The five of them were preparing to find a restaurant for dinner. Hanfeng was walking at the end, and he suddenly glanced behind him warily.

"Hanfeng, what's wrong?" When Wen Zhiyuan called Hanfeng, Gu Shiqi turned to look at Hanfeng, and Hanfeng replied: "My subordinates always feel that someone is following us, but we entered Ruyi Gambling before.

After the workshop, the man temporarily walked away. When we came out, the man followed us again."

"Aren't you from Ruyi Gambling House?" Gu Shiqi asked.

Hanfeng shook his head: "I can identify the people from Ruyi Gambling House. The one who has been following us is a woman."

"This is not easy. Just catch her. Come with me!" Lian Zhi said.

Shuhan was originally following a few people, but when she walked into an alley, she found that there were no traces of those people. She ran into the alley to look for them, but there was still no one: "Oh no."

At this moment, several bamboo poles leaning against the wall fell down. Shuhan couldn't dodge and was hit on the shoulder. She covered her shoulders: "Who is it?" If someone hadn't pushed down the bamboo poles intentionally, these bamboo poles would not have fallen down at all.

Come down.

"Miss Shuhan, you followed us all the way, don't you know who we are?" Han Feng came out of the darkness.

When Shuhan saw the cold wind, his face was startled: "I just happened to pass by here."

"Then what a coincidence. Wherever we go, you happen to be passing by." Hanfeng's voice changed, "Do you think if I kill you here, will anyone know?"

"The Queen knows that I am following you, and if anything happens to me, the Queen will not let you go." Shuhan looked at Hanfeng warily, fearing that Hanfeng would take action at any time.

Hanfeng sneered: "You are really stupid, selling the queen so quickly."

Only then did Shuhan realize that he had been fooled: "It was the Queen who was worried that Princess Wanyang was in danger, so she asked the slave to follow her all the way."

"If it's for Princess Wanyang's good, then why are you so sneaky? You could just walk out openly."

Shuhan was at a loss for the first time. Hanfeng stepped forward, took out his sword and put it on Shuhan's neck: "I advise you to go back and forth from wherever you are. Otherwise, even if I kill you, the Queen will never ask more questions."

Let’s just say, get out!”

Shuhan avoided the edge of the sword and ran away quickly.

Seeing Shu Han running away, Han Feng sheathed his sword. Lian Zhi, Wen Zhiyuan, Gu Shiqi and Su Qing came out of the darkness. Lian Zhi said: "It seems that someone is plotting against me about Wang Li."

, it’s already very clear.”

…

The five of them found a restaurant and chose a private room facing the water for dinner. When they opened the window, they could see Yihongyuan on the other side of the river.

"Why did you let Wang Jin go?" Gu Shiqi asked.

Lian Zhi replied: "It's very simple, because it's impossible for Wang Jin to give me the Ruyi Gambling House. It's better for me to give in and give him a choice. Moreover, if he doesn't give it to me today, I can't say for sure what the Ruyi Gambling House will be in the future."

It will also change hands!"

"But why did you choose this place to eat?"

"To see the situation in Yihongyuan across the street. Is there any problem with the person you arranged in Yihongyuan?"

Gu Shiqi nodded: "Don't worry, that person is fine. But have you figured out what to do?"

At this moment, a woman's sound of playing and singing came from outside. This sound was sung by Hongyu, the current oiran of Yihongyuan.

Lian Zhi walked to the window, opened it and looked at the lake. Today Hongyu was boating on the lake, playing the piano and singing on the boat. It seemed to be boundless and elegant, attracting countless people to watch, but in such a cold day, she was wearing such thin clothing.

Is playing and singing in the wind really elegant?

"Gu Shiqi, are you sure there will be no mistakes regarding Hongyu?"

"Of course, I don't dare to vouch for others. There is absolutely no problem with Hongyu's matter."

Lian Zhi closed the window and blocked out the coolness: "In that case, there is still one last place to go."

"Chandler's Pawn Shop!"

"But I have to go to this place by myself."

"Are you crazy?"

"Don't worry, I will go in and come out in front of everyone, of course, not today."

"Are you going back to the palace today?" Gu Shiqi asked.

Lian Zhi shook his head: "It's too late to stay at an inn today, so it's inconvenient."

"You can just live in my Gu's house."

"Are you sure?" Lian Zhi asked, "Those people from Ruyi Gambling House are still following us. If we follow you back to Gu's house, we will catch them all in one fell swoop. If we are in an inn and there are many people, they will still have concerns."

Gu Shiqi immediately waved his hand: "Then we'd better stay in an inn. I thought about it, and I might as well stay in an inn. Those people in Ruyi Gambling House are really scary, why not just deal with it."

"They have many uses." This is all Lian Zhi said.

…

After dinner, the five of them stayed at the largest inn in Chujing and booked five upper rooms.

Just as Lian Zhi expected, the people from Ruyi Gambling House naturally did not dare to attack them in such a big inn, so they could only keep a close eye on them.

Su Qing helped Lian Zhi lie down before going back to the room. After Lian Zhi was sure that Su Qing had returned to the room, he immediately opened his eyes.

When Lian Zhi left the inn, he looked back at the thugs from Ruyi Gambling House who were still staring at the inn. They didn't notice Lian Zhi leaving at all.

Lian Zhi's target was very clear, which was the pawn shop. There was no use pretending to be a customer in a place like a pawn shop, so it would be more appropriate to go and take a look in secret.

From the outside of Chande's pawnshop late at night, it was pitch black inside. The high courtyard wall could not stop Lian Zhi at all. She jumped up on the wall and saw that there were many dogs in the courtyard and there were many guards. As long as someone broke in, they would immediately

will be discovered.

When Lian Zhi entered the pawn shop, he didn't alert anyone at all, and even the dogs didn't notice anything strange.

As soon as Lian Zhi entered the pawn shop, he noticed that tonight seemed unusual. Everyone in the pawn shop was loading things into cars and sending them out.

"You all need to be careful. If you bump into something accidentally, I won't even be able to compensate you by selling it to you." The steward warned while looking at the account book and looking at the contents of the boxes that had not yet been loaded into the truck.

Lian Zhi lay on the roof, watching them load the boxes into the car. Lian Zhi thought for a moment and sprinkled some powder on the boxes from a high place. No one noticed Lian Zhi's actions.

Carriages passed by on the empty street one after another. The steward closed the back door and walked into the study with the account book. Lian Zhi did not follow the study. After a while, the steward left the study and she sneaked into the study.

Lian Zhi found an account book on the shelf in the study room. She looked through it and couldn't find any problems in the account book. However, Lian Zhi didn't believe that Chand Pawnshop was so clean, and the account book in the hands of the steward just now was absolutely

Not this one.

Lian Zhi searched for a hidden compartment in the study, and the painting hanging on the wall caught her attention. Lian Zhi reached out to fumble for the painting, and when she touched the bottom, she paused and found it.

The person who set up the secret compartment put a lot of thought into it. If Lian Zhi had not been proficient in mechanisms, he might not have been able to open the secret compartment even if he could find it. There were indeed several ledgers placed in the secret compartment, and Lian Zhi picked it up and looked through it under the moonlight.

, even though she was well-informed, she was amazed by the ruthless tactics of Chand Pawnshop.

Lian Zhi put the account books back in their original places and left Chande's Pawn Shop. She had another place to go.

Just now, Lian Zhi sprinkled some powder on the box. It was a very special kind of fragrant powder, and only trained people could smell it. Lian Zhi followed the scent, but she found that the goods had not been delivered.

Instead, the Wang family sent it to the residence of the second prince Wen Zhiyu.

Lian Zhi did not enter the second prince's residence, but turned around and left.

Lian Zhi walked slowly along the deserted street towards the inn. The trip tonight was quite worthwhile, at least she knew that the Mo family supported Wen Zhiyu.

As Lian Zhi walked, she was thinking about how to make use of this matter. The Queen had framed the murder of Wang Li for her, but it was impossible for her to drag the Queen in, and the Wang family and the Mo family were obviously related to the second prince.

Instead, the second prince will be involved in this matter.

Lian Zhi thought carefully, every link must be very precise.

"Why are you here?"

Only then did Lian Zhi realize that she had been thinking too seriously just now and didn't even notice someone approaching. She raised her head and looked at the person: "His Royal Highness!"

Wen Zhiyuan walked towards Lian Zhi: "I knew you had something to do if you didn't return to the palace today. You went to Qian De's pawnshop, right?"

Lian Zhi nodded, and Wen Zhiyuan was anxious and angry: "Do you know how dangerous Qian De's pawnshop is? What should you do if something happens to you?"

"I have a sense of propriety. Even if I am discovered, I will not harm you."

"Do you think I'm afraid of being implicated by you? If I was really afraid of being implicated by you, I wouldn't care about you from the beginning."

Only then did Lian Zhi realize that Wen Zhiyuan was really angry this time: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but you really can't go."

He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "Then can you go? You bear all risks yourself, where will you put me?"

"But you and I are just engaged in a marriage contract. You don't need to go to this extent for me." Lian Zhi replied, "If you insist on protecting me, then everything you have done before will most likely be destroyed. This is
Chapter completed!