Second minister and thief

"..." Hearing this, Xiao Cen couldn't help showing a thoughtful look on his face.He felt that the person in front of him was a mystery that could never be solved.The more he learns about his personality and past from others, and the more he gets along with him, the more doubts he will have, as if this person was born to subdue him.

"Master Hou, if you really feel bored, you can go hunting in the outskirts of Beijing. Chu still has official business, so I won't accompany you."

Chu Linqiu's low voice rang in his ears, abruptly interrupting his thoughts.When he looked up, he only had time to catch a glimpse of the corner of his clothes that was about to disappear.

"Master Chu! What business do you have? Can you..." Xiao Cen chased out the door in one breath, waiting for him was only the carriage leaving in the dust, and sand and stones flying all over the sky.

"..."

Marquis Dingnan stood where he was, staring at the direction of the gray carriage in a daze for a long time.Afterwards, he rolled his eyes and said to the old butler who hurried up, "Your lord just left like this, I don't worry about it."

"Master Hou, do you want to..."

"To be honest, Ben Hou suddenly felt palpitations. He always felt that something big would happen. Is Tao Tao a catastrophe coming?"

"Master Hou, what did you say?"

"...It's nothing." Xiao Cen broke out in a cold sweat, and he realized that he had spoken out what was in his heart unconsciously.Fortunately, the butler's old ears are not good enough, otherwise he might be poking trouble.

He rubbed his forehead with a headache, and said to himself, "This Marquis also has to go and see." After speaking, he summoned the Jade Lion who loves to ride, and galloped in the direction of Xuanwuwei's public office.After he went out, he found that the streets of Taodu today were unusual, with the doors and windows of every house closed, and there was no pedestrian on the road, and the barbarian vendors at the alleys stopped doing business today.

Not only that, but on both sides of the road, there are guards guarding each other with swords, and the guards are tight.

Such an overbearing and unreasonable behavior can only be done by "his family" Mr. Chu.

Xiao Cen got off his horse, casually pulled a guard over and asked in a low voice what happened.The imperial guard also came close to his ear and whispered, "Xuanhuafang lost four adults last night, and one of them is still..."

"Say!"

"Yes... died on a beam, his arms were bound, he was staring at something, and he had a night pearl in his mouth that emitted a faint light."

"It's nonsense!!! The blue sky and the day can shine brightly, can it still be called the 'Pearl of the Night'? Maybe someone is playing tricks on it." Xiao Cen's heart beat like a drum at the first glance, and he almost couldn't stand still.With his little judgment, he can also know that there must be something wrong with this matter, maybe soon, Da Qi will be turned upside down.

"Who are the dead? Are there any injuries?"

"Returning to Lord Hou, the deceased has a very strong background. They are Lord Li and Lord Liu from Yushitai, and Lord Chen and Lord Hong from the household department. As for whether there is any trauma... Lord Hou, I have no idea I followed the adults to the scene, so I don't know. Do you think you want to go to Li's residence..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Cen disappeared in front of their eyes like a gust of wind, leaving only a blurred figure behind.

Master Li of Yushitai, the favorite student of Master Zhou of Zhongcheng, was in his forties, but died suddenly at home inexplicably, leaving only his mother, wife and children, which is really embarrassing.

The gate of the Li Mansion was ajar, and we could vaguely hear bursts of howling coming from inside, sometimes accompanied by a few low coughs and inquiries.Before Xiao Cen had time to think about it, he opened the door and entered, only to see the white flags hanging high in the front yard, and the servants lined up in several rows, kowtowing in a certain direction, with occasional suppressed sobs overflowing from their mouths.

In the plain white, Chu Linqiu, who was wearing a purple suit and talking with people, was particularly obvious.He seemed to be a little unstable, his face was pale, his eyes were a little blurred, and he looked like he was about to fall down at any time, but he still pretended to be nothing, frowning and listening to his statement.