Queen's Detective

The next day, six people gathered at Wumei Villa.It was still the middle-aged butler who led them, smiling, and politely invited them in.

Wumei Villa occupies a huge area, and the interior layout is not as exquisite and meticulous as other Zhuangzi in Yingtian Mansion, but more like the northern style, solemn and grand.

Xie Xiaotang, Wu Ziying and the others couldn't help looking around curiously. They had lived here for so long, but they still didn't know that there was such a big village in Yingtianfu, which was much more grand than their respective homes.

"Everyone, please." The butler dutifully led the way and led them into the depths of the inner courtyard. As he walked, he explained: "My son has been ill recently, and it is inconvenient to go to the front hall, so I feel sorry for you."

"Does your son live alone in this house?" Xie Xiaotang couldn't help asking curiously.Along the way, except for some servants, there was no one like the master's house.

The housekeeper patiently replied: "Yes, my son is from the north. Because of his poor health since he was a child, he often came to the south to recuperate. This is a villa specially built for you. You like it quiet, so generally no one visits it." .”

Xie Xiaotang thought about it, this young master was quite pitiful, so he comforted him: "Yingtian Mansion is a good place, your young master's illness will definitely recover!"

"Miss Cheng said auspicious words." The housekeeper saluted with a smile, raised his eyes to see the arch in front, and said, "We are here."

Yan Sanbai followed his voice slightly solemnly and looked over. The road paved with stone slabs passed through the curved arch and extended inward. Yan Sanbai knew where it was going—it would pass by A well, passing by a plum tree, and then connected to the corridor that is still stained with dew, and walked through the corridor, the small building dotted with screens and painting fans stood in the long yellowed In memory.

The guess in his heart faintly turned into a frightening reality, Yan Sanbai couldn't help but took a deep breath to calm himself down.

That small building is hidden deep in the inner courtyard of the Yan Mansion, apart from him, no one else will know about it.

Yes, no one will find out.

Thinking of this, Yan Sanbai stepped in.But when he saw that the scenery in front of him was the same as he had imagined, he still couldn't help clenching his fists hidden in his sleeves.

The small courtyard in my memory was lived by Su Mei, but now it was replaced by Mr. Mei. What is the connection between the two?Could it be that the person hiding in the dark is Mr. Mei?

Passing through the corridor, the red wooden door of the small building is open, as if the door was opened early for distinguished guests.When they walked to the door, they heard a few slight coughs coming from inside. The curiosity of Xie Xiaotang and the others had long been in their throats, and they couldn't help but look inside, and saw a thick curtain lying across the door. In front of them, blocking their sight.

At this time, a faint voice sounded, with a faint smile, "I have been waiting for a long time, why don't you come in?"

The housekeeper stepped in first, and opened the curtain, "Please come in."

There is still a curtain behind the curtain, but this one is a transparent black tulle curtain, which vaguely outlines the figure behind it, making it hard to see clearly.That Mr. Mei was sitting on a large soft couch behind the black gauze curtain. The black brocade robe was embroidered with complex patterns, and the three thousand blue silks were scattered naturally, making the slightly pale face even more sickly.

He had closed his eyes at first, but he opened them slowly when he heard the voice. Xie Xiaotang couldn't describe what it felt like at the first sight. Those deep, bottomless eyes swept over her, and she couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. The feeling of trembling is terrible.

But that feeling just disappeared in an instant, and the person in front of him still looked like a sick and weak young man, so weak that it made people feel pity.

"The King of Luoyang is here, and I am far away to welcome you. I am inconvenient to meet guests with my appearance, so I cover it with a tulle. Please don't be offended." Perhaps because of his long illness, Mr. Mei's voice was very soft when he spoke, and his tone was also light of.

There was a smile on the corner of Li Yan's mouth, making it impossible to see what was in his heart, "It's okay."

Mr. Mei looked at him, his eyes met in the air, "Wu Ming, take a seat."

Wuming was the housekeeper. At this time, a maidservant brought tea and asked them to sit down.

Wu Ziying and the others paid attention to the two maidservants several times. They were beautiful, but they didn't know if it was Wan'er.

"Mr. Mei doesn't look like a person from Yingtian Mansion." Li Yan fiddled with the tea with the lid of the cup, and casually smelled the tea.

"Perhaps the prince doesn't know that I am from the same hometown as Yan Daxia." After speaking, Mr. Mei looked at Yan Sanbai with a sincere smile on his face.

"Oh?" Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Yan Sanbai with a smile, "There are other things."

"I just found out too." Yan San's eyelids twitched slightly.

Wu Ziying felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he started haha, "If you are from the same town, this matter will be easy to handle. Mr. Mei, we came to visit this time because we accidentally broke into the private lake last time. I want to ask if there is a girl named Wan'er in the house, we have an old matter here and I want to ask her. Don't worry, we just ask a few questions, and we won't delay anything at all."

"Wan'er?" Mr. Mei lowered his eyes and played with a black jade wrench in his hand, showing a sense of laziness on his body, "Wu Ming, is there such a person in my village?"

The housekeeper stood beside the black gauze curtain and said, "Master, she brought it back from a lake tour a few days ago. You said her eyebrows and eyes look a bit like Miss Su."

Miss Su.

Yan Sanbai's heart shuddered violently, a little chill oozes from his eyes, but then disappeared without a trace.

After Mr. Mei finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Sanbai with a smile on his face, paused, and then turned to Li Yan, "My lord, if you want to see Wan'er, of course you can. If you can promise me one condition, I will let you It’s okay to take her with you.”

"Oh? Under what conditions?"

Mr. Mei parted his thin lips lightly, and said, "Let Yan Xia Tan stay with me for a few days."

Just for a moment, Wu Ziying, Ling Ding and others suddenly felt the atmosphere tense up.The smile on the corner of Li Yan's mouth was so familiar, and the arc of Danfeng's eyes were so familiar, they couldn't help swallowing.

And the eyes of those two people collided in the air, and neither of them would let the other go. Both of them saw the deep sea in their eyes, as if the next second would be a violent storm.That feeling made everyone else gasp for breath.Especially Xie Xiaotang, looking at them in shock, they are two people who have never met before, how did the situation become like this in an instant?

Moreover, this Mr. Mei looks so weak, so he is not at a disadvantage? !

However, just when everyone couldn't help but raise their hearts, a light sound of the lid of the cup being put on the teacup suddenly broke in, and the tense atmosphere disappeared as quickly as the snow melted in spring.

Everyone looked over and saw Yan Sanbai's hand leaving the teacup.

The smile on Li Yan's face returned to his previous frivolous appearance, he picked up the cup of tea that belonged to Yan Sanbai, and took a sip slowly, "The reason, let's hear it."

He is the king of Luoyang, so of course he can ask others to give reasons for no reason.

Mr. Mei clenched the black jade wrench tightly, and said: "I have been weak and sick since I was a child, and I have longed for the affairs of the Jianghu. I have also inquired about many rumors. If Yan Xia Tan can chat with me for a few days, I will be... Grateful."

"I'm afraid it won't work." Li Yan glanced at Yan Sanbai, with an affection that only Yan Sanbai could understand, "The number one scholar has been sleeping with me for the past few days, so it's not easy to change it if you get used to it. What should I do if this king stays up all night because of the absence of him?"

As soon as these words came out, Ling Ding and Wu Ziying wanted to cover their faces, Yan San turned to look at him blankly, and there was a crack in the expression that had been more than serious since entering the manor, and there was a faint feeling of burning.

Even the nervous Xie Xiaotang and Panda couldn't help but feel a little strange—the relationship between the two is obvious to all, how come they are so good that they share the same bed in the dog days?That's great too.

"What's wrong?" Li Yan looked innocent, "Did I say something wrong?"

Yan Sanbai: "My lord..."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything." Li Yan smiled, glanced at Mr. Mei from the corner of his eye, and saw that there was no joy or anger on the other's pale face.

"Since that's the case, I won't force people to do what they want." Mr. Mei said indifferently, "Wu Ming, take them to see Wan'er."

"Yes." Wuming responded with a bow, "You guys, please follow me."

Yan Sanbai didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Mr. Mei's gourd, but after glancing at Li Yan, he still left without saying anything.

After everyone had left, Mr. Mei let go of his right palm, and the black jade finger had been shattered into powder and passed between his fingers.

He took out a clean handkerchief and wiped his hands, a ruthless light flashed in his eyes, and a sneer sneered at the corner of his mouth, "Li Yan...heh."

On the other side, Wuming, the housekeeper, led a group of people to the front yard, asked them to rest in the gazebo, and soon brought them the girl named Wan'er.

As expected, Wan'er was very beautiful, she entered the gazebo, and bowed to them, she was gentle and pleasant.

Wu Ziying and the others were men, so they were too embarrassed to ask such a thing, so Xie Xiaotang volunteered, pulled Wan'er to stand in front of the flowers nearby, and asked each other in a low voice.

Although everyone was curious, they restrained themselves from eavesdropping.

However, Yan Sanbai couldn't help but look at Wan'er, because he cared too much, so he was focused.

Li Yan asked: "Do you think that Wan'er looks good?"

Yan Sanbai was taken aback, "It's pretty good."

Those eyebrows and eyes were actually somewhat similar to Su Mei's.

"No matter how good-looking she is, she's not as good-looking as you." Li Yan said.

Yan Sanbai turned his face away, but at this moment, Xie Xiaotang ran back with a strange expression and told an unexpected news.

"Wan'er said that it was inconvenient for her that night, so the person who accompanied Uncle Chu...wasn't her, she hid while Uncle Chu was drunk."

A word shocked all four.

The person that night wasn't Wan'er, who could it be?

"Did we find the wrong person?" Wu Ziying asked uncertainly.

Yan Sanbai had already thought of another possibility in the blink of an eye, "There is nowhere to go after breaking through the iron shoes, maybe we don't need to look for Wan'er in the first place."

"What do you mean?" Panda scratched his head in confusion.

The wind blew up Yan Sanbai's white clothes.He turned serious, and his eyes revealed a trace of helplessness, "Whoever holds the jade pendant is the person we are looking for."

Yan Sanbai's facts made everyone fall into silence. Although they were surprised, they had a feeling of 'it should be so'.

Because then it all makes sense.

Why does Brother Ying treasure a piece of jade pendant that Chu Yunlou gave to another woman, because there is no other woman at all, and that person is himself.

However, what happened that night and why Brother Ying chose to hide it may only be known to Brother Ying himself.

Wu Ziying and Panda were extremely hesitant, not knowing what to do.Go directly to Brother Ying, or go to Chu Yunlou and tell Chu Yunlou that you have been making mistakes all along, are you messing up and giving up?

With such doubts, several people left Wumei Villa.Wu Ziying and Panda decided to check Ying Geer's tone first, anyway, they had already made up their minds to stand by Ying Geer.

In other words, let my brothers suffer so much grievances, and after so many years, they still have nothing to investigate, so they really don't deserve to be brothers.

As for Yan Sanbai, Xie Xiaotang had been running under the sun every day for the past few days, having so much fun that when he went out for a walk in the middle of the day, he actually suffered from heat stroke.

Li Yan and Yan Sanbai accompanied her back to Xie's house, and after the doctor came and prescribed the medicine, Xie Xiaotang also fell asleep before returning to the small courtyard where she lived.

Yan Sanbai went back to the room alone, sitting in a daze.The appearance of Mr. Mei put him in a passive situation. The other party knew too much. As long as he picked out one incident and made it public, Li Yan could deduce everything with his intelligence.

What he feared most had finally come.

At night, Li Yan checked the time and came by the moonlight.Seeing Yan Sanbai sitting on the edge of the bed rubbing the handle of the knife in a daze, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "You're so focused, can't you be thinking about Mr. Mei?"

Yan Sanbai raised his eyes, and Li Yan said again: "Don't think about him, or I will have to fight him desperately."

"I'm not thinking about him." I'm thinking about you.

At this moment, Yan Sanbai was really thinking about Li Yan.The closer the unknown danger came, the more he couldn't let it go, because he was afraid because of the unknown.

Li Yan was obviously pleased, but seeing Yan Sanbai's unhappy face, he still frowned, leaned over, and put his palm on Yan Sanbai's forehead, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Yan Sanbai shook his head, feeling the temperature from his forehead, he couldn't help but said: "My lord, your body temperature is higher than ordinary people's, especially in your palm, how can you find it out?"

Li Yan raised the corner of his mouth, "Of course... because I know your temperature, it feels slightly cold to the touch, but it's actually very warm."

"Really." Yan Sanbai looked back into Li Yan's eyes with a light smile.

He knew what he should do.

No matter what the ending is, you must go, you have to go.

After about a stick of incense, Yan Sanbai looked at Li Yan who was leaning on his shoulder and fell asleep, and gently put him on the bed.

Picking up the knife, he turned around and wanted to leave, but he still walked for a while, turned around, and held hands with the peacefully sleeping person.

The temperature spread in the palm of his hand, Yan Sanbai let out a long breath, and his heart miraculously settled down.

Then he turned around again, opened the door and walked out.