On the fifth day of July in the 21st year of Zhaoming, Ningcheng had been closed for three consecutive days, only allowed to enter but not to leave.The crowded and lively streets in the past have become deserted, and even some shops have closed their doors, hiding at home to avoid the limelight.The inn is even more afraid to receive foreigners, and only sells some wine and vegetables, and eats to make ends meet.

At night, in Liu's Mansion in the east of the city, Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Li, is sitting in front of a candle and embroidering. She is holding a plain brocade handkerchief, ink-colored silk threads, and small needles. As they fly up and down, a pink petal gradually takes shape. , which is more delicate against the white background.

"Madam, it's late at night, you should rest, it won't be good if you hurt your eyes." The old nanny beside her reminded.

"Sleep after I finish embroidering this handkerchief." Mrs. Liu smiled at the old mother, but did not stop her movements.

As soon as Liu Ji died, the Liu Mansion became an empty shell. If Gao Jin hadn't sealed the entire Liu Mansion and didn't allow anyone to leave, I'm afraid those concubines and servants would have left long ago with their money.If it weren't for Li's father, Li Zhi, who was the censor of the Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the entire Liu family would have been wiped out long ago.But even so, those police officers who were obedient and obedient, and praised the high and trampled the low, had already emptied Liu's mansion.

In order to make a living, Mrs. Liu had to organize the people in the house to make some embroidery, and let the policeman in charge of them sell it, and they could only share half of the money from the sale, in exchange for some rice noodles and vegetables to fill their stomachs.

In fact, Mrs. Liu didn't know that none of those embroideries were sold at all, but were all collected into the Gao Mansion. Gao Jin still couldn't find the place where Liu Ji hid the things. He did this completely to test, to see if Mrs. Liu In this way, the information is transmitted outwards.

"Ma'am, it's really hard for you. If the master and madam know about the life you are living now, you will definitely feel distressed." The old mother said with red eyes, and said: "It's all because the old slave is useless, this old bone I can't do anything, I might as well die, so as not to drag Madam."

"What are you talking about!" Mrs. Liu stopped what she was doing, looked at the old lady, and said, "I grew up watching the old lady, and to be honest, you are my half-mother." , You have spent your whole life on me, now that you are old, I will naturally take care of you. Mammy, please don't let me be that heartless white-eyed wolf, otherwise my parents will definitely not recognize me as a daughter."

Looking at Mrs. Liu who was getting thinner day by day, her originally well-maintained complexion turned yellow because she often stayed up late, and there were even white hairs between her temples.

The old mother felt distressed for a while, and said with red eyes: "Oh, what a good person Master and Madam are, why doesn't God have eyes?"

When Liu Ji was mentioned, Mrs. Liu's eyes also turned red. The relationship between the two has always been good. Even after Liu Ji took a concubine, she always maintained the majesty of her wife. In such an era, he can be regarded as a good husband.Liu Ji's death hit her the hardest, especially when Liu Ji was murdered, but as his wife, she couldn't even avenge him, which made Mrs. Liu feel guilty.

"Since the disaster in Liaoyuan, the master has not had a good night's sleep. He was awakened by nightmares every day. The master often said that he was sorry for the people in Liaoyuan and would go to hell after death, but the master was also forced to do nothing." Mrs. Liu said with a handkerchief. Wiping the corners of his eyes, he said: "If you don't talk about this, it will only be sentimental. Let's hide for a while today, rest early, and do it tomorrow."

The old mother knew that Mrs. Liu was sad, and blamed herself: "It's all the old slave's fault. When you mention Madam's sadness, Madam must take care of herself."

"Don't worry, mama, whether it's for He'er or to return justice to the master, I will try my best to live." Madam Liu said while packing her things.

Seeing this, the old mammy got busy and said, "Madam is right to think so. No matter how dark it is, it will still be bright."

At midnight, two figures walked through the shadows of the street, and soon came to the opposite side of the street where Gaofu was.

Ji Linglan whispered, "Brother Lu, just send me in."

Lu Jiu frowned, and said: "Alan, you have to think about it, it's a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, let alone you, even I dare not say that I can escape unscathed."

"Brother Lu, don't worry, I have the ability to protect myself. Don't forget that I have slipped under your nose twice."

"But master..."

"Don't worry, he will sleep deeply tonight and won't wake up until dawn."

"If the master knows about this, I'm afraid it won't be good."

"Brother Lu, you are also aware of A Ling's body. His body is fully supported by those precious medicinal materials. After all, this place is not as good as in the capital. It will be fine in a day or two. After a long time, he will weaken. This is not a good sign. Besides. There is still Gao Jin here who is eyeing him, whether it is for the common people or for him, the sooner this matter is settled, the better."

"Alan, I'll take care of this matter, you don't know martial arts."

Lu Jiu really regarded Ji Linglan as his younger brother, and he was able to bring him here today because of Ji Linglan's soft-heartedness and his temporary soft-heartedness.

Ji Linglan was both heartwarming and helpless, and said: "Brother Lu, you trust me! I won't make fun of my own life, and what's more, Brother Lu still needs to do it, I can't finish it."

"Can……"

"Brother Lu, do you think I'm the kind of person who is stupid enough to send you to my door to seek death?" Ji Linglan looked around and said, "Forget it, I can go there by myself."

Lu Jiu grabbed Ji Linglan's arm and said, "Alan, I can send you in, but you have to remember that if something happens to you, I'm not sure he will do anything because the master cares about you. What a crazy thing, perhaps the whole of Ningcheng can't stand his anger, so no matter whether you find what you want, you must ensure your own safety, understand?"

Ji Linglan was startled, nodded solemnly, and said, "Brother Lu, don't worry. Please tell Brother Lu to tell Ah Ling that I will return within three days at most. No matter what the result is, I will return after three days. If he dares to mess around, I will break up with him."

Lu Jiu smiled wryly in his heart, Ji Linglan could say that, he...

"Come on, I'll take you up."

Lu Jiu jumped up, took Ji Linglan up to the wall, leaned on the wall and listened to the movement inside, and then turned over.Ji Linglan didn't speak, but made a gesture. Lu Jiu struggled for a moment, but flew away.

Ji Linglan walked in along the base of the wall, carefully listening to the movement around her.

With the sound of slight footsteps, Ji Linglan hurriedly hid in the grass beside her, only to see two men dressed as attendants walking over one after the other, came to the front of the grass, untied their belt belts, and then heard "哗啦" la' sound.

"Damn, this little coquettish fox, just accept money for his mother."

"You don't talk nonsense, this is the concubine of the fourth-rank official. If you don't provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked, no matter how much money you have, they will look down on you."

"That's true, the women of this high official are just different, so flirtatious, hehe, next time you can try it too."

"Come on, I don't need your leftovers. I like clean ones. You should keep those coquettish foxes."

"You're a fucking beast. Just how old is that little baby? Don't forget, Mrs. Liu and her son have been ordered not to move. Don't worry about that thing in your pants/crotch. Lost his head."

"It's only temporary if you can't move. When you lose your patience, you can't escape death. This death is going to kill you. Why don't you take advantage of me first and let me feel good before sending him on the road."

"Damn, you're a beast, you can do this. If I weren't your brother, I would have stabbed you to death."

"Fuck, how can you be better than me, your mother is so mad at you for something that your six relatives don't recognize."

"That's right, let's not expose anyone's shortcomings, and hurry up to patrol, the city is not peaceful recently, so we have to be careful, don't get smeared on the neck, with our conduct, if we die, we can only go to hell. "

Ji Linglan frowned when she heard that, a sense of hostility welled up in her heart, such scumbags really don't need to live in this world.

The sound of footsteps got farther and farther away, Ji Linglan walked out from the grass, and followed the two of them not too far away, familiar with the terrain of Liu's residence.Not far away, I saw another patrolling team. Seeing those two people passing by, one of the burly men stopped and said loudly, "Wang San, Liu Er, where the hell are you going to hide?" Lazy?"

The man behind him followed suit and said, "Boss, don't you know what virtue they have, they must be happy in the backyard again."

"The lame man is right. These two grandsons have been thinking about how to be happy all day long, and they lost all their money to the woman."

Liu Shun frowned, and said: "My lord told me to strictly guard myself recently. If there is another time, I will report it directly. If that dirty thing is completely abolished by then, don't blame me for not thinking about it."

As soon as Wang San and Liu Er heard this, they quickly responded: "The boss will take care of you, it's just this one time, don't make an example."

"Follow up quickly." Liu Shun glared at the two of them, but didn't say anything more.

There were too many people on the other side, so it was inevitable that she would be discovered. Ji Linglan didn't keep up, but groped towards the backyard.He encountered several waves of patrolling attendants one after another. He was about to enter the door of the backyard when his heart suddenly tightened. Before he had time to think about it, he rushed forward quickly, and then entered the dissection room.Although he didn't see anything, his perception of danger at that time told him that someone must have discovered him and attacked him.

Back in the dissecting room she was familiar with, Ji Linglan breathed a sigh of relief, raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that there is a master hidden in this house."

Ji Linglan looked up at the clock on the wall. It was already one o'clock in the morning. He took out his mobile phone from the cupboard and set the alarm clock. He planned to go out to check the situation in half an hour.

Ji Linglan's perception is keen, not long after he entered Liu's residence, he was stared at by a pair of eyes, none other than Gao Wei who was called back by Gao Jin.He was ordered to stay in the Liu Mansion, lurking in secret, in order to wait for the rabbit. After two days of guarding, he finally saw the first rabbit, which was a boy of twelve or thirteen years old.

Gao Wei followed Ji Linglan all the way, wanting to see what he was going to do. After following for half an hour, Gao Wei lost his patience and threw a stone at Ji Linglan's knee.Gao Wei has studied martial arts for many years, and he knew at a glance that Ji Linglan did not know martial arts. A stone was enough to make him lose his ability to move, and it was the same when he was caught and interrogated.Unexpectedly, Ji Linglan had a keen sense, after he threw the stone, he rushed forward, rushed to the shadow, and then disappeared.

Gao Wei was surprised for a while, and then he came back to his senses, leaped over and checked where Ji Linglan landed, but found no trace.He frowned and whispered softly: "Why is this?"

Ji Linglan stayed in the dissecting room for half an hour, and then appeared in the Liu Mansion again. Hearing the noise around her, she hurriedly found a hidden place to hide.He was right in front of the arched door leading to the backyard, and the original pounce happened to pass through the door and came to the backyard.Looking at the messy footprints on the ground by the moonlight, Ji Linglan instantly confirmed his conjecture just now, that someone had indeed discovered him just now, and organized people to search for his whereabouts shortly after he disappeared.

"Boss, we searched this place one by one, and there is no one. Do you think that master is blind?" The voice was familiar, and it should be the one Ji Linglan met when he entered the door before. Wang San's man.

"If you are told to search, you can search, where is there so much nonsense! If someone really sneaks in and out, then we eaters will have nothing to do."

"But we've searched the place, but we haven't seen anyone. Could it be that the girls in the backyard hid him? Boss, why don't we go to the backyard and search again?"

Wang Shun frowned and warned: "Wang San, I advise you to control that thing in your trousers/crotch. If it really ruins the business of adults, I guarantee you will die ugly."

Wang San smiled shyly and said: "Boss, look at what you said, no matter how hard I am, I won't be indiscriminate. Didn't I rack my brains to share the boss's worries? If this person really exists, Then it must be hidden in this mansion. We have searched almost all of Liu's mansion, but Mrs. Liu's room was not searched. Boss, the matter is very important, we should search it."

Liu Er chimed in and said, "Yes, boss, if this person escapes, we won't be able to explain it."

Wang Shun hesitated, and said: "I can say this first, Mrs. Liu's father is the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a person that adults are afraid of, don't come up with any bad ideas, or you will really mess with adults , don’t blame me for not reminding you.”

"Don't worry, Boss, we know it well, even if we want to play, we must have our lives."

Everyone walked towards the backyard, Ji Linglan quickly held her breath and hid in the grass.Because they had searched here many times before, they naturally didn't pay much attention, and walked straight to Mrs. Liu's bedroom.

Ji Linglan poked her head out, looked at the direction they were walking by the moonlight, moved forward little by little, leaned against the wall as much as possible, and hid her body in the shadows.

The first courtyard in the backyard was the plum garden where Mrs. Liu was. Wang Shun led people to the gate and patted on the gate.After a while, I heard the answer to the door, the voice was a little old, "Who is it?"

"I'm Wang Shun, the night watchman. Madam, please open the door." Wang Shun spoke politely.

With a sound of 'squeak', the courtyard door was opened, and the old mother appeared at the door, looked at Wang Shun and the others, her eyes were full of vigilance, and said, "Why are you in such a big battle in the middle of the night?"

"About half an hour ago, we discovered that a thief had entered the mansion. We searched all other places, but Madam's place... For Madam's safety, Madam please be wronged and let us go in and take a look."

The old mother's face straightened, and she said angrily: "Presumptuous! How can you allow outsiders like you to break into Madam's courtyard privately, it is simply unreasonable!"

"Old lady, don't be shameless! Believe it or not..."

"Wang San!" Wang Shun interrupted Wang San, looked at the old mother, and said with a little deep meaning: "Old mother, we are also thinking of the madam and the young master, and please forgive me."

"Mommy, let Commander Wang come in." Mrs. Liu's voice came, interrupting what the old nanny was about to say.

Although the old mother was angry, she was still not confused, and said: "Madam has a noble status, please ask Commander Wang to enter the hospital alone."

Wang Shun looked at the people around him and said, "You guys wait here."

After Wang Shun finished speaking, he entered the gate of the courtyard. The old lady did not follow, but stood at the gate and stared at everyone defensively.

When he came to the entrance of the hall, Wang Shun looked at Mrs. Liu who was dressed neatly at the door, bowed and said, "Wang Shun has seen Mrs. Liu."

Mrs. Liu smiled slightly, and said, "Commander Wang is polite, please go ahead."

On the face of it, Wang Shunming was acting as the chief minister, but in fact he was the deputy commander of Gao Jin's private guards, that's why Mrs. Liu said so.

"excuse me."

Wang Shun turned and walked towards the hall, while Mrs. Liu stood aside and waited quietly.

The reason why Wang Shun was so polite to Mrs. Liu was because of selfish motives.Wang Shun is not from Ningcheng, but he also came from Ningcheng to flee from the famine. At the beginning of the severe drought in Liaoyuan, he almost starved to death. It was Mrs. Liu who was kind and gave porridge on the street from time to time, which saved Wang Shun's life. Shun was recruited by Gao Jin and always remembered Mrs. Liu's kindness. When something happened to Liu's house, he took the initiative to ask Ying to come over to guard him, just to repay his kindness.It can be said that Mrs. Liu can have a relatively stable life now, it can be said that it is all due to Wang Shun's secret help.

Wang Shun walked around the room perfunctorily, then walked out, bowed and said, "Madam, excuse me, it's getting late, Madam should go to bed early."

Mrs. Liu nodded slightly, and said, "Commander Wang, go slowly."

Wang Shun turned around and left the courtyard, and walked straight out of the courtyard door. Seeing this, the old mother quickly closed the courtyard door with a bang, obviously out of temper.

Wang San spat angrily, and said, "Bah, old godmother, I'll kill you sooner or later!"

"Okay, the inside has been checked, and no suspicious person was found. Now, in pairs, search again, and don't miss any corners."

Seeing the people passing by, Ji Linglan held her breath again, trying to minimize her sense of existence. Hearing the sound of footsteps getting farther and farther away, Ji Linglan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.He carefully moved out of the grass, and walked towards Mrs. Liu's courtyard bit by bit.Going outside the courtyard wall, he looked at the closed courtyard door. He walked around the courtyard carefully and stopped under a peach tree. He looked at the distance and height between the peach tree and the courtyard wall. The sleeves and trouser legs just climb up.

When he climbed up the tree in a 'hangchihangchi', before he could catch his breath, he heard someone beside him suddenly say, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Ji Linglan was taken aback, her feet suddenly stepped on the ground, and her body fell down involuntarily.

Hearing a 'bang', Ji Linglan fell to the ground and appeared in the dissecting room in the next second. Although he was not very high, he was also thrown hard. He lay on the ground with his hands on his waist and took a long time to sit up. Get up, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Ji Linglan, Ji Linglan, is your head flooded, and you came up with such a bad idea. Knowing that there are martial arts masters flying around in this world, where did you get the confidence Walking into the tiger's den alone? Well now, you've trapped yourself here, you idiot!"

Gao Wei watched him fall, but only heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, not the screams, and jumped down after him, but he disappeared again.In fact, Gao Wei has always been hiding on a sycamore tree in the backyard, using the moonlight to see everything that happened before, he knew that if Ji Linglan was still in the mansion, he would definitely come to this backyard again, so he waited again .Indeed, as he expected, the escaped rabbit reappeared, escaped round after round of searches, not only did not leave the house, but continued to wander in the backyard boldly.

Looking at his clumsy climbing, Gao Wei became more sure that he didn't know martial arts, and also became more curious about how he escaped so many eyes.Because Gao Wei's back was facing the gate of the courtyard, Ji Linglan appeared out of thin air before, but he didn't see it.

Ji Linglan disappeared again, which made Gao Wei's curiosity peak. In fact, with Gao Wei's force value, there were many opportunities to kill him. The reason why he didn't do it was because of this curiosity.

The people nearby heard the movement and returned again. Seeing Gao Wei standing under the peach tree, Wang Shun hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and said, "My lord, did you find anything?"

Gao Wei shook his head and said, "No, I'll keep an eye on it here, and you keep searching."

"Yes, this subordinate obeys." Wang Shun led the people away again.

Gao Wei searched carefully near the peach tree, but still couldn't find the slightest trace.With a leap, he jumped onto the peach tree again, staring at the place where Ji Linglan fell without blinking.This waited for a whole night, until the sky was bright, and Ji Linglan was never seen again.

Ji Linglan was afraid of the two sudden disappearances, which made the person suspicious, so she found a pattern, so she simply didn't go out again. Looking at the familiar dissection room, Ji Linglan took out her mobile phone from the locker, and walked straight to the dissection table. Putting on headphones and listening to music, he fell asleep in a short while.

Because it is only April in the modern world, the weather is not hot, and the dissecting room is originally shady, Ji Linglan sleeps surprisingly soundly, and it is already daylight when she wakes up.

He checked the time on his phone, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, opened the phone book, and called Tang Tang.

"Hey, master, you finally called me." Tang Tang's tone was a little excited and a little nervous.

"Well, bring me a breakfast. I want pancakes and soy milk from downstairs. Pancakes should be filled with green onions and some leeks."

Tang Tang was startled when he heard the words, and then said, "Mmm, okay, I'll go buy it now."

Ji Linglan likes the pancakes downstairs, and eats them almost a few times a week, but because of work, he hardly puts onions and leeks. excited.

There were ready-made toiletries in the cupboard, Ji Linglan washed up briefly, and waited for Tang Tang's arrival while watching the news.

One of the pieces of news caught Ji Linglan's attention, "Zheng Minglei, the heir of Zheng's real estate, officially took up the post of chairman, and recently got engaged to Qiao Yiyi, the daughter of Qiao's industrial president."

Ji Linglan murmured in a low voice: "Qiao's Industry...seems to have made its fortune in the textile industry."

Ji Linglan opened the search engine, searched for the information of Qiao's Industry, and looked carefully.

The sound of 'beep beep' sounded, Ji Linglan looked towards the door, the door of the anatomy room was pushed open, Tang Tang walked in with a convenience bag, and a smell of pancakes wafted over.

Ji Linglan quickly put away her phone, greeted her, and said, "Stop, I'm right here, don't go any further."

Tang Tang paused, raised the things in his hands, and said with a smile, "Master, put more green onions and leeks in your pancakes."

Ji Linglan grabbed the handle of the convenience bag and said, "Okay, let it go."

Seeing the pancake fruit disappear out of thin air, Tang Tang asked with a smile, "Master, why are you here at this time and asked me to buy you breakfast?"

Ji Linglan's face became hot, and she said coyly: "Something went wrong, it's okay, let's eat first, and we'll talk after we're done."

"Sure, I haven't had breakfast with Master for a long time, hehe." Tang Tang put the soy milk on the table, pulled up a chair, and said, "Master, sit down."

Ji Linglan took the opportunity to sit down, took out a pancake and took a bite.

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