Tuoba Hongxuan, who left, was also in a difficult mood along the way, feeling ecstatic for Lingchen not forgetting Yusheng for a while, and depressed for Lingchen always being so polite to himself, and finally he didn't even know whether to be happy or unhappy. After returning to the residence, I hurriedly cleaned up and saw Yin. Yin reported to Tuoba Hongxuan what he saw in the county government prison, and learned from the guard's mouth that what was locked up in the prison was Ghost Lixiao, one of the ghost envoys, and another news made Tuoba Hongxuan couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that Ghost Lixiao's real name was Situ Zhiming, the owner of the original Situ Villa, and Lingchen's biological father.

Hearing such news, Tuoba Hongxuan didn't react for a long time, calmed down for a while, and then asked, "Does Miss Lingchen know?" ”

Yin shook his head and said, "The subordinates think that Miss Lingchen may not know, because today Zhang Putou seems to be drunk, and when he went to the prison to deliberately humiliate the ghost, the subordinates heard it in the dark, and no one else was present at that time."

"What did they say?" Tuoba Hongxuan asked anxiously. So, Yin said roughly what he remembered, and from this conversation, Tuoba Hongxuan could roughly hear some clues, that is: Situ Zhiming was not only rich back then, but also obtained a wife and got a world-famous painting from his wife's maiden family, it seems that there is a mystery hidden in this painting and caused some people's greed, including Master Li, who was promoted in the examination with the support of the Situ family, Master Jia who was Ren Zhizhou at that time, and another officialdom celebrity, not only that, it seems that Master Li also has ill intentions towards Situ Zhiming's wife. So, these three people were charged with Situ Zhiming, and the entire Situ family was killed, and the family property was embezzled. Situ Zhiming's wife was also killed in the catastrophe, leaving a daughter who was only about five years old.

In the face of such a human tragedy, Tuoba Hongxuan closed his eyes, deeply heartbroken for Lingchen, he couldn't imagine that her life experience was so desolate, and he was really a pair of fallen people at the end of the world, and then recalled the strange behavior and unbelievable emotional changes of the ghost in the secret room, and really felt heartache and sighs for this man. When Tuoba Hongxuan opened his eyes again, there was a ruthless light flashing in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Master Li, these people are extremely hateful, and if you don't get rid of them, it is not enough to deal with them tomorrow."

Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Does the young master want people to solve these people like this?" ”

Tuoba Hongxuan smiled coldly and said, "No, that's too cheap for these people, if you want to die, you have to let them die for 10,000 years......."

At this time, Tuoba Hongxuan's whole body exuded a chilling momentum, and his coldness could not be expressed. Subsequently, Tuoba Hongxuan asked again: "Is there any news from the other side?" ”

Yin hurriedly said: "It is said that the King of Guiyang and the King of Lu have always been opposed, and the letter has reached the hands of the King of Guiyang, coupled with the actions of the Fire Phoenix, for a while, several factions in the imperial court are in contention, and it is estimated that the imperial court will send a messenger in the next few days."

Tuoba Hongxuan nodded, and then said: "Well, let Yan speed up his movements, I will go directly from the deserted house tonight to meet with Huofeng and them, after all, we still have to come back with great fanfare when we return to the city tomorrow, by the way, you go to the beggar gang tonight, tell Lord Hua Helm, let the brothers of the beggar gang promote Chen Tingzhi, especially emphasize that this trip to Sanjiang County, the Chen family already owns one-third of the salt business in the south of the Yangtze River, and other merchants also intend to develop jointly with the Chen family."

"Yes, young master," after speaking, Yin took the order to go out. The beggar gang is not only first-class in collecting information, but also first-class in spreading news, and before "Chen Tingzhi" returns to this county, his talent has been defined early, which also makes the Chen family immediately famous.

After resting for most of the day, Tuoba Hongxuan hurried to the deserted house outside the city after nightfall, tonight he didn't bother Lingchen, just stood in the treetops from afar and quietly watched her accompany her, because he didn't know what to say, tell her the real relationship between Ghost Lixiao and her? No, he couldn't tell her now, he didn't want her to be hit again and again in such an environment, all he could do was to keep Ghost Smiling safe and get her out. As if he had a soul, Lingchen sat quietly in front of the window tonight, leaning sideways against the window railing, silently looking at the bright moon in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking. The two of them stayed quietly together, inside and outside.

On this day, the county seat was particularly lively, and Master Li didn't know where he heard about Chen Tingzhi's great achievements in Sanjiang County, and he actually led the officials out of the city to welcome Chen Tingzhi's return without warning, and both sides were also crowded with onlookers. Tuoba Hongxuan and a group of guards saw the bustle at the city gate on the small hill five miles away from the city, and couldn't help frowning and sneering: "Master Li is in such a posture, today's city gate is not easy to enter" After speaking, he couldn't help laughing.

When Tuoba Hongxuan turned over and dismounted and stood at the gate of the city, Master Li immediately went up and said, "Gongzi Chen, this trip to Sanjiang County has been hard."

Tuoba Hongxuan also pretended to be flustered and hurriedly replied: "Master Li is really polite, Chen is a civilian, how dare Master Lao wait here with such a big gift" seemed to be quite respectful between the words.

Master Li was secretly happy in his heart, happy that Chen Tingzhi was more polite, and secretly thought about what he was going to talk about next. So, he cordially took "Chen Tingzhi's" hand and said: "Chen Gongzi doesn't need to be polite, I have set up a reception banquet in the Drunken Immortal Building, I don't know if I can appreciate my face?" ”

Tuoba Hongxuan quietly let his guards go back to the residence to rest, and replied seemingly very respectfully: "Master Li's kindness is difficult, how dare Chen disobey, please."

The county lord was also happily busy leading the way and said: "Please, please, please" After speaking, he did not forget to take Tuoba Hongxuan's hand and strode towards the Zuixian Building, with such high spirits, as if he had obtained the dominance of all the salt business in Jiangnan.

As soon as he arrived at the Drunken Immortal Building, Jia Zhengqiu's son, Jia Renshan, also welcomed him out of the restaurant, and Tuoba Hongxuan couldn't help but grit his teeth and scolded when he saw it: This is really an embarrassing relationship. And when he went up to the private room again, he saw that Bai Qingqing was also there, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, and secretly scolded this little junior sister in her heart for always messing with these people. So, Tuoba Hongxuan said with a cold face: "Why is Miss Bai here?" ”。

Master Li, who noticed the abnormality, hurriedly explained: "With a beautiful woman to accompany you, won't this wine be more cheerful?" ”

These words made Tuoba Hongxuan's heart even more annoyed, didn't this let the little junior sister be a wine escort? immediately turned cold and said, "If Miss Bai is here, then, Master Li, Master Jia, let's get together another day" After speaking, he turned around and left.

The county lord who didn't know why hurriedly grabbed Tuoba Hongxuan, who was about to leave, and said, "Chen Gongzi, Chen Gongzi, don't do this, but Miss Bai offended Gongzi?" ”

And Bai Qingqing on the side also exclaimed extremely aggrievedly: "Why is Chen Gongzi so unkind to see Qingqing? ”

Hearing this, Tuoba Hongxuan turned to look at Bai Qingqing, secretly scolded this little junior sister for her stupidity and vanity, and said without giving a good face on her face: "Miss Bai, you are also from an innocent family, why are you so rash, forgive Chen for not seeing you" He turned his head and left, but was pulled back by Master Li and Zhang Zhutou. Jia Renshan on the side looked at Tuoba Hongxuan and Bai Qingqing with complicated eyes, as if he wanted to see something from them, while Bai Qingqing was so angry that he cried into a tearful person, looking at Tuoba Hongxuan with red eyes.

This situation made Master Li very embarrassed, and said with a slightly gloomy face: "Gongzi Chen, Miss Bai is just a female streamer, I don't know what offended Gongzi so much?" Looking at Bai Qingqing, who was crying constantly, Tuoba Hongxuan really wanted her to leave quickly and have less contact with Li and Jia, but why didn't she understand! Hearing Master Li's question again, Tuoba Hongxuan hesitated for a while, and said coldly: "Then ask Miss Bai if she knows how to respect others and understand etiquette?" ”

As soon as Tuoba Hongxuan's words came out, Master Li looked at Bai Qingqing with a smile on his face, while Jia Renshan's face turned black as soon as he brushed the ground.

Bai Qingqing muttered with a flushed face: "I, where do I not understand?" I just wanted to see you off that morning, was that wrong? ”