I Just Won’t Play by the Book

Spores are the first step in becoming a mushroom. Unlike plants, spores cannot perform photosynthesis, which means they cannot support themselves, so they must find support.

And now, Jiang Beiran is their chosen "backer".

As long as they develop into mycelium, they can get a lot of nutrients from Jiang Beiran's body to grow themselves.

If it is said to be some "friendly" spores, while they absorb the nutrients of the "backer", they will also provide the "backer" with water and elements necessary for survival, which can be regarded as a win-win relationship.

But some spores are pure scumbags. They just absorb nutrients. As for whether the "backer" dies or not, it has nothing to do with them.

And now the batch of spores entering Jiang Beiran's body is just such a group of stinky hooligans. After they are inhaled into Jiang Beiran's body, they quickly disperse to find a place where they can have a full meal.

"呲呲... This body seems to be full of nutrients."

A muscle-covered spore wiped the saliva from his mouth and was about to pounce on the delicious blood when he saw a pure white figure appear in front of him.

"Get out of the way! Otherwise I'll hit hard."

And the white figure just smiled slightly, and then punched out.

Looking at the spores with no residue left in front of him, the white figure clapped his hands and disappeared instantly.

"what!!"

"what happened!?"

"What are these white devils!? Why are they so cruel!? Ah!!!"

...

In the screams, the spores disappeared in pieces, and there was no chance to move forward at all.

After taking two mouthfuls of spore powder, Jiang Beiran almost understood the function of these spores.

'parasitic. ’

Unlike poisonous powders that deplete human organs, spores are actually more difficult to handle because once they have formed in the target's body, they are difficult to eliminate.

The reason is that poisons can be neutralized with antidote to achieve the purpose of detoxification,

But spores don't work. Whatever panacea you take, it can be absorbed along with you, and there won't be any outsiders at all.

So if you want to get rid of the parasitic spores, you can only use physical means, but as long as these spores survive, they will multiply rapidly, and the body will be full of rooted mushrooms, cutting them and cutting their own flesh is actually No difference.

But once these spores can't be solved, they will completely drain the body they rely on, which makes Jiang Beiran think about the death of that person.

'It should be covered with mushrooms. ’

Knowing how troublesome the spore powder is, Jiang Beiran scattered them and walked to Qu Yangze and said, "Can you inhale these spores back into your body?"

Qu Yangze nodded after hearing this, and with a big mouth he sucked all the spore powder into his stomach.

"Talent..."

With emotion, Jiang Beiran patted Qu Yangze and said, "Come with me to the alchemy room later."

Although this mushroom was grown from Qu Yangze, Jiang Beiran found that the quality was exceptionally high, and it was not inferior to those ten-year, century-old treasures.

If this kind of treasure is eaten directly, it is undoubtedly a huge waste.

Therefore, Jiang Beiran plans to try to turn it into a poison pill next time, and it is a poison pill that Qu Yangze can eat as a tonic.

After watching the mushroom explosion performance, Jiang Beiran took the group back to the living room, and sat down at the table to brew flower tea.

"Is there anything else to gain?" Jiang Beiran asked while pouring water.

"No more." Wu Qingce and Qu Yangze shook their heads.

Nodding, Jiang Beiran concentrated on brewing flower tea.

...

At noon the next day, Jiang Beiran brought Wu Qingce and Qu Yangze to the box of a restaurant, where Wen Yunyan asked Gu Qinghuan to meet.

And the reason why Jiang Beiran wanted to come was naturally because Gu Qinghuan said that he was only 90% sure that he could retreat completely.

Then you have to make sure that 10% will not happen.

As for bringing Wu Qingce and Qu Yangze together, I just hope that they can see more of Qing Huan's negotiation level and study hard.

Arching his hands in the direction of his brother's "disappearance", Gu Qinghuan sat down cross-legged and waited quietly.

After about half an incense stick, there was a knock on the box door, Gu Qinghuan opened his eyes and said, "Please come in."

With a "squeak", the wooden door was pushed open, and a very gloomy-looking young man glanced at the box, then stepped in and looked at Gu Qinghuan and asked, "Are you the one who Guan San said, Gu Jian? "

"It's right here." Gu Qinghuan nodded, "Presumably Your Excellency is the third son of the Wen family."

"Yes, it's me." Wen Yunyan walked to the table and sat down cross-legged.

"I don't know whether Young Master Wen likes wine or tea?" Gu Qinghuan took out the wine bowl and tea cup at the same time and asked Wen Yunyan.

"You can drink anything, this time I want you to check something for me."

Seeing Wen Yunyan being so resolute and refreshing, Gu Qinghuan poured a bowl of wine and pushed it in front of Wen Yunyan.

"Young Master Wen wants to ask about your eldest brother?"

"Yes, as long as you can find the evidence that the Liu family's bastards killed my elder brother, I can satisfy you with whatever you want."

After taking a sip of wine, Gu Qinghuan smiled and said, "Is this what Young Master Wen said is true?"

"I, Wen Yunyan, always do what I say."

"Then please let me ask Mr. Wen a few

question. "

"Say, as long as it can help you find evidence, I know everything."

Since Wen Yunyan would find this place, naturally he had already heard about Gu Qinghuan's deeds, and both of his friends strongly recommended him to try it here.

Therefore, although he has never met, Gu Qinghuan's position in his heart is not low, so Wen Yunyan did not put on the air of being a son of a big family.

"Master Wen, did you ever think that Brother Ling was not killed by the Liu family?"

Wen Yunyan patted the table and said, "Impossible!"

"As far as I know, Brother Ling and that Miss Lin Yan were discovered at the same time. If it was the Liu family who killed them, of course they knew that they were most likely to be suspected, so why not destroy the corpses on the spot? Instead, throw the corpse there?"

Wen Yunyan smiled disdainfully and replied, "Because they know that whether they are buried or not, we will think of them."

Standing not far away, Jiang Beiran couldn't help but complained in his heart when he heard this answer.

"Okay, there's something inside..."

Although the six countries in the Central Plains have not been visited yet, as far as the current experience is concerned, apart from the cultivation base of the powerhouses in these six countries is much higher than that of other countries, their IQs are actually similar to those of the high-level officials in the Sheng country.

And the IQ is almost the same, which means that there will be a lot of "plots" of dog blood.

Such a deadly incident with obvious loopholes on the surface, but no one took a deep look at it at all, and directly determined that it must be a good thing done by the other party.

It was as if they were waiting for the protagonist to come over, frown, and a flash of inspiration, and then use their big smart heads to deduce these clues that even a dog could see.

When Jiang Beiran resisted and didn't complain, Gu Qinghuan said, "I wonder if Young Master Lin has thought that Brother Ling's corpse was found so easily because someone wanted you to see it quickly and go to conflict with the Liu family. ?"

Wen Yunyan frowned, "You mean someone wants to provoke a war between us and the Liu family?"

"Yes, the possibility does exist."

After a moment of silence, Wen Yunyan asked again, "But who would do this?"

"I will investigate this point slowly, but during the investigation, I hope to get the full support of Mr. Wen, otherwise we will not be able to get through in some places."

Wen Yunyan readily agreed after hearing this: "Don't worry, as long as you help me, I will definitely do my best to help you."

"I'm relieved to have said that, Mr. Wen."

"So you took over this matter?" Wen Yunyan asked.

"Master Wen's bid is so high, I have no reason not to accept it."

"Okay! Then I'll wait for your good news." After Wen Yunyan finished speaking, he put a shell like a conch in front of Gu Qinghuan, "As long as you speak into it, I can hear the voice."

'Good guy...the phone is out! ? ’

After listening to Wen Yunyan's words, Jiang Beiran was a little surprised. He originally thought that his method of sending letters from flying kites was high-end enough, but he didn't expect people to start using "telephones".

"Okay, I will." Gu Qinghuan nodded, "No matter what clues I find, I will notify Young Master Wen as soon as possible.

"That being the case, please be sure to find out the real murderer as soon as possible. I still have important things to do, so let's go first." Wen Yunyan suddenly stood up and said.

"I won't send you far." Gu Qinghuan also stood up together.

"You're welcome." With his back to Gu Qinghuan, Wen Yunyan left the box.

Looking at Wen Yunyan who was leaving, if Jiang Beiran was to comment on this conversation, it would be done in one go.

During the whole negotiation, the two did not have too many conflicts, and they all went straight to the point without any nonsense.

Jiang Beiran thought that a local snake like Wen Yunyan would definitely say something similar to "If you can find it, what do you want, but if you can't find it, then I will screw your head off".

The reason why such words didn't appear was obviously that the friends Gu Qinghuan had made had more weight, so Wen Yunyan, who was recommended, naturally had to take care of his friends' face.

In conclusion, Gu Qinghuan is better than he imagined, and it can be said that he has eaten a lot on this three-point land.

'Hey, I knew I shouldn't have brought the other two. ’

After all, only the first floor of Qinghuan can be seen in this box, and it is easy for the two to have the idea of ​​'Oh, it turns out that negotiation is so easy'.

But thinking that the three of them often stay together, I believe they should still understand the power of Qinghuan.

After taking off his face and sitting at the wine table, Jiang Beiran looked at Gu Qinghuan and asked, "Tell me about your next plan."

Bowing to his senior brother, Gu Qinghua replied, "I'm going to ask Wen Yunyan to help me enter some high-level places that only big families can go to, and then slowly investigate in the direction of Biyunzong."

'A very reasonable choice. ’

I went to a high-end place to show that I had tried my best to investigate the Liu family, and it was only because I turned my eyes away after no results, which was natural enough.

After all, no matter who is looking at it, the most suspect in this matter must be the Liu family.

So it's definitely not a problem to check from them.

"Okay, then let me know when you meet next time." Jiang Beiran waved to the corner of the room and left the box.

Since the system did not pop up any options, it means that helping Wen Yunyan to investigate the cause of his eldest brother's death will not cause them any trouble. If the general direction is ok, the rest is to keep the details

Wrong is fine.

In terms of details, Jiang Beiran was very relieved about Gu Qinghuan.

Seeing the senior brother beckoning to him, Wu Qingce and the others also took off their blank faces, bowed their hands to Gu Qinghuan and left with the senior brother.

...

Walking on the street, Jiang Beiran triggered the system options while thinking about the next step.

After bypassing another table of rangers who drank and didn't pay, a paper kite suddenly fell in front of Jiang Beiran.

Reaching out to take Zhi Yuan, Jiang Beiran quickly read the content in his heart and praised in his heart.

‘As expected of a protagonist-type character, the efficiency of work is still OK. ’

This paper kite was sent to him by Huo Hongfei. Before Jiang Beiran arranged for him to go to Zeng Kingdom to investigate the whereabouts of Emperor Gu, he did not expect to make progress so quickly.

‘There are so many talents, so many talents, Meidi is very good, Meidi is very good. ’

However, the progress of Huo Hongfei's side was not as fast as that of Gu Qinghuan's side. Gu Qinghuan had already locked on Zhan Riliu and thought of a plan on how to obtain it, while Huo Hongfei only found some clues.

However, the difficulty of Huo Hongfei's investigation of Emperor Gu was greater than that of Gu Qinghuan.

After all, Zhan Riliu was the exact news that Jiang Beiran got from Shi Yutong, while Emperor Gu was the less certain gossip on Lin Shiyun's side.

The difficulty of which of the two can be said to be very different.

Before Jiang Beiran asked Ju Zimin, a local, to investigate for so long, he couldn't find any clues, but Huo Hongfei made progress as soon as he left, which can be said to be quite impressive.

What Huo Hongfei wrote in the letter was that he had found someone who had secretly sold Emperor Gu in the black market.

It's just that Emperor Gu is a contraband among contraband, and even Zeng Guo, the most freely traded country, can't tolerate it, so there are very few people who know about it, and those who know about it will not tell others. I have participated in this business, so it is extremely difficult to investigate.

Now Huo Hongfei's progress is that he found one of the merchants in the black market who had seen the emperor Gu seller, and told him where the emperor Gu seller used to be.

Although Huo Hongfei kept apologizing in the letter, he said that there was no substantial progress in his investigation.

But Jiang Beiran already felt that this person was a little too modest, and it was enough to confirm that Zeng Guo did have the Emperor Gu.

All that's left is to investigate slowly.

Back at Feifu, Jiang Beiran bypassed Shi Fenglan's swooping and went directly to the study, and wrote a reply letter to Huo Hongfei.

After sending out the letter, Jiang Beiran returned to the living room and looked at Qi Qi and asked everyone who saluted him.

"We have barbecue at night."