Meiqiang miserably uses herself as a substitute

.But Fan Ming is not so smart, and now he is so frightened that he can't think, "I...I..."

On the other side, seeing that the situation was not right, the guards were afraid that the butcher would really kill Fan Ming, so they stepped forward.

"No rush." ​​Xiao Li said.

The guard stamped his feet and followed Xiao Ran's line of sight, only to finally realize that from the beginning to the end, the Fourth Highness had been looking at the man in white not far away.

The guard noticed the short knife on Xie Yan's waist, and silently clenched the sword.

He had also seen that person before, and at that time, he also used a short knife.

"Don't you say it? Hahaha, coward, want to make a fortune for yourself? Ah?! I'll let you die, and then I'll turn your house upside down! When I get rich, you can cry at Lord Hades!" He picked up the ax and went towards Fan Ming.

"Don't kill me!" Fan Ming fell straight behind the stool and didn't get up for a long time.

With a bang, the ax made a deep mark on the corner of the table.

The butcher was insane, and before Fan Ming could defend himself again, he pulled out his ax and slashed at him.Xiao Zhan winked, and the guard took a stride and strangled the butcher's neck, preventing him from moving, and the ax also stopped in the air.

The shopkeeper let out a sigh of relief.If Fan Xiaozhizhou died in the Changsheng Inn, his business would not be easy.

Just when everyone was about to interrogate him in detail, the butcher's struggle suddenly dissipated, and he passed out like a puppet with broken strings. When he let go of his hand, the ax fell towards Fan Ming again.

Xie Yan frowned, subconsciously exerted force, his feet volleyed in the air, and at the critical moment, he went to strike the ax handle with force.

The ax was forced to fly upwards, and when it fell, it split the table in half.

Seeing his action, Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, his eyes narrowed slightly, strange emotions melted there, he stared at Xie Yan's back, and the light in his eyes that had disappeared for many years also lit up.

Fan Ming was so frightened that his expression was in a daze, only Xiao Li's deep voice was heard: "Drag up."

The guard was ordered to drag the pale-faced Fan Ming upstairs in front of everyone.

After speaking, Xie Yan turned around and saw that Xiao Zhan seemed to want to see through him.Xie Yan was stunned for a second, and wanted to go around him as if nothing had happened, but when he passed by him, he was grabbed by the arm.

"doing what……"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yan went directly to pick off Xie Yan's hat.

Xie Yan seemed to be facing a big enemy, he raised his hand to knock it out, the strike was fast and ruthless, Xiao Yan frowned imperceptibly, with a playful look in his eyes: "Don't let me see?"

"Yes." Xie Yan's voice was cold, and he turned to go upstairs.

He was halfway there, when suddenly a fierce wind came from the side, forcing him towards the bamboo hat.Xie Yan drew out the dagger at his waist with his backhand, and swiped towards his side. Xiao Yan's eyes flashed coldly, the corners of his lips curled up, and he took a few steps back and pulled out the guard's saber.

In an instant, the swords collided with each other, making an ear-piercing sound.

Xie Yan used a short knife and couldn't lift it up. Xiao Yan forced him to take a few steps back, hit the table and let out a muffled groan before stopping.

The crowd held their breaths.

The veil on the bamboo hat rose up with the movements of the two, blocking part of the surrounding sight.Xiao Yan looked at him, his eyes became more and more serious.

The guard also sensed that this person was different from the ones he had found before.He would resist and swear to the death, in the eyes of His Highness, he must be very similar to that person.

Xie Yan struggled a few times, and found that the person in front of him was so strong that he was trapped and unable to break free for a while.

He opened his eyes, watching Xiao Ran's hand reach out to him again.

No one came up to help him.In other words, they didn't dare. Everyone present knew that they were no match for these two.

Xie Yan couldn't draw his hands out, so he could only watch helplessly as the hand approached, as if it was about to touch his bamboo hat in the next second.

He closed his eyes, leaned back, and turned his head sideways.

"Su Ci!"

The veil fluttered, revealing a gap for a moment.

The hand lightly touched the yarn of the bamboo hat.

But in the next second, it stopped in the air.

Xiao Yan felt a little restless.

Seeing him stop, the guard hesitated for a second.

In the past seven years, Xiao Zhan has never been so disturbed like this moment.He has always had excellent concentration, but he only lost his composure in front of one person.

Xie Yan obviously felt that something was wrong with the person opposite, but he didn't think too much about it, and felt that the strength in his hands had loosened.Catch the gap, and immediately sweep out the legs.

Xiao Zhan was able to react, and continued to move his hand forward, but he was still half a step behind.

He got up to dodge, waved his hand back, and with a seemingly easy throw, the sword was already back in the guard's sheath with the sound of "噗" that pierced the silence in the room.

Xie Yan held the dagger, put on the bamboo hat, and had dark eyes.

Xiao Yan didn't say a word, turned and went upstairs.

Everyone can feel that this person is different from before.

Su Ci asked: "He... can he see the young master's appearance?"

"Uh..." Xie Yan glared at Su Ci, as if complaining that he didn't help him just now.

Xie Yan turned around and went upstairs.

"My lord..." Su Ci stopped him, hesitant to speak.

Xie Yan said irritably: "What's the matter?!"

Su Ci choked, and whispered: "I heard that the fourth prince...he has a strange hobby."

Su Ci: "He likes to look at men's faces."

Xie Yan: "..."

"My lord, seeing his appearance, he should be the fourth prince." Su Ci walked over and said in front of Xie Yan: "You didn't let him see his appearance just now, and he will probably keep pestering him in the future..."

"My lord, shall we still stay in this inn?" Su Ci kindly persuaded, "Why don't we... change tonight?"

They don't have to be close to Xiao Zhan to do the task, they can think of other ways.But if he is entangled by Xiao Yan, it will not be so simple.

"No." Xie Yan thought for a while, then withdrew the dagger.

Su Ci fell silent.

"And..." Xie Yan walked halfway, suddenly stopped, stood on the stairs, turned around and looked down at Su Ci condescendingly, the light in his eyes was erratic, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

He whispered: "I... don't want to wait any longer."

3. Chapter 3

Xie Yan escaped and went back to the room, trying his best to make himself forget what happened just now.

Su Ci asked: "Master, the assassination of Fan Lao Zhizhou was also arranged by the emperor?"

"No." Xie Yan rubbed his eyebrows.

Xie Yan put pen to paper: Fan Lao Zhizhou made friends with many dignitaries back then, and knew too much, so he couldn't stay.

Su Ci: Is it a coincidence that Fan Lao Zhizhou's assassination and An Yu's incident?

Xie Yan shook his head and continued to write: It's too coincidental.It was deliberately arranged by someone to kill the connection between the two things with a single letter.

There was news of dark jade in Lin'an, Fan Lao Zhizhou read the letter and destroyed it, and was assassinated that night...

Xie Yan suddenly sneered, and wrote: That person didn't want to let this matter go, and used an untimely letter to convince those interested people to believe that there was a ghost in it, and chased Anyu to continue the investigation.

Su Ci asked: "Check what?"

Suddenly there was a spring thunder outside the house. There was no wind or rain, but the sky was dark.

The weather in Lin'an is fickle.

Su Ci looked back and saw the word "Tiger Talisman" written on the paper, he was stunned for a moment, he opened his mouth for a long time and didn't know how to continue.

"There is no right talisman in the imperial mausoleum." Xie Yan murmured to himself, looking at the two words on the paper, his thoughts drifted back to seven years ago.

At that time, someone wanted to get the Tiger Talisman, causing waves in Kyoto.Now, someone wants to take this opportunity of dark jade to turn over the old things.

Xie Yan smiled thoughtfully, got up and opened the window.

it's going to rain...

Lin'an, the sky has begun to change.

In the night of Lin'an, there was a slight drizzle.The apricot blossoms outside the house are in bud, secretly absorbing the rain and dew and growing.

Fan Xiaozhi shrank in a corner, and it took him a long time to crawl to the desk under the pressure of Xiao Li.

"Four four... four..."

Four is the same as death, and the guard said angrily, "Presumptuous!"

Fan Ming trembled, Xiao Yan waved his hand, poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of him, made a gesture, and said leisurely: "Shh - don't talk."

Fan Ming picked up the teacup awkwardly, and took a sip, and when the cup of tea was almost finished, Xiao Yan didn't say a word.

Fan Ming panicked even more.

Xiao Yan smiled at him, but all he thought about was the scene of fighting with Xie Yan downstairs just now, and he was not in a hurry.

Su Ci lurked outside the wall for a long time, but there was no sound from inside.

He glanced in again.

The guard couldn't hold back, and whispered: "Your Highness...or I..."

Xiao Yan shook his head, suddenly there was a melancholy emotion in his eyes, and he gave the guard a slightly accusatory look.

The guard immediately lowered his head and fell silent.

Can't drive him away... just because the man wore the same white clothes and used the same short knife.

Thinking of this, the guard secretly clenched the scabbard in his hand.

But he didn't know that it was not just because of these two places that Xiao Zhan would be like this.He saw that under the bamboo hat, there were the same eyes as that person.

Xiao Li picked up the teacup, lost in thought for a moment.

In the past, he didn't drink alcohol, and every time he had a banquet, he would definitely replace wine with tea.If someone came to persuade him to drink, he would find an excuse to get over it, or just have a few sips.

Only that person is different.

"Xiao Li, if you don't drink, you are a dog!"

The young Xiao Zhan has a bad temper. Others respect him, but he is the only one who gets angry at others.This is the first person who dared to contradict him.

"Say it again?" The young man Xiao Li's hand holding the teacup was already trembling, and he looked at the young man beside him with a sinister look.

Xie Yan was not afraid of him, and raised his voice in response to his words: "If you can't even drink wine, then you are a dog!"

The teacup burst at the sound, and the hand of the young man Xiao Zhe was stabbed by the shattered cup slag, and eye-catching red flowed from his hand. The tea maid was so frightened that she fell to her knees on the ground and kept silent.

The guard drew his sword out of its sheath, Xie Yan couldn't dodge it, and didn't want to dodge it, so he let the sword rest on his neck.

Xie Yanyun smiled lightly, making Xiao Li even more unable to suppress the annoyance in his heart.

"Where do you think this Fourth Prince's Mansion is?!"

"If you don't like it, you can let me go!" Xie Yan said: "You have no right to lock me here.