Hua Ruxue refolded the letter paper left by An Muwan neatly and gave it to Mr. An for safekeeping.
The content on the letter once again confirmed her previous speculation. An Muwan had indeed known about the existence of the ghost refining formation early on, and warned them to stay away from An Murong and the Beauty Courtyard.
However, regarding the news about the second ghost clan, An Muwan only mentioned a few sentences in the letter. To sum it up, he was at the Nascent Soul stage, and half of his face was covered by black lines.
"Mu Wan did not mention who the second ghost was in the letter. An Murong wanted to take her to escape Guanyun City but was stopped by the second ghost. Judging from her reaction to the second ghost, she I have never encountered that ghost before." Bai Musheng analyzed the content of An Muwan's letter.
"She also said in the letter that there was a second ghost around, and An Murong spent less and less time awake. It means that after the third lady passed away, the second ghost clan lurked around An Murong."
When Jing Hua Ruxue mentioned this, Mr. An suddenly thought of a person, and he said with a firm tone: "It's Xiao Er An! It must be him!"
"An Xiaoer?" Why An Xiaoer? Hua Ruxue asked doubtfully, "Is it possible that An Xiaoer became An Murong's personal guard not long after the third lady passed away?"
The personal bodyguards of the children of the aristocratic family, that is, the confidants, have always been raised by their side since childhood, and have been screened at all levels, requiring absolute loyalty.
Just like Su Zhi, he has been with Su Yi, Su He and others on Qingyang Mountain since he was a child. He will be one of Su Yi's future confidants.
For people who appear halfway, no matter how outstanding their abilities are or how upright their character is, they can only be used, not reused.
Since An Xiaoer is An Murong's personal guard, he must have known each other since they were young.
"That's not the case. An Xiaoer is not one of my An family members. Not long after Axuan passed away, the head of the family suddenly retreated into seclusion. The head of the family arranged An Xiaoer to stay with Brother Rong. I had never seen him before." Erye An recalled.
Hearing this, Hua Ruxue began to recall her interaction with An Xiaoer. The first time she met him was on the way to Longyin Guan. At that time, she beat An Murong up, then noticed that An Murong had been hit by a poinsettia, and called him out on the pretext of saving An Murong.
An Xiaoer allowed her to beat An Murong, which showed that he didn't like An Murong, but when he heard the news of An Murong's poisoning, he had to bow his head due to livelihood.
This is a guy who doesn't like his master, but doesn't want his master to die.
No longer seeing Gui Lin and his entourage, An Xiaoer has been protecting An Murong closely, being taciturn and with very little sense of presence.
Except for the day when Ning Shuyan disappeared, he suddenly handed Su Yi a note with the words "Beauty Courtyard" written on it, he didn't do anything unusual.
"An Xiaoer." Bai Musheng read the name once, and then asked Mr. An, "What's wrong with this person?"
"To be honest, after Ah Xuan's accident, my relationship with Brother Rong dropped to a freezing point. Over the years, there have been no less than a hundred assassinations, large and small, but we have never succeeded. Half of the assassinations were carried out. The waiter was able to resolve the problem, including the assassination of monks in the out-of-body stage, so he must have hidden his strength."
Between the Nascent Soul Stage and the Out-of-Body Stage, coupled with An Murong's sluggishness, it is indeed not easy for An Xiaoer to successfully lead An Murong out of danger and complete the counterattack.
"If I remember correctly, An Xiaoer seems to have been covering half of his face." Bai Musheng remembered that she had seen this person from a distance once before. He was a guard with a very low sense of presence.
He is not as lively and active as Bai Yi, and he can also make decisions without permission.
"The Nascent Soul cultivation level hides the strength, half-covers the face, and stays by An Murong's side for a long time. These three points are consistent with the characteristics of the second ghost clan." Hua Ruxue whispered, she hesitated and said that day An Xiaoer told Bai Musheng and An Erye about the note that An Xiaoer handed over.
"One more thing. On the day Sister Ning lost contact, An Xiaoer handed his brother a note with the words "Beauty Courtyard" written on it. An Xiaoer may know something about what happened in the Beauty Courtyard, so we need to test it out. "
Hua Ruxue did not have a very deep impression of An Xiaoer. This person was like a shadow, quietly following behind An Murong. He was taciturn and had a serious expression. He would occasionally remind An Murong of dangers.
"Where is Mr. An's residence?" Bai Musheng asked Mr. An
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Mr. An suddenly looked strange and hesitated for a long time, unable to speak.
Hua Ruxue looked at Mr. An's eyes that were gradually losing focus, and she keenly sensed a hint of danger, "Quick, step back!"
Hua Ruxue led Bai Musheng back. At this moment, several black lines slowly appeared on the left half of Mr. An's face.
The flow of spiritual power in the peach blossom forest suffered some kind of traction and gradually became chaotic. Under the stimulation of spiritual power, the peach blossoms bloomed one by one with Er Ye An as the center.
After a long time, the spiritual power around him slowly stabilized. Mr. An looked down at the letter in his hand with an indifferent expression, as if confirming something.
Seeing the black lines on Mr. An's face, the words "ghost possessed" came to Hua Ruxue's mind.
"Are you An Xiaoer?" Hua Ruxue asked tentatively.
Her intuition told her that the person in front of her was not Mr. An. There was always a glint in Mr. An's eyes unconsciously, and he was always calculating something.
But the eyes of "Second Master An" in front of him were only numb and cold.
"Second Master An" nodded stiffly and uttered one word: "Yes."
Bai Musheng stood in front of Hua Ruxue with a serious expression and said to her cautiously: "You go first, I will hold him back."
Having said that, Bai Musheng raised the Chunjun sword and was about to stab "Second Master An".
During the day, the ghost clan is at its weakest. On this clear day, An Xiaoer can occupy the body of an out-of-body monk. His strength should not be underestimated.
"Wait a minute!" Hua Ruxue pulled Bai Musheng's clothes and stopped him, "He seems to have something to say."
Judging from the note that An Xiaoer handed them, An Xiaoer not only had no hostility towards them, but actually hoped that they could arrive at the Beauty Courtyard early to prevent the opening of the ghost refining formation.
"I ignored the message you sent that day and failed to prevent the opening of the ghost refining formation in time. I feel deeply guilty for this." Hua Ruxue said apologetically. She did not take An Xiaoer's note to heart that day. superior.
She ignored An Xiaoer and wasted all his good intentions.
"What's written on this?" An Xiaoer didn't pay attention to what Hua Ruxue said. He unfolded the letter in his hand and asked Hua Ruxue word by word, "She said this was a suicide note."
Hua Ruxue and Bai Musheng were stunned for a moment, then realized that An Muwan must have left this "suicide note" under An Xiaoer's surveillance.
In this "suicide note", three characters are used incorrectly. They are all rare characters found in ancient books. If Hua Ruxue hadn't been forced by Su Yi to read all the books on Qingyang Mountain, I'm afraid she wouldn't have understood what An Muwan meant. mean.
After receiving no answer from Hua Ruxue for a while, An Xiaoer murmured to himself: "I have never seen these words, but I believe her. She has never told a lie to anyone."
It was said to be a suicide note, but An Muwan conveyed those words that should not have been said in another way.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to An Xiaoer.
After a while, An Xiaoer seemed to understand something. He smiled awkwardly at the letter, with a hint of bitterness in it, "But she lied to me."
"Did you want to save Mu Wan that day?" Bai Musheng asked with a slight hesitation.
Although Ruoan Xiaoer has become a ghost, he has no intention of harming others, which is naturally the best.
An Xiaoer did not answer Bai Musheng's question, but his silence was the best answer. His heart seemed to go away with An Muwan.
He carefully refolded the letters in his hand and put them together with An Muwan's identity card into a slightly old box. There were also a few yellowed bamboo dragonflies in the box.
After An Xiaoer put away the wooden box, the peach blossom trees automatically arranged into two rows to make way for them.
An Xiaoer walked forward minding his own business, followed closely by Hua Ruxue and Bai Musheng.
In the center of the peach blossom forest is a pavilion. An Xiaoer's real body is lying quietly in the pavilion. The face of that body is fair and clean, without any black lines.
"These black marks originate from the soul body. If the black marks are not eliminated, I will not be able to escape the control of Lord Oni."
After saying that, An Xiaoer started again
Returning to his own body, half of the face of the body in the pavilion was instantly covered in black lines.
"The ghost king is dead, why haven't the black lines on your face disappeared yet?" Hua Ruxue was slightly shocked when she saw this. The ghost king Chu Ming is dead, and An Xiaoer hasn't escaped control yet!
An Xiaoer explained in a distant tone: "Only by completing the last thing that the adults tell me, can I completely get rid of control and survive."
One last thing?
"The one about the winter solstice?" Bai Musheng and Hua Ruxue said in unison.
An Xiaoer nodded silently, as if there was no one in the world who could interest him.
Guan'an Xiaoer's state seemed like he no longer cared about this world, indicating that he had taken life and death lightly and would not try his best to complete the task told by Ghost Lord Chu Ming.
So Hua Ruxue asked, "What will happen on the winter solstice? What exactly has the ghost master arranged?" Z.br>
"Miss Xiang has obtained the Lingyin Grass. We should pass by the Lingyin Underground Palace and find out about Yanmiao Village." An Xiaoer said slowly.
"I have indeed been to Yanmiao Village. It has been abandoned for a long time." To be precise, it was more than ten years.
"More than seven hundred years ago, during the beast tide, the team guarding the barrier in Guanyun Town suddenly defected. The leader of the rebel army was named Yan Chenrui."
Hua Ruxue briefly recounted the records she saw in the village chronicles: "This incident was recorded in the village chronicles. In order to protect the villagers of Yanmiao Village, Yan Chenrui chose to escape from the battle."
Mentioning Yan Chenrui's defection, Bai Musheng's expression suddenly changed and gradually became gloomy.
"The Young City Master knows more about what happened back then than I do."
Hua Ruxue looked at the two people in confusion. Both of them seemed to understand what the final game planned by Ghost Lord Chu Ming was.
"The barrier Yan Chenrui guarded back then belonged to the An family. After he defected, the barrier was seriously damaged. In order to conceal the matter, the previous city lord proposed building a wall outside the barrier."
The closer the barrier is to the center, the more difficult it is to break. Correspondingly, once it is damaged, it is extremely difficult to recover.
Therefore, the damaged barrier back then has not been restored at all!
There is a loophole in the barrier that isolates the demonic energy outside Guanyun City...
