The master said not to judge people by their appearance

When the thunder suddenly broke out, everyone in the room was startled for a moment. For a moment, they couldn't tell whether it was the thunderstorm that came without warning or the truth that Luo Hongyuan told.

"Luo Yong'an died?" Xie Yunlan was slightly taken aback, not expecting to hear such a result.

"Yes..." Luo Hongyuan told the biggest secret, there was nothing to hide anymore, he said, "I saw him sink into the river with my own eyes."

Xie Yunlan frowned tightly. Luo Hongyuan thought he was suspecting that he was lying, so he hurriedly said, "What I said this time is true! That's why I asked people to spread the news that he fled back to his hometown!"

Xie Yunlan didn't doubt Luo Hongyuan at all, he frowned because...Luo Yong'an died, this truth almost overturned Xie Yunlan's previous speculation.

If the person possessed by the demon is not Luo Yong'an, who would create a snake that looks like Xu Liniang?

Or maybe the person possessed by the demon has nothing to do with Xu Liniang, and the snake turned into Xu Liniang's appearance is only because of the resentment left by Xu Liniang before her death in the river?

No, if this is the case, why did Hua Snake go to kill Zhang Li today?

Speaking of this... Xie Yunlan looked at Xu Xin: "How did Zhang Li escape?"

Xu Xin shrunk his neck when he was watched. He was already a little bit overwhelmed after resisting for a day. Now that Luo Hongyuan has explained what happened ten years ago, what happened to him is nothing, so he confessed: " Mr. Luo asked me to let him go..."

Luo Hongyuan's plan was to let Xu Xin release him secretly, and give Zhang Li some money to get away as far as possible, so that no one would know the truth about ten years ago except himself.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Li died before he ran out of Cangzhou, and died at the hands of that monster who looked like Xu Liniang, let alone that Xie Yunlan was so arrogant that he didn't give half of face, and rushed directly to Luo's house to arrest someone, and took Luo Hongyuan One pass is easy to fight.

Luo Hongyuan was lying on the ground, with an obedient expression on his face that had been completely subdued, but he was secretly ruthless in his heart. Xie Yunlan rushed into Luo's house today to arrest someone. His mother must have sent someone to notify his father, and at the same time, he would also notify Aunt in Beijing, when the time comes, Auntie will go to complain to His Majesty, and she will definitely call Xie Yunlan good-looking!

Xie Yunlan seemed to have noticed Luo Hongyuan's gaze, and glanced at him, Luo Hongyuan quickly lowered his head, worried that his thoughts would be seen through by the other party.

Xie Yunlan sneered, how could he not know Luo Hongyuan's thoughts, the Luo family wanted to sue, and he also wanted to sue.

"Have you written it all down?" He asked the guard in charge of recording the confession.

The guard sorted out the confession and said, "I wrote it all down."

Xu Xin stretched his neck, wanting to see if the fact that he helped Luo Hongyuan let Zhang Li go was recorded along with him, but the guard had already sorted out the statement and handed it to Xie Yunlan.

Xie Yunlan turned to leave, and Xu Xin followed suit: "Master Xie, what do you plan to do with Mr. Luo?"

"Of course it will be dealt with by the imperial court." Xie Yunlan's eyes implied a warning, "He made up the appearance of the river god and killed Xu Liniang, and killed Luo Yong'an with his own hands. He killed two people in a row. The crime should be beheaded. Master Xu, such a repeat offender will not Then disappear from the prison?"

"No, no." Xu Xin said with a smile.

"Of course he won't." Xie Yunlan said.Because in addition to the guards in the prison itself, he also sent his own bodyguards to stay behind. Right now, in the Cangzhou government office, from the prefect Xu Xin to the lowest-level guards, he can't trust them all.

It's a pity that he only brought less than [-] guards this time. The search for snakes still needs to rely on Cangzhou's manpower. At the same time, there are still some things that need to be coordinated by Xu Xin, the prefect. That's why Xie Yunlan didn't grab Xu Xin and let Zhang Li go. He didn't let go of the matter, and there was no record of it in the confession, and he planned to settle the score later in the autumn.

Xu Xin didn't know what was going on in Xie Yunlan's mind, and was still thinking about reading the confession in Xie Yunlan's hand. After the two walked out of the prison, it was already pouring rain outside.

"It's rainy in the south of the Yangtze River. Mr. Xie, I'll ask someone to bring an umbrella." After taking the umbrella, Xu Xin graciously held up an umbrella for Xie Yunlan himself, and at the same time followed behind, "Mr. Xie is going back to sort out the confession. Have you delivered it to Jingzhong?"

Xie Yunlan said "hmm", the confession was rough and needed to be sorted out before it could be played.

"It's late at night, Mr. Xie has worked hard all day, why don't you leave such trivial matters to the subordinates?" Xu Xin volunteered.

Xie Yunlan glanced at him, Xu Xin's intentions were obvious, and according to Xu Xin's slanderous and flattering attitude towards the Luo family, the confession was so embellished in his spring and autumn brushwork, I'm afraid it would be far from the truth.

Xie Yunlan didn't intend to answer, but suddenly he saw a white figure in the rain ahead.

The interrogation lasted from day to night, just like the last time, before the torture started, Xie Yunlan found an excuse to send Shen Fan back. It happened that Shen Fan was also a little sleepy due to lack of sleep, so he nodded and agreed.

Now that the night was dark, Xie Yunlan thought that Shen Fan was probably asleep at this moment, but right now Shen Fan was in front of him, holding an umbrella alone in the pouring rain, as if waiting for him.

Xie Yunlan's heart moved, finishing and polishing is not difficult, but it is time-consuming, and he didn't have much time to talk to Shen Fan today. Thinking of this, when Xu Xin asked again, he agreed.

Anyway, he will definitely check it out tomorrow. If Xu Xin can't write well, he will rewrite it when the time comes.

Xu Xin got the confession as he wished, and Xie Yunlan stepped forward, from Xu Xin's umbrella to Shen Fan's, he took the handle of the umbrella, put it on top of the two, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Come to find you." Shen Fan said.

Xie Yunlan's heart jumped again, and at the same time, there was a faint joy for no reason. Even though the case was not going very well, he still curled up the corners of his lips at this moment.

The two returned to the guest room, Xie Yunlan didn't eat dinner, and asked Wang Tai to go to the kitchen to get some supper, and during this break, he briefly explained the results of tonight's interrogation to Shen Fan.

Shen Fan was a little absent-minded, as if he didn't care much about these things. When Xie Yunlan was speaking, his eyes turned to the window from time to time. Xie Yunlan wanted to know what he was looking at, but he followed and looked over, but only saw the pattering rain at night.

Thunderstorms come and go, except for the moment when the thunder and rain were urgent, now the thunder has stopped and the rain is much lighter.

Xie Yunlan felt that Shen Fan was a little abnormal tonight, whether it was the other party's behavior at the moment, or the sudden behavior of running to find him, it was different from usual.

This sense of abnormality became more obvious before going to bed. He and Shen Fan lived in the same yard, but slept in different rooms. Shen Fan had no other problems except that he liked to hug something while sleeping. They all slept peacefully by themselves.

But tonight, just as Xie Yunlan took off his coat after returning to the house, he heard someone knock on the door. When he opened the door, Shen Fan was standing at his door with his pillow in his arms.

"What's wrong?" Xie Yunlan was puzzled.

"Let's sleep together." Shen Fan said.

Xie Yunlan: "???"

He forgot to say what he was surprised about, but when he was stunned, Shen Fan had already entered the room with his pillow in his arms, and as soon as he put the pillow on Xie Yunlan's bed, he was about to lie down on it.

"Wait!" Xie Yunlan hurriedly stopped him, "Why did you come here suddenly and want to sleep with me?"

"It's raining." Shen Fan said.

What is the cause and effect?Xie Yunlan suddenly thought of something, he asked: "Your room is leaking?"

Shen Fan: "No."

So why?Xie Yunlan couldn't figure out why Shen Fan wanted to come over to sleep in this room. He looked at Shen Fan for a moment, then compromised and said, "Then you sleep here, and I'll change the room with you."

He put on his robe and turned to leave, but Shen Fan held him back and said, "I want to sleep with you."

Xie Yunlan was stunned.

He felt that he should refuse, he hadn't figured out his strange reaction when they slept together last time, and he really didn't dare to get too close to Shen Fan again.

But when Shen Fan uttered these words, his brain seemed to go blank for an instant, as if he was bewitched, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he was already lying down with Shen Fan.

The deal is done, Xie Yunlan resigned to his fate.

But he still has three chapters: "You can sleep here, but you are not allowed to hug me at night."

Shen Fan nodded, and he brought a pillow over.

However, he had promised this when he was on the boat, and he still hugged Xie Yunlan the night he slept in the inn, some things cannot be done with promises.

Xie Yunlan was facing outwards, sleeping sideways, this position was the farthest from Shen Fan.The bed under him was also very wide, he and Shen Fan were not even touching each other, but he still couldn't sleep.

It doesn't have to be contact to be upset, just the knowledge that Shen Fan is sleeping with him has already made him a mess in his mind.

Near midnight, Xie Yunlan finally felt a little drowsy, but there was a sudden thunder outside the house, rumbling, followed by the sound of rain that suddenly accelerated.

There are already many thunderstorms in summer, but this year is relatively rare. They traveled all the way south, and they didn't encounter this thunderstorm until today.

Xie Yunlan opened his eyes and took a look, and there was thunder light shining into the house through the gaps in the doors and windows. It seemed that the thunderstorm would continue for a while. He wanted to close his eyes and continue to sleep, but he noticed the movement beside him.

Xie Yunlan glanced sideways, after the thunder, there was another booming sound, and Shen Fan's body trembled slightly amidst the thunder.

He turned his back to Xie Yunlan, Xie Yunlan couldn't see his expression clearly, only saw him hugging the pillow tightly, every time the thunder sounded, his body trembled slightly.

"Are you afraid of thunder?" Xie Yunlan was slightly taken aback, he finally realized the reason for Shen Fan's abnormal behavior tonight.

"Not afraid." Shen Fan did not admit it.

But at the next moment, a louder thunder than before exploded, deafening, Xie Yunlan was taken aback, and when he came back to his senses, he found that there was someone more in his arms.

Xie Yunlan's first reaction was to push away, it's fine when he's not awake, he would never dare to touch Shen Fan like this when awake, but he immediately felt the uncontrollable trembling of the person in his arms, like shivering Poor kitten.

The hand that wanted to push away the person stopped halfway, hesitated for a moment, and finally landed on Shen Fan's back. He patted it lightly a few times, suppressing the awkward feeling, and pretended to be ordinary: "What's there to be afraid of?" ? No matter how loud the thunder is, can it hit you?"

"It's just that I can't hit you." Shen Fan said sullenly.

The thunder sounded again, Xie Yunlan couldn't hear what Shen Fan said clearly, but he felt that Shen Fan was still trembling, so he hugged him even tighter.

This was the first time he hugged Shen Fan while awake, Xie Yunlan couldn't help being a little distracted while comforting him.

A woman's body is fragrant and soft. Although Xie Yunlan has never hugged her before, she has also heard people talk about the taste of warm and fragrant nephrite at the bar. No man can hold back this kind of temptation.

Shen Fan is naturally not a woman. Although he has a delicate personality, his body shape, and even his facial features are obviously manly, but Xie Yunlan still feels a little blushing at this moment.

Fortunately, his willpower was extraordinary, he forced himself not to think about those things, so he gradually calmed down.

The thunderstorm did not stop, but it also gradually became quieter. The two hugged each other, and slowly fell asleep in the thunderstorm.

It's just that both of them didn't sleep very well, Shen Fan was because of the constant thunder, and Xie Yunlan was because of a little thought that he couldn't understand. But in the second half of the night, when he was half asleep and half awake, his will was no longer so firm, and the deepest desire in his heart broke through the shackles, and he did some ridiculous things that he would never do when he was awake.

Xie Yunlan woke up suddenly, he gasped a few times in shock, and looked down, Shen Fan was still in his arms, sleeping soundly, and his clothes were well put on.

It's a dream.Xie Yunlan breathed a long sigh of relief, calmed down, but then mentioned that although the beautiful dream was fake, why did he have such a dream?That's all for women, why is it a man?

Xie Yunlan couldn't fall asleep anymore, it happened to be dawn, he just turned over and got out of bed, his movements were very light, but Shen Fan was still woken up, he opened his eyes and looked, a little confused, he was still holding Xie Yunlan's hand Clothes, but after realizing that the thunder had stopped, he turned over carelessly and continued to sleep by himself.

Xie Yunlan: "..."

He went out of the house a little bored, full of preoccupations, and didn't pay attention to Wang Tai who was getting up early to practice boxing in the yard. Wang Tai greeted him, and Xie Yunlan noticed him just now.

He didn't intend to stay at first, and nodded slightly as a response, but he suddenly thought of something and stopped.

The weather was sweltering after the rain. Wang Tai was shirtless, revealing his muscular warrior body. When he punched, every movement affected his muscles. His lines were smooth and fit, showing his masculine charm.

Xie Yunlan had seen this scene a lot before, most of the men in the army were like this, he never felt any discomfort, and at the same time he never had any strange thoughts, the same is true today.

He looked at it for a moment, then suddenly said, "Try hugging me."

Wang Tai: "???"

"Master Hou?" Wang Tai called out in disbelief.

"Just give it a try, don't talk nonsense." Xie Yunlan frowned.

Wang Tai didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he mustered up the courage to stand in front of Xie Yunlan. He squatted down with both legs, and hugged Lord Hou's waist in a posture of pulling up a weeping willow. Because of all the strength, his face It looked a little hideous and distorted.

Xie Yunlan saw a hideous face rushing towards him, and he didn't even want to kick him.Wang Tai was kicked back four or five steps in a row, and even squatted on his buttocks and fell to the ground.

Wang Tai sat on the ground and said sadly: "Master Hou, you can just tell me what I did wrong, you don't have to beat around the bush like this if you want to beat me up."

Xie Yunlan: "..."

He hesitated to speak, his eyes changed again and again, and finally left without saying anything.

An hour later, Shen Fan also woke up, and he returned to normal after the thunderstorm stopped.

Wang Tai thoughtfully brought breakfast, and while Shen Fan was eating, he cried with a frowning face: "Master, please help me think about it, why does Lord Hou want me to hug him, kick me again, and then do nothing?" Don't tell me? Did I offend Lord Hou recently? Is he warning me? "

Shen Fan ate the freshly baked brown sugar rice cake, thought for a while, and said, "It should be."

"But I don't seem to have made any mistakes?" Wang Tai couldn't figure out where he went wrong after thinking about it. He changed his mind and came to the truth, "Could it be that Master Hou doesn't like being hugged, so he kicked me? And not because I made a mistake?"

The more he said it, the more he felt it made sense. When he was a child, Old General Xie would occasionally hug Xie Yunlan, and Xie Yunlan would put on a bad face.

Shen Fan shook his head and denied, "But he didn't kick me when I hugged him, so you must have made a mistake."

"Is it true?" Wang Tai didn't believe it.

Shen Fan was thinking about how to prove it, when Xie Yunlan came back, he went to take a bath, changed his clothes, calmed down from the chaotic and depressed mood in the morning, and was able to deal with someone with a normal expression, but his tranquility was overwhelmed as soon as he entered the door. break in.

Shen Fan hugged his waist while turning around and said, "Look, he doesn't kick me."

Wang Tai: "..."

Xie Yunlan: "..."

Wang Tai was shocked and suddenly discovered why Lord Hou's ears were red?