Chapter 131: Li Changjing's Secret (2 chapters into 1)
In the face of Zhou Yuan's sudden attack, Bai Baihua had already prepared, he snorted, blocked in front of his father Bai Xu, clenched his fists, and waited for him.
Seeing that the two people were about to get close, Li Changjing, who was next to the stretcher, suddenly appeared between them at a very fast speed, with a wrong body, his arms raised, his right hand held Zhou Yuan's fist, and his left hand pressed against Bai Baihua's palm, and with a gentle push, the two of them were pushed away by two steps.
At the same time, Bai Xu and the old man Zhou Shitian raised their heads at the same time, staring at Li Changjing tightly, and a ridiculous thought popped up in their hearts at the same time:
Out of the ordinary?!
It's just that if you look closely, Li Changjing has changed back to the appearance of that normal person, there is no fluctuation of Yuan Force on his body at all, and the fleeting momentum just now seems to be a flash in the pan, and he can no longer catch any signs, making people think that it is just a simple illusion.
As the parties concerned, Bai Bai Hua and Zhou Yuan felt stuffy in their chests, as if they had been forcibly hit by a force, causing the Yuan Force in their bodies to fluctuate, like a wave of spring water from an ancient well, causing people to throw a stone in, making the water surface ripple layer by layer, and they could no longer be calm.
"Two, don't do it yet, I haven't finished my words yet." Li Changjing withdrew his hands, returned to the stretcher, looked at the dead man on the ground, and said calmly: "I said that Patriarch Zhou died at the hands of others, but there is no murderer who is Patriarch Bai Xu." β
"Who else else will it be besides Bai Xu!" Zhou Yuan's eyes were red, and he said angrily: "In this town, except for Bai Xu is really third-order strength, one level higher than my father, who else can kill him?!" β
"I don't think so." Li Changjing raised his eyebrows, looked at Bai Xu, and said softly: "Patriarch Bai, what kind of strength was Patriarch Zhou when he came to provoke that day?" β
"It's really a third-order, the same level as me." Bai Xu coughed and said with great certainty.
"Brother Zhou Yuan, didn't you just say that your father is really a second-order strength? Second-order strength to find a third-order provocation, I don't think Patriarch Zhou will be so arrogant, right? Li Changjing looked at Zhou Yuan with sharp eyes.
"This ......" Zhou Yuan was speechless for a while, his eyes were a little evasive, and he couldn't speak.
Li Changjing didn't pay attention to him anymore, but said to the Zhou family present: "I want to ask, who was waiting for Patriarch Zhou in the days before he died?" β
"It's me." Zhou Min, who had a soft face, stood up.
"Miss Zhou." Li Changjing showed a friendly smile at her, "I want to ask you, after Patriarch Zhou came back from the Bai family, did he feel hot all over his body, and then his temper became very irritable?" β
Zhou Min recalled for a moment, and immediately nodded: "Yes!" My dad always said it was hot in those days, and he had to soak in cold water in the winter, and his temper didn't know why, so he became very hot and kept throwing things in the room...... You must know that he is actually a very kind person, and he usually doesn't be so rude to us juniors at all. β
Li Changjing nodded, leaned over, and gently pressed his hand on the stomach of the dead Zhou Shixuan, "You guys come and see." β
With his movements, Zhou Shixuan's chest rose and fell, and then a piece of reddish-brown minced flesh accompanied by a small amount of jet-black blood flowed out of Zhou Shixuan's mouth.
Zhou Min was so frightened that he took a step back, and said with a pale face: "This ...... What is it? β
"It's a broken liver." Li Changjing's face was solemn, and he continued to squeeze Zhou Shixuan's stomach, and after a while, Zhou Shixuan spit out more pieces of meat, Li Changjing introduced them to the people around him one by one: "The dark red is the spleen, the dark red is the heart, the pink is the stomach, and the sponge-like is the lungs............" When Zhou Shixuan vomited almost completely, Li Changjing stopped the movements in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Patriarch Zhou's internal organs are all broken, this is because there was once a domineering force in his body, but he can't control it, Eventually, the power exploded inside him, shattering all internal organs...... And the reason why Patriarch Zhou is grumpy is also this reason. β
"No wonder Zhou Shixuan has changed from the second order to the third order in such a short period of time." Bai Yueling clasped her hands and looked suddenly enlightened.
"Not only that, Patriarch Zhou was actually poisoned." Lu Li squatted beside the stretcher, raised Zhou Shixuan's head slightly, and motioned for everyone to come and see.
"Dad, why is Patriarch Zhou's symptoms the same as yours?" Bai Baihua was surprised.
Bai Xu looked carefully when he heard this, and found that Zhou Shixuan's face was indeed sallow, his lips were purple, his eye sockets were deep, and he was haggard, which was indeed exactly the same as his current condition.
"I want to ask, has Patriarch Zhou been in contact with anyone recently, or has he been to any strange places?" Li Changjing asked.
"Absolutely not!" Zhou Yuan immediately denied: "My father usually stays at home, at most he walks around, for so many years, he hasn't even been to the outside city a few times, and in the past month, he hasn't even left the town." As for the strange places...... What's so strange about the town being so big? β
"Zhou Yuan, you lie!"
A man in his early thirties from the Bai family's side stood up and said coldly: "That day, Patriarch Zhou obviously entered the cave alone, and it took four or five hours to come out!" β
"Also, didn't you Zhou Yuan bring back five or six strangers from other places last week? Isn't this a strange person!? Another person answered.
Zhou Yuan's face turned red, pointed at Li Changjing and Lu Li, and sneered: "So, are you blaming ourselves for my father's death?" Since you said that my father was poisoned, then Bai Xu had the same symptoms as my father, so he was also poisoned, right? These two people are also newcomers, so isn't Bai Xu's poisoning also related to them!? β
"You are all crooked!" Bai Yueling said angrily: "My two friends just came here today, but my father has been in this situation for twenty years, how can it be related to them?" It's your father, Zhou Shixuan, who died after coming into contact with your foreign friends, so your friends are the biggest suspects! β
Zhou Yuan was naturally unconvinced, and he had to fight again, at this time Bai Xu stood up, coughed a few times, and said calmly: "Whether you believe it or not, Zhou Shixuan and I just stopped that day, if you really talk about the injury, I was more seriously injured than him." Even if I am really a third-order, but I can't do it to leave a force in Zhou Shixuan's body, if you don't believe it, you can ask your old patriarch. β
When everyone in the Zhou family heard this, they all set their eyes on the old man.
"Indeed, Patriarch Bai is right." Zhou Shitian walked a few steps closer with a cane on crutches, and said in a hoarse voice: "The old man is also really third-order, but he also can't keep his strength in others. β
"Alright, now the truth is out." Bai Yueling said triumphantly: "I said that the death of the Zhou patriarch has nothing to do with us, and your Zhou family doesn't believe it." Hurry up and carry the person home and find out the reason for yourself! β
Zhou Shitian shook his head, sighed, and walked towards the area of the Zhou family first with Zhou Min's support.
Zhou Yuan snorted heavily, and said unwillingly: "Don't be complacent about your Bai family, once I find out that my father's death is related to you, I will definitely not let you go!" β
After putting down the cruel words, Zhou Yuan instructed the two young men to lift the stretcher and leave with a black face.
As a result, the Zhou family members who gathered together also dispersed, and after a while, the street where they drew their swords and crossbows became empty again.
"Brother Changjing, Brother Lu Li, thank you so much this time." Bai Tianhua walked up, arched his hand at the two, and said gratefully.
Bai Yueling also walked up, walked around Li Changjing, and finally raised her chin at him, pouting: "I can't see that you are still quite strong, you actually pushed away my brother and that Zhou Yuan's fists." But look at you don't have any yuan power, it should be a fluke, don't be so nonsense next time. The thunder didn't kill you before, but it's not always that lucky. β
Li Changjing sneered, but it was not good to go against her kindness, and said good.
So Bai Yueling smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.
The people on the Bai family's side soon dispersed, Bai Xu was helped to leave, Bai Yueling saw that it was getting dark, so she beckoned Li Changjing and the two to hurry back, saying that they were going to eat soon.
Li Changjing answered, intending to go back, but at this moment, Lu Li suddenly pulled him, raised his chin to the front, and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, look over there." β
Li Changjing looked along his line of sight and found that at the end of the street, there was a noodle restaurant, where five or six men were eating noodles, and they glanced here from time to time, their eyes were very gloomy.
"These are strangers." Li Changjing found that their clothes were more fashionable, although the townspeople in Wucai Town were also normal people's clothes, but because the town was located in the mountains, the people here rarely went out, and the style of clothes was naturally very different from the people in the outside city.
"That's right, it should be that Zhou Yuan's friend." Lu Li said softly, "I don't know if you think, I always feel that this matter is not that simple. There are some secrets in this colorful town that we don't know. β
Li Changjing sighed, "Yes, the patriarch of Bai Xu was poisoned, and the eighty-year-old patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Shitian, was also poisoned. and Zhou Shixuan just now, the same is true, no matter how you think about it, I don't think it's an accident. β
"I don't want to think so much, after all, we are outsiders, if there is no such thing as someone dying, we had better not meddle in other people's grievances." Lu Li reminded.
"Brother Lu, I found that you have always been a little naΓ―ve." Li Changjing shook his head, looking a little helpless.
Lu Lizheng was puzzled, and saw two people in front of him walking out of the alley, stopping in front of them, and said coldly: "Two, our old patriarch wants to invite you over to chat. β
Lu Li took a step back vigilantly, frowned and asked, "Are the two of you from the Zhou family?" β
The two nodded, did not deny it, and said in a calm tone: "Don't worry, we have no malicious intentions, please two of you can appreciate your face." β
Li Changjing thought for a moment and nodded, "Then please ask the two of you to lead the way." β
"Brother Li, be careful of deception......" Lu Li said hurriedly.
Li Changjing patted him on the shoulder, and immediately followed the two people forward, "Don't worry, it's okay." We have no grievances or enmity with the Zhou family, we can't just check out the cause of the death of the Zhou patriarch, they will be so stingy that they will put us to death, right? β
Lu Li looked at his back, a little confused, and said in his heart that Brother Li seemed to have changed a little, becoming more indifferent, more confident, and more ...... than before Handsome.
Lu Li smiled dumbly, didn't think about it anymore, and chased after Li Changjing.
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In a bungalow exclusive to the patriarch of the Zhou family, Li Changjing and Lu Li were arranged to sit in the guest seats on the left-hand side.
On the right hand, there are six people sitting respectively, among which Zhou Shitian, Zhou Yuan, Zhou Min and other familiar faces are impressively listed, and three are middle-aged men in their early forties, who are a little unfamiliar, but looking at their demeanor and demeanor, they should also be people with high status in the Zhou family.
"Both, I took the liberty to invite you over, I have offended you a lot, please forgive me." The old man Zhou Shitian coughed a few times, arched his hand towards Li Changjing and the others, and said.
Li Changjing and the others also gave up, which can be regarded as a return gift.
"The old man is a straight man, so I won't talk nonsense...... The reason why I have invited you two here is to ask you to help me heal me...... No, it's an antidote. Zhou Shitian said in a hoarse voice: "I heard that the two of you are alchemists, and even second-order pills can be refined, and you can see the cause of my son's death at a glance...... In this way, you must have real materials, and it shouldn't be difficult to help the old man detoxify. β
"This ......" Lu Li looked a little embarrassed, and stopped talking.
"Are you worried about the pay?" Zhou Shitian smiled, stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry, as long as the two of you can detoxify me, then I can promise to give you enough Scorpion Stones!" He pointed at Li Changjing, and a wrinkled old face showed an unfathomable smile, "Especially this little brother, the Scorpion Stone can be said to be tailor-made for you, only the pure Scorpion Stone of the Mending Heaven Clan can stabilize the Dao Fetus that you have rebuilt with great difficulty!" β