The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

"Hey, who are you? Speak clearly!"

When the man came back to his senses, he looked at Xu Yi's back in surprise and shouted, but Xu Yi had already walked far away and could no longer hear his words.

The person Xu Yi saw was none other than the personal attendant of the person mentioned above, named Shen Liuguang.

"Liuguang, who was that man just now?"

Hearing the voice, Shen Liuguang turned around and looked at him, seeing him holding the sword with a curious look on his face. He couldn't help but roll his eyes. Thinking of how hurried the man was just now, he didn't explain to him and went straight into the post station to find him.

The person who was rolled eyes at was not an ordinary person, but the guard Kuzhu mentioned above. He was with Shen Liuguang every day and was already accustomed to his rolling eyes. He just shrugged his shoulders. Not only was he not angry, but he also followed him into the post station with a smile.

"Knock knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door inside the inn.

"Come in!"

A magnetic voice came from inside the door.

After getting permission, Shen Liuguang immediately pushed the door open and walked in. Kuzhu wanted to follow him in with the sword in his arms, but Shen Liuguang closed the door too quickly. If he hadn't reacted quickly, his nose would have come into close contact with the door.

Looking at the tightly closed door, Kuzhu was so angry that he took a deep breath and waved his fist at the door, but he did not insist on going in. Instead, he stood outside the door to guard it to prevent any villains from eavesdropping.

"I heard you knocking on the door so urgently, is there something urgent?"

Inside the house, a tall man in a navy blue gown was writing something at the desk with a brush in his hand. When he heard the door opening and closing, he asked Shen Liuguang who came in without even raising his head.

Shen Liuguang bowed with a very respectful look and repeated Xu Yi's words to the person in front of him word for word.

Hearing this, the man turned around, his thick brows furrowed, and his expression became even more stern, making people who saw him involuntarily become serious as well.

But he doesn't make people feel afraid when they see him, instead he gives people a sense of peace.

He was none other than the "person above" whom Qiao Xi had heard in the teahouse, and also Shen Qingyan, a third-rank official who was highly trusted by the current emperor.

His integrity and fairness are known to everyone in Baidi City.

Many officials respected and feared him.

Because wherever he goes, he can always catch a few corrupt officials.

Therefore, no matter whether they are high-ranking officials or low-ranking officials, they will always pay attention to his movements.

That day, Shen Qingyan was secretly summoned by the current emperor just after he finished the morning court.

As for what was said, I'm afraid only the current emperor and him know. Even the eunuch Li, who always served closely, was driven out by the emperor to guard the door for them.

Therefore, Shen Qingyan chose to stay in inconspicuous post stations all the way south, and sometimes slept in the wilderness for fear of alerting the enemy.

"Sir, shall we go?"

Shen Liuguang waited for a while, but the person in front of him didn't speak, so he took the initiative to ask for instructions.

"Go!" Shen Qingyan threw away the brush in his hand, picked up the cloth on the table to wash his hands and walked out.

"Kuzhu is here!"

Hearing the shout, Kuzhu, who was guarding the door, immediately pushed it open and walked in, holding the sword and bowing to Shen Qingyan: "What do you want, sir?"

At this moment, Kuzhu seemed like a different person when facing Shen Qingyan compared to before.

"Quickly select two teams of men and follow me to the gate of Lingxiao City."

"Yes!"

Kuzhu took the order and left.

……

Xu Yi left the post station and went to the Nie family in Lingxiao City.

He hid in an inconspicuous place, watching the people coming and going in front of the Nie family's door, it was so "lively".

People living near the Nie family have long been accustomed to all this. Some even lower their heads deliberately, as if they are afraid to see the faces of those coming in and out.

Xu Yi paid attention to those people and found that most of them were from powerful families in Lingxiao City, but their expressions were not good.

After observing for nearly half a minute, he did not see any big moves from the Nie family. It seemed that they did not know what happened in Chunshan, which meant that no one who came down from Chunshan had come to the Nie family to report the news.

Only then did he feel at ease and went to Lingxiao City.

As he walked, he paused and touched his back with his hand.

The pain he had to endure yesterday was now much lighter. Even when he touched the wound, he only felt a slight pain.

When did the wound start to heal?

He has always had a good memory. Except for the herbal medicine that Sister Liu Lan gave him after he was beaten, he only remembered to use the medicine again.

Even after staying at Han Yun'an's house for a night, he didn't have time to apply medicine.

On the way to Chunshan early in the morning, he was sweating several times due to the pain. His clothes were wet with sweat, then dried, and then wet again, back and forth, and he was too lazy to remember. He didn't know whether it was because of the heat or the pain.

until--

Is there something he overlooked?

"I heard there's chaos at the city gate, let's go check it out!"

"Is this true? Wait for me!"

Xu Yi narrowed his eyes, and just as he was trying to search his brain for details that he might have overlooked, there was suddenly a commotion around him.

He looked up and saw many people hurriedly heading towards the gate of Lingxiao City.

Among these people, he saw a familiar face.

The man soon noticed Xu Yi, because when Xu Yi looked at him, he also looked at Xu Yi.

However, neither of them called out to the other, and both quickly looked away.

Xu Yi moved in the direction of the crowd.

"Why are there so many people? What happened?"

"You ask me and I ask who to go to."

"Why does that person look so familiar to me?"

"Don't you think he looks familiar? Isn't that Qi Chunjiang, the Nie family's very impressive butler? How can you not recognize him?"

"You're right, it really is Qi Chunjiang, the steward of the Nie family. But the person who ordered them to round up Qi Chunjiang looks very unfamiliar."

"Of course I do. I've been traveling around Lingxiao City all day, and I have some impression of everyone here, but I've never seen a guy like this. Look at his aura, he's not an ordinary person. I guess he's a powerful person from somewhere."

"From outside? No wonder even the Nie family's housekeeper dared to surround us."

"But Qi Chunjiang has always been domineering, why does he look a little embarrassed now?"

"Hmph, forget about him. Look at those people behind him. They're all in a mess. They're all pitch black, like they just escaped from a fire."

Hearing this, Xu Yi couldn't help but look at the speaker. However, he only looked at him twice before returning his gaze to his original position.

Qi Chunjiang glanced sharply at the people surrounding them. With his many years of experience as a housekeeper in the Nie family, he had seen countless people and quickly found out who the leader was.

Looking at his fierce aura and his penetrating eyes, he is definitely not an ordinary person. Even Master Nie, who is the king of Lingxiao City, is not even one-tenth as good as him.

But as the steward of the Nie family, and in Lingxiao City, he doesn't need to fear anyone.

Thinking of this, Qi Chunjiang's eyes showed mockery, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, sneering: "They even dare to surround the Nie family. They really don't know how to live or die!"