What should I do if my junior brother becomes a bad old man?

Ren Sha smiled:

"I can't hide anything from you. I originally wanted to take you out to relax, but I couldn't help but think about those things."

Gu Xunzhi shook his head:

"It's nothing, after all, it's still important."

Ren Sha said:

"I originally wanted to find out the real source of the devil energy by investigating the affairs of the Qingqiu Kingdom. I didn't want Bai Ruxie to die, but now the clues are broken. Although he admitted to murdering the prince, he didn't mention anything else at all. .”

Gu Xunzhi listened attentively, and Ren Shan said again:

Bai Ruxie calls himself the Heavenly Demon Fox, but in my opinion, the devil energy in his body is not naturally generated like the real Heavenly Demon Fox, but accumulated little by little.The problem now is that it is impossible for the body of an ordinary white fox to withstand so much devilish energy. Before that, he must have encountered something strange. "

Gu Xunzhi was a little discouraged:

"If Bai Ruxie is alive, you can just ask about this kind of thing. It's a pity that he is dead now, so...it's back to the beginning."

Ren Zhen squeezed Gu Xunzhi's fingers to show comfort, shook her head and said:

"You can't say that. Now that we know about Bai Ruxie, we can always find some clues along his line...Fortunately, we still have to live in Qingqiu Country for a while, so let's take our time."

Gu Xunzhi also knows that this is not something to worry about. Fortunately, he and Xiaoyu's inner alchemy have gradually merged recently, and he can move more freely. Some small spells that were not used before can now be used casually, making daily life more convenient. It can also help when looking for clues.

However, this matter is still much more difficult than they originally imagined.

To understand Bai Ruxie's usual actions, the easiest way is of course to ask his cronies.But unfortunately, all of Bai Ruxie's cronies and followers basically died that night.Although there were a few people who were away that night and escaped unharmed by chance, after they learned of the incident, they were greatly shocked mentally. They either fell ill immediately or became a little crazy, and they were unable to provide any useful information at all.

So they planned to go to the Ninth Elder's Mansion to look for it.It would be best if I could find some things like notes and diaries. Even if I didn't have such things, if I could find a few books that I read a few times, it would be considered a gain.However, since that night, the Ninth Elder's Mansion has been sealed off, and fox soldiers guard the gate every day.Ren Zhen entrusted the Immortal Guichen to ask the Great Elder Qing Kui for a token so that he could enter the Ninth Elder's Mansion to search for clues.

But things didn't go as they imagined, and the Great Elder's token was easily borrowed.The Immortal Gui Chen also sent them a message, saying that Bai Ruxie's actions that night caused the flowers and trees planted in the mansion to be contaminated with demonic energy.In order to prevent these flowers and trees from becoming a disaster, and also to prevent the magic energy carried by the flowers and trees from contaminating ordinary citizens, Qing Kui has already led the fox soldiers to burn all the flowers and trees here.It wasn't a big deal at first, but when the fox soldiers burned the garden, they accidentally ignited the buildings in the mansion.The houses in the Ninth Elder's Mansion were all made of wood, and even though they had tried their best to rescue them at that time, half of the study in the Ninth Elder's Mansion had been burned down.

Despite receiving such news, the two still searched there carefully in the hope of finding something.Unfortunately, they found nothing.

Still, it's not all hopeless.Although there is nothing or anyone in the Ninth Elder's residence that can provide information, the Ninth Elder's sister Bai Taifei is still living in the West Palace.Everyone knows that the two brothers and sisters are very close, and they usually talk about everything.It is very likely that Toffee will know something that others don't.It's just that now that Bai Ruxie has just died, if she visits her rashly and asks her about Bai Ruxie, she may be disgusted by it, and it will be difficult to ask useful information, so this route has to be given up for the time being.

The only real news now is the records at the gate of Qingqiu Kingdom.The entire territory of Qingqiu Kingdom is covered by barriers, and there is only one gate that can be entered and exited. Even if you are the lord of the country, if you want to pass through the gate, you must leave a record. Naturally, Bai Ruxie is no exception.Ren Zhen and Gu Xunzhi took Qing Kui's token, and without much effort, the fox soldiers guarding the gate agreed to take them to find the records.

"It's not difficult to enter the warehouse, but you have to find the records by yourself." The fox soldier said so, and opened the door of the warehouse. "The records of the last 1000 years are here, you can see for yourself."

There are countless books piled up in the warehouse, if two people go through them with bare hands, I don't know how long it will take to finish. The fox soldier chuckled, as if he wanted to see their jokes.

But of course the two of them would not casually let a little fox soldier see a joke.

Ren Zhen raised her hand and was about to use a spell when she suddenly remembered something and turned to Gu Xunzhi:

"Would you like to try it?"

Gu Xunzhi happened to know a small spell that could be used in this situation, but he had never used it after taking the fox demon inner alchemy, so he really didn't know if he could use this spell smoothly.He raised his head and asked Ren Sha:

"I'm a little unsure... is it okay?"

Ren Zhen nodded encouragingly, and then Gu Xunzhi let go of the spell, and silently said Bai Ruxie's name in his heart.

The shelf where the books were stacked in front of him suddenly shook violently, and all the books on the shelf fell to the ground with a crackling sound.Several of them flew out of the pile of books and landed in Gu Xunzhi's hands.

Gu Xunzhi smiled embarrassedly:

"Sorry, I haven't used this for a long time, and I missed it a little bit."

The fox soldiers who followed them turned pale with shock:

"It's such a mess, you'll have to put it all back."

Ren Sha turned her head and looked into the warehouse.The booklets that were messed up just now returned to their places automatically one by one, and it took less than a minute.He glanced at the fox soldier:

"Is that all right?"

The fox soldier was just a red fox at the bottom, and had never seen such a spell before. He bit the bullet and met Ren Sha's eyes, walked around the warehouse, and checked that the shelf where the book was located was indeed in correspondence with the date on the booklet.Only then did he return to nodding and bowing:

"Not bad."

At this moment, Gu Xunzhi has also found the date when Bai Ruxie entered and left Qingqiu Kingdom from the seven or eight books in his hand.According to the records in these books, Bai Ruxie left Qingqiu country for a long time when he was young, traveling abroad for 13 years.When he came back later, his sister had already given birth to the prince, so he didn't leave for too long, only occasionally traveling for about half a year.Judging from the travel time and the destination he wrote down, perhaps these trips were just to visit Ren Sha's old traces, and it's not a big deal.Then he became the Ninth Elder, leaving Qingqiu even less often.However, during this period of time, every time he traveled, his whereabouts were quite secretive, and he did not indicate the purpose of the trip in the book.It does seem a little strange.

Gu Xunzhi pointed to the record of his last trip, and said:

"If Bai Ruxie was telling the truth before, he probably left Qingqiu this time to infect Qingruxu with demonic energy. It's just that the date of his return seems a bit strange. Apart from letting Qingruxu be enchanted, he Leaving Qingqiu this time, I'm afraid I did something else."

When Ren Sha heard the words, she also leaned over to have a look.It was discovered that the date of Bai Ruxie's return this time was only two days earlier than the date they came to Qingqiu.

Before they came to Qingqiu, they spent a lot of time in order to get rid of the evil energy in Qingru's body.If Bai Ruxie allowed Qing Ruxu to be infected with demonic energy and returned to Qingqiu immediately, it should have arrived much earlier than them.Thinking about it this way, he must have taken another detour to do something else.

But where did he go?

Such questions, of course, cannot be answered in books.Gu Xunzhi copied down the dates on the brochure, and returned to the palace with Ren Sha.

At this moment, Lord Qingqiu has already issued an order regarding this incident, and decided to make a major incident into a minor one.Since Bai Ruxie was responsible for the matter of the prince, and he is dead now, no further investigation will be made.The lord of the country was naturally very polite, and he was full of gratitude to the three masters and apprentices in his words, and also gave them many precious gifts.It's just that everyone also heard from his words that the lord of the country was determined to stop here and was unwilling to investigate any further.Therefore, the right of Ren Sha and others to inquire freely in Qingqiu Kingdom is naturally gone.

The situation in Qingqiu Kingdom was indeed developing in the direction expected by the ruler. In this incident, the concubine was severely hit and could no longer interfere in the government affairs.Now one of the nine elders is missing. According to the usual practice, this position should be handed over to the White Fox Clan to choose a White Fox.It's just that now that Bai Ruxie, who was selected by the White Fox Clan, did such a thing, the king took this opportunity to take this position back.

The king really wants to take this opportunity to choose another Qinghu royal family, but if he goes too far, it will easily cause the white fox family to counterattack.So he simply chose a white fox named Qing.It can be regarded as finding a balance between the two parties.Everyone in the country is satisfied at the moment, and Guichen Immortal Master and Disciple will look too obtrusive if they stay here for too long.So the lord of the country ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to quickly select the date for the canonization of the princess, and the canonization ceremony will be held next month.

In this way, it is equivalent to issuing an order to evict guests in disguise. Even if the three of them want to stay here for a longer time, they can't do it.

Although such a result was expected, when Gu Xunzhi thought about it, he always felt a little unhappy.

The author has something to say: See you tomorrow.