Wan Yang stood alone in the depths of the alley, dressed in an ink-colored robe, holding a bamboo hairpin on his head, and a faint fragrance on his body wafted around.

Zhi Xuan walked in from the outside, and kept looking at every place along the way, for fear that something would come after him.

"Master, I ran all afternoon today, and found the person you were looking for in the north of the city."

"Is it Mussy?"

"No, it's the relatives of the corpse in the house."

Wan Yang turned to look at Zhi Xuan: "How did you ask?" They didn't do things cleanly? ”

Zhi Xuan shook his head and said, "No, the person who bought the body is very clean, and their neighbor accidentally said it."

"Explain the ins and outs of the matter."

"Today, the lord went to ask me to check the missing women in the city, especially those who are similar to Miss Mu Qian, so I first went to the houses around Mu Mansion to ask, and I ran into a charlatan......

Zhi Xuan said and thought back, and his thoughts returned to the time when he met the charlatan in the afternoon.

"Fortune telling, marriage, walking the rivers and lakes for decades, you are not allowed to do without money!"

An old gentleman near Mufu set up a fortune teller, and when he shouted like this, many people on the street gathered around, and young men and women wanted to calculate their marriage.

"Sir, are you accurate?"

The old gentleman touched his gray hair, and said with a calm expression: "Whether it is allowed or not, you will only know until you forget it."

"Sir, do the math for me."

One of the men in the crowd came out first, sat down opposite the old gentleman, and the two sat facing each other, talking a few words from time to time.

Zhe Xuan squeezed from the crowd to the front, his eyes lingering on everyone's body for a long time, and when he saw that there was no one to look for inside, he turned around and left.

"That son, please stay, the old man has something to say."

Someone patted Zhen Xuan's shoulder: "This brother, the old gentleman's name is you."

"Huh? I? ”

Zhi Xuan pointed to himself and turned his head, his eyes just met the old man who told fortunes in the air, and the moment he saw his eyes, Zhi Xuan's inexplicable familiarity struck, and he nodded and stood aside.

"Alright, that's all for today, everyone will have an early tomorrow!"

The old gentleman took the stall and walked to Zhe Xuan with his things: "Son, go with the old man."

Fold Xuan arched his fist and bowed: "I don't know what happened to the old gentleman?"

"Childe is the entourage of the second prince of Wanfu, looking for someone in the city today."

"How did the old gentleman know?" Zhi Xuan raised his eyes to look at the mysterious person in front of him, and couldn't help but be cautious in his heart.

"Childe don't worry, I know where Childe is looking for, please come with me."

After the old gentleman finished speaking, he didn't look at Zhi Xuan again, raised his feet and went to the teahouse a few steps away, Zhi Xuan lowered his head and thought for a moment, raised his legs and followed.

"Sit, and I'll tell you how I know."

Wan Yang listened to what Zhe Xuan said, frowned, his slender fingers lightly tapped on the fan, and his eyes looked at the mouth of the alley with dark eyes.

"You say, it was the old gentleman who told you to go to the north of the city to find someone?"

"Yes, then I left the teahouse and went straight to the north of the city, and according to the old gentleman's words, I quickly found someone."

Wan Yang was puzzled: "He said that Mrs. Mufu asked him to come and tell us?"

Zhi Xuan nodded, and there was also a puzzled meaning on his face: "The old gentleman said that it was Mrs. Mufu, and he was afraid that we would take a detour, so he specially invited him over."

"There must be something strange about this matter, press it for the time being, and you will go to the north of the city with me first."

"Yes."

The night gradually darkened, and in front of the door of Wanfu, a person led the person at the door into the door, took him to the door of Wan Guogong's study, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Master, the people have arrived."

"Please come in, you take care of the wind outside the door."

The butler pushed open the door and said, "Old man, please come in."

"I'm tired of the housekeeper."

The candlelight in the study flickered, leaving two vague figures through the window paper, one fat and one thin, one tall and one short, with a blink of an eye, both of them were shorter.

"How is Wan Guogong doing?"

"Thanks to the blessing of the prince, everything is fine."

"I wonder when Wan Guogong plans to return to the dynasty this time?"

Wan Guogong stood up from the table and poured a glass of wine for the old gentleman who was sitting: "Seniors drink, I have made some discoveries in recent days."

"Then I, Lin Zhi, will listen to it."

"Please."

The two got up together, Lin Zhi lifted the wine jug and followed behind Wan Guogong, who was walking in front, reached out and touched the landscape painting hanging on the wall, and pressed the bulge behind the painting.

The bookshelf on the right hand side quietly parted from the middle, revealing a long lead, Lin Zhi looked inside, and the faint candle flame inside was faintly visible.

"Senior, please come in."

"Okay, you old boy, you still have this trick!"

Lin Zhi smiled and pointed at Wan Guogong, and took the lead in stepping into the secret passage inside, Wan Guogong glanced back at the door, his figure flashed, and the bookshelf closed again.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Zhi saw a map of Jincheng hanging on the wall, and a table was set up a few steps away.

"Brother Wan, what does this mean?"

Wan Guogong walked to the edge of the table, picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Lin Zhi: "Senior, look at what is written on it."

Lin Zhi took the piece of paper suspiciously, leaned under the candlelight and looked at it carefully, the more he read it word by word, the more excited the look on Lin Zhi's face became.

"Brother Wan, what is written on this is true?"

"It's true, I've been back in Jincheng for a few months, and I will let my henchmen go out to find out the news every day."

Lin Zhi picked up the paper in his hand and looked at it again, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened: "Brother Wan, is this bone recommendation technique really so magical?" After all, I've only heard of it for many years. ”

"To tell the truth from my predecessors, I have some important people in my hands."

"But the man in the pavilion?"

"yes, I'll let her out."

Wan Guogong clapped his hands, and a person walked out of the darkness, with a calm look on his face, and walked straight in front of Wan Guogong.

"My subordinate Xiaomi, I've seen Senior Lin."

Lin Zhi looked up and down: "Brother Wan, the person in the pavilion you are talking about is this little girl?"

"Yes."

"Could it be that there is no one in this pavilion? Or are you Brother Wan deliberately playing with me? ”

Lin Zhi slapped the paper in his hand on the table, a slight anger appeared on his face, and his gray hair showed a strange red color under the candlelight.

Wan Guogong raised his eyes to look at Xiaomi, who had been motionless, and pulled out the soft sword at his waist with one hand, and the blade of the sword pointed directly at Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi's eyes widened angrily, he caught a glimpse of Xiaomi's sword light out of the corner of his eye, raised his hand and threw the wine jug at the sword blade swung by Xiaomi, there was a crisp sound in mid-air, the wine jug shattered in response, and the debris splashed all over the ground.

"Brother Wan! You are betraying the prince! ”

Wan Guogong said to Xiaomi unhurriedly: "Xiaomi, stop."

"Yes." With a twist of Xiaomi's wrist, the soft sword was quickly inserted back into his waist, and the whole action was smooth and smooth in one go.

"Do seniors still think she's just a little girl?"

Lin Zhi looked at Wan Guogong, and then at Xiaomi, who was standing next to him with his head down, and said in his heart: "Do you want me to see her strength?"

"That's nature, how can I do it to my seniors?"

Lin Zhi wiped the thin sweat from his hands on his clothes, leaned against the wall and straightened his weak body, kicked off the fragments under his feet and walked in front of Xiaomi.

"You, look up."

Xiaomi Yiyan looked up at Lin Zhi, with a calm expression on his face, his eyes did not dodge looking at Lin Zhi at all, and he didn't even move his footsteps for half a minute.

"Good! Good! has this courage at a young age, and it is not a loss to be the person chosen by Brother Wan! ”

Wan Guogong smiled and said, "Xiaomi, now let's talk about what you found in Mu Mansion and Mu Qian."

"Mrs. Mufu is also a member of the cabinet, and she is also the head of the branch cabinet, and now the people in the cabinet are changing the cabinet master, and the three cabinet masters are ready to move."

Lin Zhi listened to Xiaomi's words and asked Wan Guogong: "How many pavilion masters are there in this pavilion?"

"As far as I know, there are three cabinet masters, more precisely, one general cabinet master, and two branch cabinet masters."

Lin Zhi nodded and said, "What else is the news, Xiaomi, you continue."

Xiaomi continued: "I have been in the pavilion for three years, and I have never seen the pavilion master, and I only learned not long ago that Mrs. Mufu was actually the pavilion master of the branch."

"Then these three departments, which three are they divided into, and what are they in charge of on weekdays?"

"The head cabinet manager manages all affairs, and there are two branch cabinet masters, one is the head of the department to inquire about the news, and the other is the head of the killer."

Lin Zhi's eyes narrowed: "People in the rivers and lakes say that people in the pavilion can save people, why do you come here to kill people?"

Wan Guogong picked up the piece of paper on the table again: "Senior, look, what is this bone recommendation technique used for?"

Lin Zhi looked at the place where Wan Guogong's finger pointed, and all kinds of scattered clues in his mind were connected, and he said with a solemn expression: "It turns out that this is the true face of the people in the pavilion, they have not been saving people, but controlling people."

"Yes, Xiaomi has been infiltrating the people in the cabinet for three years, and I have never seen them save people, but I have received a lot of assassination missions."

"Then can you find out why the people in the cabinet want to control people?"

Wan Guogong shook his head: "Not yet, I still have too few clues now, if it weren't for Xiaomi, I'm afraid we wouldn't even know this news."

"Knock~knock~" The bell rang in the silent night, and Millet looked up at the small window on the other side of the wall, and bowed down.

"Lord, it's time for me to go back."

Wan Guogong waved his hand and said, "Okay, you must remember not to startle the snake, you must stay by Mu Qian's side."

"Yes."

Millet walked into the dark passage on the left-hand side, the sound of stones rubbing the ground was heard in the darkness, and a little moonlight sprinkled in, Millet walked out from there, and the figure quickly disappeared into the night.

"Brother Wan, is this woman really reliable?"

"Senior, don't worry, she was saved from the wolves by me, and she will repay her kindness."

Lin Zhi stretched out his hand and patted Wan Guogong's shoulder and said, "Okay, with your words, I am relieved."

"Senior, how is the matter entrusted to you today?"

"I'll do something, Brother Wan will put a hundred hearts, they have already successfully found the north of the city, only let them do it."

A trace of worry appeared on Wan Guogong's face: "It's just that I'm a kid with a lot of thoughts, I don't know if he will believe it."

"Don't worry too much, after all, he is still young, and there are more arrogant young people, we just need to help them behind them from time to time."

"That's what the seniors said."

Millet came out of the dark room, accompanied by the moonlight from the sheep intestine path all the way out of the city, Yan Lanxi followed behind Xiaomi with bated breath, and from time to time behind the tree to avoid Xiaomi's eyes looking around.

Xiaomi noticed that someone was following behind him, so he sped up his pace, his long hair fluttering behind his head, Yan Lanxi followed closer and closer, and Xiaomi's footsteps became faster and faster.

Suddenly, Millet stopped in the middle of the road, her back to Yan Lanxi and did not move, Yan Lanxi didn't know why, she raised her foot and leaned against the trunk of the tree on the side of the road and approached Millet.

"Who!"

As soon as Xiaomi's toes moved, all the small stones in the ground flew towards Yan Lanxi's hiding place, Yan Lanxi supported the tree trunk with one hand, and the toes hit the ground, flying up the tree, and the stones that had been dodged were embedded in the trunk on the side.

When Yan Lanxi came back to her senses and looked again, the millet in the middle of the road had long since disappeared, and only the loud sound of crows in the night was left.