When Xu Yuan returned to the courtyard prepared by Bai Zhao for Xu Yuan and the others, Xu Xinyao was sitting in front of the pavilion in the courtyard, talking quietly to Ran Qingmo.
However, when Xu Yuan pushed the door open, Xu Xinyao immediately stopped talking, as if she didn't want him to hear.
Xu Yuan came over and asked with a smile:
"What are you talking about?"
Xu Xinyao stood up, bent her eyes and smiled:
"Third brother, you also want to know about a girl's secret conversation in her boudoir?"
"Yes I do."
Walking closer, Xu Yuan sat down casually, put the box containing the human skin mask on the table, and said with a smile:
"Of course I do, Ran Qingmo, what were you talking about just now?"
Ran Qingmo on the side put away his half-understanding expression, hesitated slightly, shook his head and said:
"Xin Yao told me that I can't tell you this."
"oh?"
Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Why is it so mysterious?"
"cough!"
At this time, Xu Xinyao cleared her throat to interrupt, changed the topic, bent her eyes and smiled:
"Third brother, what's in this box?"
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Xu Yuan did not delve into what the two girls had said just now. He whispered in his heart to the saint's remnant soul, "Seal him for a while," and then blocked the five senses of the saint's remnant soul.
Opening the box, he whispered:
"Human skin masks, one for you and me, take them with you when we go to negotiate."
"What?"
Xu Xinyao looked at the two compartments in the box with some surprise in her eyes: "Wearing a mask?"
Xu Yuan picked up the teacup on the stone table, poured himself a cup, and drank it all:
"What my father meant."
Xu Xinyao looked thoughtful after hearing this, but then she asked:
"Why?"
Xu Yuan put down the tea cup, tapped his finger on the stone table, and did not answer immediately, but continued:
"In addition, my father also gave me the command of the 40,000 black scale army. According to Yuan Hao's wishes, as long as I am willing, I can unconditionally order him to directly destroy the Wanxiang Sect."
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Ran Qingmo blinked his eyes, a little confused.
Xu Xinyao frowned and whispered:
"Third brother, why are you telling me this?"
She didn't think that the third brother in front of her told her this to seek her opinion.
Xu Yuan let out a long sigh and whispered:
"I want to ask you, what happened when my second brother died?"
In the various plot lines of Cangyuan, Xu Changan, the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, has never appeared, so Xu Yuan cannot learn any useful information from it.
The news about the death of the second brother in this life was only one day when he was having a good time and drinking in Goulan. He suddenly learned that the second brother had passed away and asked him to return home quickly.
It was impossible for the dandy to come into contact with these things at the beginning, but Xu Xinyao had already studied and returned home, and with his current status, he should know some inside stories.
Xu Xinyao was stunned when she heard the term "second brother", her beautiful eyes dimmed for a moment, and she asked with some confusion:
"Third brother, why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Xu Yuan did not answer immediately, but just asked:
"I have some guesses in my mind, so I wanted to ask."
Xu Xinyao pondered for a moment and said in a low voice:
"My eldest brother asked my father about this matter at the time, but my father didn't say much. He just said it was his fault. When my eldest brother asked, my father seemed a little angry, so he left the house directly."
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Xu Yuan frowned little by little when he heard this:
"What did Xu Changge do?"
Xu Xinyao shook her head:
"Not sure."
Xu Yuan continued to ask:
"Are you sure that your father was angry because of your elder brother's questioning?"
Xu Xinyao thought about it carefully and whispered:
"Not too angry. His voice was serious."
After all,
Seeing Xu Yuan's complex expression, Xu Xinyao asked softly:
"Third brother, does second brother's death have something to do with this matter?"
"No."
Xu Yuan said in a complicated tone: "But I probably know who the person who attacked the second brother is."
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Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes were surprised when she heard this, and her delicate palms clenched slightly:
"Who is it?"
"Everyone."
"ah?"
"."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath, glanced at the human skin mask on the desk, and said word by word:
"Everyone except our Prime Minister's Mansion."
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When Xu Xinyao heard this, a trace of doubt appeared in her beautiful eyes:
"Everyone?"
Xu Yuan looked down at his palm:
"Second brother's death is most likely because he was too sharp."
Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes were filled with doubts:
"Too sharp? But isn't the elder brother even sharper?"
"Xu Changge?"
Xu Yuan leaned on the wooden guardrail behind him:
"Xu Changge's cultivation level is too high. He was born ten years ago. Our family members don't know much about his current cultivation level. If the outside world wants to kill him, it will take at least two or three mortal transformations to be considered safe.
"And Xinyao, those people are actually more afraid of the second brother than the eldest brother."
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The confusion between Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes became even more intense.
Xu Changge is famous all over the world, but Xu Changan is only slightly famous.
Xu Yuan sighed and asked:
"Xinyao, you should remember what the second brother was doing before, right?"
Xu Xinyao thought for a while and said:
"The second brother seems to have been following his father since he returned from his travels."
Xu Yuan nodded:
"Yes, you haven't come back when he returned home from his travels. I have been in the Imperial Capital all the time, so I know that the second brother is in charge of contacting many important guests, even Mr. Hua Hong and Aunt Lou Ji."
When Xu Xinyao heard this, she already understood what the third brother in front of her meant:
"Third brother, are you saying that father wants to train second brother to succeed him?"
Xu Yuan thought of the figure who always held a stick in front of him:
"After all, my second brother has loved to reason the most since he was a child."
After that, it was quiet for a long time.
Ran Qingmo bit her lip and looked at Xu Yuan, wanting to say something comforting, but couldn't.
Xu Yuan took the human skin mask out of the box:
"Now everyone in the world hopes that our prime minister's government will decline, so the second brother must die. Once he dies, no one in our family can take over my father's position.
"You also know the structure of our prime minister's palace. It basically revolves around my father. If we can't suppress the people below, it will easily fall apart."
"But, isn't there still a big brother?"
Xu Xinyao whispered.
In her impression, except Xu Yuan, both brothers are omnipotent.
Xu Changge's figure appeared in Xu Yuan's mind, and he shook his head in denial:
"Brother, he can't do it.
"Although he can suppress the people below him, he is too cold-tempered and does not know how to tolerate. At most, he will just become the next uncle. If he takes over the Prime Minister's Mansion, he will most likely decline slowly.
"This is probably why my father was helpless in the first place."
"The sect, the aristocratic family, and even the Holy Master in the Jinluan Palace all want my second brother dead."
What the world is afraid of is not Xu Changge, but another Xu Yinhe from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The words fell,
Xu Yuan put the human skin mask on his face.
(End of chapter)
