"Big brother, what exactly is in the wooden box that the shopkeeper gave you before?"

After returning home, Ran Qiunian followed Xiao Yin to his study, facing the wooden box on the table, Ran Qiunian's eyes were full of curiosity.

It's not easy to talk outside, there are only the two of them around at this moment, and Ran Qiunian has no scruples when he speaks.

Seeing that Xiao Yin didn't stop her, she reached over curiously, picked up the box on the table, and played with it in her hand.

"This box seems to be a trap box, and it's hard to open from the outside."

Ran Qiunian was surprised to find that there was not a trace of a lock on the outside of the box.

She picked it up and shook it gently in her ear, and she could clearly hear the sound of the contents hitting the box, but she turned the box over and over again and looked at it in her hand, but she could not find the place to open it.

"Big brother, can you open this box?"

Ran Qiunian couldn't open the box, so he had to return it to Xiao Yin and look at it with a blank eye.

The origin of this thing, the shopkeeper Wang himself can't tell clearly, only that he picked it up from the shopkeeper's shop. The money shopkeeper is naturally Qian Duo's father who died mysteriously, and he is also the original source of this case.

"This box is a little strange, since it is something left by the money shopkeeper, maybe the money knows something."

Xiao Yin took the box in his hand, slowly exerted his strength, the box did not move, he didn't know what was inside, if he used internal force to shake the box open, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not damage the contents inside, so he gave up.

"yes, why did I forget about this, I'm going to get that kid with Qian Duo."

Xiao Yin's reminder made Ran Qiu think of Daigo, she slapped her palms, turned around and was about to run out, but was helplessly stopped by Xiao Yin.

"It's already this hour, when you go to Xishi Street, it's getting dark, why don't you send someone to inquire tomorrow."

Without waiting for Ran Qiunian to ask suspiciously, Xiao Yin explained a few words. Ran Qiunian nodded, glanced at the sky outside, and gave up the idea of rushing over to inquire overnight.

"Big brother is right, the shopkeepers of the left and right kings have been found, tomorrow is the day of arraignment, and I don't need to be in a hurry."

Ran Qiu Nian smiled and sat back at the table, but listened to Xiao Yin continue: "Just now on the back mountain outside the city, I saw that you took that cold arrow from the ground, what, Nian'er found something?" ”

Xiao Yin looked at the long arrow that Ran Qiunian picked up with a handkerchief pointedly, this question reminded Ran Qiunian, she quickly became serious, grabbed the arrow, pulled it out of the handkerchief, and put it on the table.

"The eldest brother reminded me, you see, this arrow is engraved with a strange ornament, I always feel a little familiar when I look at it, but I can't be sure immediately, the eldest brother's memory has always been very good, I wonder if you have seen this ornament?"

Xiao Yin listened to Ran Qiunian's words, and he was also interested, he reached out and took the arrow from Ran Qiunian's palm, and according to what Ran Qiunian said, he found the ornament that Ran Qiunian said at the end of the arrow shaft.

"It's ......"

Xiao Yin looked stunned, clearly thinking of something, Ran Qiu heard it, and immediately became engrossed, and a pair of eyes chased Xiao Yin tightly, waiting for him to continue.

"Big brother really saw this?" Ran Qiunian's heart jumped, and she faintly looked forward to it.

"I've ......never seen this ornament," Xiao Yin said slowly.

When Ran Qiunian heard this, her face was a little deflated, she thought that she had found some terrible clues, but it seemed that she was too careful.

Who knew that Xiao Yin continued to say: "But the technique of this ornamental carving is similar to the Wu family's casting technique, and it is also from the hands of the Wu family." ”

"Wu family?" Ran Qiunian's memory suddenly surged up like a tide, she remembered, no wonder she felt that the ornamentation on the shaft of this arrow was familiar, wasn't this thing from the same method as the ornament on the half-broken arrow that she got in Splendid City that day?

She still remembered that the half of the broken arrow disappeared inexplicably later, and most of it was stolen by Liu Yunyao, but unfortunately there was not enough evidence.

"But haven't all the foundries of the Wu family been wiped out? Even if this arrow is from the hands of the Wu family, what can it prove? ”

Ran Qiunian was a little frustrated, this arrow was still useless in the end, it was no wonder, if it was so simple to follow the clues on the shaft of the arrow to trace the mastermind behind the scenes, then the archer would not be so bold and dare to use such an arrow cluster to sneak attack them.

"At least we can confirm that the owner of this arrow is inseparable from the case of the destruction of the Wu family in Splendid City, and even the case of iron ore smuggling."

Xiao Yin said in a deep voice, Ran Qiunian nodded, but he still didn't understand a little: "The money shopkeeper is just a small shopkeeper of a jewelry shop, how can he be involved in the case of smuggling iron ore?" ”

With only a few clues now, none of them can solve the mystery in front of them, and Ran Qiunian's doubts can only be temporarily suppressed in the bottom of their hearts and left to be solved the day after tomorrow.

Just as Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin were contemplating their eyes at a brocade box and a long arrow, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside, faintly approaching Xiao Yin's study.

Without waiting for them to ask, Xiao Yin's personal servant Mo Shi had already taken the first step to ask the reason, and walked in from outside, looking eagerly at Xiao Yin and Ran Qiunian.

"Oh no, young master, there was news from outside just now that Dali Temple is out of water."

"Dali Temple has gone to water?" Ran Qiu Nian was startled, immediately stood up, walked a few steps closer and asked in a loud voice, "Dali Temple is so big, it is impossible to burn it all, where is it burning?" ”

She had some bad premonitions in her heart, and sure enough, the next moment, she heard the answer she didn't want to hear from Mo Shi's mouth: "Back to the eldest lady's words, what is burning is that it is a prison." ”

Ran Qiunian's heart jumped heavily, she took a step back, and after reacting, she immediately took a step forward and ran out.

"Nian'er!"

Xiao Yin shouted, but Ran Qiunian walked towards the door as if he hadn't heard it, seeing that he was about to leave the courtyard, Xiao Yin knew what Ran Qiunian was worried about, so he didn't say anything more, and raised his heels.

"Prepare the horse, now go to Dali Temple."

After Xiao Yin gave instructions to Mo Shi, he followed Ran Qiunian and walked to the door of Ran's house with Ran Qiunian: "I'll take you to ride Moyun over, calm down first, the prison of Dali Temple is made of fine iron, and the fire can't burn in for a while." ”

Mo Yun is the big black horse, since it was brought back by Xiao Yin, it has been kept in the stable of Ran Mansion and taken care of by Mo Shi.

Ran Qiunian was grabbed by Xiao Yin's arm, and his steps paused, and then he came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Facing Xiao Yin's calm face, Ran Qiunian nodded, and his heart was not as panicked as he was at the beginning.

But Xiao Yin didn't tell Ran Qiunian that the prison of Dali Temple is made of fine iron, which is invulnerable, but it can block natural disasters and may not be able to prevent man-made disasters, Xiao Yin has prepared for the worst.

Mo Shi took Mo Yun out of the door, and after taking care of him these days, perhaps because Mo Shi often followed Xiao Yin's side, and his body was contaminated with some Xiao Yin's breath, Mo Shi became the only person who was allowed to get close to Mo Yun except Ran Qiunian.

Xiao Yin took the reins from Mo Shi's hand, maybe he hadn't used Mo Yun for some days, and now he knew that he was going to be taken out by Xiao Yin, so Mo Yun excitedly stepped on his hooves in place, looking eager to try.

Even when he saw Xiao Yin holding Ran Qiunian on his back, Mo Yun only snorted a little dissatisfied, and then obediently waited for Xiao Yin to sit on the horse.

Ran Qiunian was held in Xiao Yin's arms, and Mo Yun led them to gallop in the night, because of the sudden fire in Dali Temple, there were many people who received the news, and they could see a lot of people who came out to inquire about the news along the way.

By the time Mo Yun stopped in front of Dali Temple, the fire had already grown, and from a distance, you could see the scarlet sparks rising and jumping in the large gray smoke, and the choking pungent smell of smoke went straight to people's noses.

Ran Qiunian was caught off guard and inhaled some smoke, coughed violently, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her arms and covered her mouth and nose, thinking that Xiao Yin was also exposed to these smokes, Ran Qiunian gave him the handkerchief in her hand and took out another piece.

The two dismounted, and soon a soldier who heard the movement came up, recognized Xiao Yin's horse, and asked in a loud voice, "But Lord Xiao is here?" ”

"It's this official, how can Dali Temple go to the water? What is the extent of the fire, when will it be extinguished, and will there be casualties? ”

Xiao Yin protected Ran Qiunian behind him, took a few steps closer, and asked the soldier.

The soldier didn't notice Ran Qiunian who was brought together, and when he saw that the person who came really wounded Xiao Yin, he said the truth with a bitter face:

"This time it's going to be a big disaster, this fire somehow came, it suddenly reached an uncontrollable level, the brothers are fighting the fire, but the fire is getting bigger and bigger, all rushing to the dungeon, I haven't encountered such a strange thing in the past few decades, and I don't know how many prisoners in the prison still have to live."

Although the soldier said with a sad face, he was only worried about what kind of punishment he would receive afterwards, but he did not care much about the life and death of the prisoners in those cells.

The situation was urgent, and Ran Qiunian didn't care about it, and seeing that this soldier couldn't say any news, he gently pulled Xiao Yin's sleeve and motioned him to go over and have a look first.

Xiao Yin felt Ran Qiunian's eagerness, so he directly took Ran Qiunian to the direction of the dungeon behind, and when there was still a short distance from the cell, Xiao Yin stopped walking with Ran Qiunian.

"You just wait here, the fire is too big in front, I'll go over and take a look." Xiao Yin arranged for Mo Shi to stay behind to protect Ran Qiunian.

"Big brother, I also want to go over and see, Granny Wang is still in the dungeon, I don't worry, she is old, how can she stand such thick smoke?"

Ran Qiunian gritted his teeth and said urgently.

Xiao Yin reflexively pressed Ran Qiunian's shoulders, leaned over slightly and got closer, and said softly to the stunned Ran Qiunian:

"You can wait for me here with peace of mind, if Granny Wang is fine, I will naturally bring her up safely, if she is ...... Even if you go, it won't help, Anxin and Mo Shi are waiting here, and I'll go back when I go. ”