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Qin Jinyi suddenly stopped, staring at Qin Xiao's back, and his thoughts flashed through his mind like thunder.

How did the third brother get in touch with these?

Qin Jinyi's pupils shrank and he finally realized that something was wrong.

It is normal for children to mature early, but Qin Xiao's reaction and state are obviously wrong.

Qin Jinyi lowered his head, his thoughts becoming confused.

Did he learn it from that place? Who told him that?

In a flash, Qin Jinyi suddenly remembered the conversation between Qin Xiao and the strangely dressed man during the Fishing Festival.

Could it be...

"Jin Yi?"

"Don't talk for now." Qin Jinyi felt that he was about to think clearly, so he quickly interrupted the people around him.

But the inspiration was like a shooting star, flashing through Qin Jinyi's mind. Once he missed that moment, he could never catch up with it.

"...What's wrong?" Qin Jinyi sighed and had to give up for the time being and asked.

"They entered the casino." Mo Hanshang pointed at the magnificent building not far away and said slowly.

Qin Jinyi: ...

"Why didn't you stop them?" Qin Jinyi frowned. The casino was a place full of people of all kinds, and it was chaotic. Qin Yun'an had no experience, so what if something went wrong?

Mo Hanshang spread his hands innocently: "I wanted to tell you just now."

Qin Jinyi glanced at him unhappily and walked into the magnificent building. In the huge room, there were square tables, surrounded by a group of people, noisy and shouting, and the sound of coins hitting the table was "ding-dong".

A person on the table in front of him was holding a dice cup in his hand. With a sweep of his hand, he scooped up all the dice piled up on the table into the cup, then lifted it up and shook it continuously. The sound of the dice colliding could be heard continuously.

"..." Qin Jinyi looked at Qin Xiao pulling Mo Hanyu to lie on the table, feeling somewhat helpless, "What are you doing?"

"Take a look." Qin Xiao raised his head and glanced at him.

For some reason, Qin Jinyi had been staring at him with a strange look, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Do you have the capital?" Qin Jinyi asked with a smile.

"My father gave me some before, and there are some left." Qin Xiao said, taking out a bag of gold coins, "Do you want them?"

"No." Qin Jinyi shook his head, "Are you interested in this?"

He actually didn't really want Qin Xiao to come to this kind of place to play. Qin Jinyi caught a glimpse of a group of people smoking in the corner and couldn't help but frowned.

Seeing that Qin Jinyi had no intention of stopping him, Qin Xiao ignored him and pulled Mo Hanyu to ask him whether he was the older or the younger one.

Mo Hanyu was stunned at first, and then the dice stopped and gave the answer: "Small."

Qin Xiao had confirmed before Qin Jinyi and the others came that they could directly use gold coins to bet, so he bet the smaller one.

Opening, one, two, two, small.

Qin Xiao asked Mo Hanyu to guess a few more times, and he won every time without any surprise.

Qin Jinyi had been paying attention to the atmosphere around him, and gradually felt relieved when he saw nothing unusual. After a while, he was dragged to another table by Mo Hanshang.

After winning a few games at one table, Qin Xiao took the initiative to change tables. A few people nearby followed him, realizing something fishy was going on, and sized them up without making any expression.

Qin Xiao didn't react. Since they didn't do anything anyway, he simply ignored them.

They came to another table. Qin Xiao had never seen the gameplay on this table before, so he didn't let Mo Hanyu see it. He just stood aside and watched quietly.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he looked up at the corner of the table. He saw the man sitting over there wearing a thin purple shirt embroidered with fine golden patterns. The shirt was faintly shining like gemstones, and from this angle it looked like a golden jade robe.

The man held a cloud-colored bone fan in his hand. His slender fingers had distinct bones at the base. The fan was carved with hollow patterns inlaid with gems of various colors, which sparkled gorgeously in the sun.

Anyway, as soon as I saw this man, I felt that he was very expensive.

And for some reason, there was a chair behind this man that seemed to be plated with gold. He was half sitting and half leaning on the handle of the chair, with a lazy and relaxed posture, his eyelids slightly drooping, and his eyes casually sweeping across the table.

Mingming was sitting at the gambling table, with the gold coins piled up like a mountain beside him, but it seemed that he was not very interested in these.

Very strange.

Qin Xiao looked at him, somewhat absent-minded.

The man seemed to sense something. He raised his eyes and met Qin Xiao's blank gaze. He paused and smiled at him gently.

The man had red lips, white teeth, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. His smile was like a spring breeze and was very moving.

"What's wrong?" Mo Hanyu, who was next to him, felt that Qin Xiao was different, so he followed his gaze and was stunned when he saw the man. He forced a smile at the man's smiling eyes and nodded as a greeting.

Seeing the man shift his gaze, Qin Xiao slowly spoke: "He is a little strange."

"What's strange?" Mo Hanyu asked softly.

Qin Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed at the fan in the man's hand: "Isn't it cold to fan yourself in this weather?"

Mo Hanyu: ...

The man who overheard: …

"...It's possible that he has attributes related to fire." Mo Hanyu twitched his mouth and said in a low voice.

Qin Xiao listened and thought it made sense, and nodded: "Really..."

After this trip to the casino, Qin Xiao made a lot of money. In the middle, he gave some of his earnings to Qin Yun'an so that he could also play.

Perhaps it was because their winning rate was so high that it quickly attracted everyone’s attention and they all followed suit. However, in the end they made no money at all and had to give up.

After coming out of the casino and walking a long way, Qin Xiao suddenly stopped and realized that something was wrong.

He seemed to have seen that man before.

Qin Xiao looked up at the sky and remembered the alley before. Although he didn't see the man's specific appearance, the man's figure and aura were very similar.

"What's wrong?" Qin Jinyi couldn't help but ask when he saw Qin Xiao stop.

"...No, nothing." Qin Xiao came back to his senses and looked at him, "Did you make money?"

When Qin Jinyi mentioned this, he looked a little uncomfortable: "No... I lost a little."

"What about you guys?" Mo Hanshang just noticed the excitement over there and asked with a smile.

"I won some." Qin Xiao said, giving a storage ring to Qin Jinyi.

Qin Jinyi, who was feeling a little depressed, took it and glanced at it casually. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "So many?"

"Not bad." Qin Xiao took the ring Qin Jinyi handed back and gave it to Mo Hanyu, "Here."

Mo Hanyu was flattered: "For, mine?"

"Of course I'll give it to you because you earned it." Qin Xiao was puzzled.

Mo Hanyu was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled and took it without hesitation.

Qin Jinyi watched the exchange between the two and smiled knowingly. He noticed Qin Yunan who was silent out of the corner of his eye, thought for a moment, and took the initiative to talk to him: "Where is my uncle?"

"Me? I'm fine...haha." Qin Yun'an was stunned, scratched his head and laughed dryly, "I really didn't expect that there would be so many fun things..."

Qin Jinyi had asked Qin's father and the others about this before. After hearing Qin Yun'an's words and seeing his uncomfortable look, his heart softened and he said a few more words to him.

"...By the way, do you know who that man was today?" Qin Xiao deliberately lagged behind by a few steps, and seeing that Mo Hanyu was in sync with him tacitly, he asked softly.

"What's wrong?" Mo Hanyu was startled and looked at him.

Qin Xiao hesitated for a moment and told him what he saw last night.

Mo Hanyu was silent for a moment, his eyes complicated: "It's amazing that you can survive..."

Qin Xiao:?

"He is Wang Ji." Mo Hanyu said softly, "I don't know why he suddenly appeared here--"

"Ah, I still have some things to do. Sorry, I have to go first." Mo Hanshang suddenly seemed to think of something, and smiled apologetically at Qin Jinyi, then said to Mo Hanyu, "You go back with them. I still have some things to do. I don't know when I can finish them. You don't have to wait for me. If dad asks you when you get back, just follow what he says."

Mo Hanyu looked at Qin Jinyi whom he was pointing at and was speechless for a moment.

As soon as Qin Jinyi nodded, Mo Hanshang quickly disappeared.

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanshang's back and said slowly, "I think I know."

Mo Hanyu glanced at him, thought of something, and frowned.

"What do you know?" Qin Yun'an came over curiously.

Qin Xiao: "No, nothing."

Mo Hanyu: "No, nothing."

The two of them suddenly became in sync.

Qin Yun'an: ...

……

"What do you want from me?" Mo Hanshang pushed open the wooden door and said to the man who was sitting by the window looking at the scenery.

The man leaned lightly against the window, his purple robe fluttering in the cool autumn wind, sparkling with pearlescent light, making him look very elegant.

The wind was freezing, but the man didn't seem to feel cold and even fanned himself.

There was a teapot on the table in front of me, and two teacups were emitting steam. The light tea fragrance was blown away by the wind and spread throughout the room. There was a fire burning under the teapot, and the lid of the teapot was shaking slightly, emitting steam.

"Your brother is quite interesting." Wang Ji seemed to have thought of something, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Why do you say that?" Mo Hanshang sat down opposite him. Despite the cold wind, he did not feel any discomfort.

"He seems to recognize me." Wang Ji sat up straight and looked over. "Have you mentioned this to him?"

"...Of course not." Mo Hanshang frowned, "But anyone who knows a little about your affairs knows it."

"But didn't he just come out of that place?" Wang Ji met Mo Hanshang's gaze with an unchanged smile, "Don't be so nervous, I won't do anything."

Mo Hanshang pursed his lips and did not answer.

"So what are you doing here? You're not here for that little bit of money, are you?" Mo Hanshang picked up the teacup, the water in it was still warm.

"Of course not." Wang Ji thought of something and glanced at him. "You asked me to find it before, and I have some news."

Mo Hanshang was stunned when he heard this and looked up at him.

"Many things from thousands of years ago have been lost - this is normal. There are only a handful of antiques preserved in the royal family. And many things that were circulated back then cannot stand up to scrutiny..." Wang Ji shook his teacup, speaking in a somewhat nonchalant tone, "But when I was looking into it, the old Imperial Master also became interested for some reason."

"He said he was helping me find it, but he was actually doing more harm than good." Wang Ji narrowed his eyes as he thought about it, seeming a little unhappy. "That old guy keeps talking nonsense all day long. I don't know why he is interested in this kind of thing..."

"Come to think of it, the identity of the National Master has existed when Yuhua was established, right? This position has been retained until now... but it seems that every National Master is quite mysterious." Mo Hanshang thought for a while and said.

"That's not true." Wang Ji thought of something and sneered, "During the Luoyun Rebellion a few years ago, this old guy was like nothing happened. No one could find him. He jumped out after the rebellion was quelled."

"Then you didn't cause any trouble to him?" Mo Hanshang thought of his temper and smiled.

"..." Wang Ji's eyes darkened. "He is called the national teacher, but in fact he is just like a mascot. He doesn't care about anything and has no real power. He and I have no conflict of interest, and he is very sensible. He won't flirt with me. There is no need to bother."

Mo Hanshang raised his eyebrows: "Are you so sure?"

"I checked him." Wang Ji's eyebrows were indifferent, but his eyes always revealed gloom. "I checked him long before the old emperor died, because I was afraid that something might happen to him."

"The results of it?"

"I checked his family and classmates...but I didn't find anything."

"Why? Is it amazing?"

"No." Wang Ji turned his head and looked out the window, "Yes, they are all dead."

A cold wind blew, and my skin felt a little chilly.

Wang Ji reached out and closed the window.

"His parents died of old age thirty years ago; the town he came from was destroyed by a runaway monster 28 years ago, and now all the people in that town are non-indigenous; he has no wife and no children, and has never had any scandals in all these years in office, and no one has seen him getting close to anyone - oh yes, he has visited your father many times before." Wang Ji said, glancing at Mo Hanshang.

Mo Hanshang was stunned: "I don't know about this..."

"I can tell." Wang Ji looked back calmly and continued, "His school closed down 50 years ago. Most of his teachers and classmates are either dead or missing."

Wang Ji frowned, seeming a little annoyed: "I don't believe it if you say it's not intentional."

"Who would believe this..." Mo Hanshang took a sip of tea with a complicated expression, "How could such a coincidence happen..."

Wang Ji closed his eyes and said, "I gave up after that. Anyway, there is no conflict with him. Since he is so willing, I will follow his will."

"..." Seeing him like this, Mo Hanshang didn't want to continue the topic, so he turned back to the main topic, "So how is your investigation going?"

"I only found a little bit of information." Wang Ji thought about this and pointed his finger. "Most of them are recorded by Lei Ting. I guess a lot of personal emotions are mixed in."

"It is said that Mo Ze stayed in Lei Ting for hundreds of years and there were many scandalous rumors - this is pure nonsense, because the place where they recorded it is the imperial palace. If he really had relationships with so many women there, could the emperor of Lei Ting tolerate it for so many years?" Wang Ji sneered, "Then it is said that he persuaded the first emperor of Yuhua to rebel, which angered Lei Ting, so he united all the countries to fight against him, and finally succeeded, and he was beheaded and dismembered."

Mo Hanshang frowned. This story was very similar to what Qin Jinyi told him.

"Didn't Yuhua record this incident?" Mo Hanshang asked.

"Yes, it's in the royal secret scroll. I asked her to look for it, but she only found a few fragments. It was Emperor Ying's dictation, saying that she and Mo Ze were trapped in a cave, and Mo Ze sacrificed himself to help her escape, so she died."

"If that's true, it's really touching." A hint of sarcasm appeared in Wang Ji's eyes, "Sacrificing oneself for others..."

Mo Hanshang didn't say anything, but lowered his head as if thinking about something.

"...Then what is the connection between Mo Ze and our family?" Mo Hanshang asked, thinking of what he heard that day.

"I don't know." Wang Ji leaned against the window, as if thinking of something, and added, "But it was mentioned that Mo Ze once saved a person without a surname, and that person gave himself the surname Mo in gratitude..."

"What a coincidence! I searched a lot and found a rumor in that place, saying that the person who killed Mo Ze was also named Mo, so Mo Ze said before he died that if he was reincarnated, he would kill his entire family." Wang Ji smiled and said, "I wonder if it has anything to do with your family."

After hearing this, Mo Hanshang felt so sick that he couldn't help but lean on the table with his forehead in his hands.

Seeing this, Wang Ji slowly restrained the smile in his eyes.