Chapter 156: Woe to the Water
"I'm going to you, you're going to me off!!" The old Taoist priest scolded frantically, the hairs on his head stood on end, and he beat his chest from time to time, filled with righteous indignation.
Lu Cheng drooped his head and stood without saying a word, like a student who had been reprimanded by a teacher for doing something wrong.
Today's conversation with the old Taoist priest is really shocking.
Not only did he hear about King Bian Cheng's deep friendship for him, but even such a big thing as the theft of a famous sword came out - if it weren't for the old Taoist priest talking about it by chance today, he might never know that such a treasure and famous weapon had slipped away from his hand for the rest of his life!
That's a famous sword and a thousand shadows!
Although the broken bridge is also one of the top ten famous swords, it is a scholar's sword after all, and the fundamental purpose of its casting is to break the seal of Leifeng Tower, which is one of the best magic weapons used to break the formation, but it is inevitable that it will be overstretched due to material problems when it is really used in battle.
But the famous sword Chikage is different.
As the "Saber of the Night Lord", this legendary weapon is designed to kill, and unlike the fierce and incoherent swords of the Black Dragon and the Scales, this is the most famous assassin's knife out there!
Shadow Attack! Doppelganger 10 million! Although it is also not in line with Lu Cheng's combat style, fools know that having such a divine weapon is definitely a powerful assist that is beneficial and harmless!
Lu Cheng really regretted his intestines!
He should have thought that a single Black Dragon Eye that could not exert its full power would not be able to create a legendary ghost Dao real person of the era! In other words, in addition to this magic weapon, Sun Yuandao, who can make his prestige and sing for decades, and forcibly seal the demon king tree ghost with his own strength, must have other hole cards!
He said in his heart that he has always been a master of murder and raiding his family, why is he so sloppy this time, and this kind of thing happened under his nose when he picked up a watermelon and lost a pumpkin?
"Think about it, where might such an important thing have been left behind?"
The old Taoist priest glanced at him, and his flesh hurt as if he had lost some important treasure. It's hard for others to reach middle age, and looking at this trembling look is obviously angry.
"The people who made sure to pass through the Hades Temple cleaned up the scene afterwards and didn't find any visions?" Lu Cheng scratched his head, and the expression on his face was also darkened.
"No, absolutely not!" The old Taoist priest blew his beard and glared, "We are definitely more careful looking for this kind of thing than digging for treasures, how can we miss it?" ”
"That's weird." Lu Cheng shook his head, indicating that he was also clueless.
The initial suspicion in his heart was Gu Yang. Because among the few people present, Tang Yuefei's little fox is obviously from his own side, it is absolutely impossible to say that they are hiding their secrets, and the only remaining outsider is the descendant of this lantern, according to the principle of reasoning, it is not him who has to be him.
But this stupid boy's character Lu Cheng has seen it! With an upright face and good martial arts, in addition to liking to pretend to be a pickle-girl like most young and vigorous young heroes, this is the most typical "righteous friend"! If you want to say that this kind of brain lacks roots and tendons, and people who don't have a little fancy intestines can do this kind of thing of plucking geese and filling their own pockets, Lu Cheng doesn't believe it when he is killed!
But who else but him?
Could it be that the entire order, in addition to the three supernatural firms, Gu Yang, and Little Fox, as well as the fourth party hiding in the shadows, has never shown up, waiting for this opportunity to pick up the leak?
Lu Cheng fell silent, and sure enough, he still thought things too simple.
After looking at each other without saying a word, the old and the young sighed at the same time.
The stars outside the window dimmed, and the invisible darkness became more and more blurred.
Thinking of the possibilities lurking behind the surface, he unconsciously shivered.
"Uncle," Lu Cheng suddenly spoke, his voice trembling, "Ghost Dao is really him...... Do you have children? ”
"I haven't heard of it, since he retired thirty years ago, this person I want to call a predecessor has disappeared from people's sight, but I haven't heard of him marrying a wife and having children. The old Taoist priest frowned, "Why are you asking this?" ”
Lu Cheng took a breath and didn't make any more noise.
When he returned to the office the next day, it was already after three days of sunshine.
Sleepless thinking didn't bring him the answer to his question, but instead plunged him deeper into confusion. All kinds of signs are showing him that the commission that has been paid is not really finished. The most terrible conjecture at the beginning may not be just a conjecture, and his intuition, which had never disappointed him, did not seem to disappoint him this time.
"The ghost Dao real person Sun Yuandao has no heirs." The proprietress looked at Lu Cheng with a stunned face and paused word by word.
Although he had this premonition for a long time, when it came to the moment when he was truly sure, Lu Cheng's heart still sank involuntarily.
The missing famous sword, the false identity, and the boy who is so normal that he doesn't show a trace of flaws.
What gradually came to his mind was Sun Jiren's fat and bloated face, he squeezed the smile of a philistine, and politely handed over the envelope full of money in his hand, while saying, "Mr. Lu, I am personally very much looking forward to cooperating with such a talented person as you." ”
The three brothers who seem to be inseparable, the complete and impeccable backstory, and the commissions received by the three forces that do not know each other. There are so many things in this little scam that people can't even start combing for a while.
"What do you think?" Lu Cheng supported his forehead with his hand, obviously his mind was already a mess.
Now things are far more tricky than they could have imagined.
Judging from the results, because of this non-existent business, the tree ghost was released, and the demon war was launched, and at the same time, someone profited from it and stole the famous sword Thousand Shadows.
Whether it is from the technique or the layout, it is difficult, and the difference is thousands of miles. It's hard to imagine how terrible it would be if all of this was done in anticipation of someone.
"Don't worry, there's something else for you to see." The proprietress seemed to have anticipated Lu Cheng's expression, and unhurriedly took out a file from behind her.
Lu Cheng took it, and the first thing that caught his eye was Sun Moyan's death certificate.
The faces in the photograph had been grief-stricken for the past two weeks in silence at the body of their "father" all night, their expressions devoid of sadness much more mellow than they had seen at that time.
And the key is that the time of death of the person in the photo was a month ago, he died in a car accident, and the perpetrator escaped.
"This person does exist, his profession is a resident singer, and he should be the real friend in the mouth of the little fox, but he has no relationship with Sun Yuandao, and the only connection between the two is that the surname is the same." Tang Yuefei followed closely and said, the solemnity on her face was no easier than that of Lu Cheng, "As for the two 'elder brothers' above him, Sun Hanlin and Sun Jiren, the inquiry has no result, there should be no two people at all."
"Understood. That is to say, in addition to transferring the little fox into the battle, it is necessary to borrow the identity of an acquaintance to cover it up, and it is a false identity that is directly used for us and Gu Yang. Lu Cheng touched his chin, "If it's not a coincidence, it can only be said that the three parties in this business have already been determined." For us and Gu Yang, they don't need to have any worries, because they are all businessmen, and it's too simple to find an excuse. But in order to let the little fox, who is a demon clan, intervene, you must give her a suitable reason, and this is why the person 'Sun Moyan' borrowed the corpse to return the soul. ”
"Not exactly." Tang Yuefei shook her index finger, "There is also a possibility, the reason for this is that the other party wants to lower our vigilance and eliminate our suspicions." ”
"Why do you say that?"
"The little fox's grandfather and you are friends, right?" Tang Yuefei asked.
"Yes." Lu Cheng nodded.
That is, there is no possibility of falsehood in your mouth as her words. Then the testimony provided by her will habitually become absolute evidence in our eyes. Do you remember what the little fox said, Sun Moyan is her friend, it is precisely such a sentence, and the later 'interrogation' of the two, that makes us completely believe in Sun Moyan. Tang Yuefei explained, "It is undeniable that no matter how well planned they are, the backstory of this 'search for heritage' itself is imperfect. In the process of exploring the secrets, we will definitely find that the specific situation of the whole house does not match the description of the employers, and at this time, as long as we have a little brain, we will be suspicious of the employers' words. And the identity cover provided by the little fox is, in a sense, a disguised narrowing of the direction of our suspicion to the verbal conflict between the three brothers, so as to bind all possibilities to the script they wrote. ”
"It makes sense, but your conjecture is more likely." Lu Cheng answered.
"But you should also think of the more pessimistic facts behind this reasoning." The proprietress sneered, "To be honest, I never knew that you had a friend of the demon clan, let alone that your friend of the demon clan also had a granddaughter. But our opponent, the arranger this time, knew this very well and used this resource without a trace. Actually, I hope that all this is just a coincidence, and the so-called may just be overthinking. Otherwise, Lu Cheng, your opponent this time will be a little too terrifying. ”
"Maybe." Lu Cheng smiled bitterly, his fingers crackling, "But you woke me up one thing, that is, there are not many people who know that I have that demon clan friend, except for a few obviously impossible candidates, the only ones left are the group of people who failed to assassinate me last time." ”
"You mean, you suspect that the person who designed you this time is the same person who designed you last time as the Pen Immortal incident?" Tang Yueshuang's face changed slightly, "Emperor Song? ”
"I don't rule it out." Lu Cheng rubbed his eyebrows and frowned for a while, "If it was before, I would definitely push all the pots on that old man without hesitation, and then curse his whole family in my heart, but after this incident, I wavered." I began to wonder if the person who had been my enemy behind my back, who was always calculating against me and trying to kill me, the 'lord' in the mouth of the assassins, was Zhang Yihe, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. ”
"What do you think of?"
"It's not that I think of anything, but I don't think it makes sense." Lu Cheng opened his eyes, "First of all, if you want to kill me with his means, you don't need to beat around the bush at all, I know that you superiors are the best at causing some accidents and deaths, even if you drop a bomb on my school, if you really investigate it, you can't find his head." It may be understandable to send assassins, but this time the matter is obviously not only aimed at me, you may not know, Sun Yuandao, the real person of the ghost path back then, was also a famous sword master, a famous sword Qianying. And after we left the battlefield, the famous sword that should have fallen into our hands or the Temple of Hades as a trophy was gone. Now it seems that its whereabouts are not difficult to speculate, and more importantly, that person borrowed my hand to release the tree ghost, which in turn triggered the Hades War. Emperor Song may have done it, but it was not a great crime, and he was born in disregard. ”
Tang Yuefei gasped, "What about the second?" ”
"Second," Lu Cheng sneered, "setting up such a big game, to be honest, I don't believe he can have such a high IQ." ”