There was something strange and wrong inside and outside the Yuan family. Huangfu Xiaoyuan only stayed here for less than half a day, and she already felt uncomfortable all over.
Even if we don't mention the strange scars on Qiu'er's body and her inexplicable behavior, everyone in this big family is taciturn. The death-like silence alone can make even a weak-minded person collapse on the spot.
No matter when meeting on the road, giving instructions or eating, everyone communicates without making eye contact. People in the Yuan family adhere to the principle of eating and sleeping without speaking, and never say a word to each other.
The servants of the Yuan family always have only two responses, "Miss, please give me your instructions" and "yes". There is no rejection, no chatting, no prevarication, only cold and mechanical responses.
After getting along for a long time, the person who talked to Huangfu Xiaoyuan the most turned out to be the weird Qiu'er. It was a shame that Xi Qiu could live in such an environment for so many years. To say that her cold temperament was probably due to the fear that most of her
He was raised by this family.
As night fell, Huangfu Xiaoyuan had already made up her mind to tell Lu Hanjiang everything that happened here tomorrow. It was not that she wanted to complain, but that there was something in this sense of disobedience that made her spine shiver.
Weird.
On the branches under the moon, Huangfu Xiaoyuan did not let Qiu'er follow, and walked alone in the backyard garden. In the brightly lit yard, there was only the noise of the wind blowing the flowers, plants and trees. All the servants who were hurrying about during the day disappeared. Everyone in the Yuan family
They all returned to the room in unison, showing terrible self-discipline.
While the whole house was in a strange state, this quiet and uninhabited garden seemed particularly heart-warming. Huangfu Xiaoyuan was walking aimlessly in it. For no reason, she felt that this scene seemed familiar. As she thought about it,
But his attention was attracted by a courtyard at the end.
At the gate of the small courtyard, two waiters stood upright. Like other servants, they had indifferent faces and were unapproachable. When Huangfu Xiaoyuan arrived, they bent down slightly.
"I've met Miss."
Huangfu Xiaoyuan carefully recalled the information about the Yuan family, and indeed mentioned that the eldest man of the Yuan family, who lived alone deep in the courtyard, was Xi Qiu's grandfather in terms of seniority.
"Let me take a look..."
Before Huangfu Xiaoyuan finished speaking, a burst of crazy laughter burst out from the small courtyard in front of her——
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha--"
The two waiters were not surprised. One of them came forward and said to Huangfu Xiaoyuan: "Miss, I am ill and I am afraid it is difficult to see people."
Because she had collected information about the Yuan family, Huangfu Xiaoyuan had heard a little bit about this insane elder, but she had never thought that his madness had become so serious before coming here.
She did not insist anymore, but casually told him to take good care of the master and left. The two waiters returned to silence, quietly listening to the intermittent laughter of the eldest master of the Yuan family echoing in the empty garden.
That night, Huangfu Xiaoyuan fell asleep worriedly. In the early morning of the next day, Qiu'er came to wake her up on time. Outside the secret room, Qiu'er was as lively as a little girl who had never seen the world.
As she chattered about interesting things in the capital in recent days.
If it weren't for the secret passage beneath her, and if it weren't for the fact that everything was wrong with the Yuan family, Huangfu Xiaoyuan would have almost thought that what she saw yesterday was a nonsensical dream.
After getting up under Qiu'er's service, Huangfu Xiaoyuan led the maid to the teahouse as usual.
Qiu'er was waiting across the street as usual. Huangfu Xiaoyuan went upstairs and saw Lu Hanjiang who was drinking tea. He stepped forward to greet him and said, "Sir."
"Well," Lu Hanjiang responded and asked, "How about it? Did you notice anything wrong in the Yuan family?"
"There is a secret room in Xiqiu's house of the Yuan family. My subordinates explored it yesterday. There are basic martial arts secrets in it..." Then Huangfu Xiaoyuan told what he saw and heard in yesterday's secret room one by one. At the same time,
He also told about the weirdness of the Yuan family.
Upon first hearing the two pieces of news, Lu Hanjiang automatically ignored the weirdness of the Yuan family. After all, each big family has its own appearance, and both husband and wife are strangers to each other, let alone such a big family.
Although there was something wrong with the maid named Qiu'er, her priority was still not high for him. Lu Hanjiang's focus was on the martial arts mentioned by Huangfu Xiaoyuan.
"Xuanyin Kung Fu."
Lu Hanjiang chewed these three words in his mouth. If he remembered correctly, the martial arts carved on the ice gate in the Ge family's machine formation were also Xuanyin Kung Fu.
Now that he knew about the relationship between Yanshi and the Xiaoyao sect, he was not surprised why this martial art appeared in Xi Qiu's secret room.
He was just thinking about the relationship between Yanshi and the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect in Beijing.
Being able to persuade Meng Yuan at least proves that Master Yan is a smart man. Shuo Xuan, the great disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect in Beijing, was killed by Lu Hanjiang himself. Although the senior brother did not leave any useful information before his death, he asked him to confirm it.
There must be someone behind Shuoxuan.
His instinct was that the person behind the scenes was the Crown Princess, but all the evidence showed that Yanshi was more likely to be behind the scenes.
But no matter what, Lu Hanjiang can at least be sure of one thing. Shuo Xuan is a mediocre person. Even if the two parties act together, I am afraid that he, the senior brother of Xiaoyao Sect, is still a puppet unilaterally pulled by others. Does he even know it?
Knowing the existence of the person behind it is a matter of two opinions.
Lu Hanjiang pondered for a moment and said, "Bring the Xuanyin Kung Fu tomorrow. I want to see the complete technique with my own eyes."
According to Huangfu Xiaoyuan, the Xuanyin Kung Fu in the secret room is divided into upper and lower parts. Lu Hanjiang thought that if he could see the complete technique, he might be able to guess some of Yan Master's thoughts.
"I understand the humble position."
After Huangfu Xiaoyuan responded, Lu Hanjiang ordered: "You should also go see Xi Qiu and see if you can ask him anything useful."
In order to hide himself, Lu Hanjiang did not have anyone imprison Xi Qiu in the imperial edict, but instead imprisoned him on the spot underground in the teahouse.
"......yes."
In fact, Huangfu Xiaoyuan was somewhat resistant to entering Jinyiwei's prison. Although her heart was drawn to the abyss of hell, she was still extremely uncomfortable with these dark things.
Under the leadership of several stewards in the building, Huangfu Xiaoyuan went down to the underground darkroom. There were only less than five cells here, which were much fewer than those in imperial prisons, and there were no tools for torture. Xi Qiu therefore
Escaped.
When Huangfu Xiaoyuan saw her, Xi Qiu's appearance had not changed much, and her white prison clothes did not look like she had been tortured.
She sat quietly on the uneven floor, as if being in this underground prison was not much different from being in the private room of the teahouse on the ground.
Hearing the footsteps, she raised her head slightly and saw the woman with the same appearance entering the prison. Xi Qiu immediately figured out what was going on. She was not sarcastic or complaining, but just looked at the other person calmly.
.
Huangfu Xiaoyuan was silent for a long time and said, "My lord asked me to ask you if you have anything to say."