The lights were brightly lit in the small manor, and the two young men were pinned under the eaves and shivering. Looking at the people in the yard, they shivered even more.
The people in the courtyard were all kinds of people, including government officials, soldiers with strong armor, ordinary guards, some servants, and even a cripple with a wound on his hand.
.
This kind of chaotic combination has really only been seen when I went to the mountains to hunt wolves.
What are you doing? What happened?
"What an injustice!"
A man's shout came from the room, filled with panic and fear.
"What's wrong with you? Have you ever seen Mrs. Fang?" Patriarch Lin shouted angrily.
Chief Secretary Lin Chenglin was standing in the room, also describing himself as frightened and somewhat inexplicable.
"I have seen her," he said, "but I was not with her. We just met and exchanged a few words on the street, and then she left."
"What did you say?" Fang Chengyu asked.
Mr. Lin looked at the young man standing in the room, and then at the people inside and outside who were staring at him. Who are these people? What is this thing?
He was just locked up at home for so long. After he finally got out of the confinement, he wanted to go out and relax. He thought that at this time, his whereabouts could be easily concealed, and his family didn't dare to ask too much. It was just for one night.
If he doesn't return, he will only think that he is dealing with some aftermath matters.
Who would have thought that he happened to meet Young Madam Fang on the street. He had already realized how powerful Young Madam Fang was from the previous incident, and the Fang family was so scary now. Master Lin naturally had to take the initiative to say hello based on the principle of not hitting anyone with a smiling face, and at the same time
I would like to express my apology again for the Lin Jiner incident last time.
Mrs. Fang is as kind as ever.
"Don't be too harsh, Mr. Lin, it's just that the child is not sensible." She said, "It's better to understand the truth and be sensible."
In addition, he asked with concern that the incident involving County Magistrate Li had frightened him.
Secretary Lin was so moved that he wanted to kneel down and say thank you. To be honest, when the county government office was smashed, he really thought that his future was destroyed just like the county government office gate.
After all, with such confidence, it is the best time to get rid of their Lin family.
"This is not a grudge, it's just a verbal dispute." Miss Jun said, smiling at him, "Unless Mr. Lin feels that we are no longer on the same page."
Chief Lin waved his hands hurriedly.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
At this point, the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Then Mrs. Fang said she still had something to do, so I left." Director Lin said.
And he was in a better mood. He felt that today his bad luck was gone and good luck had arrived. He came to the secretly raised outer room with great joy. He had been tossing around all afternoon and only woke up now, feeling satisfied.
Keep drinking and having fun.
Who would have thought that there would be such a commotion outside.
"You mean you don't know where she went?" Fang Chengyu asked.
"I really don't know," the forest owner said anxiously, "I walked out of the city, and she went into the city."
Fang Chengyu didn't speak. When he didn't speak, the room fell into silence.
All eyes were focused on this young man and the scroll he held in his hand. It seemed that the life and death of the next moment were controlled by him.
"Sanlang, you'd better be honest. I've turned a blind eye to the things you did behind my back in the past, but this time it's a big deal. You can't stand it anymore." Patriarch Lin couldn't stand this.
Silent, couldn't help but shouted.
Master Lin cursed in his heart, he was about to be punished so soon, and what he did behind his back, there is nothing in this clan that could go behind his back! Why are you pretending to be a good person!
But now is not the time to worry about this.
"Master Fang, I really didn't lie. Heaven and earth can learn from it." He looked at Fang Chengyu and said again, wishing he could kneel down.
Fang Chengyu looked at him for a moment.
"What was she doing when you saw her?" he asked.
If you are willing to ask, you will believe him.
Mr. Lin suppressed his joy, tried his best to calm down, stopped his chaotic thoughts, and recalled everything he said and did when he met Miss Jun.
"When I saw her, she was standing on the street, seemingly waiting for someone..." he said.
"Maybe you're looking for someone?" Fang Chengyu interjected.
Looking for someone…
Mr. Lin thought about it for a while. The girl was looking outside the city gate, her expression was indeed a bit... weird?
"I don't know if she is looking for someone," he said slowly, with some thought, "but then she asked a casual question."
"What gossip?" Patriarch Lin asked anxiously.
This gossip is not necessarily gossip, it may very well determine their fate.
"Ms. Fang asked me about all the officials from other places who came to Yangcheng today," Chief Lin said.
Patriarch Lin was stunned for a moment.
"Why is she asking you about this? You're locked up, who knows who's coming." He said, looking sideways at Fang Chengyu.
Besides, people from the Fang family naturally know best about the officials coming to Taiyuan Prefecture.
Why would Miss Jun ask this question?
"Don't talk nonsense about trying to pick on others." Patriarch Lin raised his eyebrows and yelled.
Director Lin once again cried out for injustice.
"That's what I told Young Madam Fang," he said. "Then Young Madam Fang stopped asking and left. Young Master Fang, if you believe me, I really can't do this..."
Fang Chengyu looked at him and nodded.
"I believe you." He said with a gentle smile, with the sincerity of a young man, "Mr. Lin did not lie."
Mr. Lin was so moved that he almost cried.
Children are easy to talk to, yes is, no is no, and they don’t think too much like adults.
There was another commotion outside the door. It turned out that old Mrs. Fang, who had heard the news, was rushing over.
Before Chief Lin and Patriarch Lin could explain, Fang Chengyu had already stepped forward.
"It's not him." He said to the old lady Fang, shaking his head.
Old Mrs. Fang glanced at Patriarch Lin and Chief Secretary Lin who looked worried and anxious, but didn't ask any more questions.
"Let's go," she said, her expression and voice as firm as ever, "Keep looking outside."
Fang Chengyu stopped her, looked at the night sky with a heavy expression, and slowly turned his eyes to the north.
"No, grandma," he said, "Look for it in the city and turn the whole city upside down."
Mrs. Fang was stunned for a moment.
It has been confirmed that there is indeed no trace of Jun Zhenzhen in the city, and since he believes what the forest owner said, he naturally also believes that Jun Zhenzhen has left the city.
Now he has to turn back and enter the city, and even cross the city.
What does it mean to turn over the city?
"Just now we were only tracing traces related to Lin Zongbo, and the people we traced were also related to this." Fang Chengyu said, "Now we want to investigate them all, search them all."
Old Mrs. Fang looked stunned.
It is understandable to use the imperial edict to track down people related to Jun Zhenzhen, but to search the city randomly and unscrupulously.
Then things got really big.
Why?
"In order to make a fuss," Fang Chengyu said, "the bigger the fuss, the safer she will be."
Sometimes it's like this, there's a give-and-take. If you want to exchange one person's safety, another person has to take the risk. This is fair.
Mrs. Fang looked at him for a moment and finally nodded.
"Gather everyone back to the city." She said, looking at the people in the yard, "Search the city."