The autumn is deep.

In a prosperous city, the lights are getting tired. On the long street, the flow of people is gradually subsided.

Since Qin ruled the six kingdoms, there have been almost wars in the world.

There are high doors and deep walls in front of the door, and the guards of the county are patrolling each other.

Although he does not have the head of the essence and armor ring, he is also full of swords. Under the moonlight, the cold light is melting.

At the corner of the eaves, black shadows flow.

A team of Qin soldiers patroled past, and a pale woman walked out of the alley.

"Master!"

A black shadow jumped down from the eaves and knelt on one knee in front of the woman.

"Sanniang, are you all ready?"

"The Lord of the Hall, Yang Kai's men have all been dealt with."

Mei Sanniang raised her head with a low head, and a ray of cold light flashed in her eyes.

As a peasant disciple who had personally experienced that night of danger, Mei Sanniang had the pleasure of getting an answer on her face.

Mei Sanniang was born in the Wei Kingdom's Armored Gate and had always been happy with grudges. That night was almost wandering between life and death. Even if Mei Sanniang remembered it now, she still felt scared.

"Let's go!" Tian Yan said softly and walked out of the alley.

The patrol guard had just passed by, and everything was under Tian Yan's calculation. She walked to the gate of Yang's mansion and opened the side door gently without notice. The guards in the courtyard were already subdued by the masters of Lieshantang. Tian Yan knew that she didn't have much time tonight.

Yang Kai's cultivation is not weak, but he is not famous among the Qin army. Until now, he is just a lieutenant and his title is only a sixth-level official.

In the entire empire, there were many such middle-level generals, which were not conspicuous.

However, such a person led tens of thousands of Qin troops to encircle and suppress the wedding banquet. The four masters of the farmer's family and countless masters in the world all died in his hands.

It was late at night, and dim lights were still flashing in the house.

Tian Yan walked through the courtyard and came to Yang Kai’s study door, and gently opened the partition door in the corridor.

There were suddenly two beautiful women in his home, but Yang Kai was not surprised.

He was standing before the table, but now he put down the bamboo slips in his hand.

"You don't seem surprised!"

Under Mei Sanniang's escort, Tian Yan walked into Yang Kai's study.

As an official, Yang Kai has 700 acres of land, which is much more generous than ordinary wealthy families.

However, the decorations displayed in his study are not in line with his official title.

Simple, quite simple.

The calligraphy tables are made of the most ordinary elm wood, and the bamboo slips placed on them are also broken and the ropes tied to the bamboo slips are rotten. They can only barely tie the bamboo slips.

"What should come is always what should come, but I didn't expect that you were the first one to come to me."

Yang Kai sighed and said.

"Do you know me?" Tian Yan looked at the decorations in his study and asked with interest.

"Master of Lieshan Hall!"

"Since you know me, you should know what I want!" Tian Yan stopped his pace, stood in front of Yang Kai, and said.

The gentle woman smiled softly, but Mei Sanniang behind her looked angry, waving the long sickle in her hand and asked.

"Speak quickly!"

"As a general of the empire, I am just on orders to act. Since you have become the leader of the church, why bother to get involved?"

"Stop talking nonsense."

Mei Sanniang waved the giant scythe in her hand and wanted to go up and teach this guy a lesson, but Tian Yan reached out to stop her.

"I thought the army that attacked the wedding banquet that night was sent by Prince Qin, but later I found out that it was not like this." Tian Yan's eyes were sharp, and he looked at Yang Kai and asked.

"So who is the commander behind the scenes?"

Yang Kai smiled, drew the long sword from the sword stand and pointed at Tian Yan.

Mei Sanniang flashed and protected Tian Yan, looking at him vigilantly.

"Master Lieshan Hall, sometimes it doesn't mean it's good to know too much. I advise you to stop this matter with Mr. Yang!" After saying that, Yang Kai actually slashed his sword and killed him.

Looking at Yang Kai falling to the ground, Tian Yan closed his eyes and sighed a long time, as if regretting.

"Master, is he dead like this?"

Mei Sanniang's tone revealed incredibleness.

"There are many knights in Yanzhao. Yang Kai was originally a surrendered general of Yan State, which is a pity!" Tian Yan sighed.

"Master, look."

Mei Sanniang pointed at Yang Kai's body, and a foreign object appeared in his sleeve.

Mei Sanniang took it to Tian Yan and opened it to see it, but it was a brocade handkerchief.

The paintings on it are exquisite, delicate knitted, and embroidered and painted patterns, which seem to be a woman's object. This expensive piece of brocade handkerchief obviously forms a sharp contrast with the simple furnishings all over the room, and are a bit out of place.

Mei Sanniang said strangely: "Yang Kai is a man after all, how could he bring a woman's object?"

Tian Yan looked at the blood-stained brocade handkerchief, frowned and said, "It seems that this is not a folk thing?"

"Master, what does it mean?" Mei Sanniang has been practicing martial arts since she was a child and has never cared much about what women have to do.

"Looking at the materials and stitches of this brocade hand, it seems to be from Shaofu." Tian Yan rubbed the brocade hand in his hand and said.

"What does the master mean?" Mei Sanniang asked.

"I'm not sure yet, I want to ask Xiaolan. Before she was assigned to the eldest son's mansion, she was once a maid in the weaving room, maybe she knew it."

...

"Yes, this is indeed from the weaving room."

Xiaolan looked at the brocade handed over by Tian Yan, nodded and said, "But this is just the most ordinary fabric in the weaving room. Basically, every maid in the room has such a close-fitting object on her hands."

"Oh?" Tian Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "So, the owner of this brocade handkerchief should also be the maid in the weaving room."

"It should be." Xiaolan said in a deep voice, "but the maid from the weaver room comes from a complicated background. The princesses, concubines, palace maids of the six kingdoms, and the wife and daughters of the criminal officials are all filled in it. If you want to find the owner of this brocade handkerchief, it is afraid it will not be so easy."

Although Tian Yan is the master of Lieshan Hall and is very famous in the world, he can't do anything to investigate the matters in the deep palace.

"Master, if we want to continue our investigation, it seems that we can only rely on the power of the eldest son."

Mei Sanniang said.

"Yes, this is indeed the best choice." Tian Yan murmured, his words dragging for a long time. There was a different meaning in his words.

Mei Sanniang and Xiaolan looked at Tian Yan and were very surprised. What's there to hesitate about? She was walking in the room, as if thinking about something. After a long time, she asked, "What about the news in the clouds?"

Mei Sanniang said in a deep voice: "After Prince Qin left the frontier, the forces in the rivers and lakes in various parts of Yunzhong were very active. Not long ago, the dark spots of other forces in Yunzhong were surrounded and suppressed by the Xuan Ce army of Weizhuang. Ours were also implicated and forced to withdraw from Yunzhong. However, the last news came that Prince Qin had not led his army back."

"Crown Prince Qin went out of the frontier in midsummer, and it is now late autumn. Could it be that something happened on the way?" Tian Yan said softly, but he was a little quick while exhaling.

Xiaolan was slightly stunned, but didn't say anything, lowered her head slightly. Mei Sanniang waved her hand carelessly and said indifferently: "Who knows? The terrain in the north of the border is complex and desolate. Some places are Hu people, and they dare not enter easily. During the army's advance, they often encounter wind and sand lost their way."

Xiaolan looked at Mei Sanniang who was showing off and asked in confusion: "Sanniang, when did you have such knowledge and know so much about the North?"

"Haha!" Mei Sanniang touched her head and said embarrassedly: "I listened to the old men in the hall. They discussed it all day long, studying what routes to advance, supplies, success or failure..."

Tian Yan understood that in a sense, Prince Qin went to the frontier, it was also very popular. Because this military operation was different from the previous form, it was pure cavalry combat. Among the various schools of thought, many scholars who were proficient in military affairs were watching.

However, unlike their purely research and watching opera mentality, Tian Yan has more concern in his heart.

"Don't spread this matter for now, I have my own idea." Tian Yan said.

"Yes! Master!"

...

The first snow is on the block.

The Great Wall is covered with a layer of white frost.

The defenders of the Great Wall patrol according to daily life, but today, they have a different situation.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves has been around since the time has come, and the Great Wall defenders stopped and watched.

"Five elders, look, there are a large number of cavalry coming to us!"

The soldiers in the team obviously had not experienced a large battle and said in surprise, revealing a sense of tension in their tone.

"It's rare and strange!" The sergeant looked at the recruit who had just arrived and scolded: "Go and inform the Five Hundred Lords!"

"Yes!" The recruit quickly ran into the beacon tower and walked out of a burly man, the highest commander guarding the Yamaguchi City Pass.

The cavalrymen quickly entered the sight of the crowd from far to near. The five hundred masters narrowed their eyes and looked closely, with joy on their faces. When the cavalrymen approached, a cavalryman took off and came to the city gate and shouted: "I am the cavalry commander under His Highness the Crown Prince. I will open the city gate and prepare. His Highness the Crown Prince is coming."

The five hundred master had joy on his face, but he still asked cautiously: "Do you have any certificate?"
To be continued...