Early the next morning, Xue Ne walked to the British Mansion, intending to plead guilty to the British Princess.

Li Tao is 76 years old, after the three dynasties of Gaozu, Taizong, and today's emperor, together with the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jing, etc., he is ranked among the 24 meritorious heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty, and is highly relied on by Emperor Li Zhi. Now the Pingyang County Mansion and the British Mansion are in Chongrenfang, Xue Rengui is a rising and leading upstart general, and Li Tao is a high-powered, stable pillar of the country, the two have close contacts, quite a bit of heroic sympathy.

Xue Ne didn't want to let the relationship between the two families be dusted because of himself, and after knocking on the door to explain his intentions, he followed the housekeeper to the inner hall. The British Mansion is much larger than the Pingyang County Mansion, and it is a martial arts training ground when you enter the main gate, and many children of the Li Tao clan practice martial arts here. In contrast, his own family is also a general, but the atmosphere of martial arts is much worse than that of the Li Mansion.

Xue Ne was thinking like this, and a girl in a goose yellow skirt came to her head, she stepped forward in two steps, and said to the housekeeper: "Great-grandfather is napping in the warm pavilion, it's inconvenient to disturb, I'll take Xue Lang to take a look around." ”

The person who came was not someone else, it was Li Yuanxi, Xue Ne saw that her eyes were swollen like peaches, and she knew that she cried all night last night, and her heart was quite uncomfortable. Although he didn't have the slightest affection for her, he always regarded her as a friend, and when the housekeeper left, Xue Ne bowed and said: "It's Shen Yan who doesn't live with the county lord, and I have come to ask the British public for guilt today, if the British public is inconvenient to see guests, Shen Yan will come back another day." ”

"Great-grandfather is old, I don't want him to be angry, you don't have to talk to him."

Then Shen Yan will take his leave...... But if the British Duke wakes up and asks why Xue didn't enter the room to say hello, will it be a little rude. ”

"Great-grandfather's side, I'll talk to him, he doesn't have a good memory now, and he won't remember you when he sleeps for a while", Li Yuanyan raised her eyes and squeezed out a smile, but she looked very distracted, "Come with me for a walk, I have something to tell you." ”

Xue Ne hugged his fist and saluted, and followed Li Yuanyan through the corridor of the British Mansion, and saw that there was an extremely delicately decorated courtyard at the end of the road.

Xue Ne hurriedly stopped, leaned around and said, "Eh, county lord, let's talk outside, how can outsiders be worthy of entering the county lord's boudoir......"

Li Yuanyan glanced at Xue Ne, and reluctantly took him to the side of the courtyard, only to see that the wall was planted with slender green bamboo, fresh and elegant, and there was a boulder buried in the grass, on which the word "loyalty" was engraved. Xue Ne stopped and looked closely, and asked Li Yuanyan: "Dare to ask the county lord, but the words of the right prime minister Yan Liben?" ”

"You don't see it well, this word comes from the hand of Yan Lide, the brother of the right prime minister Yan Liben, I heard that the entire Chongrenfang was designed by him when it was built, and our family is the second largest household."

Xue Ne tilted her head slightly, a little puzzled in her heart, but didn't ask, and walked into the study with Li Yuanxi. Xue Ne was not used to being in the same room with her, so she was uncomfortable, and asked again: "The county lord has something to ask Xue, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"I told my mother yesterday that it was me...... I can't look down on you anymore and don't want to marry you. You can rest assured that the people of the Li family will not embarrass you. ”

Xue Ne didn't expect Li Yuanyan to say this, sighed softly, and arched his hand: "Thank you for being cautious, but in fact, you don't have to do this." It was I who did not resolve the misunderstanding in time, and even if the British Duke and General Lee were dissatisfied, it should be borne by me. ”

"You think I'm here for you?" Li Yuanyan pretended to be strong, and looked like she was open, but her voice was still trembling, and her eyes were even redder, "I am the county lord of the British Mansion, if you refuse to marry like this, won't you lose the face of my great-grandfather and grandfather......"

"Then it's all up to the county lord, just follow the county lord's pleasure."

Li Yuanyan suddenly clenched her small fists and slammed them twice at Xue Ne, her hand seemed to be extremely heavy, but the force that fell dissipated a lot: "This is what you owe me, ...... in the future." You and I are both clear. ”

Xue Ne looked at Li Yuan's tears like rain, and felt uncomfortable, and arched his hand: "I will never forget the many years of friendship with the county lord." In the future, as long as there is something that needs to be cautious, I will go to the soup for the county lord at any time. ”

"I don't need you to go to the soup, I just have a suspicion in my heart, and I want to ask you for clarification", Li Yuan paused, making sure that the servants were all sent away, and there was no one around, before she whispered, "Who do you like...... Is it that cardinal? ”

It was midnight and night, and Fan Ning followed Xue Ne to avoid the heavy checkpoints in the mansion and came to the kitchen.

After Xue Ne attributed the poisoning to eating the wrong thing, the wind and waves in the house gradually subsided, but he didn't dare to relax for a while, the answer was about to come out in his heart, making him sleepless day and night, and he felt a lot of emotion, no matter what today, he must go and see with his own eyes, verify his conjecture, and see if it was the person who poisoned him.

"Hey, is it true that as long as you stay here, the murderer will show up on his own?" Fan Ning and Xue Ne huddled together in the small space behind the kitchen door, and asked in a very thin voice.

Although she was still wearing the skin of "Ning Chungong", Fan Ning's big eyes full of autumn waves were close at hand, and the good aroma on her body made Xue Nedeng blush.

The space behind this door is so narrow, the two of them are almost close to each other, and the most terrible thing is that Fan Ning doesn't seem to mind, not only does he not shy away, but his face is getting closer and closer. Xue Ne secretly rejoiced in her heart: thanks to the darkness in the back kitchen, she couldn't see the embarrassed image of her face with a ruddy face, otherwise she really didn't know how to explain it. Xue Ne only felt that his qi and blood couldn't help but surge up his head, and his heart beat like a war drum, as if it was about to jump out of his body, but it also made his hearing a little more sensitive than usual.

"Shhhh Be quiet! Xue Ne seemed to hear something, and immediately covered Fan Ning's mouth with his hand, this cover didn't matter, his hand touched her soft lips firmly, making him loose and not tight, and the embarrassment was even more embarrassing.

Fortunately, the predicament did not last long, and the sound of approaching footsteps outside the door quickly took away the attention of the two. Fan Ning opened his eyes wide, only to see that in the shallow moonlight, the door of the kitchen was gently pushed open, and a long figure slowly stretched into the back kitchen.

"I didn't expect it to be really you......"

Hearing Xue Ne's voice coming from behind him, the figure was obviously stunned, and sighed heavily, followed by an old woman's voice: "I thought it was seamless, but it seems that I still can't hide it from our Da Langjun." ”

Fan Ning habitually wanted to draw his sword, but was held down by Xue Ne, he stepped forward in a few steps, held the old woman's hand tightly, and sighed indescribably: "I can't eat ginger since I was a child, and I will have a rash and feel uncomfortable when I eat it. On that day, the nurse took advantage of the laziness of the little girl who watched the pot, and dripped puffer fish poison into the fish soup in the pot, and mixed alkaline noodles into the ginger juice prepared by the maid in advance, so as to neutralize and eliminate the toxicity of the puffer fish, so that only Shen Yan was poisoned. As long as you understand the key to this, you can guess that all this is planned by the nursing mother. Remembering that the kitchen ladies had mentioned that there were occasional thefts of ingredients in the back kitchen, I calculated the time and estimated that you would come tonight, so I waited for the nurse to show up by herself. ”

The moonlight poured down, reflecting the frosty hair of the nurse Liu, she raised her hand to caress Xue Ne's face, and smiled lightly, not knowing whether it was joy or sadness: "It is worthy of our Da Langjun, it is really ice and snow smart." It's just that the old body is doing this, Lang Jun doesn't seem to understand......"

"Shen Yan understands that the nurse took great pains to set up this situation in order to make Chu Yu bear the charge of attempted murder of his brother, so as to permanently eliminate the possibility of him attacking the lord. But what did my nurse teach me since I was a child? Chu Yu will taste the bitter fruit of doing evil, but I can't frame him, otherwise my conscience will be at peace...... Compared with this, Shen Yan wants to know more, where is the nurse hiding in the house? Was it Chu Yu who colluded with Liu Yu to force the nurse to leave? After I sent my nurse out of the city that day, how did you go back to Xuefu? ”

The secret in this house, Liu wanted to secretly leave a letter when he retired and told Xue Ne, but she didn't expect it to be such a form, she sighed lightly, said: "Lang Jun come with me", and walked out of the kitchen tremblingly.

The moonlight is like water, the backyard of the Xue Mansion is quiet, and even the crows on the branches have fallen asleep, making a slight cooing sound. In order that there would be no obstacle to tonight's action, Xue Ne secretly put herbal juice with sleep-aiding effects in the tea boiled in the back kitchen in the evening.

Xue Ne and Fan Ning followed Liu to the back hall not far from the kitchen, and walked to the shrine where the Buddha statue was enshrined, but saw that the Buddha statue inside was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a cave that could only be entered by one person curled up, and the narrow steps led to the dark underground.

Xue Ne had never paid attention to this kind of secret path mechanism before, and at this time he looked around and found that the mystery was indeed hidden: the Buddha shrine and the top of the octagonal pavilion in the backyard, the kitchen in the east, and the pool in the west were just in line with the position of the four hexagrams of Qian, Kun, Li, and Kan in the gossip graphic.

Seeing Xue Ne looking at this invisible gossip array, Liu couldn't help but smile slightly: "It's still my family's Da Lang Jun who is the smartest, how can Chu Yu Lang Jun compare to my Da Lang Jun?" This tunnel only opens at three o'clock on the third, sixth and ninth days, when the stone table is turned clockwise for half a week, and closed when it is turned counterclockwise. ”

After saying that, Liu shrank and bent down, and cautiously walked down the steps at the entrance of the cave, Xue Ne and Fan Ning glanced at each other and hurriedly followed.

Under the cave is a long and narrow straight road, the height of the floor is very low, Liu and Fan Ning are fine, Xue Ne has to curl up with all his strength to advance. After walking about fifty paces, at the end of the day, I saw a shaft leading upwards, surrounded by bricks and stones for people to climb up. Xue Ne and Fan Ning followed Liu and slowly climbed up the shaft, came out, and suddenly there was a light in front of them, after a moment of dazzling discomfort, the two opened their eyes again, only to see that there was a hole here, a wide road like a road on both sides of the bush of torches, at a glance can not see the end, but I am afraid that it is bigger than the Pingyang County Mansion on the ground. The corridor is flanked by earthen partitions, each with two wooden doors.

Xue Ne obviously didn't expect that there would be such a large underground palace under his house, so he settled down, stepped forward and casually pushed open a door.

Hearing only the sound of "bang", a few pieces of crow-black leather suddenly fell in front of him, Fan Ning has always been known for being stupid and bold, but at this time, he was so frightened that he hugged Xue Ne's arms tightly.

Xue Neben was also shocked by the scene in front of him, and was hugged by Fan Ning like this, and with a coax in his head, the whole person was red from head to toe, and it took a while to freeze his mind, and he comforted Fan Ning softly: "It's just some old armor, no one's, don't be afraid of ......"

Fan Ning opened his eyes and looked closely, and sure enough, he saw that there were many armors piled up in the room, but they seemed to be old, and they had been corroded and festered by the damp and yin moisture here, and some of them had even grown moss.

"How can there be so many armor here", Fan Ning asked Xue Ne in a low voice, "If every room is full of armor, it will cost tens of thousands, to say the least?" ”

"Yes, I really didn't expect that there would be such a hole under my new house. Looking at the situation of these armors, they should have been put for years, and if these things were seen, I don't know how they would guess my father, it was really a shocking thunder......"

"Do you know who lived here before your house?"

Xue Ne shook his head and replied: "This house was bought by my father before he went to Goryeo, although the location is good, but it is not extremely luxurious, it is more in line with my father's status in the court, so he ordered Liu Yu to find a craftsman to clean it up, and he only moved in a month ago......"

Xue Ne said, and suddenly remembered that Li Yuanyan had said during the day that their British Mansion was the second largest household in Chongrenfang, and he felt strange at that time, the two largest families in this square were the British Mansion and the Pingyang County Mansion, and the British Mansion was obviously much larger than the Pingyang County Mansion, how could it be said that the British Mansion was the second?

Could it be that Li Yuanyan knows something? It doesn't seem like it, she should just draw a scoop based on the gourd, repeating the words of the elders, if anyone really knows something, it should be the designer of this workshop, Yan Lide, the brother of Yan Liben mentioned by Li Yuanxi.

Liu didn't squeak, staggered through the dark room, and walked deeper and farther, and Xue Ne and Fan Ning also hurriedly followed. After Liu opened a door casually, he saw that the layout was very similar to Xue Ne's room, Xue Ne and Fan Ning looked at each other, both of them looked at each other, and both of them looked at each other.

"Now we are in the position under the rockery in the backyard," Liu pointed to the two holes like square wells on the top, "This is the airway, which connects the pores on the strange rocks on the top of the rockery in the backyard, so although this room is underground, the air is not turbid, and there will be sunlight shining through the holes at noon every day, and reflecting into the room through the mirror in the airway." ”

Liu took Xue Ne and Fan Ning to see the other rooms one by one, which made Xue Ne and Fan Ning even more dumbfounded: some of these rooms led to the back of the Buddha statue in the front hall, some led to the bottom of the banquet hall, some led to Xue Rengui and Liu's bedrooms, some led to Xue Ne and Xue Chuyu's respective bedrooms, and some even led to the side rooms where the next person lived, all of which had holes connected to this labyrinthine underground palace. In the middle of it, you can know the every move of everyone in the house without leaving the hole. Xue Ne couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: if this kind of organ was known by Xue Chuyu, his harboring of Fan Ning would have been exposed a long time ago, Xue Ne asked suspiciously: "How did the nurse find out about the mechanism here?" ”

"Because of fate, one day the old body helped Mrs. wipe the Buddha shrine, in the middle of the night remembered to forget to worship the incense, hurried to go, cleaned up and tired very much, sat on the stone bench, who knew that the mechanism was triggered, the old body did not dare to make a noise, just wanted to find an opportunity, to tell Lang Jun about it. Seeing that Chu Yulangjun always bullied our family's eldest man, and wanted to drive the old man back to his hometown, the old man was afraid that after he went back, Chu Yulangjun and Liu Yu would intensify their bullying of Dalang, so he came up with this strategy, which would not hurt Dalangjun but also make Chu Yulangjun die. So before leaving last time, the old man bought off the guard at the north gate and told him that on the day when the old man sent the old man out, the old man needed to go back to get some things, and when he left, he would go through the south gate and never bother him. He thought that the old man had secretly hidden some of his body and wanted to come back to get it, so he agreed. That night the old man came back quietly, and has been hiding here ever since...... No matter what the purpose, the old body has committed a crime, please Dalang enforce the law impartially, and the old body is willing to be punished. ”

Liu said, bent down to worship, Xue Ne hurriedly stepped forward to support her: "What did the nurse say!" When he was a child, his mother went out with his father to fight, and if he hadn't been fed by a nursing mother, Shen Yan would have starved to death. In the following years, Shen Yan could not speak, and was often laughed at and abused, but my nurse always protected me and patiently taught me word by word...... If there is no nursing mother, there is no today, everything you do is for me, and even if you die, you will never blame the nursing mother. The nurse is so old, for the sake of Shen Yan did not hesitate to curl up here, even the food is just casually picked up to deal with, Shen Yan only felt distressed, I have rented a carriage and horses, and invited a loyal and reliable person, I beg the nurse to pack up as soon as possible, and when the morning comes, I will send you out of the city. Over there in Jiangzhou, I also took care of it, and the nurse just had to rest and recuperate after returning home, and there would be no difference. ”

Liu sighed indescribably and turned his head to look at Fan Ning. Fan Ning saw the layout here and understood that the Liu family already knew her identity, so she stepped forward a few steps forward and scratched her little face to say hello: "Well, Mother Liu still remembers me, I am that little Ning'er......"

Liu looked at Fan Ning's eyes very lovingly, and said happily: "Lang Jun said last time that he already has a ...... in his heart."

"Hey, hey, wait", Xue Nechang interrupted Liu's words with a red face, and turned to Fan Ning and said, "Take a step to speak." ”

Fan Ning was blankly pulled into a room next to him by Xue Ne, only to see that his face was full of embarrassment, and he bowed his hand and said: "The last time I sent the nurse away, she said that she hadn't seen me get married, and she was a little regretful, so I coaxed her to say that she already had a sweetheart." Today will be parting again, uh, you, can you ......"

Before he finished speaking, Fan Ning looked clear, patted his chest and promised: "Hey, that's it, it's easy to say, we are such good brothers, what is this little thing, you can take care of it." ”

With that, Fan Ning walked out of the room, walked in front of Liu, and wrapped his arms around Xue Ne's arm with three points of embarrassment. Xue Ne straightened up in shock, blushed and stumbled: "Nurse, Ning, Ning'er, you recognize it......

Liu smiled, the corners of his eyes bloomed with cute folds, he poked out his thin hand, grabbed Fan Ning's little hand, and said earnestly: "Child, the old body grew up watching Da Langjun, Da Langjun in the photo, your vision is really good." Our eldest Langjun doesn't know how to talk flatteringly, but he is smart and reliable, and he treats people sincerely, except for you, the women next to him will not look at him. When you were two years old, the old body looked fateful, and you went around and around without guessing, which was really a blessing from cultivation. Over the years, the general has not given Da Lang Jun a marriage, and the old body has been very worried, for fear that in the future, Da Lang Jun will marry a woman from another family, and he will be calculated. Child, the old body can be regarded as watching you grow up, you two have the same temperament since childhood, and in the future, you will have to help each other a lot. ”

Although it was just a favor for Xue Ne, Fan Ning still comforted the Liu family very sincerely: "Mother Liu, don't worry, with my Fan Ning in one day, I won't let Xue Lang be bullied, whether it is Xue Chuyu or some cow, ghost, snake and god next to him, I will help him fly." ”

Liu nodded with a smile, took Xue Ne's hand with one hand, and then pulled Fan Ning's hand with the other, overlapping them in one place, and wrapped them tightly with his big rough hand, which was both cherished and cherished, and with endless reluctance: "The old body watched Lang Jun grow up, Lang Jun's thoughts, others may not know, but the old body will not know...... Lang Jun treats people sincerely, a heart is delivered to the water, he is stupid and can't say, he should have already put you in his heart. Girl, although the old body is very relieved of your character and temperament, I can't help but tell you again: You two get along well, Da Langjun will never let you down. If you have the opportunity to come to Jiangzhou in the future, Longmen will always have your home, no matter when you come, there will be hot porridge and hot rice for you to catch the wind and wash the dust......"

Liu said extremely sincerely and sincerely, Fan Ning was riveting to help Xue Ne, but at this time he was dazed, his little face couldn't help but have a slight fever, and the whole person was covered with clouds and mountains, and he couldn't answer for a while.

Xue Ne understood that the Liu family had seen through his thoughts, and at the time of parting, he didn't want to hide any more, so he said with red eyes: "Don't be so sad about the nurse, after the case is investigated, Shen Yan will take Ning Er to Longmen to see you." ”

Liu nodded with a smile, tears poured down, with joy and reluctance, and he was reluctant to let go of their hands.

The time of parting is the most unbearable, the sky is white, the time of separation is approaching, Xue Ne did not dare to delay, for fear that someone would wake up and be bumped into, so he hurriedly took Liu and Fan Ning out of the underground palace.

Fengying had been waiting outside the small door in a car, and after Xue Ne instructed him a few words, he said goodbye to Liu: "Take care of the nurse, after the Fengying sends you to Baqiao, there will be a convoy to pick you up, I have bought some things for the nurse, so that you can take them back to your hometown and retire in peace...... It won't be long before I go to Jiangzhou to see you. ”

Liu couldn't stop crying, but he didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of implicating Xue Ne in a slow step, so he got into the carriage tremblingly, driven by the wind shadow, and slowly drove out of the city.

It was already the season when the north wind swept the white grass and folded, Xue Ne kept watching Liu's carriage disappear in front of him, still refusing to leave, standing in the wind for a long time, suddenly looking back, only to find that Fan Ning, who usually talks a lot, has not spoken. Thinking of Fang Cai's mother's words, Xue Ne couldn't help but be a little surprised, and only then did he open his mouth to break the deadlock, but he saw Fan Ning pointing to the roof and leaping into Xue's mansion.

Xue Ne hurriedly returned to the Shensi Garden, looking around for Fan Ning and couldn't find it, but he heard a faint sound coming from the ground, and hurriedly leaned down and put his ear to the peep of the room leading to the underground palace. This peephole is hidden in the shadow wall directly behind the case, inlaid with jewels, which is very evasive, no wonder even a meticulous person like Xue Ne did not notice it.

Xue Ne wanted to look in through the peephole, but the floor behind him suddenly loosened, causing him to stumble and almost step on the air. ”

Xue Ne lay on the blanket and asked Fan Ning, "Why did you go back there?" ”

"I used to have nowhere to live, but now that I know that there is such a good place below, I will live below", Fan Ning's little face was slightly red, and he didn't look at Xue Ne, "I always stay with you, and I can't rest well, toss all night, I'll go down and sleep first......"

After that, Fan Ning retracted into the cave and was about to close the movable floor. Xue Ne's eyes were quick, he pressed it, and asked worriedly, "Is there a futon underneath?" Don't freeze to death. ”

"Don't worry, whatever you have in the house, there are a lot of them below, although they are still warm underground, I don't know what kind of Karakuri is used......"

Before he finished speaking, the voice of the maid came from outside the Shensi Garden, saying that he had come to bring breakfast to Xue Ne. Fan Ning and Xue Ne looked at each other, and immediately hid back into the dark passage silently. After checking that everything had been put back in its place, Xue Ne opened the door to greet him. When he came back and lifted the floor, Fan Ning was gone.

Xue Ne re-covered the floor and sat in the same place, not moving for a long time, Junxiu's face was full of rare loneliness: with Fan Ning's cleverness, didn't he understand the words of the nurse, so he excused himself to rest and hide from himself?

For three or two days in a row, Xue Ne wrote a file in the Criminal Department during the day, and when he returned to the Pingyang County Mansion at night, Fan Ning said that he was tired and hid in the underground palace and refused to meet him. Xue Ne didn't say anything, but he was a little anxious in his heart, he finally couldn't sit still that day, and after letting go of the Ya, he deliberately turned to the West Market, bought Fan Ning's favorite Hu cakes and cherry dumplings, hurried home, and lay down at the outlet of Shensi Garden, and greeted: "There are delicious food, and hot cheese wine, isn't your nose very smart?" Why hasn't it come out yet? ”

Two days and nights ago, Fan Ning and Xue Ne invited gophers and others to come and cut the small hole of the gas out wide, and changed it to push the door, so it was much more convenient, and there was no need to take advantage of the detour to the back garden in the middle of the night, and they could directly support the ground and go out. After holding back in the underground palace for three or four days, and smelling the fragrance of cherry gluttony, Fan Ning was tempted, and immediately couldn't sit still, and came out of the underground palace in three or two times, and sat in front of the desk, staring at Xue Ne Opening the oil paper bag and taking out the food.

Childhood sweetheart is like this, he knows all her preferences, Xue Ne smiled and watched Fan Ning eat sweetly, which made Fan Ning blush, and pushed the Hu cake on the case and said, "You eat it too." ”

Xue Ne shook his head and smiled: "I'm not hungry, you can eat." It's been cold in Chang'an these days, are you okay over there? Do you want me to get another quilt? ”

"It's not cold, it's very warm in the dungeon, it's more comfortable than in your house", Fan Ning lowered his eyes and ate cherry dumplings, quite a little unsavory. I didn't realize that Xue Ne was such a meticulous and considerate person, in addition to not being good at words, he was thoughtful, righteous, erudite, and had grown into a outstanding young man who was angry but the mountains and rivers were not obvious, and he was no longer the child who first arrived at stargazing and cried secretly at night.

Xue Ne didn't know what Fan Ning was thinking, seeing her bow her head and not saying a word, I don't know if she was still worried about the words of the nurse that day, and she had a thought in her heart, and if she wanted to make it clear to her now. But this thought lingered in his heart for a long time, and it was only quietly dispelled, the ambiguity of that day had forced her to live in the underground palace, if she really explained it, wouldn't she really force her to leave? It's freezing and wanted, wouldn't it kill her? Or, with her ice and snow intelligence, that day may have been fully understood, so there will be these anomalies of time, if so, there is no need to talk about it, if you keep the status quo, you can still leave three points of dignity.

Xue Ne drank a few glasses of hot cheese wine, but still felt chills, and after a long time, he regained his usual look, and said to Fan Ning: "The abbot of Famen Temple made a special trip to the Criminal Department, claimed the remains of those masters, and recorded the testimony, coupled with the descriptions of those guards, it can basically be concluded that the masters who came to the other courtyard on the day of the crime were all fakes. ”

"Really? I didn't expect that big monk to be so righteous, what did the Criminal Department say? Am I still wanted? ”

"Don't be impatient", Xue Ne patted Fan Ning's shoulder, frowned and sighed, "Today, I discussed with several principals, and their opinions are biased towards those fake monks as your accomplices......"

"Accomplices? What to steal? "Push Back Picture"? Then why don't I just take it and run, why do I have to beat around the bush and pull a vote of people, thinking that I will live a long time? Fan Ning was angry, biting the Hu cake, her pink and tender cheeks bulging, and she was very cute.

Xue Ne softened his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Don't worry, how mediocre the two main things are Feichang, you don't know ......"

"What about Gao Min?"

"Gao Min?" As if he didn't expect Fan Ning to ask about that person, Xue Ne choked and couldn't help but feel a little sour, "He didn't say anything, there were those two fat intestines, and he didn't seem to be able to speak." ”

I didn't expect Xue Ne to joke, Fan Ning couldn't stop laughing, stood up and clapped his hands, and stretched: "Okay, I'm also full, and I'm ready to go back to sleep." I'll have to go to the ghost market tomorrow and ask them if they have heard from Master. ”

In addition to Fan Ning, Xue Ne also asked someone to go around to inquire about Li Chunfeng's whereabouts, but there was no result, I was afraid that Fan Ning would be disappointed again, but seeing her hopeful appearance, Xue Ne couldn't bear to speak bluntly, and only said: "I'm afraid it will be colder tomorrow, add some clothes, and be vigilant ......."

In addition to Li Chunfeng's whereabouts, Fan Ning went to the ghost market to ask about the Xue Mansion Underground Palace, and seeing that these people didn't find out anything, she was so angry that she grabbed one of them and twisted it: "What do you brag about when you see the sky, Chang'an Luoyang knows everything and knows everything, and you can't even inquire about this matter?" ”

Fan Ning's hands were so strong that he was about to cry, and explained while dodging: "Your mother-in-law's family is also powerful in Chang'an City, who dares to talk about them when they have nothing to do?" Besides, your eldest man doesn't know, so how can others know? ”

Monk Wenyin was originally a monk in a nearby temple, because the factional battle in the temple was plotted, accidentally drank and broke the vows, was driven out of the temple, and came to the ghost market in exile, and became the best friend of several people in the painted skin fairy. His hearing is amazing, much stronger than Xue Ne, as the name "Wenyin", I saw him step forward and say: "Amitabha." Xiao Ning'er, although we haven't been able to find out who built the underground palace, we can help you rule it out, and it is definitely not a legacy of the previous dynasty. Because when the flood occurred in the fifth year of Yonghui, Chongrenfang was extremely seriously flooded, and there was nowhere to go into the water when the flood piled up, so it was a ditch that was dug at that time to lead the flood out of the workshop......"

Wenyin Monk This clue is really important, Fan Ning has seen around in the underground palace when he has nothing to do, whether it is drainage and ventilation, all kinds of functions are readily available, if there is a big flood in the fifth year of Yonghui, it should be able to drain most of the floods that poured in.

From the fifth year of Yonghui to today, it is only 16 years, who built the underground palace here, and also stored tens of thousands of pieces of armor, is it an intention to rebel?

Fan Ning thought about it, but before he could figure it out, the gopher said again: "Oh my God, Xiao Ning'er, wouldn't it be your father-in-law who did it?" ”

"Impossible", Fan Ning replied categorically, "My father-in-law...... I'll kill you if you talk nonsense! You have also seen it, the armor is already corrupt and hairy, and the Xue family only bought this house at the beginning of this year, you don't have to talk nonsense, if you implicate the Pingyang County Mansion, I want you to look good! ”

The gopher shrank his neck, took a step back, and glanced at Fan Ning twice: "I know, I know...... Xue Dalang is good and handsome, for him, I won't talk nonsense. However, it is rumored that Xue Dalangjun was appointed as the commander of Lantian County, and the appointment of the Hongwen Pavilion Annex's major case has arrived in Jingzhao County, but I am afraid that I will take office after the year, and then you will not be able to live in Xue Mansion, but you will have to move to the ghost market? ”

At the same time, Xue Neren was in the East Palace, and he also heard Li Hong say that the appointment had arrived in Jingzhao County, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes finally had a smile, and he arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

"Don't be busy thanking you", Li Hong's expression didn't dare to relax at all, "There is only one month left in the three months agreed before, and recently many old ministers can't hold back, and they reply to the palace, mentioning that Fan Ning will be arrested and executed as soon as possible, and this year's big case cannot be dragged to next year, do you understand the benefits?" ”

"The minister understands", Xue Ne's tone was still humble, and he couldn't hear any impassioned generosity, but what he said was very encouraging, "The minister has a clue, just solve the mystery of the fire, and then solve the case immediately, and restore peace between His Highness and the world." ”

"Okay", although Li Hong did not praise Xue Ne, the excitement in his eyes could not be hidden, "Speaking of the clue of arson, there is a clue here in this palace: you also know that the queen of heaven ordered my skilled craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty to carve Buddha statues on Yique Mountain in Luoyang, but strange things have happened frequently in the past few days, and the Buddha statues in the cave have been inexplicably caught in flames...... Dali Temple and the Criminal Department sent people to investigate, are at a loss, the emperor and queen devotion to the Buddha, attaches great importance to this matter, has ordered to recruit the world's capable people to decipher, are you interested? ”

"The minister is willing to go", hearing that there was a clue, Xue Ne was very excited, and arched his hand, "Your Highness is tired of allowing it, and the minister ...... Take Adjutant Ning Chungong with him. ”

"Oh? Adjutant Ning", although Li Hong was still sitting solemnly, his tone was the same as usual, but the whole person had an indescribable sense of ridicule, "Running thousands of miles and overcoming difficulties together, it's good, this palace is ready!" ”