Chapter 917: The Qingyuan City Lord's Mansion Massacre

The two went to the backyard, where there was a set of stone table and chairs under the grape trellis.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Mo Beihan spoke.

Thinking of the two people she had just seen and their resentful gazes, Qiao Ran's eyes became cold:

"I saw those two people too. They looked at me as if I had killed their entire family. Such venomous snakes that bear a grudge against the Master cannot be allowed to stay. I will find a way to deal with them."

Hearing this, Mo Beihan's eyes also turned cold:

"Ran Ran, you've been too busy recently. Now that you finally have some free time, take a good rest. Those two are just small fry, not worth your trouble. I'll deal with them tonight."

Qiao Ran looked at his slightly tired face and felt a little warm in her heart.

This person had just finished his work outside and hadn't had a good rest yet, but he wanted to help her solve the problem.

She shook her head:

"No need. I can handle my own problems myself. They hate me so much, if they don't die in my hands, won't they die with regrets?"

A hint of hurt flashed in the depths of Mo Beihan's eyes.

Ranran still treated him as an outsider and was unwilling to trouble him with such a small matter.

In fact, he really hoped that she would not be so distant and could rely on him occasionally.

Even if it was just a small thing or a small favor, he was happy to help her.

Qiao Ran didn't see the hurt in his eyes. She took out a small porcelain bottle from her bag:

"This Guben Huiyuan Pill can help you quickly recover your energy and keep you energetic."

The resentful look disappeared instantly, and Mo Shizi's eyes lit up. He happily took the porcelain bottle with both hands, and confirmed in disbelief:

"Give it to me?"

Qiao Ran looked at him strangely:

"If not you, who should I give it to? If you don't want it, you can give it to Mu Er and the others."

"Yes, yes, yes! I want it! You gave it to me on your own initiative!"

He quickly and carefully hid the porcelain bottle close to his body, as if it were a rare treasure.

After putting the porcelain bottle away, Mo Beihan turned serious and told the reason why he was going out this time:

"Ran Ran, Prince Ping seems to have made some unusual moves. This time, the emperor sent me to Qingyuan City to investigate the murder of the entire family of the city lord named Li Qingyuan. However, I accidentally found a letter in the dark room of the city lord's bedroom. Take a look."

As he spoke, he pulled out a small package carefully wrapped in oil paper from his lapel.

Qiao Ran took it and uncovered the oil paper, revealing a stack of letters inside.

After quickly browsing through the contents, Qiao Ran's expression became a little strange and solemn:

"The Lord of Qingyuan City seems to have a special relationship with King Ping! If he is King Ping's accomplice, why was his entire family exterminated?"

It was the first time she had seen such ambiguous correspondence between men. For the reserved ancients, the content was really shocking.

Thinking of the corpses and bloodstains scattered throughout the City Lord's Mansion, as well as the tragic deaths of the young women and handsome boys who were brutally raped, Mo Beihan's handsome face was covered with frost:

"I heard that the city lord and Prince Ping were childhood playmates. Actually, they are related by marriage. A concubine in Prince Ping's mansion is the sister-in-law of the Qingyuan city lord, and the Qingyuan city lord is also the cousin of Prince Ping's mother. They played very well together when they were young. Later, the city lord became a supporter of Prince Ping. The two colluded with each other and plundered a lot of people's wealth. The city lord also found a lot of beautiful women and boys for Prince Ping. Logically, Prince Ping had no reason to be so cruel to the city lord."

At this point, Mo Beihan also showed a puzzled expression.

"Mu Yi and his team only found out that a few days before the murder of the City Lord's Mansion, Prince Ping went to another city near Qingyuan City, but they found no trace of him going to Qingyuan City. However, Prince Ping's love of pedophilia is a characteristic of Prince Ping, and those female relatives must have been raped by Prince Ping's men."

Qiao Ran nodded, thoughtfully:

"Prince Ping is good at digging secret rooms and secret passages. Maybe he entered Qingyuan City through the secret passage."

When I first met King Ping in Linzhou City, he disappeared through the secret passage.

Moreover, there are secret rooms and secret passages in Prince Ping's mansion. This man is like a rat in the gutter, used to digging secret rooms and secret passages everywhere.

Mo Beihan nodded:

"Time is tight. I'm in a hurry to report to the emperor, so I don't have time to investigate. I'll go to Qingyuan Mansion in a few days to see if there is a secret passage leading out of the city. Why did Prince Ping want to kill the city lord?"

Qiao Ran thought for a while and said:

"Come find me then. I want to go with you."

She had a hunch that the Qingyuan Mansion might be another gold hiding place of King Ping.