Neither Xie Xun nor Chen Anning disturbed him.
It wasn't until he stopped here on purpose that Chen Anning asked cooperatively: "Is that little beggar Xu Tianyi?"
"As expected of Miss Chen Er, she is so smart!" Xu Zan continued with satisfaction, "While everyone was scolding Xu Tianyi, Ling'er didn't believe that he would leave without saying goodbye, even though she went down the mountain and into the city every day. I searched for Xu Tianyi for three or four months, but still couldn't find him, and still refused to give up. After about half a year, Xu Tianyi came back again."
"When he came back this time, he not only demolished the original ruined temple and built it into the current temple, but also left a lot of money for Linger. After that, although he did not live in the temple, he would always come back once a month. Twice, every time I came back, I would leave money for Ling'er."
"Although Ling'er has money and no longer has to live the life of begging, she still lives very frugally. It was during those days that she slowly adopted the children in the temple now."
Hearing him stop talking, Chen Anning asked: "In other words, you only know that Xu Tianyi is related to Miss Ling'er, but you haven't found any trace of Xu Tianyi?"
"Secret guards have been arranged to keep an eye on the temple, and soldiers have been arranged to search the mountain."
Chen Anning didn't ask again.
Xu Zan was still immersed in the story of Xu Tianyi and Ling'er and couldn't help himself. Seeing that Xie Xun didn't say anything, he moved closer to the carriage and continued chatting with Chen Anning.
Soon, the carriage returned to Jincheng County.
The news that Lu Deqiu was imprisoned first was already known to everyone.
In front of the prefect's mansion, there were many applauding people surrounding him.
Xie Xun and Chen Anning didn't want to attract attention, so they went to the Tongchun Inn where Xu Zan stayed when they first came to Jincheng County.
Later.
The secret guards following the temple and the soldiers searching the mountain came back.
Starting from the center of the temple in Chongmashan, the soldiers searched four or five connected mountains, but could not find any trace of Xu Tianyi.
The secret guards who were watching secretly did not notice Xu Tianyi returning to the temple.
Xie Xun clasped his hands and tapped the table twice, "What's going on in the temple?"
The secret guard replied: "Those children are the same as usual, except Miss Ling'er who is still distracted and stumbles many times."
Xie Xun glanced at the darkening sky outside and said with a cold expression: "Continue to search the mountain and keep staring at the temple."
After the secret guards and military guards left.
Xie Xun raised his hand and tapped the table twice again, "You rest, I'll go to the prefect's mansion."
Xu Zan went with him.
Chen Anning got up and went to the desk.
There were five piles of incriminating evidence piled high on the desk.
It's all information about people who were deceived.
Chen Anning had nothing to do, so he sat down and watched.
When he had almost finished reading the whole pile, Wen Baolin came back.
Compared with the high spirits of the past, Wen Baolin at this time was not only like an eggplant beaten by frost, but even his hair had the word "frustration" written on it.
"Are you frustrated?" Chen Anning asked.
Wen Baolin didn't speak for a while.
It wasn't until Chen Anning looked at him again that he smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that I just looked at them a few more times and Xu Tianyi ran away."
Chen Anning raised an eyebrow.
Wen Baolin said: "The Fifth Young Master Xu arranged for me to be the bodyguard of Young Master Chu, so when Young Master Chu 'lost' most of the Chu family's property and was unwilling to pay, Xu Tianyi sent me and him Locked in the same prison."
"Subsequently, when Xu Tianyi, Lu Deqiu, and Zhao Yongsheng were intimidating Mr. Chu and me, they spoke too arrogantly. I was a little disdainful at the time, so I thought to be arrogant quickly. If you are arrogant for a while longer, you will be locked up here too. .”
"When I was thinking about this, some of the same emotions probably showed in my eyes, and then..."
Chen Anning looked at him, "Are you frustrated because Xu Tianyi escaped because of you? Or are you frustrated because you have always been complacent, but you didn't expect to lose to Xu Tianyi?"
Wen Baolin sighed: "They should all be there."
Chen Anning laughed softly.
Wen Baolin looked at her.
Chen Anning said: "Congratulations."
Wen Baolin didn't know what he meant.
Chen Anning said: "You have always been complacent, which shows that in your heart, even if you think Lord Ru Xie and Fifth Young Master Ru Xu are very good, you are not bad either. Because their good qualities are based on the foundation of Guangling Prince's Palace and Xu Guogong's Palace." Above. And your success is all due to your own efforts. You think that you, like them, are also standing on the top of the mountain."
Wen Baolin blushed.
"But now you have lost to the liar Xu Tianyi. What does this mean?" Chen Anning did not look at him. "It means that there are mountains outside the mountains and there are people outside the people. It means that you not only need to learn the knowledge in the academy, but also learn these social aspects. Knowledge. It also shows that you still have many mountains to climb, many people to surpass, and you still have a lot of room for improvement."
He tapped his chin towards the deceived information on the desk, "Just like these, each one is condensed with Xu Tianyi's 'wisdom'."
Wen Baolin stood up and came over, picked up a piece of information, read it from beginning to end, and said, "It is indeed wisdom."
After a while.
After reading three more pieces of information, Wen Baolin said: "Although I know he is a liar and a scam, after following Mr. Chu for half a month and being in contact with him, many times I not only don't feel it, but also at the casino, There were many times when I almost couldn’t help but wanted to show off my skills.”
"So, these people were deceived not because they were stupid." Chen Anning said, "More often, they were brought into that atmosphere by him and were infected without knowing it."
Wen Baolin said: "It's still greed that causes trouble."
Chen Anning said casually: "Isn't the reason why people are alive just because they are dominated by desires? Want to get ahead, want to be powerful, want to be rich in the world, want to have clear seas and rivers... each of them, which one is not desire? "
"What desire?" Xu Zan asked loudly.
Chen Anning and Wen Baolin looked over at the same time.
Xu Zan followed Xie Xun into the house.
After Xie Xun took one look at her, he asked someone to prepare food.
Xu Zan strode over and asked, "What are your desires?"
Chen Anning ignored him and asked Xie Xun, "Is there any result?"
"Neither Lu Deqiu nor Zhao Yongsheng knows about Ling'er." Xu Zan rushed to answer, "Xu Tianyi told them that he was a beggar without a father and mother. Where did he end up living in Jincheng County? He doesn’t know either. It’s been here for as long as he can remember.”
"By the way, Lu Wenjun and the others said they want to see you, probably because they want to beg you to let them go."
Chen Anning put down the information in his hands, stood up and said, "Let's wait until we find Xu Tianyi."
Xu Zan pestered Wen Baolin again and asked where his desire was.
Chen Anning sat next to Xie Xun, took the tea from him, took a few sips, and asked, "Did Lu Deqiu explain the flow of those horses?"
"He refused to say it." Xu Zan replied again, "Probably like Song Shizhong, he is waiting for someone to rescue him."
Chen Anning asked: "What about Zhao Yongsheng?"
"Him?" Xu Zan sneered disdainfully, "He is not even as good as Xu Tianyi, that is, he is just an errand boy. Apart from knowing how to deliver the deceived horses to Yidong Township on schedule and handing them over to a man named Wang Mazi, he has no other I don’t know anything.”
Chen Anning concluded: "That is, if you want to know the flow of horses, you must catch Xu Tianyi?"
Xu Zan patted Wen Baolin on the shoulder and said, "That's what it seems so far."
Chen Anning looked at Xie Xun and asked, "Then let's have a good night's rest and go to Chongmashan tomorrow to find Miss Ling'er?"
Xie Xun said "Hmm".
A night of silence.
At dawn the next day, several people got up one after another, had breakfast, and set off towards Daji Town.