always a fairy

Chapter 54 Enemies
Return to the dungeon again, but this time Bai Yujing is no longer the county lieutenant's retainer, but the county magistrate's prisoner.

He was thrown straight into the huge prison.

Yin Hong just glanced at him and left in a hurry.

Darkness has returned here.

Bai Yujing didn't have any fear at all. The panic, dissatisfaction, and childishness on his face just now disappeared after everyone left, replaced by worry.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Bai Yujing began to recall everything that happened tonight. If everything went well, Xia Wanning should have taken Chu Xiuran to Zhao Xun and Sun Lanxiang by now. Once she found Sun Lanxiang, she would definitely be able to find other clues.

The case didn't seem to be as difficult as he thought.

Step by step, it is developing in a good direction.

Thinking of Bai Yujing here, he transferred the Jiuyao Xinggong, transferred the Baihu Yixing acupoint to the first place, and began to practice.

Chu Xiuran, I will leave the rest to you.

……

Chu Xiuran's heart was in a mess.

Xia Wanning's pace is not slow, he desperately hopes that she will go faster, but in his heart he hopes that she will not leave now, or stay where she is, and even hope that the two of them will be killed by a hidden weapon that suddenly appeared.

He was afraid, afraid of the truth, afraid that those unmarried girls would be killed as Xia Wanning said.

"If they were really killed...Chu Xiuran, what are you doing? Shi Qiang was killed! What are you doing! You're drinking, you're running away, and you didn't even check those corpses! You didn't If you find a little clue, you just... think it's caused by Skyline?"

Chu Xiuran's faith seemed to have collapsed.

No one could tell him what would happen if he insisted on investigating Shi Qiang's body that day, would there be any clues, would he believe it?
Things in the past are always regrettable.

There are many people who will be trapped in regret and never recover.

Chu Xiuran didn't know if he would be devastated, but at this moment he seemed to have no strength to go on.

The truth is too heavy.

Is what she said true?
Chu Xiuran had mixed feelings until finally, he stood where he was.

Xia Wan stared at him, "My lord...what's wrong?"

Chu Xiuran was at a loss, lowered his head and said, "I...are we almost there?"

Xia Wanning looked at him, and the trust in her heart suddenly began to shake, but she didn't say it out, but said: "Hurry up."

Chu Xiuran nodded solemnly and continued to walk forward.

They didn't go to any Hangzhou pond, nor did they go to Fengming Tower, but went to a courtyard.

An ordinary courtyard, it looks like the courtyard of an ordinary people's house, but there is no one living in this courtyard at this time.

Xia Wanning's pace suddenly became faster, Chu Xiuran followed immediately, and the two walked into a side room.

There were only simple furnishings in the room, a table, a bed, two chairs, and a few cheap landscape paintings hanging on the wall. Chu Xiuran wiped the table lightly to get dust on it.

Xia Wanning stood in front of the landscape painting, and said to Chu Xiuran, "Master Chu."

Chu Xiuran looked over, "What?"

Xia Wanning swallowed her saliva, and said slowly: "Master Chu, I actually lied to you, Sun Lanxiang...is dead."

Chu Xiuran said: "What! You lied to me? Why did you lie to me?"

Xia Wanning turned around and looked at him, "I thought you could help me, but now... I don't think you can help me at all."

Chu Xiuran said: "How could I not be able to help you? Miss Xia, I am a county captain in Yuhang County! How could I not be able to help you."

Xia Wanning suddenly smiled. In this dimly lit room, she smiled very gently. She said calmly, "Master Chu, I ask you a question. Can you answer me well?"

Chu Xiuran said: "Okay, no matter what questions you have, I will answer you well."

Xia Wanning said: "Who is the woman you love?"

Chu Xiuran was stunned.

He never expected that he would hear such a question at this time, and his brain seemed to be short-circuited for a while, without the slightest reaction, he just looked at Xia Wanning blankly.

Xia Wanning didn't wait any longer, and didn't even ask other questions. It seemed that this sluggish expression was enough to explain everything. She said slowly: "Master Chu, let's go, the officialdom in Shaoyang is not suitable for you, you are too clean , too timid."

After all, she tilted her head and smiled slightly.

At that moment, Chu Xiuran seemed to have thought of the answer to the question, but he was still unable to say a word.

A pothole appeared on the ground, and Xia Wanning disappeared into the room along the secret passage of the mechanism.

Chu Xiuran immediately wanted to hold back, but the heavy iron plate was immediately closed.

"Hey! Come out!"

Chu Xiuran slammed on the floor and screamed, "Where are you going! Tell me! Hey! Where are you!"

But no matter how hard he beat, it still didn't help.

With mixed feelings in his heart, he doesn't even know what to do now!
"Bai Yujing is in jail, and now Xia Wanning is running away again! I...what should I do...I...the clue is broken..."

Chu Xiuran immediately stood up, trying to find the mechanism in the room, but even if he threw the painting on the ground and fiddled with tables, chairs, even door frames and windows, he couldn't find the mechanism that opened the secret passage below.

"It's over... It's over... I messed it up... Yujing! What about Yujing? Yujing... No, I have to save him..."

Chu Xiuran quickly stood up and ran out of the house, but bumped into something, staggered, and fell to the ground.

He opened his eyes and shouted, "Master Daoist!"

The old man chuckled, "You are so anxious, did your wife run away with someone else? Or do you want to find someone else's wife?"

Chu Xiuran burst into tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Prince Dao! Priest Dao! Please, I am helpless. My friend is already in deep danger to investigate the case, but I have lost the most important clue. , and... and it is very possible that Miss Shi was killed! They were all killed!"

The old Taoist said in surprise, "Oh? Who killed him?"

Chu Xiuran said: "She said... Xia Wanning said... It's the Great Compassion Tower, it's the Lingyin Temple! It's the monk of the Lingyin Temple!"

The old Taoist sighed, shook his head and said, "You, Lingyin Temple is a big temple in Yuhang County, and it is also a well-known family in the Jianghu. How could it be possible to do these murders and rob goods? I think you were deceived by others."

Chu Xiuran quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, when she said these words, she didn't look like she was lying, it must be true! She knows Miss Shi, she didn't lie to me!"

The old Taoist smiled and said, "Just based on her words, you dare to go to Cha Lingyin Temple? It seems that you, the county lieutenant, have come to an end."

Chu Xiuran resolutely said: "If you are suspicious, you should investigate! Why can't you go?"

The old Taoist asked again: "Aren't you afraid?"

Chu Xiuran lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, but...there is Miss Shi in the front and Bai Yujing in the back. They all suffer because of me. If I continue to be afraid...I...even if I am afraid, I will must go!"

The old Taoist said with a smile: "Lingyin Temple is rich in three thousand Buddha incense and small Buddha wine. If you want to investigate, you will probably have to face rich businessmen and officials from Yuhang County and even Shaoyang. They are probably your enemies."

Chu Xiuran said: "Then I will go too."

The old way said: "You may die."

Chu Xiuran said: "A lot of people have already died. As a county captain, if I die, the higher-ups will naturally not ignore it. If my life can be exchanged for someone to avenge their grievances, my life is worth a lot. !"

The old man said: "Okay, then you can go to the Great Compassion Tower."

As he said that, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket and handed it to Chu Xiuran, "Although the old Taoist has some skills, I can't break into Lingyin Temple. You have an official order, so you can delay it, old Taoist If you go in, you will die, this talisman can give you some help, and when you are dying, it can help you escape once, this is the last thing the old Taoist can help you."

(End of this chapter)