An Ruochen didn't pay attention to Long Da's expression, and scratched the table with his fingers in annoyance: "Those thugs don't have much ability to protect the courtyard. It's no problem for the general to fight against a hundred. Actually, I don't need to go first."

Long Da's face became even uglier. Is that my fault?

An Ruochen lowered his head, still didn't notice it, and was still muttering in a low voice: "Qi Zheng and Zhao Jiahua didn't escape, aren't they safe? I can actually help the general." Next time I think about shooting in the chest When repelling the enemy, can't she just aim at the legs? Piercing the eyes is a bit too cruel and bloody. An Ruochen still felt a little sick when he thought of that scene, and his face couldn't help but wrinkle into a ball.

"Guan An." Long Da finally couldn't hold back.

"Ah?" An Ruochen raised his head, the little complaint still hanging on his face.

"As the steward of the general's office, you can't ride a horse! Are you plausible?!"

An Ruochen opened his mouth wide, dumbfounded. Where are we talking now? horse riding? !

Blame me?

An Ruochen realized that the general was not happy at this time belatedly. The unhappy expression is a little subtle. Hmm, maybe maybe a little uncomfortable?

What is the general uncomfortable about? An Ruochen carefully looked at Long Da's face.

"From tomorrow, you will learn to ride a horse for me!" Long Daji said seriously.

"Huh?" If you say turn your back, you will turn your face.

"It's late now, go back to sleep."

"Huh?" Didn't they have a good chat? She still has a lot to say!

An Ruochen was kicked out in astonishment. It was useless for Long Da to kick, but that attitude of waving his hands and disgustingly saying "Go away quickly" made An Ruochen more injured than being kicked.

The night sky is bright, the stars are twinkling, and the mood is a little bad.

An Ruochen sighed, it must be because of sleeping too much.

An Ruochen strolled around Longda's courtyard with his hands behind his back, saw a general coming, and quickly entered the courtyard. It seems that the general is quite busy, maybe everyone is interrogating the people in Liu's mansion and gambling house overnight. An Ruochen thought for a while, then went to the west courtyard wing.

Zhao Jiahua was placed in a wing room with guards guarding the door. An Ruochen asked the guard about the situation, but Zhao Jiahua was awake inside the room, and her voice was calling her. An Ruochen went in.

Zhao Jiahua still looked weak, lying on the bed with his eyes half-opened, as if trying to regain his energy.

"I've been waiting for you to come." Zhao Jiahua said. "I don't know what's going on with you. I'm afraid I'll fall asleep when you come and miss it."

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Jiahua turned her head and looked at the door, it was closed, and she and An Ruochen were the only ones in the room. She turned around and said in a low voice, "My daughter, don't tell anyone."

"I didn't say." An Ruochen tucked the quilt up for her. "I don't have such great powers, and I don't know where she is."

Zhao Jiahua smiled: "I want to tell you where she is. After all, I'm afraid I won't be able to travel far in the short term. Liu Ze is dead, and I think she can come back to me."

"You want me to pick her up?"

Zhao Jiahua asked: "Is it okay? Now I only trust you."

An Ruochen laughed: "I remember when you said you didn't believe me."

"Yes. You wouldn't have believed me back then." Zhao Jiahua said: "I made an agreement with Ping'er and Mrs. Chen. If I don't go within a month, let them change another place. If anyone comes to them, no one but you Don’t believe me either. My original plan was to report to the officials and lure them to look for them in the city, delaying for two days, so that they have time to run farther away. When they are safe, I will tell you everything, no matter you Believe it or not, no matter what you say to Liu Ze, I have already left by then."

"It's a pity that you were imprisoned that day?"

"Yes. It's worse than I thought."

"Your daughter is in danger. Is it related to Xizuo? Mr. Min is going to use her to blackmail you and your wife, and Boss Liu intends to submit?" Long Da didn't mention this part just now, and Zhao Jiahua probably didn't reveal it.

"No." Zhao Jiahua pursed her lips tightly and said, "It has nothing to do with meticulous work. I'm sorry I can't say more, it's just a housework. Since Liu Ze is dead, I don't plan to leave Zhonglan City for the time being. Before I change my mind , my daughter still has to live here." She paused, as if a little sad: "Speaking of which, besides Zhonglan, I have no other place to call home."

An Ruochen understood, nodded, and didn't ask further.

"I'm sorry, if I have any useful clues, I will tell you." Seeing her silence, Zhao Jiahua hurriedly explained. "It's a pity that I don't know much, so I can't be of much help. In the past, I really didn't know what my husband was doing. Later, I also learned from Xu Matchmaker that an old friend of mine died at their hands. Xu Matchmaker asked I admitted this, but she didn't say anything about it. It was after she died that I paid special attention and found out the abnormality. I saw a lot of bells in Liu Ze's study, but he didn't hang them at home. Then I happened to be in a restaurant The window saw the bell, and every time the bell appeared, he started to get busy. I also tried to find the person who hung the bell, but I didn't find it. Then I realized that my daughter was in danger, so I planned the following things."

Zhao Jiahua explained how he chose An Ruochen and how he made plans. "I think even if I die, there is still one person in this world who will not let him go. You will definitely track it down, won't you?"

"Yes." An Ruochen nodded, emphasizing her tone. "Yes."

"Actually, at this point, I don't know whether I should hate him or not. At first, I thought, relying on his love, I would definitely be able to take revenge." Zhao Jiahua blinked his eyes and wiped away the tears. "Now it should be regarded as revenge, but I have never been happy."

An Ruochen didn't know what to say, and it was hard to ask about any revenge. Liu loves Zhao Jiahua very much, there is no doubt about it, but An Ruochen doesn't know what Zhao Jiahua's feelings for Liu are, she guesses maybe Zhao Jiahua doesn't know either.

Coming out of Zhao Jiahua's room, An Ruochen walked slowly, and raised his head as he walked, why did he end up outside the general's yard again?

She walked around Longda's yard, and was about to go back to the house, but she saw a person blocking her.

General Long raised his brows and looked at her: "If you don't sleep at night and hang around me, it will make people think that you have some schemes."

An Ruochen: "..." The general himself just rushed back to the city and fought for a long time. It's suspicious that he is so tired and still not sleeping!

The two stared at each other. Long Da neither let her go, nor did he intend to go.

An Ruochen felt that if this situation was placed in the wilderness, it would be like being robbed by bandits. Now that you've been blocked, let's talk about business. "General, I have to go out. Can you arrange a carriage for me and send a team of reliable guards to see me off. I will be back in about three or four days."

Long Daqi was surprised: "Where are you going?" She acted aggrieved when she left the house, she wouldn't make a fuss and run away from home.

An Ruochen told the story. Long Da nodded: "In that case, let's go. I have to leave for a few days, and I was thinking of going to your place to talk to you."

An Ruochen's heart warmed up, and somehow he felt better. "Where is the general going?"

"There are still some military affairs to be done in the front barracks." He hurried back after making his appearance in front of the South Qin generals, but the matter was not finished yet.

"Oh." Only then did An Ruochen realize that she shouldn't have asked.

"I have explained the follow-up investigation here. They will strictly interrogate the managers and thugs of the Liu Mansion and the gambling house."

Speaking of this, An Ruochen remembered his mistakes. She bit her lip, feeling too ashamed to speak.

Long Da raised his eyebrows: "What?"

"I, I was reckless and impulsive, and made a big mistake. Please punish the general."

Looking at her appearance, Long Da raised his eyebrows, looked up at the starry sky, and then said: "It's so late, and it's quite cold. Let's go back to the house and punish me." After saying this, he turned around and went back to the courtyard with his hands behind his back and the lead up.

An Ruochen looked embarrassed, if it wasn't for the Ziyun Tower, if it wasn't for the general, he would really feel that he had encountered a villain, Deng Tuzi. But for such a big matter, it is indeed more appropriate to go back to the room and talk about it in detail. An Ruochen sighed, and stepped into Long Da's room for the second time that night.

After Long Da sat down, An Ruochen quickly began to reflect: "Forgive me, General. I was too reckless. I don't know when the general will come back, and I don't know what is going on at Mr. Xie's side. But after Mr. Xie left, I judged that we all I was caught in the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. I am afraid that the other side of the secret work will liquidate and destroy the evidence in the next few days, so I am anxious. It is really too reckless. If I can stay calm and deal with it when the general returns, Liu will not die. , he has already confessed at this time, and Mr. Xie will definitely be able to catch him."

Long Da asked: "Tell me, how did you make the decision?"

"..." An Ruochen was a little nervous and didn't know how to start.

So Long Da refined the question: "Why did you let Liu Ze make an appointment today, and why did you ask the prefect for help?"

An Ruochen hurriedly said: "There is a traitor in the Ziyun Building. Since the traitor can even know the military order that Mr. Xie gave to the spies, then of course he also knows that I am investigating Li Xiuer and Zhao Jiahua. He knows the clues Zhao Jiahua left for me. I know that Zhao Jiahua and Li Xiuer are in the same group. After Zhao Jiahua died, Li Xiuer was a threat. Just like Xu Matchmaker back then. The arson case of Jiang’s clothing store proved this. They wanted to kill Li Xiuer to silence them. But the incident was too big , It shouldn’t be such a big scene. The general taught me to do things carefully. The most important thing is to investigate information, keep a low profile and be safe. If you can avoid trouble and leave no clues, you will not act rashly. The old man surnamed Xu, and Matchmaker Xu, died quietly, and there is no way to find out. But the assassination of Li Xiuer is different. So I boldly guessed that Liu Ze was ordered to act, but the people he sent failed to complete As a result, many people were killed and many houses were burnt down, disturbing sight and blinding people's eyes and ears."

"How do you know that his mission failed?" Long Da asked: "The prefect has personally investigated for a day, but he has not come to a conclusion whether Li Xiu'er is alive or dead, and the members of the Jiang family can't tell whether there is Li Xiu'er in the body. Check the disappearances of each family." Comparing the population with the corpses, I feel that there is a female corpse that should be Li Xiuer, but Wu Zuo still dare not say for sure, the prefect is still waiting for news."

"Li Xiu'er is in my hands, and I will hide her in a safe place."

Long Da raised his eyebrows in surprise.

An Ruochen pursed her lips, and continued. She said that she used this matter to blackmail Liu Ze. Because she guessed that Liu Ze did this after the failure of the operation, it must be to delay time. The fact that Li Xiu'er was not dead could not be hidden for long, and he wanted to take advantage of the delay to do something. That is to say, Liu Ze had a disagreement with Mr. Xie or Mr. Min, the leader of Xizuo. This is an area that can be used, and it is also an urgent matter that needs to be used as soon as possible, so she hurriedly made her own proposals.

"Liu said that he didn't know Mr. Xie, and it was Mr. Min who came into contact with him. The two men were quite similar in age and figure, but I couldn't be sure if they were the same person. I saw Mr. Min's appearance in the restaurant. This time If I see him again, I will definitely recognize him." An Ruochen paused, and said: "Liu knows a lot of inside information, he said that he helped Mr. Min inquire about information, find candidates, and circulate money. But he said in detail I only want to report the details to the general. But because I was too reckless and impulsive, he died before the general came back, and I can no longer get his clues. And Lou Zhi, he died too. Important clues, all Gone."

An Ruochen said, feeling ashamed and lowered her head. She has a heavy trust from the general, and she is really ashamed of the general.

There was no sound in the room for a long time, and Long Da did not speak. An Ruochen didn't even dare to raise her head, she made up her mind that no matter how the general blamed her and punished her, she would bear it well. Never make the same mistake again in the future.

After waiting and waiting, Long Da finally spoke, and he said, "Isn't there still you?"

An Ruochen was taken aback for a moment, she couldn't believe it, thinking that she had heard wrong, she raised her head and looked at Long Da.

"Whoever said that the important clues are gone, don't you still have you? Liu Ze is dead, Lou Zhi is dead, but Zhao Jiahua is still alive, Li Xiuer is still alive, and in Liu's mansion, restaurants, and gambling houses, there are many clerks, documents, books, etc. The records and account books are still there. We know the secret passage, and found a bank in the secret passage. There are many coins and registers there. Although they are all pseudonyms and code names, they can no longer use those coins. Poison , weapons, etc., all confiscated. These are clues. If you don’t deal with them in time, they may be gone when I come back.” Long Dao: “A thug leader named Niu in the gambling shop is Lou Zhi’s right-hand man. The confession said that Lou Zhi and Liu Ze had a plan to kill Mr. Min and you, block the secret passage, transfer the physical evidence, and clean up the traces of what they had done for Xizuo. Afterwards, they will deal with the relationship in the city and plan to let Liu He took the place of Mr. Min. It was only later that Liu Ze betrayed Lou Zhi, so Lou Zhi changed his plan, but he didn't expect that Liu Ze planned to escape that day, so he called the thugs to guard the courtyard. That's why there was a chaotic battle. "

An Ruochen was surprised, the matter was more complicated than she thought.

Long Dao: "Although the result of the matter is not satisfactory, within the scope of what you can handle, you have done quite well."

An Ruochen was still a little annoyed: "But I waited for half a day, and the general will come back. If the general is here..."

"According to my plan, I shouldn't come back today. Besides, if I were here, Mr. Min wouldn't have the guts to entangle Liu Ze and the others. The plan for many things must not be like this. It is precisely because I am not here that I am distracted. Xie Gang was the reason for today's result." Long Da looked at An Ruochen: "You are right to arrange the arrangement like that. The only shortcoming in this matter is that you have no power. You can't mobilize manpower, no One's own forces cannot control resources."

An Ruochen bit her lip, she was a runaway merchant's daughter, she still talked about power, the general didn't blame her, and even affirmed her actions, which made her very satisfied. She consciously tried her best, but she really blamed herself for not getting things done.

"You are isolated and helpless, and you don't know who the spies are in the Ziyun Tower, so you asked the prefect to send someone. Yao Kun told me that you should spy on his wife, and if necessary, you will attack her to intimidate him. Except, the safety of his wife is worrying."

An Ruochen blushed: "It's true, but I exaggerated a little. The prefect loves his wife deeply, so I think he will put more thought into it."

"He's really thoughtful. When discussing matters with me today, he didn't shirk too much about details." Long Dao said, "You can see through the prefect, and know how to take advantage of his weakness."

An Ruochen wanted to say that he wasn't sure about it, but he was forced to take the risk, so he could only take a risk. But before she opened her mouth, Long Da said again: "Actually, I came back at this time because of you."

The topic changed too quickly. An Ruochen was at a loss at first, and then suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Does the general understand Tiaohulishan? I think the general's letter means this. When I replied, I was thinking that the general told me not to act rashly. I will be obedient and let the traitor I thought it was true and confused him."

Long Da's words were interrupted, with a sullen expression on his face: "Next time, you can write a few more words. There are so many ordinary words, and you only reply with two words. If I were the traitor, I would be able to see that you did it on purpose."

"You can see that you are not a traitor."

Long Da was choked by her big truth, is this the point? Is it this one? !

An Ruochen was startled to realize that it was inappropriate to talk back, so she quickly corrected her posture and put on an obedient appearance.

"Sometimes you're so smart that I didn't expect, and sometimes you're so stupid." Long Da said.

An Ruochen didn't know whether to praise her or belittle her, so she said something fair to herself: "No one is perfect, general, I will work hard."

"What are you trying to do?"

Oh right, what are you trying to do? An Ruochen thought for a while, and loudly expressed his loyalty: "Try hard to do a good job in managing affairs, and relieve the general's worries and difficulties."

Long stared at her for a while, then sighed suddenly: "You don't even know where you are wrong, so how can I expect you to solve your problems and worries."

An Ruochen didn't understand, but this time she said smartly: "Please general."

"It's right for you to act decisively in a timely manner. It's just that you don't have much status in Ziyun Tower. But it's also because of this that the enemy despises you, so you can take advantage of it. So if you want to sum up the experience of this failure, you should Ask me for advice on how to form forces, and ask me for more rights."

An Ruochen lost face. Although she has a thick skin, she will be bold when pressed, but how dare she ask the general for influence? !