Just remember

In the quiet and silent night, only the lights are crackling.

Originally, when Qi Wanguan came, the house was not lit. After all, one was trying to travel at night, one was hibernating outside the window, and the other was visiting secretly holding a dead leaf that looked suspicious no matter what. None of them were suitable for bright lights.

However, when you want to calm down and think, the blackness like ink turns into a net, suppressing and wrapping your thoughts, making it impossible to release them.

The lights must be lit.

Only in this way, the memory can slowly flow back with the swaying of the fire, and return to the original point.

Pei Xiaoyi knew that Chun Jinran, who was sitting quietly in front of the lamp at this moment, was calm on the surface, but the string about solving puzzles in his head was already moving rapidly.Sometimes it turns into a hand, putting together pieces, and sometimes it turns into a bird, overlooking the whole.

Qi Wanguan didn't know this, but his intuition told him that right now, it's best not to make noise and wait and see what happens.

A stick of incense time.

Very short, just enough for a cup of tea.

It's long enough to think through the whole case.

Perhaps thinking clearly that the three words are not used accurately, Chun Jinran just connected everything together, sorted out and smoothed it out, so that everything and every link can return to its proper position, so that everyone Every clue of doubt has a corresponding explanation - but this is not enough.

"Pray to the Lord," Chun Jinran, who had been silent for a long time, finally said, "Go back first."

Qi Wanguan was shocked by the huge damage on his face, and he almost blurted out "How could you do this to me".

Chun Jinran didn't explain much, but just looked at him.

Looking at his friend's flickering face under the lamp, Qi Wanguan was blessed with the rare blessing in his heart: "Is this... serious?"

Chun Jinran nodded heavily: "Very much."

Qi Wanguan took two steps back subconsciously. It is a businessman's instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages: "Then I'd better pretend I don't know."

Chun Jinran was so amused by him that he wanted to laugh, although he didn't laugh in the end, his mood was always light for a moment: "Pretend? You didn't think of anything in the first place, okay?"

Lord Qi, who was mercilessly removed from the steps, touched his nose in embarrassment, and after a while, he asked worriedly, "What are you going to do?"

Chun Jinran lowered his face and remained silent for a while, when he raised his head again, his eyes were piercing: "I figured it out thoroughly."

Qi Wanguan was surprised, he thought that Chun Jinran had seen everything through the long thought just now.

Chun Jinran easily read Qi Wanguan's thoughts from his expression, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "I am not a half-immortal, and many things can only be speculated. But any speculation must have fallacies, omissions, and even some key points. , even if the evidence is solid, it may not be accurate... because people's hearts are the most difficult to guess."

It was Pei Xiaoyi who told him at first that the human heart is the most unreliable thing in this world.

Later Xiahou Zhengnan told him that there are as many kinds of wisdom as there are human hearts.

From his reluctance to believe it at the beginning, to the fact that he had to believe it later, and now, he has mixed feelings.

In this world, there are good and upright, and there are evil and insidious and cunning, but Chun Jinran always hopes that the friends he identifies belong to the former.So he had to ask clearly in person.

Until now, Qi Wanguan could not guess the nature of this extremely serious matter and the people involved in it. He could only infer from the leaves of the Yaoman tree that the Hang family was related to the Yaoman matter.But what about the law, the mastermind behind it, the accomplice, or the innocent involvement?he does not know.The only thing he can be sure of is that Chun Jinran must have drawn out the outline, and now he is going to dig out the whole truth.

Qi Wanguan didn't know what to say.If it's someone who has nothing to do with it, let him die. If it's an acquaintance, he will probably persuade you to do something more than to do something less. But this is Chun Jinran, who wants to break the casserole. Said: "Be careful, if there is anything I can help, just ask..."

Chun Jinran's heart felt hot.

"No money." Qi Wanguan completed the sentence.

Chun Jinran's heart burned immediately.

What is a true friend is that the most precious things in his life are all behind you!

Seeing that those two people were about to hold hands and want to see tears in their eyes, Pei Xiaoyi said decisively: "Prayer Lord, it's getting late, you should go back and rest soon."

Qi Wanguan looked at the deep moonlight outside the window in the middle of the night, and swore that this was definitely the most careless order to evict guests he had ever heard.

But what should be said is almost the same, and the rest, I believe my friends will figure it out.

After sending off Qi Wanguan, Pei Xiaoyi turned around and asked bluntly: "Do you suspect that the demise of Tianranju is also related to the Hang family?"

Facing Pei Xiaoyi, Chun Jinran no longer concealed it: "Yes. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the Yaoman leaves were found here. Even Ruoshui had to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find medical books to find it. How could the Hang family know everything about it? Well, even if they know it well, what is the use of this leaf? Except for you, all the poisoned people have died in the Chongtian Peak. No one needs the Hang family to detoxify. But if this leaf is not used for detoxification, then only Next use..."

"Feed Gu worms." Looking at Chun Jinran whose lips were trembling but unable to speak, Pei Xiaoyi finished the sentence for him with distress.

Chun Jinran felt uncomfortable, took a few deep breaths in a row, but was still in a panic.

Pei Xiaoyi walked over and hugged him who was sitting in his arms.

Chun Jinran pressed her forehead against the man's waist, she couldn't hear the man's heartbeat, but there was still warmth.

Pei Xiaoyi lightly stroked Chun Jinran's back, and said calmly: "Whether it's for revenge or to unify the martial arts, this is the world, everyone is doing such things, but the Hang family is doing it bigger and more successful." That's all."

Chun Jinran felt that her anxious emotions were miraculously calmed down by such caresses again and again.He raised his head to look at Pei Xiaoyi, the man still had the same death-loving look, completely separated from the gentle palm on his back, but merged inexplicably.

She hugged the man's waist tightly.

Chun Jin stood up abruptly: "I understand what you're saying. If this happens to others, I don't care. But it's about Hang Mingzhe. I treat him as a friend, so I have to figure it out."

Seeing the cheerful face of the guy in front of him, Pei Xiaoyi knew that it was imperative to confront him face to face, but he still couldn't help asking: "What happens after I figure it out?"

Chun Jinran's attitude is firm: "If you can continue to be friends, you will do it, if you can't, then you will break up."

Pei Xiaoyi really wanted to strangle him to death: "Haven't you ever thought that you don't need to break up with them, and they just silence you?"

Chun Jinran swallowed saliva numbly: "No, I can't..."

Pei Xiaoyi snorted coldly: "If only it would be destroyed."

Chun Jinran spoke righteously: "Then I'll be a ghost and I won't let him go!"

Pei Xiaoyi gritted his teeth: "Your ambition is really lofty."

Cursing and scolding, in the end Pei Xiaoyi still protected Chun Jinran and stepped into the vast night - before he fell in love with this person, he was an impulsive ghost who wanted to pursue the truth to the death, so after he fell in love with this person, what can he do? It's just that when the other party is unhappy with others, he stands aside and shouts to deter and cheer.

There was a lamp burning in Hang Mingzhe's room, and the light poured out from the open window, illuminating the face beside the window.

"The night is long, I don't want to sleep, two or two are in love, and talking at night by candlelight, wouldn't it be fun?" As if he couldn't wait, the face took the initiative to poke out, smiling like a flower at the emptiness of darkness.

Chun Jinran and Pei Xiaoyi emerged from the darkness, not knowing whether to be embarrassed or helpless.

"Where did you learn it..." Chun Jinran was upset at being robbed of his words.

Hang Mingzhe had a laugh, and shook the jug in his hand: "Mingjun said that when you attacked at night, that's how you started."

Chun Jin was embarrassed, glanced at Pei Xiaoyi nervously, and quickly explained: "It's a night visit, not a night attack, really no attack!"

Pei Xiaoyi turned his head away, he didn't listen, he just chanted sutras.

Chun Jinran black line.Hang San definitely did it on purpose, he didn't cause any trouble yet, he pre-empted it!

Unaware of the insult, Hang Sanshao got up, took two steps back, and opened his arms as a welcome gesture: "Come in, please. I've been sitting here waiting for half the night. If you don't come, I might find you." gone."

Chun Jinran was helpless: "Did someone ask someone to open the window?"

But Hang Mingzhe smiled slightly: "When you enter the door, you are a guest, but when you open the window, you are a friend."

Chun Jinran was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the other person's expression, trying to find even a trace of hypocrisy in it.

No.

The man regarded him as a friend until now.

Just like yourself.

Chun Jinran no longer hesitated, and entered through the window.

Pei Xiaoyi followed closely behind.

When the two entered the house, Hang Mingzhe went over and closed the window.It was clearly summer, but it was tightly closed.

There are three wine glasses on the table, and Hang Mingzhe pours three glasses without haste.

Chun Jinran watched him finish pouring quietly, and then asked, "Did you know we would come?"

Hang Mingzhe frowned wronged: "Didn't I just say that I have been waiting for you for half the night."

Chun Jinran sat down, took the wine glass, and was about to drink, but was stopped by Pei Xiaoyi.

Seeing this, Hang Mingzhe snatched the cup from Chun Jinran's hand, drank it down in one gulp, and then showed the empty cup to the two of them: "Here, there is no poison."

Pei Xiaoyi shrugged: "Maybe you take the antidote first."

Hang Mingzhe blacked out, turned to look at Chun Jinran, and asked seriously: "What do you like about him?"

Chun Jinran was caught off guard by the question, and searched her brain for a long time before she could squeeze out four words: "It's hard to say..."

Pei Xiaoyi's face was livid, and his eyes showed murderous intent. If anyone were to be asked to guess at this moment, ten out of ten would insist that he was the one who most resembled the murderer.

Taking advantage of Pei Xiaoyi's mood swings, Chun Jinran quickly drank the wine, but unexpectedly, what got into his mouth was tea.He frowned suspiciously and asked, "Why?"

Hang Mingzhe poured him another cup, neither sick nor slow: "Drink on happy occasions, drink tea on sad ones, you can get drunk when you are bored, but you will hurt yourself later. Only clear tea will return to sweetness after suffering."

Chun Jinran narrowed her eyes and looked at the young man in front of her.

This is the Hang Mingzhe he knows, and it doesn't seem to be the Hang Mingzhe he knows, but it's very strange, no matter which Hang Mingzhe he doesn't like, he even thinks it should be like this, the combination of the two is a flesh and blood The third young master of the Hang family.

"Since you have been waiting for us half the night, we are here now, so let's start." With mutual understanding, Chun Jinran stopped beating around the bush.

Unexpectedly, Hang Mingzhe shook his head: "I want to listen to you first."

Chun Jinran didn't understand, she had put on such a calm posture, it would be fine if she just made peace, why did she have to go through the trouble twice to let herself come first?

As if he knew what he was thinking, Hang Mingzhe said seriously: "I have to see if you are right. In case I admit it foolishly first, but your deduction is completely irrelevant, I will not be at a big loss."

Chun Jinran was speechless: "Even if I don't deduce anything, once you finish saying this, you will definitely be involved!"

Hang Mingzhe spread his hands, and returned to that scoundrel that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, but he didn't open his mouth anyway.

Chun Jinran sighed.

It doesn't matter, if he speaks first, he speaks first. Anyway, the matter has come to this point, and in the end, we want the truth, so we don't have to worry about the way to find it.

"From the very beginning, Wuqi Daze was a game set up by you or your family for the purpose of Xia Houfu's life..."

Hang Mingzhe gradually stopped joking and listened carefully.

Chun Jinran took a deep breath and continued: "At first, I thought it was strange that most people would share the whereabouts of Chiyu, an object that can shake the entire martial arts world, and they would definitely share it with their closest people, or simply keep it all to themselves, even if he is a ranger. , How could he be so selfless and go directly to the Hang family? And Mr. Hang is so generous that he deliberately picked all the gangs to gather in Xiahou Villa, and made it public? I don't know what benefits the group of us going to the Southwest will bring to the Hang family. Even when we return, I still believe that Xia Houfu's death was accidental, because I can't think of a reason why he must die. On the contrary, a lost son lost his mind The furious Xiahou Zhengnan is very dangerous to anyone or any gang. Until I was here, at the wedding banquet, I saw Jing Wanchuan who was the guest of honor."

"So you connected everything?" Hang Mingzhe asked leisurely.

Chun Jinran glared at him angrily: "You helped me get in touch." Now that I think about it, those words that were either ambiguous or implied deep meaning were intentionally said to him!

Hang Mingzhe smiled slightly, like teasing, but also helpless: "I don't say anything, you will figure it out sooner or later."

Chun Jinran sighed: "But it will be very late."

Hang Mingzhe stared at him for a while, and suddenly there was sadness in his eyes: "You just want to get to the bottom of everything, torment yourself, and torture others."

Chun Jinran's eyes widened, what time is this, can this person bite back? !

Hang Mingzhe saw that his friend—if the two of them hadn't turned their heads now—the samadhi real fire on the top of his head, and quickly coaxed softly: "I haven't finished the inference just now, please continue."

Chun Jinran rolled his eyes at him before regaining his train of thought: "Jing Wanchuan's appearance, coupled with what you said, made me have to re-examine the entire trip to the Southwest. The final conclusion I reached was emotionally unacceptable. , but intellectually, I know that this is closer to the truth. Your purpose is to kill Xiahou Fu, but if you want to kill Xiahou Fu, you must let him leave Xiahou Villa, leave Xiahou Zhengnan's side, and die Of course, Xiahou Zhengnan should not be suspicious. Combining various factors, you finally set up this situation. A treasure hunt far away from the Central Plains, a group of young people who basically have no direct interests. In order to ensure that Xiahou Zhengnan will send Xiahou Fu to participate, I think Mr. Hang must have spent a lot of time at Xiahou Zhengnan's place, maybe it was persuasion, maybe it was guidance, and he even sent his two sons into the team, just to convince Xiahou Zhengnan that this journey will be bumpy. But there is no danger. Jing Wanchuan is the starting point of the whole bureau, so he who helped this favor and kept his mouth shut became the guest of the Hang family; the topographic map of mountains and rivers is your murder map, so when I questioned, apart from dark rivers and caves, Could it be that there are no other roads leading to Wuqi Daze on the other three sides, you changed your previous lack of opinion for the first time, and made it clear that the road marked on the topographic map of mountains and rivers is the safest. Come to think of it, you have already counted Alright, let's do it in the cave..."

Chun Jinran couldn't continue speaking, and after a long pause, he twitched his lips sarcastically: "The so-called safest road is Huangquan Road."

"I didn't know there were monsters in the cave." Hang Mingzhe said suddenly, his voice was very low, almost a whisper.

Chun Jinran was stunned.

Hang Mingzhe pursed his lips, and said with a wry smile: "I originally planned to take advantage of the darkness in the cave to create some chaos to disperse everyone, and then find an opportunity to strike. I didn't expect... I don't know if I should say that God helped me, or I deserve it."

Chun Jinran frowned, not quite understanding his last statement.

Hang Mingzhe said in a low voice: "My brother, he almost died in the cave."

That's right, if Lin Qiaoxing hadn't risked his life to save him, perhaps more than one Xia Houfu would have died.

"If you knew there were monsters inside, would you still lead us in?" Chun Jinran asked.

Hang Mingzhe pondered for a long time: "I don't know."

Chun Jinran's heart sank slowly.

Hang Mingzhe raised his head and said again: "But if I hurt you because of this, even if I get revenge, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Chun Jinran raised his eyebrows, full of contempt: "You didn't harm us now?"

Hang Mingzhe was at a loss.

Chun Jinran pulled Pei Xiaoyi, and said bitterly, "If Ding Ruoshui didn't exist, he would be a living dead now!"

Hang Mingzhe stood there in a daze for a long while before he could not believe it: "You even deduced the matter of Gu poison?"

As soon as this guy admitted, and his words were so professional, Chun Jinran became even more angry: "Killing Xia Houfu is to avenge Miss Hang, well, since the revenge has been avenged, why do you want to arrange to destroy Tianranju? Is it also To avenge Miss Hang!"

Chun Jinran wanted to be sarcastic, but unexpectedly Hang Mingzhe nodded.

Chun Jinran stood there in a daze, speechless.

Hang Mingzhe took a sip of tea, as if trying to suppress some kind of anger.

I don't know how long it took before Chun Jinran heard him say: "It was Jin Liyun and Xia Houfu who killed Yueyao together."