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The rain hit the lake, making a fierce sound, and the bamboo forest swayed in the wind and rain.

In the dark night, the small courtyard surrounded by bamboo forests was still dimly lit, exuding the only warmth in the cold wind and rain.The white-clothed scholar was half-sitting on the bed, staring vigilantly at the sound outside the window, while the black-clothed swordsman was sitting upright on a chair, holding the hilt of his sword in his hand, but in this room, apart from the sound of rain outside the window, there was no sound.The candlelight flickered, and the orange light shone on Tao Mo's angular profile, softening the lines on his face.Bai Wangyan looked out the window, but his mind was on Tao Mo. In his peripheral vision, Tao Mo just sat in the room quietly holding his sword.

For many years, this person has been out of reach, in the middle of the water, but now he finally has the opportunity to be under the same roof with this black-clothed swordsman. Although part of his wish has been fulfilled, at this moment, there is always a thick layer of haze pressing down on him. Bai Wangyan felt in his heart, making him a little out of breath.But even if the heaviness in his heart is hard to get rid of, he can't tell anyone at all, he can only temporarily hide the haze and enjoy this luxurious warmth.

"Tomorrow...will you really plant everything on Third Young Master Mo?" In the silence, Tao Mo did not simply keep silent. He had been thinking about this matter since he came back from the road. Taking the risk, if the enemy fails to attract the enemy, and the third young master is wrongly identified as the real culprit, so that the eldest young master who is already at odds with him takes the opportunity to seize the opportunity, what should I do?He spent a short time with Bai Wangyan. Although he knew that Bai Wangyan was extremely smart, he still had doubts about this plan.

Tao Mo's question made Bai Wangyan raise his eyebrows slightly. He turned his head and smiled at Tao Mo: "Tao Shaoxia, are you worried about Ziwen?"

It was Mo Bin who was worried, not out of his excitement that he was going to rehabilitate/rehabilitate Zhaoxue soon, Bai Wangyan found Tao Mo more interesting.

"Well," Tao Mo nodded, and honestly expressed his worries, "The Eldest Young Master doesn't have a good relationship with him, and just in case..."

"I understand," Bai Wangyan nodded, "Although the Eldest Young Master has a bad relationship with Ziwen, he is not the one who made trouble, so don't worry about that. As for whether he can lure the enemy in the dark, it depends on how Ziwen handles it. .”

Hearing what Bai Wangyan said, although Tao Mo eased his uneasiness a little, he still decided to trust him. After all, if Bai Wangyan said it was all right, there was no need to worry.Suddenly, he raised his eyes, facing Shangbai Wangyan's peach blossom eyes that reflected the warm orange fire, Tao Mo opened his mouth, and asked another question that he wanted to ask.

"Mr. Bai, have you and I... met before?" Just as he asked, Tao Mo involuntarily turned his head and looked away.But as soon as he looked away, Bai Wangyan's chuckle came from next to his ears. The white-clothed scholar smiled and narrowed his peach blossom eyes bent into crescent moons, and gently held the folding fan in his hand.

"Tao Shaoxia" seemed to find this incident extremely funny, Bai Wangyan leaned over and touched Tao Mo's heart with a folding fan, "Don't you know it yourself?"

Tao Mo couldn't help but backed away. He scratched his hair, and replied in a troubled way: "It's the first time I've seen you in the bamboo forest, but Mr. Mo San and Mr. Jin both said that you and I seem to have known each other before... "

"Hahaha!" Seeing Tao Mo scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks, Bai Wangyan couldn't help laughing out loud. He spread out his white fan, half covered his face with the fan, and his peach-blossom eyes were full of smiles, " Tao Shaoxia, don't tell anyone what you said casually, according to your questioning method, should I answer 'inscribed on the stone of the three lives in the previous life' or 'in this life, looking back at a glance'?"

What Sanshengshi and glance back?Tao Mo, who was new to the rivers and lakes, had no idea what kind of joke the other party was making. He looked at the white-clothed scholar in front of him who was covering his face and laughing, and his dumbfounded appearance made the white-clothed scholar laugh even more happily. .Knowing that the hidden meaning of his words was not understood, he was half helpless and half funny, but another kind of thought was secretly buried again, Bai Wangyan waved his hand: "It's been a busy day, Tao Shaoxia should rest first Let's go." After that, he added with a smile: "Since Tao Shaoxia thinks I have a good face, it means that you and I are destined. When the dust of this matter is settled, Bai will definitely have a good time with Tao Shaoxia. If you don't get drunk, you won't return."

"Okay." Tao Mo raised the corner of his mouth, "It's a deal."

In the wind and rain, the lights burning in the house were just extinguished.

The torrential rain weakened at dawn and turned into a drizzle, lingering over the main hall like a thin mist, and the dark clouds still covered the sky, and the morning sun could not be seen.

In the Qianji Hall, which is used for banquets and celebrations to entertain guests, there are densely packed guests who were supposed to attend the birthday banquet.Because all the chain bridges fell into the cliff, they were forced to stay in this Senluo Villa for another night. It was miserable and rainy again, and many guests complained. What's more, there was a murder case in this villa, causing some people to panic.

"The wind and rain were too loud last night," someone said, "I seem to have heard screams somewhere."

"What a scream, I saw a black shadow flashing by the window, like a ghost, it's really scary!"

"Could it be the owner's wronged soul..."

"Haha, the dignified Taoist Xuanlin's disciple is afraid of ghosts!"

"Why can't you be afraid! That thing looks like a ghost! It disappears in a flash, it's really scary."

Inside the hall, guests from various families talked about their experience last night, and the hall was full of noise, but at this moment, two people walked in from outside the hall, making these chattering guests shut up for a moment.It was a young man dressed in black, with black hair and high tufts. He was handsome and extraordinary, but there was a scar on his right cheek. At this time, he walked into the hall with big strides. Standing on the hilt of the sword, and following behind him was a handsome young man dressed in white. As soon as this young scholar stepped into the hall, some female guests started whispering to each other, and many of them were bold and flirtatious.In this regard, the white-clothed scholar just spread his fan and smiled, responding to those women's favor, but he didn't stop on his feet, and quickly followed the black-clothed swordsman, walking forward.

These two people are Tao Mo and Bai Wangyan.Yesterday was accused of being the murderer who killed the owner of the villa, and the person who specialized in investigating this matter to clear up Tao Mo's grievances.

Under the strange eyes of the guests in the hall, the two walked forward to the center of the hall.And in the center of the hall, the two brothers of the Mo family were standing there. Mo Li had a serious face with frost on his face, while Mo Bin had a strange expression on his face, always avoiding other people's eyes.

"Mr. Bai." Mo Li raised his chin, and asked with his hands behind his back, "I gave you a day, have you found out the real murderer?" The young master bit the word "true" very hard. .

As for Bai Wangyan, he hesitated at this time, he who was always smart suddenly hesitated, opened his mouth and did not answer.

"Mr. Bai?" Mo Li's eyes sank, and he curled the corner of his mouth, "It seems that he didn't find out? Then, we have to abide by our agreement..."

"Wait a minute, young master." The voice came from the side, and Boss Jin slowly stood up from the chair. The personal guard Wang Yong beside him disappeared, and only two maids stood on the left and right. At this time, Jin Shuisheng posed Waving his hand, "Before I identify Tao Shaoxia as the murderer, I want to tell you what happened last night."

"Last night?" Mo Li raised his eyebrows, "Please tell me, Mr. Jin."

"Last night, I was attacked by a puppet," Jin Shuisheng frowned, "I almost died."

"Death?" There was an uproar, the guests all had expressions of surprise on their faces, and some even started to avoid the puppet maid next to him who brought tea and water, for fear that the puppet would suddenly explode and hurt people in the next second.Mo Bin's face turned pale in an instant, while Mo Li's face was covered with dark clouds. With his hands behind his back, he turned his head and stared at his third younger brother: "What's going on? An honored guest like Mr. Jin would be so frightened! "

And being reprimanded by the elder brother who has always been uncomfortable, the third young master Mo was uncharacteristically, and did not fight back.

Jin Shuisheng glanced at Mo Bin, and continued: "Thanks to Tao Shaoxia's rescue again, I was able to save my life. The puppet pretended to be my personal bodyguard Wang Yong, and waited for an opportunity to assassinate him. Fortunately, Mr. Bai and Tao Shaoxia found Wang Yong's body and judged me. If there is danger, come to rescue in time, so that I can stand alive in this hall now."

"Your bodyguard...was killed?" Mo Li asked with a frown.

"The corpse was cut into pieces with a sharp weapon and piled up in a sack. If the young master doesn't believe us, you can go and check it," Bai Wangyan said, "It's just a little bit smelly. Please prepare for it, young master."

A look of disgust suddenly appeared on Mo Li's face, and he waved his hand: "Mr. Jin's words, Mo will definitely believe it."

Jin Shuisheng cheered up, twitched the corners of his mouth at Young Master Mo, and continued: "The puppet was exquisitely made, it was no different from a real person, and it was deliberately manipulated and attacked me. Jin dared to suspect that this person must have something to do with Guizhuang. associated."

"I've checked the fatal wound on the owner of the village," Bai Wangyan added, "It's not caused by a sharp sword, it's more like a claw. During the investigation, I found some meteorite fragments. When put together, they are puppets. The shape of the claws, such a wound would definitely not be caused by Tao Shaoxia's sword. Moreover, if Tao Shaoxia committed a murder, the waist pendant would definitely not get caught in the owner's clothes."

"Master Mo Third, let me ask you, when and where did you get the key in your hand?"

The conversation pointed directly at Mo Bin, and in an instant, thousands of eyes focused on the third young master Mo in the center of the hall.His face turned pale in an instant. Even though he knew the process in advance, Mo Bin was still too scared to speak. He took a step back and shook his head vigorously.

"In the villa, the only person who can skillfully make and manipulate puppets and can freely enter and exit the heavenly pavilion is the third young master Mo?"

His sharp eyes immediately focused on Mo Bin, and the third young master Mo knew that he couldn't argue with everything, he cursed Bai Wangyan viciously in his heart, this plan was really tormenting, but he still had to cooperate with him, pretending to be "full of everything." "lose", he stepped back vigorously, and when Mo Li was about to ask, he hurriedly turned his head and ran away!

"catch him!"

Everyone here is from the martial arts world, no matter how poor their martial arts skills are, it would be easy to subdue someone like Mo Bin who has no martial arts skills. Poor third young master Mo's aura of running away was immediately surrounded by a group of people on the spot. Press down to the ground.Mo Li walked in front of him and looked down at him, as if he was pitying a bereaved dog in his gaze.

"Father treated you well, yet you actually killed him yourself!" Eldest Young Master Mo looked at him and squeezed out these words from between his teeth, "Because of brotherhood, I will not execute you in front of all the guests. "

With a sneer in his heart, Mo Bin gritted his teeth and stared at him, thinking that when he was cleaning the snow, he would definitely slap this Young Master Mo in the face!But if Mo Li said this, he probably wanted to shut himself up first, right?I don't know how Bai Wangyan's plan is to lure out the second brother who is hidden in the secret way, but at this moment, he, Third Young Master Mo, is going to be drowned by saliva first.

"Bring it into Wuwangjian!" Young Master Mo ordered the servants in this way, and after the servants escorted Mo Bin out of the hall, he turned around and apologized deeply to Tao Mo and Bai Wangyan who were standing aside: "Tao Shaoxia, I misunderstood earlier, I'm really sorry! I was eager to find out the murderer who killed my father, but I fell into the trap, misunderstood Tao Shaoxia, and even implicated Mr. Bai in finding out the truth."

Tao Mo didn't speak. Now he was a little worried about how the innocent Mo Bin would be treated and whether his life would be in danger. As for his being slandered, he didn't have any resentment now.Seeing that Tao Mo was still in deep thought, Bai Wangyan quickly smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Young Master Mo? The owner of the villa has treated me well, so it is only natural to find out who the murderer is."

Bai Wangyan's answer in this way surprised Mo Li. He had long regarded this extremely smart scholar in white as Mo Bin's man, and had always regretted not being the first to win him over. After many years of friendship, pointing out that Mo Bin is the murderer of his father, it is extremely rare...