Chang'an City, it is raining lightly today.

The rain falls on the bluestone paved road, which does not form a stream, but it is wet and annoying.

Ran Qingyi didn't hold an umbrella, she hurried back to her Feiyan Zhai alone.

The always calm envoy of the White Phoenix Department rarely panicked so much.

She pushed open the courtyard door of Feiyan Zhai, the exquisite courtyard, the servants who were in charge of cleaning the courtyard naturally saluted when they saw the head of the house coming back, Ran Qingyi didn't pay attention to them, she braved the rain and walked through the courtyard, and came to the door of the room where no one could enter except her.

Her hurried steps stopped then, and she stood still in front of the door.

The expression on her beautiful face changed, and after a long time, she took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

The room, which had never been opened by outsiders, was empty, and there was nothing but a wooden table in the center.

There are three candlesticks on the wooden table, and in front of the candlesticks are written three names.

One of them is Mu Yushan, the second is Lin Shou, and its three elements are returned to the dragon.

These three candlesticks were once lit with bright candles, and now the candles on the three candlesticks have been extinguished.

The difference is that the wax thread on the two candles is already cold, only the candle on the candlestick with the words Yuan Guilong still has a little green smoke, and it will not be long before it is extinguished.

After seeing this situation clearly, Ran Qingyi's face turned pale, her body weakened, and she collapsed to the ground at that time.

"Chu Qiuli... Do you really want to die?" she muttered to herself, the look on her face pale with sorrow.

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"Xiao Han, we've been in this place for three days. In the small courtyard that Xu Han had just purchased, Chu Qiuli looked at the young man in front of him with a sad face.

The young man was holding the sleeping black cat in his arms, and he was in no hurry to clean the mud on the black cat's fur.

"You, don't go out and run around when it's raining, you're dirty. "I kept babbling it.

And the black cat is squinting at the moment enjoying the "service" of the teenager, this person and a cat ignore the anxious big man next to him.

"Xiao Han, that Zhu Xian is eyeing us now, now is not the time for playthings to lose their mind..."Seeing that the young man ignored himself, the middle-aged man became more and more anxious, he said again, when these words came out, the black cat sitting in the young man's arms handed over a dissatisfied look, the big man was stunned, and hurriedly changed his words: "It's not... It's not the time to lose your mind playing with cats..."

Hearing this, the young man finally raised his head, and he looked at the middle-aged man with interest and asked, "Didn't Brother Chu also have a hangover every day a few days ago?

"This..."Chu Qiuli was speechless for a while, and he didn't say for a while: "Didn't I repent?"

"You see, we're grasshoppers on the same line now, and we can't go on like this. ”

The young man nodded when he heard this, and said very approvingly: "Well, what Brother Chu said is right, it is indeed not a way to go on like this." Then what is Brother Chu's good plan?"

Chu Qiuli was immediately dumbfounded when he heard this.

"You see, since Brother Chu has no choice, there is no way to think about it. Why do you want to do so much? No, if Brother Chu has free time, it is better to buy some more wine, and we will get drunk tonight. The boy made a gesture and was about to get up and turn away.

Xu Han's attitude suddenly made Chu Qiu panic.

He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Xu Han, and said with a bitter face: "Brother Xu, don't be like this, you are a smart person, unlike my elm head, I know you must have a way." ”

"Brother Chu wants to know the way?" asked Xu Han with squinted eyes.

"Uh-huh! You say, as long as I can help, I will never blink my brows when I go up to Daoshan Mountain and down to the sea of fire. Chu Qiuli patted his chest and promised.

Seeing him like this, Xu Han's face suddenly showed a look of joy.

He sat back beside Chu Qiuli and said with a smile: "Brother Chu said that he bet on me, and said that he is a grasshopper in the same boat as me. ”

"Then Xu thinks that since we are in the same boat and surrounded by enemies, should we be open and honest?"

Hearing this, Chu Qiuli's face changed slightly, and he immediately said with a bitter face: "But I'm a drunkard, what can I know?"

"That's really a pity, it seems that Brother Chu still doesn't treat Xu as his own. Xu Han shook his head regretfully, and then stood up again.

This made Chu Qiuli's face change greatly, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Xu Han again, and said in his mouth: "Don't! Don't! Brother Xu, you say, what do you want to know, someone in Chu must know everything, and he must say everything." ”

Seeing him like this, Xu Han suddenly showed a satisfied smile, he took out a note from his arms and handed it to Chu Qiuli.

When the man took the note, Xu Han asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Lu and Commander Hou said that they were going to garrison Dahuang City and supervise the reconstruction, but someone sent me a letter, as early as a month ago, the soldiers and horses in Dahuang City stopped rebuilding the city, but instead went through the horses, it seemed that they were going somewhere, and Mr. Lu and Commander Hou disappeared in the past month, and they disappeared and disappeared without a trace. Does Big Brother Chu know what exactly they are going to do?"

Hearing this, Chu Qiuli's face suddenly changed, and it was obvious that he was also aware of the various variables behind this matter.

"I really don't know. He spoke with great sincerity at that time.

But Xu Han squinted at him and didn't say anything.

"Xiao Han, don't you believe me?" Chu Qiuli's face became more and more ugly.

"If it's Brother Chu, if it's the current Xu, can Brother Chu believe in himself?" Xu Han asked with a smile, it was difficult to see what the young man was thinking at this moment from the look on his face.

Hearing this, Chu Qiuli fell silent again.

"Xiao Han..."

He wanted to say something in a low voice, but was interrupted by Xu Han's voice.

"Xu is not ambitious, he just wants to find a place to live for a hundred years. ”

"But everyone forced me to come here, so I sat from a beggar to the position of the lord of the Tiance Mansion in a daze. ”

"I thought, if I can fight for a lifetime, why don't I fight? So, whether it is asking for immortals in the Linglong Pavilion, or defending against foreign enemies in Dahuang City, or worrying about me in Chang'an City at this moment. Xu thinks he has done his best enough. Not to say give it all, but at least leave no stone unturned. ”

"But even so, Xu also discovered that this Chang'an City is far more terrifying than I imagined. ”

"Everyone hides secrets, everyone has their own purpose, and in order to achieve this goal, it seems that everyone can let go of anything, even Xu is ashamed of himself. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Han's face became gloomy.

"I want to get out of here, away from these intrigues that I can't reach. But with a Xingtian Sword in my hand, my life experience has become confusing, and in the blink of an eye, I have become a true son of heaven with the blood of the royal family and the luck of the Great Zhou. I was destined to leave here, because some people didn't want me to leave. ”

"Of course I wanted to figure it out, but it was so coincidental that everything from the time I was born to the present seemed to have been deliberately arranged, so coincidental that I didn't dare to think about it. Because once you think about it, from the old beggar who picked me up to the sea to the master, and even Brother Chu, Ye Hongjian, Qin Keqing, and Fang Ziyu, all of you have become the accomplices of Xu Han now. ”

"If I deny you, I also deny the current me, then who am I? Xu Han? or the prince of the Great Zhou? Or is it just me, some people achieve certain goals in order to achieve certain goals, he can be anyone, but not me. ”

Hearing this, Chu Qiuli lowered his head, and the expression on his face was sad and lonely, as if he was a little guilty, and as if he was a little sad.

Xu Hango seemed to ignore his expression, and he continued: "So Brother Chu, ask me if there is a way. And Xu really has no way, because I don't know if the so-called method will be another part of what some people have already designed. Xu doesn't want to be that chess piece, Xu just wants to be Xu. ”

In Chu Qiuli's impression, he seemed to have never seen this young man say so many words since he knew Xu Han, and he could probably imagine what prompted today's conversation, the endless conspiracy and intrigue that swept in, the net-casting man who caught the net but couldn't see it, this Chang'an, and this world.

Xu Han always shows calmness and rationality that are different from ordinary people, or it is this calmness and rationality that makes people inadvertently forget that the young man in front of him is only nineteen years old today. And when he inadvertently confided in the confusion and softness in his heart, this confusion and softness were also so fragile that it made people feel distressed.

Thinking about this, Chu Qiuli finally raised his head, and he used all his courage to dare to look directly at the young man's gaze, and the sincerity and questioning in that gaze made his heart tremble. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm just a gambler, a gambler who has lost almost bankrupt, I have pressed my last bargaining chip on you, and I want to rely on you to turn over." ”

This is indeed a thing to be ashamed of, but Chu also found out after placing a bet that Brother Xu was in the game. You're in, I'm in. ”

"But gamblers, especially gamblers like me, there is no reason to go back on a bet. ”

"Chu someone just doesn't believe in evil. Even if I do it again, I'm going to put my bet on you. ”

"I don't care whether it's the Netherworld or the Bureau laid by the Heavenly King Laozi. ”

"But in this game, someone Chu bets on you to win!"

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man looked straight at the young man in front of him, and there was no longer a hazy drunken intent in his eyes, but a fierce light like a hungry wolf.

"Because we are the same kind of people, we have already lost nothing but this life. ”