Folding the halberd to seal the cold

The night is already deep.

In the small bamboo building where Qin Yue lived in Qingzhu Academy, the lights were still on.

Qin Yue sat at the table with a sullen face and did not speak, and Qin Yan could only silently accompany him with a worried face.

Gu Qingxi frowned, and paced the room anxiously. After walking back and forth a few times, she still felt that the knot in her heart could not be relieved.He stopped and walked in front of Qin Yue, put his hands on the edge of the table, and asked again as if he was looking for some verification: "Your analysis just now... are you sure there is nothing wrong? Ye Feng didn't hear us at all Talk, the real spy is someone else??"

"I believe in my brother's hearing." Qin Yan answered the words first, and nodded in agreement: "What happened tonight... There are indeed many suspicious things. Ye Feng's behavior is also a bit strange."

"What's weird?"

"When he was discovered, he clearly looked a little shocked. It was as if he had just discovered some secret, and he didn't react for a while... He even forgot to escape." Qin Yan recalled the details bit by bit before , speak slowly.

"Go on." Gu Qingxi said in a low voice, which was rarely serious.

"That means that what my brother said is someone else... It is very possible. And Ye Feng, who happened to see that person, was so shocked. In order to blur our attention, even if he is unwilling, he still I acquiesced. I found it very strange... If Ye Feng really wanted to come to find out, why didn't he pretend at all? Is he so confident that he won't be discovered... And he has been with us for many days, if he really wants to He is a thoughtful person, so why bother to help us smelt the cold star iron, and even renovate the foundry... What good does it do for him? Why does he show so much promise?" After Qin Yan said these words, he couldn't stop Unknowingly, she returned to Ye Feng's position... She had been disappointed and doubted for a moment just now, and she had many complicated emotions about Ye Feng, which once made her tangled and uncomfortable.

In the past few days, they deliberately ignored Ye Feng and avoided suspicion with him everywhere. Anyone would find it strange.

It's normal for Ye Feng to want to know what's going on, or to guess that it might be related to the battle in the Valley of the Wicked.

"Ye Feng has always been a disciple of the Valley of the Wicked. Even if he really wants to find out something, it's understandable." Qin Yan glanced at his brother next to him and continued.

"Qin Yan, do you know what you're talking about?" Gu Qingxi interrupted her displeased.

He can understand the previous words, but this point is exactly where his entanglement lies...

For a long time, Gu Qingxi thought that Ye Feng was a gentleman like the wind... I don't want to but look around today, prying? ...he just didn't want to agree.

"But...if you change places and positions, you feel that the Haoqi League may be in danger, and you happen to have this opportunity...would you do it?"

Qin Yan's words hit the key point, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, it instantly stirred up water splashes and rippled in circles.

"I can."

"I can."

Qin Yan didn't expect that her brother would speak at the same time as her and say this answer together.

They are worthy of being brothers and sisters of the same mother, and they really have the same mind with each other.

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Gu Qingxi was silent for a while, and finally gave up her persistence.

"Well, if it's me... I will too." He also answered seriously.

For the sake of the success or failure of the faction, even they themselves may do things, so why should they despise Ye Feng's position.

"And now it doesn't matter whether he heard it or not. Because even if he heard it, he couldn't escape to inform the wicked..."

"But if it wasn't for Xu Shen, maybe we could have found some clues just now, and found out the person who really inquired. What if he escaped now... What should I do?" Qin Yan began to fall into a burst of anxious thinking to himself, But I feel that there are thousands of threads, and I can't figure out the source.

It's tricky...

"Then what else can we do now?" Gu Qingxi looked at Qin Yue.

Qin Yue said quietly: "Wait for Shen Lvzhi to come back."

He has been forcibly suppressing the irritability in his heart, just to wait for him to investigate back.

In order to appease Xu Shen, the commander-in-chief, he had no choice but to leave Tianji Pavilion first with Qin Yan, and then signaled Shen Lvzhi to stay and watch and hunt...

It was to verify whether the conjecture in his heart was true.

After all, he didn't see it with his own eyes, even if he wanted to believe Ye Feng from the bottom of his heart... he was afraid that his judgment would be biased because of his emotions.

Qin Yue has always been a rational person. His acquired experience has created a character that is bound to be suspicious of everything. It is related to the righteousness of the camp. He will not blindly trust anyone based on his feelings.

But because of his prudence and rationality, he felt a little lucky when he found out that something was a little abnormal.

So if it wasn't Ye Feng - that would be the best.

It seems to have found a reason for his heart to settle down. If the person he wants to trust is actually worthy of his trust in the end.

And Shen Luzhi unexpectedly didn't say much, and went with the flow to help him with the follow-up.

Does it also mean that even Shen Luzhi, who is calm and cautious, agrees with him... coincidentally?

But right now, we still have to wait for him to come back.

Qin Yue has never felt that time has passed so long... Waiting is such a painful thing.

Ye Feng's room next door was silent... It wasn't just a wall away that could feel his presence beside him.

Although he was only put in prison...but he already cared about Ye Feng so much.

I thought that by deliberately alienating Ye Feng during this period of time, I would be able to avoid more trouble and suspicion... and then try to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible.

He wanted Ye Feng to refine the cold star iron faster - and then let him leave Haoqi as soon as possible.

He himself was taken aback when he made such a decision.

Qin Yue thought of the secret letter in black and white, and he clearly remembered what was written in the last sentence on it.

"If something goes wrong with it, I would rather kill it than let it go!"

Qin Yue's gaze was as deep as the sea, hiding an unnoticed tangle and heaviness.

If you can't keep it... then you can no longer stubbornly follow your own will.

What he intends to do... No one knows, it is the opposite of the decision in the secret letter.

But the only unexpected thing was Xu Shen's arrival.

The commander-in-chief who was dissatisfied with him suddenly landed in Yancheng himself, and the guards were strengthened.

In addition, what happened tonight...has completely disrupted his plans, and now even he is agitated and confused, not knowing what to do.

The sky was about to brighten up little by little, but Qin Yue still didn't feel sleepy.

Just when Gu Qingxi was yawning endlessly and finally couldn't bear to go back to catch up on sleep, there was finally a rush of footsteps outside the door.

Shen Luzhi appeared at the door.

His temple hair was still covered with a thin layer of morning dew, and his face was slightly tired.

Qin Yue stood up suddenly, and asked in a deep voice, "How is it?"

Gu Qingxi just wanted to complain about his slow hands and feet, but suddenly remembered that now is not the time to be sarcastic, so she had no choice but to get serious.

"As you expected, there is someone else." Shen Lvzhi met Qin Yue's eyes, spoke briefly and seriously, but said the sentence that Qin Yue had been waiting for for a long time.

"How can you see that?" Gu Qingxi asked back.

"After you left, Guard Yang and I searched nearby for a long time. Finally, we found a few small footprints on the mountain wall behind Tianji Pavilion." Shen Lvzhi's mouth suddenly curled into a mocking smile, He picked up the teacup on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and continued, "Do you think...interesting?"

"...What do you mean?" Qin Yan was puzzled.

"Shen Bingkuai, don't continue to pretend to be deep and condescending. If you have something to say, just finish it in one breath, okay?" Facing Shen Lvzhi's hesitant to speak, Gu Qingxi's temper was aroused by him.

"This is good news and bad news." Shen Lvzhi said calmly.

Gu Qingxi, who wanted to know the reason quickly, could hardly bear to beat someone.

"Say it." Qin Yue urged.

"The good news is... I have identified who the spy is." Shen Luzhi's eyes suddenly became indifferent and sharp, he put down the teacup in his hand, and continued coldly: "The bad news is... I have worked hard to hunt him down. In the middle of the night, she still couldn't be found in the end. It's really a more powerful character than I suspected."

"Then... who is it? Do we all know each other?" Qin Yan was also aroused by him.

Shen Lvzhi snorted coldly, and finally gave the crucial answer: "That's right. And you can go back to your residence now to see if Xiaoyan is still there?"