Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

"Master Marquis, even though you have countless military exploits, you can't just break into the Lord's Mansion of Jiangzhou City!"

Liu Ran's words made Lin He's face suddenly freeze. His voice was cold and his face was cold. He exuded a strong pressure, and the surrounding rockery and hard granite ground cracked slightly.

Lin He was really angry, because not to mention that as the lord of Jiangzhou City, his status was one level higher than Liu Ran's, but also because no one behind him, even in the court, dared to face him. Let him go!

"Oh?"

Liu Ran's eyes narrowed, and a powerful aura suddenly emitted from his body, which instantly eliminated Lin He's seemingly substantial pressure.

"you………."

Lin He's expression changed drastically when he felt the pressure from Liu Ran that was far superior to his own.

"I'll say it again, take me to Xie Zhong!"

After Liu Ran's calm words fell, the coercion emanating from his body became stronger. Lin He felt as if there was an invisible boulder pressing down on him, which directly dug two deep pits into the granite ground under his feet.

Within a few breaths, Lin He's face turned pale, and his knees were slightly bent, as if he would fall to his knees in the next moment...

"Why are you so angry here?"

At this time, an indistinguishable male and female voice sounded.

"Phew!~Frame!"

As soon as the words fell, the door of the high-rise building suddenly opened, and a figure flashed past, arriving in front of Liu Ran in an instant.

The person who came was wearing a red toga and a hat, with a high bun on his forehead and gray hair on his temples. His face was also somewhat unclear between male and female. It was the person who had previously sent Liu Mengying a wedding gift to Liu Ran, and it was also the purpose of Liu Ran's trip. Xie Zhong, one of the five eunuchs of the Mingyuan royal family.

After Xie Zhong landed, a white cold light flashed on his body, and a powerful pressure was released instantly. Lin He felt that the huge boulder pressing on him was finally moved away, and he immediately took a step back, gasping for air, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat... …

"Tell me why!"

Liu Ran was not surprised by Xie Zhong's appearance. He stared at the eunuch-dressed figure like a sharp knife and shouted: "Xie Zhong, what's wrong with Xiaoying?"

"Xiaoying? Princess Ying?"

Xie Zhong spoke slowly: "Master Hou came just in time. The Za family just wanted to ask Master Hou if the investigation into the attack on Princess Ying and her team has produced any results. Has Princess Ying been found?"

"Should I ask you these questions?"

Liu Ran's face turned cold.

"Haha, I don't quite understand what Mr. Hou means?"

Xie Zhongpi responded with a smile.

"Assaulting Heqin's team in Jiangzhou City... leaving Xiaoying with no idea whether she is alive or dead. This is not something ordinary people dare to do or can do!"

"And when the attack happened, you happened to hold me back. What a coincidence, Lord Bingbi!"

There was obvious anger in Liu Ran's voice. As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped Xie Zhong with a palm glowing with red fire.

"Oh!"

A white cold light suddenly appeared on Xie Zhong's body, and he exchanged palms with Liu Ran. A powerful wave of air suddenly burst out. A huge stone sculpture nearby was affected by the wave of air and instantly turned into powder and dissipated.

"call!"

After exchanging palms, Xie Zhong took two steps back, his face looking ugly.

Because he originally wanted to attack Liu Ran after Liu Mengying and his troops were attacked, but he didn't expect that Liu Ran would turn his army around and point the finger directly at him.

"After Xiaoying and her team were attacked... nothing could be found out... This is really interesting... not many people in Jiangzhou City can do this!"

Liu Ran turned to look at Lin He, "Is that right, Lord City Lord?"

"You...Liu Ran, you are so slanderous!"

At this moment, Lin He was shocked and angry. He was surprised that Liu Ran had such unpredictable strength, and angry because of Liu Ran's ability to blame others...

He originally planned to use the incident involving Liu Mengying and his team to impeach Liu Ran. Even if there was no evidence, Liu Ran could be punished with the crime of being unfavorable to the guards. However, Liu Ran just hinted that he and Xie Zhong were the masterminds behind the incident involving Liu Mengying and his team... ...the blame was really placed on them...

"Hmph, you're spitting blood?"

Liu Ran snorted coldly and glanced at Xie Zhong and Lin He successively, "On the day when Xiaoying's wedding party set off, one of them held me back by giving gifts, and the other was missing. What a scheme!"

"Master Marquis, the Za family is here to send congratulatory gifts on the order of the Emperor!"

Xie Zhong's masculine voice sounded.

"I…….."

Lin He also wanted to explain something, but he didn't know how to explain it, because he was indeed not there on the day Liu Mengying and her family set off, but Liu Ran couldn't let Liu Ran know where he went or what he was doing...

"Tell me, where did you take Xiaoying?"

At this time, Liu Ran's red fire attribute energy appeared on his body, and he spoke with a cold expression on his face.

..........

the other side,

Unnamed Lake,

"Big brother...I...are we taking a detour?"

Liu Mengying, who was on Ye Fan's back, leaned close to Ye Fan's ear and said.

It turned out that after Ye Fan and Liu Mengying walked to a deep place in Weiming Lake, their hearing and vision were greatly restricted. Ye Fan simply carried Liu Mengying on his back, and Liu Mengying could only speak into Ye Fan's ear in order for Ye Fan to hear clearly.

"indeed!"

Ye Fan nodded with a solemn expression, "It's a little strange...according to what was said on the parchment, we went quite smoothly all the way. Even if it was more difficult later, we all passed smoothly, but the situation changed from the beginning. Something is wrong..."

"The pace and route we walked forward were correct, but the phenomenon written on the parchment did not appear... Even when we stepped back, some of the original markers suddenly disappeared... But we passed. After a while, it reappeared..."

"As we walked, we came back again..."

Ye Fan said while observing the surroundings.

"Brother, could there be something wrong with what was recorded on the parchment...or maybe after so many years, Weiming Lake and the white mist have changed in some way...ah..."

As Liu Mengying was talking, she suddenly screamed and her body stiffened suddenly.

"Little Douya, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Fan's expression changed slightly, he placed Liu Mengying in front of him and said with concern.

"Brother, I just seemed to see a hand, just in that direction!"

As she said that, Liu Mengying pointed to a place less than a foot in front of her, where it was covered in white mist and nothing could be seen.

"Ok!"

Suddenly, white mist surged, Ye Fan's eyes condensed, his body surged with profound energy, and he shot out a palm.

Almost at the same time, Ye Fan saw an old hand clenched into a fist, glowing with the green light unique to the wood attribute mysterious energy, coming out of the white mist and running straight towards him.

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