Xiao Yilan hurriedly came out of the flower forest and asked, "How did Miss Meng come in?" He was worried that Li Zheng and Luo Yu would not be able to find Meng Lin, but he didn't expect Meng Lin to suddenly appear in the Gaoqin Marquis's mansion.

Meng Lin didn't answer, her eyes were still looking at the flowers and trees in front of her. "In the place where I was born, there were no trees and no flowers. Everyone seems to be accustomed to it, only my sister likes flowers very much, and every time my sister goes out, she will bring a flower back to me, sometimes it is a plum blossom, sometimes it is a begonia, and once it is a magnolia, so every time my sister comes back, I will be happy for a long time. It's a pity that the flowers we have there don't live long, the flowers have withered one by one, and my sister hasn't come back......" Meng Lin whispered, her tone was very cold, without any sadness and desolation, as if she was telling something that had nothing to do with her.

Xiao Yilan just looked at Meng Lin silently. They have been together for several months, but Meng Lin has never mentioned the experience before being adopted by Meng Laosan, and Xiao Yilan never mentioned it. Listening to Meng Lin mention it at this moment, it seems to be a sad past.

Meng Lin closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and sniffed the fragrance of flowers in the air. Then she opened her eyes, and it was the peaceful and beautiful girl that Xiao Yilan was familiar with, and all the sentimentality that was as soft and continuous as flowing water just now was hidden.

Xiao Yilan looked at Meng Lin with some concern and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I saw that you were all caught, and I was so scared that I had to turn around and run away. Later, I guessed that you were arrested by the Song family, so you hid at the gate of this Hou Mansion, found a maid who went out and knocked you unconscious, mixed in, and just happened to meet the son. Meng Lin said lightly and diverted the topic. Xiao Yilan didn't mention it again, and when he was worried, he just responded with a smile.

"It turns out that Xiao Gongzi is so leisurely, not only is his life not in danger, but he can also enjoy the flowers here quietly. I was so worried. Meng Lin looked at the white in front of him, and then said: "No wonder Xiao Gongzi likes this flower so much, he didn't notice that I was coming, this flower is really beautiful, more beautiful than the one my sister brought back." ”

"Really?" Xiao Yilan said suddenly.

"What?"

"You said you were worried about me, is it true?" Xiao Yilan grinned and asked secretly happy in his heart.

Meng Lin's face suddenly turned red, and the two clusters of redness in the moonlight were like blooming flowers. She turned sideways: "Of course, but Xiao Gongzi is here so leisurely, I don't think he worries about me too much." ”

Xiao Yilan said with a straight face: "How come! I have already asked Li Zheng and Luo Yu to go out to find you, as well as Song Wenzheng's people." Although this Song Wenzheng was very polite to us, he was very concerned about our trip to southern Xinjiang. Now that we have found you, we can leave as soon as possible. ”

Meng Lin was a little surprised: "Where is it polite to arrest you with such fanfare?"

Xiao Yilan was in a hurry to get out, and it was inconvenient to explain too much, so he only said: "It's a long story, let's find a way to go out first." I also have to inform Li Zheng about them. As he spoke, he scratched his head and looked like he had a headache, "I guess I can't go through the main gate, how can I get out......"

"When I came in before, I found a side door, and there were very few guards, and it seemed that the people in the house often walked. ”

Xiao Yilan was overjoyed and said, "Then let's go and see it now." Then he thought of something: "There are some maids outside, it seems that Song Wenzheng has been sent to monitor me, I'm afraid there is some trouble." ”

As he spoke, he looked back, but found that there was no one in the place where the maid was before, and muttered to himself a little strangely: "Hey, why is it gone......"

"I didn't see them when I came, maybe Song Wenzheng summoned them away. Before they came back, we might as well run away and save trouble. Meng Lin also glanced back.

Xiao Yilan nodded, and moved in the direction of the side gate under the leadership of Meng Lin, this side gate is located in the southwest corner of the Hou Mansion, between the two courtyards, although it is a side door, it is also nearly a zhang wide, most of which is convenient for carriages to enter and exit. But to the surprise of the two, there was not a single guard at this door, only one door was hidden in the dark. Xiao Yilan stepped forward and pushed the door tentatively, but the door opened directly.

The two were stunned for a moment, looking at each other, never expecting it to be so easy.

"Did anyone come when you came?" Xiao Yilan asked.

"I came in disguised as a maid, but I passed by in a hurry, not daring to look up, and only followed behind the carriage I bought, but I couldn't see if there was a guard in front of the door. “

Xiao Yilan was obviously worried that this was Song Wenzheng's trap, and he didn't think for a while that he was curious about where Meng Lin found the maid's clothes. But after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason, he expected that Song Wenzheng didn't want to turn his face easily, and thought in his heart what he would say if he was caught, he still led Meng Lin out of the side door. Xiao Yilan waited deliberately at the door for a while, the night was deep, and the surroundings were still silent, only a few pedestrians, occasionally looking at Xiao Yilan and Meng Lin curiously.

The two didn't have time to think about it, so they decided to go and join the three outside the city first, even if they had been taken away by Luo Yu, someone would definitely stay to guard the wood. The two walked all the way out of the city, and Xiao Yilan quickly discovered something abnormal.

It was already dark, but there were no torches ahead. Xiao Yilan could only judge the direction by the faint moonlight, but Meng Lin seemed to have good eyesight and no obstacles to move forward. It was pitch black ahead, which made Xiao Yilan's heart more and more uneasy.

After approaching, Xiao Yilan could vaguely see the carriage used to hide the wood before. He walked over to the carriage and lifted the cloth that was covering the outside, but the tree spirit wood was not inside. When there are few people, they will put wood out to carry out activities, this place is already a suburb of the city, so Xiao Yilan is not surprised to see wood, he moved his head, and was thinking about where to find a torch, suddenly kicked something under his feet, and almost tripped.

He hurriedly stabilized his body and smiled at Meng Lin with some embarrassment, but found that Meng Lin's expression was very ugly. He suddenly felt an inexplicable panic, hurriedly looked down, stretched out his hand and groped under his feet, but he was lying on the ground alone, cold and dead. Xiao Yilan hurriedly checked around, and sure enough, he found five or six corpses, three of which were Xiao Yilan's subordinates who left outside the city.

His heart was beating fast, and he hurriedly flashed to Meng Lin's side, worried that there was still danger nearby. He picked up a sword from the corpse on the ground and protected it by Meng Lin's side. The distance between the two was very close, and he could vaguely smell a faint fragrance on Meng Lin's body, and his heart beat faster, as if he was about to jump out.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the darkness, and Xiao Yilan did not hesitate and slashed with a sword. The other party didn't seem to expect that there were still people here, so he scolded and hurriedly dodged sideways. Xiao Yilan stopped the offensive and shouted in surprise: "Li Zheng!"

Li Zheng was also stunned, and then approached, and saw clearly that this was Xiao Yilan and Meng Lin by the moonlight, and he also showed joy on his face, and asked with some surprise: "Why are you here, and you have found Miss Meng?"

Xiao Yilan replied unintentionally and asked, "What's going on here?"

"Brother Luo and I are divided into two ways, I will first look for Miss Meng in the city, and Brother Luo will come outside the city to find helpers. We agreed to meet at Zuixiang Building, but he hadn't shown up when the appointment was over, so I came over to have a look, and I happened to run into the two of you. ”

Xiao Yilan's tense nerves did not relax, and briefly introduced the current situation to Li Zheng.

"Did they take the wood away? Brother Naro probably fell into their hands as well. Li Zheng said with a frown. He rolled over and walked to the compartment behind the carriage, trying to make sure the wood wasn't there, when suddenly there was an unexpected noise.

"Huh?" he crouched on the floor in the cubicle, groping his hands on the floor.

Xiao Yilan immediately reacted, "There's something on it!" He approached and groped with Li Zheng to find out what was on it. It was a few marks carved with a sword, but the sky was dark and there was no light, and the two squinted for a long time, still confused.

"The dryad fled, leaving a mark on the road. This should be left by Brother Luo. As soon as Meng Lin got closer, she easily read out the engraved words.

Xiao Yilan and Li Zheng glanced at each other, and then looked at Meng Lin at the same time. "Miss Meng has good eyesight. Li Zheng praised.

Meng Lin smiled slightly, and Xiao Yilan began to look for the mark left by Luo Yu nearby. Thinking that this mark should be easier to identify than a few words, sure enough, Xiao Yilan found a cloth belt on a tree not far away, which seemed to have been torn from his clothes and wrapped around a branch.

Li Zheng came up and looked at it, and smiled understandingly: "It's best that Brother Luo is not far away, otherwise he may have to be bare-ass when we see him." ”