Ye Mu suddenly asked again in his heart: "Can I go to the 'Chengye Terrace'?" ”

The young man smiled slightly: "As long as it is not on the day of the memorial, the people in the city can take the stage, but it is best not to go to the top of the stage, the 'Chengye Terrace' is a place to worship the 'dry eyes' and ancestors, and the stage is greatly affected by the 'dry eyes', and ordinary people rashly take the stage too high, and they will be rejected by the 'dry eyes'." ”

"I'm in a hurry to find Uncle Hou, can I find him anywhere other than 'Chengyetai'? Can I go straight to his mansion?" Ye Mu was still worried that there was not enough time, if Fu Min had finished dinner it was already late at night, it would be useless to find her, and even if Fu Min was the Great Marquis, there was no room for resistance under Tao Buregret's absolute force.

After all, in his memory, Fu Min was strangled to death by Tao without regret in front of tens of thousands of people.

Ye Mu guessed that Fu Min killed Tao Buregret's wife, which caused Tao Buregret to be furious and wash the sea dry city in blood.

So what Ye Mu has to do is to understand the ins and outs of the matter, prevent Fu Min from killing the city lord's wife, and prevent the tragedy from happening again.

The young man sighed and said, "I guess I can't find it, but my lord took his subordinates to make these fine pastries this morning, and then there was no one to see, and it is said that he didn't even go back to the house for lunch... My lord, she doesn't seem to be in a good mood today. ”

Ye Mu thanked the young man and walked straight in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.

The sun does not rise in the east and sets in the west, but only changes in temperature and brightness depending on the time of day, and the approximate time of day can be guessed from the brightness of the dry eye, and it should be a while before dinner.

Ye Mu had always thought that the City Lord's Mansion was the highest place in the city, until he saw this ingenious night platform with his own eyes.

Even though it is the tallest building in the city, it is difficult to find this carved jade pavilion from a distance.

Many people brought children to play under the stage, and many old people gathered together to drink tea and maintain health, Ye Mu quietly bypassed the people under the platform and slowly ascended the stage along the transparent spiral staircase.

The more you climb, the more you can feel the terrifying temperature emanating from the 'dry eyes'.

When Ye Mu was about to reach the top of the stage, a soft and pleasant female voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Stranger, you can't go to this top."

Ye Mu turned around suddenly, his face was happy, and he said excitedly: "Uncle Hou, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

The plain brocade girl behind her looked stunned, she obviously didn't expect that the foreign boy in front of her was coming for her.

"What are you looking for me?" The girl asked.

Ye Mu's face became extremely solemn, and he slowly asked, "You killed the city lord's wife?" ”

Fu Min looked surprised, and then smiled calmly: "It's me, you are not the city lord's person, do you want to ask the master for the crime or do you want to take the opportunity to blackmail me?" ”

Ye Mu's mind recalled the picture of the woman in front of him being choked by Tao Buregret's throat and would rather die than give in.

Before the girl died, the sentence 'Tang Tao bewitched the city lord, the crime is extremely evil, and it really deserves to die!' It made him remember it well.

Ye Mu shook his head and said slowly: "Tang Tao bewitched the city lord, the crime is extremely evil, and it is not a pity to die. ”

Fu Min's smile froze on his face, and he spoke after half a sound: "If this is not a secret, how do you know?" ”

Ye Mu didn't answer the girl's question, but asked, "Is the city lord's wife really dead?"

Fu Min nodded.

"When did you kill it?"

"Last night."

Ye Mu's heart sank to the bottom with a sigh, the city lord's wife was dead, and he had no time to stop it, and Tao did not regret slaughtering the city to make it a foregone conclusion.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Fu Min frowned slightly, and his tone was cold.

Ye Mu sighed and showed a sad face: "The city lord's wife was killed by you, Tao Buregret is destined to wash the sea dry city in blood tonight, and no one in the whole city will be spared." ”

"What?!" Fu Min was shocked.

"I don't care why you killed the city lord's wife, I just came to you this time to ask if you have a way to avoid this disaster?"

The girl's complexion gradually returned to normal, as if she was laughing at herself, she shook her head, and there was a hint of a smile on her face: "Slaughter the city? Truly... This is his style of acting, hahahahaha, that monster is really harmful! ”

Seeing Fu Min's crazy look, Ye Mu was suddenly furious, and he stepped forward and grabbed the woman's collar: "I asked you if you have any ways to organize!" I don't care about your affairs in Haidry City, but don't kill me and my friends because of your disputes! ”

Fu Min was unmoved, she looked up at Ye Mu, her eyes were full of sadness: "It's late, Tao Buregret will notice sooner or later, now that the city gate is closed, no one can escape." ”

"That is, I didn't die tonight because of you?" Ye Mu gritted his teeth.

Fu Min was silent.

"Take me to see Tao without regrets!"

"Okay."

The white jade steps are full of heartbreaking falling Ying, the red vermilion lacquer gate is full of ancient rhyme, and the top is hung with a black golden silk nanmu plaque, and the four big characters of 'City Lord's Mansion' on the wooden plaque are majestic and majestic.

The city lord's mansion was heavily guarded, but the Great Marquis could pass at will, and no one dared to stop him.

There are corridors on all sides of the city lord's mansion to communicate, carved beams and painted buildings, solemn and solemn. The forehead of the main hall, the wooden partition fan is embossed with many rare birds and beasts, and the tyrant who bears the city to cover the sky and the sun is the most eye-catching, the carving technique is exquisite, and the devil's axe is wonderful.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw a handsome peach in a dark robe sitting on a mahogany throne carved with a domineering glans with a gloomy face.

Tao didn't regret seeing Fu Min coming, squinted his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "It's been nearly a day since Chen'er disappeared. ”

"In Haiqu City, no one can disappear under the nose of your peach unrepentant city lord." Fu Min replied.

"Unless you intervene." Peach does not regret that her tone is not good.

"People are with me." Fu Min said lightly: "If you let these strangers out, I will naturally hand them over to you." ”

Peach was furious: "You want to rebel?"

Fu Min said sadly: "The city lord has long regarded Fu Min as a thorn in the flesh, and he can't wait to get rid of Fu Min as soon as possible, but now that Fu Min has captured the adult's beloved wife, he doesn't dare to expect the adult to forgive, if the adult is willing to let this stranger leave Haikucheng City, his subordinates are willing to die." ”

Tao Buregret looked suspicious: "You arrested Chen'er, and in the end you just let me release these strangers?"

"Fu Min originally intended to use Tang Tao to force the city lord to abdicate, but was dissuaded by this young man, this young man has important things to do outside, and is in a hurry to get out of the city, please make it convenient for the adults, the minister knows that he deserves to die, and he will kill himself in the Hou Bo Mansion after that."

Tao Buregret stared at Fu Min's eyes, and after a moment of silence, he responded: "Quasi, I will open the city gate, and you will let this young man out." ”

At this time, a young man dressed in Xuanjia trotted to the door of the main hall with a delicate wooden box, and Tao did not regret waving slightly to the outside of the hall, signaling the Xuanjia youth to come in.

The young man walked in from outside the door respectfully, handed the wooden box in his hand to Tao Buregret, and then leaned over to leave.

When Fu Min saw the wooden box in Tao's hand, his face changed greatly.

Ye Mu recognized that it was the delicious pastries that were distributed to the people everywhere on the street.

Tao Buregret glanced at Fu Min and said, "I heard that Dahou Bole is kind and sympathetic to the people, and I am very curious to distribute free pastries in the city today..."

Between the words, Tao Buregret took out a piece of orange and soft glutinous pastry from the box, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, after a while, Tao Buregret said with some emotion: "Fu Min, your craftsmanship is still as exquisite as when you were a child, you have worked hard all these years... There's no deep hatred between you and me, it's just a clash of ideas... You don't have to apologize for your sins when you let me go, you don't have to think about forcing me to abdicate, and I don't have much obsession with the position of the city lord..."

Fu Min stared blankly at the man in front of her, the man who had worked with her for more than a hundred years, said this for the first time in front of her.

Tears silently ran down her cheeks and soaked her collar.

He actually remembered the things of his childhood, those memories that had long passed away and were hidden in the depths of Fu Min's heart, and scenes appeared in front of Fu Min's eyes one by one.

There are some things, you really don't see clearly, see clearly, heartache; Some people, you really don't understand, understand, hurt.

There are too many things that you are not used to seeing in life, and seeing and understanding them clearly is all self-inflicted sadness.

Maybe the relationship between the two people has long deteriorated, or maybe it has never changed since childhood...

But... It doesn't matter anymore.