It was not until the next evening that Prince Qing, who was hunting outside Yongdu, had just received the news and rushed back to Yongdu. When he came to Jixiang Lane, he saw his daughter was safe, so he felt relieved. For Prince Qing, he had only one daughter in the world.

Long Shixing was furious and said, "It's really outrageous. A clan in the martial arts world is so bold. He broke into the county horse mansion at night and hurt my daughter. Do they still have the court in their eyes? I must report this matter and ask the emperor to order the Jiuyou Sect to be destroyed!"

Long Xixi said: "If you talk about it here, you won't listen to you if you report it to the court."

Prince Qing County, Long Shixing, looked embarrassed. If it were just father and daughter, it wouldn't matter if she said that, but after all, she was still in front of Qin Lang, as an outsider. Long Shixing certainly knew that his daughter was right. The prince was famous and he coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.

Qin Lang handed him a cup of tea just right. Prince Qing took the teacup, took a few sips of tea, observed the furnishings here and said, "Qin Lang, are you living here?"

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Prince Qi, I have just arrived in Yong not long ago and I have no place to live here. It was Lord Ji of Tiance Mansion who helped me arrange for me to stay here temporarily. This place used to be the warehouse of Kaicao. Although it is a bit simple, it is spacious enough."

Long Shixing frowned, put down the teacup and walked outside. Qin Lang followed him. Long Xixi winked at him and reminded him that Prince Qing might be asking for trouble.

Qin Lang smiled and signaled Long Xixi not to follow him. Long Shixing walked around the yard and came to a crooked jujube tree. He sighed and said, "Sang Mansion is so big and does not have your place to sit?" In fact, he also understood that Qin Lang was a godson after all, and of course Sang Jingtian and his wife would not treat him as their biological child.

"Your Majesty, I want to live outside."

Long Shixing laughed and said, "There is no need to meet me like this. After you get married with Xixi, you will be my son-in-law. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. In your heart, I, the father-in-law, can't compare to your godfather?" He reached out and patted Qin Lang on the shoulder and said, "We are a family!"

Qin Lang said respectfully: "I understand!"

"What do you understand? I only have a precious daughter. If she hadn't been determined to recognize you, I wouldn't agree." Long Shixing told the truth that Sang Jingtian's godson came in unknown ways. If it were his biological child, this marriage could be considered a good match. Therefore, Long Shixing proposed to let Qin Lang marry in. This was his desire to earn some face, and it also represented his dissatisfaction with the marriage. But he did not expect that his daughter would reject it. Long Shixing was helpless and never thought that his daughter would hate marriage so much.

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Qin Lang understands that the marriage between Xixi and I was thanks to the empress dowager."

Long Shixing glanced at Qin Lang. The boy was clearly hinting that he had no right to this marriage. Even if he was not satisfied, he had to accept reality. He suddenly laughed again: "I think you and Xixi are compatible now. Since she likes it, what else can I say?"

"Don't worry, Prince, Xixi and I will definitely respect you in the future."

Long Shixing nodded. Qin Lang is outstanding in appearance and mind. There are not many young people who can make Sang Jingtian value so much. Long Shixing also began to accept reality. After Qin Lang and his daughter got married, they were a family. Thinking of this, Long Shixing said: "As long as you are good to Xixi, since you are a family, what happened in Junma Mansion last night? Do you want to tell me the original one?"

Qin Lang had long expected Long Shixing to ask this question, and said slowly: "I promised Xixi and didn't say it." He directly put all the blame on Long Xixi.

Long Shixing didn't expect this kid to be so sloppy, so he couldn't ask questions next time. If he forced him to say it, it would be like he would break his promise to his daughter. Of course, Long Shixing also knew his daughter's temper and could not rule out that she had really asked for this. Long Shixing said, "You are obedient!"

"Obe obedient is a good man."

Long Shixing shook his head: "But men can't listen to their wife's words." A little frustration arose in his heart. He didn't expect that he would not get any advantage when he had a head-on confrontation with his future son-in-law.

At this time, someone from the Demon-Suppressing Department came over and invited Qin Lang to the Chen Mansion tonight for dinner, but Chen Qiongnian, the Minister of Justice, personally sent an invitation.

Qin Lang guessed it was for what happened last night.

Long Xixi followed Long Shixing back to the Prince's Mansion of Qing County, while Qin Lang went to the Sang Mansion. Although he already knew the plans of Sang Jingtian and his wife, he still had to do the superficial skills.

Because Qin Lang was about to get married in Sang Mansion soon, Sang Sangeng's body was not transported back to the mansion, but was sent directly to Chiyang, and he was buried in the cemetery of the Sang family. It is said that Sang Sangeng's wish was before his death. After his death, he hoped to be buried beside his old master.

Qin Lang remembered the battle in the cemetery. The remains of Sang Jingtian's parents were long gone. The case has not been solved yet and the remains have not been retrieved. However, Zhao Changqing analyzed that there was no one in the coffin and concluded that Sang Jingtian's parents were not buried there. In other words, the cemetery of Sang Jingtian's family may be in another secret place, but Qin Lang was not interested in exploring this matter.

Unlike in the past, Jiang Konghou said he was sick today and did not meet his godson. Qin Lang made a request to visit him, but Sang Jingtian refused. He only said that Jiang Konghou had just fallen asleep and did not want to disturb her rest. Qin Lang thought this was just an excuse. Because of Xuewu's incident, Sang Jingtian and his wife had great dissatisfaction with him, and even Jiang Konghou, who had always been pampered with him, had a knot in his heart.

Sang Jingtian did not change anything about Qin Lang. He personally brewed a pot of tea for him and asked Qin Lang to taste it.

Qin Lang said: "Godfather, Jiuyou Sect is so arrogant. Huayunlou regards the Dayong Law as nothing, breaks into Jinyuan at night, kidnapped Xuewu, and hopes that Godfather will make the decision for the child."

Sang Jingtian took a sip of the tea ceremony: "Qin Lang, this matter is not easy to deal with."

Qin Lang said deliberately: "Why is it difficult to deal with?"

Sang Jingtian slowly dropped the teacup in his hand: "Do you think Huayunlou has such courage? No matter how powerful a Jiuyou Sect is, he will not dare to compete with the court. There is one thing I have never told you," he handed a letter he had prepared to Qin Lang, which was the letter that Jiuyou Sect asked him for Xue Wu before.

After reading it, Qin Lang said, "Yueyang Tiannai's sect leader, why should he be forced to Xue Wu?"

Sang Jingtian looked at Qin Lang with deep eyes and said, "I don't know either, but I know that Jiuyou Sect intends to return the Seventh Princess."

The Seventh Princess is the White Jade Palace, and she exchanges the White Jade Palace for Xuewu. In other words, the confidence of Huayun Tower in the Ma Mansion at Night comes from the Empress Dowager. Qin Lang can't determine whether Sang Jingtian has anything to do with this matter.

Sang Jingtian could not determine how much Qin Lang played in the incident last night, but one thing he could be sure of was that if Qin Lang had not left Xue Wu in the Junma Mansion, his plan would not have been successful.

Both of them understood that their relationship could never return to the past. Now, even if they sat face to face, they were testing each other and it was impossible to show their sincerity to face each other.

"I heard that Princess Xixi was injured? Is it important?"

Qin Lang said: "It's okay, I've been taken back by the prince."

Sang Jingtian sighed and said, "I will ask for an explanation for this matter."

Qin Lang noticed that he didn't say anything to ask for an explanation. Sang Jingtian said this on purpose. Will he retaliate against him for Xue Wu's incident? Qin Lang didn't want to continue the performance, so he used the excuse to visit Long Xixi in the royal palace and stood up to say goodbye.

Sang Jingtian did not try to keep him like he did in the past this time, and he didn't even go out to see him off.

Shortly after Qin Lang left, Jiang Konghou came to Sang Jingtian. She was not sick, but she didn't want to face Qin Lang at this time, and she didn't know how to get along with Qin Lang in the future.

"What did he say?"

Sang Jingtian said: "I didn't say anything, but I probably understood what happened last night."

Jiang Konghou looked at her husband. Her inner frustration came from Xue Wu's departure. After Xue Wu disappeared, her biological daughter lost hope of recovery. Jiang Nuanmo's life was only three years left. Just when everything was about to succeed, she suddenly became like this. The frustration in her heart was indescribable. Jiang Konghou did not hate Qin Lang. In fact, she was always full of guilt during this period.

Sang Jingtian Dao: "Qin Lang never mentioned Feng Jiuzhong from beginning to end."

"Maybe the Demon-Suppressing Department didn't tell the truth."

Sang Jingtian Dao: "Huayunlou did not take Xuewu away."

"How do you know?"

“I have my channel.”

"You mean Qin Lang lied?"

Sang Jingtian shook his head: "He has no ability to hide Xuewu, even if Long Xixi helps him, it will not work. Chen Qiongnian asked the Demon Sect to intervene in this matter with great fanfare. There may be articles here."

Jiang Konghou sighed and said, "What should I do if Nuan Mo?"

Sang Jingtian Dao: "When the boat reaches the bridge, it will always turn around."

The plum blossom hall in Chen's mansion is warm because there is a warmth of ground dragon hidden under the house.

Chen Qiongnian was wearing a yellow gown, which looked a little light in the middle of winter.

Qin Lang estimated that the indoor temperature of the plum blossom hall should be above 20 degrees, and Lao Chen's heating was burning enough.

Qin Lang took off his outer cloak and bowed to Chen Qiongnian: "I am not good at ease, please see Lord Chen!"

Chen Qiongnian laughed: "You are now a royal relative, so you don't need to be polite to me."

Qin Lang thought to himself, I am the son-in-law of a declining prince, you are the father-in-law of Da Yong, and my status, status, strength cannot be compared with you.

Chen Qiongnian asked him to sit down. Eight dishes were prepared on the Eight Immortals table, and the wine was warmed up in advance. Chen Qiongnian did not let his servant come in. Qin Lang took the initiative to pour the wine for him, and accompanied Chen Qiongnian to drink a glass, and then added it to him: "When will Lord Chen come back from Chiyang?"

Chen Qiongnian didn't hide it from him: "I've been back for three days and have been busy with official business, so I took time to see you today."

"The adults can still take time to summon humble positions in their busy schedules. Qin Lang is so frightened that he is extremely honored."

"Don't do that, why are you afraid of? If you don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Could it be that you, a kid, did something shameful when I was not here?"

Qin Lang smiled and picked up the wine glass and said, "Congratulations to the Lord for being promoted to the Minister of Justice and in charge of the criminal law of the Great Yong."

Chen Qiongnian touched his glass of wine and drank the glass of wine: "Although the Queen Mother appointed me as the Minister of Justice, I am still in charge of the Demon Suppression Department, and there is no difference from the past. The criminal law is still Lord Xu, the court guard. It would be fine if you say this in front of me just now. If you say it outside, you will be suspected of instigating me."

Qin Lang poured wine for Chen Qiongnian and said, "Qin Lang always knew everything in front of the adults, and he said everything he thought of. He shouldn't mind, right?"

Chen Qiongnian looked at Qin Lang. He really admired this boy more and more. Thinking of his still facing the daughter of the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha in Dabaoen Temple, he couldn't help but feel sad. Wei Yu liked Qin Lang. What kind of person could compare to Qin Lang besides his status? Unfortunately, these two young people were still destined to be together. During the month he went to Chiyang, he was paying attention to the situation in Yongdu all the time.

Chen Qiongnian took a sip of wine and said, "I should congratulate you. This time I really leaped on the dragon gate." When he said this, even he felt a little sour.

Qin Lang said: "It was the empress dowager who matched it out. I didn't expect the princess to fall in love with me, a poor boy."

Chen Qiongnian said: "I heard that Prince Qing wanted to make a family with the Taiwei at first."

Qin Lang said: "The Empress Dowager thinks that I and the Princess are more compatible."

Chen Qiongnian said, "Empress Dowager!" When she thought of Xiao Zixuan's appearance, Chen Qiongnian was unhappy from the bottom of her heart. How could she not know that this woman's desire for power was so strong? Xiao Zixuan didn't want to see Prince Qing and Taiwei He Dangzhong become relatives, so she came up with such an idea, making up the couple, and paired Qin Lang and Long Xixi together. This matter has been rumored in the court and the country. Many ministers believed that the Queen Mother's arrangement was an insult to Prince Qing Long Shixing, and Qin Lang was just Sang Jingtian's adopted son.

Chen Qiunian didn't think so. For some reason, Qin Lang reminded him of his youth. Perhaps because of his daughter, when Chen Qiunian went to Dabaoen Temple last time, his daughter made a request to him, hoping that he could treat Qin Lang well. It was also for this reason that Chen Qiunian was a little unhappy with Qin Lang's marriage.

"I will call you Junma in the future."

"Sir, please call me Qin Lang."

Chen Qiongnian said bluntly: "Why are you hiding the fact that Xue Wu was taken away by Feng Jiuchong?"

Qin Lang still didn't see any panic. He drank all the wine in his glass and said, "I didn't hide it. When I rushed into the small building, Xue Wu was already missing. I was taken away by Feng Jiuchong and I still heard Luo Dongcheng say." As long as there was no handle on the spot, Qin Lang would not admit it easily. How could Chen Qiunian say this?

Chen Qiongnian said: "Your mouth is hard enough. If I don't have evidence, of course I wouldn't say that. Although I didn't see the situation at that time, it is not difficult to speculate that Huayunlou went to catch Sang Xuewu. You and Gu Xie didn't join forces to stop Huayunlou. With your strength, you naturally couldn't stop Huayunlou. Sang Sanju appeared in time. He and Huayunlou fought to the death and were killed by Huayunlou. Feng Jiuzhong took this opportunity to take Sang Xuewu away, right?"

Qin Lang said: "I understand when sir said this."

Chen Qiongnian said: "You pretend to be stupid with me. Let me ask you, Sang Sangen appeared in Junma Mansion twice last night. Why did he not let her go back when he picked up Xuewu for the first time?"

"Because Long Xixi wanted to stay in the Junma Mansion, we were alone and widowed, and we had many inconveniences, so she asked Xuewu to stay with us."

Chen Qiongnian laughed and said, "Do you think I can't find out about Long Xixi?"

Qin Lang's heart sank. Chen Qiongnian controlled the Demon Suppression Department and had countless talented people under his command. He should have found out the details of Long Xixi. Qin Lang said: "Are you checking Prince Qing?"

Chen Qiongnian said: "Don't forget, who told you that Jiuyou Sect wanted to capture Sang Xuewu? Don't think that marrying Long Xixi will reach the sky in one step. The Prince Qing's Mansion is just an empty shell. He can't even protect himself, let alone you."

Qin Lang said: "Sir, Qin Lang never thought of relying on others to protect him. I don't have much desire for power and money..."

"Where is your life? Don't you want to live? Do you want Long Xixi to be a widow for you soon?"

Qin Lang remained silent.

Chen Qiongnian said, "I know Sang Jingtian better than you. If you don't use it for him, he will destroy you. Prince Qing can't help you." He put the finished wine glass on the table and signaled Qin Lang to fill it with him. After Qin Lang filled the glass of wine, Chen Qiongnian lowered his voice and said, "I'll give you a clear road, will you go?"

When Qin Lang returned to his home in Jixiang Lane from Chen's mansion, it was already the hour of Hai. Before he entered the door, he saw an official from Tiance Mansion hurried over. He saw Qin Lang angrily and shouted: "Mr. Qin, it's not good, it's not good!"

Qin Lang glared at this guy, it was almost the same as the occasion. It was so late, and he was still outside the gate, why were he yelling?

The official then realized his incompetence, raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and lowered his voice: "Mr. Qin, something happened to Tiance Mansion."

"What's the matter?"

"Master Ji, please come over now." The official was very nervous.

Qin Lang didn't ask him, an urgent matter must have happened in Tiance Mansion, otherwise Ji Hongcai wouldn't have someone come to see him at this time. However, Qin Lang didn't think that his position in Tiance Mansion was indispensable. The reason why Ji Hongcai asked him to go over was probably to find someone to help share the responsibility. This old guy was very sloppy.

When they arrived at Tiance Mansion, they saw the gate closed, and the two entered through the side door, and there were also people holding hands inside. There were seven people standing in the courtyard, all of whom were the leaders of the various departments of Tiance Mansion. Ji Hongcai stood at the center. There were twelve corpses neatly arranged on the ground. From the costumes, they were all guards of Tiance Mansion.

Qin Lang didn't expect that so many people died in Tiance Mansion, so he came to Ji Hongcai and said hello.

Ji Hongcai frowned and said, "Where have you been tonight?"

When Qin Lang heard his question, could he regard himself as a suspect? He immediately told Ji Hongcai about his place tonight. Anyway, Chen Qiongnian testified, he would never doubt himself.

Ji Hongcai pointed to the corpse on the ground. Qin Lang followed the moonlight and saw that the guards were old, obviously because they were sucked away by someone's yang energy.

Ji Hongcai said: "The evil ghosts seek their lives. All these guards are guards of Jiuxing Pavilion. They were on duty last night. Today, they changed defenses but only found out that they were all dead in Jiuxing Pavilion."

Qin Lang has been in Tiance Mansion for a while, but he has never heard of any Jiuxing Pavilion. Although he rarely comes to Tiance Mansion on weekdays, Ji Hongcai has never introduced that there is such an institution in Tiance Mansion. Moreover, judging from the warning measures of the configuration, Jiuxing Pavilion is extremely important. Qin Lang couldn't help but think of what his master Lu Xingqiao had told him. It seems that Ji Hongcai had many secrets hidden from him. Was he the one who betrayed his master?

Qin Lang said: "Where is Jiuxing Pavilion?"

Ji Hongcai said to everyone: "This matter cannot be revealed to the outside for the time being." He signaled Qin Lang to come with him.

Qin Lang followed Ji Hongcai to the warehouse of Tiance Mansion. The warehouse manager Li Shouyin was at the door of Bing Cang, and the door of the warehouse was locked.

Ji Hongcai nodded to Li Shouyin. Li Shouyin opened the door lock, and two thick iron doors creaked open. Ji Hongcai and Qin Lang walked in, and Li Shouyin immediately closed the door again and locked it from outside.

Ji Hongcai said: "Only those outside can open this gate. After the twelve guards enter, they will be on duty for a day and a night."

"You mean, the door was not opened, they were killed inside?"

Ji Hongcai nodded and said, "I usually control the key, and I don't open the door."

Qin Lang said: "Those guards died by sucking all their yang energy. Those who killed them were not humans." People have roads, ghosts have ghosts. This door can block people, but cannot block ghosts.

Ji Hongcai lowered his voice and said, "I just said that just now, it was actually people who killed them! There was a traitor in the Tiance Mansion!"

Qin Lang said: "My sir means..."

Ji Hongcai raised his right hand, bent his middle finger and popped up a yellow light ball. The light ball hit the opposite wall. The entire wall suddenly lit up. The wall was covered with golden talismans. The talismans shone brightly, as bright as stars, and golden light filled the entire warehouse.

Ji Hongcai said: "I have set up the Yangguan Triad Array here. The four walls are full of talismans. They are often said to block the ghost wall. Ghosts cannot enter the Nine Star Pavilion."

Qin Lang thought to himself that everything is exceptional. Not to mention that Sang Sangeng and Yan Ruyu's souls are now on him. Sang Sangeng is hiding in the deep dark space, while Yan Ruyu is practicing in the Spring and Autumn Wuji Map. The Sunshine Triad Array set by Ji Hongcai will not play any role in them.

Ji Hongcai pushed his right palm flat in the void, and the wall on the opposite side, filled with talismans slowly moved backwards, and the space expanded more than doubled. Qin Lang witnessed the scene in front of him, and it was only then that he truly realized Ji Hongcai's power. It was not accidental that Ji Hongcai was able to control the Tiance Mansion, because Lu Xingqiao was too dazzling, let alone Ji Hongcai's entire Tiance Mansion seemed dull and dull in front of him.

Ji Hongcai is also a great man of his generation. He has a very deep cultivation in mechanism formation astrology and mathematics. Otherwise, the late emperor would not have asked him and Lu Xingqiao to study the "Yin and Yang Wuji Picture".
Chapter completed!