Jiufeng Ridge, Bailan Peak.

Bailan Peak is also one of the nine peaks, and Zhou Jiahui's home is here.

Unlike Zhou Jiahe, who has never been married and had children, Zhou Jiahui has a Taoist couple and children.

Her Taoist companion Shen Xin was originally also a disciple of the Three Peerless Sects, and after the split of the Three Peerless Sects, she did not choose to join the Spirit Beast Villa, but continued to stay in the Zhou family with her children and accompanied her to Jiufeng Ridge.

At this time, seven days had passed since Zhou Jiahui left Jiufeng Ridge, and Shen Xin, the Taoist who had not seen his return, also began to be anxious.

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"It's been seven days, why hasn't Jiahui come back yet? Didn't it be enough to go out for five days in the past? ”

In the room, Shen Xin, who had already grown gray hair on his head, walked back and forth in the room with a worried face, and his heart was very uneasy.

And after hesitating for a long time, he still couldn't let go of the worries in his heart, and took the initiative to go to the pagoda peak to meet the patriarch Zhou Daoyi to inquire about the situation.

As Zhou Jiahui's Taoist companion, although he didn't know what Zhou Jiahui did when he left the family, he also knew that he was assigned by the patriarch Zhou Daoyi.

So at this time, seeing that his Taoist companion had been out for many days and had not returned, he could only go to the patriarch Zhou Daoyi to inquire about the details.

"What, Jiahui hasn't returned for seven days since she went out this time?"

In the "Zhongping Palace", Zhou Daoyi met with Shen Xin, and after learning from his mouth that Zhou Jiahui had not returned home for seven days, he was also shocked.

Then his eyes flashed with melancholy, and he nodded at Shen Xin and said, "This seat knows about this matter, and this seat will immediately arrange someone to investigate this matter, you go home first and wait for the news!" ”

Shen Xinyan immediately bowed to Zhou Daoyi and said, "Then please ask the patriarch!" ”

After sending Shen Xin away, Zhou Daoyi groaned slightly, and then called Zhou Jiahe, the peak master of Baozhi Peak, over, and ordered in a deep voice: "Jiahui went to the underground river to collect the poisonous acantha slime, and she hasn't returned for seven days, I'm worried that something might happen to her, you go to Hongyafang City quickly, take Zhengchun to the underground river to investigate the situation, and see if she has been there!" ”

Zhou Jiahe, who heard this, was suddenly shocked, and his face instantly showed a look of worry about his sister.

She immediately replied in a deep voice: "Yes, the junior must obey the patriarch's orders. ”

Then he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and rushed directly to Hongyafang City with two bighorn green sheep.

"What? Aunt Nineteen hasn't returned for seven days! ”

In the spirit beast Zhai, when Zhou Chun learned about this matter from Zhou Jiahe, who came over, he was also surprised.

Then he didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately nodded in response: "Okay, little nephew, let's go with you Thirteenth Aunt!" ”

So the aunt and nephew quickly left Fang City, and then transferred to the bighorn green sheep brought by Zhou Jiahe somewhere outside the Hongyan Mountain Range, and went straight to the underground river together.

Of course, although the two were anxious at this time, they did not relax their vigilance, and they used a variety of means to detect the situation behind them on the road to prevent being followed.

After rushing out of the mountain range, the two of them placed the two bighorn green sheep in the cave where Luo Guangshun had stored his horses, and then walked together to the waterhole.

It wasn't long before the two reached the edge of the waterhole.

"There are no traces left recently, and the nineteenth sister must not have been here in the past seven days!"

By the waterhole, after Zhou Jiahe's consciousness swept the gravel beach on Tan's side inch by inch, his face was very ugly and he said about his investigation.

For the sake of safety, and with Luo Guangshun's original demonstration, under Zhou Chun's suggestion, every time Zhou Jiahui came to the waterhole alone to catch the poisonous acantha to collect slime, he never went deep into the underground river, and only lured him with blood food.

So if she'd caught a poisonous acantha by a waterhole recently, even if she had cleaned it before leaving, there would have been a little trace left.

And the most important point is that every time Zhou Jiahui comes over, he will leave a scratch on an inconspicuous stone on the edge of the waterhole to prove that he has been here.

Now Zhou Jiahe did not find the scratches left by Zhou Jiahui on the stone.

"It seems that Aunt Nineteen met an accident halfway through here!"

Zhou Chun whispered his judgment in his mouth, and his tone was very heavy.

Seven days have passed, but Zhou Jiahui has not even arrived at the waterhole.

If you really encounter an unforeseen event, I'm afraid that it will already be more than lucky!

"Since the nineteenth sister was assigned by the patriarch to do this task, she was also able to give the Lianxin Mole, even if she really encountered an accident, as long as she was not killed instantly, she could secretly leave the Lianxin Mole as a mark."

When Zhou Jiahe said this, he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Let's go back to the family immediately and ask the patriarch to use the Link-in-the-Heart Mole Mother Worm to find the trace of the Nineteenth Sister!" ”

"Okay, then do it!"

Zhou Chun nodded, and immediately returned to the cave where the bighorn green sheep were stored with Zhou Jiahe, and then regardless of the fact that the two bighorn green sheep had not rested well, he directly fed the medicine to stimulate his life potential and let him gallop all the way.

After running most of the distance in this way, and after the two bighorn green sheep were exhausted to death, Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiahe's aunt and nephew directly made the flying magic weapon to catch up with the remaining half of the distance, and returned to Jiufeng Ridge at the fastest speed.

"Okay, this seat knows the situation, you can rest first, and this seat will let the three elders take the heart mole mother worm to run in person!"

In the "Zhongping Palace", after Zhou Daoyi listened to the reports of Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiahe, who hurried back, his face also became heavy, and he quickly responded.

And Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiahe were really physically and mentally exhausted at this time, and after hearing this, they returned to their residence on Baozhi Peak to rest.

After resting like this for a long time, Zhou Chun got up with a heavy heart.

Zhou Jiahui's disappearance is too delicate at this juncture.

Now that the Spirit Beast Zhai has just relied on the big sales of "Desperate Touch" to revitalize, if there is a problem with the production of "Desperate Touch" at this time, it will be a big problem.

And Zhou Chun is more worried about another thing, that is, if Zhou Jiahui really has an accident, will the location of the underground river be known to outsiders?

With such a heavy heart, he couldn't sit still and went to Baiyao Peak.

"Although the formula of the medicinal powder of the Touch of Despair is complicated, this medicinal powder is not an elixir after all, there is no problem in alchemy technology, if there is really a monk who is proficient in pharmaceutical skills and knows all the materials in it to analyze it in detail, I dare not guarantee that the other party will not reverse the deduction and restore the formula!"

"So if you don't want this poison to be imitated by outsiders, the only way to do it is to strictly control the mucus leakage of the poisonous ecanth, without this mucus, even if outsiders restore the powder formula, it is useless!"

On the Hundred Medicine Peak, in the face of Zhou Chun's inquiry, Zhou Jiawei also expressed his views without concealment.

This answer undoubtedly made Zhou Chun's mood even heavier.

And what the third elder Zhou Daoquan, who then returned from outside, made the faces of several Zhou family insiders very ugly.

"I ran back and forth with the heartworm mother worm four times, but I didn't receive any induction, so we can know that the heartworm on Jiahui's body is either dead or taken to a far place!"

I saw that in the "Zhongping Palace", several people from the Zhou family who knew about it gathered here, listening to the third elder Zhou Daoquan explain the experience of going out.

The Lycopodium is a special strange insect domesticated by the Zhou family, and its mother and daughter worms can be sensed and locked to the location of the daughter worms even if they are hundreds of miles away.

Therefore, every core member of the Zhou family, as well as some elite clansmen who have received special attention, will carry a sub-worm of the heart mole with them and hide it in the sole of their shoes or trouser pockets.

In this way, if they encounter life and death danger outside, they can let the subworms of the heart mole burrow deep underground, so that the family can find the location of their murder afterwards, so that they can pursue the murderer and avenge themselves.

At this time, I heard that Zhou Daoquan took the mother worm out to search for it several times, but he didn't find the subworm on Zhou Jiahui's body, and all the Zhou family monks present realized the seriousness of the matter.

Coincidentally, Zhou Chun and the others all looked at the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, waiting for him to speak.

"The Lianxin Mole is a special spirit insect that was re-cultivated by my Zhou family after taking root in Jiufeng Ridge, its existence is unknown even to the ordinary people of my Zhou family, and it does not have any mana on it, so it is unlikely to be discovered by the enemy!"

"And Jiahui, even if she is captured by life, she should know that she will leave Lianxin Mole as the family positioning, and she will not be stupid enough to be taken away by the enemy and Lianxin Mole together!"

"So we have reason to think that Jiahui was not only killed, but also may have been found and destroyed by someone even the Lianxin Mole that he was carrying!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhou Daoyi slowly expressed his opinion

After hearing his words, Zhou Daoquan immediately raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "The patriarch thinks that someone in the family has revealed the existence of the Lianxin Mole?" Someone colluded with outsiders to assassinate Jiahui? ”

"I don't rule out the possibility!"

Zhou Daoyi nodded with a gloomy face.

"The nineteenth sister went out to take the poisonous ecantha slime and was killed, and the outsiders assassinated her, it should be to plot the mucus of the poisonous acanth, in this case, isn't the Spirit Beast Mountain Villa the most suspicious?"

When Zhou Jiahe said this, he also gritted his teeth and said: "This makes sense, only they can easily learn about the existence of the Heart-Linked Mole from the traitors in the family!" ”

Her speculation was reasonable.

But Zhou Daoyi, as the patriarch, can't make this kind of characterization because of such a speculation.

At that moment, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't make such an arbitrary decision, maybe there are no traitors, it's just that Jiahui encountered a powerful opponent's surprise attack, and he was wiped out and captured without any preparation!" ”

After speaking, he said in a deep voice: "Now the top priority is to find the location of Jiahui's real accident, and determine the truth of the matter through the investigation of the location of the incident!" ”

However, just as he said these words and was about to arrange for people to find the location of Zhou Jiahui's accident, Zhou Chun, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke.

"If, I mean, if the Thirteenth Aunt's speculation is true, and the enemy who murdered the Nineteenth Aunt is here for the poisonous acantha slime, then shouldn't he wait for the Nineteenth Aunt to go to the waterhole to lure out the poisonous Acantha before he does it?"

"If it weren't for the mucus of the poisonous acantha that harmed the Nineteenth Aunt, then with the strength of the Nineteenth Aunt's cultivation, what kind of strong person could make her unable to even leave a heart mole? Why did such a strong man harm the nineteenth aunt? ”

When Zhou Chun said this, he saw that everyone's eyes had been attracted to him, and he immediately continued:

"If it's the former, since there is no trace of Aunt Nineteen on the other side of the waterhole, it means that she was killed halfway, and at the same time, it can also mean that she found the enemy who was following her in advance, and she had enough time to stay behind."

"And the enemy can know that she is responsible for collecting the poisonous acantha slime, accurately tracking her, and being discovered by her, and being able to kill the heart-to-heart mole afterwards, this must be someone within the family who leaked the secret!"

"If it's the latter, we have to think about why that kind of strong person would harm the Nineteenth Aunt? What's in it for him to do this? ”

Compared with Zhou Jiahe's speculation mixed with personal anger, Zhou Chun's analysis is undoubtedly much more reasonable, and it does not bring any personal likes and dislikes.

Therefore, it also attracted the attention of Zhou Daoyi, the patriarch, and Zhou Daoquan, the elder.

I saw that after Zhou Daoyi groaned slightly, he raised his head and said: "Let's talk about the latter that Zhengchun said first, if it is the latter, then the person who murdered Jiahui can only have one purpose, to disturb the audio-visual, and induce us to turn our hatred to the Spirit Beast Villa." ”

"But based on this alone, we have no evidence, the Zhou family will definitely not be able to trouble the Spirit Beast Villa, if he wants the Zhou family and the Spirit Beast Villa to fight, he will definitely continue to use other means to arch the fire in the future!"

Speaking of this, his face turned slightly cold, and he immediately said in a cold voice: "If this is the case, we just need to respond to all changes with the same, and wait for the murderer of Jiahui to jump out again!" ”

But he also knew in his heart that in fact, this might not be big.

Therefore, his face soon changed again, and he said with a sad face: "If the former, then it is really unfortunate for the family!" ”

After listening to his analysis, everyone felt that the truth was almost these two situations.

So the third elder Zhou Daoquan also quickly said: "Then let's go forward at both ends, while hiding the news of Jiahui's disappearance first, don't make any big moves, and see if there is really any mastermind behind the scenes!" ”

"On the other side, closely monitor and investigate those clansmen within the family who know about the heart, and see if we can find out who is the traitor!"

This should have been said by Zhou Daoyi, the patriarch, but Zhou Daoquan, as an elder of the family, is not too much to say, at most it is a little inappropriate.

But Zhou Daoyi obviously doesn't care about this.

At the moment, he also nodded and responded: "Yes, just do it, Jiahui's Taoist sons and daughters, I will tell them to explain!" ”

After speaking, his eyes swept everyone in the hall, and finally fell on Zhou Chun.

I saw him say in his mouth: "Zhengchun, you don't have to go back to Fang City for the time being, this seat will arrange someone else to take your place, and then you will stay in the clan and assist this seat in investigating the traitors in the clan!" ”

Hearing his words, Zhou Daoquan's eyes froze slightly, as if he was thoughtful.

Zhou Jiahe didn't react, and was still in sadness.

And Zhou Chun was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly responded: "Yes, the junior obeys the order." ”