Love Like the Galaxy

In the early morning of the next day, the group continued on the road, and Uncle Ban finally woke up halfway. In fact, he was not seriously injured, it was just that he had a heart attack in the past, and he fell asleep after taking the medicine he carried with him. The other Comrade Lao Wan was really badly injured, and barely woke up for a while until he arrived at the station.

After settling in properly, Ling Budo immediately called a doctor to diagnose and treat Wan Songbai, but learned that several wounds on his front chest and back were serious injuries. Cracked, secondary trauma. So Ling Budo had to give the emperor's adoptive father a memorial, stating that there was something wrong, and asking for permission for Wan Songbai to recover from the injury for a few days before heading back to the capital.

At this time, the Shouchun war was coming to an end. This time, Ling Budo beheaded four or five generals of the Peng family, smashed two groups of enemy troops, and even won a half-attached Guo The county seat - the merits that should be made have also been made, and the remaining military merits should also be left to the other children, so that everyone can continue to sit in line and eat fruit. Therefore, after he sent someone to deliver a letter to Cui Hou, he stayed at the inn. Ban Xiaohou wanted to watch his uncle recover, so naturally he stayed.

A large group of people almost occupied the entire station. Fortunately, there is a war ahead at this time. Officials from all over the country must be on guard in place. The station is in the off-season of business. , they didn't bother about anything else.

Wan Songbai lost a lot of blood. She lay on the sickbed for two days, and sometimes she woke up in a daze. Seeing her father's weakness, Wan Qiqi was extremely sad, but she was not crying. , just hid in no one's place and gritted his teeth, secretly vowing to find the person behind the scenes to take revenge. Just when she was about to grind the thick-backed machete into a fruit knife, Wan Songbai finally woke up.

Drinking three bowls of meat and bone white rice porridge plus half a stewed chicken in one go, Comrade Lao Wan recovered 60 to 70% of his vitality, and resolutely refused the new soup medicine offered by the doctor, and half the seat was roaring and shaking. The station heard it. Ling Budo said that since the patient's spirit is so good, everyone might as well go to 'visit the patient' quickly. Shaoshang and others all agreed. In order to find an 'outsider' as a witness, Ling Wuxuan took Ban Xiaohou to him.

In the ward, Wan Songbai touched the belly of the general who had been suffocated in half, and felt distressed: "...Who is it that wants to kill me!" He had heard Wan Fu say Ling Buzhu before. inference.

"You have to ask Father yourself!" Wan Eqi said with a sullen face, "Father, tell me, have you been grumbling with others in the past few months! Bullying the lower officials, and being mean to the big clan!"

"Bullshit! Is there any Shangguan like me who is kind and talkative!" Wan Songbai and his daughter share the same decibel, "My brother Cheng Xian can barely compare with me! "

Comrade Wan roared like thunder, and Ban Jia, who was beside him, was shocked to the side. Cheng Song looked at Ling Budo in embarrassment, and hoped that his future sister-in-law would not be scared away by Cheng's in-laws. Cheng Shaogong digs his ears, but he is not surprised.

Wan Qiqi violently said: "Father is not ashamed to say this! I have never heard such brazen words!"

"Why are you embarrassed, I'm telling the truth!"

"A Fu came to you to tell me, Father, is he violent and mean!"

"Uh... the villain thinks..." Wan Fu just said five words, Wan Songbai's staring eyes swept over.

Wan Fu immediately showed his excellent domestic servant qualities and said incessantly, "The villain thinks that what the adults say to the adults is the fierceness on the face, but this is the best villain in the world. A month without a holiday is a testament to the world!"

"A-Fu, your conscience was eaten by a dog!" Wan Qiqi screamed.

"You dare to force Laozi Afu to deduct half of your dowry and give it to Zifu as a private house!"

"Cock it up!"

Seeing that the father and daughter were about to start working, Ling Budo slapped the case a few times, and said solemnly, "Master Wan, please be patient!"

Father and daughter were both a little cowardly and had no choice but to shut up.

"Sir Wan, please think about it carefully, have you never offended anyone in the past few months?" Ling Budo said.

Wan Songbai died down and thought hard before saying: "I really didn't offend anyone, this time as the prefect of Xu County, my mother specially asked an elder to be my assistant, what does the old man tell me every day? Peaceful years are not a time of war and chaos. I must be modest and magnanimous, and rule the county with kindness. To be honest, I have counted the most peaceful months in the past few decades, and I have never quarreled with anyone! If you don’t believe me, I call someone Invite Master Lu... sigh, he is old, his legs and feet are inconvenient, and his body is weak, so I didn't take him with me when I went back to the capital."

"Don't worry, three days ago, I sent someone back to the office of Lord Wan of Xu County to report a letter. Since the governor has to stay behind, this time I only invite Master Lu, the chief secretary and the staff of the Lord. , I think it will be here today." Ling Budoubt said.

Wan Songbai shyly sat back on the bed, thinking that you are very welcome, my subordinates and my staff can be called whenever you want, no wonder my brother Cheng Xian always talks about his only daughter, husband-in-law The sky looks like it's raining red.

Ling Budo put one hand on the table, and lightly tapped with her long fingers: "So, Master Wan has indeed never offended anyone, then..."

It has become a thorn in the side of people's eyes, unless it is fast."

"What are the advantages and disadvantages of Xing?" Wan Eqi muttered, "You have put money on my father's face too much, young businessman, how can he be such an ambitious person."

"Shut up! It's getting more and more unruly!" Wan Songbai glared at his daughter and said to Ling Budoubt, "Lord Ling knows, it's not my corpse being a vegetarian meal, but... adults know, Xu Who is the prefect of the county? It is Gongsun Bo, a famous person at home and abroad. I have rarely been convincing in my life, but this Gongsun Bo is really skilled and capable, and he has taken care of such a barren place in Xu County in an orderly manner."

Ling Budo nodded: "Yes. Gongsun Bo is indeed a man who can rule the world. His Majesty has heard of it, and now he has been promoted to guard in Liaodong."

Cheng Shaogong said in a low voice: "In such a remote place, there are so many foreigners, and I heard that there is also the custom of drinking blood, it seems that it is not necessarily a good thing to be valued by the emperor. "

Cheng Song hurriedly squeezed his younger brother under his sleeve, but fortunately not many people heard this, except for Ban Jia who had just shrank back.

Ban Xiaohou smiled kindly and said softly, "I would like to take a look around. The sunset desert in the distance, the Yaotai in the vast sea, is fascinating."

Cheng Shaogong covered his arms and laughed: "You can get lost even in the capital city, and you still want to see the desert and the vast sea?!"

Ban Jia blushed, bowed his head and stopped talking.

Wan Songbai continued: "...Sir Ling is right. The predecessors' policies benefited the local area, and I am not a person who is arrogant. Since I went to Xu County, I have always been Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, and have never What kind of moth New Deal has been made, and how did it touch local interests?"

This is not, that is not, everyone fell into silence, really can't think of who would kill Wan Songbai.

At this time, the guards reported that Xu Jun was coming, and Ling Budo immediately let people in. There were two visitors, an old man and a middle-aged man.

The thin old man with white hair and beard that Wan Songbai first went to help was Master Lu. When everyone saw him, they knew that Wan Songbai was too polite when he said 'legs and feet are inconvenient'. The old man's left leg was amputated from below his knees, and he made a hoarse cough from time to time, thinking that he had suffered tragic things during the war.

The other chubby, round-faced man is Master Yin, a local who was just promoted by Wan Songbai, so he fell directly beside Wan Songbai and regretted the suffering of his benefactor for a while , and scold the thief as shameful for a while.

The three of Wan Luyin talked for a long time, but what they said was the same thing. In the past few months, Comrade Wan has really cultivated his self-cultivation, amiable, and his life is very simple. In addition to studying how to have a son, he can even It is said that there is nothing to do, and all three of them do not understand who is going to kill him.

Shao Shang is restless in his heart, only a thousand-year-old thief does not have a thousand-year-old anti-thief, if you can't find out the leader lurking in the dark, God knows when Wanjia will be recruited again. This time is different from the last Qu Lingjun case, that incident was in a fixed environment, to a certain extent, similar to the werewolf killing in the Liang residence. But now this assassination case belongs to the vast sea of ​​people, there is no trace, and I don't know where to start.

Ling Budo saw that she was worried, so he shook her little hand and said with relief: "Don't worry, we can still interrogate Huang Wen, and we can also trace the origin of the group of assassins. There is no difficulty in the world, I also don't believe that there are people in this world who can cover the sky with only one hand."

Shao Shang's heart, hehe, these ancients not only lacked the spirit of criminal investigation, but also did not even have the spirit of legal system. All the fiancé wants is to not break his hand... Hey, hand?

She fixedly looked at Ling Budo's hand, white and clean, warm and slender, and her fingertips even glowed a touch of water red.

"What's wrong?" Ling Bu doubt saw that she looked wrong.

Shao Shang stroked his left arm and whispered, "Do you remember that time...you broke your arm for what?"

Ling Busu's eyes darkened.

Shao Shang said: "Because I ran into something I shouldn't have seen."

"Why all of a sudden?"

"Could it be that Uncle Wan also accidentally bumped into something."

Ling Budo was stunned, as if he had not expected it.

Shao Shang turned his head and said, "Uncle, where have you been in the past few months since you arrived in Xu Jun?"

Wan Songbai was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "What do you mean? I have been in Xu County and never left... Ah Fu, right?"

Wan Fu thought about it carefully, and said: "What the lord said is, except that you made a detour to the adjacent Chen County to the south on your way to your post, to congratulate the prefect of Chen County on his birthday, and for the next few months, You have been in Xu County... Master Lu won't let you go anywhere. Oh, by the way, the army of Cui Hou passed through our county last month, and you met the army on the side of the road, nothing more."

Master Lu twitched his beard and chuckled, Wan Songbai turned his head and said, "You heard it, it's the truth!"

Shaoshang continued to ask: "Master Lu, Master Yin, please think about it carefully. In the past few months, there have been unprovoked murders in Xu County."

Wan Songbai said: "Old Yin, you have a good memory, is there such a thing."

Master Yin looked at the roof for a while, and counted with his hands open: "Nowadays, there are no robbers in my county, and there are no murders for no reason... Well, five months ago, there was a silent woodcutter. He died at home without interest, and the clan sued his wife for murdering her husband."

Master Lu shook his head and said, "No. Later, at the foot of the same mountain, someone else died in the same way, and the county magistrate discovered that it was a strange mountain snake that would kill people several hours after being bitten. "

Master Yin said again: "Four months ago, there was a fight between two villages, and six or seven villagers returned home with blood from their nostrils and died."

Shao Shang thought that it should be intracranial hemorrhage, and said: "Since it is a fight between villages, it is not."

Master Yin's bookkeeping is indeed very good, and then he talked about several murder cases reported by the counties.

There are children who are playful and fall into the river and drown; there are idlers who are drunk and knock their heads on the bluestone; there are old people who are greedy and eat pastries stained with rat poison; There were rocks that fell, killing several farmhouses... There were only a dozen or so.

Everyone, like Ling Bu, suspected that Master Lu had understood the intention of Shaoshang, but there were also people like Wan Qiqi who were completely ignorant.

"...Walking through the water?" Wan Fu suddenly said, "The villain dares to ask the master, what is the name of the shrine that walks through the water?"

Master Yin was talking about a fire in a small remote temple. The four witches in the temple didn't have time to escape, and they all burned to death inside.

"Uh..." He thought hard, "It's like what kind of water temple is it called?"

"Is it called Dieshui Temple?" Wan Fu asked.

Master Yin thought about it for a long time, and said bitterly: "Alas, I really can't remember, our counties are prosperous ghosts and gods, there are many such rural shrines. There are many shrines in the mountains. Mountain God Temple, there is a Water God Temple by the water, even if a thicker old tree grows, there may be a sacred wood temple next to it.”

Wan Fu asked more and more tightly: "So is this shrine in the southeast of Xu County? Well, it's almost to Chen County."

Master Yin slapped his thigh and said, "That's right! It's in the south of Anguo County, and across a forest is Chen County."

"What's the matter?" Wan Songbai didn't know why, "What does this have to do with Dieshui Temple, I've never heard of it."

Master Lu sighed: "My lord forgot, four months ago, a sloppy witch who claimed to have traveled the world came to Xu County, and the lord asked him to take the hexagram for you. "

Wan Songbai blushed: "Oh, that's what happened."

"Father, you are asking for a magician again, I have to go back and tell the eldest mother." Wan Eqi said dissatisfied.

Wan Songbai scolded with a smile: "Your eldest mother is not healthy, you are not allowed to talk too much!"

"Oh, don't interrupt, Uncle, what did the sorcerer say? What does it have to do with the shrine that walks through the water?" Cheng Song grabbed his fiancee from behind, in a hurry Awaiting questioning.

"What else is there! That **** **** gave me a bad idea, saying that the southeast is a metal fire, with strong yang, which is good for men. Tell me to walk in the southeast direction for seven days Seven nights, no matter what big shrines or small shrines you see along the way, you will bow your head and be sincere!" Wan Songbai said angrily.

"Uncle, is this method effective?" Cheng Shaogong's eyes lit up.

"What kind of spirit is the spirit, ten witches and nine deceives, I'm tired and half to death, my son can't get it, and I'm so close to dying, none of the concubines are moving!" Wan Songbai felt that the old waist It's aching again, it can be said that **** is fiercer than a tiger.

Master Lu saw that there were unmarried girls like Wan Qiqi and Shaoshang in the house, and coughed lightly: "My lord is very tired, he has passed through three or four county towns, and he is still young when he comes back. got sick."

Ling Budo glanced at him, smiled slightly, and said nothing.

Wan Eqi cherished her old father in her heart, but said in her mouth, "Father will ignore everything that the eldest mother ordered, if those witches are really useful, there are already men in our family, they are all liars. Money!"

"The dead girl said it nicely, and your eldest mother told you to learn to be more virtuous and elegant. Look at your accent, the butchers in the market are more polite than you! If I were Zifu, I'd rather marry a pig butcher than you!"

"Father...!"

Master Lu coughed heavily, and the father and daughter reluctantly shut their mouths.

The old man continued: "The sorcerer is indeed here to deceive, because he was so entangled by the adults, and eagerly waiting for him to show his supernatural powers, he tricked the adults to go southeast in order to escape. Yes... Later, the lord went out, and he really found an opportunity to escape." After a pause, he asked, "A'Fu, has the lord ever been to this Shenshui Temple?"

Wanfu said: "Exactly. That day was the seventh day. The adults originally took a rest in Anguo County, and then planned to return to the police station. Who would have heard that there are still others in the countryside. In a small shrine, the adults left their entourage in the county, and only rode with the villain, intending to go back quickly. The adults were tired for days and did not pay attention to the surroundings, but the villain caught a glimpse of the facade of the small temple. ' Two words."

Shao Shang quickly asked: "What happened later?"

Wanfu shook his head and said, "Nothing happened. As before, we prayed in groups, left a few hundred dollars and left."

"Then who have you met?"

"It's very remote, there are not many people on the road, the temple is even more deserted, only four witches are repairing the damaged wall... Well, those four people, two old and two young, look like Like a family of four. But…”

"But what?" Cheng Song asked anxiously.

Wan Fu recalled the situation at that time: "As I helped the adult to step out of the door, a young man in a riding suit happened to enter."

"Why support my uncle." Cheng Shaogong interjected.

Wan Fu grinned: "The lord kowtowed more than 20 times in one go, and the kowtow was so ruthless that when he got up, everyone could not stand still!"

"A Fu! Stop talking nonsense!" Wan Songbai was ashamed.

Cheng Shaogong chuckled lightly, Wan Qiqi hated that iron could not become steel, Ban Jia and Master Yin turned their heads embarrassedly, Cheng Song hurriedly reprimanded: "Young master, don't interrupt! Afu, You went on to say, are you the only one who sees such a person?"

Wanfu scratched his head and said with a smile: "It's not just this one. When the adults and I were about to ride away, a car passed us and stopped at the entrance of the small temple. An old scribe in forties or fifty came down. Then we went."

Shao Shang's heart beat a little faster: "That is to say, these two people met in that small temple, and you bumped into them by accident. Uncle, Fu, you still remember the looks of those two people. Is it?"

Wan Songbai and Wan Fu looked at each other, and both showed embarrassed expressions—

"I can't remember the details. I vaguely think the old scribe looks familiar."

"I can't remember the details, the villain seems to have seen the young knight somewhere."

The two of them spoke at the same time, and as soon as the words fell, everyone and the master and servant were stunned.

"A'Fu, did you remember wrong? You must have seen the people I've met." Wan Songbai said.

Wan Fu is also full of doubts: "Yes, the villain will serve the adults, and they have been almost inseparable over the years."

At this moment, Ling Budo, who had been sitting silently for a while, suddenly asked with a solemn expression: "You really never separated?"

Wanfu thought for a while: "Except this time. Your Excellency is going to Xu County to take up his post, and there is no longer any delay. But before, Your Excellency has been fighting abroad for ten years, and many things have not been returned. The relatives and friends of the household wanted to present prayers and ask, so the adults and the lady went on the road first, and the villains stayed in the mansion to finish the trivial matters, and then went to Xu County to find the adults."

Shao Shang subtly felt that this matter was very important, but he couldn't grasp the point, so he could only focus on the moment: "Uncle, A Fu, can you put those two people together? Tell me what she looks like, and I'll find a painter..."

"No need." Ling Budo said, he looked at Ban Jia in the corner, "Little Marquis, please do me a favor."

Ban Xiaohou laughed: "Master Ling, don't be so polite, I finally have a place for me."

Bringing out the pen, ink, silk and silk, Ban Jia held the pen and waited. The master and servant of the Wan family started to talk about you and me. After a lot of effort, everyone who was full of expectations fell into null.

It was four months ago, and I didn't notice it at a glance. The memories of the master and servant are a little blurred; more importantly, they both look ordinary, not handsome. Ugly, neither tall nor short, there is nothing special about his face or figure.

Without a hand and a lame leg, the whole person has no memory.

Ban Xiaohou said ashamedly, "I'm not good at learning."

Shao Shang sighed: "It's not the fault of Xiaohou Ye." It's the lack of three-dimensional sketching tutorials in this era.

She looked at the two flat portraits with a single outline and abstraction, and asked Ling Budo in a low voice, "Has anyone really caught someone with this kind of portrait?"

Ling Budo glanced at her with a smile: "Why not."

Seeing that everyone was a little frustrated, Wan Songbai said carelessly: "Don't think about it, I don't think it has anything to do with those two people. I personally experienced the assassins a few days ago, but not Ordinary goods, no one can hire one hundred and eighty thousand? It's strange that the old poor ghost can afford this kind of money!"

Everyone smiled, Wan Eqi said weakly: "Father, don't keep your mouth shut and say people are poor."

Shao Shang's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly asked, "Uncle, how do you know that the old scribe is a poor ghost?"

"Because he is riding in an ox cart." Wan Songbai said casually, his tone full of pride, "The ox cart is nothing but a green ox, a yellow ox, and an old ox. They don't deserve it, it's not a poor ghost!"

With a click, everyone looked back and saw that the water bottle in Master Yin's hand fell onto the table.

"Sir, what did you say?! An ox cart? A green ox, a yellow ox?"

Ling Budo said solemnly, "You know this man, who is he?"

Master Yin was like a sifter, and said in horror: "Then...then maybe it's the county magistrate of Tongniu County...Yan!"