Chapter Seventy-Nine: Mortals
Ying Ying stood at the door, watching Feng Yan and Wei Xingzhen's carriage disappear around the corner before slowly returning.
Kuang Lu only appeared in the courtyard again at this time, "Sir, Jia Gu Heng, Hong and Sha have all left this morning. ”
"yes, I know."
Ying walked slowly inside, Kuang Lu following behind him.
"There's one more thing that makes me a little uneasy." Kuang Lu said in a low voice.
Blemish stopped and turned around, "...... What's wrong? ”
Kuang Lu's eyes looked vacantly in the direction of the flawed Ying, "Jia Gu Heng is very interested in Du Weifeng's name. ”
Blemish laughed, "He seems to be interested in these kinds of names." ”
"I'm worried that during this time, he will go to find some trouble," Kuang Lu said softly, "Do you want Ah Yu to take a look-"
"No, no." Blemish Ying shook her head, "It's too much for her. ”
"Then Jiagu Heng's side—"
"You don't have to worry about him," Blemish said softly, "he's not like us, and if killing a few Duthorns can calm him down, it's worth it, even if it attracts some unnecessary attention and encirclement." ”
Kuang Lu stood in place, thinking about the flawed words.
Until now, he still remembered the feeling of the last time he fought with Du Mock Feng briefly, the chilling killing intent was hidden between his powerful moves, Kuang Lu never saw what the weapon in Du Mock Feng's hand was, he could only feel that it was ferocious and sharp to cut through the wind in front of his throat, as if he was about to fall into the other party's cage if he was not careful.
In every sense, this is an opponent worth treating carefully, otherwise Mr. Fang would not have suddenly stopped capturing Feng Wan last time - Ah Yu also said at the time, there is an ambush, there is a strong enemy, and if you shoot, you will die.
But on Jia Gu Heng's side, Mr. Bian's reaction became "It's worth it even if you kill a few Du Weifeng".
What the hell is this man with rhino horns...... Where did it come from?
"What about the young cultivators?" Defective Ying asked suddenly.
"In the house." Kuang Lu replied, "You want to see him now?" ”
"Hmm." Ying nodded, "I'm going to go to Feng's house tonight, and I guess I'll stay late...... Let him come to the study now with his things, so as not to delay again. ”
"Okay, I'll call him."
After seeing Kuang Lu leave, Fang Ying walked forward with steady and brisk steps, the rockery and potted plants in the courtyard were quickly left behind him, and there were birds flying in flocks in the sky not far away.
The morning sun shone down, and he couldn't help but smile, only to feel that today's light was particularly joyful.
……
In the house of the Peach Blossom Health Office, Du Weifeng was making tea for himself.
He had already heard a little about the tragedy that happened outside the city before, and this wave of unsettled waves of momentum really made people feel a sense of urgency that black clouds were pressing down on the city.
He thought about going to the Demon Administration for a while, and when he turned around, he picked up the tea cup on the table with his sleeve, only to hear a crisp sound, and the white porcelain cup used to make tea fell to the ground, shattering the residue on the ground.
In a basket not far away, there were already two piles of broken porcelain pieces—the third cup he had broken this morning.
This time, Du Weifeng didn't take a broom to clean it up.
He looked at the broken porcelain on the ground, and felt ominous in his heart.
From the moment he opened his eyes today, he was a little uneasy, as if something was about to happen, and he was completely unaware of it.
This feeling of unquenchable anxiety has hardly ceased these days—he knows that some calamity is coming, but he does not know how to prevent it, and when all the storms suddenly calm down, he does not know what conspiracy lies behind these temporary tranquilitys.
He couldn't figure out the things one after the other, one after the other, and there was nothing he could do, and this keen intuition could no longer bring strong warnings as before, but only repeated and continuous suffering.
"Is the Heavenly Master here?" Feng Yishu's voice came from outside the house.
Du mocked the wind sideways, "The courtyard door is not locked, come in." ”
Feng Yishu pushed the door in, followed by two subordinates of the Ping Demon Bureau.
The ever-cheerful young man also looked a little haggard today, his eyes darkened, and his sockets were darker than usual from the round-the-clock follow-up—it looked like he hadn't closed his eyes much for at least two nights.
"Why did Gorou come here," Du mocked the wind and said softly, "I was about to leave for the Ping Demon Department to talk to you. ”
"No need, I just thought about this matter so I came here first, Heavenly Master will go to Dali Temple with me now," Feng Yishu slapped a text message on the table, "This is an edict from His Majesty through the Feng Pavilion this morning, this matter is handled by the Ping Demon Administration, and the Tianji Palace Taohuawei Dali Temple is cooperating to track it down - this time it is not for nothing to rub your help, with a will, it is more convenient for you to do many things, the Heavenly Master knows a lot about demons and evils, and this time I will rely on you to help." ”
Du mocked himself and laughed self-deprecatingly, he unfolded the edict brought by Feng Yishu, hurriedly swept it and handed it back again.
"Let's go." Du Weifeng said.
It's just that where can we go next?
…… Let's take one step at a time.
On this day, after arriving at Dali Temple, the progress of the two days of the parties converged.
The first progress came from the scene, and after two extremely detailed searches of the surrounding land of nearly fifty miles, the Ping Demon Department collected many fresh clues.
They first found two suspicious footprints on the slope near where the deceased was killed. At dawn that day, there was a light rain in the Luoyang area, but the footprints were very clear - it can be seen that they were left after the rain.
The footprints are small, most of them are shallow, and they look like they were left by two women.
Among the footprints, a few of them were particularly deep, and the person seemed to have stomped his foot very hard—and from the direction of the shoe print, the owner of the foot was facing the scene of the killing.
Second, there was some long red hair scattered near the footprints. This kind of hair color is almost absent among the Zhou people, but in the early years, there were dancing girls from the Western Regions in Chang'an, and red-haired beauties have also seen them. For the sake of insurance, the Ping Demon Agency sent some of the hair strands found at the scene to Tianji Palace, and finally the two sides came to the same conclusion-
The owner of the hair is a "human", not a demon.
These two pieces of evidence quickly restored the scene for everyone - when the murderer was killing, there were two women standing on a high slope not far away, pacing back and forth.
Are they passers-by? Was it a survivor who survived?
No, it can't be.
With the distance between the two sides and the topography of the valley and slope, it was impossible for the two women who were wandering and waiting on the slope to avoid the sight of the murderer.
Think about it, there are corpses everywhere in the distance, and the killing continues, will there be ordinary people who see this scene, not only do not run, but also pace back and forth in a place with a wide field of vision?
Of course not......
These two people, even if they are not the murderer's companions, must be people who are close to the murderer.
"Then we'll leave the rest to us." Ji Ran stood up, his hands propped on the table, "We will go to the city gates, inns, and houses in Luoyang to investigate, and see which two or three travelers have entered Luoyang in groups recently." ”