This file with the same name recorded almost all the family information of the late ancestor Yan Qiling, as well as the properties, properties, businesses, and main personnel information. Ye Mo quickly found out about the Ye family.
In this detailed description, which takes up more than a page, there is nothing special except for one special note.
This mark is also very simple, just two irregular circles marked around the name of his father Ye Tianming. What does this mean?
Ye Mo couldn't find a clue for a while. He took a deep breath, leaned back on the comfortable ferret leather seat, and fell into deep thinking. After a while, he flipped through the directory from cover to cover.
After reading it again, I finally found some clues.
The heads of the Liu family, the Meng family, and the Sun family all have the same mark on their names. These three families, except the Sun family, still have a close relationship with the Ye family business, and their heads are also in Yanqiling.
At the time of their destruction, they were assassinated by the Chixia Clan for various reasons. However, as time has passed, they, like the Ye family, had already put aside the past, no longer cared about their previous grievances, and focused on doing business.
Businessmen are always big on profits, so what's the point of going against the sect and acting like a chariot?
Ye Mo sighed secretly. The deeper he got involved in the family business, the more he agreed with this truth. However, his father's death was still like a sharp knife hanging in his heart, which could not be resolved for a long time. From this file, he made a preliminary judgment
, his father’s death should be due to Chixiamen’s targeting of his father early on.
I still remember that when my father returned from Chixiamen, he was seriously injured, almost fatally. He never woke up after entering his second uncle's house. Recalling the situation at that time, the knife wound on his chest seemed to be a new one, and this
What is going on?
On the day of his father's death, a fire suddenly broke out in the Ye family, and all the houses in a row were reduced to ashes. Is it related to this incident?
Ye Mo felt that this matter required in-depth investigation to reach a conclusion, but the question was where to start. He stood up and wandered around the empty room several times. His mood gradually became a little anxious, so he drank the cold tea in the cup.
Finally, I plan to go for a walk in the back garden to reorganize my thoughts.
In the back garden behind the house, it was extremely quiet at this time. Except for the servants who were on duty, the entire Ye family chamber of commerce was already asleep. Ever since Ye Mo joined the mysterious organization under the introduction of his friend Wei Sha, he has always been there.
Walking in the dark, I have become familiar with the road, and can even see the details of the nearby vegetation. This is partly related to the fact that my cultivation has recently reached a high level of spiritual level, but the more reason is that practice makes perfect, and I can automatically distinguish from the blurry and detailed outlines.
Adding details, this is the key secret of this "pseudo night vision" ability.
However, these things hidden in the darkness did not inspire Ye Mo. He finally stopped in front of a slightly bright window. This was the residence of his second uncle Ye Tianqiu. Since then, several people including Ye Mo have
After one of his peers was able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce, the second uncle gave up his powers and rarely interfered in the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce except for important clan meetings. He usually stayed in this room all day and rarely went out.
"It's Zhao'er outside, come in!"
A not-so-old voice came from inside the house. In fact, the second uncle Ye Tianqiu was in his prime and not old enough to take a back seat. "Zhao'er" was Ye Mo's nickname. In ordinary life, his second uncle was always called that.
he.
"Yes." Although there was some resistance in his heart, Ye Mo still pushed the door and entered the house. The palace lights were brightly lit inside. The thin second uncle Ye Tianqiu was leaning in a chair and casually flipping through a miscellaneous journal. This was his usual hobby.
one.
"What, can't sleep?"
"Yes, the sect has recently merged with the territory of Luoying Sect. Many chambers of commerce have fled and the accounts are in a mess." Ye Mo found an excuse that was not lame. In fact, he no longer needed to be responsible for these things.
There are debt collectors to do it.
"This is not the first time. There is no need to worry. As long as there are no unexpected changes in the few companies that are close to us." Ye Tianqiu is very experienced in this and comforted him softly, "It's not important. The important thing is to get there early."
Spread your branches, do you understand? Don’t go out all the time in the middle of the night. I don’t think you look like there is anyone outside. Spend more time with Xiyun when you have time."
"Yes, that's what my second uncle taught me!"
Ye Mo's face was slightly red. He had never thought about the fact that he often went out at night. He thought it was perfect and hid it from everyone except Xi Yun.
He was on guard. After all, in his opinion, the final stab wound was obviously caused by the second uncle who accompanied his father in the end.
"You have something on your mind, please tell me." Ye Tianqiu put down the miscellaneous notes in his hand and folded the marks carefully, "Zhao'er, since you figured it out and returned to the Ye family, have you really let it go?"
Ye Moran, he knew how to answer, but he had experienced such a test more than once.
"I'm very sorry for your father's death." But hearing Ye Tianqiu suddenly mention this topic, a glint appeared in Ye Mo's eyes as he lowered his head slightly, "There are some things that I didn't want you to know because you were a mortal in the past.
, was born in a wealthy family, it would be good to indulge in peace and contentment, but you unexpectedly awakened to the Dharma and managed the business of the Chamber of Commerce well, so I still want to talk to you."
"Your father, my eldest brother, was indeed killed by me."
"Huh?" Ye Mo raised his head and met Ye Tianqiu's eyes full of memories.
"At that time, when he came back from Chixiamen, his muscles and veins were severed and he was almost dead. He seemed to have been tortured by the soul-searching spell. However, he could still maintain a trace of consciousness. With the financial resources and contacts of our chamber of commerce, we could hire a doctor.
With diagnosis and treatment, you can probably save your life. Although you can no longer practice cultivation, it will not be difficult to enjoy a lifetime of wealth. But your father only wanted to die, so he begged me to give him a happy end."
"Why?" Ye Mo's breathing became heavy.
"Your father knows a secret, a secret that he once knew and kept with the heads of the Liu family, the Meng family, and the Sun family. This is also the secret that allowed our four families to rise from ordinary people to a prosperous family. They once established a
He vowed not to reveal a single bit of this secret. He also thought that after he bribed the guards and escaped by pretending to be a dead body, he would soon be detected by Chixiamen, and he could not avoid the second soul search, so he decided to seek death in order to
Let this secret not be known to others."
"So you gave me...helped him?"
"Yes!" Ye Tianqiu said calmly, as if it was not his own business, but his eyes were already moist.
"Since it is my father's request, why do you send people to test me again and again?"
"Why should I test you?" Ye Tianqiu was suddenly stunned.
Ye Mo was also stunned at the same time. He didn't know if his second uncle Ye Tianqiu was lying, but if not, then who was testing him? Is it someone from the Chixia Sect?
"Is it possible that they haven't given up yet?" Ye Tianqiu's expression suddenly changed, his eyes were introverted, showing a little fear, "I deliberately burned down the Ye family's old house to make them give up, but I didn't expect that they never gave up?"
"What kind of secret is that?" Ye Mo felt that his heart was in confusion, and he immediately thought of the key to the matter.
"It's about an immortal cave." Ye Tianqiu said, "I only know this. Your father only revealed this before his death. This is the result of my questioning several times."
"Did my father leave anything behind?"
"only this."
Ye Tianqiu picked out a seemingly ordinary book from the stack of books next to him, and took out a small yellow note from the title page, only two fingers wide. Except that the material of this note was somewhat special.
Outside, there is nothing on it.
"I picked this up after the fire. But I never found anything special about it. Since it was left by your father, I will give it to you. But this thing will probably kill you."
"I understand." Ye Mo stroked the small piece of paper. Apart from feeling that it was very delicate, there was nothing special about it. He wanted to put it into the storage bag, but found that it could not be stored. He couldn't help but feel excited.
I thought there was something alive hidden in it, so I took out an extra spirit animal bag, but found that it didn't work either.
What is this? He was stunned.
"What is the reason for the prosperity of our family?" He recalled what his second uncle Ye Tianqiu said just now and found something suspicious. When he was a child, he always thought that it was because his father and his second uncle awakened as monks that the family gradually became prosperous from poverty.
Now that I think about it, there seems to be a deeper reason.
"Every October, your father would always go out. When he returned, he would be very weak, as if he had suffered a bloody disaster, but he would bring back a bunch of scattered spiritual stones. At first, the total value was only five third-level stones.
The last time I went there, I had hundreds of third-level coins. But that last time, after a year, your father's body still hadn't fully recovered, so he didn't go again. It took a total of ten years. Our family is based on this.
It’s gradually improving.”
"Is this the same for the Liu family, the Meng family, and the Sun family?"
"The previous head of the Liu family fell ill a year before your father passed away. The head of the Meng family and the head of the Sun family stopped leaving after a few years. Your father was the leader. In the end,
The first time I went, I went alone. This matter was exposed because the head of the Sun family was dying and wanted to ask for a life-sustaining elixir, so he betrayed it to Chixiamen. This was only known to your father before he died.
thing."
So that's the case, no wonder the Ye family has no contact with the Sun family now. Ye Mo immediately understood the cause and effect, but he still couldn't understand the mysterious note. This matter needs to be further investigated.
That's fine, but now that we know that the Sun family is the cause of this incident, the target of the next investigation is obvious.
In addition, if what the second uncle said is true, then he must be careful. Does the hidden force that has repeatedly tested him want to learn more about this matter from him?
Ye Mo had a lot of thoughts in his heart. He said goodbye to his second uncle, stuffed the soft but not easily foldable note into his sleeve, walked through the back garden, quietly returned to the study, and refilled the soul fire palace lantern with spirit stones.
, the light immediately brightened for another three minutes, reflecting on the clear accounts, but he had no intention of watching. He only wanted to start investigating the Sun family as soon as possible and avoid Chixiamen's investigation.
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Chixiamen, Huiyao City, the secret room of the leader's inner palace.
Zeng Baoxian and his trusted subordinate Dugu are sitting here.
, remained silent until Dugu broke the silence, "Master, although 'Spring and Autumn Eternal Drunk' is lost, some of the clues we had before can still be followed."
"for example?"
Zeng Baoxian is in a bad mood now. Although it is a very happy thing to merge the large territory of Luoyingmen, the disappearance of the "Spring and Autumn Eternal Drunk" that has been passed down to this day makes him angry. You know, this is not an ordinary card.
The painting is about a fairy cave. Those who can be called "immortals" by the elders of the clan will not be too bad in cultivation, and the hidden secrets must be valuable. They cannot be simply measured by spiritual stones.
Maybe it will lead to a higher realm.
This treasure was passed down to him from his father, the headmaster, without any additional clues. However, he spent several years, but he only discovered that the cave is in the west of Chixiamen, and it does not exceed a thousand miles. This is why he
One of the reasons why the sect decided to develop and expand westward.
"Do you remember that when Yanqiling was destroyed, the patriarch of a small family asked us for a life-sustaining elixir?"
"There is such a thing." Zeng Baoxian thought about it for a moment, "He was willing to exchange a secret. At that time, we agreed to him, but he broke his promise."
"He didn't break his promise, but after he said part of it, he went crazy."
"It should have been caused by being fooled and violating the soul oath. However, I remember that he provided information about the other three families, but later the clues were all cut off. You reported at the time that when they heard that the secret was involved, they were bitten to death.
Needless to say, even if some means were used, including searching for souls, they still failed to achieve what they wanted."
"That's right. Later, I deliberately tried to get the jailer to pretend to be bribed and let one person go, namely the head of the Ye family, Ye Tianming. I wanted to use fishing to uncover more secrets. Unexpectedly, the man committed suicide after returning home.
and set a fire to cut off all the clues."
"Is this what it is?"
After listening to Dugu talking for so long, Zeng Baoxian was a little impatient, but he knew that Dugu would not just ask him to relieve his boredom, so he suppressed the anger in his heart. He thought that he was not the reckless Biyun Sect leader Zheng Jiasheng, so he was used to warning himself all the time.
, don’t be frightened by chaos and maintain your composure.
"Yes, this secret, I suspect that the secret related to "Spring and Autumn Eternal Drunkenness" is the same, or is somewhat related."
"What's the evidence?"
"Back then, the head of the Sun family once said that they were traveling westward..."
"Maybe what they know is an ordinary cave." Zeng Baoxian asked subconsciously as usual. Only in this way can the false be preserved and the truth be preserved. However, he immediately thought about how an ordinary cave could lead to what the man just said.
The sentence went crazy. Before Dugu could explain, he said, "Then let's continue the in-depth investigation. Maybe there are some secrets about this matter hidden in their family. However, we must be extra careful this time. Don't worry."
It was a dead end, and the clues were completely cut off.”
"Yes! I have conducted investigations before and have been testing them. Don't worry, Master." Dugu nodded and obeyed the order, thinking in his heart, if he followed the "gentle" method of the Master, what would happen to the previous investigations that had not yielded results?
How to proceed.
"There is one more thing, please cooperate with Baojun. Any chamber of commerce within the territory that has our official background and has more than 20 monks must be integrated into the three major chambers of commerce as soon as possible. Last time in Taoyuan City, we discussed with Qi State and Tianlimen
, as one of the additional conditions, I have been forced to agree to the Linglong Chamber of Commerce to station in Chixia Gate and operate the trade route from Huadi Gate in the north, through the Sea of Rocks, and to Tianluo Gate in the south. This is a good thing for us, but this Chamber of Commerce
The real size of the sect cannot be competed by the existing chambers of commerce in the sect. Therefore, we must merge as soon as possible and increase our strength in order to compete with them and avoid being defeated by them."
"Dugu, what you have to do personally is to get rid of those stubborn guys who only care about their own interests."
"Yes." Dugu nodded and obeyed the order, "I have already investigated clearly what you asked me to investigate about the Lingcong Chamber of Commerce. This chamber of commerce is actually the Lingyun Chamber of Commerce, the first chamber of commerce in Vatican Gate, and the second chamber of commerce in Tianli Gate.
The Chamber of Commerce Dongtaki Chamber of Commerce sent people separately and was established many years ago, and this chamber of commerce does not operate in Vatti Gate and Tianli Gate."
"So that's it!" A look of regret appeared on Zeng Baoxian's face, "When we saw some clues before, we should have investigated this matter long ago, but now we are passive."
"The subordinates cannot absolve themselves of the blame."
"Forget it," Zeng Baoxian smiled and picked up Dugu, who was about to bow down and apologize, "How many people in the world can really strategize and win thousands of miles away? They are all just fickle villains.
It's just a show off after a lucky victory." He leaned back, dismissed Dugu, and thought for a while. He couldn't think of a better way to deal with the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce for the time being, so he took a breath and turned around to enter another dedicated room.
In the secret room of cultivation.
The great road is important, this is what he realized more deeply after discussing with Tianlimen and Qi State.
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Li Zong, Zhenwu City.
Qiu Nanjia secretly investigated for several days, and was finally inspired. He sent someone to order Ni Dabao, the steward here, to come and see him. He wanted to do an in-depth investigation, but was told that Ni Dabao was not here and had left Zhenwu City yesterday.