After struggling for two quarters of an hour, Zhou Yan and Lin Xing finally reached the top of the cliff.

Lin Xing dusted off the hem of her clothes, and from the corner of her eye, she noticed that Zhang Ping and Zhao Jie both lowered their heads in shame.

She bent down in confusion and faced Zhao Jie's face, but he unnaturally avoided her.

Lin Xing felt strange and was about to ask when she suddenly heard a crisp sound.

"Plop——"

Zhou Yan and Lin Xing looked at each other in confusion. They looked at Zhang Ping and saw him kneeling on the ground respectfully, holding the sword in both hands and loudly saying: "I am guilty, please punish me."

Zhao Jie was also a little confused, but he also felt guilty. Seeing Zhang Ping's appearance, he considered for a moment and knelt down in front of Lin Xing like a cat or a tiger.

"Zhao Jie is guilty, please ask sister to punish him."

Lin Xing:......

What did this boy Zhao Jie commit?

She was only trapped for three days. Zhao Jie wouldn't have secretly sold the shop, right?

Lin Xing squeezed her sweat and asked tentatively: "What did you do?"

"Qingyunhui didn't get the leader."

Zhao Jie's voice was muffled.

The big stone in Lin Xing's heart has finally fallen.

What is this?

Although she and Zhou Yan were trapped in the cliff for three days in the rain and wind, Lin Xing's anger was not as strong as before because of her random thoughts.

And looking at Zhao Jie's reaction, he must have suffered for a few days.

She waved her hand, pulled Zhao Jie up, and said with a straight face: "I don't care whether your Qingyun Society can get the leader, I just hope you can learn some real skills from it. Although you ranked second this time, it just shows that

People should not be arrogant and arrogant. There are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. You still have a lot to learn."

Zhao Jie nodded solemnly: "I have remembered it all."

"According to our promise that day, you can only do whatever you want if you get the leader of the Qingyun Society. Now you..." Lin Xing drawled.

Zhao Jie immediately understood what she meant. He nodded and replied: "I know, I will study hard to manage a store."

Lin Xing nodded with satisfaction, her eyes falling on Zhang Ping and Zhou Yan.

Zhang Pingzheng was reporting on the events of the past three days: "Nian Qi died."

"What?" Zhao Jie reacted greatly. He took a few steps forward and came to Zhou Yan and Zhang Ping. "This must be Li Yannian's method. The prince and his sister disappeared. He knew that Zhang Ping would definitely lead people to search for them and took the opportunity to find them."

It took years of life.”

After a pause, Zhao Jie asked again: "Where was Ruipeng that year?"

"Nian Ruipeng was seriously injured, and we have sent people to treat him." Zhang Ping looked at Zhou Yan, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and was not in a hurry to answer. On the contrary, Zhao Jie danced happily.

He clasped his hands in his fists, eager to try: "He must be going to find that Li Yannian to settle accounts. He must be guilty of being so anxious to silence Nian Qi."

Seeing that he was active, Lin Xing stopped Zhao Jie and deliberately asked: "Have you ever thought about why Li Yannian feels guilty?"

Seeing that Zhao Jie couldn't answer, Lin Xing said: "Li Yannian is very incompetent and knows that once the fairy ointment is revealed, he will not be able to protect himself, so he can only think of making such a desperate move. He has already lost his position."

Zhou Yan nodded in approval, looked at Zhang Ping and asked, "Zhang Ping, did you find anything at the scene?"

Zhang Ping took out a hidden weapon from his sleeve pocket: "The assassins on the scene used this kind of hidden weapon in large numbers. Although the hidden weapon does not have a totem, the material used to make this hidden weapon is Zuomen Steel, which is precious and expensive."

Zhou Yan put the concealed weapon in his hand, weighed it, and put it back in Zhang Ping's hand.

Looking at the entire Yuzhou City, there is only one Li Yannian who is so wealthy.

Zhou Yan got on his horse and said, "Let the news out that the Nian family was assassinated and returned home."

"yes."

The group of people took Nian Ruipeng back to the magistrate's office. Yang Pei'an had received the news early and was waiting outside the door. Seeing Zhou Yan and others dismounting, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he got up there, another carriage stopped in front of the prefect's gate.

Li Yannian walked over surrounded by two maids, and when he saw Zhou Yan was there, he pretended to be surprised and said: "I didn't expect that the crown prince has arrived. I just got the news that the Nian family was assassinated, so I rushed here in a hurry."

"I didn't expect Mr. Li to be so busy and care about the Nian family's affairs." Lin Xingxiao sarcastically said.

"It's my duty to pay more attention to a case as big as the Fairy Cream." Li Yannian quietly changed the subject and looked at Zhou Yan, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Nian family was assassinated. Have you found out who the assassin was?"

"Master Li cares so much about the Nian family. He knows the assassination better than I do, so I don't need to say more, right?" Zhou Yan asked in return.

Seeing the unprovoked tension between the two of them, Yang Pei'an wiped away cold sweat and tried to make peace: "Master Li, His Royal Highness, if you have anything to do, we might as well go into the palace and tell you. Being here at the door will make people suspicious."

Zhou Yan nodded: "Master Yang is right, so I will take the first step."

Yang Pei'an followed a few people and always felt that something was abnormal.

Li Yannian on the left and Zhou Yan on the right are both people he cannot afford to offend.

But Li Yannian still had an excuse to deal with it. As for Zhou Yan, the unstable master, if he accidentally offended him, I'm afraid it's not clear when his head would fall off.

Yang Pei'an rubbed his chin and secretly guessed: He died in 1999. There was no evidence regarding the immortal ointment, so he could only stay in Yuzhou awaiting trial.

In the past, the Nian family had some conflicts with Zhou Yan. Could it be that Zhou Yan came here specifically to keep an eye on it?

Just in case, Yang Pei'an made another excuse to send Li Yannian away. He came to Zhou Yan alone, handed him a cup of hot tea, and asked tentatively: "Do you want me to severely punish the Nian family?"

Zhou Yan took a sip, but was not in a hurry to answer.

He estimated the time, drank a cup of hot tea, and then turned his attention back to Yang Pei'an: "You can handle the affairs of the Nian family as you see fit."

Zhou Yan's words were vague, but Yang Pei'an could see all his attitude.

He had a plan in his mind.

Regarding the Nian family's fairy ointment, only Nian Ruipeng's testimony was available. Nian Qi died. If one of the Nian family members refused to admit it, the government would not be able to do anything to him.

At most, it's just a private ship trading operation and a seizure of property.

But with Zhou Yan at his side, Yang Pei'an patted the coffin, looked at the kneeling Nian family under the stage, cleared his throat, and said straightly: "Since Nian, he has privately opened a ship trading business and sold fairy ointment. He has committed a heinous crime. His family's property will be confiscated. The entire family will be confiscated."

Beheaded and executed soon!"

Behead the entire clan!

Except for Nian Ruipeng, the others were all limp, lying on the ground as if they had suffered a huge blow.

Even Li Yannian tightened his grip on the armrest.

"Master Li, are you not satisfied with this punishment?" Zhou Yan asked leisurely, holding hot tea, "The fairy ointment has brought harm to the common people, and Master Li must have seen it."
Chapter completed!