There are only three reasons for killing people on the rivers and lakes, love, hatred, and profit.

The Lady Sect has no enmity with the Qian family, if killing Qian Yibai can barely be said to be a love killing, then killing Qian Yulong must be for profit.

Li Xuandu's biggest doubt is, where does the profit come from?

If it is said that the Lady Sect, the Dao Seed Sect, and the Wudao Sect support Qian Yulou, they want Qian Yulou to take over the Qian family, so as to seek the wealth of the Qian family, and now that Qian Yulou is dead, even if they kill Qian Yulong, where to start?

Li Xuandu asked softly: "Sheng is enshrined, Fan is enshrined, Li has something he wants to ask, and I hope the two of you can solve your doubts without hesitation." ”

After Sheng Zikuan and Fan Zhenyue glanced at each other, Sheng Zikuan said, "Mr. Li, it's okay to talk about it. ”

Li Xuandu said: "According to the two of them, after Brother Qian's unfortunate death, who is most likely to take over the position of head of the Qian family?"

Sheng Zikuan pondered slightly, and said, "The head of the Qian family has always come from the Great Sect of the Long House, and now there are only the Great Elder and Elder Qian Jin'er Qian in the Long House. The eldest elder is already high, and the position of the great elder of the elder hall is also extremely important, not inferior to the head of the family, so it is unlikely that he will take the position of the head of the family again, if the great elder has made up his mind to let the great elder keep the position of the head of the family, then Elder Qian Jin'er is the most suitable person. ”

Fan Zhenyue nodded and said: "The eldest prince still has a posthumous son, if you let Elder Qian Jin'er temporarily take the position of the head of the family first, and then return the position of the head of the family after the little prince grows up, it is not impossible." ”

Li Xuandu asked, "Has this Qian family ever had any dealings with the Maiden Sect?"

"No, right?" Sheng Zikuan hesitated, "I've never heard of Elder Qian's dealings with the Lady Sect, only that she has an extraordinary relationship with the Governor of Jingchu. ”

Fan Zhenyue also shook his head and said, "It's true that I've never heard of it." ”

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "Just ask the two of you to go to the Great Elder first, Li has other things." ”

The two nodded in response: "Mr. Li, please take care of yourself." ”

......

The Hall of Elders, although it has not been completely finalized after a discussion, it is already eight or nine years old, and the other elders are unwilling, but they can't think about it.

After the discussion was over, the Great Elder still sat in the ancestral hall unmoved, and the other eight elders left one after another, only Qian Jin'er, who left first, went to the end this time.

At this time, Qian Jin'er was not complacent about to take charge of the Qian family, but seemed to be preoccupied.

The old man smiled kindly and said, "Jin'er, are you afraid?"

Qian Jin'er said respectfully: "If you go back to your ancestors, you are indeed afraid, after all, Jin'er never thought that she would come to where she is now." ”

The old man smiled and said, "It's good to know that you are afraid, but if you lose your sense of awe, it is easy to bring disaster upon yourself." Let's take Yulong as an example, he said that Zhao Shixian was rebellious, but what about him? He openly sat in the lobby of the governor's yamen and let the chief officials of the three divisions and yamen stand aside. ”

Qian Jin'er was silent.

The old man gently flicked the white jade beads in his hand and continued: "But don't be too timid, the burden of the Qian family is on the shoulders of the head of the family, if the head of the family can't support his own door, then how can the Qian family gain a foothold in the world?"

Qian Jin'er said: "The death of the eldest brother and the jade dragon is quite strange, is the ancestor ......?"

The old man stopped with the beads in his hand and said, "I have entrusted someone else to investigate this matter, and I also believe that person can give me a satisfactory answer." ”

Qian Jin'er hesitated, but did not speak after all. Who is the person who tracked down this matter, if the ancestor is willing to say it, he will naturally say it, and if the ancestor is not willing to say it, then not a word will be revealed.

The old man sighed: "The Qian family has experienced countless ups and downs over the years, and there are times when it is more dangerous than this, but the Qian family still survived, so whether it is the Ten Sects of the Evil Path or the Twelve Sects of the Righteous Path, there is no need to be afraid, and you can deal with it as you want." ”

Qian Jin'er saluted respectfully: "Jin'er wrote it down." ”

The old man waved his hand: "Go ahead, think about what to do when you go back." ”

Qian Jin'er slowly withdrew from the ancestral hall.

After coming out of the ancestral hall, Qian Jin'er boarded the carriage and went to his residence. There are two most important places of the Qian family, one is the Qian family's mansion, which is where the head of the family lives, and the other is the Qian family's ancestral house, that is, the place where the elders of the Qian family have lived for many years.

The small mansion is not big, the location is also biased, few people come on weekdays, but when Qian Jin'er got out of the car, he found that there was a person standing in front of the mansion, obviously dressed as a scribe, but he hung a long knife on his waist. This reminded Qian Jin'er of a poem for no reason: "The general does not hang the seal of the marquis, and he often carries a bloody knife under his waist." ”

After Qian Jin'er was slightly stunned, she put on her usual dignified smile: "Gongzi Li is waiting for me?"

The person who came was Li Xuandu, he looked at Qian Jin'er and said, "There are some things I want to ask Qian everyone for advice." ”

Qian Jin'er glanced at the "cold beauty" on Li Xuandu's waist and said, "Li Gongzi, please enter the mansion and talk about it." ”

Li Xuandu nodded.

Qian Jin'er waved her hand to signal the coachman to leave first, and then she personally led Li Xuandu into the mansion.

The house is not too big, compared with the magnificent Qian family's mansion, it is even more reasonable, but in terms of refinement, it is not inferior, it can be seen that the owner has also spent a lot of thought, is really to operate this place as a long-term residence.

The two sat down separately, and a maid served fragrant tea, and then was sent out by Qian Jin'er, leaving only her and Li Xuandu in the room.

Li Xuan didn't touch the bowl, just looked at Qian Jin'er: "If it is as expected, Qian everyone should be the new head of the Qian family." ”

Qian Jin'er frowned: "What does Gongzi Li have to say." ”

Li Xuandu said: "I want to ask everyone Qian, is there anything else to hide about Brother Qian's death, or is it true that everyone Qian has known about it for a long time?"

Qian Jin'er's brows furrowed even deeper, and there was a little more displeasure in her tone: "What does Li Gongzi mean by this? Could it be that I suspect that I killed the Jade Dragon?"

"Of course I didn't mean that. Li Xuandu said: "I'm just thinking about one thing, after Brother Qian dies, who will benefit the most? Not a person in the evil way, not the governor of Jiangnan, not the dead Qian Yulou, not even me, Li Xuandu, but the Qian family who is expected to become the first female head of the Qian family." ”

Qian Jin'er's face had turned cold, "In the end, I still suspect that I have something to do with Qian Yulong's death." ”

Li Xuandu shook his head and said: "The mussels and cranes compete with each other, and the fishermen benefit." But the reason why the mussels and cranes are competing has nothing to do with the fisherman. ”

Qian Jin'er slightly accentuated her tone: "Li Gongzi, you are a world-famous sword master, I have never heard of a swordsman out of a sword, never dragging mud and water, people are like his sword, Li Gongzi has something to say, please say it directly, okay?"

Li Xuandu said: "Then I'll start from the beginning." ”

"Please. Qian Jin'er put on a posture of listening to her ears.

Li Xuandu said bluntly: "I checked Brother Qian's corpse and found that he was pierced through the chest with five fingers, and finally died under the 'Xuanyin Sword Qi', and there are only two families on the rivers and lakes who can use the 'Xuanyin Sword Qi', one is the Yin Yang Sect and the other is the Lady Sect. However, the Yin Yang Sect usually uses weapons when it uses the 'Xuanyin Sword Qi', and only the Lady Sect will use the five fingers of the palm, and after Brother Qian's death, Liu Yushuang in his outer room disappeared, thinking that she is a woman's body, so I think that the person who killed Brother Qian is a member of the Lady Sect. ”

"The Lady Sect?" Qian Jin'er's eyes flashed with a different color, and her tone increased, "Just based on a Liu Yushuang, I can infer that it was the Lady Sect who did it, and I am also a woman, so Li Gongzi also suspects that I am a member of the Lady Sect?"

"Of course not. Li Xuandu accentuated his tone slightly: "What I just asked is, do you know about this matter? Instead of accusing Qian everyone of being involved in this matter, please be sure to distinguish it and don't get confused." ”

Speaking of which, Qian Jin'er couldn't continue to accuse Li Xuandu of anything, she put away the coldness on her face, her attitude eased a lot, and said softly: "The Purple Mansion Sword Immortal is worthy of being the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal." ”