Liaobei Road

Meng Chang'an's team set off about a day earlier than Chen Leng's team. Chen Leng went home and told Cha Ye and the others that he had left the city early the next morning. This time, he mainly trained newcomers to the Martial Arts Academy. Although the black martial arts secret spies are all cunning and most of them should know some martial arts skills, Chen Leng and Meng Chang'an did not think that this would be a difficult thing when they set off.

“Where is the goal?”

Chen An asked.

Chen Leng rode on the dark horse and pointed at the direction: "The target is a relatively close place between Liaobei Road and Jiangnan Road. There is a mountain called Qingjun Mountain. The north of the mountain belongs to Liaobei Road, and the three hundred miles south of the mountain is Nanping River, which belongs to Jiangnan Road."

"Qingjun Mountain."

Chen Ran was stunned for a moment: "It's not far from our hometown."

"It's not close, it's more than 600 miles."

Chen Leng said: "We have to hurry as soon as possible. It will take at least eight days to walk from Chang'an to Qingjun Mountain. According to Yuan Peisheng's instructions, Qingjun Mountain is one of the six secret hiding places of the Black Martial Secret Spy. If we rush over, we will have to drive two more days to get to the next place. Meng Chang'an's journey is farther than us, but they have walked one day first and cannot lose to them."

"drive!"

Chen Leng rushed out first with a horse.

This time Chen Leng went out to bring 120 disciples from the Martial Arts Academy, and Chen Ran only brought a veteran from the ten-person team.

At the same time, Qingjun Mountain.

There is a town in Shannan called Junshan Town. The town has a history of hundreds of years. Before Ningguo was established, many people settled here. Most of them fled here to escape the wars before the fall of Chu. Over time, a town was formed. It is now a large town with a population of tens of thousands.

Many of the middle-aged men in Junshan Town work in the military farms in the north of Shanbei. They don’t go home for several months during the busy farming period and will not come back during the winter break. However, the wages they bring back every year are not small, so they live a very prosperous life.

Most of the people in Junshan Town still make a living by farming and sericulture. Women and the elderly manage to raise silkworms and plant mulberry trees at home. Every year, merchants come to the town to buy them, so there is no need to worry about that much.

Because of the large population of Junshan Town, there is a town yamen in the town. According to the rules, the village chief of a big town is called Lizheng according to the regulations of Daning. The village in the big town is the eighth rank, and the town is the ninth rank.

The eighth and ninth ranks are not considered serious officials, and they are not included in the ranks. Formal officials start from the seventh rank. Most of the county magistrates in small counties are the seventh rank, and some are the seventh rank. The county magistrates in large counties are the sixth rank. If the size of this county is large enough and very important, the county magistrates also have the sixth rank.

Junshan Town is affiliated to Nanshan County. The reason why Junshan Town is so important is that the nearest road from Shannan to Shanbei is behind Junshan Town. You can walk to Shanbei by passing through the Seventy-li Gorge.

At this moment, there is a large mansion in Junshan Town.

Yuwen Xiaoce sat in the rocking chair, shaking gently, closing his eyes and basking in the sun, as if he was particularly enjoying this comfort.

There were many strong men holding knives in the yard. They were on guard all around. There were many people kneeling in the middle of the yard, and more than a dozen men were all in their prime.

Yuwen Xiaoce shook for a while and slowly opened his eyes, pointing to one of the young men who were pressed to kneel there: "Bring him here."

The young man was dragged over by Yuwen Xiaoce's subordinates and kicked him in the bend of his leg. The young man knelt down in front of Yuwen Xiaoce with a plop.

There was a man in official uniform standing outside the gate of the courtyard. He looked at the clothes and was probably the captain of the county government. He was a young man, who looked about twenty-seven or eight years old, and was from the county government government in Nanshan County.

Half an hour ago.

Fang Shiyi, the headmaster of the Nanshan County Government, returned home. Only her adoptive mother was still there. In order to take care of her adoptive mother, he hired a little girl. The people from the same village named Fang Zhuhuan. Most of the people in Junshan Town have the surname Fang.

The county town of Nanshan County is more than 30 miles away from Junshan Town. After he was promoted to head custody, he wanted to take his adoptive mother to live in the county town more than once, but his adoptive mother just refused and was unwilling to leave this home that had lived for the rest of his life. He could not persuade him, so he had to hire Fang Zhuhuan to take care of his adoptive mother.

Fang Zhuhuan is a girl who always looks so cheerful and cute. However, after her father died of illness, her family became much worse. Most of the people in the town were surnamed Fang, so they would help her. However, the girl is so strong that she started to make money to support her family at the age of fourteen or five.

Fang Shiyi thought she could trust her, so she took out half of the monthly payment.

She also wants to take care of her family.

The little girl is now twenty years old and graceful. Many people come to the door to match her, but she just refuses. She said that when her aunt is gone, she will want to get married. The aunt she mentioned is Fang Shiyi's adoptive mother.

Junshan Town is very special, and the relationship between clans and relatives gets along well, but it is inevitable that the Fang family has a great influence in Nanshan County. In addition to Fang Shiyi, the county magistrate Fang Yanglou is also a member of Junshan Town.

When Fang Shiyi returned home, she started chopping wood and fetching water without rushing to change her clothes. Usually, the little girl Fang Zhuhuan did these things, so she didn't allow the little girl to do anything again when he came back. The little girl who had been here for four or five years also had a different feeling with Fang Shiyi, but she didn't dare to say it.

"A few days ago, an outdoor person was moved in the town. He looked like a rich family. His wife had children and more than a dozen servants. He had never seen the male owner."

Fang Shiyi was chopping firewood, and Fang Zhuhuan was talking about family matters.

"But a few days ago, I didn't know where the lady and the children went, and those dozen servants rarely went out."

She said, but Fang Shiyi's movements on his hand stopped.

"I'll go and have a look."

He wiped his hands, took the knife over and hung it: "I'll make it for dinner when I'm back."

Fang Zhuhuan followed him to the door: "What are you doing? I'll just talk about it."

"I'll just take a look."

Fang Shiyi turned around and waved his hand: "Help me boil some water, I want to take a bath when I come back."

"Okay!"

The little girl ran back immediately, her face slightly red.

Fang Shiyi walked to the door of the newly moved house. As soon as he got close, a wail came from the yard of the family. This was the outermost family in the village. The original person was not from the Fang clan. Because he was not harmonious with the people in the village, he deliberately distanced himself from the yard when he built the yard. Later, he moved away and the Fang family went to help, which eased the relationship, but the family was afraid that he would not come back.

As the headmaster, Fang Shiyi immediately grabbed the hilt of the knife, and the wailing sound made him alert.

"Who is it?!"

Someone asked inside the door.

"I just heard someone screaming. Is there something going on at home?"

“No, no.”

The person in the door replied: "I just fell down accidentally. My brother was very stupid and accidentally knocked his head."

The people inside answered, and there was no sound outside. They waited for a while and no one spoke again, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Fang Shiyi climbed up from the back wall, and he jumped into the back wall, looked at the people in the yard and immediately changed his face.

"You dare to enter the house and commit crimes in broad daylight!"

Fang Shiyi pulled out his sword: "I am the captain of Nanshan County. Now you put down your weapon. I want to take you back to the yamen."

Yuwen Xiaoce glanced at him and smiled helplessly: "There are so many stupid people in this world."

He waved his hand: "Kill him."

His subordinates immediately rushed towards Fang Shiyi.

To be honest, a county magistrate has no case to investigate most of the time, so he has never encountered such a thing or something, but he is the captain, Daning's captain, so he did not retreat.

Fang Shiyi took a deep breath and held the long knife tightly.

The first person rushed to him and slashed his neck with a knife. Fang Shiyi's eyes changed when he saw this knife.

He lowered his head and let the knife go. He raised it flat and then pulled it horizontally, and wiped it across the killer's neck. When blood was spraying, Fang Shiyi had already made way.

Yuwen Xiaoce's eyes lit up in confusion: "A headmaster from a county government, his skills are interesting."
Chapter completed!