As soon as Lian Ji entered Luoyi, she took Li Jiangyao to Zhishanfang, which was not far from the Imperial City of the Eastern Capital, according to the address in her hand. The two walked into the door, passed through three alleys one after another, and went straight to the door of a courtyard.

"This is it!" Lian Ji looked a little excited, pointed to the door, and said with a smile: "Look at you, there is a pair of small wooden carved fish hanging on it, which is my sister's mark." ”

Without waiting for Li Jiangyao to speak, she jumped forward and raised her hand to knock on the door. But after waiting for a long time, no one answered in the courtyard. Lian Ji couldn't help but be a little surprised, and then called out a few words softly to her sister, but there was no response from it.

"Maybe your sister isn't home." Li Jiangyao comforted.

Lian Ji was suddenly disappointed: "It shouldn't be." In broad daylight, how can there be no one at home? ”

At this moment, the courtyard door of a nearby family creaked and slowly opened, and an old man in his sixties walked out of it. Looking at the clothes, the old man is probably the owner of this household. Seeing this, Lian Ji was overjoyed, hurriedly stepped forward, and respectfully saluted: "This honorable elder, the slave family is so polite. ”

"Oh, you're welcome, girl." The old man returned the salute tremblingly, and by the way, he also arched his hand to Li Jiangyao, who was standing in the distance: "I don't know what advice you two have?" ”

Lian Ji smiled sweetly and asked softly, "Honorable Elder, the slave family wants to inquire about something with you." The house next to it is inhabited by a young couple? ”

The old man looked in the direction of her finger and nodded, "Oh yes, yes, yes, it's a couple." This is the official residence of Lord Murong of the East Palace. Who are you? ”

"The slave family is Mrs. Murong's sister."

"Oh, so you're the sister of Miss Rui, I say, how do you look so similar." The old man's face was full of wrinkles, and he said with a smile: "Lord Murong and his wife don't have much of a fight, and they usually get along very well with our neighbors. People who don't know would never have imagined that he was such a big official, real people don't show their faces, real people don't show their faces, hehehe. ”

Li Jiangyao walked closer and asked, "Old man, why is there no one in this Zhan Shi's mansion?" ”

The old man squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then explained, "Oh, this official doesn't know anything. Recently, Lord Murong has been busy with business, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to the Eastern Capital from Bianzhou, he has temporarily moved into the imperial city with the Holy Driver, and has never returned. A few days ago, the East Palace also sent a team of carriages and horses to pick up Mrs. Rui. ”

Hearing this, Li Jiangyao nodded and said to Lian Ji: "Since that's the case, then let's go back first." According to this old man, if you want to see your sister, you can only go to the imperial city another day to ask someone to pass through. ”

Lian Ji also felt a little helpless, so she could only nod her head depressedly in agreement. She thanked the old man and was about to leave, when Li Jiangyao suddenly remembered something, and asked casually: "Old man, please ask the name of that Murong Zhan matter?" ”

"Ah, you don't know? Isn't he the girl's brother-in-law? The old man stroked his beard, slightly puzzled.

Li Jiangyao smiled faintly: "We haven't seen Sister Rui for a long time." I heard that the villager said that she married in the Eastern Capital, so she made a special trip to Luoyi from other places to visit, but she had never had the opportunity to meet her brother-in-law. ”

The old man didn't doubt him, and nodded with a smile: "Oh, I see." That Lord Murong has a single name and a snow character, the snow of spring and white snow. ”

Murong Xue?!

Li Jiangyao's heart tightened, it wouldn't be such a coincidence, right? Is it the same name and surname?

The current situation made him completely uncertain whether that Murong Xue of the East Palace Zhan Shi was his good brother Murong Xue.

When he returned to the Central Plains this time, the person Li Jiangyao wanted to see most was Murong Xue. It was only because he had become a traitor hated by everyone that his plans had changed, so he decided to wait for Luoyi's affairs to be completed, and then turn around and go to the imperial capital to meet his brother.

Now listening to the familiar name from the old man's mouth, Li Jiangyao couldn't help but be stunned. Xu Youchang once told him that before the Xuanjia Army's forward battalion fled to the western frontier, Murong Xue had been appointed as the commander of the Forbidden Army's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. He is definitely a high-ranking officer, and he belongs to the emperor's elite guard, and his future is limitless.

Therefore, Li Jiangyao was also very puzzled, how could a dignified general of the forbidden army be reappointed as a civilian subordinate official of the East Palace, and how could he leave the imperial capital and take refuge in the prince's family who intended to rebel during such a sensitive period?

This is also too magical, and it is not at all like Murong Xue and the consistent style of the Murong family behind him.

I guess it happens to have the same name and surname, right?

Li Jiangyao comforted himself like this in his heart, and accompanied Lian Ji out of Zhishanfang with a little reluctance.

The old man of the neighbor had been watching the two of them disappear into the alley, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly turned around and returned to his small courtyard, and as soon as he entered the door, he ordered loudly: "Jiankun, you hurry up and follow, keep an eye on the man and woman just now, and see what kind of road they are." You must be careful, that man's martial arts are extremely high, but don't be noticed by him. Xiao Wu, I'll draw their portraits now, and you can send them outside the city before it gets dark and hand them over to the adults yourself. ”

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For two days in a row, Li Jiangyao and Lian Ji both ate outside the imperial city. The palace gate has changed several times, and the guards have taken several shifts, but as soon as they heard that they were looking for Murong Zhan, they immediately blew their beards and glared at them, and directly drove the two away.

On the third day, Lian Ji felt that the situation was not right, and secretly left a letter to Li Jiangyao, saying that she was going to find someone to help inquire about her sister's situation, and then left the inn alone.

After reading the letter left by Lian Ji, Li Jiangyao became more and more convinced of his previous judgment: her "benefactor" must have something to do with the prince's side. However, this woman is also wary of him, so she will go out alone.

In this case, Li Jiangyao was not too entangled, he thought in his heart: Xie Guang was born in the army, and he was a famous general in the Holy Tang Dynasty, and in the face of the imminent outbreak of the civil war, he was very likely to go to the front line of Michi and take command. Therefore, try to go outside to listen to the news for a while, and if you are sure that Xie Guang is really not in the city, then immediately set off to Michi to find an opportunity to assassinate.

Li Jiangyao packed his bags, put on the Xingluo knife on his back, and then walked to the door of the inn, and suddenly saw a young man who looked like a small man, squatting next to the door of the store, and called softly: "Little dog, little dog." ”

Hearing this voice, Li Jiangyao was slightly stunned. "Little Puppy" is the nickname given to him by Xu Youchang and Murong Xue when they were studying in the Imperial Capital Yanwutang, and it is inevitable that they will be a little sensitive when they hear it at first glance.

Li Jiangyao subconsciously turned his head to look at it, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

It turned out that the little guy was teasing a little yellow dog, and his mouth was chattering to himself. Li Jiangyao shook his head helplessly, and secretly scolded Xu Youchang and Murong Xue in his heart for being extremely boring, and it was not good to give himself a nickname, but he found a name that was used so frequently.

He smiled bitterly, raised his hand and tightened the strap of the scabbard, and was about to continue walking, when he heard the little guy say to himself: "You little guy, what is it not good to eat, but you like to eat insects, I'll find you a bookworm to eat, how about it?" ”

Bookworm is Murong Xue's nickname when she was acting in Wutang.

This time, it's not a simple misunderstanding!

Li Jiangyao's heart froze, and he guessed that the person was absolutely unusual, so he hurriedly stopped and turned around to look at the little guy, but the little guy didn't seem to see him, and continued to talk to himself, while picking up the little yellow dog and walking in the direction of Nanshi.

Li Jiangyao looked around, and after seeing that there was nothing unusual around, he followed the young man not far away, all the way south, and at the same time, he kept paying attention to the movements around him to see if there were any other suspicious people. Unexpectedly, it seemed that he was about to walk out of the south gate of Luoyi, but nothing happened.

Li Jiangyao secretly said in his heart: It seems that the other party is trying to lure me out of the city. No matter what the other party's intentions are, if you leave the densely populated market, once you ambush and move, won't you suffer a lot?

In this world, only I take advantage of others, and there is no reason for others to make me suffer. Want to trick me? Dream!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Jiangyao suddenly raised his speed, rushed behind the little guy like lightning, and went up to catch the air pocket on the opponent's arm.

The incident happened suddenly, and the young man holding the little yellow dog was startled, and then he only felt that half of his body was sore, and he was completely weak, and the arm that was grabbed by Li Jiangyao was even more painful.

Without waiting for him to open his mouth to shout, Li Jiangyao exerted his strength again, and at the same time said in a deep voice: "Don't scream, otherwise you will be abolished directly!" With that, he looked at the path and dragged the man and the dog out of the street, and flashed into a side alley.

At this time, the little guy was already in pain and his face was covered with cold sweat, and he trembled: "Big brother, don't make it hard, don't make it hard, it hurts!" You, what are you doing here? ”

Li Jiangyao's face was grim, and he saw that no one else came up around, so he hurried up and asked, "Tell me the truth, I can spare your life; But if you dare to tell half a lie, I will kill you on the spot! First question, do you know me? ”

"I don't know."

"Do you know what puppies and bookworms mean?"

"I don't know."

"Who taught you that?"

"I can't talk about it."

"Who sent you?"

"Can't tell."

"Even if it's death, you can't say it?"

"I'd rather die."

Li Jiangyao stared at the little guy fiercely, the other party was already grinning in pain and his face was distorted, but there was a fierce and decisive light in his eyes, Li Jiangyao knew that this was the color of a dead man, and he couldn't ask for any valuable information from such a mouth, so he didn't continue to torture the other party, nodded and said: "Okay, no matter who sent you, you go back and tell him, if you want to see me, tonight, the third watch, go to the drinking horse post ten miles outside the south of the city." ”

With that, he let go of the little maid's vein, turned around and took a leap, stepping on the courtyard wall next to him.