Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 1804 (One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four)
"When you touched the invisible curtain and the clan leader's attitude towards you changed, how come something went wrong with the gray house?!" Tie Jinjue asked.

"Yes, it's such a coincidence." Tie Hongyan said.

Tie Jinjue asked: "Won't the clan leader suspect you of doing something to the gray house?"

"Yes, uncle." Tie Hongyan said, "Dad did suspect me. I was sleeping when my dad came to see me that day, and I heard my dad's voice in a daze. He said that I was not nervous at all after doing something I shouldn't have done. Later I found out that there was a problem inside the gray house, and dad thought I did something to the gray house that day when I touched the invisible curtain. Fortunately, dad later knew that the problem inside the gray house was not caused by me."

"What exactly went wrong with the gray house?" Tie Jinjue asked.

"Later I heard from my father that it seemed to be caused by the mistake made by Taoist Hou who was related to the gray house." Tie Hongyan said.

Tie Jinjue asked again: "When did the clan leader tell you that it was caused by the Taoist priest's mistake?"

"Those alchemists told me the next day when they came to Aoqian Palace to perform a ritual." Tie Hongyan said.

"The clan leader told you the day after you came here to perform the ritual? The day before you told you, when those alchemists were performing the ritual, did the clan leader know that it was not you who did it?" Tie Jinjue asked.

Tie Hongyan said: "I think when those alchemists were performing the ritual, Dad should have felt that it was not my fault."

Tie Jinjue asked, "Before this, when you were still in Neiju, the clan leader said that you didn't get nervous after doing something you shouldn't have done? At that time, he still thought that the problem with the Gray House was caused by you, right?"

"Yes." Tie Hongyan said, "Dad's expression was indeed very cold at that time. He told me to get up, and I got up. Dad said he knew I would go to the gray house and would do something. I denied it, but Dad didn't believe me and said I was playing a trick on him. He even mentioned my uncle..."

Before Tie Hongyan finished speaking, Tie Jinjue asked nervously, "What did you mention about me?" Tie Hongyan said, "At that time, I said that I approached the gray house out of curiosity, and left after being pushed out by the invisible curtain. Dad said to me, 'If you didn't do this, could it be done by the person who went with you?' I said that the person who went with me didn't do anything, and Dad said that he had asked you the night before, saying that you actually said that you chose to go that road because you saw thick smoke on the road. Dad also said that it was really strange, and asked why there was thick smoke on that road, and asked if it was arranged by me."

“Ah?” Tie Jinjue’s heart trembled. “The clan leader even asked if you arranged this?!”

"Yes." Tie Hongyan said, "On the day when the Taoist priest came here to perform a ritual, my uncle did tell my father about the thick smoke, right?"

Tie Jinjue said: "Yes, I did. But I really didn't expect the clan leader to ask if it was you who arranged it."

"I was also very surprised when I heard it at that time." Tie Hongyan said.

"Do you think the clan leader doubted me at that time?" Tie Jinjue asked, with obvious uneasiness in his eyes.

Tie Hongyan said: "I don't know what Dad really thinks, but I feel that he doesn't doubt you at all. Dad said that he saw that you, Wu Xunsheng and the two people carrying the sedan chair were all fooled by me."

Tie Jinjue thought for a moment and said, "The clan leader said this, could it be that he is trying to test you?"

Tie Hongyan said: "Not really. Dad even told me: 'You can even make use of Elder Tie. You really have great abilities!'" As she spoke, she imitated the way Tie Wandao spoke.

(End of this chapter)