Forced to be a villain, my righteousness comes first

Chapter 39 Clue 1
"Hi, guest officer, do you want to be a tip or stay in a hotel?"

The waiter at the inn is always so enthusiastic, especially when he smells money.

"Look at our inn, there are excellent Tianzi suites, whether it's beds, quilts, or hot water incense, all the facilities are first-class..."

"I want to live in Room No. [-], Dizi."

Li Xing interrupted Xiao Er's bragging, and at the same time stuffed a scattered silver coin into his arms.

"Is there any problem with Dizi No. [-] room?"

"No problem, no problem!"

Xiao Er's smile was even brighter. For such a big customer, even if there is a problem, there will be no problem!
"Guest officer, please follow me."

As he said that, he took Li Xing and walked towards Room No. [-], which is located on the third floor of the inn. It is not the best room in this inn, so it happens to be vacant at the moment.

"If you have anything else to tell the guest officer, we will be on duty [-] hours a day! Guaranteed to be on call!"

Li Xing followed Xiao Er into the guest room, and then waved Xiao Er away amid Xiao Er's compliments.

This room was the room where suspect No. [-] once lived. Li Xing walked to the window and pushed open the window sill.As the setting sun shines in, the majestic high walls of the City Lord's Mansion and the contiguous buildings of the Blue Mansion in the distance.

Especially the five-foot-high bluestone city wall of the City Lord's Mansion is so conspicuous, almost occupying most of the field of vision.

Although it is difficult for Li Xin to jump up to a city strong of this height, it may not be a problem for a strong man in the Mingshen realm who is proficient in body skills.

Now the first thing that can be made clear is that the No. [-] suspect is definitely not Jin Yanzi, and is the person I saw in the dungeon of the City Lord's Mansion the No. [-] suspect?

In this regard, Li Xing was skeptical at first.

After all, he had never heard Xiao Liu talk about the appearance of suspect No. 3.

But assuming that he is really the third suspect, then the purpose of his stay here, the reason why he was caught and tortured inhumanely, is really questionable!
Because Xiao Liu once said that he saw this person in and out of the city lord's mansion in the middle of the night, if he hadn't been instructed by the city lord, then this person must be plotting something wrong!

In addition, this person once went to the Blue Mansion...

Li Xing had to doubt the worst in his heart.

At this moment, the picture of the bounty station flashed into Li Xing's mind again.

Li Xing met the shopkeeper in the secret room as promised. The shopkeeper who was promoted by the shop's waiter has indeed thoroughly implemented the honest business attitude.

He only said a few simple words.

"You Xiaoliu is still alive, and he is in the City Lord's Mansion at this moment. According to rumors, he will be executed in another day!"

Ask to cut?

Li Xing never thought that the matter would develop to such an extent, but at this moment, he was still like a headless fly, unable to find the clue of the matter.

Li Xing kept staring at the shopkeeper, the eyes and expression of the shopkeeper betrayed him when he spoke, silence speaks louder than words.

Li Xing nodded, as he recognized the information given by the shopkeeper.

Li Xing did not mess around this time, and the shopkeeper was relieved. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and sighed lightly, then lowered his voice: "Mr. Li, I advise you to leave Shili City immediately!"

Li Xing looked at the shopkeeper in astonishment when he heard the words. He could hear the sincerity in the shopkeeper's suggestion.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!They must have heard something, and then they spoke to remind themselves!

Li Xing saluted with both hands clasped fists, and said a very solemn thank you, which was regarded as a response to the shopkeeper.

Then he came to this inn, stayed in the room where suspect No. [-] had lived, and retraced the path the suspect had walked, maybe he could figure out something!
Now I am not sure about anything, I can only not let go of any clues!

Thinking of this, Li Xing shook his head, dispelled the panic in his heart, and conducted a very careful investigation of all the locations in the room.

Under the bed, under the table, on the beam, in the crevice of the cabinet, he didn't let go of any tiny corner. Of course, it's a pity that Li Xing didn't gain anything!

At this moment, the sky was getting dark, and the watchman was already on the street, shouting and starting his patrol.

Li Xing looked at the high wall of the City Lord's Mansion, and felt an irresistible urge in his heart, so he wanted to find out!
But the premonition and the final rationality still stopped his impulse.

Xiao Liu would be beheaded!

What the hell did this kid do?
Standing quietly at the window, staring at the City Lord's Mansion for a long time, until the night was getting dark, Li Xing finally sighed.

He fell down on the big soft bed in the inn, put his head in his hands, and stared blankly at the roof.

Looks like I'm doomed to have no sleep tonight!
The arrival of another clue, but it represented the end of this path. Apart from the fact that Xiao Liu is now in the City Lord's Mansion, and the situation is not ideal, he has nothing more to gain.

But at this moment, Li Xin couldn't think of any way to sneak into the city lord's mansion openly and find out.

Now he can think of only two people who can help!
In the early morning of the next day, Li Xing brought two jugs of good wine to the outpost in the city. This was the place where Chief Meng Shi met him.

Li Xing subconsciously felt that he could get some information from Meng Shichang, who had fought side by side with him in the city guard.

It was a coincidence that not long after Li Xing appeared here, Meng Shichang walked slowly, dragging his obviously tired body, and came here rubbing his eyes.

He saw Li Xing at a glance, and after being slightly taken aback, he put on an apologetic smile on his face, and walked to Li Xing's side while yawning uncontrollably.

Before Li Xing could speak, he touched his head and said apologetically.

"Mr. Li is really sorry, what happened last time..."

Li Xing hurriedly waved his hand, blocking Meng Shichang's words.

"Don't say that, I'm going to trouble you!"

"Brother Meng is doing important things for the family and country, so you shouldn't be hindered by such trivial matters! After all, I'm delaying your business!"

Li Xing changed his words without a trace, and drew closer.

Meng Shizhang was quite moved by his understanding, and subconsciously took over the conversation.

"I heard that brother Li has perfectly handled the important affairs in Lan Zhongqing's house? He really deserves to be a hero!"

"Where is it! Brother Meng's help is also indispensable!"

After saying this, Li Xing passed the wine in his hand in a timely manner.

"Brother Meng, come and relieve your fatigue!"

"What's so funny..."

Meng Shi said so, but the glutton in his stomach broke out, so he also took the flagon, opened it and took a deep smell.

"Good wine!"

After finishing speaking, he took a sip hard, and then complained.

"Running around in and out of the city for the past few days, digging three feet, and even going out of the city for more than 50 miles to conduct investigations, day and night, is really exhausting! To tell you the truth, I haven't closed my eyes for two whole days!"

If he went out of the city and didn't close his eyes for two days, then Chief Meng Shi should not have participated in the affairs in the city for these two days!Li Xing saw the dust covered with Meng Shi's long armor, and the fine dead branches and leaves mixed in it...

"Is it because of the alien race?"

Li Xing believed Meng Shichang's words, so he delivered a new one just right.

Teacher Meng took another sip of wine, let his beard be stained with wine, and nodded fiercely: "Yes! The city owner suspects that there are aliens trying to harm the city!"

"But even though we searched so deeply inside and outside the city, we still haven't found any traces of the gathering of alien races! It seems that we are thinking too much."

Digging three feet into the ground, this is not necessarily the case!

Li Xing tactfully did not speak.

"A few aliens were caught in the city, but after our interrogation, these guys are just individual tourists who came to Ten Mile City from far away to purchase goods, and they are not a threat!"

"However, we found a lot of water and oil from several warehouses in the city! The quantity is a bit too bizarre..."

Speaking of this, Meng Shichang gulped down a pot of good wine, as if carrying some memories: "I suspect that some foreign race has obtained the formula."

"It is said that there used to be a foreign race in the mountains in the south, who could refine water and oil into a strange thing, which could be ignited, water could not be extinguished, and could burn for days!"

"You mean, there will be aliens refining such things with water and oil in the city?"

Li Xing keenly thought of the stench that he had smelled in the old city north of the city, near Xiaoliu's house.

It will be emitted, which means that there is a high possibility that someone is brewing something there...

"Could this be a conspiracy by a foreign race?"

Meng Shichang nodded, and said with a little puzzlement: "Several adults think so too, and they also attach great importance to this information. So they sent several teams to collect all possible places in the city, but they did not Find any traces of boiled water oil."

"Only some tanks of water and oil have been ordered by the city lord to be destroyed."

"Be careful, it won't hurt, it's your side, it's really hard work!"

It's almost time to end this topic, Li Xing scratched his head suddenly, pretending to ask casually.

"Brother Meng, if I want to visit the City Lord's Mansion, do you have any knowledge?"

"Oh, what is there to see in the City Lord's Mansion?"

Meng Shizhang was not vigilant, but seemed to be a bit accustomed to asking.

"That's it!"

Li Xing took out a small excuse that he had thought about, and it was not very satisfactory, it was just a cover that could be easily broken.

"I will leave Ten Mile City in the next few days. For a person who has lived in Ten Mile City for many years, it is a pity that I have not been able to admire the face of the city lord!"

Meng Shi nodded understandingly, but quickly poured cold water on Li Xing.

"The city lord generally rarely shows up and lives in seclusion. Even if you enter the city lord's mansion, it is difficult to see the city lord. But if you just want to visit the city lord's mansion, I have some connections!"

Meng Shichang rubbed his fingers at Li Xing with a little embarrassment.

"Because the city lord seldom shows up, there are many people who want to enter the city lord's mansion, some want to ask the city lord to recommend themselves, and some want to offer gifts to find a way..."

"The city lord didn't prohibit it, and the commander didn't care, so everyone just..."

It sounds like an industry!
Li Xing looked at Meng Shichang in surprise, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he really fell asleep and hit the pillow.

"Then I will trouble Brother Meng!"

While speaking, Li Xing took out a silver note of one hundred taels, and deftly stuffed it into Meng Shichang's hand.

"Good talk, good talk!"

Seeing the business coming, Chief Meng Shi didn't hesitate, took the silver ticket and another jug ​​of wine handed over by Li Xing, then patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said, "Just wait, I'll just wait to arrange."

"When it's time, you go to the east gate of the City Lord's Mansion to find me!"

(End of this chapter)