On the outskirts of Xiangyang City, the birds are called Bursts. The warm sunlight shone on Jiang Lan's cheeks, illuminating his deep dreams.

He slowly opened his eyes, and he saw a lot of greenery in front of him. He raised his right hand and rubbed his eyes, but he felt a tingling sensation in his right arm, and he lost consciousness.

When I turned my head to look, I saw Liu Yinan sleeping peacefully with his right arm on his pillow. This girl had her back to Jiang Lan, although she couldn't see her face, but she saw her body lying on the ground with her breathing, obviously sleeping soundly.

Jiang Lan had a big headache, he wanted to pull his arm out, but he couldn't bear to wake it up. He struggled for a long time, but finally couldn't resist the soreness in his arm.

He stretched out his left hand, trying to hold up Liu Yinan's head, thus pulling his arm out.

Who knows, just as he was about to make a move, he heard Liu Yinan snort softly, and then turned over and woke up.

She sat up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Jiang Lan moved his right arm slightly, then raised his head to look at the sky, and saw the sun hanging in the sky: "It's probably noon." He heard that Liu Yinan's voice was a little hoarse, so he untied the water bladder from his waist and handed it to her.

Liu Yinan took the water bladder and took a small sip. Then he stretched: "This night! I can give Miss Ben a ...... that she sleeps with a sore back."

Jiang Lan did scoff at it: "You're embarrassed to say it!" Who slept so soundly just now......"

……

When they returned to the camp, it was already early afternoon.

As soon as I entered the camp gate, I saw that although the camp was as orderly as usual, there was a large group of soldiers in front of a camp tent, and it seemed that something terrible had happened. Seeing this, the two of them glanced at each other, and a trace of bad premonition appeared in their hearts.

Before the two approached, a soldier who had been whispering turned his head and saw the two. He looked at Jiang Lan suspiciously: "Who are you and why did you trespass into the barracks?" Obviously, Jiang Lan's disguise was so good that the soldiers in this battalion didn't recognize him at all.

Jiang Lan was curious about what was going on, so he didn't bother to talk to him, he directly took out his token from his arms.

"Du, Lord Captain?"

When the onlookers heard that the commander was coming, they all turned to salute him. Jiang Lan nodded symbolically, and then separated the people gathered at the gate of the camp.

When he walked into the camp, he saw Xiang Beichuan squatting on the ground, his face was overflowing with sadness, and he couldn't stop muttering: "Brother, I hurt you...... If I hadn't come out of you, why wouldn't I ......be here?"

On the ground beside him, Brother Yan's body fell down. His face turned blue and he spat blood. He also had half a piece of dry food in his hand.

"Old item."

Xiang Beichuan saw that Jiang Lan was back, and he immediately stood up: "Jiang Lao...... Lord Captain, why do you look like this? ”

"Leave that alone, what's going on?"

Xiang Beichuan told Jiang Lan about what happened with a sad face: Originally, everything was fine this morning. During lunch dinner, Xiang Beichuan wanted to find Brother Yan to chat, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw Brother Yan spitting blood and falling to the ground.

Jiang Lan's brows furrowed, he lowered his body and reached out to probe Brother Yan's snort, and touched his neck again, his person was indeed dead. Then he broke his frozen hand and picked up the half piece of dry food from it—this was probably the reason for Brother Yan's death.

He stood up, patted Xiang Beichuan on the shoulder twice, and said, "Old Xiang, people can't be resurrected after death, let's mourn and change...... The top priority is to find out the murderer who killed the Yan brothers. ”

"Murderer," hearing Jiang Lan's words, Xiang Beichuan gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Who else can there be besides that dog official!" ”

Jiang Lan knew that the dog official he was talking about was the county guard of Na Xu. Besides him, Jiang Lan really couldn't think of anyone else who would be in a hurry to kill Brother Yan's mouth.

"That being said, there is still evidence to be found. According to the master, Brother Yan should have been poisoned to death. You should go to the cooking stove room in the camp now to inquire and see who is responsible for Brother Yan's food, and it is best to find out who killed him. ”

"Good! I'll go! ”

After Xiang Beichuan left, Jiang Lan dispersed the soldiers blocking the front of the camp tent, he looked at Liu Yinan and said thoughtfully: "It seems that we have to hurry up and check along that line." Find evidence of Xu Jun's aberration of the law as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know how many innocent people will suffer! ”

Liu Yinan gave him a blank look: "Hey, I don't know who yesterday was under the guise of investigating the news, but in fact he went to mess with people." ”

Jiang Lan's face turned red for a while when she said it, and after a while, he said with a cold face: "You wait and see, today, the master must find out something!" ”

……

In the evening, Jiang Lan's revised appearance came to Xu Aicai's manor, but Liu Yinan did not follow. She always felt that her disguise had been seen through by the other party yesterday, and she had slept all night in the wilderness and had not rested well, so she stayed in the camp to rest.

"Young Master General, you're here! My young master was talking about you just now. At the door, a subordinate who had seen Jiang Lan greeted him.

"Brother Xu can be in the mansion?"

"Yes, yes, little one, I'll give you Tongbing." The man was very discerning, and knew that the other party was a friend of his master, so he greeted him very politely. When he had finished speaking, he turned and entered the door.

Not long after, Xu Aicai's somewhat hoarse voice came from inside the door: "Haha, Brother Jiang, you are here." I almost didn't get bored today. ”

Jiang Lan saw that the little fat man had come to the door, so he hugged his sleeves and saluted: "I'm tired of Brother Xu, and the little brother has just rested and immediately rushed to see Brother Tai!" ”

Xu Aicai smiled when he heard this, but then began to look around: "Huh? Did Brother Jiang come by himself today? Where's your little old man? ”

As soon as Xu Aicai met, he found his "subordinate", which made Jiang Lan faintly feel a bad feeling in his heart, and he said with an unmoved face: "He occasionally contracted a small illness today and is resting in the restaurant...... Brother Xu is looking for him? ”

Hearing Jiang Lan's question, Xu Aicai's face showed a trace of imperceptible panic, and he hurriedly shook his head: "Hehe, what can I do with him...... I'm thinking about Brother Jiang! Come on, come on, come with me into the house. Let me tell you, I just bought two treasures today, and I was about to ask you to taste them. ”

Jiang Lan was a little skeptical about Xu Aicai's explanation, but he didn't want to ask any more, so he followed him into the mansion.

Xu Aicai was very enthusiastic, and he didn't care whether Jiang Lan wanted it or not, he directly put one hand on Jiang Lan's shoulder and took him to his study.

This young master Xu can be said to be a decent layman, and he even decorates his study magnificently. The whole room was painted red, and in the corners of the four square were four celadon vases, in which peacock feathers were inserted. There were several viewing shelves in the room, and there were many rare treasures that Jiang Lan had never heard of. In contrast, the books on the shelves were pitiful.

Jiang Lan couldn't help but sigh in his heart: he thought that the Great General's Mansion was gorgeous enough, but compared to the mansion of the eldest young master of the Xu family, it was simply a small thing.

It's a pity that a small son of a county guard can compare with a country's great generals in terms of use......

Xu Aicai took down a delicately carved small wooden box from the shelf, and before he opened it, his face showed a smug look: "Brother Jiang, this thing is my new treasure today." He said as he opened the wooden box.

The lid slowly opened, and an egg-sized pearl appeared. The pearl is snow-white, and there is a faint colorful streamer on it.

"This is ......" Jiang Lan has never seen such a thing? He stared at the pearl with both eyes, and said without blinking, "Brother Xu, although the junior brother has seen a pearl before, this is the first time he has seen such a big one." Look at this logistics faintly, it is an extraordinary product...... The little brother is really eye-opening this time. ”

"Hehe," Xu Aicai smiled proudly, "It's normal for my brother not to know this thing, after all, this thing is not a folk thing...... This is a resting old eunuch who was stolen from the palace before leaving the palace gate. ”

Jiang Lan pretended to have an expression of admiration.

Seeing this, Xu Aicai's complacent feeling in his heart was lifted to the extreme. He covered the wooden box and took another wooden box from the shelf: "Brother Jiang, although the pearl just now is also cherished, it is not rare in the palace...... The next thing is truly unique among the people. As he spoke, he opened the wooden box again.

As soon as Jiang Lan saw the thing in the box, the expression on his face instantly changed from admiration to shock!

This time it wasn't him who pretended, because the thing in the box was actually an immortal lock made of pure gold! And the style of that lock is exactly the same as my own!

The only difference is that this lock is not engraved with "long life", but "100 years old".

Xu Aicai saw Jiang Lan's expression, but he was shocked by the rarity of this thing, so he opened his mouth to explain: "Brother Jiang must have never seen this thing. To be honest, when I first saw this treasure, I didn't think it was a rarity, thinking it was just an ordinary golden lock. But the old eunuch who sold me this thing said that this immortal lock is specially made by the royal family, and generally only the royal bloodline can wear this thing! ”

Xu Aicai was foaming at the mouth, but Jiang Lan had already put all his attention on the golden lock.

"Brother Xu......"

"What's wrong? Brother Jiang. ”

"Can you let my little brother play with this...... This royal thing is also extravagant. ”

Xu Aicai was very generous, he didn't hesitate for a moment, and handed the wooden box to Jiang Lan: "Hey, you and my brother hit it off at first sight, don't say it's for you to play with, it's to give it away...... Belch...... What's the harm in lending you two or three days? ”

It's no wonder that the outside world says that Xu Aicai's brain is not bright, he can even trust Jiang Lan, a person of unknown origin, where can his brain go?

Jiang Lan opened the wooden box and took out the golden lock from it. His fingers stroked the dark lines on the golden lock, and he remembered the words in the mouth of the blind man Xu that night - the golden pattern of the coiling dragon is something that can only be used by the royal family of the Great Liang Kingdom!

Xu Aicai looked at Jiang Lan's hand constantly fiddling with the gold chain of the immortal lock, and after a while, he arranged the gold chain into a diamond shape.

"Amazing!" Xu Aicai looked at Jiang Lan's hand, and on the diamond-shaped gold chain in between, there was a faint golden dragon lying down!