When he said this, Wen Baolin fell silent.

Chen Anning and Xie Xun both waited quietly and did not urge.

After a long time.

Wen Baolin spoke again, but he didn't talk about the investigation, but talked about what he had studied in a private school earlier.

Chen Anning and Xie Xun still listened quietly and did not interrupt.

And a long time later.

Wen Baolin's memories stopped at the moment when his father was removed.

It just so happened that there was a knock on the door at this time.

Wen Baolin quickly reined in his emotions and shouted, 'Come in'.

Xiao Er pushed the door in, and after setting up the meal, he came forward to pour the wine again. Wen Baolin waved his hand and told him to step back. After Xiao Er left, Wen Baolin lifted the wine jug and said while pouring wine: "I know that the two brothers usually have no shortage of food and clothing, but it is easy to come back to the capital and taste the deliciousness of the No. 1 restaurant in Liquanfang." ”

Chen Anning and Xie Xun cooperated to pick up the chopsticks and taste a few bites of food.

In Wen Baolin's expectant gaze, Chen Anning said, "Not bad." ”

Xie Xun said: "It's okay." ”

Wen Baolin didn't force it, and after handing the two glasses of wine to the two of them, he gossiped while eating.

After eating, Xiao Er came up to take away all the cups and plates, and after sending a pot of tea, Wen Baolin still wanted to gossip, Chen Anning reminded him: "The hour is not early, you can talk less or not talk nonsense." ”

Wen Baolin touched his nose, swallowed back the gossip with some reluctance, and got down to business:

"After my father was demoted from a lieutenant to a lowly soldier, my income could no longer support my education. It just so happened that I also wanted to find out the reason why he was demoted, so I plotted with him a drama in which I dropped out of school in anger and was willing to fall after arguing with him. ”

"It's not a simple matter to just secretly investigate."

"I checked for a long time, but I didn't find anything, and I also found out that General Lang sent someone to follow me secretly."

"On the day I found out that I was being followed, in order not to arouse suspicion, I simply entered a Goolan courtyard."

"When I was pretending to be fooling around in the Goolan courtyard, I overheard a lot of gossip that I couldn't usually hear, which undoubtedly inspired me. Since then, I've been hanging out a lot about the fireworks. ”

The corners of Wen Baolin's mouth overflowed with a self-deprecating wry smile, "Day after day, not only did my father doubt whether I had really fallen into a pretence, but even I began to doubt myself. Fortunately, the hard work paid off, just when I was afraid that I would really sink into this way and was about to give up, that is, at the beginning of last month, I accidentally found a picture of Lang Jiang drinking and laughing with Song Gongzi. ”

"Although I have never been in contact with Song Gongzi, my reputation for not learning and not knowing how to bully the weak and afraid of the hard is like thunder. Seeing that Lang Jiang was so familiar with him, he guessed that the relationship between the two of them was not ordinary. ”

"Anyway, I was busy for a few months, and I didn't get anything, so I simply gave up continuing to look for clues and followed Song Gongzi instead."

"It doesn't matter if this tracking is done, I unexpectedly found that the shopkeeper of Yanchun Tower bowed down to Song Gongzi and would follow his words."

"Thinking of the usual times, when Lang Jiang often goes to Yanchun Tower, I have a bold guess!"

"If there is a guess, it is natural to confirm. So, I began to track the shopkeeper of Yanchun Building again. ”

At this point, a coldness flashed in Wen Baolin's eyes.

Chen Anning and Xie Xun are both keen people.

Both of them managed to capture his strangeness.

Guessing that what he was going to say next was very important, both of them sat up straight in tacit agreement.

"In the early morning of the 27th of last month, I followed the shopkeeper of Yanchun Building to Baoningfang. At Boryeongbo, I witnessed the whole process of taking his children to Heping Fang after he killed someone. When Wen Baolin said this, his tone was no different from before.

But Chen Anning and Xie Xun both noticed that the fingers he was holding the armrest of the chair were slowly tightening.

"I thought about going to the Peace Square with him, but I found that I couldn't get in."

"The guards at the gate are obviously in the same group as the shopkeeper of Chunyan Building."

"That's not all."

"Almost every household in the Peace Square has a dog."

"The case of the disappearance of young boys and girls, I know, I have also thought about looking for Master Xie or Xu Wugongzi, but ......" Wen Baolin was silent for a moment, and then said, "There are thousands of reasons for killing, and the shopkeeper of Yanchunlou killed and took away that child, maybe it was just a coincidence." Before the disappearance of the shopkeeper of Yanchunlou and the boys and girls was completely determined, I did not dare to report to the authorities. ”

"When my father was demoted, I was obligated to drop out of school."

"But after these months of hard work, I don't dare to gamble anymore."

"If I lose the bet, what awaits me or my family next?"

"Since the shopkeeper of Yanchunlou obeyed Song Gongzi's words, could it be Song Gongzi's orders to kill people and take away the young man? If it was Song Gongzi's order, then as Song Gongzi's grandfather, Taifu Temple Shaoqing, could Lord Xie really arrest Song Gongzi for questioning? ”

"Even if he could, would Song Gongzi's grandfather retaliate afterwards?"

"If he wants to retaliate, can I or my family resist?"

Wen Baolin looked at the two of them.

His questioning was not sharp.

But Chen Anning and Xie Xun were speechless.

There are only thieves for a thousand days, and there are no thieves for a thousand days.

If Song Gongzi's grandfather really wanted to take revenge on him or his family, would they be able to protect them all the time?

The answer is: no.

"Since you are afraid of reprisals," Xie Xun said, "why do you deliberately get close to us in Yanchun Tower, and why do you use the disappearance of Master Xie and Miss Chen Er's children related to Song Gongzi as bait to lure us here and tell us this?" ”

Wen Baolin calmly met the inquiring gaze of the two, "Because ......"

"There's always a gamble in life, isn't it?"

"Instead of living a lifetime, why don't you take a gamble and win?"

Poof-

After saying this, he laughed out loud in disbelief himself.

After standing up and tidying up the clothes on his body, he waved his hands and bowed deeply to the two of them: "Xiaomin Wen Baolin has seen Master Xie and Miss Chen Er. ”

Chen Anning raised one side of his eyebrows and asked with interest, "When did you recognize it?" ”

Wen Baolin thought about it seriously and replied, "Probably when Master Xie and Second Miss Chen locked the shopkeeper of Yanchun Building alone in that private room, and Fifth Prince Xu appeared with the guards. ”

Chen Anning smiled: "So ......"

"So," Wen Baolin took over, "Master Xie and Miss Chen Er have both found out about the shopkeeper of Yanchun Building, and even if they don't know Heping Fang, they already have a lot of clues." If I don't take this opportunity to invite credit, won't all these months of hard work really be in vain? ”

Looking at his generous appearance, Chen Anning looked at Xie Xun with a smile.

Xie Xun did not show a strange look at the contrast between him before and after. Lowering his eyes slightly, after pondering for a moment, he raised his eyes and asked, "Continue to study, or follow me to do things?" ”

"If you continue to study, you can go to Guozijian. Your father, I will arrange for him to go to Dali Temple on an errand. ”

"Follow me, and I won't treat you badly."

"The choice is yours."

"No choice." Wen Baolin waved his hand again, "In the future, I will be treated by Lord Xie!" ”