"What's the difference?" Mu Wan asked confused.
"It's the farewell letter Yuan Gui mentioned. He clearly told us that she stuffed it through the crack of her door... But, how come the handwriting is different?"
Xie Hualing also came up to take a look: "But I think they are very similar. Has her handwriting changed a little over time?"
"No. Look at the processing of this stroke. In the letters from earlier years, all her strokes were marked with a tick. The one Wu Yuangui showed us, each stroke was drawn straight down. Look, there are also This character...the length ratio of this horizontal line has also changed, and the top and bottom are closer. Although the two characters are very similar, they must not have been written by the same person."
Their expressions changed. Especially Mu Wan, her doubts were more filled with fear.
"Impossible...how could it be? How could Senior Brother forge Senior Sister Yan's letter? Or maybe he was trying to stabilize everyone's emotions...but that's not right. If Senior Sister suddenly left without saying goodbye, he would definitely try his best to find her, unless... …”
After the word "unless", no one dared to say another word.
"I'm not sure." Shan Hai wiped the sweat from his forehead with a worried expression, "Maybe... someone forged Senior Sister Yan's handwriting to deliberately confuse you senior brothers. But... they have known each other for so many years, Wu Yuangui should also recognize her. words."
"It would be great if I could see the letter you mentioned." Mu Wan sighed.
"That's best." Xie Huayao rubbed his temples, "The farewell letter should still be with senior brother. If you ask him for it, I don't know if you can get it... I just told Lin Dao's past about long-term return. In fact, it was It's because we have doubts about his character. Although he should still know nothing about his own affairs, many of us feel that he has an unruly and violent air. We don't know where it comes from... Alas, I am still afraid that he will become suspicious."
"Shall we go to his room to steal again?" Dai Luan said tentatively.
Shan Hai frowned: "It's too risky."
"There is no other way!" Xie Hualing shouted.
"Indeed." Her sister closed her eyes tightly, her tone full of unwillingness and sorrow, "If we don't know who killed him..."
Xie Huayao suddenly stopped. She realized that A Ling was not present when Mu Wan told her.
Shan Hai raised his head and glanced at the two of them.
"Tell..." "What happened to Senior Sister Yan?!"
Before he finished speaking, Xie Hualing was interrupted by a high-pitched scream. She is sharp, sensitive, and as smart as her sister. Looking at Xie Hualing's widened eyes and slightly trembling lips, they all knew that the truth of the matter was too cruel for this underage girl. But if she didn't know the truth, she might not be able to grow up.
For some reason, the wind tonight is much stronger than usual. It slapped the door intermittently, squeezed through the cracks in the window, and let out a painful whine. The chill lingers inside and outside the house, around everyone, and in everyone's heart.
Winter is coming.
After listening to their tactful remarks, Xie Hualing didn't say a word. She was angry about Yan Muxue's death and the fact that they all hid it from her.
No matter what, they would find Yan Muxue's farewell letter the next day.
Theoretically, the letter should be in Wu Yuangui's room, which is on the same floor as Yan Muxue's house. They discussed it and decided to let Mu Wan in. Although she was not familiar with this place, she could identify the handwriting the moment she found the letter. Although they had to do such sneaky things, they still did some psychological building for each other. After all, this is a major matter related to the fate of Xueyan Valley - if Wu Yuangui really has evil intentions, the whole family will have to pay for him.
What's more, this sign has already appeared.
When everyone got up and the sun rose a little higher, making people feel slightly warm, they walked towards their destination. First let Xie Hua and his two men inform the guards and ask Wu Yuan to come back. They said they wanted to talk about Mu Wan and take the opportunity to take him further away. Then he let Mu Wan in on the pretext of visiting other senior brothers and sisters. As for Shanhai and Dailuan, they always keep a distance from them, but they must pay attention to the movements here, just in case something happens, they can rush over in time and adapt accordingly.
Everything went smoothly as agreed upon.
At first, Mu Wan thought that the guards would let them go directly - they were both disciples of Xue Yan Valley. But Xie Huayao said that in just half a year, many things have changed unconsciously. In fact, she was indeed stopped and had to ask Wu Yuangui to come down in person.
The indescribable sense of class made Mu Wan vaguely aware of something unusual.
She waited anxiously in the distance for a long time, and then Sister Xie Hua and her senior brother slowly walked elsewhere. In order not to alert others, she pretended to be here to see her senior brother. She knew all the disciples who were guarding them, not to mention she was the disciple of the leader, so she didn't create any difficulties. However, they told Mu Wan that Senior Brother Wu had gone out with Xie Hua, saying they wanted to talk about her. She pretended to be very interested, and then went in on the pretext of visiting other senior brothers and sisters, while waiting for her senior brothers to come back.
Better not to come back for a long time.
There is a small sign hanging at the door of each room with the name of the disciple who lives here. Senior Brother Wu's room is not difficult to find, it is in the middle of the third floor. The middle one is locked and is the house reserved for Master. She sighed secretly, glad that he remembered everything about the leader and was not as bad as they suspected.
Most of the disciples had gone to practice, so she didn't meet anyone she knew along the way, which was a lot more convenient. Tiptoeing to Wu Yuangui's room door, which was unlocked, she slipped in quietly. Her heart was beating very fast. Although she never claimed to be a gentleman, she had never done anything like this.
As soon as she came in, she felt a familiar atmosphere, but it was not just Wu Yuangui, but also something else, something closer to a monster. This made her feel a little nervous. Could it be that he really had some dealings with monsters?
After closing the door and turning around, she couldn't help but take a breath.
This house is so big that it can accommodate more than ten people. In my impression, although Wu Yuangui was able to endure hardships since he was a child, according to Xie Huayao, his master felt guilty for him and must have indulged him in many things, which is why his covetous side of wealth has been exposed now. All the wooden furniture is precious old wood, and the whole room has such a light woody fragrance. The pens on the table are still new and look like they haven't been used much, but they are all in excellent quality. Not to mention the sheets, even the windows are made of light and soft grosgrain.
This was equipment she couldn't even imagine. She couldn't stop shaking her head, but she didn't expect that her senior brother had completely forgotten the virtues of simplicity, diligence and frugality taught by her master.
How much do you really know about him?
His wardrobe and drawers were all locked - she never knew that Wu Yuangui was such an insecure person. Or is he trying to hide something? It is not difficult to pick these locks. She learned this trick from him when she was a child, although she was severely scolded by Senior Sister Yan afterwards.
When she saw those thick documents, she felt a little uneasy.
All the ancestral precepts are in vain - the certificates that allow outsiders to come and go at will, the letters of contact with the gangsters, and many unequal contracts... The money in this whole room and the entire Xueyan Valley is actually like this Are you here?
She also found a letter signed by Cheng You. She was stunned for a moment, not sure if she met the same person as Qing Lize. She read the content carefully, and sure enough, she mentioned her encounter with Junior Sister Xue Yangu. The others were just ordinary condolences, nothing special. There were even more unsightly things. The more she turned over them, the more her hands became weak, and the more she looked at them, the more dizzy she became. What she could see between the lines was more like a treacherous businessman, a villain who would do anything to maximize his profits... a villain.
There was no letter in it that mentioned the need to find the Master's whereabouts. Turning back, she saw something else.
——The door seal of Zuojinmen.
There was a strong tinnitus in my ears.
Under such noise, Mu Wan suddenly went crazy and searched for similar letters - they were intermittent, and they never mentioned what they were for or who they wanted to kill. Maybe some key things had been disposed of. Associating with such evil sects was originally strictly forbidden by the sect master. I don’t know what Wu Yuangui was thinking in his heart.
Who else is worthy of him hiring an assassin...?
If you say you are looking for someone, this is too far-fetched. Wouldn't it be enough to just write it clearly in the letter? Why be so obscure. Although if he really found the master through Zuojinmen, I'm afraid the old man would be furious.
But... where is Senior Sister Yan’s letter?
She hurriedly organized the documents, stuffed them back into the drawer and locked them. Then she anxiously walked around the room, trying to find somewhere else to put her things. Finally, she set her sights on the bedside table.
There was a small drawer there, with no lock. She half-knelt beside the bed and opened the drawer. There was only a tea cake and a fan inside. Just as she sighed and was about to close the drawer, she suddenly saw a small note deep inside.
An indescribable feeling of familiarity came over me.
She reached out her hand tremblingly and carefully took out the note.
It's Han Shui Ji's spell, and she won't admit it.
Han Shui Ji...
Chengyou...
Wu Yuangui...
"Why did you come back?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Mu Wan trembled all over and turned his head stiffly. She felt that all the joints in her body were frozen, and she felt the biting cold and the biting pain without even moving.
"I……"
"Look, you didn't take good care of your things. Fortunately, my friend picked them up. You didn't even tell me about this at the banquet last night. Are you afraid that I will blame you?"
Wu Yuangui's voice was so soft, just like when he used to speak to himself in a harmonious voice.
But she was uncomfortable.
"No, it's not... I was so happy yesterday that I forgot about it - I didn't mean it!"
"I know. But do you still need it?" He asked sideways.
It was clearly noon, but Mu Wan felt cold all over.
Where are Xie Huayao and Xie Hualing? Aren't they together with Wu Yuan?
"I, uh... by the way, the senior brother guarding the door said, you and..."
"You shouldn't have come back."
He interrupted her, the smile fading from his face.
"Why?"
"Because originally only one person needed to die."
"W-what do you mean?"
"Are you looking for this letter?"
Wu Yuangui took out a piece of letter paper, shook it open, and showed it to her as if he was wanted by the government. Even though he couldn't see clearly what was written on it, Mu Wan determined at a glance that it was definitely not Yan Muxue's handwriting.
It was imitated by Wu Yuangui - she had seen it before.
"Why!" she burst out, "You broke the rules set by Master and you didn't even plan to find him! Regarding Han Shui Ji... Who is Cheng You? Why did he steal from me - steal from you? The shikigami given to me? What does he know, how much does he know? And why did you forge this letter to be the handwriting of senior sister, she, she has... And Zuo Jinmen, you..."
"Well, I asked them to kill him," he said lightly.
