Shangguan Shaochen, Ling Muer and the coachman immediately chased after the crowd, but unfortunately, they still lost.
"The figure just now is indeed Nangong Yizhi, but who are those people, why did they arrest him? Could it be that they escaped from somewhere?"
Ling Mu'er felt curious, but there was no one in the early morning market at all, and the dozen or so people who ran past just now disappeared suddenly as soon as they said they had disappeared, it seems that there must be their dens nearby.
"At least we can now confirm that Nangong Yizhi's life is not in danger for the time being. As for why he was hunted down, it seems that Mu Er, you guessed it right. Maybe he escaped and was discovered by Lao Qi's people." Shangguan Shaochen analyzed, and looked around, all the houses and shops looked the same, but they were outsiders after all, and they didn't know what was hidden around them, so they must not act rashly.
"Let's go, go back to Yizhi's residence first."
When they arrived at Pingleju, Nangong Yizhi's temporary residence in Pingcheng, the secret guard who had communicated with Shangguan Shaochen had already been waiting for a long time.
"My subordinate, Mo Qing, has met the second prince and concubine."
"Get up, my prince came to Pingcheng on a micro-clothes tour under the order of the emperor, because I don't want people to know my identity. Remember, Mu'er and I are tea merchants from the capital. It is to secretly investigate the people's sentiments in Pingcheng and rescue Nangong Yizhi."
Shangguan Shaochen led Ling Muer to sit on the main seat. He didn't come to Xunyou for fun this time. If Nangong Yi didn't find it, he would be in danger for another day. "When Muer and I were going in and out of Pingcheng, we saw a The gang is chasing a person, and that person's figure looks very much like Nangong Yizhi, tell me what's going on now?"
"Master Hui, madam, the thing is like this." Anweihui reported, "When my subordinates and the son of Nangong came to Pingcheng, they were watched by people. The group seemed to know our purpose and always made up All kinds of riots prevented us from investigating. But thanks to the Lord, Nangong Shizi found clues about the Seventh Prince secretly cultivating elite soldiers seven days ago. Originally, the subordinates wanted to set off with the prince to find out the truth, but who knows what happened? It was a trap set up by the other party, the subordinate and Nangong Shizi were forced to separate, when the subordinate was seriously injured and broke through the siege to find the prince, he was already captured by them."
Hearing Mo Qing's report, Shangguan Shaochen's handsome face was serious and worried, "Seven days? You said that Nangong Yizhi disappeared for seven days?"
"That's right, my subordinates contacted other secret guards in Pingcheng to search together, but in the end, they couldn't find any news about the son. The son seemed to have evaporated from the world, so I had no choice but to pass the letter to my grandfather." " Mo Qing lowered her head guiltily, "This subordinate is not good at handling affairs, and failed to protect Nangong Shizi well, so please punish him."
"Since you have lost your master, you should be punished!" Shangguan Shaochen was furious, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry, "After finding Nangong Yi, he will deal with you personally, but now How is the situation in Pingcheng?"
"Master Hui, Pingcheng is just like what you saw when you came here. It is not as prosperous as the rumors say. Instead, it is very backward and depressed, and it is very chaotic at night. I heard that it is because five years ago, a gang named For the Heroes Pavilion, it specializes in robbing houses and bullying the people, especially in the middle of the night, the people in the Heroes Pavilion are very rampant. The local magistrate has managed it many times, but was finally defeated by him. Don't go out at will."
"Five years ago? Wasn't it when Lao Qi first came to Pingcheng?" Shangguan Shaochen narrowed his eyes, as if he had guessed something.
"Who is the owner of the Hero Pavilion?"
"Master Hui, I heard that he is a young son, but the common people have never seen his real face. I heard that he always wears a mask, but it is said that this person is extremely ugly but has excellent martial arts. Although the Hero Pavilion is dedicated to doing many evils , but the owner of the pavilion is very good at his subordinates, so many young men voluntarily joined the Heroes Pavilion, and now even Rongcheng near Pingcheng has fallen, and the scale of the Heroes Pavilion is getting bigger and bigger." Mo Qing said, In an instant, Shangguan Shaochen was furious.
"Bastard! There is such a rampant existence under the emperor's feet, the Hero Pavilion? Humph, I think it's the bear's den."
The words were obviously extremely angry, but Ling Muer abruptly made Ling Muer laugh, but soon she got down to business, "Mo Qing, you and Nangong Yizhi have not been here for a long time, but you have investigated very carefully. It seems that you have spent a lot of money. Little effort, but the person who kidnapped Nangong Yizhi was from the Hero Pavilion?"
Mo Qing nodded, "Although the subordinates have not obtained definite evidence, there are nine out of ten that they did what they did, but no matter how hard Mo Qing tried to search, he never found the den of the Hero Pavilion, so..."
He didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but one can imagine what the result would be.
Shangguan Shaochen's fist landed heavily on the table, "Hmph, there are so many gangs that specialize in robbing houses but can't find a den? Pingcheng says it's big or small, I don't believe they can show their feet!"
Now that he has a direction, he will focus on this Hero Pavilion!
"Mu'er, you and I will go take a bath and rest for a while, and when it gets dark, we will go to the Hero Pavilion." Shangguan Shaochen got up and walked towards Ling Muer, but when he didn't wait for her, he only heard '咻With a bang, a cold arrow shot from the opposite side and pierced straight into the wall between the two of them.
"Who is it?" Mo Qing was the first to respond, and immediately got up to chase after him.
After Shangguan Shaochen and Ling Muer looked at each other, they tried to pull out the cold arrow with bare hands, but Ling Muer stopped it.
"Wait, be careful, it's poisonous." Ling Mu'er reminded, and immediately took out a handkerchief to hold Leng Jian. Sure enough, the handkerchief was soon stained with a layer of black stuff, which smelled very foul.
And under the cold arrow, there was a letter.
Ling Mu'er took out the silver needle and spread the letter on the table, and the two of them looked at it carefully.
"If you want Nangong Yizhi's life, come to Pingcheng Hunting Ground tonight at Haishi, and if you are a quarter of an hour late, I will chop off one of his fingers until dawn, and you will not wait until the time is over," signed, Hero Pavilion.
Shangguan Shaochen and Ling Muer immediately looked at each other, their faces turned ashen, and at this time Mo Qing who had gone out to chase someone had also returned, and he shook his head in shame, "Master, I lost you."
"Who are these people? We lost them when we chased them early in the morning. Your qinggong is so outstanding that you didn't make it?" Shangguan Shaochen was very frustrated. Mo Qing followed behind because of the best qinggong. Nangong Yizhi's side came to Pingcheng together.
The person who even lost him, he suddenly felt that the other party was not superior in martial arts, but said that they had too many dens in this day and night!
"It seems that we have been targeted since we came to Pingcheng." Ling Mu'er said, her sharp eyes immediately looked around, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on her body unconsciously.
This kind of situation where the enemy is in the dark is really too bad.
"No, since I left the capital, I have been watched all the way!"
Shangguan Shaochen knew the truth, but because of this, he was very sure that the master behind the Hero Pavilion was Qin Xuanting.
Pingcheng is his fiefdom. How could he tolerate the existence of such a rampant gang during the past few years in Pingcheng? Then there is only one explanation. These eight achievements are established by him. It seems that the people's fat and anointment that they usually squeeze out come from here.
"Then what should we do? What if this is a trap?" Ling Muer was a little worried, "Mo Qing, where is the hunting ground in Pingcheng?"
"Why did Master and Madam inquire about the hunting ground?" Mo Qing felt very strange, but when he received the letter from Ling Muer, his face immediately changed, "Master, you can't go!"
"Didn't you see that if I don't go, they will cut off one of Nangong's fingers. It seems that Yizhi has fallen into their hands again!"
Shangguan Shaochen sighed deeply, he only regretted that his steps were a little slower, if he took another step faster, just one step, maybe he could meet Nangong Yizhi and save him.
"But the hunting ground in Pingcheng is very dangerous. It is the favorite hunting place of the merchants in Pingcheng. I heard that there are a lot of wild animals there, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The people from the Hero Pavilion must have deliberately lured you there. You can't go."
"Beasts are not a problem. I have prepared some special medicine. When beasts see me, they will just fall asleep and won't attack. I'm worried about the people in the Hero Pavilion." Ling Muer looked at Mo Qing and asked, "Do you know that hero How many people are there in Pingcheng, or how many people will they have every time they go out."
"That's right, the prince didn't bring many people this time, and Pingcheng is far away from Qingcheng, so it's too late for those who want to mobilize me, just relying on our people in Pingcheng, do you think we have a chance of winning? " Shen Ming added.
"My lord, I'm sorry to say that, if the Hero Pavilion is really prepared this time, I'm afraid we are not opponents." Mo Qing was a little frustrated.
But Shangguan Shaochen was not discouraged because of his lack of manpower, he just wanted to make a mental preparation, "Even if it is a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, as long as I can rescue Yizhi, I will make a breakthrough."
For tonight's action, after Shangguan Shaochen and Ling Muer had a short rest, they immediately asked Mo Qing to summon spies in Pingcheng. Although there were less than twenty people in total, they still came to the hunting ground according to the agreed time. .
Looking around, the entire hunting ground is spread all over the Nanshan Mountain of Pingcheng. It is not so much a hunting ground as it is surrounded by the entire mountain, and the sound of some wild animals can be heard outside the hunting ground. It seems that Mo Qing is right, here is very dangerous.
"Bring this on your body, and all the beasts will fall asleep when they smell it. The only people we have to guard against are the people in the Hero Pavilion." Ling Muer distributed a sachet to Shangguan Shaochen and the others, which she made temporarily in the afternoon. A drug that puts the beast to sleep.
Mo Qing was in charge of distributing, and after finishing, more than 20 people stood upright behind Shangguan Shaochen.
"Since the hero came prepared and issued a letter of challenge as soon as I arrived in Pingcheng, it seems that they have already set a trap here, and there must be many traps." Shangguan Shaochen said, "Everyone must be careful."
"yes!"
Shangguan Shaochen and Ling Muer walked in front, and everyone followed behind, all on alert and highly nervous.
"The person here is Shangguan Shaochen?"
