When the old man walked into the room, Qin Wen felt an overwhelming coercion coming to him.

Qin Fu next to him hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Fourth Elder." Qin Lu also went to the side of the bed to help Qin Wen get out of bed, bowed down and said, "The fourth elder is good." ”

The old man waved his hand, looked at the body of the man in black on the ground, and said, "Ah Fu, who is this?"

Qin Fu replied respectfully, "It's the assassin who assassinated Young Master Wen." ”

"Hmm", the old man said with a displeased look on his face, "Then since the assassin is dead, you can just go directly to the patriarch, what is the matter with calling me?"

Qin Fu waved his hand to let the Tsing Yi steward out of the room, and then said in a low voice: "The origin of this assassin is a little unknown, Ah Lu and I are preliminarily estimated to be people from the Tianmi Sect, but he is the worship of Young Master Luan." ”

The old man's expression became solemn at this time, and he carefully looked at the face of the man in black before nodding and saying, "I have also seen this surnamed Ruan a few times, and it is the worship of Xiao Luan, but how can he stab Ah Wen?"

Qin Fu pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know much about this reason, but it's about the Tianmi Sect, so I asked you to discuss it." ”

The Fourth Elder nodded, and said with a slight sigh, "How did you arrange it over there, Xiaoluan?

Qin Fu shook his head and said, "Young Master Luan, I have already asked the courtyard to surround the courtyard, except for a few of us, the rest of the people don't know." ”

The fourth elder said in a low voice: "The matter of the Tianmi Sect, you two as the old men of the family, you should know what is powerful, I don't want any rumors of tonight's matter to spread out, this corpse is covered with a black cloth and sent to the council hall, Xiao Luan over there, take Xiao Luan to the clan council hall first, and then the slaves and maids inside will be investigated one by one, so those who have come into contact with Ruan Offering will stay in the courtyard first." ”

Qin Fu was a little embarrassed at this time and said, "What about the second elder?"

The four elders turned around and walked out of the room and said, "There are many people here, you all go to the council hall, I will gather all the elders and patriarchs to discuss this matter, and the two stewards who came with you, you have to take care of their mouths." ”

Qin Fu bowed down and agreed, "Yes, I'll do it right away." ”

Qin's Chamber.

The wide hall is paved with neat white jade slabs, eight pearls illuminate the hall as if it were day, and on the back wall facing the hall door hangs a picture of a tiger descending the mountain, under which is placed a table of eight immortals and two Taishi chairs, and there are also four Taishi chairs on each side.

Qin Wen is not qualified to sit on the Taishi chair, the patriarch has already done it on the Taishi chair on the right side of the Eight Immortals table, the Great Elder has not yet come, his seat is on the left side, so it is still empty, and the Taishi chairs on both sides are sitting on the three elders, the fourth elders, and the fifth elders.

Ruan's body was placed on a wooden plank in the middle of the hall, covering his body with a black cloth, and the smell of blood filled the hall.

Qin Wen and Qin Fu Qin Lu were standing at the bottom of the Taishi chair on the right, and opposite him stood Qin Luan with a frightened face, Qin Luan was looking at the three elders sitting on the Taishi chair with pleading eyes.

At this time, Qin Yi, the patriarch of the Qin clan who was sitting on it, opened his mouth and said: "The second elder is in retreat today, the great elder should have some things that have not come over, Qin Wen, you mean that Ruan Xianfeng assassinated you, then you will tell you what happened." ”

Qin Wen repeated what he had said to Qin Fu once, and the patriarch turned his attention to Qin Fu and the four elders at this time, and Qin Fu also walked out and said: "At that time, it was Ah Lu who called me, and when I arrived at Young Master Wen's room, Ruan Xianfeng was already dead, but judging from the wounds left on his body, it was indeed the chrysalis that exploded and cracked the dantian, and Zuihou committed suicide by taking poison." ”

The fourth elder said at this time: "I have also been to Qin Wen's room, and when I saw that the matter involved the Tianmi Sect, I asked Qin Fu to control Qin Luan's courtyard first, so that no accomplice surnamed Ruan would escape after learning the news, and then he carried the body to the council hall and discussed it with everyone." ”

The third elder retracted his gaze at the corpse, and said slowly: "I don't think this matter can be handled too publicly, it's better to be secretive, since the surname Ruan is dead, and Qin Wen has not been harmed, this is also a matter in Luan'er's own courtyard, it is better to let him deal with it himself, and let him give Qin Wen some compensation, so as not to spread the wind and rain in the city outside." ”

Qin Fu and the four elders spoke up at the same time: "No. ”

The fourth elder pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is not proper, let's not talk about the motive of the Qin Tattoo, as far as Ruan is a disciple of the Tianmi Sect, we must investigate it thoroughly, and we must not leave any hidden dangers." ”

"Our Qin family can also be regarded as a military merit, the taboo of the city lord is clear to everyone, we can't afford to provoke the Tianmi Sect now, the most haode way is to find out everything clearly, and then remove all the hidden dangers, the matter of Ruan Feng's death in our manor must not be spread. ”

The third elder smiled slightly and said: "Don't be too cautious, the Tianmi Sect altar is almost the entire territory from us, as long as someone there is to check it, I think, let Luan'er check it himself, besides, the courtyard is all his subordinates, and it is easy to deal with it." ”

Qin Fu stepped forward and refused: "By all means, I checked that the lowest surnamed Ruan at that time also had a Xuantu who was close to the realm of consummation, this should be the master of the altar in various places in the Tianmi Sect, if you don't find it out, it will involve the entire Qin family, and besides, he is the worship of Young Master Luan, Young Master Luan should still avoid suspicion." ”

At this time, Qin Luan, who was standing opposite, loudly defended: "I only learned about Ruan's worship today, do you also suspect that I have something to do with this Tianmi Sect?"

The fourth elder said in a deep voice at this time: "Since you have nothing to do with the Tianmi Sect, are you still afraid of finding out something?" ”

Qin Luan was speechless with one sentence, so he had to keep looking at the three elders with pleading eyes, and gradually even cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

At this time, several Tsing Yi stewards outside walked in with a quaint table, and then some household utensils such as cabinets and beds, and the hall was full, and a steward stepped forward and said: "Patriarch, elders, at this time, all the items in the inner room of Ruan have been searched, and there is no dark room or anything like that." ”

The patriarch nodded and said, "Go down, guard outside the courtyard, and no one is allowed to step into the courtyard without my permission." ”

After the stewards all retreated, the patriarch looked at Qin Fu and said, "Qin Fu, you check these things first." ”

Qin Fu walked to the side of Ruan's enshrined furniture, looked at every item carefully, checked the clothes first, and then stacked them neatly with Qin Lu's help, and then began to check the interior of the wooden furniture, there was nothing wrong with the cabinet and bed, and he didn't find anything when he opened the table bucket.

However, the eyes of the four elders next to him moved, and they said to the patriarch: "Qin Yi, I once saw someone build such a table in the City Lord's Mansion, and there should be a secret grid in it. ”

The patriarch nodded and said, "Then ask the four elders to open the secret grid." ”

Qin Wen next to him looked at the table intently at this time, now every clue about Ruan Offering is very important to him, judging from Ruan Offering's words before his death, there is no personal grudge between them, but there should be some kind of relationship between Qin Wen and this organization called Tianmi Sect.

The four elders fumbled for the hidden compartment of the table, and then pressed the spring buckle, and the flat table top sank to both sides, and a black table top slowly rose in the middle, on which were placed more than a dozen small lamps, each emitting a different color of light.

The hall suddenly fell into silence, and the breathing of the elders became heavy, Qin Wen suddenly saw that Qin Luan's expression on the opposite side suddenly eased a lot, and he couldn't help but ponder in his heart, Qin Luan had been wanting to check the items that Ruan had been enshrined just now, and there should be a reason in them.

However, now that the chrysalis lamp worshiped by Ruan has been found, this should be evidence that he is a member of the Tianmi Sect, but the current Qin Luan does not seem to care about these things, which is very likely to indicate that there are still some secrets between Qin Luan and Ruan Worship that have not been discovered.

The current Qin Wen is a clue that cannot be let go of a little, which is related to the secret of why Ruan Xianfeng wormed him, and it may also be related to whether the Tianmi Sect has mastered his own situation.

Thinking of this, he said to the patriarch, "I want to identify these chrysalis lamps." ”

Qin Yi, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair, nodded and said, "It's okay for you to take a look, but be careful not to break these chrysalis lamps." ”

Qin Wen walked to the front of the table, what he said about looking at the chrysalis was just an excuse, the main reason was to check if there were other secrets hidden in these furniture.

After carefully inspecting it, Qin Wen didn't find anything, just when he turned around and was about to retreat, he suddenly smelled a smell of insect repellent, sniffed it carefully, and found that it was still the smell on the table.

Qin Wen couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, it stands to reason that pupae are also a kind of insects, how could Ruan Xian, who raised these pupas, leave the smell of insect repellent medicine on the table? There must be a secret in this.

Qin Wen then sniffed carefully on the tabletop, and the elders next to him all stared at his movements curiously, but now it was time to check, and no one bothered him, and finally Qin Wen found the source of the smell on a line on the table.

He pointed to the lines and said to the four elders, "Elder, there should be a secret compartment here, but I don't know how to open it." ”

The four elders looked at the lines hesitantly, and also groped on the table for a long time, but did not find the mechanism, but seeing Qin Wen's firm eyes, he directly raised his fingers and slowly cut the table along the lines with his vitality, and after taking down the wooden surface, he saw that there was a yellow-covered account book inside, and what was placed on the account book was a deworming medicine bag.

When the four elders took out the account book, Qin Luan, who was standing next to him, suddenly turned pale.