In the study of the Lin Mansion.

"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent, so I let the thief run away." Steward Lin, who was dressed in gray, knelt humbly on one knee at this moment.

"Bang!"

Lord Lin waved the delicate white jade teacup in his hand to the ground in a fit of anger: "Waste, a little thief who steals into the house can't catch it, what use do I want you?" ”

Steward Lin buried his head low, and seemed to be a little ashamed.

"My lord, that thief sneaked into the mansion three times and twice, according to his subordinates, this is no ordinary little thief." Although he Lin Xiang is not a top master in the rivers and lakes, his kung fu is not weak, but the thief did not show a single move in his hands and fled without a trace, you can imagine the high martial arts of the thief.

How can a martial arts master do a burglary?

Besides, the thief came and went like the wind, but nothing was lost in the house.

"Oh? How so? "Lord Lin is not stupid, Steward Lin can see it, and he can naturally think of it.

Steward Lin didn't hesitate to say the conjecture in his heart.

Lord Lin nodded, that person's purpose was probably for that thing.

"The thief touched the mansion several times, but returned in vain, I'm afraid it won't be long before he will continue to come to investigate, you go down first to deploy and deploy, and when the time comes, he will be captured alive, and the official wants to see who this mastermind behind the scenes is." Even if that thing is not in his mansion now, he has to try to catch that person, so that he can make meritorious service in front of Lord Zi, and he can't say that Wang Mingliang, who has no one in his eyes, will take the credit.

"My subordinates will do it." Shopkeeper Lin got up from the ground, took two steps and seemed to think of something and turned around: "My lord, my subordinates just received the news that Wang Huzi was arrested by General Qu, he knows a lot of things about us, do you want to ...... it." ”

Master Lin sat back in the Taishi chair, touched his lips, and a word popped out in a gloomy voice: "Kill!" ”

Shopkeeper Lin nodded and exited the door.

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"Or nothing?" Le Qing looked out the window at the heavy rain, and the two strands of long hair hanging down her temples were wet with the rain, but she didn't know it.

A cold "um" sound came from the darkly lit corner of the room.

Le Qing frowned, Lin Zhizhou was the key to the whole thing, that thing was most likely in his hands, but a little red night to explore the Lin Mansion several times to no avail, either Lin Zhizhou hid the things too well, or the things were not on him at all.

Perhaps, in the hands of the old fox of Ziyun, it may not be.

"Lin Mansion will put it aside first, Jin has other things to bother you to do." Le Qing's gaze withdrew from the window and said in a consultative tone.

A little red didn't respond immediately, his task was to protect Le Qing from harm, but he didn't expect to do such messy things.

He is a killer, not a spy, and he is not a slave of the Yuefu family.

Le Qing was silent when he saw a little red, knowing what he was thinking, he couldn't help but explain: "Fourteen, Jin doesn't treat you as a subordinate, but just hopes to get your help, of course, if you don't want to, Jin won't force it." ”

After a long time, a little red continued: "Once this matter is over, you and I will be clear." ”

Le Qing smiled bitterly: "Fourteen, Jin has never threatened to save your life, you are a free body, and you don't owe Jin anything." ”

A year ago, since he rescued a little red who was seriously injured and died by chance, a little red has been following him silently.

At first, he didn't know it, but later after being rescued by a little red in distress on a river beach, he learned that the masked man had been secretly following him.

Without waiting for Le Qing to explain more, the black shadow flashed, and the little red standing in the corner immediately disappeared into the room.

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After Lin Xingyu took Xiao Qi and followed Le Qing back to the small courtyard bought by General Qu, he directly led him to his room and asked someone to help find a doctor to treat Xiao Qi's injuries.

Fortunately, Xiao Qi's physique is good, except for the trauma and severe malnutrition of his body, he has no other diseases.

The doctor prescribed medicine and told the child's body to be well recuperated, and the most important thing was that he was wounded in his heart, and he must not be abused again, otherwise he would become a fool.

Lin Xingyu called a little maid to help Xiao Qi take a bath, and he put on a robe, followed the doctor back to the hospital to grab medicine, and wandered the street for a long time and finally found an open clothing shop and bought two sets of children's clothes.

When she came back from her errands, she saw the little maid standing outside the door, and couldn't help but step forward in confusion, gesturing up and down with her hands.

"Dumb girl, the child won't let the slave bathe him, and says ......" The maid didn't wait for Lin Xingyu to finish the gesture before explaining.

Lin Xingyu had a question mark on his face: "? ”。

The maid blushed and finished the whole sentence embarrassedly, and ran away without waiting for Lin Xingyu to react.

Hearing this, Lin Xingyu was stunned.

It seems that the child who is only six or seven years old has not expected to be ten years old.

"Whew!" The wooden door was opened from the inside, revealing a gap.

A pair of piercing eyes appeared in the gap: "Sister." The voice was both happy and frightened.

Seeing him like this, Lin Xingyu smiled gently, and stretched the shirt in his arms to the crack of the door.

Xiao Qi carefully opened the door by a third, took the shirt and closed the door again.

Lin Xingyu didn't stop outside the door, carrying the medicine in his arms, he walked all the way to the kitchen, he wanted to decoct the medicine himself, but when he thought that Xiao Qi would be scared if he didn't see him in his clothes, he finally had to hand over the medicinal materials and prescriptions to a cook in the kitchen, and asked her to decoct the medicine for Xiao Qi every day.

"Sister, where have you been? Xiao Qi can't see you, you will be afraid. As soon as Lin Xingyu arrived at the door of his residence, he saw that Xiao Qi's withered yellow hair was still dripping with water, and he twisted his head anxiously and timidly to look around at the door.

Lin Xingyu hurriedly stepped forward, took off the coat on his body, took Xiao Qi's hand with a reproachful face, and walked into the room.

Early in the morning of the second day, General Qu hurried back from outside, and when he entered the door, Lin Xingyu, Le Qing and Xiao Qi were sitting on the table drinking porridge.

When Le Qing saw General Qu coming in, he smiled and invited him to sit down and have porridge together.

General Qu didn't even take off his coat in a hurry, so he said to Le Qing with a straight face: "The bearded man who had a conflict with Miss Lin in the vegetable market yesterday died in the prison at night. ”

When Xiao Qi heard this, his breath became much more even, as if he was relieved.

A trace of doubt flashed in Lin Xingyu's eyes, and he waited for General Qu's next words like Le Qing.

"Judging from the various signs of the corpse, the bearded man untied his belt and died hanging from the beam, but I think this kind of greedy person who is afraid of death will not commit suicide because he can't stand the pain of prison, and it is more likely that he will kill him. But a scoundrel in the market has a grudge against a big man, even if he is already in prison, he must be killed. General Qu, who had not had time to take care of the Five Organs Temple since noon yesterday, smelled the porridge and didn't care about the clothes that were still dripping, so he directly took off the hat, strode to the table, hugged the big soup bowl on the table and began to drink porridge.