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The memorial hall was located in the southern part of the city and had been abandoned for a long time.

Originally, the dynasty was owned by a large family. However, later on, the son of this family was expropriated due to rebellion. The house was originally divided up by the imperial family as a matter of course.

However, for some reason, after being sold so many times, something bad would always happen.

In the end, no one dared to live here anymore. Even though the Department of Revenue couldn't bear to part with it, they had no choice but to abandon it.

After being abandoned, the place gradually became dilapidated.

At some point in time, this place had been picked up by someone as a memorial hall. Especially the currently remaining courtyard, which was located in a remote location, the winter sun could not be seen, and the summer weather was even more gloomy and awkward, completely meeting the requirements of the memorial hall.

There was still some distance between here and the center of the Imperial City.

It took less than an hour to get there. However, after entering, the road had become dilapidated from years of travel and it had already rotted away. Since they couldn't get past the carriage, they had to go by themselves.

Thankfully, they were not pampered. They got out of the carriage and headed directly toward the source of the noise.

Unexpectedly, before he could even take two steps, he seemed to see someone rushing over!

They also felt it was strange seeing that person's panicked expression, so they immediately stopped him and asked, "Who do you think it is?"

Unexpectedly, when that person saw them, his expression changed drastically. He did not know why, but he continued taking a few steps back.

Seeing him like this, they immediately felt strange.

The guards coughed and ignored everything else. Immediately, someone ran over to grab him.

The man was about fifty years old and had a stooped waist. However, he had a rather sturdy body and walked very fast. He must have also practiced some martial arts.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Seeing his panicked look, Xi Mengyao felt that she was not a good person, without waiting to catch him, she immediately asked.

But who would have thought that after their group passed by, the old man would suddenly turn around and run away from a corner.

Seeing this, Xi Mengyao knew that he was hiding something.

He also hurried over and ordered, "Why are you guys chasing? "Up the wall!"

When the guards saw this, they immediately understood what was going on. They went up the wall and looked in the direction of the man who was running. After a while, he was brought back.

The man was scared out of his wits. He kneeled on the ground and asked with a trembling voice, "What are you guys doing?"

After he said that, he seemed to have thought of something, and frowned, he looked at Xi Mengyao, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Although I do not know who you are, but, what you guys want to say is a big matter right?"

"So what?"

"If... If you want to know, then... "Then …" That person seemed to be threatening him, but who knew that he wouldn't be able to say it out loud.

Xi Mengyao laughed coldly, and spoke up for him. "If you are willing, then tell me what you know here, and we can talk about it together. If you are hiding anything behind your back and we find out, then don't blame me for being rude."

As she spoke, she turned around and drew the sabre from the guard's waist, which was resting on his neck.

"..." "Masters, please spare me, I really don't know anything!" When the old man saw this, his face turned pale and he kneeled on the ground, begging for mercy. He had no intention of defending himself.

When the two saw this, they became even more confused.

If it wasn't for the fact that he was in trouble, he probably wouldn't have begged for mercy so easily … Xi Mengyao and Song Chongjing looked at each other.

After the two of them had a look, they gave a signal to the guards beside them.

The guard understood and immediately took him away.

Who knew that after only two steps, the person seemed to have noticed something and turned around to kowtow towards them. "Honorable guests, this really has nothing to do with me! There are some things that I only just found out about. If you want to find out, you must not find out about my family! "

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice, looking extremely afraid.

Seeing him in such a state, the two of them felt embarrassed to make things too difficult for him.

Xi Mengyao walked over, looked at him, thought for a moment, and shook her head: "Since it's like this, we are not unreasonable people either. If this really has nothing to do with you, then we will definitely not continue to investigate and implicate our family. "

As she spoke, she paused for a moment.

"However, if it has anything to do with your family, you cannot blame us for being heartless." As she spoke, she looked deeply at the old man.

The man's expression changed, but he remained calm.

"Don't worry, if the sin is not enough to kill us, we won't hold on tight." As Xi Mengyao watched, she had an idea in her mind. She also sighed and shook her head: "Take him down. Remember, your mouth is yours. If you want to say anything, just say it. However, you only have one life, so you have to think about what to say and what not to say. "

After hearing that, the people all stared at Xi Mengyao for a long while, and when they were taken away, they could not help but turn back.

Xi Mengyao also watched as that person lowered her head dejectedly in the end, and was brought away without saying another word.

Song Chongjing also walked over at this time, and asked her puzzledly: "Just what did you discover?"

Xi Mengyao shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if you find something, it's just that … I feel that this person is very strange, I only asked a probing question. Since he is like this, it seems that he doesn't know of the big scheme behind this … "

Those who knew of it would have been threatened as well. They wouldn't be so naive.

"I don't think that even if I ask him, he'll get anything out of it. It's better to just try to beat around the bush."

In that case, he might even be able to follow the vines and pull out other matters.

"He could have mentioned his family just now. His family must have been threatened. Ask your subordinates to investigate carefully, but they must be clear about the family's matters, I'm afraid this person is not simple as well. "

"If that's the case, that's true," Song Chongjing nodded his head, half squinting his eyes as he looked in the direction of the person who was leaving, and then followed Xi Mengyao's instructions.

While the two of them were walking, guards had already entered the memorial hall.

At this time, the guards came over to say that it was safe inside to let them feel at ease.

Xi Mengyao and the others could only nod their heads. After a few steps, they could smell the stench from far away. Not only was it the smell of a corpse, there were also some other unknown things.

It smelled like a gathering of refugees who had been driven out after the plague in the mountains.

Xi Mengyao covered her nose, and looked around.

When the two of them reached the entrance, Xi Mengyao saw a corner of the wall and shouted, "Wait!"