The sun sets west, and in the Yuelai Inn, the shopkeeper Zhao Qing looked anxious, sometimes nervous, sometimes nervous, and sometimes hideous in the room.

Even though he was afraid of Lu Xiao, he knelt for several hours, but he could not get any response. After the sun had already passed, suspicion began to arise in his heart. So, after he had to pluck up the courage and walked to the door carefully, Zhao Qing carefully opened the door and observed the situation in the room through the crack, hoping that his guess was correct.

His guess was naturally correct. Lu Xiao was still chasing Li Dali with all his might. How could he stay in the room without knowing the clone technique?

Seeing that Lu Xiao was really not in the room, Zhao Qing, who had been holding his breath and did not dare to breathe, couldn't help but let out a long breath, but immediately, his heart that had just relaxed was raised.

Lu Xiao disappeared.

Where did he go? What did he do? How much does what he did have to do with the mistakes he made today?

Countless questions filled Zhao Qing's mind in an instant, making him stunned and a little panicked for a moment.

Although it is roughly possible that Lu Xiao had the order from Zuo Qianhu to come to Xin'an County this time, in addition to building this Yuelai Inn as a stronghold, Zhao Qing could not help but associate Lu Xiao's disappearance with Li Dali's escape. After all, the time when Lu Xiao disappeared was too coincidental, and Zhao Qing did not forget that Lu Xiao was very concerned about Li Dali's matter not long ago. Before he received a definite reward, Lu Xiao could not have suddenly disappeared without leaving any orders.

Therefore, although Zhao Qing was very eager for Lu Xiao's disappearance this time because he suddenly received an order, reason told him that Lu Xiao's disappearance was 90% related to Li Dali's abscond.

The result of this derivation undoubtedly made Zhao Qing even more panicked, because no matter whether Lu Xiao could successfully capture Li Dali, it would be a result of the end of the world for him.

If Lu Xiao succeeded in capturing Li Dali with his own strength, then his incompetence would be revealed. Even if Lu Xiao was in a good mood to save his life because of his grasp of Li Dali, I am afraid that he would not be able to raise his head in front of his hands in the future. Moreover, if such a handle falls into Lu Xiao's hands in the future, Lu Xiao's attitude towards him is undoubtedly to ask for it, all depends on his mood.

But if Lu Xiao accidentally fails to catch Li Dali successfully, Zhao Qing's fate will undoubtedly be even more miserable. You don't have to think about it. Lu Xiao will be in a bad mood after the failure. In a bad mood, Zhao Qing, the subordinate who has done his job, will undoubtedly be the best punching bag. At that time, even Zhao Qing, who could have escaped by chance, will have to become the unlucky scapegoat. If it goes further, it will also implicate his son's future and even his life.

Zhao Qing naturally didn't want to die, and he didn't want to implicate his son's future and life. But in Yuelai Inn, he didn't know where Lu Xiao was, except for turning around like a rotating donkey and mule in the room, he could not think of any solution to this problem.

Of course, Zhao Qing had thought that if Lu Xiao had not died very much at the hands of Li Dali, it would have disappeared completely from then on. This is also the reason why Zhao Qing would show ferociousness on his face when he was turning around in the room.

But soon, Zhao Qing gave up on this idea.

As the General Banner of the Jinyiwei, he has been in this position for nearly twenty years. Although he has not taken any further steps for many years, he is also very clear that if Lu Xiao didn't really die at the hands of Li Dali, his fate would not be much better than the previous two situations.

As the Jinyiwei, protecting Shangguan's safety is second only to the task. Unless Shangguan acts alone due to a secret order, if Shangguan makes a mistake when he acts together, then no one of his subordinates will escape, accept internal review, determine the guilt and accept punishment.

Those who are responsible for the light of the crime, especially those who sacrifice their lives to rescue, will naturally be punished. However, like Zhao Qing, who puts Shangguan in a dangerous situation due to his own mistakes, is a serious crime. Although Zhao Qing can use Lu Xiao to notify him to argue, it is obvious that the high-ranking Shangguans above cannot listen to the one or two dispensable refutations of his small general flag.

Therefore, Zhao Qing, who had sorted out everything, had the only way to survive at this moment, hoping that Lu Xiao could successfully arrest Li Dali, but looking at the sunset outside the window, Zhao Qing's confidence in Lu Xiao was getting smaller and smaller.

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Dongsheng Inn, with one person missing, the work in the inn became easier. After a day, Bai Shier felt that he was really relaxed. Although he had to spend more time on his mouth and explained it to those customers who wanted to order some meals several times, moving his mouth was naturally much easier than moving his legs.

"Shopkeeper, why don't you go to the city tomorrow?" The sunset was setting, and Bai Shier, who had no jobs, completely relaxed. He sat on the bench in the lobby, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and chatted with Sun Ji while drinking.

"Hmph, you guy," Sun Ji couldn't understand what he meant. He couldn't help but snorted and cursed with a smile, "The lazy temperament is revealed again. Without the chef, your work has become much easier, but what should I do with the inn? Do you know, if there is a chef, how much money we have made today?"

"Hey, no matter how much money you make, aren't they all from the boss? I am a young man, no matter how much the boss makes, I can't share a piece of copper, right?" Bai Shier, who was scolded by Sun Ji, didn't care at all, and frowned and told Sun Ji about his "reason".

"You guy is such a ungrateful guy," Sun Ji seemed to be really annoyed. He put away his smile, pointed at Bai Shier and cursed in a tight tone, "You forgot who saw you pitiful a few months ago and asked you to come into this inn to give you a place to have something to eat?"

"Oh, why are you so careless, the shopkeeper?" Seeing that Sun Ji seemed really annoyed, Bai Shier knew that he could not make any more fools, so he quickly stood up and waved his hand helplessly, "Am I just kidding you? If I said that, will you really do what I said?"

"Good mouth and smooth tongue." Sun Ji smiled again, "I knew you are here to find me happy again. If you don't pretend, you don't know what other bastards you will say."

"Oh," Just as Bai Shier wanted to speak again, a command came from outside the door and the two were very familiar with each other. At this time, they heard a very shocked voice, "What's the big deal in the store? Why is the shopkeeper going to find the boss in the city?"

The figure flashed, and a figure that looked extremely tall appeared outside the inn gate. The shadow under the setting sun almost covered the entire gate.
Chapter completed!