Mingyou Town, one of the affiliated towns of Lanxin City, one city management ten towns, ten towns and one hundred villages, countless bluestone roads in the town, criss-crossed, there is a magnificent mansion in the southeast of the town, covering a large area, it is the famous Li Mansion in the town, the owner of the mansion Li businessman is as his name, he has a very set of business, the medicinal material business is all over the surrounding towns, and even there is an industry in Lanxin City, and he married a four-room daughter-in-law, which can be described as a winner in life.

At this time, next to the two stone lions in the mansion, there were two family members in black clothes, with strong figures, fierce eyes staring at passers-by, carrying a scimitar on their waists, from the chest to the back, full of meters long, at this time, a sound of horses' hooves came, and Yuan Lou appeared in front of the mansion first.

"The second young master is back" The family standing at the door said when he saw the Yuan Lou who came down from the horse, his voice was indifferent, and there was no trace of respect in his eyes, they had been in the Li Mansion for some years, and they knew that the second young master was kicked out of the Li Mansion when he was young, and went to study and do business in other places, and his mother had fallen out of favor.

"Hmm" Yuan Lou replied lightly, looking at a few golden characters on the plaque above his head, under the sunlight, it was even more dazzling, there was a stone lion more than a zhang high on the left and right, very magnificent, after looking at it for a while, he walked into the mansion, he didn't care about the indifference of the guards, it came back this time, and he learned from his memory that Li Shang asked Li Huayu and Li Hualong, the son of the big house, to go to Luoyan Mountain to worship under the gate of mountains and rivers," Lanxin City can't go, there are many high-level monks, if I meet a monk in the Linghai period, I will be recognized, and I can't go to the Qingwu Mountains, the monks and demon cultivators haven't given up the White Tiger Banner, no matter what kind of cultivation the Moon Demon Ape will be caught, I want to hide myself now, while increasing my self-preservation ability, while investigating the reason why my ape clan was destroyed, I heard that the head of the Shanhe Gate is in retreat all the year round, and only the deputy head of the sect, and the deputy head has also broken through to the Linghai period not long ago, as long as I am careful, hiding in the Shanhe Gate is the best choice" Yuan Lou pondered inwardly as he walked.

"Second young master, if the master asks you to come back, I will go to the study first," Tao Bo said after him from behind.

"Good" Yuanlou is looking for the location of the study according to his memory, the Li Mansion is very large, not only the Li family, but also the family Ding and the maids are innumerable, there are a number of Keqing, the strong man in black who shows the door to the Li family is Keqing, a monk in the early stage of the aura, this is an empire where all people practice, but if you want to do something, you will choose to join the sect or go to the imperial government, and some loose cultivators who have no way will also choose to act as a guard for some families in exchange for a meager spirit stone to live.

"Squeak" The sound of the door opening interrupted the three people who were talking in the house, Yuan Lou came to the door and pushed the door directly, looked at a few people in the house, and walked into the middle and said indifferently, "Father, I'm back."

"Presumptuous, second brother, where is your etiquette, you can't even salute when you see your father" A young man with a pale face and a pair of Danfeng eyes shouted angrily at Yuanlou, if you look closely, you will find that the moment you appear from Yuanlou, there is a trace of panic in the young man's eyes.

"Okay, your family doesn't have to be so polite" Behind the bookcase in the middle of the study, a slightly chubby middle-aged man waved his hand to stop the young man, looked at Yuanlou for a moment, and saw that Yuanlou was indifferent, and the middle-aged man's face was also a little gloomy, and then said in a low voice: "Huayu, what's going on, why are you only coming back now."

Yuan Lou looked sideways at an old man sitting next to him, "It turned out to be a late stage of cultivation, this is the Li family's big spiritual stone to raise" said secretly in his heart, and when he heard his own father behind the bookcase, he retracted his gaze and said, "I met a bandit on the road, and several of my subordinates who followed me were killed, and I was also highly poisoned, and when I came back, I drank the ginseng tea sent by the shop guy, and the guy should have been bought by others." After speaking, he looked at Li Hualong next to him, and had the impression that he had harmed himself, Li Shang had two sons and a daughter, and if he died, the family property would be Li Hualong's.

"Second brother, what do you mean by this, look at what I do, do you suspect that it's me" Li Hualong said coldly.

"That guy's father used to follow you, I suspect you're not normal, and didn't you hurt me before" Yuan Lou looked at Li Hualong's eyes.

"Nonsense, you and I are brothers, how could I harm you, what guy, I don't know at all" Li Hualong was a little afraid to look at Yuan Lou's eyes.

Li Shang, who was behind the bookcase, saw that the brothers were about to quarrel again, so he stretched out his palm and patted the bookcase, "That's enough", then looked at Yuanlou and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, since there is no evidence, don't guess first, and when you find the evidence, I will deal with it then."

"Hmph" Hearing his father speak, Li Hualong snorted coldly, a trace of pride flashed in his eyes, and he didn't speak.

Yuan Lou looked at Li Shang with slightly narrowed eyes and was silent.

Half-ringing, Li Shang cleared his throat, "I believe you all already know, Shanhe Gate is the time to collect the door again, the normal collector is under the age of fifteen, you two are a little too late, but I have already said hello, you two will go to your third sister when you go in, assist her, although your qualifications are not too good, but you also have to work hard to cultivate, don't drag your third sister back Do you know, this is for your third sister, you will hand it over to him when the dragon turns" said and took out a storage bag.

"Okay, father, I will definitely give it to the third sister" Li Hualong stepped forward to take the storage bag.

"I know" Yuan Lou's voice was cold, and he turned around and walked out of the room.

After sending Li Hualong away, Li Shangduan sat on the chair, frowning and muttering to himself, "Huayu seems to be different from before, although I haven't seen him for a few years, I still know how he is over there."

"Maybe this incident hit him hard," the old man who had never spoken from beginning to end spoke, his voice hoarse, "Brother Li, your partiality here is obvious."

When Li Shang heard the old man's words, he looked sideways and didn't speak, got up and picked up the hanging brush and practiced calligraphy.

On the other side, out of the door left turn right turn of the Yuan Lou looking for their own residence, along the way, passing by a lot of family and maids, but see the Yuan Building, are bowed head walk, even a greeting is not big, half a pillar of incense, came to a pavilion in front of the door, push the door and enter, although there is a little dust in the house, but the items are placed very neatly, the high bookshelves rise from the ground, until the roof, look around, a table, a chair, a bed and this bookshelf, that's all, come to the bookshelf, take a book and look at it a few times, are some secular books.

"Second young master, Madame will let you pass" A woman in white walked in, her face was good, and she bowed to Yuan Lou.

Yuan Lou, who was checking the books, was slightly stunned when he heard this, "Second lady, isn't that the mother of this body?"

"Oh" replied casually, put down the book, and walked out of the door, a little reluctant in his heart, he just wanted to go to Shanhemen as soon as possible, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the Li Mansion, but the surface work still had to be done.

Under the leadership of the maid, in front of another pavilion, the wooden pavilion looked a little dilapidated, and there was a big gap with his own room, "Isn't it the second lady, why is this place simpler than living in yourself" Yuan Lou looked at the pavilion and courtyard in front of him, just when the two of them came in, the door of the pavilion suddenly opened, and a woman in gray clothes walked out quickly from inside, and came to Yuan Lou, "Huayu, are you okay, I heard them say that you may have met gangsters, do you know how worried your mother is about you" said, tears remained.

Although he knew that this woman was not worried about herself, but looking at the woman's face full of tears, her heart still moved, and Yuan Lou's voice also fluctuated slightly, "Mother, I'm fine, you don't have to worry" Then he asked: "Your face?", I saw that a large red birthmark appeared on the woman's original face, occupying almost half of her face, and the woman did not have such a birthmark in her memory.

The maid next to her saw that the lady was just crying with a low head when she heard this, her face was anxious, and she stepped forward directly and said: " Second young master, just a few years ago, after Mrs. had a meal, she felt uncomfortable on her face at night, a burst of tingling, and the next day it became like this, and I also looked for a doctor to check, and the worship in the house also shot, but failed to cure Mrs., afterwards, the steward who was responsible for investigating this matter did not care at all, and I couldn't find out why it happened, and it slowly disappeared, originally Mrs. was the most loved by the master, but since Mrs. changed, the master has not come, and the pavilion has also been occupied by the three rooms, so Mrs. has fallen to this, but there are still people who don't want to let Mrs. go, and the poison assassination has happened several times, fortunately, Mrs. has a big life, otherwise......" said as the maid sobbed quietly.

"Did Li Hualong's mother do it?" Yuan Lou's voice was slightly cold.

"It was the eldest lady who did it, and the person who was in charge was also the eldest lady," the maid's voice was a little sharp.

"Ling'er, don't talk nonsense, we don't have any evidence" The woman turned around and scolded the maid, and then touched Yuan Lou's face with her hand: " Huayu, the big room and the third room are sisters, the daughter of the third room Li Huaxue is talented, I heard that in Shanhemen is also the leader of the younger generation, let's not provoke them, my mother has looked down, originally I didn't like your father, but I was forced to marry your father under the pressure of money, but I gave up my childhood sweetheart partner, maybe now is my retribution, my mother doesn't want to fight, just want to be like the fourth room, eat fast and chant Buddha every day, as long as you can be safe, mother has nothing to ask for in this life".

"Mother, don't worry, I won't go looking for them, let's go, let's go into the house" Yuan Lou seemed to see his mother's shadow from the woman, and helped the woman to walk towards the pavilion.

A few hours later, Yuan Lou, who had had dinner in the pavilion, walked out of the pavilion and walked towards his residence, turning around as he walked, and asked the woman behind him suspiciously, "What are you doing with me?"

"Young master, your residence has been uncleaned for a while, I'll help you clean it and serve you to wash and sleep" Ling'er had a hint of blush on her face.

"No need, I'll just come by myself" After speaking, Yuan Lou turned his head and left, ignoring Ling'er who was a little disappointed in his eyes.

After a while, he returned to his pavilion, only to see that the pavilion was wide open, and Tao Bo was directing a few subordinates to be busy.

"Young master, you're back, have you seen the second lady" Tao Bo saw the Yuan Lou coming over, and stepped forward and saluted.

"Hmm" Yuan Lou replied, "Tao Bo, do you know when we will leave for Shanhemen?"

"After the people of Shanhemen have recruited the people, they will come to pick up the two young masters, I heard that they have been recruited for some time, and they should be able to come over in these few days" Tao Bo thought for a moment and replied.

"Well, I see, there's one more thing, my mother's face, where does the person in charge of investigating this matter live now?"

"This ......" Tauber was a little confused.

"What, Tao Bo, isn't it convenient to say" Yuan Lou pressed forward step by step.

"That'...... That's not it, the young master misunderstood, and he lived in the Tianzi A room in the northwest corner of the mansion," Tao Bo hurriedly explained.

"Okay, I know" answered, Yuan Lou sat on the chair at the door and closed his eyes to rest, waiting for the people inside to clean up the room, Tao Bo looked at Yuan Lou for a moment, and finally sighed and walked into the room.

Several subordinates cleaned up until the end of the evening, and the maids who stayed at Tao Bo's orders were also sent away by Yuanlou.

In the dark night, there are occasional family members patrolling by, "dang", a gong sounded, indicating that it had been a watch, Yuan Lou, who was sitting on the bed with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, "Cause and effect, what is cause and effect in Buddhism, I have watched Buddhism for nearly two years and I don't understand, whether I take your body as the cause, and stand out for your mother as the effect" Yuan Lou looked out the window and muttered to himself, remembering his mother, half a ring, a dodge out of the pavilion, and went to the northwest corner.