Ren Xuan, didn’t you notice anything?
Just when the Qin Shu city gate was on fire, he was about to take action against these two innocent people.
He keenly noticed the man on the couch's face darken. The emotions lingering in his consciousness, mismatched with his real memories, left Lu Xiyun bewildered. The young man looked bewildered, his eyes misting over with a look of distress, confusion, and inexplicable sadness.
His Royal Highness Prince Xiang was suddenly shocked, and the entire battle line collapsed, with weapons and armor thrown away and the army in disarray.
He corrected himself and moved closer:
"Okay, okay, I apologize! I'll do as you say! Once you feel better, we'll go to Yinshu right away!"
He hurriedly tried to coax her, his tone softening a bit: "It's just a matter of burning incense... is that so serious? I'll burn the incense and I'll pay the compensation. Just do as you say, okay?"
On this side, Wen Congren quietly gave Ren Xuan a look.
Ren Xuan immediately understood, and the two of them saluted together and quietly took their leave.
Qin Shu was busy coaxing people, so he just waved his hand without even turning his head.
The two of them left the hall, and Wen Congren finally stopped after turning around the corridor. The young man frowned and said in a low voice: "...Ren Xuan, didn't you notice anything?"
Ren Xuan was stunned for a moment. He was so busy being the love security guard for the dog emperor that he really didn't pay attention to anything else.
Wen Congren's expression was as calm as water: "Rebirth Technique, Amnesia, Lu Xiyun, Xiao Wujiu."
Ren Xuan felt a chill on the back of his neck, and instantly sobered up a bit: "You mean..."
Ren Xuan paused, his pupils shrinking slightly: "Can the Rebirth Technique cause amnesia?"
Wen Congren's tone remained unchanged: "Just a guess."
Ren Xuan's expression darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Back in Yinshu City, I remember that old City Lord Fang said that the Xiao family's Reincarnation Technique should not be practiced."
"Xiao Zizhang became possessed by this technique."
Ren Xuan later specifically investigated Xiao Zizhang. He paused, and then told Wen Congren everything he had found out about Xiao Zizhang, no matter how big or small.
Wen Congren listened quietly for a long time. He shook his head and said solemnly, "From the perspective of medical theory and pharmacology, 'going off the track and becoming possessed by a demon' is not like that."
"To go astray and become possessed by evil is to gradually lose one's original heart."
Wen Congren took a deep breath, his eyes dimming slightly. "If it's really as you said... like Xiao Zizhang, his temperament changed drastically overnight, and he could return to normal in a day..."
"That would be more like—"
He paused, pondered for a moment, and finally said, "For a short time, I changed into a different person."
Ren Xuan was shocked when he heard this: "You mean...?!"
Wen Congren did not respond, his expression uncertain, and there was an indescribable hesitation in his eyes.
After a moment, he whispered, "Whether it's true or not, let's go and take a look first."
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In Xiao Wujiu's room, Fang Xingfei was still diligently tutoring someone.
"Anyway, the Third Brother is gone. Now, from top to bottom in Yinshu, you just need to treat the Fourth Brother as your own."
Fang Xingfei paused, then added, "That brat Zhuyi can barely be considered half a person."
Xiao Wujiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Since you are the eldest brother, why is it the third brother who is in charge of the Silver Pivot?"
Fang Xingfei touched the bridge of his nose and said, "Everyone has their own aspirations. Mine isn't here."
Xiao Wujiu was curious and asked, "So what are your ambitions?"
Fang Xingfei simply gave in: "Just eat and wait for death, okay?"
Xiao Wujiu frowned upon hearing this, quite puzzled: "How could Senior Brother be like this?"
Fang Xingfei had already begun to regret that he shouldn't have been so stubborn in trying to snatch his senior brother's position.
In order to live a life of idleness and waiting for death with a clear conscience, he might as well be a junior brother again.
Fang Xingfei apologized sincerely and lowered his rank, "Brother, I was wrong. You are actually the eldest senior brother."
Xiao Wujiu frowned: "Then I'll just let you do this?"
Fang Xingfei's expression turned serious. He suddenly grasped his wrist and said firmly, "Yes!"
He was nervous: "Brother...you are not going to regret even this, are you?"
Xiao Wujiu lowered his brows, but ultimately did not refute. Clearly, he still had some tolerance for his "junior brother"'s idleness.
The young man whispered, "I'm sorry... I don't remember any of this."
Fang Xingfei was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "It's okay, take your time. Zhuyi is much easier to fool than the third brother these days. I'll teach you how to be lazy. The two of us with no time to spare have plenty of time."
Seeing Ren Xuan coming to him, Fang Xingfei just raised his eyebrows slightly.
He followed the two of them outside the house and listened to Wen Congren telling the story of this investigation.
To their surprise, Fang Xingfei did not comment on Wen Congren's inference.
Fang Xingfei was clearly from the Yinshu clan, but he simply said, "What's this life-tracing technique? I've never heard of it."
——The more you try to cover up, the more obvious it becomes.
Wen Congren's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Second Master Fang, as far as I know, no good comes of those who are tainted by the art of rebirth. Back then, there was Xiao Zizhang, then Lu Xiyun, and now your senior brother. Do you really want to watch Xiao Wujiu follow in their footsteps?"
Fang Xingfei's expression darkened, his eyes cold. "Stop making such nonsense. What grounds do you have to say that my senior brother has also been possessed?"
Wen Congren's eyebrows were glaring, and his voice was sharp: "I have never mentioned the word 'possession'."
Fang Xingfei also realized that he had spoken out of turn, so he managed to hold on and said stiffly, "I was just saying it casually."
Ren Xuan lowered his eyes, his gaze slightly narrowed. Fang Xingfei in front of him obviously knew something, and even more obviously... was afraid of something.
Ren Xuanwei lowered his head, then raised his gaze again, looking at Wen Congren. His tone was cold and gloomy. "Back then, some in the court accused Master Lu of being corrupted by evil. Three villages were massacred. Traces of the Western Palace's techniques were found at the crime scenes. The court was in an uproar, and Qin Shu was forced to imprison Lu Xiyun to appease the public anger."
Ren Xuanyu paused, his brows darkening as he continued, "Even though Lu Xiyun was in prison, murders continued to occur. The man who had criticized him was executed by Qin Shu, and no one in the court or the public dared to discuss the case anymore. Ultimately, the case was left unresolved."
Ren Xuan paused for a moment. "Later, Lu Xiyun left Yunzhong. I met him once, but he refused to go back with me. He only told me that he would return when Qin Shu became 'more normal.'"
Back then, Ren Xuan didn't think much about it. Lu Xiyun had already been imprisoned, but the murders continued one after another. He only felt that the case was shrouded in mystery, and was eventually suppressed by Qin Shu.
But today, combined with Xiao Zizhang's past and Fang Xingfei's words just now, Ren Xuan came to a horrifying conclusion:
"Those murders...were all committed by Lu Xiyun."
"Lu Xiyun's mind has been controlled by something..."
"And Qin Shu...he did something that even Lu Xiyun couldn't understand and didn't dare approach. He diverted everyone's attention away from Lu Xiyun."
Wen Congren frowned, "Impossible. If Lu Xiyun really killed people, he would die of guilt."
Fang Xingfei interrupted, his tone as calm as water: "What if he doesn't know everything?"
"Possessing a body doesn't mean sharing memories. Perhaps all he saw was himself entering the village last night and waking up today to find the world stained with blood and corpses strewn across the ground."
There was a moment of silence, and the wind blew past the eaves.
Ren Xuan's throat moved, his voice a little dry. "...He noticed something was wrong with him, but because of Qin Shu's past 'extraordinary actions', he didn't dare approach him, and he didn't want to ask for help. So...he went alone to the northern border, to such a remote place?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Xingfei took a step forward and suddenly said, "Do you know how he got rid of that evil spirit?"
Ren Xuan was stunned. He realized Fang Xingfei had probably misunderstood. Fang Xingfei had assumed they were talking about Lu Xiyun from this life. Lu Xiyun was now safe and sound—which naturally meant he had a solution.
Fang Xingfei naturally believed that Lu Xiyun had a way to deal with this thing.
Ren Xuan simply went along with it, gathered his sleeves, and said calmly, "The exchange of information is mutual. Second Master, why don't you tell me first, what do you know?"
Fang Xingfei was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "In the Yinshu Xiao family, every sixty years, there are always people who are corrupted by the Rebirth Technique and become possessed. However, most of them are eliminated and executed by the supervisors at the first sign of this."
Fang Xingfei: "A case as serious as Xiao Zizhang's hasn't happened in a hundred years."
His eyes darkened slightly. "I've looked through all the old cases, and I feel like it's not a case of intoxication, but more like... a different person. Like being possessed by an evil spirit, or being inhabited by something."
He raised his eyes, still obsessed with the previous question: "Lu Xiyun was once entangled by that thing, how did he get rid of it?"
Wen Congren listened, then asked instead, his eyes dark, "Second Master, you're so obsessed with the 'solution,' yet you firmly deny that Xiao Wujiu has any knowledge of this technique. Don't you think that's contradictory?"
Fang Xingfei frowned, his voice sinking slightly, "Just to be prepared. My senior brother, how could he be controlled by such strange powers?"
Before he could finish his words, a cold blade came out from behind and suddenly hit the side of Shangfang Xingfei's neck.
The sword did not move, and the murderous intent was not revealed, only a trace of coldness came close to the bone.
The man holding the sword had a calm expression and spoke in a calm voice, as if he was just saying something ordinary: "Like this?"
Fang Xingfei was completely defenseless behind him and was subdued by the opponent in just one move.
Ren Xuan's eyes tightened, and his right hand reached down, touching the hilt of the knife.
But Fang Xingfei in front of him was still not on guard. He glanced at his own shadow lightly.
"You're not acting like it this time. Your sword... doesn't have any murderous intent."
Fang Xingfei sighed, "You even forgot this? Next time I'll teach you how to act convincingly."
Xiao Wujiu was directly led astray by Fang Xingfei, and he was stunned for a moment.
After a while, he whispered, "I used to be... very good at these?"
Fang Xingfei nodded seriously. "Of course. You're especially good at that kind of scene where you look like you're about to die, and then you just kill someone. The third brother and I are okay, but the fourth brother is far worse. You've tricked us completely. I've cried until I was hoarse several times while holding you."
Although he had no recollection of it, Xiao Wujiu's ears turned slightly red and he covered his mouth and coughed several times.
Then, he straightened his expression and said calmly, "I heard everything you just said."
He looked at Fang Xingfei, his tone calm but serious: "They're right. You should be on guard against me."
Fang Xingfei didn't care at all. Instead, he raised his hand to hold the other person's wrist and easily removed the three-inch green sword.
He said calmly: "If you want to kill me, I'll give you this life."
Fang Xingfei patted his sleeves and said in a leisurely tone, "Anyway, I can't be the senior brother at the top. If you're here, you protect me and Xiao Si. If you're not here, Xiao Si will be on his own at best. What should I do?"
Ren Xuan raised his eyebrows. He was almost speechless by Fang Xingfei. The first half of his sentence was quite touching, but the second half was a complete failure.
Xiao Wujiu was also a little confused. He sighed, "If I weren't here, you're the senior brother, you should protect Xiao Si."
Fang Xingfei said innocently, "You've simply forgotten too much."
——In the past, you wouldn't have had such high hopes for me.
Even though he could no longer remember who "Xiao Si" was, Xiao Wujiu still let out a long sigh.
At this moment, he gave up and placed high hopes on Fang Xingfei.
For the sake of that junior brother about whom he had no impression, at this moment, the desire to survive inexplicably reached its peak.
His tone was difficult: "...So, will I die?"
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