Chapter 401: Returning the Favor

"The lower official is gone, and no one has to deal with the affairs of the county government!" Their local officials could not leave their posts without the emperor's edict.

"I will explain this matter to the emperor in person!" After Xiao Hanyin understood the concerns in Governor Li's heart, he gave him his token.

Now that Xiao Hanyin is short of manpower, he can't send someone to protect Governor Li's mansion, worried that he will be intercepted and killed on the way.

King Cheng has done so much deliberately, it should not be as simple as wanting the life of Governor Li.

He should have planned to raise private soldiers and dead soldiers directly on the head of Governor Li.

In this way, he will be able to get out of this matter completely.

At the same time, the emperor will not continue to stare at him.

Xiao Hanyin was very angry at his shameless actions.

In fact, the emperor and many ministers in the court knew about his rebellion, but he was too cautious and never caught the handle......

However, as long as Governor Li went to the imperial city and revealed the crime of King Cheng deliberately framing him, he would not be able to continue to be arrogant.

The emperor will not tolerate him being powerful all the time.

King Cheng thought that this move was clever, but there were many flaws, and the house in Governor Li's mansion was obviously his trick.

He thought that if he eliminated the traces in the secret passage, he really had no way to find out the evidence of his crime?

"Thank you, Lord Xiao!" After Governor Li got his token, he was very grateful.

If it weren't for Xiao Hanyin's sudden arrival today, he wouldn't have known that King Cheng was so vicious behind his back that he wanted to let himself take the blame for him.

"I'm also for the people of Jiangnan!" Even though Governor Li is only a local official, he has not been a fish for the people over the years, and he can be regarded as a good official.

He didn't want to watch King Cheng put everyone's safety at risk for his own ambitions.

Jiangnan is a pure land, and it should not be stained with the blood of innocent people because of others......

After Governor Li was sure that his departure would really not affect the local people, he immediately decided to follow Xiao Hanyin's words.

In fact, he is still afraid of death in his heart, especially in the hands of the king who harmed their Li family, even if he really becomes a ghost, he will be unwilling in his heart.

"Lord Xiao, a few days ago, I heard that King Cheng used to go to a remote mountain behind, and he stayed for several days, and he didn't know what he did in the mountains!" Governor Li gave all the clues he found to Xiao Hanyin.

After all, the other party saved him once, and he should also repay the favor.

His grievances with King Cheng are too far-reaching, either you die or I live.

Now, the other party has made a move, but he still doesn't know anything, if it weren't for Xiao Hanyin's reminder, he was afraid that he would die for King Cheng in a daze......

"Is the news true?" Xiao Hanyin frowned.

"The lower officials don't dare to expire Lord Xiao, these are all personally investigated by my subordinates, but they don't dare to get too close, so they don't know what secrets are hidden in that mountain!" Governor Li felt that this matter should be what Xiao Hanyin and they wanted to know the most.

After all, they escorted King Cheng over this time to find out the situation of the Jiangnan officials.

However, Governor Li never expected that King Cheng would talk nonsense in front of the emperor.

Although they have always had a grudge, it is a pity that with his ability, he can't get justice for his sister immediately.

Now, Cheng has used him as an excuse to lure Xiao Hanyin and Mo Xuanyu to Jiangnan.

Although Governor Li didn't know the purpose of his doing, it must have something to do with the secret of the back mountain.

"I'll find a way to find out about this matter!" Xiao Hanyin didn't expect that there would be a bit of an unexpected gain tonight.

The clues provided by Governor Li should be true.

King Cheng has been secretly recruiting troops and horses, presumably so that one day, he can drive the current saint down from the dragon chair......

So he needed to find an extremely secret place to house his private soldiers.

Xiao Hanyin felt that the mountain behind him was very likely to be the biggest secret of King Cheng, and few people knew about it so far.

He seems to have no real power on the surface, but in fact, he doesn't know how many rebellious things he has done in private.

It's a pity that the emperor has no evidence, so he can't become a king at all.

Xiao Hanyin originally thought that he and Mo Xuanyu were just afraid that they were going to return empty-handed, but now that there is news, he must pull out King Cheng's fox tail.

King Cheng is a villain, there is not enough evidence to make him irrefutable, and in the end he can still find an excuse to blame everything on others......

That night, Governor Li found his confidants.

"I'm going to go to the Imperial City to meet the Holy Lord, and after I leave, the affairs of the government will be temporarily handed over to the master and Liu Zhutou to deal with!" When Governor Li ordered someone to pack his luggage, he secretly explained to his own people.

Since becoming the prefect of Jiangnan, he has hardly left his home for so many years.

There are many trivial matters in the county government, and some of them require his careful deliberation before he can decide......

This time it was about his life, and Governor Li didn't dare to delay it any longer.

So, he quickly handed over everything he was doing to others.

However, before he left, he carefully told his subordinates not to spread the news of his departure for the time being.

At present, King Cheng is powerful, he is powerless to resist, so he can only try his best to hide it, if King Cheng knows that he went to the imperial city, he is afraid that he will send someone to assassinate him.

Xiao Hanyin's words made him think a lot.

In fact, the other party is right, since King Cheng is determined to plant what he has done on himself, he must have been prepared. Dancing God eBook

If he dies on the way to the imperial city, King Cheng will definitely slander him and abscond in fear of crime, and even if he dies, he will be saddled with a lifetime of notoriety.

Governor Li has always cared about his reputation, how could he allow others to wronged him......

"Master, Governor Li has quietly disguised himself and left Jiangnan!" Xiao Hanyin's subordinates have been paying attention to the whereabouts of Governor Li's mansion.

"Who's with him?" He asked casually.

"When Governor Li left, he only brought his two personal guards with him!" The subordinates said truthfully.

"He's kind of smart!" At this time, if he dares to make a big fanfare, he is afraid that he will die before he leaves the boundary of Jiangnan.

"Master, do you really want to go to the mountain that Governor Li did to investigate?" The subordinates felt that it was too dangerous inside, and they didn't want Xiao Han to hide it.

"What I've said will never change!" He originally wanted to find evidence of King Cheng's disloyalty to the imperial court, and according to Governor Li's statement, all the malignant nature of King Cheng may be hidden in the mountains.

If he didn't take a look for himself, he would feel uncomfortable.

"What if there is no trace in the mountains?" His subordinates really wanted to protect Xiao Hanyin.

After all, if the mountain is really the king's lair, Xiao Hanyin is only afraid that he will run into trouble.

"I know your concerns, but I'm going to find out about it!" Xiao Hanyin knew very well what his subordinates were thinking.

He didn't want him to go over for the sake of his own safety.

However, since Governor Li provided clues, if he didn't investigate, wouldn't he have wasted his efforts for so long.

Liu Qingshao was still in King Cheng's mansion, waiting for herself to come over to pick her up.

If they can find out sooner, they will be able to go back together......

So, Xiao Hanyin ignored the persuasion of his subordinates, insisted on disguising himself, and secretly went to the back mountain mentioned by Li Zhifu.

When Xiao Hanyin first entered, he didn't find anything unusual about this mountain.

However, he believed that Governor Li would not deceive him with this matter, so Xiao Hanyin continued to cautiously go to the depths of the mountain.

When Xiao Hanyin walked for more than an hour, he finally noticed a lot of traces of people coming in the mountains.

After examining the footprints, he found that these marks should have been left recently.

There may be people in the mountains who come to hunt and collect medicine, but they will not leave so many traces.

These footprints are clearly the ones left by dozens of people.

So, Xiao Hanyin followed those footprints all the way over.

It's deserted here, but there are so many footprints all of a sudden, it's definitely boring.

Xiao Hanyin felt that it was really possible to hide everything that King Cheng didn't want people to know about here.

He followed the footprints and walked to a place where the weeds were thick, and then he found that the footprints were gone.

With so many people, it is impossible to say that they are gone, there must be a problem nearby.

After Xiao Hanyin searched carefully, he found a very secret cave not far away.

The cave is hidden among vines and weeds, and it is impossible to find it without entering.

When he entered the cave, he found more traces, apparently someone who had stayed here for a long time.

However, now the cave is empty, and all kinds of traces show that those who have disappeared after entering here, and Xiao Hanyin has already checked, and there is only one exit from the cave.

Those people must have left from somewhere else, otherwise there would be no clues.

Xiao Hanyin felt that there must be a secret passage in this cave.

He probed carefully, but found no secret passage......

"Am I wrong?" Xiao Hanyin frowned.

Today, it took him a lot of effort to find this place, and if he didn't find anything, it would be even more difficult to find clues in the future.

With the prudence of King Cheng, if any trace of outsiders is found, he will definitely eliminate all traces as before.

Everything in Governor Li's mansion is his handiwork.

He had already asked Governor Li before, and he really didn't know anything about the house.

Although he admitted that the house was indeed bought by him, Governor Li said that the secret passage was not dug by him, but accidentally discovered after he bought the house.

Xiao Hanyin felt that the previous owner of the house was very likely to be King Cheng, otherwise he would not have a clear idea of what the situation was inside......

When he was looking for it in the cave, he accidentally triggered the mechanism, and Xiao Hanyin quickly used light skills to avoid it.

However, the activation of the mechanism will inevitably alarm the people hiding nearby, and even if he leaves, he is afraid that he will not be able to find any traces in the future.

These people are the best at eliminating evidence.

So, he can't let people know that he triggered the trap.

At the last moment, Xiao Hanyin happened to see a hare, and he immediately picked up a stone to knock the rabbit unconscious.

He then threw the rabbit in it and immediately left.

The rabbit may be able to fool them for a while, but if someone detects his tracks, not only will they get nothing this time, but they will also lose a golden opportunity......