The clouds and mists gradually dispersed, the blue and black distant mountains became clear, and the birds sang in harmony in the mountains and forests.
Han Changmu and the other three walked down the stone steps. There were far more courtyards at the foot of the mountain than on the mountain, one after another. It was the time to cook the morning meal, and the smoke from the cooking pots was still flowing, adding a bit of wild interest to the mountain.
The Beiya Forbidden Army's station is located at the foot of the mountain. To find the Forbidden Army, you must pass by the courtyard where the Internal Security Department is stationed.
Han Changmu suddenly thought of something, paused in his steps, turned around and walked in.
He Dengglou and Gu Chen looked at each other in surprise, then raised their legs and followed in.
The headquarters of the Internal Security Department is the same as the headquarters of the Bei Ya Forbidden Army. There is a very spacious school ground for training soldiers and martial arts.
The inner guards, like the imperial guards, both make a living by licking blood on the tip of a knife. They must not let go of their kung fu for a moment. If their kung fu is weak, they are risking their own lives.
As soon as Han Changmu entered the courtyard, the inner guard who was practicing immediately stopped his moves, held his breath and stood with his hands tied.
Han Changmu didn't say anything. He glanced at the main room, then walked straight to the side room. He turned to Gu Chen and said, "Go get the pen and ink."
Gu Chen understood, but within a moment, the pen and ink were delivered to the ear room. Han Changmu quickly wrote a letter, stuffed it into a small bamboo tube, sealed it with a fire wax seal, and handed it to Gu Chen with a cold and stern voice: "Give it to Leng." Shaoyin Feinu is sending a message, please hurry."
Gu Chen knew the seriousness and hurriedly went to catch the flying slave in the cage.
There are two cages in the wing room, each containing four flying slaves.
The ear room was clean and there was no peculiar smell, and Fei Nu's wings were well groomed and shiny.
One of the two cages contained a flying slave with white wings, while the other contained a flying slave with gray wings.
The flying slaves of these two types of wings carry messages to different places.
Gu Chen grabbed a flying slave with gray wings from the cage. After closing the cage, he vaguely felt something was wrong and raised his eyes to take another look inside the cage.
After taking this glance, his expression suddenly changed, and he exclaimed loudly and panicked: "Why is there one missing Fei Nu!?"
These flying slaves are important for conveying messages. The Department of Internal Security has special people to take care of these flying slaves. There are two special internal guards to take care of them carefully. Let alone one missing, even if one feather falls, , that is also a big deal.
One of the two guards who was serving the flying slaves was in his thirties and a veteran in handling the flying slaves, and the other was his young apprentice with a green face, only thirteen or fourteen years old.
Hearing Gu Chen's words, the green-faced little apprentice staggered in fright, panicked, and hurriedly leaned over to take a look: "What, one is missing, this is impossible." He counted several times: " Gu Zongqi, there are quite a few flying slaves. I brought a total of eight flying slaves. I used one the night before and you still have one in your hand, so there are exactly seven left."
Gu Chen glanced at the internal guard and said with a gloomy face: "When I left the capital, I brought four flying slaves from Jingzhao Mansion. The ones I used the night before were only flying slaves from the Internal Guard Department. What happened to the flying slaves from Jingzhao Mansion?" There are only three left, where did the other one go?"
The little apprentice's heart skipped a beat, and he rushed outside the cage and counted them carefully several times. His face suddenly turned pale. He was only focused on counting the total number of flying slaves. The total number matched up, but he forgot to count the number of flying slaves separately. .
But the veteran who specializes in manipulating flying slaves was hiding behind the little apprentice, looking around with a panicked face, looking guilty as if he wanted to see but didn't dare.
Gu Chen turned his head and saw the man at a glance. He reached out to grab him and pushed him to the cage. His voice was as cold as ever: "Wang Dong, why are you hiding!"
Wang Dong struggled for a moment: "I'm humble, no, I didn't hide."
Han Changmu listened for a moment. The matter of Fei Nu's loss was not big or small. Especially at this moment, he had to treat it with caution.
He walked over slowly, his voice not loud, but extremely cold: "You didn't hide, what are you guilty of?"
Wang Dong lost his composure in panic and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, I have no guilty conscience because of my humble position."
Han Changmu took a deep look at Wang Dong and turned to ask Gu Chen: "Did you let the flying slave out the night before? What color was the flying slave and where was it sent to?"
Gu Chen was simply stunned. He opened his mouth slightly and said with a tongue-tied tongue, "Didn't your Excellency receive the letter from Fei Nu!?"
Han Changmu looked confused and shook his head slightly: "No! Are you saying that the flying slaves released the night before were a letter to me?"
Gu Chen's face had changed, and he felt ominous: "Yes, it's Ah Yao, oh, it's the white flying slave that Yao joined the army to deliver a message to your lord, and he took the humble position to catch it himself." He stared at the four snow-white flying slaves. , puzzled: "It's strange, I personally sent a white flying slave to deliver the message, but now there are more of them."
Han Changmu slowly looked at Wang Dong with a deep look in his eyes. He saw him shrinking his neck in guilt and couldn't help but snorted: "I have to ask him now!"
Wang Dong staggered in fright, and fell to his knees with a bang, hesitating and saying: "Humble job, humble job, humble job really don't know anything, last night I saw a flying slave falling in the yard, humble job, just , I just caught it and put it in a cage. I don’t know anything else!”
Hearing this, Gu Chen's eyes narrowed severely. No wonder, no wonder Wang Dong felt so guilty. These flying slaves had just arrived at Yuhua Mountain. After being released, they would only fly to the capital and not come back.
Han Changmu twisted his sleeves and said thoughtfully: "I didn't receive the Fei Nu's letter. So, where did the flying slave that was released go? How did it fly back?"
Wang Dong felt guilty and hesitantly said: "The mountains in Yuhua Mountain are steep and complicated. It is possible for a flying slave to get lost for a while."
Gu Chen gave Wang Dong a hard look: "You raised this flying slave yourself, so naturally you are the most familiar with it. So tell me, how did it fly back after it got lost?"
Wang Dong's face turned green with embarrassment, and he said calmly: "This, this."
Gu Chen didn't care about Wang Dong's embarrassment at all, and continued to press forward step by step, his words were particularly aggressive: "You mean that Fei Nu couldn't find his way back to Beijing and got dizzy in Yuhua Mountain, but instead I can find the yard where I just stayed for a day or two!"
Wang Dong looked at Gu Chen's eyes that contained anger. He winced and couldn't say a word.
Han Changmu's heart sank, and he asked coldly: "Wang Dong, when did you find out that the flying slave in Jingzhao Mansion's Yamen Office was missing?"
Wang Dong felt guilty and stuttered: "No, I didn't notice it. I just learned about it just now."
Han Changmu sneered coldly: "Really?"
Wang Dong shook violently, his face full of fear, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to admit it.
Gu Chen also understood, grabbed Wang Dong, and said angrily: "Just now, you looked guilty and panicked, and you were not surprised at all. You obviously knew that there was one missing flying slave in the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen Office!"
Wang Dong looked at Gu Chen and then at Han Changmu, knowing that he could no longer hide it. He was so frightened that he trembled and said: "Yes, it was last night. Last night, I fell into the trap of my humble duty. I left it in the yard." When the flying slave was caught in the cage, he found it."
Han Changmu was stunned. It seemed that the flying slave of the Jingzhao Mansion Office had been lost before last night.
Gu Chen's heart also skipped a beat. This flying slave had been lost for so long, and he didn't know what kind of news was sent back.
Thinking of this, he was furious and kicked Wang Dong hard: "I found out that Fei Nu was missing, why didn't you come and retaliate!"
Wang Dong was so frightened that he hesitated and defended: "My humble position, my humble position, I thought, that's, that's the flying slave of the Jingzhao Mansion Office, no, it doesn't matter, just, just," he suddenly said "dong dong dong" He kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "My lord, my lord, I know it's a sin when I despise my position, I know my sin when I despise my position, please, please forgive me, my lord!"
Han Changmu had a headache due to the noise, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Were you there when Yao joined the army and asked Fei Nu to deliver the letter the night before?"
Wang Dong lowered his head and said with a guilty conscience: "Humble, humble duty, humble duty is not here."
The young apprentice then answered: "When I came back to the Commander-in-Chief, it was Bei Zhi and Yao Canjun who came to find Fei Nu. However, later Yao Canjun asked Bei Zhi to get pens and ink, and Bei Zhi left for a while. When Bei Zhi came back with the pens and ink, I happened to meet Mr. Gu, and Mr. Gu came to the ear room with a pen and ink to find Yao Canjun. What happened next was that he was humble.
I no longer know. "
Han Changmu's face was expressionless and he said "hmm" without comment.
Who on earth tampered with Fei Slave?
Where did the missing flying slave from the Jingzhao Government Office go?
Han Changmu didn't want to doubt Yao Yao from the bottom of his heart, but what happened in the past few days could not help but make him suspicious.
He took out the letter that he had just sealed, added another sentence at the end of the letter, dried the ink, sealed it again, and handed it to Gu Chen: "Send the letter to Leng Shaoyin first." He glanced at Wang Dong again: " Then take Wang Dong down and hand him over to General He Qi for interrogation."
After hearing this, Wang Dongmian fell to the ground with a pale face and couldn't stand up for a long time.
Gu Chen responded, tied the bamboo tube to Fei Nu's legs, walked to the yard, and threw Fei Nu towards the capital.
Wang Dong was then handed over to He Zhenfu for strict interrogation.
Gu Chen turned back and stood with his hands tied: "Sir, Fei Nu has been released."
Han Changmu nodded, turned around and walked out of the wing, telling the young apprentice: "Take good care of these flying slaves."
The young apprentice should claim it is.
Han Changmu and Gu Chen walked into the main room. He closed the door behind his back, looked at Gu Chen deeply, and asked meaningfully: "How many years have President Gu and Yao Canjun known each other?"
Gu Chen said "hmm" and said without knowing what was going on: "Yes, I met Yao Canjun when he was setting up a fortune-telling stall in the west market. I met him."
With a "Puch" sound, Han Changmu burst into laughter and said, "Yes, scolding!"
Gu Chen couldn't help laughing and nodded: "Yes, sir, you heard it right, it's a scolding. I'm afraid I've never seen A Yao scolding others. It's simply an insult to the ears, and it blinds such a beautiful face of hers!" "
Han Changmu looked shocked. He was stunned for a long time with his mouth open, and then his cheek twitched and asked: "The night before, the flying slave of Yao joined the army passed a letter to me. Was it you who went to capture the flying slave?"
Gu Chen nodded: "It's a humble job. I remember clearly that what I captured was a snow-white flying slave, a flying slave from the Department of Internal Security."
Han Changmu did not doubt Gu Chen and said calmly: "Did you release Fei Nu with your own hands?"
Gu Chen said: "Yes, I put it down with my own hands. I saw the flying slave flying towards the capital with my own eyes."
Han Changmu narrowed his eyes: "What was Yao Canjun doing when you came to the ear room? What happened to Yao Canjun after you freed the Fei slaves?"
Hearing this, Gu Chen was surprised: "Do you suspect Yao Canjun? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." He shook his head: "Yao Canjun is not so serious on weekdays, but she is sincere. As an errand, she didn't expect to get a big salary, but she often talked about her humble job. In the future, she would buy a small house, a beautiful maid to serve her tea, and a beautiful cook. She made delicious food, and finally bought a handsome man to be her concierge. She wanted to live a stable life. With her ability, it was not difficult to live such a life. It was impossible and unnecessary for her to take risks. "
Listening to these words, Han Changmu felt a strange feeling in his heart. He felt angry and funny.
Beautiful little maid, beautiful cook, and handsome husband, what does she want to do!
He said angrily: "How can you buy someone based only on their appearance and not on their ability and character? It's so ridiculous. How can you act so carelessly!"
Gu Chen was stunned, feeling that something was wrong with Han Changmu's anger.
When he suspected Yao Yaocai just now, Han Changmu was as calm and calm as a human being, but when he mentioned Yao Yaocai's plan to buy someone else, he became furious.
An idea flashed through Gu Chen's mind, and an incredible idea suddenly crossed his mind. His eyes flickered, and he looked at Han Changmu inquiringly.
Han Changmu also realized that he had made a mistake, and a look of embarrassment quickly flashed across his face, and he looked back and added: "How can you take on important responsibilities in the future if you don't understand people like this!"
Gu Chen responded and said, "What the Commander-in-Chief said is absolutely true." But the half-smiling look on his face was clearly visible, and he clearly didn't believe a word of it.
Han Changmu also knew that Gu Chen didn't believe it, but he didn't have much explanation. He just glared at Gu Chen and warned: "What happened just now is not allowed to be spread to outsiders!"
Gu Chen looked solemn and said yes categorically, all he had to do was pat his chest to assure himself.
But what he was thinking in his mind is unknown.
Han Changmu glanced back thoughtfully and asked, "Does Yao Canjun live in the backyard?"
Gu Chen nodded and said, "Yes."
Han Changmu narrowed his eyes: "Go and ask her to come see me."
Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Han Changmu still had not given up his doubts about Yao Yao, so he thought he would have to remind her later.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out, he was stopped by Han Changmu.
"What happened just now is that you are not allowed to mention it to her." Han Changmu's expression was solemn and his tone was solemn.
Gu Chen shuddered and replied calmly. The thought he originally planned to remind Yao Yao disappeared in an instant.
That's all, those who are innocent will be innocent themselves, not to mention Yao Yao's eloquent mouth, the Lord of Hell can make her come back to life, proving one's innocence is simply a piece of cake. Thinking this, he felt relieved and walked quickly to the backyard.
Most of the internal guards in the internal health department are men, and the few girls who did not come this time.
Yao Yao is from the Jingzhao Mansion Office. He is not a serious internal guard, but he still lives in an extremely secluded and remote house among a group of old and rough internal guards.
Although this room is far away from the school grounds, it is quiet and convenient for doing things that are not common to outsiders.
Yao Yao was sleeping soundly. When she heard the clear footsteps outside, she woke up instantly, but she did not get up. She just lay with her eyes open, listening to the familiar voice and gradually walked to the door.
She turned her head slightly and looked at the closed door, her hazy apricot eyes suddenly as clear and cold as cold stars.
The glimmer of vigilance in those eyes flickered, like a dangerous beast ready to hunt at any time.
The room without burning lights was dimly lit, bright sunlight leaked into the room through the cracks in the door, and the fine lines on the green bricks inside the door were faintly visible.
At the same time as the footsteps stopped, there were two soft sounds of "tuk-tuk" outside the door, and Gu Chen's voice sounded outside the door: "Ah Yao, Ah Yao, are you awake?"
Yao Yao closed his eyes, feeling a little irritated in his heart. After calming down for a moment, he hoarse his voice and acted as if he had just woken up and was still a little impatient: "Wake up, what are you doing, disturbing your dreams so early in the morning. "
Gu Chen's voice was deep: "Hurry up and pack up. The Commander-in-Chief is here and wants to see you."
Yao Yao's heart skipped a beat, she wondered what Han Changmu wanted to see her do.
Han Changmu was a smart man who picked up the grass and followed the wind. Since he arrived at Yuhua Mountain, she had hid whenever she could, for fear that he would get in his way and find out something was wrong.
She thought that she had done everything carefully in the past two days without any omissions, so Han Changmu shouldn't be suspicious of her when he came to her.
To be on the safe side, Yao Yao had only taken off her bun and slept in her clothes since she arrived at Yuhua Mountain. When she heard Gu Chen's words, she stood up quickly, washed and combed her hair briefly, and asked through the door: "Yes What happened? Why does Sir Shi want to see me at this time?"
"..." Gu Chen was speechless, opened his mouth, and suppressed the thought with difficulty, thinking and hesitating: "The Commander-in-Chief is going to see Commander Jin of the Forbidden Army to discuss the defense of the hunting grounds. For one thing, I guess I want you to go there with me."
The movements of Yao Yao's hands slowed down, a strange color flashed across his face, he squinted his eyes slightly, and with a certain determination in his heart, the movements of his hands became neat again.
In just a moment, she combed her hair into a bun and pushed out the door.
Gu Chen didn't expect Yao Yao to move so quickly. He looked at her deeply and smiled slyly: "Have you washed your face?"
Yao Yao glanced at Gu Chen and said calmly: "Isn't Sir Shi Shi anxious? If I go too late, he will hit me, will you bear it for me?"
"..." Gu Chen curled his lips: "Am I stupid?"
"Why don't you leave then?" Yao Yao straightened his back and walked forward very quickly.
Gu Chen followed her thoughtfully, glanced at Yao Yao's back in the morning light, frowned slightly, and felt something strange in his heart.
a feeling of.
This feeling was fleeting, so fast that he couldn't catch it.
He frowned slightly: "Ah Yao, your injury is not healed yet?"
Yao Yao's back stiffened slightly, and he slowly turned his head, his eyes a little cold, and hesitated for a moment: "Not yet, what's wrong?"
"Nothing?" Gu Chen shook his head quickly, and the weird feeling in his heart became more intense, but he still couldn't tell what was wrong, so he breathed a subtle breath: "It's okay, I'm not worried about you. "
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows and smiled slowly: "That's right, Gu Shenxian is worried about people."
Hearing this, the doubts in Gu Chen's heart finally dissipated, and he winked and smiled: "That's right, we are an official now, and we always have to learn the art of governing."
Yao Yao snorted and walked forward with disdain on his face.
He turned around, and his breath slowly came out.
Han Changmu was sitting in the main room, sipping his tea slowly. When he heard the approaching footsteps, there was a strange feeling. He slowly raised his head and looked at the person who walked in with a deep and scrutinizing gaze. .
That face was still a familiar one, but there was something indescribably strange about it.
The steps I walked over were also familiar, but there was an indescribable sense of strangeness.
His eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart when he thought of the mysterious person he met while sleeping in the wilderness that night.
Han Changmu looked at Yao Yao and saluted, and nodded indifferently: "Thank you for your hard work, Yao joined the army."
Seeing Han Changmu being so polite, Yao Yao was extremely surprised. He raised his lips and showed an embarrassed smile: "Being is not hard work. I don't know what the matter is, sir, I asked you to come here."
Han Changmu held up his forehead and made a distressed look on his face: "Commander Jin of the Beiya Forbidden Army asked General He Qi to borrow someone this morning. He said that he was short of manpower for the hunting ground defense. I had just arrived and had not had much interaction with the Forbidden Army. , and I have no friendship at all with Commander Jin. I remember that Yao Shenjun was from the Forbidden Army. I wonder if I am familiar with Commander Jin?"
After saying this, he raised his head and glanced at He Zhenfu.
He Zhenfu understood the idea and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, that's right. Commander Jin has been shouting for several days, saying that there is a shortage of manpower and that there should be no carelessness in setting up the hunting ground. There cannot be any omissions and mistakes. When he got up this morning, he asked the low-level loanee Come on, I dare not accept the humble position." He turned to look at Yao Yao and said, "If Yao Canjun knows something about Commander Jin, you might as well tell him about it, and your Excellency will discuss the matter with Commander Jin later. There are details."
"..." Yao Yao was stunned for a moment, looking a little difficult.
Are these people telling the truth? Why doesn't she believe it so much?
Gu Chen looked at Han Changmu, then at He Zhenfu, and twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly.
These two people sing and harmonize, and they are very talented in making nonsense and calendering the light.
Yao Yao's chances of winning against them are still unknown.
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel worried.
Seeing Yao Yao's hesitation, Han Changmu's eyes flashed and he asked coldly: "Why, does Yao Canjun not know, or is it inconvenient to tell?"
Yao Yao heard the unexpected meaning in Han Changmu's words and spoke bravely: "Commander Jin is a rigid man, cautious in doing things, never partial, and clear in rewards and punishments."
Han Changmu frowned when he heard this. Jin Zhong's qualities were well known to everyone. If not for this, Jin Zhong would not have secured his position as the commander of the Beiya Imperial Army at such a young age and became a confidant of Emperor Yong'an.
But that's not what Han Changmu wanted to hear. What he wanted to hear was something else.
