"The identities of those beggars were discovered by us many years later. They were a branch of the Beggar Gang, specializing in abducting children."
Ye Qinglan said: "After that incident, I developed a problem. When I see people of high status, I always tremble involuntarily and want to kneel down. For a long time, I saw my father, my mother, my eldest brother and my second brother.
Brother, even the strong servants and guards at home are like this."
"I started to become afraid of outsiders. In my opinion, everyone would harm me. If I wanted to protect myself, I would be more ruthless than them."
"So, I became a playboy, spending a lot of money to bribe people in the world. I couldn't sleep without someone by my side when I slept. But the development of things was not consistent with what I expected. For more than ten years, I have not felt any malice from outsiders.
On the contrary, it is the inside of the Ye family that makes me feel like walking on thin ice."
"My eldest brother and my second brother see me more and more as a thorn in my side, and the other brothers and sisters also have a bad attitude towards me. My mother, because she didn't get along with my father, eats fasting, chants Buddha's name, and lives in a temple. The Ye family, to me,
It’s not really a home anymore.”
Li Xin'an was startled when he heard this, and in an instant, scenes from the past appeared in front of his eyes.
The experiences of the two are similar, so similar!
They all have cold fathers, cunning brothers and sisters, and families without warmth.
For a moment, he couldn't tell whether Ye Qinglan was talking about him or himself.
Ye Qinglan continued: "I did not hesitate to ruin more than a dozen properties of the Ye family, just to make my father angry and drive me out of the house. But he was afraid that something would happen to me again, so he kept me locked up. This time when I came to Chang'an, I was kicked out of the house.
Let it out."
"Brother Li, I don't want to go back. I can't feel the warmth in that home. The businessmen's philistinism and calculations are vividly displayed there. Every step I take, there are more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at me in the dark. I rely on and
The future is not in the Ye family."
Li Xin'an said vaguely: "But it may not be in the Blood Clothes Hall. In any case, I can't harm you. The world is huge, you should travel more and don't stick to a small Chang'an."
"Even if I have to travel around the world, I still need manpower, enough silver, rich connections, and trustworthy brothers."
Ye Qinglan smiled and said: "You and I are close friends. You are two years older than me. I call you Brother Li. As a brother, you can't ignore me."
"What young man doesn't yearn for romantic swordsmen and ruthless killers? I am very interested in the Blood Clothes Hall. I can see from you that the Blood Clothes Hall is no longer the organization that only knew about killing people. It is attached to His Highness Li Chu.
You will also be measured."
"Joining the Blood Clothes Hall, I don't have any burdens!"
After Ye Qinglan finished explaining his reasons, he sat down silently, waiting for Li Xin'an's reply.
After a long time, Li Xin'an finally said:
"You really don't regret it?"
"No regrets!"
"Okay, I agree!"
Li Xin'an looked directly into Ye Qinglan's excited eyes and said calmly: "There is one thing. Your name will not be registered. You will participate in all killing tasks at your own discretion."
"no problem!"
"Soon, Murong Bai and I will leave Chang'an and travel around the world. If you want to come, I will take you with me. If you find a place that attracts you more than the Blood Clothes Hall, you don't need to say goodbye to me, just leave by yourself.
.”
Ye Qinglan nodded, "So, from now on, I am a member of the Blood Clothes Hall?"
Li Xin'an opened his arms and said, "Welcome to the Blood Clothes Hall!"
"By the way, don't tell His Highness about this."
"...I understand." Ye Qinglan said solemnly.
He knew what Li Xin'an meant. Nowadays, the Ye family and Li Chu only have a cooperative relationship. Xueyitang works for Li Chu. If he is caught by Li Chu, the Ye family will have no way out and can only become Li Chu's.
minion.
"Speaking of which, if you stay in Chang'an, will the Ye family agree?" Li Xin'an asked.
"Brother Li, you don't need to worry too much." Ye Qinglan patted his chest and said: "The incident with the Shenhuahui happened, and His Highness asked the Ye family for a reward. I am the number one contributor, and my father will let me stay in Chang'an. As for the
My eldest and second brothers also wish I didn’t go back.”
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"The Ye family has suffered heavy losses in this operation. Will they still send people here?"
Ye Qinglan shook his head, "I refuse."
"The New Year is coming. During this New Year, I will go home and explain things clearly to my father. I will come to you alone in the spring of next year."
Li Xin'an smiled helplessly: "You are so considerate, but I don't know what to do."
Ye Qinglan was a little excited: "Lord Master, now that I have joined the Blood Clothes Hall, what is my first task?"
"There is no mission." Li Xin'an said, "The Chinese New Year is about to come, so you can just recuperate. By the way, I will go find His Highness tomorrow to recover. You go with me and stay outside. When I come out, go and see Bai Mumu."
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"Murong Bai." Ye Qinglan said melancholy, "On my way here, I heard that he had woken up and locked himself in a small dark room without eating or drinking."
"What happened this time was a big blow to him." Li Xin'an sighed. "He was controlled by his mind. When he woke up, he heard that he had killed innocent people indiscriminately. Who could accept it? Especially him. The reputation of Murong Villa was almost destroyed.
It was destroyed by his hand."
"He's not crazy, so that's good."
The two of them sighed deeply, and seeing that curfew was approaching, Ye Qinglan said goodbye and left.
The next day, he arrived as promised. Li Xin'an took him to Huangsun Mansion to resume his duties, while Ye Qinglan stayed outside.
In Li Chu's study, there are many rewards placed at the moment, all of which are treasures donated by Southeast Asia and the East. Li Chu has made many meritorious deeds, and the saint Long Yan was so happy that he waved and rewarded him one after another.
These rare things were not found in the Tang Dynasty. Even Li Chu couldn't help but play with them carefully.
Seeing Li Xin'an come in, Li Chu, who was admiring a purple coral tree, waved excitedly, "Come on, come on, feel safe, come and take a look."
"Your Highness, I have humbled myself to come back to you." Li Xin'an said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"This victory of the Shenhua Society, except for leaving no one alive, there are no problems." Li Chu said with a smile, "Although the credit on the surface goes to the Ye family, the reward that should be given to the Blood Clothes Hall will not be less.
.You move half of this room full of gifts!"
"Your Highness, I am not asking for rewards." Li Xin'an said with a wry smile, "I can serve His Highness, brothers, and I have no regrets. I came here this time because I have some doubts for your Highness to investigate."
When Li Chu heard this, his expression became solemn, "Could it be that the Shenhua Society leaked clues about other Khitan spies?"
"That's right... I guess I can't be sure."
He took a deep breath and told the story about finding the scrap of paper with the word "Princess" on it in the study room of Shenhuahui.
Li Chu was greatly shocked and said coldly: "Anxiety, this matter is related to the royal family. It is different from the past. You have to think clearly."
"I am not sure whether the Khitan spy case is related to a certain princess. I would like to ask Your Highness to investigate in detail."
Li Chu fell silent. After a while, he said, "Don't ask about this matter."
"Yes!" Li Xin'an said respectfully.
He knew that Li Chu was sensible and would not really leave it alone.
"I asked you to investigate the files on the Khitan spy case seventeen years ago. How is the investigation going?" Li Chu asked.
"Going back to Your Highness, in that case, the Bloody Clothes Hall had limited handling, and most of the files had been burned by Li Linfu. If it's suspicious, the then Minister of Civil Affairs, Sanqi Changshi, is now Shangshu's right servant She Lu Min Kang had been secretly investigated by Xueyitang for a long time, but for some unknown reason, Li Linfu suddenly canceled the investigation against Lu Mikang."
"Lu Minkang?" Li Chu narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly: "If I remember correctly, the Lu family and the Yang family are distant relatives. According to their seniority, Yang Guozhong still calls Lu Minkang uncle."
"Khitan spies... are they also related to Yang Guozhong?"
Li Xin'an said: "I thought otherwise because of my humble position. Seventeen years ago, Yang Guozhong first showed his prominence in the officialdom and could not catch the eyes of the Khitan. On the other hand, Lu Mikang, who was in a high and powerful position at the time, might be involved with Khitan spies."
"No matter what, there must be an investigation over there." Li Chu sighed, "If Yang Guozhong has nothing to do with the Khitan, I can't unjustly accuse him. But if they really collude, hiss... Yang Xiang, Yang Xiang, you don't want to Really do that stupid thing!”
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Li Chu changed the topic: "By the way, Ding Zhenfa intervened in the Shenhuahui case, and the Tiance Mansion is very unhappy."
"Senior Ding is loyal to the country, what can Tiance Mansion say?" Li Xin'an asked in confusion.
"That's what I said too." Li Chu sighed, "But Tiance Mansion always listens to the saint's words. It is probably because the saint intends to beat the world."
"Anyway, Gao Xianzhi went to the Ding Mansion last night and didn't come out until dawn. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the saint's birthday will be after the New Year. Chang'an is relatively peaceful recently. At this juncture, whether it is the Ding family or other forces, Tiance Mansion Everyone will be more or less under surveillance. Don’t worry, you have to be careful and don’t get caught.”
"I understand the humble position!"
"I heard that Ye Qinglan is also here?" Li Chu said with interest, "These days, your relationship is quite close."
"Ye Qinglan is Murong Bai's cousin. We have become familiar with each other after going back and forth." Li Xin'an said with a bitter smile, "Young Master Ye Qi is different from ordinary noble young masters. He looks up to us rough guys. In addition, he has just experienced a life and death battle. We are also life-long friends."
"After all, you still have the position of right guard and commander of the army. You are not a rough guy." Li Chu said, "Since he is here, why not let him in?"
Li Xin'an replied: "Back to Your Highness, Beizhi's original intention was to report back to you first, and then go to see Murong Bai. Ye Qi just happened to be with Beizhi."
"Since we are going to see Mr. Murong, I won't detain you." Li Chu said, "You go first. I will send someone to deliver these things to Youxiang Residence later."
"I dare not accept the things given by the saints!" Li Xin'an said in a deep voice.
Li Chu smiled and said, "They are all dead things. There is nothing I dare not ask for. By the way, if you have time, send this purple coral tree to Miss Tanzhu in Wanhua Building."
Why do you still let me do this... Li Xin'an twitched the corner of his mouth and said:
"I humbly obey my orders!"
He bowed and resigned, walking out of Huangsun Mansion with ease.
Ye Qinglan was bored waiting outside and was squatting on the ground teasing two small insects. At this time of year, all the vegetation was dry and all the animals were asleep, so it was not easy to still have some vitality.
"Brother Li, what did His Highness say?" As soon as he saw Li Xin'an walking out, Ye Qinglan jumped up from the ground and asked.
"His Highness will investigate the matter in the palace. There will be a lot of movement in Tiance Mansion these days. We'd better not take any drastic actions. Also, the saint has rewarded His Highness with many rare things from Southeast Asia. Your Highness
Give us half."
"It's from Nanyang? What a good thing!" Ye Qinglan's eyes were filled with stars, "Brother Li, don't you know that the pearls, gems and spices from Nanyang are all rare in the south of the Yangtze River and are worth thousands of gold!"
"Can I exchange some silver with you?"
Li Xin'an said, "No," while leading the horse.
Ye Qinglan was stunned. He thought Li Xin'an would agree without hesitation, so he couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
"Ye Qi, those are not good things."
Li Xin'an got on his horse, turned his head and glanced at the plaque of Huangsun Mansion, and sighed: "Those are not treasures, but poison that kills people."
"Does the Ye family have any enemies in Chang'an? They are business people, and they have a bad reputation."
Ye Qinglan was stunned and didn't understand why Li Xin'an suddenly asked such a question without any clue, but she still answered honestly:
"There is a Heyuan Escort Agency in the west of Chang'an. They used to transport escorts to the border for the Ye family a long time ago. They teamed up with the bandits and divided things among themselves, causing us to lose a lot of money. This Heyuan Escort Agency also did a lot of bad things.
It is said that women and children are also trafficked.”
"Heyuan Escort Agency?" This notorious force in Chang'an City flashed through Li Xin'an's mind, and he immediately sneered:
"It's them!"
"Ye Qi, you think of a way to sell them the Nanyang treasures rewarded by His Highness at a high price. We must send this poison out, but we must also control it within our own sight."
"Ahem, this is your first mission."
Ye Qinglan felt very distressed, but due to the hall master's power, he could only say with a sad face: "I obey!"