"What's going on, who did it?!"

Ren Yi got up abruptly when she heard this, and almost lifted the table.

After Xia Qingyang read the words on the letter, her heart was as cold as falling into an ice cellar - in the past few days of living in the city lord's mansion, although she did not have as much contact with the city lord and his wife as Ren Yi and Queen Yin, she also met Fan Xi's youngest daughter Juanjuan twice by chance.

I remember that the little girl was well-behaved and cute, and she was not afraid of life, and even picked two flowers for her, asking her to pin them to the hat, saying that it was so beautiful.

They're all dead?

The news was delivered by Su Quan and Ye Jingqing.

The two of them did not follow Xia Qingyang and they left Vena City together.

Didn't they be given the task of "winning the commercial territory of Dachun Kingdom" by Xia Qingyang, and this first stop was to start from Vena City.

It just so happened that Xia Qingyang wanted to see if she could surprise the snake by beating the grass and snakes, so he asked them to pay attention to Fan Xi's movements.

I didn't expect to get such news.

It was now the third day after Xia Qingyang and his party left Vena City.

The time was written on the letter brought by Su Quantuo's vulture, and it can be seen that the tragedy happened one day after they left Vena City.

And according to the normal speed of news circulation, if there was no Flying Eagle to pass the book, Xia Qingyang and they would probably have to go to the next city to hear about it.

Ren Yi clenched his fists and paced around the house twice before he said angrily: "We just left, it seems that the killer has already been ambushed in the city, just waiting for us to leave and kill people." Okay, good, it seems that there is no need to scare the snake, this stick is going to hit the snake's seven inches! ”

Empress Yin stretched out her hand to read the letter, and Xia Qingyang handed it to her.

Of course, Xia Qingyang is also anxious and angry, but her identity makes her unable to lose her temper at will like the "lord".

She had to calm down, and even analyze in cold blood-

"My senior brother said that he was ambushed in the mansion to see if anyone would communicate with Fan Ximi. Unexpectedly, the killer put poison into the drinking water of the City Lord's Mansion, which led to the death of the City Lord's family. ”

Su Quan and Ye Jingqing were also very annoyed, but there was no way, they really couldn't watch out for this.

Ren Yi closed his eyes: "It's poison again." Is it still the West Deng Kingdom? But didn't you say that even if Fan Xi fornicated with Xi Deng, after he left the capital, he would no longer have any use value. How could it be that after a year, someone suddenly wanted to kill him? ”

Xia Qingyang paused: "Maybe it's because of Your Highness." ”

"Me?"

"Well, maybe your influence is deeper than you think. As soon as you make a move, you'll be noticed immediately. And the people behind Fan Xi were worried that Fan Xi would tell you something unspeakable, so they sent a killer - probably, the killer should have wiped out the city lord's family before we arrived in Vena City. But we sped up and rushed to Vena City ahead of schedule. As a result, the killer didn't dare to do it in front of us, so it dragged on until we left. ”

Xia Qingyang's analysis also confirms Ren Yi's thoughts.

Xia Qingyang paused slightly: "However, this also confirms that Fan Xi does have a major secret." I guess maybe a year ago, when Ren Fu sent him to investigate the relief grain case, he actually found something, but he didn't dare to say it, or he was silenced at the time. ”

Ren Yi was stunned: "Do you think the killer this time was involved in the relief grain case?" ”

"Hmm."

Fan Xi had two things on his back.

One is the incident that led to his wife being planted with Gu poison ten years ago.

The other is the relief grain case that caused him to be demoted to Luo Shucheng a year ago.

"In the case of relief grain a year ago, maybe it was really because he was incapable, and he didn't find anything." Ren Yi frowned.

But it just so happened that a year ago, Fan Xi's daughter married An Youcheng's son. I heard that Fan Xi was not deposed further, and An Youcheng interceded from it. ”

This last one I heard was heard by Xia Qingyang when he happened to hear those flowers in the City Lord's Mansion talking about gossip.

Ren Yi: "You mean, the person who sent the killer is likely to be An Youcheng?" ”

Xia Qingyang: "Not necessarily. Because of the large number of officials involved in the relief grain case, as long as any of them is afraid and worried that Fan Xi will hand over the evidence, they will send someone to solve the trouble. ”

Among them, the possibility of An Youcheng is low.

Because An Youcheng had already pinched one of Fan Xi's daughters, he knew that Fan Xi would not dare to act rashly.

But other corrupt officials do not have the handle of Fan Xi in their hands, and they are likely to act impulsively.

Empress Yin almost followed the train of thought of the two: "In other words, the secret that Fan Xi is carrying will disappear forever?" ”

"Nope." Xia Qingyang and Ren Yi said at the same time.

Xia Qingyang: "That mirror may correspond to the secret that killed Fan Xi." ”

Ren Yi: "I let Lao Zhou see it, and he has some research on this kind of ingenuity. He said that the dent in the handle of the mirror probably made it a lock and key, which could correspond to some mechanism or secret door. ”

Xia Qingyang didn't expect that Lao Zhou would still have such skills.

It seems that Ren Yi has a lot of people in his hands.

Empress Yin could afford goosebumps when she heard it: "That mirror was offered by Fan Xi at the gate of the city before we left." Could it be that Fan Xi had already expected that something might happen to him at that time, so he handed over the important secret to His Highness? But where does this handle correspond to? ”

Ren Yi turned his head to look at Xia Qingyang.

Xia Qingyang was silent for a moment: "It shouldn't be in the City Lord's Mansion in Luoshu City." Fan Xi had only been in office for a year, and he didn't have time to make such big changes to the house. ”

Ren Yi: "Lao Zhou also said that judging from the degree of wear, this dent should be a bit old. ”

"Since he handed over the mirror to His Highness, then perhaps, the place corresponding to this key is on our way forward." Xia Qingyang looked at Ren Yi and said, "Is there a way to find out all of Fan Xi's resume, I want to see where he has been an official." ”

"Yes, but this small county town is estimated to be unfound. When I got to the next city, I immediately asked Lao Lin to investigate. ”

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The appearance of the killer, in addition to confirming the important fact that Fan Xi holds a secret, also sent a dangerous signal to Xia Qingyang and his party-

I don't know if the other party is coming at them, but from this moment on, they must speed up their horses.

After resting, everyone immediately set off for the journey.

After another two days, they finally arrived at the next city, Chichun City.

In fact, before Xia Qingyang left the palace, she had already heard of this place.

To ask why. Because the case of robbing military rations that caused a sensation in the entire capital occurred in Chichun City.

"Senior Brother and Zuo Cheng, they arrived in Chichun City yesterday."

In the carriage, Xia Qingyang showed the letter sent by He Minghua Feiying to Ren Yi, "Senior brother said in the letter that the imperial court official sent to investigate the military rations case arrived seven days ago. Chichun City is now heavily guarded, and the inspection of entering and leaving the city is very strict. But they've made it to the city safely, so don't worry. ”