At night, the northern annex of the city lord's mansion.

A man in a brown robe stood in front of his desk, leaning over and clenching his fists towards the black figure sitting on the chair, "Chen Ping has been released, the Gu pot has also been discovered, everything is going according to plan." ”

"Okay." The black figure responded in a deep voice, then looked at the young man standing on the side, and said in a deep voice, "How are you preparing?" ”

"Back to the Lord, the bait has been cast, waiting for the fish to take the bait." The shadow of the boy was faintly visible under the beating of the candlelight, and the boy's body was not large, as if he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

The man in the chair tapped the table with one hand, and in the silence of the night, there was only a continuous sound of tapping.

"It's almost time, so try to speed it up."

"Yes."

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." After that, there was only a soft sneer from the man in black, and then everything was calm again.

At this time, next to the residence of the subordinates on the west side of the City Lord's Mansion, there were two figures hidden in the woods under the moon.

Suddenly, there was a sparse sound of footsteps not far away, from far to near, which seemed unusually distinct in the silence of the night. Lin Xiao's eyes glanced around, and a black figure immediately leaped out of the jungle, swept towards the sound of footsteps, and then there was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

After a while, the black figure came to the two of them with a young man who looked like a small servant.

"Hmm." The young man was gagged by the strip of cloth, unable to speak, and while struggling, he looked at the two people in front of him in horror, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

"We won't hurt you, you just need to answer my questions seriously, and if you answer well, you can leave." Yu Zijin said. When they came to the City Lord's Mansion during the day, she and Lin Xiao found this little guy who looked and behaved abnormally, but because they were obstructed by the old housekeeper who suddenly appeared, they had to leave, so they and Lin Xiao sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion at night and found him in private, hoping to get some news.

But the little guy didn't calm down, and still kept struggling.

Lin Xiao couldn't help frowning, then smiled evilly, and said sternly, "If you don't want to cooperate with me, it's okay, I don't mind helping you dispose of that useless tongue." After speaking, his eyes gestured to stand aside, controlling Shi Yi of the little guy.

Shi Yi received the order, waved his hand and was about to draw the sword at his waist, and the little guy kneeling on the ground immediately quieted down, stopped moving, and after being stunned for a while, he reacted, and immediately nodded desperately at Lin Xiao, "Hmm! ”

Sure enough, coercion was still useful, and Yu Zijin, who wanted to persuade him with good words, sighed when he saw Lin Xiao come out of the horse and immediately coaxed him, couldn't help touching his nose, and shrugged his shoulders towards Lin Xiao.

After receiving the message from the little girl, Lin Xiao couldn't help but smile dumbly, "You can ask." ”

Yu Zijin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was eager to try, but he didn't say anything recklessly, but after thinking about it in his heart, he asked, "What were you doing near the courtyard where the city lord was last night?" ”

"Anyway, the housekeeper ordered me to go and deliver supper to the city lord." Shi Yi stretched out his hand to take off the strip of cloth blocking the little guy, the little guy seemed to be overly frightened, and his reply was a little stumbling, and from time to time he glanced at Lin Xiao who was standing on the side vigilantly, and after receiving Lin Xiao's indifferent gaze, he immediately looked down at the ground.

"The city lord has the habit of eating supper on weekdays?" The little guy really saw something, Yu Zijin said in his heart. The housekeeper once said that the city lord did not like to wait on weekdays, and the little maid was very panicked and scared because he entered the city lord's courtyard at night and saw something that should not be seen.

Killing people and killing mouths, but there are not uncommon methods of dealing with them in this world, and it is no wonder that the little guy is stumbling from beginning to end, bowing his head and kowtowing hard. It's just a young child.

"Near, recently." The little girl's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at Yu Zijin.

Recently? That is, in the past few days when the city lord was poisoned, Yu Zijin thought slightly, "Then did you meet anyone on the way there, or did you see anything abnormal?" ”

"No, no, no." When the little guy heard this, his body trembled slightly, and his head shook like a rattle. While denying it, he happened to glance at Lin Xiao in front of him, and when he saw Lin Xiao's eyes full of coldness, and Shi Yi's murderous aura suddenly approaching on the side, the whole person seemed to be frozen, and he didn't dare to move, and after a few seconds, he nodded desperately.

"I, I, I, I first heard the sound of someone arguing in the city lord's room, and the sound of ping-pong utensils falling to the ground, and then, after a while, I saw and saw the deputy city lord come out of the city lord's room, holding a bloody sword in his hand, and hurriedly left." As if he felt that he had said something rebellious, the little guy lost his cool again, and hurriedly kowtowed to Lin Xiao, "Son, spare me, I said everything, I don't know anything, don't kill me, don't kill me." ”

After listening to Xiaowu's explanation, Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin looked at each other, both frowning slightly.

"But what else do you see? For example, a man covered in wounds. Lin Xiao said.

"No, really not, I was so scared that I hid in the grass until a lot of people came, and I didn't come out." The little guy stopped kowtowing and knelt on the ground trembling, as if he didn't know anything else.

"Today's events must not be passed on, otherwise ......" Seeing the appearance of the little guy, Lin Xiao shook his head slightly, if he was forced to ask more, I was afraid that he would not get any useful information.

"The little one understands, the little one understands." After speaking, before he finished kowtowing to the last head, Shi Yi was ordered to pick up the collar of the little guy, and swept towards the lamp with a light effort, bringing him back.

"Let's go back first." Lin Xiao said.

Although Chen Ping's words were confirmed again, Lin Xiao still felt that something was wrong, and always felt that he had missed a very important clue. Moreover, all the witness testimony now seems to point to the deputy city lord as a murderer, but there is not a single piece of news about Chen Ping, as a key figure in this incident, it is impossible to be so non-existent.

Moreover, Chen Ping once said that the city lord and the deputy city lord have always been in a hostile relationship, Li Yan is bent on getting rid of the city lord's forces, if he really slashed the city lord last night, I am afraid it will also be on the basis of removing the rest of the city lord's party. Could it really be that the deputy city lord did something negligently, which led to a small servant seeing his whereabouts?

"Okay." Knowing what Lin Xiao was thinking, Yu Zijin was also confused. But at this time, instead of staying here and risking being discovered, it is better to go back to the Lin Mansion first and analyze the current situation.

The main hall of the Lin Mansion.

"If you follow what the little guy said just now, Li Yan, the deputy city lord who is in a hurry, holding a bloody blade, and leaving in a hurry, is extremely suspected of murder. After all, all the direct evidence with a point now points to him. Yu Zijin said.

"On the surface, it does, but oddly enough. I carefully observed the porcelain vase that had fallen to the ground in the main room, the sword marks on the wooden chair and sandalwood table, and the sword that had fallen to the ground and was slightly damaged...... It was as if it had been done by one man. Lin Xiao thought slightly, "Then that sword is likely to be the murderer's murder weapon, not to mention why he left the murder weapon at the scene of the crime, this cannot be said to the above Cai Xiaowu." ”

"The sword marks on the table and chair are all from that sword?" Yu Zijin was shocked, if Lin Xiao said so, there would be no dispute in the mouth of the little guy, "What's the matter with the blood stains that have solidified on the sword?" Xiao Wu said that he saw Li Yan leave with a bloody sword, but there was this murderous sword left in the city lord's room. ”

"That's the problem." Lin Xiao couldn't help frowning, from beginning to end, either the little guy was lying, or there were other unknown things that had not yet been revealed.

"Also, Ah Shan said that the old housekeeper had Gu poison in the house, why is this, is it because of the housekeeper's position that the Nanyue people want to get rid of him? If that's the case, Li Yan has no reason to keep him for so long, but it will be better to accumulate prestige for him, wouldn't it be better to get rid of him as soon as possible. ”

Yu Zijin asked again, the whole thing didn't seem to be as simple as it seemed, and it was by no means an ordinary battle for the throne, the relationship between Li Yan, the housekeeper, and Chen Ping was like a layer of fog, waiting for the two to uncover. It was as if there was a pair of invisible hands, dragging the two of them into this mysterious whirlpool.

"I have asked Shi Yi to stay in the City Lord's Mansion, if you want to break the situation, this Gu pot from nowhere is the key, this person in the dark can't wait too long, he will definitely make a move." Lin Xiao squinted slightly, his eyes flashed with a light like beast hunting, and he smiled evilly. It's just that his expression was fleeting, so Yu Zijin didn't notice it.

The next day.

Before the sky was fully lit, there was a shout from far and near at the gate of the Lin Mansion, "Lin Xiao! Zijin! Something happened! Bai Lishan ran all the way, her face was flushed, and when she stopped, the whole person was out of breath, her hands were on her thighs, and she struggled to stabilize her body.

Lin Xiao, who rushed over when she heard the sound, couldn't help frowning when she saw Bai Lishan's appearance, and immediately stepped forward and reached out to support her crumbling body, "What's the matter...... Something happened to the Gu worm? Although Lin Xiao was asking, there was a kind of understanding and affirmation in her tone.

After discovering the Gu pot in the City Lord's Mansion yesterday, Bai Lishan hid the Zi Gu in the Gu pot in the Gu pot, if there is any movement in the Gu pot, the mother Gu in her hand will react, at this time, Bai Lishan rushed to the fire in a hurry, it must be that something happened to the Gu pot. It seems that the real murderer can't help it, Lin Xiao said in her heart.

"Yes, the Gu pot should have been taken away, and the mother Gu can't feel the breath of the child Gu." Bai Lishan hurriedly said, panting lightly, "What about Shi Yi, hasn't he come back yet?" ”

"No, I didn't." It was expected that there should be an abnormal movement in the Gu pot in the near future, so Lin Xiao sent Shi Yi to stay in the City Lord's Mansion, but at this time, the Gu pot had an accident, but Shi Yi did not come back to report, I am afraid that the situation in the City Lord's Mansion is a little tricky, which restricts Shi Yi's actions.