When Xi Yan returned to Haitang Courtyard from the Jinwuwei military camp, Xi's mansion was already quiet. Before he could take a sip of hot tea, he glanced at a letter lying quietly on his desk.

Xi Yan saw that there was no source of the letter written on the envelope, so he guessed that this must be An Ruofei's reply, and when he opened it, the letter really read:

"Brother Yan, Junjian. Let my sister be well, why should my husband be afraid? In addition, it is inconvenient to tell each other in the cold house, so don't worry about it. ”

In just one sentence, there are still inconsistencies in the text and ink. Xi Yan looked into the envelope again, but there was nothing else inside. Looking at this short reply, Xi Yan felt a little familiar in his heart, but he didn't know where this familiarity came from for a while.

After thinking for a long time to no avail, he had to call Xi Yun, "On this day, is there any progress in that matter?" ”

"It's not wonderful," Xi Yun had already made preparations, but still sighed lightly, "Your Majesty is furious, and has already ordered the internal guards to investigate, saying that Miss An must be found." ”

"Even the internal guards have been dispatched?" Xi Yan couldn't help frowning deeply and muttered to himself.

The internal guards are dispatched, which means that they can enter people's homes and search at will, and if things really develop to this point, what should they do?

Xi Yun knew that Xi Yan was worried, so he had to persuade him: "But today's internal guards have all gone out of the city, and the city of Chongdu is calm." ”

Xi Yan relaxed a little, "That's fine, but it's not a long-term solution for her to hide in Chongdu after all, so she still has to think of a way early." ”

"That's right." Xi Yun suddenly remembered that Xi Yan was no longer in the Criminal Department, so he asked him, "I haven't asked how Gongzi is in the Jinwu Guard today, but are you still used to it?" ”

Xi Yan recalled what happened today, and said with a dumb smile: "They are all temperamental people, and they are not difficult to get along with." Only the great general Wang Zhaoling had a prejudice against me. ”

"This ......" Xi Yun was a little puzzled, his son went to the army on the first day, how could this general be quite prejudiced, and after thinking about it, it was fruitless, so he had to ask, "What's the matter?" Isn't it because of His Majesty's comments on you that day? ”

"It's not, although the matter of water is still in the limelight, the Xi family has nothing to do with the matter of greedy ink, at least Your Majesty didn't say that it was involved."

"I want to come...... Isn't it because of that one? Xi Yun knew that there were more or less factional disputes in the army, so he speculated and asked.

"By the way, it's because of him." Xi Yan was really a little angry, sighed and said, "There seem to be many factions in the army, but in fact, they are carefully divided, and in the final analysis, there are only the faction of the hussar general He Fangping and the auxiliary general Li Zhizhang. Although both of them are fictitious, they have a lot of influence in the army. This Wang Zhaoling is Li Zhizhang's person, but the night before I went to work, this He Fangping sent someone to the Jinwu Guards to help, do you say it's angry? ”

"Dots?" Hearing this, Xi Yun couldn't help laughing, "I think, this General He is clearly here to stir up the situation, he is afraid that others will not know that you are his quasi-son-in-law." ”

"Who is his prospective son-in-law?" Xi Yan glanced at Xi Yun and retorted, "He is obviously afraid that my life in the army will be too good, and he deliberately embarrass me so that I can attach myself to him, which is really ridiculous." He was born in a reckless family, and he is really self-sufficient. ”

Speaking of this, Xi Yan sighed depressedly and changed the subject: "Look at this letter. As he spoke, he pushed the letterhead in front of Xi Yun.

Xi Yun picked up the letterhead and looked at it carefully, "There is nothing strange about it, but this word is rare and good...... What did you find? ”

Xi Yan pretended to be mysterious, and only said, "Follow me." ”

Xi Yun had no choice but to follow Xi Yan and ride out of Xi's mansion.

Along the way, Xi Yan didn't say a word, took Xi Yun out of the inner city, and went straight to the outer city. The outer city of Chongdu is very prosperous, and the streets are full of traffic and crowded. Xi Yan took Xi Yun around and around, and after half an hour, he finally appeared at a secluded alley. In the sky, a little starry moon surrounds the moth eyebrow crescent.

Pausing slightly at the narrow alley, Xi Yan continued to go inward, and the more he walked inside, the colder it became. Finally, Xi Yan stopped in front of a house, and by the dim moonlight, he could clearly see the two words engraved on the plaque, Ye Yuan.

Xi Yan stared at the door for a while, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward, and knocked lightly on the door of the house. But no one responded in the door, and after waiting for a while, Xi Yan knocked on the door again. Not long after, a scolding voice came from inside the door: "Who dares to disturb the purity of Grandpa Ben!?" ”

Then, the door was forcefully opened. Xi Yan looked at Meng Qingye with an angry face on his face, and said, "Little Grandpa Meng, I can remind you that the old man of Yasukuni is still there, and you can't call yourself Grandpa yet." ”

"What if I just weigh it?" Meng Qingye didn't care, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "Say, what are you doing?" ”

Xi Yan looked at Meng Qingye provocatively, and said slowly: "Knowingly ask." ”

Meng Qingye was a little depressed, and said angrily: "Big nephew, you can't talk to your uncle like this!" ”

Xi Yan was disdainful: "Grandpa, his old man asked me to take care of you, so that you don't go astray, but he never let you stare at me." Glancing at Meng Qingye's face, Xi Yan went straight to the point, "Get out of the way, I'm coming in." ”

was about to move forward, but was stopped by Meng Qingye.

The scene in front of him was somewhat strange, it was obvious that Meng Qingye was blocking in front of Xi Yan with his teeth and claws, but Xi Yan was a head taller than him, and at this time, he opened his arms in front of Xi Yan, which did look a little funny.

"What do you do?" Xi Yan looked at him like a hen protecting food, but he still couldn't hold back a laugh, and still said coldly: "Get out of the way." ”

"Not allowed!" Meng Qingye shouted, "This is my private house, if you dare to break in, I will go to the official mansion to sue you!" ”

Xi Yan had lost his patience, and he didn't want to talk to Meng Qingye anymore, so he directly threw a look at Xi Yun who was standing next to him.

With just a light look, Xi Yun suddenly understood.

Taking advantage of Meng Qingye's inattention, Xi Yun grabbed him by the waist and carried him to his shoulders. Meng Qingye left the ground in an instant, and was treated like this again, and he couldn't stop scolding angrily, "Xi Yun! You and your master are all the way, let this grandfather come down! ”

Xi Yun carried Meng Qingye and carried him into the mansion effortlessly, only Meng Qingye was still kicking his legs and trying to resist.

"I'm sorry little grandpa, but I don't dare not listen to our son's words."

Xi Yan strode into Meng Qingye's mansion, and for some reason, as if a voice was driving in his heart, he walked towards the west courtyard. Even Xi Yan couldn't tell why he thought An Ruofei would be in that place.

Sure enough, in the west courtyard, only one room was lit.