After midnight

Song Luo poured tea for the person sitting opposite him, "I heard that two more people were assassinated last night."

"Didn't you go to the scene today to see it? Why do you need to hear about it?"

"Yin! You promised me!"

"Of course." Yin picked up the green porcelain cup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Remember what you promised me." Yin said as he took out the copied list from his arms.

An unexpected surprise flashed in Song Luo's eyes for a moment, "I will definitely not forget it."

Song Luo stretched out his hand and Yin handed it over. After Song Luo flipped through it and examined it, Yin said, "Since there is no problem, I will take my leave."

"Wait a minute, I have to wait until this list comes true before I can give you what you want."

"No problem. After all, what I want is in the future."

"Okay, the deal is done, but I still have one more thing I want to do with you."

"You say." Yin thought for a moment.

"I know there are many talented people in Dark Night, and I want to ask you to help me. It's just a favor. I promise that you just need to be there, and your lives will not be harmed. You should also want to know the true identities of those people."

"Sorry, 'Dark Night' is just an intelligence organization and does not participate in murder." Yin refused bluntly.

"Have you really thought about it? What do you want? I didn't say I wanted them to kill anyone." Song Luo asked unwillingly. He originally thought that Yin would be easily baited, after all, the situation in Xindu was so urgent before.

"I've thought about it, I'm leaving." Yin's principle of doing business is not to hurt lives. Song Luo said it lightly, but once you stand on that battlefield, it is not up to you to kill or be killed.

Yin stood up with the handrail, but just as he was about to leave, he and Song Luo received the letter almost at the same time. As soon as Yin opened the letter, Song Luo's letter happened to arrive. After reading it, Song Luo looked up in surprise and saw Yin looking at him.

"If I'm not mistaken, the content we received should be the same."

"The letter said that Song Nan was attacked."

"Song Nan was attacked."

"As expected, in that case you need to speed up the deployment. Goodbye, Mr. Song Luo." Yin said and strode away.

It turns out that Song Nan had no defense against the Elders' Building, just waiting for this moment. He wanted to see who was going to attack him, and the person who attacked him must be someone who had bad intentions towards Song Yu. So Song Nan was so devoted to Song Yu?

Thinking of the code of the box they had deciphered, Yin couldn't help but feel nervous. When did An Yan know this, and where did he know it from? Why can he always easily figure out other people's thoughts, but can't guess the thoughts of those around him?

Yin went all the way back to his study and asked Ye, who had been waiting for him for a long time, "How is it going?"

Ye Yiyi answered, "The people have been tracked down. Qing and Wu are in a group, and Jing is with He. I think the results will be out tomorrow morning. Also, I have checked the replacements for each person who died in the list I got from Song Nan. They are real and have already started to take up their positions."

"It seems that Song Nan is indeed very resourceful. Song Luo probably didn't expect Song Nan to be so thoughtful, otherwise he wouldn't have asked for the assassination list. We gave him what he wanted and it wouldn't be considered a breach of contract. As for how to make good use of the rest... I will think about it again. What's the current situation of Song Nan's attack?"

"Song Nan only suffered minor injuries. There were three people who tried to assassinate him. One escaped, one died, and the other was captured. The captured Song Nan is being interrogated now. Do you want to follow up?"

Yin nodded and emphasized, "Don't spend too much energy. We have more important things to do tomorrow."

"I understand." Ye was about to leave when Yin called him back. "Ye, ask Jing to come see me tomorrow. I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Okay." Ye said softly.

The next morning, before daybreak, when Wuying and Yin had just gotten up to prepare breakfast, Jing arrived in the glow of the sunset.

"Yin, long time no see." Even when he saw Yin, he did not take off his hat and mask.

Yin smiled and stared at him, then stretched out his arms to hug him. "Long time no see, Jing, please stay at home for a while, you can have breakfast later."

"Yeah," Jing replied, and Yin patted his back again before letting him go.

"Jing, long time no see. I can make some more breakfast and you can bring it back to them later." Wuying heard the noise and came out. When he saw it was Jing, he gave him a warm hug.

"it is good."

"Hey!" Wuying responded and jumped back to the kitchen. Yin couldn't stop her.

"Give me the thing." Yin took Jing to the study on the second floor and asked him.

Jing took out four stacked white papers from his coat pocket and handed them over. Yin raised his hand to take them but did not open them immediately. "Besides these, I have something else I want to ask you about Xishan."

Jing nodded, and then spoke. "It's difficult. Its underground area is larger than we thought. I have only ruled out a small area so far. I think that apart from them, no one else has come out recently. Also, I guess not all the people trapped in there know that there is a second exit."

"Okay, take your time. I trust you."

An hour later, when Jing left, he carried the big and small bags of breakfast with an expressionless face.

After Jing left and cleaned up the kitchen, Yin went to the study. This time he closed the door, took out the four pieces of paper Jing brought, and laid them out on the dark table.

These four pieces of paper are actually portraits of four people, portraits of the other four people besides Zero One. They are Eleven, Five Four, Thirty Two and Six Nine.

It turns out that Yin already had a purpose.

Yin was not a good person, he had his own plans. After getting the list, he quickly found the next batch of targets. Qing and Wu were in one group, Jing and He were in another group, they ambushed near the target people and waited for the opportunity.

Everything happened just like that. They fell into the trap carefully laid by Yin, and then revealed their true colors. Qing and Wu, Jing and He, they tracked down the whereabouts of those people, a secret property of Song Nan.

The next step was to see who had more patience. Qing, Wu, and Jing lurked day and night, and finally waited until those people could no longer hold back and secretly showed their faces in the daytime. No matter what their purpose was, how could people who had been imprisoned and tortured in the abyss resist the temptation of the world of pleasure? All they had to do was seize this fleeting opportunity, and the four portraits appeared on Yin's desk.

Just like that, Yin now got the portrait that was worked on overnight and confirmed by four people: Jing Qing, Wu, Jing and He.

Now, with Lingyi, there is only one person left, and they still need to find the person who contacted Lingyi. However, he has to go back to Xindu now. Yin put away the portraits and notified An Yan.

"Wuying, go back to Xindu and bring Shanghe."

Yin sent a letter to Ye, telling him to let Jing leave Jiudu temporarily, and then let Qing keep an eye on the villa, Wu keep an eye on Lingyi, and finally keep a low profile and wait for him to come back. Yin never worried that they would lose their sense of proportion.

When An Yan and Su Ziling arrived at Lin Xuanfeng's ward at Xindu Hospital, Yin had not yet arrived. However, Lin Xuanfeng seemed surprised that the two of them came together at this time.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Lin Xuanfeng was able to get out of bed and move around. He put his crutches aside, sat on the bed, tucked himself into the quilt and asked.

"My brother asked us to come over, but he didn't say what it was about."

"Oh, wait a minute then. Sit down."

"By the way, how are you feeling lately?"

"I felt better a long time ago, but Doctor Wang wouldn't let me leave the hospital. No, why didn't Doctor Wang let me leave the hospital?" Lin Xuanfeng finally found someone to accuse, and he complained unhappily. "You said, I can't do anything in the hospital. If I don't go out and stretch my muscles, how can I know how much my ability has improved? Right?"

"Yes." Su Ziling nodded repeatedly, as if comforting a child.

An Yan couldn't help laughing as he watched the interaction between the two.

"Oh, it's quite lively." Yin pushed open the door and joked when he saw the lively atmosphere in the room.

"You're finally here. Tell me what's the matter." Lin Xuanfeng immediately became serious when he saw Yin coming.

"There is one thing I need you to confirm for me." Yin said as he walked towards the bed and showed it to Lin Xuanfeng along with Lingyi's portrait. "See if any of these five people are the two who attacked you."

Lin Xuanfeng took it excitedly and read it carefully. He read it over and over again several times and finally shook his head.

"Strange, how could there not be one? There must be at least one."

When Lin Xuanfeng woke up, he also tried to describe the appearance of the two people, but the two portraits had almost no effect on the events that happened in Xindu some time ago. Therefore, Yin Lai wanted to confirm one thing.

"Are you sure there really isn't one?" Yin took the portrait and handed it to An Yan.

"No." Lin Xuanfeng shook his head again.

"Brother, these portraits..."

"I guarantee that there is absolutely no problem with these portraits."

"Really? Bro you're awesome!"

"Yin, are you here to confirm..." An Yan spoke at this time, "whether the two people who attacked Senior Brother that day have already died."

"Yes, I would be worried if I didn't let Lin Xuanfeng come to see it in person. An Yan, you and I were at the scene at that time. They must have been buried by the wind and sand just like Lin Xuanfeng. What's more, Lin Xuanfeng was so seriously injured, there is no reason for them to be intact. In this case, the six people who came to Xindu are not included in them."

"There is indeed a great possibility that the forcibly grafted abilities will lead to great side effects once used beyond the norm. If they are already dead, it would explain why we can't find them according to senior brother's description, and those people are not in these portraits." An Yan said again.

"Is the revolutionary army still looking for those two people?" Yin asked.

"Still looking, but no feedback." said Lin Xuanfeng.

"...What if they are also seriously injured like Lin Xuanfeng and therefore cannot participate in the operation?"

"Basically not." An Yan and Yin said in unison.

"Su Ziling, they won't be treated as well as I do. If they haven't shown up until today, An Yan is probably right." Lin Xuanfeng added.

After confirming this, none of the people in the ward felt happy about having two fewer enemies.

"Anyway," Yin coughed, "at least now we know what these people look like. If they show up in Xindu again, we won't be defenseless. Well, I have to hurry back to Xidu and won't stay any longer."

"Brother, be careful." Yin Chong nodded to Su Ziling and left.

After Yin left, An Yan looked at the five portraits in his hand again. The one on the top looked strangely familiar to him. It seemed to be the person he saw that night.

"An Yan? An Yan?"

"Huh?" An Yan looked up and saw Su Ziling calling him.

"What are you thinking about, Anyan? It's so late, let's go back."

"Okay." An Yan put away the portrait and put it in his denim jacket. "Then we'll go back, Senior Brother."

"Go back, go back." Lin Xuanfeng waved his hand, then pulled the quilt and lay down.

It was already 4 or 5 in the morning when Yin rushed back to Xidu. When he hastily fell asleep and woke up again, it was already afternoon. Ye knocked on his door to wake him up, "Yin, are you awake?"

"You're awake, come in." Yin scratched his face and sat up, casually putting on yesterday's clothes.

"Are there any progress?"

"Not yet, but we found that the four of them acted in unison. They go to a place called Shirakawa Park in the evening almost every day. I suspect that's where they receive their missions. As for Zero One, I'm wondering if we should arrange for someone to sneak in. After all, the inn is full of mixed people, and Zero One hasn't come out since the last round of massacres."

"Okay, have everyone keep a close eye on it. Does anyone else have a clue?"

"Not yet, but I'll have people pay extra attention to the inn."

"Okay, be careful, don't expose our own people."

In November, the weather suddenly became cooler, and the autumn wind blew. Song Nan walked alone on the road late at night, and the wind blew so hard that he could not help but cover himself tightly. In fact, it would take no more than ten minutes to walk from the Elders' Building to the Song Family's old house, but he walked for twenty minutes to get there.

When he got there, he did not go upstairs but wandered around the house. When he passed by the fragrant osmanthus tree for the third time, there was a person standing under the tree waiting for him.

"Why don't you go up after turning around so many times?" Song Yu asked him.

"It's cold outside, come up." Song Yu said again.

Song Nan followed Song Yu silently, followed him into the door and went upstairs. When Song Yu reached the door of his room, he turned around and said to him: "If you have anything to say, just tell me. If you don't have anything to say, just find a room and rest."

Seeing that Song Yu was about to go into the house after finishing his words, Song Nan hurriedly said, "The man we caught committed suicide. I didn't get anything out of him."

"If you don't want to rest, come with me." Song Yu turned his head and looked at him and took Song Nan to the study. After entering the study, Song Yu turned on the light and sat down and said, "You don't have to go out of your way to find out who wants to harm me, and you don't have to spend time looking for them. Just do what you should do. But this is not important now. I got the news that Song Luo and Yin have cooperated, and Song Luo may have already got the list."

"That's impossible! I haven't shown the list to anyone else, and no one dares to go into my bedroom."

"Don't worry, I believe you, but it's better to be cautious. Even if they really know, I will let them know. Even if they know, it's too late to save people."

"Okay." After Song Nan agreed, he still stood there, his expression clearly hesitating about something.

Song Yu sighed, "Tell me, I know you won't come to me for such a small matter. I'm curious, what could make you so hesitant?"

"It's that card. The person holding the card in Shacheng is called Song Xinjun. He was also the person sitting behind Fang Hao when the Jiuxin Conference was held that day." Song Nan said.

"What did you say? Is his last name really Song?" Song Yu was extremely shocked. He stood up and had a vague feeling that what Song Nan was going to say next would not be so simple.

"Yes, not only is his last name Song, he is also very closely related to you by blood. He is the biological son of your third uncle Song Hongyi, and therefore your cousin."

"I actually have a younger brother?" Song Yu looked at Song Nan in surprise, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"But he is a member of the revolutionary army now, and he is against you!" Song Nan said angrily, "He must know your relationship with him, but he actually..."

"I understand, Song Nan, you don't have to say anything. You are not allowed to touch this person."

"Yes, I understand." Song Nan clenched his fists secretly as he looked at Song Yu who was still in a daze. He wanted to ask Song Yu why he cared so much about this stranger who was just trying to deal with him, but he couldn't ask.

"Things in Xidu need to be concluded quickly. I don't want to get entangled with them any more, and I don't want Yin to take this opportunity to get a better understanding of the Song family. If it comes to a critical moment, I can announce my ability users to the world."

"it is good."

"have a rest."

The two walked out of the study together, and Song Nan called Song Yu, "Brother Yu, I think I should go back tonight."

"Okay." Song Yu replied before Song Nan finished speaking, without any attempt to retain him.

Song Nan closed his mouth and walked out of the Song family's old house. Later, when he recalled tonight, he suddenly realized that this night under the osmanthus tree was the only tenderness Song Yu had shown him. He hurried and hurried, but he still couldn't reach his world in time.