Taoting was built by the water, and the back wall was facing the calm Taoshui. More than a dozen small boats on the Taoshui were busy. It was the person who was sent by Taoting Chief Taoting to find the body.^//^[But they had been busy for a day and still had nothing. The chief pavilion did not dare to give up, especially when they saw General Liu Xiu, coming in with a ferocious look on his face.

Liu Xiu sat in the room without saying a word. The eldest princess was carefully with him. Li and Guo Jia and his son were waiting by the door. The head of the pavilion stood outside the door with fear and did not dare to breathe. The eldest princess had already gotten angry this morning. Although General Wei did not lose his temper after he arrived, his eyes were three more terrifying than losing his temper.

"Removing everyone." Liu Xiu's voice was a little hoarse, "The Tao Shui River flows without rushing. If it was falling into the water, it would have been discovered long ago."

The eldest princess waved her hand quietly and signaled the pavilion leader to press what Liu Xiu said to do.

"You can tell me the process of discovery again." Liu Xiu closed his eyes and raised his head slightly.

After parting with Liu Xiu yesterday, the eldest princess and the others did not walk fast, so they stayed in Taoting in the evening. Tang Yingzi lived in the room next to the eldest princess. She was originally accompanied by a maid, but she had fun with Guo Jia these two days, and Li was accompanied by him at night. The journey was exhausted, and everyone was tired of sleeping, so they washed and went to bed to rest early. This morning, Li got up first and went to see the two children, but found that only Guo Jia was in the bed. She originally thought that Tang Yingzi got up early and didn't care much, but later when she was having breakfast, she didn't see Tang Yingzi appear, so she became alert.

When everyone searched inside and outside the pavilion, they didn't see Tang Yingzi's shadow, and then everyone realized that Tang Yingzi was missing. Guan Yu immediately checked inside and outside the room, but found no traces. The windows in the river were open, but the screens that blocked the mosquitoes were closed properly. The door was also closed properly, without any signs of opening. The room was not messy, and Tang Yingzi still had a sleeping look on the bed where she slept, and even her coat was there, but her shoes were gone.

In a word, Tang Yingzi suddenly disappeared.

Liu Xiu had heard about the incident and carefully checked the relevant details, but to be honest, he was not a criminal investigation expert and did not find any more clues. The windows were closed and the doors were closed. If Tang Yingzi went out by himself, how could she go out? If someone kidnapped her, how could he move her away? It would be possible to not disturb Guo Jia and his son. But how did he close the doors and windows?

Could it be that Guo Jia and his son are introverted? This idea just emerged. Liu Xiu shook his head and rejected it again. Guo Jia and his son are very grateful to him now and should not do such a thing, at least they cannot find a motive at the moment.

"General, Henan Yin He Jin, Luoyang Order Zhou Yi is here." Guan Yu walked to him and said quietly.

Liu Xiu raised his eyelids and sat there motionlessly, watching He Jin and Zhou Yi walk in panting. He Jin smiled all over his face. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Liu Xiu's face. He licked his thick lips and swallowed the words back. Zhou Yi was a little unhappy, and with a stern face, he bowed: "I don't know what important thing is that sir, I'm waiting for me to come?"

The eldest princess lowered her face. Zhou Yi knew that Liu Xiu was in a bad mood now and said this on purpose, obviously he wanted to find a prick. She wanted to scold Zhou Yi, but the eldest princess was actually not strong for a few days, otherwise He Jin and Guo Xun would not have occupied the fiefdom at the beginning. Although she felt that she should say a few words for Liu Xiu, she didn't know what to say.

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes: "A girl in my family is gone here. One of you is Henan Yin and the other is Luoyang Ling. What do you think I have to ask you for?"

Zhou Yi pretended to be surprised: "Girl? Is it your daughter? Oh, that's too careless."

"It's not my daughter, it's a girl I adopted." Liu Xiu raised his lips slightly and his fingers flexed twice, "It's about the same age as your son Zhou Jie."

Zhou Yi's face turned cold and he didn't dare to say anything. He now has two sons, the eldest son Zhou Jie and the second son Zhou Yu. Zhou Jie was eleven or twelve years old this year, just as old as the missing Tang Yingzi. Liu Xiu deliberately mentioned Zhou Jie, of course not just to explain his age. However, he was also angry by Liu Xiu's unreasonableness and stood aside with a sinister face and said nothing.

The eldest princess walked behind Liu Xiu and stroked her hand on his shoulder. Liu Xiu's shoulder muscles were tight, looking like a vigilant tiger, and could pounce on it at any time. She sighed and patted her gently. Liu Xiu held her in his back hand, exhaling a long breath, "Get paper and pen."

The paper and pen were brought, and Liu Xiu drew a portrait of Tang Yingzi. When Tang Yingzi's round face was vividly revealed on the paper, a drop of tears fell down and wet the paper. Seeing that Liu Xiu was out of control, the eldest princess quickly took a step forward and stuffed the portrait into He Jin's hand: "Please press this image to find someone immediately and offer a reward of 100 gold. As long as there is news, there will be rewards."

He Jin responded timidly, took the portrait and left with Zhou Yi. The eldest princess turned her head and signaled everyone to withdraw first, comforting Liu Xiudao: "Husband, it is my responsibility to disappear. If you are unhappy, just say it. But as a general of the guard, you have lost your etiquette in front of everyone, which is inappropriate. Besides, Yingzi is not young anymore, and she has always been clever, and maybe you will find a chance to escape soon. Maybe you should not worry too much."

Liu Xiu nodded, raised his face, his eyes were red. The eldest princess felt sore when she saw it, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away his tears.

"Princess, do you know what it feels like if a person suddenly goes to a completely unfamiliar environment, opens his eyes and doesn't recognize a single person?"

The eldest princess didn't understand what he meant and looked at him quietly.

"I believe that only Yingzi and I have had this feeling. She is still a child and has suffered such pain once. She should not suffer a second time. No matter who it is, if I catch it, I will definitely make him regret it."

The eldest princess sighed faintly: "Although I haven't encountered this situation, I'm not much better. When the late emperor passed away, the three of us were trapped in the mansion. The eldest sister was fine, and she always had her own home. Who else did my second sister and I know besides a few Emus? At that time, we only knew that the late emperor had passed away, but we didn't know that we had no father anymore."

Thinking of the days before, the eldest princess' eyes turned red. Liu Xiu pulled her over and sat on his lap, gently hugged her waist, and put her chin on her shoulders: "Princess, Yingzi doesn't want her biological father, she is willing to follow me. I can't sit still and watch her suffer. He Jin and Zhou Yi probably can't find any clues, I want to find them myself."

"Where are you looking for it?"

"The situation here is very strange. I don't think it's possible for ordinary people." Liu Xiu's waist thrust up and his voice became cold: "If I guess well, it's related to the person who falsely passed the edict of His Majesty and transferred me from you."

"Fake a false edict from Your Majesty?" The eldest princess took a deep breath.

Liu Xiu briefly explained his guess. After arriving at the Pass, a eunuch passed the emperor's edict and asked him to rush back to Luoyang City immediately, but after entering the palace, the emperor did not show any anxiety. At that time, he thought that the emperor was just a habitual neuroticism, but now he felt that there might be ghosts in it, plus the news that Liu Yunshuang told him. He felt that Tang Yingzi was probably kidnapped by the Taiping Dao people. The disappearance of Tang Yingzi was very strange. It was in line with the behavior of the people in the Taoist sect.

After listening to Liu Xiu's analysis, the eldest princess also felt it was reasonable. They immediately set off and rushed back to Luoyang City. Liu Xiu entered the palace and told the emperor about someone's edict and Tang Yingzi's disappearance. The emperor was furious and asked someone to call the eunuch who made the eunuch. Unexpectedly, after the eunuch came, he sweared that he had just heard it wrong. No one instructed him, and he would not change his words even if he was beaten to pieces.

The eunuch did not let go. Liu Xiu refused to give up. He came to Jinglu, Mangshan and found Mrs. Lu directly. After telling the situation, he asked Mrs. Lu: "As far as you know, is there anyone on Taiping Road able to kidnap Yingzi in this situation?"

Mrs. Lu was shocked. Without Liu Xiu's own words, she also felt that this should have been done by Taipingdao.

"Just just ** techniques, the eight disciples of Taiping Dao should do it." Mrs. Lu said, "Li is a woman and Guo Jia is a child. It is fascinating them and asking them to get up and open the door and close the door, etc. should be a trivial matter." She raised her head and looked at Liu Xiu: "Do you want me to help?"

"No." Liu Xiu shook his head, "Zhang Jiao is now an official in the court, so I don't need to deal with people from the world. Besides, you used to be a fellow disciple, so it's not good to have a good time for my affairs."

Mrs. Lu wanted to speak but stopped.

Liu Xiu then returned to Luoyang City and ordered Guan Yu to order heavy armored soldiers. Zhang Fei brought two hundred personal guards and more than 300 people to go straight to the base of Taiping Road in Luoyang. Liu Xiu was familiar with this place, which was the former residence of the first Luoyang Renzhi family and the Ping family. After the Ping family was destroyed, the emperor rewarded Zhang Jiao here and became the Jinglu of Taiping Road. After Zhang Jiao became an official, Ma Qiang and Ma Yuanyi presided over it.

When he saw more than 300 fully armed warriors, the people from Taiping Road were shocked and hurriedly closed the door and went in to report. Liu Xiu waved his hand, and Guan Yu rushed forward in two steps, kicking the door with one kick. A black door collapsed, knocking the two Taiping Taoist priests hidden behind the door to their heads and screaming in pain.

"Let Ma Qiang come out." Liu Xiu walked into the yard with his hands behind his back and expressionless face. Guan Yu followed closely with a heavy armored soldier, one by one, one by one, like a fierce and evil spirit.

Tang Zhou rushed out surrounded by several Taoist priests. When he saw the scene in front of him, he became angry and rushed forward and shouted loudly: "Which camp are you from? You don't have eyes, how dare you smash the gate of our Taiping Road?"

Before he finished speaking, Guan Yu took a big step and rushed to Tang Zhou in two steps. He raised his hand and slapped him in the face. With a crisp "pop", several teeth mixed with blood flew out of Tang Zhou's mouth. The originally arrogant clamor suddenly turned into a sob.

"Let Ma Qiang come out and talk to me." Liu Xiu walked to Tang Zhou. Tang Zhou's face was covered in blood and frightened. He stared at Liu Xiu, but refused to bow his head. Just as he was about to say a few harsh words, Liu Xiu stretched out a finger to block his lips and shook it gently: "Don't talk nonsense, it annoyed me. I'll send you back to my hometown now. Jinan seems not far from Mount Tai."

Tang Zhou was frightened by Liu Xiu's murderous gaze and dared not say a word again.

"What's the matter?" Ma Qiangbu rushed out. When he saw the scene in front of him, he frowned, put Chen Tai on his arm, and saluted: "It turned out to be General Wei. I don't know who provoked General Wei and was going to get so angry?"

Liu Xiu slowly walked to Ma Qiang, circled him twice, reached out to wipe his white Taoist robe, his voice was so calm that there was no trace of emotion, like the ice that had been going on for years. "Ma Qiang. As the head of the eight disciples, you must know the Saint Aunt?"

"Saint Aunt?" Ma Qiang was uncomfortable when he saw it, and Qiang laughed: "She just ran from me. Of course I know, isn't she in the general's mansion?"

"It was originally there, but she just disappeared." Liu Xiu turned to him and stood still, with his hands behind his back, lowered his head, and looked at the tip of his boots. After a while, he raised his head and looked at Ma Qiang coldly: "She was originally the saint of your Taipingdao, but now she is already from my General Guard's Mansion, you can't just rob him."

"Get back on the robbery?" Ma Qiang was shocked, "You mean, the Holy Aunt... is gone?"

"Don't pretend to be confused with me." Liu Xiu interrupted Ma Qiang's words roughly: "I know. What you want is not her. But this ring." Liu Xiu raised his hand and showed the ring in front of Ma Qiang: "Although this ring was not originally from you, I am willing to give this ring to you now, as long as you send Yingzi back safely."

Ma Qiang's eyes lit up, and then shook his head again: "General Wei, you misunderstood. We do hope that the Saint Aunt will return to the Taoist sect. But we really didn't rob her, at least... I don't know."

Liu Xiu frowned: "Don't you know?"

"I really don't know." Ma Qiang nodded vigorously, as if he was afraid that Liu Xiu would not believe it. "However, the Holy Aunt is bound to be with me. I am willing to mobilize the disciples of Taipingdao to search together."

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes and looked at Ma Qiang motionlessly. He didn't believe Ma Qiang's words. Ma Qiang's eyes looked at the ring were too enthusiastic, and there was a lot of room for regression in his words, which showed that he was pretending to be confused and was just to get a good price.

"I don't care what you say." Liu Xiu shook his head, "I only have one sentence. Within ten days, you will send Yingzi back to me intact and I will give you the ring. Otherwise, the next time I visit the door, you will be more than this door."

Ma Qiang looked at the cracked door and smiled bitterly: "General Wei, although we have some celebrations, we don't have any deep hatred after all, so why bother? The great wise mentors are officials of the court. Our Taiping Road preached in Luoyang with the permission of the emperor. There are also many dignitaries and nobles in our sect. If you break up my door, have you passed?"

Liu Xiu sneered, turned around and left: "Remember, if I can't see Yingzi in ten days, it will be more than just the gate." He stopped at the door and turned around to look at Ma Qiang: "I will not only demolish your house, but also kill you like the Ping family."

After saying that, he waved his chin: "Give them a look."

"Here." Guan Yu replied loudly, waved his hand, and the heavy soldiers rushed over in an orderly lineup, colliding with their bodies on the front wall. With a loud "boom", half of the wall collapsed and dust flew.

Ma Qiang and his disciples were stunned, watching Liu Xiu take the man away without moving. He did not doubt at all that if Liu Xiu was stimulated at this moment, these three hundred burly men would never be here to show off.

"Master, what should I do... this?" Tang Zhou covered his swollen face and said vaguely.

Ma Qiang took a deep breath, frowned, turned around and walked in, and ordered as he walked: "Immediately arrange someone to look for the saint around Luoyang, and urgently report to the great wise and good teachers. Liu Xiu is willing to exchange the saint with his rings."

"But... we don't have the Saint Aunt."

"We have no calamity, which does not mean that others have no calamity." Ma Qiang raised his eyebrows, and his unhappiness was beyond words. "If you don't inform me, you will take action in Luoyang. Do they still take me seriously?"

"Master, are you talking..." Tang Zhou suddenly understood. Just as he was about to speak, Ma Qiang glared at him. Tang Zhou understood and quickly closed his mouth.

Qingyi Mountain, Tangxi Pavilion, Zhang Jiao was wearing black armor and stood with a sword. Not far away, Bu Yi was leading more than fifty soldiers to a small mountain pass. The mountain pass was guarded by more than twenty people, and these people were quite organized. There were spearmen, sword and shield hands in front, and crossbow hands behind them. Relying on the favorable terrain, he stubbornly blocked. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, more than a dozen Taoist priests were injured, and seven or eight bodies were hiding at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Jiao did not move, and he patiently waited for Bu Yi to arrange a new round of attacks. At the beginning, he was also very anxious, but now he was not anxious. He felt that being able to have people who have been in actual combat in northern Xinjiang as opponents and to train the combat capabilities of his disciples is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you let it go easily, it would be a waste of resources.

Bu has arranged twenty crossbowmen to cover the mountain. He divided the remaining people into two groups and climbed up from the hillsides on both sides. The hillside was not very steep, and the dangerous ones were those crossbowmen. However, with the cover of the crossbowmen at the foot of the mountain, the people on the mountain felt pressure. They fought back and blocked the people who climbed up from both sides. They were a little busy and the rain of arrows became much sparse.

Wu Fu was very anxious. He only had a dozen bows and crossbows now, so it was impossible to cover everything. However, if one side could not take care of it, the other party might take advantage of the loopholes. He and Zhang Jiao had fought for half a month, and the situation was getting more and more difficult. He found that he had made a mistake. Although there were no mountains in Runan, there were many water seeds. The knights he brought were difficult to play. He could only fight on the horse and foot. Although these people were good at fighting on the horse and foot, their power was greatly reduced. And those local recruited troops were too poor in combat. If these knights were not supported, they would have been defeated by Zhang Jiao long ago.

Wu Fu felt that he underestimated Zhang Jiao, and Yuan Shao also underestimated Zhang Jiao. They thought that the county soldiers Zhang Jiao could command were all from Runan and would not work hard for Zhang Jiao. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiao also had the appeal in Runan. He summoned two or three hundred Taiping Taoists who were well-versed in martial arts and formed a unit that was completely obedient to him. Most of those people were civilians and were always dissatisfied with the powerful families. They fought and were afraid of death and continued to fight. While making great sacrifices, they also matured at an incredible speed and did not attack as stupidly as they were at the beginning.

Of course, Zhang Jiao's command is also an important reason. It is his progress that has enhanced the combat effectiveness of believers. His martial arts are very powerful. Once he enters the battlefield, it is often the most uncomfortable time for Wu Fu.

Bu Yi climbed up. He held a large shield, his body hidden behind the shield, his eyes staring at the crossbowmen on the hillside. Once they pointed the arrow at him, he squatted down. Once the crossbowmen went to deal with others, he held the shield forward. He did not climb fast, but was very steady, approaching the hillside step by step.

Wu Fu couldn't hold back his anger. When Bu Ye had climbed ten steps away, he ordered his personal guards to attack and must drive Bu Ye down. If he could kill him, it would be better.

Twenty personal guards who had been raising their energy roared and rushed out of their hiding place, holding up their swords, and pounced towards Bu Yi. Bu Yi was waiting motionless, and suddenly shouted: "Shoot the arrow!"

The crossbowman who had already prepared at the foot of the mountain shot arrows at the running soldiers. Although the soldiers were guarding against the archers on the side, there was inevitably some inadequate protection when running. Two people were shot into the vital points and fell to the ground in pain. Four people were slightly injured. While running, they pulled out the arrows on their bodies. The formation that originally covered each other was a little messy.

Bu Yi seized this opportunity, roared and rushed up with people. They joined together, and the arrows at the foot of the mountain stopped, so as not to hurt their own people by accident. Bu Yi and the others were not greedy for merit. Several people rushed forward, chopped down two first, and then immediately turned the attack into defense, entangling the soldiers.

Zhang Jiao at the foot of the mountain saw this scene and smiled, waved his hand: "Peng Tuo, come on, bite them."

Peng Tuo, who was stout, had long been excited to see that he hurriedly brought more than 30 people to support Bu Yi.

"He Yi, you will also bring thirty people to control the other side. This time you will have to catch Wu Fu no matter what."

The thin and tall He Yi responded, called thirty people, and rushed towards the other side.

Wu Fu was shocked and did not dare to fight again, so he quickly ordered a retreat. Bu Yi was not willing to let go. He shouted, and the soldiers who had originally gathered together dispersed and sang their opponents tightly. Wu Fu didn't care about too many, turned around and ran away, and soon disappeared in the mountain valley. Seven or eight soldiers who failed to escape were surrounded by the Taiping Taoist believers who rushed up, and died and surrendered.

Zhang Jiao was very satisfied. At this moment, Ma Qiang sent the news that Tang Yingzi was missing, and Liu Xiu wanted to use his finger ring to exchange for Tang Yingzi. Zhang Jiao was shocked: "Is the Saint Aunt missing?"

"Yes, Henan Yin and Luoyang Order have issued a reward, and the Holy Aunt is really missing."

"Who did it?"

"I don't know." The confidant sent by Ma Qiang was surprised to see Zhang Jiao's face. Ma Qiang always thought it was done by someone arranged by Zhang Jiao, but now looking at Zhang Jiao's face, it seems that he doesn't know either.

Zhang Jiao quickly understood what Ma Qiang meant. He shook his head and showed a meaningful smile. (To be continued!!!
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