"Yue Hai, don't talk to me about anything else, my eldest brother is just an ordinary person, who is standing behind your Yue family, what is the power, what does it have to do with my eldest brother?"

Gu Xi frowned and looked at Yue Hai.

"Brother Gu, don't be impatient, and listen to me slowly. Yue Hai brushed his shirt, shook his head and said, "This matter has to start from the period of the first emperor." ”

As if recalling some sad thing, Yue Hai Suyi walked to the stone bridge, looking at the sparkling summer lake, and an imperceptible sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Decades ago, the former emperor Liang Yi died of illness on the way to meet the immortals of Shangzong, and before he returned to the palace, he left behind a great cause of the Lan Kingdom, leaving only one prince, that is, the current emperor Liang Chen,"

Yue Hai looked up at the starry sky and said, "At that time, the emperor was just a babbling child, how could the first emperor pass away suddenly before the crown prince was established, and the eldest son should have succeeded to the throne, when the emperor ascended the throne, the old family with the thousand-year-old heritage of the Lan Kingdom, the Chen family in the capital suddenly made a difficulty, and there were even many families and court officials who echoed the voice, wanting to bring down the Liang family and get a piece of the pie together." ”

Gu Xi was silent, calmed down and listened, Yue Erhai's ensuing words revealed the past of Lan Guo and many unknown secrets.

"Under the circumstances at that time, the Chen family, a behemoth, controlled most of the military power of the Lan Kingdom, bought off many important officials of the Lan Kingdom, and even vaguely wanted to empty the emperor's power," Yue Hai sighed and said, "And the former emperor had long known that the Chen family had bad intentions, so he secretly cultivated our Yue family." ”

"The emperor governs the country, he must know the checks and balances, the first emperor originally planned to create a family that can be equal to the Chen family, so as to have a reason to reduce the power and military power of the Chen family," Yue Hai smiled bitterly, "How can the first emperor die young and fail to support the Yue family to the top family." ”

"Looking at the increasingly powerful Chen family and the declining royal family, the officials in the court knew in their hearts, just when people thought that the Lan Kingdom was going to change the dynasty, the immortals of Shangzong suddenly descended to the Lan Kingdom Imperial Court......"

"What is puzzling is that the immortals of Shangzong are on the side of the royal family of Lan Kingdom, and logically speaking, there is no reason for Shang Zong to meddle in the affairs of the secular world," Yue Hai's words were very light, his mouth was telling history, and at the same time, he was also expounding the secrets of Lan Kingdom.

"To everyone's expectation, the immortals of Shangzong held the order of the sect master, and with lightning speed, they killed hundreds of Chen family refining monks with a wave of their hands, almost washing the Chen family in blood, and for a time the entire capital was in chaos, and many families and court officials avoided the Chen family, so as not to catch fire at the city gate and affect the pond fish, and they all thought that the Chen family had offended Shangzong and caused the killing. ”

"After that, people learned that it was not the Chen family who offended Shangzong, but that the immortals of Shangzong owed a favor to the royal family of Languo, and in order to prevent the demon from entanglement in the center of cultivation, they went to Languo to ......"

"The appearance of the Shangzong Immortals made the Chen family fall to the bottom in an instant from a top family, which undoubtedly frustrated the Chen family's spirit and strengthened the authority of the royal family. ”

Yue Hai glanced back at Gu Xi, as if he could see another person from Gu Xi's face: "The Chen family is in decline, and now the Queen Mother is my aunt, and our Yue family has risen by the wind and has become the only family that can confront the Chen family on the bright side." ”

"Decades have passed, the emperor has grown into the monarch of the Lan country, regained the military power with a thunderous posture, and used a holy decree to buy off almost ninety percent of the body refining monks in the Lan country, and then weakened the power of the Chen family. Speaking of this, Yue Hai coughed lightly, as if he was deliberately concealing his emotions.

"However, that holy decree has also become a trend in the Lan Kingdom, so that the people who practice martial arts in the Lan country today have to break through and become body refining cultivators and go to the court as officials, and your eldest brother Gu Liang is one of them. ”

At the mention of the eldest brother, Gu Xi's eyes full of cold gradually dimmed, and he asked coldly: "When my eldest brother left the Great Wilderness, he was at best a powerful peasant, how could he be the body refining cultivator you said?"

"Your eldest brother is indeed not a body refining cultivator, but he is a genuine spirit child!" Yue Hai's next sentence could be said to have taken Gu Xi by surprise.

"Impossible!"

When Gu Xi heard this, he immediately retorted, "My eldest brother has been staying in the Great Wilderness for more than ten years, how can he be a spirit child?"

"I am one of the survivors of the West Bank bandit crackdown ten years ago, and I am also a friend of your eldest brother, and I can tell you responsibly that your eldest brother is indeed a spirit child. Yue Hai finished speaking in one breath, as if he had exhausted his strength, a tired look appeared on his face, and he leaned on the stone bridge.

"You're my eldest brother's friend, why do you look about my age?" Gu Xi stared at Yue Hai, his expression slowed slightly, his eyes moved slightly, and a trace of golden light flashed suddenly.

Although he was puzzled in his heart, through the subtle investigation of his golden pupils, Yue Hai's heart was very calm and indifferent, without the slightest nervousness and palpitations when he told lies.

"When I fought with bandits on the west bank, I was seriously injured, but at the critical moment, it was your eldest brother who gave me the elixir and pulled me up from the ghost gate with infusion of aura, and my face was fixed on that day," Yue Hai laughed at himself and sighed, "It may be that God asked me Yue Hai to remember that day." ”

"Ten years ago, your eldest brother alarmed the emperor when he came to the Shaojun camp with the cultivation of a spirit child, you know, the spirit child in the world is pursuing the way of immortality in the world of cultivating immortals, and he doesn't want to be contaminated with too much worldly atmosphere at all, and I also met your eldest brother at that time," Yue Hai chuckled, as if recalling the past, "Your eldest brother Gu Liang is a person who loves to laugh, he is very approachable, and his favorite thing is to sit alone in the shade of a tree and weave wicker." ”

Gu Xi's heart was shocked, and he was almost speechless.

He is all too familiar to weave wicker...... It was the eldest brother who taught him the craft by hand, and the eldest brother helped him make up a lot of them before, but his name was engraved on them.

"On the things that have been knitted, your eldest brother has engraved the word 'Xi', saying that it is your name," Yue Hai smiled slightly, "I have a few at home in the capital." ”

"The good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for the bandits on the west bank to begin, I was so playful that I changed my armor and secretly followed the troops to the expedition," Yue Hai gradually lost the smile on his face, and said in a deep voice, "The strange thing is that the route of our expedition seems to have been known in advance by the bandits on the west bank, they set up an ambush halfway, and the army suffered heavy casualties, and was forced to flee to a nearby city." ”

"Your eldest brother and I survived, but the deputy general gave the order to let your eldest brother go out of the city on the second day on the grounds that the spirit child had various means of escape," Yue Hai said in a low voice, "I went, and I didn't come back." ”

From what Yue Hai said, Gu Xi noticed a hint of strangeness, and hurriedly asked, "The route of the army's expedition is secret, how could the bandits know it in advance?"

"Naturally, there was a conspiracy within the army," Yue Hai said directly, "After the interrogation, someone recruited soon, and although the saint had doubts in his heart at that time, the whole incident seemed unbreakable, so he was not investigated." ”

"But I'm unwilling, I don't believe that my Yue Hai's best friend died so simply, I started to check ......"

"This investigation really made me find out some suspicions, the family members who confessed were all assassinated, and some of the remnants happened to see that night, Gu Liang was wandering at the door of the deputy general's courtyard, and the deputy general was Chen Tianyu, the second elder of the Chen family, "Yue Hai was furious, and the green tendons on his arms burst out, "The guards guarding the deputy general's gate returned to the capital, some were assassinated, and some suddenly came into trouble, and in less than a month, they were all dead." ”

"Gu Xi, don't you think it's too coincidental," Yue Hai gritted his teeth, "Everything points to the Chen family, and I have been secretly using the power of the Yue family for ten years to find out the news of the exchanges between the Chen family and the bandits on the west coast. ”

"As soon as I touched it, I was noticed by the Chen family, and before I had time to react, I ushered in the crazy assassination of the Chen family, hidden in the city in the great wilderness, very safe, and you and your second brother went out of the great wilderness, and if you are not in order, you will be assassinated, so I took the trouble to take you to my side," Yue Hai said in a sad tone, "Now I can't find anything, I can only tell you that all the answers are in Chen Tianyu's mouth." ”

After speaking, Yue Hai felt guilty, shook off his plain white clothes, entered the house, and disappeared from Gu Xi's sight.

Gu Xi's face was expressionless, his eyes were low, he was silent for a long time, turned to the room, and bowed solemnly.

It's late at night......

Gu Xi left, and the insects in the bamboo forest accompanied Yue Hai.

Yue Hai sat on the wooden chair in the study, skillfully rummaging through the stacks of letters on the table.

"Third son, is it worth it?"

Suddenly, a deep shadow appeared in the shadow of the study, and he asked Yue Hai.

"Gu Xi is definitely going to the capital, and the people of the Chen family will definitely kill the killer after knowing his details, I might as well tell him as soon as possible and let him make preparations. Yue Hai didn't look up, but just said to the letter.

"Go back to Yue's house, the head of the family has been thinking about you in his heart, you don't have to go your own way, you have been investigating for ten years, and the clues from ten years ago are long gone, even if you find out, what can you do, but it is just an obsession that supports you. The dark shadow persuaded bitterly.

"Perhaps......"

Yue Hai closed the letter, turned around and knocked on the bookshelf behind him, only to hear a crisp click, and the bookshelf split from the center, revealing a roll of bamboo slips.

Seeing this bamboo slip, the black shadow was startled: "The third prince took out this thing, are you really optimistic about Gu Xi?"

Yue Hai dusted off the bamboo slips.

"Gu Xi is not stupid, he knows how to hide his emotions, if he has the blessing of this thing, maybe he can really find out," Yue Hai got up and looked at the hazy starry sky through the window, "I can't see through him, if he can defeat the spirit child with his refining body, his strength must be unfathomable." ”

The black shadow was slightly stunned, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.