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Before, Ji Yunchan was simple but not stupid, she was very clever, but now she is too dull, it makes people feel a little unbearable.

It's a pity that Jiang Baizhou was the only one who couldn't bear it, and Long Ying not only didn't sympathize with her, but even suspected her.

After preparing food and drink for Ji Yunchan—bought—he asked Jiang Baizhou to talk alone, and immediately asked, "Brother, don't you think she's strange?"

Jiang Baizhou didn't think: "Huh? What's so strange?"

Long Ying said: "She got married to me inexplicably, and got close to you inexplicably. This is already strange enough. She still talks about everything. Telling us her father's secret is too easy, like a trap."

"..." Jiang Baizhou wavered for a moment, carefully recalling all the things Ji Yunchan got along with him, "She just needs to talk, unlike fakes, my instinct trusts her."

"Is your intuition right? Brother? You can't even tell that I have ulterior motives for you." Long Ying pulled Jiang Baizhou back into the latter's room, and kissed Jiang Baizhou a few times in order to prove her ulterior motives. Only then did he say, "No matter what, one must be on guard against others. Taking a step back, even if Ji Yunchan is trustworthy, she may not have approached us on purpose. Ji Shixiong is scheming, the world is his pawn, and it is not surprising to use his daughter Otherwise, why has he imprisoned her for so many years, why did he suddenly lose his defense this time, and she escaped? It is true that these are just my suspicions, maybe it is my villainous heart, in short, you must be vigilant and don't trust anyone .”

Jiang Baizhou was a little surprised that Longying was so suspicious, but he listened: "Okay, I remember." He wondered, "Since you don't trust her, why did you take the initiative to go home with her?"

Long Ying said: "It's good if it's true, but if it's a trick, we'll follow suit, isn't it good?"

"..."

Jiang Baizhou stared at Long Ying's suspicious and disapproving face, thinking: So he is such a person.

Has he always been like this?Suspicious and a little arrogant, knowing that it might be a trap but not afraid at all, jumping into it on purpose, it is too courageous.

This angle is very novel. Jiang Baizhou has never seriously considered Long Ying's character. Before, he only thought that he was well-behaved, clingy and coquettish.

Long Ying was still saying: "Ji Shixiong probably didn't know your existence. Even if he knew, it was because of me that he discovered you. He didn't know your origin and ability. If Ji Yunchan was released on purpose by him, his target must be me. I'm afraid It’s a trick like a beauty trick, tricking me into becoming the son-in-law of Feiguang Palace so that I can be tested.”

"Well, what you said makes sense." Jiang Baizhou said, "But it's too tiring to think about it so much, so don't be so suspicious. Whatever trick you want, I will protect you, Xiaoying."

"...'Xiaoying'?"

"Isn't it okay to call it that?"

"Okay, brother can call you whatever you want." Long Ying looked slightly embarrassed, her ears were leaking, and she heard the phrase "I will protect you" belatedly. Before she had time to be moved, Jiang Baizhou had already left him to do her own work. went.

Jiang Baizhou was writing a letter.

A personal letter to Gongsun.

He has a plan, one is to quickly finish the burial of his father, and the other is to investigate the remains of King Beixiao and the "secret" with Longying. Period, no matter what the result is, when the time is up, it must go.

Long Ying also has a plan, the most urgent thing is to send Ji Yunchan away first, he has already thought up a set of excuses to report, he said that he ran into Miss Ji in the lower city, and she was rescued by himself.The marriage is pretended to be agreed, anyway, it will take a while to prepare, and there is still room for change in the middle.

During this period, Ji Shixiong will definitely value him more and more, and gradually win over him, he just needs to push the boat along.

But I don't know if the "remains" found in Feiguang Temple are the same as those in the wild fire map?

Where did they get their secrets from?Why didn't Tang Chunkai mention this matter before his death?Is the "Hidden Book" really his relic?

Long Ying hadn't doubted it before, but now that Feiguang Palace had discovered the remains of King Beixiao long ago, and had experimented a few times, he couldn't help but doubt the source of the wildfire news.

After all, the cause of Tang Chunkai's death is unknown, and the traitor has not been eliminated.

There is a possibility: "The Book of the Hidden World" is not a relic of Tang Chunkai at all, it was intentionally left after the traitor killed him.

Then the authenticity of the map is also unknown.

There were countless questions in Long Ying's mind, but they were still half puzzled, so she simply listened to Jiang Baizhou's words and didn't think about anything else.After sending Ji Yunchan away, they proceeded according to the original plan. First, they explored the route on the wild fire map to see what they could find, and then took another step.

In the evening of that day, Ji Yunchan felt better after eating and drinking, and Long Ying personally sent her back to Shangcheng District.

Walking up the ladder, Long Ying brought her golden token, and Jiang Baizhou followed from a distance, using the intermediate token from last time, pretending not to go with them.

The guards on the ladder were all extremely fierce, but when they saw the golden order, they were respectful and sent Longying and Ji Yunchan up with a smile on their faces.When Jiang Baizhou passed by, he heard them talking in a low voice:

"This is the new leader of the Huiwu camp."

"Huiwuying is nothing, it's the left envoy of the White Dragon, the right-hand man of the Lord Feiguang!"

"Who is that woman next to him?"

"Shh, that's not a good question."

"..."

Jiang Baizhou pretended not to hear, and walked forward without looking sideways.

It is said that the soldiers guarding the ladder are not directly affiliated with a certain family or the Feiguang Palace, but belong to their joint management.The so-called joint management means that no one has absolute control. To manage the ladder or Tongtian Road, the four parties must jointly discuss and issue orders at the same time.

This caused a lot of inconvenience, and made the three major families fight more fiercely. Each family wanted to seize power and become the only master of the upper city.

On the surface, Feiguangdian didn't participate in the fight, but in fact, he was asking immortals in private.I don't know if Ji Shixiong just wants to live forever, or he wants to use his power to unify Shangcheng?Do the three great families know this secret?

Jiang Baizhou couldn't help thinking of Gongsun Bo.

That old man is still worrying about the heir.

He brought the letter.

Jiang Baizhou wrote this letter three times. The first time he spoke concisely and explained the ins and outs in a rough manner. After writing it, he felt that it was too cold, so he tore it up and wrote the second letter.

The second letter was much more sincere, and used many lyrical sentences. After finishing writing, he felt that it was too sincere and unnecessary, so he tore up and wrote the third letter.

This time he neutralized the advantages and disadvantages of the first two letters, and he thought he had chosen the tone properly, being affectionate but not enthusiastic, which could not only express his intention to send the bones back to his hometown, but also clarify that he did not want to have too much trouble with the Gongsun family. The wish to be involved will be sent together with the ashes later, Gongsun Bo must understand after reading it.

After leaving the ladder, Jiang Bairi was still far behind Long Ying and Ji Yunchan.

Not sunny tonight, it will be dark as soon as the sun goes down.

The upper city is different from the lower ones. They think the red lanterns are too vulgar, and every household is hung with five-color glazed lanterns. As far as the eye can see, the street lights are full of brilliance, and the upper city is instantly reflected like a palace in the sky.

Jiang Baizhou watched Long Ying and Ji Yunchan get into the carriage of Feiguang Palace. Long Ying looked back at him calmly and told him to be careful with his eyes. direction went.

It was night, there seemed to be a banquet in Gongsun's Mansion just after the banquet, there was a lot of noise at the gate, Jiang Baizhou watched for a moment in the dark, then went over the wall as usual, disappeared, and went straight to Guanxinyuan.

Gongsun Bo had just left the banquet, and was surrounded by several servants and returned to his residence to rest.

He was old and didn't drink alcohol, but he was unwell due to the smell of alcohol on other people's bodies. At this time, his energy was low and his face was even more ugly.

The one on the right hand who supported him was the big butler, who was talking to him about the banquet tonight, and said: "He Qiuping has always been scheming, do you believe what he says?"

Gongsun Bo snorted coldly: "He is Ji Shixiong's good dog, so every word must be ordered by Ji Shixiong. He will tell us, but not the Jiao family and Zhao family? That old thief Ji can't remember us, It must be a good thing to think of us!"

"Then look..."

"Let's talk tomorrow, I'm tired."

Gongsun Bo returned to the room and dismissed all the servants, leaving only the confidant butler. He sat on the chair of the master, took a sip of the hot tea poured by the latter, and murmured: "Old Zhou." The housekeeper's last name, "I've been dreaming about Shu'er these two days. People say that I think about it every day and dream about it at night, but I think it's not just as simple as thinking about it every day."

The butler understood his heart problems best, so he couldn't help persuading him: "Second Young Master has been here for so many years, we have searched countless times in all directions, but we can't find anyone, what can we do? Master, let's take it easy."

"That's all, that's all." Gongsun Bo waved his hands, "You can go and rest too."

Hearing this, the butler withdrew and closed the door for him.

Jiang Baizhou didn't approach rashly this time. He stood outside the window and listened for a while, then pushed the window open, and the urn fell on the window sill with the envelope pressed, making a very light crashing sound.

Gongsun Bo suddenly turned his head and looked over: "Who is there?!"

He saw the letter and an unknown bottle and jar, and approached suspiciously.

An unprovoked strong intuition emerged from his heart, guiding him to gently pick up the black porcelain jar, and carefully looked down.The body of the can is cold to the touch, as if it has been directly connected to the Nine Netherworld, and it has never been touched by life.

Gongsun Bo's fingers suddenly trembled. He didn't know what it was, but he started to be afraid.

He temporarily put down the porcelain jar, and began to open the letter with both hands.

Jiang Baizhou looked out of the window, knowing that he should go, the matter is over now, his father Quanxia Youzhi should also die in peace, after that Gongsun will properly arrange his funeral.But he couldn't move his feet, Jiang Baizhou couldn't help but want to watch this scene.

Just as he expected, Gongsun Bo read the letter slowly and stood there for a long time with a stiff body.

But Jiang Baizhou thought he would cry, but he didn't.He just stood there dumbfounded, as if he didn't understand whether it was a dream or a reality—ordinary people are like this, thinking that what they don't want to happen is fake, and everyone lives half-dream and half-awake.

In order to avoid causing trouble, Jiang Baizhou did not reveal his identity in the letter, but only said that he had had friendship with Gongsun Shu.

He imitated Gongsun Shu's handwriting, and this alone is enough to prove his authenticity.

Gongsun Bo put down the letter, picked up the urn again, and finally burst into tears.

Jiang Baizhou stopped the grief rising up in his heart like a tide, and turned to leave.