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() The jailer's face was very ugly, he didn't speak, he just looked at the man in the white belt, the man's eyes like a poisonous snake were fixed on Chu Huan's face, he held a big knife in his hand, for a long while Without saying a word, he suddenly made a gesture, and the people who were scattered around all of a sudden approached that person cautiously.

Chu Huan frowned, stared at the man, and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

There was a strange look in the man's eyes, he didn't speak, he just waved his hand, and the gangsters under him immediately got on their horses, Chu Huan bowed his bow and set an arrow, facing the man, he said sharply: "A fire, burn to death!" With so many people, do you still want to leave?"

The man made a strange sound, and seemed to have no fear of Chu Huan's bow and arrow. He suddenly raised his hand and threw something towards Chu Huan. He was quite a distance away from Chu Huan, and it was a hidden weapon. Huan also had no fear at all. When the man smashed something, the arrow in Chu Huan's hand shot out without hesitation. The arrow was like a shooting star, and there was a sudden "bang". Something exploded, and in an instant, a puff of smoke filled the air, thick smoke billowing, and Chu Huan realized that the thing thrown by the other party was not a hidden weapon, but a misty smoke.

He didn't know if the smoke contained any poison, so he was cautious, and immediately backed away. He heard the neighing of the horse, and the horse's hooves were messy, and he knew that this group of people was going to leave.

Chu Huan flew under his feet, bypassing the smoke, and turned around, but saw that the group of people had already rode away, like a gust of wind, swept away, the sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, and soon disappeared.

Sun Zikong had already followed, and seeing those people retreating without a fight, he was surprised, but he was also relieved. Knowing that he could not catch up, Chu Huan immediately turned to the stone house and ran to the window, only to find the sound inside Everything has calmed down, the house inside is raging, and the smell of scorched flesh diffuses from the inside to the outside, which is extremely unpleasant.

Chu Huan knew that there was no one alive inside, and Sun Zikong followed. Seeing the horror inside, he was horrified, and thought that if Chu Huan hadn't smashed the window and escaped from inside, the two of them must be like those inside. Turned into scorched earth.

Chu Huan looked very tired. He walked to the side and sat down on the ground with an unusually dignified expression. After pondering for a moment, he immediately stood up. Seeing the two carriages still parked not far away, he said in a deep voice, "Quick, let's go back Taiyuan City."

He jumped onto the shaft, Sun Zikong followed immediately, Chu Huan sat on the shaft, pulled the reins of the horse, shook the rein, and urged the horse to go, at this moment, he only knew that it was deep in the woods, there were few people here, Obviously, they have already left Taiyuan City, and they don't know the exact location of Taiyuan City, so we can only talk about going out of the woods first.

Chu Huan also understood that the opponent's retreat was an act of extreme caution. With the opponent's manpower, it might be impossible to fight, but they were obviously afraid of Chu Huan's skill, and they all withdrew without any certainty of victory.

These people certainly did not expect that among this group of prisoners, there would be such powerful people with such skills. They acted viciously and viciously, but they were also cautious.

Sun Zikong was sitting next to Chu Huan. Seeing Chu Huan's solemn expression, he couldn't help asking, "Master, what's going on? Who are those people, and why did they kill us?"

Chu Huan sneered and said, "It's not to kill you, but to kill me!"

"kill you?"

"I wanted to use this opportunity to find the lair of these people." Chu Huan frowned, "It's just that there was a loophole in the middle, and that's why the accident happened."

"Master, you... I can't understand what you said." Sun Zikong looked blank, "What's wrong?"

"Zikong, before we arrived in Taiyuan, we saw that deserted village on the way, and there was more than one village like that, and many men in their prime were missing. You shouldn't have forgotten this?" Chu Huan hurried The carriage, asked in a deep voice.

Sun Zikong frowned and said, "Could it be...that matter has something to do with today's matter?"

"Yes!" Chu Huan said: "And there is a lot of involvement. The Yamen of the Taiyuan Criminal Department referred the local death row prisoners to the Taiyuan Prison, saying that they wanted to mention the secret execution of the Fucheng Criminal Department. This is just a deceptive wording. If I'm not mistaken, those death row inmates are somewhere now, and most of them were not executed secretly, but were used by others to do a big thing."

Sun Zikong was taken aback.

"I still don't know exactly what they are going to do." Chu Huan said in a deep voice: "But they definitely need a large number of people, and this group of people must make people think that they don't exist. The death row prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Justice are like this, those The male who disappeared in the village is likely to be taken somewhere like the death row inmates."

Sun Zikong was surprised and said: "Could it be that someone wants to gather these people to rebel?" As soon as the words came out, he felt that it was impossible. Even if someone really wanted to conspire to rebel, it is impossible to gather people by this method.

Chu Huan ignored this sentence and said, "I wanted to follow the vines and sneak into their lair, but unfortunately my success fell short...!"

"Master, you said just now that there is a loophole, what kind of loophole is it?" Sun Zikong frowned and said, "Isn't that their lair?"

"Absolutely not." Chu Huan shook his head and said, "The woods are just a connection point for them. The people from the Criminal Department sent the prisoners here and handed them over to another group. It is not clear what deal they have, but the Criminal Department There must be a big problem. If there is a loophole...!" Chu Huan frowned, thoughtful, and did not speak for a long time, the carriage drove fast, suddenly, Chu Huan raised his eyebrows, his eyes showed surprise, Lost his voice: "I understand...so that's how it is...!"

"what happened?"

"That man... that man with the white belt around his waist." Chu Huan's eyes turned cold, "It's him, he must have recognized me...!"

Sun Zikong was also taken aback, "Master, is that person an acquaintance of yours? Does anyone in Taiyuan Manor know you?"

"That's the only possibility." Chu Huan said with certainty, "If he hadn't recognized me, such an accident would never have happened. Those people from the Ministry of Punishment were going to hand us over to them in the woods, but After the man arrived, he went into the room and checked it, and it was at that time that he probably recognized me...!" Chu Huan recalled the scene at that time, when the man's eyes fell on him, he looked at me. After a while, there was no doubt that at that time, the other party had already seen something was wrong.

Sun Zikong didn't see the scene at that time, he was a little dumbfounded.

"It seems that it is really him." Chu Huan sneered, "He recognized me, I'm afraid something went wrong, so he did it...!" Then he sighed and said: "Those prisoners are all because of I die."

"Master, who is that man?" Sun Zikong asked, "How could he recognize you? You...have you met before?"

Chu Huan nodded: "If I hadn't met him today, I'd have forgotten him a long time ago." With a stern expression, he said word by word: "His surname is Duan, and he used to be an imperial court official!"

"Official ordered by the imperial court?" Sun Zikong was surprised again, "An official from Taiyuan?"

Chu Huan shook his head and said: "He used to be a thousand households of the Tongzhou Army, and his name is Duan Xun!" His eyes were as cold as knives, "His eyes...yes, they are Duan Xun, no wonder I saw those eyes before, and there is a kind of The feeling of deja vu, it turns out...it really is an old friend."

"Since it's a thousand households of the Tongzhou Army, why did they get to Taiyuan?" Sun Zikong asked puzzled, "Tongzhou is a long way from Taiyuan...!"

"This person escaped from Tongzhou a year ago." Chu Huan said: "Zhao Guangqing, the magistrate of Tongzhou, is a member of Tianmen Dao. The identity has already been leaked, Zhao Guangqing was not suspected at that time, but Duan Xun was the target, but Duan Xun escaped one step earlier, and his whereabouts are unknown, I have never seen this person since then." Leng Ran With a smile, "I really didn't expect that he would appear here."

"The person surnamed Zhao is a member of Tianmen Dao, and this Xun is naturally a member of Tianmen Dao." Sun Zikong frowned and said, "Isn't Tianmen Dao rebelling in the southeast? How come there are people from Tianmen Dao in Anyi Dao."

"These people are all-pervasive." Chu Huan said: "Although this time it fell short, it has not gained anything. At least it has been confirmed that there is indeed a problem with the Criminal Department of Taiyuan Mansion. They have colluded with Tianmen Dao, and the most important thing is, It has been determined that people from Tianmen Dao are conspiring in Anyi Dao."

"Then what do we do next?"

"The identity has been leaked, so there is no need to hide." Chu Huan shook the reins, "Go back to Taiyuan Mansion first, the one I most want to see now is Yuan Chongshang, Governor of Anyi Road!"

…… Yuan Chongshang was over forty years old, when his energy was high, and he had always been very kind to himself.

He was born as a warrior, and he was His Majesty's personal bodyguard back then. After the founding of the country, because of his unwavering loyalty to His Majesty, and because of the scars left on his body by the Emperor, his official career has been very smooth and his career has been on the rise.

He has never stopped practicing martial arts. Every morning after getting up, he will practice martial arts for half an hour in his mansion. According to him, getting up early and practicing martial arts is not only good for the body, but also after practicing martial arts, it will shock the appetite, so he He has always been very particular about his breakfast. Whenever he arrives at the restaurant after practicing martial arts, there must be the most famous Xinfengguan soup dumplings in Taiyuan Prefecture on the table. He can eat about twenty soup dumplings with the size of a fist. Three bowls of soy milk, after eating these, he will drink a cup of almond tea made for him by the third aunt himself.

Yuan Chongshang is a person with exuberant energy, and people with excess energy must have a place to vent. As a governor, Yuan Chongshang naturally has no shortage of objects to vent his anger. He has four concubines in his inner room, and Every concubine has two consort maids by his side, these are his taboos, these women can completely satisfy his venting, few people know about Yuan Chongshang's private life, but those who know know that Yuan Chongshang has no daughters. .

Governor Yuan was eating breakfast in the dining room of the Governor's Mansion at this time. He had already finished sixteen of the twenty soup dumplings, and three bowls of soy milk, and he had already finished two cups. The aunt was radiant, and she was brewing almond tea for Governor Yuan right now. The third aunt was not from a high family background, and she used to be a tea lady for a wealthy businessman.

Wealthy people pay attention to everything, even if they are making tea, they will have special servants. The third concubine used to rely on the tea art to gain a foothold in the rich merchants. Tea, the two of them flirted with each other. Governor Yuan took a fancy to this tea lady's graceful figure and charm in her bones, and the tea lady liked the high position and weight of Governor Yuan. After entering the door, Governor Yuan got used to the almond tea made by the third aunt every morning.