The beard stubbornly turned his head away and said nothing.

Seeing this, Lu Li sneered, and the strength under his feet became a little heavier, until the beard couldn't help but let out a muffled snort, and he asked again: "Say, why did you kidnap them?" ”

Unexpectedly, after this question was asked, the beard still closed his mouth tightly, gritted his teeth and refused to speak.

Seeing this, the leader of the soldiers on the side said: "Grandpa Guo, according to the humble opinion, it is better to bring this group of rabble back to the dungeon first, so that you can interrogate slowly, what do you say?" ”

This beard is clenching his teeth and not letting go, it seems that he can't ask anything at the moment, Hongyu and Pearl are still imprisoned in the stockade, or rescue these two now, so that Xia Wanrou and Xiaoman can worry.

"Okay, just do as you say." Lu Li retracted his feet, patted the dust off his robe, and ordered: "Go and save people first, and then carefully search the stockade inside and out, no one can be spared!" ”

"Yes!"

A team of men and horses was left to guard, and the rest of the people all went to the stockade to find people, and Lu Li stayed where he was, just by the side of the beard. He didn't speak anymore, but stared at his beard vigorously, until the other party couldn't stand this scrutiny and quietly turned his head, Lu Li snorted coldly and gave up staring at him.

This beard looks like it should be their head, but what secret is he hiding, why did he kidnap Xiaoman and Xia Wanrou? Obviously, the martial arts are so low, and the village is extremely unreliable, how did they kill Mr. Lin's people and the coachman? And those secret guards, were they also killed?

A series of questions lingered in Lu Li's heart, he got up with a frown, looked into the distance and sighed secretly.

What secrets are hidden in Yuncheng?

"Grandpa Guo!"

Suddenly, a familiar female voice came from a distance.

Lu Li was busy following the prestige, and happened to see Hongyu and Pearl supporting each other and walking this way, so he immediately sent two soldiers to meet him.

When Hongyu and the two arrived in front of Lu Li, they first saluted, and then began to talk about what happened in the village, and when they said that this beard was waiting for Lu to leave the door, Hongyu paused, and asked with some embarrassment: "Grandpa Guo, did you offend this person a few years ago, otherwise how could he ...... from such a long distance?"

Hongyu didn't finish the rest of the words, but her doubts had already been revealed, and Lu Li also understood what the other party meant.

He frowned and looked at the beard, carefully identified it, and finally shook his head, "I don't know this person, and I've never been to Yuncheng, let alone Xiuyuan, except for Shangjing and Taoyuan County, he has never been to other towns, how can you offend him?" What's more, Xiu Yuan and I are not people who take the initiative to provoke right and wrong, so how can we offend others without even realizing it? ”

Speaking of this, Pearl couldn't help but nod, "That's right, I've been working in the Wei Mansion before, and I've never heard Lord Wei say anything about Yuncheng, so it shouldn't be possible for him to have a grudge against this beard." ”

As he spoke, the soldiers who had gone to clean up the stockade returned and made sure that there was no one else in the stockade. Lu Li nodded, even though his heart was full of doubts, but he knew that this was not the place to solve the problem, so he waved his hand and led everyone back to the city.

At that time, Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou had already finished bandaging.

Luckily, the two of them were only traumatized and looked terrifying, but they didn't hurt inside, so they just needed to recuperate.

It was at this time that Lu Li came back with someone.

Xiao Man sat on the chair and couldn't move, she could only watch happily as everyone hugged each other excitedly, and she couldn't help shedding a few tears.

Pearl hurriedly stepped forward, and after seeing Xiaoman's appearance, she couldn't help but redden. It wasn't until she learned that Xiaoman was just a skin injury that she quietly breathed a sigh of relief and silently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

After greeting each other for a while, Wei Xiuyuan couldn't hold back his temper and asked, "How is the matter handled?" Where did that guy come from? ”

Lu Li took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, looked at Lin Le, and there was a bit of imperceptible vigilance and scrutiny in his eyes: "Mr. Lin, you have lived in Yuncheng for a long time, you should know the bandits on that mountain, right?" ”

"They? Did the bandits do it? Lin Le was very surprised, as if he also knew that there were bandits on that mountain for the first time, "The bandits on that mountain haven't been active for a long time, and their martial arts are so poor, they are not my opponents at all, how can they kidnap people under the nose of the secret guard?" ”

I have to say that what Lin Le said still has some truth, but the facts cannot be refuted, everything he thought was impossible happened in such a grand way.

Lu Li stared at him silently, his dark eyes seemed to see through his heart, Lin Le finally sensed that something was wrong, he frowned and looked at Wei Xiuyuan, then looked at Lu Li, and smiled bitterly: "Brother Lu, you shouldn't suspect that this matter has something to do with me, right?" ”

Wei Xiuyuan looked at Lu Li in disbelief, looking surprised.

The eyes of everyone in the room were focused on Lu Li, Xiao Man was also full of surprise, it was Lin Le who first discovered himself and Xia Wanrou, at that time he and her had no ability to fight back, if Lin Le really had a problem, he should have done it at that time, why should he take the initiative to call for help?

But according to her understanding of Lu Li, he is not the kind of person who will suspect others at will, what is going on, could it be that after he left, Lu Li made a new discovery on the mountain?

Just when Xiaoman was puzzled, Lu Li over there spoke up.

"Nope." Lu Li retracted his gaze, and after denying it, he lowered his head and remained silent.

During this period, Wei Xiuyuan and Lin Le discussed the next action to strengthen the guards in the mansion, and seeing that Lu Li was still sullen, Lin Le took the initiative to leave.

The people gradually dispersed, Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou took the people down to rest, while Wei Xiuyuan deliberately stayed, waiting for everyone to leave, he coughed lightly, breaking the silence in the house.

Lu Li couldn't help but look at him sideways, "What?" ”

"Do you really doubt Mr. Lin?" Wei Xiuyuan frowned, leaned over slightly to approach the other party, and said in a low voice.

He and Lin Le have been friends for many years, and they exchanged letters before they came, these houses, routes and other things were arranged by Lin Le, and he never noticed that there was anything wrong, otherwise he would not have introduced Lu Li and Lin Le to each other on the first day he arrived in Yuncheng.

Also, Xia Wanrou also knew Lin Le, the Xia family could be said to have saved Lin Le's life back then, and it was for this reason that Wei Xiuyuan was convinced of Lin Le and felt that he would never take revenge.

But as soon as Lu Li said it today, Wei Xiuyuan was surprised, but he inevitably had some suspicion in his heart.

"Xiuyuan, you are also suspicious in your heart, aren't you?" Lu Li did not respond to the other party's question, but asked the other party instead.

Wei Xiuyuan was stunned, hesitated for a while, and said: "Today's incident is too coincidental, you were like that just now, I can't avoid... Lu Li, did you get any evidence? Or did you find something in that stockade? ”

Lu Li sighed and shook his head.

"Then ......" Wei Xiuyuan was stunned, he thought that Lu Li had obtained conclusive evidence, but he didn't want to be unconfident, so he just asked casually?

But if this is the case, Lin Le's reaction just now is indeed a little strange.

Lin Le is a scholar, he was deposed by the emperor before, and it was because he refused to follow the crowd because he was upright, so he was demoted to Yuncheng, and then he was dissatisfied with the officialdom and resigned angrily to become a teacher. Even though Wei Xiuyuan and Lin Le didn't know each other before, based on these deeds alone, he could guess that the other party was a proud and unyielding person.

And now that he is suspected, he is just a few dry excuses, and his face has not changed much, is his impression of Lin Le bad, or has Lin Le changed over the years, or is he really as Lu Li suspected?

Lu Li got up and sighed, "No matter what, it's better to be careful in the future." ”

Now Xiaoman and Xia Wanrou are injured, and their close maids are also frightened, and they can't go out for a short time. It's good that this house is in the middle of the city, and those people don't dare to come to the door to make trouble easily, and they can feel more at ease when they go out to do errands.

"That Lin Le..."Wei Xiuyuan followed and got up, his eyes fell on Lu Li, full of sorrow.

Lu Li turned around, looked at him squarely, and said solemnly: "Don't go out for activities these days, I'm going to go out to investigate the situation these days, don't tell Lin Le about my movements." ”

Wei Xiuyuan stopped worriedly, "Then you-"

"Knock knock—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, the two looked at each other tacitly, Lu Li ran out quickly, and then Wei Xiuyuan also ran out with the other party's footsteps.

When Wei Xiuyuan went out, he saw a huge courtyard, Lu Li was standing in the center, and there was a secret guard lying next to him who had swallowed his breath, the secret guard's death was terrifying, his mouth couldn't stop foaming at the mouth, his nose and ears were full of blood, and there were only two holes left in the place where his eyes were originally left, which was terrifying.

His pupils were dilated, his scalp was numb, and his stomach was tumbling.

"Gross-"

Wei Xiuyuan threw up while holding on to the branch on the side, almost throwing up breakfast.

Seeing this, Lu Li sighed, approached and patted him on the back, "Hurry up and vomit, I have something to tell you after vomiting." ”

"I... Vomit——,I've been like this, you're still... And let me hurry up, you, do you have humanity, you! Wei Xiuyuan complained about his friend's words while spitting, almost spitting out all the bile.

After vomiting for a while, Wei Xiuyuan's stomach really had nothing to continue to vomit, he took the water cup handed over by Lu Li and poured a few mouthfuls and rinsed his mouth, sat on the stone bench casually, and said weakly: "Say, what is there to tell me?" ”

Lu Li coughed lightly, leaned over and whispered, "The dark guard wasn't dead when he came, and he told me that the other secret guards were all killed by Lin Le's people." ”