Baishou loses Shaohua

It was already noon when we returned to Ye's house, and ordered the kitchen to prepare meals. Ye Nanqing and Xuan Lie entered Ye's study one after the other.

Ye Nanqing sat in front of the desk and pondered. He had been in charge of the Ye family for ten years, and he had experienced intrigues in the mall, but this time it was too tricky.He had to find a way to clear the court, find a way to raise goods, and arrest the arsonist.But now, it is obvious that the enemy is in the dark, and he has lost the opportunity for this sudden duel with unknown reasons.

Xuanlie sat in the ebony chair, stretched out his hand to pick up the green glazed tea bowl on the coffee table, gently skimmed the tea powder on it, and slowly sipped the tea.

After about half a cup of tea, Ye Nanqing called Ye Heng in, ordered him to buy goods from major merchants in Lingcheng and the surrounding cities, and asked him to bring his own letter to Li'an, the imperial capital, to clear the matter. Do something.After Ye Heng withdrew, Ye Nanqing ordered his servants to bring the food to the study.

After the meal, Ye Nanqing asked the maid to set the chessboard.Ye Nanqing held the white piece and Xuan Lie held the black piece. The two played chess. Ye Nanqing was obviously out of shape. Although he had the upper hand repeatedly on the surface, he lost miserably at the last moment.

"When my father was alive, he once said that there are only two kinds of people who do things. One kind of people likes to seize the opportunity and wait for the opportunity, while the other kind of people likes to observe in secret. The former may be faster in small things, but in big things, The latter can control the overall situation." Ye Nanqing looked carefully at the chessboard, and Bai Zi really stepped into Hei Zi's trap step by step, "Xuan Lie, if you stand in the mall, I will definitely be your defeat."

"I'm just an idler, not interested in shopping malls." Xuan Lie said with a smile.

Ye Nanqing went to the window and opened it, and the willows in the distance were still covered with ice flowers.

"Xuan Lie, I don't know who to trust now." Ye Nanqing said quietly.

"Actually, you already have the answer in your heart." Xuan Lie said.

"Heng Bo has devoted his entire life to the Ye family. He has already regarded the Ye family as his everything, so it can't be him. Then only..."

"Director Liao." Xuan Lie finished for him.

"Wu Er also said that last night, he went to deliver food to him. More importantly, after the fire broke out in the warehouse, he never showed up and sent someone to look for him, but he was nowhere to be found." Ye Nanqing sighed, " I don't know why he did this, but I heard people say that he seems to have secretly contacted the Killer Gate."

"Weimen?" Xuanlie stepped forward and stood side by side with Ye Nanqing.

"Yes." Ye Nanqing nodded.

"How could the Ye family have anything to do with Weimen?"

In the arena, Weimen is like a myth, it rose 20 years ago, and it resounded almost overnight. The reason is that they leveled Qingyunzhai overnight, and all 48 lives of Qingyunzhai were lost overnight. On that day, the head of the village owner Feng Qingyun was hung on the wall of the cottage for public display.Since then, Weimen has become famous all over the world.

But unlike his reputation, Weimen's demeanor is very low-key and mysterious.So far for more than 20 years, no one knows the real location and size of Weimen, and no one from Weimen can be seen at the meeting where all martial arts people gather.What can prove the real existence of Weimen is just a piece of paper with leaves painted on it left at the murder scene every time. It seems that their appearance is only to kill people.Gradually, everyone discovered that the Weimen murderers did not distinguish between decent cults, officials, businessmen, and rich people.For a moment, people panicked.Martial arts people condemned one after another, but no one responded. They wanted to crusade, but they couldn't even find Weimen's base camp, so they gave up in the end.To put it bluntly, what they are afraid of is that one day Weimen will dominate the martial arts world and take away their prestige, but Weimen is still Weimen, going its own way, acting alone, mysterious and unpredictable.

Later, it was rumored that Weimen actually used people's money to eliminate disasters, so many people also called Weimen the "killer gate".

"I don't know either. I have never had any grudges with others. In business, peace is the most important thing. There are so many warehouses in the Ye family. He only burned this one in the north of the city. This is clearly to cause my Ye family to suffer. Damn it." Ye Nanqing frowned and smiled bitterly, "I don't know what Ye Nanqing did to make people hate me so much."

In the afternoon, Ye Nanqing had no time to deal with affairs, so Xuanlie left the Ye Mansion for a stroll along the streets, and unknowingly came to the edge of the Lingjiang River.

Mausoleum City got its name from the Lingjiang River, relying on mountains to eat mountains and relying on water to drink water. For hundreds of years, the people of Mausoleum City have relied on this river that runs through Mausoleum City to live.Decades ago, the imperial court built a canal to connect the Lingjiang River. Along the Lingjiang River, you can directly reach the capital Li'an. Therefore, the business along both sides of the river has also become lively. There are a variety of shops along the river.

Xuanlie felt a little thirsty, so he casually walked into a teahouse, ordered a pot of tea, and found a seat by the window, drinking tea while admiring the scenery along the river.

"Speaking of Weimen, I have to mention the 20 lives in Qingyunzhai 48 years ago..." The storyteller sitting in front of the teahouse stroked his beard and shook his head, talking about strange people and strange things from ancient times to the present.

Xuan Lie was attracted by the word "Weimen", so he couldn't help listening carefully.

"The gang of bandits in Qingyunzhai are famous for their many evils, and the bandit leader Feng Qingyun is even more cruel and outrageous. It stands to reason that the court should have gone out to suppress the bandits, but that year there were floods in the south and drought in the north. All of them were fighting against the invading foreigners in the northwest. For a while, the treasury of the Huaizhou court was empty and its troops were empty. I heard that because of internal and external troubles, Emperor Huaxuan fell ill from overwork and did not go to court for more than half a month. Therefore, at this time, the court There is no time to take care of this small Qingyun Village. Probably because of this reason, these bandits act more carelessly. But what they certainly did not expect is that even if the court does not come forward, there will be others to clean them up." Storyteller The person paused, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued, "The person who found Feng Qingyun's leader that day was a vegetable farmer who delivered vegetables to Qingyun Village. This old vegetable farmer is also a poor man. Originally, the old lady in the family died early. I raised my only daughter by myself, but I didn't want to be targeted by the villains of Qingyun Village. This old vegetable farmer begged Qingyun Village to be merciful and spare his daughter's life. He should be lucky that day, Qingyun The village just robbed a fortune a few days ago, and Feng Qingyun was in the right mood, so he agreed, but the condition was that he would send fresh melons, fruits and vegetables to the village every day, and of course it was free. But for Daughter, the old vegetable farmer could only agree. Unexpectedly, the first time I went to deliver it, I saw Feng Qingyun's head hanging on the wall of Qingyunzhai. The old vegetable farmer was so frightened that he didn't even dare to enter the door first. I went to call someone, and later a brave hunter entered the village, only to find that these 48 villains had already died. The hunter found Feng Qingyun's body in the main hall of Qingyun Village, and the corpse held a piece of paper in his hand. , which is about the size of a palm when unfolded, a leaf is painted with blood on it, and there is a word "Wei" next to it, from which Weimen got its name."

"Old man, what's the point if you know all the big guys you're talking about, just say something that others don't know." A young man sitting below seemed to be very familiar with the storyteller, and he spoke without hesitation .

"Okay, okay, let me tell you something that everyone doesn't know." The old man smiled slightly, and knocked on the table with the folding fan in his hand, "Everyone knows that it was Weimen who destroyed Qingyunzhai, but everyone knows... ... How many people have destroyed Qingyun Village?"

"How do we know where to go? But 48 people were killed overnight, and they were all vicious gangsters with martial arts skills. At least there must be a similar number." The young man said again.

"No, no." The old man pretended to be mysterious and smiled, "At that time, Qingyun Village was destroyed not only by ordinary people, but also by the court and people in the Jianghu. At that time, people from Jianghu came to Qingyun Village Looking at the wounds on the 48 corpses, all the wounds were sword wounds, and...they were all wounded by the same sword."

"Impossible, could it be that one person killed these 48 people overnight? Who would believe this?"

"Yes, yes, how could there be such a person."

There was a burst of discussion in the hall.

Xuan Lie frowned and pondered, he didn't believe it at all, but was thinking about the possibility of this matter, if it is true that one person killed 48 people with not low martial arts in one night, then how high is this person's martial arts? to what extent.

Just as he was thinking, a white shadow passed by Xuan Lie.Xuan Lie looked up, and it was that person, still dressed in plain white.He walked up to the storyteller, took out a piece of silver and put it gently on the table, then turned and went downstairs.From the beginning to the end, the man didn't say a word, even the expression on his face didn't change, but it silenced the whole teahouse.Xuan Lie looked back at the steaming tea on the table behind him, but he didn't notice when he came in.Xuanlie looked down from the window, the man had already arrived downstairs, turned around and walked into the alley next to the teahouse, Xuanlie threw a silver coin on the table, and jumped out of the window with a burst of exclamation.