Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 207: Clues

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Qin Mubai called Yuwen Hongtai in and said to him: "Heizi, now your Highness should have gone to the Cishi Mansion, you should go too, there should be a good feast waiting for you. Tell your Highness, I I won’t go to Cishi’s Mansion today, and I’ll meet him again when I’m done. By the way, help me call Pang Fei and his party. He told him to send a few people to the Zhoucheng to hire a carriage and find one. In a quiet place, invite the best doctor in the state city."

Yuwen Hongtai listened attentively, clasping his fingers and grinning, "Sange Qin...so many things, I can't remember it!"

Qin Mubai and Chen Yan were both amused.

"Then you go and call Pang Fei!"

"Oh, then I went." Yuwen Hongtai chuckled, and looked at Chen Yan curiously, and wondered, "Brother Qin, this is your friend, why have I never seen him? Ever? It’s so pitiful, why was it made up like this?"

"Stop talking nonsense, go!"

Yuwen Hongtai hurriedly left, Chen Yan smiled and said: "This **** man is really a straightforward and funny person. Mu Bai, why did you leave Baiqi again and transferred to Xiangzhou?"

"This is a long story. I'll talk more about it later when I have time!" Qin Mubai called the prisoner to remove the shackles and handcuffs for Chen Yan, saying that he would take the person away.

The head of the cell was in trouble, and yelled timidly: "The general wants to take away the criminals, and the villain dare not stop it. But... Wang Fashen is strict, and the villain is also the responsibility. In case the officer asks, How should the villain answer?"

"Would you like me to write a note for you?" Qin Mubai sneered.

"Uh... the villain dare not! It's just that, there is a written evidence that the villain will respond to the Shangguan. Please also be considerate of the villain's difficulties." The cell head smiled cautiously and somewhat flatteringly.

"Face, stretch out." Qin Mubai hooked his fingers at him, reached into his arms and took out his official seal, and he sighed.

The cell's face twitched a few times. I don't know what Qin Mubai was going to do, but he didn't dare to resist the order, so he had to bite the bullet and stretched his head over, facing him sideways.

With a "pop", Qin Mubai heavily printed the official seal on the face of the cell head, haha ​​smiled, "Well, as long as you don't wash your face, no one will embarrass you. In this Xiangzhou On the ground, no one except His Royal Highness dared to make irresponsible remarks to the general. You have to ask for a written statement, so you have to do what you want."

The prisoner grinned with pain and annoyance. He didn't dare to say a little longer, and walked out with a disgraced face.

Chen Yan shook her head and smiled, and said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, you have gained a lot of power. What's the matter, is it because you became the emperor's son-in-law and your shelf has risen?"

"Hehe, your ability to make fun of people is increasing day by day!" Qin Mubai smiled, "Don't listen to the black guy talking nonsense, I haven't been a boss yet!"

Chen Yan smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, you ended up with that little princess. Where is your Mei Niang?"

Qin Mubai laughed at himself: "This is a long story. How come your injury doesn't hurt at all, and you still feel like chatting with me?"

"I'm used to walking around the rivers and lakes, this injury is nothing." Chen Yan was slightly sweet, but her face was still pale as paper.

Qin Mubai knew that she was holding her mouth hard. After a while, Pang Fei finally came with thirty soldiers with hundreds of horses. Although Yuwen Hongtai is familiar with himself, he is a bit rough and is a member of the Wu Palace, which is inconvenient to support. Pang Jifei is smart, and Qin Mubai has always been the most heart-warming about doing things.

So he ordered some trivial matters down, and it didn't take long for Pang Fei to take care of them one by one. After a while, Qin and Chen got into a carriage, left the prison under the **** of a group of soldiers, and came to a secluded inn in the south of Xiangyang. The doctor was also able to come, and immediately began to see Chen Yan and treat her injuries.

Fortunately, Chen Yan did not suffer any fatal injuries, except that she bleeds too much and has a deficiency of Qi and blood, and can recover within a few days after conditioning. It's just that the skin and flesh wounds on that body are a bit troublesome. Even though the wounds are cleaned meticulously and the doctor's self-proclaimed elixir for healing the wounds is tied, I am afraid it will be difficult to guarantee that there will be scars in the future.

Fortunately, the scars are not on her face, otherwise Chen Yan might not be able to accept this fact.

When the doctor was prescribing medicine to wash his wounds in the room, Qin Mubai was in the next room, writing three letters with an oil lamp.

One was written to Cheng Huaibi, deputy envoy of Baiqi, asking him to help make a file of Baiqi's military status. Of course it was made for Chen Yan. Baiqi was separated from Datang's six-rate and twelve-guard regular army, and belonged to the Ministry of War, but the actual deployment of personnel was controlled by himself. Although Qin Mubai had left his post temporarily, he was still an inspector of a hundred horses, so he could absorb an ordinary **** on his own. In this way, Chen Yan's statement that she is a "Hundred Horse Secret Envoy" will become an established fact.

The second letter was addressed to mother and younger sister, of course to report safety. The letter naturally mentioned the two elder brothers and Wu Meiniang, and Shuang'er would naturally talk to them.

The third letter is addressed to Princess Goyang. That girl, waiting for her own news is afraid that she will have to wait until she gets worried.

Then Qin Mubai called Pang Fei in and told him: "Here are three letters. You can send them to Guan Yi and mail them to Chang'an."

"Yes, mentor." Pang Fei agreed without saying anything, and said, "When is mentor going to the military camp? Just now in the governor's palace, the generals in the military palace have also arrived, and they are still waiting there. It’s a teacher!"

Qin Mubai was silent for a moment, and said, “It’s okay to leave them for a day or two. However, you can ask me for two people to interrogate me. One is Zhou Laojiu, the head hunter of the county government, and the other is the army. The Zuoying school lieutenant Zhao Chong of the mansion. Remember, you don’t have to alarm others and call them separately."

"Yes!"

"Go to work, thank you for your hard work!"

After cooking these, Qin Mubai let out a sigh of relief, and there was a groaning noise in his stomach. He called Xiao Er to order food, and sent him to the room to eat.

After a short while, the doctor finished Chen Yan's wound, leaving behind the patch and leaving. Chen Yan took a bath and changed her clothes in her room for a long while. Qin Mubai knocked on her door when the food was delivered.

"Come in!"

Qin Mubai and Xiao Er walked in together and saw that Chen Yan was completely new. She washed away the dirt and changed her clothes. Although Chen Yan's face was still pale and weak, her natural beauty was already rejuvenated.

"Is it better? It must be starving, let's have something to eat together." Qin Mubai stepped forward to give her a kick, but Chen Yan smiled lightly and avoided it, and sat down by herself , And then looked at him straight with a smile, but said nothing.

"Why look at me like this?" Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing.

"Nothing." Chen Yan smiled slightly, "I just feel...a bit like a dream. I've only been in hell, and now I feel like I'm in heaven. This time, you are my savior and I owe you."

"Don't be so exaggerated?" Qin Mubai laughed and picked up his chopsticks, "Come on, eat! I was panicked after only one day in prison. You must be more hungry than me!"

"Then you need to say?"

"What are you waiting for, eat! Eat it all!"

……

Half an hour later, Qin Mubai accompanied Chen Yan, walking slowly in the backyard patio of the inn. Chen Yan took deep breaths from time to time, almost greedily enjoying the fresh air.

"I thought of a sentence you once said. Some things have not been lost, and you will not realize that they are important and beautiful." Chen Yan sighed, "I have been in prison for more than ten days. I feel the preciousness of freedom!"

Qin Mubai said with a light smile: "By the way, since I left you at Jishan that day, there has been no news of you. I thought you would go to Chang'an, but I didn't expect you to go south." /

"I also wanted to go to Chang'an, but later... I gave it up." Chen Yan smiled ingeniously, and stopped the conversation in time.

"Never mind. Reuniting in Xiangzhou like this is not necessarily a bad thing." Qin Mubai laughed and said, "Yes, there is one thing I did without your consent. I hope you don't mind."

"What's the matter?"

"Yes, I will set up a military registration file for you." Qin Mubai smiled, "If there is no accident, you will become a hundred rider in a short time."

"What?" Chen Yan was surprised at first, and then smiled, "You are too funny! Have you ever seen a female hundred horses? Yang or female capture fast, female government office, female generals, female soldiers? "

"No." Qin Mubai curled his lips indifferently, "But female hundred riders...I said that I can have this, then I must have it."

"Hehe, you are so funny!" Chen Yan was amused. "Only you can do such absurd things. Among the royal guards, how do you use women?"

Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows: "There is no military order for Baiqi to use women. In fact, Baiqi works in the harem all year round, and it’s good to absorb some female soldiers. It’s just that the world can There is a woman like your Chen Yan, it can be said to be one of a thousand!——Haha, don’t care, it’s just a military registration file, just like me, the inspector of a hundred horses, just a name, it won’t really let you I went to the palace as a errand."

"In that case, didn't I change my body from a thief to a soldier?" Chen Yan smiled.

"Who said you are a thief?" Qin Mubai also smiled, "Don't forget that Princess Gao Yang wanted to worship you as a teacher and learn martial arts from you! Maybe someday you really became her Master, that’s a hundred times your identity in an instant. What’s a mere hundred knights? It’s okay to give you a rank five guerrilla general's armed officers to do it!"

"Hehe, I just made a joke." Chen Yan shook her head and smiled, "I never thought of climbing dragons and attaching phoenixes. Mu Bai, I know you are dedicated to my good, but...I really don't want to be with the emperor, officialdom, or yamen. What's the relationship."

"I know." Qin Mubai nodded, "To put it bluntly, this military registration file is just a piece of empty paper, used to confuse people, but it is for my own convenience, you don't have to take it seriously."

"Well, good..."

The night was getting deeper, and Chen Yan was weak and exhausted, so Qin Mubai asked her to go back to the room and rest earlier. After a few hours, Pang Fei called Zhou Laojiu, the chief arrester, and the two met in Qin Mubai's room.

Zhou Laojiu already knew the identity of Qin Mubai, so he knelt down when meeting, and kept apologizing.

"Fine, get up! I don’t know who is guilty, I don’t blame you." Qin Mubai cried and gave the tea to his seat. Zhou Laojiu was very flattered, and there was something slight on him. trembling.

There is no official status or title for arresting people like government officials. They don’t even have a fixed salary. They are only privately employed by government offices at all levels and live on their rewards. To put it bluntly, they are serving Temporary workers in the bureaucracy. A person like Zhou Laojiu facing Qin Mubai is like a temporary urban management worker, facing the commander of the provincial military region. It would be strange if he was insincere and fearful.

"Zhou Laojiu, I have a few questions to ask you, will you answer me truthfully?" Qin Mubai said calmly.

"Excuse me, the general, the villain knows everything can be said and is endless!" Zhou Laojiu hurriedly stood up, bending over and clasping his fists nervously.

"Don't be nervous, sit and talk." Qin Mubai smiled and said casually, "I see you are a clever and wise person, so I came to you for questioning. If you answer well It’s your advantage if you help me; if you don’t answer well or cheat me..."

"The villain never dared to deceive the general!" Zhou Laojiu was nervous and hurriedly knelt down.

Qin Mubai lightly picked the corner of his mouth and smiled to himself, tapped the table with his knuckles, and said: "Very well, I am very satisfied with your attitude. Although you have offended me before, I don't I care about you. Now you get up and answer me a few questions."

"The villain obeys!"

"First question: What kind of people are the water ghosts in Xihecao? Who are their leaders and where are they based?" Qin Mubai asked.

Zhou Laojiu replied earnestly: "The water ghosts in the West River Cao refer to a group of green forest strongmen and idlers Poppi on the other side of the Bagui crossing the river. They usually hide in water lanes and forests, or hide in In the counties and townships, there are few openly in groups and they act very secretively. The place where they are located is the Xihecao, which is in a depression on the river. The government and the military have sent people to fight against it several times. However, the river is lined with reeds. It is impossible to distinguish the way. Secondly, the people who have a little wind and grass will disperse as birds and animals. These people are very watery, and even in the cold winter, they can potentially stay in the water for a long time and are extremely difficult to hunt. It is said that the leader’s surname is Song, and he is called'Song Caozhu'. Few people know who it is."

Qin Mubai nodded, and then asked: "Then these water ghosts have robbed the official salt and the official food. There should be a way out. Can Chengdu keep them for themselves? How do they sell it?"

"This...the villain is not very clear." Zhou Laojiu shook his head, suddenly brightened his eyes, and said, "But the villain guessed that this Lord Song Cao and the salt lords in Xiangzhou may have a very close relationship. Close!"

"How many Xiangzhou Salt Owls are?" Qin Mubai asked, "Is there a tight organization?"

"Organization...I haven't heard of it." Zhou Laojiu shook his head. "The pier in Xiangzhou transfers official salt to Jiangnan Road and Lingnan Road, so the illegal salt is also very lively. There are various salt lords who drove horses to carry out the sole trade of salt, but they have never been caught in time. The salt they sell is half cheaper than the official salt, so many people also buy illegal salt, which has been repeatedly banned."

"No reason..." Qin Mubai twisted his eyebrows in confusion, "How can such a large brown salt and grain product be sold clean by a single-handed salt owl?"

"This...the villain is not too clear." Zhou Laojiu shook his head.

Qin Mubai meditated for a moment and nodded: "Are you interested in doing things for me in the future?"

"The general has bad condemnation, the villain will go through fire and water!" Zhou Laojiu said loudly with excitement.

Qin Mubai smiled and nodded: "Very good. You can rest assured that this will be a job in the court, and everything will be done honestly, and you will never commit a crime or let you take many risks. . If you do well, I will guarantee that you will wash the foundations of the government and go to the army to eat rations."

"Thanks to General!" Zhou Laojiu was overjoyed and bowed down again.

Corporation is not a glamorous job. It has always had no social status and even suffered discrimination. The Tang law even clearly stipulated that the yamen and their descendants below three generations were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination or become officials. Qin Mubai Bao Zhou Laojiu entered the army to "eat military rations", and the implication was to give him a small officer to do it-for Zhou Laojiu, it was simply a salted fish turning into a glorious ancestor!

"You and go back first. You must not tell anyone about today's affairs. From now on, you will pay attention to everything related to the water ghost, and I will send people to contact you from time to time." Qin Mubai said.

"Yes. The villain pays goodbye..." Zhou Laojiu stepped out cautiously. Just after leaving the door, he couldn't hide an ecstatic expression and ran wildly.

Qin Mubai stayed in the room alone, meditating, thinking: The water ghosts have no fixed place, so they probably sent troops to encircle and suppress water with bamboo baskets. If you want to wipe out this group of people, you have to start with the core key-the so-called core key is that they have obtained so many official food and official salt, how can they sell it?

"Official food? Official salt!" Qin Mubai's heart suddenly brightened, "Is it...Is that so?!"