Chu Qingruo, who had slowly felt the chill of late autumn, was sitting on the kang under the eaves to make autumn clothes for the radish. The child grows up fast, and the clothes that he sat down in this summer will not be able to wear in a blink of an eye.

Seeing the almost half-year-old radish using his hands and feet together, stumbling and crawling on the kang, Chu Qingruo's heart rose with a sense of pride as a first-time mother. Except for being hungry and crying when urinating, this child basically doesn't have to worry too much about himself, and rarely gets sick, and is very healthy and smart. It seems that when he is older, he can ask his uncle-in-law to start teaching him martial arts.

Speaking of his uncle, Chu Qingruo put down the small clothes in his hand and sighed.

Ye Yan has been going crazy recently, running to the Shizi's Mansion every day. She knew that he was inquiring about the whereabouts of his master's killer again.

Ever since he knew that the murderer was in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, he was like a demon, turning over every inch of land and every corner of the Prince's Mansion. Strange to say, I just can't find this person.

Ye Yan thought to himself, could it be that the person was dead? Or did he leave the Shizi Mansion in the morning?

Early this morning, after he hurriedly had breakfast, he went to the Prince's Mansion to inquire about the news.

This is not? On the lake side of the Shizi Mansion, Ye Yan was pulling a few old people from the Shizi Mansion, playing flower cards, and at the same time intentionally or unintentionally setting their words.

"Cards, cards, it's your turn!" A skinny old man in his fifties shouted excitedly as he dropped a card.

Ye Yan took out one at random and asked, "Uncle Jin, when did you come to Shizi's Mansion?" ”

"Me? I'll be here as soon as I open the house, hey, you'll be able to play cards! How to hit this one! ”

"Have you ever seen a man with the same knife as me? Oops...... Don't move me! Ye Yan conspired with one of his cards, played it, and asked again.

"Hey Gu, I'm just doing chores in the backyard, I can't even go to the front yard, this Shizi's Mansion is so big, how can I know so much!"

A young man in his twenties with a square face next to him interjected: "Hey, Uncle Jin, aren't you very familiar with the Chi manager?" Why don't you go and ask him? ”

"Huh...... No, no, no, that old guy is in charge now, very majestic, I can't get used to his stinky shit face now, don't go! ”

When Ye Yan heard this, he pulled the old man Jin to grind softly: "Uncle, you can help me!" ”

Old man Jin threw the cards in his hand, looked at him helplessly and asked, "Who is that person, you bothered to find him so much?" ”

"He's a father to me!" Ye Yan lowered his head gloomily.

The old man couldn't bear it: "Okay, okay, I'll ask you, but the old man likes this." He gestured to drink, "This, you have to please!" ”

Ye Yan was overjoyed: "No problem, no problem, you can eat as many meals as you want!" ”

The old man smiled: "Hey, you're happy now?" Come on, play your cards! ”

*

In the evening, in a tavern somewhere in Shengjing, the old man invited the manager of the pool as agreed, and the three of them sat down, and after three rounds of drinking, the old man began to open the conversation.

Ye Yan took the opportunity to ask him if he had seen this knife, the old man reached out and took the knife, inside and out, he looked at it carefully, and then returned the knife to Ye Yan: "Well, I have seen it." ”

He couldn't believe his ears, and asked again, and the old man Chi told him with certainty that he had seen it.

"Not only have I seen it, but I still ordered someone to take it out and sell it!" The old man took a sip of wine and said slowly.

"Uncle Chi, do you remember where this knife was originally located, or who used it?" Ye Yan asked eagerly. It's been more than ten years, and he's been looking for this murderer for more than ten years, how can he not be excited!

The old man put a chopstick dish into his mouth, chewed it and said vaguely: "Hmm...... I was ...... In the ...... of His Highness In the study...... When cleaning...... See.

I don't think His Highness has been in Damo for many years...... This knife, uh...... Belch...... He casually threw it in an inconspicuous corner of the study, thinking that it was not a weapon that His Highness could use, uh...... He also had no habit of collecting weapons, so he took it upon himself to have it sold. ”

Ye Yan saw that he was eating too fast and choked a little, so he poured him another glass of wine: "That...... Didn't Your Highness come back and ask? ”

After the old man took a sip of wine and loosened the side dishes in his throat, he burped: "Uh...... Your Highness is back, I haven't even mentioned it! So I guess this knife is not of much importance to him, and it has already been sold anyway. ”

"Is there anything else with this knife?"

"I don't remember, anyway, there are a bunch of sundries in the corner of the study, and I can't tell what is worth and what is not. I didn't know anything other than this knife, which I could see and was worth a few dollars, so I didn't dare to move it. I guess it's still piling up there. ”

After being full of wine and food, Ye Yan sent the two old men away, and restrained the smile on his face: Missing along with Master's knife is a jade square plate that Master has worn since childhood, I don't know if it will be in the pair of sundries that the old man said. Moreover, since the master's knife is in Bailisheng's study, it seems that this matter has nothing to do with Bailisheng.

No wonder he searched all over the Shizi Mansion and couldn't find any clues, it turned out that the clues had always been in Baili Sheng's study! In the entire Shizi Mansion, there is indeed only his study, and he has not gone to look for it.

It seems that it is time to go to the study and take a look.

It's night

A vigorous black shadow, like a nimble black cat, walked on the roof of Bailisheng's study. An upside-down golden hook, the black shadow poked open the paper on the study window and confirmed it.

No one.

Ye Yan, who was dressed in black and masked, took out the dagger in his boots, pried open the window little by little, turned over and jumped in.

It was dark in the study, and I found the corner that the manager of the pool said, and looked at it through the moonlight, and sure enough, there were all kinds of miscellaneous things.

There are scrolls, picture albums, wood carvings and jade, inkstones, pen washes and other antique cultural toys, which look like no one has turned them for a long time, and there is a thick layer of dust on them. Ye Yan brushed away the dust on it with his hand while carefully looking at it.

suddenly

I heard the door of the study being pushed open with a creak, and it was Park Ying holding the lamp and walking into the study with Bai Lisheng one after another, and he quickly dodged and hid in the dark.

I heard Park Ying say with a little worry: "Your Highness, you have only been back for more than a year, and you are leaving again!" ”

Bai Lisheng smiled: "Although I am the son of the world, I can't hide in the prince's mansion every day to enjoy peace, right?" Besides, now, there is a strong soldier and a strong horse in front of Da Yan, and there is a rich world in the back, so how can I stay in the house with peace of mind? Only when I fight the Great Flame, the world is unified, and there is no more war, can I really sit back and relax! ”

Pu Ying was also arrogant by what he said, and excitedly made a gesture to him: "Your Highness's lesson is that the slave maid is here, live first in His Highness's victory, take down Dayan as soon as possible, sweep away Sang Yun, dominate the world, and return triumphantly!" ”

"Hahaha, well said!" Bai Lisheng stroked his palms and laughed, and his mood was very happy.

After the master and servant finished speaking, Park Ying retreated, leaving Bai Lisheng alone in the study.

As soon as the candle flame flickered, a black shadow stood silently in front of Bai Lisheng, and coldly pointed at him with a steel knife across the bookcase.

He was shocked, and hurriedly reached behind his back to touch his iron bone fan, but the opposite hair saw through his intentions: "Don't move!" If you dare to act rashly, I will give you a knife when I come up, believe it or not! ”

Bai Lisheng was helpless, so he had to raise his hands high: "Okay, this king will not move." The valuable things in this house, you can take them as you like! ”

He thought to himself, this person is nothing more than stealing something, there are valuable things all over the place, just take it with him, send him away quickly, and don't affect his research on the battle plan is true.

"Fart! Who sucks the hell out of you! Let me ask you, where is Zhao Yinchu's jade square? Ye Yan lowered his voice and asked through gritted teeth.

This bastard thinks of himself as a shitty and wants to spend himself with money!

When Bai Lisheng heard this, his face changed greatly, and he asked sharply: "How do you know Zhao Yinchu's jade square card?" Who are you? ”

No way! It's absolutely impossible!

His mother clearly told him that this Zhao Yinchu had not yet married and had no children or daughters. And no one knew about him killing him, even his mother later asked where he was, and she lied to her that he was tired of staying in Shengjing, went out to travel, and didn't come back.

How could the person in front of him know that Zhao Yinchu's jade square card was here?

"You don't care who I am, I ask you, where is the square card!" Ye Yan sent the steel knife in his hand to his neck for a few more points.

Bai Lisheng replied angrily: "In my mother's coffin, I took it to my mother's funeral!" ”

"So, you're the son of that official prostitute?" It turned out that the enemy had been in front of him all along, and he didn't notice it, Ye Yan couldn't help grinding his teeth.

The two words of the official prostitute deeply stimulated Bai Lisheng's nerves, and he suddenly made a move, regardless of the blade, his hand was bloody, he pinched the knife with one hand, and overturned the table with the other.

The table fell to the ground with a loud bang. Ye Yan quickly withdrew the knife and stabbed him in the head.

The revenge of killing the master is already a common thing, and now this guy is going to lead troops to attack Da Yan! Killing him can not only avenge the master, but also eliminate a military disaster for the Great Yan! Don't do it now, wait when!

It's a pity that at this time, Ye Yan wanted to kill him, but it was too late.

When Park Young heard the loud noise of the table falling to the ground in the study outside, he was already alert to realize that His Royal Highness must have encountered an assassin. Hurriedly recruited guards and archers, and the study was exhausted.

even opened the door of the study, commanded a few guards, and when the two of them were fighting, from time to time behind Ye Yan's back, put cold arrows and black knives.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable to him, he reached out and took out two fog bombs from his arms, threw one at the door of the study and one outside the window, and took advantage of the smoke to jump onto the roof and disappear into the night.