The county horse is a medicine jar

Apart from the fact that the disaster relief food was replaced with bran, what other things should you know?

Hearing the question from the man in black in front of him, Han Ce suddenly shook his body, showing a look of panic, but he quickly lowered his head, avoiding the probing gaze of the man in black, and whispered hesitantly: "This ...Forgive me for being stupid, I don't know what you are referring to."

The man in black squatted down in front of Han Ce, stared at his dodging eyes with interest, and said in a low voice, "It seems that Mr. Han really doesn't cry when he sees the coffin."

The late night in early autumn was still a bit chilly, but Han Ce, who was wearing a middle coat, was sweating all over his face. The words of the man in black chilled his heart even more. When he thought of his wife and a pair of children still in their hands, he felt like Some shaken.

But after being silent for a long while, he suddenly looked terrified, shook his head resolutely, and gritted his teeth firmly: "I don't know anything except the disaster relief food. I'm just a little county magistrate in Pingliang City. My lord is far away in Dingxi City, how do I know about his old man, so don't make things difficult for me anymore."

Seeing that Han Ce refused to let go, the man in black stood up unhurriedly, brushed the dust off his sleeves, walked around the room, and looked at the furnishings in the room: "Master Han has also been a teacher for several years. The county magistrate, but this family is so poor that they don't even have a single valuable item, so they really deserve to be called Lord Qingtian by the common people. No wonder they have the guts to offend Lord Duhu for the sake of the suffering hungry people."

Han Ce didn't know why the man in black suddenly said that. He knelt on the ground and slowly turned to look at the man in black standing in front of the bookshelf with his back turned to him. He swallowed and asked cautiously, "What do you want to say? ?”

The man in black scanned the bookshelf full of books, and said in a flat tone: "Master Han is poor, but luckily he still has a few books at home, which can be sold at a good price."

Han Ce's eyes were dazed. He didn't know why the man in black said something that didn't make sense. He got up from the ground and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Don't Master Han understand?"

The man in black turned around with a chuckle, and his eyes suddenly became cold: "If Mr. Han is willing to sell the book collection, maybe you can still have the money to buy three high-quality coffins for your wife and children."

"No, I am the one who did the wrong thing. It has nothing to do with my wife and children. Just kill me. Don't touch them."

Han Ce's eyes went dark, he staggered two steps and almost fell, and when he stood still, he screamed with all his strength, and suddenly rushed at the man in black, raising his hand to grab the man in black by the collar.

But before he could touch the man in black's clothes, the man in black grabbed his arm with his backhand, and then went around behind him and kicked his knee. He immediately fell to his knees in pain and couldn't move. The man in black easily grabbed him.

The man in black let go of Han Ce, turned around and picked up the dagger that Han Ce threw on the ground, walked up to him slowly, leaned over and said with a smile: "Master Han, it's no wonder I, Master Duhu didn't want to do this at all. If you want to blame it, blame yourself for not knowing how to flatter."

"but..."

After speaking, the man in black changed his voice, threw the dagger in front of Han Ce's eyes, and bewitched him in a low voice, "If Master Han can keep his mouth shut forever, and Master Protector is thinking about old love, maybe he won't treat your wife and children Let's start, it's better for Mr. Han to think carefully, whether your own life is more important, or the lives of your wife and children."

Han Ce stared blankly at the sharp dagger with a cold light in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his trembling hand and clenched the dagger tightly, his eyes suddenly became decisive.

Seeing this, the man in black nodded in satisfaction: "Let's do it, Mr. Han."

Just as Han Ce struggled in pain to make a choice, and slowly put the dagger on his neck, the man in black stared at him dimly, then he suddenly stood up without warning, and looked vigilantly at the closed door.

Before Han Ce could react, he kept darting towards the window, and quickly escaped through the window. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared out of the window, leaving only the slowly opened wooden window. .

This sudden change gave Han Ce a chance to breathe. He stared blankly at the wooden window until he felt a stabbing pain in his neck. Then he reacted and withdrew his hand.

The sharp dagger inadvertently scratched the skin on his neck, and a few drops of blood leaked out. He stared straight at the blood stained on the dagger, and didn't recover for a long time.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and it rang three times softly.

Han Ce was so frightened by the sudden knock on the door that he came back to his senses. Who else would come to him in the middle of the night? He thought that the man in black must have returned, so he hesitated to walk to the door but dared not open the door.

But after standing for a while, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The man in black came and went without a trace like a ghost, and he was a murderous person, so how could he knock on the door honestly.

The fact was exactly as he expected, the people outside saw that the door had not been opened for a long time, so they opened their mouths.

"Master Han."

The voice sounded familiar, Han Ce was taken aback, and then quickly realized, isn't this the voice of Imperial Envoy Mr. Lin?

He hurriedly hid the dagger, and then hurriedly opened the door, and it was indeed Lin Sishen standing in front of the door.

Lin Sishen, who visited in the middle of the night, was wearing a dark red long-distance running suit, with exquisite and complicated ancient patterns embroidered on the long sleeves. He had a handsome and feminine face, and there was a slight smile on his fair face. He raised his eyes and curled his lips and whispered: "See To this official, Master Han was surprised?"

Han Ce stared blankly at Lin Sishen: "Master Imperial Envoy, you...why did you come to Xiaguan's humble house late at night?"

Lin Sishen's gaze fell on the wet bloodstain on Han Ce's neck, and he said calmly, "I'm here today because I want to ask Mr. Han about something."

Han Ce hastily stepped aside and invited Lin Sishen into the room.

Lin Sishen didn't see him either, and when he entered the study, he looked around a few times, and exchanged a few words with Han Ce in a calm manner.But Han Ce didn't have the heart to chat with Lin Sishen, and as soon as he stammered and contradicted a few words, Lin Sishen became suspicious.

Under Han Ce's flustered dodging eyes, Lin Sishen's smile faded, and he asked straight to the point: "Master Han went to the official post two days ago to look for me, what do you want to say to me?"

Han Ce smiled sheepishly, stood respectfully in front of Lin Sishen, and casually made an excuse absent-mindedly: "No...it's nothing, it's not some small matter in the government office, and I want to ask the imperial envoy for instructions."

Lin Sishen glanced lightly at Han Ce, turned around, walked to the desk and sat down, straightened his sleeves and lowered his eyes and said, "Master Han, I won't go around in circles with you. In fact, I came to Pingliang City for a private visit this time, not to check The case of disaster relief food, but the case of Chu Sima's treason five years ago."

Han Ce's forehead twitched when he heard this, and he didn't speak any more. He lowered his head and stroked the dagger in his sleeve without saying a word.

Lin Sishen leaned back easily, with a faint smile shining in his dark eyes: "You should know more about Sun Wenqian than I do, he can do whatever he wants in Longyou with one hand covering the sky, relying on the second prince's protection. It is reasonable for you to be afraid of him, but I am not afraid of him at all, not only I want to investigate the embezzlement and corruption case of disaster relief food, but I also want to investigate the case of Chu Sima's injustice."

She said these words with ease and naturalness when she said that she had the chance to win, as if she had already grasped the evidence of Sun Wenqian's crime, and she just waited to return to Beijing to present it to the emperor to bring down Sun Wenqian in one fell swoop.

Han Ce still didn't speak, his wife and children were still in Sun Wenqian's hands, even if he wanted to tell Lin Sishen the shocking secret he discovered by accident, but for the safety of his wife and children, he could only pretend that he didn't know anything.

Thinking of this, he slowly raised his eyes, and forced a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Master Imperial Envoy is so..."

Before Han Ce finished speaking, Lin Sishen interrupted her directly. She shook her head and said angrily, "You think that even if you don't say anything, Sun Wenqian will let your wife and children go? Han Ce, Han Ce, you have been under Sun Wenqian for many years, but you still don’t understand how ruthless his methods are? From the moment you changed the numbers on the account books, you have become a thorn in Sun Wenqian’s side. He just wanted to get rid of you quickly, but you You are still trying to keep a secret for him, so that he can show kindness and let your family go."

Han Ce was surprised when he heard this: "How...how does your lord know that my wife and a pair of children are in the hands of the lord protector?"

Lin Sishen stood up, walked up to Han Ce, and suddenly grabbed his right wrist and pulled out the dagger hidden in his sleeve, looking straight into his eyes: "If I hadn't come, you would have been so stupid that you would have committed suicide and died."

Han Ce let go of his hand with a pale face, and the dagger fell to the ground with a sharp sound. His lips trembled and he said, "It turns out that your lord was outside the door early in the morning."

Without giving Han Ce a chance to think, Lin Sishen let go of his hand and took a step back, looking at him with expressionless eyes, "Master Han, you believe in Sun Wenqian, or believe in me, you are taking two completely different paths. Wait for Sun Wenqian to fulfill his promise, or let me send someone to rescue your wife and daughter, it depends on which way you want to go."

Han Ce raised his eyes blankly, looked at Lin Sishen in front of him, and remembered the man in black who came to persecute him not long ago. After a long battle between heaven and man, he finally closed his eyes and lowered his head, uttering a few words from his mouth with difficulty. Word: "My lord, can you let the official consider it?"

This matter concerns the lives of his wife and a pair of children, and he cannot make a hasty decision.

Lin Sishen nodded, walked back to the desk and sat down with a flick of his sleeves, and said leisurely, "Master Han, do as you please."

Han Ce stood in front of Lin Sishen, under Lin Sishen's calm gaze, broke out in cold sweat, thinking about what to choose, whether to believe that the Protectorate would let his family go, or take a chance and trust Lin Sishen.

Dark clouds covered the bright moon, completely shrouding the earth in a night.

Half an hour later, when Lin Sishen walked out of Han Ce's house, the dark clouds happened to disperse, and the bright and cold moonlight fell on the stone road.

Lin Sishen stepped over the stone slabs with a blank expression on his hands, and walked out of the courtyard step by step, while Han Ce behind her watched her back for a long time until her figure disappeared, then he sighed and closed the door.

Just after the soft sound of the door closing, Lin Sishen paused and turned around to take a deep look.

Suddenly turned around without any warning, walked to a hidden corner outside the courtyard wall, put on the hidden night clothes, only revealed a pair of half-covered dark eyes, slightly pale thin lips hidden under the scarf A slight smile.