The vicious villain is pretending to be weak again

Speaking of this, everyone sighed.

It is self-evident what the ending of the girl snatched by the mountain ghost will be.

Jiang Lingyi met Cao Hede's eyes, and fell silent.

But the next table remembered Cao Hede's identity, and someone bumped the arm of the person who was speaking, and everyone exchanged glances and changed the subject with a smile.

Cao Hede lowered his head, feeling increasingly depressed.

Under the impact of that sentence, the originally cheerful breakfast was left in fragments.

Jiang Lingyi simply ate a few mouthfuls of broiled mutton and porridge, and the rest went into Zanxing's stomach.

At this table, in the end, only Zan Xing ate the most delicious food.

Cao Hede, who was still a bit depressed at first, couldn't help but smile after seeing that she ate cleanly.

"how is the taste?"

"Delicious." Hairpin nodded seriously.

Cao Hede shifted his gaze to Jiang Lingyi again.

The boy blinked innocently, and smiled chicly.

"good to eat."

What he said did not seem to be false, Cao Hede breathed a sigh of relief.

After putting down a piece of silver, they left silently.

After leaving the restaurant, Cao He Decai shrugged his shoulders.

"What's the matter, is it because of the mountain ghost incident just now?"

Jiang Lingyi asked knowingly.

Cao Hede nodded, he was a little depressed.

"Do you believe there are any mountain ghosts in this world?"

"It's just a rumor in the market. It's groundless and unfounded. It's not worth talking about. But I also heard about this mountain ghost last night. It's just that people who enter the mountain never return. But if you don't enter the mountain, you will be safe. It's nothing, so it seems that Uncle Cao's move to seal off the mountain is really helpless."

Jiang Lingyi spoke calmly, but Cao Hede stopped, and his face lost all color in an instant.

"If it's not a mountain ghost, it's a human being."

His eyes were astonishingly bright, he seemed to have noticed something, he said goodbye to Jiang Lingyi quickly, then turned and ran towards the county government.

Jiang Lingyi stood still and sighed softly.

"Tell me, how real is the peace here?"

The people in Bai'an Town are safe and sound, but what about the other small villages nearby.

Why, the matter of Phoenix Mountain was completely concealed.

Is it layer after layer of cover...

How many people are involved in it.

Hairpin Xing behind her was silent for a long time before speaking.

"The hairpin only knows that it can be hidden for a while, but it can't be hidden forever."

"Yes."

Jiang Lingyi raised her head, feeling the sunshine on her slightly cold and stiff face, but the firmness in her eyes never wavered for a moment.

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Cao Hede left in a hurry, and that night, the county magistrate Cao personally summoned Jiang Lingyi to have a light meal.

He was wearing a wide-sleeved official robe, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Jiang Lingyi helplessly.

"My son suddenly made a fuss about going into the mountain. I really can't persuade you. Nephew Lin, can you tell me what he heard today?"

Jiang Lingyi rubbed her nose, looked at the table full of food, and truthfully told what she heard in the restaurant today.

"Nonsense!" County magistrate Cao turned cold, showing some official airs.

"The closure of Fenghuang Mountain was a last resort. Life was hard a few years ago. The hunters just went into the mountain, and even the common people and children ran into the mountain every now and then. In our Bai'an Town, every year just There can be hundreds of cases of being injured by tigers, wolves, snakes, and insects in the mountains. In order to scare those stinky boys, this official had no choice but to seal the entrance to the mountain, intimidate them with ghosts and gods, and barely let those people rest Thinking, where did the saying that mountain ghosts abduct people come from? It's just a rumor in the market, how can you believe it, if it is true, why didn't those people come to report the case?!"

Jiang Lingyi raised her eyebrows and grasped the point.

"Oh...it turns out that Uncle Cao is bluffing us brats with ghost stories."

County magistrate Cao stopped, his angry expression just now was tinged with embarrassment, he cleared his throat and said helplessly.

"It's a last resort. It's very difficult for parents to do this."

Listening to Cao County Magistrate's explanation, Jiang Lingyi nodded, not saying whether he believed it or not, but just echoing the Daoist.

"Indeed, indeed."

The scenes of the two going back and forth are beyond words, you are flattering me, so happy, and finally Cao County Magistrate, who feels deeply that he has met his confidant, personally sends Jiang Lingyi out of the house.

He stroked his bulging belly and smiled kindly.

"Nephew Lin Xian is really young and promising, no wonder your father rest assured that you will go out and walk the rivers and lakes by yourself."

"Uncle Cao is the one my nephew admires."

Jiang Lingyi's sincerity, his slickness and coquettishness, are very much like a young man in the world. He speaks freely and acts wildly, but he is not as straightforward as Cao Hede.

Although the Lin Family Escort is a good business, but they are people from the Jianghu, and they will never offend easily when they meet people from the government, not to mention clinging to them.

County magistrate Cao watched Jiang Lingyi leave, but the doubts in his heart did not dissipate.

"My lord, can you see something strange?"

The master quietly appeared behind Cao Hede, watching the young man's leaving back with cold eyes.

Magistrate Cao shook his head and remained silent.

The master squinted his eyes worriedly, apparently planning some new idea.

"It's better than..."

"Put away your thoughts. Although the Lin family is not a family, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, it is a bloody business. This Lin Jiang will not stay here for a long time. It is better to do less."

The man's voice was very cold, and it was undeniably decisive.

The master bowed down resentfully, answered yes, and said

"Then... what about the young master... if he really goes..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he closed his mouth under the cold gaze of County Magistrate Cao.

"I will take good care of him, so you don't need to worry about it."

As the magistrate Cao said, he took out a small golden lock from his bosom.

The moment he saw the object, the master was shocked and raised his neck stiffly.

"... Great, my lord."

"He, Qin Xiao, is capable, but I, Cao Rongsheng, are not to be manipulated."

Magistrate Cao said in a low voice, and stuffed the little golden lock into the master's hand.

He can be utterly conscientious and unscrupulous, he can also treat human life like nothing, and do all kinds of bad things in the world, but he only wants to protect his son.

He only has the last child, and it is not his wish to do things for Qin Xiao, but Cao Hede is his destiny, and he will not allow anyone to do it.

Master thumped and knelt on the ground, but his mouth was trembling and he couldn't say a word.

A month ago, he had already quietly sent his family away from Bai'an Town, but he did not expect to be arrested so easily by County Magistrate Cao.

Thinking of what he had done these days, the master trembled and kowtowed a few times.

"My lord, my lord...it's no harm to my family, my subordinates, my subordinates have nothing to do..."

He knocked his head on the ground forcefully, crying bitterly.

County magistrate Cao was not moved by it, he turned his back, but he was concerned about his stubborn son who could not be pulled back by eight cows.