Chapter 75-1: The Funeral (I)
"What you want." The Seven Girls, still wearing a white veil on their heads, pushed a flat square package wrapped in blue cloth in front of me, and said elegantly.
I opened the blue cloth and saw that it was a bound book, and there were only a few words written on the cover of the book: Yunqi, the second son of the Yongle Marquis Mansion. I couldn't wait to open it, and the more I looked at it, the cooler it became, there wasn't much in that booklet that would be useful to me. Of course, it cannot be said that the information is not exhaustive, the information from An Yuanxi's birth to the present is recorded in chronological order, like a memorabilia. Not only was he born in the coffin and the content of the child in the grave of Aunt An, but also the things that happened between me and him in Cangdu two years ago, and this information is also concisely recorded, and none of them are lost. The events after he returned to the Yun family were also recorded one by one, as if someone had written his life to him. I quickly flipped through the information, closed the book, and the seventh girl said elegantly: "Childe is still satisfied?" ”
"That's all?" Of course I'm not satisfied, there is not even a mention that he is a ghost-faced person, and there is a gap between An Yuanxi and me when I broke up with me and returned to the Yun family to recognize my ancestors, which was not provided to me at all: "It seems that Xiaoqinglou's intelligence network is nothing more than that." ”
"Childe, our intelligence network in Xiaoqinglou is the fastest in the world and the most neat in collecting information, of course, it doesn't mean that we can find everything, after all, we are not omniscient gods." The seventh girl seemed to smile behind the veil, "I don't deny that after this An Gongzi disappeared in Cangdu two years ago, there was indeed a blank piece of information that we didn't find, but the information before and after should be missing." ”
Her words are not unreasonable, even the FBI in the United States has something that cannot be detected, let alone this ancient intelligence agency with backward detection conditions. I thought back that if An Yuanxi really knew Chu Yan, it should be before I arrived in Cangdu, and then picked up the booklet to find out a little clue, but the content on it was simply lackluster, those information showed that before I arrived in Cangdu, he was indeed just a dull nerd, life was not turbulent, and the most turbulent time was just a broken head by Young Rong. I put down the book and looked at the seven girls: "Is this true?" ”
"Whether these contents are true or not, Childe should know better than me." The seventh girl said softly. My face was slightly red, I had read the things that happened between me and An Yuanxi recorded in the booklet, all of them were true, even I was drugged by Young Rong, and An Yuanxi helped me relieve the poison of aphrodisiacs. There were very few people who knew these things at the beginning, and Xiaoqinglou was able to find out about them, and it would not be made up if he wanted to see An Yuanxi's previous history. Then how could An Yuanxi know Chu Yan? Didn't he know him before I arrived in Cangdu, but after I married into the Yun family? But wasn't Chu Yan already dead at that time? Don't...... Isn't he dead?
The book in my hand fell on the table, and I lost my mind for a moment, and my heart was extremely shocked. No, how could Chu Yan not die? I saw with my own eyes that his head was hanging from the city gate, and that head was still taken by Yueniang...... But what if the head on the gate is not his? Isn't Yueniang also suspicious? She personally helped Chu Yan's head, and she suspected that he was not dead, I just glanced at it from a distance, and how could I think he was really dead? Could the dead be just a stand-in for him? Could it be that An Yuanxi was the Chu Yan he met during that time? Duan Zhiyi said that his martial arts were learned from the people of Pingyao, is it true? Could it be that Chu Yan taught him? If Chu Yan didn't die, then where was he? Why didn't he show up? Why did he approach An Yuanxi? Does he still want to seek revenge on me? He ......, "Childe? The seventh girl was stunned when she saw me, and called me out loud, "Childe? ”
"Huh?" I came back to my senses, and my voice was slightly embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper." He took out the prepared five thousand taels of silver tickets from his bosom and put them on the table: "This is the final payment." ”
"No need." The seventh girl didn't take the money, but said lightly, "We didn't find out the news that the son wanted, the rule of Xiaoqinglou is that if the guest is not satisfied, the balance will not be paid." ”
Belch? I was stunned for a moment, but I was a little embarrassed: "This ......"
"Childe doesn't need to feel embarrassed, this is the rule of Xiaoqinglou." The seventh girl said, "If the son still wants to check any information, it can be used as a deposit." ”
"No need. Thank you, Seven Girls. "I put away the silver ticket on the table, I don't have too much money to spend, I wanted her to check Chu Yan's life and death, and I thought that they didn't even find out that An Yuanxi was a ghost-faced person, how could they find out about Chu Yan? Isn't Xiaoqinglou unable to even find out the information of Wujimen? An idea suddenly came to me, and I wrapped the book in a blue cloth and got up to take my leave.
Sneaking back to the house through the back door of the Hou Mansion, I hurriedly walked to my room, I don't know if anything happened in the house during this time, in case they have something to look for me and can't find anyone, it will be miserable, I have to hurry back to the room to change this clothes. Burying my head and rushing away, I didn't pay attention to the person standing in front of me, I bumped into it, tears came out, the blue cloth package in my hand fell to the ground with a "snap", I covered my nose that was hit and hurt, and gasped: "It hurts, it hurts, who ...... it"
The man didn't make a sound, I rubbed my nose, and waited for the tears in my eyes to disperse, only then did I see the person in front of me clearly, but it was An Yuanxi who frowned and looked at me. I was taken aback: "How are you?" ”
He gave me a disapproving look, and I knew he wasn't happy with my outfit, and I knew at a glance that I had snuck out of the house again. I can't help but feel a little embarrassed. An Yuanxi looked down at the blue cloth package that fell on the ground, and bent down to pick it up: "What is this?" I looked down and saw that the package had fallen apart, revealing a corner of the book inside. My heart tightened, and I snatched the book from An Yuanxi's hand, hurriedly wrapped the scattered corner back, and said nervously: "No...... It's nothing! ”
An Yuan was stunned for a moment, and his hand was still raised in embarrassment. I suddenly felt that I was too nervous, and I hugged the package in my hand, a little embarrassed: "I ......"
"I wanted to find my sister-in-law just now, but I didn't see you all over the Hou Mansion." An Yuanxi's hand hung to his side, and he changed the subject, "Why is my sister-in-law dressed like this again?" If you don't go out with a guard, what if something happens? What exactly are you doing? So afraid that people will know? ”
I know that I am at a loss, I shouldn't have gone out casually between my grandfather's seven days, and I am afraid that if I am known, I will cause criticism. An Yuanxi didn't mention this, only worried that if I didn't go out with the guard, there would be an accident, if it was his previous surname, I was afraid that he would be criticized for not following etiquette for a while. I feel more and more that I can't understand An Yuanxi, who is his change because of?
"What's the matter with me?" I didn't have the confidence to talk to him, and I lowered my eyebrows and said smoothly. An Yuanxi paused, with a hint of imperceptible frustration in his tone, and said in a muffled voice: "It's okay." ”
"Oh, then I'll go back to my room first." I bypassed him and wanted to go, thought about it, and then stopped, "Far away......"
He looked up at me, and I hesitated, "I have something I want you to check for me." ”
"What's the matter?" He immediately asked. I looked into his eyes fixedly, not letting go of any subtle expression on his face: "I want you to check if someone is still alive." ”
(To be continued)