"Are you sure you're out of town?" Wei Xiuyuan stood in the courtyard, looked at the secret guard who had just returned, and asked anxiously.

The dark guard bowed, "My lord, please rest assured, I and the third child went out of the house safely, and then I watched the third child go out of the city with my own eyes, and I didn't come back until I couldn't see the back, don't worry, the third child will be able to send the letter out smoothly." ”

Wei Xiuyuan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, as long as you can send the letter out, then-"

"Bang-"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden loud noise outside, followed by a loud footsteps.

Wei Xiuyuan chuckled in his heart, hurriedly dismissed the secret guards, and hurriedly ran to the front yard.

The front yard was full of officers and soldiers brought by the prefect, all wearing armor and swords pinned to their waists, and the officers and soldiers in the front row were still holding shields. They were neatly arranged in rows and rows, blocking the water in the front yard and dense with water. Looking at this posture, it seems like a big fight, where it seems to be "asking by the way".

He hurriedly ran out, and when he saw Lin Le, he scolded: "Lin Le, I treated you well in the past, but today you are so kind and will take revenge!" Do you still have a little bit of literati and a little bit of conscience?! ”

Lin Le turned around slowly and leisurely, and was scolded in front of so many people, his expression was still faint, and his voice was also light, as if he didn't take the other party's words seriously at all. He looked at Wei Xiuyuan and said, "Brother Wei, I still call you big brother in vain, but you did such a thing." ”

Wei Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"Lu Li murdered and absconded, but you hid him in your own mansion, and let these two women come out, so as to block the prefect's investigation." As he spoke, Lin Le pointed to the side.

I saw that Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou and their maidservants were tied up and thrown aside, their eyes were covered with black cloth, and their mouths were stuffed with large pieces of cotton cloth, and several people were thrown on the ground alone.

Probably because they couldn't see anything and couldn't speak, the four of them could only huddle together and tremble, not even daring to struggle.

Wei Xiu came in a hurry, and he didn't notice the four people in the corner for a while.

"Lin Le!" Wei Xiuyuan's anger soared, and he pointed at the other party and scolded: "Since you suspect Lu Li, you come in the door to ask, why bother embarrassing the female family?" ”

Lin Lefeng laughed lightly twice, paced to the prefect's side, and suddenly patted the prefect's shoulder, although his eyes were still looking at Wei Xiuyuan, but the words were said to the prefect: "Lord Prefect, Lord Wei asked you, why did you tie them up?" Well? ”

When the prefect was photographed, his body trembled for no reason, but Lin Le was beside him with such a smiling tiger, and the person in front of him was Wei Xiuyuan. He had to muster up his courage, coughed lightly, and said: "Lord Wei, where do the lower officials dare to offend your wife, it's just that they obstruct official business and stubbornly don't listen to persuasion, in order to speed up the progress of the investigation, the lower officials have no other way but to temporarily wronged the two ladies." ”

"Do you hear that?" Lin Le looked at Wei Xiuyuan with a smile, and raised his eyebrows, "Lord Wei, it's your lady who is obstructing official business, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

In the face of this kind of scoundrel, Wei Xiuyuan had no choice, although the secret guard was strong in martial arts, but he didn't want to make too much trouble in this kind of thing, so he had to sigh, full of helplessness: "You guys also came in, now you can always release people, right?" ”

Lin Le looked sideways at the prefect, "Lord Prefect, what do you say?" ”

The prefect pursed his lower lip carefully, raised his eyes to look at Lin Le, and only after getting permission did he nod, "Of course you can, as long as a few people no longer hinder us from investigating the case, then we can naturally release people." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand back and shouted: "Release people!" ”

Soon, the officers and soldiers untied the hemp rope that bound the four people, and removed the strips of cloth and the cotton cloth in their mouths. The four of them were finally free, and they didn't dare to delay for half a minute, and they all hurriedly ran to Wei Xiuyuan's side.

Fortunately, the tie time was not long, and the four of them were not worn out by the rough hemp rope, and after such a fuss just now, several people only had their hair and clothes scattered, and there were no other changes.

The prefect and Lin Le glanced at each other, the prefect immediately lowered his head, and Lin Le looked at Wei Xiuyuan with interest, not to mention the slightest guilt, his eyes were still full of provocation, and the officers and soldiers in the front yard were still tightly guarded, and there was no appearance of leaving.

Wei Xiuyuan was disgusted when he saw Lin Le's person now, where was he willing to let him stay in this mansion for a while longer, so he waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, you should also go, right?" People die in a private school, and they are not in my house, you should also go to the private school if you want to investigate the case, what are you always doing with me?! ”

"We are here to inquire about Lu Guogong's situation that night, and now we haven't seen Grandpa Guo, so naturally we can't leave." Lin Ledao.

"Lu Li is not in the house!" Wei Xiuyuan shook off angrily, then turned around to comfort Xia Wanrou.

But Lin Leke didn't listen to this, he gave the prefect a look, the prefect nodded knowingly, and immediately shouted: "Search for me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a person suddenly walked out from the eaves of the backyard to the front yard, he was dressed in black, his face was pale, but he was still very energetic, he looked at the prefect, and his voice was indifferent: "What is the prefect looking for me?" ”

In an instant, everyone's eyes were attracted by the man under the eaves, even Wei Xiuyuan, Xiao Man and others.

Seeing Lu Li, who was dressed in black, Xiao Man's heart suddenly hung up, his injuries were not healed, he should have been lying on the couch to recuperate, how could he come out at this time? And the position of his chest, flat, it seems that the bandage has also been removed by him......

Lin Le stepped forward and arched his hand, "Brother Lu, were you in the mansion last night?" ”

"Yes." Lu Li looked directly into his eyes, and his face was calm: "I was in the house last night and went to bed very early. I heard that someone died in Mr. Lin's private school last night, and some people said that they saw me going in and out of the private school, Mr. Lin, the prefect, the two of you must have come for this matter, right? ”

"Really? Yesterday, someone saw with their own eyes that Brother Lu and the two men in black went to my private school together. Lin Le was not anxious or annoyed, just looked at the other party, and his leisurely appearance was not like a question, but a casual conversation.

Taking advantage of the two of them talking, Xiao Man walked to Lu Li's side softly, and with the cover of the pillar, she stretched out her hand and quietly covered Lu Li's back.

Touching it twice very lightly, to make sure that the other party had indeed removed the bandage, Xiao Man couldn't help but sigh secretly, and then used some strength with the hand covering Lu Li's back, so that he wanted to silently support the other party and prevent Lu Li from showing his flaws in front of so many people.

The conversation between Lu Li and Lin Le continued, the two of them came and went, and the words were imperceptible dark arrows, and after such a few exchanges, Lu Li was already faintly unable to support it.

His fists hanging at his side were clenched, and his body was a little unstable, and Xiao Man's hand was placed behind his back, and he could feel the trembling of the other party's body.

She couldn't help but glance at Lin Le, the other party had arms around his chest, and he still looked calm, not at all like he was in a hurry to investigate the case. Looking at Lu Li again, his already unsightly face was even paler at this time, his lips were even more bloodless, Xiao Man was sweating anxiously, and his hand holding the other party's sleeve couldn't help but tremble.

Wei Xiuyuan on the side obviously also discovered Lu Li's abnormality, although Lu Li gave him a look and didn't let him participate, but after a long time, he inevitably couldn't hold back, "Mr. Lin, you've been asking this for half an hour, right?" Haven't you asked yet? ”

Lin Le turned around, with an inexplicable smile on his face: "Brother Wei, it's just a routine inquiry, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

The prefect echoed and said: "Brother Wei, the officials and others are just routine inquiries, and they will leave after asking, and they will definitely not delay the adult's time too much." ”

"Huh!" Wei Xiuyuan sneered, walked quickly to Lu Li's side, and said undoubtedly: "If you want to interrogate, you should also have a charter!" You ask questions like this, where is the kind of inquiry?! It's not early today, so I think I'll get here first. ”

As he spoke, he grabbed Lu Li's arm and used some strength to forcibly take Lu Li away, "Let's go, let's go eat first." After spending so much time with a bunch of grandchildren, I'm hungry. ”

Seeing this, Xia Wanrou bowed, and immediately followed with the maid she was carrying, Xiao Man bowed slightly, but didn't say anything, so she also followed the footsteps of the previous few people and left the front yard quickly.

Seeing this, the prefect was about to catch up, but before he could take two steps, he was stopped by Lin Le, "Didn't everyone say it, it's not early today, let's go back first." ”

"But this—" The prefect was puzzled.

Lin Le turned around and said leisurely: "It's still a long time, we have time to interrogate slowly." ”

After speaking, he covered his lips and coughed lightly, raised his feet and left.

Although he still didn't understand what the other party meant, how could the prefect dare to come forward alone to offend Lu Li and Wei Xiuyuan, so he just glanced at it from a distance, and beckoned the officers and soldiers to go back with him.

After such a toss, it was already evening.

The third secret guard who went out to deliver the letter had already arrived in Qingcheng, which was a little farther away from Yuncheng, and the prefect of Qingcheng had some connections with the Xia family, so although Qingcheng was a little far away from Yuncheng, it was always more reliable than the officials of other cities. According to the seal given by Wei Xiuyuan, he finally met Sun Bin, the prefect of Qingcheng, before dark.

After listening to the third child's narration, Sun Bin frowned, "You mean, Lord Wei and Grandpa Guo are trapped in Yuncheng at this time?" But if that's the case, why don't you go to Kangcheng, which is closer to Yuncheng and has more troops, and come to me instead? ”

"Yes, and Lord Wei and Grandpa Guo suspect that Lin Le has the intention of rebellion, and the cities near Yuncheng are not credible, because Brother Wei trusts you, so I can only desperately escape from Yuncheng and come here to ask for help." The third child was still kneeling, and said sincerely: "Lord Wei is also doing things for the emperor, and please read it for the sake of Lord Xia, and you must come to the rescue!" ”