In the crowd, a man who looked like a scholar saw something was wrong. He turned around and wanted to use his sight difference to leave quietly. However, he didn't expect that he was being stared at as soon as he turned around.

"Do you know him?"

The guard brought the man over and asked Ye Ergou.

"Isn't this Chen Wen from Songbai Academy?" Someone recognized the scholar, but didn't understand why he was captured here. But with so many people gathered here, there are always one or two smart ones.

"Girl, do you think this man and Ye Ergou are in the same group?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes changed when they looked at Chen Wen. Tao Yaoyao did not answer the people's questions, but looked at Ye Ergou, "This is your last chance to save yourself. If you still choose to give up, no matter what happens in the future, you will be responsible for it."

Ye Ergou saw that someone as smart as Chen Wen had been caught, and his last hope was gone, so he didn't need Tao Yaoyao's persuasion, and he explained everything in one go.

"Ye Ergou, you don't want to live, why are you dragging me down?" Even now, Chen Wen is still maintaining the dignity of a scholar.

It's a pity that Ye Ergou is not a scholar, and he is not so particular. He only has one thought now, that is, to survive. His life is at risk, so betraying Chen Wen and the people behind him is nothing.

"You mean, the person who came to kill Mr. Li is the steward of the county government?" This result was something Tao Yaoyao did not expect. Then he narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Wen, "What about you, are you going to tell me?"

Chen Wen was silent, but his arrogant attitude showed his integrity and character.

Seeing this, Tao Yaoyao was too lazy to pay attention to him and asked someone to go to the Yamen to find the housekeeper. At this time Xie Lan came over, and the moment their eyes met, he could see worry in the other person's eyes.

Whether it is Mr. Li, Chen Wen, Ye Ergou, or the housekeeper, they are all just pawns of the person behind the scenes. Catching them is useless.

But now we can only investigate in detail, otherwise we will never find the person behind the scenes.

After the investigation just now, the housekeeper may be the breakthrough, but their intuition tells them that the housekeeper's line...

"The master is bad, the housekeeper is dead."

really.

The clue was cut off when it reached the housekeeper.

"Tie the two of them to the high platform, and also ask everyone to help find someone to watch them in turn. Make sure no one kills them." They didn't bring many guards to begin with, and they still needed to investigate other things. There are not many people who can stay here. If these people are willing to help, that would be great.

"Girl, I can help."

"We can do that too."

The common people expressed their willingness to help, and finally found a authoritative person to arrange the matter. Tao Yaoyao and Xie Lan returned to the Yamen.

Mr. Li's study has been searched and nothing useful has been found.

Some letters were found in the dormitory, but the people behind the scenes were very cautious. They looked through them dozens of times but could not find any clues.

At dusk, the guard came back to report that Master Li had fainted.

"I took all precautions, but I still failed." When Tao Yaoyao rushed over, Mr. Li had already been carried down, and a doctor was preparing to treat him.

Tao Yaoyao walked a few steps quickly, stopped the doctor, and examined Mr. Li personally. After confirming that he was just poisoned, he asked the doctor to take Mr. Li's pulse.

What she did just now was cryptic, and she didn't stay with Mr. Li for too long, so it was difficult for people to see the flaw. So the doctor said nothing when he looked at it.

"It's poisoning." The doctor was not very knowledgeable and couldn't tell what kind of poison he was poisoned for.

"I am willing to do my best." The doctor is the best doctor in the city. Because he knows what Tao Yaoyao and the others have done, he admires them very much and wants to help them.

After Tao Yaoyao confirmed that this person was available, he nodded and thanked, "Then I'll trouble you, doctor."

"You're welcome. What the girl has done for the people of our city is incomparable to what I have done. We, the people of the city, are so lucky to have met you."

"You're welcome, doctor."

After nightfall, Tao Yaoyao and Xie Lan stood in front of the window and looked outside. Neither of them spoke, but the atmosphere in the room became increasingly solemn.

After the sound of the watchman was heard outside the courtyard wall, the two closed the windows and blew out the candles.

"This is their last chance, so they will definitely not miss this opportunity tonight." Tao Yaoyao had set up traps nearby during the day, waiting for the big show tonight.

And the facts did not disappoint him. Before they closed the window and reached the table, there was movement outside.

The two looked at each other and returned to the window. The moment they opened the window, Tao Yaoyao saw a dozen men in black standing in the yard. Those people moved quickly towards the house where Mr. Li lived.

The people ambush over there were also aware of the situation outside at this time. The leader drew his sword and stood at the door. Just as he was about to take action, hundreds of arrows were fired outside the door. The man in black was unable to dodge and suffered heavy damage.

But this did not repel them, but made them attack fiercely and attack ruthlessly.

The men in black thought that after this wave of sneak attacks were over, they would be able to get close to the house, and they used all their strength to move towards that direction. Who knew that before they could get through the door, another wave of hidden weapons came towards them.

"damn it."

At least half of the men in black were lost in the two hidden weapon attacks. Although the remaining men in black used their full skills to deal with the guards, they were mentally unbalanced and naturally did not have much fighting power.

A quarter of an hour later, all the men in black were killed. The guards took Mr. Li out and let him see with his own eyes the people who wanted to kill him.

"If you continue to refuse to tell the truth, the people who come to kill you tomorrow night will really kill you." Tao Yaoyao reminded him, "After all, leaving a useless person is time-consuming and labor-intensive. I don't have the patience."

Mr. Li is greedy for life and afraid of death. For this life, he will do anything crazy.

Even now, he still wants to live in his heart.

He didn't believe that his master would give up on him before. After all, he had known a lot of secrets about his master over the years, but everything that happened today made him have to admit that his master really wanted him to die.

If Tao Yaoyao and the others really stopped protecting him, he would really have no choice but to die.

But...he wants to live. But Tao Yaoyao and the others are no match for their master. Even if he joins them now, he will only die in the future...

"You may not care about your own life or death, but your son does."

Master Li suddenly raised his head, looking at him warily and tentatively. He looked like he didn't believe that Tao Yaoyao knew that he had a son.

Yes, Mr. Li knew that what he had done was unjust, and he was worried about retaliation. He was also worried that what he had done would be retributive on his children.

So when they were very young, they were given to relatives to raise. But just like that, after so many years, they only had one son to support in the end.

So he could be said to be responsive to his son's requests, which hurt in his bones. I don't even want anyone to know.

He thought he had protected the child well, but he didn't expect that they would find him in just one day.

His son is Mr. Li's bottom line, and he is also a person more important than his life, so when he looked at Tao Yaoyao this time, his eyes were a little more cautious.

Tao Yaoyao smiled when he saw this. Then someone waved his hand and someone came over with a young man.

When the young man saw Master Li, he had an angry look on his face, and then looked at Tao Yaoyao angrily, "Why did you bring me here? I have nothing to do with this person.

If you arrest me because of him, just give up. He doesn't want me, so how could he do it because I said what you want to know. "

The boy's name was Li Zheng. When Tao Yaoyao learned his name, her expression was very intriguing. She had no choice but to have such a father who was full of evil.

The son's name was chosen correctly, which is really hard not to make people sigh.

Li Zheng is fifteen years old and is still studying. He is a young man with a very sense of justice. He didn't seem to know his identity. Later, when he heard that his father was the biggest villain in the county, he became very angry.

I have to say that Mr. Li has been doing evil for half his life, and he has such a son. I don’t know whether it is a blessing or retribution for his Li family.

He gave his son up for adoption in order to protect him, but it also pushed him further away.

But this child is kind enough, which shows that his adoptive parents are good people.

"That's enough." Mr. Li asked Tao Yaoyao to take Li Zheng away. After there were only three of them left in the room, he was finally willing to speak, "You have actually guessed who my master is, but there is no evidence before. , so I just want to hear it from my mouth.

Now I will tell you that my master is the second prince.

It was also he who found me who was on the run. At first, I thought he was going to take me back, but who knew he sent me to this place and made me the county magistrate.

Having lived this long, I have long disbelieved in pie-in-the-sky things, but at that time I had no other choice. So I accepted his kindness.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before he sent someone to find me and asked me to use him. He also asked me to help him do evil things, secretly investigate the background of people in the court, and then blackmail those people for his use.

I have indeed done a lot of bad things over the years, but I have no choice but to do these things. I know that even if I say everything now, you won't let me go.

I have only one request, and that is don't touch my son, he really doesn't know anything.

Everything is done by me and I am willing to bear the consequences. "

It was indeed the second prince.

After working for most of the night, they finally got the answer they wanted, but their expressions became more solemn.

Originally, they planned to hand the person over to the emperor, but now Xie Lan changed his mind, "Send the person to Prince Xin's Mansion first, and then take him into the palace after we come back."

King Xin's fiefdom is nearby. It would be a good idea to send Mr. Li there.

Tao Yaoyao agreed after thinking about it, but she was a little worried that if the matter was exposed, it might bring unnecessary trouble to Prince Xin's palace.

And she doesn't want to cause trouble to anyone now.

"Don't worry, I will let people continue to pretend to be Mr. Li, and then send the fake Mr. Li to Beijing. Then the second prince will send people to kill him and let him succeed."

By that time, the second prince must have thought that they had left, so he did not focus all his attention on this, which would not arouse his suspicion.