng who died and Li Sheng who betrayed him.

Han Changdu's heart moved, and when he released the news that Li Sheng was still alive, there might be a bigger gain.

Seeing Han Changdui's face cloudy, Li Changming's heart was up and down, lest he might say something bad and offend Han Changdui.

After being quiet for a long time, Han Changdui said lightly: "When Dou Weiqi went up the mountain, didn't you check his origin, and let him be the third leader of the cottage?" ”

Zhao Yingrong and Li Changming glanced at each other, laughing awkwardly, not crying.

No matter how big the momentum of their Qingyun Village is, it is just a nest of water bandits, as long as the people who come to fall into the grass are not officers and soldiers, even if they are courtiers who have resigned, they will also accept it, where will they carefully inquire about the background of the origin.

Even if you want to ask, you don't have the ability to get to the bottom of it and distinguish the truth from the false.

In the end, it was Zhao Fusheng who took a step forward and said: "When Dou Weiqi went up the mountain, he claimed that his family was in Liangzhou to open a martial arts hall, because he offended people, his family was ruined, he had no identity and household registration, and he was desperate, so he went up the mountain and fell into the grass for Kou, he was really earnest, not asking for anything else, just asking for a place to stay, his father and second uncle were soft-hearted, and he saw that he could read and hyphenate words, and he had a good kung fu, so he accepted him. ”

Han Changwei also knew that it would be difficult for a group of rabble to investigate a person who had deliberately concealed his origins, so he didn't ask any more, the matter was already like this, and there was no point in asking any more.

In fact, Zhao Yingrong and Li Changming are still competent as the leaders of the water bandits, and they have made the operation of Qingyunzhai thriving, prosperous, and benefiting the villagers under the mountain, and they have also set the rules of blocking the road and robbing them, not harassing Qing officials, scholars and ordinary people and businessmen, but there is a way to say that it is a thief, but in the end, it is a thief, and if you violate the law, you must be punished.

Han Changwan raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Yingrong and Li Changming, who were slightly frightened, and his attitude was gentle, and he was quite a little tempting: "In the future, the two of you will have to carefully screen people to do things." ”

Zhao Yingrong and Li Changming knew that this was Han Changdu, this was instructing them, after all, they would be the secret stakes of the Internal Security Division in the future, if they made a mistake and made a mistake in the errand, it was not a trivial matter.

The two of them were in their hearts, and they claimed to be.

Seeing that Han Changdui had exposed the matter without mentioning it, Zhao Fusheng's face was a little embarrassed, and he stumbled and said: "Lord Envoy, in the past five years, every time I sent the girl to Beijing, the villain sent someone to follow secretly. ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yingrong jumped up, pointed at Zhao Fusheng and said, "Fusheng, you!" ”

Zhao Fusheng also knew that he was at a loss, and said, "Father." ”

Zhao Yingrong sighed, he didn't know that Xue Shou had a problem before, Zhao Fusheng rashly sent someone to follow him, and being discovered would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people in the court, but now, he felt that Zhao Fusheng had more eyes, otherwise he didn't know what would happen.

He sighed helplessly: "You! ”

Han Changwan looked at Zhao Fusheng and said, "You go on." ”

Zhao Fusheng responded: "Every year the village collects all the girls, and the capital will send a person to come over, hand over at the bottom of the mountain, and then this person will take the convoy into the city, and the villain will send the person to keep an eye on the person who came back and said that the convoy that sent the girl into Beijing will be divided into two teams at the bottom of the mountain, one team will enter the city from Qixiamen, and the other team will bypass the Qujiang River and enter the city from Yanqing Gate. These girls have signed a deed of sale, and the convoy sent to Beijing is also a serious convoy of the tooth shop, which is not afraid of interrogation at all, and the number of these girls is amazing, but compared with the tooth line that sends people to the capital every year, it is not surprising, there is no need to go separately like this, unless it is, unless these girls originally did not intend to send to the same place. ”

Han Changwan nodded slightly, only this explanation is the most reasonable.

He thought about it, took the map of Chang'an City, held a pen in one hand, pressed the corner of the map with the other, looked up and asked Zhao Fusheng: "You mean that a team of convoys entered the city from Qixia Gate, and a team entered the city from Yanqing Gate?" ”

Zhao Fusheng nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Every year?" Han Changwan asked again.

Zhao Fusheng said: "Yes, every year. ”

Han Changdui frowned, glanced around the map, and finally put down his pen and drew two circles in two places: "Do you know where the convoy went after entering the city?" ”

Zhao Fusheng shook his head and said hesitantly: "In the stockade, mostly, most of them, some dare not enter the city. ”

What he said was vague, but Han Changwan understood it at once.

Which innocent person is willing to go up the mountain and fall into the grass for the coward, who is not carrying a little unsightly thing, and he doesn't even have a serious household registration paperwork, of course, he can't enter the door of the capital.

Han Changwan thought for a while, marked several miles near Qixia Gate and Yanqing Gate, and then raised his head and asked, "Do you know which person from Yaxing came to hand over the girl every year?" ”

Zhao Fusheng looked at Zhao Yingrong.

Zhao Yingrong looked dazed, obviously ignorant of anything.

Zhao Fusheng sighed helplessly and shook his head: "The villain doesn't know." ”

Han Changdui pondered for a moment, and then changed his question: "Is it the same person who comes to hand over the girl every year?" ”

Zhao Yingrong hurriedly said: "No, the first two years were when the villain and Fusheng went down the mountain to cook together, and the people who came to hand over in the first year and the second year are not the same person." ”

Zhao Fusheng was also very clear about this matter, and took a step forward and said: "In the next two years, the villain sent the girl down the mountain, and every year different people came to hand it over. ”

Han Changdui said in a deep voice: "It's not the same person who comes to hand over every time, so how do you confirm the identity of the person who came?" ”

Zhao Fusheng suddenly realized: "There is a token." He hurriedly untied the pouch on his waist, opened it, and revealed the half of the plum blossom pattern inside, and said: "That's it, every year people come to take a thing carved with this pattern, sometimes it's a jade pendant, sometimes it's a handkerchief, but as long as there is this pattern, and it can be spelled with this half into a complete flower, you can determine the identity." ”

Han Changdu's face changed slightly when he saw this half of the plum blossom at a glance, this half of the plum blossom, he had seen it in many places, and it was exactly the mark used by everyone in the Four Holy Sects to identify their identities in the past.

He looked at this half of the plum blossom, and felt a strangeness in his heart.

It stands to reason that with this half of the plum blossom, it is almost certain that this matter is related to Xie Liangmao, but his heart is becoming more and more unsteady.

There are obvious traces of Xie Liangmo's meddling everywhere, but he is particularly eager to cover it up, as if someone deliberately directed his gaze to Xie Liangmo, so as to cover up the truth of the matter and the real person behind the scenes.

He pinched the pouch and stared for a moment: "Put this thing here first." ”

This is a trivial matter, and Zhao Fusheng naturally has nothing to do.

Subsequently, Zhao Yingrong and the three of them picked up important things and said them one by one, and felt that there was nothing missing, so they stopped, and saw that Han Changdui had no intention of retaining, so they all retreated.

Unconsciously, in the middle of the moon, the cold moonlight entered through the window, like water on the curtain, on the brocade quilt, and on the person who was struggling in his sleep, caressing and flowing.

There was a dead silence in the room, and the princess of Annan's breathing was very messy, mixed with low moans of horror and pain.

Yao Qi jumped down lightly, without making a sound, and when she walked past the solid makeup, she didn't even look at it, she lifted the curtain and went straight to the kang.

She tilted her head to look at the princess of Annan County and frowned slightly.

It seems that the princess of Annan County has had a very difficult time in the past 20 years, and she can't even sleep well.

Also, Emperor Yong'an is like the knife hanging over his head, which may fall down at any time, and how big his heart must be to sleep well.

Yao Qi sighed for a while, and then according to the practice of the princess of Annan County, she lightly pressed the motive bracket, pulled out the bulge, and put her hand into the hole, and after a while, she took a painting scroll from it, which was thin and thin, and the edges were yellow and wrinkled.

She slowly unfolded the scroll, and saw the first four costumed beauties, all of whom were petite and graceful, and the picture was well preserved.

These four beauties are facing each other in pairs, and the two beauties who show their faces have willow eyebrows and sideburns, apricot eyes and peach cheeks, like clouds of hair buns tied up high, and the sideburns hairpin rings are delicate and dazzling, all of them are dressed as eighteen or nineteen-year-old brides.

And the two beauties with their backs to the picture are graceful and graceful, combing their hair in a hanging bun, and only decorated with elegant beads between their buns.

Other than that, there is nothing else on the picture, let alone an inscription seal, and I don't know who made it or why.

Yao Qi glanced back at the princess of Annan County, although she was also wrinkling her eyebrows in her sleep and struggling in pain, she slept quite deeply, and there was no sign of waking up in a short time.

Such a painting with no beginning and no end is confusing.

But this painting is so deeply hidden, there must be a secret that is not enough for outsiders.

Yao Qi sighed, but it was a pity that no matter how many secrets there were, she couldn't study them carefully at this time, even if she could bring down the surface of the painting, it would be useless if she couldn't understand the secrets in the painting.

She tilted her head and stared for a moment, then no longer hesitated, took out the pen and paper she carried with her from her sleeve, and quickly traced the scroll, although there was no coloring, just a simple outline, but she still painted the two beauties who showed their faces vividly, and then rolled the scroll as it was, put it back in the hole, and restored everything to its original state.

Before leaving, Yao Qi glanced at the princess of Annan County again, and at this time she seemed to be shrouded in a fog, which made it difficult to see.

Yao Qi had an idea in her heart, it would be a good thing to stay in the palace of Annan County, she might be able to get a blessing in disguise, and join forces with this princess of Annan County, who is full of mysteries, to benefit each other, ask for each other, and gain from each other.

However, this kind of thing is not urgent, Princess Annan and Emperor Yong'an seem to love and kill each other, how deep this grudge is is still unknown, and the people around her, such as that Ruyu, also seem to be a little inappropriate.

Yao Qi returned to the east wing room with a lot of concern, and as soon as he opened the door, Leng Linjiang suddenly pounced, and asked in a low voice with an anxious face: "Why have you been there for so long, what happened?" ”

Leng Linjiang naturally knew that with Yao Qi himself, there would be no danger at all in visiting a woman's room at night, but more than two hours had passed, and the medicinal power had long since lost its effect, and the princess of Annan County should have woken up a long time ago, she hadn't come back yet, how could he not worry.

"Ah, oh, it's okay, it's okay." Yao Ji was hit by Leng Linjiang, who was pounced on, and his forehead was hit with pain, he came back to his senses, covered his reddened forehead and glanced at Leng Linjiang: "I watched a living spring palace, it was too shocking, I was having an endless aftertaste, you woke me up." ”

"Oh, I'll go, why don't you call me!" Leng Linjiang slapped his thigh with regret, tilting his head and looking serious, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it made people squirt: "Is it intense?" ”

Yao Qi's face was not red and his heart was not beating, he raised his chin behind Leng Linjiang, and smiled meaningfully: "This kind of thing, don't you have to ask Meng Sui?" ”

Meng Sui was at a loss for a moment, his face turned red, he opened his mouth slightly in embarrassment, and only after a while did he glare at Yao Qi viciously: "It's just you, it's still the girl's family!" ”

Yao Qi's sharp and heroic long eyebrows were slightly raised, his smile was narrow, and he said teasingly: "Meng Zongqi, you have been with the princess of Annan County for more time than me and Lord Shaoyin, and you naturally know a little more secrets than us, I have to ask you about the princess of Annan County, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Meng Sui choked for a moment, as if he was enchanted, nodded unconsciously, and only reacted after nodding, this is not right, it is too wrong!

What does it mean to get along day and night! What does it mean to know a lot of secrets!

How does this word sound so filthy!

Leng Linjiang laughed a few times: "Yes, yes, you must know more secrets than us, come, tell me, what have you found, don't hide it, communicate with each other." ”

"What?" Meng Sui was stunned, what were they saying, he understood every word, but what did it mean?

What did he find, he didn't find anything!

Seeing that Meng Sui's face had changed a few times, Yao Qi couldn't hold back her laughter, she couldn't bear it, she laughed when she wanted to, laughed silently, and there was no shame on her face: "Lord Shaoyin, Meng Zongqi, I'm so useless, I haven't found anything, it seems that Meng Zongqi is useful, I must have discovered something." ”

She deliberately concealed that Emperor Yong'an had just come, and also concealed her discovery, not because she didn't trust Leng Linjiang, but because she felt that the timing was not right, and she said it rashly, not only did it help in this matter, but it also possibly put Leng Linjiang in danger.

If the big tree that has been leaning on for so many years falls, where can she go to find a shade like Leng Linjiang.

"......" Meng Sui was speechless, rolled his eyes, you can have fun in such a dangerous situation, talent.

Leng Linjiang looked at Meng Sui with a depressed face, and suddenly smiled from ear to ear, and sighed regretfully: "Of course we have discovered, don't you know that there are many beautiful men in the study, each with its own beauty, it is simply breathtaking." ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips, thinking of the scene he had just seen, and he had a little surprise about the behavior of Princess Su Ri of Annan County.

The princess of Annan County acted absurdly and arrogantly, and made herself infamous, which is not a kind of self-protection.

The more her reputation is unbearable, the more reluctant others are to go around with her, then the risk of her secrets being exposed is minimized, and Emperor Yong'an's defensiveness against her is naturally minimized.

It is really helpless for the princess of Annan County to be willing to defile herself at the moment, but she is definitely not willing to live in such humiliation all the time.

It's just that I don't know how she's going to fight back, when she's going to fight back, and how much ability and means she has to put her to death and survive.

Maybe she could really consider making an ally, it's too easy to be beaten up alone.

Yao Qi thought about these and said with a smile: "Are there any of those beautiful men that you know?" ”

Leng Linjiang was surprised by the "ah": "What's wrong?" ”

Yao Qi looked at Leng Linjiang with a fool-like gaze: "Saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, Lao Leng, if there are those beautiful men in the pictures that you know, you must not remind and remind people, if you are targeted by the princess of Annan County, can you still have spirit?" ”

Leng Linjiang suddenly let out a long "oh", looked at Meng Suijiao, and laughed weirdly: "You're right, you're still smart, look at Meng Suijiao, you've lost weight so quickly." ”

"Is there one? Not really. Meng Sui touched his face blankly.

Yao Qi raised his eyebrows, took out a palm-sized bronze mirror, faced Meng Sui's face, and teased: "Look for yourself." ”

Meng Sui didn't doubt that he had him, and really took a look at the bronze mirror, only to see that the face in the mirror was really thin and long, he was stunned for a moment, and raised his eyes to see Yao Qi and Leng Linjiang laughing teasingly.

He immediately understood that he was being teased by Yao Qi and Leng Linjiang, and he couldn't help but blush, stalk his neck, and staggered his teeth but couldn't speak.

These two people have set him up, and he is not stupid, how can he drill into it in a daze.

Beep Pavilion

But I really can't reply to that.

His face turned purple for a while, turned pale for a while, and finally threw down his sleeves, opened the door and fled.

Yao Qi and Leng Linjiang glanced at each other, lowered their voices and laughed wildly.

The princess of Annan County is a native of Yangzhou, perhaps to relieve her homesickness, and graceful weeping willows are planted everywhere in the county prince's mansion.

This kind of tree is easy to maintain, the shape is slender, the lush branches sway in the wind, spread out into patches of dark green and light green clouds, it is also quite spectacular.

The branches of the weeping willows are extraordinarily soft, and it is difficult to borrow strength, and the canopy is not tall and lush, even if it looks like a cloud, but it cannot hide people, so it is perfect to plant it in a secret mansion like the palace of Annan County, which is full of unsightly people.

In the deep night, thousands of turquoise branches hung silently, and the occasional faint night breeze blew, and these branches did not move.

Suddenly, a weeping willow next to the high wall shook lightly twice, and a black figure swept across the night sky like a breeze and landed in front of an inconspicuous low house in the corner of the county king's mansion.

The figure walked to the door, pushed it open, and as soon as he took a step, he stopped, looking down at the half-cut piece of paper buried in the dust.

The figure was stunned for a moment, stepped on the piece of paper, glanced around vigilantly, and saw that there was no one left and right, so he slowly moved his foot, slowly bent down and picked up the piece of paper, unfolded it, and saw two droplet-shaped ink dots on the piece of paper, pointing south.