The atmosphere in the house was tense, and the two men stared at each other, neither willing to give in. In the yard, one could occasionally hear the sound of bones rustling and children laughing.

Xie Fuyi's fingertips turned white as he gripped the hilt of the sword. It took him a long while to put it down. "None of you in the imperial court is good."

Wei Yanshi nodded, quite in agreement, as if the confrontation just now had not existed: "It is rare that Pavilion Master Xie and I have the same opinion."

"You are not a good person either." Xie Fuyi looked at him indifferently, "I've sent the person back to you. The road is not easy to walk at night. It's time for the prince to go back."

Wei Yanshi replied: "I will wait until Pavilion Master Xie leaves before I leave."

Xie Fuyi said, "I will stay here tonight to keep watch. Your Majesty is in a delicate and precious state, so it would be better for you to leave early."

Wei Yanshi took a serious look, stood up and walked out. Wei Lin followed without hesitation, leaving Wei Wu behind and raised his fist at the man.

Under the banyan tree outside the Gu family’s house.

Wei Yanshi asked Wei Lin: "What was the unusual about Xie Fuyi's behavior a few days ago?"

Wei Lin bowed and said, "My Lord, it seems that he went to Huaicheng to look for someone."

That day, Wei Wu sent a message asking them to find Xie Fuyi. The secret guards followed traces of a fight all the way to Huaicheng, but were finally thrown off in an alley.

Xie Fuyi was too vigilant and too anxious, and the secret guards followed him twice before they were discovered. From his hurried look, the secret guards concluded that he was looking for someone.

Wei Yanshi: "If I remember correctly, Xunqing Pavilion was not called this name six years ago."

Wei Lin said, "Master, if you remember correctly, six years ago, Xie Fuyi took over Xunqing Pavilion and changed its name to Xunqing Pavilion. Their organization has always been strange. People in the world only know that the people in their pavilion are everywhere in the world doing all kinds of chivalrous things. Who knows if there is something strange behind this."

A strange guess flashed through his mind. Wei Yanshi called Wei Wu over and asked, "How is the matter I asked you to investigate going?"

Wei Wu changed his usual nonchalant tone and said, "My master had never been to Nanzhou before he was fourteen years old, and had never killed anyone in Nandi. After he was fourteen, he went directly to the Nandi military camp. During this period, he killed quite a few people, but due to the special battlefield, it is difficult to investigate the life stories of the dead. Besides, most of the people killed by my master were the barbarians of Nanguo."

"As for the matter against Miss Gu, the gossips that the gossipy women in the village say the most are that she was picked up and is a wild girl that no one wants. You know all these things about the master. There is nothing unusual about the rest."

From the information he had gathered, he didn't think that Miss Gu would hate his master.

How can there be hatred if there has never been any involvement?

Wei Yanshi also felt strange: "Think about it carefully, is there anything you forgot to say?"

Wei Wu frowned and lowered his head to think carefully.

The breeze gently blew up the sleeves of the three people, and Wei Yanshi's hands hanging by his side gently twisted.

Wei Wu didn't say anything for a long time. He was about to forget it when Wei Wu slapped his head and shouted, "Master, I remembered that there was something I forgot to say!"

Wei Yanshi's heart skipped a beat. When he heard Wei Wu say that Xie Fuyi had led the killer away and had not returned all night, and Gu Qinghe had a fever and nightmares and could not be woken up no matter what, his guesses were gradually confirmed.

Wei Wu didn't notice the change in his expression, and continued to recount that night in detail: "Mrs. Gu found her on the street in the slums of Nanning Town. Miss Gu had a high fever at the time and was said to be unable to survive. Mrs. Gu didn't believe it and took care of Miss Gu day and night. Later, when Miss Gu woke up, she couldn't remember anything."

Wei Yanshi thought of the three times he called out "Qingqing" with joy when he was still blank.

It’s the Qing from Xunqing Pavilion.

If there are too many coincidences in this world, it means they are man-made.

He turned around and ordered Wei Lin: "Send someone to check on Xie Fuyi."

He suspected that he was related to Gu Qinghe's life experience.

"Master..." Wei Lin hesitated and said, "We investigated him a few years ago."

At that time, the whole world praised Xie Fuyi, the new leader of the No. 1 Pavilion in the Jianghu.

He is young and successful, has great martial arts skills, is cold-faced but kind-hearted, is invincible, punishes evil and promotes good, hates evil like an enemy...

All the bad words were used to describe him.

Scholars and students all over the world wrote articles to promote him, and the common people in the court all applauded him. The people who had been helped by him even spontaneously repaired temples to worship him.

At that time, he was only fifteen years old.

His fame in Yan Chao almost surpassed that of His Majesty, who was the Crown Prince at the time, and there were even rumors that the current Crown Prince had not done as much for the people as he had.

The young master, who had been proud of his royal brother since childhood, was so angry that he stopped reading and practicing martial arts. Every day he asked these people who accompanied him in study and practice to collect stories about the master of the Jianghu Pavilion.

During that period, the desk in the palace's study was filled with the life story of the head of Xunqing Pavilion.

At the age of eight, he entered Xunqing Pavilion, learned good calligraphy, wrote a lot of good poems, and practiced martial arts... At the age of twelve, he completed his studies and became a master. For the next three years, he settled down in various places in Yanchao and stood up for the people.

He had a good ability in studying, but he chose to take a different approach and not enter the officialdom. Although he had superb martial arts skills, he had never thought of joining the army to become a general commanding the three armies.

He can be called the weirdest person in Yan Dynasty.

What is most surprising is the court's tolerance of him.

After reading the scrolls, his master wanted to meet the man who ruined his brother's reputation to see if he was just a show-off. However, the seriously ill emperor stopped him sternly. Prime Minister Xie even used the emperor's order to lock up his master in the palace for a whole month.

During that month, the palace's pavement was paved with gravel, dozens of wooden stakes used for practicing martial arts beside the rockery were broken, the historical files in the study were turned over, and the life stories found on the desk were replaced by poems and essays.

People who are extremely talented in these things will be far beyond the reach of others if they work hard.

If the head of Xunqing Pavilion is a true hero in the eyes of the people, then his master is the opposite of him.

Wei Yanshi was deeply impressed by that extremely dark month. After a moment of silence, he said, "Go check what happened before he was eight years old."

When he was young, he was impatient and did not understand the ambiguity in the eyes of his bedridden father. Looking back now, Xie Xuxing's sudden toughness is full of doubts.

Maybe he really is her enemy.

Wei Yanshi glanced towards the Gu family courtyard, shook his head helplessly and sighed.

A figure walked out of the darkness, and his tone was as cold as ever: "Your Highness, instead of sending people to investigate me, why don't you investigate the other group of people who robbed the execution ground this afternoon?"

Wei Yanshi had just learned a secret about him, and now he was facing him with mixed feelings: "My people are already tracking and searching. Thank you, Pavilion Master, for your actions today. I think you will gain a lot. But I don't know why you didn't spare Wang Ju's life and investigate who the masked men who saved him are?"

Wei Wu had written to me earlier, saying that County Magistrate Wang was in Xie Fuyi's hands and would be returned to him in the same condition when the time came.

The lingering smell of blood in the back mountain made me realize that it was really sent back in the same condition.

I just don't know why he killed the only person who knew the truth even though he clearly wanted to find out the identities of the other group of people.

Xie Fuyi didn't say anything, just turned his back to him and let him experience it himself.

He escaped from a sea of ​​blood and lost both his parents when he was young. He practiced hard day and night and gained fame. There is no one in this world he is afraid of. Even if the emperor stood in front of him, he could still turn around and leave.

It's just a worthless life, if it's lost, it's lost.

"Is it related to her?"

Wei Yanshi asked him in a low voice.

The young man paused. His life was at stake and he could no longer do as he pleased. Xie Fuyi chuckled with endless ridicule: "Are you going to threaten me?"

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