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The courtyard where Wang Xiao usually lives is very grand. Whether it is the decoration furniture or the various treasures displayed on the ancient shelf, every place can be called luxury, which is very in line with the status of the most abundant city lord of Dingzhou in Qi State.

There is a set of tables and chairs in the room, which are made of extremely precious golden silk wood. There is a layer of soft cushions on the chair in front of it, and a pillow made of mink down beside it.

"Sit." Wang Xiao made a "please" gesture, sat down on the chair next to him carelessly, and handed another cup of tea to Meng Heyin.

The atmosphere in the room was a bit strange, there seemed to be a strange fragrance, Meng Heyin looked around and saw an incense burner burning on the other side.

She lowered her eyes and put the tea cup in her hand on the table.

The moment the cup was placed on the table, a big hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Meng Heyin's.

Meng Heyin hurriedly broke free, but his hand was very tight.

Wang Xiao raised his eyebrows, questioning in his eyes: "Miss Meng? Didn't you come to thank me?"

At this time, Meng Heyin really wanted to pull out his hand and beat his pig's head violently, but when he thought of the purpose of this trip, he endured it again.

She squeezed out a forced smile, and firmly pulled out her clenched hands, wondering: "A man and a woman...whether to kiss or not."

Wang Xiao nodded happily, and looked into Meng Heyin's eyes tenderly.

Meng Heyin looked back, but her heart was full of anger.

Want to hold my hand, huh?There were people who thought this way, and then they all died.

Wang Xiao had a plan in mind, and finally lost the battle. He apologized: "Miss Meng, I was being rude. But I fell in love with you at first sight, and I am willing to use a thousand pieces of gold as an employment, and take the girl as my wife. And..."

Meng Heyin stood up abruptly, and said repeatedly: "The city lord is not allowed. Marriage is a matter of parents' orders. According to the matchmaker's words, you and I met by chance. How dare you make a private decision for life like this?!"

Wang Xiao ignored her refusal at all, walked up to her and restrained her: "I told you, it's not an elopement to hire a daughter."

Of course, Meng Heyin wouldn't just agree to him like this. It was her bottom line to lure the enemy with color for revenge, so how could she have a false relationship with Wang Xiao because of this.

As a result, Meng Heyin's face changed, as if it took all his strength to throw him away, and said angrily.

"City Lord Wang, I respect you for saving my life, so I came here to thank you, but you are so rude to me... with bad intentions!"

"For one thing, marriage can naturally be discussed, and then there are three letters and six ceremonies, and you will come to the door for an appointment. Now that you are like this...don't you humiliate me?!"

"Secondly, those girls in the Caiyuan attacked me for no reason. From their expressions, it seems that they are all afraid of you. You and I don't know each other yet...I can't promise you easily."

She paused after saying these words, quietly observed Wang Xiao's expression, saw that his face was livid and obviously angry, so she continued to make up nonsense.

"Three, three..." Meng Heyin stopped on purpose.

Sure enough, Wang Xiao took the bait, and asked coldly, "What are the three?"

Meng Heyin pursed her lips: "Three things, even if I am interested in you, my brother is still in the city... Although my brother and I have a bad relationship, he will not easily agree to your marriage."

Wang Xiao rolled his eyes, the woman in front of him was undeniably beautiful, and she was looking at him helplessly at this moment, her eyes must be worried that she would be angry, could it be... She was really afraid of his elder brother, so she didn't dare to get close to him?
Wang Xiao convinced himself and asked, "You mean, you dare not agree to me because you are worried about your brother scolding you?"

Meng Heyin nodded repeatedly: "My biological father died young, and my elder brother is pedantic. I'm afraid I will make him unhappy if I live in your house..."

While talking nonsense, Meng Heyin apologized in her heart: I'm sorry, Brother Ning!
The biological father died early... It is normal for the elder brother to be the father, so he should be disciplined more strictly.Wang Xiao convinced himself thoroughly, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, then I'll take your brother over, and I'll talk to him."

As he spoke, he wanted to hold Meng Heyin's hand, but Meng Heyin dodged it.

Meng Heyin bit her lips cowardly, and Wang Xiao couldn't get any more angry when there was no need to explain.

Therefore, Wang Xiao sent Meng Heyin back to the west courtyard as it was, and gave instructions before leaving.

"You can usually play freely in the mansion, but the east courtyard is dangerous, so don't approach it."

"Then here..."

Wang Xiao stroked Meng Heyin's hair dotingly: "Don't worry, there is still one more day, and it will be safe there. You can go anywhere in this huge City Lord's Mansion."

Meng Heyin nodded: "My brother's matter..."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Immediately after Wang Xiao left, he sent someone to the Tongfu Inn to "invite" Meng Heyin's brother to the City Lord's Mansion.

The guard got the order, and before disappearing, Wang Xiao thought of something again.

"Wait," he rubbed his fingers slowly, "All those disobedient women today will be killed."

The guard was surprised: "Didn't you want to let them go?"

Wang Xiao suddenly became dangerous: "The useless slave is really released?!"

The guard faltered: "Maybe...all of them are released."

"Kill them all! All of them!"

Meng Heyin was eating snacks with Huainian in the room. Huainian had no appetite, so he was serious when he spoke.

"You asked him to find Brother Ning, what if Brother Ning won't cooperate and reveal his identity?"

Meng Heyin tilted his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Hearing what he said, he clapped his hands in disgust: "You think everyone is as stupid as you! According to Brother Ning's ingenuity, he will definitely understand what I think immediately So think, help me to cooperate well, and drag him for three days and five days!"

Huainian knew that his reaction was not clever enough, so he obediently shrank his head and acted as a ruthless talker.

"A day later... a day later..."

Seeing that Meng Heyin had been chanting "one day later" for a long time, Huai Nian felt itchy with doubts, and finally asked.

"Miss, what's 'after a day'?"

"East Courtyard. Wang Xiao refused to let me go to the East Courtyard, but said that I could go there in a day. Why? What will happen?"

The focus of nostalgia is not here at all: "Danger? What danger?!"

"He said that there was a fierce beast in the east courtyard, but I could hear it very clearly. The sound of that beast was 'oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo'.

Huainian said: "You can't tell if it's a fierce beast just by listening to the sound. There are not a few animals in the world whose body shape and sound are in contrast."

Meng Heyin said: "Boy, you know a lot!"

Huai Nian said: "My father and I have seen a lot of animals, such as calves, the sound is very loud, my father even taught me..."

Huai Nian's voice became lower and lower, obviously because he remembered something, he didn't cry after all, but continued: "It's a pity my father is gone, I can't tell the difference now."

Yes, after people left...

Wait, Meng Heyin suddenly thought that the boy had clearly said that there was a person living in the east courtyard.This man lived with the beast but lived in peace, either the beast trainer or the beast's master.

Then, one day after what Wang Xiao said, it must be the day when the person in the East Court left.

Thinking of Wang Xiao's fear of that man, Meng Heyin's eyes sparkled.

Their plan must be completed before that person leaves.