In the night, two carriages moved slowly.

Dream Zhou seemed to feel leaning on a piece of softness in a daze, and he didn't know what was being fed into his mouth, turning into a trace of sweetness scattered between his lips and teeth.

As her consciousness gradually cleared, Meng Zhou slowly opened her eyes, and she turned her head to see Jing Rong sitting beside her and resting with her eyes closed. Meng Zhou struggled to sit up straight, bumped his arm against Jing Rong beside him, and said in a low voice, "Wake up." Seeing Jing Rong slowly open his eyes, Meng Zhou suppressed his voice and said, "How long have we been gone?" ”

"An hour."

"What about Heshan and Xiaokong?"

Jing Rong said: "They are in the car behind." ”

Meng Zhou turned his head and looked at Jing Rong's hand tied behind him, moved his position and said, "You come over to the side and give me your hand." After a while, the rope hit the ground. Meng Zhou rubbed his somewhat red wrists and leaned over to open the curtain.

After a few seconds, Meng Zhou retracted his hand and sat down: "According to the time and the direction of the carriage, as well as the degree of bumps, we have mostly crossed the dirt road through the city and arrived at Jin'an City, but I see that the road we are walking on is separated by lights in the distance, and it should be around the city." ”

Meng Zhou said as he reached out and lifted Jing Rong's sleeve to take a look, picked up the rope on the ground and said, "You turn your back, I'll tie it looser for you." ”

"Alright." Meng Zhou said and put the rest of the tail rope in Jing Rong's hand and said, "Hide this, if there is any emergency or there is a chance to slip away, you can pull this rope, and this knot will naturally loosen." ”

"What about you?"

Meng Zhou smiled and put the rope in a circle and said: "Don't worry, I'm an expert in this area, I'll put my hand in it in a while, and you can pull the two ropes behind me for me." ”

"Okay."

After a few moments, the carriage stopped. A thin man got into the car, and the man looked at Mengzhou and Heshan and said outside the car: "Big brother, don't bother." ”

Before Meng Zhou could react to what she meant, a black cloth was covered in her eyes, and her shoulder blades were pushed heavily. As soon as Mengzhou's feet touched the ground, he heard a soft sound, and then there was a heart-piercing pain in his ankle. On the side, Jing Rong heard Meng Zhou's inhalation, frowned and touched her hand.

Meng Zhou said in a low voice: "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

The footsteps around him became heavier, and a rough voice said, "Take them in and find a few people to watch." ”

"Yes."

Meng Zhou endured the pain, and was pushed into a room around the corner, and as soon as the door lock fell, Meng Zhou had time to breathe.

As soon as she moved her feet, the black cloth on her eyes was torn off, and then her ankle was gently held, Meng Zhou instinctively shrank back, and when she saw the person in front of her, she suppressed her voice and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Jing Rong said: "Your foot is twisted." ”

Meng Zhou pulled away the rope behind him and said, "How do you know?" ”

"The sound of your walking is wrong, don't move yet, I'll give you medicine."

"Didn't I tell you to open the knot in case of emergency? Why are you so breathless? ”

Jing Rong held Mengzhou's ankle and said word by word: "In my eyes, this is an emergency. ”

Meng Zhou was stunned, coughed lightly and pressed Jing Rong's hand to take off his shoes and pretended to joke: "Have you thought about it, the aunt next door to our village can say that if a man looks at the girl's feet, he will marry that girl." ”

Jing Rong glanced at Meng Zhou and said, "Why didn't you say this in those days when you slept with me?" ”

"That's for a reason, you don't have a choice, now you have a choice."

Jing Rong took out the porcelain vase and said unhurriedly: "I am not a scholar, I live in Kyoto, I have been in politics for generations, and my family is solid..."

Meng Zhou's face was confused when he heard this, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop, "Wait, why are you talking to me about this?" ”

Jing Rong glanced up at Meng Zhou, gently took off her shoes and socks, and said, "Think for yourself." ”

There was a coolness at the ankles, Meng Zhou looked at the moonlight, Jing Rong half knelt on the ground, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, his face was gentle, Meng Zhou suddenly seemed to have a beat on his heart, and even the tips of his ears were a little hot. She remembered the conversation between the two just now, and her heart felt even more flustered.

Meng Zhou withdrew his gaze, coughed and shrunk his feet: "That, I'm better now, much better." I'll do the rest myself. ”

As soon as Meng Zhou put on his shoes, he heard a burst of ** in the corner.

Heshan was lying on the hay, flicking his bound feet, and said weakly: "I said, if you are done, can you take the time to help me turn over." ”

As soon as Heshan finished speaking, the ropes on his hands and feet were untied, he moved his sore arms, got up and glanced at Jing Rong who was loosening the rope for Xiaokong, walked over to Chong Mengzhou and whispered: "Hey, if you and Brother Huai really do, can the meal we bet on before be waived." ”

Meng Zhou grinded his teeth and whispered, "You shut up for me." ”

"Tsk, just now, you teased Brother Huai first and was not defeated by the army, what are you angry with me now."

"It seems that I still slapped lightly just now, and you can't get up when you should be slapped."

Heshan snorted lightly and said, "Seriously, it's the Shuiyang Gang you mentioned before who tied us up?" ”

Meng Zhou nodded and said, "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

Heshan sighed and said: "If it is true according to what you and Xiao Er talked about before, we can be regarded as jumping into the fire pit this time, and we will shed our skin if we don't die." ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, we can't get rid of the encirclement of these people, so it's better to have an urn."

Heshan rolled his eyes and said: "You said it easily, if you mess up, I'm afraid that you won't even know how you died by then." ”

Meng Zhou glanced sideways at Jing Rong, who was taking medicine for Xiaokong, and beckoned, "Brother Huai, how is Xiaokong?" ”

"It's okay, he's just been **, and he will wake up naturally in a few hours." Jing Rong said and walked over to touch Meng Zhou's feet, and said, "It's you, it's best to stay in peace now, don't do anything crooked." ”

Heshan said: "Brother Huai is right, this time, you will stay obediently first, lest you have the opportunity to slip away when you can't run away." ”

Meng Zhou pouted and said, "I know, I know." I just want to use this crooked brain now, so I have to get out first, right? ”

Heshan glanced at the figure swaying back and forth outside the door and said in a low voice: "You say, they arrested us here, and we haven't seen any movement for so long, what do you mean?" Also, is this group of people the same group of killers who wanted to kill me and Xiaokong and the post house in the alley before? ”

Meng Zhou frowned and said, "I can't tell you now, but I always feel that something is wrong." ”

Heshan said: "What do you mean? ”

Meng Zhou was silent for two seconds and said: "How can you say it, well, it's like now you have a net in your hand that has been dismantled and scattered and full of broken threads, and you try your best to weave these threads into it, but the more you want to put these threads in, the more you find that this thread can't be connected anywhere." I say that, do you know what I mean? ”

Heshan pondered for a few seconds, raised his head to meet Shangmengzhou's sincere gaze, coughed and turned his gaze away, and said, "Brother Huai, what do you think?" ”

"Since this thread can't be weaved, we might as well completely solve it and start over."

Meng Zhou knocked on his head and said, "If that's the case, then we have to start with Heshan being arrested and put in Linshui Prison." ”

Heshan said: "You mean, my arrest in Linshui Prison is the trigger for all this? Heshan said and frowned: "But ordinary people like us grabbed a lot of them, why did they choose us?" ”

"That's where I'm confused, but there's one thing I'm sure of." Meng Zhou said with a straight look: "The person who planned all this must be someone who is familiar with us. ”

Jing Rong said: "He knows your relationship with Heshan, and guessed that you will not stand idly by, so he borrowed your hand to save Heshan to expose the matter of Shaoguang Hall." ”

Mengzhou nodded and said, "Yes, the first broken thread in this is that Ling'er girl." I thought that she spent so much effort to get us involved in this matter, just to solve the Shaoguang incident, but then the moon full building caught fire, and she ran away overnight to make me feel that this person's origin is not simple, and Ling'er's name of the moon full building is just a prop she uses to hide her true identity. Meng Zhou said hesitantly: "What makes me even more puzzled is that that Ling'er girl's words always give me the illusion that she knows me. What's even more terrifying is that I also had this illusion with Zhang Xujiu. ”

Heshan asked seriously: "Have you ever felt this kind of feeling in Brother Huai?" ”

Meng Zhou was surprised: "How do you know? Could it be that you have it too? ”

"No, but I'll know your symptoms by pinching my fingers."

Meng Zhou leaned over and said, "What do you say?" ”

Heshan sneered lightly and said, "Paranoia, you can tell me, but which of the more handsome people in this world has nothing to do with you?" ”

Before Heshan's words fell, there was a palm in front of him, and he almost screamed in pain. Fortunately, before receiving the second palm, Jing Rong stopped Meng Zhou's hand, and Heshan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Stop making a fuss."

Meng Zhou looked at Jing Rong incredulously, "You actually helped him?" ”

Jing Rong sighed and said helplessly: "Your feet are not well, what should I do if I am injured?" ”

Hearing this, Heshan's relieved breath was held in his chest, and he couldn't go up or down. At that end, Meng Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, I'll let you go today, and I'll settle accounts with you when I get out of this broken house." By the way, where did I just go? ”

"Ling'er."

Meng Zhou said: "Yes, if Ling'er is strange, let's just say that she wants us to uncover other things along the line of Shaoguang, but don't you think Zhang Xujiu is more suspicious?" ”

Jing Rong nodded and said, "Indeed, I'm afraid that we are here today, and he is indispensable for this." ”

"Are you suspicious of the group of killers in the official workshop that day?" Meng Zhou said and replied: "But there were indeed a lot of doubts that day, Zhang Xujiu said that the group of killers committed suicide by poisoning after being caught, but in the end we have never seen the bodies of those people, so naturally what he said is what it is." Also, you said that the killers in the official workshop that night acted similarly to the people who assassinated Heshan and Xiaokong, but when I think about it today, such a big gang as the Shuiyang Gang, even if it is to collect money from people and kill people for the buyer, it is impossible to be so hasty, and they have repeatedly failed to do it, and they are so imprudent, isn't this smashing their own signboard? ”

Heshan said: "Then what if Zhang Xujiu lies? In fact, those people who were not from the Shui Yang Gang that night were not from the Shui Yang Gang at all, and he just wanted to draw our attention to Jin Ancheng and the Shui Yang Gang. ”

Meng Zhou muttered: "Jin'an City, Shuiyang Gang." ”

"What are you muttering?"

Meng Zhou patted his head, suppressed his excitement and said, "I know what's suspicious?" ”

Heshan said: "Then you say it." ”

"The Gao family." Meng Zhou said slowly: "It stands to reason that if Zhang Xujiu really investigates according to Shaoguang Hall, he should find the Gao family at the worst." ”

Heshan pouted and said: "What kind of person do you know, looking at the posture of me and Xiaokong entering the official workshop that day, I know that Zhang Xu Jiuding has already checked along this line, otherwise how would he know that Xiaokong and I are in danger?" ”

"Tsk, I haven't finished my words yet, you have said it, Zhang Xu must have found the Gao family for a long time, if he follows the normal steps, as the chief investigator of the Shaoguang case, how can this focus fall on the Gao family, even if he has more than enough heart and strength to continue this case, but he should also lead us to the Gao family at the moment." But now, we are not entering the line of the Gao family. ”

Heshan nodded and said, "Indeed, according to what you said, the Ling'er girl and Zhang Xujiu you mentioned before wanted us to take the same road." This girl wants us to chase after Shaoguang, but Zhang Xujiu wants us to chase after Shuiyang. ”

Meng Zhou rubbed his head irritably, thought for two seconds, and said, "But think about it, if this Shui Yang Gang is indeed inseparable from Shaoguang." ”

Heshan rolled his eyes and said, "It's better not to talk about it for a long time, it's a waste of time." ”

Jing Rong stretched out his hand and smoothed down a handful of fried hair on Meng Zhou's head and said softly: "Since they have taken the lead and tied us up now, it means that they are more or less involved in this matter." In addition, after they kidnapped us, they did not rush to torture us, but ordered people to guard us strictly, which shows that the people who ordered us to be kidnapped were not in a hurry to talk or did not think about what to do next. So what we can do now is wait for the moment and be flexible. ”

Heshan picked up a clean place and lay down and said: "I think what Brother Huai said is reasonable, what is going on, with the current situation, even if we want to break our heads here, it is useless." It's better to rest early and recuperate, and wait for the door to open tomorrow before we can find out. ”

Meng Zhou sighed and leaned against the wall and said, "Now, it's only like this." Meng Zhou said and glanced at Jing Rong, who was stacking hay, and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"It's cold on the ground, so spread a few more layers to get warmer." Jing Rong said as he took off his coat and spread it on the grass bed.

Meng Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, after all, you are weaker, so it is better to lay a few more layers." Before Meng Zhou finished speaking, he was picked up in the air. She suppressed her voice in shock, "What are you doing?" ”

Jing Rong said: "Did you listen to what I just said?" ”

"What?"

"I'm not a scholar."

"Yes." Meng Zhouyan glanced at Jing Rong randomly, for fear that he would continue to speak. "I know, it's clear now, now, now, you can let me down."

Jing Rong glanced at Meng Zhou, whose eyes were flickering, sighed, leaned over and put her on the grass bed, and said softly, "Rest early." ”

The night was gentle, and Mengzhou was lying in the condensed incense, and his heart suddenly seemed to be shaken, swaying, and he didn't know where to go.