Ma Cheng swallowed, his throat felt dry as if a knife was cutting it, rubbing against his throat and moving down little by little.

Li Jinlin looked at him with shining eyes: "Really?"

Ma Cheng nodded: "Yes."

Li Jinlin looked at him: "Are you from Beijing?"

Ma Cheng nodded: "Judging from his accent, he is a native of Beijing."

The depression that had been choking Li Jinlin's heart for a few days suddenly eased a little. He looked at Ma Cheng: "I sent a message today that there was an important witness on the carriage that sent your daughter back. They are likely to take action."

Ma Cheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Jinlin: "Didn't you say you would save my daughter?! Why did you use her as bait!"

Li Jinlin held his jaw and forced him to calm down: "I mean what I say."

"But knives and guns have no eyes. The other side must have sent some very powerful people..."

Ma Cheng gritted his teeth, wishing they could break: "You said..."

Li Jinlin looked at him, squinted his eyes, and stared straight into the man's angry and red eyes: "Think about it again, what else do you know?"

Ma Cheng gritted his teeth, and his voice popped out one by one: "No, no."

Li Jinlin said lightly: "The prison car escorting your daughter will arrive in the capital in the evening There are more than a dozen places suitable for ambushes along the way. If I don't send more people, I may... die at any time."

The clanking of chains echoed wildly in the narrow dungeon. The carriage struggled frantically, cursing: "Li Jinlin, if my daughter dies, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

Li Jinlin wiped his hands, stood up lightly, and looked at the people beside him: "Watch it."

He walked out of the dungeon and slowly walked into the light from the dim and damp place.

The mastermind behind it was indeed cautious and cunning... Ma Cheng had told everything he knew, but the information was still not sufficient and not specific enough.

Li Jinlin called his confidant and said in a deep voice: "Investigate all men with the same accent in the capital and nearby areas, who have just lost their wives and are between the ages of 18 and 30."

"Yes!"

He took the sword, jumped on the horse, and personally led a group of people to the outskirts of Beijing.

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Ning County belongs to Qianzhou, at the southernmost end of Qianzhou.

"Zhongba, is it really okay to let Ma Cheng's girl go? If this handle falls into Li Jinlin's hands, who knows what Ma Cheng will say?"

A thin man wearing ordinary coarse cloth asked anxiously while looking at the people around him.

"Stupid or not? How much can Ma Cheng know? He has even seen the young master, let alone his true identity. We were sent to monitor his daughter just to make these leaders loyal."

These people are veterans who have been doing business for many years. They are very experienced. The Sixth Prince and Chu Huan want to control the salt road as soon as possible and then gradually cultivate confidants. They must rely on these people to get started first, but in order to prevent them from doing something behind the scenes, they sent people to monitor.

Ma Che and others did not know Chu Huan's true identity, let alone who was behind Chu Huan.

So as soon as a spy came to Ning County, they immediately evacuated. Their identities are much more important than Ma Cheng.

They have sent someone to send a message to the young master, telling him that they have hidden and have not been caught.

In recent days, entry and exit have been strictly checked. The two did not dare to leave and had to stay temporarily in an inn in Ning County.

"I know this, but I'm still worried."

Zhongjiu scratched his head, took a big sip of hot water, and said, "This time it's really too mysterious. As soon as we arrived in Qianzhou, everyone in the city knew that our car would arrive, and even knew exactly where it was. The key is that he didn't do anything directly, but lurked in the dark, digging a bigger trap, letting people fall into it without anyone noticing..." "

Yes, the emperor personally sent people to investigate. The spies of the Dali Temple have been all over the country in recent days. I heard that two more groups were arrested, and more than a dozen officials were taken to the capital."

This is the most terrifying thing. You don't know what trap you will fall into next, and you don't know how many secrets your enemy knows about you.

There is nowhere to hide, and you can't defend yourself.

"Knock knock--" The door suddenly made a light sound.

The two people's eyes suddenly widened and looked at each other.

The two men drew their swords. Zhongjiu walked to the door and asked as naturally and casually as possible, "Who is it?"

The waiter's enthusiastic voice came from outside the door: "Sir, I'm here to add hot water!"

Zhongjiu walked to the door and saw through the crack that there was indeed only one person outside. He turned around and glanced at Zhongba. The two put their swords back under the pillow and hid them. Zhongjiu walked forward and opened the door, and said naturally, "Sorry to bother you, brother Xiaoer."

The waiter stood in the corridor with a white handkerchief and a bucket, and smiled, "It's done."

The waiter brought the hot water in and bowed, saying, "The two guests have a good rest."

The two nodded.

The waiter turned and walked out, and Zhongjiu got up to close the door.

After bolting the door, Zhongjiu heaved a sigh of relief. He turned around while speaking: "Scare me..." A fine and sharp pain came from his neck. Zhongjiu opened his mouth slightly and looked at the two people in black in front of him in surprise.

Both of them wore black masks that covered their entire faces. Zhongba was sitting at the table, also looking at him stiffly.

One of the women with a graceful figure came over, pried open his mouth, took out the poison and cotton needle in his mouth, carefully checked his sleeves and hair, and then nodded to the tall man behind him.

The man seemed to laugh very lightly, then pulled Zhongba's arm and put it on his shoulder, then walked over and put his arms on both sides of Zhongjiu, clasped his waist, and raised his chin at the woman.

The woman opened the door. The inn had been bought out by them. There was no other guest outside except the waiter who turned a blind eye. There was a carriage parked in the backyard of the inn.

The man took the black cloth and covered the two people's heads. He tied them up with a hemp rope as thick as two fingers and threw them into the carriage.

He untied the knot at the back of his head with his backhand, and there was a small mole at the base of his thumb.

The mask was removed, revealing a young and handsome face.

Xiao Tuo shook his dizzy head.

It must not be easy to bring down the Chu family. They thought at first that Ma Cheng knew Chu Huan's identity, but if the Dali Temple had been using this method for so long and the Chu family was still safe and sound, it was obvious that they didn't know. So even if Ma Cheng was locked up for another year, it would be useless. The useful information he knew was extremely limited.

If they don't press on while the victory is won, the Sixth Prince and the Chu family will come up with some way to escape, and it will be extremely difficult to defeat them next time.

They followed the spy and learned that Ma Cheng had a daughter. They first found Ma Xiuwei through spies. As soon as they arrived, they saw two black shadows rushing out, running very fast, and disappeared in an instant.

The two searched for him in Qianzhou for a whole night and finally found his whereabouts.

At this time, Ma Xiuwei had already left Qianzhou, and the letters sent by Zhongjiu and Zhongba had been intercepted by him. At this time, the letter he asked someone to send to Li Jinlin must have been delivered.

Chu Huan didn't know whether Zhongjiu and Zhongba were in the prison car at this time. The purpose of letting Li Jinlin spread the word was to lure the snake out of its hole, but Xiao Tuo and Jiang Yuanyi were not sure whether the snake would come out of its hole.

But if these two people testified, it would be difficult for Chu Huan to turn over.

Jiang Yuanyi took off the mask, leaving some marks on his face.

Xiao Tuo came over and rubbed her face: "I should have known to wear a veil."

Jiang Yuanyi shook her head: "It's okay, let's go back to the capital."

Xiao Tuo nodded, and the two got on the carriage and hurried back to the capital.

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"Sir! He was caught after all! This, this..."

The person who came to report, his lips trembled, and he trembled and shook out a few words.

Chu Huan stood up, and the calmness he pretended to be in the past few days disappeared in an instant. His face was a little grim, and he grabbed the man's collar, "Didn't I order them to evacuate?!"

"I don't know..."

Chu Huan let go of him, his arms slowly fell to his legs, and he trembled uncontrollably.

This is very likely a deliberate bait to lure him into the trap. But he didn't dare to take the risk. There was no news after all. If the people in the prison car were really them, the consequences would be disastrous.

He knew it might be a trap, but he had to jump in.

He closed his sore eyes, and slowly opened them after a while, looking at the man: "Send out the highest-level shadow guards, they can't be allowed to enter the capital alive."

The highest-level shadow guards trained by the Chu family will commit suicide immediately after completing their mission if they fail to escape.

The subordinate knelt down and said, "Yes."

...

There were three prison cars wrapped in black cloth pressing into the capital. The prison cars were obviously holding serious criminals, and there were nearly a hundred people surrounding the prison cars.

Several hidden arrows were shot from all directions, accurately hitting the prison cars.

"Be careful!"

At this time, they were passing through a canyon, with mountains on both sides. Although they were not high, they were indeed a good place for an ambush.

There were not many people in the ambush, and they were very concealed. The goal was also very clear, which was to kill the people in the prison car.

Li Jinlin narrowed his eyes: "Here they come."

He raised his sword high, and then swung it down fiercely.

At the same time, the people Li Jinlin had placed around quickly stood up and closed the circle, looking for the target.

Not long after, several subordinates came to report: "Report to the lord! Suspicious people were found, but they all committed suicide before we arrived."

Li Jinlin's eyes sank slightly. How powerful must the force behind them be to be able to cultivate such secret guards.

"Take the body back to the Dali Temple."

He said calmly, "Spread the word that I had expected an ambush, and the real prisoner is no longer in these three prison cars, but in another one."

The sky gradually dimmed, and the dazzling sun slowly sank into the west.

"Sir, the prisoner is not in that prison car. It is said that he has been secretly escorted to the capital!"

Chu Huan threw the cup to the ground, and the porcelain cup shattered all over the floor.

He rolled over fiercely with a gloomy face: "Did you find out which road he took and who escorted him?"

"No, sir."

A sharp pain came from his waist and abdomen. The subordinate covered his lower abdomen in pain and knelt down quickly: "I will send someone to check immediately!"

Chu Huan retracted his feet and landed on the cold floor again: "Go quickly."

Li Jinlin understood the other party's mentality. They didn't dare to bet whether there was really a key witness inside. They had lost their composure.

He slowly pulled the three prison carts into the capital and walked towards the Dali Temple.

There was no ambush along the way. Li Jinlin frowned.

Suddenly, more than a dozen cold arrows were released, shooting straight through the heads of the scarecrows covered in black cloth in the three prison carts.

"Catch him!"

Li Jinlin roared.

He was so bold that he actually ambushed at the gate of Dali Temple!

He dismounted and looked in the direction of the arrow. It was dark all around and no one could be seen.

After a careful search, his subordinates came back to report: "Report to the lord, they have not been caught."

Li Jinlin's face darkened: "Search again carefully!"

He turned and entered the black lacquered gate. After passing through the courtyard, he saw two people tied up at the door of his office study. He was stunned for a few moments, and hurried over, only to see a letter thrown on the ground.

He quickly opened it, and it said: "The person who imprisoned Ma Xiuwei."

Li Jinlin's eyes were dark, and he was silent for a few moments, and shouted: "Come here!"

As long as it is in my hands, I can pry open any mouth.

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