Seeing what Li Yan said and did, Lin Xiao retracted the coldness around him and replaced it with a polite smile, "When the government does things, Lin will naturally cooperate well." After speaking, he glanced at Shi Yi, who had just walked into the main hall, Shi Yi received the order, stretched out his hand and turned sideways to make a "please" posture.

"Excuse me." I thought that Lin Xiao would speak coldly, presumably it would not be easy to search this trip, but after a few words, Lin Xiao changed his attitude. With the permission of the owner, Li Yan walked out of the main hall and led people to search.

Seeing Li Yan leaving, Yu Zijin, who had been watching the changes on the sidelines, was no longer silent, "The death of the city lord and the escape of the deputy envoy, I always feel that things are not as simple as they seem. ”

"Predict what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown." Lin Xiao smiled brightly, got up and walked to Yu Zijin's side, like she stretched out her hand, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

"Where are you going?" Although it was a little foggy to be said by Lin Xiao, Yu Zijin still reached out his hand trustingly.

"Huh?" Lin Xiao didn't say much, cast Yu Zijin with an unfathomable smile, held her hand, and swept towards the door.

The things in front of them changed rapidly, and within half an hour, the two of them left the Lin Mansion and came to a slightly desolate remote courtyard.

Yu Zijin landed steadily with his strength, looked around, and did not find anything unique, standing on the stone table next to him, there was also a thick layer of dust, and he looked like he had not been visited for many years.

Lin Xiao didn't say much, raised his feet and walked in the direction of the main house in the courtyard, and with a wave of his sleeves, the wooden door crawling with cobwebs creaked open. The outside of the house is desolate, but there is a hole in the house, not like the courtyard is untended and disorganized, pushing the door and entering the line of sight is smooth, although it is not complete, but it can also reach the level of meeting individual needs, there is no dust everywhere, and it is obviously inhabited.

"Come out." Lin Xiao was still standing in front of the house, speaking indifferently inside.

With the arrival of Lin Xiao's voice, behind the screen standing directly in the room, a man in a night suit slowly stepped out, the man had a wound on his left shoulder, as if he had just been bandaged, and there was a faint trace of blood oozing.

When Yu Zijin saw the face of the person who came, he was shocked, if he remembered correctly, this injured man who lived in seclusion in the deserted courtyard was the deputy envoy Chen who was arrested for poisoning the day before yesterday, and then escaped from prison and was suspected of assassinating the city lord.

"Chen Ping Xie Lin Gongzi came to the rescue." When Chen Ping saw the two coming, he immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand to clench his fists and leaned over to thank Lin Xiao.

On the other hand, Lin Xiao was unimpressed by Chen Ping's gratitude, hooked the corners of her lips slightly, and raised her eyes to look directly at Chen Ping, "You know, why did I save you." ”

Yu Zijin knew in his heart that Lin Xiao was not the kind of nosy lord, most likely because Chen Ping made a desperate bet to avoid the pursuit of the deputy city lord Li Yan, and pressed a chip on Lin Xiao in exchange for his safety. But what kind of thing can make Lin Xiao, who has always been unmoved, avoid the eyes of everyone and save this suspect, Yu Zijin has no clue.

Chen Ping saw that Lin Xiao was straight to the point, unwilling to be polite, and couldn't help but flash a wry smile on his face. Once upon a time, the powerful deputy envoy of Yancheng has become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats now, and in the end, he can only exchange his own interests.

Although there is a lot of helplessness, after all, there is only such a layer of interest between Chen Ping and Lin Xiao, and Chen Ping understands it in his heart.

Yu Zijin saw that Chen Ping was hesitant, probably because he was afraid of his own existence, and his eyes were always glancing here, and he was about to leave, but he was unexpectedly stopped by Lin Xiao.

"She's not an outsider." The implication is that if Chen Ping wants to complete the transaction, he must let Yu Zijin listen here.

Chen Ping couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't expect that this second son of Lin would not shy away from the woman next to him. And what he said is not trivial, and there are only a handful of people in the world who know it, and it is not suitable for many people to know. But this woman is afraid that she is the person covered by Lin Ergongzi, so she should not be underestimated and cannot be offended. Chen Ping quickly collected what he was thinking, stretched out his hand and motioned for the two to sit down and talk.

"I met the city lord by chance three years ago when I was hunting outside the city, and I was fortunate to be appreciated by the city lord and entered the city lord's mansion to do business. As we all know, the city lord has to hold a lake banquet every year, and it is said that he recruits talented people to serve Yancheng, but in fact, what the city lord does is real to recruit talents, and it is false to serve Yancheng. Chen Ping said.

"Oh? Listening to you say this, this Yancheng city lord seems to have a rebellion? Lin Xiao asked lightly, but obviously, he didn't take what Chen Ping said to heart.

"It's not a rebellion, it's a tiger's mouth to save the people! Yan Cheng is not well-known in Dongqi China, and he is also widely known as the master of Tianji Pavilion in recent days. The court didn't know that now in this Yancheng, the most people are not Dongqi people, but Nanyue people, the reason why Yancheng was very low-key before was because it had already changed hands, but it didn't want to attract attention, so it was low-key.

In recent years, the people of Nanyue have been infiltrating Yancheng in a low-key manner, but now Yancheng has suddenly become famous, and Yancheng, which is already in danger, is showing a picture of the building will fall, the city lord has a premonition, so he began to recruit sages and strangers, and gather the people of Dongqi who can fight against it, and I am one of his chosen helpers. ”

Yu Zijin couldn't help frowning after hearing this, "According to what you said, now that the city lord has been killed, it is very likely that his actions were discovered by the people of Nanyue, so he launched a series of actions to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots?" ”

"What the girl said is true, since a month ago, the people around the city lord have been killed one after another, whether they died strangely and tragically, or they were beheaded on the heinous charge, there are not many people left." Speaking of this, a trace of sorrow flashed in Chen Ping's eyes.

"Li Yan?" Lin Xiao asked suddenly.

"That's right! The deputy city lord was bought by the Nanyue people, and the city lord was grief-stricken when he learned about it, but because of the blood relationship, he did not do anything to the deputy city lord, but only alienated him on the surface, and the Nanyue people were just trying to get the name of the deputy city lord, if he was not treated well and lost the bargaining chip to take over the position of the city lord, there would be nothing he could do.

I didn't expect ...... He even disregarded his flesh and blood affection and killed the city lord! Then take the opportunity to get rid of me, the real successor, and finally become the city lord in the name of righteousness, and work hard for the people of Nanyue! Chen Ping looked indignant, and when he said that he was emotional, his voice became gloomy, and his fists were clenched.

"How can you be sure of Li Yan's hand?"

"Last night, I escaped from the cell while the jailer was drunk, and was about to go to the city lord for help, when I found chaos in the city lord's mansion. When I quietly rushed to the city lord's courtyard, I didn't want to, but I happened to see Li Yan coming out of the back door of the city lord's house, and then I heard the news that the city lord was murdered. ”

"I wonder if you remember the list of those who were unjustly killed?" After listening to Chen Ping's words, Lin Xiao also frowned slightly. Yan Cheng's previous actions were indeed low-key, whether it was in the imperial court or above the rivers and lakes, it was a dispensable existence, which also made the news inside or unusually difficult to be noticed, if what Chen Ping said was true, then the matter of Yan Cheng really had to be taken care of.

"Yes." After speaking, Chen Ping walked to the wooden table on the side, waved his pen to write, and after a while, handed the list to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao took the list and counted it carefully, during which a total of fifteen people were recorded, "The calligraphy of the deputy envoy should be practiced well." ”

Yu Zijin had just come over, and when he saw Lin Xiao suddenly come to such a sentence, he glanced at the handwriting on the list, and instantly supported his forehead, although this Chen Ping's handwriting is really not good-looking, and even a little rusty, but it is not good to say this in front of him.

On the other hand, Chen Ping, after listening to Lin Xiao's words, was slightly stunned, and there was a frown between his eyebrows, "I was a reckless man in the mountains, and fortunately I was able to recognize a few big characters because of the favor of the city lord, and the second son of Lin smiled." ”

"It doesn't matter." Lin Xiao gently folded the list, put it in his pocket, and turned to look at Yu Zijin, "Let's go." After speaking, without waiting for Yu Zijin to react, he grabbed her waist and left the small courtyard with light skills, leaving Chen Ping with an obscure expression.

The main hall of the Lin Mansion.

Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin returned to the main hall before Li Yan's search was completed, and Shi Yi was already waiting on the side. After a while, Li Yan walked into the main hall with two guards.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to say goodbye, and he will come to the door in person to make amends." Obviously, Li Yan's search this time found nothing, and after a brief politeness, he turned around and left.

After Li Yan left, the main hall was quiet again, Yu Zijin was still thinking about what Chen Ping had just said, and Lin Xiao was secretly sad about other issues. Li Yan came here to track down Chen Ping, Chen Ping defected to save his life, whether the two of them hid too deeply, or that incident really had nothing to do with them.

"Lin Xiao, I don't think Chen Ping's words can be trusted, if he just makes up lies to justify himself, it doesn't make sense." After thinking about it for a long time, Yu Zijin came to this conclusion.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard Yu Zijin say this. The little girl seems to have grown up a little bit more than when she was in Lingfu, because she was blessed by her parents since she was a child, she didn't know much about the world, and she was reckless about many things. For example, he defended Ye Sang in front of Yipin before, and in broad daylight, he dared to steal his name Fox and Fake Huwei, although it was also out of good intentions, but it was too risky, if he didn't happen to be there, the little girl might have to go to the city lord's mansion prison.

Now that she has just set foot in the rivers and lakes, the mysterious man in black who followed secretly, the city lord of Yancheng who was poisoned and assassinated at the banquet, the little girl is deeply in a puzzle, but she is also more vigilant and cautious.

"Why did Jin'er say that?" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"You see, according to today's situation, Li Yan and Chen Ping, no one can see that they can be associated with the heinous collaborators and traitors, and it can only be said that there must be someone among them who is hiding too deeply. No matter who that person is, now the two of them can't get rid of the relationship and leave it alone. ”

Li Yan and Chen Ping's performance today is too flawless, too perfect but has another strangeness, although Yu Zijin can't see through the true purpose of the two at this time, he won't easily trust any of them. Moreover, a few days ago, the mysterious man on the road to Yancheng, Yu Zijin always had an inexplicable feeling of trembling in his subconscious, coupled with a series of collisions that happened later, it was too just right and weird, and everything could not be ignored.

Lin Xiao didn't directly answer Yu Zijin's doubts, but turned his head to look at Shi Yi, "Check those people on the list, and what is abnormal in Yancheng in recent years, especially the City Lord's Mansion." ”

"Yes." Shi Yi stepped back in response.

Yu Zijin seemed to be obsessed with his own spiritual world, staring blankly at the celadon vase on the wooden table, and the hair blown by the breeze covered the vision in front of him, and he still did not react.

"Shan'er just sent someone to the house, saying that she would come to you later." Lin Xiao couldn't help but interrupt.

Yu Zijin immediately came back to his senses when he heard this, "Ah Shan? Why didn't you say it earlier, I'll pick her up. After that, he ran towards the door in a hurry.

Lin Xiao looked at the distant back, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a smile, but soon she seemed to think of something, the corners of her mouth slowly sank, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"Half Moon Gu?"