In the early morning, the sky was still a little dark, the air was mixed with a thick chill, the bluestone pavement of the alley was damp, and some low-lying shallow pits even formed hoarfrost.

Outside the courtyard, an ordinary carriage stopped at the door, and a coachman in a straw hat leaned against the edge of the carriage with his arms crossed, as if he was napping to kill the time waiting for the big man inside.

After a while, the wooden door of the courtyard opened gently, and Li Rongrong walked out of it in a strong suit, coughed after glancing at the napping coachman, and jumped into the carriage lightly.

The coachman stretched out an incompatible white right hand and lifted the brim of his hat lowered, revealing a handsome and extraordinary face, especially those clear eyes, which were as dazzling as the stars in the dark night.

Gently picked up the long whip and pulled it down sharply on the top of the white horse's buttocks, and with a "snap", the horse in front of his head neighed, and immediately spread his hooves and walked away along the bluestone road.

A rough straw hat, a brown short shirt and tight trousers, plus a pair of brown boots turned up, and a red turban hidden in the hat, such a costume is obviously a small guy who is driving a horse or the rather gloomy Qin Tao hidden under the cloak.

Lowering the brim of his hat and crossing his arms over his chest, Qin Tao leaned on the carriage and recalled that Li Rongrong couldn't help but smile slightly twice at his dress before going out.

This set of Li Rongrong's unobtrusive outfit is naturally tailor-made for Qin Tao, and it is also in her plan to go to danger this time. However, Qin Tao felt that something was wrong, especially the red turban wrapped around his head, which was an obvious sign at first glance.

Due to the urgency of time, Li Rongrong sent all her subordinates out, and Qin Tao was the only one left by her side, so the coachman left him without any choice.

At first, Qin Tao was still unsure about driving the carriage, but when he saw that it was the light and shadow horse pulling the carriage, he couldn't help but let go. It is a highly intelligent horse that moves forward independently without driving, and it is definitely the king of horses.

The rain in the mountain city was not over, and the cold rain began to fall again after the two siblings were gone, but the gray sky had nothing to do with them.

In the evening, the carriage arrived at Wanyang City according to the established route, but Li Rongrong did not choose to return to Yilan Tianxia but ordered Qin Tao to drive the carriage into the residential area in the east of the city.

The carriage that entered the alleyway moved slowly, and Li Rongrong sat quietly without speaking. And when the wheels rolled into the No. 72 house, a command to stop was heard from inside the carriage.

Tightening the reins and holding the carriage steady, Qin Tao lowered the brim of his hat and jumped down, lifted the car door with great swiftness, and at the same time handed out his right shoulder for Li Rongrong to step on and get out of the car.

Li Rongrong leaned on the thick door curtain and looked around, then tapped Qin Tao's shoulder and floated lightly to the courtyard of the house.

Intermittently slammed the wooden door three times, and a little girl wearing a velvet jacket tried hard to pull the wooden door that was very heavy for her, and smiled gracefully at the beauty who was covering her face with a light veil at the door.

Touching the little girl's big and cute head lovingly, the corners of Li Rongrong's mouth bent shallowly, and she walked towards the house in the courtyard.

Qin Tao pressed the straw hat with one hand, lowered his head slightly and walked forward behind Li Rongrong, looking very much like a follower.

Entering the house, Li Rongrong seemed to know a lot about this ordinary house, and immediately turned a mechanism at the bottom of the coffee table in the corner. Then, the wooden table in the center where the statue of the Bodhisattva is enshrined, together with the wall behind it, is deflected 180 degrees, revealing the secret room inside.

At this time, a delicate young woman walked out of the dim secret room, bowed slightly to Li Rongrong, and whispered, "Pavilion Master." ”

Qin Tao seemed to feel a happy smile under the light veil, Li Rongrong stepped forward to hold the young woman's hands and said, "Sister, you and my sister don't have to be like this. ”

The young woman smiled lightly, and soon the joy of meeting was gone, and a mosquito-like voice came out of her throat: "Come, let's talk later." With that, he pulled Li Rongrong towards the secret room.

Qin Tao hurriedly followed, but he was stared back at by the young woman, and the sharp gaze seemed to say that you don't understand the rules too much.

Li Rongrong smiled slightly, as if she was extremely satisfied with her makeup methods, and explained to the young woman: "Sister, he is my younger brother, I told you. ”

Hearing this, the young woman was no longer vigilant, and turned around to lead Li Rongrong into the secret room. However, Qin Tao was a little suspicious, why Li Rongrong would tell her about herself, could it be that the two sisters were close relatives.

After passing through a narrow passage, the three of them soon came to a hut with stone walls on all sides.

The chamber is rudimentary, with only four very thick stone walls, except for a long table and a few chairs in the center. The young woman walked around the walls with great speed, lighting the four oil lamps placed in the holes.

Through the gap in the straw hat, Qin Tao saw the young woman's movements clearly, and his eyes couldn't help but change, because he found that the strength of the young woman in front of him was definitely not low.

Sitting down at the long table, Li Rongrong opened a somewhat yellowed book on it and turned to the expected page with ease.

Qin Tao leaned against the wall not far away, glanced slightly at the pages of the book opened in front of Li Rongrong, and found a somewhat wrinkled white paper in it.

After the young woman confirmed that everything was safe, she sat down opposite Li Rongrong, and her voice became extremely soft and similar to the two of them before: "Pavilion Master, this is a letter from Fuyun's side, according to what I said above, we seem to have been exposed. ”

Li Rongrong looked at the few black characters on the white paper seriously, her willow-like eyebrows frowned slightly, and her thin lips hidden under the light veil couldn't help but purse them.

"Yi Kefeng already knows?" Li Rongrong asked, putting down the blank paper.

The young woman shook her head lightly: "According to the brothers over there, the housekeeper Cao Xi knows, so I estimate that Yi Kefeng must already know." ”

"What about the branch?"

"The branch is okay for the time being, the envoy of the imperial family and the lord of the Qing clan have left. ”

"So, we only had one shopkeeper die?" Li Rongrong raised her eyebrows lightly and asked.

"In my opinion, this matter is not so simple, I guess Ike Peak has already set a trap, just waiting to catch a big fish. The young woman's tone was affirmative.

"What does my sister mean, Yi Kefeng wants to take advantage of this to invite credit?"

The young woman nodded earnestly: "I think so. ”

Li Rongrong laughed dryly, shook her head slightly, and said, "With Cao Xi, who is a small city lord and a soul, is it a bit of a fool's dream to want to catch a big fish." ”

Qin Tao leaned against the somewhat cold wall, and cast an approving glance at Li Rongrong through the gap in the straw hat.

"This ......" the young woman's eyebrows condensed slightly, and she said with some hesitation: "This is the news from Fuyun......

Li Rongrong looked at her sister and shook her head slightly, stood up lightly and walked to the young woman, and patted her: "Sister, these paper messages can be forged, and only what we see with our own eyes is true." ”

The young woman nodded seriously, her temples were already oozing with crystals, and she replied with some embarrassment: "Pavilion master, it's the subordinates who are too hasty." ”

Li Rongrong returned to her seat, changed the topic and asked, "Have the brothers all been sent out?"

The young woman seemed to immediately forget her previous mistakes, and a trace of seriousness appeared on her face again, and she responded: "Well, I set off three days ago, and now I am in Fuyun City." ”

"Brother-in-law is the one who takes the lead?"

The young woman smiled a little helplessly, as if chattering, and replied: "Yes, I don't worry about it, I have to go in person, and I can't get rid of the old problem." ”

Li Rongrong smiled faintly, and a down-to-earth and reassuring look appeared on her face.

The young woman pursed her lips and glanced at Qin Tao who was leaning against the wall, and asked in a low voice, "Just the two of you?"

Li Rongrong nodded, casually flipping through the yellowed pages in front of her.

"His strength ......" The young woman stopped talking, her eyes were already suspicious.

Qin Tao naturally listened to the conversation between the two sisters without saying a word, especially when he heard the young woman's doubts about his strength, his face couldn't help but change.

But Li Rongrong didn't care about it, and smiled lightly at the young woman: "Don't worry, sister, it's okay." ”

The young woman breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had let go of her hanging heart. The sister in front of her is also her pavilion master, and it has always been true.,As long as it's something she thinks is safe, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.。

"When are you leaving?" asked the young woman with concern, a hint of reluctance in her words.

Li Rongrong hesitated slightly, turned her head and replied after confirming that Qin Tao was still leaning against the wall: "Tonight." ”

Hearing the word tonight, Qin Tao couldn't help but be slightly stunned, thinking in his heart how could he be in such a hurry, and the young woman was even more shocked, her eyes were filled with a complicated light of worry and reluctance, and she asked softly: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Li Rongrong changed the crumpled white paper in her hand, looked into the young woman's eyes and said, "Time waits for no one. ”

The residential area was quiet in the middle of the night, and the wheels in front of House No. 72 in the alleyway started slowly, and disappeared into the boundless darkness by the glow of the night.

"That woman is my sister who has lived and died with me. Li Rongrong's explanation came from the carriage of the carriage.

Qin Tao put his feet on the wheels, moved his back slightly, and responded, "Can you trust it?"

"You seem to have a lot of suspicions?" Li Rongrong's rhetorical question floated out of the carriage.

The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and Qin Tao waved his long whip and made a crisp sound in mid-air, driving the light and shadow horse to gallop wildly.

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