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Could it be that Bai Mingtao came out in secret at night just to meet a child who was not even three years old?

"Did Master Bai have a young son?" Shen Wansha raised his hand, "Isn't Aunt Fang's son not yet one year old? Could Master Bai hold the child to play, and the child's things fell on him, and he accidentally brought it out?" , but left here?"

Zhao Zhu's voice was cold, and he proposed another possibility, "Or the person he came to see, use this thing to negotiate with him."

"So the key point is, this little thing...is it from the Bai family?" Lu Li shook the small gold bracelet, "Let's go back and ask Bai Xu."

Bo Xu was busy with Bai Mingtao's funeral. When he heard the report from the servants, he quickly looked around and sneaked out while no one was looking. When he saw Lu Li, he immediately bowed his head and apologized, "I want to find out the cause of my deceased father's death. Please entrust Mr. Yu, but Xiong Canjun is really watching closely, and I am really sorry that Mr. Li can't come here aboveboard!"

"I can't bear the strangeness of Mr. Bo going, you don't have to." Lu Li helped Bai Xu up, "Now the timing is not right, so I will make a long story short. I will take care of the rest, let me ask you, if your father is buried, are you willing to continue to investigate?"

Bai Xu's expression was firm, "Father was brutally killed, how can a son of man ignore it! As long as possible, I will investigate!"

"Knowing that you are firm, I'm relieved." Lu Li took out the small gold bracelet he found by the river, "I'll talk about the other things later, you should take a look at this little gold bracelet, but it belongs to your family?"

Bai Xu took the small gold bracelet, examined it carefully, and said firmly, "No."

"Can you see clearly?"

"See it clearly, no." Bai Xu's eyes were slightly warm, "My younger brother was still wearing this little thing a year ago, and I am very familiar with its style and material."

Looking at his appearance, Lu Li knew that he was referring to his half-brother Bai Yu, but there was another child in the Bai family, "Where is Aunt Fang..."

Bai Xu breathed out, "My father is very organized. The family's expenses, especially the precious things inlaid with gold and silver, will be printed with the family crest in a hidden place. Regardless of whether he is a descendant or a concubine, as long as the small things worn on the body must have a logo, It's just that the style and materials of the concubine can't exceed that of the concubine. The small gold bracelet you brought, although the style and material are very good, but the pattern is ordinary, and the carver is not a master, but anyone who has money can buy it. things."

Shen Wansha's mind became even more confused, "It's not from the Baifu, so whose is this little gong bracelet?" The clues are broken again!

"Don't be in a hurry." Lu Li reminded Shen Wansha to remind himself, put away the small gold bracelet, and looked at Bai Xu with a smile, "Thank you. You have worked hard recently. After Mr. Bai is buried, you can take a break. We'll discuss it later."

"Thank you sir—" Bai Xu nodded his head in agreement.

There seemed to be a bunch of clues in his hand, but none of them seemed clear enough.They need time, slowly reason, and slowly think clearly.

Lu Li continued to look for clues and directions, Zhao Zhu and Shen Wansha helped, and Hong You and the others took turns to watch their lord fall in love with a stern face while watching the Bai family members.

The next day Bai Mingtao went to the funeral, and Lu Li went to see it.Because Xiong Lie's team kept watching and waiting for escort, as if afraid of accidents, Lu Li didn't approach, only lit joss sticks and paper money from a distance, and set up road sacrifices.

Bai Mingtao's official reputation is very good. Although there are not many immediate family members, the funeral team gradually grew and became longer and longer as soon as the coffin was on the road. Many people spontaneously came to see him off for the last time.

Even though Lu Li was beaten to death, he was unwilling to believe that such a popular governor would be a corrupt official who accepted huge bribes.

He needs to investigate this case to the end!

……

Soon, it was the day when Bai Fang went out.

Shen Wansha rented an inconspicuous but comfortable carriage, and waited early in the alley next to Bai Mansion.

"It's disgusting, I didn't say what time to go out, so the young master came so early." Shen Wansha yawned and complained.

Zhao Zhu's complexion was not very good, because Lu Li didn't come to see him practice martial arts because he was going to come here early this morning!

One of the two was lying lazily and crookedly like a boneless person, the other was sitting upright with his arms folded and his eyes were dangerous... Lu Li patted his forehead resignedly, poured hot tea for the two of them, opened the breakfast box, and set them up one by one.

Shen Wansha got used to it, and started tearing up scallion pancakes to eat, but Zhao Zhu's eyes were still unkind, as if Lu Li would only be satisfied if he fed them.

Of course Lu Li wouldn't get used to such a bad temper, he put away his things with a smile, whether he likes to eat or not!

There was a lively sound of gongs and drums in the distance, from time to time, Lu Li was a little curious, "What day is it today?"

Shen Wansha ate the porridge seriously, "I don't know."

Zhao Zhu stared at the bowl in front of him, but didn't speak.

Lu Li glanced at him, "Bai Fang will come out later, there is no time for you to eat."

Only then did Zhao Zhu open his mouth, "I want your porridge."

Lu Li looked at his own bowl, red bean porridge, and Zhao Zhu's bowl, eight-treasure porridge.He had already eaten a few mouthfuls of his porridge, but Zhao Zhu's response remained unchanged.

"It was you who asked for the eight-treasure porridge."

"Not anymore."

The corner of Lu Li's mouth twitched, and the big man was also so willful, "But I have eaten it all."

"I don't dislike it."

Lu Li wanted to say 'I mind! ’, but because Zhao Zhu had helped him so much, he didn’t say anything. He put his own bowl heavily in front of Zhao Zhu, took the eight-treasure porridge opposite him and drank it.

Zhao Zhu began to eat slowly.

Shen Wansha didn't understand, so he leaned over and asked Zhao Zhu, "Is red bean porridge better?" The millet porridge he wanted, he knew that he would also have red bean porridge.

Seeing the expression of 'so greedy, I really want to try it' on the boy surnamed Shen, Zhao Zhu quickly finished the porridge and put down the bowl, "It's not too bad."

Shen Wansha had a complicated expression: No way, you ate so fast!

Lu Li: ...He felt that he couldn't communicate with these two idiots.

After breakfast, Shen Wansha was still thinking, "Tomorrow I want to eat red bean porridge too!"

Lu Li almost rolled his eyes, it was enough.

Bai Fang came out.

She was wearing a frost-colored skirt and a long light blue tulle curtain, straddling a small bundle, flashed out from the side door, trotted a few steps, and got into a carriage next to the street.

Lu Li glanced at Shen Wansha, who immediately snapped his fingers and ordered the driver, "Follow that car!"

The carriage turned a few corners in the urban area and gradually slowed down.

The sound of gongs and drums was getting louder and louder, and Lu Li raised the car curtain to look out——

As far as the eye can see, there are burly men in bunts, half-pushed leather jackets, tattoos on their arms, and all kinds of hats on their heads. Huge crowds!

Spring was already warm, so many men gathered together, beating gongs and drums, gesticulating with fists and feet, sweat was everywhere, and there was a smell of sweat everywhere, and many people's expressions were fierce and hostile, Shen Wansha's eyeballs almost fell out. "What is this place!"

Lu Li thought a little more than him, "What is Bai Fang doing in this kind of place!"

Zhao Zhu answered the first question, "The Rising Dragon Club." Today is the day when the underworld organizes the Rising Dragon Club.

As for the second question, Bai Fang will be here, probably... "Her girlfriend is here?"

Lu Li's mouth is wide open, the person Bai Fang likes is a gangster?No way... The conditions of the Bai family are so good, no matter how hard she thinks about it, she won't fall in love with a gangster...

There were too many people, the road was cut off, Bai Fang jumped out of the carriage lightly, had already changed into men's clothes, jumped into the crowd after a few shakes and then disappeared.

Shen Wansha was anxious, "Oh, she's there, hurry up, hurry up!"

It's a pity that the scene is very unsuitable for stalking, and Lu Li and the others have to regret in the end: they lost their follow.

Shen Wansha was very frustrated.

Lu Li patted his head, "It's okay, let's go down and look for it. Bai Fang is a girl, no matter how she looks like a man, there are too few skinny men here, maybe you can find them after you look for them."

It turned out that the first thing they saw was not Bai Fang.

The three jumped out of the carriage and walked forward for a while. A tall bamboo building appeared in front of them. It seemed to be newly built, and there was still a faint fragrance of bamboo.

Shen Wansha saw a young man in a silver suit sitting on the railing on the east side of the second floor at a glance.The man has a good appearance, slightly thin sword eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, braids all over his head, silver beads hanging down, bright blue around his ears, a jug of wine in his hand, and lazily leaning on the pillar to look down. .

Get the stars!

Shen Wansha couldn't help but slander, what is this thief doing sitting there aboveboard?Isn't it only at night that you steal things, and you also come out to hang out in broad daylight?

Lu Li saw the woman in the black dress sitting in the middle room on the second floor.

The woman has a good figure, fair skin, unsmiling, strong eyebrows and eyes, and a pure black dress is even more mysterious.She held a child in her arms. The child was dressed in heavy filial piety, and his mouth was flattened to cry or not. The woman was coaxing him in a low voice.

Lu Li had seen them before. On the day he first arrived in Xingyuan, the funeral procession by the river... this woman was at the front.

That day was the hanging coffin for Tu Tong, the leader of the Water Dragon Gang, and this woman stood at the front... Could she be the legendary Mrs. Tu Tong?After Tu Tong's death, there was no one to take over his position, so his wife took over his son's help and took over this huge career. After three years, he sat very steadily!

Lu Li told Zhao Zhu what happened that day, and when he saw this woman, he quickly tugged at his sleeve, "I told you, the woman I saw by the river was her."

Zhao Zhu glanced coolly, "That's Tu Tong's wife, the Luo family."

He pointed to the square-faced strong man walking towards her not far behind Luo Shi, "That's the second leader of the Water Dragon Gang, Wu Hao."

Before Lu Li was surprised how Zhao Zhu knew about the gangsters so clearly, he was distracted by the atmosphere between the two.

The second leader named Wu Hao has a simple and honest face, and the first impression is that he is kind, but when he talks to Luo Shi, as long as Luo Shi doesn't look at him, his eyes will become very vicious, and he really wants to die soon after.

Luo's expression was indifferent, wondering if he had sensed the malice of the second in command, he spoke very naturally, as if he had arranged errands for granted.