"Brother Shen, you're finally back! You've been in the capital for too long! Duan Liling's gentle and coquettish voice slipped from behind to his side.

Shen Xiaoxun was in no mood to pay attention to her, just drinking under the osmanthus tree alone, looking at the clouds in the sky in a daze.

Duan Liling didn't feel lost, he pouted like a child begging for a reward and showed off: "Brother Shen, the Yangzhou prefect He Xiaotian you said has been dealt with by me, and I have also taken away a lot of his corrupt treasures!" The guards in those mansions couldn't find where the body was, and they thought it was He Xiaotian who fled with the official money, what a fool! Later, the master and the catchers in the yamen were more stupid than the other, and I easily swaggered out of the Yangzhou city gate! Hahaha! ”

Duan Liling smiled for a long time, but saw that Shen Xiaoxun still looked depressed, and couldn't help but hold his arm and ask intimately: "Does Brother Shen have something on his mind?" Why don't you talk to Liling? ”

"If I tell you to kill whomever you want, don't you want to know why?" Shen Xiaoxun put down the wine glass and said quietly.

"If Brother Shen is willing to tell me, it will be very good, if Brother Shen doesn't want to tell me, then I don't have to know!" Duan Liling charmingly took the wine glass that Shen Xiaoxun had put down, and took a sip gently, leaving a faint peach-colored lip print.

Shen Xiaoxun looked at her bitterly, and calmly took the wine glass: "You are so stupid, you are easily tired by love!" ”

This advice is light, but it sounds heavy.

"Hall Master! The Pavilion Master asked you to go to the Ice Silk Pavilion immediately, he wants to see you! A white-clothed disciple bowed and bowed.

Shen Xiaoxun's hand holding the wine glass trembled a little - Mu Haitang wanted to see him! This is the second time. But Shen Xiaoxun couldn't be happy, he felt uneasy to see him twice in such a short period of time!

Duan Liling reclined beside the stone table, placed his arms on the stone table in a regular manner, and asked curiously, "Brother Shen, why does the pavilion master want to see you?" ”

It's no wonder that almost no one in the Begonia Pavilion can see the pavilion master except for Mrs. Begonia, and the three major hall masters have no chance, let alone ordinary disciples? The owner of the Begonia Pavilion is like a legend in his Begonia Pavilion! And now this legend actually makes people come to invite Shen Xiaoxun, it's strange that Duan Liling is not surprised!

Shen Xiaoxun didn't answer Duan Liling, but got up directly and said, "I'll go now!" ”

With that, he walked around the round table and left, and the white-clothed disciple also retreated after taking the words to him.

Strange, could it be that something happened in the Begonia Pavilion? Duan Liling couldn't help but gasp when he thought of this.

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The coolness in the Ice Pavilion is not difficult to smell the fragrance of tulips, because Mrs. Begonia likes to paint the walls with tulip spices, making the room full of fragrance.

Mu Haitang sat on the edge of the bed wearing a silver mask, the silver mask perfectly covered most of his face, only the eyes and mouth triangle remained outside, and his chin was smooth, without a single stubble.

At this time, he affectionately and gently stroked the cheek of the sleeping beauty on the bed, and that beauty was Mrs. Begonia!

An ominous premonition struck again, like a heavy dark cloud overhead.

"Pavilion Master!" Shen Xiaoxun bowed his hand respectfully, his eyes cautiously looking at the beauty in the yellow curtain.

"Last time you said that the map of Qingying Lake was given to you by Madame? But right? Mu Haitang said lightly, but his eyes never looked at him.

Shen Xiaoxun's heart tightened, and he said impatiently: "No-that's right, but this is required for the task, and Madam hasn't done anything wrong?" ”

"Elder Shen's disappearance must have nothing to do with her! If the psychedelic circle is destroyed, you can know that the person who found him is proficient in the Five Elements Bagua Technique, and it should be that someone broke the formation with the map of Qingying Lake first, and then someone from the Xinghuo Sect will rob him! Mu Haitang stopped stroking Mrs. Haitang, gathered his wide sleeves and put his hand on his knees, he turned his head to look at Shen Xiaoxun, his eyes were murderous and sharp.

"The person who took the map of Qingying Lake and found Elder Shen is a subordinate, and it has nothing to do with Madame!"

Mu Haitang stood up on his knees, tidied up his crab-colored coarse cloth shirt, walked to Shen Xiaoxun's side and said, "You are only in your early 20s, just by virtue of you, you can also unravel the psychedelic circle laid by Elder Shen?" Unless behind you - there is someone else! ”

Mu Haitang said the last sentence, and the accident intention approached Shen Xiaoxun's ear, like a piercing sharp knife flying into his ear.

"The subordinates don't dare! Please also ask the cabinet master to be clear! Shen Xiaoxun was so panicked that he buried his head lower.

"I don't dare to forgive you!" Mu Haitang straightened up again and continued to reason, "The reason why I suspect Gu Qiqi (Mrs. Haitang) is because she had bad intentions when she married me eight years ago, and she told me that she had a husband in the capital, and her husband's surname was Wu and he was a small official. Later, the surnamed Wu beat her and scolded her all day long, and she ran away from home and fled to Suzhou because she was so humiliated that she could not bear the humiliation...... Later, I sent someone to check on her husband, and there was indeed a person, and her words were almost seamless. It's a pity, she didn't expect me to investigate again a year later, and as a result, the family surnamed Wu was all turned into ashes......"

"Maybe it's a natural or man-made disaster! Could the pavilion master be too careful? Madame's loyalty to Begonia Pavilion is obvious to all! Shen Xiaoxun said what he thought in his heart.

"For the first three years when I came to Begonia Pavilion, I would let her eat a fragrance pill every day. Although she thought it was poison, she ate it calmly. But she didn't know that it was not poison, but a medicine that made her smell strange. We ordinary people can't smell this aroma, but the fragrant golden spotted butterfly I raised can! Mu Haitang pointed to the transparent glass bottle in front of the hollow carved window, which was large enough for a child to embrace, and there were about more than ten fragrant golden spotted butterflies in it.

In the first three years, she would go out of Haitang Pavilion every three months to meet someone in the capital. That person has strong martial arts, and it is inconvenient for the pavilion to be too close, so I don't know who that person is, but he is actually going to the capital, and it must have something to do with the Soul Guard. Since she has a connection with the imperial court, I don't want to startle the snake, so I pretend to know nothing and go with the flow! But it's also strange that in the next five years, as if she knew the secret of the golden spotted butterfly, she cut off contact with the people in the capital, and completely put her whole mind on Haitang Pavilion! ”

"Maybe it's the lady who abandons the darkness and turns to the light!" After Shen Xiaoxun heard this, although he still stiffened his mouth to help Gu Qiqi, his tone was already hesitating, and he had to admire Mu Haitang's old scheming in his heart.

"Or - she's just hibernating, lying on her back! She's waiting for her time! Now Elder Shen didn't know whether he was dead or alive in Hua Ziyan's hands, but she said that the map was only handed over to you...... She borrowed a knife to kill people not only to get rid of Elder Shen, but also to get rid of you, and you still want to help her? Mu Haitang's tone was almost disdainful.

Shen Xiaoxun understood that Mu Haitang had already identified Mrs. Haitang as the person of the Soul Guard, and he had no intention of saying more, so he could only remain silent and stand up straight.

"The affairs of the Begonia Pavilion will be handled by me personally until I marry the next Mrs. Begonia! You dispose of her body! ”

Mu Haitang walked out of the Ice Silk Pavilion without squinting.

Shen Xiaoxun lowered his arm and walked to the side of the bed in a daze, where Mrs. Begonia lay there peacefully as if she was asleep, but her lips were pale and there was a dried blood stain hanging from the corner of her mouth.

Shen Xiaoxun gently stroked her cold cheeks with pity, his fingers trembled a little, he recalled that Mrs. Begonia once said in his arms that she wanted to travel with him one day, and his eyes oozed a little uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry!" Instead of shedding tears, he got up and took out the bones and sprinkled them neatly on the corpse of Mrs. Begonia.

He left without looking back, just like Mu Haitang decided to go......