"In the past two years, have your brothers and sisters been working for Gao Jin?"

Lily shook her head hastily, and said: "Sir, don't misunderstand, Gao Jin doesn't know the existence of the slave family, and his cousin is an important pawn for him to check and balance Zhang Hanchen, and he will not easily let his cousin have a chance to be exposed, so what Gao Jin did , we don't know."

Ji Linglan nodded and said, "Then what's the result of your two years of investigation?"

"Zhang Hanchen is cautious, old and cunning, and never enters the brothels and Chu houses. Except for military camps and yamen, we stay in the mansion on weekdays. We have nothing at all. A few days ago, the slave family tried to win Zhang Decai's heart, and Zhang Decai was Zhang's mansion." The son of the housekeeper Zhang Fu, he said that he would accept the slave's house. The slave's family and his cousin were discussing to take the opportunity to sneak into Zhang's house and avenge their family. Unexpectedly, he didn't see his cousin for half a month. The slave's family felt uneasy, so they went to him. Finding that my cousin’s house seemed to have been robbed, I knew it was not good, so I hurried back to Chunfengyuan. The slave tried to get the news from Zhang Decai. It turned out that my cousin was arrested by Zhang Hanchen, and his life and death are still unknown. "

Ji Linglan frowned slightly, and asked, "When did you ask Zhang Decai for information?"

"Only three days ago. There was an accident in Ningcheng, and Zhang's residence was very busy. Zhang Decai didn't come to my place for a while. Three days ago, he came over in a hurry to meet with the slave's family, and he only stayed for an hour before leaving."

"Three days ago?" Ji Linglan frowned more and more, and said, "Does Han Lin have something for you?"

"Yes, it's a black sandalwood box in the slave's room. If the young master wants to see it, the slave will go and get it. I only hope that the young master can avenge the slave's justice. The slave is grateful."

"Where is the box, and what's so special about it?"

"It's just on the dressing table of my slave's house. There's nothing special about it. The slave's house has always been used as a jewelry box."

Ji Linglan looked at Gao Si, and said, "Brother Gao, run over and take out that black sandalwood box."

Lily said hastily: "Don't bother your son, I'll just go get it from my servant."

Ji Linglan ignored Lily, still looked at Gao Si, and said, "Brother Gao, please."

"Okay, I'll go get it now." Goss turned and left the private room quickly.

Only then did Ji Linglan look at Baihe, and said, "From now on, you will never go back to Chunfengyuan again."

Lily was startled, and then saluted happily: "My family, thank you for taking me in."

Ji Linglan looked at the clothes on Lily's body, and said, "Xiao Lizi, help her buy new clothes and change."

"Yes, my lord." Xiao Lizi bowed and exited the private room.

Fu Nanling, who had been silent all this time, asked, "Is Ah Lan afraid that her identity will be exposed?"

Ji Linglan nodded and said, "Just in case."

After a while, Gauss turned around, still holding a black wooden box in his hand.

Ji Linglan said aloud: "Look at this wooden box?"

Lily looked at it, nodded and said, "That's right, it's this wooden box."

Ji Linglan looked at the lock on the wooden box and said, "The key is with you."

"Yes, I'll open it now." Lily took out the key from her sleeve pocket and unlocked the wooden box. Gauss looked at the contents before putting the wooden box on the table.

Ji Linglan took out the jewelry inside, carefully inspected the wooden box, and soon found the interlayer inside.He asked Gauss for a dagger, and separated the upper layer, revealing what was inside, a letter.

Ji Linglan took out the letter, opened it, looked at it, handed the letter to Fu Nanling, and said with a smile: "With this, the evidence is conclusive."

Fu Nanling took the letter and looked at it, and said, "I didn't expect Han Lin to have such evidence in his hand."

Ji Linglan picked up the teacup and took a sip, said: "He is very smart, he didn't hand over the things, otherwise Gao Jin would not care about his life if he had this."

Fu Nanling refilled Ji Linglan's cup of tea, and said: "Gao Jin must have promised to help him avenge him at the beginning, but he has gained wisdom and no longer trusts anyone, so he hid things, look at Gao Jin When will the promise be fulfilled? It's a pity that after so many years, Gao Jin has never acted, so he plans to do it himself."

"Well, the information he left is probably for Gao Jin, in case he is exposed one day, Gao Jin can get the evidence, so that Zhang Hanchen will be under Gao Jin's check and balance for the rest of his life, and it can be regarded as his means of revenge on Zhang Hanchen."

"It's getting late, since the matter has come to an end, let's go back home."

"Little Lizi hasn't come back yet, just wait a little longer."

While the two were talking, Xiao Lizi hurried in from the outside, holding a bundle in his hand, bowed and said: "Master, when the servant came back, he found a team of officials entering the Spring Breeze Garden."

"Official servant?" Ji Linglan and Fu Nanling looked at each other, and said, "Xiao Lizi, take Miss Lily to a private room where there is no one to change into clothes, we must leave immediately."

"Yes, son."

Fu Nanling turned his head to look at the gate of Chunfengyuan, and said with a sneer: "It seems that Alan guessed it right, these people have real dog noses."

Ji Linglan took a deep breath and said, "Fortunately, we came in time, otherwise Lily would have fallen into their hands, and this evidence would not have been obtained."

"It's all thanks to Alan. I said that as long as Alan is here, we will have luck."

Seeing Fu Nanling's smiling face, Ji Linglan couldn't help crying and laughing for a while, and said, "This is all blocking the door, why aren't you nervous?"

Fu Nanling vowed: "Don't worry, Ah Lan, I won't put you in danger again."

The door was pushed open, and Lily and Lily, who had changed their clothes, walked in.

Fu Nanling ordered bluntly: "Little Li, Gao Si, you two escort Lily to leave."

"Master, if the slaves are gone, what will you do?"

"Don't worry, Zhang Hanchen dare not touch me, at least not now."

"Can……"

"Huh?" Fu Nanling interrupted Xiao Lizi and looked at him indifferently.

Xiao Lizi froze, quickly bowed and said, "Yes, this servant obeys."

The three turned and left, only Fu Nanling and Ji Linglan were left in the private room, Fu Nanling asked with a smile, "Are you afraid, Ah Lan?"

Ji Linglan was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid, what kind of status are you, if something happens to you, I won't be able to pay even ten heads."

"Alan, even if I don't want to live, I will definitely not drag you to die, trust me."

Seeing the seriousness in Fu Nanling's eyes, Ji Linglan's heart tightened, and she said, "I believe you, of course I believe you."

Ji Linglan suddenly realized that since he came to this world, this young man seemed to have been by his side all the time, and he was able to adapt to this society slowly, all because Fu Nanling was behind him, he didn't have to think about food, clothing, housing and transportation, everything was It was Fu Nanling who was helping him.

"Alan, it's almost noon, so we simply ate some food here, and then wandered around. Since we came to Ningcheng, we haven't had a good look at it yet."

Ji Linglan reminded: "But we have never been to Gao Jin's private house. Besides, Ningcheng is not peaceful now, maybe Gao Jin's people are still lurking, and there is no one around us to protect us, so it's better to be careful."

"Ah Lan, if you do everything yourself, what's the use of these subordinates? Don't worry, I have sent someone to Gao Jin's private house." Fu Nanling tugged on Ji Linglan's sleeve, and said coquettishly: "Alan, I've never had a good time outside, so you'll be with me today, okay?"

"A Ling, this is a critical moment, you and I can't act willfully." Seeing the disappointment in Fu Nanling's eyes, Ji Linglan softened for a moment, and said: "Let's do this, I will accompany you again when things here settle down. Have fun for a few days, okay?"

Fu Nanling's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Then Ah Lan must keep his word."

Fu Nanling is well aware of the current situation, and also understands that now is not the time for willful nonsense. The reason why he said that just now is to let Ji Linglan say these words himself.

Seeing that Fu Nanling was happy, Ji Linglan couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, and said, "Don't worry, I mean what I say."

There are only refreshments in the teahouse and no meals, but as long as you have money, it is not difficult to buy something to eat. After giving Xiaoer enough reward money, he went out happily, and he didn't have much time to go, just carrying a food box walked in.

"My two sons, the food you ordered has arrived." Xiao Er put the contents of the food box on the table and said, "Squirrel mandarin fish, pepper chicken, egg shrimp, boiled cabbage, and a small pot of yam Tofu soup, two bowls of white rice. The food is complete, you two take your time."

"Wait a minute." Fu Nanling stopped Xiao Er and said, "Change another pot of tea."

"Okay, wait a moment, come right away."

Ji Linglan handed the chopsticks to Fu Nanling, and said helplessly: "So much food, can the two of us finish it?"

Fu Nanling put a piece of chicken into Ji Linglan's bowl, and said, "Ah Lan, eat more, you're too skinny, you'd better get fatter."

"You can't become fat after one meal." Ji Linglan injured his right hand, so he could only hold chopsticks with his left hand. It was really difficult to eat, but fortunately, Fu Nanling helped him get a spoon.

"Then eat it all at once, and you will gain weight anyway." Fu Nanling put a piece of fish meat into the bowl, picked up the fishbone clumsily, and then gave the fish meat to Ji Linglan.

"A Ling, eat by yourself, don't worry about me."

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan's hanging right hand, and said, "You can't pick fishbone with a spoon, although I'm slower, but I'm better than you now. I'll eat a piece, and I'll pick one for you, without delay."

Knowing his temperament, Ji Linglan didn't say any more, but he liked Fu Nanling even more in his heart, which reminded him unconsciously of Tang Tang, that silly boy also often took care of his diet.Not seeing him for a few days, Ji Linglan really misses him a little bit.

The two were eating, when there was a sudden noise outside, followed by a knock on the door, Xiao Er came in with a teapot in hand, and said with a smile: "Both, the tea you want is here."

Ji Linglan asked curiously: "Xiaoer, what's going on outside, why is it so noisy?"

Xiao Er looked at the door and said in a low voice: "It's an official who said he wanted to search for fugitives. He is questioning private rooms one by one. I'll come here later. Please forgive me, Ningcheng has not been peaceful these days. From time to time, officials come to search."

Ji Linglan then asked: "Search for the criminal? Some say it's a man or a woman, what happened?"

"It's the girl from Chunfengyuan opposite, but I didn't say what happened." Xiao Er paused, then lowered his voice again and said, "Don't worry, you two, the younger one has a very strict mouth and won't say anything."

Ji Linglan's heart tightened, she untied her purse from her waist, took out a piece of silver, stuffed it into the small second hand, and said softly: "What you said is very puzzling, what does the girl in Chunfengyuan have to do with us? ?”

Xiao Er put away the silver with a smile, and said: "Young master said, the younger one went out today without eyes, and didn't see anything. You two take it slowly, and the younger one will leave."

Fu Nanling looked at Xiao Er's back, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "Alan, eat quickly, the taste will change when the food gets cold."

Ji Linglan had something on her mind, so she couldn't eat any more. After finishing the rice in the bowl, she put down her chopsticks and said, "Ah Ling, you came to me a few days ago and distributed a lot of portraits. They should Knowing me, if Zhang Hanchen knows about you, it's not difficult to guess your identity, and we happen to be eating here... Zhang Hanchen's old fox will definitely suspect that we took Lily away."

Fu Nanling smiled and asked, "Have you eaten, Ah Lan?"

Ji Linglan replied subconsciously: "Eat well."

"Then let's go."

"Let's go? There are officials outside, how do I get there?" Ji Linglan looked at Fu Nanling suspiciously.

Fu Nanling smiled, did not wait for him to speak, only heard another noise coming from outside the door, followed by a rush of footsteps, "thump thump", the sound became farther and farther away, Ji Linglan subconsciously probed Looking out the window, I saw a group of officials running out in a hurry, and a veiled woman in white on the street was quickly shuttling through the crowd.

"Chasing!" The leading officer shouted, and chased them out with his men.

"That woman...is one of yours?"

The timing of the woman's appearance was too coincidental to make Ji Linglan suspicious.

Fu Nanling reminded with a smile: "Well, doesn't Ah Lan think his figure looks familiar?"

The distance was too far, plus Ji Linglan had been running all the time, Ji Linglan really didn't recognize who it was, but thinking about the people around Fu Nanling, he had never seen a woman from the beginning to the end...

Ji Linglan guessed: "He couldn't be Xiao Li pretending to be him?"

In terms of height and body type, only a slender little plum can pretend.

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Ah Lan."

"Are you sure that they will come here to search and send Brother Gao and the others away? Apart from settling Lily, they will also take the opportunity to let Xiao Li pretend to be Lily, so as to completely attract the attention of these officials?" Seeing Fu Nanling nodding, Ji Linglan was curious. He asked calmly: "I was there before, so why didn't I hear your plan? Could it be that you used a special secret language for communication?"

"They have followed me for many years, and they have a tacit understanding. Some things don't need to be said too clearly, a look is enough."

Ji Linglan nodded helplessly, and said: "Yes, you are still the best, let's leave quickly, lest they kill the carbine."

Fu Nanling helped Ji Linglan go downstairs, the guests on the first floor all went to the door, gathered in twos and threes, looked outside the door and whispered.

"Liu Er, Liu Er, where did the people die? There are so many people who haven't paid their bills, and they don't know where to look." The shopkeeper of the teahouse greeted loudly, "Zha San, have you seen Liu Er?"

"No, I haven't seen anyone for a while."

Ji Linglan glanced at it subconsciously, and before she had time to think about it, she was pulled out of the door by Fu Nanling.Gao Si pulled the carriage and waited outside the door. When he saw the two people coming out, he quickly put down the stool. After the two got into the carriage, he drove away from the teahouse slowly.

Inside the carriage, Ji Linglan frowned slightly, looked at Fu Nanling and asked, "A Ling, did you get arrested as the waiter?"

Ji Linglan's keenness made Fu Nanling feel helpless, and said: "Don't worry, Ah Lan, I'm only temporarily controlling him, and I won't hurt him."

Ji Linglan nodded and said, "That's fine, then Lily and we will be safer. Are we going back?"

"Yes, it's been a long time since I came out, and it's time to go back, otherwise our Master Zhang will die in a hurry." Fu Nanling's tone was full of sarcasm.

"It's fine to go back. I don't know if Brother Lu is going well?" Ji Linglan paused, and then asked: "A Ling, even if we are sure that it is Sun Yi's lair, how can we destroy it? Zhang Hanchen obviously Unreliable, if he betrays the water, then we will become fish under the knife."

"Before we deal with Sun Yi, we must deal with Zhang Hanchen first, and put the Liaoyuan Army in our hands."

"Zhang Hanchen's influence in Liaoyuan Capital is very deep. Even if we control Zhang Hanchen, I'm afraid those generals will not easily follow our orders."

Fu Nanling approached Ji Linglan and whispered in his ear: "Father gave me the Tiger Talisman before he left."

"Tiger talisman?" Ji Linglan looked at Fu Nanling in surprise, then said with a smile: "It seems that the emperor really dotes on you, even the tiger talisman can be handed over to you so easily."

Complicated emotions flashed across Fu Nanling's eyes, and he said, "Alan, trust has a price, especially in the royal family."

Ji Linglan was startled, and then thought of Fu Nanling's body, a prince who didn't know how long he would live, was the least threat to the throne, this should be the reason why Fu Lianchao favored him.

Ji Linglan patted the back of his hand reassuringly, and said: "Anyone will pay a price for everything they do, which is unavoidable. Ah Ling, it is good for your illness to relax your mind."

"Well, with Ah Lan by my side, I am very happy every day, as if I have recovered from my illness."

The two chatted one after another, and soon came to the door of Qingheju. Gauss stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the side door was opened immediately, and two guards walked out from the inside, and led the carriage in. .

As soon as Fu Nanling helped Ji Linglan get out of the carriage, an eagle guard came to tell him, "Master, Zero Six is ​​back, and Master Li is with him."

Fu Nanling nodded and said, "Let them come to see me in the bamboo garden."

As soon as Fu Nanling helped Ji Linglan back to the bamboo garden, Li Xiu and Li Tai arrived.The two bowed and entered the main hall, saluted and said: "The official (subordinate) has seen His Highness."

Li Tai has been recuperating in Xiliuzhai during this time, and Li Xiu was ordered to attract the attention of Gao Jin and others so that Lu Jiu could enter Beijing smoothly. After pretending to be injured, he has been hiding in Xiliuzhai.Later, Li Xiu was ordered to exterminate Gao Jin's people who were ambushing on the official road in the capital. After they were completely eliminated, he came to Ningcheng to return to his command. After Li Tai knew about it, he followed him to Ningcheng.

Fu Nanling waved his hands and said, "Get up."

Ji Linglan stood up and saluted, "Ah Lan has met Master Li."

Li Tai subconsciously glanced at Fu Nanling, saw that his brows were slightly frowned, and quickly said: "Ah Lan, you don't need to be polite, you are my savior, how can I accept your courtesy, and I must never do this in the future."

Ji Linglan straightened up and said with a smile, "How is Master Li injured?"

"I've recovered, thanks to Ah Lan's timely rescue." To Ji Linglan, Li Tai was sincerely grateful.

"Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. I'm accumulating blessings for myself. Don't take it to heart." Ji Linglan looked at Fu Nanling and said, "Your Highness, Ah Lan is a little tired and wants to step down first. I hope His Highness will grant you."

Fu Nanling nodded and said, "Okay, Ah Lan, let's go back to the room and rest."

Xiao Linzi, who was waiting at the side, hurried forward to help, and the two bowed and exited the door.

"Help me back to my room."

Xiao Linzi helped Ji Linglan back to the room, and said, "Master, do you want to wash up?"

"No, you go down, I want to sleep for a while."

"The servant is right outside the door. If the young master has an order, just call the servant and it will be done."

"Okay, back off."

After sending Xiao Linzi away, Ji Linglan went to the door and bolted it, and closed the window before entering the dissecting room.He went straight to the locker, took out the hairpin that Mrs. Liu had dragged and handed over to Li Tai, after thinking for a while, he picked up his phone and looked, and found that there was a missed call from Tang Tang and a few unread messages on the phone. Short message.

"Master, what did you call me before?"

"Master, you haven't come to the dissection room for several days, what happened?"

"Master, if you see the message, tell me that you are safe, I am a little worried."

Ji Linglan smiled heartily, and sent a message back to Tang Tang, "I'm fine, I've been busy recently, but it's almost over."

Ji Linglan put the phone away, and just about to leave, he heard a text message alert, he picked up the phone and looked, it was a text message replied by Tang Tang, "Master, you are fine, great, I will go to the anatomy room ,wait for me a while."

Ji Linglan thought for a while and replied, "Okay."

After waiting for 2 minutes, I heard the sound of entering the password at the door, and then the door was opened, and Tang Tang walked in from the outside.

"Master, are you still there?"

"Here, you are in such a hurry, what's the matter?"

Tang Tang was startled when he heard the words, and then said with a wry smile: "Master, can't it be because I miss you?"

"Stop coming." Ji Linglan said angrily, "Tell me, what happened?"

Tang Tang scratched his head embarrassingly, and then said excitedly: "Didn't the master ask me to investigate Zheng Minglei a few days ago, I finally found out something."

"Oh? What have you found?" Ji Linglan became interested when she heard this.

"I found out that the relationship between Zheng Hai and Zheng Minglei is actually not good. Although the two fathers and sons are kind and filial on the surface, they are like enemies in secret." When Tang Tang was speaking, gossip flashed in his eyes, as if he had been captured in a snapshot. The paparazzi of star privacy.

"Since they have shown their kindness and filial piety to the outside world, how do you know their real relationship?"

"Didn't the master ask me to check Zheng Minglei's communication records? I specifically found Xiao Liu from the Technical Investigation Division, and checked his social accounts. In addition to the large account that was released to the public, we also found a small account of his. The account published a lot of articles full of negative emotions, one of which was called "Stupid Woman", which wrote a story about a woman who fought hard with a man, but was betrayed in the end, so that the woman committed suicide due to depression."

Tang Tang stopped here, with a silly look of 'ask me', 'ask me' on his face, Ji Linglan was amused for a while, and said cooperatively: "Then what can this article explain?" ?”

When Tang Tang heard this, he smiled triumphantly and said, "I checked Zheng Minglei's family situation. His mother Liu Hui and Zheng Hai are from the same township, and they are from neighboring villages. They can be said to be childhood sweethearts. Because of family reasons, Liu Hui was in high school. After graduating, I went out to work, and the place where I worked was the place of Zheng Hai University, which is our Pingcheng. After Zheng Hai graduated from University, he married Liu Hui, and then the two started a business in Pingcheng. This and that article It is exactly the same as what was written in it. The most coincidental thing is that Liu Hui committed suicide by cutting his wrist when Zheng Minglei was ten years old, and the reason for suicide written in our police station files is that Liu Hui suffered from depression."

"So, Liu Hui suffered from depression because of Zheng Hai's derailment, and finally committed suicide by cutting his wrists."

"Well, this Zheng Hai is a scumbag. His family situation is no better than that of Liu Hui's. He has no money to pay for his college education. His tuition and daily expenses are all supported by Liu Hui. She works two jobs a day and is reluctant to eat. I don’t want to wear them, and the money I save is not only for the family, but also for Zheng Hai, but in the end it ends up being betrayed, no one can bear it.”

"So you think this is Zheng Minglei's motive for killing?"

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