After Ran Qiunian returned to the house, he waited a little, and estimated that Xiao Yin had also returned, so he passed through the small door and arrived at Xiao Yin's house with a familiar car.

"Big brother, I have something to tell you."

Ran Qiunian told Xiao Yin all the things that Liu Yunyao had sneaked into her room before, and the box containing Ling Yu disappeared after she came back.

"What do you think she's doing this for?"

What Ran Qiunian couldn't understand was here, that is, Liu Yunyao stole and smashed the white jade plaque she casually left in the house, which was more relieving than just taking away a worthless wooden box.

"After Liu Yufei fell off the list, he voted for the Duke of Qi, maybe they knew the origin of the box."

Xiao Yin only pointed out this sentence, which made Ran Qiunian understand a little.

"Liu Yunyao is to help her brother make meritorious service to the little grandfather."

Perhaps? Xiao Yin didn't make much comment on this, he picked up a secret letter from the front of the case, Ran Qiunian saw it, and subconsciously asked, "What is this?" ”

"I asked people to check the material of the feather before, and the method of creating it is very special, it should be the technique of the Wumen faction, and an armory shop in the south of the city is from the Wumen faction."

Xiao Yin had already read the secret letter and was about to burn it.

Ran Qiunian listened, nodded, took a step, watched the piece of letter paper turn into ashes in an instant in the small stove of incense, rolled his eyes, and suddenly asked:

"When will the eldest brother go to the armory shop in the south of the city to inquire? Maybe bring Nian'er with you? ”

Xiao Yin raised his eyes and looked at her, seeing Ran Qiunian's expectant face, he thought for a while, this trip was just to inquire about the situation, but there was no danger, so he allowed her.

Ran Qiunian was very happy, went back to change into light clothes, and followed Xiao Yin out of the door.

The armory shop in the south of the city is some distance from Ran's mansion, they went by carriage, stopped the carriage in front of the shop, Xiao Yin helped down Ran Qiunian with a veil, and the two walked to the armory shop together.

The business of the armory shop does not seem to be prosperous, because the imperial court controls the iron ore very strictly, and the common people must register and make a register if they want to use iron equipment, even if it is a shovel or an iron sickle, they are distributed according to the head, and the damage and loss must be reported.

Ran Qiunian was in the high gate, and he didn't have a deep feeling for these, so he walked into the weapon shop in the city at this time, and saw that there were no guys in the shop, only a thin and tall shopkeeper, sitting behind the platform and drowsy.

Seeing Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin walking in, they saw that they were rich children from a high family, and the shopkeeper didn't have any enthusiasm, so he only lifted his eyelids and glanced at it, and then continued to look at the street at the door of the shop and dozed off.

The purchase and sale of iron tools requires the government to open a document, and he can only sell it to others when he comes to the shop with the official seal, because this business does not need to be solicited, and those who want to buy it will naturally buy it, and it is useless to solicit those who can't buy it.

Unexpectedly, the two new guests didn't look around, and walked straight to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, do you have arrow shafts of this material in your shop?"

Ran Qiunian woke up the shopkeeper straight to the point.

The thin and tall shopkeeper shook his head, glanced at the two of them coldly, and saw that Ran Qiunian was a young lady with a good temperament, although she couldn't see her face, she could also imagine that she was a beauty, and her attitude was better.

"I'll see." The shopkeeper took a small piece of wood handed over by Ran Qiunian, smelled it and broke it, and knew it in his heart.

"This thing is not only sold, but only batches of orders, why, the two of you want to customize the arrow shaft of this material? Although you are from a high-ranking family, the restrictions are not so strict, but this kind of batch is still a sharp weapon, and I don't dare to accept it without the documents of the Imperial Guard. ”

Ran Qiu Nianyan and Xiao Yin glanced at each other, and continued quietly: "In the past, did anyone want to customize arrows of the same material as we did? ”

"I've only been taking over this shop for more than a year, how can I get such a big order? If you ask the shopkeeper in front of me, maybe it's still possible. ”

"The previous shopkeeper? I don't know who it is, and where does he live now? ”

Ran Qiunian asked a little anxiously, and the shopkeeper glanced at her, although his attitude was not bad, but he was also a little strange: "What are you doing with so many questions?" ”

"It's not a secret, we also help a friend ask about this list, he had made a batch of arrows of the same material in the weapon shop of the Wumen faction before, and after a long time, the arrows have worn out almost completely, and he is planning to reorder a batch."

Ran Qiunian made it up here, and he had an idea, and continued: "He agreed with the shopkeeper, and he will find him to customize it next time, and if the specifications remain the same, he can also fold some silver." That's why we're asking a few more questions. ”

"I see, you people from high-ranking families, can you still care about these little money?" The shopkeeper muttered a few words, but he didn't doubt it, "Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Ran Qiunian asked strangely.

"The previous shopkeeper was old and died half a year ago, otherwise it wouldn't be my turn to be the shopkeeper."

"Dead?" Ran Qiunian repeated, looked at Xiao Yin, and didn't know what to do for a while.

"The old shopkeeper is not here, but you can find a foundry. The specifications of this arrow may be preserved by the foundry. ”

Xiao Yin took Ran Qiunian's broken words and talked to the tall and thin shopkeeper.

"This is easy to do, the foundry lives in Wujiapo outside the city, although he has not received much work in recent years, but since you are a regular customer, he may be willing to take this order. However, you must prepare the official documents first, otherwise it will be all idle nonsense. ”

The shopkeeper glanced at the empty hands of the two and kindly reminded them.

"Thank you, shopkeeper, we know."

After Ran Qiunian finished speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his purse and put it on the table as a reward, took back the wood that he had handed over for questioning before, and turned around with Xiao Yin to leave.

The two of them got out of the shop and stood still in the street.

"Big brother, what are we going to do next?"

It's not early, and the sky will get dark in a while, whether they will go back to Ran's house first and visit the foundry outside the city tomorrow, or go overnight, they will have a long night.

"Let's go to Wujiapo first."

Xiao Yin glanced at the sky, but decided to go and have a look first, and Ran Qiunian had no objection.

The carriage left the city in the darkening night, and walked to Wujiapo, and the two followed the address told to them by the treasurer of the weapons shop before, and soon found the foundry's house.

But the horse stopped at some distance from the house, and refused to go any further.

"What's wrong with this horse? It's strange why you suddenly don't want to go. ”

Ran Qiunian thought that when he arrived at the place, who knew that as soon as he opened the curtain, he found that no matter how the guards who drove the carriage urged the horses, the horse pulling the cart just refused to move forward.

The horse's hooves were shaving in place, very reluctantly, and that uneasy look reminded Ran Qiunian of the time he encountered snakes in the capital, and he suddenly became vigilant.

"Big brother, is something wrong?"

"You stay here, I'll go and see." Xiao Yin comforted Ran Qiunian, jumped out of the carriage, and ordered the guards to protect Ran Qiunian, and followed the smell of blood that drifted away, and leaned towards the foundry's mansion with solemn eyes.

"Who's there?"

Xiao Yin heard the movement, his feet did not stop, and he rushed towards the place where the sound came from, but after being introduced into the mansion, a fire broke out around it, and the foundry's mansion was surrounded by fire, and soon the fire soared into the sky.

"It's out of the water!" Ran Qiu's eyes widened suddenly, looking at the sky-high flames that came out from the direction Xiao Yin left, and she was so anxious that she wanted to get off the carriage.

"Miss, you can't get out of the car, the young master has instructed you to stay in the car and wait."

The escort who drove the car was Xiao Yin's people, and after Xiao Yin's order, he firmly guarded the carriage and didn't let Ran Qiunian leave half a step.

"Don't you see the water in front of you? Why don't you go and put out the fire, the big brother may be trapped there! ”

Ran Qiunian was a little anxious, but the guard was firmly blocked outside the carriage, and Ran Qiunian couldn't get out, so he could only lift the curtain and look into the distance with an anxious face.

"Even if I don't go, you should go and see what's going on, right? Big brother is your master, aren't you worried? ”

After trying a few times, he couldn't get out, but Xiao Yin still didn't come back from the front, Ran Qiunian grabbed the knuckles of the door curtain a little white, and couldn't help but say angrily to the immobile guard.

"The young master instructed the little one to protect the young lady first."

The guard said sullenly, although he was also worried about Xiao Yin, but he firmly guarded the carriage and carried out Xiao Yin's orders.

Ran Qiu scolded and didn't say that it wasn't, so he could only sit in the carriage sullenly, smelling the burnt smell of wood that was gradually spreading, and waited in silence anxiously.

After I don't know how long, the fire had no intention of coming down at all, but Xiao Yin walked back slowly in the night.

Ran Qiunian's eyes lit up, he threw away the curtain and wanted to get off the carriage, but this time the guards did not stop Ran Qiunian's movements.

She jumped out of the carriage and ran to Xiao Yin in three or two steps, and as soon as she walked in, she smelled the smell of blood coming from Xiao Yin's body and the smell of burnt wood.

Ran Qiunian's footsteps paused slightly, then sped up a lot, reached out to support Xiao Yin's arm, and asked urgently, "Is the eldest brother injured?" What a heavy smell of blood. ”

"It's not my blood, the whole Wu family of the foundry has been wiped out."

Xiao Yin said in a deep voice, but he didn't take his arm out of Ran Qiunian's hand.

"What, all of them were destroyed? How so? ”

Ran Qiunian exclaimed in surprise, and his subordinates involuntarily grabbed a little, and gathered around Xiao Yin, a little frightened and a little dazed.

"I've checked them one by one, and they've all been stabbed to death, and there's no more alive here. It's not a good place to stay for long, so let's go back first. ”

Xiao Yin didn't want to say more, seeing the horror between Ran Qiunian's eyebrows, his heart softened, and he took people into the carriage, and told the coachman to turn the horse's head, and returned to Ran's house before the city gate was locked.

"Big brother, what the hell is going on?"

Ran Qiunian followed Xiao Yin back to his room, and after the two sat down, they came and asked about what happened in Wujiapo.

"We went a step late, and when we arrived, the Wu family should have just been wiped out, and I collided with the murderer, but he led me into the house and lit the firewood and grass prepared in the morning."