As the sun sets, it is still the same hardwood carriage as before, with the same nervous servants as before.
Yi Xiaotian got into the car and waved to the people standing behind him at the door.
"There is no need to send you far away. You have worked hard today. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Ge should rest as soon as possible!"
"Haha, take care of yourself, little friend. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."
"That's natural."
Yi Xiaotian left a meaningful smile, then closed the door curtain and knocked on the carriage to indicate to the coachman that it was time to set off.
"drive!"
As a crisp sound of a horse whip sounded, the carriage drove slowly.
Smoke billowed down, and a rut stretched infinitely toward the end of the street.
"Now... Mr. Ge, can you tell me what happened today?"
"You know...it's not that we don't trust Mr. Ge, but..."
"Okay, okay... It's because you are so impatient that you are so upset by a mere Chen Fu'an. How can you be as calm and calm as Zhan Xiaoyou?"
"..."
Zhang Yun really couldn't wait, but the more this happened, the more Zhang Zhao wanted to whet his appetite——
'Hold it... hold it back... hold it back for a while, there will always be a chance to make this old dog pay the price...'
I don’t know how many times I thought about it in my heart, but Zhang Yun finally didn’t refute anything.
"Yes... what Mr. Ge taught you is..."
——
However, although Yi Xiaotian's side is progressing quite smoothly, on the other side, an invisible crisis has gradually approached Yi Xiaotian's mansion...
As for the reason, it is also very simple.
——
"Master Prefect! It's not far ahead! There are not many residents in the whole street. The boy named Zhantang rented the largest house in Wu County when he first came to Wu County."
Chang Shi whispered to Zhu Ran in a low voice.
The two of them walked away without any scruples, or in other words, they pointed directly at the mansion rented by Yi Xiaotian with clear goals.
"Whose family does the mansion in this alley belong to?"
Zhu Ran had been a prefect for a short time, but he still vaguely remembered that this street named Pingming Lane was once the territory of a few aristocratic families.
As soon as this exhibition hall came to Wuxian, someone rented a house like this to him. Needless to say, there was something strange about it. It was Zhu Ran's habit to doubt everything.
After all... I would rather kill innocent people than let the culprit go. Since the merits and demerits are balanced, his career will naturally not be affected.
It sounds a bit cold-blooded and snobbish to say this, but Zhu Ran, who lost his adoptive father and now has to support their family, can only say that this change is a last resort.
"Gu's, uh... there are also many Lu's houses not far away, but as you know, sir, Lu's has no time to take care of his own property now. Many houses and fields have been left idle, and some empty houses are also available.
It’s normal…”
Chang Shi was recalling on the sidelines while reporting to Zhu Ran.
"Gu family and Lu family?"
Zhu Ran rubbed his chin, refused to listen, turned the corner, and turned into the depths of the alley.
The large group of people behind him moved forward in silence. When the vendors on the roadside saw such a scene, most of them were afraid to avoid it...
"Is there any evidence that the Lu family and the Gu family are in contact with this exhibition hall?"
"It seems that there is no..."
Chang Shi followed Zhu Ran closely. He answered negatively at first, but then he seemed to think of something and hurriedly expressed his thoughts:
"But... when I sent people to keep an eye on this place in the morning, I seemed to have discovered the scene where Zhang sent people to greet the exhibition hall. If I guessed correctly, the exhibition hall should not have returned home yet!"
"What? Zhang?"
Zhu Ran was a little confused now.
But...at this time, the best way to break doubts and resolve conflicts is to witness it with your own eyes.
"Hmph... It doesn't matter who he associates with. As long as he can be proven guilty of hiding the prisoner, all the problems last night will be solved!"
"What you say is absolutely true!"
"Come with me!"
Zhu Ran gave the order, his eyes already locked on the closed door.
Looking at the swords, guns, axes and axes in the hands of the county soldiers behind him, if they really found out any clues, a bloody storm would be inevitable today.
——
As a prefect, Zhu Ran often stayed in the military camp to train county soldiers.
After all, this is his old profession, and the result of this is naturally that the discipline of the county soldiers he leads is no less disciplined than Jiangdong's main army.
He stood quietly in front of the door, raising his right hand high to signal everyone not to act rashly.
Then, he gently clicked the door knocker with his left hand.
Dang Dang Dang——
"Is anyone home?"
Dang Dang Dang——
All in all…
Although no one responded, there seemed to be the faint sound of people moving quietly from inside the door.
The more this happened, the more Zhu Ran felt that there must be something fishy in this house.
Zhu Ran immediately ordered his men to disperse quickly to intercept any suspicious persons who might escape from the mansion through the courtyard wall.
At the same time, he asked the swordsman behind him to prepare for action——
And his voice became more severe and urgent:
"People in the house, listen! Don't have any idea of escaping by chance! We are already surrounded outside! I advise you to open the door quickly, otherwise we will break in!"
Zhu Ran's set of smooth warnings was quite skillful.
His already loud voice is no less impressive than wearing a speaker.
If Xiao Xiao, an ordinary person, had heard such a warning, he would probably have been frightened out of his wits——
After Zhu Ran finished shouting, he listened carefully to the sounds in the room, one breath, two breaths, three breaths...
When there seemed to be no response from anyone in the room, he frowned, and then without any hesitation, he dropped his right hand heavily.
——
Gadagada…
The sudden sound of horse hooves and the noise of wheels rolling on the road diverted everyone's attention from the door.
Zhu Ran turned around in confusion, only to see a carriage approaching at high speed from a distance. With such a posture, if the officers and soldiers did not give way, the carriage would have the potential to run over everyone.
"Disperse...disperse quickly!"
Chang Shi was so frightened that he hurriedly called for the soldiers to disperse. But... in the end, he turned around and saw that the soldiers reacted much faster than him. He was already the only one left in the middle of the road.
carriage.
The key is that the carriage rushed towards Chang Shi with no intention of stopping.
At this moment, probably because of fear and nervousness, Chang Shi, who wanted to avoid it, could not move at all.
Seeing that... Chang Shi's life was about to be saved, Zhu Ran clearly noticed that Chang Shi's face turned pale——
Naturally, he had no time to save him, so in this situation, he could only close his eyes unbearably...
"Gah..."
In the smoke and dust, Chang Shi's weird cry came out.
Many people thought that Chang Shi was directly hit by the carriage.
When they heard the carriage wheels no longer making any sound, everyone opened their eyes and looked nervously towards the center of the smoke.
At this time - a breeze happened to blow by, blowing away the blinding smoke and dust.
In the middle of the road, a carriage appeared.
The carriage driver in the car actually didn't look much better than Chang Shi just now.
Of course he was also afraid that he would hit someone and kill him.
But…
The man standing by the carriage door, holding the corner of the hood, leaning sideways on the coachman, was obviously the most eye-catching.
