On the fifth day of October, King Xian's Mansion.

At dusk, Liu Xunyi sat alone on the steps in front of the East Hall, looking at the red sun gradually falling in the west at the end of the sky, his eyes were dull, his expression was in a trance, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart?

"Whoa!"

Suddenly, a big hand of a pu fan stretched out in front of Liu Xunyi without warning, making him stunned and instantly sober.

"Silver ticket!" Qin Ku shook the silver ticket in his hand and explained, "I was in a hurry last time in Tianxiang Building, so I ......"

"The half-moon god is mysterious, and you can hardly be seen. Liu Xunyi asked curiously, "Where did you go?"

"Gambling houses, brothels, restaurants, tea shops, ......"

Saying that, Qin Ku glanced at Liu Xunyi's reflection, as if he was worried about his accusation, so he first commanded the first army: "When you first pulled me into the gang, you and I had words first, and no one was allowed to interfere with my eating, drinking, and merrymaking, let alone imprison my preferences." ”

"Join the gang?" Liu Xunyi couldn't cry or laugh, "Brother Qin, could it be that you can't treat the Xianwang Mansion as a green forest cottage?"

"Do you want a silver ticket?" In order to relieve the embarrassment, Qin Ku urged again and again, "If you don't accept it again, beware of my repentance." ”

"I didn't expect the iron rooster to pluck its feathers. Liu Xunyi teased, "Could it be that you have been avoiding me all these days, because you are worried that I will collect debts from you?"

"A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. Qin pouted bitterly and said, "If I invite everyone to drink, how can I make you ruined?"

"Take it back, or you won't have the money to buy a land, marry a wife, and have children, and I won't be able to afford it." ”

Hearing this, Qin Ku was stunned at first, and then his heart was moved. I wanted to excuse myself, but after thinking about it, Liu Xunyi was definitely not a hypocritical person, so there was no need for me to pretend, so I gave up in a hurry.

"Brother Qin, how is Luoyang?"

"Luoyang's prosperity is well deserved, and there are countless fun places. Qin Ku sat next to Liu Xunyi and said with a wicked smile, "For example, in the famous Ling Yayuan in the east of the city, the girls in it are one race and one water spirit ......."

"Ahem!" Liu Xunyi had no intention of discussing Fengyue with Qin Ku, so he interrupted, "I mean, if you are allowed to stay in Luoyang City all the time and no longer wander around like you once did, you ...... Would you like to?"

Qin Ku seemed to hear a hint of strangeness from Liu Xunyi's words, and asked rhetorically, "How do you say this?"

"You answer my question first!"

Liu Xunyi was unusual, which made Qin Ku puzzled, and he asked instead of answering: "If you can be safe and stable, who wants to wander around?"

"What do you mean...... Are you willing to stay?" At this moment, Liu Xunyi's eyes flashed with indescribable excitement.

"Shouldn't I stay now?"

"Of course!" Liu Xunyi nodded again and again, then rolled his eyes, and said seriously: "Brother Qin, let's high-five as an oath." No matter what happens in the future, you must stay by the side of the lord and assist him wholeheartedly. ”

"Xun Yi, why are you talking weirdly today?" Qin was puzzled and hesitated, "What's in your interest if I stay?

"Don't grab it, the seat of the black fan will be yours sooner or later. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I ......" Liu Xunyi was melancholy in his heart, almost lost his words, and saw Qin Ku's face full of curiosity, so he smiled playfully and said perfunctorily, "I am about to marry Miss, so eighty percent of the position of the black fan will also change hands." ”

"That's right!" Qin Ku smiled and said enviously, "People go to a high place, once you marry the young lady, you will be half the master of the Xianwang Mansion." Maybe...... After three years and five years, the entire Xianwang Mansion will obey you, how can you care about a small fan?"

In the face of Qin Ku's ridicule, Liu Xunyi did not refute, but just smiled faintly, so as to hide the worries in his heart.

"Looking for clothes, I'm ...... Can I ask you a question that you shouldn't ask?" Qin Ku's tone gradually became a little nervous.

"What's the problem?"

"Maybe I shouldn't have asked, but ......"

"But we are friends, confidants, and brothers. Liu Xunyi answered, "Between you and me, but it doesn't hurt to say!"

Hearing this, the corners of Qin Ku's mouth couldn't help but raise an extremely unnatural smile, and he hesitated: "Actually, I want to ask...... Are you really from Gangneung's Fanhumen?"

With just one word, Liu Xunyi's heart tightened, and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Why does Brother Qin ask that?" Liu Xunyi asked quietly and rhetorically.

"I ...... I ......" Qin Ku was vague, and the word 'I' couldn't say anything for a long time.

Liu Xunyi didn't ask, just stared straight at Qin Ku with a deep gaze, as if he wanted to penetrate his heart.

"Actually, I ......" Qin Ku deliberately avoided Liu Xunyi's gaze, and said in a hesitant manner, "Actually, I have dealt with the Fanhumen in Jiangling, and I have been with Zhao Tong, the master of the Fanhumen...... Drank together......"

Qin Ku's words were like sharp swords, like a torrential rain and a strong wind, making Liu Xunyi's heart skip a beat in an instant, and the shock was speechless, and the shock swept all over his body.

Even so, Liu Xunyi is still calm on the surface, plain as water, and people can't see the slightest ripple.

"However, I haven't seen you in Fan Humen, and Zhao Tong has never mentioned you......"

Qin Ku's words and sentences were like a hammer hammer hitting Liu Xunyi's heart.

"Really?"

However, in the face of Qin Ku's questioning, Liu Xunyi smiled wryly and said secretly: "The former Fan Humen was quite powerful in the Jiangling area, and there were many disciples under his command, so it is not unusual for Brother Qin to have never seen me, because I have a ...... for Brother Qin Equally unimpressed. ”

Liu Xunyi's words have a somewhat meaning of 'giving back to the other person'.

Qin Ku was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Xunyi for a long time, and suddenly smiled, scratched his head and said: "It makes sense......!

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Through Qin Ku's reaction, he was already sure in his heart that what Qin Ku said just now was purely true, and he had never dealt with Fan Humen at all.

But what made Liu Xunyi puzzling was that for no reason, why did Qin Ku lie and test himself?

"Brother Qin, you ......"

"Xunyi, I'll ask you again. Qin Ku changed his words and asked again, "Are you in the mansion...... Have you offended anyone?"

"This ...... Where to start?" At this moment, the monk who was like Liu Xunyi was confused, and looked at Qin Ku with a stunned expression, "Brother Qin, what do you want to ask?"

"Something...... I hesitated for a long time, but after thinking about it, I should still tell you. ”

"What?"

"The reason why I left Tianxianglou suddenly that day. Qin Ku got straight to the point, "Actually, it's not that I'm missing for no reason, but ...... Someone was looking for me. ”

"Someone looking for you?" Liu Xunyi didn't understand Qin Ku's meaning at all, only felt that he didn't match the preface and the afterword, and what he said was all inexplicable, "How can I say this? Why do I get more confused the more I listen?"

"I've been asked to get to the bottom of you and keep a close eye on your every move. ”

"This ......"

Qin Ku's outspokenness made Liu Xunyi a little overwhelmed.

"I didn't refuse. Qin said guiltily, "I just tested you, and it was because of this." ”

Liu Xunyi couldn't stop muttering in his heart, and nodded slowly: "Understood! That person will definitely make a lot of money if he looks for you." ”

"Wrong! Although I have an eye for money, I am not insatiable. There are some things that I am willing to do my best to give a penny. But there are some things, even if I am given a mountain of gold, Lao Tzu will not do it. Betraying a friend, is one of them. ”

Liu Xunyi looked at Qin Ku who was in a daze, and became more and more confused at the moment, and said blankly: "In this case, why did you ......agree?"

"I promised, not to spy on you for her, but to ...... I want to test her intentions for you. Qin Kuyi said righteously, "You have only been in the government for two or three years, but you are deeply respected, and you will inevitably inadvertently provoke some jealousy and criticism." The Xianwang Mansion seems to be calm and happy, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent, and the dragons and snakes are mixed. Even if they live under the same roof, they still know people and faces, but they don't know their hearts, just like Jiang Yiwei's bizarre and violent death, the mansion owner was originally furious and vowed to investigate to the end, why did he suddenly change his personality later? Or even hastily put an end to the matter? With the wisdom of the mansion owner, can't he really detect the strangeness of the whole thing? I don't think so, the mansion master must be the Ming Xiu plank road, the dark Chen Cang, Jiang Yiwei's matter must have a follow-up. There is a saying that 'open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to prevent', now you are in the middle of the house, both a black fan, and the quasi-son-in-law of the lord of the mansion, naturally no one dares to oppose you with a clear knife and a gun, but the hidden arrow is often more deadly......"

"Wait!" Liu Xunyi was confused and hurriedly interrupted, "Brother Qin, what do you keep saying about 'her'...... Who the hell is it?"

"Madam, Ling Xiaoxiao!"

"Madam?" Liu Xunyi was shocked and said in amazement, "Why?"

"I also want to know why. Qin Ku looked helpless, shook his head and said, "She claims to be thinking about her daughter's lifelong happiness, but she actually has other plans in her heart. ”

"Could it be the meaning of the lord of the house......

"Not really. Qin Ku groaned, "If the mansion master still has doubts about you, he will not marry the young lady to you." Moreover, with the means of the lord of the house, there are 10,000 ways to test you, and there is no need to bother the lady. And recalling the situation of that day, no matter how you look at it, its posture does not look like it is 'doing things according to orders' in an open and honest manner, but more like sneaking and plotting against him. ”

"Bad intentions? This ...... How is that possible?"

Although Liu Xunyi knew that Ling Xiaoxiao had always been quite prejudiced against her, he didn't seem to have married her. In almost every contact between the two, Luo Tianjin was present, and there was no possibility of selfish grudges.

That being the case, why did Ling Xiaoxiao hold on to herself?

In this regard, Liu Xunyi was very troubled, and let him meditate hard, but he still had no clue.

"Don't think nonsense!" Qin Ku grabbed Liu Xunyi's shoulder and said with relief, "Since she asked me to keep an eye on you, there must be a follow-up to this matter." Instead of us guessing, let's wait for her to show her fox tail on her own. ”

Qin Ku is brave and cowardly, and wise is foolish, which makes Liu Xunyi sincerely admire. Thinking about his situation again, he couldn't help but feel bitter, and forced a smile on his face: "Brother Qin, thank you!"

"Who told you not to take my money? Qin bitterly laughed, "As for the wine money in Tianxianglou, you and I are clear." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi laughed, and the haze in his heart disappeared in a blink of an eye. Instead, he grabbed Qin Ku, strode towards the hall, and said with great interest: "Let's go, let's drink!"

"Who's the money for today's wine?" Qin bitterly shouted, "If you have a treat, Lao Tzu will drink Qionghua dew." If I had to ask for it, it would be nice to have some rice wine...... Liu Xunyi, you and I can hook our shoulders and backs, don't touch your hands, Lao Tzu doesn't have a habit of breaking sleeves......"

"Haha......"

The sun sets, and the afterglow lingers. Laughing and scolding, Liu Xunyi and Qin Ku sang about wine, and they didn't go against their hearts.

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