"The second master has arrived!"

In front of the ancestral hall of Liufu, Liu Zhengqian and others waited anxiously. I saw Liu Yang leading a pale blue figure slowly in, except for Liu Zhengqian, everyone else bowed and saluted.

"The slave has seen the second master. ”

"The little one has seen the second master. ”

Qiqin and Zhencha glanced at Liu Zhixiao. This is the middle father of the Venerable Lord? Compared with Liu Zhengqian, who was not confused earlier, he actually looks much younger!

Liu Zhixiao took Liu Tuan and walked up to Liu Zhengqian under the gaze of everyone, and said coldly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, big brother." The frost on his face was heavy, and Liu Zhengqian was also very unhappy, "Long time no see, second brother." ”

After the two of them roughly greeted each other, Liu Song looked at their brotherly appearance and sighed helplessly. He walked to the door of the ancestral hall on crutches, and then turned to face the crowd and chanted: "Open-ancestral hall-——! worship ——!."

Hearing the sound, everyone worshipped.

Liu Song held his cane and knocked heavily on the stone wall next to the door, and at the same time that a piece of black masonry was recessed, a bronze beast incense burner "rumbled" behind everyone, and the people outside Liufu could feel the shock.

"Hey, what's going on?" The people of the imperial capital who happened to pass outside the Liufu were startled by the shock, so they stopped in front of the Liufu and discussed loudly. Originally, there were not many people who noticed it, but people gathered together to discuss it and attracted others, and soon a group of people gathered in front of the Liufu Gate.

"What else can happen, to make such a big move and spread outside the house, of course, is to open an ancestral hall. A little brother in the crowd said.

In the early days of the founding of the Tianqin Dynasty, people believed in ghosts and gods very much. Therefore, although such a major event as opening an ancestral hall is a matter of one family, it must be known to everyone, so as not to have the spirit of the ancestors to linger in the world and accidentally scare people and be destroyed. Now, after a few hundred years, its significance has been diluted, but the custom has remained. And now, this custom in the imperial capital has been mixed with some thoughts.

For example, in the Suixian Pagoda in the center of the Imperial Mansion on the outskirts of the imperial capital, a disciple of the Ji family dressed as a white-robed cultivator was kneeling in front of Ji Juyuan, who was meditating intently, and reported: "Lord Yu Fujun, there is an abnormality in the Dharma scroll connecting the organs of the Liu family ancestral hall in the ancestral hall. ”

"Liu Family Ancestral Hall?" There is an ice room under the Suixian Pagoda, and Ji Juyuan is dressed in white and meditates on the ice jade platform in the center of the ice room. His eyes were half-opened, and he got up and walked towards the exit of the ice room. When the disciple who reported it saw this, he also got up and followed.

Since the establishment of Tianqin, the founding emperor of Tianqin, Gaozu, has ordered the Ji family to build the ancestral hall of the ancestral hall of the famous nobles in the imperial capital one by one through the theory of ghosts and gods. On the surface, it is to prevent the spirits of ancestors from staying in the mortal world to disturb the world, but in fact, it is to spy on the secrets of each family. At that time, the important ministers of the court who assisted Gaozu did not raise objections to show their loyalty, so until now, hundreds of years have passed, even if the imperial power has been loosened, the big families have different intentions but do not dare to take risks easily. After all, the royal family is tightly controlled, and many times the mutation is dismantled before it starts.

As a family in the Xuan cultivation realm, the Ji family has been obeying the orders of the Tianqin royal family for hundreds of years, and the Tianqin royal family also believes in the Ji family, which has become the situation where the royal family has delegated power to the Ji family today, and the Ji family is powerful.

Ji Juyuan walked into the palm ancestral pavilion, only to see that in the ten thousand scrolls of the law, the law scroll connecting the ancestral hall of the Liu family flew alone in the pavilion. Ji Juyuan raised his head and stared at it, his lips fluttering and chanting a mantra, and the scroll that glowed green flew into his hand. He was about to open the Dharma scroll when suddenly his body was hit by someone from behind, and the whole person staggered forward a few steps before he could barely stand up.

After standing firmly, Ji Juyuan lowered his head and stared at the soft wattle that stretched out from behind him to wrap around his waist, and tapped the law scroll in his hand on the back of his hand and said a little seriously: "Ji Xinrou, don't make trouble." ”

"Big brother, you don't even look at it and say it's me, and you're not afraid of calling the wrong person?" Letting go of the hand that was bound on Ji Juyuan's waist, an apple face poked out from behind Ji Juyuan, and then Ji Xinrou jumped to Ji Juyuan's side and stuck out her tongue to him mischievously.

Ji Juyuan found a bookshelf in the pavilion and sat on the ground, and Ji Xinrou also sat down beside him with him, "Who dares to be so presumptuous to me in the entire Ji family except for you?"

The disciple who followed Ji Juyuan quietly retreated when he saw Ji Xinrou coming, so as not to disturb the brother and sister.

"Huhu, how can I be so presumptuous. Ji Xinrou hugged one of Ji Juyuan's arms, and her rounded chin rested on his shoulder. A pair of grape eyes inadvertently saw the law scroll in Ji Juyuan's hand, and his pupils were suddenly curious, "Huh, this seems to be the law scroll that connects the ancestral hall of the Weiguo family." ”

"Well, if there is an abnormality in the law scroll, I'll take a look. Ji Juyuan lowered his eyes and looked at Xi Xinrou beside him, and the seriousness of Fang Cai had long since disappeared, "Speaking of which, what are you doing here?"

"I," Ji Xinrou straightened up, a finger unconsciously placed on her chin, "I wanted to go to the ice room to find you, but on the way I saw you and a disciple walking in the direction of the Ancestral Pavilion, I planned to sneak after you to scare you." ”

"......" Ji Juyuan was speechless, "I see that you are too idle on weekdays." ”

"Gee, don't talk about that. Ji Xinrou's head rested on Ji Juyuan's shoulder again, and there was some excitement in her words, "Big brother, open this Dharma scroll and take a look, maybe I can still see the appearance of the Liu Erqianjin you treated last time." ”

"See what she's doing?" said Ji Juyuan, who unfolded the scroll, and a picture of an ink figure appeared in their eyes. Although the scroll is presented in ink painting, it is the current situation of the ancestral hall of the Liu family.

Naturally, I was curious about her appearance. I've been walking around the imperial capital these days, but I've heard a lot about this willow two thousand gold. The world has said that she is weak and cowardly, but without exception they say that she is as beautiful as a demon and like a fairy, I want to see what kind of person can be as charming as a demon and as dusty as a fairy. She glanced at the characters in the painting, and finally she pointed to a woman in the painting and said excitedly: "Big brother, is this it? so beautiful! She is indeed as charming as a demon, but I really don't see any thing like a fairy in her." ”

Ji Juyuan looked at the place where Ji Xinrou's finger was, and the woman's face in the painting was stunning, and her eyebrows were charming. Beauty is beautiful, but she is dressed as a maid, where is Liu Zhilan?" In the two days he treated Liu Zhilan's injury, Qi Qinzhen Tea had been helping by his side, so he had a vague impression.

"Even her maid is so beautiful...... Ji Xinrou didn't continue, but seeing her eyes wide open, her eyes shining, and her cheeks were slightly red with a look of great anticipation, "Big brother, did you say that Liu Erqianjin will come out in a while?"

"Let's take a look. Seeing Xi Xinrou's appearance, the corners of her lips couldn't help but overflow with a smile.

As he spoke, the brother and sister stared at the changing calligraphy and paintings in the scroll, but the person in the painting did not realize that his every move was being carefully watched by the minifigure.

In front of the incense burner that appeared outside the ancestral hall of Liufu, Liu Zhengqian and Liu Zhixiao led everyone to hold incense and bow, and then inserted incense into the incense burner one by one in order of identity. After that, Liu Song knelt down alone in front of the incense burner, Liu Zhengqian and Liu Zhixiao knelt beside him on one knee, and one of them bit off a finger to bleed. Liu Song took the blood of the two heirs of the Liu family with one hand, and drew a strange symbol on the bronze body of the incense burner with the other hand, which no one could understand. This is the key extraction technique left by the Ji family, as for why Liu Song would do this, it was only because of the discord between Liu Zhengqian and Liu Zhixiao's brothers that the former head of the Liu family was worried, so he taught this technique to his loyal servant instead of his son.

As the entire copper body of the incense burner shimmered green, the incense burning in the furnace raised a rich white smoke to wrap the body of the furnace. After a while, the white smoke cleared, and only a bronze flower key remained where the incense burner was located.

"Please give the key to Licheng, please come with the old slave. Liu Song picked up the key, walked to the ancestral hall on crutches and unlocked it, and then pushed open the heavy wooden door with the help of Liu Yang and the other guards.

"You guys, carry the corpse in. Seeing the door open, Liu Zhengqian instructed the guards, and then walked in by himself.

Liu Zhixiao was slightly stunned, and he watched as the guards carried the corpse covered with a white cloth into the ancestral hall. No wonder Fang Cai always felt a disgusting smell when he came, it turned out that there were corpses not far away.

"This corpse stinks like this, I don't know how many days it has been. Liu Tuan, who was behind Liu Zhixiao, covered his nose and muttered quietly.

Liu Zhixiao looked at the ancestral hall from outside the door without saying a word, and when all the people in the big room entered, he stood outside for a while before entering.

Because no one can enter the ancestral hall on weekdays, Liu Zhixiao felt depressed when he saw the dead branches and dust all over the ground when he entered. He walked into the room and looked at the tablet on the table with a pair of cold eyes, his face was very complicated.

The Liu family has been passed down from generation to generation, and it was only in the generation of the former head of the Liu family that they had two sons. There were not many tablets on the table, and Liu Zhixiao looked over slowly. His first test, his first concubine...... In the end, his gaze was fixed on the spiritual seat of Concubine Xiaoyan of Liu Zhilan. "Big brother, what is the matter with opening the ancestral hall this time?" he took a few steps forward and knelt on the futon with Liu Zhengqian.

Liu Zhengqian and Liu Zhixiao kowtowed three times towards the spiritual position, and Liu Zhengqian hesitated for a while before speaking: "Three days ago, Lan'er was seriously injured by an assassin and fell into a coma. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zhixiao was stunned. He looked back at the corpse resting outside the house, "That corpse ......"

"That's the assassin who assassinated Lan'er. Liu Zhengqian sighed: "The assassin disguised himself as the guard of my mansion, and Lan'er was almost killed when he didn't notice it in his sleep, but fortunately, Lan'er fought hard to kill the assassin and escaped." It's just that she was seriously injured and was still unconscious after two days of treatment. ”

"Good and dignified, how could there be an assassin all of a sudden?" Liu Zhixiao glanced at the group of people kneeling outside the house, and saw that one of the maids was quietly shaking his head at him.

No, what Liu Zhengqian said is not right! Qi Qinzhen Tea and Bishu, who knew what was going on, looked down and listened to Liu Zhengqian's fabrication of facts, and at the same time thought of ways to expose his lies. When Jiaqin saw Liu Zhixiao looking backwards at the corpse, she made a bet and shook her head slowly at Liu Zhixiao. This Liu Zhixiao seems to be very incompatible with Liu Zhengqian, I hope he can understand what she means.

Liu Zhixiao is the crown prince and the prince, and she is very smart, and her careful thinking can naturally be seen at a glance. He glanced at Liu Zhengqian beside him, he, a reckless big brother, didn't even make drafts when he lied, and he couldn't even read it.

"Lan'er's master has a lot of enemies in the rivers and lakes, maybe someone got the news of Lan'er, so he came to seek revenge. Liu Zhengqian's eagle eyes squeezed out two lines of tears, and one hand beat on his chest, "Poor my Lan'er, she suffered this catastrophe when she was still sick, and she is still unconscious!"

"Oh my God!" Looking at the golden description that appeared with the painting on the law scroll, Ji Xinrou was surprised and half covered her mouth, "It turns out that Liu Erqianjin was injured like this!"

Ji Juyuan frowned. Liu Zhilan's maid reacted like that, so Liu Zhilan's serious injury must have another reason. "Let's see, it's not the end yet. ”