The two of them were silent on one side, while the fighting on the other side was in full swing.

After about an hour, the result came out. The winner was a famous disciple who was invited to meet Xie Xuan and the others. The sound of qin music came from the pavilion in the distance, clanging and refraining from speaking. It seemed that the daughter of the Xie family was congratulating The husband of the future wins, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes are joking and laughing, and the garden is full of congratulations.

Guo Yi bid farewell to Xie's family that day.

"Guo Daxia, you might as well rest for a few more days, and leave after the engagement banquet. The family ancestors admire Guo Daxia's character and virtue very much, and hope to leave a comment."

"Don't dare to disturb." Guo Yi was very insistent, Xie Xuan didn't stay any longer, and the rest of the people in the world also said goodbye one after another as if they had made an appointment.

If nothing else, tonight will be their last night in the Xie Mansion.

Park Jiayan did not dodge like he did a few days ago, but went back to the house with Yao Chen after the competition.

Since the night when the face was torn apart, the two of them seemed to be separated by something, they couldn't speak, they couldn't see, and it was difficult to breathe when they stayed under the same roof.

Yao Chen felt depressed for a while, unable to cheer up, and was exhausted. He didn't immediately approve Little Wolf Dog's request for a transfer, not only because of his reluctance, but also because of the current situation.

Xie's house was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, even though the result of the competition had come out, it seemed that the matter had come to an end, but he always felt that the good show had not yet begun, so he couldn't relax his vigilance.

Under the dim light, the sapphire furnace in the corner emits wisps of green smoke. The innkeeper has delicate features and soft outline. He is wearing a green onion-colored coat that makes his skin fair, like the white snow on a plum branch. His appearance is elegant and handsome. , as if walking down from the painting.

Park Jiayan took a deep look at him, his expression was indistinguishable. At first he only smelled the incense of calming the nerves, but then he smelled the scent of mist. The mist is colorless and odorless, but its innate sense of smell is different from ordinary people, and it has been trained. Fang Neng found out, so he immediately held his breath and looked around the incense burner.

He thought it was the innkeeper who was going to do something to him, and his heart was cold, but later he found that something was wrong, and Yao Chen gradually fell asleep.He held on for a while, pretending to be hit too, and passed out.

Not long after, Pu Jiayan heard the sound of the door opening, and someone came in, but the footsteps could not be heard. After checking, he made sure that the two of them were unconscious, so he carried them on his shoulders.

The man was very familiar with Xie's mansion, he skillfully avoided the patrolling guards and servants, walked all the way deep, and arrived at a courtyard in the blink of an eye.He aimed at the largest room in the middle of the courtyard and went in, put the two of them on the ground, and arranged them.

Pu Jiayan smelled the smell of blood, so he took a look and found that this place was actually a women's boudoir. The maid who was on duty outside the house had died, and the man in black was arranging for a naked young woman inside. Pu Jiayan only took one look. He immediately closed his eyes. He didn't see the specific situation clearly, but he smelled the bloody smell coming from the woman inside, so it was probably unexpected.

Apparently, the man in black wanted to set up the scene as if they had killed these women. Park Jiayan secretly charged up and exploded when the opponent approached. The opponent was unprepared and slapped him in a panic. Rich, even better than Park Jiayan, after the initial panic, he responded calmly, fighting while retreating.

The fight between the two of them startled the guards, and they rushed to the vicinity of the courtyard immediately.

"There are thieves who are not good for the young lady!"

"Go and report to the master!"

Pu Jiayan was startled when he heard this, this was Miss Xie's boudoir, at this moment, the man who was fighting with him suddenly shot a few darts, Pu Jiayan had to take a few steps back, taking this opportunity, the man in black jumped out of the window and escaped .

Park Jiayan only paused for a moment before chasing after him. He thought to himself that anyway, the innkeeper is a woman, so even if she is caught, she can defend herself, but catching the person behind the scenes can help them clarify the truth, so he chased after the man in black with all his strength.

Guo Yi was having the last supper with Xie Xuan, when he heard the confusion, he immediately felt something was wrong.

On the last night, something happened.

"Speak to the master, the young lady has been abused/humiliated to death, and the subordinates have taken down the murderer, waiting for the master to deal with it."

The guards saw the scene and found something unusual, immediately surrounded the yard, grabbed the man who shouldn't be here at this moment, and splashed cold water on Yao Chen's face to wake him up.

Guo Yi followed Xie Xuan closely, and when he saw the indoor scene clearly, he frowned immediately. He found that Xie Xuan's face didn't have much sadness, but anger and shame were mostly on his face.

"Where is the thief?!"

The guards immediately brought Yao Chen up. The latter was in a panic, with dust on his clothes, water stains on his hair and skirts. Although he didn't resist, he still suffered some dark losses. suffering.

Guo Yi saw that his face changed, but he was also relieved, he didn't look very worried, Xie Xuan's reaction was also very interesting, his face twisted, as if he was disappointed that he was the only one caught.

"Thief, don't kneel down yet! Confess your crime quickly!" The guard pushed Yao Chen, as if trying to force him to kneel down and confess. kneel.

Kneeling down will weaken your momentum, and you will look like a prisoner, so he doesn't want it!

"Three murders happened in one night, don't you report it to the police?"

No one thought that after Yao Chen woke up, apart from the initial confusion, his attitude was so calm, and the first sentence he spoke was actually this.

"You've been caught and the evidence is overwhelming, how dare you argue?!" Someone shouted.

"Such evil deeds are beyond the tolerance of heaven!" Some people were filled with righteous indignation, wishing to kill them quickly.

"Existing? Did you see me raping a woman with your own eyes?" Yao Chen replied calmly: "I am weak, how can I pass through many guards alone, and accurately find Miss Xie's room in the complex courtyard to commit murder? And so stupid, commit murder Didn’t you run away immediately after that, and fell asleep on the spot until someone splashed you with water?”

"It's obvious that you have an accomplice. Why is the thief with you missing? It's also possible that you were fighting among yourself and he knocked you out, or you were just pretending to be unconscious to confuse the public." The leader of the guard spoke with certainty, as if he had already determined that Yao Chen was the murderer.

The liveliness of this courtyard also attracted other people from the world, including Guanzhong Badao and Hengyang Zhao Gang, whom Park Jiayan had defeated before.

The Guanzhong Badao didn't know whether it was out of revenge or something else, and said: "The Yanshan bandits do all kinds of crimes, burning, killing and looting, what about his accomplices? He is very skilled in martial arts, if he is let go, there will be endless troubles. You should seize it quickly and inquire clearly, so as to avoid future troubles."

This statement was echoed.

Although the man said so, he turned the attention of the scene to the missing Park Jiayan. Yao Chen felt that the pressure on him suddenly eased, and he glanced at the man in surprise.

Xie Xuan sullenly looked at Yao Chen with majestic and cold eyes: "Do you have something to say?"

Yao Chen's expression was as usual, he didn't feel guilty at all, but he frightened the people around him, half-believing.

He clasped his fists towards Guo Yi and Xie Xuan: "I am very sad and regretful that such a tragedy happened. The murderer's methods are cruel, his thoughts are ulterior motives, and he tortured and killed women and children. They are really worse than animals. I was invited to Xie's mansion. I was in my own room. I have come here since I came here, and I was regarded as a murderer regardless of right and wrong. The Xie family's chivalrous name has spread all over the world, and I hope you will give me justice."

Xie Xuan was silent.

Someone asked Guo Yi for help: "Guo Daxia, what do you mean?"

Guo Yi sighed and said frankly: "I have an old relationship with this person, so it is not appropriate to come forward to preside over this matter. It is a pity that several seniors in the world have left this morning... Maybe the government should take charge of this case to show Xie's family justice. I can also avenge Miss Xie's family, and I will be innocent. If this person is the murderer, he will be punished severely, and I will not do anything to defend him; There are many doubts in this case about the poisonous plan to disrupt the martial arts, so we must not be careless."

Xie Xuan's face twitched when he heard this, and he was very opposed in his heart. At this time, the Xie family wanted to hide from the government, how could they invite them to come?When the government comes to investigate, is it Miss Xie's murder or Luo Shumeng?Once something goes wrong...

But Guo Yi's words, on the surface, were fair and impartial, but in fact they were partial to the armpit.

Phew, hypocrite!Xie Xuan cursed in his heart.

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard the words, curious about the relationship between Guo Yi and Yao Chen, and kept guessing.On the other hand, it sounds absurd to entrust the affairs of the rivers and lakes to the government, but the Xie family is the master of suffering, so it is inevitable that they will act biased because of their emotions. All of them looked at Xie Xuan for a while, and when he made up his mind, the latter's face was extremely pale, and he remained silent for a long time.

In the early morning of this day, the prefect of Hangzhou received a strange report.

Miss Xie's family was raped and killed, along with her two servants. A suspect was caught at the scene of the murder.

According to the pissing nature of Jianghu people, it is really amazing that the suspect was not killed on the spot.Firstly, people in Jianghu value face and reputation more than literati like them. I am afraid that their family members are extremely unwilling to spread the humiliation. Secondly, when will people in Jianghu put Wang Fa in their eyes?It's much more satisfying to kill the murderer with your own hands than to report to the government!After all, the government has to investigate the case, then report it to the superior for review, then the emperor personally approves it, and then asks to be executed after the autumn... After this series of procedures, no matter how good the Jianghu people are, they will run out of patience.

He was worrying about how he should push this hot potato, when he found that the threshold of his house was broken.

First, Zhejiang Governor's Yaxia brought a handwritten letter. Xie's family firmly grasped the financial lifeline of Jiangnan.The magistrate smiled wryly, of course he knew the energy of the Xie family, in this land, the name of the Xie family was better than that of the government.

However, the guests in front of you can't be ignored!

He looked at the coral waist card, wrote "Jinyiwei Qianhu Pu Jiayan", and welcomed people in respectfully.

Alas, is it too late for him to pretend to be sick?

Yao Chen was thrown into prison.

The cell was fairly clean, and the smell was touching. He found a dry place to sit down. Anyway, he would never approach the haystack. I don’t know how many lice, bugs, cockroaches and mice there are...

Both Guo Yi and Xie Xuan felt that he was a daughter, and as long as he was found out, he could prove his innocence.Yao Chen couldn't tell because he was actually a man and had tools to commit crimes. These days, he didn't have DNA identification technology, so he couldn't compare semen/fluid.

Guo Yi believes that as long as his gender is found out, the focus of the case will be on the missing Pu Jiayan. He is very clear that that person is Jin Yiwei, so if the government and Xie's family break up and Yao Chen is picked out, everything will be fine.

Xie Xuan had the same idea. He set up the bureau itself to plot against Jin Yiwei. Yao Chen did it incidentally. He originally wanted to use this to provoke the relationship between the Jianghu and the government, so that everyone could unite with the outside world. , Fighting against the imperial court, this is the real intention of the martial arts contest to recruit relatives.At the same time, he can let Yao Chen go, sell Guo Yi's face, hold this handle, even if he holds half of the northern rivers and lakes in his hands, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But the plan was destroyed, and the Jin Yiwei actually escaped, lost his wife and lost his army, Xie Xuan gritted his teeth.

At this time, it is necessary to close the case as quickly as possible. As long as Yao Chen's identity as a woman is proved and her suspicion is cleared, the loss can be stopped in time. For this reason, he also put pressure on the governor of Zhejiang to close the case as quickly as possible.

However, the government was like a slow old tortoise, and began to handle the case in a serious manner. First, the servants inspected the scene, and then interrogated the guards and servants to record statements one by one. The investigation by the people made Xie's family restless and panicked, and even alarmed Mr. Xie.

"Confused!" Mr. Xie was usually amiable, he smiled when he saw people, and looked happy like Maitreya, but now his face was frosty, his eyes were like knives.

"I know I was wrong." Xie Xuan knelt in front of the old man, without any composure, and his back was soaked in cold sweat, showing dark water stains.

"Where did you go wrong?" the old man asked in a deep voice, his anger still undiminished.

"Your child shouldn't make any claims. If you can't figure out Jin Yiwei, you will be investigated by the government instead."

"Hmph, that's not the only thing you're arguing about!"

Knowing that his father was referring to Luo Shumeng, Xie Xuan was eager to make contributions, and wanted to establish authority among Xie's family by expanding his territory, which caused Luo Shumeng to be involved in the treason case of selling military aircraft.After two years of operation, countless money was wasted.In a hurry, he tried to make a comeback by using martial arts to recruit relatives, but he still failed.

"Clean up the mess, let's go down." Mr. Xie closed his eyes and sighed, and when he opened them again, there was no emotion in his eyes.

Xie Xuanru was pardoned and withdrew tremblingly.

After an unknown amount of time, the old man's voice came faintly from the quiet room, as if he was talking to someone or talking to himself.

"Xie Xuanzhi's talent is too sparse to be reused... A gentleman abandons his flaws to get rid of his talents, and a strong man cuts off his wrists to use his whole body..."

At night, someone sneaked into the prison and opened Yao Chen's cell door.

Yao Chen was now a fish on the cutting board, ready to be slaughtered, he had no power to restrain a chicken, and all his weapons and concealed weapons were confiscated. The jailer was speechless when he saw the hidden weapons and poisons piled up on a table.

"You guys have to keep it safe for me. The drug alone is only ten taels of a packet. If I lose one after I get out of prison...huh!"

Yao Chen didn't sleep well at first, the night was too cold and he was not very stable, when he heard the movement, he woke up in shock, and saw a familiar figure under the candlelight.

He showed a smile, with habitual flamboyance on his lips, and complained: "My friend, why did you come here?" After speaking, he remembered the awkward atmosphere between the two of them, he smiled slightly, and looked at the little wolf dog with some anxiety.

It's not that Pu Jiayan didn't feel distressed or worried. He hurriedly reported the news to his superiors and rushed here. He didn't want Yao Chen to be determined to protect that person, even though he was in jail, he didn't reveal half of his secret.

"Are you afraid to reveal your identity because you are afraid of hurting Guo Yi's reputation?" Park Jiayan asked with a cold face.

Yao Chen doesn't know that he has such a brain, you may not believe it, but he did it for self-protection!

If people found out that he was actually a man, and if further investigations revealed that he was actually from Dongchang, the plot of the mastermind behind the scenes might have succeeded.Although Yao Chen still doesn't know the specific purpose of the man in black, if the relationship between the court and the southern rivers and lakes becomes tense because of this, it will be extremely detrimental to social stability.

Moreover, the proprietress of the inn also has the identity of the Dharma King of Mingjiao!If he reveals half a point, the water will be even more muddy, and the situation may be even more unpredictable.

Pu Jiayan didn't know about this, and only regarded his silence as tacit consent, and said in a panic, "Believe it or not, you will die next, and I won't bother you any more!"

Although Yao Chen didn't speak, his expression clearly said "I don't believe it".

You are a loyal Jin Yiwei, how could you not do your job when you are a child?

With a hurt look on his face, Park Jiayan said bitterly, "You're sure you're going to get me, and you're so unscrupulous, digging out my heart and throwing it on the ground?"

"Don't you want to... tell me quickly, what happened that night?" Seeing Park Jiayan's gloomy expression, Yao Chen coaxed a few more words in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll be fine, and I'm safe in prison. The Xie family is annoyed now The two of us are ready to kill, you must be careful, you'd better hide, don't be caught by them, especially your identity."

Pu Jiayan moved his lips, a little embarrassed: "You know I am..." Jin Yiwei?

I'll know it the first time I see you!Yao Chen felt that it was better not to hit him.

"Guo Daxia warned me, but I believe you will not harm me."

"Do you believe me? Heh..."

Pu Jiayan was panting heavily, there seemed to be a dark tide in his eyes, and he looked like he hated iron and steel, he suddenly took a step forward, slapped Yao Chen with lightning speed, turned his head angrily and walked away, and fell down The door, the poor prison door, made such a loud bang that it nearly killed it.

Yao Chen covered his face and shouted, "Wait!"

Pu Jiayan's back was straight and resolute, and he stood still without turning his head.

"I forgot to lock the door." What if they framed me for escape?

"..."

Pu Jiayan rushed back in a rage, and seeing Yao Chen's left cheek was obviously red and swollen, his heart ached for a moment, he held back, and locked the cell door viciously.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

After all this tossing, Pu Jiayan's anger has almost dissipated, and he feels physically and mentally exhausted.

He looked at the charming peach blossom eyes of the innkeeper and the mole at the corner of his eyes, pursed his lips, and said softly: "That night we were fainted and moved to Miss Xie's boudoir. I woke up early and fought against the man in black. , and chased them out."

"Sure enough, someone framed it." Yao Chen also shared his own information: "The police found several darts at the scene of the crime, with special marks on them. According to people in Jianghu, they looked like hidden weapons commonly used by the leader of the Luoshu League."

"While playing the jade flute in the White Sand Desert, once you go there, you will gradually forget who you are. The sun and the moon shine together in troubled times, and the bright flame looks forward to returning to the east." Park Jiayan's words made Yao Chen frowned, "I chased the man in black to a forest , someone responded, but unfortunately, the road in the forest was twists and turns, and I failed to catch them. They used this secret word for connection, have you ever heard of it?"

Mingjiao again...

What Mingjiao has to deal with is himself or Jinyiwei?Is it related to Zhengyang, the left envoy?Yao Chen fell into deep thought.

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