Less than a quarter of an hour later, Sun Huo, who was lying on the bed in a posture that looked unsightly to others, suddenly woke up completely, and the drunkenness in his mind was gone. He didn't know how he, who didn't have much interest in wine and rarely drank it, had such a huge amount of alcohol that could easily relieve his drunkenness, but he didn't refuse to have such a convenient ability. Especially at the moment, he was in a place that seemed to be pregnant.
In a community of hostile stranger families, there are countless surveillance and prying eyes around, so pretending to be drunk is a way to show weakness and protect yourself.
Turning over and changing into a relatively comfortable position, Sun Huo silently began to recall everything he had experienced before, searching and sorting out intelligence clues about this mission.
It was another meeting with a death row prisoner. Combined with his recent experience, Sun Huo could predict that the other party was still very likely to be related to him. But except for Xiao Yumu, who had always been at odds, he racked his brains and couldn't think of anyone.
Sun Huo was particularly concerned about the "those people" Xiao Zhuang mentioned when he tried to stop him, and he doubted whether the purpose of this mission was
If you want to use yourself as a lobbyist to get the other party to reveal more information. If this is the case, to maintain an unknown "friendship", the interests of the sect and your own existence will have to make a choice between the two.
It made him feel very unsure.
Now, Sun Huo is almost certain that the tasks to be completed by leaving the sect this time are all set for him, but the biggest confusion is why Mr. Sun specifically selected him to carry out the task, but left a refusal beforehand.
He really couldn't figure out the intention. He lay on the bed and thought about it for an unknown amount of time. It wasn't until he got tired that Sun Huo closed his eyes and took a nap.
At the same time, after Xiao Zhuang walked out of the attic where Sun Huo stayed, he stopped and observed it for a while, and then Yu Qi left and came to another attic far away.
The lights in the building are brightly lit. As soon as you enter the door, what you see is rows of memorial tablets arranged around the wooden tables. This is actually the ancestral hall of the Xiao family. Xiao Zhuang walks through the passage in a dark and solemn manner.
When we reached the innermost part, we saw the man in black, the patriarch, kneeling alone in front of the ancestor statue.
"You're here. How's the situation?" Sensing Xiao Zhuang's arrival, the man in black didn't get up and asked in a deep voice without looking back.
Looking at the lonely back of the man in black, Xiao Zhuang's eyes flashed with pity. After giving a deep salute to the ancestor statue, he said: "That boy didn't even know how to refuse. He seemed to be drunk.
They rested in the Yingbin Building. Unfortunately, this guy was too tight-lipped and didn't talk much, so he couldn't find out anything else. Besides, according to my observation, he didn't seem to know anything about the rebel and what happened here.
The way we know it."
"You have a mission, and you can get drunk in this strange place for the first time. Do you believe it? You are so young, you really can't tell that you are treacherous and hypocritical." The man in black sneered and retorted in a bad tone.
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Hearing this, Xiao Zhuang was immediately speechless. It was not that he was suspicious of this, but he just couldn't say it so straightforwardly, but he also understood better why his elder brother was so resentful and dissatisfied.
I still think of that rebellion as if it happened yesterday. The sect sent a message in advance to warn them, but they did not express their intention to provide assistance. As a result, the four clans could only hurriedly recruit people to fight, and waited until the end of the battle.
During the fierce battle, the sect's hidden ambush suddenly appeared and suppressed the rebellion. It is precisely because of this that all four tribes lost a lot of their children, which led to the helpless move of today's clan closure. Especially especially
The man in black also lost his arm in this battle and became disabled.
Just when Xiao Zhuang was in a trance, he saw the man in black turning around and handing over a jade slip. "You should take a look at the contents inside first. This messenger is not a simple character."
"What is this?" Xiao Zhuang took over and did not rush to check immediately, but cast a questioning look.
"Out of curiosity and caution, while you were entertaining him, I went to check the sect information collected in the past. I didn't expect that there were actually files related to this person." The man in black responded calmly.<
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Hearing this, Xiao Zhuang's heart trembled, and he quickly picked up the jade slip and put it on his forehead to read the contents. After a while, he put it down with a solemn expression.
"He got into a fight in Tiangong Hall but was not punished in any way. There were even rumors not long ago that he was going to be the deputy hall master. It is really unusual. Now he can actually come to us as a sect messenger.
..." Xiao Zhuang murmured unconsciously.
"Not only that, but what I care more about is his current status within the sect." At this time, the man in black spoke. "According to the sect's appointment practices for positions, the head of a hall cannot be a fictitious person with no name, but he
But I can’t find any record of the job description.”
At this time, Xiao Zhuang suddenly thought of something and said with some uncertainty: "There is another strange thing that I haven't had time to talk about. That is when I went to greet him earlier, I saw Mrs. Bai at the entrance already kissing her =
It seems that I am very enthusiastic about entertaining this messenger."
"What?!" The man in black's voice suddenly turned cold, as if he had heard some terrible news.
Suddenly, the surroundings became deathly silent.
After a moment, a long sigh came from the mouth of the man in black, full of helplessness. "You will continue to accompany me to see the traitor tomorrow. If he makes any request, you can agree to it depending on the situation.
, don’t worry about me.”
"Brother, this is inappropriate..." Xiao Zhuang was anxious and was about to say something to dissuade him, but saw the man in black raising his right hand and waving.
"Although we don't know why she appeared there, the Bai family has already beaten us to please the messenger, which shows how forbearing and ambitious they are. You and I both understand that after this disaster, the four families will no longer be able to return.
We can now live on equal terms like in the past. Faction of a clan can only be temporary. If we cannot find a strong backer to restore our strength, it will only be a matter of time before the Xiao family declines and no longer has a foothold. Therefore, it is a matter of entertaining the messenger.
Let you be the plenipotentiary to handle the matter. I will continue to investigate. If there is an opportunity, it must not be taken away by the Bai family or others."
At the same time that the two Xiao family members were discussing how to deal with Sun Huo's visit, somewhere in the underground secret room of the Bai family, the masked woman known as Mrs. Bai also summoned several people to discuss something together.