Yusui Chang'an

After sending away Lin Jinan, Yutong and the serving maid, Lin Jinyan ordered Hong Jiu to stay outside the study, and asked Bai Zhi to prepare chestnut cake and hibiscus cake.

At the right time, two figures in black clothes like civet cats quietly sneaked into Yan Yuxuan, met Hong Jiu, and quickly entered the study.

Two men in black took seats on the left and right of Lin Jinyan respectively. Song Yi took off his scarf, picked up the tea poured by Lin Jinyan and drank it all in one gulp:

"After attacking Wei Zhong today, we did find someone following him. Although that person's kung fu is only excellent, his body skills are unique and he is very good at hiding his traces. If I hadn't been paying attention, it would be difficult to find him. He should be the one you mentioned. Hidden Guard."

Lin Jinyan served Song Yixu tea:

"In the eyes of that person, your action now is the action of King Jin. That person will naturally pay more attention to King Jin."

Another man in black picked up the hibiscus cake, chewed it slowly and listened to the two people talking:

"If you want to except King Jin, Song Yi and I will kill him for you. Why bother?"

Lin Jinyan: "The road ahead is unclear, and someone has to be the pathfinder. I know Prince Jin to some extent, and I can guess what he will do. No one is more suitable to be the pathfinder than him. The situation in Kyoto is complicated, and behind the scenes, It is better to push others to fight than to be restrained by others."

Man in black: "You are the smartest to listen to you. However, although you hid the carriage from the government, you did not hide it from the general's government. They got the letter just now and have sent people to investigate. If it hadn't been late, they would have I came to ask you questions."

Lin Jinyan's eyes were deep and she curled her lips calmly and said:

"I never thought of hiding it from grandpa and the others. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is a good thing, but loyalty is not afraid of external troubles but internal troubles. If you are too loyal, you will have no ability to protect yourself. I just want grandpa and the others to know that he is using me as bait. Reduce their loyalty."

"So today's actions are, firstly, for the King of Jin, secondly, to reduce the loyalty of the General's Mansion, and thirdly, to dispel that person's suspicion of the General's Mansion. If something happens to me, the General's Mansion will not do anything, and that person is not easy to fool."

The man in black patted the fine residue in his hand, held the cup and said with a smile:

"Fourth, if you are willing to take the bait, you have caught two big fish today. I'm afraid you have already thought about how to repay the kindness of Prince Qin's Palace and Prince Xiang's Palace, right?" Lin Jinyan: "I haven't thought about it yet, little prince. Okay, but it’s from Prince Qin’s Mansion. Prince Jin should have returned it, so I don’t need it.”

Song Yi picked up a piece of chestnut cake and joked with a relaxed expression:

"Fortunately we are not your enemies."

After eating the cake, Song Yi took up his pen and wrote down the people Chu Chengyao had come into contact with one by one.

The three of them chatted for an hour before Song Yi and the men in black left.

Lin Jinyan held a paper full of people's names, compared the memories of the previous life one by one in her mind, recalled them carefully, and finally lit the paper and burned it to ashes.

West of the city.

In the woodshed, a woman dressed as a maid was curled up in the corner with her knees in her thin clothes.

On the exposed wrist, the dark red whip marks were conspicuous.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, she cringed and looked up, and saw the sullen-faced old woman walking in. The maid was so frightened that she hid back. She was slapped in the face by the old woman and dragged out of the woodshed with curses.

The mother-in-law threw the maid at the feet of the housekeeper and Ren Yazi and stepped aside.

The housekeeper yelled at Ren Yazi impatiently:

"Where did you find this damn girl you sold? She sneaks away every three days. If the owner hadn't been kind-hearted, he would have been beaten to death!"

Ren Yazi nodded and bowed to apologize, returned the money for selling the maid, and took the maid out of the house.