Because her mouth was sealed and she couldn't speak, Ling Lan looked frightened and moved backwards with difficulty.

Xu Yuanshan lowered his voice and smiled, a little echo, the bigger and weirder the atmosphere.

"Don't be afraid, as long as you answer my questions truthfully, I won't hurt you."

Hearing his words, Ling Lan nodded vigorously, her big eyes full of tears and compromise.

Seeing her like this, Xu Yuanshan's thoughts became complicated, and he slowly approached the ground with his eyes down, took a deep breath, and finally put some heavy thoughts away.

"Don't be afraid, I will do what I say, as long as you cooperate obediently, I guarantee that you will go back safe and sound."

As he spoke, he found that Ling Lan was reluctant to resist and put her mind at ease, after all, she was a little girl who had never been in the world, even if the legend was smart and clever and could solve the case, after all, she would solve someone else's case, and she had little experience herself, so she would be stupid if she didn't encounter something.

"Very well, now I'll let you speak, but don't shout loudly, or don't blame me for being unkind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Lan nodded, harder than before, and her big watery eyes were full of panic.

Xu Yuanshan was very satisfied with her reaction, he was a little worried about not going well before, but at this time, he was too worried.

After the gag towel was taken out, Ling Lan couldn't help but breathe heavily, her mouth felt sore, she was indeed wronged herself.

Xu Yuanshan took a small Mazha out of nowhere, sat opposite her and whispered, "Your name is Ling Lan?" ”

"Hmm!"

"I overheard you talk about Ling Hui before, what is your relationship?" Xu Yuanshan lowered his tone, and the face behind the mask was extremely serious.

Ling Lan was stunned for a few breaths before coming back to her senses, and subconsciously shook her head: "No, I don't know, I can't remember what happened before." ”

Although he was wearing a mask, he could still see that Xu Yuanshan's dark eyes flashed with coldness: "Don't play tricks with me, I said that you will answer my questions obediently, and I will let you go back safe and sound, if not, you will stay here forever." ”

Ling Lan's face showed an anxious look, and her eyes were filled with tears in her eagerness: "I didn't play tricks, I told the truth, I really don't know what happened, when I came to my senses, I was wandering on the streets of the capital, and it was Lord Mo who saved me." ”

Silently observing her reaction, Xu Yuanshan intuitively felt that she was not lying, and it seemed that she really couldn't remember.

Thoughts flashed, and his tone couldn't help but lighten a little: "In that case, why do you want to inquire about Xuanhui?" ”

Ling Lan sneered in her heart, this was not a knowingly questioned, after all, it had been explained very clearly before, since the other party was willing to listen to her, it was not recommended to say it again, it had to be more vivid.

After she retold it with emotion, Xu Yuanshan fell into deep thought, and the emotions in his eyes became complicated.

There was a moment of dead silence in the small, dark enclosed space, and Xu Yuanshan let out a heavy sigh before he spoke again.

"Speaking of which, I and Hui are actually very good friends, we have known each other for many years, and we used to get along very well in the capital, but!" As he spoke, his tone paused in vain.

Ling Lan's eyes were full of curiosity, and she didn't understand what the other party meant, this situation was obviously different from her previous state.

After a pause, Xu Yuanshan seemed to open the dusty memories for a long time, and his voice became heavy: "I don't know what he went through, maybe it was because he was unwilling to be relegated to Linyang City as a county magistrate, and then for other reasons, in short, he seemed to be a different person after he got there." ”

Ling Lan was stunned, and looked at him in a daze without interjecting, silently waiting for the other party to continue.

After another sigh, Xu Yuanshan continued: "He became greedy, not long after serving in Linyang City, he learned that there was a gold mine in Linyang Mountain and wanted to take it for himself, and finally achieved his goal after spending a lot of effort to kill hundreds of people, I have advised him more than once not to do that, people are watching the sky, and he will definitely repay early, but he insisted on going his own way, and he didn't listen to half a word of my advice, and finally caused a tragedy." ”

This time, Ling Lan lost her mind for a moment, and her eyes were in disbelief: "You mean, it was because of his greed to occupy the gold mine that caused the fire that destroyed the door?" ”

Seeing that she believed a little, Xu Yuanshan nodded noncommittally, and his tone was extremely serious: "That's right, he learned that there was a gold mine in Linyang City, and he let people kill all the people who came to work, and then let people pretend to be ghosts nearby and deliberately scare people, in order to prevent other people from approaching, secretly mining, and mutilating hundreds of people over the years, and his hands were stained with blood." ”

Ling Lan couldn't help but feel angry in her heart, the truth was definitely not like this, the other party was actually a friend of Xuan Hui for many years, and he had a lot of responsibility for the other party's accident, and now he slandered Xuan Hui like this, he really thought that there was no proof when he died, and he opened his eyes and talked nonsense.

Like, she couldn't say that.

"Then, the fire in Lingfu?" She paused in the middle of the questioning, her eyes wide as she looked at the other party, full of confusion and pain.

Seeing that she basically didn't have any suspicions, Xu Yuanshan's heart gradually relaxed, he didn't respond directly, but turned around and walked out a few steps, picked up a pot of water somewhere, poured it into the cyan porcelain bowl and came back slowly.

"It's not a short time here, drink some water to quench your thirst first."

In Ling Lan's surprise, Xu Yuanshan handed over the water bowl, and there was a little more kindness in his tone.

Because it was very inconvenient to move with her hands tied, she hesitated when she saw that the other party had no intention of untying it: "I, my hands are numb." ”

Xu Yuanshan's kindness dissipated most of it, put down the water bowl in displeasure, pondered for a while, and suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist.

I saw a cold light flash in front of me, and the sharp blade was already close at hand.

Ling Lan's face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly moved her mouth back and begged for mercy: "Don't, don't kill me, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please, don't kill me." ”

Looking at her so unpromising appearance, Xu Yuanshan was a little disgusted, he didn't expect her to be so timid, it seems that the legend does not match at all, what she said was bold and careful, it was just nonsense.

"Be quiet, I'll help you cut the rope so you can drink some water."

In fact, Ling Lan had already guessed that this was the case, otherwise the other party would not have put the water bowl on the ground smoothly, but it still had to be pretended to make the other party relax their vigilance.

The dagger was very sharp, and in the blink of an eye, it cut the rope that held Ling Lan's hands together, and by the time she came back to her senses, the hemp rope had already fallen to the ground.

"Thank you, thank you." She shuddered in thanks.

Xu Yuanshan couldn't help but shake his head without knowing what he was thinking, as if he didn't want to see her so timid.

"Drink! I'll send you out in a moment. ”

Seeing that the other party handed over the bowl of Shui Linglan immediately took it, but her hands were tied for a long time and she couldn't stop shaking, and when she was about to send it to her mouth, she didn't hold it steady, and the porcelain bowl fell to the ground with a bang! Because it was wooden, the skin was not broken, but all the water in it was spilled...