Evergreen Immortal

In Qinghe, a residential area in the south of the city, the raging flames temporarily stopped, leaving only the blackened ruins.

"Master Chai."

Cao Wei and Jiang Linxian both appeared in front of the ruins with their people.

"What happened?"

Cao Wei looked at the house, which still had a little flame and almost nothing left.

Chai Jinggong said:

"One of my men accidentally found out that Gao Zhen had another residence in Qinghe, so I came to check it out. Unexpectedly, my men were killed as soon as they arrived, and the house was burned down."

"Damn it!"

Cao Wei was even more angry. This was a blatant provocation under his nose!

"Can you find out who did it?"

Chai Jingong narrowed his eyes slightly: "If the prediction is correct, it should be the work of the Guiming Sect."

"Ghost Cult?"

Cao Wei raised his eyebrows: "Brother Chai means that Gao Zhen was killed by the Guiming Sect. How can you tell?"

Chai Jingong explained:

"Brother Cao also knows that my Qi is special and I can smell things that ordinary people can't smell."

"I have had some dealings with the Guiming Sect. The Evil God Method they practice has a unique smell. As long as it is touched by someone from the Guiming Sect, I can smell it as long as the interval is no more than an hour."

Hearing this, Cao Wei was delighted: "Brother Chai is very capable. Now that we know it was the Guiming Sect, it will be easy to handle."

Chai Jingong shook his head: "No, now we can only prove that Gao Zhen's death is related to the Guiming Sect, but there is no evidence yet whether it was really the Guiming Sect who killed him."

Cao Wei didn't take it seriously and still said firmly: "It must be the work of the Guiming Sect!"

"Before Gao Zhen died, we had just fought a battle with the Gui Ming Sect. These monsters were obviously waiting for an opportunity to take revenge!"

Jiang Linxian looked calm.

Chai Jinggong glanced at Cao Wei, who looked angry, but said nothing.

As far as he knew, Cao Wei had always served in the Ministry of War and the military. He had a really bad temper and was very resolute in his work.

But are you so excited today, are you really angry because of the Gui Ming Cult killing people?

At least Chai Jingong doesn’t think so.

Cao Wei seemed to be reckless and impulsive. Before collecting the evidence, he said that the Guiming Cult killed the person.

In fact, the reason why he said this was to ask Chai Jinggong to put the blame on the Guiming Sect and close the case as soon as possible.

This period of time has passed since we came to Qinghe.

The pressure from the Gao family was increasing, and not surprisingly, Duke Wei also began to pay attention to this matter.

I receive documents from Annan Town every day.

More than three years combined.

Without exception, it was the same thing that urged them to solve the case as soon as possible.

But Gao Zhen obviously ran out of Qinghe on his own, and deliberately concealed it. Even the closest servants didn't know the situation, and all clues were lost. How were they supposed to investigate?

So the best way is of course to find a scapegoat.

Currently, Gui Ming Sect is undoubtedly the best choice.

Cao Wei may have had this idea for a long time.

Now it is even more appropriate to find evidence of the connection between Gao Zhen and the Gui Ming Sect, which is most suitable to be used to convict him.

But was Gao Zhen really killed by the Ghost Sect?

At least that's not what he thinks at the moment.

Chai Jingong sighed softly.

The case eventually evolved into a situation he didn't want to see.

He is a genius in investigating crimes, but everything depends on evidence, and even if he passes by, he must leave traces.

After several days of investigation, he actually found a lot of useful information.

Judging from the information currently available, he had an intuitive guess that Gao Zhen was most likely not killed by the Guiming Sect, and it was even very possible that Gao Zhen was inextricably linked to the Guiming Sect.

This is an instinct that comes after years of investigating the case.

But every time he solves a case, his intuition is proven to be correct.

But if that were the case, things would be in trouble.

A disciple of the Gao family became an official, had an affair with the Guiming Sect, and was later killed.

If this news reaches the court, it will definitely cause an uproar.

The death of Gao Zhen is a small matter, but the Lin Party will definitely make a big fuss about it and bring down the Gao family. I don't know how many people will be involved by then. It will be a major earthquake in the Yu Kingdom.

The Gao family may even take action against those with knowledge in advance to suppress the case.

Use the death of a traitorous tribesman to eliminate the impact on the Gao family.

Which is more important is obvious.

In the eyes of those big shots, there is only profit. As long as it is beneficial to the family, no matter how bad things are, they will do it.

Justice doesn't matter at all.

Chai Jingong did not express his inner conjecture:

"Master Cao, the case is still unknown. I hope you will order someone to investigate the situation of this house again."

"Little things."

Cao Wei agreed without thinking.

He was eager to find more clues related to the Ghost Cult.

The more times the Guiming Sect appears, the better he can convince Mr. Xue to make a deal.

the truth?

He has long since cared nothing about the truth.

As long as he can deliver, he can catch a murderer right now, as long as the explanation is reasonable.

"Each one has his own agenda."

This is Li Rui's evaluation of Jiang Linxian, Cao Wei and Chai Jingong.

He and Ge Hong were standing not far away.

The three of them didn't shy away from the two of them when they spoke, so they listened to the whole thing.

Different ideas about things will eventually show up as different attitudes and approaches to things.

Jiang Linxian was most indifferent to Gao Zhen's death.

Why?

Most likely, the relationship with his backer is strong enough, so this matter will not affect his future at all.

Moreover, this matter is not the main responsibility of joining the army, so there is no need to cause trouble.

But Cao Wei is different.

He has not yet reached the point where the big boss behind him will protect him no matter what happens, so he must show results.

Chai Jingong is in the same situation.

After all, the positions are different and the buttocks cannot sit together.

Li Rui looked at the ruins still smoking.

Thoughtful in mind.

"Who could have done it?"

"Zhuang Renhe?"

County government office, inner courtyard.

"Who is it?"

"Who is it?"

Zhuang Renhe's eyes were red, as if he were a ferocious beast that was about to devour people.

He has heard about what happened in the south of Qinghe City today.

Gao Zhen is dead.

He doesn't care.

Anyway, he didn't participate in Gao Zhen's mission, and he also had spies in An Ning Guard. Cao Wei and Chai Jingong didn't find any clues, let alone implicate him.

But just when he thought that the matter would become an unsolved case and that he could continue to be the county magistrate safely.

Things have changed, and now the finger is pointed at the Gui Ming Sect.

"If the Criminal Department wants to investigate, let them investigate. Don't kill anyone again!"

He also felt that this matter must have been done by people from the Guiming Sect.

"idiot."

"They're all idiots!"

Although he is also a member of the Guiming Sect, he is the second head of the banker family, and he really doesn't have much favorable impressions of the people of the Guiming Sect.

"No, we must find a way to stop them."

"If you continue to make things bigger, maybe one day you will be found on me."

Zhuang Renhe thought about it and made a decision quickly.

He doesn't think Chai Jingong of the Criminal Department is a fool.

On the contrary, Chai Jinggong can achieve his current position because he has several skills in the capital, especially when it comes to solving crimes.

The more the Gui Ming Cult does, the more clues will be exposed. Not doing anything now is the best way.

Just between Zhuang Ren and Sisi.

There was a knock on his door.

Zhuang Renhe shouted impatiently: "Come in!"

Then the door creaked and someone pushed it open. It was the maid from the county government office.

The maid asked playfully:

"Sir, the water has warmed up. Should you take a bath now or wait a while? I will undress you."

Zhuang Renhe has a habit.

I just have to take a shower every day to fall asleep.

For the people at the bottom of Yu State, it was considered good if they could take a bath once a month. In winter, they could not take a bath for three to four months in a row. They would only go to the river outside the city to wash in the river outside the city until the weather warmed up in spring.

The richer people used large wooden buckets to boil water for bathing.

But it would take half a day to burn a large bucket of water, and the cost of firewood alone was not a small sum.

Not many people can bathe every day.

Zhuang Renhe hummed: "Let's wash it now, come here and undress me."

Finished.

The little maid stepped forward timidly and stretched out her slender fingers to untie Zhuang Renhe's belt.

The moment his fingers were about to touch the belt.

Zhuang Renhe, who was originally expressionless, flashed a fierce look in his eyes.

The right hand on the belt was raised suddenly, creating a gust of palm wind and hitting the little maid's head.

But he saw that the little maid reacted very quickly, and suddenly she leaned backward and flew several meters upside down against the ground.

A giggling sound came from his mouth.

The next moment.

The skin on the little maid's face fell off inch by inch, and the face of a charming woman appeared.

Zhuang Renhe snorted coldly:

"Slut, if you dare to do this again, I will kill you."

"You touched the people in my house?"

The charming woman laughed so hard that her branches trembled, and her originally shriveled figure became trembling.

"How dare I touch Mr. Zhuang's men?"

Zhuang Renhe's eyes were still cold, and he snorted: "It's best this way."

But my heart sank.

"It's really the people killed by the Guiming Sect!"

The woman in front of him was none other than Liu Jiaoniang, the Thousand-faced Rakshasa who ranked third among the Twelve Blood Disciples.

Like the old mother Wan Gui who was killed by Jiang Linxian before, she is also good at disguise.

Even Liu Jiaoniang's accomplishments in disguise are even better than those of Wangui Old Mother.

When Liu Jiaoniang, one of the twelve blood disciples, appeared in Qinghe, it was hard not to make him feel that the previous events in the south of the city had nothing to do with her.

Zhuang Renhe looked at Liu Jiaoniang with a gloomy look:

"Why did you kill several of Chengnan Gaozhen's men? Don't you know that this would expose you?"

Hear the words.

Liu Jiaoniang was stunned and blinked her big eyes:

"I...kill someone?"

The corner of Zhuang Renhe's mouth twitched: "What, you want to hide it even from me?"

Liu Jiaoniang was immediately laughed out of anger, raised her voice and said in a sinister tone:

"I have just arrived in Qinghe. If I want to kill you, I will kill you first."

Zhuang Renhe looked at it for a while, and finally asked in confusion:

"You really can't kill people?"

"Nonsense, I want the whole world to know about my murder, and I don't bother to waste my time hiding it."

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Zhuang Ren and Wu Yan.

From Liu Jiaoniang's expression just now, he could be sure that it was not Liu Jiaoniang who killed the person.

And according to the Guiming Sect's style of conduct, killing is killing, and Liu Jiaoniang really has no need to hide it from him.

Then here comes the problem.

Since the murderer was not Liu Jiaoniang, then who did it?