Back at Ruyi Pavilion, Lan Hou saw his wife sitting on the bed and asked her, "What's the matter, I heard Yunmeng say that the maid hasn't returned home yet?" ”

"Sir, you sit down first."

Li Shi slowly expressed his doubts, "I investigated this maid, she was recruited into the house a few years ago, and she has been decocting medicine in the pharmacy, and she should not be responsible for the purchase of medicinal materials, even if she helped to buy it today, but she just left the house a few days ago." Moreover, Shuang'er, who was in charge of purchasing medicinal materials, said that he did not ask her to go out to help with the purchase, and the pharmacy did not lack any medicinal materials. ”

When Lan Hou heard this, he was taken aback and asked, "And he hasn't returned home yet, has he?" "Yes."

"I'll send the guards to find her at once." Lan Hou felt that this matter was not as simple as leaving the mansion without permission, and summoned the secret guard, "Lu Xing." ”

There is a secret guard who came in from outside the door, this person is Lu Xing, and he is also a secret guard trained by Bai Ye.

"Go investigate her whereabouts today." "Yes." After receiving the order, Lu Xing could go out to investigate. Lu Xing asked the housekeeper Lan Deyi first, and Lan Deyi was a little surprised by Lu Xing, who suddenly appeared, and told him that the medicinal materials in the house were all purchased in the Hanging Pot Hall.

Lu Xing learned the news and set off for the Hanging Pot Hall.

The Hanging Pot Hall happened to be liquidating medicinal materials today, and it was not closed, otherwise Lu Xing would have to go around to find the people in the hall. Lu Xing opened his mouth and asked, "May I ask who is responsible for selling medicinal materials?" ”

Hearing this, a young man turned around and answered Lu Xing, "It's me." ”

Lu walked up to him and asked him, "Can you see a maid from the General's Mansion dressed in dark blue this afternoon?" The young man recalled for a moment and replied, "Yes, there is such a woman." ”

"Then what herbs did she buy?" Lu Xing then asked. "She, just buy some angelica and leave." The young man remembers this incident clearly, because angelica is an adjuvant and usually no one buys it alone.

Lu Xing asked him again, "Then when did this woman leave?" ”

"She left after buying it, and it was just a stick of incense, and it was hot when she left, and she was not afraid of angelica." The young man shook his head, and went about his work.

"What are you asking for?" The man was a little puzzled, "It's nothing, I'm just worried about her." After Lu Xing finished speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the hanging pot hall.

Lu Xing first went back to the General's Mansion to report to Lan Hou, and when Lan Hou heard this, he immediately ordered to find this maid.

Just when the secret guards went out to search, Lu Xinglu suddenly saw a woman running wildly, shouting, "Dead, dead." Lu Xing stopped her and asked her, "What's the matter, where are the dead people?" ”

When the woman saw Lu Xing, she grabbed him, and said inarticulate in fright, "It's in the abandoned yard next to our house!" There it is! A woman! It's all blood! ”

Lu Xing didn't care about the search first, and said to her, "You can take me to see it first." ”

"Good!" The woman slowly calmed down and led him to the abandoned courtyard. On the way, Lu Xing asked her, "Then how did you find out that this woman was dead?" ”

"Because the yard next to our house was originally abandoned, suddenly I heard a quarrel over there. I looked at it curiously, but the man in the courtyard stabbed the woman to death with a sword, and I screamed in fright and ran out. The crazy woman looked at Lu Xing, "Will he stab me to death too?" ”

The woman's panicked eyes kept looking at Lu Xing, and Lu Xing could only answer that she wouldn't, and comforted her all the way.

Came to the abandoned courtyard gate, the woman didn't dare to push open the door, Lu Xing stepped forward and kicked the courtyard door open, only to see a woman in a pool of blood, and no one else.

Lu Xing stepped forward to check, but unexpectedly, the woman who had died was in dark blue clothes, Lu Xing checked her clothes, and was shocked, this was the maid!

Just to check the bones, but I heard a scream from the crazy woman behind me, and a hidden weapon hit the center of the eyebrows, killing him on the spot! Lu Xing knew that the man had not left, and followed the direction and found a man in black on the wall.

Lu Xing shouted, "Don't run." The man found himself exposed, tiptoeing a little, and lightly working over the eaves. Lu Xing immediately caught up, and the two figures in the dark night were one behind the other. Where did Lu Xing dare to delay for a moment, he didn't stop, and rushed for dozens of miles, not lagging behind at the beginning, but after a long time, the internal force gradually failed.

The man seemed to find that Lu Xing's internal strength was weak, so he turned around and drew his sword to confront him. Seeing this, Lu Xing also drew his sword, and the two of them faced each other, their momentum was tense, and they were about to explode.

The dark wind and dark night, the clouds cover the moon, the fallen leaves are flying, and the silence is deep. Lu Xing asked, "Who are you?" Why did you kill the maid of my general's mansion? The man smiled, but without answering, he stabbed with a sword.

Lu Xing dodged in a hurry, and at the same time, the sword blade fought back with sword qi, and between the lightning and the fire, the two of them had already passed dozens of moves, and it was difficult to distinguish between them. The man tried to flee again, but Lu Xing followed closely.

The two of them went farther and farther out of the city, and Lu Xing was in a hurry, so he added an extra internal force to try to catch up with the man. At this time, an arrow suddenly shot out of the woods and grazed Lu Xing's calf. Lu Xing suddenly realized that he still had accomplices!

"You despicable and shameless villain, sneak attack me!" The man chuckled and slapped his face, and four black-clothed men appeared from the woods, all of whom covered their faces and could not see their faces.

The five of them drew their swords together and stabbed at Lu Xing, although Lu Xing's martial arts were good, it was difficult to parry the five of them, and the kung fu of a stick of incense was injured, and Lu Xing took advantage of the five people's inattention to send a signal flare into the air, hoping that the secret guards of the General's Mansion could arrive in time.

The man in black who took the lead saw the signal flare and knew that he couldn't fight, and motioned for the others to retreat first. Lu Xing took a breath and relaxed his vigilance, and the man was about to withdraw his hand, but he stabbed Lu Xing with his sword. The five disappeared into the night.

Lu Xing pressed the wound and made a simple bandage for himself, and the secret guard of the General's Mansion also arrived immediately. When everyone saw that Lu Xing was injured, they treated his wounds and returned to the general's mansion.

Lan Hou saw the injured Lu Xing and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Lu Xing found out that the maid was dead, and found the man in black, and told Lan Hou all about the fight with him. Lan Hou frowned, realizing that something was wrong, that it might not be a trivial matter, but a conspiracy.

Lan Hou told the whole house to be on guard, and he went to Lan Su's courtyard in person. When he came to the pharmacy, Shuang'er greeted him, "Say hello to the master." Lan Hou asked Shuang'er, "What did that missing maid do at the pharmacy?" ”

"That little maid's name is Erping, she decocted medicine in the pharmacy, and this name was given by the eldest young master himself." Shuang'er replied one by one.

Lan Hou felt very strange, Lan Su was not a good communicator, he was diligent in practicing martial arts and military books every day, how could he name his maid, not to mention that he was still an inconspicuous little maid.