Accompanied by Cheng Yuan, Du Yong and his group returned to the capital successfully.

As the end of the year approaches, the capital becomes more and more lively, with lights and colorful decorations everywhere. The heavy snow and biting cold wind have not stopped the neighbors from going out to buy New Year's goods.

Du Yong went down to practice for several months, but he was not used to this kind of excitement. He looked left and right and sighed secretly.

Seeing this, Du Mou said curiously: "Brother Yong, why are you sighing?"

"fine!"

Du Yong shook his head, remained silent for a while, and suddenly said, "For some reason, I think Huaili County has a more lifelike atmosphere. Although it is not that lively, it is more comfortable."

Du Mou laughed in silence: "Is the landlord addicted to being a landlord, right?"

Cheng Yuan laughed and said, "I know why, because there are many powerful people in the capital and many rules, you have to be careful at any time. However, you, Mr. Du, the most noble in Huaili County, cannot even control you in County Nie, so you feel comfortable."

Du Yong frowned slightly and murmured, "Is that true?"

Cheng Yuan nodded and said seriously: "Of course this is the case. Think about those little people, are you as comfortable as you usually?"

Du Yong thought about it, gave a thumbs up, and smiled bitterly: "The old captain hit the nail on the head, it really brings freedom from identity!"

He paused and sighed: "But big families also have difficulties with big families. For example, when the Du family's female family was assassinated this time, I was thinking about who was doing it all the way."

Cheng Yuan patted Du Yong on the shoulder and comforted him: "The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. Just do your duty!"

Du Yong let out a long sigh and grinned: "Thank you!"

Cheng Yuan waved his hand and said he was not polite. Suddenly, "There is one more thing you need to pay attention to!"

Seeing that his expression was so serious, Du Yong panicked and asked quickly: "What's the matter?"

Cheng Yuan lowered his voice: "Miss Cheng's affairs!"

Bang!

Du Yong patted his forehead hard, and was very upset and muttered: "Is that matter not over yet?"

When he returned to Beijing last time, Jiang Buping revealed that the second highness Pei Huo might pursue the daughter of a big shot.

After returning to Beijing, it was confirmed that the big man was Cheng Jiping, known as Cheng Fourth Master, Duke of Iron Hat, and was very famous, so Miss Cheng was naturally his daughter.

If Pei Huo could marry a lady, he would naturally find a powerful family to be an ally.

However, before Pei Huo could openly express his attitude, a rumor suddenly spread among the people that the Fourth Master had a crush on Du Yong and wanted to marry his daughter to Du Yong.

At that time, Cheng Siye was not in the capital, but the rumors became more and more fierce. Du Yong tried hard to refute the rumors but failed and had to leave the capital in a hurry.

Du Yong said indignantly: "It's been so long since the incident has passed, are the rumors still spread?"

Cheng Yuan nodded: "I haven't stopped at all."

Du Mou also echoed: "Brother Yong, the key is that Master Cheng Si has never denied the rumors. Miss Cheng did not denied the rumors. At the poetry meeting, many people asked her about this, but she laughed but didn't answer, which made people even more curious."

Du Yong murmured, "Is that little girl a slut? I haven't seen her before, and I don't even know her name. What is her intention to make people feel angry like this?"

"No way?"

Cheng Yuan grabbed his head and said seriously: "Brother Du, you and Miss Cheng are both descendants of famous families, and have you never met?"

Du Yong sneered: "Didn't you say it just now? There are many powerful people in the capital, so how could they meet all of them? To be honest, Miss Cheng and I are just two kinds of people. I am a gangster on the street. She is a poetic party. Can you meet me?"

Cheng Yuan said again: "But I heard that Miss Cheng is Miss Xie's best friend. You are so familiar with Miss Xie, but you have never met Miss Cheng before. Isn't it strange?"

Du Yong said, "Xie Caiyan said something else. She is the master who often goes to brothels to watch singing and dancing. Can other ladies compare with each other?"

Cheng Yuan thought about it, nodded and smiled, "It makes sense!"

Du Yong put aside his distracting thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Now I can't care about Miss Cheng's rumors. I want to start investigating the case. Where is the crazy beggar being detained now?"

Cheng Yuan replied: "The prefect of the capital originally wanted to investigate the case, but was intercepted by Dali Temple, so the suspect was detained in Dali Temple."

"Home!"

Du Yong nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "Who is responsible?"

Du Mou replied: "Because my uncle has to inquire at any time, Lord Wang is personally responsible for the case."

Although Wang Mukun is the top leader of Dali Temple, he has a good relationship with Du Zongcheng and is in charge of the case personally.

Du Mou sighed: "Brother Yong, it's not that I want to pour cold water on me. Uncle and Lord Wang are there? Even they can't find clues. It's difficult for you to check it out."

Du Yong said lightly: "Of course I know it's difficult, but fools will get one thing, maybe I, a cobbler, have some use."

After walking past the master's elder sister and coming to the west of the city, Cheng Yuan offered to say goodbye: "Brother Du, I will take the lead!"

Du Mou quickly stopped: "Captain Cheng, you have arrived at the door of your house. At least you have to come in and have a drink of hot tea? You just leave like that, and others will see Brother Yong and me like this in the future."

Cheng Yuan waved his hand and said seriously: "I just want to escort you all the way. Now I have arrived smoothly and I can leave with peace of mind. Now is not the time to drink tea, so let's talk about it later!"

Du Yong took out a silver note and stuffed it into Cheng Yuan's hand.

Cheng Yuan was stunned and turned angry: "Brother Du, what are you doing?"

Du Yong explained: "It's not for you. If you leave the Gangwei and come to escort us, the burden of the brothers in the team will become heavier. This little money is for the brothers to have a glass of wine. It's not easy to get cold weather, so warm your body."

Cheng Yuan then accepted the silver notes and sighed: "Brother Du, you are still the same, always so generous."

After saying that, he bowed his hand and turned around and left with ease.

After Cheng Yuan left, Du Yong ordered Lingling and Qingyao: "I'll go to the Marquis' Mansion, you two will go home first and clean up the house. I don't know if I can come back tonight. If you don't come back, you can have dinner by yourself and don't have to wait for me."

Qingyao and Lingling nodded obediently, turned around and went home.

Du Yong and Du Mou did not waste time and went directly to the Marquis' Mansion.

The atmosphere in the Hou Mansion was very serious. The servants stood in the corridor outside the living room with their heads down, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Du Zongcheng, Du Zonglong and Du Qiong were discussing things in the living room. Du Zongye was very busy with his job and did not arrive. Liang He led his team to Pingzhou to do things and had no time.

Seeing Du Yong and Du Mou appear, Du Zongcheng was obviously stunned, stared at Du Mou, and said furiously: "Du Mou, what's wrong with you? Didn't you tell you Brother Yong?"

Seeing that his uncle was so angry, Du Mou was startled on the spot and gestured anxiously, but he couldn't say anything to defend himself.

Du Zonglong wanted to smooth things over for his son, but he didn't dare to speak out.

Gu Zi

Du Yong quickly spoke: "Uncle, don't be angry. My brother went to Huaili City just to tell you about your warning to me. He didn't say anything else. I felt very strange when I saw him worried. After asking again and again, he spoke."

Du Mou secretly breathed a sigh of relief and felt very grateful.

However, Du Zongcheng was not so easy to fool, and shouted on the spot: "Xiao Yong, don't smooth things over for him!"

Xuan looked at Du Mou again: "I thought you would be more steady as the captain of Weiwei Temple, but I didn't know that you could not even hide anything. Xiao Yong was alone in Huaili City, not only had to face the various bandit troops, but also had to undertake the task of developing Huaili County. He was under great pressure and might be confused. I wanted to tell him to be low-key and careful. The reason I sent you was because I didn't have enough weight to send others to the city, but what did you tell him about the capital?"

Du Mou quickly apologized: "Uncle, this is my fault. Don't be angry, don't get angry and hurt your body."

Seeing that he admitted his mistake, Du Zong did not continue and withdrew his cold gaze.

Du Yong stepped forward and hammered the back for Du Zongcheng: "Uncle calmed down, just treat me as a rest and take a break to see my family. In fact, I am not under such pressure in Huaili County. I even planted two acres of land, and I planted radishes and rapeseed. I occasionally exchanged my experiences with the old farmers. Feiziying doesn't have to worry for the time being. County Magistrate Nie and I have carefully evaluated that if Feiziying wants to fight back, at least we have to wait until spring is in full bloom."

Du Zongcheng nodded slightly and seemed to have a little anger.

Du Qiong and Du Mou were deeply moved. After all, Du Yong was led by his uncle and spoke more importantly.

Du Zonglong took advantage of the situation and chuckled: "Xiao Yong, do you still grow vegetables?"

Du Yong nodded: "It's very good. I even picked it and fried it. Uncle Fourth, when Huaili City was just rebuilt, the price of vegetables was even comparable to pork, and they were all wilted, so I thought about growing vegetables. The people also planted a lot of rapeseed, and they were all waiting to squeeze oil and sell it for next year."

Du Zonglong said oh: "That's pretty good. It seems that Huaili County has recovered a lot!"

"yes!"

Du Yong nodded and added: "Daily goods, medicinal materials, and meat still have to rely on Ganzhou City and Chuanming County. I heard that many gangsters in Pingzhou came to Ganzhou and took advantage of the heavy snow to rob the caravan, which would definitely affect the transportation line in Huaili County."

Du Zongcheng interrupted: "It seems that there is a team in Huaili Army that specializes in protecting transportation lines, right?"

Du Yong explained: "The Huaili Army now has a total of 3,000 troops, of which 2,000 were directly led by the magistrate Nie, responsible for defending the city. The remaining 1,000 troops were all elite, led by two Shaowu captains. The captain who protected the transportation line was Gao Qian. Although there were 500 people, it could not protect such a long route. Moreover, he was not a special one, because he had to help suppress the Feizi Camp at any time. However, Dali Temple divided the staff to help, and I saw the old captain of the Feng Group on the way."

Du Zongcheng nodded: "That's good!"

After saying that, Du Yong got to the point: "Uncle, fourth uncle, is that beggar really having a brain problem?"

Du Zonglong nodded: "Strictly speaking, it's half a mentally retarded."

Du Yong frowned: "If you are mentally retarded, how could you suddenly take out a dagger and hurt someone?"

Du Zonglong smiled bitterly: "I have seen the imperial doctor, Doctor Liu, and I have also found a master of the Qi Zong. The conclusion is that they are all mentally retarded. As for why he suddenly took out a dagger to hurt people, there is no conclusion at present. To be precise, no one dares to make a conclusion."

He paused and continued, "He was an orphan since he was young and had no relatives. For so many years, he has been begging at the entrance of the temple. Neighbors nearby often give alms, and they have similar impressions of him. He is a poor child."

Du Yong asked, "If there are no relatives, does he have any partners?"

Du Zonglong shook his head: "There are a few little beggars who often stay with him, but they are not partners. They often bully him and always rob him of food and copper coins he begs for. Those little beggars have been interrogated one by one, and they are just the kind that will pee their pants when they are scared, so there is no problem."

Du Qiong continued: "The dagger has also been checked. It is very ordinary in style. Almost every weapon shop is produced. It is still very worn. It should have been picked up from the garbage dump."

Du Yong felt a headache: "It sounds like I can't do it!"

Du Zonglong sighed: "It's true that there is no way to start. The most important thing now is to pray that the fetus is fine."

Speaking of the fetus, Du Yong asked for instructions: "Uncle, I'll go see my uncle?"

Du Zongcheng nodded: "By the way, I help comfort the old lady. She was so scared that she has not recovered yet."
To be continued...