At night, the moonlight poured down and sprinkled on everyone's body, led by Li Le, and the group hurried to finally arrive at the post station before midnight.

This trip, the big guys are exhausted, and now the other inns have long been closed, not to mention their identities, other inns may be difficult to receive after knowing it, so they simply stayed at the post station this night.

The steward's sleepy eyes opened the door, and when he saw a man and a woman, he hadn't reacted yet, rubbed his eyes and frowned: "This midnight post only accepts foreign officials, if the guest officer is staying in the hotel, please go to the inn in the town." ”

"We're here at the inn."

Mu Changjin took out the token from his waist, and after the steward took it, he hurriedly stretched out his hands and respectfully handed back the waist card: "The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, it turned out to be the little marquis of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, and now immediately arrange a room for you." ”

As he spoke, he had opened the other two doors next door, and then immediately greeted Xiao Er, who was dozing off on the table.

Xiao Er stood up and staggered up to the room with them.

Li Le had just put down his things when he heard a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was the steward.

"The villain looked at the officials and thought about it, and he may not have eaten a stable meal along the way, so he simply ordered the back kitchen to make some supper, I don't know if it suits your appetite, and I ask you to take a look at it first."

Although the steward said that his attitude was respectful, he did not grovel.

Li Le pursed her lips, she looked back, and saw Mu Changjin nodded, so she agreed.

After a few people went downstairs for some supper, they went back to their rooms to get ready to sleep, but Li Le did not rush upstairs, but went to check the horses in the stable.

There are two horses still carrying things on them, and although the contents are not important, it is better to check them out anyway.

What's more, there was still a man in the stable, and she had to make sure that this man would not run away in the middle of the night, and that the stable was not strong.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, she saw a figure wandering around the stable where the prisoner was kept.

Li Le raised his eyebrows, and when he was about to speak, he saw that the figure had left in a flash.

She pursed her lips and swallowed what she wanted to say, but she took two steps forward and carefully examined the person who was guarding the prisoner.

When the man saw her, he hurriedly saluted: "The villain is just on duty, I don't know ......"

"It's nothing, eat something, come out and take a look at you."

Li Le waved his hand and smiled kindly, but there was a light under his eyes.

The man scratched his head honestly, and then smiled: "It's too quiet tonight, I'm afraid the villain can't help but doze off." ”

"It's okay, if you're really sleepy and sleep, if you want to come here at the post station, no one will come over to steal things."

After Li Le nodded and signaled that he didn't need to pay too much attention to it, he turned around and went back to his room.

About two hours later, although the moon in the sky was so bright, a black cloud came running from somewhere, floating and floating, and obscuring the moon.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, which is a night to dream, but it is also a good time to kill people and sell goods.

After receiving Li Le's affirmative reply, the little guard who was in custody had already fallen asleep, and was sleeping soundly with the long sword in his arms right now, so naturally he didn't hear a sound like footsteps walking towards him.

A man stood in front of him, and seeing that he was asleep, he quietly walked around him and walked to the prisoner officer behind him.

The official was also unconscious, but after all, because he was imprisoned and slept not very deeply, he noticed that someone was standing in front of him at this moment, so he hurriedly gave a stir, opened his eyes, and woke up.

He looked up and saw a tall figure standing in front of him, and when he was about to ask, he saw this person coldly, and he also carried a knife in his right hand, and immediately peed his pants in fright.

"You...... Who are you! ”

He swallowed and asked nervously and even a little stammering.

"Don't talk nonsense."

The man lowered his head, and Yue'er finally struggled to break free from the clouds, and the official could see clearly that this man was the steward who opened the door to greet them tonight.

He opened his mouth wide and trembled, looking at the steward as if he had seen a ghost: "Don't kill me!" ”

Just as he was about to call for help, the steward raised his hand and slashed at the official's neck.

Who knew that the next moment, he heard an angry roar from someone behind him: "Stop!" ”

The steward was shocked, and hurriedly hid the knife in his hand in the sleeve of his left hand, turned around, and looked at Mu Changjin and the others who hurried over indifferently.

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Li Le frowned and stared at the face of the man in front of him tightly.

This figure is so familiar, she saw this person when she came out at night, but she didn't expect it to be a steward.

Fortunately, he was already suspicious when he saw a figure wandering, so he didn't fall asleep at all tonight, but pulled Mu Changjin to squat in the corner, just waiting for this person to make a move.

"The villain thought that there was another person in the stable, so he thought about coming over to see if he slept well tonight, and if he needed an extra bed and quilt......"

He opened his mouth and came, but who knew that the next moment, Li Le took a step forward, his eyes widened, and he subconsciously took a step back, but maybe it was such an action that made him weak and short of breath, so he quickly raised his chest and raised his head.

"Search." Li Le didn't believe every word he said at all, so he directly asked people to come forward and search his body, and the guard, who had just squatted on the ground and dozed off, ran forward energetically, searched up and down, and found a knife.

After Li Le took the knife handed over by this person, he looked at it carefully and sneered.

The blade of the knife can be clearly seen through the moonlight, and the tip of the knife is glowing with a strange blue light, which is clearly a quenched knife.

She looked up: "What do you explain that this knife is poisonous?" ”

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly saw that the steward had taken refuge in front of her at some point, and raised her hand to snatch the knife.

Her pupils shrank suddenly, obviously she didn't expect this person to be so bold that he would dare to do it in front of everyone.

When this man's hand was just stretched out to pinch her neck, there was no way to move forward.

Mu Changjin's long sword had already penetrated his chest, and he was looking at him coldly.

The common tip of the sword pierced the steward's back, and the red blood was still dripping down, this one opened his mouth to say something, and it didn't take a few moments for him to lose his breath.

Mu Changjin directly pulled out his long sword, looked at the steward who was lying on the ground without the slightest emotion, and snorted coldly.

Speaking of which, tonight, in fact, he didn't find anything wrong with this steward, and almost really felt that it was a conscientious subordinate in charge of this matter.

Although the meals eaten at night were indeed a little shabby, they were considered to be dedicated, but after returning to the room, Li Le took out several pills from his bag and distributed them.

Although he didn't know why, he also understood that Li Le would never harm him.

Sure enough, after she swallowed the medicine, Li Le breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "There is a problem in this meal, when I just gave them the medicine, I had already reminded them to be on guard against this matter." ”

"Steward?" Mu Changjin was stunned, then saw her nodding, and then pulled him to stay here.

Sure enough, tonight almost made a big mistake, and the witness was almost gone.

"Thanks to you this time." Mu Changjin rubbed Li Le's head, looked at his somewhat dark eyes, and said distressedly.

"It's nothing."

Li Le smiled, unable to hide the tiredness in his expression.

She has been working all day long, and she is already a little unbearable, and she has not slept in the middle of the night, so she will inevitably feel sleepy and tired.

Fortunately, the matter has been settled, and this time I will not get up until the third pole of the sun.

Killing the person in charge like this will cause a small commotion, but fortunately, the two of them are not small, and they are reasonable, and the government does not dare to charge them with crimes, so this matter is revealed.

Except for this little episode in the inn that night, nothing else happened along the way.

Probably because that post station was not far from the place where they left before, there were still people who found this witness and wanted to solve it, but they didn't expect that the person who did it was directly killed, but no one dared to act rashly.

Therefore, everyone arrived in the capital safe and sound, replied slightly, and after resting, Mu Changjin quickly entered the palace to report on his work.

"The minister lived up to His Majesty's trust, successfully distributed all the disaster relief grain and grass materials, and worked with the county lord of Lanning to prevent and control the plague, thanks to the county lord of Lanning, otherwise this disaster may not be so easy to pass."

Mu Changjin knelt on one knee, so he was reporting his position, and he still didn't forget to make a credit to Li Le.

As a result, the next moment, I heard the palace maid outside calling: "The county lord of Lanning has arrived!" ”

When he turned around, he saw a woman dressed in a light blue palace dress saluting.

Mu Changjin smiled in his eyes, and he didn't shy away from looking at her at all.

"The lord of Lanning County has made meritorious contributions to disaster relief, and has observed the people's feelings, finished curing the plague, and admired the moon with three silk brocades and one hundred taels of gold!"

Emperor Chu clapped his palms, and the eunuch on the side hurriedly wrote down his words, turned around and trotted to let the celebrant prepare.

"Speaking of which, I have a question." He looked at Li Le with a smile: "Is the method summarized by the county lord of Lanning really able to prevent the emergence and spread of the plague?" ”