Chapter 272: One Step Ahead
Fan Fatzi led Lu An to the door of a dilapidated house, pointed here and said, "That's it, you can stay here for the time being, it's not far from the wine store, so you can take care of it." ”
Lu An nodded, and then asked, "Then do I have to do something?"
After listening to this, Fan Fatzi shrugged his shoulders in confusion, "I don't know about this, now it's all those adults who call the shots, and I don't know anything." ”
Lu An sighed, looking disappointed.
Fan Fat Man couldn't stand this expression anymore, and said directly: "You, you are really stupid enough, you have done so many things now, it has nothing to do with you on the surface, in fact, it is all for you, don't you know?"
Hearing this, Lu An's eyes lit up, and he directly dragged Fan Fatzi into the courtyard.
"What do you mean by that?" Lu Anmen closed and asked directly.
Fan Fatzi was so frightened that the flesh on his face trembled, he felt as if he had said the wrong thing, so he directly covered his mouth and shook his head.
"What do you mean, what do you mean by it's all for me, what's wrong with me?" Lu An asked several questions directly.
Fan Fatzi continued to shake his head, as if he was not going to speak.
Lu An's face instantly became fierce, and he walked directly towards Fan Fatzi.
Frightened, Fan Fatzi stepped back directly, with a panicked face.
"If you don't say anything more, I'm going to do it!" Lu An threatened again.
Fan Fatzi was directly forced into a corner, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I just said it." ”
Lu An immediately laughed, pulled Fan Fat Man aside, and casually found a place to sit down.
"Uncle Fan, to tell you the truth, I still haven't understood anything since the incident happened, what is the purpose of several adults doing this?" Lu An looked at Fan Fatzi expectantly.
Hearing Lu An say this, Fan Fatzi immediately thought about it, and immediately distinguished it in his mind, knowing what he could say and what he couldn't say.
Fan Fatzi coughed lightly directly, "Actually, what is certain now is that this matter is not one thing, but several things, do you feel this?"
Lu An was obviously stunned for a moment, and not only asked, "Really?"
Fan Fatzi glanced at Lu An disdainfully, sighed and said: "Others say that I am a pig brain, but now it seems that you are a pig brain! You don't want to think about it, so many things, so many people, surrounded by this place, what is the purpose?"
Lu An pointed at himself, "Aren't you looking for me?"
"Isn't that good? These people are here to find you, this is the first thing, and the city lord has been protecting you, trying to let you clear the identity you are carrying, this is the second thing, the last thing, and the most important thing, the city lord wants to find out the people who caused the peace in the north. Fan Fatzi casually wrenched his finger and said.
Lu An nodded thoughtfully.
"You see, there are already three things that I can count casually, maybe not only, there are also some small things, such as who is standing behind them? The city lord wants to expose this relationship through you, so that the northern border will be more or less stable for a while. Fan Fatzi continued.
"I've heard about finding people, but I didn't expect that Uncle Shi's purpose was to make the northern border more stable, which surprised me a little. Lu An said.
Fan Fatzi glanced at him, "Since you know, then what else are you asking, the city lord's mind has always been on this, but don't be sad, the city lord really cares about you, I have never seen him care so much about anyone." ”
Lu An nodded silently, "Okay, thank you." ”
Fan Fatzi snorted, and then advised: "You stay here, don't run around, it's not a joke to be discovered." ”
Lu An immediately hummed.
Fan Fatzi emphasized it several times, and finally left satisfied.
Lu An waited until Fan Fatzi left, and directly breathed a sigh of relief, this early morning knowledge is really a bit much, just Li Guan's three questions are enough for Lu An to think about for a long time, plus what Fan Fatzi just revealed, it made Lu An feel a little surprised.
If Fan Fatzi doesn't remind him, even if these things are all gathered together and placed in front of Lu An, without a good brain, it is estimated that he will not be able to think through these things in this life.
Lu An felt more and more that what Wu Xie was doing was extremely dangerous, but it was extremely important, but it was a pity that he couldn't help much at all now.
Even Wu Xie is so jealous of these people, not to mention that he, a pawn who is being watched to death, if he wants to help, it is simply difficult to go to the sky.
Lu An sighed helplessly again, now he may really only be able to hide under their wings, right?
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After Li Guan came out of the wine shop, he went directly back to the City Lord's Mansion.
On the way, he also met Fan Chengde, who also went to the City Lord's Mansion.
Fan Chengde had two dark circles in his eyes, and the whole person looked extremely depressed.
"Didn't General Fan rest last night?" asked Li Guan.
Fan Chengde hurriedly sighed, nodded, and teased, "It's okay not to mention it, you're really a little tired when you say it, but it's okay, I'm used to it." ”
Li Guan nodded appreciatively, "General Fan is so dedicated, the city lord must be very pleased to see it." ”
Fan Chengde hurriedly pursed his mouth, and said helplessly: "Don't scold me, just don't scold me, seeing him, I'm really a little weak, or the temperament of an adult is more comfortable." ”
Li Guan laughed and pointed ahead, Li Mu was already sitting in the center of the hall, waiting for the two of them.
"Meet the lord of the city. Fan Chengde was the first to say hello.
"How was the situation yesterday?" Li Mu went straight to the point.
Fan Chengde had already thought of the wording to deal with it along the way, "There are no big things, small things are continuous, and it's quiet." ”
Li Mu sighed, and then asked, "What about the person you arrested?"
Fan Chengde's face turned red in an instant, and he was stumbling.
Seeing this, Li Mu also waved his hand helplessly, and did not continue to blame him, "If you don't catch it, you don't catch it, I also looked at it by the way in the past two days, he still has two brothers." ”
Fan Chengde nodded.
Then Li Mu looked at Li Guan on the side, "How did things go this morning?"
Li Guan shook his head, "The person is here, but I still can't be sure, it can only be regarded as suspicious, we seem to be in a bit of a hurry." Then he told him all about the morning and Xiao Wu's words.
Li Mu showed a solemn expression on his face, and at the same time was a little shocked, "The other party is so cautious?
"Well, I can't tell if it's those people for the time being. Li Guan shook his head and said.
"It's better to check that Xiang Shui first, right? It's not him, it should be someone he is familiar with, don't check the other two first, those two probably aren't. Li Mu commanded.
Fan Chengde nodded, "Xiang Shui was originally one of the key targets of his subordinates, and he thought about killing chickens and monkeys before, so it seems that he can't do it now." ”
"Which monkey do you think needs to be set an example of, and which monkey can you make an example of?" Li Mu said directly.
Fan Chengde didn't understand what this meant for the first time, he was stunned for two seconds, and after reacting directly, a cold sweat suddenly broke out in the whole person, lowered his head, and began to rejoice.
"Those scattered cultivators, if the Jianzhang camp can't deal with it, then you can disarm and return to the field, and the remaining big factions will be afraid of you?
Fan Chengde's mood suddenly fell to the bottom again, and he looked at Li Mu with an uncomfortable expression, "My subordinates know that they are wrong." ”
Li Mu waved his hand irritably.
Fan Chengde wanted to leave, but as soon as he took two steps, he was called back by Li Mu.
"Your Excellency. Fan Chengde said respectfully.
"You must find a way to find those two people from the Xiliang Sword Sect before Taiyi Sect, and capture them alive, I want to see what they have to do with Taiyi Sect, they are so troublesome, run away and look for them by the way, remember?" Li Mu commanded directly.
Now Fan Chengde still dared to refute, so he quickly nodded and sighed.
After Fan Chengde left, Li Mu looked at Li Guan and asked, "You really didn't find that person?"
Li Guan nodded, "Really!"
Li Mu nodded disappointedly, "I thought you were deliberately confusing Fan Chengde." ”
Li Guan hurriedly shook his head, "The city lord said that he laughed, this kind of thing must not be done, and he may know the truth of this before me." ”
"What about Lu An, why didn't you come back with you?" Li Mu looked as if there was one person missing.
"I asked him to stay there, the other party has already noticed, most likely someone will come in to see what is going on, if someone touches it, it will be embarrassing. Li Guan explained.
Li Mu thought about it, it seemed to be the same thing, "Since the other party already knows that they are tempting, what are you going to do with Yu Linwei's people?"
"The city lord should leave this matter alone, if it is not handled well, it will be easy to fall into the mouth, and we are not yet to the point of breaking the jar. Li Guan replied.
Li Mu nodded, "Since those two people have already escaped, the rest of the people probably don't know much, so let's not deal with it first, and just do what you do." ”
Li Guan smiled and did not speak.
Li Mu supported his head with one hand, and with the other hand began to gently knock on the chair, again and again, with a strong sense of rhythm, and the whole person fell into a state of contemplation.
Li Guan poured a cup of tea with great interest and put it in front of Li Mu.
Although today's time is precious, if you can do one more thing during this time, then your success rate may be one point higher, but Li Guan doesn't want to disturb Li Mu's behavior.
Because he was also used to it, he stood quietly beside Li Mu, smelling the fragrance of freshly brewed Qinqin tea.
After a long time, Li Mu came to his senses, glanced at the teacup in front of him, habitually picked it up, took a sip, and licked his tongue, "It's really not good to taste when it's cold." ”
Li Guan immediately changed the cup to a hot one.
Li Mucai nodded with satisfaction, "Wait a minute, you go to Fengqi Tower in the afternoon and ask, you should be able to ask something, right?"
Li Guan's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded quickly, Fengqilou was indeed his negligent point, "Don't worry, city lord, if nothing happens, I will confirm it before tonight." ”
Li Mu nodded with satisfaction.
Just as Li Guan was about to leave, a soldier from the Jianzhang battalion hurriedly ran in, "Qiqi City Lord, there was an accident outside, and two people died." ”
"Two people died?" Li Mu suddenly had a bad premonition.
The two are named Zheng Qian and Zhou Yuguan, and it is rumored that Lu An killed them, and there are witnesses. The soldier replied.
Li Mu and Li Guan's expressions were directly gloomy, whether it was true or not, as long as this name was mentioned now, then this matter would not be a simple matter.
"It seems that we don't need to go to Fengqi Tower, but I didn't expect that the other party was ahead of us. Li Guan frowned and said unhappily.
Li Mu's expression suddenly relaxed a little, "There is a change, which means that things have begun to change, so that progress can be made, it's just that it's not clear whether it's good or bad for the time being, you go and take a look first, be careful not to let people catch any handles." ”
Li Guan nodded, and then left the City Lord's Mansion.
Following the soldier to a small alley that was inaccessible, it was already full of people at this time, and they were all acquaintances, Li Guan felt a little surprised.
At the moment of Li Guan's arrival, everyone's eyes were also focused.
After Fan Chengde saw Li Guan, he trotted over directly and whispered, "My lord, you are here." ”
Li Guan pointed to the situation here and asked, "What's the situation, why are there so many people?"
"My lord, I don't know what's going on, after the incident, we came fast enough, but these people seem to have known the news for a long time, and they rushed over as soon as possible. Fan Chengde replied.
Li Guan didn't approach, but observed nearby, there were only a few traces of fighting on the walls on both sides of the alley, very fresh, it should have been caused not long ago, but the degree of the fight was not very intense, "It seems that the realm of the perpetrator is not low." ”
Fan Chengde nodded, "That's right, it's true, but it should be a sneak attack, one move kills, one person dies from the Ten Thousand Sword Technique, and the other person is blocked by a sword." ”
"What about the murderer mentioned earlier?" asked Li Guan again.
Fan Chengde's expression suddenly became strange, and he leaned into Li Guan's ear and said, "It's that Xiang Shui." ”
Li Guan's eyes also narrowed slightly, "Oh? So it seems that the thief shouted to catch the thief?"
Fan Chengde nodded, "I can't rule out this possibility." ”
"Let's go, let's go see what they want to do here?" Li Guan said with a smile.
After speaking, Li Guan walked over directly, and the group also politely shouted Master Li.
Li Guan replied with a slight salute, and then examined the body slightly.
It was really the two people I saw this morning, Zheng Qian and Zhou Yuguan, and that Xiang Shui was standing aside with a pale face, panting slightly, and there seemed to be a little injury on his body.
"What's the matter with the injuries on your body?" Li Guan asked directly at Xiang Shui.
Xiang Shui said emotionally: "My lord, I am a friend of these two people, he asked me to meet here, saying that there is news of Lu An here, I came over, who knows, when I came, I saw that the two people had fallen here, and then I was ambushed, fortunately, I was vigilant, after being hit twice, I ran, and shouted while running, and the man retreated." ”
"I heard someone say before, it was Lu An who killed these two people?" Li Guan asked again.
Xiang Shui nodded, "Although that person is masked, I have fought with Lu An before, so I can naturally recognize it, and I can recognize his signature Ten Thousand Sword Technique and the Meteoric Iron Sword very clearly." ”
"So you didn't see his face?"
Xiang Shui frowned, and said extremely unhappily: "Don't you believe it?"
Chu He, who had been watching the excitement from the sidelines, also said a fair word at this time, "Brother Xiang, don't worry, the adults are just asking for details, and you just said it yourself, that person is masked." ”
Xiang Shui's expression improved slightly, nodded, and said with great certainty: "That's right, I didn't see his face clearly, but I'm sure he is Lu An." ”
This tone directly convinced everyone of Xiang Shui's words, after all, they also hoped that there would be news of Lu An here, and there was no news at all for two days, just looking at people.
A smile appeared on Mu Kuan's face, "So it seems that Lu An is still in Guofeng City, maybe it's around here?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone became excited, and they all looked like they were ready to move.
Chu He directly threw a basin of cold water, "If Lu An is so easy to find, can he still let him get away until now?"
Mu Kuan sneered directly, "That's your Taiyi Sect's casual work, now that so many of us are here, I don't believe he can still run away?"
"It's just..."
Mu Kuan's words directly aroused the echo of many people.
Xiang Shui looked at Li Guan at this time and smiled lightly, "Master Li, I don't know if you have any news about Lu An?"
Li Guan shook his head and said with a look of pity: "If there is, it is estimated that it will not be your turn to do it, I would have arrested him a long time ago, and went to Taiyi Sect to exchange the bounty, I don't know if Xiang Gongzi's injury should be important, do you need to deal with it?"
"It's been taken care of. Xiang Shui shook his head and said, an indescribable smile suddenly appeared on his face, and the two looked at each other with a smile.
It's also a ghost.
At this time, Li Guan had already confirmed that the person he wanted to find the most was this Xiang Shui in front of him, but the other party was also very smart and made such a thing, exposing him directly under everyone's noses.
In this way, Li Guan couldn't do the things he wanted to do.
From this moment on, Xiang Shui had already walked in front of Li Guan, and also had a certain initiative.
Then Li Guan instructed Fan Chengde to deal with this place, and he left first.
After the crowd slowly dispersed, Chu He's group, who was walking at the end, had an irritable expression on their faces, glanced at Xiang Shui, who was surrounded by people, and scolded coldly: "I was actually walked to the front, what about those two people? Why haven't you found it yet!"
Ning Shuang's face froze, and she said apologetically: "Senior brother, they seem to have disappeared, and there is no news." ”
Chu He gasped heavily, "These two people can't be found, try to find the other two." ”
Ning Shuang's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded.