For such a big event, the ability and strength of the person who plays the cover will not be too bad, and a person who is strong in all aspects will be willing to cover for a person surnamed Ling who is not very important?

Apparently untenable.

Therefore, this person must have a close relationship with Ling Tiancheng, and he is likely to plot against him.

But what he was trying to do, he couldn't guess why at this time.

The two of them looked at it in the teahouse, and when they came out, Zhuang Siyan said: "Let's not go to Luo Tong first, let's go see Xu Ning." ”

Ling Tiancheng raised his eyes to look at her, and saw that she had already turned a corner under her feet, so he followed her.

He could understand her temporary change of attention, but he didn't say anything.

Xu Ning, who was rescued from a few days of living crimes, was describing to Qing Ran and them at this time his terrifying experience in the past few days.

"It's a good thing you came early, otherwise you might never see me again.

Didn't you notice? There was a dead air everywhere in the village, and the smell of human corpses was in the air.

When I went, there were two other people locked up in the house, and they were all pulled out in less than a day, and then they never came back, don't you think it's scary?

I really don't understand what this village does and why those people are so weird.

Oh yes, did Master Si say when he would go again, and if you dig deeper, you will definitely find out something. ”

Qingran and they are usually not familiar with Xu Ning, and they don't talk much.

They couldn't give any good answers to his questions, and the most important thing was that they hadn't heard what Zhuang Siyan was going to do next, so they were silent.

Xu Ning said it himself, and after venting his depression after being locked up for a few days, he was going to find something to eat to comfort his belly.

The curtain of Koro and the city has been lowered, and the place where they live now is very close to the former teahouse.

Of course, he will not forget that not long ago, he was robbed from here, so he weighed it very much when he went out to find food.

In the end, it was better to save his life, and he withdrew his foot that was about to go out and went back to the house.

Zhuang Siyan and Ling Tiancheng entered the hospital at this time.

I only saw Qingran Qingfeng and them, so I asked: "What about Xu Ning?" ”

Xu Ning had just entered the house, and her buttocks were not yet hot, and when she heard her question, her legs were like long hair, and she jumped out like flying: "......Are you here?"

Halfway through the words, she saw that she was still followed by the emperor himself, so she swallowed the second half of it back.

There are many people here, and Ling Tian has become a person who does not reveal his identity, and has already told those who know him to save the courtesy of the monarch and minister.

But that doesn't mean that you can talk to his daughter-in-law in front of him, and there are no taboos.

When Xu Ning first came out of the house, the little hope in his heart was shattered, and he hung his head down and didn't say anything more.

Zhuang Siyan looked at him quite interestingly, especially when he came out excitedly just now, and he was stunned at this time, so he asked: "What's wrong with you, why don't you look right?" ”

Xu Ning looked polite: "My lord is too careful, what's wrong with me, I just heard you looking for me, so I came out and asked, what's the matter?" ”

Zhuang Siyan glanced sideways at Ling Tiancheng, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "You go and talk to Qing Ran and them about what we are going to do next, my Xu Ning will say a few words, and I will come to you in a while, okay?" ”

The answer she received was, "No." ”

Ling Tiancheng looked at her very calmly and said, "Didn't we come to talk about the things in the village?" Is there anything else I can't hear? Do you want to talk to him alone? ”

Zhuang Siyan: "......"

Xu Ning lowered his head even more, if it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't make a big salute, he would definitely have knelt down.

It's nothing, but how can they say this, it seems that there is really something?

The final result was that several people went to the main hall together, and Qing Ran and they listened to Xu Ning again about Ling Village.

Zhuang Siyan's focus was different from theirs, and he asked, "Did you disappear near the teahouse that night and be taken out of the city directly?" ”

Xu Ning shook his head: "I don't know, they gave me medicine, and when I woke up, it was dawn, and I couldn't figure out how long I had been asleep, but according to the time, it should be a day and a night, because you quickly found there, in fact, I didn't have a long time in the village." ”

Zhuang Siyan was silent for a while before asking him again, "Did that person tell you anything?" ”

Xu Ning thought for a while and shook his head: "I didn't say anything, but I always felt that his voice was a little familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere." ”

This sentence successfully attracted the attention of everyone present.

Will Luo Hecheng have their familiar voice?

They have not been here for long, and the most important thing is that except for the prefect Du Jixin, they have very little contact with people, and it is impossible to say that they have any acquaintances.

Could it be that the man came out of the capital like them?

If so, it is likely that the purpose of their coming here has long been known, and they should have already laid out the situation waiting for them.

It's not a good experience.

Zhuang Siyan has always paid attention to surprise and unpreparedness, if she comes, others will know what she is going to do, then she will really not be able to play.

It's a pity that the voice is not what she heard, and she can't trace it back to where it came from, so she can only let Xu Ning think about it again, to see if she heard it in the capital, or if it is here.

There was silence for a while.

Speaking of Ling Village, Xu Ning spoke again: "There must be a problem there, you should know if you have been there, the smell in the air is too wrong, I think they must have killed many people there, and there is a mountain behind the village, I smell the location close to the mountain." ”

To be honest, Zhuang Siyan and the others also thought that the village was strange, especially since their people were still injured inside.

But to say that the smell is very strange, there is the smell of rotting corpses, I really dare not determine.

In this regard, only Xu Ning, who was with the corpse all day, dared to make a conclusion, so although everyone listened carefully, they didn't say a word, and they all looked at him.

Xu Ning was in a hurry, and felt that everyone didn't believe him, so he was a little anxious, so he stood up and said, "I'm sure, there must be a lot of corpses buried on the mountain behind that, so you can't smell it, can't you see the crows flying over there?" ”

Zhuang Siyan opened his mouth first and asked, "Didn't they lock you up?" How can you still see crows? ”

Xu Ning really wanted to restrain himself, at least in front of the emperor, to show respect for his concubine.

But he had been with Zhuang Siyan in private for too long, and he still knew some of her way of speaking, so he didn't hold back, and rolled his eyes at her directly.

Ling Tiancheng didn't wait for his white eyes to roll successfully, and a sharp eye knife followed and killed him.

Xu Ning was defeated, sat back dejectedly and said, "They just shut it up, and they didn't blindfold me, I didn't see it in the window when you went." ”

Zhuang Siyan let out an "oh", and then said: "Then since you can see outside, have you found any organs in their courtyard?" ”

Xu Ning rolled his eyes to his heart this time: "The organ can only be discovered by people who are proficient, don't say that I haven't seen them use, even if I do, I may not be able to find the trick, adults, small ones are proficient in corpses, well, corpses." ”

Unsurprisingly, his irritability received another eye knife package from Ling Tiancheng.

Xu Ning thought to himself, probably his official career has also come to an end everywhere.

Why can't you think about it, and have to argue with a woman about this kind of question?

Zhuang Siyan is easy to talk to, and she usually jokes with them, but she is not alone now!

Misfortune comes from the mouth for a reason.

Xu Ning didn't follow the official career before, and he never thought of mixing in officialdom, so he got used to speaking without scruples.

Later, she followed Zhuang Siyan to do things, and she was also a very enlightened leader, which directly caused the fact that he couldn't talk until now.

Fortunately, everyone's energy was still focused on the case at this time, although Ling Tiancheng glanced at him a few times, he didn't say anything, just took a piece of paper, and in front of everyone, quickly marked the location of Ling Village, as well as the general structure of the village.

They have already walked around inside, and even a few houses, if you count carefully, you can figure it out, so this picture is very finely drawn.

Lingcun does not rely on the official road, there is a lot of distance from the official road out of the city, and there is only one path to enter.

They've gone through this too.

The area of the village is not large, and there are not many people, and Zhuang Siyan and they only saw a few old people inside.

And the others, except for the family that Xu Ning saw, never saw more.

It's a strange thing, as if the whole village doesn't come out, just closes the door and hides in their own homes every day.

Ling Tiancheng's pen paused behind the village, and said in a deep voice: "There is something wrong with this mountain, the forest above is very dense, and there is no animal cry, and no one seems to go up. ”

Zhuang Siyan nodded, and quickly thought of the horse training ground outside the capital.

Ordinary people, whether ancient or modern, who live in the city and have nothing to do, seem to like to go out and climb the mountains.

Especially in this era, there are still many poor people who can't get hungry food in the city, and they would rather live in the mountains, after all, there will be some game in the mountains, and maybe they can still find a glimmer of life.

A mountain like the one behind Ling Village, according to common sense, there should be a lot of people going to it, and even if there are people, they can build a temple on it, or something else, it will be even more attractive.

But as Ling Tiancheng said, they walked around the village, but they didn't find a single person on the mountain, as if it was a barren mountain.

There is only one possibility.

Someone blocked the mountain gate and prevented ordinary people from going up.

Zhuang Siyan stood up and said, "We will go to transfer the people of the Luo prefect tomorrow, and the soldiers will be divided into two routes, all the way into the village, all the way to the mountains, to see what is on it." ”

Qing Ran said: "If you want me to say, why don't we go tonight, we have already been there during the day, and catch some of their people back."

If there is no problem with those people, they will definitely panic and find a way to save their own people out.

If there is a problem, then they will act even more tonight.

We're going to just plug them up, so that whatever they're going to do next, we can find out. ”

Zhuang Siyan turned his head to look at Ling Tiancheng, and saw that his brows were frowning slightly, his eyes were staring at the map, and he didn't know what he was thinking.