Lost Charm

Although Yu Chijiong changed his surname and used actions to distance himself from Chi Dashi's family, most of the servants who had served in Chi's mansion for many years knew him, so when he came to the door in the middle of the night, he did not encounter any resistance.This time it is not a spring feast, there are not so many pairs of eyes looking at it, the housekeeper did not deliberately pretend to be alienated, and the look in Yu Chijiong's eyes was faintly relieved, "That's great, the young master finally found his way back". Yu Chijiong didn't mind if he brought two more people to the door.

It's a pity that the housekeeper was doomed to be disappointed, Yu Chijiong didn't go to visit his unconscious relatives, but asked to count the list of gifts.

"Young Master, this..." The housekeeper was a little embarrassed, although he welcomed Yu Chijiong back, but after all, his surname is "Yuchi" not "Chi", and he is considered a half-outsider.

"Don't call me young master, I'm only telling you this for your sake, otherwise, I'll tell you again in an embroidered dress, this is not a request, but an order from Yuchi Qianhu." Yuchijiong's tone was very serious Serious, do not allow the other party to object.

The housekeeper stared at Yu Chijiong for a while, and finally gave in, "My lord, please come with this villain. In the past two days, the Ministry of Punishment and Embroidery have sent people to count the gifts, so the villain put them all in one room for the time being."

Yu Chijiong signaled Xu Qin and He Tong to follow with his eyes, and the four of them soon came to the room, which was filled with all kinds of brocade boxes, which must be priceless gifts.

"Has Master Chi seen these things?" Yu Chijiong refused to let the housekeeper go, and asked him to stay for the convenience of questioning.

"Some of them should have been seen before. If the things sent are paintings and calligraphy, they will be put in the study for the master to have a look at first." The housekeeper glanced at Yu Chijiong and said, "My lord also knows that the master likes these the most."

Yu Chijiong did not respond to this.

"There is a pair of stone chess pieces given to Master Chi, but the person who gave the gift was not identified. Is there such a thing?" Xu Qin asked.

"This... seems to be the case... yes, I don't know who put the chess at the door, and there were only words of congratulations written on it. The villain thought... thought it was an adult who left it at the door on purpose, so he made his own decision. I took it and went to the study, but my lord will come soon, so I just put the chess pieces like this."

He Tong glanced at Yu Chijiong teasingly, and then said to the steward: "Is the chess here? You find it."

The housekeeper couldn't see He Tong's pupils clearly at night, at first he thought it was two male followers, but when He Tong opened his mouth, he realized that it was a woman, and the look in Yu Chijiong's eyes became weird.

Still hanging out with women in the middle of the night... The butler suddenly had a flash of inspiration, looked at He Tong eagerly, and his tone naturally became polite: "Okay, please wait a moment, sir."

He Tong looked up at Yuchi suspiciously, and asked the other party why the housekeeper was crazy.

Yu Chijiong continued not to respond, what are you kidding, he and He Tong?Leaving aside Ye Heng's fight with him, what should Miss He do if she hears this and burns Chi's mansion down?

The butler looked for it for a while, and was surprised: "Why did it disappear?"

Yu Chijiong immediately asked, "What's going on?"

The housekeeper panicked immediately, and said anxiously: "The villain watched the congratulatory gifts brought in with his own eyes the day before yesterday, and counted them. Nothing was missed. How could this happen?" Flying on the wings, he knew there was a problem, most likely it was related to Master Chi's lethargy, and it was difficult for him not to panic when he thought that he had brought the things into the house.

He Tong and Yu Chijiong glanced at each other, but they didn't expect Xu Qin to find the right thing with a casual remark.Qian Jiguang and Ye Heng will never take the chess away at will, so... it can only be someone from the Ministry of Punishment.When Yu Chijiong thought of this, he had a headache, as long as he was a dignitary, he could insert his hand into the Criminal Ministry, as long as he found out who took the chess away from it, it was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Finding a needle is not a problem, but the problem is that Bachelor Chi can't wait long.

Xu Qin saw that the two were making eye contact, so he took the initiative to ask questions: "Housekeeper, can you tell me what chess looks like?"

The housekeeper was very cooperative, and he could answer almost without thinking about it: "It was a brocade box with duck eggs, and there was a letter on it. It was not addressed to anyone, but the villain remembered it very clearly. Wu, a hundred-year-old Shang Kangqiang.” Inside the box are ivory white stone chess and chess boards, which are very delicate.”

He Tong glanced at Yu Chijiong indiscriminately, no wonder the Chi family thought he sent it, where did such a strange congratulatory message come from, this look of avoiding it is indeed very Xiaojiongjiong's style.Could it be that someone speculated?A cold light flashed in her eyes, if this is the case, they must be important officials in the court, only they know the relationship between Xiao Jiongjiong and Chi's residence.

The three of Yuchijiong searched the room again without giving up, but they still couldn't find anything.In the middle of the night, they used threats and lures to force the housekeeper to let them search the study room quietly without disturbing anyone.One must know that going to the door with embroidered clothes to collect evidence is a big deal for officials, Yu Chijiong kept a low profile and visited with a special capacity in order not to alarm other people.Now they searched the house without any evidence—especially Qian Jiguang had searched once before and couldn't find anything, so he could easily become a target of public criticism.

At dawn, they had to leave even if they couldn't find the whereabouts of the chess pieces.

"Have you asked Sun Lie?" Yu Chijiong outside Chi's residence did not rush to move, but stood calmly at the door discussing the next step.

"Yes, he said he wouldn't intervene." He Tong couldn't help rolling his eyes when he thought of this, Sun Lie is also the leader of the Underworld, he doesn't care who is in charge?

Yu Chijiong glanced at He Tong. He remembered that Sun Lie had mentioned about the trial in the human world. As a monster, it was inconvenient to intervene, but He Tong was not transferred by Sun Lie, and he participated in it openly, so she was also involved in it. inside?

"I tormented him for a long time before he told me that he could find your master." He Tong added another sentence.

Yu Chijiong's face twisted, not only He Tong, but even Qu Moao... This trial is not easy just by looking at the lineup.He sighed and said, "Why did you say it now?"

"I went to look for you as soon as I left the palace yesterday. I didn't have time to talk, but I sent my clone to look for him." He Tong replied indifferently.Since she is a monster and the daughter of the Demon Emperor, she naturally learned more than the embroidered clothes of the Ming Dynasty, so she did not recognize Qu Mo Ao as her master. To her, the other party was just a ghost. Reserve monster.

"Then go back first, I also have something to ask Meng... the governor." Yu Chijiong remembered that he was outside, and hurriedly changed his words.

When he returned to Beizhen Fusi, it happened that He Tong's avatar had responded, and the avatar that was set to be unable to speak brought back a note.

"The snake demon avatar that I've seen before︱ can speak." Xu Qin said a few more words, successfully attracting He Tong's cold stare.

"My skill is not that high, okay?"

"All right, all right. Please read what Master wrote first. I will ask the Governor to arrange people to watch Chi's mansion all day." Yu Chijiong turned sideways to avoid He Tong's sight.

"You are the only one who protects people tightly." He Tong muttered, and after watching Yu Chijiong with his eyes, he opened the note.Xu Qin poked his head forward, and there were only four large characters of Yangyang on it.

"Feishan Soul Stone!" He Tong read out the four words in surprise, and his voice raised unconsciously, "Does it really exist? It's not just a legend?"

She persistently flipped through the note repeatedly until she was sure that there were only those few words and no other information, and then she recovered from her undecided state of shock.

"Feishan is the mountain of the demon world?" Xu Qin recalled Yu Chijiong's prison teaching, but he didn't think of anything.

"The earliest record of Feishan's human world is in the Book of Mountains and Seas. It seems that the book is still unfamiliar, Xiao Qinqin, this time I will help you keep it a secret, otherwise Xiao Jiongjiu will be sad." The corner of He Tong's mouth curled up. smirk.

"Thank you, deputy Qianhu, for your noble hand." Xu Qin apologized with a guilty smile. If Yuchi knew about it, Yuchi's jail would be established.

"'Four hundred miles to the east, as for the head of Feishan Mountain. There are many gold and jade on it, no water, and many worms below it', there are only so many records about Feishan Mountain in the human world, but in fact, half of this mountain is in the human world. , Half of them are in the demon world, the environment of both yang and yin causes the jade on the mountain to mutate, it looks like an ordinary stone without evil spirit, but it has a very powerful function, we call it a soul stone in the demon world." He Tong no longer played Laugh and explain seriously.

"Soul stone?" No wonder He Tong couldn't detect the evil spirit before, Xu Qin thought to himself.

"Yes, soul-absorbing and soul-fixing are top-notch. However, Feishan Soul Stone has always been just a legend. In fact, we have never known where Feishan is, because this mountain is surrounded by enchantments and will only appear at specific times. The Book of Mountains and Seas implies that Feishan appeared in the human world at least once, and at least three times in the demon world." He Tong flipped through the note again, and began to question Qu Moao's credibility: "Xiao Qinqin, you said that it has been a thousand years Could the old demon be lying to us?"

"What's the benefit of him lying to us?" Yu Chijiong came back at some point, and gave He Tong an angry look.

"There's no sound when walking, I'm scared to death, when are you here?" He Tong gave Yu Chijiong a disgusted look, his expression was not a bit surprised.

Yu Chijiong looked at Xu Qin with a smile on his face, the tenderness in his eyes seemed to be dripping water, Xu Qin's heart was bristling when he saw it.As expected, he said regretfully, "Should it start from 'the non-mountain is the mountain of the demon world'?"

Xu Qin froze, feeling that he was not far from Yuchi Prison.

Yu Chijiong pretended not to notice Xu Qin's stiff body, pulled the palm of the other's left hand, and stroked it with his fingers, "Xu Qin's memory is not very good, he needs to train."

He Tong's complexion became very ugly. She was witnessing a senior official eating tofu. Should she stop her or pretend to be deaf and dumb?

Xu Qin's complexion was not much better, because he clearly felt that Yu Chijiong wrote the word "prison" on his palm.

Yu Chijiong withdrew his fingers calmly, and resumed the topic: "Master will not lie to us. What I am more worried about is that this matter may have something to do with the previous 'reform'."

He Tong's face was still ugly, but his tone was filled with heartache: "If I had hidden it a long time ago, they would be willing to waste the soul stone like this. The souls of Master Chi and San Shao are so good. ?"

Xu Qin stole a glance at He Tong, secretly unable to agree with her words more.