When Li Sisi arrived in Nanping City, it had just rained a little and everything was wet.
It was afternoon, and she chose a restaurant where all kinds of people often gathered and ordered some food and wine.
While eating slowly, I listened to their lively conversation.
Now all cities are looking for Zheng Hongye, and Nanping City is no exception.
Therefore, this matter inevitably became a topic of conversation among these idle people.
Unfortunately, Li Sisi sat there for a long time but didn't hear any information about Xiao Yunchen's whereabouts.
She paid the money and left angrily.
Looking up at the setting sun, I didn’t know where I should go to look for someone.
When she sent Xiao Yunchen off, she only had a dozen taels of silver on her. After she was knocked unconscious by Xiao Yunchen and taken into the carriage, she only had these dozen taels on her.
On the way from Jiangling Town to Nanping City, I had almost used up all the money I had.
She could only book a small inn in the city to stay.
The inn was a little far from the government office. She lived on the second floor of the inn. When she looked up, all she saw were short, flat houses.
If you look down, you can even see the scenes in the yards of several houses.
Li Sisi retracted her gaze and sat down at the table inside the house, supporting her chin with both hands, muttering to herself, "Why don't we go to the government office tonight and look for him? If he's not there, even if we don't find Xiao Yunchen, it would still be good to meet Qingyan and the others!"
Night fell and the night gradually deepened.
Li Sisi found a black cloth to cover half of her face, picked up a long sword, and sneaked into the government office under the dark moonlight.
The layout of the government office in Nanping City is slightly different from that in Dong'an City, but it's basically the same.
The government office was quiet at night, with only a few yamen runners on night duty patrolling around.
The first thing Li Sisi thought of was the dungeon.
There were no yamen runners guarding the dungeon door at night; they were all inside the dungeon.
She sneaked into the dungeon with light footsteps and listened for a long time, but there seemed to be no sound?
That's not right! There should be guards on duty in the dungeon 24 hours a day!
Li Sisi felt something was wrong and retreated hastily, but suddenly heard a cry from the official residence in front of the government office: "There's an assassin!"
The next moment, countless lights lit up the originally dark government office. Li Sisi cursed inwardly, "What bad luck! Which idiot did I run into to alarm the government officials?"
She hurried out of the dungeon, only to see several yamen runners running towards her with torches in their hands.
In a hurry, she used her lightness skills to jump over the wall and went directly into a house in the next yard.
Realizing there was someone in the room, Li Sisi drew her sword and put it against the man's throat, lowering her voice and saying viciously, "Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you now!"
The man responded softly, "Okay."
Li Sisi's ears moved. Why did this voice sound familiar?
"Sister, next time you threaten someone, don't get so close. You'll easily get hurt."
Listening to the man's clear voice, Li Sisi would be stupid if she didn't recognize him.
Also, why is it so close...
Li Sisi lowered her head and saw her plump breasts pressed tightly against Xiao Yunchen's back.
Li Sisi: ...You bastard, you still care about these things at this time!
She let go of his hand, frowned, and looked at Xiao Yunchen, and asked in a low voice: "Why do you look so comfortable?"
Li Sisi looked around the room again. It was a large room with two parts, inside and outside. There was a set of exquisite tea cups on the table, and a four-panel screen with a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers painted on it.
At this moment, noisy footsteps were heard outside the house.
Xiao Yunchen hurriedly pulled Li Sisi towards the bed and lowered his voice: "You hide first, I'll go deal with them."
Li Sisi held his hand and asked, "Are you okay?"
Xiao Yunchen's eyes lit up with surprise, and he promised in a low voice: "Don't worry, I know what to do."
After saying that, he casually put on his outer robe, lit the candle in the room and walked out.
The leading yamen runner outside the house asked in a gruff voice, "The government office has been robbed. Sir Xiao, have you seen anyone suspicious?"
"No, how many thieves were there? Where did you first find them..."
Inside the house, Li Sisi listened to Xiao Yunchen's calm voice asking the yamen runners, and felt even more confused.
Judging from the tone of these people's voices, why do they seem to trust Xiao Yunchen so much?
After waiting for a while, the conversation outside the house gradually died down.
The door was pushed open, then closed tightly and bolted.
Xiao Yunchen walked closer to the bed with a candle in his hand, and saw Li Sisi grabbing the quilt with both hands, looking at him with her eyes.
A smile flashed across Xiao Yunchen's eyes, and he asked in a low voice, "Why didn't sister go back to Beijing with them?"
Li Sisi sat up from the bed, pursed her lips, and said awkwardly: "They all said you were missing, I came to see if you were dead or not!"
Xiao Yunchen's tone was smiling, and he was obviously in a good mood: "Now that sister knows I'm safe, shouldn't you be relieved?"
"Why should I be so worried!" Li Sisi saw him put the candle on the wooden cabinet beside the bed, and was about to lift the quilt and get into bed.
She was so frightened that she retreated into the bed, holding up her right palm: "Wait a minute! What are you doing on the bed?!"
Xiao Yunchen looked innocent: "Sister, do you mean that I should sleep on the floor? But there is only one quilt in the room."
"No, I still have a lot to ask you!" Li Sisi pushed him, "Sit by the bed first, and I'll ask you questions."
Xiao Yunchen lowered his eyes and replied, "Okay."
Seeing him sitting obediently on the edge of the bed, Li Sisi began to ask questions.
"Everyone says you're missing, but you're actually safe and sound in the Nanping City government office. What's going on? What's your relationship with Zhang Zhifu? Also, who issued the wanted warrant for Zheng Hongye?"
Xiao Yunchen answered each question truthfully in a calm and steady voice.
After hearing this, Li Sisi frowned even more, and even anger rose in her heart.
"So, it was you who set up this whole thing from the beginning. You and Zhang Zhifu were partners? Your subordinates all knew about this, but Zheng Hongye and I were the only ones who didn't know?"
Realizing that her voice was a little loud, Li Sisi took a breath and lowered her voice a few degrees: "Am I as untrustworthy as Zheng Hongye in your eyes?"
"No." Xiao Yunchen hurriedly explained, "I didn't convince Zhang Zhifu at first. Later, when Qingxuan and the others broke into the prison, I asked them to find a chance to explain things to you after they returned. I didn't expect them to keep it a secret from you."
Li Sisi snorted coldly when she heard that.
He said in an unhappy tone: "Your men treat me like a criminal. If you don't know, you might think Zheng Hongye and I are in cahoots!"
"It was my negligence that made my sister worry." Xiao Yunchen said with a self-blaming tone.
Li Sisi muttered, "Who's worried about you?"
She lifted the quilt: "Since you are okay, I'll leave."
"No!" Xiao Yunchen hurriedly held her back. "Sister, you can't leave now. They just discovered that a thief had broken into the government office tonight, and martial law must have been enforced everywhere. If you go out now and get caught, I'm afraid Zhang Zhifu will definitely doubt what I said before."
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