bookbashuk Chapter 578
Chapter 578
Hei Xia Zi carefully helped Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi into the taxi, then turned around and gently placed Xie Yuchen in another car, as if he was an extremely precious treasure.
"Master, please go to Hua Mansion!" Hei Xia Zi sat in the back seat, holding Xie Yuchen tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid that he would disappear if he let go.
The two taxis drove on the road one after the other like a pair of tacit partners, and finally stopped steadily in front of Hua Mansion.
As soon as the car stopped, the door of the Hua Mansion was opened. The servants in the mansion hurried forward and helped the unconscious Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi into the mansion. Hei Xiazi, holding Xie Yuchen, followed the servants with steady steps to Xie Yuchen's yard.
"Where are Hua Yu and Zhang Qiling?" Hei Xia Zi's voice was low and gentle, revealing a hint of anxiety.
"Your Excellency, His Highness and the Clan Leader went out early in the morning and have not returned yet." The servant replied respectfully.
"I understand. When they come back, tell them that I have something important to discuss with them." Hei Xiazi nodded and instructed.
"Yes!" the servant replied and then retreated.
Hei Xia Zi gently pushed open the door of Xie Yuchen's room and slowly walked in. He put Xie Yuchen on the bed, then sat quietly beside the bed, staring at Xie Yuchen's peaceful sleeping face and listening to his gentle breathing, as if it was the most beautiful melody in the world.
Meanwhile, Hua Yu and Zhang Qiling, who had been wandering outside for most of the day, finally returned to the Hua Mansion. As they reached the door, the servants informed them that Hei Xia Zi had something to talk to them about.
Hua Yu was wondering why Hei Xia Zi suddenly came to them for something since he had been following Xiao Hua closely for the past few days.
However, Hua Yu didn't think much about it, "I know! Let him come to the study!"
The servant hurried across the courtyard and headed straight for Xie Yuchen's yard. His steps were brisk and steady, as if he had something important to convey.
Arriving at Xie Yuchen's door, the servant paused, straightened his clothes, then raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door with his knuckles. "Knock knock," the crisp knocks echoed in the quiet courtyard, breaking the stillness of the room.
Inside the house, Xie Yuchen seemed to be awakened by the sudden noise and uttered a whimper. Seeing this, Hei Xiazi hurried forward, patted Xie Yuchen's back, and said softly, "It's okay, it's okay, go to sleep, go to sleep."
As Hei Xia Zi whispered, Xie Yuchen's breathing gradually calmed down, and he fell into a sweet dream again.
Seeing Xie Yuchen fall asleep again, Hei Xiazi carefully let go of his hand, walked out of the room with light steps. He looked back at Xie Yuchen who was sleeping soundly in the room, and then whispered to the servant outside the door: "Master Huaer is asleep. If you have anything to say, go outside and say it! Don't disturb him!"
Upon hearing this, the servant nodded hurriedly and followed Hei Xia Zi out of the yard with light steps.
When they got outside the courtyard, the servant said, "Master Hei, His Highness and the clan leader are waiting for you in the study!"
Hei Xiazi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood, and then instructed: "Send someone to guard Hua'erye's door. When he wakes up, prepare a bowl of sobering soup for him and some food."
The servant nodded repeatedly and left. Hei Xiazi watched the servant's figure disappear into the distance. After confirming that everything was arranged properly, he turned around and walked towards the study with steady steps.
Hei Xia Zi pushed open the door and walked briskly into the room. His eyes swept around like a hawk, first landing on Hua Yu, then moving to Zhang Qiling. In this brief moment, his hand seemed to move inadvertently, making an extremely hidden gesture.
Zhang Qiling keenly caught this subtle movement. He glanced at Hei Xia Zi calmly, then patted Hua Yu's shoulder as if nothing had happened and said softly, "Ayu."
Hua Yu turned her head and looked at Zhang Qiling. There seemed to be a tacit understanding between the two of them. They understood each other without saying much.
Hua Yu then made a gesture, and an invisible net spread out like smoke, instantly enveloping the entire study. This net seemed gentle, but in reality it was incredibly strong, and no sound could penetrate it.
"Okay, you can tell me now." Hua Yu's voice echoed in the network, clear and low.
Hei Xia Zi took a deep breath and began to recount what had happened today: "Today, Hua'er took me, Wu Xie, and Fatty Wang to the Xinyue Hotel for dinner. Everything was normal. However, just as we were drinking in the private room, Yin Nanfeng unexpectedly showed up. The four of us were happily drinking in the room, but the three of them collapsed one after another. At that moment, guess who the man was who came to pick up Yin Nanfeng?"
Hei Xia Zi's tone was a little solemn, and his eyes were fixed on Hua Yu, as if observing his reaction.
Hua Yu frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then casually guessed, "Could it be Zhang Xishan?"
Hei Xia Zi's face turned a little ugly in an instant, but he did not refute Hua Yu's guess, but just remained silent.
Hua Yu looked at the serious Hei Xia Zi. "Isn't it possible I guessed right?" Hua Yu quickly sat up straight. "Isn't Zhang Dianshan guarding his immoral Buddha in the deep mountains and old forests of Sand City? How could he appear in Yanjing?"
Hei Xia Zi slowly shook his head, seemingly baffled by the situation. "Why he suddenly appeared in Yanjing? No one knows. As for why he showed up at Nan Feng's place, that's also an unsolved mystery. However, one thing I'm certain of is that Zhang Xishan has lost his memory! Just today, when I asked him in person, he actually told me that he didn't even know any Buddha Master. He even asked me if I knew him."
"Oh?" Hua Yu was surprised when she heard this. "You don't even know when Zhang Xishan arrived in Yanjing? Yanjing is your territory after all. Who among those gangsters who come and go could escape your scrutiny?"
Hua Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a playful smile. He supported his chin with one hand, and casually played with a strand of his long hair with the other hand. His eyes fell on Hei Xia Zi, as if examining his answer.
Hei Xia Zi was clearly bewildered. He frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "I'm also very curious about how Zhang Xishan was able to appear in Yanjing so quietly. After all, with that face of his, as soon as he shows up, he's bound to attract countless people's attention. Whether he's seeking medical treatment or through other means, as long as he shows up in Yanjing, he's definitely impossible not to be discovered. Moreover, if his whereabouts are leaked, countless people will surely be eager to pass on this news to various forces in Yanjing related to the tomb."
Hei Xia Zi said arrogantly that even if he told the women of the Huo family, he had plenty of channels to find out who had come to Yanjing recently.
Hei Xia Zi was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "Could it be that Zhang Xishan's appearance wasn't accidental? Could he have quietly entered Yanjing through some unknown connection Zhang Qishan left behind? Or perhaps Zhang Qishan once collaborated with Pangu's people, and it was through this connection that Zhang Xishan was able to enter Yanjing unnoticed?"
However, Hei Xia Zi thought about it and felt that this statement seemed a little wrong. He frowned and said thoughtfully, "But I observed Zhang Qishan today, and he really seems to have lost his memory. He really doesn't seem to remember Zhang Qishan at all."
Hua Yu agreed with Hei Xia Zi's words, but then she waved her hand and proposed another possibility: "Human memory can be forged. As long as we find a key 'anchor point', we can completely unravel it."
At this moment, Zhang Qiling, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly spoke up, "Zhang Dianshan and Zhang Qishan are different. Zhang Qishan is a mixed-race child born from an intermarriage between a native and an outsider, so he will experience birth, old age, sickness, and death like an ordinary person. But Zhang Dianshan is different; he is a direct descendant of the native family."
Hua Yu asked suspiciously, "What's the difference between the Zhang family's main branch and the outer branch? Isn't it just the difference in lifespan? Is there some unknown secret hidden in it?"
Zhang Qiling nodded in agreement and went on to explain, "This story begins in a certain generation of the Zhang family. I don't know which ancestor had the sudden idea to completely separate the outside family from the main family. To this end, they carefully developed a special medicine. This medicine is extremely precious, and only direct descendants of the main family are qualified to take it. Others with insufficient blood concentration or those who have married into outsiders are not eligible to use it at all."
When Hua Yu heard the word "drug," a flash of disgust flashed across his eyes. Then, as if on a sudden thought, he cried out, "It can't be that kind of medicine!"
Hei Xiazi, standing nearby, was completely confused by the conversation between Zhang Qiling and Hua Yu. Bewildered, he interrupted, "What medicine? And what about you, your family and your relatives? What on earth are you talking about?"
Hua Yu seemed to be particularly averse to that kind of medicine, so when Hei Xia Zi asked him about it, he turned his head away angrily and didn't want to say anything.
Zhang Qiling kindly explained Hei Xiazi's doubts, "The Zhang family of Guandong is a great family that has been passed down for thousands of years. Because their ancestors received help from immortals, they inherited a special bloodline. However, in order to maintain the purity of this bloodline, the Zhang family chose to marry within the family."
When Hei Xia Zi heard this, he exclaimed, "Marriage within the clan! But wouldn't marrying close relatives cause problems? Could it be that your Zhang family is so sparsely populated because of marriage within the clan?"
Zhang Qiling listened to Hei Xiazi's nonsense and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly. "The Zhang family's population is sparse not because of inbreeding, but because of the greed of some people who want to take over the Zhang family for themselves."
Hua Yu reached out and shook Zhang Qiling's hand. "The immortal the Zhang family's ancestors met was Uncle Yang. Uncle Yang holds three bloodline powers: the Qilin bloodline, the Phoenix bloodline, and the Dragon bloodline. The Zhang family has obtained the Qilin bloodline, but deep in the snowy mountains of Tibet lives a group of people who possess incomplete Qilin bloodline. The Dragon bloodline was too domineering, causing the person who chose him to explode and die. Uncle Yang entrusted the Phoenix bloodline to the people in the snowy mountains for safekeeping."
Hei Xia Zi briefly considered what Hua Yu had just said. "Isn't that tribe deep in the snowy mountains called Kangba Luo? They guard a bronze gate similar to the one deep in Changbai Mountain?"
Hua Yu's understanding of these things is quite limited. After all, he was sealed in the Chaos Pearl by his father and sent here. After arriving here, all matters were handled by Uncle Yang.
Zhang Qiling quickly searched his mind for relevant memories and said after a moment, "Behind the bronze door guarded by Kangbaluo is a teleportation array that can lead directly to Changbai Mountain. However, Uncle Yang doesn't seem to have told them about this."
Hei Xia Zi had completely ignored the Phoenix bloodline Hua Yu mentioned before, but suddenly remembered it. He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Then, then, then... so, could it be that the Phoenix bloodline in that Wang family member's body was stolen from that Kang Ba Luo?"
Zhang Qiling frowned slightly, and after careful consideration, he slowly shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. Although Kangbaluo is different from the Zhang family, their ancestors once studied under Uncle Yang with the Zhang family's ancestors. They would not let the Wang family steal the Phoenix bloodline so easily. In my opinion, it is most likely that the Wang family tricked them away."
Although Hei Xia Zi was convinced by Zhang Qiling's words, from every member of the Wang family they met, it seemed that the phoenix bloodline in them was slightly different from that of the Zhang family.
"But, no matter what aspect, the Phoenix bloodline in the Wang family can't even compare to Zhang Qishan's! What's going on?"
Zhang Qiling was not aware of this. The people that the Zhang family had sent to the Kangba tribe had long since disappeared, so I didn't know much about what was going on in the Kangba tribe.
"I'm not too sure about that. Our connection with Kangbalo has been severed for a long time. What we know now is what's recorded in the Zhang family library. That's all that's left."
Hei Xiazi looked at Zhang Qiling's innocent face and couldn't bring himself to curse. "Then tell me what's going on with Zhang Xishan? And what about that medicine? You guys just led me astray!"
Hei Xia Zi looked at the topic that had been completely distorted and could only try his best to bring it back.
Zhang Qiling glanced at Hua Yu and reassured him, "Anyone in the Zhang family who has ever drunk the medicine will have the medicinal properties lingering in their blood. This cannot be counteracted no matter how many generations it has been passed down."
Hua Yu held Zhang Qiling's hand tightly, secretly feeling lucky that his brother didn't have to suffer that, but because of this damn position of clan leader.