The banquet was held at 3:00 pm on Saturday in the old house of the Ke family. To be precise, it wasn't exactly a banquet that invited the profound arts circle to eat, drink, drink, and get involved.
It is true that the Ke family has fallen into decline. This old house is not as long and large as the old house of a wealthy family, and it is also an old villa of some ages. The villa has a total of three floors, and there is a complete small yard around the villa. It looks like a violation of buying a yard and building a villa in the middle. However, it is not so strange that it has been repaired and arranged for many years, and it looks quite bluffing.
The living room has been completely emptied and set up to look like a banquet hall, with a long table for food. The Ke family still looks attentive. There are some pattern runes hanging on the wall. There is also a square table in the corner. There is a sand table that can depict runes and can also be set up with fake formation flags. It seems that it is completely reserved for everyone to communicate. for discussion.
When Gu Yuan and Qin Xi came, they had already seen many smiling guests gathered around in twos and threes, earnestly communicated and discussed, and let their juniors show off their knowledge and abilities.
Ke Yufei was in the line of the Ke family, and there was an elder brother who was doing archaeology. At this moment, the two brothers were standing side by side at the door to help their parents welcome and entertain guests.
Ke Yufei was a little surprised when he saw the two of them, as if he didn't expect the two of them to come.
"Junior?" Ke Yufei greeted him and said with a smile, "Why are you here?"
Gu Yuan handed the post to the welcoming servant, and nodded towards Ke Yufei: "The elders in the family are not feeling well, so let me come to thank my uncle and aunt on their behalf."
Ke Yufei laughed: "Everyone is alumni, what are you doing so politely? Are Senior Gu and Aunt okay?"
"It's just an old disease, it's fine."
"That's good." Ke Yufei replied with a smile, and brought Gu Yuan and Qin Xi into the door: "I heard my parents mentioning the invitation of Senior Gu, but I didn't expect Senior Gu to be your father. My father will be inside. I entertained a few senior masters, and I will introduce you to me after a while, my father especially likes young and capable juniors like you."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Qin Xi and said with a smile, "Which master does Junior Brother Qin belong to?"
Gu Yuan snorted: "He... The elders of the division have been in seclusion for a long time, so it is inconvenient to tell the public."
Ke Yufei was stunned for a while, and then stopped asking: "It doesn't matter, they are all like-minded people. If Qin Xuedi is interested, you can chat with everyone. There are a lot of senior masters here today. I chatted with some seniors just now, and I too It has benefited a lot." After leading the people in, Ke Yufei said, "I won't entertain you for now, you can do whatever you want. My father will finish his work in a while, and I will take you to see him."
"Thank you." Gu Yuan said softly.
When Ke Yu flew away, Qin Xi said to Gu Yuan thoughtfully, "Why do I think his attitude is weird?"
"What?" Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, calmly took a glass of juice and sipped, and asked casually.
Qin Xi couldn't tell what it was like, he just felt weird. After thinking for a while, he said: "It seems... a look of aloofness? Probably this is the feeling."
Gu Yuan seemed to laugh, but when Qin Xi looked at it, he still had the dead face with a dead face, and said in a cold voice: "Xuan Ye asked me to arrange to erase his memory twice, do you remember?"
Qin Xi nodded. Office once, once in the old school theater.
"The memory has been erased twice, but he can naturally think of who my father is after I mentioned my father. Obviously, he knows that I have dabbled in mystic arts. Or... He has already guessed that I am proficient in this way." Gu Yuan Shaking the cup, he lowered his eyes and said, "But this place is his home court. Probably because he feels that everything is in his control, he naturally looks down on us."
This means that Ke Yufei... Even the entire Ke family knows that the elders of Gu Yuan will attend this banquet, and if there is any situation, it will be directed at Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan had to admit that Xuan Ye had predicted this time. If the Ke family's bureau is aimed at him, he really has no idea whether he can escape. After all, thousands of years ago, he was just an ordinary warlock, and Liu Jingtian, who was behind the Ke family, was already a big man who stirred the storm thousands of years ago. The same thousand-year memory, Gu Yuan didn't think he was able to fight against Liu Jingtian.
Qin Xi heard it in the fog, barely grasping a trace of inspiration: "He knows you're coming?"
Gu Yuan glanced at him, and said with great comfort: "It's not stupid. Try not to be too far away from me." Gu Banxian's desire to survive is also very strong.
Most of the visitors were middle-aged or even elderly, and there were many seniors with some fame in the occult world. But what can really be called a high reputation, Gu Yuan waited until three o'clock when the guests all arrived, and did not see a single one. On the other hand, some of them also dispatched juniors, and when they saw Gu Yuan, they came to say hello on purpose, and then they dealt with it and found an excuse to leave early. Until the official banquet at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Ke family left behind some people who had some skills in the mysterious art circle, but were not completely clean.
It just happened to confirm what Mr. Gu said to Gu Yuan, that the Ke family was probably not clean.
Gu Yuan didn't mind this. He ate and drank quietly with Qin Xi during the whole process, and occasionally listened to people not far from them discussing professional knowledge. Even if there were mistakes, he would never speak up.
Those who knew him and came to say hello and try to get in touch were mostly forced to retreat by Gu Yuan's lukewarm attitude and left with a bit of dissatisfaction.
Fortunately, the heir of the ancient family's "independence" is well known, and this attitude is not abrupt, but no one really cares about it.
As for Qin Xi... Ke Yufei had mentioned to some people that his senior had been living in seclusion for a long time, but no one present took him seriously, and most of them simply ignored him.
It was also true that none of the people present had any connection with the Three Realms Affairs Office, and even some people did not even know the existence of the Affairs Office, so naturally they would not find out Qin Xi's identity.
During the banquet, Ke Yufei's father, Ke Hongyu, appeared, and he had been talking to some old people who seemed to be of considerable status. About halfway through the banquet, Ke Yufei came to Gu Yuan.
"My father was in the study upstairs and said he wanted to talk to you about something. I didn't know it would be inconvenient to be a student..."
Gu Yuan nodded, then glanced at Qin Xi: "I'll go with Qin Xi."
"This..." Ke Yufei glanced at Qin Xi, and nodded after a moment of hesitation: "Okay, let's go over there."
Qin Xi, who was having a good time, was holding a small snack while he followed the two people upstairs in the fog. When he went upstairs, he saw a few people downstairs looking at them, and by the way, he saw Gu Yuan's hand beside him. Weird gesture.
That gesture Qin Xi was popularized by Xuan Ye was a specific gesture when they communicated with humans. Means... Dangerous.
However IMHO he really didn't get to the point of danger...
Following Ke Yufei all the way upstairs, and stopped in front of the closed mahogany door, Ke Yufei stopped and turned to look at Gu Yuan and Qin Xi, smiling slightly, with a dim light in his eyes: "Two juniors... Please."
Gu Yuan glanced at him, and calmly pushed open the door and walked in. Qin Xi followed behind Gu Yuan, looked at Ke Yufei who was smiling at him, and at Gu Yuan who stopped moving after one step into the room. He was silent for a while, and said to Gu Yuan in a low voice, "Go in a little bit, I'll go in. not going."
Furuhara:…
Ke Yufei: …
Sitting behind the desk, Ke Hongyu with an inscrutable expression:…
Okay, this time there is no strange atmosphere and ominous premonition. Gu Yuan twitched the corner of his mouth and took a step to the side to make way for Qin Xi, but cautiously did not move forward.
He always felt that there was something wrong with this study, there should be some hidden formation.
After the two entered together, Ke Yufei closed the door behind them.
Ke Hongyu crossed his chin with his fingers crossed and looked at the two young people quietly, with a half-smiling look: "You are the son of Gu Qingxing? It looks like... but that's it." After he finished speaking, he looked at the two of them. He smiled bitterly: "What are you afraid of? Afraid that I will set a trap for you? Young people think too much, even if there are any traps, they will be left to Gu Qingxing."
Gu Yuan looked at him with indifference.
Qin Xi couldn't help but poked Gu Yuan: "Is it because the villain died of too much talk?"
Furuhara:…
Ke Hongyu: …
Ke Hongyu slapped the desk with a burst of anger and anger, and walked one step away from Gu Yuan step by step, with a smile on his face: "I heard... The Three Realms Affairs Office is looking for Liu Jingtian?"
"?" Gu Yuan's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he didn't move half a step.
Qin Xi bumped into Gu Yuan again and couldn't help but say, "He just wants you to move, isn't it a little uncooperative for you to stay still?"
Ke Hongyu: ... ? ?
Gu Yuan really couldn't hold back, gave Qin Xi a stern look, and said in a low voice, "Shut up!"
"..." Wronged Baba.
Probably because he felt that setting up a not-so-high-end game would have to be demolished all the time. Ke Hongyu was very embarrassed. In this state, how dare you come to the banquet? Gu Qing Xing Sect is a coward? Or... Your dignified Lord Gu, who is on an equal footing with all the judges in the underworld, will also be afraid of me, an ordinary person?"
Gu Yuan moved his lips and sneered: "You know it's a trap, but you have to jump into it without knowing what to do. Do you think I'm a fool?" After speaking, he turned to open the door and left.
Qin Xi: … stunned.jpg
As a result, before Qin Xi was stunned, Gu Yuan's figure who stepped out of the study instantly disappeared.
"Hahaha... Young man, really thought I would set up a death formation for him in the study? The real formation was left in the corridor early in the morning... Ouch!!!???" He let Qin Xi, who was annoyed by the chanting, slap him back behind the table with a backhand, and fell into a mess. When he regained his senses, Qin Xi no longer had a shadow.
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Qin Xi: You should also cooperate a little bit, otherwise how will the plot play