The troublesome matters are often decided by the people above, and Chen Tongzhi and others can only act according to orders.

On a hot summer day, Chen Tongzhi and the others stood under the sun, with sweat pouring from their faces.

"Damn it, the weather is too hot." Mu Xiao pinched his waist, stood in the shade, and kept fanning his hands. Maybe he felt that this was not enough, so he asked someone to buy some fans from the street.

Give it to yourself, so that Mu Xiao feels a little better.

People around were conducting routine investigations, but there was no clue. After all, the incident happened in the early morning and people were still asleep.

"Report." A policeman came from a distance, walked up to Chen Tongzhi and raised his hands: "Sir, a body was found in the courtyard ahead."

Yan Zheng and Mu Xiao also heard it. The two looked at each other and hurriedly rushed here with their troops. They found the headless corpse and the head that fell not far away, as well as most of the houses that were destroyed.

"Here comes another one. What's going on now?" Yan Zheng looked at the dilapidated courtyard and said, "When did the public security in Chang'an City become so bad?"

After Chen Tongzhi looked at the corpse carefully, he said: "There are numerous wounds on the corpse, and the destroyed houses around it all indicate that he experienced a fierce battle before his death."

After that, he called several officers over and asked, "Who is the owner of this courtyard?"

"Back to your lord, this courtyard belonged to Liu Cheng, Lord Liu of the current dynasty."

Chen Tongzhi turned around and looked at the other people with shocked expressions. This was shocking.

"Quickly, go back and report to Master Shangshu."

In the early morning, a group of caravans set out from the south gate of Chang'an and headed south.

Wang Yi just woke up and found himself lying in a carriage with no one around him. He stood up and opened the door curtain, and Ma Shun was sitting aside, drinking wine from the jug.

Perhaps sensing the movement behind him, Ma Shun turned his head and saw Wang Yi, who was stretching out half of his body. His eyes lit up.

"Boy Wang is in good health and is awake now."

Wang Yi leaned against the carriage and asked softly: "Brother Ma, where are we going?"

Ma Shun shook his legs, "Hey, great place, let's go to Nanchu this time."

"Nanchu?" Wang Yizhen looked confused. He was clearly supposed to be in Chang'an, so how could he go back to Nanchu? Could it be that someone knew about his affairs.

Ma Shun looked at Wang Yi's confused expression and explained: "Follow the caravan and go to Nanchu to perform a mission."

"I heard that when you find a girl, you will find out when you get to the place."

Wang Yi stopped asking. The most important thing now is to take good care of his health. With his current physical condition, it is difficult for him to get off the carriage and move around.

When Ma Shun saw that Wang Yi had gone back to rest, he simply closed his eyes to rest and stopped talking.

After the easing of relations between Nanchu and the Ming Dynasty, trade between the two parties developed to a great extent. Every year, caravans from the Ming Dynasty went to Nanchu to bring their tea and specialties back to Chang'an. From Nanchu

Go to the Ming Dynasty and bring back the medicinal materials and valuable items from the Ming Dynasty, and each party will get what they need.

However, life and death along the way were unpredictable, especially in the border areas. There were many horse thieves who specialized in robbing merchants passing by. They were very flexible. Coupled with the unique terrain of the border areas, the armies of the Ming Dynasty and Nanchu were helpless.

Therefore, most caravans will hire many experts to escort them to ensure their own safety.

This was the case in the caravan where Wang Yi and Ma Shun were, but the masters were replaced by Jinyiwei people.

But none of the people in these caravans knew it.

Ma Shun sat on the carriage, looking at the white clouds in the sky, thinking of Lu Zhong's words last night.

"You and Wang Yi will go to Nanchu tonight and bring back the people here."

Lu Zhong handed a picture scroll and documents to Ma Shun. After Ma Shun took them, he looked at them carefully.

"Sir, Wang Yi is still in a coma and can't go."

"Then carry it away, remember to keep it alive."

Sitting on the carriage, Ma Shun took out the scroll in his arms and looked at the portrait on it. He saw that she was an extremely beautiful woman. Thinking about the content of the letter gave him a headache.

This woman is the daughter of a sect leader in Jianzhou City. Could it be that old guy Lu Zhong has taken a liking to her? Is it possible that he wants to kidnap her back?

It's scary to think about it, so don't think about it anymore.

Ma Shun picked up the wine bottle hanging beside him and took a satisfied sip.

The caravan walked neither fast nor slowly, and arrived at a small town in the evening. The caravan was traveling in the small town, and the people here were not surprised by the arrival of the caravan. The caravan passing by was too

Many people come to stay in the town every day.

Everyone came to the front of the inn where the caravan's carriage was taking a rest. At this time, a man came to the front of Wang Yi's carriage and said: "You two, the boss said that we will rest here tonight before leaving."

Ma Shun opened his eyes, looked at the servant who was speaking, nodded, and ignored him. The servant was not angry at Ma Shun's actions, and turned to leave. Ma Shun opened the door curtain, helped Wang Yi get out of the carriage, and entered the inn with everyone.

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As evening approached, the wind lantern in front of the inn was lit up, illuminating the way for everyone. Walking into the inn, the room was quite spacious, with more than a dozen tables placed, all made of wood like the chairs.

There were quite a few people inside, with only five empty tables. There was a counter as high as a person on the right, where a rich-looking man was playing with an abacus with his head down.

Next to him was a waiter, a young waiter, who was observing the customers around him. When the waiter saw Wang Yi and others walking in, he immediately stood up and walked over.

People who were in the inn saw Wang Yi and his entourage walking in. They looked at it with great interest, ignored it, lowered their heads and started eating to themselves.

"Guests, do you want to eat or stay in a hotel?"

The leader of Wang Yi's caravan was a woman named Shang Niang. It is said that she came from a wealthy family in Chang'an City and joined another family. However, on the day of the wedding, her husband went to the border and died in battle.

Counting Ma Shun and Wang Yicai, the caravan could only be considered a small caravan. Ma Shun did not tell Wang Yi much about the rest of the caravan, which made Wang Yi somewhat unsure of the caravan.

Shang Niang's smart clothes attracted the waiter's attention. Generally, people who dress like this are either rich or noble.

"First serve some good dishes, then some rooms." Shang Niang replied in a familiar manner.

"The beef that was just slaughtered in this shop is quite delicious. Would you like some of our guests to try it?" the waiter tried his best to promote his own dishes.

"No need for wine, everything else is fine."

After receiving Shang Niang's answer, the waiter hurriedly led everyone to sit down, and then ran to the kitchen at the back.

After a while, the waiter placed the hot beef, steamed buns, and vegetables on the edge of the table and quickly left.

Wang Yi looked at the steaming food. Due to his injury, he had no appetite and drank some water. Ma Shun, however, was hungry and picked up a bowl of water.

I ate a steamed bun and started eating it.

The rest of the people didn't eat right away, waiting for someone to check the food before they started eating. The shopkeeper and the waiter didn't say anything when they saw their actions, which is understandable. After all, they were outside, so it was better to be cautious.

After dinner, everyone simply rested in the inn, waiting for the next day.

At night, Wang Yi sat on the roof of the inn, looking at the stars in the sky, with many doubts lingering in his heart that he couldn't get rid of.

What happened to me after I fell into coma, how Shuyue is doing now, why Brother Ma took me to Nanchu, everything is unknown.

"What's so good about looking at the stars alone?"

Ma Shun walked over from the side, holding two bottles of wine in his hand, and threw one of the bottles to Wang Yi. Wang Yi reached out to take it. Ma Shun held the wine bottle, sat next to Wang Yi, and lay on his right side.

side.

"Seeing that you look unhappy, just tell me if you have anything you want to ask."

Wang Yi took a sip of wine, looked at Ma Shun and asked, "Why did I appear on the carriage?"

"It's very simple, our great Master Lu asked us to perform the task."

Wang Yi was speechless for a while. Ma Shun's flattery towards Lu Zhong had reached an extreme level. Even if Lu Zhong was not around, Ma Shun would subconsciously compliment Lu Zhong from the bottom of his heart.

"What's going on with this caravan?"

"The leader is Shang Niang, a widow from a wealthy family. In order to maintain her belief in managing the family on behalf of her husband, she went to Nanchu to do business at her own expense."

Wang Yi looked at Mrs. Shang, who was lecturing the rest of the caravan under the moonlight. He couldn't see any traces of age on this woman.

Wang Yi withdrew his gaze, "What kind of woman are we going to Nanchu to find?"

Ma Shun shook the jug, and there was only half a jug of wine left in it. It seemed that he would have to drink some wine tomorrow. "I don't know. I just know that I will contact the secret place in Nanchu first. Everything after that will wait for our group of seven."

Only when people arrive will they know.”

Wang Yi nodded, indicating that he understood. However, there were more questions that Wang Yi did not say, such as where Li Shuyue went, the origin of the man in black that day, and whether he doubted himself.

But Wang Yi had no one to answer him.

"Have you seen this kid?" Ma Shun pointed to a young man standing next to Shang Niang. He looked about 17 or 18 years old and said, "Shang Niang's brother-in-law, Gu Changhe, is a dandy in Chang'an East City."

Wang Yi looked in the direction Ma Shun pointed, but he saw that everyone had dispersed and there was no trace.

"Don't worry, you are taking a look."

Ma Shun took Wang Yi and found a good angle where he could see the location of Shang Niang's room, and the two of them hid themselves.

"What are you doing?"

"Shh." Ma Shun put his index finger to his mouth, signaling Wang Yi not to speak, and then pointed at the sneaky Gu Changhe in the corridor outside the room.

Wang Yi looked over and saw Gu Changhe tiptoeing to Shang Niang's room. He leaned his head on the door and waited for a while. After making sure that the person inside was asleep, he took out a rope and bolted the door of the room.

Open it gently and walk into the room.

Ma Shun and Wang Yi looked at each other, good guys, this guy is familiar with the road. It seems he does this kind of thing often.

After a while, Gu Changhe slowly pushed out of the room, closed the door, turned around, took out an item in his arms, and laughed with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!