After crossing over, I was favored by the villain

When Shangguan Yi heard these words, he subconsciously looked at Jin Yan. He originally thought that Jin Yan was just deliberately showing off her affection in front of him, but he didn't expect that her plan had started from that time.

Jin Yan felt Shangguan Yi's gaze and glanced at him, "Don't worship me too much."

Shangguan Yi curled his lips, too lazy to pay attention to her, and simply continued watching the show.

Lian Xiang thought carefully about the housekeeper's words and felt that there was some truth in them. "In that case, I can only do as you say."

The butler immediately walked to Lian Xiang's side, ground ink for him, and Lian Xiang began to write a letter.

He quickly wrote a letter and handed it to the housekeeper, instructing him, "Send it out as soon as possible. They came here to conceal their whereabouts. Even the badges given by the king were useless. The flood problem was solved just like that. I feel it is difficult to keep them. You must be quick."

The butler understood and left quickly with the letter.

Shangguan Yi looked at Jin Yan, "The person has already left, do you need to stop him?"

Jin Yan touched his chin and said, "The prince they are talking about, could it be Yu Jinghuai?"

Shangguan Yi then realized that there was a person they had overlooked. He put away his folding fan and immediately said, "My people are still outside. I'll ask them to follow the butler and see who the letter was for."

Jin Yan then smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Shangguan."

"It's just a small matter." Shangguan Yi and the people he brought had their own family's unique contact information, and they quickly spread the news.

But after Lian Xiang saw the housekeeper leave, he did not leave the room. Instead, he touched a decoration on the bookshelf, and a door opened on the bookshelf.

[Why do people like to hide a secret room in the study? Isn't it too much of a repetition? ]

After seeing Lian Xiang walk into the secret room, there was no need for the three of them to hide anymore.

"There should be a lot of treasures in his secret room." Shangguan Yi became interested, his eyes shining.

Jin Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Just go and take a look and you'll know."

As they spoke, the three of them jumped off the eaves, pushed the door open and went straight into the study. They followed Lian Xiang's example, moved a decoration, and walked in one after another.

This secret room is very simple. After a short corridor, there is a huge storage space. After passing through rows of bookshelves, you can see the entire secret room clearly.

Shangguan Yi was surprised. "No wonder this City Lord's Mansion feels so strange. It turns out there is such a big altar hidden inside."

It is more like a small blood pool with strange patterns than an altar. There are strange lines on the huge plate. The end of the lines is the small blood pool in the center, which is filled with the smell of blood. There are also strange runes engraved on the outside of the giant plate.

Feng Hanyun raised his head and motioned for the two to look up. Only then did they discover that there was a hanging furnace-like object hanging above the blood pool, supported by several iron chains.

Shangguan Yi sighed, "Is this some special magic array?"

Feng Hanyun looked around and said, "Lian Xiang is gone."

"Hiss——" Shangguan Yi sucked in a breath of cold air. The three of them watched him enter the secret room, but when they followed his footsteps in, they didn't see Lian Xiang.

Realizing that something was wrong, the three wanted to leave first, but they heard the sound of mechanisms turning around them. The secret room began to shake, and the three wanted to move but found that they could not move at all.

"This is..."

Lian Xiang came out at this time and laughed, "Three of you, you can't just enter the secret room casually."

Jin Yan discovered that there were formation patterns carved in blood under his feet. The three of them were right inside the formation, trapping them inside. The furnace-like object above their heads also slowly fell down. The three of them then saw clearly that it was not a furnace, but a hanging machine. It was not difficult to explain what the small blood pool below was used for.

Shangguan Yi frowned, "When did you find us?"

Seeing that the three people were unable to move, Lian Xiang also revealed the smugness of a winner, "This is the City Lord's Mansion. How could you hide your every move from me, the City Lord?"

Shangguan Yi didn't know how he was exposed, but he didn't believe that Lian Xiang was really so smart and knew what they had done.

Feng Hanyun shook his head. "Did you treat the two officials before in the same way?"

Lian Xiang sneered, "They? They came here to make a fortune from the flood. If that's the case, why don't they stay here and become the nourishment of Linggao City?"

Jin Yan raised his eyebrows, "Did you kill them?"

Lian Xiang shook his head. "No, they died because of their own greed. One of them died suddenly in my house because he was greedy for the beauty of his companion. The other was killed by the prince's men before he arrived."

Having said this, he looked at the three people coldly, "Why don't you three just follow the instructions obediently? At least you can be happy for a few days before you die."

"Oh——" Jin Yan suddenly realized, "Let me guess, is the prince you are talking about Prince Yu Jinghuaiyu?"

Lian Xiang's face was obviously shocked for a second, but then he recovered and said, "It has nothing to do with you. Since you found this place, I have no reason to let you leave."

Seeing that he was about to take action, Jin Yan said, "Yu Jinghuai can't even protect himself, but he can still order you to do things for him. Could it be that he promised you some benefits?"

Lian Xiang paused, "What do you mean? Why would the prince be unable to protect himself?"

Seeing that there was a play, Jin Yan hurriedly said, "You didn't know? Well, that's right. Linggao City is far away from the imperial city. It's understandable that you didn't know. After all, the prince...oh, the previous prince made such a big fool of himself in the competition, which led to the officials impeaching Prince Yu's Mansion. As a result, Prince Yu's Mansion surrendered its military power and lost its tax revenue. I'm afraid that now it has to rely on selling off its property to support the daily expenses of the entire Prince Yu's Mansion."

Lian Xiang had heard about Yu Zibo's affairs, after all, the incident happened in Linggao City. However, he did not realize that this incident would have such a great impact on Prince Yu's Mansion.

Jin Yan's words made Lian Xiang lose his composure. She did not give Lian Xiang a chance and continued to stir up trouble, saying, "If Prince Yu promised you some rare treasures, I'm afraid it has already been realized; it is impossible to promise you a promotion. The Prince Yu's Mansion is busy avoiding the royal power, so why would they offend the king at this time? Even a fool would not do it. Then there is only one possibility left. You owe Prince Yu and Prince Yu's Mansion a favor, and you need to repay it. However, according to the constitution of Nanyuan, you will be beheaded if you kill an official appointed by the court. You have paid so much, but what benefits did Prince Yu's Mansion give you?"

"Besides, before we came, the emperor knew that two officials who came here to control the flood were killed. It's only a matter of time before the case is traced to you, the city lord. Isn't this selfless act enough to repay Yu Jinghuai's kindness? Not to mention what kind of promises he can make to you, you are really generous to risk your life to complete a mission that has no benefit."

Lian Xiang was so irritated by Jin Yan's words that he couldn't find any words to explain his stupid behavior. He could only clench his fists, trembling all over. He couldn't even utter the word "you". He took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground. He had to support himself against the wall to keep his balance.