After passing through the Huaishui Ferry Crossing outside Huainan Prefecture, there is a restaurant here, which is available for merchants to stay and eat on weekdays, and the business is good.

But the store is really not big, far less than Taiping Inn, so the shopkeepers, guys and chefs of the entire inn are all the shopkeepers and chefs. They are busy on weekdays and have to stay until late before closing. However, today it is a bit abnormal. Before dusk, it has closed early, and the flag on the front pole is closed and the door panel is on.

But if you get closer, you can still vaguely see the lights coming out of the store through the gaps in the door panel.

At this time, an oil lamp was lit on the table in the center of the store, and four of them sat around the table.

A fat man sitting opposite the door was a simple dress and a businessman's smile on his face. Most of the shop owners were here. However, at this time, the shop owner seemed very nervous, and sweat beads kept rolling down his forehead and temples, forcing him to wipe his sweat from time to time with a handkerchief, which looked quite funny.

Sitting opposite him was a young man of twenty-five or six years old, wearing a blue official uniform. Looking at the patterns, he was actually a third-rank court official. At this age, he was really scary. He was quite handsome, but his face was gloomy at this moment, and he faintly showed a little bit of a blue color. It was Zhao Lian, the commander of the Qingluan Guard who escaped twice from Li Xuandu and Shen Changsheng in Taiping Inn.

On the left side of Zhao Lian sat a gentleman, who looked about forty-year-old, wearing a stone-green regular dress, three strands of long beard, and his black hair was tied up by a jade hairpin. His appearance was clear and people were forgetful. His expression was calm, half-hugging his eyes, and gently tugging a string of Taoist flowing beads made of jade in his hand, making people unable to see through what he was thinking.

On the right hand was an old man, wearing a thick cloth dress, like an old farmer in the countryside. He looked quite old, his hair was white, and his face was covered with ravines. But when his eyes opened and closed, his brilliance shone, making people realize that the old man who looked like a rotten wood looked just like a look. At this time, he was taking a slender iron needle to tease the lamp grass in the oil lamp, with a focused and serious expression, as if he was not concerned about all the reasons.

The middle-aged man with elegant temperament was Gu, named Gu Fengxian, and was the commander of the Qingluan Guard in Luzhou. However, compared to his colleague Zhao Lian, he was incomparable, because he had made a considerable merit a few years ago. Although it was not enough to be promoted, he raised his rank to the second-rank. In addition, he had a deep qualification, and the Governor's Office had already heard of it. In another two years, he would be promoted to the second-rank governor's rank Tongzhi.

The old man with a surname Bai and named Bai Chouqiu. He was the deputy governor of Qingluan Guard who came from the imperial capital. In the Qingluan Guard's Office, he was responsible for the Chuzhou Department. However, after being responsible for Qian Xing of the Luzhou Department's sudden death, he temporarily took over the affairs of Luzhou Department. So strictly counting, he was the head of the four people present at this time.

As for the shop here, although they are also from Qingluan Guard, they are only a fourth-rank commander and have the lowest official position among the four.

It is late summer now. After a heavy rain, the heat of summer has been reduced by a few points, but in such a closed room, it is still a bit stuffy. However, the atmosphere in the store is so gloomy at this time, especially the four Qingluan Guards who didn't say a word, which made people breathless.

After a long time, Bai Chouqiu, the old man with the highest official position, finally stopped teasing the lamp grass and slowly spoke: "Qian Xing is dead. A dignified third-rank chief general, and dozens of school captains, both of the two commanders and a commander-teacher were killed in battle. This loss has not happened in many years? This incident reached the capital, and even the governor was alarmed."

Since the old man spoke, the others had to speak. Zhao Lian's lips moved and said with hatred: "If I had known this, I would have eliminated Zhou Tingchao's disaster when I was in Jiangzhou."

Gu Fengxian glanced at him, and a trace of contempt for this young colleague flashed through his eyes, and he said slowly: "No matter what, Zhou Tingchao is an official of the court after all. He is the second-rank chief official, and his teacher is Sun Songchan, the current chief assistant of the cabinet. What name do we use to get rid of him? Even if he wrote a letter to disobey, after shocking the court, it is the Qin case. Although our Qingluan Guard has the right to handle the Qin case, he has not yet executed criminals privately before the Qin case was judged. If you killed Zhou Tingchao when you were in Jiangzhou, the matter was exposed to the court, and the Qingliu between the court and the people made a big fuss about this matter, and even involved the Empress Dowager, I am afraid that even the governor would be very passive. By then, how many heads do you have to cut off?"

Zhao Lian was speechless at the pass.

Gu Fengxian continued: "The reason why Lord Qian chose to kill Zhou Tingchao in Huainan Prefecture was because someone robbed the prisoner at this time. Afterwards, the court asked him about it. At least there was a cover for avoiding crimes. He could blame the people who robbed the prisoners. After all, many people died in our Qingluan Guard. We can even use the reasons for this matter to launch another prison and capture Zhou Tingchao's accomplices in one fell swoop."

Gu Fengxian has a special status among these four people. Among the four people, Bai Chouqiu is the leader, but Gu Fengxian is also expected to be promoted to the governor and co-knowledge. Therefore, in addition to facing Bai Chouqiu, he can still be respectful, but he is not just a slight disrespectful to the other two people.

After hearing this, Zhao Lian's face turned red, and he didn't know whether it was shame or anger.

The old man said calmly: "Things have happened and people are dead. Besides, these are meaningless."

Gu Fengxian no longer touched the Liuzhu in his hand and said softly: "Although Zhou Tingchao is dead, the great loss this time is indeed horrifying. The Right Governor, who is in charge of the affairs of the Jiangbei Department, was furious about this and ordered our local Qingluan Guard to hold the criminals accountable, and Zhou Tingchao's daughter, to not let go. However, how to arrest the criminals, you still have to ask the assistant to make a charter."

The old man glanced at the three of them, pondered for a moment and said, "The identity of the group of prisoners has been found out. The two leaders are disciples of Zhengyi Sect and Cihang Sect. Since the second year of Emperor Capital, the six sects led by Zhengyi Sect have been proud of their achievements and have gradually become disconnected from the Empress Dowager. Instead, they have a close relationship with the King of Jin. This time, Zhengyi Sect and Cihang Sect took action. Although they are just two inequality outer disciples, there are some clues. It is only at this moment that the two sects are powerful and we can't move them without any trouble."

"As for that inn, I have also sent someone to investigate. It has been ten years at the foot of Taiping Mountain. According to Zhao Lian, the young men in that inn can have the cultivation of the Dan Realm. Anyone with a little brain can understand one thing. This Taiping Inn may have a great relationship with the Taiping Sect on Taiping Mountain. Taiping Sect has a transcendent status among the twelve sects of the righteous path and has never been concerned about worldly affairs. Even the Emperor Capital Incident, Taiping Sect has never participated in it, so it is not easy for us to rashly provoke the people of Taiping Sect."

"In this way, only the unknown gangster left. And according to the circumstances afterwards, this person was indeed the culprit of the matter. He killed Qianxing and took Zhou Tingchao's daughter Zhou Shuning away."
Chapter completed!