Ambush from all sides

When Zhan Hao, Qiu Langxing, and Chong Lian put down the guards in the mansion and swaggered open the door of the master bedroom, the unlucky prefect Zhang Ling was already holding a white jade bottle unknowingly. Eyes glued to it.The fat on his face piled up with a smile, and his toad mouth was grinning so hard that his saliva was about to drip.

Zhan Hao walked in through the door calmly, and stood quietly behind him, with his eyes downcast, looking at the white jade bottle expressionlessly.The top-quality pure white Dushan Jade has a watery white texture, and a few clear white fish are carved on the neck of the bottle, which looks extremely familiar.He had seen this jade bottle before, in the study of the head of the Lin family a few years ago.

Zhan Hao lowered his eyes and sneered, and said coolly, "Lin Zhihuan is really generous, he is willing to give you even his father's relics, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to explain to the old man when he is in hell." Zhang Zhifu was so scared that his whole body trembled. Trembling, gasping for breath, the white jade bottle in his hand suddenly fell off.Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, stretched out his legs unhurriedly, raised his toes, and the bottle landed safely on his feet.

Zhang Zhifu was drenched in cold sweat, and his body was still in the posture of reaching out, but there was already a look of extreme panic on his face.Zhan Hao put his hands behind his back and didn't move, but slowly raised the jade bottle with his toes, and stretched it out firmly in front of his eyes: "...Do you want it?"

Zhang Ling raised his mouse eyes vigorously, his eyebrows were stretched out in fear, and three deep forehead lines were piled up on his forehead.Zhan Hao looked at him condescendingly, and slightly curled the corner of his mouth: "I don't want it? Then I'll smash it?"

"Don't, don't..." Zhang Ling said two words in a trembling voice, his hands were about to go limp.Zhan Hao was not in a hurry, he just slowly stretched the bottle towards his eyes again.Zhang Zhifu looked at him in fear, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and stretched out his hand to grab it.Zhan Hao lowered his eyes, and when he saw that his fat fingers were about to touch the body of the bottle, the soles of his feet slanted down silently, "clang", the white jade bottle rolled to the ground and shattered.

Zhang Zhifu froze, his fat body trembled even more.

Qiu Langxing watched silently from behind, stretched out a hand to Chonglian's side, and grabbed her sleeve painfully: "Where is 5000 taels of silver..."

Chong Lian ignored him, she kept staring at Zhang Zhifu with fixed eyes, the corners of her mouth curled up, and her pupils dilated slightly.Qiu Langxing turned his head to look at her in a daze, and turned back after a while, silently feeling that the body on her side began to feel cold.

In front of him, Zhan Hao was still unhurriedly grabbing Zhang Zhifu's nerves, with a leisurely posture.He walked to the opposite side of the table, sat down slowly, then raised his eyes slowly, staring at the pale-faced Zhang Lingji.The dog officer was already covered in cold sweat, and at this moment he completely lost the arrogance he had when he was in the house at noon, just like a mangy dog ​​with its tail between its legs, extremely wretched.

"Master Zhang, what are you afraid of?" Zhan Hao looked at him with a smile, his face was gentle and courteous: "You are the parent official of Suzhou Mansion, and I am just a commoner, and you were the one who yelled at me and arrested me this afternoon. What, why? Do you regret it now?"

Zhang Lingji's toad's mouth opened as if thirsty, and he uttered one or two dry and hoarse syllables, his face turned pale, and he was already extremely terrified.He withdrew his hands tremblingly, grabbed the armrest of the chair tremblingly, swallowed hard, and said with a twitch in his throat: "Zhan, Zhan Hao, don't... fight, bully others... "

"Where am I bullying others?" Zhan Hao pursed his mouth innocently, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals: "From the gate to here, there are a total of nineteen guards, and I only brought two of them."

From the very beginning, Zhang Zhifu thought that he would come in grandly, so he naturally knew that the guards had been brought down by him.But listening to him say the number now, I still couldn't help being shocked.He knew that Zhan Hao was not easy to provoke, but he never thought that he would be so difficult. If he had known this, he would, just...

Zhan Hao saw that his face was chubby, his skin was oily, his body was shaking as if he was about to lose control, the emotions in the mouse's eyes were chaotic and flustered, and he already looked regretful.Zhan Hao frowned, put it away when he was ready, patted his clothes, stood up, walked up to him and said, "Master Zhang, don't panic, Zhan has no other intentions, just want to hear something from your lord."

He walked slowly to the antique shelf next to him, and while looking at all kinds of precious artifacts on it, he said, "Zhan just wants to know why your precious nephew, who is obviously cuckolded by you, still wants to give it away. You have so many treasures and antiques." Then, he turned to look at Zhang Zhifu, whose face turned pale again, and hooked the corner of his lips with a smile that was not a smile: "Also, Lin Zhihuan took the prescription from Yu Yonglin, after all What are you going to use it for?"

"One, that's nonsense!" Zhang Zhifu yelled in a hoarse voice with a pale face, trembling his whole body with his fat legs limp, and looked at Zhan Hao tremblingly: "Zhihuan respects his elders and gave me things, what's so strange about that?" Yes! Zhan Hao, you, don't spout blood!"

Zhan Hao twisted his body and looked at him, with a strange look on his face: "Master Zhang, you mean that you don't want to tell me the truth?"

Zhang Zhifu tensed his knees, trembling and said stiffly: "Zhan Hao, I don't understand what you're talking about!"

"Oh, so..." Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, and turned his eyes to Chonglian who had been suppressing his excitement.When Chong Lian raised her eyes, a treacherous Hades smile suddenly appeared on her expressionless face.When Zhang Zhifu saw it, he was frightened by her expression and screamed. A force surged out of his limp body just now, and he struggled to hide behind the bookshelf.

Zhan Hao sneered, and slowly walked towards him with his hands behind his back.Zhang Zhifu watched him gradually approaching from behind the bookshelf, and the fear in his heart couldn't be increased. You will be beheaded!"

"Kill to pay for life? Heh," Zhan Hao chuckled, his eyes were silent, "It's a good sentence to kill and pay for life. Has Mr. Zhang ever thought about killing you, what if Zhan pays for his life, and what if he doesn't pay for his life?" He said, One side walked to the opposite side of the bookshelf.Under the light, the backlit face was blurred, but even more eerie and difficult to distinguish.Zhang Zhifu stared at him, and under extreme panic, he heard his cold voice coming lightly:

"—Anyway, that's all after you die."

The whole body is quiet. In the hot summer night, not even the insects screamed, and the air was dull and stagnant.In the silence, Zhang Ling could almost hear the sound of his heart beating violently and the sound of his teeth clashing.On the other side of the bookshelf, a pair of eyes were staring at him quietly.In the darkness, Amber's eyes were faintly shining, not flickering.

Under the gaze of these eyes, the blood almost started to freeze.

Zhang Ling had grinned, breathed heavily, and slowly fell limp on the ground: "I said, I said... don't kill me, save my life, don't kill me..."

Zhan Hao looked down at the object on the other side of the bookshelf curled up on the ground whimpering and trembling, with a slight disappointment on his face, he turned and walked towards the door.

He fixed his eyes, brushed past the two people standing at the door with a blank face, and said in a deep voice: "Take him away, and then call someone to clean up this place. Chonglian, put your hand Pack up your things and go."

Qiu Langxing stood in a daze, looking down at Chonglian's hand with some doubts.The two hands that were hanging by her side had been raised in front of her at some point, with four and a half arm-long ox hair needles held between her fingers.The needle tip shone brightly under the light, making it look extraordinarily cold and sharp.

Qiu Langxing stared and swallowed secretly.He raised his head to look at Chong Lian tremblingly, and saw that the girl's face was already rotten, her teeth were clenched tightly, and the outline of the mandible was obviously stretched out.At this time, Zhan Hao, who had already reached the gate of the yard, urged again in a deep voice: "Chonglian! Let's go!" After hearing this, Chonglian twisted the hair needle impatiently, wrapped it in her hair, and turned around sullenly rushed out.

Qiu Langxing stared at her back with tongue-tied eyes, looked at the bookshelf for a while, and looked at the courtyard door eagerly for a while.After hesitating for a while, he finally whistled and called out the subordinates who were hiding in the dark to clean up the mess, and then ran out after the two of them shyly.

The next day, it wasn't until the sun was three poles high that the dead leaves got up from the bed in a mess with fried hair.He had a miserable sleep last night, because he slept too late in the afternoon, so he didn't feel a little sleepy until the second half of the night.However, it hasn't rained in Changzhou Mansion for several days recently, and the weather is very muggy, and it doesn't stop at night.Lying on the bed with dead leaves, it feels like the mat is like a kang, not to mention there are a few fluffy balls beside the pillow.

The little horn clings to him, nestling proudly on his chest while sleeping, warming the dead leaves.It took a while for my luck to cool down, and just as I felt a little sleepy, I found that all the cats were stuck to it.After coming and going, the dead leaves became annoyed, and crawled to sleep on the cool couch outside with the pillow in their arms.But as soon as he lay down, the buzzing of mosquitoes rang in his ears.Although there was mosquito repellent smoke, there would always be one or two mosquitoes that escaped the smoke and came and bit him four times a night.

In the early hours of the morning, the dead leaves couldn't bear it anymore, and crawled back to the bed.Xiaojiao felt that he was back, she rubbed her small body, and after a while, she lay on his shoulder again.Withered Ye lost her temper after being tossed about, stretched out her hands to pinch her little ears, and fell asleep after the heat was warm.

As a result, when I woke up in the morning, the hair on the neck was as wet as if it had been soaked in water.Xiaojiao got up early, stood by the bed and looked at him. When he opened his eyes, he threw himself on him with a "meow", rubbing his little head against his chin vigorously.Dead Leaf rolled her eyes sullenly, grabbed her small body and threw it on the pillow, and washed herself depressedly.

While washing his face, he vaguely recalled that Ji Tang said that Zheng Dong was coming today.I have always heard the name of this person, and it seems that he is the top leader of Uncle Zhong, but I have never met him, and the only time I went to Uncle Zhong's house was the only time I didn't meet him.

It turned out that Yuan He said that this person is usually serious, and Dead Leaf thought while wiping her body with a towel, it should be easier to deal with.He is most used to getting along with this kind of people. They don't interfere with each other, and they just say something if there is something to do, without too many greetings and involvement, it can't be more straightforward.

It's not like that bastard Zhan Hao, who spends his days doing superfluous things stickily, without knowing the meaning at all.In fact, speaking of it, Zhan Hao used to have that clean and neat temperament, but he didn't expect to see him after goodbye, he has already changed into another appearance.

Rubbing the towel in the basin, his mind was scattered, and his hands slowly stopped.The dead leaf relaxed its body, put its hands in the water basin, and stared blankly at nowhere outside the window.It was almost noon, and the sun was so strong that the trees, flowers and plants in the courtyard gave off a strong fragrance of dryness.The lotus magnolia plant on the left side of the yard has a few flower buds that have been roasted into burnt yellow under the scorching sun for some reason.The cats were rolling in the grass, and the little mandarin duck was lying lazily in the shade of the tree, stretching out one paw to lick and lick.

This scene made him feel peaceful, but it was a bit empty... Something was missing, and there should be something else.

What's missing?

In the lobby, a man in dark clothes was leaning on a chair, and opposite to him was a little girl named Min Wei who had an apricot core and slender eyes.A chubby kitten crawled on the table between the two, with a small white body, a black tail, and a black round spot in the middle of its head.The cat circled slowly on the table, and from time to time, it came to the man's hand to grab the cuff, or raised its head to "meow".

"Does the hydrangea grow very fast?" Min Wei reached out and tapped the cat's head, her small mouth pouted inexplicably, and her eyes showed a little joy.The man on the opposite side looked up at her with narrow, single-lidded eyes, and said in a deep voice: "All the babies of that female cat have been snatched away, and now I only raise one, and it will grow up naturally." After speaking, he murmured again Muttering something, as if talking to himself: "Master and the others should be back..."

Hearing this, Min Wei hummed inexplicably, stood up, twisted her waist, and walked out with a straight posture.At the door, I almost bumped into the dead leaf who was walking in, and for some reason, I also gave him a glare.Seeing her two long braids flicking away as she walked away, Dead Leaf felt baffled.

Turning back after a while, Dead Leaf and the man in the lobby looked at each other.The other party stared at his face quietly for a while, then stood up, stretched out his hand and clenched a fist: "Brother Cen has admired him for a long time, I'm Zheng Dong."

Dead Leaf stiffened her shoulders, and raised her hand to salute back and forth, wondering if she should say something else?But after holding it back for a long time, he didn't utter a single word.Zheng Dong didn't mind much, he stretched out his hand to the side and said: "Sit down first, the young master asked me to take you to look at the Lin family. I will tell you about the current situation first."

Dead Leaf pursed her lips, and walked over silently to sit down, but a "meow" first caught his eyes.Withered Ye stared at the hydrangea on the table, and asked in surprise, "Is this the whipped hydrangea?"

"Well, yes." Zheng Dong stretched out his hand and carefully picked up the cat and put it on his shoulder. The little hydrangea immediately stretched out its claws to hook his clothes, and lay softly on it, saying "It's so comfortable that I don't even want to wear it." Moved" look.Zheng Dong touched it and said: "There is a female cat from outside the house, and the baby was taken away by a weasel. I was afraid that she would be sad, so I took the hydrangea away some time ago, thinking that I could be with her."

"Oh." Withered Ye stared blankly at Zheng Dongping's calm brows and eyes, and then at the fat little cat on his shoulder, silently feeling in her heart...a weird sense of disobedience and heart-stirring feeling .

It is estimated that the appearance of a little mandarin duck on his shoulders in the past is not much better than this.Withered Ye thought, the corners of her mouth curled up in displeasure, and there was a faint boredom in her eyes.Zheng Dong was at the side, reached out and pulled out a roll of silk from his sleeve, took it to the table and unfolded it with a "wow".Dead Leaf heard the reputation and saw a detailed map with a small hill, a large house and a river beside it.

"Yuliang Mountain in the north of the city." Staring at the mountain with a gourd-shaped base, Dead Leaf whispered its name.Zheng Dong looked at him fixedly, and said: "Yes, the Lin Mansion is next to it. This mountain is his family's ancestral property, and there is another courtyard on the mountain. Ma Qingyun is locked in the other courtyard on the mountain."

Then, Zheng Dong turned the map slightly, pointed to the other side of the mountain and said: "This river is Fushui River, and the downstream passes through our cloth village. There is a spring in Yuliang Mountain that flows into Fushui from the foot of the mountain here. There is a small road on the side of the waterway flowing down from the spring, and the entrance is hidden, and Zhifu Zhang goes up the mountain from here every time..."

"Wait," Ku Ye frowned and interrupted him, with doubts in his eyes, "Why are you talking about Zhang Zhifu all of a sudden?"

"Didn't the young master tell you?" Zheng Dong raised his eyebrows, also a little puzzled: "Zhang Zhifu has an affair with Ma Qingyun, and judging by the posture, it probably lasted more than a day or two, and Lin Zhihuan seems to acquiesce in their doing so. This letter I gave it to the young master a long time ago, you remember Fang Qiu's life experience, I thought he would tell you."

"What does this mean?" After hearing this, Dead Leaf frowned more and more, and there was no pure doubt in her eyes: "Is Fang Qiu's life experience related to that prefect Zhang?!"

Zheng Dong saw his agitation and felt strange in his heart, but immediately calmed down: "Brother Cen, don't worry, this is not a conclusive conclusion. Now we just suspect that Fang Qiu is the child of Zhang Zhifu. Lin Zhihuan took advantage of them It's a shameful relationship, and I guess he threatened Zhang Zhifu to do something for him. The matter is still under investigation, Fang Qiu is a good boy, and Zhang Zhifu should not have such a good son."

After hearing his relief, the irritability in Dead Leaf's heart calmed down a little.But he still had a stern face, the emotions in his eyes seemed to be severely suppressed, and his teeth were clenched.Zheng Dong looked at him calmly, then avoided the topic, and talked to him about the situation around the Lin Mansion.

"The guards in the Lin Mansion are very strict recently. I saw someone from the Shadow Gate, but they don't seem to be very powerful people. There is a large field of marijuana, poppies, and some Lycoris on the side of Yuliang Mountain. If you want to go with me to monitor Lin In terms of the movement of the mansion, you'd better be careful and don't get close to that place. Also, the weather has been relatively hot recently, and a strange smoke in Lin's mansion is not very likely to rise. When it rained a while ago, Hong Niang's men Someone accidentally inhaled that kind of smoke, and was stunned for a long time after sending it back. The young master said it was poppy smoke, have you ever come across such a thing?"

Withered Leaf raised her eyes heavily, and her voice was a bit gritted: "I've seen it, I've been taught by that thing before."

After hearing this, Zheng Dong didn't have much expression on Shen Ning's face, so he stared at him and hesitated for a while, and then said: "Last night, Fang Qiu cried for his mother, and the guard got annoyed, so he sucked some poppy smoke."

As soon as these words came out, Dead Leaf's eyes widened immediately, the exposed half of his face was full of anger, and the evil spirit between his eyebrows and eyes could not be stopped.He clenched his hands tightly on the armrest of the chair, gnashing his teeth for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back, he stood up and growled under his throat: "Then why don't you rescue him? Children can touch that thing?" !"

"Young master's instruction is to stand still." Zheng Dong looked at the angry dead leaves calmly, his eyes still stern, "Young master wants you to follow me to the Lin Mansion to watch them. You just returned yesterday, and Lin Zhihuan followed closely They tricked you back, and now they use Fang Qiu to stimulate you, so you don't think about it, why is that?"

Dead Leaf listened to his words with staring eyes, and after a while, the turbulent emotions finally calmed down.He took a deep breath, lowered his eyes in annoyance, and sat down in the chair again sullenly.When Zheng Dong saw that he sat down, his eyes relaxed a little.He stretched out his hand to comfort the little Hydrangea who was frightened just now, and said in a low voice: "Brother Cen, don't worry, Fang Qiu will be fine. The young master is smart and decisive, and he has his own considerations. You just have to trust him."

The dead leaves hung their heads, their eyes fixed on the flat marble floor under their feet.Zheng Dong's words reminded him of what Zhan Hao said yesterday when he left his side. He remembered Zhan Hao's calm eyes, with a warm and firm light faintly shining from the depths. She clutched his wrist with her palm and looked straight at him.

Zhan Hao stared at himself, and said in his calm, slightly chilly voice, Cen Farewell, trust me.

At the same time, the exhibition house of Suzhou Mansion——

It was a quarter in the morning, and there were intermittent wailing and begging for mercy from the basement of the Zhan family's courtyard.

Zhan Hao stood under the maple tree in the side courtyard, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, his face was expressionless.Qiu Langxing had just finished his breakfast and walked over yawning.It rained lightly in the middle of the night last night, so the air is rarely clear now.A small wind blew through the shade of the trees, Qiu Langxing was absent-minded, and saw that Zhan Hao's loosely tied hair was blown up a little, his calm face was covered, and he looked more and more elusive.

He walked over, bumped Zhan Hao with his shoulder, and said, "Who is Zhang Lingji being tortured by, screaming so loudly..."

Zhan Hao glanced at him with a half-smile, and raised his eyebrows: "I just saw someone take out the needle last night, and you forgot it after sleeping?"

Qiu Langxing stared at him, with a terrified and innocent expression on his face: "Didn't I hear you say you want her to take someone to Yuehua Building? Why hasn't she left yet?"

"That's not in a hurry." Zhan Hao turned his face back leisurely, and continued to face the original direction, "I'll force out Zhang Lingji's words in a while, and it's not too late to leave tomorrow after the matter is settled."

Qiu Langxing stood there stupidly, looking at his calm expression, and then at the direction of the execution room.Thinking of the long needles of ox hair that Chong Lian was holding in his hand last night, he couldn't help shivering with soreness all over his body.

Chonglian has always been an executioner, and her ancestors have been like this for generations.

People in this line of work are ruthless. People in the world always think that daughters are weak, so most of the jobs in the family are men.Zhan Hao met her when he was doing business. The businessman he cooperated with was cruel. There were several executioners in the house, one of whom was Chong Lian's cousin.That day Chong Lian was called by her family to deliver a letter, and then bumped into them.

At that time, Chong Lian was twenty-one years old, tall and straight, with clean facial features.But her walking posture is very loose, and her eyes and eyebrows are absent-minded.When Zhan Hao heard that the eldest girl was also from the executioner's family, he felt a little curious, but before he could speak, her cousin began to shout impatiently, beckoning her to deliver the letter and leave quickly.After hearing this, Chong Lian raised her eyebrows and stared at him coldly for a while, the man stiffened for a moment, and resentfully fell silent.

Then Zhan Hao felt that this girl was quite interesting, so he hired Chong Lian back with a wave of his hand.Chong Lian's cousin is still not happy, saying that a daughter's family is soft-hearted, how can she do good things?At that time, Zhan Hao waved his hand in a funny way, and said, that is because they don't want to deal with you, or should I tell her now, let her try to take off your hand?

At that time, Chong Lian was listening and raised her eyebrows silently.Zhan Hao's eyes are really tricky, and he can see her abilities at a glance, so at the beginning, Chong Lian still thought that this person was pretty good, and he might let her show her skills.But later, Chong Lian regretted it - Zhan Hao never planned to use her kung fu!He just left her by his side to chat, and after a while, he felt that this girl was too similar to him, and it was boring for two idlers to chat, so he sent her to Uncle Zhong.

... But Chonglian was so depressed.

Last night in Zhang Lingji's mansion, when she heard Zhan Hao calling her name, God knows how excited Chong Lian was. Her ox hair needle hadn't been stained with blood for a long time.Although Zhang Ling is already a soft persimmon, he can ship it if he just squeezes it, but... he still can't help the deep-rooted desire to poke a few holes in this soft persimmon.

So, maybe Zhang Lingji wanted to hold back something, but this time he really couldn't hold it back anymore, and confessed all at once.

"Fang Qiu is not his son." Chonglian said while wiping the ox hair needle with spirits and cotton, her face was expressionless.Zhan Hao sat at the side drinking tea leisurely, his expression was exactly the same as hers.Qiu Langxing shrank to the side, looking at the cold-eyed and cold-faced Chonglian with some trepidation, his heart pounding.

It was the first time he saw Chonglian like this.In the past, Miss Chonglian was a cool, handsome, domineering, cold and humorous girl in his heart. Qiu Langxing liked to tease her the most, and he would be very embarrassed when he forced her to look other than expressionless. interest.Unexpectedly...it turns out that for more than a year, he has been brazenly molesting Yan Luo.

Thinking of this fact, Qiu Langxing couldn't help but twitch in his heart, and wanted to slap himself a few times.

Chong Lian packed up the ox hair needle, and when she looked up and saw his regretful expression, she couldn't help showing a faint mocking expression on her face.Zhan Hao also smiled, put down his teacup and said, "Did he have an affair with Ma Qingyun recently?"

"It was in the last year or so. He himself said that he lost his temper after drinking, but according to his account, it seems that Ma Qingyun is also half-pushing and half-satisfied." After speaking, Chong Lian raised her eyes firmly, and said coolly: "Lin Zhihuan likes men. Sometimes I would hang out with some people with such a little background in the mansion. Once Ma Qingyun broke through, and they forced Ma Qingyun to take medicine, making her chaotic all day long."

"Ah..." At this time, Qiu Langxing, who was stiff at the side, rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "He likes men? No, it should be said that he likes Zhan Hao?" Zhan Hao squeezed his eyes.Zhan Hao looked at him speechlessly, thinking that this guy really has a low nature that cannot be changed, he was still heartbroken just a moment ago, but now he has come back to life with full blood.That cheap expression really makes people want to kick.

Chong Lian on the side also glanced at him with disgust, and then continued: "Zhang Ling has said that Lin Zhihuan seemed to have some kind of addiction a few years ago, and then he started growing poppies and marijuana. He spent a lot of money In this regard, more than half of their family's business was lost by him. Later, maybe they felt a sense of crisis, so they started to contact some people from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and slowly started business matters. "

"Later, he found Yu Yonglin through Yanqi. Yu Yonglin used ancestral prescriptions to make medicines for him, and even tricked some poor beggars back to test the medicines. Later, maybe he was afraid that things would be revealed and his reputation would be ruined. Yan Qi wanted to deal with you again, so he followed suit and killed Yu Yonglin in Qushui Tower."

"Speaking of which, Zhang Lingji came up with this plan to kill two birds with one stone, and Zhang Lingji used his power for personal gain in some small business moves later. He was threatened by Lin Zhihuan, saying that if he didn't help him, he would expose Ma Qingyun's affairs Go to Censor Zhongcheng. He has something to do with it, and it's probably the way he got out of it with flesh and blood."

Speaking of this, Chong Lian faintly rolled her eyes, and said to Zhan Hao: "Master, for a person like Lin Zhihuan, why did you think he was okay back then? Was there something wrong with your eyes at that time?"

"People will change." Zhan Hao replied with a casual look, his eyes quietly looking at the ground.He stretched out his hand to rub his chin, he didn't seem to care much about Chonglian's words just now, he just frowned slightly, lowered his head and thought about something carefully.After a while, he fixedly raised his face to stare at Chong Lian, and asked, "The Lin family recently opened a new medicine store, right?"

"It seems that Zhang Ling has already said that Lin Zhihuan was holding those prescriptions, so he probably has those medicines in his family's pharmacy."

Qiu Langxing still shrank aside, staring at the two of them blankly, and asked after a while, "Zhan Hao, what are we going to do now?"

Zhan Hao raised his eyes to look at him, with a deep contempt in his eyes undisguised: "Uncle Zhong has gone to Kaifeng Mansion now, even if Zhao Zhao can't be called, I think he can find someone in charge. We are now What you have to do is to find the prescription, get those medicines, and then directly throw this matter to Kaifeng Mansion...Understood?"

"Does it need to be so troublesome?" Qiu Langxing also gave him a contemptuous look: "Aren't you awesome, arrest Lin Zhihuan, use your kung fu to hypnotize him, and let him confess all by himself in front of the people in Kaifeng Mansion Just come out? What an idiot."

Zhan Hao sneered and ignored his words.He turned his face to the outside of the yard, looking at the scorching sun at noon - Changzhou presumably is also so hot, I heard that the little fox didn't sleep well in the past two nights.Although it is already past midsummer, it is still hot after all, not to mention that there is a lotus pond in the east courtyard that raises mosquitoes, but the fox is suffering.

He wanted to finish the matter quickly and go back. What Qiu Langxing said was actually a solution, but if he really did this, it would probably scare the people of Kaifeng Mansion by then, right?If anyone among the common people who attended the trial called him "devil" again, Zhao Zhao would have another headache.

Hey, his worrying brother.

Zhan Hao lowered his head and smiled tenderly.The scene of little Zhan Zhao standing in front of him angrily and anxiously, confronting those naughty children a few years ago is still deeply engraved in his mind.Even though he was a child half his height, he would protect him so recklessly.It is undeniable that this is the beginning of the... fetters in his life.

The Lin family is located at the foot of Yuliang Mountain. There are many big trees planted in the courtyard wall, probably planted a long time ago. At this time, they are growing lush and lush, covering almost half of the mansion in shade.

Dead Leaf has been following Zheng Dong since the evening.The orange sunlight shone on the silent mansion. Although the temperature was not as high as at noon, it was still hot.The dead leaves lay on the trees in the distance, and there was already a lot of sweat around the neck.There are some small black bugs flying among the leaves, not like mosquitoes, but they can bite people.In the past, Dead Leaf met several times in his career as a killer. These little things are very annoying. The bites are small and disappear after a while, but they are very itchy, and they come and go, without stopping.

He never knew the bug's name, if Zhan Hao was around, he might be able to ask him.

Thinking of Zhan Hao, the dead leaves held onto the tree trunk, and their fingers clenched involuntarily.I don't know what happened to that bastard, whether he is still in the prison, or has slipped out to plan the next thing.He slowly frowned, turned his eyes away from the Lin family in the distance, and cast his eyes dullly on his hand holding the withered leaf knife.A few months ago, he also stood at a distance like this, watching Zhan Hao come and go in the midst of business bored.But now, he has changed from a bystander to a participant, getting involved in this muddy water.

Well, maybe you can't say it in such a detached tone, after all, he is the one who is more worried about Fang Qiu.

Zhan Hao, you really did it.You said at that time, follow you, there is always something to do.

However, such a thing is really annoying.

Withered Ye pursed her lips, feeling a little annoyed.If he had known this, he would have wished he hadn't come to Changzhou, so he wouldn't have known Fang Qiutang, Ma Qingyun, this group of weird people, and Zhan Hao who was completely different from before.But Zhan Hao should be blamed the most, if he was still the same as before, he wouldn't... just...

What will happen?

The dead leaves stared blankly on the tree, unable to think of an answer for a while.There was a sentence in his throat that was about to come out, but when he spoke, he suddenly forgot the content.Something didn't seem quite right from the start, but he couldn't say exactly what was wrong.

Things never seemed to go as he expected.

After night fell, the Lin Mansion, which was completely silent during the day, slowly began to move.

The dead leaves flitted from the distant trees to the outside of the wall, and his eyes were fixed on Lin Zhihuan's room.At this time, wind lamps were already lit in the yard, and one or two ghostly servants occasionally walked through the corridor without making a sound.Dead Leaf felt puzzled, why does the Lin family look like a haunted house?During the day, hardly anyone comes in and out, and even at night they are so mysterious... What the hell is Lin Zhihuan up to?

Just when he was about to turn over to the yard to find out, there was a sudden gust of wind behind him.Withered Leaf dodged aside vigilantly, only to see Zheng Dongfei approaching.Zheng Dong had been on the hillside of Yuliang Mountain before, but now he suddenly appeared, probably something happened.

"Lin Zhihuan came down from the mountain," Zheng Dongluo looked at him on the branch, "The one following him should be Nian Yuqing, right? He's dressed in black."

"Well," Dead Leaf nodded, then frowned and looked into the house, "Has the Lin Mansion always been this lifeless?"

Zheng Dong followed his line of sight, and saw a little maid just walking out of Lin Zhihuan's room, holding a pile of laundry in her hands.The little maid walked quietly, her body was slightly bowed, her head was also lowered, she looked shrunken and very lethargic.

"It's about the same. It was already like this when the young master asked me to come over and watch. The servants seldom spoke. Even if they did, they would hide in the servant's room and whisper. Lin Zhihuan's temper is very weird now. Abuse them all the time.”

"How was his temper before?" Withered Leaf turned to stare at Zheng Dong, his eyes burning in the dark night.Zheng Dong pondered for a while, and said: "The former Young Master Lin was very well-behaved, talented, and good-natured. At that time, the Young Master made friends with him and often took him home for dinner."

As Dead Leaf listened, somehow she remembered what Zhan Hao had said to him in the theater that day - she used to think he was innocent and well-behaved, but seeing him being bullied, she wanted to help and protect him.Zhan Hao said he felt bored, so he pushed Lin Zhihuan away.But why... it sounds like