"Okay."

Although Chen Ci had doubts in his heart, he did not continue to ask.

"Someone doesn't seem to want me to feel better..."

Xu Lan took a deep look at the southeast of Qingzhou,

If he hadn't been able to find any clues before,

But since mastering the Book of Heavenly Works, he has become familiar with some formations.

As soon as he observed the southeast direction, he felt that something was wrong.

In the eyes of the array mage, the overall layout of Qingzhou is like a picture scroll, in which the buildings are scattered but hidden into a trend of interconnection.

This is a relatively common formation for gathering wealth.

Qingzhou, as the transportation center of the Great Chu Dynasty and the first of the thirteen states, is not surprising to have such a skill.

But now there have been some changes in the southeast and southwest directions.

It's like a complete picture, but at the moment someone has quietly erased some of it.

In other words, ordinary people may not be able to notice the difference.

But for Xu Lan, at this moment, he is sure that someone is secretly tampering with the pattern of Qingzhou.

And this change,

It just happened to be to convert the original wealth gathering formation into a killing formation.

Xu Lan didn't want to meddle in this kind of thing,

But after some deduction of his own,

He unexpectedly found that if he allowed this killing array to continue to be completed, in the end, the spearhead would be directed at the place where the Xu Mansion was.

Thinking of the recent change of guards in Qingzhou, a large number of officials and even the city guards have to change their guards.

Xu Lan felt that this matter did not seem to be as simple as he imagined.

"The Sun family?"

"No, although Sun Hongying also understands formations, it is impossible for her to do such a thing."

"Who else could there be?"

Xu Lan couldn't think of it, so he didn't continue to think about it, anyway, he would naturally have the answer tomorrow.

……

It wasn't until midnight that the two returned to Xu's house,

Early the next morning, Xu Lan still got up to practice swords, while Chen Ci went to the yamen to inquire about some things Xu Lan wanted to know.

At noon,

When Xu Lan finished cultivating, Chen Ci also happened to come back from outside.

"How?"

Xu Lan put away his long sword, looked at Chen Ci and said with a smile: "Is there any news from the Yamen?" ”

"Yes, there is."

Chen Ci took out a roll of maps from his arms, spread it out and found that it was a map of Qingzhou.

Of course

This map is different from the map seen on the market, and the one in Chen Ci's hand even marks the patrol route of the city guards.

"The prefect can still let you bring out such an important map?"

Xu Lan smiled as he carefully studied the map,

"The name of the Hanging Mirror Division is still easy to use."

"That's true."

Hearing this, Xu Lan smiled dumbly, and then his finger fell on the southwest area of the map.

This is where I found out something was wrong last night.

"Is there anyone building here?"

Xu Lan asked, "If there is, someone should have reported it to the yamen." ”

"Well, there is."

Chen Ci nodded and said, "I asked, it is said that a businessman from other places has set up a shop here, and he has recently been busy changing his clothes and preparing for business." ”

"What about the southeast direction?"

Xu Lan continued to point to another area on the map and asked,

"There is a hundred-year-old mansion here, which was recently bought by outsiders and is busy decorating."

Chen Ci said suspiciously: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"There's something wrong with it."

Xu Lan then pointed to other areas in different directions and asked, "If nothing else, there will be people in these places who are building a lot of buildings." ”

"I can ask you again."

After saying that, he wanted to turn around and return to the yamen again,

From Xu Lan's expression and tone, she seemed to sense that something was wrong.

"Not yet."

Xu Lan stopped her,

Although it is not clear who the other party is,

But since you can unconsciously use the original layout of Qingzhou to form a killing array,

This already shows that the identity of the other party is not ordinary.

If Chen Ci inquired about some news from the yamen many times, I am afraid that he would be alarmed.

It's just that what Xu Lan can't understand is that in this Qingzhou City, who would spend so much money against himself?

The Sun family?

Or a few other wealthy families?

Although theoretically the huge city of Qingzhou can do these things,

There are only a few wealthy families headed by the Sun family.

But in Xu Lan's opinion, they have no grievances with themselves, and it is impossible for them to destroy the original pattern of Qingzhou in order to deal with themselves.

If this kind of behavior is known to others, it will be a capital crime to be investigated by the Great Chu Dynasty.

So even if it is Sun Hongying of the Sun family,

She can't afford to gamble with the entire Sun family, it's unrealistic.

"Other than that... There is another possibility. ”

Xu Lan was suddenly shocked, and he thought of another possibility.

Demon Cult!

"By the way, only the Demon Cult wants to put me to death..."

"Aside from that incident, I don't know how many good things I have done to the Demon Sect..."

When you think of this,

Xu Lan also probably had some understanding in his heart.

Behind this matter, I'm afraid that except for the Demon Sect, there is really no possibility that anyone else can do it to him.

Then

Xu Lan fell on Chen Ci's body and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, it may be disrupting your plan to return to Kyoto." ”

"Huh?"

Chen Ci's little face was full of puzzlement, Xu Lan didn't want to let him go back to Kyoto?

"I'll find out if I go for a drink in the evening."

Xu Lan was not in a hurry to tell Chen Ci the reason, he only needed to go to the tower in the middle of the Mirror Lake again tonight to have the answer.

When the time comes, it will not be too late to tell Chen Ci the ins and outs of this matter.

"Qingluan, bring the pen and ink."

Then Xu Lan's heart moved slightly,

Isn't it just a formation, who wouldn't.

Next, Xu Lan wrote down a series of materials, which filled three or four sheets of paper.

"Buy all the materials on this paper as soon as possible."

Up to this point,

Xu Lan didn't care whether his actions would arouse Sun Hongying's suspicions,

Anyway, in terms of time, it won't take a few days for Sun Hongying to come to her.

"Okay."

Qingluan glanced at it and then walked out, and the Chen Ci on the side was still full of question marks.

"What the hell is going on?"

In other ordinary times, she would not have asked,

But just now, Xu Lan's sentence [It may be necessary to disrupt your plan to return to Kyoto] made her upset.

Is this what it means to retain?

"Don't worry, you'll know at night."

Xu Lan smiled and didn't explain too much.

And so it was night,

After having dinner in the mansion, Xu Lan turned his head slightly and said to Chen: "Let's go, go to the old place last night." ”

"Okay."

Chen Ci nodded, she couldn't wait for a long time.

"Childe~"

Just as the two of them turned to leave, Qingluan and Hongluan behind them couldn't help but scream.

Childe doesn't take them with him when he goes out now!

Xu Lan looked back and saw the resentful eyes of the two, and also grinned: "Next time, definitely." ”