Qi Yan walked over from a few steps away from the three people. He had actually been outside the gate of the Ye Mansion for a long time, before Gu Sheng and the others came out, but the three of them were discussing things and didn’t notice that there was a person like him not far away.

　　Or maybe the “boss” among them noticed it, but didn’t say it.

　　”Are you…looking for Qi Ye?”

　　Qi Yan stood in front of Gu Sheng, still holding the folding fan to cover his face.

　　After all, Gu Sheng and Jiang Yun were “acquainted”, but it was the first time Qi Yan met the other person.

　　Gu Sheng looked at Qi Yan and nodded, and then heard him say, “Qi Ye is my younger brother.”

　　”But since Qi Ye married Miss Ye, I haven’t seen him again.”

　　Qi Yan heard the three people’s words clearly, and the other party didn’t seem to have a good impression of Qi Ye.

　　But fortunately, he was on Gu Sheng’s side: “If you want to find the legendary ‘map fragment’, maybe you can start from Qi Ye.”

　　”Really?” Gu Sheng didn’t doubt that the other party was lying, but…

　　”Brother Qi, you said that you haven’t seen Qi Ye since he got married, so is there a possibility that Qi Ye is dead?”

　　”Impossible.” Qi Yan shook his head firmly.

　　”You may not know that every direct descendant of the Qi family has his own ‘soul lamp’.”

　　The other party took a deep breath and then told the well-known “secret” of the Qi family.

　　”What you don’t know is that Fengcheng used to have a county magistrate, and every county magistrate was a member of our ‘Qi’ family.”

　　Lu Li listened and silently opened his mouth.

　　”What does all this have to do with your firm belief that Qi Ye is not dead?”

　　Qi Yan shook his head: “Let me continue.”

　　”As a county magistrate, there are people who admire him, support him, and advocate for him, and naturally there are also people who oppose him.”

　　”In order to ensure the daily ‘balance’ of Fengcheng, and to prevent members of the Qi family who become county magistrates from dying unclearly when they are ‘framed’ by opponents, my ancestor left behind his ‘ability’ to form a soul lamp for everyone in the Qi family who has the opportunity to serve as ‘county magistrate’.”

　　Qi Yan and Qi Ye, as direct descendants of the family, naturally both possess soul lamps, but Qi Yan could not confirm this. After all, all the soul lamps were placed in the ancestral hall.

　　”The function of the soul lamp is to show the life and death status of the person it corresponds to, and it can also record the last scene the other person saw before his death.”

　　”That is to record who the ‘murderer’ is.”

　　He looked at the eyes of the three people in front of him, and couldn’t tell whether the other party believed his words, so he had to continue:

　　”Ten years ago, when Qi Ye was about to get married, the position of county magistrate should have been passed to him.”

　　”But since the other party got married, I have been waiting at home for a long time and have not heard the news that Qi Ye will return to take over the position of county magistrate.”

　　”So far, the position of county magistrate that the Qi family has held for hundreds of years has come to an end, and Fengcheng has become a mess.”

　　Perhaps because he has been stared at by three people, Qi Yan seemed a little “shy”, and moved his folding fan upwards to cover half of his eyes: “After learning about this situation, I immediately suspected that something had happened to him, so I went into the ancestral hall to observe the situation of his soul lamp.”

　　”Guess, what is the result?”

　　”Do you still need to guess, haven’t you told us the result?” Gu Sheng stared at the other party’s eyes and replied with a smile, “The soul lamp is not extinguished.”

　　”Yes, not only did it not go out, but its light is even brighter than before.” Qi Yan also laughed inexplicably.

　　”I know that Qi Ye has always had something in his mind, but I have never heard him mention it.”

　　Qi Yan did not explain the principle, but the brightness of the soul lamp is like this.

　　”I suspect that the ‘map fragment’ you want is in Qi Ye’s hands.”

　　”He got what he dreamed of.”

　　”Now that this “stone” in his heart has fallen to the ground, his soul lamp has become brighter.”

　　”So he is not dead.”

　　He hasn’t spoken such a long speech for a long time.

　　After saying everything he wanted to say, Qi Yan took a half step back and took a deep breath.

　　He was obviously very resistant to contact with people before.

　　After Qi Yan recovered, he turned back to his previous “social phobia” appearance and looked at the three people in front of him in silence.

　　He was giving Gu Sheng and the others time to waste.

　　After all, he had told the biggest “secret” of the Qi family.

　　Unexpectedly, Jiang Yun looked at Qi Yan and laughed inexplicably: “Qi Yan?”

　　Qi Yan didn’t understand and nodded: “Brother Jiang…what’s the matter?”

　　”You said so much, not to mention how much of it is true.”

　　Hearing the other party’s words, Qi Yan silently lowered his folding fan. Jiang Yun raised his eyes and met Qi Yan’s clear eyes: “Why are you telling us this?”

　　”I…”

　　Qi Yan frowned, not knowing how to explain, and chose to tell the truth: “I seem to have seen you… Many years ago, every time I saw you, there was an inexplicable voice in my heart shouting, it asked me to ‘help’ you.”

　　This sentence was not enough to impress Jiang Yun. The other party raised his eyebrows and motioned him to continue.

　　”You may not know that I don’t like my brother.”

　　Qi Yan seemed to be a really simple-minded person, and he told the three of them everything: “From the looks of you, it seems that you are not in the same camp as Qi Ye.”

　　”So I choose to tell you everything you want to know.”

　　”How?”

　　These words seemed to have exhausted all of Qi Yan’s strength. After he finished speaking, he took several steps back and even covered his face with his folding fan, not intending to answer again.

　　Jiang Yun let out a long “oh”.

　　”There is one last question.”

　　He walked in front of Qi Yan and stretched out his finger to pull down his folding fan.

　　”Who did you appear in front of the gate of the Ye Mansion for?”

　　”Of course it was for you.” Qi Yan took off his folding fan without hesitation and answered loudly, “I was worried about your safety, so I came to the Ye Mansion.”

　　Jiang Yun said “oh” again, without saying whether he believed it or not, and tilted his head slightly in front of Qi Yan.

　　”Since you are here, I just need your help.”

　　”Help?” Qi Yan did not respond immediately, but asked, “What help?”

　　”Didn’t I tell you that Qi Ye is missing?”

　　”It has nothing to do with him.” Jiang Yun shook his head, “I heard that there is a force spread all over the world. I wonder if they have people in Fengcheng.”

　　As soon as Jiang Yun finished speaking, Gu Sheng’s eyes lit up.

　　That’s right! Qi Ye will have someone to help them find him!

　　Gu Sheng looked at Jiang Yun expectantly, and sure enough, the other party’s next sentence was: “Brother Qi, have you ever heard of the name ‘Jiuzhoutang’?”

　　”Jiuzhoutang?” Qi Yan frowned subconsciously after hearing it and did not reply in time, but Lu Li on the other side shouted.

　　”Jiuzhoutang? The organization that specializes in handling various “big” events?”

　　Jiang Yun’s eyes slowly turned to Lu Li: “You know.”

　　”I… have heard of it.” Lu Li began to sweat coldly on his forehead, thinking that he seemed to have said something wrong.

　　But it wasn’t. Although he had been with Jiang Yun for the past few years, the other party had heard of the name Jiuzhoutang, so why couldn’t he know it?

　　So Lu Li became tough.

　　”Jiang Yun, what do you want to do by mentioning Jiuzhoutang? Can they help us find Qi Ye?”

　　”Why not?” Jiang Yun laughed, retracted his gaze, and put his hand on Qi Yan.

　　”Brother Qi, have you heard of it?”

　　Qi Yan came back to his senses: “I have heard of it, it sounds familiar. There are indeed people from Jiuzhoutang in Fengcheng, but their headquarters is not here, but in the capital.”

　　After he said a lot, he realized that he should not know this. After a few seconds of silence, he asked again: “What do you want me to do?”

　　”It’s very simple.” Jiang Yun patted the other party’s shoulder and said slowly, “Go to Jiuzhoutang to complain and tell them… someone stole the things in the Ye Mansion. The head of the Ye family is very disappointed and has been tossing and turning day and night.”

　　”This… can it work?” Qi Yan looked back at Jiang Yun with a look of disbelief, “Brother Jiang, the people of Jiuzhoutang are not fools. Although the Ye Mansion lost something, this matter is not their responsibility.”

　　To put it nicely, Jiuzhoutang is a huge organization responsible for “doing justice”. If any household loses something casually, it is really unnecessary to alarm them. Therefore, Jiuzhoutang will only come forward when a “big thing” happens.

　　To put it bluntly, what is his Ye Mansion? Is it worth Jiuzhoutang’s action?

　　”Nothing.” Jiang Yun did not explain, “Just pass this message on.”

　　Qi Yan was visibly entangled for a moment, and finally nodded: “Okay, then I will help you again.”

　　Jiang Yun bowed slightly and thanked him: “You’ve worked hard.”

　　——After Qi Yan left, Gu Sheng retracted his gaze from the other’s back and looked at Jiang Yun again: “Boss, what should we do now?”

　　Qi Ye didn’t need to be looked for by them. Would he go back to Ye Mansion to find the head of the Ye family?

　　Gu Sheng lowered his head and thought.

　　He knew what the other party was going to do from the moment Jiang Yun mentioned Jiuzhou Hall. After all, there were still acquaintances of theirs in Jiuzhou Hall at the moment.

　　Although the other party was not the head of Jiuzhou Hall, he also had an indispensable position in it. That person knew that the map fragment was in Ye Mansion. With his ability, he might know that the lost thing was the “map fragment”.

　　After all, in the eyes of people like the head of the Ye family, the map fragment is an important thing for him to dominate the world.

　　He doesn’t even care about his own daughter. What else can make him toss and turn and sleep day and night?

　　Beside him, Jiang Yun raised his lips after hearing Gu Sheng’s guess, and silently added in his heart:

　　When the people from Jiuzhou Hall come here, they will find that, by chance, the person who stole the important things from the Ye Mansion is still in the Ye Mansion.

　　”Shengsheng.”

　　Jiang Yun looked up.

　　”It’s dawn.”

　　Gu Sheng looked up, not knowing what Jiang Yun wanted to say, but still followed with a “hmm”.

　　”Since the female ghost has been ‘dealt with’ by us, let’s go back to the Lord of the Ye Family to ask for the corresponding ‘reward’.”

　　”But the map fragment is not in the hands of the Lord of the Ye Family.” Lu Li stopped Jiang Yun’s hand that was about to open the door, and pointed to the direction where Qi Yan had just left, “Jiang Yun, why don’t we follow that person to Jiuzhou Hall.”

　　”The Lord of the Ye Family won’t run away, are you still worried that you won’t get the corresponding reward? Why are you so anxious?”

　　”What are you anxious about?” Jiang Yun shook off Lu Li’s hand and turned his head to look at him, “Qi Yan and Jiuzhou Hall will be back to the Ye Mansion soon, what are you doing with them now, are you beating around the bush?”

　　”Map fragment?” Jiang Yun sneered, “When did I say I wanted a map fragment?”

　　Lu Li was surprised for a moment, and once again thought that Jiang Yun in front of him was a little strange.

　　Even Gu Sheng raised his head suddenly when he heard this.

　　Lu Li frowned: “You… don’t want it?”

　　”Instead of discussing this here, it’s better to go to the Lord of the Ye Family to get the reward first.”

　　Jiang Yun did not give an answer to this question, reopened the door of the Ye Mansion and walked in.

　　With his back to the two confused people, he raised his lips slightly.

　　Although the purpose of his visit to Ye Mansion this time was not to get the map fragments, he never said he didn’t want them.

　　The map fragments should have returned to his hands.