The crying sound startled the people who were eating sweet potatoes in the room.
Ma Wencai looked at Song Shulan, who was crying and snotting, in confusion, "Brother, I've given you the sweet potato, why are you still crying?"
Song Shulan wiped the tears from her face with difficulty using her hands trapped in the wooden shackles, and she spoke while crying.
"I miss my grandmother. When I was a child, she baked sweet potatoes for me in the same way. And this baked sweet potato tastes very similar to hers. I have been looking for it for a long time but couldn't find one that is so similar."
After saying that, he took another big bite of the sweet potato, wanting to taste the same flavor in his memory again.
Ma Wencai scratched his head, walked to Xu Jinhuan and whispered, "Boss Xu, do you think we can ask him questions now, and make him confess everything by the light of the roasted sweet potatoes?"
Xu Jinhuan nodded and smiled, "You performed well today, I'll give you an extra chicken drumstick tonight."
Ma Wencai felt a little embarrassed when he was suddenly praised, but then he smiled proudly at Li Yichang and showed off.
Li Yichang's head was filled with black lines. Did this guy forget that this place originally belonged to him? Now the wool is coming from him, why is he showing off there?
Xu Jinhuan didn't notice the exchange of glances between the two people beside her. She walked up to Song Shulan and spoke in a gentle and persuasive manner.
"As long as you tell me everything you know, I will definitely save your life, and then you can eat as many baked sweet potatoes as you want."
Song Shulan fell into deep thought after hearing this. She had just cried for a while and vented all her emotions. Now she was somewhat rational.
Then he asked tentatively: "Really? Even if the killers from Deyi Building come, you can protect me?"
Xu Jinhuan smiled and nodded, with a hint of dominance in his tone, "As long as I don't agree, no one else can kill you."
Song Shulan thought of her previous battle with Xu Jinhuan and knew that she did have some skills, so she asked again, "Then there is really no limit on the amount of roasted sweet potatoes. Can I eat them whenever I want?"
Xu Jinhuan suppressed his smile and continued to nod, "It's always available, and it still tastes the same."
After receiving a positive answer, Song Shulan heaved a sigh of relief, "I am indeed a bronze medalist in Deyi Building. I have been living by taking on missions. This mission actually failed a long time ago."
After hearing this, Xu Jinhuan and Li Yichang looked at each other without saying anything, and continued to wait for Song Shulan to finish speaking.
“This mission is not at all as difficult as a level 3 mission, but for some reason the manager assigned it as a level 3 mission, and I didn’t want to take it.
But Deyi Building has a rule that individual people must take a fixed task every month. The manager distributed this task as a fixed task, so I had to take it.
That Xiang Linsheng was also an unlucky guy who was chosen by the steward. "
Song Shulan smiled helplessly when she said this, and then continued.
"The mission we received was to disguise ourselves and replace others to enter the exile team, and then quietly wait for the arrival of the horse bandits.
During the killings, the bandits took away a few witnesses at random, and then went to the capital to beat the drum to file a complaint with the emperor.
Xu Jinhuan was surprised, "Sue the Emperor? Who should you sue?"
Song Shulan replied, "Concubine Wu's maternal brother, Wu Daoyi."
Li Yichang opened his mouth wide when he heard this. It turned out that when they were taking action before, there was an ambush next to them.
Xu Jinhuan sneered and said, "This is interesting. The person who issued this task must be someone in the court, and he is not on good terms with the Wu family.
But he clearly knew that the bandits wanted to harm people, but he didn't think about saving people, but only about collecting evidence. He is not a good person either."
Song Shulan nodded, "Because I was forced to accept this task, I have been paying attention to the manager of Deyi Building.
It turns out that he was very close to the eunuchs around the prince during that period, and got a lot of treasures. I guess the person who issued the task might be from the prince's lineage."
Xu Jinhuan looked puzzled, "This prince of the dynasty can't be so poor that he can only afford to publish third-level figures in Deyi Tower?"
Song Shulan thought for a moment and said, "I heard a rumor the day I accepted the mission, saying that Deyi Tower would not accept missions involving exiled people.
So I was a little surprised when I found out that the task was to join the exile team. Now that I think about it, that task might have been forced to be thrown here for the bronze medal."
Xu Jinhuan nodded, accepting Song Shulan's explanation. She suddenly asked, "Why didn't you leave quietly, but instead fled in a big way?"
Song Shulan smiled helplessly, "I really wanted to sneak away, but I don't know what happened to Xiang Linsheng. He didn't tell me anything and just acted on his own."
Xu Jinhuan nodded. It seemed that Xiang Linsheng might not be that simple. He would have to ask him more carefully during the interrogation.
Then Xu Jinhuan looked at Song Shulan and asked with a smile: "Since you are replacing someone else, what is your real name? This should not be your real appearance."
When Song Shulan mentioned this, his face was full of pride. He pointed to his face and said with a smile: "My name is Su Sanxi. Of course, this is not my real appearance. I used a pig skin mask."
Xu Jinhuan blinked. She had heard of human skin masks, but she had never seen a pig skin mask.
Su Sanxi touched his face with great effort, rubbed the edge of his face, and quickly tore off a mask, revealing a handsome face.
"I made this mask specially for you. It looks quite real when you put it on, but you can't look at it too closely. If you look at it too much, it will start to look fake."
Xu Jinhuan took the mask that was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the surprise in his eyes became more and more intense. This is a talented person!
Still a talented person who can innovate!
"I know what you said. As long as Xiang Linsheng says something similar to what you said, you won't have to wear the shackles anymore."
Under Su Sanxi's expectant gaze, Xu Jinhuan left the house.
At this time, the atmosphere in Deyi Building in the capital was very depressing.
"Master, it was my fault that I failed to discipline my subordinates, which led to the rejected mission going to the Bronze Medal. Please, Master, be lenient with me and spare my life, considering my hard work for the building this year."
The head shopkeeper of Deyilou, who was usually treated as a guest of honor, was now kneeling in front of a young man in fear and trepidation, with sweat pouring down his face.
Zhou Ziheng looked at the manager coldly. There was no need to keep the disobedient dog any longer. He waved his hand casually, as if brushing off the dust in the air.
A man in black suddenly appeared in the originally empty room. He walked up to the shopkeeper and dragged him out the door.
"Master, spare my life!"
The head shopkeeper begged for mercy in panic, but unfortunately the people in the room still had indifferent expressions on their faces, and there was no fluctuation in their expressions at all because of his words.
Zhou Ziheng listened to the increasingly loud noise and frowned slightly, "Wuyou, do I need to teach you this kind of thing?"
Wuyou, who was holding the chief shopkeeper, immediately responded respectfully, "Yes, Master, Wuyou understands."
Afterwards, he simply grabbed the head shopkeeper's neck and twisted it. The head shopkeeper, who had been making a lot of noise, became completely silent.
Zhou Ziheng walked to the bedside and looked at the heavy rain outside. He seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of tenderness flashed in his cold eyes.
But when he turned around again, he was still the cold and proud owner of Deyi Building, "Deal with those who betrayed their master, and then find something for Prince Da Gan and the Wu family to do."
"Yes, Master!"
Wuyou replied and then disappeared in an instant.
"Master, I just received a message from Miss Xu, would you like to read it..."
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