On June 21th of the 27st year of Zhaoming, the three of them drove for two days, and finally arrived at their destination, Ningcheng, near the evening of the next day.

Ji Linglan looked at the well-growing crops in the field and the hard-working farmers, and said with some doubts: "A Ling, looking at the field, it seems that there is no sign of decay."

Fu Nanling glanced indifferently, and said: "The weather has been good for the past two years, and the people are resting and recuperating, so it can be regarded as slowing down. What's more, this is the suburb of Ningcheng, and it is the face of the management of various departments in Liaoyuan. No matter how stupid Gao Jin is, she will not Let this place go to waste."

Ji Linglan was startled, then laughed at herself, and said, "That's true, I was thinking about it."

Liu Xi asked aloud, "Master, are you going to the city?"

Fu Nanling looked at the sky and said: "It's getting late, go to the city and find a place to stay before making plans."

"Yes, master."

The carriage was walking on the official road, when there was a sound of horseshoes suddenly, Ji Linglan lifted the curtain and looked back, a horse team came galloping, and the dust was flying in an instant, he quickly put down the curtain to cover the splash dust from the sky.Liu Xi drove the carriage to the side of the road and gave way to the horse team.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes going away, Ji Linglan lifted the curtain to look at the car, and said: "The people in the cavalry are wearing the same clothes as the people I met outside Yongping Town with Mr. Lu last time." .”

Liu Xi explained to him, "This is the official uniform of the Criminal Division. I will wear it when I go on business. The overall look is similar, only the embroidery on the chest is slightly different."

"So that's it." Ji Linglan nodded, and then said: "Master Lu once said that those people were fake, but he didn't say that the official uniforms they were wearing were wrong. Does that mean that they may also be officials who were appointed to the Criminal Division, but just embezzled?" Li Heng's identity?"

"It is indeed possible." Liu Xi affirmed Ji Linglan's conjecture, and said: "Since Ling Jiu didn't notice the difference in the official uniforms, it means that they are indeed wearing the clothes of the Criminal Division. Each official has two sets of official uniforms , the law clearly prohibits borrowing from others, and if found, it will be severely punished.”

"Foreign borrowing?" Fu Nanling snorted coldly, and said, "It's just a few pieces of clothing. There are plenty of reserves in the treasury of the procuratorate. As long as you have some power, it's not a problem."

"What the master said is true." Liu Xi nodded quickly.

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan and asked, "Alan, do you still remember the faces of those people?"

"Remember, I have memories of the eight people that day. If we meet again, I will definitely recognize them." Ji Linglan and Gao Yuan have worked together for many years, and he has also learned a lot of criminal investigation techniques, especially tracking. He can quickly remember what he has seen. people and things.

"Then we saved a lot of energy, Ah Lan is really amazing!" Fu Nanling praised with a smile.

Ji Linglan's face became hot from the praise, and she said helplessly: "If it were Mr. Lu, I would definitely remember it. I really don't deserve such a compliment from you. Ah Ling, it's too much."

"Have you passed?" Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan with a smile.

"It's over." Ji Linglan also raised the corner of her mouth.

"But I just want to praise Alan." Fu Nanling said with confidence.

Ji Linglan smiled helplessly, but she didn't say anything.

Liu Xi on the side pretended that his ears were missing, and concentrated on driving the carriage.

The three of them entered the city smoothly. Liu Xi drove the carriage along the street, headed towards the east of the city, and stopped in front of a big house.Then he jumped out of the carriage and came to the door and knocked a few times.

Ji Linglan opened the curtain curiously, and just about to jump out of the carriage, the door was pulled open, and two men dressed as servants came out from inside, bowed slightly towards Liu Xi, and then opened the side door.

Liu Xi sat on the shaft again, and drove the carriage into the house.

"Brother Liu, where is it?"

Liu Xi said with a smile: "This is Qingheju, where we settled down in Ningcheng."

Fu Nanling continued: "People come and go in the inn, it's inconvenient after all, so I simply asked someone to buy the house, I brought all the people here, you can trust it, Ah Lan can live in peace of mind."

Lifting the curtain of the car to look at the layout of the house, there are pavilions, pavilions, rockeries and ponds, everything is missing, this house is a real luxury house in modern times, few people can afford it.

"This house is so well built, how could anyone be willing to sell it?" Ji Linglan sighed in her heart that it's nice to have money.

Fu Nanling explained: "It's a coincidence that the original owner of this house was a wealthy businessman from Ningcheng. Recently, something went wrong with the business and he needed money urgently, so he simply sold this other house."

"So that's it." Ji Linglan nodded and said, "Brother Liu, please stop, I want to get out of the car and take a walk to get familiar with the environment."

Liu Xi stopped the carriage upon hearing the words, and Ji Linglan jumped straight down, stretching her limbs without any scruples, and said with a wry smile: "If it's possible, I don't want to ride in a carriage again for the rest of my life."

Fu Nanling also got out of the carriage, Liu Xi hurriedly put down the horse stool, but Fu Nanling didn't step on it, but jumped off like Ji Linglan.

Ji Linglan was taken aback, and hurried forward to take care of her, saying: "Oh, little ancestor, you should be careful."

Fu Nanling took advantage of the situation and fell on Ji Linglan, giggling happily.

Seeing this, Ji Linglan only found it funny for a while, and sighed in her heart: Sure enough, I am half a child, I am so angry, I am a brat!

The nearby servants all lowered their heads, not even daring to take a look, as if they had no eyes and ears.

When Fu Nanling and Ji Linglan were strolling leisurely in the garden, on the official road leading to the capital from Yongping Town, a carriage was driving fast, but was forced to stop by the sudden appearance of an official.

"Hiss~" The reins were tightened, the brown horse pulling the cart neighed, its front hooves were raised high, and then fell to the ground, the groom was almost thrown out.

"What happened?" A low male voice came from the carriage.

The groom quickly replied: "Master, for some reason, there are officials on the road blocking the way."

A man wearing the official uniform of the Criminal Commissioner cupped his hands perfunctorily, and said, "Master in the car, we are the messengers of the Criminal Division. Make it easy."

"Department of punishment? Which department of punishment? If I remember correctly, this Yongping town seems to be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of punishment."

The man's face froze, then turned gloomy, and said: "Such a glib tongue, and hiding his head and showing his tail, must be shady, maybe he is the key criminal we want to arrest, brothers, let me catch this shady thing come out."

Seven or eight officials rushed forward with steel knives in their hands. The groom in the carriage screamed in shock and fell off the carriage, causing the officials to laugh.

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden change, the groom pulled out the dagger from under the shaft of the cart, and stabbed the officer next to him with the dagger, blood sprayed out with the dagger drawn, staining the groom's clothes red.

All the officials were furious, raised their steel knives one after another, and slashed at the groom.At this moment, the curtain of the car suddenly lifted, a figure sprang out, his wrist was flipped, and his long sword was flying. In the blink of an eye, two more officials fell down.

Everyone was shocked, they all backed away, distanced themselves, and fixed their eyes, all the fallen people had their throats sealed with a sword.Looking up at the culprit again, everyone was overjoyed, the leader did not hesitate at all, and sent out a signal to summon the troops.

"Sure enough, hard work pays off, and I finally waited for someone to come."

Ignoring the official's signal, the man took out a token from his chest, showed it in front of everyone, and said flatly: "The commander of the imperial guards, Lu Jiu, is here, who dares to make mistakes!"

The leading official glanced at the token, put away the steel knife and bowed slightly, and said, "So it's Mr. Lu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... respect!"

After the word 'respect' fell, the man swung a steel knife and slashed at Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu dodged, raised his sword to parry, and said angrily: "Little servant, you dare to attack and kill the imperial court official, do you want to rebel?"

The leading officer sneered and said: "If you dare to pretend to be an official of the imperial court and wantonly kill the officer, I think you are the rebel!"

"Impersonating? I am personally appointed by the emperor, and here is the identity token."

"It's fake at first glance, don't argue here, I will kill you villain today and avenge my brothers!"

Lu Jiu snorted coldly, not talking nonsense, let the officer cut him with a knife, raised the long sword, and slashed the sword towards the officer's wrist.Seeing this, the official officer quickly let go, and handed over the steel knife to his left hand, blocking Lu Jiu's long sword all his life.Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Lu Jiu spun around and suddenly approached. Then he heard a "poof", and the officer suddenly felt a chill in his chest. He looked down and saw a short knife pierced into his chest.

"You..." The officer in charge wanted to speak, but spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground.

Half of the original eight people died within just a few face-to-face encounters.Everyone couldn't help being terrified, afraid to go forward.

Among them, the man with the scar at the corner of his eye was heartbroken, and said: "Brothers, one of them will die now. If he is allowed to leave, he will die as a family. If we go together, I don't believe that he can have three heads and six arms."

"Come on, kill him, we will survive!" The fear in the eyes of the officials disappeared, and their eyes became fierce.

Lu Jiu stopped talking nonsense, and rushed forward with his sword in hand. The groom was not far behind when he saw this, two against four, without losing the slightest bit, and the battle ended soon.

The groom walked up to Lu Jiu and said respectfully, "My lord, what should we do next?"

"Wait, wait for their help, and then escape with injuries."

"Yes, my lord."

Lu Jiu picked up the long sword and slashed his sleeve with a sword. His clothes were immediately cut, because there was blood on the sword. If you didn't look carefully, you might think you were injured.

The groom's eyes lit up, he looked at the dagger he had just wiped clean, walked up to one of the corpses, and with some blood on it, he also slashed his chest, thought for a while, and touched his face twice.

The two pretended to be injured and leaned against the carriage to rest. After a while, they heard a rush of horseshoes, followed by a burst of dust on the official road, and a group of people and horses came rushing.

Lu Jiu stood up staggeringly, with anger and vigilance on his face, and a long sword in his hand, standing shoulder to shoulder with the groom.

The cavalry quickly surrounded the two of them. Wang Lei, the leader, looked at Lu Jiu, couldn't help smiling, and said, "I don't know who it is. It turned out to be Lord Lu. I didn't expect that Lord Lu would be so embarrassed after seeing each other for a few days."

"Li Heng?" Lu Jiu looked at Wang Lei coldly, and said, "Since you know my identity, you should understand that if you dare to touch a hair of my hair today, the emperor will definitely not spare you!"

"Of course I understand this. It's just that the movement is moving, the injury is also hurt, and I can't start from the beginning, so I wronged Mr. Lu to come with us today. I promise that as long as Mr. Lu cooperates, I will never hurt Mr. Lu." A hair, and a large sum of money."

"What do you want me to do?"

"It's very simple. As long as Master Lu hands over Li Tai and his belongings, I will fulfill my promise and let Master Lu go."

Lu Jiu sneered and said, "Don't even think about it!"

……

In Gaofu of Ningcheng, Gao Jin was playing with a piece of jade. It was a snow-white auspicious unicorn, only the size of a thumb, but it was portrayed so vividly that people couldn't put it down.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, Gao Jin frowned slightly, put the jade unicorn back into the brocade box and put it away, saying, "Come in."

The door was opened, and Wang Lei walked in, knelt down on one knee, and said, "I will see you, my lord."

Gao Jin looked up and saw that he was in a state of embarrassment, the gauze wrapped around his wrist was stained red with blood, and said, "Is it because I met Lu Jiu that I can hurt you like this?"

Wang Lei swallowed instinctively, and said: "My lord, this subordinate is incompetent and failed to take him down, but I have seriously injured him. He fled south in embarrassment and failed to return to the capital."

"Since he was seriously injured, why did you let him escape? If you didn't catch anyone, what's the use of you coming back?"

Gao Jin's tone was very light, but it made Wang Lei even more terrified, saying: "My lord, this subordinate has ordered people to continue the hunt, and there will be no possibility of him returning to Beijing. The reason why this subordinate came back is because of this meeting with Lu Jiu." Waiting for people to fight and lose a lot of brothers, so I came back specially to transfer people."

"Oh? Isn't it just a seriously injured Li Tai and a skinny attendant? Why, such three people can kill you with heavy injuries?" Gao Jin was furious, and kicked Wang Lei in the chest.

Wang Lei didn't dare to hide, so he could only grit his teeth and received the kick. He felt a sharp pain in his chest, and the ribs that were broken by Lu Jiu before were dislocated again. With a "poof", he spat out a mouthful of blood, and then passed out.

Seeing the blood stained on her body, Gao Jin frowned more and more, and called out: "Come here."

The attendant at the door responded, opened the door and walked in, saluted and said, "My lord, what do you want?"

Gao Jin flicked the blood on her body, and said indifferently: "Drag it on and let the doctor see if it can be saved. If it doesn't work, then deal with it."

"Yes, my lord." The servant walked to Wang Lei, grabbed his belt and picked it up, carried it on his shoulder like a cargo, and then went out the door.

"Come here, take a shower and change clothes."

As soon as Gao Jin walked out of the study, he heard slight footsteps. He turned his head to look at the person who came, smiled and said, "Ah Wei is back."

Gao Wei approached, bowed and called, "Father."

Gao Jin stepped forward to support Gao Wei, and said: "Ah Wei, there is no need to be polite between you and my father and son. Let's go, let me go in and talk."

The two entered the study one after another, with Gao Wei lagging behind and closing the door behind him.

Gao Jin asked bluntly: "Ah Wei, just now Wang Lei came to report that he had fought with Lu Jiu, but he ran away. Is what he said true?"

Gao Wei replied: "Father, what Wang Lei said is true, the child has been watching secretly."

The smile on Gao Jin's face faded a bit, and said: "Since that's the case, why didn't Ah Wei take Lu Jiu down?"

Gao Wei fell to his knees with a 'plop', and said: "Father, the child is useless, he escaped in a moment of unpreparedness."

"What about Li Tai? He, a powerless civil servant, also escaped?"

"Father, Li Tai didn't show up, only Lu Jiu led people through the barrier."

Gao Jin silently looked at Gao Wei with his head down, complex emotions flashed in his eyes, then he sighed, bent down to help Gao Wei up, and said: "Ah Wei, you should know that if they escaped In the capital, our father and son are really finished."

"Awei understands, father, don't worry, although the boy failed to capture Lu Jiu, he was seriously injured, and he will need to be recuperated for at least three to five days before he can move freely. In these few days, the boy will definitely catch him and relieve his father's worries."

"Not only Lu Jiu, but also Li Tai. He has always been close to Liu Ji and knows too many things. No matter what, he cannot be allowed to live."

"Yes, Father, I understand, I will do my best to catch them out."

"Wang Lei said that they were the traces of Li Tai who was lost outside Yongping Town. At that time, Lu Jiu was heading towards Jiangcheng, and they were also the ones who were lost in Jiangcheng..." Gao Jin was thoughtful.

"Boy, let's send more people to visit Jiangcheng unannounced."

"Besides, you send someone to Yongping Town to find out if Lu Jiu is staying there. If he is staying, then find out whether he is on business or just passing by."

"Yes, my child obeys."

Gao Jin patted Gao Wei on the shoulder, said with a smile: "I know Ah Wei will live up to expectations, go back to the room, take a good rest today, and it won't be too late to leave tomorrow."

Gao Wei bowed slightly and said, "Thank you father for your understanding, my son will leave."

Gao Jin watched Gao Wei exit the study, and was silent for a while, came to the bookshelf, reached out to pick up a book, and then heard the sound of a mechanism opening, the bookshelf moved slowly, revealing the secret door inside, Gao Jin took out the fire Zhezi walked in sideways.

In Qinghe Residence in the eastern suburbs, Ji Linglan and Fu Nanling went back to their rooms to rest after dinner.

Fu Nanling took the tonic that Xiao Lizi handed over, drank it without changing his face, put the medicine bowl on the tray, and said, "How is Lu Jiu?"

"Returning to the master, I just received the news that the plan to attack the west has been completed. [-] pretended to be Mr. Lu, fought with those people outside Yongping Town, pretended to be injured and fled, and now those people are searching for them with all their strength. [-] will detour to the north. Tomorrow You can reach Qicheng."

"After Qicheng is the capital, Lu Jiu will be able to meet the emperor tomorrow evening."

"Master, we have been out for a long time, the emperor's side..."

"Before I came out, I left a letter to my father, saying that I was going to stay in Xiangwan's other courtyard for a while. Father's side is nothing to worry about, but my good second brother, I have to be careful. Last time I let him lose face, Maybe he is thinking about how to seek revenge from me, if he knows that I am in Ningcheng at this time, heh..." Fu Nanling laughed coldly.

Xiao Lizi hesitated, and said: "Master, you... this move is too risky."

Fu Nanling glanced at Xiao Lizi indifferently, and Xiao Lizi quickly knelt down on the ground and said in fear: "Master, the slave has overstepped, please forgive me, master."

Fu Nanling waved his hand and said: "Go down, report any news over there at any time, and tell Ling Liu to be careful, don't capsize the boat in the gutter."

"Yes, the slave will leave." Xiao Lizi bowed and retreated.

Fu Nanling took out a handkerchief from his bosom, which he secretly left behind that day, it seemed that Ji Linglan's scent could still be smelled on it.Don't say that Ji Linglan participated in this matter, even if he could spend a few more days with him, Fu Nanling would follow without hesitation.He came to the window, opened it, and looked at the room next door. The light was still on, and Ji Linglan's shadow was reflected on the window paper, as if he was taking a bath.He hesitated, then walked towards the door.

Ji Linglan was taking a bath at this time, thinking about the clues of the 3 Qiang murder case and the Liu Xiaolu murder case in his head, trying to find the connection between the two, and what Liu Xiaolu might know that could lead to his being silenced. what is it.

If the 3 shooting case was as Gao Yuan guessed, it was because of the piece of land that Zheng's real estate auctioned. It seems that the direction is too obvious, as if someone is deliberately attracting the attention of the police.And the warhead that shot Zheng Hai, if the murderer cared so much, why didn't he take out the warhead at that time, but took a lot of trouble to kill him, the forensic doctor?This does not seem to do any good to the murderer other than attracting the police's attention.May 27th police used guns, is it because there are ghosts inside them?Or did someone steal it, or deliberately confuse the police?

A series of questions could not be answered, and Ji Linglan's thoughts fell into a dead end.

"Ji Linglan, Ji Linglan, you are already a dead ghost now, why are you still worrying about it? What a hard worker!" Ji Linglan couldn't help laughing at herself.

"Dong dong dong", the door was knocked, Ji Linglan was taken aback, and then responded, "Who is it?"

"Alan, it's me." Fu Nanling's voice came from outside the door.

Ji Linglan frowned slightly, thinking to herself: Why is this young master still up so late.

"A Ling, I'm taking a bath, what's the matter?"

"Then I'll wait at the door, and Ah Lan will wash slowly."

Ji Linglan didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard the words, and said in her heart: You have said that, how can I wash slowly, this is clearly a brat.

Ji Linglan rubbed her hands briefly, washed her hair quickly, got up from the tub, dried herself, put on her underwear, and opened the door.Looking at Fu Nanling at the door, he said helplessly, "Come in."

Fu Nanling narrowed his eyes and smiled, then walked in.

"Wait a minute, I'll tidy up the room."

Just as Ji Linglan was about to make a move, three or four servants walked in at the door, and Xiao Lizi said respectfully: "Master, leave the rough work to the servants."

Seeing that she couldn't get her hands in, Ji Linglan went to the table and sat down.

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan's undried long hair, frowned slightly, stood up, picked up the handkerchief, walked behind Ji Linglan, and said, "Ah Lan, your hair hasn't been dried yet, let me help you. "

As soon as Fu Nanling finished speaking, there was a bang, and the wooden basin in the hand of a servant fell to the ground.The attendant knelt down on the ground in fear, and said: "Master, please forgive me. This slave didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive me, master."

Hearing the cry in the servant's voice, Ji Linglan frowned slightly, and turned to look at Fu Nanling behind him.

Fu Nanling smiled and said: "Forget it this time, and move more neatly in the future."

"Yes, thank you master for your mercy."

Fu Nanling didn't speak, and the servants were more careful, and quickly cleaned up the room.

Ji Linglan took the handkerchief from Fu Nanling, wiped her hair carelessly, and said helplessly: "A Ling, don't say such shocking words in front of people from now on, I want to live a few more years."

Fu Nanling curled his lips, and said: "I'm not in the palace now, apart from you and me in this house, it's just these servants, I can say whatever I want."

When Ji Linglan thought of Fu Nanling's body, her heart softened easily, and she said: "If it's just you and me, then of course we can say whatever we want. But your identities are very different, and it's inevitable that there are other people here. It's better to pay attention to the emperor's ears."

"Okay, listen to A Lan." Fu Nanling picked up the handkerchief again, and carefully wiped Ji Linglan's hair.

Ji Linglan tilted her head uncomfortably, and said, "Let it hang, it will do it anyway."

"How can I do that? After a long time like this, you will suffer from headaches and have unbearable headaches. A Lan can just sit down, and I will dry you off."

Ji Linglan couldn't hold back Fu Nanling, so she let him go and asked, "A Ling, why are you looking for me?"

Fu Nanling's eyes flickered, and he said, "I'm a little nervous and can't sleep, so I want to talk to you."

"Nervous?" Ji Linglan felt relieved when she thought about what she was about to face next, and said soothingly, "Don't be afraid, Ah Ling, we are by your side and will definitely protect you."

"Alan, can I sleep with you tonight?"

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