Xi An was in the middle of the main hall, heard the voice, and looked towards Lin Qingbai's position.

He saw Lin Qingbai standing at the gate of the hall, his slender and pale figure was reflected in the dazzling light, as if about to become transparent, the gauze robe was blown away by the wind, and he was like a white gauze that couldn't be heldFalling down slowly.

Xi An's heart tightened suddenly, a stream of blood rushed to the top of his head, he didn't care about anything else, and pushed away the person standing in front of him.

He couldn't hear Princess Min's scream behind him, and couldn't hear the emperor's stop.

He ran very fast, with a fierce wind on his body, from the front of the hall to the end of the hall, but the speed was only in the blink of an eye.

He rushed to Lin Qingbai faster than anyone else, and hugged him before Lin Qingbai fell to the ground.

Lin Qingbai's body was soft and cold.

The moment Xi An held him in his arms, his heart was still beating wildly.

His fingers slowly reached the tip of Lin Qingbai's nose. After feeling the hot breath from Lin Qingbai, Xi An closed his eyes, hugged Lin Qingbai tightly with both hands, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He had never been so flustered.

Lin Qingbai just fainted, maybe because he was too tired.

This is not a rare thing for Lin Qingbai, and Xi An has met Lin Qingbai many times.

He should be calm.

But without knowing why this time, Xi An suddenly started to panic.

Perhaps it was because Lin Qingbai stood too far away, and he was afraid that Lin Qingbai would break his body if he fell to the ground.

Or maybe the sun is too glaring today. When Lin Qingbai stood in the sun, his thin and thin figure was like a piece of white paper that was about to be transparent.To the heavens, the illusion of being gone is gone again.

The people around rushed up, and you asked me one after another.

It was too loud.

Lin Qingbai woke up in a daze, he opened his eyes, his eyes were full of dazzling white light, so dazzling that he couldn't see clearly, he only felt that he was being held in his arms with force.

But even if he couldn't see it, he could still sense from the other person's familiar body temperature and familiar smell that the person holding him was Xi An.

Just hug a little tighter...

So much so that every inch of his skin was attached to Xi An's body, and he could clearly feel Xi An's scorching body temperature.

Lin Qingbai's face was red, and he struggled twice.

Can't struggle.

So he bit his lower lip tightly, and suddenly became greedy again.

He just thought about it, since Xi'an got engaged, he hasn't been so close to Xi'an for a long time, and this may be the last time.

So Lin Qingbai condemned himself in his heart, closed his eyes tremblingly, put his head on Xi An's shoulder, sniffed the smell of Xi An's body lightly with the tip of his nose.

The smell on Xi An's body was like incense, with a bit of smoke, which was very pleasant.

Lin Qingbai once again felt that his little apprentice had grown up and grown into an adult who could easily hold him in his arms.

And getting farther and farther away from him...

Originally, there was a follow-up discussion about the wedding ceremony, but because of Lin Qingbai's fainting, Xi'an lost his mind and could only discuss it another day.

The emperor found a dormitory for Lin Qingbai to rest, and along the way, Xi An carried Lin Qingbai into the house.

The imperial physician took Lin Qingbai's pulse, and said that it was because Lin Qingbai was exhausted physically and mentally in the past few days, and he didn't think about eating, which caused the deficiency of Qi and blood and fainted.

Xi'an closed his eyes when he heard the words "no serious problem". Finally, a bit of exhaustion appeared on his usually resolute face.

He said hoarsely to his servants: "Everyone back down."

"Yes, General."

After the imperial physician left, the servant girl brought in the boiled soup not long after.

It wasn't until there were only Xi An and Lin Qingbai in the hall that Lin Qingbai slowly opened his eyes and looked sideways at Xi An.

The soup that had just been boiled was very hot, so Xi An sat in front of the table, scooped up the hot soup with spoonfuls, and blew gently on his mouth.

Xi An

He is obviously a great general, with a strong imposing manner, this meticulous appearance seems to be out of tune with him, but he is very patient for Lin Qingbai.

After blowing like this for about a quarter of an hour, the temperature of the soup was moderate, Xi An held the bowl of medicine and brought it to Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qing supported the side of the bed with her white hands, sat up, looked down at the dark brown decoction in Xi An's hand, her eyes gradually became sour.

Lin Qingbai remembered when Xi An was fourteen years old.

It was the same at that time, when he was sick, Xi An decocted the medicine for him early in the morning, and brought it to his hands after the temperature was right, for fear that it would burn his master, his eyes were gentle and well-behaved.

Xi An was so kind that Lin Qingbai always had an absurd illusion. He thought that as long as they kept walking like this, they could go on like this for the rest of their lives.

Originally, he raised a child, but in the end he was spoiled and couldn't do without.

How can there be such a thing...

Xi An scooped up a spoonful of decoction and fed it to Lin Qingbai's mouth.

Lin Qingbai lowered her head, bit her lower lip tightly, and did not move for a long time.

The hair on the side of the face blocked Lin Qingbai's cheeks, making it difficult for Xi An to see his expression clearly.

Xi An thought that Lin Qingbai refused to drink because he was afraid of the bitterness of the medicine, so he raised his face and coaxed, "Master, there are red dates in this medicine, it's not bitter, try it..."

"Xi'an." Lin Qingbai interrupted him.

Xi An was stunned and asked, "What's wrong, Master?"

"Do you like Princess Min?"

After asking this sentence, Lin Qingbai pressed his hands on the bed and pulled out the folds of the sheets, making it extremely difficult to breathe.

He had wanted to ask this question a long time ago, but he had been holding back his mind and refused to ask.

It may be that he was sick today, and his mind became less firm. Xi An's kindness to him today reminded him of Xi An's childhood.

He instinctively wanted to catch those words that were good and shouldn't be asked, but he still couldn't hold back...

Even if the answer from Xi'an's mouth might cut his blood and flesh, causing severe heart and lung pain, he still wanted to know the answer.

Xi An's hand paused, and he slowly put the spoon into the soup bowl. He was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "Master, what do you like and what do you dislike?"

"...."

"I don't understand that."

Sitting in front of Lin Qingbai, Xi An looked at Lin Qingbai with eyes as clear as before, and asked again: "Is this question very important, Master?"

It seems that Xi An really doesn't know the answer to this question. Like when he was a child, he came across a difficult article and asked Lin Qingbai the meaning of it very seriously.

Lin Qingbai's chest heaved twice, and he said hoarsely, "If you don't like it, why did you marry Princess Min?"

Xi An was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled: "My marriage contract with Princess Min has nothing to do with feelings."

"...."

"If master asks this question to the princess, the princess probably won't like me either, but the princess has a noble family and I hold the military power in my hand. This marriage between me and her will affect me, her, the emperor, and even the common people.There is no benefit but no harm, why don't we get married?"

Lin Qingbai was stunned, he looked at Xi'an in disbelief, wishing to dig his fingernails into his palm.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the most ridiculous and stupid person in this world was actually him.

Yes, what Xi An said was not wrong at all.

Royal marriages have had nothing to do with liking or disliking since ancient times.

Only interests, only money, only power.

All could profit from this engagement, so why not?

In the entire Fu Dynasty, and even in the entire world, there is only him!Only him!To ask such stupid questions to his little apprentice.

Like it or not, what does it matter.

He has lived for so long, thousands of years in the fairy world, and more than 30 years in the mortal world, why hasn't an eighteen-year-old child understood clearly, why is he still struggling with the issue of love or not?!

How silly.

What a fool, Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qingbai's body trembled uncontrollably, Xi An raised his head to look at his master, and asked, "Master, are you cold?"

Lin Qingbai clenched her teeth, tensed her body and said, "...well, it's cold."

It was so cold that his hands and feet were cold and his teeth chattered, as if he had been frozen in an ice cellar.

Looking at Lin Qingbai's red eyes, Xi An was silent for a while, then suddenly straightened up and hugged Lin Qingbai tightly.

A burst of warmth enveloped Lin Qingbai's body in an instant, and Xi An asked in a hoarse voice next to his ear: "Master, are you still cold like this?"

Xi'an's hugs are always so forceful and domineering that Lin Qingbai can't break free, but it's like falling into a swamp, sinking deeper and deeper.

Lin Qingbai's eyes turned red from struggling, and he lost his strength. He closed his eyes exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength to say a word.

"Master, wait a little longer."

Xi An's voice was very low and soft, Lin Qingbai's mind was confused, he couldn't figure out what Xi An meant by what he said, and what made him wait.

After a while, Xi An hugged him tighter and whispered another word.

"Wait a little longer, it won't be cold..."

In the following days, the weather gradually warmed up.

Since the marriage agreement between Xi An and Princess Min was confirmed, Xi An has taken over the post of commander of the patrol battalion, and with the military power in his hands before, his status in the court has risen by leaps and bounds, even Lin Qingbai is inferior to him.

He was so busy every day that he rarely returned home, and even the bed in his dormitory was covered with a thin layer of dust.

At the beginning of September, before the investigation of the Cangmen incident had any clues, another family in the capital was killed.

Lin Qingbai did not come to the scene, but heard from others that the whole family was killed by someone cutting their throats while eating dinner.

There was a little maid in the mansion who wanted to run out to ask for help, but she was killed when she reached the door, her hand was still on the door knocker when she died, and she died in a tragic manner.

The family lived in the outskirts of Beijing, and no one found it for a few days after his death. The little brother who was still delivering food smelled the stench in the mansion, knocked on the door and no one came to open it, so he climbed over the wall and entered the mansion to check.But seeing the whole family lying in the bloody field, the rats eating the carrion, and the corpses growing maggots, it was terrifying.

And the master of that family is the previous Minister of the Ministry of War.

This matter made waves in the court again, and the court officials were all in danger, and the emperor was a little panicked, so he approached Lin Qingbai several times to ask his opinion on this matter.

Some of the officials who died were officials of the current dynasty, and some were officials of the former dynasty. It seemed that they had no connection at all, as if they had killed people randomly.

The martial arts of the murderers are so high that ordinary guards can't stop them at all.

Who knows who will be the next to die.

Various ministers also began to investigate one after another, and people from Lin Qingbai's house kept visiting to discuss the progress of the Cangmen matter with Lin Qingbai.

That night, Lin Qingbai was approving papers in his study when Hongyue walked in and said softly to Lin Qingbai, "My lord, Liu Shangshu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is here."

It was already late at night, and few people would visit at this time unless there was an important event.

In the early years, Liu Shangshu was single-handedly promoted by Lin Qingbai, and he was Lin Qingbai's confidant.

Lin Qingbai sorted out the documents on the table and said, "Please come in, Liu Shangshu."

The summer was hot, and Liu Shangshu was still sweating when he came in, and it seemed to be something very important to report.

He sat down and saluted, without even taking a sip of water, he went straight to the point and said to Lin Qingbai: "My lord, we have made some progress in our investigation of Cangmen today, so we came here late at night, please forgive me.crime."

Lin Qingbai asked: "But what key information was found?"

Liu Shangshu lowered his voice and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know that there was a Lord Xiahou who had his whole family wiped out?"

Lin Qingbai frowned upon hearing this.

It has been more than ten years since he came to the mortal world, but at that time Lord Xiahou had already died, and he had only heard about the general things, and did not know the details.

Lin Qingbai was afraid of arousing suspicion, so he didn't respond directly to this sentence, but asked: "What does this matter have to do with Lord Xia?"

Liu Shangshu is only thirty-five or sixteen years old this year, and he is a few years older than Lin Qingbai, so he should know better than Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qingbaiduo.

He said with a smirk on his face: "In the early years, Lord Xiahou and the Supreme Emperor were siblings, and he was an important official of the court. However, twelve years ago, he was colluding with the Chiba foreigners to rebel against the enemy. The Supreme Emperor was furious and ordered General Chu to go to quell the war.Then the nine clans of Master Xiahou were killed."

Lin Qingbai naturally knew about this, he looked at Liu Shangshu and motioned him to continue.

Liu Shangshu continued: "The treason of the Xia family back then was not glorious for the Fu Dynasty, and the incident of being destroyed by the whole family seemed to be too cruel, so the matter was suppressed by the court.Confidential, according to my investigation these days, the officials killed by the Cangmen this time are more or less related to the Xia family's extermination case."

Suddenly there was a gust of night wind outside the window, and the candles on the desk also swayed.

Lin Qingbai frowned and asked, "Are all the ministers who were killed involved in the Xiahou case?"

"Yes, my lord, including those killed in Jiangnan a year ago, are also related to Lord Xia."

Lin Qingbai thought for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Since the Xia family was wiped out back then, who else would avenge their family?"

Liu Shangshu was not clear about this matter either.

Lin Qingbai asked again: "Thirteen years ago, Liu Shangshu should have just arrived at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, when the Xiahou case happened. Did Liu Shangshu investigate this matter?"

Xu did not expect that Lin Qingbai would ask such a question. Liu Shangshu was stunned for a while, then sighed in a low voice and said, "To tell you the truth, I was only in my early twenties back then, but I was just a pawn under the general, but I alsoI have seen the scene at that time..."

Liu Shangshu closed his eyes, and his voice became hoarse as he spoke: "Although the Xia family is a traitor, it should destroy the whole family, but I participated in that family destruction back then, and saw that the old people and ignorant children in the mansion were all killed with a single knife, and they died.Huohai, I was extremely frightened, even if I dream back at midnight now, I can't sleep...I'm afraid...I'm afraid that their next revenge will be our Liu family's turn.....”

Liu Shangshu's voice echoed in the hall, he seemed to really recall the sea of blood back then, lowered his head, rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, trying to calm himself down.

Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes and analyzed calmly.

"You were just a nobody back then. Even if people from Cangmen want to take revenge, they should first go to the main official who killed Lord Xiahou's family back then. Liu Shangshu don't have to worry about it."

Lin Qingbai continued in a deep voice: "If the people of the Cangmen are really for Xiahou's affairs, and they can find all the people involved in a short period of time, and leave no trace after killing, then it means that there must be someone in the Cangmen who holds power., The position is prominent, you go to check Xiahou’s family and friends in the next few days, no matter how distant the relationship is, whether they are dead or alive, I want all their information.”

"Yes, my lord."

It was late at night after Liu Shangshu and Lin Qingbai finished talking about this matter.

Liu Shangshu came out from the palace gate, but he was thinking about the tragedy when Lord Xiahou's family was wiped out, so he walked away with his eyes downcast.

At this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Liu Shangshu..."

Liu Shangshu was startled suddenly, and looked back.

It was already the end of summer, and the trees in the courtyard of King Yun's Mansion were growing densely, and the darkness was bottomless.

Terrified, Liu Shangshu backed away again and again, squinting his eyes and looking around the courtyard for a while, only then did he see Xi An standing far away in the shade of a tree in the courtyard, looking at him expressionlessly.

Liu Shangshu heaved a sigh of relief, walked up to Xi'an and said with a smile, "So it's General Xi. I don't know what General Xi is talking about here?"

Xi An tilted his head and said, "Of course I came to find my master."

Xi An turned his head and said to the maid behind him, "Reheat the soup."

Only then did Liu Shangshu notice that the maid was still holding a bowl of soup in her hand.

Liu Shangshu hurriedly said: "I don't know that General Xi is here, but I wasted some time."

Xi An still smiled and said: "Nothing, I have nothing important to do, it's just that my teacher is not in good health recently, and I don't like to take medicine, I am here waiting to serve my teacher to take medicine."

Liu Shangshu flattered them with a few words about their deep mentor-student relationship.

At this time, the servant girl warmed up the medicine, and Xi An took the warm medicine and said goodbye to Liu Shangshu.

Liu Shangshu turned around, at this moment Xi An suddenly remembered something, and called Liu Shangshu again: "Oh yes, Liu Shangshu."

Liu Shangshu paused and turned to look at Xi'an.

I saw Xi An still standing where he was, his black clothes were almost reflected in the night, and although his eyes were smiling, they were as cold as tigers and leopards, his smiling eyes were crooked, and he spoke slowly.

"Liu Shangshu, my master is not in good health, so it's not easy to work too hard. Next time, if there is something important to do, it's better to come during the day."

When Xi An said this, the expression on his face remained the same, but Liu Shangshu felt that the surrounding night wind was getting colder, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

He lowered his eyes in a panic and said hello.

In the days that followed, Xi An and Yue Hui went out to investigate the whereabouts of the people from Cangmen, while Lin Qingbai and Liu Shangshu secretly continued to investigate the case of Lord Xia.

The affair of Lord Xia had deep ties between the DPRK and China and involved a wide range of officials. It cannot be investigated extensively, but can only be carried out in secret, so the progress has been slow.

Another half month passed.

At Xushi, after Lin Qingbai finished washing, he was flipping through the file before the case, when Hongyue walked in and passed on, saying that Zhou Shilang had come to report the news.

Zhou Shilang is Liu Shangshu's adjutant. He is honest and reliable. Recently, he has been investigating the people around Lord Xiahou with Liu Shangshu. He also came to the Yun Palace to report information several times.

Lin Qingbai ordered the servants in the hall to retreat.

Holding an old yellow page book in his hand, Zhou Shilang walked up to Lin Qingbai, saluted and said, "I have seen the prince."

Lin Qingbai didn't have time to pay attention to these vain rituals, he asked: "Zhou Shilang came late at night, what's the matter?"

Sitting opposite Lin Qingbai, Zhou Shilang put the book in his hand in front of Lin Qingbai, and said, "Reporting to the lord, Liu Shangshu and I have recently investigated all the contacts and family members of Lord Xiahou back then, and finally put the book in front of Lin Qingbai.Everyone in Lord Xiahou's family has checked clearly, Liu Shangshu has other important matters today, so he ordered me to come and report to the prince."

Lin Qingbai nodded and said, "Please speak, Minister Zhou."

Zhou Shilang opened the booklet he brought.

The yellowed scroll was spread out, and it was full of names. Lin Qingbai frowned and said, "This is the genealogy of the Xia family?"

"Yes, my lord."

Zhou Shilang replied: "Back then Lord Xiahou stationed troops in the north all year round, and his residence was also located in Liyang City. Liyang City is not big, and there are many relatives of Lord Xiahou, so after Lord Xiahou's entire family was punished, the city of Liyang also changed.A few days ago, Liu Shangshu and I sent people to Liyang City, and after many days of visits, we finally found out the people in Lord Xiahou's family."

Lin Qingbai naturally knew this, he said quietly: "Speak."

Zhou Shilang raised his hand and told the situation of the people in Lord Xiahou's family one by one.

"Master Xia has a wife, a concubine, and a pair of elderly parents. His wife's name is Fang Can, the daughter of a well-known merchant family in the south of the Yangtze River.The Xia family, and Lord Xia are childhood sweethearts, they have a very good relationship, and they have a daughter and a son, Lord Xia's concubine is only in her early twenties, and only one son died young."

Lin Qingbai nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"These people are close relatives of Lord Xiahou, and there are hundreds of servants in the rest of the Xia mansion. When the Supreme Emperor secretly arrested Lord Xiahou, everyone thought that as long as Lord Xiahou was put to death, it would be fine at this time, but the Supreme Emperor sent troops to Luyang.He claimed that those soldiers were the garrison going to Liyang City, but they did not expect that the first thing the soldiers did when they arrived in Liyang City was to rush to the Xia Mansion, kill all the people in the Xia Mansion, and set a fire to destroy all the corpses.They were all burned to ashes."

"kindness."

Hearing this, Lin Qingbai still felt helpless, but he heard Zhou Shilang continue: "However, I learned from my inquiries with the veterans who went to Liyang City that the son and daughter of Lord Xia escaped from the Xia Mansion during that massacre.Pass."

Hearing this, Lin Qingbai's eyes flickered, and he asked, "How did you escape?"

"No one knows exactly how they escaped, but when the soldiers counted the corpses, they found that the bodies of Lord Xia's two sons and daughters, Xia Yingmei, and Xia Jingyang were missing, so the soldiers searched the entire city of Liyang, and they were the first to find

Xia Yingmei..."

"Xia Yingmei refused to reveal Xia Jingyang's location, so the soldiers tied his hands and dragged him around the city three times to lure Xia Jingyang to appear, but failed. But three days later, the soldiers still found Xia Jingyang on the cliff, and he refused to be accepted.I jumped off a cliff from a hundred meters above, and fell into a puddle of blood."

Lin Qingbai's brows furrowed even more when he heard this, even with just a few words, he could imagine the tragic scene at that time.

Even if they were close relatives of the traitors, they were nothing more than innocent people implicated by Lord Xia. The entire Xia family was massacred, corpses burned and flames burned, and the two children were even more innocent.

One was dragged to death behind a horse, and the other was forced to jump off a cliff......

Lin Qingbai sighed in a low voice, and asked, "Are there any other lucky survivors in the Xia family?"

"From what I understand, there are no survivors in the Xia family." Zhou Shilang frowned and thought for a while, then said: "But I don't think this matter is that simple..."

"how you said that."

"The year Xia Mansion's Dongchuang incident happened, Xia Yingmei and Xia Jingyang were still young. I think it would be difficult for the two of them to escape for three days in Liyang City, which is full of pursuers."

"How old were they then?"

"Xia Yingmei is eight years old, while Xia Jingyang is only six years old."

"...."

Now Lin Qingbai also became suspicious. He thought that Master Xiahou's child might be young, but he never thought that it would be so young.

As Zhou Shilang said, for a child under ten years old, he might not even be able to eat enough to eat by himself. Without the help of others, it is almost impossible to escape from the heavy search of Liyang City for three days.

Lin Qingbai held the teacup in one hand, carefully thinking about all the facts of the case Zhou Shilang had just mentioned, and he went through the whole thing from beginning to end.

Suddenly he paused while sipping tea, put down the cup and asked, "Xia Yingmei and Xia Jingyang lived in Luyang City all year round.How did the soldiers determine that the people who died were Xia Jingyang and Xia Yingmei?"

Zhou Shilang said: "I also asked those veterans about this matter at the time, and they told me that Lord Xia was born in the Huaiwu family, and all the direct descendants of the Xia family will have a deep red tattoo on the middle of the spine on the back.Wu Yinji, that imprint is made of eagle blood, like a knife and like a moon, with Sanskrit in the middle, no one except the Xia family can imitate this kind of embroidery, Xia Yingmei has this embroidery on her body, as for Xia Jingyang, they are on the cliffAfter finding this imprinted skin in the minced meat under his skin, he concluded that the deceased was Xia Jingyang."

Lin Qingbai was taken aback when he heard the news. He spilled hot tea on his fingertips, but he didn't notice it. Instead, he asked again: "...Where is the Xia family's tattoo on?"where?"

Zhou Shilang thought it was Lin Qingbai who didn't hear clearly, and said repeatedly: "It's in the middle of their back spine."

After Zhou Shilang finished speaking, he was afraid that Lin Qingbai would not know the exact location, so he turned sideways and pointed to the location behind him with his finger.

Lin Qingbai's fingers trembled as she squeezed the teacup.

He gritted his teeth, and a very ridiculous memory suddenly popped up in his mind.

He suddenly remembered that when he brought Xi An home twelve years ago, when he checked Xi An's body, there was a brand mark on the same position in the center of his back.

The brand was as big as the palm of his hand, and it burned on the skin, denting Xi'an's piece of meat. The skin was distorted, and the original skin could no longer be seen.

Since there were no traces of soldering iron on the other parts of Xi'an's skin, and that part of the skin was too central, it was just right to be impartial, so Lin Qingbai asked a few more questions.

Xi An only said that he was so hungry that he had no food to eat and stole the villagers' chickens, so the villagers arrested him and beat him up, and branded him a mark in frustration.

Lin Qingbai felt sorry for the child at the time and didn't think much about it, and gradually forgot about it.

But now the position that Zhou Shilang pointed to made Lin Qingbai immediately think of the part on Xi'an's back.

The weather in early autumn is always cloudy and cloudy. It was a good night just now, and suddenly there were two thunderclaps, as if it was going to rain heavily.

Zhou Shilang glanced out the window,

Said to Lin Qingbai: "My lord, Liu Shangshu is still investigating the rest of the matter. He told me today that an informant has found useful information. The matter of Cangmen should have some clues in these two days."

Lin Qingbai's face was pale, reflected in the dim candlelight but he couldn't see clearly, he nodded in a trance.

Zhou Shilang asked Lin Qingbai for some more instructions, then bid farewell and left Prince Yun's mansion.

Lin Qingbai sat alone in front of the table, looking at the Xia family genealogy book in front of the table but couldn't read it.

It records the birthdays of everyone in the Xia family, and Xia Jingyang's age coincides with Xi An's.

Lin Qingbai thought it was impossible, he clenched his hands tightly into fists, and secretly mocked in his heart that he had a problem with his brain in investigating cases.

Xi'an was brought up by him since he was a child.

He knows better than anyone that Xi An's character is just a scar in the same position, how could he associate this matter with Xi An.

Even from the several crimes committed by the Cangmen, there are indeed people in the court who belong to the Cangmen and occupy high positions.

That can't be Xi An!

If Xi'an's identity is really in doubt, then how could he have fought bloody battles in Qianzhou for four years and why did he work for Fuchao?

Even if anyone in Fu Dynasty could be a traitor or a traitor, that person couldn't be Xi'an.

Lin Qingbai's fingers pinched the palm of his hand vigorously, and he continued to comfort himself, forgetting his absurd thought.

Xia Jingyang fell to his death from the cliff, fell into a puddle of blood, and passed away.

Back then, the Supreme Emperor hated the Xia family so much, even if Xia Jingyang fell into pieces, the Supreme Emperor would definitely put him together bit by bit, to identify whether this person was the son of Lord Xiahou, without letting go of any clues.

And even if he retreated 10,000 steps, the person who died at that time was not Xia Jingyang, and Xia Jingyang, a six-year-old child, could not have walked all the way from Liyang City in northern Xinjiang to the capital.

impossible.

impossible.

Lin Qingbai told himself over and over again that it was impossible, it was all because he thought too much.

But in the middle of the night, he couldn't help but walk to Xi'an's bedroom.

Somewhere, it seemed that someone was leading him away, making his rationality and restraint useless.

It was already late at night, the door of Xi'an's dormitory was closed tightly, and it was so dark that there was not a trace of light inside.

Xi An hadn't come back for many days, even the candles on the road were missing a lot, but Xiao Bai in the courtyard ran over as soon as he heard Lin Qingbai's footsteps, shaking his head at Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qingbai looked at Xi'an's closed door for a long time, telling himself to go back quickly.

But the door seemed to be casted by a spell. The more he persuaded himself to give up this idea and not to open the door, but the stronger the thought in his heart, it tortured him beyond his capacity, and he was about to be forced into a state of anxiety.crazy.

In the end, Lin Qingbai closed his eyes heavily, and pushed open the door of Xi'an's palace.

A thin layer of dust has fallen on the table in the hall, and there are some books on it.

Lin Qingbai lit the candle on the desk, picked up the weak candle and walked to the wardrobe next to Xi'an's bed.

Lin Qingbai doesn't come to Xi'an's palace room very often. In the past, the little maid came in to clean it.

You can look anywhere in Xi An's room at will, except that the closet is locked by him, and no one can open it.

Lin Qingbai was also curious once, and asked Xi An what was in the closet.

Xi An smiled and said to Lin Qingbai that what was inside was just a gift from Lin Qingbai, and he didn't like letting people touch it, so he put all the gifts in the closet for preservation.

If Xi An really has any secrets, it must be in this closet.

Lin Qingbai looked at the locked wardrobe, and raised his hand to pick up a sword hanging beside Xi'an's bed.

The sword was extremely sharp, cutting iron like mud, and with only a crisp sound, it was locked under the sword and snapped.

Lin Qingbai put away his sword and opened Xi'an's wardrobe.

The closet was very tidy, as Xi An said, all the things in it were gifts from Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qingbai held up the oil lamp and scanned every object inside one by one.

Every dish, every piece of clothing, every little toy that he gave to Xi An since he was six years old, even the most common things, have been kept here by Xi An.

Most of those objects were worn out due to their age, but they were still wiped clean.

Lin Qingbai looked a little dazed.

As long as he saw those things, he could recall Xi An's appearance when he was six years old. He grew up little by little, and now he is a great general who stands above heaven and earth.

Looking at those things, Lin Qingbai let go of the breath that was stuck in her heart a little bit.

He felt that his doubts were really ridiculous.

At any time, he also started to speculate, suspicious regardless of the reason, like a psychopath.

What's more, the person he doubted was his apprentice.

Lin Qingbai put his hand on the cabinet door, thinking in his heart how he would explain the wardrobe door lock after Xi An returned home, so as not to make the child sad.

The wind outside the hall was strong again, and the weather was so hot that he couldn't breathe, Lin Qingbai slowly closed the cabinet door, planning to go back to the dormitory earlier, so as not to be blocked by the rainstorm on the road.

Suddenly his eyes paused, and they stopped on the innermost object of the closet.

It was a deep red ceramic jade, carved like a little boy.

The little boy's chubby face looks like Xi An's when he was a child, with a cute and naive look.

Lin Qingbai didn't remember that he had given Xi'an such an ornament, a little curious, so he reached out his hand to pick it up and have a look.

But when he held the ornament in his hand, the ornament was not picked up, but sank suddenly.

Lin Qingbai's heart also sank, and before he could think about it, there was a sound of heavy objects moving behind him.

Lin Qingbai clenched his fists and looked back slowly.

The bookcase in the corner was moving little by little, and it moved slowly, until the wall behind it was completely exposed.

The candles in the house were dimly lit.

But Lin Qingbai still saw it, there was a black dark cabinet on that wall...