The people inside and outside the yard retreated like a tide and disappeared into the already white night in a blink of an eye, leaving only the Lin family.

"Search the city! Are they crazy? Do they really want to search the city?" said Patriarch Lin.

Chief Lin didn't care what the Fang family was searching for, as long as they didn't search him.

It came suddenly and went away just as quickly. If the door had not been knocked away and still lying in the yard, Chief Lin would have suspected that it was all a dream.

"Fortunately, even though it was a nightmare, I'm finally awake." He said with a sigh.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another commotion outside.

Both Chief Lin and Chief Lin's heart skipped a beat and their breathing stagnated.

Could it be that someone from the Fang family had launched a counterattack?

A group of people rushed in from outside the door. Unlike the male soldiers before, most of them were women.

"Lin Cheng!" the leading woman screamed, "How dare you, such a ruthless person, to hide the fact that I have a little bastard."

Oops!

Lin Zhubu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and his face changed drastically.

The nightmare is not over yet, it has just begun.

The small courtyard was filled with noise again. Unlike the last time when there were men's scolding and crying, this time it was filled with women's screams, crying and cursing.

Almost in a moment, the entire Yangcheng fell into chaos, with shouting and crying everywhere. The city was brightly lit, and the whole city seemed to be on fire.

The field became increasingly darker. With a low cry, a running black shadow fell to the ground.

She jumped up without stopping, picked up the scattered clothes, and continued to limp forward.

Run, run, and increase the distance as much as possible.

At the same time, the person who had fallen asleep in the small house of the North City Post Station suddenly sat up.

"No," he said.

After saying this, the man got out of bed and walked quickly. The person sleeping on the ground was caught off guard and was stepped on, so he screamed.

"What happened?" the man on the ground shouted in panic. Then he saw the door was opened and the servant had rushed out.

The post station, which had finally fallen asleep, became noisy and noisy, and the extinguished lights were lit up one by one.

People with sleepy eyes and clothes on came out of the house and went to the backyard asking questions.

The postman and his family who were sleeping there have been woken up.

The postman was an old soldier. He and his wife and daughter were huddled together, trembling and looking at the man in front of them with horror.

"My money is lost," the servant said angrily, pointing at the girl curled up in the old woman's arms, "you are the only one who has come to my place."

The girl was so frightened that she was trembling all over. She wanted to hide in her mother's arms, but the old woman pushed her away.

"Child, is that you?" the old woman asked in a trembling voice.

The girl was pushed out and presented to everyone. The servants glanced at her sharply.

As for his figure, he was wearing loose clothes that were obviously modified from old clothes, but now he is wearing an inner garment, so his figure cannot be judged.

Disheveled hair, terrified expression, unwashed face covered in dirt.

In the dark, it looked the same even under dim lights.

"I don't have it, I don't have it." said the girl.

The voice was hoarse, trembling with fear and indistinct.

The accent is consistent.

The servant frowned.

Am I overthinking it?

"Didn't you go to bring us water?" the servant shouted.

Deliver water?

The girl nodded nervously and shook her head.

"Is there any?" the servant shouted.

"Master, my son has delivered water more than ten times tonight. He has been everywhere, but he really didn't steal anything." The postman begged. "Master, it really didn't happen. I guarantee it with my life."

The servant ignored him and just stared at the girl, who was trembling.

Is he being too suspicious?

What's wrong?

Why did he suddenly wake up when his subconscious felt something strange just before he fell asleep?

He looked at the girl in front of him, comparing her with the figure in the night just now, blending and separating...

Weak!

The servant's eyes lit up.

It's the weirdness caused by that feeling of fragility.

There was a sense of fragility in that back figure, and the crude movements could not conceal that fragility.

Girls are generally fragile, but this fragility seems strange on a girl who works as a postman.

That kind of frailty can only be cultivated by those from wealthy families who have been living in luxury since childhood.

"How many of you are there today..." the servant stepped forward and asked.

Before he finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the prefect needs to leave immediately." Someone shouted to those who had come over to watch the excitement.

Leave now?

Everyone was stunned, and the servants stopped asking questions.

"What happened?" everyone asked.

"Fang family, take the imperial edict and overturn Yangcheng." the man shouted.

Imperial edict!

Everyone was quiet for a moment, and then there was an uproar.

"How come the Fang family has an imperial edict?"

"How did the Fang family overturn Yangcheng?"

Inquiries arose.

But the man didn't care to answer in detail.

"I don't know." He said, "It seems that someone in my family has a grudge against a chief clerk in Yangcheng."

Say this without asking or urging.

"Hurry up, the prefect has already left."

No one dared to delay and ran out in a hurry.

The servant stood there with a complicated expression.

"Are you still asking?" the official asked carefully, looking at the girl who shrank back to her parents.

What's the problem?

The servant was not nervous and had already stopped looking at the girl. Instead, he was looking outside where the lights had become brighter and there were sounds of people shouting and horses neighing.

"Imperial edict, the Fang family is really..." he said with a slight smile, "very courageous."

After saying this, he glanced at the old soldier's family again, glanced at the shivering girl, turned around and walked away.

"Let's go," he said.

The darkest moment before dawn slowly passed, and the sky in the east gradually turned white.

The hustle and bustle of the city gradually died down, and many people began to look around on the streets.

The commotion last night stirred the entire county. Compared to the gate of the county government being smashed, it was more terrifying to see people's doors being knocked on and breaking into their homes in the middle of the night.

Those who shouted that they were being investigated by imperial order were not soldiers, and they were not accompanied by any officials. As for the imperial edict, they could not even see it.

This time, there really was some chaos.

Fortunately, those people only searched around the house and questioned whether they had seen Lin Zhubu. They did not beat or kill anyone, and did not touch any property.

Although I was terrified, I wasn't scared to death.

The searchers gradually retreated, light replaced darkness, and people bravely walked out of their homes to inquire for news.

"So Chief Lin is also a member of County Magistrate Li's gang?"

"Is the Fang family actually investigating this case under imperial order?"

"Could it be that it is not a feud, but a conspiracy?"

"Then the Fang family is not actually the one that issues invoices, but the officials?"

"No wonder the Fang family is so rich."

Various discussions and speculations spread.

Fang Jinxiu, who had been sitting on the street in front of the city gate, ignored the people who were peeking out from behind her and were gathering. She just looked outside the city.

There was the sound of horse hooves behind her. Fang Jinxiu turned around and saw a group of people galloping towards her.

Chen Qi, who was sleeping soundly on her shoulder, almost fell to the ground. He woke up dazedly, rubbing his face.

"What time is it?" he said, wiping his saliva. "Have you found it?"

Fang Jinxiu ignored him and stood up, looking at Fang Chengyu and Old Lady Fang who were rushing over. There were more people gathering in the distance.

The torches had long been extinguished, and everyone's face was filled with fatigue and anxiety.

Not found.

No need to ask, just look at their expressions and you will know.

"It's only been one night." Fang Chengyu's expression remained the same, and he even had a smile on his face. "Grandmother, mother, and sister, you go back and rest. I'll continue looking. It's also good to look during the day. News spreads faster, and sometimes it's not a bad thing to make a fuss."

Mrs. Fang looked at him. Fang Chengyu was already thin, and now his face looked even more haggard.

He had just been detoxified and was already in a weak state. He had experienced the robbery and murder in Runan, and had been rushed back in a hurry to be interrogated in the cell, beheaded and sacrificed. It could be said that he had not had a single breath to rest.

How can I bear it if I continue like this?

"Chengyu, go back and rest first, we will continue looking," she said.

"Yes, my elder sister and I will come, you and grandma go back and rest, and then come to replace us." Fang Yuxiu also said.

Fang Chengyu smiled and shook his head.

"I'm not tired." He said, "I'm really not tired. You don't know that if you hold your breath, you won't get tired. You must not stop at this moment. Stopping and letting out your breath is not good."

What's the reason?

Mrs. Fang looked at Fang Chengyu with an anxious expression.

"What if we still can't find it today?" she blurted out.

Fang Chengyu smiled.

"Then we'll look for it again tomorrow," he said, his eyes full of red bloodshot, sincere and determined. "If you can't find it today, look for it tomorrow. If you can't find it tomorrow, look for it the day after tomorrow. Keep looking day by day and you'll eventually find it. Anyway, you absolutely have to look for it."