Chapter 183: The Situation Suddenly Changes
Since the end of the auction of Juxian Pavilion that day, the monks of Suwang Valley have returned to the sect, and only Bi Cong and Dai Zhen are still in this manor.
Among the three Suwanggu elders who had clashed with Jiang Feng and the four people before, Elder Lu came to investigate the truth about the cause of the death of the sect disciple, and after a few days of searching, he had a general understanding of what kind of person the little prince of the Yue family was, and even more roughly understood the cause of the incident, and speculated about the course of the incident.
As far as his subjective consciousness is concerned, the existence of a disciple like Yue Gongzi will only discredit the sect, and even if he changes Elder Lu himself, he may be a killer.
Even if there is no direct evidence to prove that Jiang Feng and the others are the real murderers in the end, Suwang Valley is not a Demon Sect, and there are also hostile forces in Wuhou County, so there are always scruples in acting, and it is not worth taking the initiative to jump into the "trap" deliberately set by Wuhou Mansion and others for a notorious disciple.
This was the final judgment made by the high-level members of the Suwang Valley Sect after hearing that Bi Cong and the three of them speculated on the events of that day. Therefore, Elder Lu had already returned to the sect with the crowd, leaving only Bi Cong and Dai Marks close to him, insisting on avenging his disciples.
Jiang Feng witnessed the black-robed night walker enter the manor, and a chill gradually appeared in his eyes, and finally quietly retreated, without daring in. At night to the second watch, Jiang Feng had already returned, Youmeng quietly changed out of the nocturnal black clothes, and also returned to the room, not long after, a handsome and elegant young man with a fan also entered the room of the summer night under the cover of night.
The night was deep, and in the room, Dugusheng thought about it for a while, and really couldn't understand everything that had happened in the past two days, and finally snorted angrily, complaining: "Bullying me can't turn my brain, and the reaction is slow, isn't it?
After that, I saw Dugu Sheng take out a palm-sized delicate bronze mirror, tap his eyebrows with his sword finger, and then draw in the void again and again, and finally pointed at his sword, and a red rune merged into the bronze mirror.
I saw the bronze mirror flickering several times, and the mirror surface suddenly rippled like the surface of the water, and when the ripples dissipated, a face appeared in the bronze mirror, not a lonely one, but Gao Zhuoyuan who was far away in Kyushu Extreme Sword Peak.
"Second child, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you missed me? Anyway, it's daylight over there, and it's still midnight here when I'm here, it's amazing!"
Dugu Sheng looked excitedly at Gao Zhuoyuan in the bronze mirror, this thing is a kind of contact spirit treasure of Jijian Peak, Gao Zhuoyuan is very good at ingenuity on weekdays, this mirror was specially transformed by him, and it was given to Dugu Sheng before he left the sect, and it was used as a contact between the two.
"I can't imagine that although the thirteen places of Kyushu are in the same ancient star of life, they also have the difference between day and night!
In the bronze mirror, it can be clearly seen that Gao Zhuoyuan's expression is very complicated, his eyebrows are beating uncertainly, and the corners of his mouth twitch, as if he is ...... Molars!
"Senior brother!" Gao Zhuoyuan suddenly took a long breath, called softly, and then suddenly roared at Dugu Sheng on the side of the bronze mirror, "How many times have you said it, don't call me second!" If you don't rest in the middle of the night, and you come to me just to make fun of me, I warn you, I will cut off the communication immediately, and then dig out all the wine you have hidden under the third floor tile under the bed and distribute it to the junior brothers and sisters!"
"Don't don't, don't! I was wrong, that's half my life! You must not do that! Obviously, you told me that if I encounter any unsolvable problems, and it is inconvenient to inform Jiang Feng and Xia Yedi, I will contact you, and you will help me with advice!"
Dugu Sheng panicked, holding the bronze mirror and apologized again and again, looking extremely embarrassed. Gao Zhuoyuan looked at his appearance at this time, suddenly smiled, and then hurriedly restrained his smile, and realized that the senior brother had something important to solve, and deliberately put on a solemn and serious appearance.
"If there's anything important, you can explain it within half a cup of tea!"
"Good!"
Dugu Shengyi nodded hurriedly, took the opportunity to divert the topic, and told Gao Zhuoyuan everything that had happened in the past few days, as well as all the doubts he knew, but because he hadn't paid too much attention to these, his understanding was also lacking, but it was barely enough.
The more Gao Zhuoyuan listened, the more serious his expression became, and in the end, the temperament of the whole person was grim and a little terrifying, and he solemnly instructed Dugu Shengyi: "The information and clues are very limited, and I can't be sure of all of them now, who is right and who is wrong, who is good and who is evil, I can't determine, but the only thing that can be determined is that in the Wuhou Mansion where you are, the undercurrent has begun to surge!"
"So what do I do now?"
Gao Zhuoyuan was silent for a few breaths, and replied: "Senior Sister Xia is in it, she should have inferred that since she asked you to keep it secret, there must be her reasons. However, now that the situation is not yet clear, my suggestion is that you stand still for the time being, so as not to accidentally disturb their plan of action, and secretly observe and be vigilant, and finally ...... Beware of Wu Xiulin!"
"I see!"
Dugu Shengyi solemnly said yes, Gao Zhuoyuan pondered for a while, and then asked: "Also, Senior Brother, is the companion Dream you just mentioned the monk you met in the Thirteen Lands?"
"No, she's a Kyushu monk, a little younger than me!"
As soon as Dugusheng heard this, he immediately briefly informed Gao Zhuoyuan about the dream.
"Hmm......" Gao Zhuoyuan thought for a long time before he said, "I have never heard of this person's name among the young Tianjiao in Kyushu, but since Senior Brother Jiang and Senior Sister Xia have acquiesced in her joining your team, it should be fine, and you have saved her life several times, so she should not have any ill will towards you!"
Dugusheng bowed his head silently, and was about to cut off contact after confirming that Gao Zhuoyuan had no other instructions, but Gao Zhuoyuan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly stopped him.
"Senior Brother, I am going to go through the last nine-day retreat in the near future in order to prepare for the upcoming experience of entering the world, you will not be able to contact me during this time, if you have any more problems, try to think twice before acting, or discuss with Senior Brother Jiang and them. The last sentence, be careful and cherish!"
Gao Zhuoyuan finally solemnly explained a few words and took the lead in ending the conversation. Dugusheng put away the bronze mirror with a precious heart, and began to think about how to act next.
He has a good relationship with Gao Zhuoyuan, and regards each other as brothers, and the degree of closeness is no less than that between him and Jiang Feng and others. Otherwise, Gao Zhuoyuan would not have given him a bronze mirror, and was willing to spend time and effort to give him advice and solve problems.
The night passed quietly, and when Jiang Feng opened the door, he saw one or two people in Xia Yeyan and Dugusheng, and this time, Youmeng didn't even carry out early repair.
......
"Brother Jiang, if you have nothing to do, why don't you hang around with me?"
In the afternoon, Jiang Feng was bowing his head and pondering, when he suddenly saw Wu Xiulin coming with a smile, secretly thinking hard to no avail, and happily set off and wandered around with Wu Xiulin.
The two of them had nothing to talk about, and in a blink of an eye, they had arrived near the mountain behind Wuhou Mansion, where it was clean, rarely populated, and the atmosphere was quiet and rare, which was also one of the good places that Jiang Feng found in Wuhou Mansion these days.
"Ah!!h
As soon as the two approached, they suddenly heard a woman's heart-rending cry of horror from the mountain forest, and immediately their faces changed, and they rushed into the forest following the sound, and saw the maid of the Wuhou Mansion sitting on the ground with a look of fear.
Jiang Feng frowned and looked in the direction of the maid's realization, only to see a decaying right hand stretched out from the ground under a little weed, exposed to the air.
Jiang Feng raised his foot and stomped on it, shaking out the corpse underground, but saw that the male corpse was shriveled, the whole body was dull in color, and the death was extremely hideous, as if he had experienced some kind of great pain and horror before he died.
"What the hell is going on, and why are you here?"
Wu Xiulin helped the maid up, blocked the corpse, and waited for the maid's mood to calm down a little before asking.
"Young master, Jiang Gongzi!" The maid said with tears in her eyes and trembling all over, "Miss suddenly said this morning that she wanted to eat wild meat, and now that spring is approaching, there are a lot of wild vegetables in the back mountains, and the slave maid wants to come and pick some fresh and flavorful wild vegetables as accessories, but I didn't expect to find this hand!"
"You go down first! Don't mention this to anyone for the time being, understand?"
"Slaves obey!"
As soon as Wu Xiulin waved his hand, the maid immediately left the back mountain tremblingly.
"Brother Wu, come and see!"
Jiang Feng half-knelt on the ground, and Wu Xiulin immediately leaned over to carefully investigate the corpse, and found that the deceased was actually a guard in the Wuhou Mansion, and he couldn't help but sink in his heart, and his face became more and more ugly.
"At this time, it was cold, and the degree of decomposition of the corpse was greatly affected, so we could not deduce the specific time of his death, but judging from the state of death, the essence and blood of the whole body were completely lost, and this killing method ...... He should have died at the hands of a demon cultivator!"
Wu Xiulin's preliminary analysis, Jiang Feng listened speechlessly, and when it was determined from Wu Xiulin's mouth that this person died at the hands of the demon cultivator, his fists suddenly clenched, and he muttered after half a sound: "Demon cultivator...... Is it?"
"Hmm!" Wu Xiulin didn't notice his abnormal expression, and said suspiciously, "But the Wuhou Mansion is heavily guarded, how can there be a demon cultivator? Could it be that the demon cultivators in Wuhou County did it, intending to provoke chaos in the situation in Wuhou County? Or is it that a certain demon cultivator with good cultivation sneaked into the Wuhou Mansion in order to heal his injuries?"
Every question of Wu Xiulin was like a heavy hammer hitting Jiang Feng's heart, his face suddenly turned pale, his pupils trembled slightly, and he seemed to be in some kind of struggle and vacillation.
"Brother Jiang, what do you think about this matter?"
Wu Xiulin Hu'er turned his head to look at Jiang Feng, who hurriedly collected his thoughts, but still said with a somewhat fluttering expression: "I...... I, I don't know ......"
"This is a big matter, I will investigate this matter clearly, but before that, please keep it secret from Brother Jiang, and don't leak it, so as not to cause unnecessary panic!"
"Good!"
Jiang Feng replied in a confused manner, and Jiang Feng agreed very much with Wu Xiulin's decision to put this matter down for the time being and ask him not to make a noise.
"There is one more thing I want to ask Brother Jiang to help!"
"What?"
Wu Xiulin looked at Jiang Feng and said solemnly: "Brother Lao, please Brother Jiang when I and Wuhou Mansion are investigating, I will go out to learn about some recent movements of the sect forces in Wuhou County, and focus on investigating the 'Xuanhuo Gate'!"
"No need to say anything about small things!"
Xuanhuomen was the largest demonic cultivation force in Wuhou County, and Jiang Feng immediately agreed. Immediately, Wu Xiulin put the corpse into the storage ring, and after leaving the mountain forest with Jiang Feng, they went their separate ways.
Jiang Feng hadn't taken a few steps when he happened to bump into Xia Yeyi, and hurriedly grabbed her shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Nightfall, why has Xiao You been staying in the room today, do you know what she is doing?"
"Why do you suddenly ask this? She told me before that she was going to retreat and practice for three days, and told us not to disturb her!"
"What kind of exercises are you practicing in retreat?"
Jiang Feng muttered in a low voice, and before Xia Yeyan could even hear what he was saying, he walked away absentmindedly.
When he was young, Jiang Feng was already outside the Wuhou Mansion, investigating the recent changes in the power of various sects, but he did not find any abnormal actions of the so-called Demon Sect Xuanhuo Gate, but many disciples of Suwang Valley have recently begun to gather in the manor where Bi Cong and Dai Zhen temporarily live.
This discovery made Jiang Feng feel even more uneasy, only to feel that the wind and rain were coming, and the situation suddenly changed!
And this depressed feeling finally reached its peak the next day, the moment when two corpses with the same dead appearance were found in the Wuhou Mansion again!
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(To be continued!)