Chapter 194: A Chess Piece
When Jiang Li heard this, he regained some composure.
While continuing to ask Jiang Li for details about the death of the medicinal herbs, Lu Chen took Jiang Li to search and observe near the first medicine mountain.
After about a cup of tea, Lu Chen did not make any important discoveries near the first medicine mountain. After thinking for a while, Lu Chen asked Jiang Li to lead the way, and the two of them walked towards the other medicine mountains where the incident occurred in turn, and Lu Chen found nothing near the next few medicine mountains.
It's just that when he arrived at the fifth medicine mountain, after Lu Chen circled around, a glint flashed in his eyes, and he had a faint guess in his heart.
"Which direction is the medicine mountain in the inner circle of the medicine hall?" Lu Chen's gaze followed the fifth medicine mountain where the incident occurred in the direction behind it.
"Yes!" Jiang Li replied, as a disciple of the Medicine Hall, he naturally knew the location of the Inner Circle Medicine Mountain.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen asked again: "After the death of medicinal materials in the fourth medicine mountain, did anyone from the fourth medicine mountain go to the fifth medicine mountain?"
"Nope. Jiang Li said affirmatively: "When the medicinal herbs died in the four outer medicine mountains in succession, Elder Qiu noticed that something was wrong and immediately ordered the mountain to be closed. Coming from the main hall of the medicine hall, as well as the dozens of medicine mountains in the vicinity, no medicine hall disciples have long been allowed to move without authorization, so as not to expand the scope of the death of medicinal materials. ”
When Lu Chen heard this, he thought in his heart, no wonder he walked all the way from the main hall of the medicine hall, he only saw the medicine mountains with purple and red colors and the fragrance of medicine, but he didn't see the activities of other medicine hall disciples on the medicine mountain. And without figuring out the truth about the death of medicinal herbs, Qiu Zhenchuan's decision was also extremely correct.
"Did you find anything?" Lu Chen suddenly stopped asking about the details of the death of the medicinal herbs, and Jiang Li asked when he realized something.
Lu Chen smiled slightly, nodded and said, "There is a little discovery, but it is not certain for the time being, you need to go to the back of a few medicine mountains to take a look." ”
Jiang Li's expression was shocked, and his eyes were excited. You must know that after the death of the medicinal herbs, it was as if he was in the dark, and his eyes were black. As soon as Lu Chen's words came out, it was like a light suddenly appeared in the darkness for Jiang Li! "Okay! I'll take you there!" After saying that, Jiang Li took the lead in rushing to the sixth medicine mountain, followed by Lu Chen.
Soon, under the leadership of Jiang Li, Lu Chen passed through the intact medicine mountains on the left and right sides, and arrived at the sixth medicine mountain where the incident occurred.
"This is the sixth mountain of medicine. Jiang Li pointed to the withered medicine mountain in front of him and said.
"You're waiting for me here. Lu Chen commanded, and when the words fell, his figure flashed towards the back of this medicine mountain. After going around the sixth Incident Medicine Mountain, Lu Chen walked back from another direction, with no intention of staying, Lu Chen said directly: "Take me to the seventh Incident Medicine Mountain." ”
Jiang Li continued to rush to the seventh medicine mountain. After a short time, the two came to the seventh medicine mountain where the incident occurred, and Lu Chen, as before, told Jiang Li a sentence, and then walked around the entire medicine mountain alone. Soon, he returned to Jiang Li's side.
"Seat eighth. Lu Chen said.
A moment later, Lu Chen and Jiang Li arrived at the eighth medicine mountain, and Lu Chen did the same thing as before.
After going around in a circle, Lu Chen wanted to take Jiang Li to the last medicine mountain where the incident occurred, and at this moment, two figures walked over from the direction of the last medicine mountain, it was Xia Hantian and Bai Murong who had left before.
Before the death of the medicinal materials in the medicine hall was revealed, Jiang Li had an inseparable relationship with this matter! Lu Chen didn't want to let Jiang Li meet with Xia Hantian and Bai Murong Duo at this moment. However, things always backfired, and after Xia Hantian and Bai Murong noticed the two, they actually went straight to him and Jiang Li.
Lu Chen's brows furrowed slightly, and he advised: "I already have some eyebrows about the death of the medicinal herbs, no matter what the two of them say later, don't be impulsive, it's not too late to settle the account after the water is revealed." ”
Jiang Li nodded heavily.
While Lu Chen and Jiang Li were talking, Xia Hantian and Bai Murong were already slowly approaching.
Bai Murong was beaten up by Lu Chen, and the former had always regarded this incident as a great shame for himself, so at this moment, Bai Murong looked at Lu Chen with resentment.
But Xia Hantian's attitude towards Lu Chen was completely different from Bai Murong's, Xia Hantian didn't even look at Lu Chen, as if in his eyes, Lu Chen was a piece of air. However, the more Xia Hantian is like this, the more it shows that he is high in his bones and despises Lu Chen! Xia Hantian seems to have a natural superiority flowing in his body, just like a strong person despises a weak ant.
At this moment, Xia Hantian's eyes stared at Jiang Li on the side, and said with a playful face: "Do you take the initiative to stop the death of the medicinal herbs, or wait for me to reveal the truth and tell the sect your true face." The implication is that Xia Hantian has already found direct evidence related to Jiang Li for the death of medicinal materials, and at this moment, Jiang Li has to take the initiative to take all the blame for the death of medicinal materials.
After saying this, Xia Hantian fiddled with his sleeves and looked disgusted, as if he was very dissatisfied with the outer-disciple costumes of the Red Fire Sect.
Hearing this, Bai Murong's eyes also moved away from Lu Chen, and instead stared at Jiang Li on the side, his eyes were full of pride, just like a general who had returned victoriously after a victory.
Jiang Li's expression was indignant, and he was about to fight back, but suddenly remembered Lu Chen's previous explanation, so he endured it again.
"Silence won't solve the problem!" Xia Hantian said coldly: "I'll show you a clear way, if you take the initiative to stop this matter and solve the matter of the dead medicinal herbs, I can ask Elder Qiu to intercede for you and let you continue to stay in the Red Fire Gate." Otherwise, as soon as the truth of this matter comes out, with your identity as the son of the county marquis, although the Red Fire Sect will not do anything to you, it will definitely expel you from the sect. ”
When Jiang Li heard this, he did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.
Jiang Li is also the son of the marquis!
Lu Chen was slightly surprised in his heart, long before the assessment of the outer disciples of the Red Fire Sect, Lu Chen knew that Xia Hantian and Bai Murong were both sons of the county marquis, and at that time he also guessed that Jiang Li's identity was not much better than Xia Hantian and Bai Murong, but Lu Chen didn't expect that Jiang Li, like Xia Hantian and Bai Murong, was also the son of a county marquis.
The three sons of the county marquis came to the Red Fire Gate in a heap! Thinking back to the words Jiang Li said to the coachman when he stepped into the Red Fire City, Lu Chen's mind suddenly flashed a spiritual light, although he couldn't guess what Jiang Li, Xia Hantian and Bai Murong were doing when they entered the Red Fire Gate, but he was sure that Jiang Li and the three of them would never really come to the Red Fire Gate to be a sect disciple!
Realizing this, Lu Chen actually had a trace of extremely slight displeasure with Jiang Lidu, not to mention Xia Hantian and Bai Murong. At this moment, even Lu Chen himself didn't realize that after he sensed Jiang Li, Xia Hantian, and Bai Murong's intentions, he had already taken the interests of the sect into account.
It's just that at this moment, Lu Chen is obviously not suitable to ask Jiang Li about his intention to join the sect, and even if he asks, Jiang Li must be willing to say it. Based on Lu Chen's understanding of Jiang Li, Lu Chen believed that Jiang Li should not do anything unfavorable to the sect, just as Lu Chen believed that the death of medicinal materials had nothing to do with Jiang Li!
"I understand!" Jiang Li suddenly ended his contemplation, his eyes glared at Xia Hantian and Bai Murong, and he shouted angrily: "What a plan to kill two birds with one stone! The death of the medicinal materials in the medicine hall is basically a secret trick on the part of the two of you, and the purpose is twofold, one is to drive me away from the Red Fire Gate with this matter." The second is that you Xia Hantian want to make meritorious contributions to the sect by solving this matter and be promoted to an inner disciple!"
Lu Chen's heart moved slightly, he didn't know why Jiang Li, Xia Hantian and Bai Murong entered the Red Fire Gate, but Jiang Li himself must be clear. Jiang Li's inference is probably sixty percent right! Coupled with the inference that he has obtained from observing the eight medicinal mountains that occurred one after another, the death of the medicinal herbs is probably a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster, and it is also related to Xia Hantian and Bai Murong.
As soon as Jiang Li's words fell, Lu Chen noticed that Bai Murong's face changed slightly, while Xia Hantian looked up to the sky and laughed. After a while, Xia Hantian suddenly suppressed his laughter, stared at Jiang Li, and said in a cold voice: "Brother Jiang Li, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense! You said that Bai Murong and I were secretly making trouble with Bai Murong about the death of the medicinal materials in the medicine hall, do you have any evidence that you can get it?"
Bai Murong calmed down with Xia Hantian's words, and his face was full of pride again.
Xia Hantian looked strategic, and Bai Murong was proud. Seeing this scene, Jiang Li's ears were red and his face was red, his fists were clenched, and he gritted his teeth for a while. If he can come up with evidence, I am afraid that he has already solved the matter of the death of the medicinal materials in the medicine hall, and how can he let Xia Hantian and Bai Murong's treacherous plan succeed. It is precisely because the matter of the death of medicinal materials cannot be solved that it is tormented and controlled by others.
"Looks like you have no proof. Xia Hantian raised his head and laughed, and after a while, the laughter stopped, and said, "You two continue, we won't accompany you." Don't worry, I won't unravel the truth about the death of the herbs until the end, and you can slowly explore it. ”
After saying that, Xia Hantian and Bai Murong swaggered back to the direction where Qiu Zhenchuan and Fan Sheng and the others were.
After thinking for a while, Lu Chen didn't intend to pretend that he didn't know anything, and asked in a deep voice: "You, Xia Hantian, and Bai Murong definitely didn't enter the sect to be a sect disciple honestly, and the purpose of the three of you entering the sect should be the same, can you tell me what the three of you entered the sect for?"
Hearing this, Jiang Li's eyes revealed a trace of hesitation, and after a while, the hesitation in his eyes gradually disappeared, and he said with a solemn face: "I-I can't say! Don't get me wrong, I really regard you as a friend." It's just that this matter is too wide-ranging, it's like a huge chess game, even if I'm the son of the county marquis, it's just an insignificant little chess piece in this chess game!"
"So, Xia Hantian and Bai Murong are just like you, just a pawn in this chess game?" Lu Chen asked with a frown.
Jiang Li nodded slightly.