Chapter 5 Solitary City
As the sun was setting, Ling Qing, who had been driving for half a day, finally arrived in Ducheng.

At the gate of the city, Ling Qing's horse team was at the end of the team entering the city.Looking at it from a distance, at least half an hour would have to be delayed.

Ling Qing in the carriage stretched his tired limbs, lifted the curtain and looked out.

The thick and tall city walls are still there, but there are no guards on them; there are no arrows on the crossbows erected on the walls, and the rust is even more shiny when illuminated by the setting sun.

The golden flag standing on the high wall and fluttering in the wind blended strangely with the setting sun, only swaying silhouettes could be seen.

At this time, Xu Dazheng, who had gone to ask what was going on, ran back with an angry face: "Girl, you need a household registration to enter the city, even if you have a token, you can't enter the city."

Ling Qing narrowed his eyes, and saw that Xu Dazheng was hesitating to speak: "Did something happen in the city?"

Xu Dazheng told the news he had heard from the common people: "It is said that when the eldest girl went to the shopping mall with the city lord's gold and jade token, she was attacked by bandits, and both the gold and jade token and the eldest girl's silver and jade token were taken away. Let me tell you, whoever enters the city with these two jade plaques is a bandit. If you catch the bandit, you will be punished immediately on the spot, so as to serve as a warning to others."

"How unreasonable!" Zhu Xin was annoyed, and then worried: "Girl, we need to get the household registration, don't we?"

Ling Qing knew what Zhu Xin was worried about.

Everyone in Ducheng believed that Ling Han, who had been photographed, was the eldest girl.Now that the jade tokens that could threaten her are restricted, the identity of the second girl Ling Qing is firmly established.

"Take it out!" Ling Qing put down the curtain and looked at the lightly moving curtain with deep eyes.

Ling Han was the first to leave Meilin Village, and according to her schedule, she should be the one who returned to Ducheng the fastest.

Meilin Village is 35 miles away from Ducheng and [-] miles away from the mall, and most of the people who go to Meilin to appreciate plums are businessmen from all over the world.

If you want to enjoy plum blossoms, you must stay in the city for one night. There are inns in the mall, and most people will choose to stay nearby.

If the news of what happened in Meilin Village today is to be spread, it will also start from the mall, and it will be tonight at the earliest.

Then spread it to Ducheng, and get tomorrow.

Ling Han wants to use this time difference to do something, and the time is completely abundant.

Since the matter is aimed at her, she can also accommodate.Otherwise, how would he know what Ling Han is going to do in order to be the 'big girl'.

Finally it was Ling Qing's turn to show their household registration.

Xu Dazheng took Zhu Xin, each holding a small box, walked up to the defenders, told the number of troops, and then opened the box in his hand.

In one box were their household registrations, and in the other box was Ling Qing's household registration.

When the city guards saw Ling Qing's household registration, they shouted in surprise: "Miss Ling Qing!"

The rest of the city guards, as well as the common people who were waiting in line for their relatives in the city to send their household registrations, cast their gazes over in unison.For a while, the gate of the city was silent, and the sound of banners blown by the wind on the city wall could be heard.

Xu Dazheng was dissatisfied, and when he was about to correct the defenders for addressing Ling Qing, Ling Qing spoke up.

"Is there a problem?" The cold question came from the carriage, Ling Qing didn't show his face, which made everyone present curious about the second girl who had disappeared for five years.

"No, no." Thinking of Mrs. Stepi's order, the city guard immediately said respectfully: "Eldest Miss has ordered that if Second Miss comes back, they must send the news to Ling Mansion as soon as possible."

Ling Qing in the carriage was speechless.

The city guards were only embarrassed for a moment, and turned their heads to order: "Come here, hurry up and bring the second girl Ling Qing back to the city, and tell the eldest girl!"

After the words fell, he returned the household registration to Xu Dazheng who looked worried, and then drove away the people who were in the way, and personally led Ling Qing's carriage into the city.

Suddenly, a fast horse whizzed by the side of the car, and the hooves of the horses yelled again and again: "Miss Ling Qing has returned to the city! Get out of the way! Miss Ling Qing has returned to the city! Get out of the way!"

"Girl, why are those two girls so brazen!" Zhu Xin, who had always been calm, was furious again. Ju Xin, Lan Xin and Wu Tong who were sitting in the rear carriage had already vomited a lot of swear words without dirty words.

Ling Qing still had deep eyes, but said in a mischievous tone, "She's already thick-skinned~"

But this doesn't look like Ling Han's handwriting.

Ling Mansion is in the east of the city, and from Meilin Village to the nearest city gate is the west of the city.

From the west of the city to the east of the city, you will definitely pass through the most prosperous central street, which is the place for eating, drinking and having fun, and it is also the place with the densest population.

The guards who sent the message to Ling's mansion had already passed through the central street first.

Therefore, when Ling Qing's carriage resolutely refused to take the path and chose to pass by here, the townspeople just happened to discuss the murderous deeds of this 'second girl'.

Ling Qing opened a corner of the curtain, and his eyes flicked over the faces of those common people, either joking or disdainful, more disgusted.She felt that in their mouths, what they killed was not the concubine, but the person they disliked, hated and sworn enemy!
Is she that great?To avenge the 'poor people' of the world? !

"You ignorant villain!" Zhu Xin stood up for Ling Qing: "It's clear that the step-wife wanted to send the lord to the house, but the city lord refused, so she was 'suicide'. What's the matter with the girl!"

"The people from the Chamber of Commerce also announced the results of the investigation. Why did they spread the word wrongly? Girl, who is spreading rumors behind this?" Zhu Xin looked at Ling Qing with a calm face and kept silent, so worried that he shouted again. One voice: "Girl."

"They don't care about their own mouths, so you can control them if you want?" Ling Qing indifferently looked past the city residents who had broken mouths, and took a closer look at this bustling street.

The lively atmosphere was gone, but I felt a little depressed.

When she was young, Ling Qing followed Ling Ze's butt every day, jumping from beginning to end on this street, she remembered clearly what kind of stalls there were and what kind of stall owners they looked like.

Looking at them now, they were all unfamiliar faces. They were all young and strong men, or middle-aged servants full of momentum.

Even the passers-by wandered around with a straight face, they didn't look like they came to go shopping, but they looked like city guards patrolling in plain clothes.

Moreover, there were no children laughing and playing on the side of the road, but there were a few figures of children and adults in tattered clothes, passing by the alley at the corner of the street, as if they were fleeing.

Although Ling Qing was curious as to why beggars appeared in the city, he still couldn't compare to the concern for Ling Chengtian in his heart.He could only suppress his thoughts and tell Xu Dazheng to speed up and return to Ling Mansion.

Sometimes, accidents always like to pop up suddenly when people have something urgent to do, making people in a dilemma.

Just like now, under the surprised eyes of everyone, Ling Qing's carriage accelerated its forward speed, but stopped suddenly after half a mile.

Ling Qing and Zhu Xin in the carriage were almost thrown out, but fortunately Ling Qing grabbed the window frame in time to hold Zhu Xin steady.

"What's going on?" Ling Qing pushed open the car door, and saw the backs of four burly guys running away. Turning his gaze again, he saw a little beggar lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

(End of this chapter)

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