After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 580 Murder

"After I received your entrustment, I sent people to investigate. When I found the village, I found out that the two brothers died in the long grass by the river. In the throat, Chen Er is in the back of the heart. There are still some wounds on Chen Da's body, which may be scratched when struggling, or wrestled with the murderer. Oh, the bone is visible in the injury on the right arm."

   "Time of death?"

   "The officials sent by the government believe that they probably died in the evening of the day before yesterday, which is the second day after the bombing of the posthouse."

  He Lingchuan hummed: "Kill and silence."

  As expected.

  Old Ge asked for instructions: "Look, do you want to continue the investigation?"

   "If you continue to search, you can only find middlemen at most, right?"

   "Perhaps." Lao Ge didn't deny it, "The nobles above don't want to get their hands dirty when they do things. They usually hire middlemen. They are very experienced."

   This set is clear to him, because he is also a middleman.

   "Then you don't need to look it up, I already know it."

Among He Lingchuan's opponents, Da Sinong should be a smart person, and he would not trouble the Chiyan envoy again for the sake of his convicted son-in-law. Prince Yan is absolutely useless in fighting for her husband's chance of survival; and poisoning and killing people seems to be something that the commander-in-chief of Tongxinwei would not do.

  So the only remaining options are the Cen family or the Zhongsun family.

  Since Zhong Sun Ce was ridiculed by Fu Shanyue's crazy output in Dunyuan a few days ago, He Lingchuan thinks that he is the most suspected.

  After the posthouse exploded, Zhong Sun Ce must have regretted it so much that his intestines were green. Now that the Chen brothers have been silenced, the Zhongsun family should not dare to make another move in the short term.

   Everyone is afraid of getting burned.

  But He Lingchuan didn't intend to retaliate now.

  As long as the real culprit behind the case of the old medicine can be found out, Zhongsun's family probably won't be able to escape. So if there is a chance later, he'd better give Bai Ziqi an assist.

  Thinking about these things, He Lingchuan understood. After the donkey cart walked all the way, he chatted with Lao Ge all the way.

  Old Ge treated him so well, he was completely different from the last time he led the group. He took the trouble to answer any questions he had, and when he smiled, he couldn't see his teeth.

  He Lingchuan originally thought that only human beings are respectful. But this gibbon clearly knows it too.

  He understands that besides being the halo of a Red Yan envoy, the main reason is that he is famous in Lingxu City.

  Being friends with celebrities has some advantages.

   Talking with him, I learned that Lao Ge was born in Shanyu Country, and left his hometown to come to Lingxu 20 years ago, where he has gradually grown. The main business is wholesale trading of fishery goods—from He Lingchuan’s understanding, he should be the “fisher tyrant” in the fishing market in this area—as a sideline business, he just does everything.

  If the Chen brothers are not dead, as long as He Lingchuan pays some money, Lao Ge will be more than happy to teach him a lesson.

  According to the words He Lingchuan learned in another world, it is used to describe Lao Ge just right:

   Bull ghosts and snake spirits.

   While speaking, the donkey cart drove through a busy street. There was a lot of people here, and it was much more prosperous than Nanli District, but He Lingchuan saw a large area of ​​burnt gravel on the side of the road.

  The building covering hundreds of square meters was burnt to the point where only broken tiles remained, and only a few large black pillars barely stood.

   There are not many people here, they come and go, they are all cleaning up the mess, but the work is done lazily.

   "Where is this?" He Lingchuan roughly guessed.

   "Qingfu Temple." Roadside construction, the traffic ahead was crowded, and the donkey cart also slowed down. "A few days ago, the water went out. In just over an hour, even the temple and people were burned clean."

   "This is Lingxu City, no one has used magic to extinguish fire?"

"It is said that fires broke out in several places in the temple at the same time, and there was a northerly wind that night, and the fire was blown up by the wind." Lao Ge said, "The residents nearby told me that the flames were red with blue. It’s not Fan Huo. The government sent a water dragon cart, and they also recruited a lot of magicians to practice it, but it’s useless!”

   "So many houses, all burned down within an hour?"

   "Yes, it's all burned up." Lao Ge shook his head, "A powerful man came here after hearing the news, and the Qingfu Temple has been burned down."

   "How many people died?" Hey, the dignitaries of Lingxu City like killing people so much?

   "I don't know the details, but there must be seventy or eighty?" Lao Ge scratched his head, "Originally, the incense here is very prosperous, and tourists also like to come to pay their respects."

   "Which **** did you offer?"

   "Tongming Zhenjun."

   "..." He Lingchuan couldn't even explain how he felt when he heard the name of this god. He Chunhua was almost beheaded by his entire family because the He family was reported to pay homage to Tongming Zhenjun.

  Looking at Lingxu City, the temple is grandly set up on the side of the most prosperous street, and is worshiped by all people.

   "This temple seems to be involved in the elixir case." He Lingchuan asked him, "Have you heard?"

   "Eternal medicine?" Lao Ge didn't even blink, "I haven't heard of it. Does this thing have anything to do with ordinary people?"

  He Lingchuan smiled: "Of course not."

  Old Ge gritted his teeth: "I only bring tourists here to worship incense, and I don't know about the rest."

  He is a smart ape, he knows very well what he can intervene in, and what things he should hide as far away as possible.

  The donkey cart soon stopped at a small square.

  He Lingchuan needs to change trains here, and take a deer cart with other passengers to Xushan.

  Xu Mountain was the top priority of his trip to Lingxu City, no matter how many troubles he still had on his body, he had to go to the field to investigate.

  The two moose were stuffed with half-belly fodder, and now they held their heads high and were full of energy. After more than a dozen guests got into the car, they trotted and ruminated.

  This level of running is equivalent to walking for them, without delaying meals.

  Looking at the costumes of tourists, there are many places in the world.

  The two strong mandrills that He Lingchuan saw with the group last time were the last to get into the car. A guest looked at them and asked weakly, "Who are these two?"

   With a face full of flesh, he doesn't look like a monkey at first glance.

   "The guard on the car." Lao Ge showed a kind smile, "Please pay a lot of money to protect you."

  The guest was worried: "Is the Xushan Mountain safe, or the road?"

   "Everything is safe." Lao Ge is generous and generous, "You can't just ignore the security just because you are always safe. If someone makes a mistake on the mountain, these two will come in handy!"

  There are two young men with weak crowns on the deer cart. They are talking freely as if no one else is there. One has big ears and the other has a handsome face. He Lingchuan saw that they came together, and their clothes were similar, so they probably came from the same source.

   Taking a closer look, it still looks familiar.

  There were not many empty seats in the car, so He Lingchuan sat with them.

  The handsome man saw that He Lingchuan was imposing, his gait and expression were different from others, he immediately cupped his fists and said with a smile: "Oh, we seem to have met at the Dunyuan sale?"

  He Lingchuan replied: "I said it looks familiar, so it's the two of you."

   This is the guest who bought the unknown strange thing in the **** bone necklace at the Dun Garden sale.

   "The horn-like object was bought back, has someone identified it?"

  The two shook their heads: "No, it was stolen."

   "Stolen by..."? "What's going on, have you reported it?"

"On the second day after we left Dunyuan, we just wanted to find some capable people in Lingxu City to appraise it, but the object disappeared. I remember that I put it in the storage ring before going to bed, and woke up the next day. It's gone." The handsome man said, "I have already reported the case to the local government office, but after so many days, there is no response."

  He Lingchuan let out a sigh: "You must have been targeted a long time ago." The price of the thing is not expensive, why do people who fancy it not go to the scene to participate in the auction, but steal it afterwards?

   "What is this picture?"

  He Lingchuan's heart skipped a beat. At that time, at the side of the showcase at the sales site, the soul-absorbing mirror reminded him that several people were following him. But after he left the display cabinet, those people did not follow him.

  So they are actually staring at these unknown strange things? Want to see who the buyer is?

"That's all, it's not expensive anyway, so just treat it as a waste of money and eliminate disasters." The guests who can be invited to Dunyuan are at least not ordinary people, and the man is more enthusiastic, "Come, let's get to know each other again. My name is Jiang Tao, he is Gao Jilin, we are from Zhi country. What is your name?"

   "Congratulations." He Lingchuan blinked, "The single name is a cloud word, from Fu Kingdom."

  He came up with a random pseudonym because Jiang Tao was too talkative. If he reported his real name, I'm afraid there will be no peace along the way.

  Fuguo is a small place, Jiang Tao said a few times, although he still had a smile on his face, but that hospitality was discounted.

   "I remember that Fuguo seems to produce a kind of fragrant wood, which is fragrant and antiseptic. I always have it in my house."

  He Lingchuan hummed: "Yunxiangmu."

   "Yes, yes. Where did Brother He go to high school?"

  He Lingchuan replied vaguely: "I haven't settled down yet, wait until I get back from this trip."

  Jiang Tao yelled again, and his enthusiasm was reduced by two points.

  It turned out to be a homeless student, with some wealth and connections in his family, and he came to Lingxu City to study abroad and had experience in gold plating. In a small place like Fuguo, you can find a very good public job with just a few favors.

  He Lingchuan asked back and found out that these two were students sent by Zhiguo to Lingxu City. They came here to observe and study, and they are the children of high-ranking officials in their own country.

  It turned out to be a government-sponsored overseas student.

   There are a large number of foreign students living in Lingxu City. They are studying in the academy, while observing the scenery, laws, and human relationships of Lingxu City, the best of them can even enter the royal court as officials.

Zhi Country is a small country in the northeast of Bega, with a population of less than 5 million, not as many people as Lingxu City. However, there are two natural deep-water ports on the seashore that do not freeze in winter. Carrying trade and freight can also live well.

  Jiang Taojian talked, talking about what he saw and heard in Lingxu City, even if others didn't speak, he could sing a one-man show by himself.

  He admired Lingxu City endlessly, and he could give endless examples to illustrate.

  The mandrill sitting in the back row kept digging his ears, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

  Old Ge also rolled his eyes a few times. This guy is so capable, his voice was all the way along the way, I was going to do some explanations along the way, but now I don’t bother to open my voice.

  (end of this chapter)