Xuan Shaoning followed the King of Ling and Teng Hui to Lu Yanhui's mansion in Pingzhou. This mansion can be compared with the mansion even in the capital. Stepping into the gate of the vermilion copper ring, there is a landscape garden, pavilions, towers, flower harbor ponds, fish, bamboo forest corridors, and a view of Jiangnan gardens. It is impossible to see at the sight. Standing at the door, it is impossible to estimate how big this mansion is.

"Mr. Lu is so good. He almost moved the entire Jiangnan to your mansion!" King Ling quipped with a cold face. Seeing this mansion that is no less luxurious than his, he felt a complicated feeling in his heart, but he could not reveal it to anyone on his face to see it.

Lu Yanhui hurriedly apologized and said, "Your Highness King Ling is really too proud. How can my small place be compared with Your Highness's mansion? If Your Highness likes any ornaments in my mansion, the official will send someone to deliver them immediately!"

"What if I want your garden?"

"Then the official immediately ordered someone to demolish and send it to the capital!"

"Haha, Lord Lü is so generous! You dare to give it away, but I dare not ask for it!"

Lu Yan smiled with a pleasing smile, and at the same time, he winked at Fang Ziqian behind him. The latter immediately took a few steps back and left the crowd.

"Your Highness, please, the main hall is right in front of you." Lu Yanhui made an invitation behind the King of Ling, and the group followed the King of Ling through the garden and came to the main hall. Compared with the luxury of the garden, the main hall seemed much smaller. When he opened the door, Lu Yanhui invited the King of Ling to sit down and sat on the right hand of the King of Ling, without caring about the person following behind.

"Master Teng, Master Xuan, please sit down." After King Ling spoke, the two of them sat down under King Ling's left hand, while Xu Chengxian and Ji Wenhan stood behind Xuan Shaoning.

"Come on, have tea!"

"Mr. Lu, this Pingzhou is the origin of the best stone in Daliang. The stones picked in this quarry are even more excellent. How much is this square stone price?"

As soon as King Ling opened his mouth, he did not explain the specific purpose of the trip or pursued the riot that had just happened. He seemed to not pay attention to the Hongmen Banquet held by Lu Yanhui, but instead directly focused on the price of the stone, which surprised everyone.

"His Highness Ling Wang said it well. The stone in Pingzhou is indeed of high quality and tough texture. Especially the fine iron ore it contains is very good. It is the first choice for refining weapons. Needless to mention that I am in Daliang, even the surrounding countries can't match it. When it comes to this stone, the bid for it is naturally not low. One square of stone is one tael of silver."

"How much can it be produced in that month?"

"Two thousand square meters of stone are naturally no problem."

"Mr. Lu really has a good place to govern the land. When I go back, I will definitely praise Master Lu in front of my father!"

"Bah! Just tell lies!" Ji Wenhan, who was standing at the end of the hall, gritted his teeth and complained in a low voice. Although the voice was not loud, it just reached the ears of the Lingwang, who had excellent ears. Xuan Shaoning turned around and wanted to dissuade him, and the Lingwang spoke.

"That little brother just now, I remember that I was called Ji... Ji Wenhan, right? Why, you seem to be very angry with what Lord Lu said just now?"

Seeing everyone present looking at him, Ji Wenhan swallowed his saliva and walked to the center of the hall with a strong and calm attitude. "Caomin has been in the quarry since he was a child. Although he didn't know what the stone bid was, the monthly stone collection was definitely more than 2,000 square meters! We were forced to collect quarry, and we could only rest for three hours. The rest of the time was quarry. There were so many workers in this quarry, how could it be possible for only 2,000 square meters per month?" Ji Wenhan stared at the vicious eyes that were shooting at him fiercely.

"You are just a fool, how can I believe you but not the court's official?"

"Your Highness can go and investigate, Caomin has absolutely not lie!"

"Your Highness, King Ling, this person has always been lazy in his work and is not obeying discipline. He took the lead in causing trouble just now. Your Highness has seen it with his own eyes. How can such a bad guy be accepted?" Lu Yanhui retorted.

"Mr. Lu is right, so please ask Lord. Lu to use the quarry account book for me to see."

Lu Yanhui hesitated for a moment and agreed readily, "Your Highness, the number of books in the past few years is quite large, so the official will order someone to get it."

"No need, Lord Lu, let's go here later." King Ling picked up the teacup with leisurely expression and took a sip. The taste of the tea was not inferior to the tribute tea in the palace.

Lu Yanhui didn't know why for a moment, and at this moment, the people who had been following the Lingwang walked into the hall.

"What's wrong, Fang Ze?" asked King Ling.

"Report to Your Highness, I followed Lord Lu's adopted son and entered a small study room. I found that the man was splashing tung oil into the study room. My subordinate immediately took action to stop him. He asked the man to run away because he maintained the account book. Please forgive me!"

"Is there such a thing?" King Ling stared at Lu Yanhui and asked, "Mr. Lu's adopted son actually wanted to set fire to the account book?"

Lu Yanhui knelt down in panic, "The officials... the officials don't know!"

"Since that's the case, please ask Lord Lu to lead the way to the study room!"

Compared to the main hall, the study room seemed small and cramped. When you opened the door, you could see that the most conspicuous thing inside was the three neatly arranged rows of bookshelves, and there were a large number of books on each row of bookshelf.

King Ling gently stroked the desk with his hand, bounced the dust stained with his fingertips. "I think Lord Lu shouldn't come to the study room often." Then he walked to the bookshelf and picked out an account book and looked it out:

In the 16th year of Liang, the year of Dingchou, the ninth day of the chrysanthemum month, the 17946 stones were dug in March, leaving the remaining 11,000 meter to facilitate Wu's family. On the same day, the silver was collected and handed over to the old family.

"The account book records are clear. Who is this Wu?"

At this time, the sweat from Lu Yanhui's forehead that had oozed from Lu Yan's forehead had already gathered into a string and started rolling down from his cheeks. He swallowed his saliva with difficulty and replied: "It's Dingdu County... the richest man Wu Dainian..."

"It turns out that you lied to report the amount of stones, but you handed over the hidden stones to a merchant. Who is that old man?"

Hearing the word "Old Family", Lu Yanhui knelt down with a pounce, "Your Highness, the greed for the court stones is done by my unfilial son. Although the subordinates know the inside story, they have always loved their son too deeply tolerate their rebellious son. It is the fault of the subordinates!"

"Hahaha! What a beloved son who is too deeply indulging the rebellious son. When he reaches this point, he still puts the blame on your adopted son. I want to take the indulgence. Lord Lu's plan has been overturned!" King Ling was a little joking, but the murderous aura in his eyes was too unconcealed. Xuan Shaoning saw it very clearly, "Since Lord Lu said that it was his adopted son's actions, then confront him in front of him. Come on, take Lord Lu's adopted son up!"

Fang Ze and another officer and soldier, the two worked together to escort Sheng Yi, a burly man who had been tied to the door of the study. Seeing that Sheng Yi refused to kneel down, Fang Ze, who was standing behind him, kicked his legs hard, and Sheng Yi knelt in front of everyone with a "bang".

King Ling walked out of the study and carefully looked at Sheng Yi's tiger arm, which was slightly red by the rope. "What a powerful man Kong Wu, even Fang Ze has to find a helper. Are you the adopted son of Lu Yanhui?"

Sheng Yi did not answer, but stared at Lu Yanhui, who was hiding behind the King of Tombs.

"It's okay not to speak. Then the king asked you to listen to your adopted father's words first." King Ling turned sideways and said to Lu Yanhui: "Say what you just said to your adopted son again!"

"I..." Lu Yanhui did not dare to look at Sheng Yi's eyes, lowered his head and remained silent. Xuan Shaoning could feel Lu Yanhui's whole body trembling slightly.

"Don't dare to say it? That king said for you! Your adoptive father accused you of being the mastermind behind the greedy stones. He has been protecting you because he loves his son forever. Can you admit your guilt?"

Sheng Yi was still silent, but there was a whimpering sound in his throat. He bit his lips tightly, and his eyes seemed to be about to spit out fire. The refusal to answer made King Ling angry. He ordered loudly, "Prepare these two people, take care of them, and leave them to Dali Temple for good interrogation!"

"yes!"

Two officers and soldiers were escorting Lu Yanhui towards the main hall. When they were about to pass by Sheng Yi, Xuan Shaoning obviously found Sheng Yi's eyes were solemn, and the muscles in his body were contracting. The feeling of standing was not good. After a look at Lu Yanhui again, Xuan Shaoning immediately noticed the crisis.

"careful!"

As the two words were just out, a flying knife stabbed Sheng Yi's throat. His teeth gently stroked Lu Yanhui's neck, and then both of them fell to the ground at the same time. Sheng Yi spasmed for a while, and blood spurted out from his neck, splashing Lu Yanhui's face, and the latter had already fallen to the ground like ashes, as if he was dead, as if he was dumbfounded. This scene of change occurred between lightning and flinch. After the King of Ling reacted, he immediately shouted: "If Lu Yanhui died at this moment, you will be guilty of the same crime!" All the soldiers were so scared that they knelt down and begged for mercy. Fang Ze said in panic: "Report to Your Highness, thanks to Captain Xuan's timely action, Lu Yanhui is fine!"

Hearing this, King Ling felt relieved and turned his head and said, "I didn't expect that Master Xuan is so skillful and has a quick reaction. I will definitely ask my father for rewards."

Xuan Shaoning was unable to fully recover from the sudden change at this moment. He took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness praises more, protecting criminals from being silenced is also the responsibility of the last general!"

After waiting, King Ling waited and found that Xuan Shaoning stopped talking, he walked to Lu Yanhui, looked at him disgustedly, and asked, "Mr. Lu is in danger this time, but it's hard to say next time. It seems that your adopted son who is careful to care about is not your affection but wants to kill you. Or is he angry that his adopted father has put all the blame on him, so he is excited for a moment to kill him?"

At this time, Lu Yan would collapse on the ground, his eyes were dull, his face was bloodless, and his whole body was trembling. The King of Ling found that a pool of water stains slowly flowed out from the ground where he was falling.

"Hmph! Pull down the timid eunuch!" King Ling was about to leave when he heard someone applauding.

"That's great! I did a great thing for the people of Pingzhou. Uncle Dong Bi can rest assured!" Ji Wenhan, who was still young, saw the culprit who had bullied the people of Pingzhou for many years and was not paying attention to the occasion. He couldn't help but feel excited. He realized his recklessness until he spoke. He saw the cold eyes of King Ling hurriedly admitting his mistake.

"Is Uncle Dong you just mentioned Dong Bi?"

“Yes…yes…”

"Do you know him?"

"Yes" Ji Wenhan responded in a lack of energy, turned to look at Xuan Shaoning and Xu Chengxian.

"Look at my answer! But this person?" King Ling waved his hand and unfolded a portrait in front of Ji Wenhan.

"Yes... it's Uncle Dong Bi, this... is this a wanted order?"

"So you know him, why did you say that Dong Bi can rest assured?" Ji Wenhan didn't know how to answer for a moment, and wanted to ask Xuan Shaoning for help but was stared at by King Ling.

"Your Highness of the King of Ling" Xu Chengxian was stopped by Ling Wang as soon as he spoke.

"Shut up! I just need to listen to you, Dong Bi is not a wanted criminal. Since you call him uncle, you want to be close. Now that he has been harmed, you should help me solve the case!"

"What? Uncle Dong was killed!" Ji Wenhan stared in surprise.

"That's right, on New Year's Eve, he and Li Shangshuang were killed in an inn in the capital. Not only that, they were still in different places and had broken bodies. The capital has always been in good condition, and there were few such cruel cases in the past few years. Little brother, if you know what the situation is, you should just say it. This will help me solve the case as soon as possible, and it will also make the deceased rest in peace."

"Uncle Dong...Uncle Li is all good people..." Ji Wenhan choked up, "My parents died early. I have always been raised by Uncle Dong and the kind-hearted people in the village. Until ten years ago, Uncle Dong and Uncle Li escaped from Pingzhou together. I heard that they had joined the Xuanjia Army, and they had not seen them for many years. Until before the New Year, they secretly returned to Pingzhou, brought us a lot of silver, and then left until..." Ji Wenhan couldn't continue and wiped away the tears from his eyes with his hands.

King Ling reached out and put his hand on Ji Wenhan's neck to comfort him, "Don't worry, I will find out the murderer and give you two uncles justice!" When Ji Wenhan looked at King Ling again, he had already shown gratitude in his eyes, and he nodded vigorously.

When he walked out of the government office, Xuan Shaoning looked up at the sky where the sunset had already appeared. This day was like a year. Looking back, he came to Pingzhou alone to recruit soldiers for the Xuanjia Army, but he killed Zhang Shisan in exchange for the Hongmen Banquet of Lu Yanhui. He thought it would be an inevitable fight, but he broke out from the Lingwang halfway and brought a bloody case in the capital. The case was not found out but the fact of corruption among Lu Yanhui and others was found. What was even unexpected was that this bloody case was actually implicated with Ji Wenhan, even the Xuanjia Army and even the Ping'an Army.

Ah! Xuan Shaoning shook his head hard. The news from all walks of life hurts his mind. How should he end up next?

"How to end is not something you can think of in a short while. Why not eat something first? This day is almost gone without a drop of water!" Xu Chengxian did not look at Xuan Shaoning, but seemed to see his heart.

"good!"

The poverty in Pingzhou has left no restaurant for food within a radius of ten miles of the quarry. If you want to fill your stomach, you can do it yourself. Fortunately, when the three of them returned to the tent area, everyone had already stewed several large pots of sweet potato porridge.

"Person Xuan, you are finally back, great!"

"You are really a lucky star for the people of Pingzhou. As soon as you came, you took down Lu Yanhui's group of people, which made us finally turn over!"

"Yes, yes, lucky star!"

Xuan Shaoning looked at the simple men in front of him and looked at his admirational eyes. The "what the people want" written in the book should be like this! However, he still had to try to control his emotions and said in a stable voice: "Everyone is too proud of me. Lu Yanhui and others should be punished for doing evil, but it is still unknown whether everyone's fate can be changed. I, Xuan Shaoning, here I promise you that you will do your best to change your enslaved life!"

"Okay! This sentence from Master Xuan is enough!"

"Personnel Fuxing Xuan!"

"Okay, Captain Xuan has been tossing for a day. It's not eating yet. I think you have prepared the meal, but you have been waiting for us? Since everyone has arrived, let's start the meal!" Xu Chengxian vaguely heard Xuan Shaoning's stomach screaming, so he had to let everyone start the meal first.

Although it is just a sweet potato porridge that cannot be simpler, the moment it is sent into the mouth, Xuan Shaoning is extremely satisfied. When the sweetness spreads in the mouth and heat is transmitted into the limbs and bones, the comfortable feeling is really something that no one who has experienced the disaster can experience.

After dinner, Xuan Shaoning returned to his tent and opened his pen and ink to prepare to write.

"Brother Shaoning, who are you going to write to?" Ji Wenhan's face flickered on the back of the wick.

"Written to King Yu, and a few of my classmates and friends, I want to know the detailed information of the bloody incident in the capital, and also to inform King Yu of what happened in Pingzhou as soon as possible."

"Pingzhou has been controlled by Lu Yanhui for so many years. It is extremely difficult to convey messages to the outside world. Even if he is detained, how do you deliver the letter?"

"This, you'll see it later!"

After Xuan Shaoning wrote the two letters, he rolled them into two pieces of paper, saying that they were "roots" because they were indeed not much thicker than needles. He inserted the letter into the small copper tube. With a boo, he heard a boo, and one-on-one black and white pigeons flew into the tent. Xuan Shaoning tied the two copper tubes to the pigeons' feet. After finishing, he touched their heads and whistled. The two pigeons flew out of the tent with a slight edge and disappeared in the night sky. The whole process was simple and straightforward, without any extra movements, which made Ji Wenhan stunned.

"Brother Shaoning, where did you learn this? Can you teach me?"

"sure!"

"Really?"
Chapter completed!