Han Yun secretly deported him back to the capital, but he didn't expect that the situation here was not optimistic.
Human sacrifices, elixirs of immortality, and the scattering of immortality elixirs formed invisible nets over the capital, just like dark clouds in the sky, making people suffocated.
At the same time, Han Yunshen also found out that Xue Zixin was not Xue Guogong's biological daughter, so everything made sense.
Things have begun to surface, and the matter is just a layer of window paper away from being pierced.
After returning home, Xue Hu began to close the door and thank guests, and the whole person fell into a depression.
"Xue Guogong, why are you so listless?" Han Yun's deep and cold voice suddenly sounded in the study, which scared Xue Hu and threw away the wine jar in his hand.
With hazy eyes, Xue Hu looked in the dim study for a long time before he could clearly see who was coming.
"Han Yunshen? You, why are you in the capital?" At this moment, he woke up from the wine and looked at him in disbelief. What did this man want to do when he suddenly returned to the capital?
The chaotic brain immediately woke up, and the eyes looking at him became alert.
Han Yun straightened the folds of his sleeves, then stood up and walked to him calmly: "Don't be so nervous, Mr. Xue Guo. Why are you nervous?"
Xue Hu is a pure minister. He is loyal to the royal family and the emperor. On the contrary, he is not stupid but very smart.
"Han Yunshen, I don't care what you want to do, but you can't harm Xiao Ning!"
"Xiao Ning? Do you still care about her? You must already know her life experience." Han Yunshen came here to recruit Xue Hu into the gang.
Sure enough, Xue Hu was silent. He didn't tell anyone about Xue Zixin, so he was depressed alone and locked himself in the study.
"So what if Xiao Ning is not my biological grandson, I already regard her as my biological granddaughter!"
Xue Hu thought that Han Yun deeply disliked Su Yi Ning's life experience, so he stepped forward with a serious face, grabbed him by the collar and growled.
"Han Yunshen, let me tell you, if you dare to bully Xiao Ning, I will crawl out of the coffin to settle the score with you even if I die!"
Su Yining was really kind to the old Xue family and cared deeply about the old couple. So what if he wasn't his biological son?
"Haha, grandpa, you are so excited, let's talk about business!"
Han Yun put away his previous playful expression and said solemnly: "I suspect that the current emperor has someone else."
"What did you say?" Xue Hu's voice suddenly became louder and could be heard throughout the yard!
Zhang Feng outside the door heard the old man shouting and thought he was calling him, so he ran over quickly: "Old man, what are you calling?"
"No, it's okay. I'm practicing my voice. Well... I'm hungry. Get me something to eat quickly."
Xue Hu panicked for a moment, then cleared his throat, his serious voice covering up his previous panic.
"Oh, I know, it's so fun to scream every day!" Zhang Feng has been paying close attention to him because he was in a bad mood these days. Seeing that he has taken the initiative to know that he has eaten, he must be fine.
In the dark study room, Xue Hu lowered his voice: "Han Yunshen, repeat what you just said!!!"
"I said that the emperor is not the original emperor, but someone else pretending to be the emperor, and that he has an inseparable relationship with the Red Lotus Sect."
Han Yun knew Xue Hu's character well so she didn't hide it. She told everything she saw and heard during this period. At the same time, she also revealed the emperor's idea of secretly arresting Su Yining and imprisoning her.
"You lost your daughter in pain back then. Will Xiaoning have to suffer like this now?"
"Have you heard of human sacrifice? I think you will understand after watching this."
Han Yunshen took out a letter from his sleeve, which was written about the investigation of missing children and the elixir of immortality.
Through tracking and visits, an alarming number of children have been lost, and now even pregnant women are lost.
Especially the ghost mother from the Red Lotus Sect, her methods are very cruel.
But her identity is mysterious. No one knows where she comes from or what she has experienced. They just know that she hates pregnant women very much.
If anyone expresses doubts about them, these people will never survive the next day. The cruelty of their methods is appalling.
The Red Lotus Sect spread very quickly, and they were present in almost every city in the Chengtian Dynasty.
Since natural disasters are everywhere now, their activity is becoming more and more frequent.
From the very beginning of praying for a child, to today's pursuit of good luck and avoidance of evil, praying for rain, and offering sacrifices, we have all participated in it.
After a long time, Xue Hu slowly raised his head, his bright eyes dimming. This incident had a great impact on him.
His faith was shaken, and his loyalty was rewarded with such a dog emperor?
He actually wants to refine children into elixirs for his own selfish desires...
"You should go back first, I want to think about this matter carefully!" Xue Hu's voice was a bit tired, and he weakly waved his hand to signal Han Yunshen to leave.
He didn't stay long, stood up and said to him: "Xiao Ning will be back soon. I am a phoenix sent from heaven, and I truly deserve it!"
Xue Hu was so shocked when he heard this that his eyes turned into bells. What was Han Yunshen going to do? Could it be that...if it was really what he thought, then he would have to be more cautious about this matter.
As night fell, a pretty figure floated into Duke Xue's mansion.
The secret guard who had been monitoring Xue Guogong's mansion for a long time turned around and went to Han Yunshen to report the situation.
"Dad." A clear and delicate voice sounded.
In the study, Xue Hu was reading the Art of War with an oil lamp on. Of course, his mind had already flown out of the sky and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice interrupted his thoughts. At some point, a figure stood in front of the desk. He was wearing a black cloak and was wrapped tightly around his body.
"Zixin?"
"Dad, my daughter misses you so much!" Xue Zixin's voice was choked with sobs, and she took off the hood on her head, revealing an almost unchanged face.
The next second, he threw himself into Xue Hu's arms and cried loudly: "Dad!!!"
This sound made Xue Hu's eyes turn red. He put his hands gently on her shoulders and patted her back gently: "Good girl, stop crying. Crying and putting on makeup will not look good."
The tough man burst into tears instantly, and the veins on his forehead popped out because he was so excited.
The father and daughter cried and expressed their love for each other. Xue Hu gently wiped her tears: "My dear daughter, you have been wronged. It is useless for you to be the father! Let you be harmed by that foolish king..."
There was infinite regret in his tone, and upon hearing this, the two of them hugged each other and cried again.
After a long time, Xue Zixin's mood stabilized, and she sniffed: "Dad, I don't blame you. After all, he is the emperor, and revenge cannot be achieved overnight."
Xue Hu narrowed his eyes and kept rubbing the pages of the Art of War book under his long sleeves.
"Hey, if you want me to die, I have to die. Now you are living better than anything else. You haven't given any news for so many years. We thought you were really dead."
"If Xiaoning hadn't moved your grave for you, we would still be kept in the dark!"
Xue Hu specifically mentioned Su Yining. Under the dim candlelight, Xue Zixin's expression clearly flashed with disgust and a feeling of hatred.
But it was quickly covered up, replaced by the shame of being a mother.
"Hey, it's all my fault for causing Xiao Ning to suffer so much. Su Zhenguo is really nothing!" He gritted his teeth, and some people thought he was going to bite Su Yi Ning into pieces.