Ye Qing walked out of the prison, and the two guards at the door immediately bowed their heads to greet Ye Qing.

"Where has Lord Ouyang gone?" Ye Qing asked.

"My subordinates don't know, but I seem to have seen a few maids go to the study with paper inkstones just now, and Lord Ouyang may be there. ”

Ye Qing asked the location of the study, and then walked towards the study with Meng Ran.

When Ye Qing and the others walked to the door of the study, they happened to see a maid come out with a plate, and when they came out, they brought the people in the study.

"Isn't Lord Ouyang in the study?" Ye Qing asked as he stopped the maid.

The maid glanced back and said, "Yes, it's just that adults are used to closing the door every time they are in the study, if you have something to find Lord Ouyang, just go and knock on the door." ”

Nodding, Ye Qing walked to the study. Standing at the door, Ye Qing stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

It took about ten seconds before a response came from inside the door.

"What person?" was Ouyang Ce's voice.

"It's me, Ye Qing, I have something to discuss with City Lord Ouyang. Ye Qing said.

After Ye Qing finished speaking, there was no response inside, and after a while, the door of the study suddenly opened. The person who opened the door was none other than Ouyang Ce.

"Little Marquis, please come in. ”

Ye Qing was led into the study by Ouyang Ce. The room was a mess, and there was a bamboo basket next to the desk, in which a large basket of waste paper had been piled up.

The arrangement in the study is simple, two tables, three or four chairs, and two bookshelves. A table was piled up with very high books and documents on the front of the bookshelf, it looked like it should be the table that Ouyang Ce usually used for work, and Ouyang Ce led Ye Qing and the others to another table and sat down.

"What is Lord Ouyang busy with, I see that the things in this study are going to pile up. Ye Qing said.

"It's not a big deal, it's just a matter of researching some rumors. Ouyang Ce said: "What about the little marquis, has the interrogation over there been results?"

"I came to Lord Ouyang for the interrogation. Ye Qing said: "They explained quickly, but there are some things that are different from the information we know. ”

"What's the difference?" asked Ouyang Ce.

"They said that they had always been four people, and never a fifth. His tone was very affirmative, but he had explained everything else, why should this matter be concealed, I couldn't figure it out, so I wanted to hear the opinion of the city lord Ouyang. Ye Qing said.

After listening to Ye Qing's words, Ouyang Ce raised his head and glanced at Ye Qing. His brow furrowed slightly, not knowing what he was thinking. Then he stood up and began pacing around the study.

"Since he chose to hide it, it means that this is something that you can't know. ”

"On the other hand, the things he tells you are 'it doesn't matter if you know' or 'it doesn't matter if you know'. Ouyang Ce said.

"If you think about it according to this line of thought, I suggest that the little marquis filter the information that he has gotten in his hand, and there should be true and false. ”

Ouyang Ce's words can be summed up in three words, that is, 'think for yourself'.

In fact, from the very beginning, Ouyang Ce seemed to have been helping Ye Qing, but if you really think about it, all the help that Ouyang Ce gave was the resources of Lingping City, in other words, cooperating with Ye Qing is the city lord of Lingping City, not him Ouyang Ce.

Ouyang Ce never gave Ye Qing the slightest advice, he was just watching from the sidelines. Obviously, this series of events was caused by him. It doesn't matter if you come to Lingping, it's good to go after Dikui and the others.

But why does it feel like Ouyang Ce has stayed out of the matter since then?

In fact, Ye Qing had doubts about Ouyang Ce's purpose, and he didn't take the initiative to hide this suspicion, but Ouyang Ce didn't seem to care about Ye Qing's suspicions, and still did his own thing.

After talking to Ouyang Ce for a while, there was nothing to gain, and Ye Qing left.

After coming out of the study, Ye Qing turned around and happened to see Ouyang Ce closing the door of the study.

"Do you have any opinions? Ye Qing asked Meng Ran beside him.

"I can't see anything, he's hiding too deeply. Moreover, I don't seem to have heard of Ouyang Ce. Meng Ran said.

Haven't you heard of it......

Ye Qing recalled carefully, he didn't seem to have any impression of this person, the first time he heard this person's name was when he checked Ling Ping's information before leaving from the imperial capital, and saw that the position of the city lord was Ouyang Ce and the portrait of Ouyang Ce attached to the back.

"Forget it, let's not think about these for now, the first task now is to break this barrier, otherwise if it goes on like this, Ling Pingcheng doesn't know what will become of it. Ouyang Ce also paid more attention to it. Ye Qing said.

......

It was not early to come out of the study, the sun had already sunset halfway up the mountain, and the red sunset looked very strange through this purple barrier.

"Two adults, do you want to eat?" A maid walked over, carrying some simple meals in her hand, which should be sent to Ouyang Ce.

"Isn't Lord Ouyang coming out to eat?" Ye Qing asked.

"Oh, Lord Ouyang told me just now, he has something to do, dinner is used in the study, if the other three adults eat, they can move to the dining hall, and the meals are already ready. The maid replied.

Ye Qing nodded.

"Two adults, do you want to wait for another adult? It's getting late, and I think that one will be back soon. The maid asked.

"Don't wait, if he doesn't come back, he won't give him food. Meng Ran blurted out, and after finishing speaking, he glanced at Ye Qing, as if he was asking if this arrangement would work. Ye Qing didn't care about these little things, after all, Gao Lie and Meng Ran had long been used to petty fights. So he nodded.

After a while, the food was served, and there were a total of three pairs of chopsticks on the table, and there was no movement on Ouyang Ce's side, so it seemed that he would not come.

Ye Qing and Meng Ran also hadn't eaten all day, and they naturally wouldn't be polite when they looked at a table of delicious food. Just after the two of them were full of wine and food, there was a sudden sound of scolding outside the door.

"Damn it, if people are unlucky, wild dogs will want to shit on you!"

Meng Ran looked out the door, and the person who came was indeed Gao Lie.

"Yo, isn't this a tall man, what, who dares to on you?" Meng Ran sneered.

"Go, go, go! Lao Tzu will make an analogy, besides, if you want to pull, you will also pull it!" Gao Lie fought back, and glanced at the table again:

"Why don't you leave me some of this? Is it another bad idea from Meng Ran, you kid!"

"Okay, okay, keep your share for you!" Ye Qing waved his hand at Gao Lie and said, "Come and sit down." ”

Hearing this, Gao Lie also smiled, strode over and sat on the chair.

"What's the matter, you've been wandering somewhere, and you're back so late. Ye Qing looked at Gao Lie and asked.

Gao Lie took a sip of water and said in an atmospheric manner: "Don't mention it, I'll be angry when I mention it!" You said that I was walking on the street and was bitten by a cat!"

"Bitten by a cat, what cat is so fierce?" Ye Qing was interested.

"Don't say it, that's what I thought at the time. And guess what happened when I went back to chase it. Gao Lie said and took another sip of water: "That cat actually bit a dog to death head-on!"

Hearing this, Ye Qing faintly felt that something was wrong, and Gao Lie over there was still gushing:

"I wondered if the cat was crazy, how could I catch someone biting whom, just like catching it and seeing what breed of cat it was, and then I could have one when I went back. But as soon as I grabbed it, it came straight at my wrist, and that guy hurt me. ”

Gao Lie said, and rolled up his sleeves to show his wrists to Ye Qing and Meng Ran.

Ye Qing poked his head over, looked at the wound on Gao Lie's wrist and frowned.

"And then, what happened?"

"What else can happen? Let it run. I wandered around there for a long time and couldn't find it. Gao Lie sighed. It just so happened that at this time, the meal was served, and Gao Lie filled a large bowl of rice and ate it.

After Gao Lie finished speaking, Ye Qing and Meng Ran glanced at each other, and immediately understood what the other party meant.

"Gao Lie, I'll eat when the meal comes back, we need to go to the place you just said now. Ye Qing said suddenly.

"Ahh

"Don't forget our mission!" Meng Ran snatched Gao Lie's rice bowl over, so that Meng Ran stood up reluctantly.

When the three of them came out of the City Lord's Mansion, it was already completely dark, and the lanterns around them were also dim, no one was willing to come out to light these lanterns, Ye Qing went back and asked for a torch to come out, raise it in his hand and shine on the road under his feet.

......

At this moment, Ye Qing and the others had just gone out, and in the study of the City Lord's Mansion, Ouyang Ce suddenly raised his head as if he had already noticed this matter.

"They're going to find it soon, why don't you take a look?" Ouyang Ce said towards somewhere in the void.

It was in that direction that a figure slowly appeared on the chair.

"The array I set up is not something that this kind of imp can crack. ”