Kyushu lonely mountain snow

There is a hidden mechanism in Su Xuan's cabin, and the secret door on the wall can be opened after touching it. The mechanism is very delicate, and it is almost silent when it is opened. At first glance, it is a masterpiece of the Su family who is proficient in technical craftsmanship.The passage behind the door was also pitch black. Su Xuan dragged Bai Chuyan in. After closing the secret door, he took a candlestick and a torch from a depression on the left wall, lit the candles, and illuminated the narrow passage.

He looked back at Bai Chuyan, smiled slightly, "You can speak louder now."

Walk forward a dozen steps along the passage, and then down a flight of stairs, you arrive at a huge room. The light from the candlesticks is not enough to illuminate the whole room. With the dim light, you can see a large rectangular table in the center. , a dozen armchairs were arranged neatly around the table, other than that, the room was empty and there was nothing else.

"This was originally a place for secret discussions within the Su family. Because I have been doing business abroad for many years and have gone to sea a lot, I ordered someone to build such a darkroom on the boat." Su Xuan explained, "The place is a bit big, but only It's safest to speak here."

Bai Chuyan nodded, and stretched out his hand to lightly sweep the candle on the candlestick in his hand. Su Xuan was startled, but saw many small flames suddenly scattered from that little candle, like fireflies, gradually drifting into the air, without a trace. The whole dark room is illuminated in a short while.

Then, Bai Chuyan looked at him, and said hesitantly, "What do you want to say?"

Su Xuan smiled, "Do you think I want to help you or harm you?"

"do not know."

"Then you still come in with me?"

"If you want to harm me..." Bai Chuyan touched his chin, "You can try it."

"Don't dare." Su Xuan laughed, "Have my hiding skills improved?"

Bai Chuyan was stunned, "Progressive?" She reacted for a long time, and finally remembered: "You mean... the person who watched me before, is it really you?"

"I'm not spying on you." Su Xuan quickly clarified, "I just don't want you to find out, but at that time, every time I approached, you would always be noticed at the first time. Although my hiding ability was not as good as that two years ago Now, it can be regarded as reaching the pinnacle. Sometimes I just follow my brother deliberately for fun, but he has never noticed it. Who would have thought that you would notice it so quickly every time..."

"What's the use of being aware of it? Every time I find you, you run away so quickly that I don't know who is watching me for several years." Bai Chuyan said.

"I said it's not surveillance." Su Xuan smiled wryly.

"Then what did you say?"

"It's just..." Su Xuan was stunned for a while, shook his head, and said with a smile, "Let's talk about this later, you just need to say, have my hiding skills improved?"

"It's more than just progress." Bai Chuyan said truthfully, "It's almost invisible. I didn't even notice that you were next to me just now."

Su Xuan seemed to be very happy and smiled, "That's good, it's thanks to you that I can reach this level, and no one will be able to see through me in the future."

Bai Chuyan felt a little strange. Although she hadn't talked to Su Xuan before, she had met him many times. Whether it was in the palace a few years ago or on the boat recently, Su Xuan had always spoken and acted in a gentle and polite manner. Indifferent and majestic, never joking like today.But after thinking about it again, she felt relieved.Even Xiao Ziyi was able to change from the unsmiling son of Jinbei Kingdom back then to such a dude. Is it normal for Su Xuan to change his appearance after others?What's more, Zheng Chenzhao is not a decent person, and someone who can be his adopted son must not be able to keep a straight face every day.

"Come and sit down." Su Xuan pulled away the two chairs at the corner of the table, and put the candlesticks on the table, "I didn't expect you to come in with me so happily, come to think of it, even if I want to harm you, you are not afraid right?"

Bai Chuyan walked over and sat down, "I just thought, no matter what, it's better to get some information than to know nothing."

"News from Jingting?"

Bai Chuyan nodded.

"Do you believe that I want to help you now?" Su Xuan asked.

"If you want to help me, is it because Ah Zhao asked you?" Bai Chuyan asked.

"No." Su Xuan shook her head, "Although my father really wants to help you, he also knows that my identity is not very convenient."

"Then what reason do you have to help me? Could it be that Su Yan didn't want to fight against Chenyue, so he asked you to stop Jingting secretly?" Bai Chuyan guessed.

"Brother really doesn't want to have any more grudges with Chenyue, but he doesn't know about Jingting looking for you yet."

"Then...why?" Bai Chuyan smiled with interest, "Is there no reason?"

"This..." Su Xuan repeated his old trick, "We'll talk about it later, now I want to tell you something, whether you believe it or not, you must listen to me."

Bai Chuyan didn't care, and nodded, "Go ahead."

"Do you know why Jingting wanted to find you?" Su Xuan asked straight to the point.

"Looking at the meaning in A Zhaoxin, I seem to have offended her somewhere?"

"Indeed..." Su Xuan sighed, "Jingting suspects that her husband's death is related to you."

Bai Chuyan's heart skipped a beat. This is really the case. This matter involves people close to Jingting, so she will definitely spare no effort to deal with her.

"However, she is only suspicious. She doesn't even know your status in Chenyue now, and she just wants to use you to draw out the real person behind the scenes." Su Xuan said.

"The real person behind the scenes?" Bai Chuyan smiled wryly. Who else could be behind her? Isn't Chenyue's top person herself?

"So," Su Xuan looked a little dignified, "You must not let her know that you are the leader of Chenyue. In front of her, it is best to act like you are powerless, so that she will think that you have no ability at all." Kill her husband."

Holding her chin, Bai Chuyan asked, "How did her husband die?"

"I'm not very clear either." Su Xuan said, "I only know that he was killed while performing a mission and died in the Taiqing Palace in Tianqi City."

"Taiqing Palace." Bai Chuyan nodded, "It seems that Tianluo Mountain Hall frequently sent people into the palace to investigate in the past few years. Is it because they found traces of Chenyue in the palace?"

"Yes, but the royal family has never felt sorry for anyone sent by Shantang to investigate. Only her husband died in the Taiqing Palace for some reason."

Bai Chuyan frowned slightly, she had no impression of such things at all.

"I know this matter has nothing to do with you." Su Xuan said, "However, Jingting has been determined to avenge her husband these past few years, it would be bad if she decided that you are her enemy."

"No, although I haven't killed anyone..." Bai Chuyan clenched her fists, "But many people died because of me, especially during the years in the palace." She looked up at Su Xuan, " In short, what you mean is that you want me to pretend to be weak as much as possible, so as not to be regarded as an enemy by Jingting, right?"

Su Xuan nodded.

"It's easy. I'm powerless." Bai Chuyan looked at her hands with a smile, "As long as you don't use secret techniques."

Su Xuan was silent for a while, and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?"

"It doesn't matter if you are cheated." Bai Chuyan said, "I followed you in just to hear what you have to say. As for whether it is true or not, I will consider it myself."

"That's right." Su Xuan smiled, but there was some inexplicable loss in the smile.

At this time, the footsteps of many people running could be faintly heard on the deck above their heads, sounding panicked and somewhat unusual.

Su Xuan immediately stood up and said to Bai Chuyan: "I'll go up and have a look, don't go out yet."

Bai Chuyan nodded, Su Xuan had just walked a few steps but turned back, stuffed a bunch of keys into her palm, and said seriously: "This is the key to my door and the secret passage, there is another door behind this dark room, I If you haven't come back for a long time, you can go out from there. The road leads to the back of the kitchen, and there are usually no people there, but you should be careful when you go out."

Bai Chuyan took the key, before he had time to say anything, Su Xuan said again: "I'll give you the key, I still have a backup, I'll go up first, be careful yourself." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly climbed up the stairs to open the mechanism , went back to his cabin.

The moment the secret door of the mechanism was opened, the noisy footsteps outside were clearly audible, mixed with the sound of knocking on the door and shouting "Second Leader" outside the door, making the chaos extremely chaotic.Bai Chuyan glanced over there, the depth of the stairs was very dark, Su Xuan could no longer be seen, the secret door was quickly closed, all sounds were isolated, and the dark room returned to silence.

Bai Chuyan retracted all the sparks flying in the sky into the candle flame, and there was only one lamp like a bean left in the dark room.She weighed a bunch of keys in her hand, her expression was cold under the dim candlelight, and she didn't know what she was thinking about.She didn't have to wait long, she held the candle and walked to the other side of the dark room, found another door, opened the door with the key, and walked out along the passage lightly.

What Su Xuan said is right, this passage really leads to the back of the kitchen, there is a small space there, only big enough for one person.After Bai Chuyan came out, he closed the door and looked back. After the door was closed, it was integrated with the wall of the corridor, seamlessly fitting, without any flaws.

She held the candle to the corridor. There were wall lamps on both sides of the corridor, which were fairly bright. There was no one in this corridor, and it was very quiet. Only the door of the kitchen was ajar, and the firelight and rustling sounds could be seen from inside.

Bai Chuyan cautiously opened the kitchen door and looked inside, only to see the child she met on the deck just now sitting at the table eating snacks bite by bite.

Bai Chuyan heaved a sigh of relief, pushed the door open and walked in, and placed the candlestick on the table casually. When Longmeng saw her, he opened his eyes wide and asked timidly, "You...you came here to steal it too. Is it?"

Bai Chuyan tilted her head to look at him, and said, "Is it delicious?"

Longmeng struggled to swallow the food in his mouth, nodded and said: "The dim sum made by Erdang's family is of course delicious." He stood up, pointed to the two plates of dim sum on the table with his little finger, and said, "This is sweet-scented osmanthus cake. This is Walnut Crisp."

Both plates of dim sum were almost wiped out, there was only one piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake left, and only two pieces of walnut cake left. Longmeng pointed his fingers, and said embarrassedly: "I, I'm full, and the rest may not be enough for you Eat, if you're hungry, I'll ask Erdang to make some more."

Bai Chuyan couldn't help laughing, "Enough, I'm not very hungry." She picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and chewed it in her mouth. The skin was crispy and soft, and the filling was sweet but not greasy. It's a rare good taste. She wasn't hungry at first, but her appetite was aroused for no reason.

"It's delicious." Bai Chuyan exclaimed, the taste was much better than the dim sum made in the palace.

"I'm not going to lie to you, the dim sum made by Erdang's family is the best!" Longmeng said triumphantly, and then he couldn't wait to push another plate of dim sum in front of her, showing off, "You two pieces of walnut crisps Try it too!"

Bai Chuyan didn't go to get it, "I don't like walnuts."

"Mother said eating walnuts will make you smarter!" Longmeng said, waving his small fists, "I don't like to eat them either, but the walnut cakes made by Erdang's family are different. You can see that I have eaten so much, so you can try it." Well!" At the end, there was a sense of coquettishness, and he pushed the plate towards her hard, and because it was not enough, he almost climbed onto the table.

Bai Chuyan had no choice but to pick up a piece and took a small bite. Longmeng watched her expression with wide eyes, and asked expectantly, "How is it, isn't it delicious?"

Bai Chuyan looked at him and said with a smile, "It's delicious."

"Yes, yes!" Longmeng jumped up from the chair, ran to her side, grabbed the only piece of walnut cake left and lifted it up, "You should eat this too!"

"Aren't you going to eat?"

"I've eaten a lot." Longmeng touched his chubby belly.

"Then I won't be polite." Bai Chuyan took the walnut cake and stuffed it directly into his mouth. Longmeng watched her finish eating with great interest, and said: "The second master seems to be a little busy recently, otherwise he will make more kinds As for the dim sum, all of them are delicious.”

"Then I'll sneak over to take a look next time." Bai Chuyan said, "By the way, did anyone come here just now?"

"No, I have always been alone." Longmeng said.

"Oh." Bai Chuyan nodded, "I have to leave first, see you in the kitchen next time."

Xiao Longmeng looked at her back as she hurried out, waved his hands seriously, and said, "See you in the kitchen next time!"

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