As the sky dimmed, Yu Sheng came to Wu Sheng's tent and said, "Brother Sun?"
Wu Sheng lifted the curtain and came out, asking: "What's the matter?"
Yusheng sighed softly: "Brother Sun, please come with me, Luo Fengxing wants to see you."
Luo Lingfu was already standing in front of the tent with his hands behind his back. When he saw Wu Sheng, his eyes were solemn.
Wu Sheng raised his hand and said, "Follow it?"
Luo Lingfu was silent for a moment and said: "Someone has come from Yangzhou. They are at Qingshu's place. There are some things that I need you to explain clearly... I will go with you."
Wu Sheng was puzzled: "What on earth requires Zeng Zhen to go to in person?"
Luo Lingfu said: "Yangzhou School has blocked the Xijiang River. It is inconvenient to come here. We can only go there. Let's go."
Luo Lingfu was in front, Wu Sheng followed behind, Fu Master Yusheng followed on the left, and on the right was another acquaintance, the swordsman who was on the same boat as Wu Sheng when he escaped from Langshan and was fascinated by him. On the same day, Wu Sheng had already inquired about the swordsman's surname: Xiao, who was originally from the clan of the Xiao Kingdom and was destroyed by Chu eighty years ago.
This posture has a vague meaning of surveillance.
More than thirty miles to the southwest from Yuewang Mountain is the Xijiang River. The Yangzhou Academy was stationed in a barbarian village by the river. When Wu Sheng and others arrived, the master of Wantao Valley came to greet them.
Luo Lingfu asked: "Where is Qingshu?"
Wan Tao replied: "Qing Xingxing said that in order to avoid his suspicion, he would not wait here for the great leader. After the manpower was recruited back, the Xijiang River would be empty. He should go and inspect it personally to prevent Shen Douke from getting away."
Luo Lingfu asked: "Is he patrolling the river alone? Why are you so confident? If we really meet him, will he be better than Shen Douke?"
Wan Tao said: "Chongwu and Lu Li are with me. After I finish questioning here, I will also go to Shuizhu to meet up, and then bring Chongwu and Lu Li back to ask questions."
Luo Lingfu nodded: "Then hurry up..."
Wan Tao led them to a courtyard at the east entrance of the village, which was the hometown of the village elders requisitioned by Qingshu. Luo Lingfu ordered: "Sun Wu, just stand here, feel aggrieved, and don't move."
Wu Sheng bowed slightly: "I will obey the order."
Wu Sheng stood in the courtyard, while Luo Lingfu entered the main room: "Where are the people from Yangzhou? Who made the first complaint?"
Wan Tao brought a person into the house. This person looked a little wretched, and he was a common low-level gangster in the market. His eyes seemed shrewd, but he was always hesitant. Luo Lingfu felt unhappy when he saw this person.
Yusheng stood beside Luo Lingfu and asked, "Who are you? Why are you suing?"
The man knelt down and said: "The villain Zhong Shibalang was working as a helper in Xiaodong Mountain in Yangzhou, making a living. He came here to arrest important criminals. I went to the city to do business a few days ago, and I happened to see the wanted notice hanging at the top of the city... Guess what?”
Yusheng shouted angrily: "You bastard! Just say it if you have something to say, and fart if you have something to say!"
The man trembled with fright and kowtowed like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, it's no surprise that these few are walking around... When the villain saw the notice, he immediately recognized that the wanted criminal in the academy, Wu Sheng, was actually this person. Sun Xingxing from Chengxueshe uncovered the list and came here at starry night because he was afraid that the culprit would escape. I saw him wandering around Xiaodong Shanfang City a few days ago. He was really bold..."
Although he didn't like this person, the matter he reported was very important. Qingshu had only said before that the monks in the school felt that Sun Wu was very similar to Wu Sheng on the wanted notice, which aroused suspicion, but that was all He was under Qingshu's command, and this Zhong Shibalang was the first to expose the accusation. This should attract attention.
Yu Sheng looked at Luo Lingfu and saw Luo Lingfu frowning, so he continued to ask: "Did you see Sun Wu in the courtyard just now?"
"We've seen it, it's him, there's no doubt about it!" The man replied decisively, and then asked cautiously: "I don't know that the villain has been captured by you. In this case... I don't know how much bounty the villain can get. ?”
"Have you met Wu Sheng before?"
"This... I've never seen it before."
"Then are you sure he is Wu Sheng?"
"It's very clear on the bulletin board, there's no doubt about it!"
Yu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked at Luo Lingfu, he saw that Luo Lingfu's frown had relaxed a lot. They had already compared the portraits provided by the academy, and they were indeed 60 to 70% similar to Sun Wu. However, they knew Sun Wu well, so they did not take Sun Wu's identification as Wu Sheng seriously.
"It's all nonsense, how come it's so clear? Is it because your eyesight is not good?" Yusheng's question already showed obvious bias.
"The villain's eyes are very good, absolutely very useful. Friends in the world love him and gave him a nickname. Do you know what it is?"
"Asshole!"
"Yes, yes, the villain's nickname is Zhongshenyan. If you can go to Xiaodong Mountain and ask, you will know after asking, the villain's eyes..."
"Don't ramble!"
"It's... the villain came here with a notice. The walkers knew it as soon as they saw it! The notice was in the villain's bag and was taken away by the walkers."
Yusheng went out for a while, brought the baggage back, and whispered to Luo Lingfu: "I asked them for it, but they still pretended to be stupid."
Luo Lingfu nodded and gestured to open the baggage, revealing a bulletin board with a portrait on it.
Zhong Shenyan immediately shouted: "Master Xingxing, look, isn't this Sun Xingxing? Even a blind person can see how conspicuous the mole is at the corner of his mouth!"
Yusheng immediately became happy: "Where did you get this notice? You still want to frame Zhongliang..." He turned back to Luo Lingfu and said: "Indeed, there is no need to investigate this case. There is no doubt that it is a frame-up..."
Luo Lingfu shook his head and said in a serious tone: "Check, check to the end, don't all the monks in Yangzhou Academy say that Sun Wu is Wu Sheng? Ask them one by one!"
Wan Tao came in first. Hearing the crackling boards in the outer room and the screams of ghosts and wolves, his eyelids twitched and he bowed down and said, "I've seen Fengxing."
Luo Lingfu also had a bad look on his face, and motioned to Yu Sheng to ask questions. Yu Sheng immediately said: "Wan Tao, you said that Sun Wuxiu looks like Wu Sheng, and you suspect that he is the same person. Is this possible?"
Wan Tao remained silent.
Yu Sheng raised his voice: "Wan Tao, why don't you answer?"
Wan Tao then sighed: "Tao never said that Sun Wu and Wu Sheng are similar. Tao is good at painting. From the perspective of a painter, if we say they are similar, half of the people in the world are similar to each other."
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "You mean, Qing Xingxing is just talking nonsense?"
Wan Tao shook his head: "Whether it's nonsense or not, Tao doesn't know. Tao is just a newcomer who has just entered the academy. I really don't dare to talk nonsense about the affairs of the academy. To be honest, Tao really doesn't want to know about the disputes between you. Nai He Qing I walked around the thatched cottage three times and asked Tao to come out of the mountain, which gave Tao a great opportunity to enter the palace. Tao was afraid to say anything wrong."
Yusheng suddenly felt impressed, looked at Luo Lingfu, and saw Luo Lingfu nodding, so he stopped pursuing it: "Go down."
Next came the Ying brothers. The two first said they were very similar, and then "somewhat similar." When Yu Sheng held up a bounty notice and poked it in front of his nose, he changed his mind and said, "My brother doesn't know either. They are both." Those brothers from the Ma family asked us to tell you!"
Yu Sheng was furious: "Take the six brothers from Ma Tou Po!"
Seeing Luo Lingfu and Xiao Jianshi looking at him, he realized that he was dizzy with anger: "I'll take care of you!"
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