"Where to start?" Nangong Yulan tilted her head and thought for a while, "The first person to appear dead seems to be the Chen family, a vassal family of the Ximen family. It's not too accurate to say this, to be exact, it is the Chen family, a small family under the Du family, a vassal family of the Ximen family. ”

Nangong Yuhuan heard Yulan say this, and instantly understood the meaning, in addition to the four major families and the middle family in the empire, there are many small families, these small families due to their own strength, can not directly connect with the four major families, so they retreat to the second, and connect with the middle family that has a relationship with the four major families, so that the disguised ones also have a connection with the four major families. And the best of the middle families has never been willing to be just an ordinary middle family, always ready to replace the status of the four major families, but before they are among the big families, they must maintain a good relationship with the four major families, in short, the relationship is complicated, and it is definitely not something that can be said clearly in one or two sentences.

Nangong Yuhuan thought about it here, and listened to Nangong Yulan's side continue: "The person who died in the Chen family can be said to be the more talented among the younger generation of the Chen family, and the object of the Chen family's key cultivation is already in the Jindan consummation stage of cultivation before he is 100 years old, and he is only one step away from reaching the Yuan infant stage." I don't want to be killed in the ghost market. ”

"Ghost market?" Nangong Yuhuan exclaimed.

"Exactly, my sister has been to that kind of place before, and she knows the danger, I remember that your lover Musheng seems to have been poisoned by others there, right?" Nangong Yulan laughed.

"Oh, sister, you're here again. Nangong Yuhuan said coquettishly.

Nangong Yulan smiled, but did not ridicule Yuhuan again, but continued: "Therefore, the Chen family was very angry at the time, but everyone knew the danger of the ghost market, so they didn't pay attention to it, not to mention the son of a daughter, he can't sit down, not to mention the four great families, even the children of the middle family will not go to this kind of place, only your sister, the ignorant are fearless, and you dare to run anywhere with Mu Sheng's stupid boy." Nangong Yulan said with white eyes and jade rings, looking angry.

Nangong Yuhuan smiled and said, "Sister, why are you talking and talking, and it comes to me again, don't I live a good life?"

"Hmph, I can only say that your fate is great. Nangong Yulan snorted coldly, and then said: "Then the younger generation of these small families began to die one after another, and the places and times of death varied, there seemed to be no pattern, some died in the ghost market, some died on the way, some died in the places where they cultivated or traveled, and some died in the brothel of the Qinglou. But without exception, none of these people died in Gyeonggi City. ”

"Therefore, when these small families are helpless, they also restrict the disciples in the clan from going out to avoid falling outside. So it was very calm for a while. Nangong Yulan said: "I don't know why there is suddenly another incident in the concubine's family now, could it be that the turmoil that has calmed down is going to set off again?"

Nangong Yuhuan waited for Yulan to finish speaking, and said, "Sister, do you know what connections these dead people have, or do they have any common characteristics?"

Nangong Yulan twisted the round head on the lid of the cup, pondered for a while, and said: "If you want to talk about connection, the families are really messy and messy, and they can find connections with each other, and the most obvious feature is that they all belong to the young talents in the small family, and most of them are in the Jindan period." ”

"Can the Jindan period also be called a young talent?" Nangong Yuhuan frowned, and he didn't dare to agree with Nangong Yulan's statement.

Nangong Yulan smiled slightly: "Sister, you are a little full and don't know that you are hungry, do you think that everyone has children like Earth Spirit Root and Heavenly Spirit Root? Or do you retreat to the second place, with qualifications like Eight Spirit Roots and Nine Spirit Roots? The average level of young talents in each family is only Seven Spirit Roots at best." This kind of qualification is also worth cultivating in the eyes of our big families, that is, it is piled up with spirit stones and spiritual materials, and it can also be piled up into the Yuan Infant Cultivation Period, but in the small family, even if they have such qualifications, they don't have so many resources to squander, so it is quite effective to be able to cultivate to the consummation of the Jindan period before the age of 100. ”

Nangong Yuhuan's face turned red, knowing that he was taking it for granted, because he usually came into contact with cultivators with excellent qualifications such as Wu Fa and Lan Ying'er in his practice, and occasionally there was an outlier Mu Sheng, whose qualifications were not good, but the speed of upgrading was perverted, but his kind of cultivation method, luck was really more important, but others couldn't learn it.

"Hearing my sister say this, I really want to know, what happened to the Ximen family?" Nangong Yuhuan was curious.

"Although the information of our Nangong family came late, I think it should be given tomorrow at the latest, so my sister should be patient and wait. Nangong Yulan said with a smile.

"Well, that's all there is to it. Nangong Yuhuan sighed, although there was some gossip in his heart, and he wanted to know the truth of the matter as soon as possible, but the news was not sent, so he could only wait with dry eyes.

It's just that this news came faster than Nangong Yulan expected, no need to wait until tomorrow, in the evening, Mama Ye took a piece of jade slip and handed it to Nangong Yulan, and the jade slip clearly wrote what happened in Ximen's house, as for why the information transmission does not use paper cranes to pass the book, or convenient methods such as transmitting sound jade slips, it is because there is a ban in the palace, unless the special messenger device made by the emperor's order office can be circulated, other similar devices and spells are not allowed to be used in the palace, and violators will be punished if they are discovered。

Therefore, the people in the harem want to understand what is happening outside, or the people outside want to understand the affairs of the inner court, so they have to take this stupid method of passing on by people, of course, this method may still be known by the emperor, but the emperor is also blind to this practice, and the restraint is not strict, after all, all this is still within its controllable range, even if the spread of news cannot be completely eliminated, but at least the timeliness and scope of transmission of news have been greatly limited.

Although the Nangong family has not shown its strength in front of the stage for a long time, it seems that it may not have been favored by the emperor for a long time, but as an old family, as soon as Nangong Yulan ascended the throne, he was able to establish his own intelligence network in the palace immediately, and this background and strength are not deep.