When he returned to Chaosi Lane, Li Mengzhou unexpectedly found that the door of his small courtyard was actually open.

Because there is no place to play in Chaosi Lane, it is very empty.

Naturally, there are no pedestrians in the alley.

Aunt Feng's noodle shop is still open, but apparently there is no business for the time being, maybe a little later, there are people who return to Chaosi Lane, if they are hungry, they will go to the noodle restaurant to eat bowls of noodles.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, too many people are not ready to go to bed on this night, but ordinary people in the market will not play too late.

The hour is approaching midnight, and there is not much time left until dawn.

Most of the people in Chaosi Lane are simple, and they are the most ordinary people in the capital, so although the noodle restaurant is open, Aunt Feng is not inside, and she should be taking care of her husband who is sick in bed.

Thinking that on Chinese New Year's Eve, Mrs. Feng could not go to the street to buy some of her favorite items or buy some favorite food, and Li Mengzhou was a little depressed.

I wanted to visit some Aunt Feng, but I heard the sound of someone talking in my small courtyard, and the voice obviously did not belong to Gu Shiyan.

Li Mengzhou's brows furrowed tightly.

He thought angrily, Gu Shiyan's girl was too much, she really thought that this was her house, and she actually brought strangers as guests without authorization.

But then he thought that Gu Shiyan had just arrived in the capital, and she was not even from Jiang Guo at all, how could she have familiar friends here, and naturally it was even more unlikely that someone would come as a guest.

The people who appeared in the small courtyard of Chaosi Lane naturally would not be Gu Shiyan's friends, nor would they be guests.

Li Mengzhou stepped into the courtyard door and saw some people wearing armor and swords at their waists who looked like they were from the military department but not from the military department.

Because they were not wearing the armor of Jiang Guo's soldiers, but the unique Xuan-colored armor of the members of the Xuanzheng Division.

These people are naturally from the Xuan Zheng Division.

The appearance of people from the Xuanzheng Division in Chaosi Lane was expected by Li Mengzhou, but it was unexpected.

When he went to Taijing's mansion, he imagined that he would face this scene.

But I didn't expect this scene to really happen, and it came so quickly.

He glanced at Gu Shiyan who was sitting on the rattan chair under the eaves, and couldn't help but feel resentful, if she hadn't asked herself to send silver to the Taijing family, how could there be such trouble.

The people of the Xuan Zheng Division also turned around and found Li Mengzhou who had entered the small courtyard.

The leader was a middle-aged man.

Obviously, he has a high status in the Xuanzheng Division, but Li Mengzhou doesn't care what this person's name is, but he just said in surprise: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't go to play during the Chinese New Year, why do you have time to come to me?"

The middle-aged man looked at Li Mengzhou coldly and said, "Someone found out that you once appeared outside the mansion of Tang Taijing, and even sneaked into the mansion in an improper way, don't you think you should give an explanation?"

Li Mengzhou frowned slightly.

If someone really saw him enter the house of Taijing, it was not impossible, but after he left, he did not return to Chaosi Lane, but went to Wenrou Township first, why did the people of Xuanzheng Division wait in Chaosi Lane so determinedly?

He was sure that even if anyone saw him, they would never be able to see his face.

Li Mengzhou took a deep look at the middle-aged man and said, "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, I just came back from Yueming Lake, when did I go to Lord Yushi's house? Since you said that someone saw me, where is the person who saw me?"

The middle-aged man said: "As a disciple of the Sword Academy of the Imperial Palace, and won the championship in the Asking Dao Conference, he should have been the pride of heaven in the capital, and we naturally did not dare to frame it at will, and the Taijing was killed in a cave near the Jialan Temple, and the case has not yet been clarified, and my Xuanzheng Division has already arranged for people to wait outside the mansion of Lord Zhongcheng." Whether that person is you or not, there is always some suspicion. ”

Li Mengzhou said with a smile: "Although I also want to help you Xuanzheng Si solve the case as soon as possible, I really have never appeared in Lord Zhongcheng's house, I have always been in the gentle township on the shore of Yueming Lake, where the girls can testify, and all the people there can testify." ”

"Because today is Chinese New Year's Eve, there are many guests in Gentle Township, I squeezed for a long time and did not squeeze in, so I thought of a way to jump from Yueming Lake to the second floor of Gentle Township, this move was naturally seen by many people, and adults knew when they asked. ”

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, and said coldly: "I will naturally investigate this matter, and when we appeared here, we found that you were not in the courtyard, so we have already sent someone to look for your traces."

And the news I got is that the time when you entered Gentle Township was around two o'clock in the ugly hour, but the people in my Xuanzheng Division found out that someone had infiltrated Lord Zhongcheng's mansion around the time of the child. You leave there and go to Gentle Country, and it's completely in time. ”

Li Mengzhou was silent for a moment.

He didn't have the heart to wonder why the people of Xuan Zhengsi were moving so fast.

Just looked at the middle-aged man opposite, and said: "Even if there is a problem with the time, it can't prove that the person who sneaked into Lord Zhongcheng's mansion is me, I didn't want to say it, but in fact, around the time of the child, I was indeed not in Chaosi Lane, but in the head of the Heavenly Academy, Lord Jiang Tingyujiang." ”

The middle-aged man's gaze stayed on Li Mengzhou for a moment, and said: "Although you are a famous young man in the capital, when did you recognize such a big person as the head of the Jiang Yuan? The head of the Jiang Yuan has never been close to people, even if it is a high-ranking official in the court, it is not so easy to meet him. Even if I believe you, who can testify?"

"Anyway, the head of the Jiang Yuan will not appear here to help you testify, so what you want to say, naturally you can say it. ”

There was the sound of footsteps outside the small courtyard in Chaosi Lane.

A middle-aged man in a white robe stepped over the threshold and appeared in the small courtyard.

He looked at the people standing all over the small courtyard, and said lightly: "This young man is indeed with me when he was a child, although I am indifferent to many things in the capital, but I prefer calligraphy, just from the palace sword courtyard to learn that Li Mengzhou writes well, so I specially met with him and briefly discussed calligraphy. ”

The middle-aged man looked at the people who appeared in the courtyard in astonishment.

This person is none other than Jiang Tingyu, who just now said that it was impossible for him to appear here to help Li Mengzhou testify.

Although Xuanzheng Si and the Heavenly Council have always competed, the level of the position, and even some fear of Jiang Tingyu in his heart, made the middle-aged man bow his head and salute respectfully.

He said with a somewhat ugly face: "Since there is a ...... There is a testimony from the head of the Jiang Yuan, so I think this should be just a misunderstanding. ”

Jiang Tingyu looked at him and said lightly: "I know it's a misunderstanding, so let's leave." Xu Hexian wants to investigate the cause of Taijing's death, that is his business, if there is a place for me to ask the Heavenly Council to help, I will naturally not stand idly by, after all, I also do things for His Majesty. ”

"But if Xu Hexian investigates the case so casually, he will tell His Majesty about it. ”

The middle-aged man's frightened body trembled like chaff, even if he was a great monk in the Wuzhang realm, but in front of Jiang Tingyu, he was a child who had just learned to walk.

"Let's leave!"

The people of the Xuanzheng Division poured out of the small courtyard and rushed out of Chaosi Lane in a swarm.

Standing at the mouth of the alley, the middle-aged man still couldn't stop trembling.

"My lord, is that really like this?"

"After all, we just suspect that every character in the capital, even the smallest person, has been recorded by the Xuan Zheng Division, and we suspect that Li Mengzhou is only because the person is similar to him, and he didn't see his face after all.

I thought that if it was not him, we would also leave, it was impossible to arrest him, after all, he was a disciple of the Sword Academy.

Now that Jiang Tingyu has appeared in Chaosi Lane, it is even more impossible for us to make a difference, but Li Mengzhou and Jiang Tingyu must be informed of the fact that they have met. ”

The middle-aged man looked back at the deep Chaosi Lane, his trembling body gradually subsided, and his eyes were cold.

......

In the small courtyard.

Li Mengzhou looked at Jiang Tingyu in amazement, he just casually thought of an excuse to deceive the people of the Xuanzheng Division, he would never have imagined that Jiang Tingyu would really appear here.

"If you're fine, why bother going again?"

Jiang listened to what Yu said, and his eyes turned to Gu Shiyan's body.

Gu Shiyan's cold eyes stared at Jiang Tingyu, and her right hand was already quietly held on the hilt of the sword.

There was still fine snow fluttering in the night sky, which could not dispel the enthusiasm of the people of the capital for the New Year, but it caused the temperature of this small courtyard to plummet.

Countless tiny snowflakes fell from the dome, and a silvery curtain was spread on the ground.

Li Mengzhou's heart sank slightly, and he blurted out when he thought of an excuse: "This is the aunt at home, she just arrived in the capital two days ago, but she is not a sister-in-law, she is just a distant relative, and it is normal that you don't know." ”

"Distant aunt?"

Jiang Tingyu smiled and said, "Your aunt is very good-looking." ”

Li Mengzhou followed with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Jiang Tingyu shook his head and said, "I don't care if she is your aunt or someone else, it's best not to provoke Xu Hexian, stay quietly in Chaosi Lane, and don't go anywhere." ”

"Understand, I'm definitely optimistic about her, after all, it's very dangerous to go out with such a good look. ”

Jiang Tingyu glanced at Li Mengzhou strangely and said, "I'm leaving." ”

Li Mengzhou bowed and saluted, "The head of the courtyard walks slowly." ”

After it was confirmed that Jiang Tingyu had left Chaosi Lane, Li Mengzhou closed the courtyard door tightly, looked at Gu Shiyan hatefully, and said in a deep voice: "You have to make trouble for me, you have nothing to give any silver, it has only been a few days since Taijing died, although the Xuanzheng Division suppressed this case on the surface, he must have been secretly investigating, and he was almost exposed!"

"It doesn't matter if you die or not, don't drag me in!"

Gu Shiyan looked at Li Mengzhou lightly, the hand holding the sword slowly loosened, lay on the rattan chair, and said, "Isn't there no accident, but I underestimated you, and I actually recognized the head of the Heavenly Academy." ”

"Didn't he say it just now, he just liked my words, speaking of which, I just wrote a word in front of the third senior sister, but I didn't expect it to be known by Jiang Tingyu, and he especially looked for me. ”

Of course, Li Mengzhou couldn't casually tell Gu Shiyan about his relationship with Jiang Tingyu, so he could only be forced to change the topic.