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The City Lord's Mansion is located in the north of Dingzhou City, and it is the most majestic building in the city.

Enter through the gate, walk through the long corridor, turn four or five turns in the middle, and pass through a moon gate to the backyard.

The backyard is the place for daily living, which is different from the openness of the front yard, and there is more interest in life in it.

After entering the door, the view is wide.A corridor paved with gray bricks passes through a pavilion and leads to the inside in a winding way.There is an interesting rockery on the right, with a canal under it, and many green lotus leaves floating on the water; on the left is a large garden, paved with verdant greenery, planted with various seasonal flowers, highlighting a cluster of flowers Come.

Meng Heyin followed Wang Xiao into the room, showing his admiration for the place appropriately on the surface, and secretly kept the route he had traveled all the way in his heart.

Wang Xiao was very grateful for this, and finally walked to the gate of the west courtyard, led Meng Heyin through another moon gate, and stopped.

Just as he was about to start speaking, a young man hurriedly chased after him: "City Master, it's not good! That person has started making trouble again! What does he want this time..."

The boy ran in a hurry, and when he got closer, he saw that there were outsiders here, so he closed his mouth resentfully.

Meng Heyin did not miss the irritability that flashed between Wang Xiao's eyebrows.

He hid it well, raised his chin at the boy with his usual face, and the boy stepped back and waited tactfully, before he turned around and said to Meng Heyin: "Miss Meng, are you satisfied with this yard?"

Meng Heyin glanced roughly around, leaned over and said, "Of course I'm satisfied, thank you, my lord... the city lord."

Wang Xiao smiled heartily: "It's okay, the lady will rest first, and Wang won't bother you anymore."

Halfway through his turn, he suddenly said to Huainian: "The precious sword in Mr. Meng's hand looks very good, can you lend me a look?"

When Wang Xiao said this, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle staring at the knife in Huainian's hand, and the aura around him became fierce.

Faced with such a gaze, it was impossible for Huainian not to be afraid, his hands trembled uncontrollably, his five fingers gripped the handle of the knife tightly, and the bones seemed to be stretched open to expose the flesh.

"Ah Sheng?" Meng Heyin gently reminded.

Huainian reacted, swallowed quietly, raised the knife and handed it to Wang Xiao.

If ordinary people saw this situation, they would definitely not take the treasured sword to check again, but Wang Xiao took it unconsciously.

The jeweled long knife was like a wooden stick in his hand, turning back and forth, it was obviously a knife, but it was used to hold several beautiful sword flowers.

Then with a "chick", without any warning, Wang Xiao pulled out the scabbard.

Meng Heyin's hairs stood on end, staring at him warily.

Wang Xiao didn't seem to notice their nervousness. He pulled out the blade and observed it carefully. A trace of mockery that could easily be ignored flashed across his face. Nostalgia.

"Thank you, it is indeed a good knife." He put on a smile again, and said to Meng Heyin: "I have to take a step ahead, you brothers and sisters should rest first, and if necessary, just tell the servants in the courtyard."

After Wang Xiao left, Meng Heyin ordered the servants in the courtyard to go out one by one before returning to the room. When he looked up, he saw Huainian sitting on the chair.

His whole body was tense, his arms were tightly holding the knife, and his expression was sad, as if he was holding a shattered hope.

Meng Heyin knew very well that he had been in torment all the time since he saw Wang Xiao, and after going through such a trial just now, it was inevitable that his mood would be unstable.After all, he's just a teenager.

But the city lord's mansion is extremely dangerous. Although Wang Xiao behaved very kindly, those angry and violent little details couldn't deceive people, he was just pretending.If he really wanted to put him to death in the City Lord's Mansion, it would be necessary to have some secret planning.

Thinking of this, Meng Heyin noticed the boy who had rushed to report the news just now, "That person started to make trouble again"... Who could that person be?And why was he able to make trouble in Wang Xiao's mansion, but was still tolerated by Wang Xiao again and again?
Meng Heyin thought for a long time, and suddenly put his hand on Huainian's shoulder.

"Miss Meng!" Huai Nian was startled and subconsciously shouted.

Meng Heyin shook his head, frowned and said, "We are now in the city lord's mansion, you have to put aside those past events for the time being, and focus on playing Ah Sheng well, my brother, we are just a pair of hard-working siblings."

"Wang Xiao doesn't fully trust you. If he finds out your identity, you and I may be in danger."

Meng Heyin was very serious, Huainian's curved back gradually straightened: "I understand."

Meng Heyin patted him on the shoulder in satisfaction, changed the topic, and talked about what he was thinking about just now: "If we want to take action, we must first catch the mistakes and omissions. The boy just said that there is a person in the house who is causing trouble , and Wang Xiao also looks extremely troubled by this person. This person may be our opportunity."

Huai Nian thought for a while: "The boy came from the east just now, maybe he lives in the east courtyard, I can go out quietly to check."

Meng Heyin nodded.

The servants brought dinner, and I have to say that Wang Xiao really put a lot of thought into it. The dishes were exquisite and delicious. The two of them ate their fill and waited quietly for the night to fall.

It was just getting dark when Meng Heyin opened the door, and the maid who was guarding the door immediately stepped forward, bowing her knees and asking, "What do you want, Miss?"

Meng Heyin's expression remained unchanged, and he let out Huai Nian behind him: "My brother was afraid that I would be bored, so he stayed with me for a long time today, but it's still late today, he should go back to his room to rest."

The maids expressed their understanding, pointing to a side room on the east side of the courtyard: "That's the residence arranged for the young master, the slaves will lead the young master there."

Huainian met Meng Heyin's eyes when he went out.

When Meng Heyin watched them go, he seemed to ask the maid next to him unintentionally: "It's so late, you have been guarding outside the house all the time, aren't you tired?"

The maid was stunned for a moment, and said respectfully: "I don't dare to ask Miss to care about you. You should do things in the mansion."

Meng Heyin was a little more puzzled and earnest: "What kind of rule is this, is the maid not a human being?"

The maid twitched the corner of her mouth, her tone remained the same, but there was some bitterness in it: "Miss, I don't know, the maid is already much more relaxed. The guards outside our courtyard are the real hard workers. , but if anything happens, everyone will be held accountable, ranging from being seriously injured for a few months, to seriously losing their lives."

The maid's words seemed to pour cold water on Meng Heyin. She gritted her teeth and tried her best to suppress the trembling in her voice: "You mean, someone is guarding outside the yard right now?"

The maid nodded: "Yes, there are more than a hundred people."