Ran Yan was stunned for a moment, "What do you believe?" Whose letter came? ”

"It's Liu Yicheng." The guard handed over a letter sealed with fire paint in both hands.

Ran Yan immediately opened it, and it was actually written in English! It must be an important thing, otherwise he would not be so cautious, not only sealing his mouth with fire paint, but also in English.

However, Ran Yan looked down and wanted to scold directly, Liu Qingsong's English level is really too good, there are a lot of grammatical errors, and some of them don't make sense of bullshit at all, except for some simple particles, he didn't even spell a word correctly. Since you can't use English well, why don't you write pinyin!

Ran Yan held the letter and read it for a long time, and even 'Meng' guessed, and finally 'figured' something to understand.

The general content of the letter is that Xiao Xuanzhi went to see the prince, and then the prince immediately faced the saint.

Xiao Xuanzhi? Ran Yan was surprised, at this time, Mrs. Dongyang's son went to ask to see Li Chengqian? According to Liu Pinrang's words, it was Li Chengqian who 'made' the outside so stormy, and he entered the palace at this time to face the saint...... Do what?

Ran Yan read the letter again, and there was indeed no mention of Xiao Song in it.

"Liu Yicheng also said that Sun Shaoqing's son is missing, let you help find it." The guard said again.

This is news that can make Ran Yan feel a little more at ease, Sun Zhen must have been coerced to do this kind of thing because his son was in the hands of others, which shows that he has not yet reached the point of being ruthless and ruthless. But it is also said that Sun Zhen has not renewed the strings for many years, only this one son, and he loves him very much, whether the son is important or the righteousness is important, everyone's measurement is different, and Ran Yan does not dare to be too optimistic.

"It's still the same as the original plan." Ran Yan said.

The later it was, the more worried Ran Yan became, and she then asked, "Aren't the other people looking for people, and there is no news yet?" ”

"Not yet." The guard replied.

Ran Yan still didn't believe that so many people would suddenly disappear!

"Search this courtyard and follow the original plan!" Ran Yan said.

The moon is flowing in the sky, the Qujiang at night is more hazy than the daytime, many scholars do not return all night, and the business of the restaurant is also very good at night.

Ran Yan first asked a few guards to accompany her to the attic to check, and the previous guards said that there was no living mouth, which meant that there were corpses.

The four guards went up to investigate first, and after making sure that there was no danger, Ran Yan led people to bring torches, and the attic was not big, only two zhang long and wide. There were a total of five corpses on the ground, and Ran Yan took a cursory look at these five corpses, all of whom were dressed in the same attire, that is to say, the rest of the people were the guards around Xiao Song!

Ran Yan suppressed the chaos in his heart, looked around carefully, and could see slight traces of fighting in the house, as if these people were led here and ambushed, and they only had time to struggle.

"Is my medicine kit still there?" Ran Yan said.

The team asked their subordinates to bring the 'medicine' box over. Ran Yan went out of the box and put on a pair of gloves, squatted down and turned the corpse over, and checked the corpse one by one and found that all of them had their necks twisted, and there were no external injuries.

"Madame, this is our man." The team had already recognized these people.

Ran Yan nodded, at the very least, she could now be sure that Xiao Song had indeed been here.

Ran Yan stood up and carefully observed the footprints in the house by the light of the torches, these people were all from the forest behind, and their feet were more or less stained with mud. She recalled the staircase just now, and it seemed that there were not many footprints.

"Let's go." As soon as Ran Yan's words fell, he suddenly paused and looked around again, "That's not right! Where did that man leave? ”

Because there are windows on only two sides of this attic, both facing the courtyard, and the corridor leading to the staircase is also in the courtyard, Ran Yan and they are standing in the courtyard, no matter where the person walks from, he should not escape their sight.

The team reacted immediately and ordered, "Look and see if there is a secret 'door'." ”

"Yes!"

The crowd answered, and began to 'grope' on the walls and floors.

No matter what dark 'door' there is, there should be some gaps, and there is no cover on the walls of this room, Ran Yan lowered his head and looked at the ground.

There are gaps in the floor, which are sure to be found when building a wooden floor, and there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary.

Ran Yan's eyes fell on a 'Bo's carpet a few times, "Give me a torch." ”

Ran Yan took the torch handed by the guard, walked slowly along the edge of the carpet, and turned around, she really noticed that something was different, it turned out that the carpet had a shallow crease near a few 'legs'.

Ran Yan squatted on the ground and pulled it with her hand, the carpet didn't move at all, she knocked lightly twice, made an empty sound, and immediately said, "Here." ”

Immediately the crowd gathered around.

Because there is only one person in the attic, if the secret passage is hidden under the carpet, the carpet generally cannot be so flat, and there are several places and cabinets in the house, and everyone is not immediately suspicious of this carpet. ”

Ran Yan snorted, stood up, and took a few steps back.

The team was looking, 'sticking' their swords into the edge of the carpet, priing them hard, making a light click, but it didn't open.

The team knocked again and said, "Madam, there is an entrance here, but it seems to be locked from the inside. ”

"Pry, smash if you can't pry it." Ran Yan said without hesitation.

The team was priing a few times with their swords, but they couldn't pry it open, so they simply lifted it up and smashed it on the floor.

But the floor seemed to be very hard, and after more than ten smashes, it began to fall apart, but the floor still didn't break open.

Ran Yan frowned slightly, and took out a hammer and saw from the medical 'medicine' box, which were made by a blacksmith, and were originally used for brain dissection.

"Get out of the way." Ran Yan said in a flat voice.

The guards retreated. Ran Yan took out the largest scalpel, 'inserted' it into the glue between the carpet and the floor, and quickly removed the carpet, 'exposing' the floor that had been smashed out of a pit.

Ran Yan 'inserted' into the pit with a scalpel, smashed down a little deeper with a hammer, and then smashed sideways. Ran Yan's scalpel was specially made by a blacksmith, it was extremely sharp and hard, and after repeating this several times, he pried open a gap in the floor, put the saw into it, and began to saw.

Everyone looked at her series of actions in a daze, and couldn't help but look at each other. For some reason, I feel a little numb on my scalp.

"Madam, let the subordinates come down." The team is the first to react.

Ran Yan didn't insist and immediately 'handed over' the saw to him, after all, a man's strength is much greater, and his speed will be faster.

The team didn't know how to use a saw at first, but after two clicks, it seemed that it was much easier to see it again.

After about a cup of tea, the whole plank was sawn open, revealing the entrance to the black hole.

The guards immediately approached the light with torches.

"Let's go down and have a look." Ran Yan said.

But everyone was quiet, and no one answered, and the company was hesitant.

The unknown is always the scariest.

Originally, these guards thought that there should be no big problem in looking for people near Chang'an, but just seeing the death of several companions and Liu Pinrang made them all cautious, facing such a black 'hole' and 'hole', they couldn't see the entrance of anything, and no one dared to go down first for a while.

Ran Yan also respects other people's 'sex' lives, so he never 'forced' to persecute him, and since he 'touched' a few bottles of 'medicine' from the 'medicine' box, stuffed them into his coat pocket, took a torch, and went down first, "Madam!" The team was shocked and hurriedly stopped her.

Ran Yan raised his eyes to look at him and said coldly. My husband's life and death are uncertain, you can wait, I can't wait. Just follow me. ”

Ran Yan's actions and words suddenly 'aroused' the self-esteem of many people, they were dignified husbands, but they only dared to hide behind the 'women' when they encountered danger? Joke, if this spreads, they won't even have the face to see their ancestors when they die.

Besides, look at the compensation given to the deceased by Ran Yan is very generous, five hundred yuan! A centurion died on the battlefield only a hundred times, where can such a good thing be found.

"I'll take the lead!"

"I'll clear the way!"

Suddenly, several people jumped to 'want' to try.

Ran Yan bowed his head, "Okay, you are all heroes, and when I confirm that my husband is out of danger, I will definitely thank you." ”

"Mrs. Xie!"

Everyone thanked them in unison, and the team assigned twenty people to lead the way with torches.

Ran Yan then went down and followed by the two of them, and the rest of them were guarding outside, waiting for the government to come.

This secret passage is no different from an ordinary cellar, but because it is on the second floor, it goes down a lot. A group of people passed through it smoothly, and after walking for more than ten kilometers, they began to clearly hear the sound of bamboo and laughter overhead.

At the end, everyone saw that it was the same structure as the other end.

Ran Yan gestured and asked people to go up and listen to any movement first.

One of the guards took the order to go up, listened close to the exit for a long time, and shook his head.

Ran Yan felt a little lack of oxygen below, and was just about to open the exit, when he suddenly heard clear footsteps from above.

"Is Xiao Yuezhi dead?" A 'gloomy' voice asked.

The response is silence.

The 'gloomy' voice sneered, "You don't have to look at me like this, don't forget, your precious son is still in the hands of XX, if you don't kill Xiao Yuezhi and Mrs. Ran, you don't mind having another life for your son in your hands." ”

"Less threaten me! It's not like I didn't help you! But have you succeeded in mobilizing the people, ambushing and pretending to be servants? The person who answered was Sun Zhen.

The man said hatefully, "That woman is too vigilant, and such a meticulous plan has made her debunk!" ”

Sun Zhen said coldly, "You can't even kill a 'female' person, Xiao Yuezhi is ten times more 'smart' than that 'female' person, and I just missed once!" Don't think I don't know what you're doing, what about the prince, if this matter is exposed, he won't die, and you dogs are the only ones who will be torn to pieces! I warn you, don't 'force' me to break the net! ”

Bang!

It seems that Sun Zhen slammed the 'door' and left.

The crowd held their breath.

When Ran Yan heard that Xiao Song was fine, his whole body seemed to have lost his strength all of a sudden, although he was still in danger, he felt much more relaxed.

"Dog mongrel! Drag something! Come! The man shouted.

"Boss!" Someone came in.

"Is there any news in the city?" The leader asked.

"Yes, it was said that a Langjun of the Xiao family went to see the prince, and then the prince went to face the saint, and I heard the secret news that it was Xiao Langjun who gave the prince a secret document, and the rest is unknown."

"Lang Jun of the Xiao family?" The leader groaned and asked hurriedly, "But the son of our 'girl' lord?" But Julang Hyunzhi? ”

Ran Yan was taken aback, and suddenly many things were figured out, it turned out that these people were Mrs. Dongyang's subordinates!

After a pause, the messenger replied, "The messenger did not say." ”

"Straw bales!" The leader said angrily. sighed fiercely twice before continuing, "Go and call Erlang." ”

After staying below for a while, Ran Yan felt more and more that the oxygen was not enough, but he didn't dare to retreat for a while, for fear of 'making a sound'.

The cellar was well sealed to people, so it didn't leak light and the air didn't circulate, but since they could hear it clearly below, the people above should be able to hear it below. Especially the man who was still on the stairs, the stairs were made of wood, and although they were not decaying, he was like a statue, and he did not dare to move.

After a few moments, there was another conversation from above.

"Brother." Someone called.

The leader asked, "Second brother, have the golden hydrangea 'flowers' raised by the 'girl' lord have been sent to Lanling?" Erlang said.

After a pause, he said, "Brother, why do you have to kill Mrs. Xiangwuhou, isn't it Li Tai who killed the 'girl' master?" ”

The leader said viciously, "All deserve to die!" I didn't want to kill her to take revenge, but then I heard that Ran Seventeen Niang was a member of Hua Tuo's 'door', and Mr. Sang was hit by an arrow, and she was able to use Hua Tuo's magic to save her, but she watched our 'girl' lord die, do you say that woman should be killed! ”

"Damn it!" Jiro's voice was also 'yin'.

After being silent for a moment, Erlang said again, "But brother, when the 'girl' lord is here, we never take this kind of work." Assassinating an official of the imperial court is a capital crime! ”

"What a capital sin and a living sin! We are all wanted criminals without household registration, in the past, it was the 'girl' who gave us a job, and the 'girl' man went to work, we have long been cut off from life, and it is good to have blood on the knife edge to 'lick', you still don't think blood is sweet? The leader reprimanded.

Then the leader sighed again, "It was the prince who killed the 'girl' lord, Li Ke held the military power, and he was surrounded by masters, and he himself was not weak; Li Tai is also a master there, and last time we finally caught the opportunity to assassinate him, there was only one person by his side, but we lost more than a dozen brothers! If we want to kill them, we hit the stone with an egg.

So I made a 'deal' with the crown prince, and the prince promised that as long as we helped him eliminate dissidents, after the ambush, as soon as he ascended the throne, Li Ke and Li Tai would be removed. We are also worthy of the 'girl' master. ”

Erlang was not too surprised, as if he didn't take his 'sex' life seriously, but asked, "But brother, that's his own brother, what if he regrets it, didn't we die in vain?" ”

The lord suddenly sneered and said, "I've been following the 'girl' lord for so long, and I don't have a long brain at all!" Are the holy hands clean today? There are so many princes Li Ke and Li Taiqiang, and the government and the opposition have their own forces, as long as the crown prince is enthroned, can he not think about the way to get rid of those people? ”

Erlang hesitated, "Why can't you recognize Lord Xiaolang...... I think the son of the 'girl' lord must be no worse......"

The leader angrily rebuked, "'Confused' words! Have you forgotten what the 'girl' lord said? You can't beat the idea of the little lang master! Now it's almost broken, wait for the government to come and get people, we can't put the prince in, otherwise we will lose all our efforts...... Are you afraid of death? ”

'Don't be afraid!' The lady never dies, we are afraid! The brothers are also willing to be loyal to the 'girl' master! "Erlang is arrogant.

Ran Yan's heart shook slightly, Mrs. Dongyang actually had this kind of means to subdue a group of outlaws who were willing to work for her, coupled with her plan, it was no wonder that she could kill Xiao Song's wife repeatedly, for her, it was nothing at all.

"Go to the courtyard next door to collect the corpse, don't be broken by someone who doesn't have long eyes, Lao Tzu wants to kill Ran and die!" The leader is murderous.

Ran Yan's heart was not good, and he immediately signaled everyone to prepare to retreat.

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