Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 687: I have waited for so long, please do not let me down
As soon as these words came out, even Lin Xuelan, who was in grief, suddenly came to her senses: "Mom, no, second uncle, I will go back with you."

Lin Luo shook his head and said, "No, such a big thing just happened. The whole city must be searching for us now. It's hard for me to get out alone, and it will be even harder if we are together. And big brother, you can't give up. Xue Lan, you have to wait for Princess Deyi to come back. Maybe our Lin family still has a chance to restore our innocence."

Lin Xuelan did not insist any longer. Kyoto and Jincheng were hundreds of miles apart. If she went back with her second uncle, she would become a burden to him. Her second uncle was right. She could not give up on her father. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, she had to rescue him.

To her, whether it is Grandpa Han, father or mother, they are the most important people in her life.

Now that Grandpa Han is gone, she can't afford to lose her father again.

"Okay, I won't say any more. I have to leave quickly. What if the whole city is blocked off? I won't be able to get out." Lin Luo didn't hesitate. He made up his mind and walked out.

"Second Master Lin." Chen Mo sighed, called Lin Luo, then took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, handed it to Lin Luo, and said: "This is bone-dissolving water. A middle- and low-level warrior will corrode immediately after touching it. I hope this can help you."

He could only help up to this point, and it was impossible for him to escort him back to Jincheng.

Lin Luo's expression froze for a moment, then he took it heavily. When he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, and knelt down in front of Chen Mo with a plop, and said in a deep voice: "If the Lin family cannot survive this crisis, Xue Lan will be entrusted to Master Mo."

After saying that, Lin Luo kowtowed three times, then stood up and left without caring whether Chen Motong agreed or not.

Chen Mo: "..."

"Second uncle." Lin Xuelan's eyes were filled with tears, her heart aching.

……

In the third prince's house.

In the study.

"You mean to say that with so many of you, you let them run away right under your noses?"

Xing Yin's voice was low and he even had a smile on his face, but those who knew him and the butler knew that this was a sign that His Highness was about to explode.

With a little cold sweat on his back, he said, "Your Highness, we could have caught them all, but we didn't expect a masked man to suddenly appear. He was very powerful and killed many of us. General Song and General Jiang both died at his hands. In addition, the Lin Mansion also built a tunnel. When we chased after them, the other party collapsed the tunnel. We couldn't..."

"Waste." Before He Guanjia finished speaking, Xing Yin threw the newly placed pen and inkstone on the table to the ground fiercely, making a crisp "dong" sound. Then he put one hand on his waist and pointed at He Guanjia with the other hand in great anger, saying angrily: "Pass my order, close all the city gates for me, search the whole city and find it for me.

Also, send someone to Jincheng to raid the Lin family for me. All members of the Lin family are accomplices, and no one should be spared."

"promise."

"Now that you know it, why don't you go now?"

……

Taking advantage of the city-wide blockade and before the officers and soldiers launched a large-scale search, Lin Luo, who was in disguise, successfully slipped out of Kyoto and ran all the way to Jincheng.

Shortly after Lin Luo left, Kyoto was blocked off and wanted portraits of Lin Luo, Lin Xuelan, Shuang'er and others were posted in the streets. There was a reward for those who reported them, and anyone who dared to harbor criminals would be punished as if they were the criminals themselves.

When Chen Mo went out to buy food, he happened to see these portraits.

How to say it, apart from the portraits of Lin Luo, Shuang'er and Yuzhu who are more similar, the portrait of Lin Xuelan cannot be said to be similar, it can only be said to be completely unrelated.

Chen Mo told Lin Xuelan and the others the news.

Lin Xuelan was not surprised by this and said, "I don't often show my face outside. Even in Jincheng, very few people know what I look like."

After all, Lin Xuelan is an unmarried girl, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see her beauty.

"What about the Diao family? Since the Diao family has business conflicts with your Lin family and arranged people to kill you on the road, they obviously know what you look like, right?" Chen Mo said.

"Diao Qing has met me. Last year, he came to my Lin family to propose marriage for his son, but was rejected by my father. Diao Hong has been in Kyoto and has definitely not met me. As for other people in the Diao family, I'm not too sure." Lin Xuelan said.

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows and said, "Just in case, you should hide in the cellar together. The soldiers will be here to search soon."

Lin Xuelan and the others also knew the seriousness of the matter, so they quickly ran to the cellar and hid under Chen Mo's guidance.

Chen Mo knew that if the soldiers came to search, they would definitely not miss any place where people could hide.

So Chen Mo quickly moved a thousand-pound boulder and pressed it on the wooden board of the cellar. He then camouflaged the surroundings and made sure it was not so conspicuous. Then Chen Mo returned to the room to check if there were any items left by Lin Xuelan and the others. After confirming that there was no problem, Chen Mo thought about it, put some change in the closet, and waited for the arrival of the officers and soldiers with peace of mind.

Less than half an hour.

There was a knock on the courtyard door, and an urging voice sounded outside the door:
"Open the door quickly, open the door quickly."

"Coming." Chen Mo waited for a while before responding.

But these soldiers were more anxious than he had imagined. As soon as Chen Mo left the room, the gate was kicked open. Three soldiers holding official swords and two holding powerful crossbows rushed in ferociously.

Each of them has a bamboo whistle hanging around their neck. The officers and soldiers holding official swords also hold a bamboo whistle in one hand at all times. Once something happens, they will blow it immediately to call for support.

Chen Mo quickly bowed and walked forward with a smile: "Hey? Gentlemen, what are you doing?"

The five soldiers looked at Chen Mo carefully, and then an older soldier said righteously: "An hour ago, a thief resisted arrest and killed many of us. We are on routine patrol. Have you been at home? Is there anyone else in the house? Did you see a suspicious figure just now?"

"Ah? Who is so bold that he dares to kill even soldiers? He must be really brave." Chen Mo said as he carefully pulled over his outer robe, felt inside his sleeves, took out the lease written by the landlord and threw it to the soldiers. He then said, "Sir, we just moved in a few days ago. We have my wife and two elderly people here, but they went shopping. I was home alone and didn't see anyone suspicious."

The officers and soldiers looked at Chen Mo's pretty boy appearance. He was still so timid and didn't look like he would dare to harbor a criminal. One of them took the lease and looked at it. After confirming that it was a normal residence, he said, "Excuse me, it's just a routine matter."

Then he waved his hand: "Search."

He was left alone to watch over Chen Mo, while the remaining four officers and soldiers went into the house separately to search.

Soon, some officers and soldiers discovered the change in the closet.

They serve different dishes to different people.

Seeing that Chen Mo was a tenant, not living in a high-end house, and looking timid, he guessed that he had no background and simply took away all the change in the closet.

After leaving the house, he shook his head at the officers and soldiers who were looking at Chen Mo, and secretly made a gesture to them.

The officer and soldier looking at Chen Mo understood immediately, and after sweeping the yard, he asked, "Do you have a cellar in your yard?"

"We just moved here, so we don't know yet. It should be there. I'll look for it for you, sir."

Having said that, Chen Mo actually started to look for it seriously in front of them.

The soldier who took the silver was afraid that Chen Mo would find out that the silver was missing from the closet, so he immediately said, "Boss, I just looked carefully and there is no cellar. Let's go, we have to go to the next house."

The officer next to him also raised his hand: "Yes, Boss, let's go."

The leading officer took a few more careful glances and confirmed that there was nothing unusual, then he waved his hand and said, "Let's go." This kind of city-wide search is a thankless task and it is easy to offend the powerful, so don't expect them to be serious. Now that they have found "benefits", they naturally don't want to stay any longer.

After leaving, they even closed the gate.

But Chen Mo sensed that they had not gone far outside, so he walked into the room and after a moment, he pretended to shout, "My money."

Then he quickly ran out of the house.

Outside, several officers and soldiers listened to the noise inside. One of them whispered, "Go, he's found out."

"Damn it." After leaving the yard, seeing that there was no one there, Chen Mo yelled a few more times and started beating his chest and stamping his feet.

After waiting for half a minute, Chen Mo closed the courtyard door and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he moved the huge stone above the cellar, uncovered the wooden board at the entrance of the cellar, and said, "Ms. Lin, come out quickly, they are gone."

Lin Xuelan and the others came out of the cellar one after another. The cellar of this house was very small and very stuffy inside. In just a moment, the three women were already sweating profusely.

Especially Lin Xuelan, her skin was the whitest, rosy and glowing, with beads of sweat on her forehead, and her dress was slightly soaked with sweat and stained with the mud in the cellar, making her look like a pure and innocent girl who had been tortured.

Yuzhu looked even hotter.

"Thank you, Mr. Mo, you saved our lives again." Lin Xuelan bit her red lips and looked at "Mo Yu". She was afraid that she would never be able to repay this kindness in her lifetime.

Shuang'er looked guilty: "I'm the one who got you into trouble. I'm leaving now. Don't worry, even if I'm caught, I won't betray you."

Shuang'er felt really guilty and thought that all this was caused by herself.

But as soon as she took a step, she fell to the ground and fainted.

Her injury had not healed in the first place, so she needed careful care and rest, but she had just done some intense exercise and she was afraid that the wound might have been broken.

Chen Mo sighed: "Ms. Lin, Miss Yuzhu, please help me take her into the house."

……

the other side.

The city-wide search by officers and soldiers aroused public indignation.

There are many officers and soldiers like Chen Mo who have dishonest hands and feet.

What's worse, not only did they take the people's money, but they would also take advantage of the beautiful hostess. This caused the people to complain, and some powerful people were involved.

One memorial after another was delivered to the Third Prince's residence.

Although the Third Prince had suppressed it with his power, there were still no results after searching for so long. Xing Yin knew that if he continued searching, he would get no results.

The only option was to turn Kyoto upside down, but that would only increase the people's resentment, which would be detrimental to his rule. He had to think of other ways.

At this time, he and the housekeeper came up with an idea. They could use Lin Kong in the prison to lure the person out.

Xing Yin thought it was a good idea, so he asked him and the housekeeper to do it.

……

In a valley twenty miles away from Kyoto City.

Although it is a valley, the vegetation here is not dense. Instead, you can see patches of sand that are not covered by vegetation.

Around here, you can see a lot of white bones, vaguely distinguishing some of which are human bones and some of which are those of various animals.

This place is far away from the official road and there are few people.

But when it got dark, a figure appeared in the valley.

He came to a slightly sunken area in the sand and pressed a button somewhere. With the sound of a mechanism, a hole about one and a half meters in size appeared before his eyes.

He glanced into the cave entrance. It was pitch black, with a hissing sound coming from inside, revealing a terrifying and solemn atmosphere.

He took out a fire starter, blew out some fire, and walked towards the cave entrance. Inside was a staircase leading downwards. The moment he stepped on the stairs, a mechanism sounded, and the cave entrance above his head closed. Then, rays of light lit up on both sides of the stairs, and the environment inside suddenly became bright.

Even though this was not his first time here, he still looked a little creepy and frightened.

Because the walls on both sides are almost covered with poisonous spiders, poisonous ants and other poisonous insects.

There were almost densely packed poisonous snakes on every step of the stairs.

Some poisonous snakes even stood up and spit out their tongues at him.

If someone came here for the first time and saw the scene before them, they would probably be scared to death.

Fortunately, these poisonous creatures recognized him and did not attack him. After a moment, they all made way for him.

He breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking down.

After going down the stairs, there is an underground palace inside.

There were lights burning in every corner, and white bones everywhere. Various poisonous insects lived among these bones. There was a poisonous snake crawling out of the skull, which almost scared him.

Deep in the palace, there is a pool, one half of the pool is filled with blood, and the other half is flowing mercury. There is no barrier between the two, but miraculously they do not blend together. A middle-aged man with a naked upper body and extremely white skin is sitting cross-legged in the center of the intersection with his eyes closed.

With the arrival of the figure, the middle-aged man just opened his eyes slightly.

"High Priest, someone has left a new mark in the tavern, and wants to buy Immortal Powder." The figure said hoarsely.

"Oh?" The middle-aged man was a little surprised. You know, he hasn't traded with the outside world for a while. Those acquaintances in the Western Regions should know about it. He immediately asked: "Where did the mark come from?"

"The Great Song Dynasty."

"Song Dynasty? Liang Family?" The middle-aged man immediately thought of something. After thinking for a while, he said, "Normal transaction."

"promise."

After the figure finished speaking, he retreated.

As soon as the figure left, the middle-aged man stood up from the pool and murmured to himself: "Song Dynasty? You have waited for so long, please don't let me down..."

(End of this chapter)