This slap was very loud, especially harsh in this dark courtyard, Tong Fuling touched his face, and was already dumbfounded.

He was suddenly stimulated by this, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, after all, this slap came too abruptly, so he kept this position for a long time.

Why did Xu Bai appear here, and why did the wooden box lose its effect?

In fact, all this is very simple, because this wooden box is used for Karakuri.

As early as when Steward Chen passed by with the wooden box, Xu Bai heard the sound of the mechanism in the wooden box beating.

Sipinsanren, if you can't even hear this little thing, how can you deserve this title?

If the martial artist is less than the second grade, the true qi cannot penetrate the body, but it does not mean that other professions do not have this function.

Xu Bai is not a martial artist, and Zhenyuan Li is not true qi.

Karakuri and the like can be manipulated in the air, otherwise how can some tricks be made in the air?

The only difference is that the person who makes Karakuri is more familiar.

To use a very simple analogy, two people know how to do Karakuri, one of them does a Karakuri, and the other person wants to control it very hard, because the person who does Karakuri is more familiar with it.

But Steward Chen will not be clever.

Xu Bai has a full-level ingenuity.

In contrast to the two, everything seems to be logical.

In the process of Steward Chen walking to the door of Tong Fuling, Xu Bai had already cracked the important things inside, so that the wooden box did not play its role.

Taking advantage of the fact that Tong Fuling was slapped and didn't react, Xu Bai was not verbose, and directly kicked Steward Chen in front of him.

Steward Chen had lost his hands, but Xu Bai had no intention of leaving him, but wanted to get rid of him immediately.

The reason is also very simple, since it is a person sent by the other party, then he must have planted a seed in his mind, and if he wants to ask something, it has no effect at all, not only has it have no effect, but it will make Steward Chen die immediately.

The most important thing is that Xu Bai doesn't know if the seed causes Steward Chen's death, whether the other party will know.

He still has a follow-up plan, but he can't have any problems in this regard.

Steward Chen was kicked away by Xu Bai, screaming and flying into the air, at this time, Xu Bai raised his other foot and kicked the wooden box into the air at the same time, the true yuan power surged, and the mechanism in the wooden box was activated violently.

"Boom!"

The moment the mechanism was triggered, the wooden box suddenly exploded, and countless fragments burst open, piercing Steward Chen's whole body and dying of anger.

The fragments were range-type attacks, and some of them flew towards Xu Bai and them, but due to the distance, the power was greatly reduced, and they were easily stopped.

"Huh!"

The black knife is cracked and sheathed.

Xu Bai turned his head and looked at Tong Fuling, with a mocking tone in his tone: "Do you understand now?" Why should I slap you? I'm just slapping you again now, and you don't dare to stop it. ”

Tong Fuling had already relieved himself, but after seeing the scene in front of him, he fell into a stupor again, and the whole person was like a rotten wood that couldn't move, standing in place for a long time.

If he still can't see the subtleties in this by now, it will be impossible to be in his current position.

Obviously, the other party just wanted to kill him, and why did he kill him, maybe all this had something to do with Xu Bai.

After all, from the point of view of Steward Chen's advice, his purpose was to frame Xu Bai, and he was just used as an excuse.

"I was wrong." Tong Fuling finally lowered his head, his hands hung down on his sides, and the whole person looked as if he was several years older, and he did not have the arrogance he had before.

He often thinks that he is a scholar, so he looks down on these reckless Jianghu people, and Xu Bai himself was born in Jianghu people.

So he didn't look down on Xu Bai either, as for the reward, he just thought that Xu Bai had good luck.

"What's wrong?" Xu Bai continued to ask.

"The mistake is not to listen to slander and do things that go against the principles of scholars." Tong Fuling's face turned bitter and said: "Lord Xu, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it." ”

He has already admitted it, if this matter is stabbed to His Majesty the Emperor, he will not have good fruit to eat at all, but since he has done it, there is no room for redemption, so he can only choose to carry it silently.

He also knew very well what the consequences would be if he listened to slanderous rumors, murdered officials of the imperial court, and even those who were about to go to the capital to accept the reward.

Death is the lightest, and you may be imprisoned and suffer endless pain.

Xu Bai smiled, and his tone was calm: "Actually, I don't want you to be punished very much, but all this depends on whether you can atone for your crimes." ”

Tong Fuling was already preparing to meet Xu Bai's stormy blow, but after hearing these words, he raised his head reluctantly, with an incredible look in his eyes.

He wondered if he had heard it wrong, Xu Bai was not guilty of the past and wanted to atone for his crimes?

"If you want to live, just listen to my son-in-law, understand?" Ye Zi said with a cold face.

"Understood! Got it! Tong Fuling nodded like pounding garlic: "I will definitely do what Lord Xu says, as long as Lord Xu gives me a chance." ”

He finally understood now that the man in front of him was not something he could offend, even with his temperament, he really bowed his head now.

The Ascension King made him bow his head, and now, Xu Bai also asked him to bow his head.

"From now on, you're dead." Xu Bai said very abruptly: "According to the process, if the government order of a government is dead, how can it be investigated?" ”

Tong Fuling was slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted, and instantly understood what Xu Bai meant.

Good strategy!

This is to come up with a plan to lead out the real mastermind behind the scenes, and then follow the vine to solve the mastermind behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, Tong Fu Ling also replied at the beginning: "It depends on what kind of situation it is, like this situation, it is obvious that the people of the Heavenly Supervision Division will investigate." ”

"Good." Xu Bai said: "You go and deal with it, by the way, why don't you even have people in this mansion?" ”

There was such a big movement, but there was no sound, which made Xu Bai feel very puzzled.

Tong Fuling was also confused, in this case, someone should have rushed over a long time ago.

His wife had died, and his only son had been sent to the academy in Gangnam Province, so it was full of subordinates and servants.

"Look for it." Xu Bai said.

Several people began to search in the palace, and soon found that these people had been drugged in advance, and they all fell asleep.

After seeing that these people were fine, Xu Bai dispelled the doubts in his heart, and continued the previous topic, saying: "From now on, you follow your process, I will continue to go back to the cell, and when the time comes, I will be convicted of a crime casually.

For example, the crime of murder, of course, all this has to be done very carefully, and you can only let someone you trust to do it, not even the person who came to the prison priest to know. ”

He had already thought about it, didn't the other party just want to blame him for all this? Then let the other party blame it.

Wouldn't it be beautiful to wait until the blame is over, and then see how the other party makes a move, and then he fights back from it?

He is not Qin Feng's kind of person, he can't even catch a fish, he is a very good angler.

"Good!" Tong Fuling hurriedly agreed.

This is a good opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions, so he doesn't want to let it go.

Xu Bai looked at it, it was getting late, turned his head and took Ye Zi and walked towards the cell.

Tong Fuling gritted his teeth, and finally began to do as Xu Bai requested.

Although Xu Bai arranged a general direction, he had to deal with the details, such as finding a corpse with the same body as him, as long as he made a little flesh and blood, like a wooden box to kill.

By this time, the night was getting deeper and deeper, and even the watchers were dozing off.

The night was long, and time passed imperceptibly until the next day came.

……

Following.

The clay house fryer is up!

According to the news from the government office this morning, last night, the head of the first mansion of the clay mansion, Tong Fuling, was assassinated, and the body was already unrecognizable.

It is said that the assassin has also been found and is being kept in a cell.

As soon as this news came out, it was undoubtedly a bombshell for the people of the Clay Mansion.

After all, they are all ordinary people, but now they have heard such a powerful information, and the people of the entire Taotu Mansion are talking about this matter, whether it is after tea and dinner or in the streets and alleys, the voices of discussion are becoming more and more frequent.

"I heard that the murderer who was arrested was also an official of the imperial court."

"I also heard that this murder happened because of the enmity between the two."

"Our government order is gone, it is estimated that the imperial court will let a new person come over, and that person is still in prison, and he must be dealt with after the new person comes."

……

The streets and alleys were full of discussions, and among these ordinary people, there was an ordinary-looking person who was quietly listening, and after listening, he did not stop and walked in one direction.

This ordinary-looking man walked around the streets and alleys and finally came to a hidden house.

After looking back and forth left and right, the man pushed the door in after making sure that there was no tail.

The room was pitch black, the windows were sealed, and in the corner of the room, a woman in a light veil was grooming her hair.

"Master, the plan has worked." The man bowed down respectfully and said.

When the light gauze woman heard the voice, she put down the wooden comb in her hand, nodded, and said in a soft tone: "Okay, I know, now you know, why didn't I let you go to the mansion last night?" ”

"Clear." The man said: "The woman next to Xu Bai has a specialty in the soul, if I go, it will be easy to be discovered, so the master didn't let me go." ”

He is very good at concealment, if it is usual, he will definitely see it with his own eyes, but Xu Bai suddenly has an extra woman by his side, and he has made achievements in the soul of God, if he is discovered, his efforts will be wasted.

"Hmm." The light gauze woman hummed softly, and with a lazy taste, walked up to this ordinary-looking man.

As she walked, her slender thighs rubbed against the light veil, bringing a fine sound of shredding.

"Next, it's time to plan next."

"The subordinates will send someone to assassinate Xu Bai in the cell." The man hurriedly said.

Who knew that this sentence had just been spoken? Not only did it not get the appreciation of the light yarn woman, but it was exchanged for a strong drink.

"Nonsense, who said that you should assassinate him, that's just a reckless man's practice, if you really do this, what's the difference between me and those fools in Zimu Mansion?"

The man was stunned, apparently not reacting.

If you don't kill Xu Bai, is it still useful to keep it?

If Xu Bai goes to the capital smoothly, then the emperor has another right-hand man by his side, wouldn't everything he did before be done in vain?

"If I were to kill him, where would I do these things? It's all about going to work, it's just that I want to be one of my own. The veiled woman picked up the long hair from her shoulders and gently wrapped it around her index finger.

"If you think about it carefully, Xu Bai is now cornered, his charges are almost confirmed, and his only way out is us."

"As long as he is willing to take refuge in us and let me plant the seeds, then I will help him clear his identity, and then the important people around the emperor will be our people, isn't it better than killing him directly?"

Speaking of this, the light gauze woman seemed to feel that her plan was perfect, and couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand and smile softly.

Man: "......"

He didn't expect that the master would use such a decision, which was really unexpected.

"That'...... What does the master mean that our next step is to save him? ”

The light gauze woman nodded and said, "Actually, I also wanted to kill him at first, but now I don't want to, if you rescue him, he can only go with you, if you don't go, it will be a death, and if he goes, it will be a point of no return." ”

"Yes!" The ordinary-looking man nodded and said, "That villain will deal with it now." ”

The light gauze woman waved her white arm and told him to hurry up.

After the man left, the light gauze woman returned to the dresser, looking at the face in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but show a gentle smile.

"What about planting seeds...... Such a man should be very strong. ”

Her legs clenched, and she thought to herself.

……

Everything that happens in this world will inevitably cause greater or lesser turbulence, but all turbulence is less than the passage of time.

Time waits for no one, and no matter what happens to you, it will move forward non-stop.

Throughout the day, the whole clay mansion was constantly talking, and the lively sound continued until the evening, and then gradually disappeared.

At night, the silence and tranquility of the past were restored, and no one else roamed the streets except for the sound of the watch.

A lone kitten, on the corner of the street, rummaging through the remnants of garbage.

At this time, the kitten suddenly raised its head, looked vigilantly at a corner, and the fur all over its body exploded.

More than a dozen figures swept through the streets, dressed in black, with cloth on their faces, and carrying various weapons in their hands.

The streets with no one around them became their best cover, and they walked unscrupulously.

Their purpose is the government office, to be precise, Xu Bai in the cell.

Xu Bai stayed in the cell, yawned, leaned his head on Ye Zi's thigh, and let Ye Zi press his head.

The Nameless Knife Sutra was picked up by the four-rank puppet, and it happened to be held at a position parallel to Xu Bai's gaze, and the progress bar was slowly growing.

The plan during the day was very successful, at this time, Tong Fuling had already been hidden, and found a death row prisoner in the cell, who was about the same size as Tong Fuling, and made a look full of holes, which had already deceived many people.

As for the other details in the middle, Tong Fuling also did it perfectly, Xu Bai didn't ask, after all, if he couldn't even do these things well, he would not be qualified to be a government order.

"Childe, rest early." Ye Zi's hand gently brushed Xu Bai's forehead and bowed his head.

The long black hair hung down, just falling on Xu Bai's face, a little itchy.

From Xu Bai's angle, he could only see Ye Zi's eyes, as for why he couldn't see the whole face, because it was too big.

"I don't need it." Xu Bai suddenly got up and stared at the corridor outside the cell.

At this time, Ye Zi also found something, and subconsciously turned his head to look.

In the dark aisle, more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared.

"It seems that in the middle of the night, there are still many people who can't sleep." Xu Bai narrowed his eyes and put his hand on the black knife crack.

At this time, the leader hurriedly said, "Lord Xu, don't do it first, we are here to rescue you." ”

Xu Bai's eyes narrowed slightly.

He also thought that these people were here to ambush him again, after all, his plan had been spread, and someone would definitely come, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually want to save him.

"What do you mean?" Xu Bai asked.

Seeing that Xu Bai didn't make a move, the leader breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Xu is now on a cliff and has no way to retreat, if you stay here any longer, I'm afraid it will be a dead end, or just follow us." ”

"Who are you?" Xu Bai frowned and asked, "Are they those who specifically want to deal with me?" ”

If you don't kill him, but come to save him, you must first find out the identities of these people.

"To tell you the truth, we can't get used to seeing Lord Xu suffer such a grievance." The leader made up a reason and said, "The people behind us have found some clues that can prove Lord Xu's innocence, but before that, we need time, and Lord Xu can't wait at all, so let's take Lord Xu away first." ”

Xu Bai raised his eyebrows and did not speak.

There is a lot to ponder about the reason that the other party said.

There are two possibilities, first, the other party really told the truth, and they were not the people who robbed him behind the scenes, and second, the other party was the one who intercepted and killed him, and had another purpose.

Xu Bai is more inclined to the second type, for no other reason, he doesn't know anyone in this clay mansion, let alone a so-called relationship.

What the leader said just now can be regarded as a fart.

But if it is really the second possibility, what is the purpose of the other party doing these things?

After thinking about it, Xu Bai suddenly thought of a possibility.

Could it be that you want to pull yourself to the other side?

The more I think about it, the more I think it's a great possibility.

Since the thing has happened, it is better to go with the rhythm of the other party.

"Open the door." Xu Bai said.

is so happy and direct, but the leader is a little unacceptable.

Xu Bai looked directly at this person and said, "Just like you said, I am now at the end of my rope, and you have a way to help me clear up my grievances, so what does it matter if I follow you temporarily?" ”

The leader finally relented and said, "Okay, then please come out." ”

The lock outside the door was cracked, and Xu Bai walked out of it.

After going out, he saw that the officials in the aisle had fallen to the ground.

"Lord Xu, rest assured, we didn't harm their lives, after all, our purpose is just to help Lord Xu clear his grievances." Humanity at the forefront.

The master said that if he did a play, he would have to do a full set, and if he killed those officials now, it might arouse Xu Bai's suspicions.

Xu Bai smiled: "Then please lead the way." ”

The leader hesitated for a moment, looked at Ye Zi and the four-grade puppet, and said, "Lord Xu, do the two of them also want to follow?" ”

"I will not be separated from my son-in-law, I will go wherever my son-in-law goes?" Ye Zi stretched out his hand, grabbed Xu Bai's arm, and said firmly.

The leader looked at Xu Bai and saw that Xu Bai didn't speak, obviously acquiescing.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and led the way.

Before coming, the master had already told him that if these two people were going to follow, then let them follow.

It was dark outside, Xu Bai walked out of the cell, followed behind these people, and walked quickly along the street.

And after Xu Bai left, Tong Fuling walked out of a secret place.

He took out a brush and wrote in mid-air, volleying.

A moment later, a map appeared in front of me.

There is a small spot of light on the map, which is moving rapidly.

"Huh......" Tong Fuling said secretly: "I can't imagine that I, a dignified scholar, would also do this kind of tracking thing." ”

At the beginning of the plan, Xu Bai told him that he would leave a method on Xu Bai that could be tracked, and if there was an abnormality at that time, he could use this method to track it.

In any case, Tong Fuling is also a five-grade reader, which can be regarded as a combat force.

Tong Fuling looked at the moving point of light, took out a face toker, covered his face, and chased after the point of light.

……

There was no communication along the way, Xu Bai followed behind them, bypassing various streets and alleys, and finally came to a secret room.

The clay mansion is very large, and there are many houses like this, if it is screened, it will take a lot of time, and the movement is too big, and the other party may also find a chance to leave, so Xu Bai did not do this kind of wasted effort.

"Lord Xu, please come in." The leader pushed open the door and said.

Xu Bai nodded, stood at the door and looked around, it was very dark inside, but he saw a graceful figure.

With the four-grade puppet and Ye Zi, under the leadership of the leader, he walked directly into the room.

"Smack!"

Behind him, the door closes automatically without wind.

The next moment, Xu Bai moved his nose, as if he smelled a strange fragrance, but it was not particularly obvious.

His gaze looked beyond the darkness to see the graceful woman in the light veil.

"Lord Xu, the little woman is polite." Xiao Nuan bent down slightly, and under the light veil, looming.

Xu Bai had a smile on his face, looked the woman up and down, and said, "They said, you have a way to help me clear up my grievances, now let's talk about it?" ”

"Them?" Xiao Nuan smiled slightly and said, "Lord Xu, you may need to stay here for a few days, and I will naturally help you think of a way." ”

"How long will it take?" Xu Bai asked.

"Three or five days." Xiao Nuan replied gently.

After saying that, she waved her hand gently.

Those black-clothed people left directly, leaving only Xu Bai and a few of them.

Xiao Nuan came to the table and lit the oil lamp on the table, and the light of the oil lamp illuminated the surroundings and dispelled the darkness.

In this process, Xu Bai didn't care, but Ye Zi kept staring at this light gauze woman tightly, with a wary face.

Also as a woman, Ye Zi can perceive that this woman named Xiao Nuan looks gentle as water, and looks like a beautiful lady, but there is a charm in her bones.

Ye Zi himself was cultivated by the Ye family, and of course he knew very well that his feelings were true, so his look of vigilance became more and more vigilance.

"You're from the Ye family." Xiao Nuan said suddenly: "I have long heard that there is a woman in the Ye family who ran out, and she is still being looked for by the Ye family, it seems that you ran to Lord Xu's side." ”

Ye Zi didn't answer, and took Xu Bai's hand a little tighter.

Of course, Xu Bai could feel it, and said with a smile: "I feel embarrassed now." ”

It's really embarrassing, and after being brought here for some reason, he said that he was going to stay here for three or five days, and anyone would feel embarrassed.

"It only takes three or five days, and if Lord Xu can't clear his grievances, he can take my head." Xiao Nuan walked to the door of a room very seriously and opened the door.

"This is the accommodation I have prepared for you, and it is all made to the best standards."

In the room, the facilities are very complete, whether it is from the furnishings or the surrounding arrangement, it is very exquisite.

Xu Bai touched his chin, walked to the room, and lay directly on the bed.

The surging fragrance is still there, and it makes people feel very comfortable smelling it.

"I'll just wait three or five days." Xu Bai said.

"Then I won't bother Lord Xu." Xiao Nuan didn't have any ink, said goodbye, turned to leave, and closed the door with his hand.

After she left, Ye Zi opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Xu Bai.

Xu Bai came to the table next to him and sat down, poured out the water in the table, dipped his hand in the water, and wrote on the table.

The meaning is very simple, this way of communication is safer.

Ye Zi also understood, came to sit next to Xu Bai, followed Xu Bai's example, dipped it in water, and wrote on it.

"Childe, why don't you do it?"

Xu Bai wrote: "I didn't determine her identity, so I didn't do it." ”

He is not a saint, he can't expect everything, he can't be perfect, and when he is not identified, if he is not the person behind the scenes, but really says it as they do, it will be a surprise.

Ye Zi hummed softly, and also understood Xu Bai's plan.

Xu Bai looked at this quiet room, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he took out the nameless knife scripture again, and continued the liver progress bar.

Since the other party wants him to wait for three or five days, let's see what will happen after three or five days.

After Xiao Nuan closed the door, she left the room.

After leaving, she went out of the house again, and wandered around the street, and in a short time she came to a hidden place, far from the house.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps around, and the first dozen or so masked black-clothed people appeared, and said respectfully: "Master." ”

"Well done." Xiao Nuan said slowly.

The leader asked, "Master, why don't you plant a seed for him now?" ”

"He has poison, and my medicine must be used slowly, and it will take three or five days to do it." Xiao Nuan said slowly: "By the way, you did a good job this time, I must reward you." ”

As soon as he said this, more than a dozen masked people raised their heads at the same time, their eyes swept back and forth over Xiao Nuan's body, and their eyes showed a fiery color.

"Huh...... Man. Xiao Nuan said: "Have you forgotten how I planted the seed in the first place?" I'm still as hungry as ever. ”

She slowly removed her light veil, not caring at all about her body being exposed to the air.

The dozen or so masked men were becoming more and more fiery, and at the same time, their eyes had turned red, and they were about to stretch out their hands a few steps forward.

seeds, requires a specific approach.

And this method is Xiao Nuan's body.

At the beginning, Xiao Nuan used this method to accept this group of people one by one.

She looked at the fiery eyes of the group of people, and there was a sneer on the corner of her mouth.

Seeing that more than a dozen pairs of hands were about to approach, an anomaly suddenly appeared.

The group of masked black-clothed men all stopped, their eyes became glazed, and they looked in the direction of Xiao Nuan, and there was fear in their eyes.

The seed in their minds exploded.

One by one, the men in black fell to the ground, having lost their breath of life.

Only the leader was strong and held on for a while.

He was very puzzled, looked at the gentle-faced woman in front of him, rolled in his throat, and said a sentence: "Why, we are so loyal to you, but you want to harm us?" ”

Xiao Nuan looked at the leader with a calm face, and his tone was as gentle as ever, as gentle as water: "Because...... I hate living like this anymore. ”

The leader was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Xiao Nuan and said loudly: "You want to escape, but that's impossible, okay?" ”

"It was really impossible before, and I also wanted to kill Xu Bai with all my heart, but now everything is possible." Xiao Nuan bent down, held the leader's chin with his hand, and said gently: "As long as I plant a seed in Xu Bai's mind and pretend to be that woman, I can escape from my current life forever." ”

She stood up.

The leader had died of rage and could no longer hear what she was saying.

But she was still talking, as if tirelessly, babbling on and on.

"As for the woman who followed Xu Bai, I let her be me and die here forever, then I will die forever, but I will have another life."

"What are we trying to do, the power of the Great Chu State is so great, even if we use a hundred years and a thousand years, it is impossible to shake it."

"Rather than this, it is better to become one of them, get rid of the original identity, and live in stability forever."

"From now on, I'm the only one here, and no one will ever find out about my plan again."

The faint words came out of Xiao Nuan's mouth, and she seemed to be a little tired of talking, turned around, and walked towards the darkness behind her.

In the dark alley, a sentence floated out slowly.

"As long as I stay in that room for another three or five days, he will become my slave completely......"

After a long time, there was no one in this small alley.