The Mystery of Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 39 On Killing Heart Chang Yun Investigating Cases, Drunk People Ning Zhu Huaichun

Yunzhou, Jicheng, the cold wind from the Yunyan Grassland has made it cold in winter.

There is a small lake in the southeast corner of Jicheng, and there is a small courtyard beside the lake.

It is Tianqi and his party who live in the courtyard.

This is the secret industry of Yuan Pavilion, even the local Yuan Pavilion waiters don't know about it.After Tianqi arrived in Jicheng, he requisitioned it. Although the yard was small, it was big enough for the few of them to live in.

Ning Zhu, ordinary monk, scholar Fang Hen Shao, and Chang Yun and Ji Hai.

"Monk, I have something to go out with Jitou, you can do it yourself." Today's trip is to meet with the master of Yuange Jicheng, so outsiders like them must not be brought along.

Since the last time the monk had a heart-to-heart talk with Chang Yun, he had obviously stopped talking. After arriving in Jicheng, he was either hungover in the courtyard or wandering on the street.Although Ning Zhu has a good temperament, she is a woman after all. Chang Yun arranged for her the best bedroom in the courtyard, and she locked herself in the room all day long.Fang Henshao has become taciturn since his wife died and his son was separated. If such a big incident happened, he would definitely not be able to go back to his hometown school. He had to rely on Chang Yun's help to find out the whereabouts of his son, so he could only hug him in the small courtyard. Classics study hard.

After Chang Yun greeted the monk, he brought Ji Hai to the street.

Counting, Chang Yun has not been to many places, Yecheng, Jingdu, Guangling, and now Jicheng.

Different from the desolation of Yecheng, the majesty of Kyoto, and the prosperity of Guangling City, Jicheng gives people a monotonous and solemn feeling. Pedestrians are in a hurry, and there is no sense of life on the blue-gray streets.

"I guess it's because the weather is too cold." Chang Yun said to himself. Yunzhou is located in the northernmost part of Daxia, and it is the Qianli Yunyan Grassland when you go out. Jicheng has always been a place of many wars. The ancient nomads, Beidi.

Beidi is Daxia's derogatory name for the grassland people, which is similar to the meaning of barbarians.It is a nomadic alliance composed of dozens of tribes. Its survival mainly depends on two things, grazing and plundering Daxia.

At the beginning of this year, the leader of Beidi suddenly attacked because of the lack of harvest due to the snowstorm. Wang Hongsi, the governor of Yunzhou, gave him a head-on blow and beheaded more than ten thousand people, but suddenly returned without success.

If there is a battle, there will be casualties. If the thousands of cavalry who attacked the old city were from the armed forces in the interior, they would have been found out long ago.But in the Frontier Army Corps, it is different. If you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. In any war, thousands of people will not die.

That's why Mu Qing asked Chang Yun to come to Yunzhou for investigation.

After walking for a while, Ji Hai said softly from one side: "Master, you have a tail."

Chang Yun had already noticed the two well-dressed men following far behind, and a fortune teller a little farther away, it seemed that more than one force was following.

Chang Yun smiled and said: "It's not surprising, we are here to investigate the case, no matter where it is in Yunzhou, they must keep an eye on us, otherwise if something is found out, wouldn't they be defenseless?"

"Then do you want it?" Ji Hai lightly stroked the dagger at his waist.

Chang Yun glanced at the murderous Ji Hai pretending to be reproachful: "Chicken, why are you so intent on murdering recently, don't beat and kill at every turn, or you can learn Buddhism from that ordinary monk, restrain yourself hostility?"

Ji Hai shut up and said nothing, the young master can really fool you, who beat all the Taoists in the Tianyuan Daoist Temple in Anding County so that they couldn't stand up?And who used golden sore medicine as poison to scare Wu Yong?Are you angry?

Chang Yun didn't know what was going on in Ji Hai's mind, so he said, "I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend, let's get rid of them first." Then he quickened his pace, and Ji Hai followed closely behind.

When it comes to stalking and anti-stalking, Chang Yun Jihai, who has practiced hard on Mojian Island, is no match for ordinary people. After a stick of incense, she managed to shake off her tail and came to a pawnshop door. forward.

Chang Yun and the two entered the pawn shop, and a clerk came up to meet him, "You two, what do you want to pawn?"

Chang Yun looked at the old shopkeeper behind the counter, took out something with a smile, and put it on the counter.

The shopkeeper took a look, stood up with a serious face and said, "Please talk to the two back halls."

Entering the back hall, the shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Yu Bowen, the head of Yuan Pavilion Jicheng, sees the head of Chang."

After being taken aback for a moment, Chang Yun remembered his official position, the head of the editorial department of Yuan Pavilion.

"Master Yu, you don't need to be too polite. We are both masters. You are still a senior. I should be the one who salutes you." The words were beautiful, but the body did not move.

"Can I compete with you as the principal? You have the Jinlong Token." Muttering to himself, Yu Bowen, who was nearly fifty years old, poured a cup of tea for Chang Yun who had already sat down.

"A few days ago, my subordinates have received a pigeon letter from the pavilion, saying that Chief Chang will come to Jicheng to investigate the case in the near future. I didn't expect to come so soon." Although Yu Bowen has old qualifications, he did not dare to neglect Chang Yun at all.I have long heard that the pavilion master is cultivating this young man, and our old Yu also has friends in the Jingdu pavilion, and he has already sent instructions to cooperate with Chang Yun.

Chang Yun smiled, and immediately restrained his smile: "This time I came to Jicheng, I mainly want to investigate a person and a team of soldiers. I will give you three days to investigate the mobilization and casualties of all soldiers and horses in Yunzhou since the first month. Make it clear, write it up and send it to this place." After saying that, he gave Yu Bowen a note.

Yu Bowen took it, glanced at it twice, and then burned the note with a torch. This is the habit of Yuan Pavilion waiters, and they never leave any clues on their bodies.

"In three days, I will send the file to the chief executive." Time was running out, but Yu Bowen didn't shirk it.This is also Yuan Pavilion's style, no conditions.

"Also, find out who in Jicheng got the news that I came to investigate the case."

"Yes."

After leaving the pawn shop, Chang Yun did not rush back, but took Ji Hai to turn left and turn right to the restaurant next to the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion.

Climbing up to the third floor of the restaurant, Chang Yun chose a seat by the window and sat down.

"Master, the black house to the east is the dossier, where all the dossiers and dossiers in Yunzhou are kept."

Chang Yun leaned over to look, and there was a lonely black-roofed house about two feet high near the east courtyard wall of the Governor's Mansion, with four soldiers guarding the door.

"Starting from tonight, you come here to watch. If someone intends to attack the archives, don't stop them, just follow them secretly."

Ji Hai scratched his head: "Then what if they snatch or burn the file?"

Chang Yun's tone was relaxed: "It's okay, it means that our judgment is not wrong. The person we are looking for is in this file. The file is not important, and the one who is eyeing it is our target."

Ji Hai understood what Chang Yun meant, and immediately left the restaurant to find a suitable hiding spot, while Chang Yun slowly returned to the small courtyard where he stayed.

Back in the courtyard, ordinary monks were sitting and discussing with Fang Hen, and the kitchen smelled of vegetables.

"Hey, who's cooking?" Chang Yun asked curiously.

"It's Miss Ningzhu who is cooking. She said that she wants to invite me to drink today, thank you for taking care of me along the way." The ordinary monk said with a smile. For him, as long as there is wine and meat, it is a happy day.

Chang Yun's expression was inconceivable, the monk and the others didn't know Ning Zhu's real identity, but he had already confirmed through Yuan Pavilion's news channel that Ning Zhu was the princess of Changle who was rumored to be ill.When the princess cooks?Rumor has it that the emperor must kill him alive?
"Mr. Fang, what are your plans for the future?" Chang Yun asked Fang Hen Shao, suppressing his curiosity temporarily.

Fang Hen Shao cupped his hands and spoke hesitatingly: "I originally wanted to seek refuge with my brother, but the child's life and death are uncertain now, and I have to rely on Mr. Chang to help investigate, so..." Chang Yun's status as the master of the Yuan Pavilion We all know that Fang Henshao also put all his hopes on him.

"It's okay, you're going to take refuge in your brother's direct management, and you leave me your address. If Yuan Pavilion finds out the trace of your son, I will send someone to send a message."

The expression on Fang Henshao's face became even more strange: "I, my brother's place is not suitable for sending messages. I, I may not be able to find it now."

Chang Yun felt strange, and was about to ask something more, when Ning Zhu came out of the room.

"You're back. It just so happens that I've prepared the meal, everyone, please take a seat." Ning Zhu's voice was somewhat smug.

A hearty meal.

Chicken, duck, fish, everything is available.

Chang Yun didn't move his chopsticks, neither did ordinary monks and Fang Henzao.

Ning Zhu looked at a few people: "Why don't you move your chopsticks? Are you hungry?"

Chang Yun and the others were depressed, but they didn't dare to speak out.

It was too bad to eat.

Not to mention the undercooked chicken, the duck has been burnt to a mummified body, fish?The fish scales haven't been scraped clean yet!

The ordinary monk smiled secretly, and raised his wine glass: "Miss Ningzhu has a heart, Mr. Chang, and the monk toasts you."

After drinking a glass of wine, the chopsticks still did not move.

Ning Zhu noticed the clue, picked up a mouthful of food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth suspiciously.

"Bah, bah, bah," the dish was spat out as soon as it entered the mouth, "This is too unpalatable." The words seemed not to be the food she cooked.

Chang Yun and the others forced their laughter back, this aunt is not easy to provoke, it is better not to provoke her.

"I really can't do anything well, so it's no wonder he..." Ning Zhu also laughed, with endless bitterness in his laughter.

"Chang Yun, I respect you." Drink a glass of wine.

"Great monk, I respect you." Another glass of wine was drunk.

"Mr. Fang, I respect you." Ning Zhu drank three glasses in succession, a blush appeared on her face.

Seeing that she was suffering from drinking, Chang Yun poured her a cup of tea, "Drink it slowly, as you drink like this, you'll get drunk in no time."

Ning Zhu pushed the tea back to Chang Yun, poured another glass of wine into Cherry's mouth, and said with blurred eyes: "I have never been drunk since I was a child, don't worry."

Chang Yun thought of the fine grape wine he drank in the Taihua Building in Kyoto, and thought that the princess drank the same in Kyoto, but now they are drinking Yunjiu Shao, the extremely spicy Beidi shochu.

The monk held up the wine glass: "It's okay, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today. You are a blessed person if you can get drunk. If you live too sober, you will be troubled. Scholar, let's drink."

Ningzhu said hello, clapped her palms and said, "It's still the great monk who knows more, come and drink."

It was late at night, and several people even drank up the two jars of shochu.

Fang Hen was overwhelmed with alcohol, and had already collapsed outside the door. The ordinary monk picked up a jar of wine and chased after him, as if he would not give up.

"Scholar, what you said today is wrong. There is no contradiction between having no desires and no desires and keeping the foundation in the Buddha's heart. Get up, drink this altar of wine, and discuss it with the monk again."

The only sober Chang Yun looked at Ning Zhu who was drunk and unconscious, with a helpless expression on his face.

"Wake up," Chang Yun gently shook Ningzhu's shoulders, seeing that she didn't respond, he could only helplessly say, "I'll take you back to your room to rest." Picking up the beautiful woman, she walked into the room.

Ning Zhu lived in a room by herself, and the room was cleaned very cleanly, which was completely different from the residence of Chang Yun and the others.

Put Ningzhu down on the bed, just as Chang Yun was about to leave, a pair of small hands were already wrapped around his neck.

"Don't go, you want me."

Chang Yun looked back, and kissed her two vermilion lips.

"You want me."

(End of this chapter)