City Lord's Mansion, study.
Lin Mo looked at the young man in white robe holding the teacup with a calm expression and couldn't help but sigh: "So you are Gu Yuan."
Gu Yuan looked at the middle-aged man who was also sizing him up and said with a smile, "City Lord Lin, to be honest, this should be my first time meeting you."
"You are a criminal wanted by His Highness, and I am the city lord directly appointed by the Imperial Empire. Isn't it inappropriate for you to come to see me directly now?"
Lin Mo's expression was indifferent. Although he said that, he didn't look at the "criminal" at all.
"Haha, what's wrong with that? The fact that you are the city lord appointed by the empire and whether I am wanted by His Highness are two different matters, right?" Gu Yuan asked.
"Hahaha, you're quite an interesting young man."
Perhaps inspired by Gu Yuan's words, Lin Mo laughed.
"Then I wonder why you came here today?" Lin Mo put down the cup in his hand and asked seriously.
Seeing that Lin Mo got straight to the point, Gu Yuanye didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "I would like to ask the city lord to tell me in detail about Shui Ningye and the relationship between the Lin family of the imperial capital and the royal family."
Just as Gu Yuan finished speaking, Lin Mo's palm trembled slightly, and then he asked with a gloomy face: "Young man, why are you asking these questions? Considering that you were brought here by Wan'er, I have to remind you that you should not get involved in things that you should not get involved in."
Gu Yuan was stunned, not quite understanding what Lin Mo meant. Could it be that he knew something?
Gu Yuan smiled and said, "City Lord Lin misunderstood. I just wanted to know about His Highness and the Imperial Capital. After all, I was born and raised in Beastmaster City and have never had the opportunity to enter a place like the Imperial Capital. Moreover, I admire Mr. Lin Potian very much, so I wanted to learn more."
"Oh? Really? But why should I tell you?" Lin Mo asked.
Gu Yuan said, "As far as I know, City Lord Lin should be from the Lin family in the imperial capital, right?"
Lin Mo's expression changed slightly, as if these words had brought back some bad memories. He then said, "Since Wan'er has already told you, why did you come to ask me?"
"really!"
After muttering to himself, Gu Yuan continued, "What I'm about to say may shock you, but it's absolutely true, so please remain calm."
"Speak!"
Lin Mo looked at Gu Yuan, wanting to know what he wanted to say.
"I wonder if the City Lord was involved in the assassination attempt on His Highness a long time ago. I'm not talking about the last time, but the boy named Kru before that."
Lin Mo frowned slightly, thinking of what happened a few months ago.
Lin Mo's face turned grim. "I remember now, was that person sent by you?"
"Yes, he is mine."
Gu Yuan did not deny it and admitted it directly and boldly.
"But his purpose at that time was not to assassinate His Highness. He just happened to be discovered by Shui Ningye's guards."
"Hehe, it seems that you, young man, are really not simple. Just one of your subordinates can ignore the defense of my City Lord's Mansion and sneak in. It seems that I need to strengthen the defense in the future." Lin Mo said sarcastically.
"Haha, City Lord Lin, you are so kind."
Gu Yuan continued, "Does the City Lord know what my men have discovered?"
"What did you find?"
"He overheard a conversation between His Highness and his bodyguard, Ming Xing. The gist of the conversation was that they'd learned of an assassin plotting to kill them, so they were using the princess as bait to lure the assassin out and then catch him in the act."
“Nonsense!”
An angry shout echoed from the study, and then Lin Mo lowered his voice, his voice rapid and low: "The princess is your highness's biological sister, and the current emperor's favorite princess. How could he do such a thing?"
Facing Lin Mo's reaction, Gu Yuan said calmly, "Does he dare? Look at the princess's current condition. Don't you know? What level is the assassin? What level is Ming Xing? With his spiritual power, how could he not be able to deal with those assassins? Yet, in the end, he was seriously injured and the princess fell asleep. Do you think there is something strange about this?"
Lin Mo still looked unconvinced and said, "Impossible!"
Gu Yuan frowned and continued, "It's not important. You have no say! But what I want to tell you is, do you know the identity of this assassin?"
"What's your identity?"
Looking into Gu Yuan's eyes, Lin Mo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"They are assassins from the Lin family."
Seeing Lin Mo's pupils constricted, Gu Yuan added slowly with a half-smile: "The Lin family in the imperial capital. And the assassin's identity seems to have been confirmed. Shui Ningye went back to the imperial capital last time and came back again..."
"shut up!"
Suddenly, Lin Mo became excited. He stood up suddenly, his eyes turned red, his lips trembled, and he shouted, "How is this possible! You are lying!"
"Master, what happened?"
The butler's questioning voice came from outside the door.
"City Lord Lin, don't get excited. I still want to talk to you." Gu Yuan said calmly. He believed that Lin Mo would not let anyone arrest him.
And he doesn't have the ability.
Lin Mo adjusted his mood and said to the outside: "It's okay, you can go down, don't let anyone disturb me."
Lin Mo sat down, looked at Gu Yuan, and asked wearily, "Are you...all that true?"
"To be honest, I'm not sure, but that's exactly what they said that day. I haven't seen the assassin's identity, so I really can't confirm whether it's true or not."
"Can you tell me what exactly you want to do by saying this? Or what is your purpose?" Lin Mo suddenly asked.
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