Lin Xiao, who was in deep thought, suddenly touched Yu Zijin and Ying Yan who were walking towards the two of them in the distance, as if they thought of something, frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Jin'er's matter, there is progress." ”

"Not yet, no clues have been found in the city's mansion." Brishan also whispered back, with a hint of worry and helplessness in her words.

"Ah Shan, why are you here?" Yu Zijin walked to the two of them, looked at Lin Xiao and Bai Lishan's frowning brows, and became a little worried, "Is there something wrong with the City Lord's Mansion?" ”

Lin Xiao and Bai Lishan glanced at each other and looked away. Then Bai Lishan replied: "There is something abnormal in the Gu pot, and Shi Yi has not returned from the City Lord's Mansion yet. ”

"Let's go, let's see." Hearing is better than seeing, on the one hand, to see if there is anything abnormal in the City Lord's Mansion, and on the other hand, to find Shi Yi who has not yet returned.

"Okay." Yu Zijin responded.

Lin Xiao glanced at Ying Yan, who had been standing silently on the side, and it happened that Ying Yan was raising his eyes to meet each other, and the two looked at each other for a moment, and then tacitly looked away.

Lin Xiao waved his sleeves, turned to leave, and his body moved, flying briskly with the corners of his clothes.

Ying Yan raised his hand and turned the dragon-shaped ring on his finger, an ink-colored power suit fluttered gently in the breeze, his eyes fell lightly on Yu Zijin, and then he stepped up to follow.

When the four of them arrived at the teahouse facing the city lord's mansion, they happened to see Li Yan who was about to go out. Li Yan was in a hurry, his thick eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, his thin lips were lightly pursed, and when he stepped out of the house, he was stopped by the housekeeper who came in a hurry.

Because the four of them were far away, they couldn't hear the conversation between Li Yan and the housekeeper, so they saw the housekeeper leaning over and clenching his fists, as if telling Li Yan something.

"How so!" Bai Lishan exclaimed, causing everyone to look back.

Hearing this, Yu Zijin first glanced at Lin Xiao, and then looked at Bai Lishan with a nervous expression, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" "Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin didn't know much about Gu poison, and seeing Bai Lishan's violent reaction, they also secretly felt that something was wrong.

"I'm not sure, I'll have to get closer to confirm." Bai Lishan took a few steps closer to the windowsill, her eyes were on Li Yan and the housekeeper only to turn repeatedly, her brows were furrowed and relaxed, relieved and wrinkled, but after observing for a while, she still found nothing, "Lin Xiao, do you have a way to let me get close to Li Yan!" ”

Although she didn't know where Bai Lishan's abnormality came from, Lin Xiao understood that she must have a reason for saying this, so she didn't ask too much, picked up the vase on the side, and threw it downstairs.

The sound of porcelain breaking "clang" startled the guests who came and went, and also attracted the attention of Li Yan and the housekeeper.

"What's going on, where's the one in charge! Everyone's comment, this blue sky and white day, the sky falling vase, if I hadn't dodged in time, I'm afraid I would have to be smashed at this time! A strong man who was almost smashed scolded loudly at the teahouse.

The onlookers talked a lot, and they seemed to blame the owner of the teahouse for his poor supervision and almost accidentally injured others.

But Yu Zijin knew that Lin Xiao had just smashed it, and he controlled the force and angle, which could not only attract everyone's attention, but also not hurt innocent people. As long as you add fuel to the fire, you can get close to Li Yan as a matter of course without being suspected.

Ying Yan, who was standing on the side, was still silent, from the teahouse to the bottle smashing incident just now, his face was majestic, and he looked indifferent.

Downstairs in the teahouse, Dahan and the steward were negotiating. Although the steward didn't know why a vase fell from the second floor, he immediately understood after receiving a huge sum of money and bringing a letter saying that he would come forward to settle the matter. I thought that I was afraid that the distinguished guests on the second floor would accidentally drop the vase and accidentally almost hit someone, but I didn't want to make a big fuss at this time, so I entrusted myself to come forward to settle it with money.

Just when Dahan received the compensation and left with a smile on his face, Lin Xiao, Yu Zijin and others went downstairs and walked out of the teahouse. At this time, the people who watched the excitement all dispersed, and when they came out of the door of the teahouse, they were facing Li Yan and the housekeeper.

"Lin Gongzi, it's such a coincidence that I can meet you here." When the housekeeper saw the four people who were about to "leave", he immediately stepped forward politely to greet them.

Lin Xiao heard the housekeeper's call, turned around, and showed a look of surprise, but quickly put away his expression, and smiled slightly, "It's really a coincidence, I don't want to say goodbye yesterday, but I can be lucky enough to meet again today." After speaking, he turned to Li Yan, who was standing aside, "Deputy City Lord." ”

"How can Lin Gongzi be interested in coming here to drink tea, it doesn't seem to be close to Lin Mansion." Li Yan saw the four of them walk in, and there was a hint of politeness and inexplicable alienation in his voice.

"When I left the City Lord's Mansion yesterday, I saw this teahouse, and I heard that many people praised the refreshments inside, so I thought I would be able to try it sometime. Yesterday, because there was something important to do in the house, I didn't have this opportunity, but today I happened to have nothing to do, so I called Lin Xiao and Ah Shan to come over and have a try. Let the deputy city lord see it. Yu Zijin explained.

"The refreshments in this teahouse do have some craftsmanship, and the girl does have a unique pair of discerning eyes." Hearing Yu Zijin say this, Li Yan couldn't help but slow down his tone.

On the other hand, Lin Xiao and Yu Zijin glanced at each other and knew it. Anyone who appeared here at this time, Li Yan should be suspicious, and the previous cold words were reasonable.

"Since I have tasted the things, it seems that the deputy city lord also has something to deal with, so I will leave it at that. Another day, if the deputy city lord is free, welcome to come to the house. Seeing that Bai Lishan raised her eyes and looked at herself, her goal had been achieved, Lin Xiao received a signal not to stay longer, which aroused suspicion, and then said goodbye.

"Nature." After speaking, Li Yan and Lin Xiao bowed their hands slightly, and then turned around and left in opposite directions.

When everyone was far away from the City Lord's Mansion, Bai Lishan, who had a solemn face, said quietly, "I'm not mistaken, the deputy city lord and the housekeeper have the same kind of Gu poison, Half Moon." And it is also a case of Gu pot in the city lord's mansion. ”

Gu poison's control over people comes from the Gu pot, that is to say, through the Gu worms in the Gu pot, the Gu worms can be controlled according to the corresponding effect. The Half Moon Gu in the Deputy City Lord and the Steward were all controlled by the Gu pot found in the City Lord's Mansion yesterday, and it can be seen that the one who placed the Gu on them was the same person.

But the steward and the deputy city lord are supposed to be two factions, and they should be hostile, but they were tricked by the same person. Then, this Gu person will only be two kinds of people.

The first is to throw away the matter of Yan Cheng Nanyue, if you want to go against the City Lord's Mansion or Yan Cheng, if you want to be sure, you just need to find out if there are other people in the City Lord's Mansion or Yan City who have the same Gu poison.

Second, you have to find out the true relationship between the deputy city lord and the steward before you can know. Even if it is not clear now, it is certain that the two are by no means simply the kind of either/or hostile relationship that appears on the surface, otherwise the sudden appearance of the third person will not make sense.

"Could it be so, before the city lord died, the housekeeper was the eyeliner placed by the deputy city lord beside him, and now the city lord is dead, and the relationship between the two was discovered by someone with a heart, which led to the assassination of others." It is necessary to meet the basic background of the city lord's case, and to meet the conditions for the two of them to be killed at the same time, Yu Zijin thought for a moment and put forward this possibility.

When everyone heard this, they fell silent. What Yu Zijin said is not reasonable, but it is just a framework for speculation, and it is not supported by other human and physical evidence, so it is not easy to explore it carefully. Moreover, Shi Yi still has not returned, and everything is still unknown.

It was night, and the candlelight was burning in the study of the Lin Mansion, and Lin Xiao was sitting on the wooden chair next to the bookcase, seemingly flipping through the books in his hand. An ink-colored figure stood aside, his eyes lowered, making it difficult to see clearly, and the shadows seemed to be fiddling with the wrench in his hand.

Suddenly, there was a strange movement outside the door, and the two people in the room knew each other, and then the figure of the man in black who was standing turned around, and instantly hid behind the screen, everything happened between the electric light and flint, only the slightly beating candlelight, confirming that there was a strong wind blowing.

"What people!" Lin Xiao quickly put down the book in his hand and frowned slightly.

"It's me." A slightly hoarse voice came from outside the door, and after a burst of wooden door closing, a man with an injured right arm and wearing a night suit appeared in front of Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao turned a blind eye, opened the book in his hand again, and read it slowly, not caring about Chen Ping, who was embarrassed late at night and suddenly appeared in the Lin Mansion.

"I'm here to negotiate another deal with you." Chen Ping saw that Lin Xiao looked disapproving, and he didn't beat around the bush, and directly explained his intentions.

"Oh? What leverage do you have now that can attract me? Lin Xiao hooked the corners of her lips slightly, revealing an evil smile, but her eyes were still on the book, and she didn't look at Chen Ping.

"If I hadn't, I wouldn't have had the courage to be here." Chen Ping also pulled out a smile, as if he was sure that Lin Xiao would agree to help, showing a happy expression of cooperation.

Lin Xiao slowly put down the book in his hand, and slowly raised his eyes to look at Chen Ping, who was wounded by the sword in front of him.

The candle flame was still beating, but at this time, it was no longer Chen Ping standing at the desk, but the man in black who had been watching from the sidelines, and only then appeared at this time.

The man remained silent, different from his previous indifference, and at this time there was a hint of interest in his expression, and an arrogance that seemed to despise the common people.

"My brother is already on the way, everything is going well, you don't need to be in a hurry." Lin Xiao put on his signature indifference, and while talking to the man in black, he turned the pages of the book in his hand.

There was still silence in the study, and when Lin Xiao raised his eyes again, the black figure in front of him was gone. Lin Xiao put down the book in his hand, stood up, put his hands on the desk, and couldn't help frowning. What kind of state this person's martial arts have come and gone, he can't see through it at all.

"Shi Rong, find someone to follow Chen Ping, and arrange a few eyeliners to go to the City Lord's Mansion, be sure to find Shi Yi's whereabouts." Lin Xiao seemed to be talking to herself into the air.

However, there was an answer in the darkness, and he was ordered to leave, as if a breeze was blowing, and the candlelight on the table beat a few times again.