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When Ning Zai went downstairs, he saw shopkeeper Yang standing at the door of the inn arguing with a group of people.

"Your surname Yang, if you continue to obstruct official affairs like this, don't blame us for not caring about our feelings!"

Shopkeeper Yang put his hips on his hips and spat hard: "When did you arrest so many people in my Tongfu Inn?!"

Seeing Shopkeeper Yang's determined refusal to cooperate, the head guard pulled out his knife and said angrily, "Get out of the way!"

The light of the knife reflected a silver light on Shopkeeper Yang's face, which infuriated him even more. He took off his neckline with one hand and leaned towards the guard with his neck stuck.

"You kill! You do it!"

The two sides have clearly reached a point where they cannot be handed over.

Shopkeeper Yang was a good man, and Ning Zai couldn't just sit back and ignore him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, rushed to Shopkeeper Yang, and dropped the knife raised by the guard.

"Who are you? Why are you making trouble at the inn!"

The guards were somewhat disdainful, and they didn't want to talk to this kid who appeared out of thin air.

Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Yang was shocked when he saw Ning Zai, and then pushed Ning Zai in a panic: "What are you doing here, go back, go back!"

The guard noticed something was wrong, so he raised his voice to answer Ning Zai's question: "We are ordered by the city lord to invite Miss Meng's elder brother to come to the house for a briefing."

Sure enough, Ning Zai stabilized his figure, protected shopkeeper Yang beside him, stepped forward and asked, "Miss Meng? Which Miss Meng?"

Ning Zai's reaction completely confirmed that he was the person the city chief was looking for, and the guards were also happy to give him a little face, saying: "I just entered the city the day before yesterday, Miss Meng from Beiqing City. Presumably the young master is Miss Meng's elder brother, your sister and brother They are all in the mansion, and the city lord has specially ordered us to invite you into the mansion."

Shopkeeper Yang was confused by what he heard from behind, so he could only look at Ning Zai with confused eyes.

Ning Zai was also thinking at the moment.

They discussed that day, Meng Heyin and Huainian faked their identities and sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion. If the timing is right, only the two of them can kill Wang Xiao.

At the same time, Meng Heyin would only send a message to them if there were any accidents in the City Lord's Mansion, or if there were any troubles that could not be resolved.

Now that there are guards from the City Lord's Mansion looking for him, it must be that they have encountered some trouble.But what could be the trouble that a smart person like Meng Heyin couldn't solve?

Ning Zai was not in a hurry, so he could naturally think for a long time in silence.

But the guards of the City Lord's Mansion couldn't wait that long, they were still anxious to take him back to report to Wang Xiao.

The head of the guards began to urge: "Young Master Meng, my city lord is still waiting, and I hope you can make a decision early."

Ning Zai noticed something strange: "The city lord is waiting for me? What about my sister?"

The guard's face froze, "This... so the siblings are naturally waiting for the young master."

Ning Zai was keenly aware of the guilty conscience on the guard's face, and suddenly became confident, and said proudly with his hands behind his back.

"The two of them didn't listen to my dissuasion and sneaked out. Now that they have caused trouble outside, they want me, my elder brother, to clean up the stall for them. Don't even think about it! If they really need me, ask the two of them to come here in person!"

Ning Zai's attitude suddenly became severe, which startled the guards, and the one who spoke hurriedly made amends: "No, no, no, Miss Meng and the young master didn't cause trouble...just, I want to invite you to visit me."

Ning Zai’s move was just to deceive them. He didn’t expect that there was really a ghost behind this matter. If he was only [-]% sure before, then he can be sure now: there must be a ghost in this matter, the city lord Absolutely not to go to the government!
"Who do you think I am? Why do you insist that I go to someone else's house as a guest? You let those two bastards come to see me in person!"

The guards were overwhelmed with persuasion, but Ning Zai refused to back down even a single step. After much deliberation, the guards decided to give it a go and told the truth: "You really don't know, this invitation to the son to come over the mansion is for the sake of the young lady and the city lord. marriage."

Ning Zai was shocked: "Really?!"

"Exactly!"

Ning Zai was greatly shocked. He stared angrily at the guards, trying to find some traces of lies from them, but all the guards didn't keep nodding. They looked eager and sincere, which seemed to be true.

"Snapped--"

There was the sound of something breaking.

What is broken?It turned out to be Ning Zai's psychological defense.

Even if he gave Ning Zai 1 storyteller brains, he would never have imagined that Meng Heyin would marry Wang Xiao for assassination.Although he has known for a long time that Meng Heyin is a person who does not stick to small details in order to achieve his goals, but he never imagined that Meng Heyin would be so unscrupulous.

In the final analysis, it is not in line with Meng Heyin's usual style to go to all lengths to kill a person.

But... the guards of the City Lord's Mansion all came to the door.

Ning Zai still maintained an appearance as if he had been struck by lightning, and was crying bitterly in his heart: "Miss Meng, can you tell me which song you are singing, and show me a clear way."

The guards knew that this news was difficult for a brother who loved his sister, so they gave him more time to buffer in a very humane way.

Ning Zai petrified in place for several breaths before asking with dull eyes, "Where is she, and what else did she say?"

The guards began to grind their teeth. After all, the city lord asked them to do this. No one knew what Miss Meng said, and no one cared!

So the guard tilted his head and said in deliberation, "Miss Meng...didn't say anything?"

Ning Zai's lost sanity suddenly returned to his senses, and he said seriously, "She didn't tell me a word about such an important matter?"

The guards didn't answer.

Ning Zai doesn't need them to answer, sometimes silence itself is an answer, and this information is enough to deduce the basic situation.

It must have been something difficult to deal with in the mansion, such as Wang Xiao forced Meng Heyin to marry him, but she had no more suitable excuses, so she moved out.Her purpose is... to hold Wang Xiao back and obstruct the marriage!

If this is the case, I must play the role of obstructing the marriage!

If this is not the case, if they really need to enter the mansion by themselves, they will definitely send the message in person.

Consciously having figured out what was going on, Ning Zai's temperament changed drastically, and even his attitude changed drastically.

"My siblings have always acted for no reason, and now they secretly decide their lives behind my back, and they want to use their status as the city lord to suppress me, don't even think about it!"

"Marriage matters, the orders of the parents, the words of the matchmaker. If the parents are not here, I, the eldest brother, will make the decisions!"

"Go back and tell them, don't think that with the city lord in charge, you can be lawless, come back as soon as possible to avoid punishment!"

The mouths of the guards were wide enough to drop an egg.

Wasn't it easy to talk just now, why did it suddenly become such a virtue?

A guard whispered in his ear: "Boss, what should I do if this person refuses to go back, tie him back?"

The head of the guards had sparks in his eyes: "Of course I want to tie him back! But the city lord ordered to 'invite' him back."

The little guard scratched his head: "According to the meaning of the city lord, is it a normal 'please' or an abnormal 'please'?"

The head of the guard didn't quite understand, and whispered: "According to the past, it should be abnormal. But this person is his future uncle... According to common sense, it should be normal, right?"

The guards finally withdrew. After all, they did not dare to attack a "suspected master".

This only shows that sometimes knowing too much can actually hurt you.