Xijing City, No. 7, Lane 3, Yongle Street, a quiet small courtyard.

The house is only two blocks away from the main thoroughfare, Suzaku Street, but the average person walks a quarter of an hour away. However, there are no shops, markets, halls, or schools around, so it is very secluded. It not only has convenient transportation, but also can be quiet in the middle of noisy. It is the most desirable one among Zhou Ziheng's countless secret strongholds.

In the courtyard, Zhou Ziheng half lay on the recliner under the pomegranate tree, holding the scroll and looking at it intently, occasionally reaching out to take the tea cup on the small table on the side, taking a sip of fragrant tea and savoring it.

Wang Xiaotian was holding an old long sword, and the orthodox Cao Lianyou practiced the sword.

With the primordial crystal of the seventh-level Earth Walking Dragon, coupled with the nourishment of the blood and flesh of the Earth Walking Dragon, Cao Lianyou's body is getting better day by day. pestered Wang Xiaotian on the road and taught her to practice swords.

Wang Xiaotian saw that Zhou Ziheng had no objection, so he readily agreed. So, when I arrived in Xijing City, I lived with Zhou Ziheng and them in this small courtyard on Yongle Street.

Cao Lianyou's talent amazed Wang Xiaotian. All sword skills, as long as Wang Xiaotian practiced them with her, Cao Lianyou would be able to learn seventy or eighty percent. Wang Xiaotian explained some deficiencies in a targeted manner, and Cao Lianyou could grasp them all.

Wang Xiaotianjiao's happiness, Cao Lian's happiness, Zhou Ziheng's reading is quiet and elegant, if Yu Wanlai does not appear, this is really a picture of quiet years.

Yu Wanlai quietly came to Zhou Ziheng's back, bent down and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhou Ziheng's face was stunned, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Is he crazy?"

Although his voice was not very loud, in the quiet courtyard, he suddenly remembered such a sentence, which still attracted Wang Xiaotian and Cao Lianyou, who both stopped and looked at him.

Zhou Ziheng waved his hand, "It's okay, you continue to practice." Said inside. ”

Zhou Ziheng got up and walked to the north room, and Yu Wanlai followed closely.

The abnormal behavior of the two made Wang Xiaotian can't help but be suspicious. He was distracted, and while he pricked up his ears, he tried to search for the words that leaked out of the conversation between the two.

As a result, he heard "Yin Haichuan...... Lin Shaotang...... Catch...... Imprison...... Prison".

Wang Xiaotian was like five thunderbolts, and he was suddenly stunned.

Cao Lianyou stabbed him with a sword, but he didn't expect him to stand still suddenly, and hurriedly put away his sword, but his body couldn't hold it and crashed directly into his arms.

Wang Xiaotian hurriedly threw away his long sword and stretched out his hand to support Cao Lianyou.

Cao Lianyou wrinkled her little nose and looked displeased, "Brother Xiaotian, what are you doing?"

Wang Xiaotian said: "It's okay, it's okay." Are you tired? I'm a little tired, so let's get some rest. ”

Cao Lianyou looked at Wang Xiaotian suspiciously, then turned his head to look in the direction where Zhou Ziheng was, and said with a determined face: "You are eavesdropping on the teacher!"

Wang Xiaotian waved his hand again and again in a panic, "No, no, don't talk nonsense." ”

Cao Lian said disdainfully: "I still said no, I can see it." Dishonest. Shame, shame. ”

She said as she scratched Wang Xiaotian's nose.

Wang Xiaotian's face was ashamed, and he said, "Good junior sister, I do have something to tell the master." You take a break first. ”

Wang Xiaotian took Cao Lianyou's little hand, came to the pomegranate tree, asked her to sit down, then poured her a cup of tea, handed it to her, and said, "Let's rest first." ”

Then, Wang Xiaotian's eyes were glued to the north house and couldn't move away.

After a while, Yu Wanlai walked out quickly, looked up and saw Wang Xiaotian, and saw that his eyes were dodging, avoiding himself, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly.

He walked in front of Wang Xiaotian in a few steps and said with a smile: "Don't peek." Your master let you in. ”

Wang Xiaotian was stunned, and Yu Wanlai hurried away without waiting for him to react.

Wang Xiaotian originally wanted to ask Yu Wanlai for news, but he didn't expect him to run faster than a rabbit. In desperation, he only walked into the room slowly in a nervous mood, came to Zhou Ziheng, and asked with a blank face: "Master, are you looking for me?"

Zhou Ziheng was sitting down in front of the bookcase, picking up a pen and writing, without raising his head, and a mum was counted as a response.

Wang Xiaotian quietly stretched out his head to look over, and saw that he had written a dragon and a snake, each of which was written in a row and grass, and it was impossible to identify it when he looked upside down.

Zhou Ziheng already knew that he was peeking, and he didn't raise his head, and said: "This is a secret language, it has not been specially studied, and you can't understand it if you show it." ”

The embarrassment on Wang Xiaotian's face quickly appeared and disappeared quickly. These days, he feels that his cheeks have made Zhou Ziheng, Cao Lianyou and others exercise a lot thicker.

After Zhou Ziheng finished writing, he put down his pen, looked up at Wang Xiaotian, took the silk scarf to wipe his hands, and said, "Just now, how much did you hear?"

Wang Xiaotian didn't dare to hide it, and said honestly: "I only heard Yin Haichuan, Lin Shaotang, arrest, prison or something." ”

Zhou Ziheng put the silk scarf on the table, picked up the teacup, gently blew the tea leaves floating on the water, and asked, "Are you interested?"

Wang Xiaotian nodded.

Zhou Ziheng took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said leisurely: "According to what you said, your cousin Meng Kan is just a small lieutenant colonel under Lin Shaotang. You were taken to the Lin Mansion by Meng Kan to be the companion of Lin Shaotang's youngest son, and not long after, on the way to Xijing City together, you were captured by the brute orcs. ”

"In this way, you and Lin Shaotang should not have too deep intersections. Why, then, are you interested in his business? Do you want to find your cousin Meng Kan?"

Wang Xiaotian nodded, followed by shaking his head again. Of course, Meng Kan wanted to look for it, but what if he wasn't in Xijing City?

Besides, if you find Meng Kan by yourself, don't you have to find a way to understand Lin Shaotang's current situation? Then it's better to ask Zhou Ziheng directly.

Zhou Ziheng smiled slightly, looked at him and said, "Are you worried about your cousin, aren't you?" Actually, don't worry, it has long been forbidden to sit together now, as long as he is not involved in Lin Shaotang's case, there will naturally be no trouble." ”

Wang Xiaotian asked tentatively: "Commander Lin...... What is the case?"

Zhou Ziheng took an envelope, put it in front of him, picked up the pen in his right hand, and said casually: "What kind of case can be handled by the Inspection Yuan? Naturally, it is a case of treason." ”

"Rebel...... Country!?" Wang Xiaotian's eyes were round, and his mouth was open enough to stuff a goose egg.

That's a big crime. Anyone who is buttoned up with this big hat is basically a dead end.

After a while, Wang Xiaotian was able to wake up in shock, and hurriedly asked, "Commander Lin......"

Zhou Ziheng suddenly raised his hand and interrupted Wang Xiaotian, "No, Lin Shaotang is not a military commander now, before he was arrested, he was the deputy commander of the Northwest Theater of Operations." Moreover, he is also one of the popular candidates for the next commander. ”

Wang Xiaotian was a little surprised, but he didn't think about it seriously, Zhou Ziheng said the deep meaning of these words, but asked: "Lin ...... Treason ...... Deputy Commander What the hell is going on?"

Zhou Ziheng put down his pen and looked at Wang Xiaotian, with a deep meaning in his eyes, and said, "Why do you care about this?

Wang Xiaotian avoided Zhou Ziheng's gaze, waved his hand again and again, and said, "No, no." I am also acquaintances with Deputy Commander Lin, and when I heard that such a big thing happened to him, I just wanted to inquire about the situation. ”

Zhou Ziheng looked away and said with a serious face: "This matter involves the secrets of the inspection institute, so I don't want to say more." ”

Wang Xiaotian immediately looked disappointed. It's inconvenient to say more? Then what are you asking me to do? Deliberately to hang my appetite? Let me be happy in vain?

Zhou Ziheng smiled secretly in his heart, Xiao Sample, play tricks with me? You are still tender! Don't tell the truth, right? I see how long you can endure it.

He picked up the pen and wrote "Teng Qi Nian personally opened" on the envelope, then put down the pen, put the paper full of secret words into the envelope, did not seal it, handed it directly to Wang Xiaotian, and said: "You go to the Qiu Ji grocery store in the second lane of Tongde Street and hand over this letter to the shopkeeper Qiu." ”

Wang Xiaotian answered, took the letter and put it in his arms, turned around and left.

Zhou Ziheng suddenly said again: "When I came back, I passed by the Li family's butcher shop and bought two catties of sauced beef." Mercy is in a critical period of strengthening the body, and needs to be replenished. Be clever when you buy it, and you must be authentic with the meat on the hind rump of the split-hoof cow, don't fool people into it. ”

"Got it. ”

Wang Xiaotian walked out quickly, said hello to Cao Lianyou, and hurried away.

Wang Xiaotian walked on the front foot, and Shen Shuming came in on the back foot, and asked, "Yu Wanlai came and went in a hurry just now, did something big happen?"

Zhou Ziheng's tone was full of anger, and he said: "Last night, when Lin Shaotang returned to Xijing to attend a meeting of the Ministry of Land Defense, Yin Haichuan secretly arrested him and put him in the prison of the Inspection Yuan. ”

Shen Shuming was surprised, "Is he crazy? Has such a big action been filed with the Military and Political Commission in advance? Has he communicated with the Ministry of Homeland Defense?"

Zhou Ziheng shook his head and said, "No, on the surface, it is not ruled out that he may be acquiesced by a certain bigwig, or even instructed." I've already asked Yu Wanlai to check. ”

Shen Shuming said, "What about Dai Xuquan, how did he react?"

"It's not clear. Hmph, with his character of bullying the soft and fearing the hard, most of them will not get involved. will even find a reason to walk far away to see the excitement. ”

Shen Shuming nodded lightly, frowned, and said, "This Lin Shaotang seems to know Xiaotian?"

Zhou Ziheng nodded and said, "Xiao Tian didn't tell the truth just now, but, judging from his reaction, it's not just as simple as knowing each other. ”

Actually, the two really misunderstood. The relationship between Wang Xiaotian and Lin Shaotang is really not deep.

For Lin Shaotang, he mainly wanted to form a good relationship with Ye Annie, so he took in Wang Xiaotian.

For Wang Xiaotian, the kindness of Lin Shaotang and his wife is the only warmth that he has left in this world for decades, except for his adoptive mother Ye Annie.

What's more, if Lin Shaotang's treason case refers to Ye Annie's matter, as Ye Annie's adopted son, he can't escape if he wants to.

Shen Shuming looked at Zhou Ziheng and said, "What are your plans?"

Zhou Ziheng thought for a while and said: "Lin Shaotang is Xue Shuai's person, I think, let's take a look at Xue Shuai's attitude first." However, there are some preparations that need to be made in advance. ”

Wang Xiaotian went out of the yard, sprinting quickly when there was no one, and when someone was trotting briskly, he rushed to Qiu Ji grocery store in the second lane of Tongde Street.

He planned to hurry up and deliver the letter, and then hurry up to find Ye Zhanjian to see if he could help and inquire about some news.

He had a bad premonition that Lin Shaotang's treason case was related to him nine times out of ten. If that's the case, you'll be in trouble.

Lin Shaotang is a prince of one party, and the inspection institute will arrest him when he says he will catch it. It is even more impossible for a small shrimp like himself to compete with the inspection institute.

Of course, he is not without a way back. He guessed that Zhou Ziheng, the cheap master, should also have some weight in the inspection institute. If you ask him for shelter, you can save your life.

He made such a guess and there was a basis for that.

Because, the Eastern Chu State and the Xiluo Kingdom are mortal enemies. And Cao Lianyou is the martial emperor of the Xiluo Kingdom, the bloodline of the Augustus family.

In this case, Zhou Ziheng can keep Cao Lianyou by his side, and he is also spoiled like a treasure.

Of course, he also spoils this little junior sister.

Whether he is true or not, he is also the nominal adopted son of Ye Annie, the Duke of Silo. Moreover, now Ye Annie has torn her face with the authorities in the country of Xiluo.

As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Ye Annie should still be of some use to the Eastern Chu Kingdom. Even if it doesn't exist now, there will still be a future. In order to win her over, Zhou Ziheng should be able to find a way to save his life.

This is his last hole card.

The problem now is that Wang Xiaotian has not yet figured out whether Lin Shaotang's treason is related to Ye Annie.

If so, it is natural for him to ask Zhou Ziheng for himself.

If not, if you rush to beg him, you must first tell him the ins and outs, all to him and the plate, isn't this not your own hole cards, all the initiative to open to show him?

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to inquire clearly, what is going on with Lin Shaotang's treason?