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Chapter 447 Irrelevant
One of the questions asked by the officers and soldiers when they searched from house to house was "Is there any food or something stolen at home?" Thinking of the so-called suspicious person, he was beaten ten sticks, and the owner of the incense shop, who has never been so clever in his life, finally didn't shake. Smart, really smart.

The suspicious suspect must be hiding, but as long as a person wants to eat, so must the suspect.

Usually, if you lose food at home, you must report to the official, because what you lose is your own stuff, but where will you not report to the official if you lose food?That is of course the mercy of gods and Buddhas.

The blind old man in the earth temple was thin and stooped, and he couldn't eat much in a day. The offerings on the table could last him three days, but these days he ate them up in a day and a half.

Why did his appetite suddenly increase?This is weird!The owner of the incense shop felt that he was extremely witty at this time, and excitedly looked at the "big villain" who was interrogating him.

The "big villain" ignored him, just squinted his eyes, and walked towards the Earth Temple.

The earth temple was empty and dilapidated, and half of the tribute on the table was eaten. Ji Chongyan stood in the earth temple without moving.

"Chongyan." Lin Yan followed and asked Ji Chongyan, "What's wrong?"

Lin Yan knew something strange about the shallow lake in the east of the city, but he didn't know why Chongyan suddenly asked the officers and soldiers what happened at the moment before the incident.

"What do you think of Fang Zhiyao's expression when I asked the question just now?" Ji Chongyan didn't answer him directly, but just paused, and suddenly asked Lin Yan.

Lin Yan was a little puzzled, but he still thought about it seriously and replied: "Miss Fang has a sad expression, like a very sad elder sister."

Of course, the truth of this matter is strange, he will not believe Miss Fang's sadness.

"There is nothing wrong with an elder sister who is extremely sad, but that is Fang Zhiyao, and Fang Zhiyao would not do that." Ji Chongyan said, "She is a vigorous and resolute Miss Fang, but she is not a good actress, but she can act so well at this time , must have her purpose."

Does Fang Zhiyao's purpose?Lin Yan said in a daze: "I don't know. But we can look it up, and even find an excuse to invite Fang Zhiyao to the Yamen, maybe..."

"Perhaps her purpose is to let us focus on her." Ji Chongyan interrupted him suddenly, and pointed at the wobbly statue of the God of Earth blown by the wind blowing from the gate of the Earth Temple , said, "The idol is empty."

Lin Yan's face changed slightly.

Not long after, Dr. Liu, who was knocked out, was brought out from the empty statue of the earth.

After being woken up by the choke, Doctor Liu said with a wry smile: "Someone knocked this old man out and took Miss Fang San away."

Miss Fang deliberately showed her face to attract their attention, and Miss Fang was taken away at this time... Lin Yan's face suddenly changed: "Not good!"

Someone wanted to take away Third Miss Fang, a pawn they played against Miss Fang, from the chessboard in Yancheng.

"Let people strictly guard the east and west gates of Yancheng, and don't let people go out of the city at will!" Ji Chongyan passed on the order, "People in the city keep an eye on the Fang family's whereabouts."

Judging from Miss Fang's voluntary appearance, that person should be the Fang family... No, the Fang family is in charge of Miss Fang, it should be said that she is a collaborator with Miss Fang, but this collaborator has some means. Miss Fang, who is used to being in control, is willing to obey, she must be an extremely powerful person.

"Who is so powerful?" Lin Yan followed Ji Chongyan out of the Earth Temple, walked to the alley, and looked at the crowded Yancheng Street, "I don't know that there is such a person in Yancheng, could it be that Jiang Pingping ..."

Ji Chongyan didn't speak, but rubbed the center of his brows, and after a moment's pause, he said, "Go to the city gate and have a look, as long as you don't let them go out of the city, you can definitely find them in the city."

It is very important that the guarantor is still in Yancheng.

……

Can anyone leave the city within this hour?

The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate instinctively closed their eyes and shook their heads: "No..."

"No head!" The commander of the officers and soldiers who came after hearing the news slapped him down, and said to Lin Yan and Ji Chongyan: "The only ones who leave the city gate within this hour are Duke An and the others."

After being slapped, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, who were a little dazed, looked at the commander who slapped him in confusion: "Captain, didn't you say it's okay when the Duke Cai and the others entered the city just now?"

"I mean it's okay to go into the city, but it's not okay to go out of the city." The commander of the officers and soldiers said, raising his hand, and said, "However, when the Duke and the others left the city, we checked, and there was no suspicious person in the carriage. Only one of them put silver The box for the gun, and the box under the seat cushion is also a cage for putting luggage, so there is no way to hide people.”

Ji Chongyan was noncommittal when he heard the words, and only asked the officers and soldiers: "Grandfather, where can they go? How long have you been gone?"

"It's only a cup of tea. I'm not walking fast. I should be near the station outside the city at this time." The commander of the officers and soldiers pointed to the official road, and subconsciously wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and said, " At this time, it should be too late to catch up."

As soon as the words fell, Ji Chongyan raised his whip and said, "Let's go!"

But in a blink of an eye, they chased out one by one, and Lin Yanzi followed closely behind.

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It's not difficult to catch up with a leisurely carriage for a cup of tea. Not long after the group walked out, they saw the carriage of An Guogong and others outside the post station not far from the city gate.

Lin Yan and Ji Chongyan looked at each other, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and walked to the carriage with their horses under their stomachs.

Before turning over and getting off the horse, the people in the carriage opened the curtain to look out when they heard the movement outside.

Seeing that it was the two of them, the girl smiled and jumped off the carriageway: "Your Majesty, Master Lin."

Miss Jiang Si.What Lin Yan was about to say suddenly paused the moment he was about to say it, but Ji Chongyan who was on the side asked at this moment: "Miss Jiang Si, why are you going out of the city with grandfather at this time?"

This time...is really a coincidence.Ji Chongyan looked at the girl in front of him, she was clever and cunning, and she still had some secrets that he never told him.

Ji Chongyan's eyes fell on the carriage behind her.

The girl seemed to have guessed their purpose, took two steps, stepped aside, and said: "The city is heavily guarded, the son and Mr. Lin are on official business, and the little girl will not stop her."

Ever since I met her, she has never messed around, and she is still so "sensible and considerate" at this time.

Lin Yan laughed dryly, and then... stepped on the carriage unceremoniously.

At the moment of the case, he dared to search anyone's carriage, no matter whether the person seemed to be the murderer or not.He has handled countless cases. Sometimes, the less a person looks like a murderer, the more he will find out that he is the real murderer in the end.

As for the murderer, the word murderer is not written on the face.

He had just stepped into the carriage, and before he could search, a familiar voice sounded like a bell.

"What are you doing?" An Guogong's voice came from the post station, and seeing people surrounding his carriage from a distance, he asked a question.

"Grandfather." Ji Chongyan, who hadn't entered the carriage, looked at An Guogong, called "Grandfather", and said, "Why is grandfather leaving the city at this time?"

Lin Yan, who was about to rummage things after removing the cushion of the carriage, also poked his head out of the carriage, and asked, "Is it your own idea that the Duke of the State went out of the city, or was it prompted by others?"

It was probably because he was really tired and panicked these days, and he was facing Duke An as his own. Lin Yan didn't treat himself as an outsider when he opened his mouth, and he didn't even bother to go around in circles, so he asked what he thought.

It's just unexpected, as soon as these words came out, An Guogong's face sank, although he was not really angry to be as knowledgeable as Lin Yan, he snorted coldly: "What are you talking about? Lin family boy, in your heart, the old man is a fool Can't you? You still have to be teased to go out of the city?" At this point, An Guogong paused suddenly, as if suddenly realizing something, he turned his head and looked at the girl standing beside him with hands down, seeing the girl smiling at him indifferently Laughing, Duke An was stunned, and immediately asked Lin Yan unceremoniously, "What's the matter? Boy from the Lin family, do you think that the old man was forced to go out of the city by the girl from the Jiang family?"

If the words were changed by someone else, they would not say it even if they were rotten in their stomachs. Pian An Guogong is not, his status, power, and being Lin Yan's elder, he will not make any circles, he said with a snort : "Is it okay for you to be an old man whose ears are so soft? I have nothing to do with Jiang's girls when I go out of the city. I just want to rebuild a suit of armor for my silver spear."

I have worked so hard for most of my life for this little hobby. Now that I have a silver gun, I have to wear armor that is worthy of it. The Mohist blacksmith does not make armor. He has a place to make it. He was just coming back and passing through Yancheng. The one who bypassed Yancheng and went to Yuhang to buy armor had nothing to do with the girl of the Jiang family.

Hearing the explanation of Mr. An's going out of the city, Lin Yan's face froze, but in line with the principle of offending, then offending to the end, he continued to speak: "Why would Mr. An go out of the city and stay here? Behind the station is the green hill. , although the green hill is not high, it stretches endlessly, if someone escapes into the green hill..."

"Get away from you!" An Guogong couldn't help cursing, glanced at Lin Yan, and said, "Why is the old man stopping here? Of course, I drank too much water, and I'm going to show respect, otherwise what's the matter? I can't solve it on the road Bar!"

Lin Yan: "..."

Jiang Shaoyan pursed her lips and smiled, and promptly untied the bamboo tube at her waist and asked the two of them: "My lord, Mr. Lin, do you want a sour plum drink?"

The weather in the past few days has been unusually hot and cold, and it is too hot to rush on the road during the day, so it is no problem to buy some sour plum drinks to drink on the road.

The two people on the opposite side didn't ask for the sour plum drink, but An Guogong, who scolded Lin Yan, took a sip of the sour plum drink handed over by Jiang Shaoyan, and scolded: "The old man is just out of respect, and you from Dali Temple are too good." I'll think more about it."

A person who makes a fuss is catching suspects and fleeing from Qingshan, so he is not too tired to panic.

It's just that since the carriage cushion has been removed, it's good for people to see it thoroughly.

Under the cushions are several large and small cages, the largest of which can only hold a small child of four or five years old, neither the suspect nor Miss Fang San can hide in such a cage.

The only thing left, the only thing that could be hidden is the box containing the silver gun. An Guogong didn't stop Lin Yan, and stepped forward to open the box. Inside the box, a silver gun with a red tassel was lying quietly. in the box.

No one was hiding.

Lin Yan jumped out of the carriage and was scolded in vain. He couldn't help touching his nose with an embarrassed expression.

On the other hand, Mr. An Guo, who had finished the fire, was not angry at this time, and his anger disappeared after scolding him. After he finished checking, he asked, "Can we go? The old man is going to Yuhang to buy armor. Swimming in the West Lake or something."

Now that the carriage was checked, there were no suspects and no one stopped him.Lin Yan sent Mr. An to the carriage with a smile, turned around and got on the horse: Dali Temple Shaoqing often stops people to search but can't find anything, just get used to embarrassment.

After An Guogong got into the carriage, the girl also raised her skirt and stepped into the carriage. She was about to lift the curtain to enter, but Ji Chongyan's voice sounded behind her.

"Will Fourth Miss Jiang come to Yancheng again?"

The girl couldn't help being taken aback when she heard that, she turned her head and saw Ji Chongyan standing there and looking at her, as if he was seriously waiting for her answer.

The girl thought for a while and said with a smile: "Isn't the son going back to Baoling?"

That's right!Lin Yan sat on the horse and glanced at Ji Chongyan: man, you have to take the initiative, why must Miss Jiang Fourth come to him?Won't he go find Miss Jiang Si by himself?
Ji Chongyan nodded, "Yes", and watched the girl enter the carriage, and said, "Have fun with your grandfather."

A word of "good" with a pleasant accent floated out of the carriage, and when the carriage slowly drove towards the official road and disappeared at the end of the road, Lin Yan said: "That's good, it proves that Fang San is still in the city. The spy Let me report that people from the imperial court will arrive in Yancheng in five or six days, if Fang San is not asked to meet Zhou Fang, after Zhou Fang is taken away, it may not be easy for us to see Zhou Fang again."

Ji Chongyan agrees with Zhou Fang, which is why they want to ensure that Fang Zhixiu is not allowed to leave the city.

But compared to Fang Zhixiu and Zhou Fang, there was another point that they cared more about.

When leaving the city, it took less than a cup of tea to catch up and go back to the city for half an hour.

The Maxima the two sat on was dangling on the official road, chatting while shaking.

"If it wasn't for those few officials who went to Asu's shop to buy wine, I wouldn't know about it. What do you think Yang Yan is going to do?" Lin Yan wondered, "Why did he intervene in our business? The case, the two of us just did not report this case, and the rest were not half wrong, so what reason does he have to intervene?"

Hearing the words, Ji Chongyan raised his head and looked at the sky, the sunlight was so harsh that some people couldn't open their eyes.

"Since he has left the Ministry of Officials, it is His Majesty's intention for him to intervene this time." Ji Chongyan's voice was indifferent, without any trace of superfluous emotion.

Lin Yan is not stupid, it's just that he always subconsciously bypasses "Your Majesty" in front of Ji Chongyan, and now when Ji Chongyan himself said "Your Majesty", Lin Yan is no longer polite: "What exactly is your uncle thinking? "

"Master Tiandi, he is His Majesty first and then my uncle." Ji Chongyan corrected, "I don't know the reason why Your Majesty intervened in this matter."

All he knew was that His Majesty intervened, and the Jiangnan Road cases would soon have nothing to do with them.

(End of this chapter)