After hearing Liu Yue's words, an inexplicable force suddenly tightened, making Qiu Yan feel heavy all over, and his thoughts became clear.

"Not good! This is the backlash of the causal force involving kinship! Among the three major causalities, I have always been obsessed with the result of gratitude and hatred, and the causal force of ambition has not yet been involved. I am indeed a little negligent about kinship!"

The power of causality is mysterious and involves all aspects, like invisible ropes, connecting people with people, people with all things, and it is tangled. Not to mention anything else, just the involvement of luck is enough to make people tremble with fear. If you are not careful, you will go astray and it will be difficult to turn back.

Qiu Yan is a god, and he is more sensitive to this. Of course, he dare not ignore it. He hurriedly asked the reason and walked towards Pan's house under the leadership of Liu Yue.

In this way, under the backlash of causality, Qiu Yan struggled to restrain himself and followed Liu Yue all the way, and soon came to Pan's house. Then he followed Liu Yue into the house from the side door without stopping.

There were many servants in the Pan Mansion. Many servants and maids along the way saw the two of them and glanced at Qiu Yan, who was wearing rough clothes. Most of them showed surprise and then ignored them.

It was not until Liu Yue and the other arrived at the door of the back house that someone stepped forward to stop them.

"Stop! Liu Yue, who are you bringing? Don't you know the rules of the mansion? Can anyone enter the back house?" The two burly men who blocked the way had high temples and a gleam in their eyes. They were not good people at first glance.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Li," Liu Yue bowed hurriedly, "This is my cousin, he went to see Miss Six."

"Cousin?" The two looked Qiu Yan up and down, "If that's the case, then go over, go quickly, you can only stay for half an incense stick at most, don't make it difficult for us brothers."

"Yes, thank you two brothers for your tolerance."

After dealing with the two, Liu Yue took Qiu Yan into the back house.

This is a small garden, full of greenery, with flowers, plants and trees taken care of by special people, and the trimming is unique, but the two of them didn't bother to look carefully and hurried on.

The backyard is very large. After turning a few corners, the destination of the two finally appeared in front of them, but it was a room in the corner.

Pushing the door in, you can hear low sobbing. Qiu Yan looked around and saw three people, two women and one man. The man was not young, and it was Qiu Yan's uncle Liu Huai. Next to Liu Huai, a middle-aged woman was lying on the bed, her shoulders shaking, crying, and the remaining person was dressed as a maid, waiting on the side.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Liu Huai looked over and saw Liu Yue and Qiu Yan, so he waved.

The two walked over, and the middle-aged woman turned around and saw Qiu Yan, wanting to say something but stopping, crying.

Seeing the woman's face, memories came to his mind, and Qiu Yan immediately recognized that this middle-aged woman was his aunt Liu. Then his eyes passed over his aunt and fell on the bed. He immediately saw a pale face, but it was a young woman with a pretty face, eyes closed, covered with a quilt, lying motionless.

Seeing this pretty face, a series of memory fragments flashed through Qiu Yan's mind quickly, these fragments changed rapidly, and finally converged into a lively smiling face with a hint of shyness, but the next moment, the smiling face overlapped with the pale face on the bed.

This woman was Qiu Yan's cousin, Pan Rongniang.

Indistinctly, the power of cause and effect tightened again.

Qiu Yan suppressed the discomfort in his body. He noticed that Pan Rongniang's breathing was intermittent, and the weak vitality on her body was clearly on the verge of death.

"What happened? Why did my cousin become like this? Did you call a doctor to come and see her?"

In the past few days, there was no news that Pan Rongniang was seriously ill.

Hearing the question, Liu Huai, Liu Yue and Liu Shi trembled at the same time, then shook their heads and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Qiu Yan understood: "It seems that there is something inside. It's really one wave after another. However, under the involvement of cause and effect, I can't ignore it. The predecessor of this body seems to have a certain yearning for this cousin. If I let it go, the cause and effect will backfire. I don't know how much trouble there will be." Thinking in his heart, he looked at the maid beside the bed.

The maid's face was full of panic. When Qiu Yan asked just now, she obviously wanted to speak. At this time, noticing Qiu Yan's gaze, she finally couldn't help crying: "It was Master Tang who came to visit the mansion. He... He asked the master for a young lady. The young lady was taken to his room. It was only half a cup of tea before and after. When she came out, she became like this..."

Hearing that the maid had already said it, Liu, who had been suppressing her emotions, finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears: "My poor child, Yan'er, Rong Niang often misses you. If you can come to see her, she must know that she will..." The latter words were already sobbing.

"The most difficult thing to break is the human relationship." With a sigh in his heart, Qiu Yan remained silent, and the memories of his aunt and cousin continued to emerge in his mind.

Qiu Yan's predecessor had not seen his cousin for several years, but when he was young, when Qiu Yan's mother was alive, he could often see her.

Qiu Yan's aunt Liu suffered a lot because she became someone else's concubine. She didn't want her daughter to repeat the same mistake, so she always favored Qiu Yan. In her opinion, if Qiu Yan stopped pursuing fame and fortune, could settle down and live a peaceful life, with her brother's help, she could also set up some family business. If her daughter married Qiu Yan, she would be the legal wife, which was better than being a concubine.

This time, when she heard that Qiu Yan's family had changed and was staying at Liu Huai's house, Liu was tempted again, but unfortunately, something unexpected happened before she could take any action.

"The doctor has come and said that he can't be saved, so let's prepare for the funeral." Liu Huai saw that Qiu Yan knew the reason, so he stopped being silent.

Qiu Yan listened, stepped forward, bent down, and looked at Pan Rongniang carefully. There was a flash of white in his eyes, and then his face changed.

"She was fine last night, but she passed out within a cup of tea in Mr. Tang's room. How can this be possible!" the maid cried.

Half a cup of tea, in the previous life, is seven or eight minutes, at most ten minutes. Of course, nothing can be done in such a short time, but Pan Rongniang has become like this. No wonder the maid keeps complaining.

At this time, Qiu Yan suddenly straightened his body, but Liu Yue had already held his shoulders.

"Brother Yan, don't be impulsive. Mr. Tang is an extraordinary person. We can't afford to provoke him."

Liu Huai and Liu Yue were worried that Qiu Yan would act impulsively after knowing the reason, so they didn't want to tell him just now. Now seeing Qiu Yan's actions, how dare they relax at all?

Qiu Yan shook his head and said, "Uncle, cousin, rest assured, I know the difference between the important and the unimportant. This kind of thing involves human life, so we can't be careless. We should report it to the government and let the government do justice."

"This..." Liu Yue was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head, "You think too simply. Although Mr. Tang came to Yuanning for the first time, he was accompanied by the prefect and the sons of several officials during his travels these days. It is obvious that he has a close relationship with the government. If you sue him, I'm afraid that before the trial, his revenge will fall on us first."

Qiu Yan listened, but continued, "The prefect and the officials eat public food and are appointed by the court, not private officials of some family. Even if there are some personal connections, how can they be like dogs, instigated and manipulated by others, and bite the person who reported it to the government?"

"What a joke!"

As soon as Qiu Yan finished speaking, a sneer came from the door, and then a young man walked in, striding with a haughty look, and a domineering look on his slightly childish face.

Qiu Yan also recognized this young man, who was the third young master of the Pan family who he had met outside the Pan Mansion that day.

Young Master Pan San looked at Qiu Yan with a mocking expression: "You want to sue the officials? That's ridiculous! Don't make trouble for the Pan Mansion anymore, don't you think it's not chaotic enough now?"

As he spoke, his words gradually became hard, and he turned his head to look at Liu Yue: "Liu Yue, I see that you have studied for a few years and can read, and I want to cultivate you, but look, what are you doing? Young Master Tang likes Sixth Sister, that's her blessing, it's okay if she doesn't want to, but dare to resist? I tell you the truth, Pan Rongniang is in her current state because she didn't know what's good for her and tried to resist and assassinate Young Master Tang!"

Then, Young Master Pan San's voice became more serious and low: "You should be thankful that Young Master Tang is open-minded and will not pursue it. I have also said a lot of good things for your Liu family. Otherwise, do you think you can still stand here and cry? Don't think about your own status! However, saving your family is the limit. The Pan Mansion dare not keep you. Pack up and leave."

Liu Huai and Liu Yue were sweating profusely after hearing these words, and they thanked him in a hurry.

"Okay, just remember it in your heart. Our Pan family has been passed down poetry and books, and we have always put kindness first. You will go to the account office later to collect this month's money and food, and then leave first. We Pan family don't ask you to repay anything," he said, waving his hand and looking back at Qiu Yan: "But, it's better to take care of your people and don't cause any more trouble, otherwise even the king of heaven can't save you! Still want to report to the police? You must have read too much and become stupid!"

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to the stunned people in the room and walked away.

Looking at the back of the third young master Pan as he left, Qiu Yan smiled coldly, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"What a combination of kindness and force! This way of driving people away, arbitrarily accusing them of crimes, and cutting off other people's livelihoods, and making the victims grateful, although this method of controlling subordinates is still a bit crude, but it has already shown its initial signs. Who knows, in the future, he will be another "famous" clerk."

The investigation in the past few days also let Qiu Yan know that Pan Yuanwai of the Pan Mansion is a well-known philanthropist, but now seeing the behavior of the Pan family with his own eyes, he couldn't help shaking his head and had some understanding. Then he looked at Pan Rongniang on the bed again.

"Of course it's useless to report to the police, I know it very well! This soul has been taken away by someone. If it is not found back, the person will never wake up! I don't know where this young master Tang came from, and he can actually separate Rongniang's soul from her body! This kind of method must have some attainments in the way of sexual soul cultivation, and he is not an ordinary person!"