Why do you want me to be the sect leader?

"That's right, I don't think these should be coincidences. Do you still remember the manuscript about Sun Zehu found in the secret room at that time? It recorded the Shao, Ruan, and Zheng families, but nothing about the Du family."

"If Xiao Duzi is really the original Du family, then the reason why Sun Zehu didn't record it is because he didn't succeed at all?"

"This is what I guessed. When Sun Zehu led people to attack 14 years ago, Du Rong fled with his wife and father. By chance, he hid in this Xigu, and then escaped from the world here. But because Du Rong was injured at the beginning , so the body has been bad."

"Is it possible..."

Is it possible that the last treasure map is here?Shen Yiqing understood what Huo Jiulin meant, and nodded to show that he thought so too.

But all of this is just guesswork. There are so many people surnamed Du in the world, and if you meet one, you may not be one of the four great families.

"Why don't you ask Uncle Du?"

"Okay, Xiao Duzi, let's go back."

Du Huaike didn't understand what they were talking about, but he happily led them back when he heard the word "go back", but when they got home, Uncle Du hadn't come back yet.

"Grandpa must still be picking medicine on the mountain."

"Does your grandfather often go to collect medicine?"

"Yeah, grandpa is getting old and can't go fishing often, so he will gather some medicinal materials for Dr. Wei, so that he can exchange some ingredients back."

"Who is that young man who came with Dr. Wei today?"

"That's Dr. Wei's son. Before grandpa comes back, Brother Shen, I'll take you to my room to see my jade pendant. It's so beautiful."

Children always love to show off their beautiful treasures, but the children here don't like to play with Du Huaike very much, so he can't even find someone to show off to.

Anyway, Uncle Du didn't come back now, Huo Jiulin and the others had no place to ask, so they followed Du Huaike to his room, and Du Huaike carefully took out a small box from the big wooden box.

"It's full of my babies."

He opened the box, and there were some small toys inside, some made of wood and some made of cotton cloth. Shen Yiqing picked up a small puppet and looked at it.

"The carving is really good, is this when you were a child?"

"Yes, my father made them for me. My father is amazing. My mother sewed these for me. My mother said that she liked spicy food when she was pregnant, so she thought I was a girl, so she made so many. , you don’t know, my grandfather said that the clothes I wore when I was just born were all worn by girls.”

Shen Yiqing listened carefully, but also remembered a lot of embarrassing things about her childhood, just about to tell Huo Jiulin, but found that his eyes seemed a little downcast.

"what happened?"

"Look at this."

Huo Jiulin took out a token from the small box, and Shen Yiqing took a look. There were some patterns engraved on the back, like a family emblem, and the word "Du" was engraved on the front. It was unusual at first glance. .

"It seems that we may have guessed right."

"Brother Shen, look, my jade pendant!"

Du Huaike handed a red jade pendant to Shen Yiqing. The jade pendant was made of blood jade.

"So lovely……"

"Xiao Duzi, why did you only show it to your elder brother Shen?"

"Eh... because I think Brother Shen will appreciate it better."

"You mean that I don't understand appreciation?"

Du Huaike was noncommittal, and Shen Yiqing felt that the relationship between these two people was a bit funny. In fact, after getting along for a long time, you can find that Huo Jiulin seems heartless, but he really likes children.

"Ah Qing, what are you thinking about with your head down? Don't help me, this little brat is too blind."

"Why is it true that a person of your age is compared with a child? Isn't it embarrassing?"

"I was training him to look at things. He actually said that I don't know how to appreciate. If I didn't know how to appreciate, how could I find such a good wife!"

Shen Yiqing squinted at him, thought for a while and said: "I think you like children."

"How can it be? The kid is so noisy. Besides, don't you think I like you? You actually doubt my sincerity. I won't have dinner tonight and I'm going on a hunger strike."

"Big brother, it's better if you don't eat. Tonight, grandpa said that he will add more food. If you don't eat, brother Shen, me and grandpa can eat more."

Huo Jiulin: "..."

Huo Jiulin raised his hand to beat Du Huaike, but Du Huaike quickly ran behind Shen Yiqing, and shouted, "Brother Shen, look, we need to stay away from such violent people."

"Come out and see if I don't beat you to death today!"

"Brother Shen, help me."

Shen Yiqing sat on the stool and looked at the two of them helplessly, "Huo Jiulin, I'm serious, you like children so much, you won't regret not having one?"

"You gave birth?"

"I don't have this function, but there should be quite a few people who want to have children for you."

"Thinking again, aren't you? You have also seen the ending of my master and Senior Xia, so shouldn't we cherish each other more? Not only do you not cherish each other, but you push me to others?"

"I'm not, I'm just afraid that you will regret it."

"I regret it."

Shen Yiqing froze, her eyes flickered for a moment, but she still didn't look up at Huo Jiulin. Huo Jiulin almost laughed out of anger, and said through gritted teeth, "I regret that every time I don't do it hard enough in bed, I should just do it." Then I can only think about those things, instead of thinking about irrelevant troubles."

Shen Yiqing suddenly raised her head and glared at him. Huo Jiulin looked like a stranger when he wasn't smiling.

But when he smiled, the small canine teeth at the corners of his mouth softened him a lot, and he lost any majesty.

"roll!"

Huo Jiulin leaned against the table, hooked Shen Yiqing's chin, then took a look at the jade pendant in his hand, and commented: "Little Duzi, this jade pendant is beautiful, but I can carve it even better. Yes, do you believe it?"

"cut--"

"Don't believe me, next time I carve a piece to open your eyes. Look at the patterns on your jade pendant..."

"Xiao Ke, why did I warn you!"

Uncle Du's roar was suddenly heard at the door of the room, and they were all taken aback. Du Huaike hurriedly took the jade pendant from Huo Jiulin's hand and threw it into the box.

"Grandpa, don't be angry. I just want to show Brother Shen and the others, and I won't take it out."

"I told you so many times, why can't you remember, these things can only be kept, they are all left to you by your parents, what if you lose them!"

Uncle Du walked in and took the box on the table to put it away, Huo Jiulin smiled and said, "Uncle Du is really afraid of losing these things rather than being afraid of being discovered?"

Uncle Du was stunned, and said in a nonchalant manner: "I don't understand what you're talking about. We are a small family in the mountains, what is there to be discovered?"

"That's strange. You, a small family in the mountains, have things that can't even be compared with ordinary wealthy people. The blood jade pendant alone is priceless."

"These are things left by our ancestors. They look good, but they are actually not worth much."

Shen Yiqing said: "Uncle Du, don't worry, we don't have any malicious intentions, but we are investigating some things recently, and the family we are investigating is also surnamed Du."

"There are too many people surnamed Du in the world."

"But the token in the box in Uncle Du's hand is something from the Jianghu. Ji Xigu is far away from the Jianghu. It is really inconsistent for that thing to appear here."

"Who stipulated that only people in the world can have tokens."

"Uncle Du, there was also a Du family among the four most famous families in Jianghu back then, and the head of the family was named Du Rong. It's a pity that all the four families were wiped out. There are rumors in Jianghu that it was the work of the Demon Cult.

But recently, we accidentally discovered a manuscript, which recorded the process of destroying the four great families. We suspect that it was not the work of the Demon Cult at all, and there must be something hidden about that incident back then. "

Uncle Du lowered his face, "Why bother with the past?"

"Even if dozens of people in the family died for no reason?"

"People cannot be resurrected after death. The important thing is that those who are still alive can live a stable life. You can't afford to provoke that person, so stop doing those useless efforts."

Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing were taken aback, "Uncle Du, what do you mean? Do you know the real murderer behind the destruction of the family?"

The reason why Uncle Du was willing to take in Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing was because he didn't think they were sinister people. He went to the table and sat down, and put the box on the table.

"I don't know, but what I heard from Ah Rong is that what happened back then had nothing to do with the Devil's Cult. I once asked him if he knew who it was, and he just said that he can't be messed with. Let us stop thinking about the past. .”

"If you can't afford it, then don't provoke it? Then those who died didn't die in vain?"

"I'm thinking about bringing up Xiao Ke now. In the middle of the night, I was suddenly besieged by a group of well-trained people. Arong tried his best to escape with us. Going to seek refuge with Miraculous Doctor Mu, it was Miraculous Doctor Mu who brought us here to hide from the world in Xigu, otherwise we would have died a long time ago."

"But if you let it go, wouldn't that person want to harm more people? Although it looks isolated from the world, it's not impossible to find it at all. If you have the heart, you will be discovered one day."

"Who would spend so much effort to find this place? Just for the lives of our grandpa and grandson?"

"What if it's for the treasure map?"

"Uncle Du, don't forget that the main reason why the Du family was wiped out was because of the treasure map. That person will not give up until he gets the complete treasure map."

"The treasure map...the treasure map is still in our hands. When he ran away, Ah Rong only brought these two things. One is a jade pendant and the other is a token. There is no treasure map at all."

Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing rummaged through the box carefully, but they did not find any trace of the treasure map, "Is there really only these things?"

"Since I've said what happened in the past, there's no need to make any reservations. I hate that treasure map. If it wasn't for it, my Du family wouldn't be where it is today. If I had found out earlier It's already burned."

Huo Jiulin picked up the blood jade and took a closer look. Although it was expensive, there was no need to take it with him to escape, right?It can be said that wearing a token is to prove one's identity, but what is the function of this jade pendant?

"This jade pendant seems to be more valuable, as for the rest..."

"Knock..." The jade pendant in Huo Jiulin's hand suddenly made a sound, he was startled, and the expressions on the faces of Shen Yiqing and Uncle Du were also full of shock.