Elder Liu was filled with shock and stumbled back in disbelief: "City Lord..."

"Can you drive? Who do you want to kill?"

The angry roar flashed through Elder Liu's mind, and he shuddered all over.

He was so nervous and excited that he completely ignored the details of the driver.

Xiahou Qing threw away the human skin mask in his hand and looked at him with cold eyes.

Elder Liu's heart skipped a beat. He looked around and said in disbelief, "How could you...how could you..."

Su Xiaoxiao smiled, "Why would I suspect you? Did you reveal something? You revealed a lot, but the good outweighs the bad. You first proposed to seal off the City Lord's Mansion, and then used the excuse of finding the hound to send the dragon crystal out. It was actually a good plan. If I'm not mistaken, Elder Zhao should be the scapegoat. You may not be able to kill him alone. Either you have a way to deal with him, or there is an ambush outside. I personally tend to the second one. But the incident happened suddenly, and you didn't have time to set up an ambush, so the Five Poison Sect is your accomplice, right?"

The plan was exposed, and Elder Liu's eyes were filled with shock again.

He is so smart despite being so young.

They were all wrong.

Come to think of it, if he didn't have any talent, how could the ghost lady accept him as her personal disciple?

Elder Liu was overthinking it. The ghost grandma's acceptance of Su Xiaoxiao as her "successor" had nothing to do with Su Xiaoxiao's talent. Chunchun was Su Xiaoxiao's golden ability.

Elder Liu clenched his fists and did not respond directly to Su Xiaoxiao's question. Instead, he asked, "Why do you doubt me?"

Su Xiaoxiao spread her hands and said, "In fact, both of them are suspected. Elder Zhao went out first. He fainted not long after the carriage went. The city lord has already thoroughly investigated him. Just when you were cleaning up the crazy puppet."

Elder Liu gritted his teeth: "It turns out that everything is a trick..."

The planning is perfect and every step is just right.

"Are you convinced?" Su Xiaoxiao said casually.

Elder Liu was still unconvinced: "Why do you suspect one of us? Aren't Elder Li and Elder Hai suspicious?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Yes, I have sent people to test them, but you definitely can't escape!"

Elder Liu took a deep breath, turned around and looked at Xiahou Qing, and said righteously: "City Lord! I have been loyal to the Xiahou family for many years. When the old city lord was alive, I was already a confidant of the Xiahou family. You don't believe me, but instead listen to an outsider's one-sided words to test me. Don't you think this is unfair to me? Everything today was planned by them! City Lord! You have been deceived by them!"

To some extent, Xiahou Qing was indeed deceived by them.

No, I was deceived by the eunuch leader.

Before the search, the chief eunuch asked Ye Lang to deliver an account book to the city lord, which contained a secret letter, asking the city lord to test the two elders.

The reason I didn’t say it to your face was that I didn’t have the chance.

When he was talking with Xiahou Qing alone, the two elders were next door.

With their hearing ability, it is not difficult to hear as long as they listen carefully.

With Xiahou Zheng being framed first, it was not difficult for Xiahou Yi to guess that Xie Jinnian was planning to repeat the same old trick and put the dragon crystal into his yard.

Xiahou Yi had no doubt that Xie Jinnian had this ability.

After all, Xie Jinnian had already stolen his treasure map under the noses of so many puppets.

If you were to ask why Xiahou Qing agreed to test the two elders he trusted most?

It’s actually simple.

Just add one sentence at the end of the letter: It was Yun Lin’s plan.

Xiahou Qing said coldly: "Elder Liu, why don't you surrender!"

If you surrender, the only outcome will be death.

How could Elder Liu, who had been with Xia Houqing for many years, not know the consequences of betraying the city lord? He couldn't be caught!

He looked around and suddenly flew towards Su Xiaoxiao and Yun Lin.

The city lord is skilled in martial arts, so it is not easy to capture him.

Xiahou Jin is just an adopted son and cannot be a very valuable hostage.

These two people are the best choices.

"How outrageous!"

When Xiahou Qing realized that Elder Liu was so angry that he went to arrest his son, he instantly became furious!

He also rushed over quickly.

Unfortunately, he was too far away and Elder Liu was too fast.

At the critical moment, Su Xiaoxiao and Yun Lin were suddenly pulled behind them by two strong hands, who were the Palace Master and Wei Xu.

At the same time, the two of them slapped Elder Liu together.

Elder Liu fell backwards heavily! Wei Xu gently put Ling Yun down, shot out suddenly, flew above Elder Liu, and raised his foot to aim at his chest.

In the horrified eyes of Elder Liu, he stepped on the man! Boom! A six-foot deep pit was smashed into the ground! Huge flying stones flew everywhere, and Xiahou Qing quickly raised his sleeves to cover his face.

Hiss——

It hurts so much!

This guy's internal strength is so strong! Ling Yun opened a mechanical umbrella and blocked the three of them very elegantly.

It is worth mentioning that the umbrella was given by Gui Ji.

Others give gifts as apprentices' tokens of respect for their teachers, but she gives gifts as a token of acceptance as a disciple.

Su Xiaoxiao: "Wow, this umbrella is so useful!"

Elder Liu was lying in the pit and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. When he wanted to get up again, the guards of the City Lord's Mansion had already pointed more than ten long swords at him.

He was captured.

Xiahou Qing said to Xie Jinnian, "Take him back to the prison."

Xie Jinnian responded: "Yes, godfather."

Xiahou Qing immediately looked at Wei Xu.

Just now his son was in danger and he, as a father, was unable to save him, but it was this guy Duanmu Qi who saved his son first.

The action of putting his son down was as if he was afraid of breaking the most precious thing in the world.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

In addition, the move he used to deal with Elder Liu was very different from the previous fight.

The internal strength has increased by more than one level.

This person...

"Father."

Ling Yun walked over and blocked his view of Wei Xu.

Xiahou Qing was stunned.

Ling Yun said: "Can't I call you father?"

Xiahou Qing hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes! I am so happy!"

Ling Yun said calmly: "There's no rush to go back, just stay for a meal."

This was the first time Ling Yun took the initiative to invite him to dinner, and Xiahou Qing's jealousy towards Duanmu Qi was instantly diluted.

He is really over-suspicious.

What son in the world would be closer to a stepfather than his biological father?

Not to mention that he is not Yunshuang's biological child. Duanmu Qi is only Yunshuang's stepfather in name, and the relationship is even more distant.

"I heard from Jin'er that today's plan was your idea?"

Ling Yun responded vaguely: "Well... I just put forward some ideas, mainly because he has a strong understanding."

What plan? Ling Yun glared at Xie Jinnian with resentment from the corner of his eye.

Su Xiaoxiao gloated over the misfortune! Ha, I understand the pain you feel every time you improvise and don't review the lyrics with me in advance! "How did you come up with these ideas?"

Xiahou Qing was very interested. As he and Lingyun walked towards Qingyun Palace, he asked with satisfaction.

Ling Yun cleared his throat: "That's... that's what I thought of. A bystander sees more clearly... Are you going to eat or not? Is this all you say when you meet me? I don't like to talk about the City Lord's Mansion!"

Xiahou Qing: "Okay, okay, I won't mention it!"

…

"Do you want to invite your mother and your uncle Duanmu to come along?"

"What do you want them to do? Don't you want to have dinner alone with me?"

"I do! I do!"

The voices and figures of the two gradually faded away.

Wei Xu had a complicated expression.

The Palace Master looked at Ling Yun and pulled the corners of her lips. She had learned to smile a little bit recently, although it was not very natural yet.

"You see, right? He took the city lord away on purpose for you. I've never seen him care so much about anyone. I think he really regards you as his father in his heart. You protect him like a mountain, and he also hopes to protect you like a gurgling stream."

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(End of this chapter)