In the evening, Fluttershy gets the accurate information and immediately finds Ling Lan to tell the other party.

"You said there was a fight in the Lake Pavilion Tavern last night?"

Taken aback by her reaction, Fluttershy subconsciously shook her head, "Girl, it was Tianyi who said that what a master fights, and there are heavy losses." ”

Ling Lan only thought it was incredible, they were chatting at the window at the time, and they didn't hear any suspicious voices at all!

Suddenly understood the reason for Mo Ziyu's words, Tianyi's news would not be wrong, last night without her and Miss Qi knowing, there may have been a silent battle outside, and it sounded very fierce.

"Did you say which side suffered heavy losses that day?"

Fluttershy responds to this question without hesitation, "Of course it's those assassins, there are countless secret guards in a high-end place like the Lake Pavilion Tavern, all of them are masters, and no matter who tries to make trouble, there is no return." ”

"You know very well." Ling Lan couldn't help but laugh.

"Girl, you don't know, that place is the gold cave, people who can afford to go are either rich or expensive in the capital, they are all powerful and powerful, if something happens, the consequences are serious, and it is not safe, everyone will not go again, the slave maid went with the adult once, and did not see a few dishes and spent two hundred taels of silver, which frightened the slave and maid, and thought that he had heard it wrong, but yes, it was two hundred taels of silver tickets."

Seeing her gritted teeth and sighing, Ling Lan echoed in her heart, she really knew it too well, it was not only expensive, it was just a silver grab!

But because of this, she has a different price for the goods in the store, and she also wants to make high-end products...

She goes off topic and misses herself into deep thought, and Fluttershy is still muttering something to her side, and she kicks her out.

Three days later, in the early morning, Ling Lan wrote a poem "Red Ling" and a letter for Sister Qiao to send to Changsheng Gambling House and hand it over to Guan Liang in person, and if the other party was not there, she would come back directly.

Fortunately, everything went well, and Sister Qiao came back and said that Guan Liang was about to come out and happened to meet, which was a coincidence.

Ling Lan asked her to prepare for the upcoming opening, so she went out alone.

First, I rented a carriage, set a time after the price was set, and then went to the ready-to-wear shop to buy a men's outfit, and I had to change it when I went back.

She had the impression that the capital was about fifty miles away from Linyang City, and the coachman said that he was not in a hurry and arrived in four hours, but it was not far.

At noon the next day, Ling Lan changes into men's clothes and straightens her hair, silver needles and daggers, and avoids Fluttershy and Sister Qiao from leaving through the side door.

The coachman arrived as promised, and when he saw her, he was stunned, thinking that he had picked up the wrong person.

"I'm the cousin of the girl from yesterday, let's go!" Ling Lan pressed the brim of her hat and lowered her voice and got into the carriage directly.

The coachman raised his hand and scratched his head, although he didn't ask much if he felt that something was wrong, after all, the money was given to him, as long as he drove the car.

There is a section of the road that is very uneven, to avoid too bumpy, the speed of the car is much fuller, and finally arrived at Linyang City in the evening, the coachman found an inn according to her requirements, and opened two rooms.

After a short rest, when the night shrouded Linyang City, it was still very lively outside, Ling Lan was wearing a blue man's robe and shuttled through the crowd, with an indescribable loneliness in her back.

At the inn, she probably learned some news that both the Ling Mansion and the county government were destroyed by the fire, so the new prefect rebuilt the county government elsewhere after taking office.

This is reasonable, the ancient people were superstitious, what to do to be auspicious, no matter who it is, I am afraid that they will not clean up the Ling Mansion and live in it, after all, twenty-six lives were lost there.

All kinds of thoughts flashed, and she had come to the outside of the former county office.

The surroundings went from noisy to quiet, and at this time it was already a dead silence, and this area at night seemed to be abandoned by Linyang City, and there was no popularity.

Walking all the way through the broken and blackened bricks, he came to the Ling Mansion unconsciously.

It was dark all around, and all that accompanied her was the sound of the wind, as if someone was whimpering in the wind, telling everything that had happened that night.

Ling Lan didn't carry a lantern, she walked with a faint moonlight and feeling, as a road idiot, she seemed to be cured, although it was the first time to come to see so badly, she could clearly know where she was, what the surrounding buildings used to look like.

After all, these are all imprinted in the mind of the original owner, and they will never be forgotten in this life.

She stood there for a moment, only to feel the coldness of her cheeks, and she was already in tears when she raised her hand...

After taking a few deep breaths, she finally took a step towards Master Ling's study, although the fire destroyed all the buildings, and the interior was already full of devastation, some of the houses had collapsed and only the broken bricks and walls remained, but she still wanted to take a look, hoping that there would be different discoveries.

Walking out of the road with her memory, because of the unevenness under her feet and some ruins, she fell down several times, and continued to walk forward despite the pain, she didn't know what she was comparing.

Finally, she stopped outside the original study, but it had become a ruin, and she fell to the ground in frustration, only to feel that all the strength of her body had been drained.

The picture that had appeared countless times in the dream seemed to jump in front of her, and the surroundings were not pitch black, but firelight, she watched the people in Ling's mansion crying out in pain, and some people resisted desperately, including the desperate eyes of Master Ling and Mrs. Ling, everything was gradually drowned in smoke and disappeared into the vast night...

Early the next morning, Ling Lan looked at herself in the bronze mirror and lost her mind.

But one night, her haggard appearance couldn't bear to look directly, her eyes were red and swollen, her face was pale, and her eyes were full of red bloodshots, and if she went out at night, she would definitely scare people.

I put a cold towel on my face, and after a few times, I finally got better, and after a little calm, I went downstairs for breakfast.

There were already many guests in Noda's hall, and they were eating and talking.

"Did you hear that? The Qu family is dying. ”

"Why can't it? A few days ago, I saw him wandering around outside the Ling Mansion! ”

"I heard that I fell down in the Ling Mansion, and I was already weak, and I couldn't get up again after this fall, and the maid in the Qu Mansion said that it was just a matter of the past few days."

"It's a pity, if Miss Ling hadn't had an accident, she wouldn't have been like this, but she was infatuated."

"Some people say that Miss Ling's soul wants to lure him away, and I guess I can't bear him."

“...”

Ling Lan held her breath and listened carefully, no matter what the two of them said was funny and ugly, she didn't miss half a word, the porridge in front of her was cold, and she didn't move.

Half an hour later, she walked through the bustling and lively long street to a grand and solemn courtyard, on which the plaque was two gilded characters, Qufu.

It is said that Master Qu who lives here is a wealthy businessman who moved from the capital to do grain business, and he has been friends with Master Ling for many years, so the children of the two are also relatively close, that is, Miss Ling and Master Qu.

"Is there something wrong with this son?"

Seeing her wandering and pacing in the doorway, the guard stepped forward to ask.

The other party's attitude was very polite, which was unexpected by Ling Lan.

In fact, he hadn't thought about it yet, but the words in his mouth blurted out: "I heard that your son is in poor health, and he has learned some medical skills when he travels all over the world, so he came uninvited." ”