Therefore, he deliberately comforted the woman. He hoped that through her, he could win over her father and help him. So, during the day, when she deliberately fell into his arms, he did not push her away. On the contrary, Xiao Heng He also deliberately comforted her. It seemed that An'er knew about this, otherwise she wouldn't have asked him like this.

Xiao Heng finally answered truthfully, and Shen Lian chose to believe his words. After all, a person's eyes can't lie. She kept looking at him and didn't miss any thoughts in his eyes.

Seeing that he was indeed honest, he should not have lied to her. So, she quickly revealed the matter and then started talking about the business. After listening to her method, Xiao Heng thought in silence for a while. , he raised his head to look at her, and the two began to discuss each other. An hour later, they had already agreed on a plan.

After two days, the leading courtiers began to fall silent. Moreover, the rumors spreading outside also began to show signs of dissipating. In the past few days, Shen Lian left the palace at night and went to several places. She She also found several people and used illusions on them. Not only did she let them be used by her, but she also tried to use illusions to find the source of the rumors.

Finally, three days later, she had a clue about the person behind the rumor. Or rather, where it came from in the first place. After she had the clue, she went to find the person behind the rumor.

She forgot to discuss it with Xiao Heng and went directly. Then, an accident happened, which almost made her unable to come back. Shen Lian left the city directly. According to what she learned from a minister, the person behind this was extremely powerful. It may be in Shilipo outside the city. However, that person is not settled there. He may leave at any time.

She used illusion magic on the minister, so it was true. Therefore, Shen Lian went directly to the ten-mile slope outside the city without doubting that he was there. When she arrived at the ten-mile slope, she found a pavilion there.

And at this time, there were indeed a few people in the pavilion. The appearance and clothing of one of them were very consistent with what the minister said. So Shen Lian disappeared and flew over. She stopped in front of the pavilion. Go up and sit leisurely and listen to what they say below. After listening for a while, Shen Lian frowned slightly. They all said irrelevant things and did not mention anything about the rumors.

Or, mention half a word about the sharks.

Shen Lian was a little confused, but she still listened patiently. She didn't know how long it took, but suddenly, she heard the word "mermaid". She immediately became attentive, but the words were intermittent and she couldn't hear them clearly. . Shen Lian felt a little strange. You must know that sharks are different from ordinary people. Her ears are very sensitive. It is impossible that she can't hear.

Even if they lowered their voices, it should be very clear to the shark's ears. However, she really couldn't hear clearly, so Shen Lian planned to fall closer.

However, when she fell, a strong wind suddenly came towards her. Shen Lian turned over and hid. She immediately became wary and looked at them carefully. Logically speaking, they should not be able to see it. It was her turn. Could it be just a coincidence that Shen Lian stood not far from the pavilion and looked at them. However, after that, they stopped moving again.

It was as if the strong wind just now was just her illusion.

The more Shen Lian thought about it, the weirder she became, but she just looked at them quietly. When she approached them again, another strong wind came from the other direction. Shen Lian immediately dodged away. With her leap, she came just in time Arriving at the other side of the pavilion, this time, the attacks started to come incessantly, and she could only dodge as much as possible to avoid being discovered by the people in the pavilion if she fought back.

However, after a while, Shen Lian understood. I am afraid that the people in the pavilion had discovered her existence a long time ago. Therefore, they began to attack her quietly, and she thought she had not been discovered. Since Since she has been discovered, she doesn't have to hide anything anymore. As long as she doesn't show her true face in front of them, that's fine.

As a result, Shen Lian appeared, but at the same time a veil was hung on her face, blocking her appearance. Her movement was agile and elegant, and her speed was extremely fast. It was impossible for them to get close to her.

But gradually, Shen Lian discovered clues. These attacks all carried spiritual power. It was obviously not something ordinary people could do. It seemed that there were masters among them. Moreover, this master was probably not simple. Shen Lian was on one side. While dodging, he looked at that person. The person who was suspected to be behind the rumor incident, he had been sitting there calmly.

He did not participate in the battle, but sat aside and watched them.

It seems that he is indeed the leader of these people, Shen Lian thought as he planned to capture the thief first. As long as he captures this person, the master hidden among them should appear. The next moment Shen Lian, She appeared next to that person and grabbed him with one hand, intending to catch him in her hand. But when her hand was about to touch his neck, a burst of spiritual power suddenly hit her back.

If she wanted to return to defense, she had to give up and turn around. If she insisted on catching that person, she would have to suffer this blow. Shen Lian rolled his eyes and had an idea in his mind. He had to take the risk. So, She ignored the spiritual power behind her and still pinched his neck with one hand.

When she pinched the man's neck with her hands, the spiritual power also hit her hard on the back. Shen Lian immediately vomited blood, but pinched the man's neck before turning around. She saw a man standing behind her. He had a scar on his face, which was impressive at first glance. He was squinting his eyes and looking at her dangerously.

Shen Lian did not dare to take it lightly, forcing the man to walk in front of her, and then she walked forward slowly. The man with the scar on his face looked at this scene with uncertainty. This made Shen Lian a little surprised. She caught their leader, wouldn't he be unmoved at all? Thinking of this, she began to feel uneasy.

Perhaps, she caught the wrong person, and the person in her hand was not what she thought. Thinking of this, Shen Lian looked at the person in her hand. A somewhat delicate face, with red lips and white teeth, but His appearance was only average. Judging from his age, he shouldn't be old. At this moment, she was grabbing him by the neck, and there was only panic in his eyes.

But she had caught him for a while, but he never told those people to step back in order to save his own life. There was nothing but panic in his eyes. Could he really be the person behind the scenes manipulating the rumors?

Shen Lian had a vague guess in her heart, but she was just not sure. She had observed that although these other people had high martial arts skills, they had no spiritual power. Facing her with spiritual power, they were not a threat. However, Only the scarred man in front of me is different. His spiritual power is quite high, and the battle just now was mainly led by him.

Shen Lian looked at them carefully again. Several others were more or less worried, but the scarred man in front of her did not look strange at all. It seemed that he did not care too much about the hostage in her hands. .

Then, Shen Lian thought, there were only two possibilities. First, the man with the scar had the same status as the person in her hands, and there was no master or subordinate, so he didn't care; second, he was not the person in her hands. His subordinates or people related to him, so the scarred man never cared about his life or death. Shen Lian thought to herself that no matter what happened, it would not be good for her.

She was not sure that he would win.

Moreover, the shark clan is on land, after all, not as good as in the water. Moreover, the original owner Duanmu An lost half of her spiritual power to Xiao Heng before. Even if all of her spiritual power is restored now, she still only has half of her original spiritual power. Moreover, she still has half of her original spiritual power. Not all of it had recovered, so this was very disadvantageous for her. Shen Lian didn't want to take any chances, so she pinched the man's hand and squeezed a little harder.

"Get out of the way or I'll kill him."

The others looked at each other, hesitant, wondering whether they should retreat. It seemed that they should be the subordinates of the hostage in her hand. As for the man with the scar, he looked at her with interest. Shen Lian observed the people around him. With a look on her face, she was always on guard against the scarred man. Just in case, he really didn't care about the safety of the hostages and attacked her.

She was not in a hurry. She had just vomited blood, and now Shen Lian felt uncomfortable.

Shen Lian didn't dare to relax at this moment, so she pinched the man's neck and slowly stepped away. She thought that the man with the scar might attack her, but to Shen Lian's surprise, he didn't. He kept holding his hands on his chest, and kept saying goodbye. She looked at her with interest. Shen Lian couldn't figure out what his intentions were for a moment, so she could only be cautious.

When she was about to exit their encirclement, the scarred man finally spoke. "Wait a minute." As he finished speaking, the people who had not caught up with her immediately surrounded her again.

Surrounding them, Shen Lian just raised his eyebrows.

"Since the girl is here, don't leave, stay." The scarred man spoke, and he walked towards her.

Shen Lian immediately used a little more strength and almost pinched the person in his hand until he rolled his eyes. "You really don't care about his life or death. I just happened to pass by and didn't hear anything. Why are you so hard on me?" What?" It seems that she must find a way to escape as soon as possible, otherwise the longer it takes, the worse it will be.

The man with the scar finally stopped, "If you want to kill him, feel free to do so. However, girl, you must stay today. Because our trip today is to lure the girl out. Therefore, we will not let you go." Let’s go.”

Could it be that he knew her and set up a trap specifically for her? Shen Lian's face looked a little ugly.

How much does he know about her identity, especially how much he knows about Duanmu An's identity as a shark? Shen Lian blocked the poor hostage in front of her. Now she has no choice but to use this man as a shield. . Even if the scarred man wanted to attack, he could still block it so that she could have time to retreat and escape.

Shen Lian's plan clearly made the scarred man alert. The minister who told her the news clearly used illusions on him, so he shouldn't lie to her. So there is only one possibility, and that is that minister That's all I know. Because he told the truth, illusions can't tell the difference.
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