When Mu Lingyun got up from sleep in the room, Zuo Xiangyang hadn't come back yet, she could only go downstairs alone to find the shopkeeper to order food, and after she was full, Mu Lingyun came to the side of the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, are you a native of Xiao County?" How long has you been here? ”

The shopkeeper raised a smile, his eyes revealed a smug and complicated look, and said: "Of course I am a local, this inn has been open for 30 years, and everyone knows about Xiao County Ping'an Inn within a radius of 100 miles, but the guest officer asks what this is about?" ”

Mu Lingyun pretended to be calm and said: "I'm just a little curious, shopkeeper, since we stepped into this Xiao County, all we saw was a depressed scene, but the surrounding areas of Xiao County are prosperous places, why is this?" ”

After listening to the doubts in her heart, the shopkeeper suddenly laughed and said: "Anyone who comes to Xiao County, who is not as suspicious as the guest officer?"

Mu Lingyun obviously found out that the shopkeeper wanted to speak and stopped, and he was even more puzzled in his heart, Xiao County seemed to have a secret hidden in this place, and said quietly on his face: "It's all the same as me, can the shopkeeper give me an answer or two?" ”

The shopkeeper didn't want to say more, he didn't know what to think, he suddenly changed his mind, sighed and said: "Xiao County was also a well-known rich place decades ago, but unexpectedly, there was a case of rebellion by the Pei family, after the Pei family was beheaded, Xiao County has been in a slump since then, and there have never been any big officials and generals......

Before the Pei family had an accident, Xiao County was guarded by the Pei family, and in order to curry favor with the Pei family, the ministers of the court and officials from all over the country would naturally take more care of Xiao County, and the Pei family and Xiao County would both be prosperous and lossy, and it was no wonder that after the Pei family's accident, Xiao County would end up in such a depression.

Unexpectedly, the Pei family and Xiao County still had such a relationship, Mu Lingyun couldn't help asking: "Then the Pei family, are there any survivors now?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head, and said with a nostalgic and sad face: "It's gone, it's long gone, the Pei family is up and down, blood is flowing like a river, and on that day, the sky in Xiao County is red."

After chatting with the shopkeeper, Mu Lingyun sat by the window and thought about the Pei family's affairs in a daze, not even knowing when Zuo Xiangyang walked behind him.

Zuo Xiangyang put one hand on her shoulder and said, "What are you thinking about sitting here alone?" ”

Mu Lingyun was startled by Zuo Xiangyang's sudden touch and voice, patted his chest and frowned at him, and said very dissatisfied: "Master, do you know that people are scared to death?"

Zuo Xiangyang blinked, he didn't expect that his casual actions could make her have such a big reaction, he touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "I scared you like this?" What are you thinking, thinking so engrossedly, you didn't even notice that I came over"

Mu Lingyun pursed his lips and asked in a low voice, "Master, you have been out for so long, have you gotten any useful news?" ”

Zuo Xiangyang shook his head, frowned, and said: "I went to check on the incident twenty-eight years ago, but there was no news, as if someone had specially erased this matter."

Zuo Xiangyang sat next to Mu Lingyun, picked up the cup of tea in front of her and drank it, Mu Lingyun's eyes were as big as camel bells, and he shouted loudly: "Master, this is my cup, I have drunk it"

Zuo Xiangyang waved his hand disapprovingly, and said, "It's not a woman, how can you pay so much attention when you go out?"

Mu Lingyun pursed her mouth, and finally didn't say anything more, she is a real woman, but she can't say this, she can't say that she is dumb and suffers from eating Coptis chinensis, she disguised herself as a man and lifted a stone and hit her own feet.

The next day, Zuo Xiangyang took Mu Lingyun to the Pei family's old house.

Standing at the door of the Pei family's old mansion, Mu Lingyun glanced up at the plaque of the Pei family, the plaque was half-hung, the twenty-eight years of deserted old mansion was covered with dust, there were cobwebs everywhere, and some rotten wood had been hollowed out by moths.

Mu Lingyun didn't dare to touch it carefully, she was a little suspicious that she could blow down the old house with a big exhalation, "Master, this is the Pei family's old mansion."

Zuo Xiangyang glanced at her, understood what she meant, and said: "Well, when the Pei family didn't fall, it was the most prosperous and prosperous family in Xiao County, don't look at it so dilapidated here, this old mansion was also the largest mansion in Xiao County at that time, but it was a pity that it fell because of that incident."

Mu Lingyun followed behind Zuo Xiangyang, walked into the Pei family's old mansion, and nodded in agreement with his words, the old mansion has been abandoned for decades, and the glory of the year can still be vaguely seen under the cover of dust.

Looking at the scene inside this old mansion, Mu Lingyun showed a puzzled look and asked, "Master, no one has lived here for decades, what are we doing here?" ”

Zuo Xiangyang said to her as he walked inside: "Don't talk nonsense, say one more word, I won't take you out next time"

Mu Lingyun covered her mouth and signaled to Zuo Xiangyang that she would not talk nonsense anymore.

The two of them rummaged inside and out of the Pei family's old house, and they didn't find any useful information from the Pei family's old house, and they went out of the Pei family with a clean face, but they didn't know that when the two of them entered the Pei family and left the Pei family, they were all taken into the eyes of a person hidden in the shadows, and their bodies quickly disappeared near the Pei family.

Zuo Xiangyang glanced at the place where the figure disappeared with feeling, but he didn't see anyone, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Zuo Xiangyang and Mu Lingyun stayed in Xiao County for five days in a row, five days, without any clue, Zuo Xiangyang found that if he wanted to find a little clue, all those clues were erased in the next second, obviously someone was secretly blocking him from investigating the things of the year, who was stopping him?

In the inn, Zuo Xiangyang and Mu Lingyun sat face to face, thought about it and told her about the feeling in their hearts.

Mu Lingyun was stunned for a moment, and looked at him in surprise, she didn't feel that someone was blocking her in the dark for so many days, and she admired Zuo Xiangyang's master more and more, blinking her golden eyes, and said: "Master, you are so powerful, I didn't even find out, you actually found out"

Zuo Xiangyang glanced at her with disgust and said, "Of course, otherwise how can you be your master?"

Mu Lingyun listened to his boastful words, and secretly rolled his eyes when he couldn't see it, hmph, if it weren't for her wanting to learn some life-saving martial arts, would she think anyone could be her master.

Mu Lingyun suddenly thought of something, and said: "Master, who did you say didn't want us to investigate this matter, and not many people knew about it when we investigated it, can we start from this aspect?" ”

Originally, I didn't want to analyze any useful clues from Mu Lingyun, but as soon as she said this, she suddenly gave Zuo Xiangyang inspiration, and slowly had a suspicious candidate in her heart, laughed mysteriously twice, and said: "Yun Mu, you are really a good apprentice of the master, and it is really useful at a critical time."

Mu Lingyun glanced at him, and always felt that Zuo Xiangyang's words were not so good, and muttered a few words in his heart, without showing half a point on his face, "Master, then who do you think will be doing this in secret?" ”

Zuo Xiangyang raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just that there are some suspicions, and they haven't been determined yet, I'll tell you when I find the clues."

Mu Lingyun looked at him in surprise, followed him out, and shouted at him loudly: "Master, how can you be like this, don't tell me!" ”

The next day, when Mu Lingyun went to Zuo Xiangyang's room again, he found that Zuo Xiangyang was no longer in the room, and Mu Lingyun squatted in his room for a day without waiting for him to come back.

She didn't come back for a day, she waited, she didn't come back for two days, she waited, and when Zuo Xiangyang didn't show up on the third day, Mu Lingyun determined a fact, that is, Zuo Xiangyang went to check the person hiding in the shadows by himself, and threw her in the inn in a boring daze, Mu Lingyun's heart had countless resentments, and cursed Zuo Xiangyang: "Bastard master, you won't bring me with you to check it alone, so why bring me to Xiao County, bastard"

Mu Lingyun scolded Zuo Xiangyang for scolding, and a familiar figure stood behind Mu Lingyun silently, laughing and teasing: "Yo, it seems that I am not here, you are scolding me behind my back."

There was a person standing behind Leng Buding, who scared Mu Lingyun enough, and the whole person took a few steps back, before he could react from the fright, and said, "Master, why are you like a ghost, suddenly disappearing and suddenly appearing?"

Zuo Xiangyang frowned and said, "Go and go, what nonsense, I'm your master, no big or small."

Mu Lingyun came back to his senses, didn't care about the relationship between master and apprentice, rushed up and swung his fist at Zuo Xiangyang, slammed it all the way, and said: "Master, you still know that you are my master, I am your apprentice, don't say a word, run to investigate by yourself, and don't take me with you......"

Zuo Xiangyang didn't stop her, let her beat her out, and estimated in her heart that it was almost over, so she said, "Have you lost your breath?" If you can't get rid of your breath, keep beating until you're done."

As soon as Zuo Xiangyang's words came out, Mu Lingyun stopped beating his hands and continued to beat his hands, clasped his hands around his chest, and looked at him with accountable eyes, just waiting for him to explain himself.