As the chief shopkeeper of Shantang, Qin Xiaohua naturally cannot see anyone who wants to see the most powerful people in the world. If it weren't for Xia Sheng, he would have been bombarded long ago.

More importantly, Xia Sheng gave enough reasons.

Someone is going to kill him tonight.

Judging from the four bloody heads on the ground, the assassination was obviously over.

Luoyang City is not only at the foot of the emperor, but also at the Qin Family Shantang Main Hall. Someone killed people here, and they were distinguished guests of the Qin Family. They didn’t even receive any news?

This matter was very serious, so serious that Qin Siye even ignored Xia Sheng's name to the head of the family.

Qin Siye was not a worshiper of Wei. He knew very well how heavy Xia Sheng was in the Shantang, or to put it more bluntly. If it weren't for Xia Sheng, he would not be able to sit in the position of the shopkeeper of the headquarters.

Therefore, Qin Siye responded very decisively to Xia Sheng’s request.

"Please wait here for a while, and I will inform the head of the family."

Xia Sheng nodded, watched Master Qin leave from the inner hall, and then sat on the rattan chair and fell into deep thought.

Time passed in silence. After half an hour, Xia Sheng raised his head again and looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him.

There was an extra old man in the room.

His waist and back bent slightly, his face was covered with deep brown spots, and he was holding a black jade crutch in his hand, which was emitting bright warmth.

The Qin family ancestor, Qin Xiaohua, appeared without warning.

Xia Sheng did not seem too surprised at this. After all, with Qin Xiaohua's current realm, it is natural to be able to do things that ordinary people cannot reach.

Similarly, Qin Xiaohua did not show any surprise to Xia Sheng's calm performance. Although this was only the second time he saw Xia Sheng, he had actually heard of this name a long time ago.

It was earlier than the Qin family.

It was even earlier than Qin Yan and Kang Wuwei returning to Beijing.

But no matter what, this meeting with Qin Xiaohua was the first time Xia Sheng had the opportunity to talk to this most powerful figure in the Qin family. Such an opportunity was rare. Especially for Xia Sheng today, it was even more precious.

But who would have thought that the first person to speak was Qin Xiaohua.

There was no polite greetings or a single nonsense. Instead, he asked four words straightforwardly.

"Who wants to kill you?"

In response to this, Xia Sheng's answer seemed very straightforward. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the four heads on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "These four people, two from the Pei family and two from the Tianxingyuan. In addition, the prince also sent a confidant to take my life, but he escaped."

Upon hearing this, a slight slight wave passed through Qin Xiaohua's extremely clear eyes, and she asked back: "You mean, the prince, the Pei family, and the Tianxingyuan, we united to kill you?"

Xia Sheng shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not the case. In addition to these five people, there are two mysterious killers who ambush me in secret tonight. Unfortunately, they never appeared until the end, so I don't know what their origin is."

Qin Xiaohua curled her body and looked straight into Xia Sheng's eyes. Then she smiled slightly and showed her extremely white teeth.

It was like the spring breeze came all night, and thousands of pear blossoms bloomed.

"Something."

He did not ask Xia Sheng how he escaped from the siege of these people, nor did he ask why these people wanted to kill Xia Sheng. Instead, he asked a more direct question.

"What do you want Shantang to do?"

Xia Sheng seemed very satisfied with Qin Xiaohua's attitude, but he did not answer Qin Xiaohua's question immediately, but instead raised another question.

"Before this, I want to know first, is there a covenant of the Saints in today's world?"

"Oh?" Qin Xiaohua looked at Xia Sheng with a two-point deeper meaning, and she smiled and said, "It seems that you know a lot."

Xia Sheng was silent and did not answer the conversation.

So Qin Xiaohua nodded slightly: "If you want to ask whether Pei Xu will attack you personally, I can tell you with certainty that it will not."

"That's good." Xia Sheng's eyes immediately flashed with a fierce look and he said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, then I hope Shantang can help me withstand the Pei family's secret actions as much as possible in the next step."

Qin Xiaohua promised: "I will leave this matter to Qin Tai specifically."

Xia Sheng slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and continued, "In addition, I hope Shantang can help me check three things."

"Tell me, look."

"First, I want to know if Hu Shuo and Tianxingyuan have colluded."

Hearing this, the smile on Qin Xiaohua's face became even warmer and she said, "I'm very pleased that you can grasp the key to things so quickly."

Regarding Qin Xiaohua's praise, Xia Sheng just shook his head slightly and said calmly: "I had doubts a month ago. The reason why Hu Shuo tried to drive me out of the mountain gate at all means is probably far more than one Zhong Weiwei."

After a pause, Xia Sheng continued to analyze: "It is not uncommon for the news that I left the mountain tonight to be known by the Pei family and the prince's people. After all, Pei Yuanji has a wide connection in the academy, and even if I can hide the fact that I went down the mountain, I would definitely not be able to hide the two mountain guard disciples. But why did the Tianxing Academy receive the news? After thinking about it, the most likely one is Hu Shuo..."

Qin Xiaohua ignored this and asked, "What are there still two things?"

"Second, I want Shantang to investigate whether the Xu family is related to the attack tonight!"

Qin Xiaohua frowned rarely, and then sighed: "The incident happened is indeed too close to the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, and the speed of Xu family members rushing to Guihua Lane is too slow."

Through Qin Xiaohua's words, Xia Sheng knew at least one thing, that is, during the half hour he was waiting in the inner hall, Shantang had already received news about the case of Guihua Lane.

So he nodded simply and neatly: "The soldiers in Zhenguo Duke's Mansion are all from Zhen**, and they are definitely not comparable to those of other private soldiers in the house. The speed of response to emergencies should never be so slow, so this matter is unreasonable."

Qin Xiaohua fell silent. Obviously, this matter was much more difficult than checking Hu Shuo. The forces involved were too wide. Even Shantang must be properly handled.

But in the end, Qin Xiaohua still made her promise: "I will do my best."

For Xia Sheng, such a sentence is enough.

So he told the third thing he wanted Shantang to help investigate.

"There are only two places that can reveal my whereabouts tonight, one is the Chunqiu Academy, and the other is the Shantang. I have said before that, in the whole matter, there have been two killers who have not appeared. These two must not belong to the three forces I mentioned. So where did they learn about my leaving the academy? I think there is only one possibility..."

"I suspect there are spies in the good hall!"
Chapter completed!