In the carriage, the king and the emperor sat opposite each other.

"You know that sooner or later this country will be buried in the hands of others, so you just need to defend it senselessly, don't you feel unwilling? With your ability, more than that, you spend your whole life in the palace, you are practicing yourself. ”

Cheng Qi's words were repeated over and over again in King You's mind, as if a demon was shouting in his head, reminding himself all the time, impacting the line of defense in his heart.

King You looked at the emperor who seemed to be asleep on the other side, and quietly turned his head and leaned on the carriage behind him. Is it worth it to work hard for such a person? However, it seems that there are people who are willing to give their hearts to protect you, but do people like you also deserve the loyal protection of others?

The body was slightly bumpy, the emperor's thick eyelashes swayed slowly, and his rosy lips tightened. King You turned his head and looked at the blue sky outside the window, thinking that after this clear sky, what followed would be wind and rain. The carriage and horse stopped in front of the gate of the palace Huihong, and Xie Lingxu said to Xiao Qixin: "You go back first, I still have some things to find out." ”

Xiao Qixin looked concerned: "Are you doing it alone?" ”

"No problem, though...... Can you borrow some money? ”

Xie Lingxu has experience, and understands that if he asks someone like Chu Xiu who is difficult to protect himself, he can't get any oil and water to die, and if he wants to borrow money, he has to borrow it from a playboy like Xiao Qixin, and a person like him who has nothing to do to make a girl is embarrassed to walk on the street without a drill.

"No problem!" Xiao Qixin is really refreshing.

"How much do you want, though? I don't usually carry much money when I go out, and I only have a hundred taels of silver on me. ”

Groove ...... Those who have been young masters are different, and they have confidence when they say it, unlike Chu Xiu's poor ghost, who can't make up ten taels of silver after selling his clothes, it seems that he will still have to pay Xiao Qixin this big money in the future.

"You can just look at as much as you want."

Xie Lingxu took the heavy silver given by Young Master Xiao, thanked him and walked in the direction of the Liujin pawnshop.

With his barren sense of direction, Xie Lingxu finally found Wu Laosi's tattered mess and sat on the wooden chair in front of him

"Inquire about something."

"Yo...... It's you, little girl. Wu Lao Si smiled, his two eyes narrowed into two short slits, and the wrinkles on his forehead were as deep as three chasms.

"What are the rumors about this serial murder case?" Xie Lingxu asked without saying a word.

"Ah...... Well, it's rumored that there's a psychopath, and he'......"

"Something else!"

"Hmm...... There's a murder syndicate......"

"It's not!" Xie Lingxu interrupted him, knowing that these official rumors did not represent anything at all.

"I'm asking, the rumors of the people are not the version for the people in power, I want to know that the rumors that are secretly spread among the people are the kind that cannot be spread on the table."

"Well...... Wu Laosi rolled his eyes and leaned over to Xie Lingxu and said

"Now the most widely spread in the tea shop is ...... More than 10 years ago, when the emperor succeeded to the throne, there were murderous devils in the imperial city, and people died every day, just like the current situation, more and more people died, and the government could not catch the murderer, so they could only let others do evil. And then......" Wu Lao Si lowered his voice, and his voice was lowered by another octave.

"The blood of the dead is written on the walls of the city, 'Corpses are crossed, evil spirits eclipse the sun; The long star is coming, and the word 'Yingfu guards the heart' makes people feel creepy when they see it. ”

"What do you mean? What does this mean? ”

"That's it...... Literally, that is, the world is going to be chaotic, and the country is going to change hands. ”

"Well, go on."

"Later, sure enough, the thieves broke into the palace and killed the emperor, and the turmoil was calmed down after the three princes ascended the throne."

"Who is the troublemaker?"

It is said that at that time, the emperor had no way to govern the country, the government was rotten, and the people were hard to understand all day and night. People from all walks of life who were dissatisfied with the rule of the imperial court gathered and began to do evil and cause turmoil in the imperial city, and finally even broke into the city gate and assassinated the court officials......"

Seeing that Wu Laosi was talking, Xie Lingxu had no patience to interrupt him

"Alright, I got it." Xie Lingxu poured out the silver in his pocket and spread it on the table, and Wu Laosi immediately took some of it.

"There is another question, but I don't know if this silver is enough, if it is not enough, I will pay it off on credit first, and I will definitely pay it off later."

"Okay, I don't have to worry about Young Master Xiao's friend."

Xie Lingxu took out the jade bead on his waist, spread his hand and handed it to Wu Laosi

"Do you know what this is? That's right...... And this. Xie Lingxu rolled up his sleeves, revealing the black iron jade bracelet on his wrist.

Seeing Wu Laosi's expression moved, Xie Lingxu faintly felt that there was a play.

Wu Laosi glanced at it a few times, thinking that this little girl was probably far more complicated and mysterious than he imagined, "I don't know about this thing." ”

"How could it be...... "Looking at the way he looked just now, it was clear that he knew something, why didn't he say it now?

"Girl, this ...... It's not within my power, if you really want to know, I'll show you the way, the palace's secret books, record all the strange things, you may be able to understand if you look through it. ”

What the...... Let me risk my life to go through the cheats, what kind of way is this?

"Girl, you can take this money back, and you don't have to take credit for the account, you have this problem...... Invaluable. ”

Priceless ......, priceless question ......, does Wu Laosi want to show that he really doesn't know the answer, or does he ...... The cost of answering this question is too great, and the consequences are too much to bear, so that he chooses to keep it secret? This jade bead and the mysterious black iron jade bracelet look like evil things no matter how you look at them, what mysteries are hidden in them are still blank in my mind, and the mysteries in front of me are one after another, Xie Lingxu feels that his long road forward may have just begun.

Walking into the gold pawnshop with few visitors, Xie Lingxu secretly felt that the clouds left by the murder here had not completely dispersed, and the whole store was shrouded in an indescribable depressing atmosphere.

When he entered the door, he saw the thin young man named Zhang Suyi silently sorting out the pawnshop's account books, Xie Lingxu saw that there was no blood on his face, and his cheeks seemed to be sunken deeper than when he first saw him, and he could faintly see that the corners of his eyes were a little red and swollen, and the dark circles on the abdomen of his eyes were very obvious, presumably it was difficult to get out of the grief of Boss Tong's death for a long time.

Xie Lingxu walked in front of him, Zhang Suyi heard the movement and slowly raised his eyes to take a look, as soon as he saw the dress of his predecessors, the memories of the previous few days suddenly poured into his mind, Zhang Suyi's hand trembled, and almost slipped the account book in his hand.

He turned around and asked the woman beside him for help, "Ya...... Yaxin"

Luo Yaxin, who was turning his back to clean the storefront, turned around when he heard this, looked at Xie Lingxu, who was expressionless, and hurriedly took Zhang Suyi behind him, and said in a cold tone:

"I remember you, you were the same guy who interrogated us the other day, you came...... What's the matter! ”

Xie Lingxu looked at the strong woman and weak man in front of her, stepped forward one step, propped her hands on the counter, and said in her solemn but irresistible voice:

"Inquire about the situation, there is no problem!"

Xie Lingxu's tone was not like an inquiry, but more like a request and an order, Luo Yaxin's originally tough attitude was immediately softened by the aura of the eyes of the person in front of him, and he shook his head a little timidly

"Nope."

"That's good."

Xie Lingxu stood up straight: "I remember you said that Boss Tong has a wife who ran away with her son, can you tell me more about this matter?" ”

Luo Yaxin: "We don't know the details, Boss Tong was already alone in the pawnshop when the two of us came." ”

"You've been with him for so long, and he hasn't revealed anything to you?"

"This is Boss Tong's family matter, he doesn't tell us, and it's not convenient for us to ask too much."

"yes, in that case, it's hard to find the mastermind behind it."

Xie Lingxu was silent for a moment.

“…… By the way, if Boss Tong's child didn't leave, then he is probably the same age as you, right? Xie Lingxu suddenly looked at Zhang Suyi, who had never spoken on the side, and said.

He was just guessing nonsense about Boss Tong's friendly care for Zhang Suyi, but when he saw that the young man's expression suddenly changed, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xie Lingxu, and the panic in his eyes was nowhere to hide in an instant.

"Do you know something?" Xie Lingxu noticed the young man's overreaction, and his eyes sharpened.

"I ...... I ......"

The pitiful eyes of the young fawn looked straight at Luo Yaxin and didn't know how to speak.

The girl grabbed his hand and motioned for him to calm down, "Su Yi, just say what you know, if you can really catch the murderer, Boss Tong will be dumbfounded." ”

Zhang Suyi shook his body when he heard the words and lowered his head

"I ...... I don't know, it's just that one day...... Boss Tong, he drank a lot of wine, he ...... He was drunk on the table, and I forgot to take something that day and went back to the pawnshop, and I saw that it was getting late...... I'm afraid that something will happen to Boss Tong, so I'll ...... As if to wake him up, I patted him on the shoulder, and ......" The boy paused, as if hesitant to continue.

Xie Lingxu continued his words in a somewhat threatening tone, "Then? ”

And then ...... Boss Tong, he suddenly grabbed my hand and said...... Say ......"

"Tsk...... Can you finish talking?"

"I, I remember it very clearly, he said to me, 'Zhao'er, I'm sorry for you, I can't protect you...... Your mother. That's it...... That's it, I was blinded at the time, and the next day the boss didn't say much, I ...... I didn't dare to ask more. ”

"He thinks you're his son, doesn't he?"

"I don't know."

"Okay, I see."

Xie Lingxu raised his steps and turned around to leave, when he heard Zhang Suyi ask weakly, "You guys, have you found anything?" Can ...... Bad guys, will they be brought to justice? ”

Xie Lingxu was stunned, thinking that I am afraid that not all bad people will get the evil consequences they deserve, there are countless people who are at large, and some things are not limited by the laws of justice, sometimes they may really be able to watch the villains do evil and be helpless, and bringing them to justice can only frame the majority of the world.

"You can believe you can." Xie Lingxu didn't turn around, put aside a heavy sentence, and walked out of the gold pawnshop in the silence behind him.