Lu Yuansi didn't know how much Yin Qixiu had seen through, but just sending someone to follow her was enough to show that he had been wary of her for a long time.

She thought so, even though the guard said that he was instructed by Yin Qixiu to protect her in secret.

In the panic of that day, she pretended to be weak, and then took advantage of the man's unpreparedness to knock him unconscious, and fled alone.

She avoided Gu Qingning's calculations, and also got rid of Yin Qixiu's surveillance, and disappeared without a trace.

When the guard went back to repair his life to Yin Qi, Yin Qixiu had already been suspended. He spoke of everything he had seen in the shadows that day. His testimony can prove that the cause of Liu Yingxu's death is consistent with Yin Qixiu's speculation.

But even if Yin Qixiu knew this, he would not be able to intervene in the case at this time, and besides, this matter involved Lu Yuansi, that is, his Yuan Xin, if he let this guard testify about the case, he would definitely confess her, and she would ......

He couldn't bear it, he still had too many questions.

Yin Qixiu was reported, and the matter between him and Yuan Xin was stabbed in front of Yin Jiheng, Yin Jiheng was furious, and reprimanded him for insulting the lintel and ruining the family style, and besides, he still lost his official position because of this and fell into the Gu family's move, Yin Jiheng was of course even more angry. He didn't dare to say that he was not only with the woman in the Qinglou, but also let this woman enter the official office, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable......

The calculations of the Gu family, the reprimand of his father, the pressure of the imperial court, and the disappearance of Yuan Xin......

A thousand worries entangled him, but he couldn't do anything, and the depression in his heart can be imagined.

These days, he has been staying alone in his chamberlain's mansion, and if he is really deposed by the imperial court, then this mansion will be blocked, so it can be said that this is his last time here.

In the evening, he paced alone on the verandah of the mansion, thinking about all these things, the main house in front of him was lit with lights, but there was no one inside, the original gentle and delicate place, at the moment empty and lonely.

Who the hell is she? What the hell does she want? Where is she going?

This majestic Chang'an City, who can give him the answer?

No one knew where she was.

As soon as he turned around, as far as his eyes could see, under the candlelight of the long corridor, a person leaned on the red fence.

She was thin and haggard, sitting on a bench with her arms on her knees, touching her lips helplessly, her eyes drifting out of the porch as if she had nowhere to place, her eyes full of confusion and exhaustion, like a lost child, revealing a pitiful fragility and innocence.

She shrank there, looked around, and finally her messy gaze finally stopped in the direction he was standing, meeting the affection in his eyes.

Yin Qixiu paused, then stepped forward quickly, bent down next to her, wanted to say something, but seemed to be afraid that he would scare her away, he was at a loss, and he couldn't tell his joy and sorrow.

Qi Xiu ......" tears appeared in her eyes, and she timidly leaned towards him and reached out to touch his cheek.

Hearing her voice, he finally believed that what was in front of him was not illusory, he took her trembling hand and asked, "Why did you come back......?"

"Because......," she said, " I have nowhere to go......"

He put her cold hands in his palms and warmed them with his own body heat: "Then why did you run away in the first place? You know, I won't hurt you......"

"Because I'm so scared. She leaned into his arms, carefully testing his attitude for any change.

"Qi Xiu, you've been suspicious of me for a long time, aren't you? Do you really want to know who I am? If there's anything you want to ask me, just ask......"

He said, "If I asked, would you tell me?"

She responded, "Yes." ”

"Can I believe everything you tell me?"

Lu Yuansi was stunned in her heart, she did prepare a large set of rhetoric to deal with his questions, but she didn't expect him to see her so thoroughly and understand her so clearly......

She hooked her lips and smiled bitterly, left his embrace, looked at him, and said, "Don't believe it." ”

Yin Qixiu's eyes had a broken light in her eyes, and she couldn't bear it anymore when she saw that she was really sour, but she knew that she had to continue.

She lowered her eyes, no longer taking his hurt gaze, and leaned over to him......

……

"What if I tell you for sure that this case is related to the Gu family?"

"How can you be sure?"

"I don't want to lie to you, so what I can tell you is true, Liu Yingsu's death...... It was Gu Qingning who wanted to extinguish his mouth...... And, bring me out, and lay the blame for his death, and put me to death, and frame thee by the way...... Fortunately, I escaped in time and didn't get involved in this case on the surface, so it's them, and the surname Gu can't escape......"

As she spoke, she saw that Yin Qixiu seemed hesitant, so she asked, "Will you continue to investigate this case?"

Yin Qi cultivated: "I naturally want to find out the truth and fight with the Gu family to the end, but ...... I've been suspended......"

The corners of her mouth curved slightly, revealing a proud smile: "But I haven't been suspended." ”

"You ......," he finally saw the purpose of her return.

Thinking back on the whole case, thinking about the appearance of the Gu family, and recalling those past events, she unconsciously showed hatred, and there was a firmer essence in her eyes: "Yes, I'm still a criminal officer, aren't I? I will go back to the official office, continue to be the chief writer of Shi Langting, participate in the investigation of the case, and find out the ......truth of this case."

"Are you going back, aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Gu family?" he asked directly.

It turned out that he already knew that he was hiding from his family...... Lu Yuansi raised his eyes and looked at him weakly, then pretended to be nothing, and continued: "I won't meet with them, they shouldn't know my current identity, they just know that I have been in the Criminal Department, otherwise when Yushitai reports you, they won't just point out your crime of prostitution...... " Saying that, she felt a little strange, pursed her lips and continued: "I can't let people know that I'm back with you, otherwise...... Your father will not spare you, I can only show myself in men's clothes, and be an inconspicuous little clerk in the official office, this is the best way out......"

Yin Qixiu let go of the crook of his arm, pulled out the arm that was pillowed by her, lay on his side with his back to her, and shrunk to the edge of the couch: he closed his eyes, "If this is what you want, then so be it." ”

Seeing him like this, Lu Yuansi's heart became more and more empty, she was afraid that she would not be able to control him, after all, she still needed to rely on his protection now, so she could only cover up these calculations, make a coquettish appearance, lean towards him again, and carefully hugged him from behind, the two were close to each other, incomparably intimate, her face was leaning on his neck, gently kissing his beating pulse, and her slender and soft hand came up from below and probed into his neckline......

……

"Zhao Langzhong didn't embarrass you, did he?" Yin Qixiu walked into the bedroom and saw the tired Lu Yuansi casually leaning over the couch, still looking at a book.

She focused on finding the clues she wanted between the lines, and didn't raise her head: "No, you said hello to him and asked me to assist him in handling the case, he will definitely give you face, after all, you may go back at any time to continue to be his boss." ”

He smiled helplessly and sat down on the side of the couch, "What have you found out in the past two days?"

Lu Yuansi snorted in frustration, "No, there is no clue at all, the whole case, everyone believes that the Immortal Sect is responsible, everyone is afraid of the Immortal Sect like a ghost, and completely believes that Liu Yingsu died at the hands of the cultists, it is really ignorant! I don't understand what the Immortal Sect is afraid of!"

She didn't understand why those people were so afraid of the Immortal Sect, and Yin Qixiu didn't understand why she despised the Immortal Sect so much, as if in her heart this cult didn't exist at all, and the only thing that was really terrifying was the Gu family.

"Yuan Xin, why do you so firmly believe that it was not the Immortal Sect's doing? Even if you saw Liu Yingsu being killed with your own eyes, you didn't see the murderer's appearance, and the evidence is sufficient, Liu Yingsu is not the only one who was mutilated...... Don't think about it, I believe in you, but I still feel a little confused. He said bluntly.

His questions were very objective, and she was suffering from the fact that she couldn't fully tell the truth, so there was no evidence to prove her speculation. Resting on ordinary cases, the Criminal Department should have closed the case a long time ago. She still has to dig deeper, and she can still make these efforts, completely based on his belief in herself, and Yin Qixiu's trust and indulgence in her.

After she came back, Yin Qixiu didn't ask her, who was she, what was she doing?

Lu Yuansi turned his head to look at him, "Because this is closely related to the Gu family, I believe that these are all conspiracy of the Gu family, and they used the Immortal Sect as a cover to kill Liu Yingxu...... If I say that, do you want to believe it? It must be ......."

"Don't worry, I believe you. He lay down in the empty space next to her, looking at her deeply, there was too much to see, but he wouldn't ask.

She is gambling, Yin Qixiu's unconditional trust in her, he is also betting, there is a little sincerity in her seemingly fake affection.

She couldn't bear his gaze, so she could only close her eyes and lower her head to kiss it......

Just as she was about to continue, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she suddenly stopped, opened her eyes, and said, "They! Although they have done a good job, and they themselves have not a single flaw, but what about the killers they sent to kill people? Where did they come from? Those people are highly skilled in martial arts, and they are not ordinary killers. If you are cautious and don't entrust such a risky thing to someone you don't trust, then these killers can't be temporary hired killers, who can make them trust and help them kill them?"

Yin Qixiu was slightly stunned and thought about it, "You mean, we can start investigating those killers?"

Lu Yuansi pondered deeply, and gradually sorted out his thoughts: "Yes, as long as we check what resources the Gu family has available, we will definitely find something!" I have recently read some case books, and there are thousands of murder methods, and many powerful power seekers, if they want to use ruthless methods, they will encircle some martial arts masters around them, and even secretly raise full-time killers belonging to their own family. They must be the same!"

Yin Qixiu also thought so.

Finding a breakthrough, Lu Yuansi was overjoyed, and began to speculate with Yin Qixiu all the time. Yin Qixiu had also been in contact with some killer organizations before investigating the case, but it seemed that it had nothing to do with the Gu family.

Later, Yin Qixiu thought that maybe if he asked someone, there would be an answer.

That person was his father, Yin Jiheng.

When he conspired with the Gu family before, he also died a lot of people, didn't he?

In those conspiracy calculations behind the scenes, is there no debt for human life?

After he put forward this conjecture, Lu Yuansi urged him to go to Yin Jiheng tomorrow to investigate.

After a night, she woke up next to Yin Qixiu again, but she didn't know that he didn't close his eyes that night, firstly, because he was worried that he would ask about the crimes related to the Yin family from his father, and secondly, he ......

"Last night, you dreamed and talked in your dreams...... he said.

Lu Yuansi was turning his back to him to make up, and when he heard this, his back lit up, and he hurriedly turned around: "What did I say?"

He walked up to her and looked at her with pity and confusion: "You keep calling your brother and sister or something, and you say that you must avenge your father or something...... I'm crying so hard that I can't bear to wake you up...... At that time, I was thinking......"

"What do you want?" she asked nervously.

He gently stroked the green silk scattered on her shoulders: "No matter what your purpose is, no matter what you want, you are just a little girl who has lost her home...... They're all gone, aren't they? You're the only one left, aren't they?"

Her tears rolled down her cheeks and she threw herself into his arms, grieving.

He hugged her and continued to ask, "Your family...... Was he killed by the Gu family?"

She hesitated, let go of everything, gritted her teeth and replied: "Yes, they died because of the Gu family, so I hate the Gu family! I want to take revenge on the Gu family! I want to take revenge on all the people who ruined my family!"

……

In the dark night of late autumn, she sat opposite Zhongli on the couch, Zhongli blew out all the lights in the room, leaving only a small candle lamp, held in his hand, held between them, and made a circle in front of her closed eyes, the candle flame fluttered for a week, connected into light, and his other hand blew through the wind, and this faint point of light disappeared.

"What do you feel?" he asked.

She said, "The light is out......"

He smiled, looked at the outline of her pale face by the moonlight, put down the lamp and candle, put his fingers on her forehead, and recited a few incantation-like words.

Only then did she open her eyes and look at him in the dark: "Zichu, can this magic really exorcise the demonic barrier?"

She didn't believe in these magical theories, but Zhongli was always happy to try with her, and she did.

"What do you think?" Zhongli has always been indifferent, never exploring the true or false.

She said, "I don't think I can't, otherwise, why do I still feel a pain in conscience?"

He sneered, "Heh, you still have a conscience?"

Gu Qingning punched him in the leg, and the silent atmosphere was immediately broken: "I also think no, then I won't feel that there is anything wrong, what is indebted, there will be no hesitation, and there will be no blind belief...... Oh, the human heart is really strange, people, what a contradiction......"

……

When Gu Qingning left Zhijingting, Fusu also came out to see her off.

After she got into the carriage, she opened the note that Fusu had just stuffed into her sleeve, which read: "Zhongli often goes in and out of the palace on the grounds of doing things, but other than that, nothing else is found at the moment." ”