The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 248 Westward Journey
Lin Zisu now had the answer in her mind. Shen Kexin made such a big circle, so it turned out that it was Qin Yajun's idea.

"Oh? Sister Xin, are you talking about Qin Yajun's cousin? She is a distant cousin of my second aunt's family. She is not familiar with her, but she has met a few times at my house."

Shen Kexin looked relieved, and then asked: "I've been hearing people talking about her these days. I don't know how much her talent is compared to my sister's."

"I'm just the light of the firefly. I can't compare with my cousin. In terms of talent, I'm afraid I can catch up with sister Yi."

Lin Zisu paused, and said with a smile: "Why did Sister Xin ask about Cousin Jun? Do you want me to introduce you?"

Shen Kexin shook her head, still with a decent smile on her face, and said, "Don't bother Sister Susu, I heard that she will also participate in the Mid-Autumn Poetry Fair, and then she will be able to see the demeanor of the most talented woman in Beijing."

After hearing Shen Kexin's words, Lin Zisu's affection for her dropped a lot.

The two chatted a few more words, and the people on the shooting range were still enjoying themselves.

On the butts of the four of them, only Luo Yue's had a few arrows sporadically stuck on it. Lin Zisu couldn't help but leaned forward and said to Luo Yue, "Ah Yue, may I help you compare them?" go down?"

The few people kept playing around in different ways, and they didn't return until the evening.

Among them, only Shen Kexin looked preoccupied. Lin Zisu simply pulled Chen Yuqi aside and asked in detail.

Regarding Shen Kexin's origin, Lin Zisu finally understood.

Shen Kexin's mother is Chen Yuqi's mother's cousin, and the two can be considered close relatives.

When Chen Yuqi sent out the invitation, Shen Kexin's mother happened to be a guest at the Marquis of Chang'an, so she followed suit and invited Shen Kexin over.

After playing around for a day, Lin Zisu forgot all the turmoil in the past and present.After getting home, I washed up and went to the front yard to have dinner with my parents.

When I returned to my yard at night and saw the candles in the room, I somehow thought of Xie Xi, and frowned involuntarily.

Guanzhong Road is far away, I don't know what happened to Xie Xi over there?
Xie Xi traveled westward for five days, and finally entered the border of Guanzhong from the middle of the river.

Traveling all the way in a hurry, mostly eating and sleeping in the open, all the way to Heyang Mansion, finally found a resting inn in the city.

Heyang Mansion is an important town in the south of Guanzhong. Although the bandits in Guanzhong are very violent, due to the barrier of Anhe, the second largest river in Dayan, the south of Anhe has not been affected by the war at all.

In Heyang City, it is still a scene of living and working in peace and contentment.It's just that many fleeing people came from the north, and there are always groups of beggars in the streets and alleys.

For this trip to the west, in order not to attract attention, Xie Xi and his party consisted of six people.

Except for Xie Xi, the other five are all first-class masters, especially Tengxiang left back Yu Shilei, who claims to be invincible all over the world.

But in the eyes of others, these people look like ordinary warriors in the escort agency, and Xie Xi doesn't need to dress up at all. He is wearing brocade clothes with a few gray marks on his body. Dude is no different.

Although the six of them were dressed in ordinary clothes, just in case, when the six of them stayed in the inn, they only took one room.

Just after staying here, before nightfall, several officials followed their tracks to find him.

The chief official spoke politely, he only said that the lord of the government had infiltrated Heyang City in order to prevent the spies of the rebels, and recently issued a strict order that anyone whose origin is unknown must be registered with the Heyang government office.

These reasons were reasonable, and they never thought about any traps. The left and right people all carried forged identities when they left Beijing, and the following provincial capitals, states and counties were determined not to see any flaws.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the Heyang government office, Shen Yandao, the magistrate of Heyang government office, didn't even look at the identities of these people, but simply asked for their names, and immediately ordered the servants in the government office to put the six people in prison immediately.

"May I ask my lord, what crime have I committed?"

Yu Shilei asked in a deep voice.

Shen Yandao originally thought that these few people who seemed to be cowering and cowering would definitely scream out of injustice when they heard that they were going to be imprisoned, and then begged himself for mercy, but he didn't expect to dare to question himself.

It is the rule of his Heyang Mansion to spot the fat sheep and then shave a layer of wool.

Hearing that these people spoke with a capital accent, Shen Yandao originally just pointed at them to scare them and extort a large sum of money.

But these few sheep dared to scream, so don't blame the killing of the sheep for bloodletting.

He snorted coldly, and said: "Have you never inquired about it when you came to Heyang Mansion? You, yes, it's you, who violated my official taboo. This is a serious crime!"

All six of them were taken aback for a moment, and after a while, Yu Shilei finally realized that his name was Yu Yan during his trip to the west, which indeed repeated one word with Shen Yandao's name.

But Shen Yandao is just a magistrate, if he avoids taboos, the common people will not be able to live.

Xie Xi unfolded the folding fan in his hand, showed a frivolous smile, and said, "Where did Master Shen say this? Six of us passed by here on business. We stayed in Heyang for one night today and left tomorrow. Is it possible? Are you going to change the name of my brother overnight?"

"Go, go, I'm not interested in this. I see you acting suspiciously, so I ask you to ask."

Shen Yandao said: "I have always been aware of every detail, and I will definitely not wrong you. Tell me, why did you come to our Heyang Mansion to commit crimes?"

"When we arrived in Heyang City, we just stayed in the inn, and we haven't done anything yet. Where did this crime start?"

"This government is called taking precautions before they happen. I'm still waiting for you murderers to kill people?"

Shen Yandao slapped the case heavily with the gavel, pointed at Xie Xi and said, "What do you thieves have to do with the rebels, why don't you hurry up and recruit them for the truth!"

After the sound, several yamen servants in the hall understood immediately, they all stood on the ground with wind and fire sticks, and they were quite imposing.

"We are decent obedient citizens of Dayan, what do you want us to confess, my lord?"

Xie Xi waited for the voices of the yamen servants to stop, spread his hands, and asked with a smile.

Shen Yandao was at a loss for words for a while, he didn't expect these people to be so dishonest, and immediately said angrily: "Okay, if you don't eat or drink as a toast, then don't blame me for being rude, come here! Put these thieves into prison , severely tortured!"

Several yamen servants saw that Fu Zun was so attentive, and knew that this was another lucrative transaction, so they rushed forward immediately and wanted to lock up the six people.

The people behind Yu Shilei were all glaring, waiting for Xie Xi's order, they were about to go forward and hold Shen Yandao.

Xie Xi put his hands behind his back and kept shaking his hands, signaling not to act rashly.

Seeing that the six people were all locked up, Shen Yandao said with a smirk: "When we come to my Heyang Mansion, if you don't take your skin off, you will be sorry for the [-] people in Heyang Mansion!"

(End of this chapter)