Zhuang Siyan took her three people and quickly found a less conspicuous inn to live in, and while tasting the special food inside, she inquired about any interesting things in the town.

It is far away from the capital, and the people are also evacuated, and the merchants who live in the inn are all from the south to the north, so there are many topics.

Zhuang Siyan and the others didn't deliberately ask, but they heard some news from Luo Ke.

The strange thing is that this traitorous minister who is scheming and has been stirred into a pot of porridge by the Dasheng Dynasty has a good reputation here.

The rumors in the countryside turned out to be his great achievements, and even made up the matter of committing suicide in order to capture Zhuang Changyuan.

The common people only knew that he committed suicide back then, but no one knew that he had other plans in the name of suicide.

There are a few businessmen who often go in and out of the capital, maybe they get a little bit of the opposite news, and as soon as they say it, they are opposed by others, thinking that they are slandering Lord Luo.

"Even the emperor praised him endlessly, and sent his family back to his hometown, if it is really as you said, he has bad intentions, then he has already killed the nine clans?"

This is not unreasonable, in the old system of the Dasheng Dynasty, it is not a new thing to exterminate the clansmen, the previous emperor did it, Ling Tiancheng also did it, and the most prominent one is the Anli family.

People outside the palace don't know the internal cause, but they see the collapse of the An family, and people believe in their eyes more, even if they see it as an illusion.

It is said that businessmen rarely argue loudly, they just come out to do business, and they make money in harmony, and the little news they know is just hearsay, and no one knows what it really is, so everyone is in the clouds.

In this way, it is said that Luo Ke is good, but it is Ling Tiancheng, the emperor, which makes people criticize a lot.

Because Luo Ke died, although he sent his family back to his hometown, he did not have any extra land or silver, which was not the way he treated the heroes, so people were dissatisfied.

Zhuang Siyan lowered his eyelids and didn't look at anyone, as if he was only interested in the food in front of him, but his ears were not idle for a while, he listened to all these words, and pondered in his heart.

The source of the news is really strange, people don't know that Luo Ke pretended to be dead, they don't know all the crimes he committed in the court, and they don't know any evil things he has done, but they are clear about the emperor's treatment of him, what is the reason?

In the discussion one after another, turning the page of Luo Ke, he talked about the local folk customs and the place name here.

Although this place is a small town, it is very famous, and it belongs to the center of the entire Dasheng Dynasty, and most of the people who come and go from the south to the north have to pass through here.

The name of the place is Yangcheng, and not far from Yangcheng is a famous capital Jiankang City.

When Zhuang Siyan traveled from north to south before, he had passed by Jiankang City and stayed here, and he was still very interested in the development of the ancient Central Plains city.

She even felt that the overall prosperity of Jiankang City was better than that of the cities far away in the north, and she didn't know why the Dasheng Dynasty placed the capital in the north, instead of the Central Plains city, which was significantly better in terms of climate and land.

Luo Ke's hometown is from Yangcheng.

I heard that his wife's maiden family is still a bit snobbish here, and some people have important positions in Yangcheng and even in Jiankang City, which is not far away.

After listening to a few stories, Zhuang Siyan left Qingran and Qingshi at the inn and took Ah Si out.

"Take advantage of the fact that it is not dark, you hurry out of the city, go to Jiankang City, inquire about the affairs of Luo Ke's wife and his mother's family, and find me at the inn three days later."

Ah Si looked behind her and said, "Mr. came out and only took me one, I'm going to leave now, what should you do?" ”

Zhuang Siyan immediately glared: "I'm such a big person, and I have sharp hands and feet, who can do anything to me, hurry up." ”

Ah Si stood still and didn't move: "This city looks simple and open, but it's weird, I'm still not at ease." ”

In order to let him go faster, Zhuang Siyan could only grit his teeth and say, "Okay, you go, I'll go back to the inn, never come out again, and be with Qingran and them." ”

Ah Si: "Then I'll send Mr. back first, right?" ”

Zhuang Siyan: "......"

This Ah Si looks like a rough person, but sometimes he is thoughtful, such as when he takes care of Sun Xi, and when he observes the surrounding environment.

It is not easy for him to have the same vigilance as Zhuang Siyan in the perception of dangerous aura.

However, when they came this time, they were originally in the tiger's den, and they were already prepared in their hearts, besides, Zhuang Siyan is the master, if she gives an order, Ah Si can't help but listen.

The final result was that he left the city according to his words, but Zhuang Siyan did not return to the inn, but went in the opposite direction.

Yangcheng is not too big or small among the many cities in the Central Plains, but it has a very prominent feature, that is, there are more foreign populations.

Whether it is a merchant or a permanent resident, most of the people you see on the street speak various dialects, and they can magically understand each other.

But no matter how many outsiders there are, there are also locals, and the locals are absolutely in a leading position, and the best houses, the biggest merchants, and the best restaurants in the city, including Kabuki Theater, are all run by locals.

It can be said that although those outsiders came here to do some business, they also brought wealth to the people here.

Zhuang Siyan's speed was very fast, and after crossing the two streets, he turned his footsteps and entered a happy house on the side of the road.

The girls at the door didn't have time to catch him to sell, and the others had already gone inside, and went directly to the second floor without stopping for a moment.

The people behind hurriedly followed, but they were one step slower than him, and were pulled by two women with heavy makeup at the door, until they hurriedly broke away with white faces.

Zhuang Siyan had already jumped out of the window on the second floor and walked down the back street to another road.

She also borrowed the cosmetics of the girl from the house by the way, lifted a set of cheerful clothes, wrapped them around her clothes, and changed her appearance.

Looking behind him, there was no follow-up, and then he slowly walked towards a house in the city.

Luo's address in Yangcheng can be reached without deliberately inquiring.

When Zhuang Siyan arrived, the entire Yangcheng was already lit up, and the lanterns at the gate of Luo's Mansion were particularly red, and they didn't look like the owner was dead at all, but like some happy event.

For a moment, Zhuang Siyan almost thought that Luo Ke had faked his death again this time, but in fact he had escaped back to his hometown.

The gate of Luo's Mansion was still very tightly guarded, and after dark, the gate was closed, leaving only a corner gate.

Zhuang Siyan observed from a distance for a while, except for acquaintances, that is, the gatekeeper at the corner gate, who could recognize who that person was at a glance, and no one else could enter the door.

It seems that there is really a problem with this Luo Mansion, if it is open, why do you have to watch the door so tightly?

I couldn't get in tonight, Zhuang Siyan was not reluctant, and returned to the inn directly.

Wen Qing had already sent the news over there, and what he heard was similar to Zhuang Siyan's side, a little more than her, and it was Mrs. Luo Ke's situation.

Luo Ke's wife's surname is Chang, named Changning, and she is a big family in Yangcheng, and in the entire Yangcheng, there are three big families, the Luo family, the Chang family, and a Wang family, which is three-legged and controls the entire Yangcheng.

The Chang family's homestead is in the east of Yangcheng, and Wen Qing has been there, but he is also not allowed to enter.

Zhuang Siyan didn't have anything to say to him, only asked him to meet outside Dongcheng the next day.

Since the Chang family is by the East City Gate, it will be relatively more reliable for them to go there to inquire about the news, and they were followed as soon as they came, obviously someone already knew their origins, or did not know, and they had already been classified into the suspect area.

Zhuang Siyan has always been cautious in her work, but now that she is in a different place, she has much more experience in dealing with the outside world than Wen Qing.

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Zhuang Siyan got up.

This will make my whole city not wake up from the winter dream, everywhere there is a white gas, like fog but not fog, it is good to be close, if you are far away, you can't see people's faces clearly.

In order not to attract attention, Zhuang Siyan still didn't bring many people, leaving Qingshi at the big inn, and she took Qingran out.

When he came back last night, Qing Ran found that two went out and one came back, so he asked Zhuang Siyan if something had happened?

Zhuang Siyan didn't say Ah Si's whereabouts, only that they were followed, and Ah Si went to lure each other away.

Qing Ran would not suspect that Zhuang Siyan was playing tricks on them, but Ah Si didn't return overnight, and today Mr. Si took him out alone, so the strangeness of this matter can be seen?

He didn't ask much, but when he went out, he already had his own eyes on it, and he kept an eye on the road they had walked.

It wasn't until he was close to the East City Gate that he said to Zhuang Siyan: "Sir, are we going out of the city now?" ”

Zhuang Siyan said "um" and asked him, "Can you go out?" ”

Qing Ran paused slightly: "Yes, but you have to take a detour." ”

Zhuang Siyan didn't speak again, changed places with him, and walked behind him.

It seems that there is something wrong with the inn where they live, so there are people watching them in and out, but those people are too strange, they don't know what is right and wrong, and they just follow them all the way, aren't they afraid that things will be revealed?

Qing Ran is a master of the rivers and lakes, and it is okay to go around a few streets and follow a few times, but he just didn't do it, because he never got Zhuang Siyan's instructions.

It was only when he went out of the city that he agreed to meet Wen Qing, and if these people were to see it, the problem would be more complicated, so he took the initiative to bring it up.

Zhuang Siyan followed him quietly, and also paid attention to the movements of the people who followed them behind him.

By this time, the sky was already completely bright, but the winter morning was too cold, so there were still no people to be seen on the streets, and only on the main street avenue were people who got up early to rush to the market, wrapped in clothes and hurried over.

The people behind them soon led into the back street where there were no people, and the two of them were estimated to be inseparable, and they didn't find any danger until they were blocked by Zhuang Siyan and Qing Ran, and they stood there dumbfounded.

Zhuang Siyan was not in a hurry to ask for their lives, and asked: "Brother, what do you want to do after following us so far?" ”

Unexpectedly, it was good that she didn't speak, but when she spoke, the two people rushed directly to her.

Qing Ran didn't allow them to make a mistake, and before they could get closer, they pulled the two of them back, one locked his throat, and the other kicked to the ground, and Zhuang Siyan, who was driven over, kicked him and stepped on his neck.