outside the imperial city

That day, after Ji Pengcheng - who should be called Jing Junxi now - swore an oath with Jing Shuo, he fell into a coma and lay on the bed for three days without any sign of waking up.

"Shouldn't he just die like this?"

"No." Yao Fanglan closed the book, "My good lord, you have asked this question many times. He just needs a lot of rest to repair the wounds in his body and heart."

"yes……"

"However, we can't delay any longer. Today I will go to the big family's house in the southwest corner to check. How about the prince also go with me?"

"I'm going too?" Jing Junshuo pointed to Jing Junxi who was lying on the bed, "Then what should he do?"

Yao Zanglan unhurriedly took out a bag of medicine powder from his sleeve, and before he could speak, Jing Shuo couldn't help but said, "I've always wanted to know, how did you put so much medicine in your sleeve?"

He didn't really ask, and Yao Zanglan didn't intend to answer, and said directly: "This medicine is a kind of incense. Once it is ignited, anyone who enters the room and inhales this incense mist will be paralyzed for twelve hours and cannot move."

"Okay, okay," Jing Lingshuo's mood became extremely complicated for a moment, "I have lost to you. Then let's ignite it."

Unexpectedly, there was no one in the west corner of Anliang.

Jing Lingshuo wondered, "What's the matter?"

Someone who was interested stopped in his tracks and replied, "The two of you just arrived in Anliang these two days, right? You can't go shopping in Baihua Street."

Yao Fanglan asked: "Old man, how can you say that?"

The old man said: "Four days ago, a fire broke out in Baihua Street, and it burned for a whole day and night. Now there is nothing left on that street." The old man shook his head and walked away.

Both of them froze in place.Even though he was as calm as Yao Fanglan, his face was filled with unstoppable shock.

"Who, who is it, so cruel?" Jing Lingshuo's nails were deeply embedded in his flesh, "If I catch him, I will let him die a terrible death."

Yao Fanglan's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything in the end.

The two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they walked to the brothel where Liu Hongyun was located without any communication.As the old man said, the whole street was in ruins, and there was almost nothing left except ashes and the wreckage of one or two buildings.The Hanlin restaurant, which is famous all over the world, is also empty at this time, and the mahogany used for construction has been burnt to black.The plaque of "Hanlin Restaurant" inscribed by the emperor himself hangs crookedly in front of the door, and the handwriting is obscured by carbon black so that it cannot be seen clearly.

It's really hard to think that a few days ago, it was still such a place where the gold fans were drunk and drunk.

Jing Lishuo stood on the ruins of the Hongyun brothel, looked around, but saw nothing, and frowned tightly: "It's a good clue, it's just broken."

Yao Zanglan didn't answer, bent down, dipped her finger in some ashes, put it in front of her nose, sniffed it, and then stuck out her tongue to lick it.

"..."

Jing Lingshuo knew that what he did was right, but he still couldn't help feeling disgusted, so he turned his back and didn't look at him.

"Have you found anything?"

"There is a kind of grass called Burning Grass. As the name suggests, I don't need to say more about its usefulness." Yao Fanglan replied without any emotion.The tip of the tongue is burning. Someone deliberately put this kind of grass in the brothel before setting fire to it. No wonder it burned until only ashes remained.

He reached out and dug through layers of ash, trying to find something.It's ridiculous to see him doing such vulgar and dirty work while wearing plain and elegant white clothes.

But Jing Lisuo couldn't laugh, and followed him to search in the ashes.

"Do you think that Liu Hongyun is dead?" Jing Shuo suddenly stopped and asked.

Yao Fanglan also had a meal.At present, according to the information they have, there are probably three parties involved in the bandit incident.One is the bandit himself as the executor, the second is the Ji family, and the third is a certain important person next to Emperor Shaoxuan who cooperated with the Ji family.

"She shouldn't be from Ji's family," Yao Fanglan picked out a bun from the ashes, "She's not dead."

"Is this hers?" Jing Yanshuo asked.

Yao Zanglan shook her head, and picked out another bun that was exactly the same: "This bun is the most common bun that is inserted on the head. These buns are much worse than the buns used by the head brand, but they haven't turned into ashes. It's because of less time in the fire."

"So, the arsonist should set the fire from the top down." Jing Lingshuo understood immediately, "And Liu Hongyun lives on the top floor. Do you suspect that she set the fire?"

Yao Fanglan shrugged: "Who knows. I don't dare to draw conclusions without evidence."

He threw the two hair buns back into the ashes, stood up, and patted the ashes on his hands: "Let's go. Let's go and see if the mysterious big family has the surname Liu."

However, Jing Lishuo didn't intend to follow, Yao Zanglan turned around suspiciously.

"My lord?"

"This is a relic." Jing Yanshuo carefully picked up the two hair buns on the ground, wiped off the dust on them with his clothes, and put them back into his sleeves.After doing this, he raised his head and looked at Yao Fanglan.

There was no reproach or provocation in those eyes, but only indifference as calm as still water.

Yao Fanglan also smiled indifferently: "It's just a different way."

The two walked together to the compound that the guy said.The buildings in the courtyard are tightly protected by the white walls around them, and its true appearance cannot be seen clearly.

"Let's go." Without any hesitation or hindrance, Jing Lishuo jumped onto the wall and stood on the top of the wall looking at Yao Fanglan.

He really knew what happened that night.Thinking about it, Yao Fanglan also jumped up the wall.That way he knows all my cards.Lightness skills, archery skills, and medical skills, so, is there anything else in you that I don't know?

At this moment, Yao Fanglan's biggest enemy seems to be the person closest to him.Thinking of this, he couldn't help shivering.

"Come back to your senses." Jing Lingshuo lowered his voice, and pulled Yao Fanglan behind a tree.

This courtyard is really luxurious, but there are not many people.The courtyard was full of boxes, big and small, and several burly men came and went, constantly moving the items in the house to the front yard.

Jing Lishuo who was standing in front turned around and moved his mouth at Yao Zanglan.Lips: "Transfer."

Yao Fanglan nodded, as if not surprised at all.

"How to do?"

Yao Zanglan reached out and twirled the hair next to his ear, which was his habitual action when he was thinking.Jing Shuo turned back and continued to observe the scene in the courtyard.

Go to Anliang Mansion to report?This is equivalent to making the secret order of Emperor Shaoxuan public.Moreover, on the way to the government, it is very likely that these people escaped.

While he was struggling, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in his eyes. He was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, roaring in his heart: "Stupid, stupid?"

Yao Fanglan leisurely walked to the room facing the vestibule: "Miss Liu, it's been a long time, are you alright?"

The busy burly men stopped what they were doing when they saw him.Liu Hongyun tickled the corners of her charming lips: "Young Master Yao, I'm really sorry for asking you to come here on purpose. But since you're here, my lord, why don't you show your face together?"

It was Liu Hongyun who was sitting in that courtyard.Yao Fanglan's original intention was to hold Liu Hongyun back so that Jing Lishuo could think of another way, but their whereabouts were exposed to Liu Hongyun.

Jing Lingshuo thought for a moment, then came out from behind the tree.

"Miss Liu."

Without any signal, several burly men suddenly stepped forward and surrounded the two of them.Jing Lishuo smiled fearlessly, and was about to pull out Wuhen, but Yao Zanglan reached out to stop him.

A dozen strong men walked out of the other rooms one after another, and all of them were wearing servant clothes.

Jing Lishuo suddenly realized.Here, even he couldn't escape unscathed.The sound of fighting is bound to attract the government, and if he kills these "servants", the matter will not be resolved.Either be killed by these people, or expose Emperor Shaoxuan's secret orders, no matter what, it is a failed choice for him.

"Who the hell are you? Who is up there? How did you know that I would come here?" Jing Yushuo maintained the posture of drawing his sword, but he couldn't take another step.

Liu Hongyun watched them, smiled but did not answer: "Prince, put down the sword and give me the official documents."

Even the matter of official documents...!

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel, both of you, talk if you have something to say." Yao Zanglan walked up to Jing Lingshuo with a smile, and paced back and forth between the two of them.

Seeing him make a move, all the servants raised their vigilance.But Liu Hongyun didn't issue an order, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

Seeing his slutty appearance, Liu Hongyun took a long time to come back to his senses: "I really didn't expect that the rumored Li Wang Muzhong, who was so elegant and upright, was like this."

"Well, who knows, after all, you are the first woman who has seen my true face." Yao Zanglan stopped abruptly and looked at Liu Hongyun, "Of course, besides my mother...and my sister."

His glance was as ferocious as a beast, vicious as a snake and scorpion, full of murderous intent and hatred, and poured Liu Hongyun from head to toe.When she came back to her senses, Yao Fanglan had resumed her previous posture of pacing up and down, but her body was trembling unceasingly.

Jing Shuo didn't see his eyes before, and asked, "Do you still have a younger sister?"

"Well, I think there is." Yao Fanglan stopped, walked back to Jing Lisuo, and stopped his momentum of further investigation, "Since Miss Liu doesn't want to say it, let me say it. There is a problem Corrections are welcome, of course, I don’t have any evidence for what I said, it’s all my inference.”

"Oh?" Liu Hongyun became interested, "Let's hear it."

"First of all," Yao Fanglan took out the folding fan and patted the palm of the other hand, "This place was originally an empty shell, used as a cover to attract the attention of the government and the people. It is too obvious, but it seems a bit fake. This evidence is there. Although you acted like the servants are constantly moving things, in fact, only the top few boxes were really moved? It is very difficult to test. Simple, due to the fire on Baihua Street, the dust in the air has increased, and it will be enough to accumulate dust in a day or two. I think the bottom of the box must be clean and dust-free, right?"

"Why do you do this? Because you want to hide, to hide things that you put in the brothel that are not worth transporting but cannot be discovered." Yao Fanglan stared straight at Liu Hongyun, "Actually, you don't have to spend so much money Zhou Zhang, because what is evidence to me is not to others."

Jing Shuo didn't understand what he meant, but he suppressed his curiosity and listened to him continue.Unexpectedly, Yao Fanglan did not continue the topic, and changed the subject, and continued:

"So, every time the bandit grabs the property, it is actually divided into three parts, one for yourself, one for Ji's family, and one for your brothel, and you give it to your master regularly. You are not only the number one in that brothel, but also the proprietress, right?"

"The thieves will listen to you because you will tell them the information of the wealthy businessmen passing by. You are mutually beneficial and win-win; as for the reason why you will help the Ji family, it is just to sell personal favors? Can you alleviate your suspicions?"

"However, our arrival broke your plan. You invited us to the brothel that day, but you just wanted to draw our attention to Ji's house, but you didn't expect that my nose smelled smoke on you. The breath of Willow Land." Yao Fanglan glanced at her amusedly, "After your master found out about this, he punished you severely, right?"

"Then, we went to the mountains outside the city. Ji Pengcheng went up the mountain that day. It was not accidental. You killed innocent people indiscriminately, which has already aroused this child's dissatisfaction. You sent someone to inform Ji Jiajinyuan that Wang Jingyushuo's arrival in Anliang City was caught by him. Hearing this, he went up to the mountain every day to wait for us, showing us his feet, just to let us settle the matter." Speaking of this, Yao Fanglan suddenly grabbed the folding fan angrily, "After you find out, you want to kill him He even slaughtered his whole family, leaving no one in the whole village. Well, you all helped me do what I should do."

Jing Shuo had never seen such an angry Yao Zanglan, and was a little surprised for a while.But that anger was only fleeting, Yao Fanglan continued: "Now you think that the matter is about to be exposed, so you burn the brothel, set a trap here to wait for us, and then plan to escape."

"I said, am I wrong?"

That focus, confidence, and flying spirit deeply penetrated Jing Lingshuo's eyes.