1.

Lanzhou, Tan House.

"Lin Shaoxia, are you awake?" Tan Rui asked the maid beside her to help carry a bowl of pearl porridge and gently knocked on the door of the guest room.

A moment later, the door opened, revealing a sleepy face. Lin Xiao opened his confused eyes, looked at Tan Rui outside the door, and greeted politely: "Morning, Miss Tan." ”

Tan Rui took the bowl of pearl porridge from the tray in the handmaiden's hand, and held it in front of Lin Xiao: "This is the pearl porridge that I asked the master of the chef in the house to boil personally, the young man can taste it, even if it is for me to do my best to be a landlord." ”

Lin Xiao took the bowl of pearl porridge handed over by Tan Rui, and the rich aroma made his originally hazy eyes brighten up a lot. He brought the porridge to his mouth and took a sip, the sweet and delicious mung beans and millet stimulated his taste buds, and he felt that the whole person was a lot more sober. The Tan Mansion is worthy of being the largest family in Lanzhou City, and even the things made by the chef are not ordinary.

"Well, it's delicious. Lin Xiao nodded and praised, "That...... Miss Tan, one bowl doesn't seem to be enough, can I ...... Two bowls?"

Tan Rui couldn't help but be stunned, the bowl that the chef used to hold the porridge was, to be honest, not much smaller than the sea bowl, unless his amount of rice was really amazingly large, it shouldn't be enough.

Of course, there is another possibility - could it be that he wants to let himself be with him......

Thinking of the scene of Lin Xiao fighting with a sword in the Black Forest, Tan Rui's face involuntarily showed a faint flush, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito and fly, and she said hesitantly: "Less...... Where did the young man speak, of course...... Absolutely. ”

Lin Xiao looked at Tan Rui, who looked strange, where would she think that what kind of charming and ambiguous scenes appeared in her mind at this time, and thought that her proposal made her feel embarrassed, so she said: "It's a bit big to eat, so ...... One bowl may not be enough. But if you feel embarrassed, Miss, then don't bother. Just make do with it. ”

"Oh, no trouble. Tan Rui realized that the other party really had a lot of food, and there was no other meaning, and then she thought of the meaning she had just misunderstood, and she couldn't help but be even more ashamed, her face had a fever, and she became more and more red; ”

Lin Xiao smiled and thanked: "Thank you Miss Tan!

Tan Rui subconsciously replied, "No." ”

Lin Xiao raised his free hand and waved: "Since that's the case, then I'll see you later." ”

Tan Rui couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in her heart, she knew that this was the case, she should have just talked about a few things casually, so that he could accompany her for a while. But now that the words have been spoken, they can't take them back, so they have to give Lin Xiao a salute: "The little woman said goodbye first." The bowl of porridge that was added will be delivered by the next person in a while. If the young man needs help with something, just ask for it. ”

Lin Xiao held the porridge bowl, and it was inconvenient to bow his hand, so he bowed hastily, and then watched Tan Rui slowly turn his head and leave, his back looked a little lonely. Lin Xiao watched her walk across the patio and enter another porch, and immediately took a step back and retreated into the room, kicking the door with her foot, her face was completely gone, and all that was left was a look of helplessness.

"If you want me to say - some people, it's really incomprehensible. How nice the eldest lady of the Tan family is, she arranged for someone to cook early in the morning, and personally delivered breakfast to the door. If those sons of families and young talents in Tanzhou City knew that you had such treatment, I am afraid that the people who want to kill you will be able to line up from the door of Tan's house to the outside of the city gate!"

Lin Xiao walked to the table and put down the bowl of pearl porridge, and followed the sound to his bed.

Hongchen was lying on it at this time, resting his head on his elbows, curling his feet under his long skirt, and pretending to sleep with his eyes closed. She was only draped in a thin red veil, showing off her graceful figure. If Miss Tan saw this scene, with her outstanding imagination, she might be heartbroken!

Lin Xiao didn't react to the revealing dress of his sword spirit (in fact, he had already been used to it), he just rolled his eyes habitually, and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense!

Hongchen's eyes widened: "What kind of attitude do you have?!If you don't have me, can you kill those wind chasers alone? If you can't kill them, where did you get this kind of affair!"

"Do you want to eat it, if you don't eat it, I'll feed it to the dogs!" Lin Xiao picked up the porridge bowl and was about to go out.

As soon as the words fell, I saw a red light flash in the room. In the blink of an eye, Hongchen had already turned over from the bed, instantly moved in front of Lin Xiao, and snatched the bowl of porridge in his hand, and then regardless of whether there was a spoon or not, whether it would be hot or not, he poured it directly into his mouth, and under Lin Xiao's stunned gaze, he swept away the big bowl of pearl porridge in a blink of an eye.

"I said that you are also a sword spirit of a spirit sword, can you pay attention to your manners!" Lin Xiao took the empty bowl in her hand and couldn't help but smack his lips in disgust.

Hongchen sneered and said: "Manners, I think you barely have a say in other aspects, in this regard, do you think you have any qualifications to say about me?"

Lin Xiao was about to sneer at each other, the door of the guest room was knocked again, and after knocking on the door three times, a crisp female voice sounded outside the door, it should be Tan Rui's maidservant: "Lin Shaoxia, the porridge you want is here." ”

Lin Xiao glared at Hongchen fiercely, got up to open the door, and saw a maid in emerald green clothes standing outside the door, looking upright and upright, holding a tray in her hand, with a bowl of hot pearl porridge and a spoon on it.

"Shaoxia has been waiting for a long time, this is the porridge you wanted. After the maid handed the tray to Lin Xiao in its entirety, she respectfully saluted him: "The slave maid is the personal maid beside the young lady - Cui Yu, the young lady asked me to tell the young man, if the young man needs help something, he doesn't have to deliberately hide it, just open his mouth, as long as it is in this Lanzhou City, the Tan family can find a way to solve it." ”

Lin Xiao nodded: "I know, and I would like to ask Miss Cuiyu to thank your young lady for me." ”

Cui Yu said with a smile: "Lin Shaoxia said that he was joking, if it wasn't for the young heroes who rescued him in the black pine forest that day, our female dependents would inevitably fall into the hands of those thieves, and their reputation and lives would not be guaranteed." Shaoxia saves us from fire and water in times of crisis, that is, we go to the soup and fire, and we do not hesitate. ”

"Where, where, as it should be. Lin Xiao smiled happily, and secretly thought to himself: It is really a big family, and even Miss's personal maid is so good at talking...... But how many times have you said these polite words since yesterday? And even if you do, can you wait until I eat the porridge - my hands are really tired from holding a tray all the time!

"If the young man is fine, the slave will retire first. ”

Lin Xiaoru said with amnesty: "Okay! Okay! Miss Cuiyu should be careful all the way, and she won't send it off slowly!" The tone was a little more polite than before.

Seeing Cui Yu's back disappear at the end of the corridor, Lin Xiao hurriedly retreated to the room and kicked the door again, this time he also bolted the door heavily, not hiding his inner impatience at all.

"This Tan family can. Hongchen looked at the direction of the door and narrowed his eyes subtly, "Look at this diligent offering, I almost didn't offer you as a god!"

Lin Xiao ate the porridge in a big gulp and did not speak.

Hongchen lightly touched Lin Xiao's hand: "Eh, to be honest, do you feel ......" said and gestured back and forth with his hand a few times.

Lin Xiao scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to his mouth, and said inexplicably: "What the hell do you think?"

"I just think Miss Tan is a little ...... to you What the hell!"

"Where...... What?" Lin Xiao had actually understood the hidden meaning of Hongchen's words, but he was just deliberately pretending to be stupid.

"Come less, what are you pretending to be stupid!" Hongchen rolled his eyes angrily, "Then Miss Tan must be interested in you, such an obvious hint, how could you be a ghost and a fairy guy who didn't see it?" Unless...... You're a broken sleeve!"

"Get out!" Lin Xiao just took a bite of porridge and almost squirted out. "What if she's interested in me, is that something I can control? ”

Hongchen lay on the table and leaned closer to him, "I really don't feel anything at all?"

The faint sweet fragrance on Hongchen's body came to his nose, even overshadowing the fragrance of pearl porridge. Lin Xiao stiffened, looking at Hongchen's face that was very close, as well as her slightly open placket, and the skin of Shengxue on her chest...... couldn't help but feel a flutter, and the spoon in his hand suddenly fell into the porridge bowl, and there was a soft sound.

Lin Xiao came back to his senses suddenly, hurriedly tilted his head back, and widened the distance between him and Hongchen: "Don't talk nonsense about you! I have time to gossip with me here about these things or not, I told you to investigate, have you investigated?" ”

Hongchen nodded: "It's done." ”

"What is the result?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Hey~" Hongchen suddenly covered his stomach and looked at Lin Xiao with an almost pitiful look: "I'm hungry, there are some things, it may be difficult to think about it...... If you forget, you might be able to!"

"Poof——!" Lin Xiao really squirted a mouthful of porridge back into the bowl this time.

"Is there a mistake?

"Anyway, you've also practiced the 'Technique of Clearing the Valley', and if you're a little hungry for a meal or two, I think it shouldn't matter......"

"You're blackmailing!"

"How can it be blackmail, of course this kind of thing has to pay attention to your love and my willingness. An extremely sly smile appeared on Hongchen's face, which made Lin Xiao's scalp tingle, "It depends - do you want to eat this bowl of pearl porridge, or do you want to know the results of the investigation." ”

Lin Xiao looked at the unbeaten look on Hongchen's face, his teeth itched with anger, put down the spoon, pushed the bowl in front of her, and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay...... Count you ruthless!"

2.

Hongchen put the last spoonful of porridge into his mouth, smashed his mouth contentedly, stretched out his waist, stood up from the table, turned his head and lay back on the bed in his original position.

Lin Xiao walked to the end of the bed and sat down, and patted her feet curled up under her long skirt angrily: "I also ate the porridge, can I say it now?"

Hongchen closed his eyes and said, "You guessed right, Lanzhou City is the most central location of the many routes between the Eternal Night Realm and Nanyuan; With such an advantageous geographical location, if I were the ancestor of Liaoyuan back then, and wanted to infiltrate the Demon Sect as an undercover agent to steal some treasure, I would also choose to settle down in this place. ”

Lin Xiao asked, "So is there such a place in this city that can be used as a temporary place for the Liaoyuan Patriarch to settle down when he escapes from the pursuit of the Heavenly City?"

Hongchen still closed his eyes and said unhurriedly: "There is no need for such a place, I have checked it - this Lanzhou City is where his base camp is located." ”

Lin Xiao's eyes widened in surprise: "What?"

"Liaoyuan patriarch Hua Feng was just a little-known little person, and later fled to the southern plains after the undercover incident, single-handedly founded Liaoyuan, married a wife and had children, recruited disciples, and slowly developed into a big family, which became famous. Hongchen said slowly, "Before this, he lived in Lanzhou City, and he was a disciple of an immortal family in the city at that time. ”

"Then the undercover assignment that Hua Feng received at the beginning should have been arranged for him by this family. Lin Xiao said, "I'll just say how could he think of going undercover in Lihate Heavenly City, it turns out that this is the case." ”

Hongchen opened one eye: "That's not necessarily, in case people want to take advantage of this to become famous." ”

Lin Xiao sneered: "People who want to make a name for themselves are the least likely to have this kind of deadly consciousness. If you think about it, once the undercover mission fails, he will be directly wiped out, and he will not have any reputation at all, and that family will definitely try their best to dissociate themselves from him in order not to incur the wrath of Lihancheng. To put it bluntly – he's a pawn ready to be discarded at any moment. ”

Hongchen also laughed twice, although there was no smile on her face: "Then it seems that this chess piece is still a big man who is well hidden, not only snatched the secret treasure from under the nose of the Demon Sect and escaped the pursuit, created the Liaoyuan family, but also collapsed the old club that sacrificed him." ”

Lin Xiao couldn't help but be stunned: "Huh?"

"It turns out that the Xianmen stationed in this Lanzhou City is a family that has been replaced by 'Innocent'," Hongchen explained, "Just half a month after Hua Feng took away the secret treasure from the Hatred Heavenly City, he was slaughtered by the Hatred Heavenly City!"

Lin Xiao frowned and said, "No, judging from Hua Feng's success in lurking and stealing the secret treasure, his identity should be extremely well hidden, how could he let the people of the Demon Sect find out his details so quickly?" Yu Bi suddenly thought of another possibility, and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Unless it is said that after he took the map of the Dark Demon Evil God Record, he directly sent it back to the Innocent Family, revealing his traces." ”

Hongchen nodded and said, "I guess that's it." ”

Lin Xiao was stunned and said, "But at this time, shouldn't you be out to avoid the limelight for a while before going back?"

Hongchen sneered: "You also found out what the problem is, right, and since he was able to break into the undercover agent inside the Heavenly City of Hatred for so long without being discovered, he must be an extremely delicate person, how could he not think of this?!"

Lin Xiao's face sank: "So he did it on purpose." ”

"Although he used this trick to kill people with a knife is really beautiful, it is not a good thing to attract the pursuit of the Heavenly City, even if he successfully hides with the map on the night of the Innocent Destruction, it must have taken a lot of trouble. Hongchen stretched out his finger to play with the hair around his sideburns, "The scene must have been chaotic at that time, so the chance of damage and loss of the map has greatly increased." ”

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up: "So as long as we find the old site of the Innocent Family, we may be able to find the clues left by Hua Feng at the beginning." ”

Hongchen said: "I just provided an idea, and the specific problems still need to be analyzed specifically, after all, so long has passed, even if there are traces left back then, now, I'm afraid there is not even a slag left." ”

Lin Xiao smiled slightly: "The bloodstains and corpses can be cleaned up, but there is one thing that can't-do you remember what Xi Wanli said in the Uninhabited Valley, that map was drawn by the ancestor of hatred with the power of the soul." At that time, I didn't understand the mystery hidden in this, until in the back mountain of the sect, the head master told me that since it was painted with the power of the soul, then ......"

Hongchen's eyes widened, he sat up and took over his words: "Then there will be traces of soul imprints on the map!"

Lin Xiao snapped his fingers: "Completely correct." ”

"So as long as Hua Feng has brought the map into a certain place in the Innocent Family's mansion, it will use the traces of the soul imprint to remain. Hongchen followed Lin Xiao's train of thought and thought: "Do you want to find the place where the Innocent Family was located back then, and then use that half of the remnant map to sense whether there will be residual soul power there to resonate with it?"

"That's smart. Lin Xiao stretched out his hand and rubbed it indiscriminately on Hongchen's head, "You were quite full just now, right?"

Hongchen slapped Lin Xiao's hand away, combed his messed hair with his hand, and responded angrily: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Xiao smiled maliciously: "When you are full, you should go out and do more activities, I will give you a chance to exercise now-go and investigate again, where is the mansion of the Innocent Family located in Lanzhou City now?"

Hongchen rolled his eyes and lay down again: "I'm not going, I can't eat fat anyway!"

Lin Xiao snorted coldly: "Who said that, I am holding you now, and I obviously feel that you are much heavier than when I was just taken out of the Xiaohan Ancient Tomb." ”

Hongchen let out a "hiss" without care, turned over to the bed, and said, "It's been checked a long time ago, I need you to call me?!" The mansion of the Innocent Family has not been demolished, and it is located in the east of the city of Lanzhou-now I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Lin Xiao didn't think about it: "Good news." ”

Hongchen paused for a moment, straightened up and said, "Let's talk about the bad news first." Although the mansion left by the Innocent Family is large, it is a place where many people have died, and no one dares to ask for it, so it has been deserted. Until a few years ago, it was bought by a big man with a head and face in the city, and after being renovated, it was used as a place to store valuables, and sent people to defend the three floors inside and the three layers outside day and night. If you want to swagger in and start an investigation, I'm afraid it's unlikely. ”

"It's a bit tricky to get involved. Lin Xiao said, "What about the good news?"

"The good news is ......" Hongchen blinked her watery eyes, "The big man who bought this mansion is called Tan Song." ”

"Tan ......" Lin Xiao was stunned, "You shouldn't mean ......" said as he stretched out his hand over his shoulder and pointed out the door.

Hongchen laughed and blinked subtly.

Lin Xiao let out a sigh: "It seems that we really saved the right person this time!"

Hongchen even smiled evilly: "It seems that the spring of a certain eldest lady is coming again!"

【To be continued】