Mu family's little lucky girl

Chapter 226 The Truth of That Year (Two in One)

The moon hangs in the hollow, and the night is quiet.

From the very first moment he followed the first and second man here, Mu Li made full use of his strengths—he took the layout of this inn into his mind one by one.

She remembered exactly which room was in which location.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Mu Li climbed up to the roof without anyone noticing, and accurately found the guest room where the second man had been.

She tiptoedly took a tile away, and her eyes brightened instantly.

In the room, three people sat around a square table.

One was Mr. Pian Pianjia in Tsing Yi, who looked familiar, Mu Li squinted his eyes, and suddenly widened them.

Isn't this the man who bought braised large intestines and braised pork at her stall that morning?

Mu Xin was shocked.

What is the relationship between them?
Before Mu Li could think about it, his gaze shifted to another person.

This is a man wearing a copper mask, sitting upright, his age cannot be seen, but his gray hair shows that he is not young.

At least fifty or more.

The third man next to him was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform, and he was not too young. He looked on par with the masked man, and his hair was already grey.

Mu Li bent down and listened attentively to their conversation.

Zhao Fan raised his wine glass and said enthusiastically, "Master Zhong, thanks to your care these days, Zhao was lucky enough to be the county magistrate of Xingzhou County. If it wasn't for you, Zhao would still be a small vendor selling pickles."

"This glass of wine, I, Zhao Fan, respect Mr. Zhong!"

A low and joyful voice came out of his throat, and Zhong Shanghui's face under the mask became even more terrifying with joy, and the scars deepened with his smile, like horrible bugs crawling all over his face .

The ravine is uneven.

The hair is creepy.

Those cloudy old eyes couldn't hide the joy.

Even though he has been away from court for more than ten years now, Zhong Shanghui still enjoys the flattery and flattery of others.

The sense of superiority and superiority of being flattered and praised by others has already been carved into his bones, and has become one with his flesh and blood.

In this life, it is impossible to disappear.

Back in the day, Zhong Shanghui was a student in high school, and since then he stepped into the officialdom.

Inside and outside the court, everyone is respected.

In addition, he was deeply favored by Emperor Hongtai, and three years before the end of Daliang period, he was promoted by Emperor Hongtai to be a first-rank Taifu, and he was awarded the honor of Zuozhu Kingdom.

For a time, the scenery is infinite.

He has become the envy of many students and a role model for learning.

Having been an official for decades, Zhong Shanghui got used to being flattered and flattered by others. Over the past few decades, he got used to being praised by others, and he never tired of it, and he would never dislike it for the rest of his life.

And this is common to most people.

We tend to only like to hear what we like to hear, and we don't like to hear other people's bad things about us, even if these bad things exist objectively, we hate it to the extreme.

Sometimes they even ignore the facts and make excuses for themselves, even to the person who dares to tell the truth.

Hearing Zhao Fan praise himself, Zhong Shanghui's heart was surging, as if he had returned to those days when he was an official in the capital, but now, as an important leader of the national restoration plan, he must pay attention to his words and deeds in front of the younger brothers.

No matter how happy he is in his heart, he can't laugh heartlessly like others.

"Master Zhao is a rare talent." Zhong Shanghui said, but he didn't go to get the wine, "Even without me, Mr. Zhao will become famous sooner or later."

"I just tried my best."

Zhao Fan maintained his gesture of raising his wine glass, looked at Zhong Shanghui and said sincerely: "What do you mean, my lord?"

"I am now the head of Xingzhou County, and I rely entirely on Master Zhong; the former county magistrate Chen Liang did all the bad things for his official position, oppressing the people, and did not give us small traders a way to survive. Master Zhong and Beidi people not only Punish rape and eradicate evil, do justice for the heavens, and kill this bully with my own hands, I, Zhao Fan, don't know where I am now."

"Although I, Zhao Fan, am not a good person, I still understand how to repay my kindness. From now on, my little life will belong to Mr. Zhong."

Muli on the roof looked at Zhao Fan and Zhong Shanghui in shock.

Can't believe what I just heard.

What exactly do those words in Zhao Fan's mouth mean?
Do all the bad things?

Squeeze the people?

Don't give traders a way out?
Is this really County Magistrate Chen?
Why is what she heard so different from what Zhao Fan said?

Mo San said that after Chen County Magistrate died, the people in Xingzhou County were all sad, and there were countless people who came to express their condolences. How did Zhao Fan become so disgusted by the people?
Who the hell is lying?
Mu Li knew it without thinking.

If Chen County Magistrate is really what Zhao Fan said, how can such a person raise such an excellent child as Mr. Chen?
After a little brainstorming, Mu Li figured out the meaning.

Zhao Fan tarnished the innocence of Chen County Magistrate in this way, nothing more than putting a smack on his face, making his position as County Magistrate justifiable.

That's why there's nothing left to do.

Do everything possible to tarnish the reputation of Chen county magistrate.

After a long time, people will forget Magistrate Chen and only remember his notoriety.

And this is also one of Zhao Fan's goals.

He just wants to overthrow Chen Liang!

Mu Li couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

She wished she could fly back immediately and tell Chen Xiao the news.

Tell him that his father's murderer has been found.

Although Chen Xiao never mentioned his father's death in front of her, nor did he reveal that he was going to investigate the truth of his father's death, but ever since Mu Li knew Wei Qi's true identity, Mu Li didn't think so.

Chen Gongzi's mother, Mrs. Zhang, also told her that since his father passed away, Chen Gongzi's temperament has changed drastically.

There were fewer words and people became colder.

Mu Li was sure that Young Master Chen was secretly investigating the cause of the county magistrate Chen's death.

But why did they join forces to kill County Magistrate Chen?
According to Zhao Fan's meaning, people from Beidi also participated in it.

In this way, it is somewhat similar to what Mo Sanyi said at the beginning.

However, Mo San thought that there were only people from Beidi at that time, but unexpectedly there were also people from this dynasty.

……

The sky was not beautiful, and the night sky was still full of moonlight and stars, but at this time, it started to rain lightly.

The raindrops fell on the tiles, making a crisp and pleasant ticking sound.

Mu Li wanted to listen for a while longer.

Helplessly, the rain began to fall harder and harder.

If she didn't quickly put the tiles back to their original positions, her whereabouts would be exposed immediately if any rain fell from here.

Mu Li lightly put the tiles back in place.

"what sound?"

Zhong Shang looked up at the roof in a gloomy manner.

The cloudy eyes couldn't stop the sharpness of the eyes.

Zhao Fan also looked up at the roof.

He looked to the left, to the right, and then in circles.

"Nothing."

Zhao Fan was at a loss.

I don't understand why Zhong Shanghui suddenly became vigilant.

The room was so silent that a pin drop could be heard.

Even the sound of breathing can be heard.

On the roof, raindrops jingled.

Zhao Chang'an stood up, glanced at the roof lightly, and said calmly: "It is probably caused by a wild cat who doesn't know where it came from."

"Wild cat?" Zhong Shanghui didn't let his guard down because of this, he turned around and asked him, "It's raining outside, where did the wild cat come from?"

These words obviously do not believe Zhao Changan.

"Gao Qing!"

"Here!" Gao Qing pushed the door open and entered.

Zhong Shanghui ordered: "Go outside and have a look, is there any suspicious person around here?"

Gao Qing clasped his fists together: "Yes!"

Zhong Shanghui came out from the room, stood on the porch, holding on to the railing with both hands.

Zhao Fan followed closely behind him.

It's raining harder.

The entire lobby of Shilipo Inn is open-air.

There is a patio in the middle of the lobby.

All the water in the inn is taken from here.

There was a rush of rain.

Zhong Shanghui looked solemn, looking at the rain falling from the sky.

No wonder he was so cautious.

But what he does must be 12 points of energy, and there must be no slack, once something goes wrong, the whole game will be lost.

After a while, Gao Qing returned to his life drenched.

"My lord, my subordinates just sent people to search all the places near the inn, and found no suspicious person."

"I just found a group of stray cats."

After thinking about it carefully, Gao Qing still told Zhong Shanghui about this.

"Cat?" Zhong Shanghui was puzzled, "Was it really a cat just now?"

Zhao Fan has been here more than once. In the past, when he had nothing to do, he liked to come here for vacation. Regarding the fact that Shilipo people like to keep cats, Zhao Fan was deeply touched.

Zhao Fan had a grin on his face, "My lord, you don't know. People in Shilipo love to keep cats, so there are a lot of cats here; but there is another saying here, that is, you can keep cats, but you can't keep cats in captivity. The cats cannot be deprived of their freedom, so the cat owners here are often free-range.”

"Cats are wild. They like to run out every day. One or two will run out. In this way, it becomes a group of cats."

"They're not stray cats, though."

Zhong Shanghui didn't care about this.

It doesn't matter if it's a wild cat or not, as long as the enemy doesn't inquire here.

Zhong Shanghui felt relieved.

Fu entered the room again. Before entering the room, he subconsciously glanced at the guest room at the end of the corridor.

Twilight's room.

Two men in black tights were guarding the door of the room.

It's man one and man two.

Zhong Shanghui's hanging heart dropped.

He originally planned to greet Princess Qingyang as soon as he arrived here. No matter what hatred he had with the Wei family, King Beidi Khan sent an envoy to propose marriage to Emperor Zhou Gaozu in person, even though he was not satisfied with King Beidi Khan's decision. , but now because of his weak strength, he has to borrow external force.

Therefore, he could only temporarily put aside his hatred.

Do your best to win over Beidi.

Therefore, Zhong Shanghui treated Wei Yan with courtesy.

Even if it's just superficial effort, he has to do enough.

Because in the future, he still needs to rely on Beidi's strength.

If Princess Qingyang married Khan Haman, it would be very detrimental to their plans to restore the country if they talked about their abuse of her in his ears.

If Zhao Fan hadn't come to report the situation in person today, Zhong Shanghui would have come out to greet her early in the morning.

Before entering the house, Zhong Shanghui told Gao Qing again to order him to go on and not be rude to Princess Qingyang, and anyone who is disrespectful to the princess should directly serve the princess according to the rules.

……

At the same time, a black shadow flashed into Mu Li's room.

The room was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.

Chen Xiao followed the marks left by Mu Li to find this place.

In the entire inn, only Zhong Shanghui's room was brightly lit, as bright as day.

Chen Xiao didn't dare to light the lamp, for fear of attracting their attention, he moved forward cautiously, paying great attention to his feet, for fear of accidentally bumping into chairs, tables or something.

These sounds are especially clear and piercing in the dead of night.

Chen Xiao came to the bed, and through the curtain, he called softly, "A Li, wake up."

"It's me, Chen Xiao."

A quiet room.

Chen Xiao thought she didn't hear, so he took another step forward, opened the curtain, and faced the position at the head of the bed, his voice was low, unconsciously tinged with tenderness.

"Ali?"

Chen Xiao called out several times, but still didn't hear her voice.

He stretched out his hands and moved forward cautiously, for fear of bumping into places that shouldn't be touched.

Finally, the big, slender hand rested on a face.

"A Li, wake up, I'm Chen Xiao, I'm here to take you home."

"call--"

There was an unexpected grunt.

"Ali?"

At this time, Chen Xiao's IQ was obviously offline, and he couldn't even hear the man's snoring.

His hand moved.

Carefully feel the face under the palm of your hand.

Uh……

Chen Xiao muttered to himself: "A Li, why is your face not as delicate as before?"

As he spoke, his hand moved again.

"It feels a lot bigger than before."

After a pause, Chen Xiao's eyes suddenly froze.

In the dark, his eyes were ruthless.

Because before coming here, Xiao Muxuan explained everything to Chen Xiao.

The two people who took Muli away were the men in black who sneaked into her house last night.

In order to make Chen Xiao feel sorry for his sister, Xiao Muxuan rescued her as soon as possible, and even told Chen Xiao how cruel and terrifying these two people were.

With this hint, Chen Xiao now believes that Mu Li has been hurt here.

And the reason why she couldn't be woken up was because Chen Xiao brain made up a big drama, Ah Li was seriously injured, and now she was unconscious, so she couldn't be woken up.

Chen Xiao felt distressed.

The big hand rubbed "her" face a few times.

The face was still rough.

It doesn't seem smooth yet.

The feel is really worse than before.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao felt even more distressed.

"A Li, don't worry, anyone who hurts you, I will never let them go."

"call--"

Another grunt.

Chen Xiao suddenly felt it was funny. At this moment, he still didn't find anything wrong. In the dark, his tenderness was like water, and he pampered him infinitely.

"Why did your voice become thicker?"

"call--"

This time it was another grunt with a different sound.

The smile on Chen Xiao's face froze instantly.

He finally realized something was wrong.

Standing up abruptly, he let go like throwing away something he hated.

He didn't care whether he would be discovered or not, so he opened the fire folder suddenly.

In the room, a dim candlelight suddenly lit up.

Chen Xiao took a fire folder and looked closer.

With just one look, he nearly fainted.

There are two men lying side by side on the bed!

There was no trace of Mu Li.

Chen Xiao was struck by lightning immediately.

Thinking that the people he faced affectionately just now were actually two big and three rough men, Chen Xiao wished he could die on the spot.

He turned sharply and scanned the room.

The room was dark.

Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

His big hand caressed his chest.

so far so good.

Such a shameful thing was not discovered by others.

Chen Xiao suddenly became serious.

Ah Li wasn't in the room, so where did she go?
"Dangdang!"

It was the sound of the wind blowing the windows.

The windows open and close.

Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes and understood instantly.

He jumped up and landed firmly on the ground.

……

Mu Li hid in a small alley, and at this moment she still had lingering fears.

She just accidentally made a small noise just now, Zhong Shanghui's ears are so sensitive, and he is even more vigilant, directly sending someone out to search the surrounding situation.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and found a place to hide, so that Zhong Shanghui's people didn't find out.

Mu Li originally planned to bury a listening urn under the wall next to Zhong Shanghui's room to listen to the movement in the room, but now the plan has failed.

However, as long as she buried the listening urn within ten miles, she could eavesdrop on the other party's conversation.

Ting urn is a pot with a big mouth and small belly. It is commonly known as cocoon-shaped pot or cocoon-shaped pot because it is shaped like a silkworm cocoon. Listen to what's going on around you.

Mu Li dug a small hole with his hands, put the listening urn in, didn't care whether it would stain the skirt, knelt directly on the ground with his knees, and leaned his ears on it.

The rain washed over her relentlessly.

Mu Li was almost drenched all over.

Her hair was wet against her face.

When Chen Xiao found her, he was in a mess.

The rain overhead suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the arm was suddenly grabbed.

When Mu Li came back to his senses, the person had already fallen into someone's arms firmly.

"What are you doing here?"

Mu Li wiped the rain off her face, and after seeing who it was, she was happy from the bottom of her heart, and smiled heartlessly.

"You really found me."

(End of this chapter)