"This note was given to me by Li Shisi at the banquet last night. No matter whether his words were trustworthy or not, he undoubtedly pointed out the place to us, and we don't have to bother to find it."

Facing everyone's doubtful or puzzled eyes, Cui Buqu said slowly.

Rong Qing's expression moved: "So, he is also the author of the three paintings?"

Cui Buqun did not answer this question, but instead talked about his discovery from these three pictures.

The first painting depicts the expression of a man in an official uniform, so the other party must be a person familiar with the officialdom. Otherwise, ordinary people would not even know what kind of clothes and colors the official rank corresponds to, and would not draw such clear directional paintings.

The corpse buried under the tree in the second painting has been discovered by Qiao Xian himself, and it has been proven to be true. Judging from the corpse and the remaining clothes, it is likely that they were victims, but why were the victims killed? If they were killing each other, no one would have buried them later, and there would be such a large burial pit. So there is only one explanation: those people were killed, and the perpetrators did not want to be discovered, so they had to bury the corpse. The flood passed by, and a lot of soil was washed away. Therefore, when Qiao Xian passed by again, he easily dug it out.

Cui Bulu said that, looking around everyone, and finally saw the shocked expression on their faces.

Rong Qing's face was pale and she stood up shakingly, and she was even more distraught: "I understand, I understand... These victims must have wanted to enter the city to escape the disaster, but were ordered to be massacred by Huang Lue!"

The imperial envoy was about to arrive, but the victims were unable to linger outside the city. This was unreasonable. However, the city was short of food. In other words, Huang Lue and the large households in the city did not want to waste food to help these victims, so they killed the victims. The victims were already so hungry that they had no power to resist in the face of this massacre.

If this speculation is true, then the entire Guangqian County, from the county magistrate to the landlords and the large landlords, may be the murderers or accomplices.

"Huang Lue deserves to die!" Rong Qing clenched his fist and slammed hard on the table, cursing fiercely.

He suddenly looked up at Cui Bugu: "I will write a memorial now, and I will report to Your Majesty, to what happened here!"

Cui Bulu asked back: "If those victims died outside the city before they arrived, Huang Lueh was buried by people in order to prevent the spread of the plague, what would you say?"

Rong Qing looked fierce: "If this is the case, how could there be any knife wounds on them!"

Qiao Xian curled his lips: "This is not easy to deal with. He said that they were killing each other when they were hungry. At that time, there was no food in the city. Huang Lu dared not let anyone in easily. As a result, he died in the end. If you have no other evidence, this matter would be a mistake of being invisible. It is already a great contribution to being able to defend a city and not to invade the flood. The merits and demerits are counterproductive, and it will not hurt or itch."

Rong Qing's neck seemed to be pinched, and there was no sound at all.

Cui Bulu said to Qiao Xian: "You go and check Li Shisi to see when he came to Guangqian County, and whether there is such a person in the Li family."

Qiao Xian took the order and left.

Rong Qing couldn't help but say, "Where is the third picture?"

Cui Bu goes: "Qixia Villa, you can go there."

Before Rong Qing could smile, Cui Buluo raised a finger.

"It's just me, it's not you."

Rong Qing was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, "Cui Zun, you can't break the bridge across the river!"

Cui Buqu smiled at his words: "If Qixia Villa is really related to this matter, then there must be strict guards inside and hidden dangers. If I don't go, would you go?"

The only two masters present, Guan Shanhai and Qiao Xian, were both Cui Bulu, so Rong Qing could not command them.

Rong Qing suddenly became depressed.

He felt that after he came here, he had collected a lot of clues and had never done anything serious.

Now I know that there are countless problems hidden here, but I can't figure out a thread.

Rong Qing's ambition when he left Beijing was vulnerable to reality.

Qiao Xian will be back soon.

Li Shisi did have someone, and it is not difficult to investigate. You can find out by asking the shop at the Li family. Moreover, because of his absurdity, no one would doubt the person who inquired about it.

"It is said that he is the distant cousin of the head of the Li family. He grew up in the countryside. He was extremely naughty and could not stand training. He could not learn and practice martial arts. He just spoke sweet words every day. He often lingers in a mess, making his elders so angry that he had to drive him to the county town and ask the Li family to arrange an errand for him so that he would not make things more and more nonsense. Unexpectedly, after he got here, he became more and more aggressive. Not only did he make the Li family happy, but he also fell in love with a man with a family and provokes peach blossoms everywhere, but he did several errands well, so the eldest son of the Li family got very close to him."

"I asked around and found out that he came to Guangqian County after the heavy rain began, about five or six days ago."

Rong Qing yelled: "The rain started ten days ago. The heavy rain caused the water level to rise and spread rapidly. It was about four days later when it flooded outside Guangqian City, which means that Li Shisi didn't see it with his own eyes!"

Cui Buqun looked at Guan Shanhai: "What do you think?"

He did not regard Guan Shanhai as a pure guard, but he looked at him with a high look. Guan Shanhai gradually tamed it, not resisting and resisting as he did at the beginning. For Guan Shanhai, it is an unchangeable fact that he did not go with his servant Cui. With Empress Dugu's emphasis on Zuo Yuezhi, his job may not be over for a while. Instead of being dissatisfied, it is better to do the job honestly.

So Guan Shanhai added seriously: "As Li Shisi's identity, it is impossible to suddenly come and get trust, so he did not witness the burial of bones under the tree with his own eyes, unless he heard from it. But even we have not received news about such an important thing, how could he learn about it in just a few days? Therefore, it is very likely that these three paintings were not from him. He would agree to Qixia Villa, which should be just a coincidence."

Cui Bugui nodded: "But I still have to go there."

Qiao Xian frowned: "God of the Envoy!"

Cui didn't go and raised her hand, and she immediately calmed down.

"Last night at the banquet, Li Shisi was born. He spoke frequently when he shouldn't have spoken, and was extremely high-profile. After him, Huang Lue, the Li family and others who should have been restrained, could not help but speak out and angered the Censor."

In the eyes of others, Li Shisi might be a fool, but Cui Buqu feels that his skills are very Fengxiao's style, and seemingly nonsense aroused the attitude of everyone present.

"The county magistrate is gentle, Huang Lue is silent, and Li Yan, the county magistrate, is more popular than the county magistrate. Ding, Li and others did not take Censor Rong seriously at all. But if Li Shisi had not climbed the high ground and called out, these people might have been chatting and laughing and joined forces to perform a feast of working together."

The Censor Rong was confused and might have written a memorial to the court asking the court to re-allocate grain again.

Rong Qing was very angry. When he woke up early this morning, he realized that he had almost fallen into the trap of Huang Lue and others, but he did not expect that he was fooled so thoroughly.

The mountains and seas are thoughtful.

Qiao Xian frowned, and she found that Cui Bugu had an unusual trust in Li Shisi.

Cui didn't decide that he was pretending to be Feng Xiao, so he focused on speculating in this direction.

But what if his speculation is wrong?

What if Li Shisi is not Feng Xiao, even if he is really Feng Xiao, he is malicious and deliberately leads Cui Wu into the trap?

"If the painting was not done by Li Shisi, who would it be?"

Cui Buyou asked Rong Qing to take out the first two paintings, and the three paintings were compared together, and the result was even more obvious.

The strokes of the third painting are obviously much rougher and casual than the first two paintings. With just a few strokes, the rat and the villa are outlined.

It means that it was drawn in a hurry, and even after the ink stains were dry, they couldn't wait to put them on, so they hurriedly sent them over.

Rong Qing didn't pay attention to it before, but now after careful look, he found a lot of problems.

"This person has good painting skills and must not be an ordinary person. If he knows these things, he must have a certain status in the county and must be able to get in touch with core secrets. Maybe it is one of those people Li and Ding."

Although he is impulsive and immature, he can prove that he is not useless after calming down.

"The third painting was delivered in the morning, which means he has been secretly observing our every move. If I had been with Huang Lue and the others last night, I would have been afraid that this painting would not have been delivered today. Mr. Cui, do you think the other party would have participated in the banquet last night?"

Cui Buqu nodded: "This person is not only not an ordinary person, but must have considerable achievements in calligraphy and painting. Although he tried his best to erase his own traces, he could still see his great painting skills. Lao Guan, go check it out. Among those who went to the banquet last night, who was good at calligraphy and painting, and had a little reputation."

Guan Shanhai left silently, and had no objection to the title of Lao Guan.

He might have realized that the situation in Guangqian County was like a mess, and it was impossible to break through the siege with martial arts alone. Cui Buqu’s existence was the backbone of everyone. Not to mention him and Qiao Xian, even Rong Qing, who was disgusted with Zuo Yue Bureau, unknowingly leaned on Cui Buqu’s and followed him.

Although Mr. Cui was sick and couldn't even lift his energy most of the time, in front of him, it seemed that all the uncertainty was settled and the problem was no longer a problem.

The breakfast was delivered soon, and everyone was a little savory. Rong Qing got up and went out for a walk after taking a few mouthfuls, saying that she wanted to think about whether there were new clues.

Maybe he also saw that Qiao Xian had something to say, so he found an excuse to leave, but Cui Buqun did not stop him.

As soon as Rong Qing left, Qiao Xian couldn't wait to say, "Empress, let me continue tonight!"

Cui Bulu said: "You don't have to worry about the mountains and seas. Feng Xiao must have his own reason for leaving this clue."

He was already sure that Li Shisi was Feng Xiao.

Qiao Xian pursed her lips.

Cui Bulu has dealt much more with Feng Xiao than himself. He is such a smart person, so he must have recognized Feng Xiao from all kinds of clues.

"But, the envoy, Feng Xiao is a member of Jiejian Mansion after all. His every move is to understand Jian Mansion. Just like last time in Tiannan Mountain, he pretended to surrender and wiped out the stronghold of the Thirteenth Floor of Yunhai in Tiannan Mountain. You were seriously injured, but he still got relics, and his skills were further improved, and even shared the credit with us. Do you think that he would come here without any purpose this time, just to remind you?"

Cui didn't go up and looked up.

"What the hell do you want to say?"

A trace of struggle flashed across Qiao Xian's face, and he knelt down directly and resolutely, looking up at him.

"I believe that your concern and trust in Fengxiao has crossed the line."

Cui Bugui laughed instead: "Oh? What is the line? Who will decide, are you?"

He was angry. Qiao Xian could hear it, but she still said it.

"Zun Xiao, Feng Xiao is not the same as us. He seems to be unruly, but he is actually smart in his calculations. Since Liugong City, he has never suffered any losses in his cooperation with Zun Zheng in the end. This time, he must have come to Guangqian County for other things. Maybe he wants you to explore the way, and he is behind the scenes to reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

Cui Bugui nodded: "I know, what you said is very consistent with his personality."

Qiao Xian: "Then why do you still believe in him!"

Why?

Cui didn't concentrate on thinking.

He remembered the knife that Feng Xiao stabbed him in the cave that day.

He was not angry at the time, not surprising, because he had already planned the cause and effect and understood the reason for Feng Xiao to do so. If Feng Xiao did not stab him, it would be stupid.

Women's kindness is not suitable for them.

But he didn't expect that Feng Xiao, who was mentioned by Fan Yun, had already left, came to find him in order to return and was entangled by Yuxiu.

If Feng Xiao left earlier, he would not have to be trapped in it by using the method he taught.

Because the other party came to look for him, he also went to look for the other party.

Perhaps from that moment, the two of them are truly entangled with each other and have no distinction between grudges.
To be continued...