The two were not hung out for long, and soon Zhao Rui came back.

However, his face was quite ugly, and when he saw Gu Zhixing and Qingyun, he became even more indifferent, staring at Gu Zhixing and asking, "Who are you?" ”

If it's someone sent by some bullshit prince from the capital, then it will definitely not be able to stay.

Gu Zhixing didn't answer, just looked at him deeply, and suddenly asked: "I saw you in Ma Huaiyi's mansion, you are his person." ”

This is hardly a question, but a certainty.

Gu Zhixing was not taking his words, but he had indeed seen this person in Ma Huaiyi's mansion, he was just in a hurry, he didn't care, when he saw it at the door just now, he vaguely felt that this person was very familiar, and he suddenly remembered it just now.

Zhao Rui's face changed, he didn't expect to catch a person who knew his identity, he clasped his hand on his saber as soon as he could, stared at Gu Zhixing's gaze and slowly cooled down, and said vigilantly: "You know me?" I said I can't believe that you are passing by, it is clear that you came on purpose, you should be the one who investigated this matter, right? ”

Now just the two of them, Zhao Rui already has murderous intent towards them, and he definitely can't admit it.

So Gu Zhixing quickly thought of a way, and said loudly: "What kind of investigator, I don't understand what you are talking about, we are obviously friends of Master Ma, and we came here without telling Master Ma, but we just want to see the quality of the coal before trading, is this how you treat the buyers who come to the door?" ”

This temporary excuse was too clumsy for Zhao Rui.

He didn't believe it at all, and said with a cold eyebrow: "Buyer? An adult guest? If you say that, should I believe you, the adults will never tell the guests the location of this place, if you are really a guest, how can you find this place, and you will appear here in the middle of the night. ”

Now that he had spoken, Gu Zhixing could only make it up: "You are a guard, how much can you know about Lord Ma's affairs, you also said that this place is so remote, if it weren't for Lord Maoli telling us, we wouldn't be able to find it." ”

Hearing him mention the familiar name, Zhao Rui's suspicion became even more vigilant.

Knowing the people around the county magistrate, could it be really a friend of the county magistrate?

But he hasn't received any news recently that a friend from the county order will come to see the coal?

Gu Zhixing knew that he hesitated, and soon his attitude hardened: "Mao Li obviously told us that the investigation has been strict recently, and if you want us to come, find a suitable time and not be seen, so we came late at night, but I didn't expect to be arrested by you, do you still want to do business?" If you don't want to sell it to me, I'll just find someone else, and you're not the only one selling illicit coal. ”

The credibility of what Gu Zhixing said is indeed very high, and the recent insecurity is indeed explained by Mao Li, and Zhao Rui is even more uncertain.

Gu Zhixing grasped this point and continued: "Didn't Mao Li come here today, didn't he tell you that we would come in the evening, because Mao Li and Ma are very busy now, so we let us come by ourselves, if you don't believe it, you can go to Ma or Mao Li now to ask for clarification, but if the transaction is delayed, I will not be responsible, after all, my time is also very precious." ”

These words directly eliminated most of the doubts in Zhao Rui's heart, and everything Gu Zhixing said could be matched, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly.

Zhao Rui's scrutinizing gaze fell on the two of them, and suddenly remembered something, pointed at Qingyun and asked, "Since you are here to do business, why did he say that you were passing by before?" ”

His scrutinizing gaze was firmly locked on Qingyun.

It is also Qingyun who is the most dirty and calm, otherwise he would definitely be incoherent in fear now, Qingyun took a deep breath and said slowly: "That's because we're not sure if this is Lord Ma's territory, we ...... just now The young master asked if you were the person from the county order, and it was only then confirmed, and before we were unsure, we definitely didn't want to cause more trouble. ”

There was nothing wrong with these words, and the vigilance and suspicion in Zhao Rui's eyes slowly dissipated a lot.

Gu Zhixing breathed a sigh of relief and asked softly, "So now can you take us out to see the goods?" ”

Zhao Rui still had his own concerns, and after thinking about it for a long time, he whispered: "No, I haven't confirmed your identity yet, you stay here first, rest for one night, and then I can take you over to have a look." ”

Gu Zhixing exchanged a look with Qingyun, but after all, he didn't continue to say anything, and quickly agreed: "Yes, but early tomorrow morning, if you can't give an answer, this cooperation will be canceled, I don't want to cooperate with people who are not sincere." ”

Zhao Rui pulled the corners of his mouth coldly, and said sarcastically: "It's better to wait until you confirm your identity with the adults, and then talk about whether you cooperate or not." ”

Soon, he went out again.

After Qingyun listened to his footsteps and walked away slowly, he breathed a sigh of relief, gasped heavily, and said anxiously: "Lord Wang, what should I do now, as long as he goes to find Ma Huaiyi, this lie will be completely exposed." ”

Gu Zhixing was not worried, and said slowly: "It's so late now, he definitely won't choose to bother Ma Huaiyi, we still have one night's time, early tomorrow morning, when he asks Ma Huaiyi, Ma Huaiyi will know that we have found the coal mine, but at that time, it is too late." ”

Because Song Yi had already come with the border army, Ma Huaiyi came, but he was just catching turtles in the urn.

Qingyun was relieved and asked again, "Then what are we going to do now?" ”

You can't really sit still in your room, can you?

As soon as Qingyun finished speaking, he heard movement outside, as if someone was coming, and then through the door, he saw that the two guards at the door had fallen. Wen Ting Pavilion

Qingyun subconsciously blocked in front of Gu Zhixing, and his whole body was tense.

And the person who pushed the door open and came in was Qinglan.

He was obviously cautious to the extreme, and as soon as he entered the door, he called Qingyun: "Hurry up and come over to help." ”

Then the two dragged the two guards who had been knocked unconscious outside in and closed the door.

Qinglan hurriedly reported the situation to Gu Zhixing: "Lord Wang, you must have guessed, this place is Ma Huaiyi's territory, he mined coal mines privately, and kidnapped people from Songyan County to work for him for free, which has killed many people, I know a few people in the dungeon, if you want to report Ma Huaiyi, they can testify for us, I will try my best to save their lives, I just came here on the grounds of urinating, and it won't be long, does the prince need me to do anything?" ”

What Gu Zhixing had been worried about was that he didn't know the situation here, and now Qinglan had told him everything he saw.

Then they don't need to venture out to find any clues, Gu Zhixing also said directly: "Very good, Qinglan, you go back first, Qingyun and I will be fine at the moment, you must find a way to hold these people, don't let them continue to kill, and all this will be over tomorrow." ”

However, Qinglan was not at ease, and reminded: "Lord Wang, you must be careful, then I suspect that if I know that you are here, I will definitely have murderous intentions, in case he wants to break the net with us, I am afraid we have little chance of winning." ”

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Gu Zhixing patted Qinglan's shoulder soothingly.

Qinglan was relieved that they would always trust and follow Gu Zhixing unconditionally.

As long as Gu Zhixing said that there was no problem, they would no longer worry.

Qingyun looked at the two guards who had passed out on the ground, and wondered, "What about these two people?" ”

When they wake up, it can be bad.

Gu Zhixing directly ordered: "Hide it, gag it and stuff it under the bed first." ”

These people are just working for Ma Huaiyi, and Gu Zhixing doesn't want their lives.

Qingyun and Qinglan quickly dealt with them, and then Qinglan went back.

Gu Zhixing looked at the moon outside the window, judging the time at this moment, there are still four hours, the sky is about to dawn, I hope Song Yi can arrive before noon, otherwise, Gu Zhixing is really not sure how long they can last.

This kind of thing of pinning the hope of life completely on others, Gu Zhixing did it for the first time, and he trusted Song Yi, who had a lot of complaints against him before.

There is a kind of desperate bravery.

But in the current situation, apart from him, Gu Zhixing really couldn't think of anyone else to count on.

And at this moment, in the inn, Ye Luying couldn't sleep, turned over and got up, and walked around the yard a few times.

The whole courtyard was empty, there seemed to be no one, something was wrong, Ye Luying was even more scared at once, and he always felt that such an empty yard was even colder than usual.

She couldn't bear it, so she took the initiative to ask the guard at the door: "Is the prince going out?" ”

Because she saw that there was no one at the door of Gu Zhixing's room, and there was no movement in the study.

You must know that this time is so busy, if Gu Zhixing hadn't slept, the light in the study would definitely be on.

Since Gu Zhixing brought Ye Luying back, although she has not introduced her identity to everyone, everyone has tacitly accepted that she is Gu Zhixing's person, and their attitude towards her is naturally respectful, and they dare not hide anything, so they said directly: "The prince has something to do, is there anything wrong with Miss Ye?" ”

Ye Luying frowned slightly, and quickly shook his head: "It's nothing, just ask casually." ”

Then she quickly said goodbye to the guards and went back to the courtyard.

But Ye Luying didn't go to rest for the first time.

She was thinking that Gu Zhixing was not there, and the guards of the inn were at their weakest, and the last time she accidentally heard in the conversation between Gu Zhixing and Song Yi, Ma Haosheng was locked in the firewood room of the inn.

Although Ye Luying wanted to show that she didn't hate others so much, and she wasn't so vicious and hateful, she kept telling Gu Zhixing that she didn't hold a grudge against Ma Haosheng anymore, and she didn't want revenge.

But how could she really let it go.

Her only relative, just because Ma Haosheng's bastard died, and she now has a chance to get rid of her, Ye Luying was faintly excited.