As soon as Ning Zheng's words came out, everyone was shocked.

But he didn't have the slightest intention of defending himself, but continued to say to Xia Sheng: "According to the information we received, Ling Zun disappeared yesterday morning, and a whole day and night have passed since this time, so it can be said that we have missed the best time to search, and if Xia Gongzi insists on making unnecessary delays, the situation will only get worse and worse." ”

Xia Sheng suddenly laughed: "The question is, why should I believe you?"

Ning Zheng looked at Xia Sheng very seriously, and said solemnly: "Because I am a person who is very afraid of death. ”

The smile on Xia Sheng's face froze, because he suddenly felt that this was the best reason.

So he nodded lightly: "So, it's fair, if I find out that you have lied to me in the future, then the first person I want to kill is you." ”

Ning Zheng bowed his hand: "It should be so." ”

This conversation ended here, and the time before and after was less than half a pillar of incense, but Ning Zheng did what even Xiao Zhen couldn't do.

He saved the Xiao Mansion, saved the lives of more than a dozen members of the Xiao family, and also saved the soldiers of the garrison who were present.

But that's not enough.

The next moment, Ning Zheng turned his head and said to Xiao Zhen respectfully: "I don't know if the adult can agree to my proposal just now?"

Xiao Zhen's body trembled, looked at the broken corpse of his son, and then looked at the two layers of divine brilliance on Xia Sheng's body, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and nodded.

"Protecting the lives of the people in the town is Xiao's duty. ”

Ning Zheng nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, I also hope that the Lord will immediately give an order to let the garrison fully cooperate with Xia Gongzi to search for his father's whereabouts." ”

Xiao Zhenhu's eyes were bloody, he slowly turned around, and said, "This matter will be left to you to deal with." ”

After speaking, Xiao Zhen didn't pause anymore, and walked back to the mansion slowly, the back of Xiao Suo looked extremely desolate.

Ning Zheng sighed in his heart, and then said to everyone: "Okay, let's go back to the garrison mansion and wait, ready to obey the order at any time!"

"Yes!"

After doing all this, Ning Zheng turned around and said to Xia Sheng, "Young Master Xia, can you change places and have a few words?"

Xia Sheng glanced at Ning Zheng with a complicated expression, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

......

A quarter of an hour later, in the private room on the second floor of Wanfu Building, Xia Sheng and Ning Zheng sat opposite each other, but the table was empty, not even a cup of tea.

In this regard, Ning Zheng did not feel neglected at all, because Xia Sheng's willingness to talk to him face-to-face was already a great respect.

The only thing he needed to do now was to prove to Xia Sheng that he was worthy of this respect.

So the first thing Ning Zheng said was to get straight to the point.

"I want to ask Xia Gongzi, why do you think that Ling Zun's disappearance is related to Lord Xiao? Is it just because of Xiao Si's testimony?"

Xia Sheng nodded: "If it weren't for Xiao Si drugging Qin Yan with requiem grass, my father wouldn't have had an accident." ”

Ning Zheng added: "And in this town, apart from Lord Xiao, you can no longer imagine that other people will be unfavorable to Old Mr. Xia, right?"

"Not bad. ”

"But what if someone from outside the town did it?"

Xia Sheng's eyes condensed slightly, waiting for Ning Zheng to continue.

"In fact, as Master Xia knew, my family did instruct Xiao Si to add requiem grass to Miss Qin's meal, but this was not Lord Xiao's original intention, he was also coerced. ”

These words were indeed a bit unexpected by Xia Sheng, and he couldn't help but say suspiciously: "But in White Horse Town, who can coerce Xiao Zhen?"

Ning Zheng nodded and said: "That's why I said before that the disappearance of Ling Zun may have been done by people outside the town, because they sneaked into the Xiao family's mansion that day and coerced the lives of more than a dozen members of the Xiao family, and it was two outsiders who made the adults obey!"

"Two people?"

"Yes, for the time being, we haven't investigated their identities, but according to the adult's description, it should be a couple, the woman looks sick, and the man looks simple on the outside, but in fact he is a ruthless character in his bones!"

For a moment, Xia Sheng seemed to feel that his whole body was like falling into an ice cellar, and a strong chill rushed up from his back, making him roar in his head.

It turned out to be them!

But who are they and why are they doing it?

Ning Zheng noticed the strangeness on Xia Sheng's face, but he didn't think much about it, but continued: "So I'm thinking, is there another possibility, the other party took away Mr. Xia, but it wasn't malicious?"

Xia Sheng tried to calm himself down, and asked quietly, "Where did you judge it?"

Ning Zheng took a deep breath, and immediately told his own inference: "Before that, Lord Xiao and I were actually very puzzled, the strength of the other two was obviously unfathomable, if you want to deal with Miss Qin, it is as easy as a hand, why do you want to go around such a big circle and spend so much effort to find our people to give medicine?"

"And the medicine used is not some kind of strange poison, it is just a requiem grass that blindly helps people sleep, if it weren't for the sudden return of Xia Gongzi and the fact that he noticed something unusual, in another day, Miss Qin would naturally wake up, and nothing would happen at that time." ”

"But after learning about Mr. Xia today, I finally understood that the other party's target was not Miss Qin from the beginning, but Mr. Xia!"

Xia Sheng frowned and said, "I already knew about this matter for a long time, is there any point in you talking about this now?"

Ning Zheng nodded and said, "Of course it makes sense! First of all, we can be sure that the other party is at least unwilling to hurt Miss Qin, so we chose Requiem Grass, a very weak drug. Secondly, since the other party came for Lord Ling Zun from the beginning, then, let's not care what kind of enmity Lord Ling Zun has made outside the town, but why now, why yesterday?"

Xia Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you want to say ......?"

"When we searched for Mr. Xia last night, we learned that Lord Ling Zun found a courtyard a few days ago, and it seems that he was receiving some guests, Mr. Xia thinks it will have something to do with this matter?"

Xia Sheng's heart sank, and two names immediately appeared in his mind.

The Qin family.

Ye family!

In the contact with Ye Xiao'e a few days ago, Xia Sheng already knew that the Marquis Mansion of Weining in Luoyang and the Qin Family Shan Hall had always been incompatible, but by chance, he had contact with the eldest ladies of these two families.

Therefore, when Xia Sheng accompanied Ye Xiao'e to visit White Horse Town, Qin Yan never appeared, which was why Xia Sheng was trying to avoid unnecessary conflicts between the two sides because of their background.

If it was under normal circumstances, with Xia Sheng's wisdom, he could guarantee that the two would not meet until Ye Xiao'e left White Horse Town.

But in this process, an accident happened.

Forget to return to the forest.

And you must know that there was a gap for a period of time from the time Xia Sheng used the White Flame Sword Array to kill the enemy, and the time he walked into the middle of White Horse Town!

During this time, perhaps Ye Xiao'e had returned to Luoyang under the protection of Tamp Da, or perhaps the Ye family in Luoyang had learned of the danger encountered by Ye Xiao'e in advance, so they sent people to rescue.

No matter what the case is, the other party will definitely be the first to come to White Horse Town and find Xia Hong as soon as possible!

If Ye Xiao'e has returned to Luoyang, then the Ye family is probably here to protect Xia Hong, if Ye Xiao'e has not returned home, then people can also ask about Ye Xiao'e's whereabouts from Xia Hong.

Then everything makes sense!

This is also the reason why the other party was reluctant to attack Qin Yan, but with the help of Xiao Zhen's subordinates, he gave Qin Yan requiem grass and only let him fall into a deep sleep!

Could it be that the person who did it was actually a member of the Ye family?

Is the other party really as Ning Zheng said, and he didn't come with malice?

However, in an instant, Xia Sheng had already sorted out a clear vein, but after a moment, he shook his head firmly.

"I have to say, your reasoning does give me a seemingly perfect explanation, but there is one thing wrong. ”

"What's wrong?"

Xia Sheng reached into his arms, gently placed his father's kitchen knife on the table, and said, "If the other party came with good intentions, then it is impossible for my father not to even have the opportunity to take away the portable knife." ”