Yunxi immediately noticed the change in Wei Chenyin's expression and asked in a low voice:
"Senior Sister, do you know this man?"
Wei Chenyin pressed her lips together.
"I'd recognize him even if he turned to ash. This is the True Lord Zuoqiu I told you about. Wei Nanfeng was able to return to the family unharmed back then because he stepped forward to vouch for him."
Yunxi raised her brows, secretly glad she had acted quickly. On the very first day Wei Nanfeng arrived in Haoran City, she had given him a bottle of "Flower Visage." Otherwise, once that old man reconnected with his former "old friend," who knew how he might sell her out!
Wei Chenyin clearly knew Wei Nanfeng better than Yunxi did. Seeming to think of something, she turned and said:
"Yunxi, True Lord Zuoqiu is not someone easily invited. That old bastard Wei Nanfeng invited him to the new clan grounds as a guest because he must have needed to ask for something. And he must have offered a reward tempting enough to move True Lord Zuoqiu, or he would not have shown himself so readily."
Hearing this, Yunxi's mind began turning as well. True Lord Zuoqiu was clearly one of Wei Nanfeng's connections. After the Wei Family moved to Haoran City, Ancestor Nanfeng had contacted him because he wanted one more backer.
But the Wei Family already had True Lords Yuling and Yufeng as backers, which was entirely sufficient. Yet he had still contacted True Lord Zuoqiu, so he clearly had other intentions. The only possibility Yunxi could think of was that he was paving the way for Wei Yunqing.
Combined with what Wei Yunqing had said before—how, on the day before Wei Nanfeng fell, she had received a Message Talisman from Ancestor Nanfeng—her