The east is gradually white,

It will be dawn.

Hu Xiaolin, who had been in the dark for nearly a night, looked at the sign that the sun was about to rise in the sky, and quietly turned around and left without any sorrow or joy on his face.

At the other end of the street that he could not see, Gu Daliang, who was disguised, had already stepped onto this street, and he could go to rest temporarily.

That night, nothing was found.

This is indeed a very disappointing result, but when the expectations in your heart are low enough, there is naturally no disappointment.

When only he and Gu Daliang sneaked into the city, although it did not arouse the suspicion of Ji Tiantian, a local snake, as the local snake, their search range was also so small that it was pitiful.

Even if they have narrowed the scope to the east of the city where Bai Shier and Zhu Jinxuan are most likely to appear, it is very slim to find the traces of Bai Shier and Zhu Jinxuan just by themselves.

But this is already the limit that the two of them can do.

In fact, he really dared not hope to find Bai Shier and Zhu Jinxuan by relying on such a stupid way to wait and see. He did this more just to seek peace of mind, and to detect it as early as possible when Zhu Jinxuan might be in danger, so as to rescue him, even if he lost his life.

Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that Bai Shier had discovered his whereabouts when he came to squat for the first time today.

What he didn't know was that he misunderstood that Bai Shier, who came with many subordinates and even more Jinyiwei, had already thought of some evil ideas and was about to trick him.

...

Hu Xiaolin, who had not slept all night, hurriedly bought some food from a vendor selling breakfast on the roadside to fill his stomach casually, and then returned to his residence and fell asleep.

When he woke up again, the sun had passed over his head.

It was almost the same as Hu Xiaolin who was awakened by the heat. After getting up from the bed with relish, he went to the backyard to take a cool bath, drank a bowl of mung bean soup, and then returned to the room after eating watermelon.

Although the weather was so hot, he forced himself to close his eyes.

He must maintain a good spirit before he can continue to replace Gu Daliang at night.

Although this is very hard, compared to life, or even the lives of the whole family, this hard work is obviously not worth mentioning.

Besides, it’s just a day and night twist. There are more people living like this in hundreds of years...

Moreover, he had nothing to complain about. Who made him not as exquisite as Gu Daliang's disguise skills?

So he could only choose to wait in the middle of the night, and hand over the daytime to Gu Daliang, who could change his identity every day.

As for asking Gu Daliang to disguise him.

Unfortunately, in order to ensure that he and Gu Daliang are not noticeable as much as possible, they acted completely separately. They would contact each other secretly only when they needed something to discuss and then meet in that familiar wine shop.

In his mind, with the cunning level of that boy Bai Shier, he and Gu Daliang should not have a chance to meet again within ten days.

Even ten days later, it's hard to say.

But reality quickly slapped him in the face.

"Bang~bang~bang~bang~bang~bang,bang!"

With the sound of knocking on the door, Hu Xiaolin, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and forced himself to fall asleep, suddenly opened his eyes, full of doubts.

This is a secret code he and Gu Daliang agreed upon. According to the agreement made by the two, they will go to their respective residences unless they encounter some major or urgent emergencies.

‘Did he find the princess’s trace?!’

Hu Xiaolin, who suddenly had this idea in his heart, jumped up from the bed like a live fish placed on the iron plate. He didn't bother to put on his clothes and ran straight towards the door almost naked.

However, when he carefully tried to see what was happening outside through the crack in the door, he found that there was no figure outside.

‘Did I hear it wrong?’

Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but frowned.

He has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he stayed up all night last night and the weather was hot during the day, and he couldn't sleep soundly. Thinking about it this way, it's possible that he could have heard it wrong.

Just as Hu Xiaolin shook his head gently as if he was ridiculed and turned around with a slight disappointment in his eyes to return, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a ball of white on the ground.

It is a stacked piece of rice paper.

Seeing this piece of rice paper, Hu Xiaolin knew that he had heard it correctly. Gu Daliang had indeed come, but knocked on the door and threw the piece of rice paper and left in a hurry.

‘His identity was discovered?’

Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but feel nervous again, and quickly bent down to pick up the paper, and Luxian unfolded in panic.

"See you in the old place after dusk"

Seeing the eight words on the paper, Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It seems that Gu Daliang has no surprises, but why did he meet him?

A big question mark appeared in Hu Xiaolin's mind, but without too many clues, he really couldn't think of it.

"Forget it, you will know after seeing him."

After thinking for a while, he still had no clue, Hu Xiaolin shook his head.

...

When the sun sets west, only half of his body is still in the horizon, and the horizon is reflected into a bright red scroll, Hu Xiaolin, dressed in a businessman, came to the tavern for the third time.

Gu Daliang took a step ahead of him and had already been waiting for him at the table where the two of them last met.

But I don’t know if it was my own illusion, but Hu Xiaolin felt that Gu Daliang felt relieved when he saw him.

This time he did not disguise. After all, although the two met here just a day ago, there was nothing doubt about the two drinking in this small restaurant for two consecutive days, because old friends like the two who gathered together to have a drink every one or two days were not uncommon in this restaurant.

"What happened to me in such a hurry?"

As soon as he sat down, Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Oh, I've been busy for a day, why don't you take a break when you're here? Come on, come on, drink first~."

But Gu Daliang did not answer immediately, but poured him a cup enthusiastically, and said loudly on purpose, and even deliberately elongated the sound at the end.

After Hu Xiaolin glanced around without any trace, he immediately took the wine glass "as good as a stream" and started to talk to Gu Daliang.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Gu Daliang carefully glanced around and asked softly in Hu Xiaolin's questioning gaze.

"Did you meet someone last night and do something?"

After hearing Gu Daliang ask his question, Hu Xiaolin thought about the first time not to recall what happened last night, but frowned and asked back with a dissatisfied tone.

"What do you mean? What's going on?"

He felt a little unhappy when he heard Gu Daliang's tone that sounded distrustful to him.

After observing Hu Xiaolin with an unhappy look for a while, Gu Daliang slowly lowered his head, poured himself a glass of wine, picked up the glass, and spoke slowly.

"There is something wrong today on the east side of the city."

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Looking at Gu Daliang who raised his head and drank the wine, Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but frown even tighter, but his unhappiness was much less.

He knew in his heart that if what Gu Daliang noticed was true, it would be normal for Gu Daliang to suspect that he encountered something last night.

At the same time, he also understood why Gu Daliang did not meet him after knocking on the door, but left only a note with the place they knew, and why he felt relieved when he saw him entering the restaurant.

"Is there any abnormal movement in the east of the city?"

However, he couldn't help but become confused and anxious.

"It was normal in the morning, and there was no movement."

After putting down the wine glass, Gu Daliang finally told Hu Xiaolin about what happened in the east of the city.

"But around noon, the families with the highest threshold suddenly had movement, and sent a large number of guards and dogs to start patrolling outside their respective courtyards."

Gu Daliang lowered his voice, but it seemed like a loud sound in Hu Xiaolin's ears.

"I saw that the situation was wrong and left immediately and continued to wait for the subsequent situation outside."

Gu Daliang picked up the chopsticks and picked up a bite of food. In the eyes of others, he looked like a little businessman who was really drinking and chatting with his old friend, but in Hu Xiaolin's eyes it was very hateful.

“What about the follow-up?”

Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but ask anxiously.

Fortunately, his movements and expressions looked like an ordinary businessman with an old friend's appetite. They would not arouse others' suspicion, but they could be considered a mistake.

“Isn’t the follow-up obvious?”

Gu Daliang glanced at him and said lightly.

"The other big mansion gates also began to send the guards and dogs out to patrol around. Before I went to find you, they had joined forces to start driving people."

When Gu Daliang said this, his face seemed to be a little proud.

"Fortunately, I noticed something was wrong in advance and left in time. Otherwise, I would have been sent to the county jail with the thieves caught by the guards. You would not see me today."

Hu Xiaolin's doubts were finally answered in a complete manner, but there was no relief on his face, and his brows were still tightly locked.

"That's why you suspect that I was caught last night or leaked my trail, which aroused the suspicion of those guards?"

Gu Daliang did not answer, but just nodded gently after drinking another glass of wine, which was considered a positive answer.

Hu Xiaolin fell into deep thought. He closed his eyes gently and began to search for all the memories of last night in his mind.
To be continued...