Chapter 141: Inexplicable Death (8000)

We have arrived at Fengling Mansion.

Compared with the previous mansions, Fengling Mansion is particularly distinctive. Compared with those mansions, this Fengling Mansion has a unique exotic style.

The word "Fengling" actually refers to music.

Here, even ordinary people understand some music, and music has become the main theme here.

The fourth-grade puppet holds a horse in each hand, while Xu Bai and Ye Zi walk on foot. Ye Zi leans against Xu Bai and holds his hand.

Xu Bai looks at the scenery on both sides of the street and sighs. The style here is slightly different.

On both sides of the surrounding streets, various vendors sell various musical instruments in addition to some daily necessities. Musical instruments have become the mainstream here, and every ordinary person looks a little different.

As the saying goes, the land and water nurture the people. In Fengling Mansion, even the temperament of the people is very consistent with the way of music.

If it were in some barbaric land, the people would definitely be tough, but in Fengling Mansion, the temperament is like a water town.

After returning to Fengling Mansion, Ye Zi became more comfortable. After all, he was born and raised here. Even though he didn't go out for many steps because of the Ye family, he still felt a sense of returning home.

"Sir, why don't you live in the Ye family?" Ye Zi's slender legs took cheerful steps, turned around, leaned on Xu Bai's shoulder and said, "You are a distinguished guest of the Ye family. Even if you live in the Ye family, they will only be happy."

Xu Bai thought about it and nodded in agreement.

If he found it troublesome, he could go directly to the inn to live, but this time he could stay in the Ye family for a few days. The purpose was naturally for the book about the soul. After all, this thing was very important to him.

The shortage of soul must be made up as soon as possible, otherwise it will change. After all, he didn't know whether the next enemy would be strong in this aspect.

Hearing this, Ye Zi was delighted. He hugged Xu Bai's arm with both hands and pressed his body against him: "Sir, you are so nice."

Xu Bai moved his arm, and Ye Zi immediately reacted, his face slightly red.

"Lead the way."

He knew very well what Ye Zi was thinking.

This is similar to returning home in glory, but this is another version of returning home in glory.

At the beginning, when the Ye family decided to give Ye Zi to him, Ye Zi was extremely opposed. During this period, other women in the Ye family also gloated over her misfortune. This was what Ye Zi said on the way here.

At that time, it was a choice in itself. Many women were unwilling. After all, they had also heard the rumors about Xu Bai in the world. Who would be willing to serve a moody person?

But in the end, only Ye Zi was chosen.

Other members of the family were naturally gloating over the misfortune, and some even sneered.

This is a very normal thing. Not every family is united. Most of the Ye family are women.

As the saying goes, three women make a play. There are many women in the Ye family, and the play is particularly full.

Ye Zi's little idea is naturally to go back and show the people of the Ye family, so that those people in the Ye family understand that Xu Bai is not as the legend in the world, on the contrary, he is still a particularly gentle person.

In this regard, Xu Bai agreed with Ye Zi.

Anyway, he had to go and get the progress bar of the soul, which just happened to satisfy Ye Zi's mentality, so why not?

Ye Zi hugged Xu Bai's arm and jumped in front to lead the way.

Xu Bai also enjoyed it. After all, when a particularly spectacular woman hugged his arm and jumped, his arm was very comfortable.

In this way, the two walked through various streets and finally came to a mansion that looked quite luxurious.

On the plaque, there were two words written in iron painting and silver hook - Ye Family.

The servant at the door was guarding seriously at this moment. Suddenly, he saw someone coming and subconsciously looked over.

Then, the servant was slightly stunned, and soon turned around and pushed open the door, walking inside, shouting as he walked.

"Come quickly, Ye Zi is back, come quickly!"

The voice was so loud that Xu Bai was embarrassed.

"Sir, please don't mind. After all, Ye Zi escaped." Ye Zi said apologetically.

Soon, a group of servants came out and surrounded Xu Bai and his men. At the same time, a group of women came out.

"Ye Zi, you dare to return to the family. Aren't you afraid of being severely punished?" One of the women looked quite young, with a rice-sized beauty mole at the corner of her eye, which added charm to her beautiful face. "The head of the family is on the way. I advise you not to have other thoughts."

Ye Zi was not panicked when she saw this scene. She just leaned her head on Xu Bai's shoulder and said nothing.

Her action naturally attracted everyone's attention, and they all cast their eyes on Xu Bai.

"Get out of the way." Xu Bai said.

As soon as this sentence came out, he thought these people would get out of the way. After all, he didn't come here to cause trouble.

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, the leading woman showed disdain on her face.

"Are you the wild man she found outside? I tell you, you are in big trouble." The leading woman said coldly: "Ye Zi is the woman of Lord Xu Bai. You dare to seduce his woman. I think you don't want to live?"

Xu Bai: "..."

Speaking of which, he is not very well-known, why can't this group of people recognize him?

Kong Xu recognized him at a glance before. Is there a hierarchy among them?

Or is his appearance too outstanding, so he concealed his identity?

Xu Bai touched his face.

Although this is a fact, it is not outstanding to this extent.

Ye Zi came close to Xu Bai's ear. Due to his height, he tried to raise his white neck and whispered: "Sir, all the guests of the Ye family will not let the women of the Ye family see their appearance, to avoid seeing extremely outstanding ones and attracting the women of the Ye family to fight for them."

In one sentence, Xu Bai was explained very clearly.

Good fellow, even the Ye family, who treats family members as commodities, still has to look at the face. In this era, appearance is indeed justice.

Think about it carefully, it is indeed so.

If you look at the appearance first, you will naturally fight for it when you meet an outstanding one. After all, who would want you to commit yourself to an ugly one?

And if you meet an ugly one, that's another story.

"If you knew my appearance in advance, would you fight for it?" Xu Bai touched his chin and said narcissistically.

Ye Zi chuckled and said softly: "If I saw it in advance, Ye Zi would follow you to death."

A woman with a sweet mouth will make a man feel very face.

A woman with a sweet mouth will also make a man feel very inside.

There are two ways to say "sweet mouth", one is to say nice things, the other is...

The leading woman saw that the two men were not afraid of her, but flirted with her, and she couldn't help but frowned. Her beautiful face looked a little weak because of frowning.

The Ye family also has its own way of selecting people, and these women who were chased out have their own styles.

Some are tall, some are short, some are delicate, and some are tall, and even some are big and some are small.

"Ye Yu, I know you have climbed up the Kong family, but do you know that even the Kong family has to be wary of this young man next to me." Ye Zi made a particularly exaggerated expression and covered his mouth with his hand: "You don't know Xu Bai, do you?"

Xu Bai?

Xu Bai!

As soon as this sentence came out, not only this group of women, but also the servants around them, took a step back, making Xu Bai look like a flood and a beast.

In fact, Xu Bai is now very famous in the world, of course, it is a bad name.

What cruel and ruthless, what moody, there are even rumors that he likes to torture people the most, these various rumors are spreading in the world.

In fact, the various rumors here are also quite consistent with Xu Bai's personality. After all, as his enemy, they have indeed experienced all of them.

"Is it really Lord Xu?" Ye Yu quickly came back to her senses and said in disbelief: "Are you okay?"

As soon as she said this, she knew that she was wrong. Saying this in front of Lord Xu, wouldn't it be a disrespect to Lord Xu?

"Not only is it okay, the young master is not like the rumors, on the contrary, he is a very gentle person." Ye Zi leaned on Xu Bai's shoulder, looking happy.

Ye Yu's expression became extremely complicated, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

At this time, footsteps sounded again in the mansion, and then a middle-aged woman walked out.

The middle-aged woman was dressed gorgeously, with a jade hairpin in her hair, which looked extremely valuable.

In fact, she is past her youth, but her figure and temperament remain unchanged. If it weren't for the old-fashioned makeup and hair style, she would be a young beauty if she changed her style.

If such an aunt were in her previous life, there must be a lot of people who eat her as a gigolo.

It's not that she can't eat gigolo, but whether it tastes good?

Who wouldn't want to eat gigolo that is fragrant and delicious?

"Mr. Xu, you are so honored to visit my humble home." After the middle-aged woman, the head of the Ye family, walked out, she saluted to Xu Bai with an elegant and mature figure: "It's windy outside, how about Mr. Xu come in?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Xu Bai's identity was completely confirmed, and no one doubted it anymore.

"Okay." Xu Bai had no expression on his face, and didn't say a word more. He just said a simple word and walked towards the door.

And the less he said, the fainter his expression, the harder it was for people to guess his inner thoughts.

The head of the Ye family waited until Xu Bai walked in, then turned around and looked at Ye Zi. His red lips were slightly parted, but no sound came out, but it could be seen from his lips.

"What happened?"

Ye Zi didn't say anything, just followed Xu Bai and walked in directly.

The women around looked at each other, and some of them had already shown regret, especially the woman named Ye Yu.

Ye Yu was arranged to go at the beginning, not because she was stronger than Ye Zi, but because her influence in the Ye family was slightly greater.

Even if they were treated as commodities, they had different statuses in the Ye family, so Ye Yu took the lead at the beginning, but because of Xu Bai's reputation in the martial arts world at that time, Ye Yu refused. She changed several women and refused them all.

Now it seems that Xu Bai is not as scary as the rumors in the martial arts world, and looking at Ye Zi's expression just now, these are not pretended, which means that Ye Zi is happy from the bottom of her heart.

Few women who left the Ye family had a truly happy smile, and the reason was very simple. Even if they had a firm foothold in those places, they were just concubines after all.

Those high-ranking officials and dignitaries would not treat them with equal status. They only gave them some nominal help when the Ye family needed help, so as not to make these high-ranking officials and dignitaries lose face.

But Ye Zi... this was a truly happy smile.

This kind of smile was extremely luxurious in the Ye family.

"If I had known, I would not have refused at the beginning."

These women all had this thought in their minds.

At this time, Xu Bai had already walked to a room and sat down.

It must be said that he had been watching the situation of the Ye family all the way. The Ye family really relied on unique methods to gain a foothold in Fengling Mansion. Just relying on the various facilities in the family, it was already extremely advanced.

There are study halls dedicated to practicing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as embroidery halls dedicated to practicing embroidery, and even places for walking etiquette.

From time to time, you can see one or two beautiful girls, holding musical instruments, or holding pens, ink, paper and inkstone, walking in one room after another.

And some girls sat next to the rockery, embroidering facing the clear water in front of them, and the embroidered pair of mandarin ducks was lifelike.

What's more, wearing a flawless white dress, folding their hands on their lower abdomen, walking back and forth.

When walking, the waist sways like a willow, but it is full of endless charm.

In short, each facility is very exquisite, and the purpose of each facility is to cultivate members of the Ye family.

Music, chess, calligraphy and painting, knowledge and etiquette, even this kind of manners, must be done exquisitely, and women trained in this way, even those high-ranking officials and dignitaries will not be unwilling.

And the place where he is now is a hall specially used for meeting guests. The furniture inside is very well arranged. After entering the door, you can smell a pleasant sandalwood scent.

Xu Bai roughly compared it, and it is still a little worse than the sandalwood scent on Liu Xu.

The sandalwood scent on Liu Xu is seriously brewed for a long time.

It is naturally marinated, and it certainly smells more comfortable.

Ye Zi stood behind Xu Bai, and his soft little hands rubbed Xu Bai's shoulders.

Xu Bai raised his head and leaned on Ye Zi's chest, squinting his eyes and looking at the head of the Ye family.

Although she looked like a plump woman, Xu Baijiu had been hanging around in the martial arts world, so he could naturally tell that the head of the Ye family was as shrewd as a businessman.

"Master Xu, please have some tea." Two maids came up, holding a teacup and carefully handed it to Xu Bai.

When they handed it over, I don't know if it was intentional, but they hooked their fingers in Xu Bai's palm.

"Master Xu, do you want to stay at the Ye family for a few days this time, or do you have other plans?" The head of the Ye family took a sip of tea, and her voice was soft and charming.

She didn't ask Xu Bai what was going on, or why Ye Zi stayed with Xu Bai. These were unnecessary questions.

Smart people never pay attention to these processes, but only to the results. Now it seems that the results are very perfect, which is a good thing. Asking too much will make the other party feel bored.

Xu Bai also likes to talk to smart people. After all, everything can be straightforward. He also took a sip of tea, and then put down the teacup and said, "I want to borrow your book."

Book?

The head of the Ye family was stunned on the spot, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Borrowing books?

What does this mean?

This was too abrupt, so the head of the Ye family didn't react.

Even if he was talking about borrowing someone, it was clear. After all, if he wanted to borrow someone, the head of the Ye family could always pull out many beauties in the world for Xu Bai to choose.

"It's like this, Ye Zi is now my person, so she has to stay with me all the time, but after her strength improves, she must have the corresponding skills, so I came here to get the subsequent skills." Xu Bai smiled.

This reason is very good. After all, Ye Zi is now his person. It is reasonable for him to ask for skills on behalf of Ye Zi.

The head of the Ye family looked unnatural: "The Ye family does not include the subsequent books of the Guiyin Master."

The skills of the Ye family are themselves energy training. If they are perfected, they can reach the second grade. Of course, the head of the Ye family did not perfect them.

But the Ye family never takes care of the follow-up of this matter. No woman who leaves the Ye family will have such a requirement. Xu Bai was the first one to bring it up on behalf of Ye Zi.

The matter of the technique is the most important thing for the Ye family. To be more precise, it is very important for every family.

"Master Ye, I was born in the underworld, and I am not one of those high-ranking officials. I have achieved what I have today by fighting hard. I value strength more. The stronger Ye Zi is, the better it will be for you." Xu Bai drank another sip of tea and then said slowly.

He has already picked out the meaning behind the words.

If he gives it, he will naturally help if he can in the future. This is also Xu Bai's principle.

In business, as long as the payment is in place, everyone is a person of integrity. After all, his integrity is well-known.

Like Liu Xu Wuhua before, and Yun Zihai later, even the current emperor, he is particularly honest in doing business.

"Master Xu, can you let me think about it for two more days?" The head of the Ye family also understood the meaning, "This is not a trivial matter, I must think about it carefully."

"Of course, Xu is not an unreasonable person, Master Ye can think about it more, if you don't agree, forget it." Xu Bai stood up: "It's just these few days, I have to bother Master Ye, I want to stay in the Ye family."

"You are my Ye family's distinguished guest, that's natural, come." The head of the Ye family waved his hand.

Following the action of the head of the Ye family, two maids immediately walked in with their heads down and took Xu Bai and Ye Zi to the two upper rooms.

Xu Bai and Ye Zi lived in one room, and the fourth-grade puppet lived in another room. After all, in the eyes of the head of the Ye family, the fourth-grade puppet was a living person.

The room was a real upper room, from the layout to the furniture, everything was top-notch, even the soft bedding on the bed had a strange fragrance, which was refreshing.

The bed was big enough for several people to roll on. It seemed that the Ye family was also sensible and arranged the guest room quite well.

And there was a curtain next to it, and inside the curtain was a huge wooden barrel for bathing.

"Master Xu, do you need hot water?" The two maids looked at each other and asked.

After the long journey, Xu Bai was naturally a little tired, and nodded to express his agreement.

"Bring me a set of clothes to change, in my previous room." Ye Zi added.

The two maids hurried down, and soon filled the wooden barrel with hot water.

At the same time, they also brought Ye Zi's clothes to change.

After doing all this, the two maids took their leave directly without staying.

At other times, perhaps they would have the idea of ​​staying, after all, they could bathe Xu Bai, and perhaps they could get a lot of benefits.

But with Ye Zi here, they had nothing to do, after all, compared with Ye Zi, the looks of these maids were still much worse.

"I'll help you bathe." Ye Zi put the clothes aside and drew the curtain.

The curtain was placed in the room, of course, not for covering. After all, the door was closed tightly, and it was useless to cover it. It was just used to keep warm and prevent the heat from escaping.

Xu Bai nodded, and after Ye Zi took off his clothes, he lay in the wooden barrel and put his head on the edge of the barrel.

Ye Zi first rubbed Xu Bai's head and shoulders, and then began to wash, chatting while washing.

"Sir, Ye Yu's expression today is so wonderful."

Then, Ye Zi told the story, including that Ye Yu originally took her place.

Xu Bai smiled and said, "It seems that you didn't have a good time in the Ye family before."

Ye Zi nodded without any concealment. In front of her own son, she did not hide her experience: "The Ye family itself is a family, and naturally there are levels. I was bullied by her a lot."

It can be seen from this that Ye Zi's character actually seems to be in line with the characteristics of the Ye family. On the surface, she is as weak as water, but inside she is very strong.

If she was not strong inside, she would not have violated the ideas of the Ye family and sneaked out of the Ye family.

If it were any other woman, I'm afraid she would have already surrendered and would not have the intention of running away.

As Ye Zi spoke, he slowly moved his hands down and continued to wash Xu Bai, saying, "Sir, what if the patriarch doesn't give it to you?"

Xu Bai closed his eyes and enjoyed it, saying, "She won't refuse to give it to you. Your patriarch is as smart as a businessman, so this is a business. The reason why she said she would wait for two days is just to think about what conditions she should ask for in order to let her hand over the things."

When they were talking just now, Xu Bai had already seen that the patriarch of the Ye family was actually tempted, but after all, it was a business. If the things were given to Xu Bai, the patriarch of the Ye family would certainly know what he wanted.

So it took two days to think about what the patriarch of the Ye family needed.

Of course, this was a business. If the conditions proposed by the patriarch of the Ye family were too high after two days, Xu Bai would naturally ignore them.

"Sir, you are right." Ye Zi laughed.

"Compared to this, I have more important things to do." Xu Bai suddenly became serious.

Ye Zi was slightly stunned and asked subconsciously: "What's the matter?"

"It's been washed for a long time, and the fire has started." Xu Bai grabbed Ye Zi's arm with his backhand and dragged her into the wooden barrel amid Ye Zi's exclamation.

The exclamation gradually sounded with suppressed sounds.

…

The next day.

Xu Bai woke up from his deep sleep and patted Ye Zi's shoulder.

Ye Zi opened her eyes in a daze, raised her white arm, and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand.

Her aura had changed, becoming stronger than before. Just last night, when she was in the wooden barrel, Ye Zi had reached the fifth level.

Kidney-strengthening collection technique, fierce!

"Sir, wait a moment." Ye Zi put on her clothes and began to dress Xu Bai, "Today, I will take you to visit Fengling Mansion."

As Ye Zi moved, there was a shake.

Xu Bai nodded, and after Ye Zi finished dressing, he got up and went to the door and opened it.

The sunlight outside the door shone in, Xu Bai squinted his eyes and took a breath of fresh air.

In the yard not far away, there were two maids standing. After seeing Xu Bai open the door, they hurried over.

"Master Xu, do you have any instructions?" the maid asked.

Xu Bai shook his head.

Ye Zi came forward and said, "Today I will take the young master to visit the mansion, you don't have to worry about us."

The maid nodded, lowered her head, and returned to her original position.

Fengling Mansion is of course to be visited, Xu Bai has not forgotten his original purpose.

First take a look at the general situation of this Fengling Mansion to face the next interception.

"Ye Zi, you have been very tired all the way, why don't you take a rest, I will take Master Xu out for a walk." Ye Yu came out from somewhere and said softly.

While speaking, her waist swayed slightly, as if she was displaying arms.

Ye Zi didn't say anything.

Xu Bai didn't say anything either, pulling Ye Zi and bypassing Ye Yu directly, without even looking at her, and walked out the door.

——This woman, boring.

The fourth-grade puppet carried a bag and followed Xu Bai.

Only Ye Yu was left, disheveled in the wind.

The two maids didn't dare to look, but from their expressions of trying not to laugh, it could be seen that they wanted to laugh, but didn't dare to.

"Does anyone still mind having too many women these days?" Ye Yu was numb.

She thought that since Xu Bai was not as scary as the rumors said, it was necessary to get close to him. After all, in terms of potential, Xu Bai's potential was very huge.

But she never expected that Xu Bai would not even look at her.

Is she worse than Ye Zi?

Maybe she is a little worse, after all, Ye Zi's gentleness is natural, but it is not much different.

"Impossible." Ye Yu said to herself.

While thinking this, Xu Bai and the others were already walking on the street.

It must be said that the temperament of Fengling Mansion is indeed much more elegant than other mansions. All kinds of musical instruments are comfortable to look at just by being placed there.

Of course, in Xu Bai's opinion, this area full of unique musical atmosphere has some weaknesses and shortcomings. The most obvious one is that it lacks the atmosphere of the market.

Streets, vendors, and even those passers-by walking on the street, if there is no atmosphere of the market, it will feel a little missing.

As people come and go, Ye Zi leans on Xu Bai and explains various places to Xu Bai from time to time.

The women of the Ye family rarely go out, but they learn theoretical knowledge and can use it in practice with just a glance, such as leading the way now.

Ye Zi can verify the memory in her mind when she sees a place and act as a guide for Xu Bai.

Xu Bai walked while listening. Nothing happened during the stroll. It was not until noon that the two were ready to return to the Ye family.

But before they could make any move, they suddenly found that there was a change on the street.

The crowd began to move in one direction. Such a large number of people walking in one direction naturally attracted Xu Bai's attention.

Xu Bai touched his chin, grabbed a man and asked, "Brother, what happened ahead? Why are you all walking in the same direction?"

The man was slightly startled. He saw an inexplicable aura on Xu Bai, which made him feel very scared. He also saw a black knife hanging on Xu Bai's waist. He couldn't help shrinking his neck and said honestly, "I heard that someone died in Chunyu Pavilion. The death was quite tragic. We are going to watch the excitement."

Chunyu Pavilion?

Xu Bai let go of his hand and let the man leave, frowning.

Chunyu Pavilion, opened by the Ninth Princess, has always been one of the important sources of wealth for the Great Chu State. Now that Chunyu Pavilion has an accident, his curiosity has been aroused.

And from what he said just now, the death was tragic.

"Let's go and see." Xu Bai put down his hand and said.

Ye Zi hummed softly and followed Xu Bai.

The two people and the puppet hurried towards the direction of Chunyu Pavilion...

Following the direction of the crowd, they arrived at their destination after a while.

At this moment, Chunyu Pavilion, which was supposed to be a romantic place, was full of people, surrounded by three layers of people inside and outside.

It was unclear from the outside what was going on.

After standing here for a while, a group of officials came soon.

They pushed aside the people and asked them to make way before they walked inside.

At this time, Xu Bai also saw the situation inside.

There was a corpse lying on the ground, and all the clothes on his body were taken off. He died in a very miserable way.

There was a long wound from the chest to the abdomen, which was cut by a sharp weapon.

The most important thing was that the wound was clean, without any internal organs, not even a piece of debris.

Dead, but no internal organs?

This is a bit interesting.

In an ordinary murder case, how could a person's internal organs be completely emptied, and emptied cleanly?

The officials also checked the scene for a while, then carried the person away and covered him with a white cloth.

There were waves of discussion in the crowd, and Xu Bai narrowed his eyes when he heard it.

"Which person is this?"

"This is the third one. The first one died on the street, and the second one died in the inn. Their internal organs were emptied out."

"Who did this?"

"Who knows? Stop talking. Let's go. Their internal organs are emptied out. It's too weird."

...

Three dead?

Xu Bai fell into deep thought after hearing these discussions.

Not only did three people die, but the way they died was exactly the same. They were cut open from the chest to the abdomen with a sharp weapon, and all their internal organs were gone.

However...

Although this thing happened in a rather bizarre way, it seemed to have nothing to do with the ambush and killing him, and it was not targeted at him.

Xu Bai thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of any connection between them. It could even be said that the two were completely unrelated.

After all, how could those who wanted to kill him turn around and attack some ordinary people? This was a bit unreasonable.

At this time, Ye Zi, who was a know-it-all, spoke up.

"Sir, I thought of something that is very similar to the current situation."