It was a huge square stone hall. There was a wooden rack in the center of the stone hall, and a girl with her head down and hanging down was sitting on it.

Taking advantage of the flashing light of fire, Leng Rushuang shouted: "Xiao Ai!" After that, she was about to rush forward to save the person.

I was worried that there were mechanisms around me, so I hurriedly followed, but when we were about to get close, I found that countless sand ghosts had crawled out of the darkness that was not exposed to the fire. They looked at us with grin and were ready to pounce on us at any time.

Maybe I can't smell this pungent fishy smell after I've smelled it for a long time.

The sand ghost surrounded us, unable to move forward, but there was no intention of attacking us, as if we were waiting for someone’s order!

I turned my head and looked at Li Mazi and others who were far away. Leng Ruyun had woken up slowly at this moment. She looked around and widened her eyes in shock. But when she was sure that her father, Queen Leng Wu, she became extremely panicked: "Where is my dad? Where is my dad?"

She asked twice but no one answered. She seemed to understand something and suddenly lowered her head.

But my eyes fell on Xiao Tao under the fire.

Wait! When she woke her up just now, she drank water, but why did she still stay asleep until now? My eyes lit up, and countless scenes of talking to her flashed in my mind.

It was she who told me that Zhang Lan had suspicions, and it was she who told me that she was forced by Leng Ruyun. Even this underground stone hall was led by her. How did she escape from these thousands of sand ghosts at a young age?

How could a little girl run around so hard that she could remember the route so clearly?

What was she calculating step by step?

As if feeling my gaze, Xiaotao suddenly raised her head and met my gaze. Then proudly raised the corners of her lips, showing a strange smile that was inconsistent with her age.

It's her!

The mastermind behind it was actually her!

It was not until this moment that I finally understood that the person who poisoned the hometown master must be her. The bottle of poison was placed in the weeding room and anyone could get it, and of course she also included her. Aunt Wang once told me that the hometown master was smart for a lifetime and could not be easily killed by poison, unless the person who poisoned was someone who trusted him to be so unprepared... She put the trust and unpreparedness together, but what if it was taken apart? The person who poisoned was a little girl of eleven or twelve years old. Even the hometown master with rich experience, how could he doubt it?

But she is young, why did she do all this and what is her purpose?

Or... she was coerced to do these things?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at Leng Dou and found that he had been stunned in front of so many sand ghosts. Leng Ruyun lowered his head and was silent, obviously immersed in the grief of his father and brother's death on the same day. Leng Rushuang's heart beside me was all on Leng Xiaoai, and she ignored the situation around her.

Who is it?

As if she could see through my thoughts, Xiaotao suddenly sneered twice. In the silence, her laughter was particularly harsh: "No one instructed me, I did all this." She said, while walking through the sand ghost with her chest raised and her head raised.

When the sand ghost saw her, he respectfully made way out!

The firelight shone brightly on her innocent face, but it had a bit of evil smell.

I don’t need to say anything when I saw the sand ghost obey her orders so much. Everyone understood at this moment. Everything that happened in the Leng family and the abnormal movements of the sand ghost in Yarkand City were all controlled by this lively and cute little girl in front of me.

But who can believe it?

Everyone's faces were filled with surprise and shock.

Xiaotao walked slowly to the shelf tied with Leng Xiaoai, turned her head proudly, and her dark eyes swept across us, as if looking at the ant that would be trampled to death by her at any time: "Do you want to know why I want to do all this?"

No one answered, but she said with concern: "Because I want the Leng family in Tianshan to completely disappear from this world..."

"Are you an enemy of the Leng family?" Leng Rushuang looked at her in surprise and asked.

Xiao Tao giggled and shook her head slowly: "No, I am not an enemy of the Leng family. If I insist on engaging in relationships, I should be considered a relative of the Leng family."

It’s not an enemy but a relative, but since it’s a relative, how could he be so ruthless?

This is no longer incredible, it is simply a fantasy.

Xiaotao blinked his big eyes and looked at me: "Mr. Zhang, you are a smart person. Since Leng Rushuang asked you to investigate the Leng family's affairs, you must have found something, right? Why don't you tell me what you said is wrong, I'll add it again."

I said, what else can I say at this moment? My brain is completely like a piece of paste...

She is very familiar with Yarkand City. The medicine must be done by her. She has antidotes, so it’s nothing to drink water. Then it goes without saying that when we drink water from wells, we must have put us in four cities. The four cities are like four huge cricket jars, and we are the crickets used to play with the jar. She watched us running around in the traps she had set up, without any thoughts or ways out. It was like a cat caught a mouse but was not in a hurry to eat it, but had to torture enough before swallowing it in her stomach.

She could even do some tricks in it, provoking us to instigate civil strife and kill each other, just like Leng Rulei and Leng Rushuang, the man and the clam fight, but she reaped the benefits of the man! But when she knew that I had solved the mystery of the ancient city, she saw that the purpose was not achieved, so she had to go into battle in person and lead us to the underground with institutions everywhere.

But why is she so familiar with Yarkand City?

She also claimed that she was not an enemy of the Leng family, but a relative...

Who is she?

I racked my brains to think back for a long time, and suddenly I thought of the name that Aunt Wang once mentioned to me.

Leng Lian.

Aunt Wang said that Leng Lian was deceived by the thieves in Longquan Villa, and was kicked out of the Leng family when she was pregnant. She lived a miserable life and eventually died near Yerkang City. Although Leng Lian was dead, no one knew whether she had given birth to that child.

Seeing that Xiaotao is about the same age as Leng Xiaoai, can she be Leng Lian’s grandson?

Leng Lian was kicked out of the house by the Leng family, and even wiped the name from the family tree, and died miserably. As her descendant, she naturally hated the Leng family and wanted to see the Leng family disappear in this world.

That's why Xiao Tao said that she is not an enemy of the Leng family, and that "barely" can be regarded as a relative...

Thinking of this, everything came to light.

Xiaotao waited for a long time but didn't see me speak, and was already a little impatient: "Mr. Zhang, it seems that you are not as smart as I imagined..."

Before she could finish her words, I had already said word by word: "Is it related to Leng Lian?"

Leng Lian's name has always been a taboo for the Leng family. No one dares to mention it but no one knows it. After I said this, all the Leng family members present reacted and looked at Xiao Tao with a smile on their face in shock.

"You really didn't disappoint me, you finally guessed it." Xiaotao applauded with satisfaction.

"You..." Leng Dou, who was beside him, finally came back to his senses and pointed at Xiaotao and said, "Are you Leng Lian's granddaughter?"

Unexpectedly, Xiaotao simply shook his head extremely: "No, no! I am Leng Lian's descendant, but I am not her granddaughter! I am her daughter..."
Chapter completed!