When Deng Yongming was spitting freely, Xu Anping had been waiting anxiously outside the mansion. In the afternoon, he saw other people walking out of the mansion one after another, but they still didn't see Deng Yongming's figure, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger. When twilight fell, Xu Anping returned to the inn room and closed his eyes to recuperate, and he decided to go to the prefect's backyard at night to find out. If he was really detained by Deng Yongming, he would take the handle of the right capital Yushi and force him to release him, after all, there are few officials with clean butts. Of course, what he didn't know was that half an hour after he left, Deng Yongming happily left the mansion with a piece of rice paper and returned to the Yuelai Inn.

That night, Xu Anping, who was wearing a night suit, did not alarm any of the patrolling officials, and quietly sneaked into the backyard of the government like a ghost. Slowly approaching the study that was still lit by candlelight, he was going to eavesdrop or peek at what Sun Yongcheng, the imperial history of the right capital, planned to disadvantage the Deng family. If so, he even planned to kill the killer so as not to regret it. As soon as he came to the window, before he had time to check the situation in the study, Xu Anping heard a voice from inside the house.

"Little friend, since you came to visit, it is better to come in and see you."

Xu Anping was shocked when he heard this, and realized that he had fallen into a trap, but he did not retreat quickly, but turned over and jumped into the room while taking out his dagger, preparing to capture the king first. When he entered the study, he saw a middle-aged man sitting in front of the desk with a plainly dressed, clear face, and a slightly majestic demeanor, who was smiling at himself with his beard on his beard, without the slightest nervousness, as if everything was expected. Hearing that there was no sound of the official approaching outside the house, he stood three steps away with a dagger and looked at the other party vigilantly, and asked in a dumb voice, "How do you know that I will come?" ”

Sun Yongcheng stood up and looked at Xu Anping, who was masked and holding a dagger, with interest, and had the feeling of catching a loach. "It seems that Xiaoyou has a lot of connections with the Deng family!"

Xu Anping leaned forward with a dagger, and was about to wipe Sun Yongcheng's neck.

Seeing this, the latter shouted: "Little friend, slow down!" The old man has something important to discuss with you, and he has no malice. ”

"Where is the head of the Deng family?"

Sun Yongcheng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why did Xiaoyou say this? The old man had a good conversation with the head of the Deng family, and he had already left at the end of the unitary period. The old man also gave him a piece of writing. ”

Only then did Xu Anping know that there was a misunderstanding in the middle, so he took a few steps back and put down the dagger and asked, "I don't know why the adults are looking for grass people?" The grass people are reckless, and they really don't know what to do. ”

Sun Yongcheng sat down and took a sip of tea and said, "Xiaoyou is too humble!" How do you know that the old man is looking for you on purpose? ”

"Even if the head of the Deng family doesn't come, the adults can close Zhou Wudao's case."

"I'll tell you the truth, the old man does have something to look for you. The old man saw that although you were reckless, he had a loyal heart, and he couldn't bear to see you go astray. I wonder what your plans are for the future? ”

Xu Anping arched his hand and said, "There is Lord Lao's concern." The grass people are illiterate, and they just want to earn their lives by guarding the thatched hut and a few acres of thin fields, and only wish their families well. Of course, if someone disturbs the house, the grass people will also hold daggers and move forward. ”

Sun Yongcheng heard the firmness and threat in Xu Anping's tone, and once again confirmed the importance of the Deng family to him, he laughed a few times and said, "The old man can give you a chance, are you willing to return to Beijing with me?" ”

Xu Anping's heart moved when he heard this, this solicitation was really unexpected by him. He originally thought that in order to end the matter of Zhou Wudao, the two would not intersect again, but he didn't expect the other party to take his handle and deliberately lure him over. Of course, he is not disgusted with this kind of thing, the two of them have never known each other, and the other party is high, if he doesn't have a handle in his hand and directly invites him, he will definitely not believe it. Moreover, after the incident of Li Wei and Zhou Wudao, he deeply realized that no matter how good his killing skills were, he could not always protect the Yu family and the Deng family, and even most of the time his identity as an assassin was still dragged down, so he could only act in secret. So he asked, "Why me?" ”

Sun Yongcheng sighed and said: "The old man has been an official for more than 20 years, although he has the heart to appease the world and worry about the king, but he has been spending his days in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This time, I visited the place on behalf of the sky, and I thought and felt a lot. If it is according to the past temperament, the old man will definitely fight to the death when he encounters corruption and bring those corrupt officials to justice. But this method often makes the old man offend his colleagues, anger the officials, and in the end, he has no credit for his hard work, and after he goes back, he continues to stare at trivial things with his notebook. This time, the old man learned to be false and wronged, took advantage of people's cunning, and used stealing the day, and with your help, he not only brought the county prefect to justice, but also successfully promoted the official. In this way, do you think what the old man has done in the past is ridiculous? Therefore, the old man hopes to have your help, and he will live up to his success in the future! ”

Xu Anping can be said to have heard that Sun Yongcheng had not made an inch of progress for more than 20 years before. This time, he was promoted from the imperial history of Shandong Province to the imperial history of the right capital, and he has transformed from a stunned and upright official to a qualified bureaucrat who cares about personal gains and losses. He is now stronger than Li Weiwei and Zhou Wudao, and he still has the conscience to ask for the people's life, of course, maybe Li Weiwei and Zhou Wudao also thought the same way before. When he was still hesitating, his pupils shrank and he saw Sun Yongcheng pretending to inadvertently take out a sea fishing document from Qingzhou Mansion.

Sun Yongcheng took the sea fishing paperwork, shook his head and sighed and said, "Alas! There was a tragedy in Qingzhou Mansion, and all 23 members of the family were killed. It's amazing! ”

"Your Excellency wants me to help track down this tragedy?" Xu Anping asked casually.

Sun Yongcheng waved his hand and said, "No, this case has been closed, and the document says that it was done by a wandering Jiangyang thief." However, the old man estimated that it was a powerful assassin, such as those who attacked the Qincha team in Qingzhou, but he didn't know where they came from, and he was out of nowhere. ”

Now that the matter has been said, everyone knows it. Xu Anping was ready to delay a few days before giving an answer, so he turned around and said goodbye. When he was about to leave the door of the study, he asked casually: "How do you know that the Deng family has a close relationship with me?" ”

Sun Yongcheng was still sitting at the desk, holding a book and reading, without raising his head and saying: "There are many people in the world. Although what happened during this period of time seems to be complicated, as long as you go back and analyze the origin a little, it is easy to find the node of the outbreak. Of the three silk merchants, the Deng family is now left, which is very obvious. ”

Xu Anping kept walking out of the door and left a sentence: "The adults will return to Beijing first, and the villains will arrive in a few days to deal with some private matters." Leaving the backyard of Anlu Mansion, he walked alone in the dark and deserted alley, which made him feel extra relieved. Xu Anping's long life as an assassin had made him wary of anyone but his family, including the right-hand man who seemed to be in his heart just now. He knew that the two sides were using each other in the final analysis, the other party wanted him to deal with some shady things, and he needed to find a talisman for his family, and at the same time, he also had to go to the capital to track down the matter of the helm of the Blood Hand Alliance. Thinking of this, he sighed in his heart: "Alas, because of the ties of family, I can't help myself." However, he was not too embarrassed, and an uneasy impulse in his heart was also pushing him to a wider world. So, he hurried back to the inn, really wanting to see Deng Xiaoke's bright smile.