Guancheng County, Yiyangfang.
There is a three-entry house with "Ye Mansion" written on it. Two servants are guarding the door. Looking at this mansion, it is obviously a wealthy family.
As night fell, two lanterns were lit at the gate of the mansion, lighting up the street in front of the gate.
The wing room in the backyard of Ye Mansion.
"Fashan, I heard from your second uncle that Guancheng County was attacked by a large-scale bandit a while ago, so the security in the city is under the control of the state government's troops, but I always feel that this is not the case, something is wrong!"
In the wing room, Xiao Yu'er and Ye Fashan sat opposite each other, the dim candlelight reflected on their faces, and there was a hint of depression in the silence.
Hearing this, Ye Fashan shook his head and said, "I also feel something is wrong! It has been several months since the bandits attacked Guancheng County. The soldiers and horses in the state capital should have dispersed long ago, but now they are still guarding Guancheng strictly and listen to me." As my second uncle said, Wei Zuocheng is not in the county government office, so there must be something fishy~!"
Xiao Yu'er frowned and recalled for a moment, then suddenly her eyes lit up and she said, "Fa Shan, could it be that your second uncle is hiding something from us? I saw that when he mentioned Wei Zuocheng, his face looked a little unnatural, and he even advised us not to Ask about things you shouldn't ask about, otherwise he won't be able to protect us!
Today I went to the city to ask some people about the whereabouts of Wei Zuocheng, but the people said that Wei Zuocheng had left Guancheng and returned to Beijing a month ago! How can this be? If it is true as they said, we will definitely be able to see Wei Zuocheng in Chang'an before coming to Zhengzhou! "
Ye Fashan closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes and said, "Miss Li Yu, your analysis is good, but the reason why the second uncle deliberately concealed it, I think he wanted to protect us! The situation in Guancheng is delicate now, who can Everyone can see something unusual in it. Although my second uncle is only my distant cousin, he has always had close contacts with the Ye family, and he has always been upright and aboveboard, and he will never harm me!"
"Oh! Fashan, where did you think you were! I didn't say your second uncle wanted to harm us!"
Seeing that Ye Fashan seemed to have misunderstood, Xiao Yuer quickly explained: "I just want to say that your second uncle may think that we are too young and are afraid that we will be involved in the disappearance of Wei Zuocheng and encounter mishaps! But I can directly tell you that My uncle revealed his identity and said that I was sent by the Marquis of Yong'an to investigate the disappearance of Wei Zuocheng. Once your second uncle knows who is behind me, he will definitely tell the truth!"
"Absolutely not~!"
Ye Fashan's expression changed, and he shook his head without thinking: "Miss Li Yu, you have a special status, and there is a blood feud between my cousin and the Cui family. Even I have to hide myself from outsiders at my second uncle's house, let alone you. Got it!
You don’t know how powerful the Cui family is in Zhengzhou, and they have many eyes and ears in Guancheng County. If old Mrs. Cui knows that you are sent by my cousin, he will definitely bring people to kill you. Then my second uncle will also I can't protect you!
What's more, the city in Guancheng County is now heavily fortified, and only people are allowed to enter, but no one is allowed to leave. Even if they kill you and me, it will be difficult for my cousin to get news in a short time. Therefore, your identity must not be revealed easily! Do you understand~? "
Xiao Yu'er bit her lip, nodded and replied, "Yeah! Fashan, I hear what you mean, do you also think that the current delicate situation in Guancheng was caused by the Cui family~?"
Ye Fashan said in a deep voice: "If it's not the Cui family, who else can it be~? Pan Zhenyue, the governor of Zhengzhou, was a retainer of the Cui family back then. With him here, if the old lady of the Cui family wants to mobilize the state's troops to do something, isn't it? Easily~?”
Xiao Yu'er frowned and said, "Then tell me, could Wei Zuocheng's disappearance be caused by the Cui family~?"
Ye Fashan stood up, put his hands behind his hands and said, "It's very possible! The top priority now is to find Wei Zuocheng as soon as possible. I think he should know something that the Cui family doesn't want him to know!"
"Yeah! Heroes think alike, and I think so too~!"
Xiao Yu'er blinked playfully, and then said with a sad face: "But where should we go to find Wei Zuocheng~?"
Hearing the words, Ye Fashan fell into deep thought. Then, a ray of light suddenly burst out from his eyes, and he shouted loudly: "Who is it~?"
Before he finished speaking, his whole body had already rushed out of the door, leaving a phantom in the air!
Xiao Yu'er was frightened and hurriedly followed out, only to see a man wearing a servant's clothes being stepped on by Ye Fashan.
"Who are you~? What were you doing sneakily eavesdropping outside the door just now~?"
Ye Fashan asked with a gloomy look.
The servant hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Young Master, I...I didn't eavesdrop. I...I came to bring you tea and snacks on the order of my master!"
After saying that, he was afraid that Ye Fashan wouldn't believe it, so he pointed at the tea cups, plates and snacks scattered not far away.
Ye Fashan frowned. At this time, the movement here had already alerted the rest of the Ye family. Ye Fashan's second uncle, Ye Minglei, was hurriedly walking towards him from a short distance away. "Fashan, what happened~ ?”
Ye Minglei walked over quickly and asked quickly when he saw this scene.
Ye Fashan's expression changed at this time, then he took a step back, let go of the servant on the ground, and said to Ye Minglei: "Second uncle, it's okay, it's just a slight misunderstanding. Just now this man came to bring refreshments to Fashan, but Fashan was I mistakenly thought he was an assassin, Fashan was reckless for a moment, I hope my second uncle can forgive me~!"
"Oh~? So that's what happened~!"
Ye Minglei looked at the servants on the ground, then waved his hands with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! It must be that the servants in the second uncle's house behaved irregularly, which caused you to misunderstand Fashan! Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, how about you and Xiaofashan?" Yu'er girls, please rest early~!"
"Yes~! Second uncle~!"
"Yes! Uncle Ye!"
Ye Fashan and Xiao Yuer held hands one after another.
"Um!"
Ye Minglei nodded, then looked at the servant, and said sternly: "Are you Wang He? Be smarter in the future, and if you let me see you not serving the young master well, I will definitely expel you from the Ye Mansion!"
"Yes, yes! I understand my guilt, thank you for your forgiveness, and thank you for your forgiveness, young master!"
The servant looked "panicked" and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Yeah! Get down!"
Ye Minglei waved his hand and said.
"Yes! Master!"
The servants picked up the snacks and tableware scattered on the floor and left quickly.
Seeing that nothing happened here, Ye Minglei paid a few words of concern to Ye Fashan and then left.
Xiao Yu'er opened her mouth and was about to say something. Ye Fashan quickly made a silence gesture, pointed to the door, and whispered: "Go in and talk!"
After that, he took the lead and walked towards the house.
Xiao Yu'er looked around cautiously and followed in!
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