This Yuan family is strange and wrong inside and out, and Huangfu Xiaoyuan has only been here for a short time, and she is already uncomfortable.

Even if you don't mention the strange scars on Qiu'er's body and her inexplicable actions, in this entire big family, everyone is silent, and this death-like silence alone can make a weak-minded person collapse on the spot.

Whether it was a road encounter, an order or a meal, there was no eye contact between everyone's communication, and the people of the Yuan family all adhered to the principle of eating without saying a word, and never said a word to each other.

And the descendants of the Yuan family have always had only two reactions, that is, "Miss, please command" and "yes", there is no refusal, no small talk, no prevarication, only indifferent and mechanical responses.

After getting along for a long time, the one who talked to Huangfu Xiaoyuan the most was the strange Qiu'er, it was really a shame that Xi Qiu could live in such an environment for so many years, if you want to say that her cold temperament, I am afraid that most of them were raised by this family.

When night fell, Huangfu Xiaoyuan had already made up her mind that she must relay everything that happened here to Lu Hanjiang tomorrow, not because she wanted to complain, but because of this sense of disobedience, there was a weirdness that made her back chill.

On the branches of the moon, Huangfu Xiaoyuan did not let Qiu'er follow, strolling alone in the backyard garden, in the brightly lit yard, only the noise of the wind blowing flowers and trees, the servants who were in a hurry during the day all disappeared, and everyone in the Yuan family returned to the room in unison, and the self-discipline was terrible.

The whole house is full of strange situations, this quiet and unmanned garden, on the contrary, it is particularly heartwarming, Huangfu Xiaoyuan walked aimlessly in it, for no reason to feel that this scene seems familiar, when thinking about it, but was attracted by a courtyard at the end.

At the gate of the small courtyard, there were two waiters standing straight, they were the same as the other servants, they were indifferent and difficult to approach, and when they saw the arrival of Huangfu Xiaoyuan, they bent down slightly.

"I've seen Miss."

Huangfu Xiaoyuan carefully recalled the information of the Yuan family, and indeed mentioned that the eldest master of the Yuan family, who lived alone in the depths of the courtyard, was Xi Qiu's grandfather in terms of generation.

"I'll take a look at ......"

Before Huangfu Xiaoyuan's words were finished, there was a burst of crazy laughter in the small courtyard in front of her-

"Aha-"

The two waiters were not surprised, and one of them stepped forward and said to Huangfu Xiaoyuan: "Miss, the master is sick, I'm afraid it's not good to see people." ”

Because he had collected information about the Yuan family, he had also heard a little about this delirious old man, Huangfu Xiaoyuan, but he didn't think that his madness had reached this level before he came.

She didn't insist any longer, but casually ordered to take good care of the old man and left, and the two waiters resumed their silence, quietly listening to the intermittent laughter of the eldest master of the Yuan family echoing over the empty garden.

This night Huangfu Xiaoyuan fell asleep worriedly, and the next morning, Qiu'er came on time to wake her up, and outside the secret room, Qiu'er was lively like a little girl who had never seen the world, chattering around her about the interesting things in Beijing recently.

If it weren't for the secret passage under him, if it weren't for the fact that the Yuan family was wrong everywhere, Huangfu Xiaoyuan would almost think that what he saw and heard yesterday was a nonsensical dream.

got up under Qiu'er's service, and Huangfu Xiaoyuan led the maid to the teahouse as usual.

Qiu'er was waiting on the opposite street as usual, and Huangfu Xiaoyuan went upstairs, saw Lu Hanjiang, who was drinking tea, and stepped forward to salute: "My lord." ”

"Well," Lu Hanjiang asked, "How, can you sense something wrong in the Yuan family?" ”

"In the Xiqiu room of the Yuan family, there is a secret room, and the subordinates investigated it yesterday, and there are basic martial arts secrets in it......" Then, Huangfu Xiaoyuan told everything he saw and heard in the secret room yesterday, and also said the strangeness of the Yuan family.

At first glance, Lu Hanjiang automatically ignored the strangeness of the Yuan family, after all, the big family has its own appearance, and the husband and wife are strangers, let alone such a big family.

Although there was something wrong with the maid called Qiu'er, the priority was still not high in him, and Lu Hanjiang's focus was on the martial arts that Huangfu Xiaoyuan said.

"Xuanyin Gong."

Lu Hanjiang chewed these three words in his mouth, if he remembered correctly, in the Ge family's organ array, the martial arts engraved on the ice gate were also Xuanyin Gong.

Now that he knew the relationship between Yanshi and the Xiaoyao faction, he wouldn't be surprised why this martial art appeared in Xi Qiu's secret room.

He was just thinking about what exactly was the relationship between Yanshi and the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect in Jingzhong.

Being able to move Meng Yuan at least proves that this Yanshi is a smart person, and Shuo Xuan, the eldest disciple of the Jingzhong Xiaoyao Sect, was killed by Lu Hanjiang himself, although this senior brother did not leave any useful information before he died, but let him confirm that there must be someone behind this Shuo Xuan.

His instinct was to lean towards the fact that the person behind the scenes was the crown princess, but all the evidence showed that it was more likely that the black hand was the Yanshi.

But no matter what, Lu Hanjiang can at least be sure of one thing, Shuo Xuan is a mediocre person, even if the two parties act together, I am afraid that he, the senior brother of the free faction, is also a puppet who is unilaterally held by others, and even whether he knows the existence of the person behind it is two words.

Lu Hanjiang pondered for a moment and said, "Tomorrow you will bring that Xuanyin Gong, and I will see the complete exercise with my own eyes." ”

According to Huangfu Xiaoyuan, the Xuanyin Gong in the secret room is divided into two parts, and Lu Hanjiang thought that if he could see the complete exercises, he might be able to guess some of the thoughts of the Yan Master.

"Humble duty understands."

After Huangfu Xiaoyuan responded, she listened to Lu Hanjiang's instructions: "You can also go and meet Xi Qiu, and see if you can ask for something useful." ”

In order to conceal it, Lu Hanjiang did not let Xi Qiu be locked up in the edict, but was imprisoned on the ground of this teahouse.

“...... Be. ”

In fact, Huangfu Xiaoyuan was a little resistant to entering Jinyiwei's prison, although her heart was towards the abyss of hell, she still had a great discomfort with these dark things.

Under the leadership of the steward of several buildings, Huangfu Xiaoyuan went down to the underground dark room, where there were less than five cells, which was much less than the edict prison, and there were no torture tools, so Xi Qiu escaped the catastrophe.

When Huangfu Xiaoyuan saw her, Xi Qiu's appearance did not change much, and the white prison clothes did not look like he had been tortured.

She sat quietly on the uneven floor, as if in this underground dungeon, not much different from the teahouse on the ground.

Hearing the footsteps, she raised her head slightly, and when she saw the woman who looked the same as her entering the prison, Xi Qiu immediately figured out what was going on, she didn't sneer, she didn't complain, she just looked at each other calmly.

Huangfu Xiaoyuan was silent for a long time, and said, "My lord, let me ask you, but what do you have to say." ”