Nan Xi looked at the thick smoke billowing in the distance and had a bad feeling in his heart.

A quarter of an hour later, the fire was put out, and Xia Rui walked out of the thick smoke carrying the two bodies.

His face was dirty and his clothes had burnt holes.

"Sir, the fire started inside. The assassin's body was severely burned, but the other one was not damaged."

He placed both bodies on the ground.

As soon as Nan Xi squatted down to check, he smelled a faint smell of alcohol.

"Someone poured wine?" She smelled carefully, "Someone poured wine on the assassin's body."

Xia Rui turned around suddenly, tapped his toes, and flew back to the cell.

Li Beimu frowned: "Someone deliberately poured wine on the body. That person must be someone from inside the cell. Tang Aiqing immediately summoned all the jailers and cell leaders to come for questioning."

"Yes." Tang Jingjing quickly went to make arrangements.

Fortunately, there was no residential area near the cell and it was relatively remote. Although the fire was large, it did not affect the common people.

But some people saw the thick smoke and came over to watch the fun.

They were all stopped a few meters away by the government officials.

"Why would a good cell catch fire?"

"Even the regent is here. It seems that the situation is very serious."

"I heard that the one who died last night was the eldest daughter of Mr. Guan's family. The body was lying in the cell. It looked like it was burned."

"It's good now. There is no evidence. It will be harder to catch the murderer. From now on, we don't dare to go out at night."

"What's so scary about you, an old lady? Only those with young women at home should be worried."

The common people were afraid of Li Qingmo and only dared to discuss in low voices. Even if there were no government officials to stop them, they would not dare to move forward.

Nan Xi glanced back and happened to see the back of a man who turned away.

very familiar.

【Where have you seen it? 】

"What's wrong?" Li Qingmo asked.

Nan Xi looked over again, and the back figure had disappeared.

She could only shake her head: "Nothing."

Li Qingmo also followed her gaze and looked over. Perhaps his aura was too strong and his eyes were too cold. The people were so frightened that they all knelt down, bowed their heads, and were silent for a while.

At the end of the road, the figure that quickly left appeared in Nan Xi's sight again.

Her eyes lit up and she looked at Li Qingmo: "Master, Li Jiang!"

She won't admit it.

That person is definitely Li Jiang.

Li Qingmo frowned and waved his hand gently. Two shadow guards immediately appeared and chased after them without hesitation.

And Xia Rui also returned from the cell at this time.

"Sir, the fire is all out, and fragments of the wine jar were indeed found where the bodies were parked. One person tried to escape from prison during the chaos, but was held down by his subordinates. The prison boss identified him as the person who was arrested for robbing money a few days ago. Catch Zhao Si."

In the burnt-black cell, Zhao Si was tied to a pillar by Wuhua Da. A large piece of cotton was stuffed in his mouth, which stretched out his facial features and made his originally narrow eyes look much bigger.

"Master, this is the poison that was dug out of his mouth." Xia Rui opened his palm and placed a pill the size of a soybean in his palm.

Nan Xi was about to reach out, but was stopped by Li Qingmo.

He held her hand, frowned and shook his head: "Why are you so careless?"

Nan Xi smiled: "Master, don't worry, I can basically determine the ingredients of this medicine just by smelling it. Besides, Brother Xia can hold it with his hands and it will be fine. It will definitely be fine when it comes to me."

[Sure enough, it is right to become a disciple. Master cares about me more than before. 】

She was very happy. For the first time in her life, someone cared so much about her life and death.Nan Xi took the pill, put it under his nose and smelled it, then took out a porcelain bottle and put it in it.

"Miss Nan, why do you keep this?" Xia Rui couldn't help but be curious.

Nan Xi: "After I go back, I can study this ingredient and develop an antidote. Maybe it will be useful in the future."

[In the original work, the villain was poisoned once in the later period and almost died. Although he didn’t know what the poison was, it’s always good to be prepared. 】

Li Qingmo couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, looking at Nan Xi's soft eyes, while Li Beimu stared at him, almost thinking he was blind.

Is it going to rain red?

How could the emperor's uncle also show such gentle eyes?
The yamen servants brought chairs for Li Qingmo and Li Beimu to sit on. Nan Xi was still checking the two corpses next to them, while Tang Jingjing walked up to Zhao Si.

"Who ordered you to set the fire?" Tang Jingqing asked.

Xia Rui took out the cloth from Zhao Si's mouth so that he could speak. Unexpectedly, the man's first reaction was to grit his teeth and commit suicide.

Xia Rui, with quick eyes and quick hands, pinched Zhao Si's jaw.

Li Qingmo leaned back on the chair and tapped his fingers on the armrest, "Sometimes, dying is easy, but living is difficult."

He glanced at Xia Rui: "Take her out."

Before Nan Xi could react, she saw Xia Rui standing in front of her.

"Girl, I'm going to interrogate you personally. You'd better go out."

Nan Xi: "Why?"

[I haven’t finished examining these two corpses yet. 】

"Nan'er." Li Qingmo looked over with adoring eyes, and his voice was soft, as if bathed in the spring breeze, making people's hearts itch, "You go out first."

It is still such a simple and straightforward words, but people can't detect the slightest bit of coldness and strength.

Nan Xi: "..."

[Master called me...Nan'er? 】

Li Qingmo's expression didn't look any different, as if this was a very common name, as if it wasn't the first time he called Nan Xi so affectionately.

"Oh."

Nan Xi just walked out of the cell in a daze. When he got to the yard and saw the guards cleaning up, he finally regained his senses.

The villain calls her Nan'er?
The corners of her lips raised.

Some people also call her Nan'er.

He called her Nan'er!
Nan Xi stood like this, facing the direction of the cell door. Within a quarter of an hour, Li Beimu ran out, covering his mouth.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Nan Xi couldn't help but worry, "Is my master okay?"

Li Beimu's face turned pale, and his stomach couldn't help churning. He struggled to resist the urge to vomit on the spot, and grabbed Nan Xi who was about to run inside.

"Uncle Emperor, everything is fine." He spoke very quickly, as if he would spit it out if he spoke too slowly.

Nan Xi felt his pulse, "Are you scared? What did you see?"

She still wanted to go in, "Where's the master?"

Li Beimu pulled her back again, "Uncle Huang is really fine, he is just interrogating that Zhao Si."

It’s just that the method used is too...

He regretted not coming out with Nan Xi just now.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Jingkong ran out and vomited while holding on to a tree.

Nan Xi became even more curious, "Master Tang, what's going on inside? Is my master okay?"

Although her master is a villain, he is still a human being, and he is still delicate and frail. He really can't help being frightened.

Do you guys ever get that little joy when someone you care about suddenly calls you a very affectionate name? This is the only person in the world who can call you that. Every time you hear him calling you, you feel your heartbeat suddenly speed up and your whole body Excited to sing and dance?

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