Wei Shutong was impassioned, but Qi Ning disagreed. He thought that such a shocking thing happened in Xichuan. Even if the news was deliberately blocked, you, as the governor of Xichuan, knew nothing about it. It was really derelict in your duty.
"Master Wei, I personally think that the murderer who massacred Heiyan Cave this time should be the same group of people who framed Heiyan Cave for rebellion last time." Qining said coldly: "The real culprit who framed Heiyan Cave for rebellion last time , haven’t been found out yet, but they have obviously been operating in Xichuan.”
Wei Shutong looked ashamed and said: "This is all due to the incompetence of the lower official. The lower official has also been pursuing the case, hoping to find the real murderer behind the scenes, but...!"
"That's all." Qining waved his hand, "How is Li Hongxin doing lately?"
Wei Shutong said hurriedly: "After his son's death, Li Hongxin has been staying at the Prince of Shu's Mansion, thanking guests behind closed doors. The lower official has been sending people to pay attention to the movements there, and indeed no one has visited the Prince of Shu's Mansion. Prince of Shu's Mansion Everyone is very honest, and the lower officials heard that Li Hongxin recited sutras day and night in the Buddhist hall of Prince Shu's Mansion every day, and only ate vegetarian food for three meals a day, making him look like he was a monk at home."
"This person is not that honest." Qi Ning said calmly: "Is there any news from Yinghe Villa? Is the owner of Villa Lu missing all the time?"
Wei Shutong nodded and said: "Yinghe Villa is already empty and deserted."
"By the way, as far as I know, Colonel Xuanyuan of the Shenhou Mansion is still in Xichuan. Do you know?" Qining stared at Wei Shutong's eyes: "Does he keep in touch with you?"
"Colonel Xuanyuan?" Wei Shutong was startled again and asked curiously: "My lord, Colonel Xuanyuan has returned to Beijing a long time ago. Don't you know? When he left, he even bid farewell to the official. Could it be that...!"
Qi Ning was stunned and a little surprised.
Qining got the news from the Shenhou Mansion that Xuanyuan Po had been in Xichuan on errands and even missed Ximen Zhanying's wedding. He thought that since Xuanyuan Po stayed in Xichuan, he would still have some contact with Wei Shutong, but he didn't want Wei Shutong to do so. Shu Tong actually said that Xuanyuan Po had already returned to Beijing.
In this case, Xuanyuan Po is not in Xichuan at all. The Shenhou Mansion's announcement that Xuanyuan Po is staying in Xichuan is just a cover-up? Or maybe Xuanyuan Po deceived Wei Shutong and has been hiding in Xichuan
Qi Ning was suspicious, but he didn't have time to ask more about these things at this time. He stood up and said, "I originally wanted to come over and ask you about some information. Since Mr. Wei doesn't know the news about the Black Cave, I can only go first." Look at the situation."
"My lord, there are rebels who killed people and set fire in Heiyan Cave. I found out after I was in the official position, and I deserve death." Wei Shutong said immediately: "I will mobilize my troops and go to round up the rebels."
"I'm afraid they have already withdrawn." Qining said: "This time I came to Xichuan, they must have got the news. Since they know that I will ask Mr. Wei to lead the troops, they will naturally not stay there to wait for us to go there. .”
Wei Shutong said: "I am sending troops here, firstly, to find traces of those rebel bandits as much as possible, and secondly, to protect the Duke of the country."
Qining thought that it would be useless to protect me, but thinking about what happened in Heiyan Cave and the cave owner was killed, the whole Heiyan Cave must be in panic. If he leads the troops at this time, let the people in Heiyan Cave see the officers and soldiers go to support , should be able to stabilize people's hearts to some extent, nodded and said: "You mobilize the troops immediately, we will go to the Black Rock Cave immediately!"
Wei Shutong didn't waste any time and stepped back. After a while, he came over and said, "My lord, I ordered Yao Siyuan to mobilize five hundred elite soldiers nearby. I will go with my lord now."
"You have a lot of official duties and the matter is unclear. I will go and see what the situation is first." Qining said: "If you need support, you can lead the troops there and leave the five hundred people to me."
Wei Shutong said hurriedly: "I will obey the wishes of the Duke."
Yao Siyuan is the number one general under Wei Shutong, and the 500 elite soldiers are also the guards of Wei Shutong's governor's mansion. Their combat effectiveness and equipment are unmatched by other Xichuan soldiers and horses, but Qining knows a little about Yao Siyuan. Heiyandong was slandered as a rebellion, and Wei Shutong sent troops to encircle and suppress it, led by the general Yao Siyuan.
Yao Siyuan was in his forties, with a strong back and a strong back. He looked like a battle-hardened general. When he saw Qi Ning, he immediately paid homage. Qi Ning had no time to say anything and ordered Yao Siyuan to accompany him with five hundred elite soldiers.
When they left the city, it was already dark. After meeting up with the one hundred men and horses led by Duan Canghai, they lit torches and rushed towards the Black Cave overnight.
Heiyan Cave was not close to Jinguan City, so everyone worked hard and only used some dry food for a short time along the way. Before dusk the next day, they had arrived at Heiyan Ridge. The Heiyan Ridge Mountains were undulating, with yellow grass everywhere, and the closer they got to the mountains, the harder the road was to walk. It became even more difficult, and there were even no roads to go in many places. Fortunately, during the previous siege of Heiyan Ridge, Yao Siyuan sent people to find out the terrain around Heiyan Ridge, and Ximu was from Heiyan Cave, so he had no idea what was happening here. The terrain is even more familiar. As a guide, he led the troops to the main ridge of Black Rock Ridge.
Qi Ning led the troops here to stabilize people's hearts, but he also knew that the Miao people had always been repulsive towards officers and soldiers, so they did not allow the soldiers and horses to enter the mountains. They only asked them to stand by at the foot of the mountains. He ordered Qi Feng to lead a few people to follow him into the mountains. .
Xi Mu led Qi Ning and others to the village before dark. Before entering the village, Qin Ning felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He had been to Heiyan Cave before and saw that the people in the village were hardworking and simple, but until he got to the village, he felt that something was wrong. On the mountains, there were very few human traces along the way. As soon as I walked to Bayeli's village, I finally saw many Miao people sitting on the ground in groups, each of them looking dull, as if they had been too frightened. .
When everyone saw Xi Mu leading Qi Ning and others into the stronghold, they all stood up and their eyes fell on Qi Ning. Xi Mu said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, Duke... Our great savior is here. !”
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from not far in front: "Master of Xi Village, Master of Xi Village...!" In the sound, a group of people came over quickly. Xi Mu stepped forward quickly and said: "I will wait for you in Jinyi." Please come over here, the savior has arrived!”
He already knew that Qin Ning was promoted to Jin Yihou, but the Miao family in Heiyan Cave didn't know about it. They knew that if the Duke of the Kingdom was here at this time, no one would know who it was.
The group of people looked at Qi Ning and ran forward one after another, kneeling on the ground. Qi Ning quickly helped the leader, an old man, and said: "Get up quickly, where is Eve?"
The old man, who was over sixty years old, was helped up by Qin Ning and said in a trembling voice: "Master Marquis, you... you go into the room first to see something, we... we have been waiting for you to come over!"
Qining didn't know what the old man wanted him to see. At this time, Ximu said, "This is the leader of Qingquan Village, Father Mangwu!"
"Dad Mangwu!" Qining saluted without any airs.
Mangwu hurriedly said: "Don't dare." He raised his hand and said: "Please!"
Qining followed Mangwu's father, and the group arrived at the stilted building where Bayeli lived before. Although Mangwu's father was old, he was still in good health. He led Qining upstairs. At the end of the corridor of the stairs, there was a vertical Qining glanced at a flagpole and found that there were blood stains on the flagpole. He was shuddering and thought to himself that Bayeli's head was beheaded and hung on the flagpole. Could it be this flagpole.
Entering the room, Qining took a quick glance, but there was no trace of Eve. An ominous premonition came over his heart. Father Mangwu walked to the small table in the room, took a letter from the table and said: "Master Marquis, this was discovered early this morning. We wanted to discuss things with Eve last night, but we couldn't find any trace of her. Everyone thought something might have happened and searched all night. Early this morning, someone discovered that she was here. There was this letter on the table, and we don’t know if it was left by Eve, but someone said it wasn’t Eve’s handwriting on it.”
Qi Ning glanced at it and saw the four words "Qi Ning personally received" written on the letter. Apart from that, there was no extra writing.
Qi Ning frowned, opened the envelope, and took out the letter inside. He only glanced at it, but his face changed slightly. Seeing Qi Ning's expression, everyone around him looked at each other, and they all guessed that something might be wrong.
There is not much content in the letter, just two lines.
If you want to save her life, Fengjian Villa must rescue people. If you take one more person with you, you will kill her without mercy!
There are only about twenty words in total, and there is no signature, but the meaning is very obvious. Of course, this letter cannot be left by Eve. Instead, this letter says that Eve has been arrested by them. , if you want to keep Eve alive, you have to go to Fengjian Villa to save people.
Fengjian Villa!
Qining was worried about Eve's safety on the way here. No trace of Eve was found when he arrived this time. Although he was worried, he had been mentally prepared before, but the other party asked Qining to go to Fengjian Villa to rescue people. It was really Qining was surprised.
Of course Qining knew where Fengjian Villa was.
Fengjian Villa was once a famous place in Xichuan. The Xiang family was also a martial arts family in Xichuan. The Chengying Sword owned by his family was one of the top ten famous swords.
The leader of the Beggar Clan, Xiang Baiying, came from Fengjian Villa and initially inherited the position of owner of Fengjian Villa. However, he was trapped by love and gave up his childhood sweetheart, Suying, to Lu Shanghe, who had always admired her. He even gave Chengying Sword and Fengjian Villa were all handed over to Lu Shanghe, and they have since gone away, and Fengjian Villa has become Lu Shanghe's property.
Back then, Qi Ning had followed Xiang Baiying to Fengjian Villa. It was located in a remote place, with almost no human traces within a radius of twenty miles. It was also built on a very high ground, and the villa could overlook the surrounding scenery.
After Lu Shanghe acquired Fengjian Villa, he did not regard Fengjian Villa as a place to live. Instead, he built another Yinghe Villa. Over the years, Fengjian Villa, which was so powerful in Xichuan, had long lost its glory. Instead, Lu Shanghe's Yinghe Villa The villa became one of the eight gangs and sixteen sects, and became famous in Shu.
Qining never expected that those people would ask him to go to Fengjian Villa alone to make an appointment to rescue Eve.
Lu Shanghe!
Of course Qining would think of this person at this time.
Donghai wiped out the Jiang family and put out a huge rebellion conspiracy in the hidden danger. Lu Shanghe was in the East China Sea at the time. When the Donghai navy wiped out the Jiang family's power at sea, Lu Shanghe took advantage of the chaos and escaped, and his whereabouts are unknown.
Qi Ning had already thought at this time that since the other party had an appointment at Fengjian Villa, this incident could not be left out of Lu Shanghe's relationship.
At this time, he was once again sure that he had always suspected that there was a huge force hiding in the darkness in the Chu State, plotting ulterior secrets. It did exist, and this force was connected in series from Xichuan to the East China Sea. Strong, I'm afraid it's far beyond my own estimate.