Wei Xingzhen's throat moved, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

Sun Youwei's eyes turned to Wei Xingzhen, "Wasn't Wei Aiqing in the official office yesterday afternoon?" ”

“…… Yes," Wei Xingzhen nodded, "The Qingwen Society bought a new batch of tea yesterday, and the minister made a special trip to take a look. ”

Ji Ran thought thoughtfully, "Lord Wei likes to do a lot of things himself. The tea house has a new tea, and you have to pick it yourself? ”

"Get used to it." Wei Xingzhen replied coldly.

Feng Yan nodded again, "Could it be that there is also a good face there who can cook water and make tea for Lord Wei?" ”

Wei Xingzhen: "I-"

"Not really, I have to come and say justice for Lord Wei." Ji Ran said with a smile on the side, "Yesterday, one of my subordinates met Lord Wei on the street, and he felt strange for a while, so he followed him all the way to take a look. ”

“…… Ji Shaoqing. Wei Xingzhen looked straight at Ji Ran, "Thank you so much for helping me clarify." ”

"You're welcome." Seeing Wei Xingzhen's expression, Ji Ran secretly laughed, and he said righteously, "The eyeliner of Dali Temple is all over Luoyang, and it is what I should do to return Lord Wei's innocence." ”

……

In the afternoon, Feng Yan and Wei Xingzhen withdrew from the Taichu Palace.

Sun Youwei watched them leave, and then looked at Ji Ran, "It sounds like you have sent someone to keep an eye on Lord Wei's whereabouts yesterday afternoon?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

Ji Ran ...... You're so daring. Sun You frowned slightly, "Why?" ”

Ji Ran said calmly, "Yesterday afternoon, Lord Wei left Dali Temple, and the minister originally just secretly sent someone to escort him back to the official office, but I didn't expect Lord Wei to go elsewhere, so I had these things later, please ...... Your Majesty understands. ”

"Did he go out of town, or talk to any suspicious people?"

"Nope." Ji Ran took out the record book in his arms, "Lord Wei is indeed shopping in the city throughout the whole process, if Your Majesty is curious, you can take a look at the details." ”

……

The scorching afternoon sun turned the sky and the earth white, and there were noisy cicadas roaring on the branches of trees not far away.

Wei Xingzhen endured all the way, until he was about to leave the palace gate, and finally spoke, "Ah Yan, you listen to my explanation......"

Feng Yan made a silent gesture.

"I'll talk about it later."

Wei Xingzhen had to swallow the words back into her stomach - to some extent, Feng Yan's caution was right, after all, there were many eyeliners in the palace.

So the two were silent all the way, until the carriage stopped at the east gate of the Wei Mansion, and when they entered the courtyard, Feng Yan finally stopped, and she turned back with a little smile, "What did Lord Wei want to say?" ”

Wei Xingzhen also stood still, his expression grim, "I...... I've always been a clean person, Ah Yan has to believe me. ”

Listening to Wei Xingzhen's thoughtful clarification, Feng Yan was a little surprised.

- She didn't expect that what Wei Xingzhen wanted to explain when she opened her mouth turned out to be this.

She laughed, "I don't know if it's clean and self-conscious, but I'm sure it wasn't an adult who appeared in the East City yesterday." ”

Wei Xingzhen breathed a sigh of relief almost imperceptibly.

Feng Yan said softly, "Lord Wei found He Gong in the jungle near Daizong Mountain at the end of Shen Shi yesterday, and brought people back when the North Gate was handed over, but Lord Ji said that you went to the East Market and the West Market yesterday afternoon, and you bought tea, and you were in ......Qingtang to listen to the opera."

Feng Yan stepped forward, "Lord Wei is really good at appearing outside the city and in the market at the same time—could it be that someone dressed up as you and deceived everyone?" Or did you use some evil magic to create your own puppet? ”

"There are no puppets."

"What's going on?"

Wei Xingzhen sighed lightly, "It's just an ordinary illusion, it's just a form of gasification." In essence, it is no different from the scene that Ah Yan saw at the summer banquet. ”

Feng Yan suddenly frowned.

…… Magic?

She suddenly wanted to knock on Wei Xingzhen's head.

Master Wei, do you think that I don't usually go out and read less, so I'm easy to deceive?

It is still difficult to use illusion to create flowers and plants at the summer feast, and it is almost impossible to use illusion to create a living person without being seen by others.

Because - people, for their own kind, have unimaginable acumen.

There will always be a preference for things that resemble people, such as tanuki slaves, who have big eyes, a flat face, and a high, round forehead, like the face of a baby.

However, when the resemblance reaches a certain level, the preference can suddenly become terrifying.

Sometimes, it is even difficult to tell what is the difference between a dummy and a real person, but the slightest difference is enough to make all illusionary dummies as glaring and conspicuous as a stiff walking dead in the eyes of ordinary people.

From ancient times to the present, Feng Yan has never heard of anyone who can create people with illusion and can confuse the real with the fake - unless it is a meat puppet.

The body of the meat puppet is mostly a specially captured body, so it looks a little more realistic, but this is the same as a thread, and it is the most disgraceful evil art.

"Where's the evidence?" Feng Yan frowned.

“…… Ah Yan comes with me. ”

Feng Yan followed Wei Xingzhen's footsteps and walked through the courtyard.

He took Feng Yan to the courtyard where Di Yang rested yesterday, the window of the guest house was open, and it was empty, and there was no one inside.

Feng Yan's gaze quickly swept across the courtyard, "You have already taken Grandpa Guo and them to a safe place?" ”

"Nope." Wei Xingzhen replied in a low voice.

“…… Are they still in the house? ”

Wei Xingzhen nodded.

"That morning, Ji Ran came to search—"

"He couldn't find anything." Wei Xingzhen slowly walked to Feng Yan's side and said in a low voice, "Ah Yan thinks, is there anything unusual around?" ”

Feng Yan was slightly stunned.

She looked around again, and the yard was planted with peach trees, which were already lush and green, with the chirping of insects in the distance, the green bricks under her feet, and the birds that flew through the sky from time to time......

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Yes and no.

Feng Yan looked at Wei Xingzhen's eyes again with some doubts.

"What's next...... Don't be afraid. ”

Before Feng Yan could ask what she was afraid of, the surroundings suddenly underwent earth-shaking changes.

Rocks, courtyards, green pines...... Everything around me is like ink that has suddenly been stained by water.

The changing world brought dazzling dizziness, and the whole world presented an unreal and illusory meaning, all the light and shadow were surging in front of him, and Feng Yan was a little unsteady for a while.

Wei Xingzhen immediately helped her.

It's just that in an instant, in a hazy and chaotic situation, the world suddenly takes on a new look.

The blurred colors soon became clear again, and the outlines of each grass and tree, brick and tile showed their outlines again, and Feng Yan looked at everything in front of him in a daze—including Di Yang, who was wrapped in gauze on the swing frame not far away.

All of this happened in an instant.

Di Yang was also looking at Wei Xingzhen and Feng Yan who suddenly appeared in front of him with a shocked expression, "You guys...... When did you two come back? ”

Feng Yan looked at Di Yang, her face became a little pale, "...... Grandpa Guo, have you always been here? ”