The vicious villain is pretending to be weak again

It was almost dawn, and the dogs were barking in the alley. Magistrate Cao, who had just stepped off the carriage, looked up and saw the young man who had been flirting all night walking towards the magistrate's mansion.

He paused, only to see that the guard with a slightly higher head was following him every step of the way. The two of them were about to go in one after the other, but the guard named Niu Er looked back keenly. .

County magistrate Cao subconsciously retreated into the car, and he was relieved when he heard that there was no movement outside.

However, the next moment, the car window was tapped a few times.

Magistrate Cao's expression froze, and he immediately raised a loving smile, opened the window, and the young man was standing beside the car with his hips in his arms.

"Uncle Cao!"

"Hey! Nephew Lin!"

"Uncle Cao is really hardworking. He went to the Yamen so early?"

Magistrate Cao narrowed his eyes with a smile, and stroked his beard modestly.

"This is natural. An official should be diligent and not slack off for a day."

Jiang Lingyi nodded with admiration, cupped her hands and said.

"Then, my nephew went back first?"

"well."

Magistrate Cao lowered the curtain, and the smile disappeared.

The coachman and others walked away before asking cautiously outside the curtain.

"My lord, then we now..."

"Back, ya, door."

County magistrate Cao, who was tossed about by a certain young master, heaved a deep sigh of relief.

Last night, he planned to go to see the Second Young Master Jiang and then rushed back to rest. Unexpectedly, that ancestor knocked out the guards again. The whole guarding camp searched for him all night. In the end, He Qingzhou led people to stop him in the kitchen.

Originally, he wanted to ask the reason why he appeared here before sending him away, but now that he had made such a fuss, he had no choice but to throw the hot potato out overnight, and was stabbed by Qin Xiao's sneering words, causing him a whole lot of discomfort before rushing away back home.

But now that he's back home, he has to go back to the yamen.

It's a big crime.

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The servants and maids of the county magistrate's mansion got up early, and Jiang Lingyi returned to her courtyard. After closing the door, her face turned cold.

Last night, the people in the dark hall could only investigate from a distance, and they didn't dare to approach at all, but there was more than just an army hiding in that mountain.

More... iron ore.

Army, weapons.

They are really very capable, they were able to find such a place, but there is an iron mine in Fenghuang Mountain, but they have kept it a secret, and they have not leaked it for so many years.

The sudden appearance of this army in the previous life, if not for Xu Guanlan sitting in the town and the Qilin Army of the Zhenshan Army each drawing out some troops to come secretly, I am afraid that idiot Zhao De would not be able to guard the gate of Bianjing.

After this army was defeated, she learned about Phoenix Mountain from the captives, and when her people came to investigate, it was a step too late.

In the underground iron mine tunnel, countless gunpowder was buried.

Her good father, when the army was defeated, still wanted to drag the thousands of slaves in this mountain to his back.

Sadly, for the sake of the overall situation, she and Xu Guanlan could only temporarily suppress the matter of Phoenix Mountain.

That time, she had nightmares for several months.

There were scorched earth and dead bodies everywhere.

This is her father's sin, and it is also her sin.

Jiang Lingyi took out the sheepskin scroll, which was the map made by the people from the dark hall who sneaked into the Phoenix Mountain yesterday. As for the location of the main camp, the dark hall did not dare to approach it easily, and it did not even know where it was, let alone where the main camp was.

However, there are hundreds of peaks in Phoenix Mountain, if you really want to find out the location, it will take at least a year and a half.

Thinking of this, she slowly clenched the sheepskin scroll in her hand.

"Slaughtering hundreds of people in one night is really treating human life like nothing."

Hairpin pursed his lips and remained silent. Jiang Lingyi changed his face in a rare way this morning when the spy from the dark hall came to report the time.

Different from the arrogance and irascibility of the past, at that moment, the sloppiness she had shown before turned into a full-fledged anger, and the momentum of her whole body rushed to her face, instantly making her back like a thorn, dripping with cold sweat.

This is a very strange aspect to Hairpin Xing.

But at this moment, Hairpin Xing clearly saw the shadow of the empress in the palace.

Slow as a hairpin star, she has noticed the change of the master.

It's like a completely different person.

"Brother Lin is here?"

At this moment, Cao Hede's voice came from outside, Jiang Lingyi quickly put away the sheepskin scroll, patted his sleeves, and sat on the chair.

When Zan Xing came in to meet Cao Hede, he saw Jiang Lingyi drinking tea comfortably, without the look of being depressed for a night out.

Cao Hede frowned, and bowed politely to Jiang Lingyi.

"Brother Lin, an old friend suddenly visited yesterday, and Mr. Cao forgot to take you around to show the friendship of the landlord. It really despised our chance to meet."

Jiang Lingyi waved her hand casually, and twitched the corner of her mouth meaningfully.

"I have already experienced the water and soil customs of Bai'an Town."

Cao Hede's eyes paused, and his ears turned red with embarrassment after tasting Jiang Lingyi's meaning.

He has always been self-reliant, and before he achieved fame, there was not even a housemaid in the house, let alone those women in the fireworks venue.

"Brother Lin was joking. If you want, Mr. Cao will take you around today. In this town, there are a few restaurants with excellent taste. They have been open for many years, and they can be regarded as the signature of Bai'an Town."

Under Cao Hede's sincere invitation, Jiang Lingyi finally arrived at a small shop with He's restaurant hanging on it.

The storefront is not big, but it is clean. A middle-aged couple is taking care of the storefront. Seeing Cao Hede, the two rushed up to welcome them.

"Young master."

"Brother Heping, sister-in-law, long time no see."

Cao and De smiled, and the eyes of the couple suddenly turned red.

The man is tall and dull, but the woman is a delicate beauty. Her skin is slightly withered and yellow, although it is not the fair fairness that is popular today, when she smiles, you can see the beauty of her youth.

She blessed her body, her eyes were full of tears, she opened her mouth, and then closed it resentfully.

It turned out that she was dumb.

Jiang Lingyi on the side smiled kindly with them, and found a seat behind Cao Hede and sat down.

Now the shop is overcrowded, the couple will have time to say a few words to Cao and De before they are greeted by customers.

"Go and do your work first, don't worry about us, just follow the old way."

Cao Hede smiled understandingly.

At this moment, his brows and eyes are soft, and there is a joyful light in his eyes.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingyi silently poured tea by herself, motioning for Zan Xing to sit down as well.