Northeast of Qiaozhou, Shahai City.

Under the peach blossom tree in the forbidden area, there is a low wooden table, behind which there is a young man sitting on the ground, on the low table is a teapot and teacup, and a little cheap dim sum that is common in the streets and alleys.

The wooden table looked ordinary, and there was a corner that was missing half of it, and the teapot on the table was pottery, and the teacups were also gray and colorful, as simple as the plate and snacks on the table, but the young man in a brown short dozen behind the low table was slowly savoring it, but it really seemed to be very enjoyable.

The young man's complexion is a little healthy bronze, his eyebrows and eyes are smiling, even if he doesn't do anything, he looks like he is smiling, but this smile is full of uninhibitedness, although the years have worn off a lot of edges and corners, there is still a trace of unruliness in his bones.

"I'll, he's definitely here. ”

Not far away, another man's voice was heard.

The man behind the low table did not put down the stoneware teacup in his hand at all, but raised his eyebrows, and half turned his face to look in the direction from which the voice came.

In the direction from which the voice came, two other young men came.

One was more elevated, wearing a navy blue robe embroidered with golden dark lines, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked eased the slightly cold complexion, and the whole Rao breath was gentle and gentle, but it revealed a bend and stiffness from the depths.

The other was a little rounder than the previous one, wearing a white robe and walking with his hands behind his back, with a smile on his face, looking a little simple and simple, but his slightly narrowed eyes revealed a very sharp light.

The person who came was Duan Chengen, the city lord of Shahai City, and Duan Chengen's friend and left hand, Liu Yin.

Liu Yin, who spoke up earlier, glanced at the low table table in front of the man in a brown shortfight: "I know that you didn't stay in the city because you ran here to hide quietly, but it's ......"

The man behind the low table saw Lord Liu Yin, who was loved and respected by everyone in Shahai City, and Duan City Lord, who admired and admired but was a little afraid to approach, and unceremoniously sat down directly next to his low table, and couldn't help but roll his eyes: "I didn't prepare extra cups to entertain you two!"

Duan Chengen smiled slightly, and with a light wave of his hand, there were two more teacups on the table that he had taken out of the storage bag.

Although it is just an ordinary porcelain cup, the quality is not good, and the materials are not very exquisite, but it can also make the stoneware teacup on the table more pitiful.

Duan Chengen took out the teacup, Liu Yin took the teapot and poured a cup for Duan Chengen and himself, took it in his hand and smelled it, and then turned his head to look at the young man behind the low table: "But you Wu Qingyan came here to stay and drink, it's not just amber and peach, it's not even wine, it's just tea, it really surprised me." ”

The young man in the brown short beat, that is, the young head of the Wu family in Shahai City, Duan Chengen, the city lord of Shahai City, and Wu Qingyan, a long-time friend of Liu Yin, lifted his eyelids and glanced at Liu Yin: "It seems that you are a little disappointed that I don't drink amber peach fragrance?"

"Definitely. It was not Liu Yin who answered, but Duan Chengen, who was already drinking a cup of tea sitting on the side: "Ah Yin, after he learned the news that you were coming back, he specially instructed several restaurants and taverns in the city not to let them sell you amber and peach fragrance." As for the other wines...... He's nothing. ”

"Cut!" Wu Qingyan took the teapot and added another cup to his stoneware teacup, reached out and took a snack from the saucer and bit off half of it: "Do I really want to drink amber and peach fragrance and buy it?" Liu Yin, there are eighteen altars under the bed in his residence next to the city lord's mansion, which is not better than buying it without me paying?"

In fact, after Wu Qingyan returned to Shahai City yesterday, he has come to stay near the entrance of the ancient formation in the forbidden land of Shahai City until now, and during this time, he has almost only gone to deal with the old man of their family, and he has not gone to the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion to "walk" at all, nor has he looked at the bottom of Liu Yin's bedroom, but he is still very sure of what he said.

Because this is actually a "tradition" for many years.

Every time he goes back to Shahai City, he always can't wait to drink a big meal of amber and peach fragrance that is difficult to drink outside Shahai City, but he is strictly looked down upon by the old man in the Wu family, and it is easy for the old man to come to the door with a stick when he drinks in other places.

Later, gradually......

The head of the Wu family, Wu Qingyan's father, can't care about the city lord's mansion, and there is an empty courtyard that no one else is close to. And Liu Yin, who lives near the City Lord's Mansion, will neatly place eighteen altars of amber and peach fragrance under the bed in the bedroom every time Wu Qingyan returns to Shahai City.

This time, as usual.

Duan Chengen specially asked people to clean the yard that had not been there for a long time, and asked the kitchen to prepare the ingredients at all times. Liu Yin's bed was already filled with wine jars again, but ......

Wu Qingyan didn't go.

Wu Qingyan, who returned to Shahai City this time, did not go to Liu Yin's side to "steal" amber and peach fragrance, and second, did not go to the city lord's mansion to order snacks and dishes. After staying at Wu's house for one night, he disappeared the next morning.

But it turned out to be ......

ran to the forbidden place, with a wooden table, which is very inconsistent with his character of not drinking or happy...... Eating snacks and drinking tea.

Wu Qingyan has always only understood wine and not tea, and at this time, it was the tea that was taken from the head of the Wu family to accompany this simple snack.

Duan Chengen was better, and continued to drink with the same expression, Liu Yin only smelled it before drinking...... It was a little Yunling Wufeng tea that the head of the Wu family bought back from the Treasure Pavilion at a high price some time ago. But...... Neither of them reminded Wu Qingyan of this.

Liu Yin slowly drank the cup of tea in his hand, and couldn't help but reach for the teapot and pour himself another cup, and then poured it: "Wu Qingyan of the Wu family doesn't drink anymore, and the restaurant and wine shop in Shahai City will have a lot less business in the future." ”

Wu Qingyan rolled his eyes.

He is not in Shahai City all the year round, and often only comes back once in a few years, and he leaves after a few stays, even if he can drink a few of the few bottles he keeps? Liu Yin really didn't care at all when he made up this.

"Okay, don't worry, the amber peach fragrance under your bed can't be wasted, keep it for me, even if I don't drink it now, I can put it in a storage bag and take it away to drink later, I won't give you the rest." ”

Duan Chengen and Liu Yin, who happened to sit across the low table, glanced at each other.

This time, it was Duan Chengen who spoke up: "Today is the fifth day for them to enter the ancient formation, Qingyan, you know, there are still two days." There's no need to wait here now. ”

Wu Qingyan was silent for a moment and let out a long sigh.

Liu Yin also frowned slightly and said: "You didn't mention it when you were interrogated before, so it should be considered that it is inconvenient for you to be outside, and it is not more appropriate than coming back and we will face each other." Now...... Can't you talk to us yet?"

Wu Qingyan blinked: "Alas...... There's nothing I can't do with you, I'm just ......."

Liu Yin looked at Wu Qingyan, who didn't look good, and sighed: "That female cultivator named Xue Yun wants to find you and ask you about the intersection between you and her father back then. It is definitely not a simple matter to let one Yuanying True Monarch, no, two Yuanying True Monarchs come thousands of miles to our remote Shahai City to seek forgiveness. And Qingyan, when you heard this, you didn't seem to remember it very well at first, but you just felt a little bit, but now...... What do you remember?"

“...... Well. Wu Qingyan nodded: "If you don't come to me today, I'll go to you too." Before they come out, I still have to tell you all these things and any speculations I have. Just last night...... I went back and called the old man to catch him, and I knelt down all night in the ancestral hall and didn't run out......"

Duan Chengen looked at Wu Qingyan, raised his hand and picked up the teapot to add another cup of tea to his coarse porcelain teacup.

The fragrance of tea in Yunling Wufeng is light and remote, and the steaming heat with the fragrance of tea fills in front of Wu Qingyan's eyes. His fingers slid on the teacup, lowered his eyes slightly, and his voice was a little low: "Xue Yuan...... It's not simple, if she is really Narao's daughter, she is not a nameless casual cultivator, she is one of the four major families, the descendant of the Xue family in Mianzhou. ”

"Mianzhou Xue family, is she a member of the Mianzhou Xue family?" Liu Yin was really a little surprised, but after being surprised, he frowned: "At such an age, she became a true monarch in the Yuan infant stage, and with such strength, it is impossible to be unknown in the family, especially since she is still a descendant disciple, but ......"

Although Shahai City is remote and low-key, and it doesn't seem to communicate with the outside world very often, some important news on the Kyushu continent is still well-informed, and it is not too backward.

If there is such an amazing and brilliant character in the family sect, it may be hidden and tucked away before it can stand with absolute certainty because of various concerns, so as not to be targeted by a larger force for fear of being feared, but the top force like the Xue family in Mianzhou should not have such concerns. Moreover, on the Kyushu Continent, the only one who can overpower the Xue family......

Thinking of this, Liu Yin couldn't help but guess: "Guarding against the Feng family, but the Xue family ......"

"I don't know how it is, the secret news in the great family is not so easy to hear, and I am not good...... Too much action. Wu Qingyan took a sip of the teacup, and after a pause, he began to continue: "I just have such a guess...... Xue Yuan is not...... Her father ......"

“...... She passed away unexpectedly, and do you remember her father?"

“...... Originally, I didn't remember it very well, but when I heard the surname Xue, I thought about it a little more. Wu Qingyan's face was slightly gloomy: "Her father ...... Oh, if hers is the truth, her father, named Xue Yu, is the descendant of the Xue family, and he was ...... back then. He is also quite respected among his peers in the Xue family. ”

Duan Chengen's eyebrows moved, and he raised his eyes to look at Wu Qingyan: "...... You think Xue Yu's 'accidental death' is related to what you said when you were walking with him. ”

Wu Qingyan smiled: "Cheng'en is Cheng'en, I can't hide anything from you, you are a guess at my point!"

Liu Yin's expression also became solemn: "Xue Yu is a descendant of the Xue family, listening to what you said, he was still a descendant of the Xue family, such a person...... Accidental death is not a real accident, but an extinction. The Xue family's identity can't let him avoid the extermination......"

Wu Qingyan smiled bitterly, his expression was quite complicated.

Liu Yin had already guessed almost, and when he saw Wu Qingyan's expression at this moment, he knew that his guess was not wrong, so his eyes widened in surprise: "Did you tell him 'that incident'?"

“...... Not so thoroughly. Wu Qingyan lowered his eyes and didn't look at the surprised Liu Yin and the pensive Duan Chengen: "I was with that Xue Yu at the beginning...... It's just a real chance encounter, he also has a pair of young brothers and sisters by his side, who were chased and killed, and I walked with them for a while after I helped out, and got up, in fact, there were few. In such a short period of time, I can't believe that 'that thing' is nothing. Just ......"

"Huh?"

I looked at him...... Although he is a descendant of the Xue family, there are still many secrets that he doesn't know...... Only...... I told him the 'good deeds' that the four great families did at that time, huh...... Since the 'good deeds' of the four great families were mentioned, it ...... Returned the two. ”

Liu Yin opened his mouth, sighed and fell silent.

"The pair of brothers and sisters who followed him ......" Duan Chengen muttered in a low voice, and then looked at Wu Qingyan: "You have only been with each other for a few moments, and you don't know the roots, but you still know the matter of those two." After all, Xue Yu is the Xue family, and he is still the valued descendant of the Xue family, and I am afraid that it is very likely to go further in the future, and if he is not the head of the family, he may also become the powerful elder of the Xue family. But you told him anyway...... The reason why you believe in this Xue Yu a little...... Is it on that brother and sister?"

Wu Qingyan didn't joke again this time, and nodded: "...... The brother and sister are surnamed Shangguan...... You don't need me to know about the major events on the Kyushu continent recently, right?"

"Shangguan ...... Is that Shangguan?" Liu Yin really knew.

"yes...... At that time, Xue Yu rescued the two brothers and sisters from Chenzhou, Feng Jiarao's hands, and protected them all the way to avoid pursuit, which was very unfair for them...... I was in contact with it for a few days, and I was a little tempted...... That Xue Yu, although he is a member of the Xue family, is rare and upright, and he is also meticulous and sensitive and not reckless, so I ......"

Liu Yin didn't say anything more, and Duan Chengen didn't say anything more.

Wu Qingyan was silent for a while after finishing, then suddenly chuckled and closed his eyes: "Xue Yu is indeed an upright person as I thought, and he is also very courageous and persevering to track down the truth...... But now that I think about it, maybe it was the 'clue' that followed my words at the beginning, and through the inherent secrets of the Xue family, he really found out something...... It's more serious than I thought, that's what ......"

Liu Yin pursed his lips: "...... Perhaps, even if you didn't, he would have touched something about 'that thing'. ”

Wu Qingyan nodded: "That's what I guessed...... In the end, it was still a lot of talk at the time...... Hurt such a person, it is rare to be a good person who is honest and benevolent. ”

Duan Chengen and Liu Yin glanced at each other.

After Wu Qingyan guessed this, he couldn't help but ...... in his heart A lot of guilt.

That's why he is so "active" waiting here, waiting for Xue Yu's daughter to appear.