Chapter 75: Du Heng's Death
Moving to a soundproof room, Du Xianqi looked at Shi Cheng and the three of them with some vigilance in his eyes.
A stranger who you don't know suddenly comes to the door one day and tells you that he can help you find out the cause of your loved one's death.
If it weren't for the fact that Du Heng's death involved an important matter in the family, Du Xianqi would not have been so patient in front of Shi Cheng and the others.
"Shi Daoyou said, can help my Du family solve the trouble encountered in the forbidden area. And it seems that a few of them seem to know the inside information related to my dead cousin Du Heng. Du Heng's eyes swept back and forth on Shi Cheng and Tie Mian, he didn't dare to take these two people lightly, "I don't know if Shi Daoyou is a friend of my clan brother Du Heng?" As for the Kenbin Forbidden Area, as well as the death of my brother, if the three Taoist friends can give one or two pointers, Xianqi will be grateful. ”
"I don't dare to talk about the pointing, but there is a way to dissolve the fog in the forbidden area." Speaking of this, Shi Cheng gestured to his two companions, signaling them not to be surprised by his next words, and then said meaningfully to Du Xianqi, "Maybe there is still a chance to help you find the things that Du Heng Daoist lost in the forbidden area." ”
As soon as these words came out, not only Du Xianqi couldn't help but stand up, but even Tie Mian and Wu Neng were taken aback, after all, they had never heard this matter in Shi Cheng's mouth before.
This is actually Shi Cheng's blind guess, Shi Cheng himself knows very well what kind of Tao is generally within this kind of cultivation family, Du Heng must have some status in the Du family, but it will never be the young master or key cultivator of the family, otherwise, even if Du Heng's body has to be placed in a residence far away from the Cuiye Inn, the Du family will definitely send a capable disciple into Yizhuang to guard the corpse.
For the sect and the family, it is not uncommon for a disciple of the sect to die in the forbidden area during the exploration, since Du Heng is not a person of noble status in the Du family, but his death can cause such a big turmoil, then Shi Cheng has reason to suspect that Du Heng is very likely to lose something important in the forbidden area while dying.
This judgment may not be 100% accurate, but the probability of guessing correctly is indeed very high.
"Shi Daoyou...... Do you know about this? Du Xianqi's face became more and more complicated.
"If you don't have a guess in your heart, you don't dare to dare to come to the door." Shi Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then pretended to be extremely sorry, and after a long sigh, he said, "However, Shi hopes that Du Daoyou can tell Zai Xia in detail the details of Du Heng Daoyou's death, after all, Zai Xia was not present at the time, and some details may be missed just by speculation." ”
Du Xianqi looked at Shi Cheng very suspiciously, although his expression looked kind at this time, but the vigilance against Shi Cheng in his heart became deeper and deeper.
"Could it be that Brother Heng made a friend when he went out to practice, but why had he never heard him say? This Shi Cheng and we are not related, and now he came to the door rashly, he must have a plan, I don't know if he has a fancy for the lost treasure of Brother Heng, or has an idea about the spiritual treasure in the forbidden area? Thousands of thoughts flashed in Du Xianqi's heart, but he couldn't think of Shi Cheng's true purpose for a while.
But Du Xianqi is also reluctant to directly issue an eviction order, first, the treasures lost when Du Heng died are extremely important to the family, in order to recover the treasures in the past few days, the two family elders who have been sitting in the inn in the middle of the cultivator realm are in a hurry to lead the team into the mountain, and now the Cheta person in front of him said that he has a way to recover the treasure, no matter what, Du Xianqi is absolutely willing to sit down and watch.
Second, he couldn't see the realm of Shi Cheng and Tiemian at all, and these two people felt far more terrible than the elders in the family to Du Xianqi, in the face of this gap in strength, Rao is he Du Xianqi has always been brave, and he had to bow his head at this time.
Du Xianqi thought about it and decided to briefly talk about the things before and after Du Heng's accident, "On the day of Brother Heng's accident, what happened was really strange, the three of them didn't know, although Brother Heng's cultivation was not first-class, but he was a rare disciple of our Du family with formation talent, so the plan set by the family elders that day was that Brother Heng would take the family treasures to open the way for the clansmen in the forbidden area and explore the sunny slope of the Kenbin Forbidden Area." ”
"Brother Heng has already taken everyone into the forbidden area twice before, so we didn't pay too much attention to this exploration that day, but now that I think about it, Brother Heng's performance before setting off that day was really strange."
"He had been fidgeting until he entered the box that day, as if he was worried about something."
Shi Cheng interjected: "There are many dangers in the forbidden area, so it's normal to be worried." ”
"Daoist friends don't know, now the forbidden area treasure has not yet been born, our Du family entered the forbidden area is just to explore the way, not too deep, plus the support of the family treasure, there is no need to worry about accidents."
"And the first few times he explored the forbidden area, Brother Heng's performance was normal, but there was this abnormality before that departure."
"And then?" Iron Mask asked.
"At that time, we were all busy with the preparations for entering the forbidden area, so no one cared about Brother Heng's abnormal performance, after breakfast, everyone set off on time, after entering the Kenbin forbidden area, we avoided the trap in the fog with the treasures in our hands and the formation built by the clansmen as before, and according to the predetermined plan, after exploring the three forest areas, we camped in a dense foggy area on the sunny slope."
"During the repair, Brother Heng suddenly proposed to go to a small waterfall about two miles away from the camp to check, and he said that he had just discovered the traces of the evil monk there, and he had to go on a trip himself just in case."
"Of course we don't worry about him going alone, after all, after entering the forbidden area, the family's treasures cannot be separated from the holder, but I don't know what happened that day, he insisted that he must go and see it, otherwise his conscience will be disturbed."
"Troubled conscience?" Shi Cheng asked suspiciously, "Why do you say that?" ”
Du Xianqi shook his head, his eyes were also extremely confused, "I don't know why Du Heng said that, in the end, we still couldn't resist him, so we picked several elite disciples to escort him to the small waterfall." ”
Hearing this, Shi Cheng, Wu Neng, and Tie Mian's ears all stood up, and Du Xianqi's memories reached the key place.
"Brother Heng took those disciples and came back after leaving the camp for nearly half an hour."
"No accidents?" Wu Neng's mouth opened wide in surprise.
"There was no accident at that time, and they didn't even see a figure by the small waterfall that Brother Heng said. Since Brother Heng and the others found nothing, we felt that the traces of the so-called evil monks were just Brother Heng's delusions. ”
But the expression on Brother Heng's face was ugly, and after he came back, he still insisted that he had seen those wicked people, saying that if he left it alone, he would harm countless families. Speaking of this, Du Xianqi spread his hands helplessly, "But the three sons, not only did Du Heng go to the waterfall and found nothing, but the clansmen who went with him also didn't find anything, you said that there are wicked people hidden there, at least you have to take a hair back to be convincing." ”
Shi Cheng and the three of them were silent, and they all thought about it in unison.
"A few clansmen who followed Du Heng to the waterfall to check also complained, after all, we were in the forbidden area at the time, and Du Heng's approach was unnecessary, and it also added risks. However, Du Heng was the owner of the family treasure after all, and everyone didn't complain too much in front of him in the forbidden area. ”
"After that, what happened to Du Heng?" Shi Cheng temporarily stopped thinking and waited for Du Xianqi's next words.
"After that, we finished repairing and set off again, and finally ...... As we walked to a valley, a gust of wind suddenly blew, but instead of blowing away the fog, it thickened the fog around us. Although Du Xianqi's narration did not sound thrilling, the palpitations in his eyes when he recalled made the three people in front of him feel extremely real.
"That storm came so suddenly, even with the blessing of the family treasures, we were caught off guard, everyone was in chaos on the spot, and on the hills around us, rocks began to fall, and the two clansmen who were not very good were injured on the spot."
"What's worse is that after all this calmed down, we who recovered from the chaos suddenly found that Du Heng and the family treasures he was carrying...... It's all gone! ”
The clansmen were in a hurry, looking for Du Heng's figure everywhere, but they couldn't find it. We didn't dare to stay in the restricted area for too long, so we cautiously withdrew from a safe route we found during our exploration, as we had lost our fortune in the area. ”
"We withdrew from the forbidden area in disgrace, after learning that Du Heng and the treasure disappeared, the family elders who came with the team were like ants on a hot pot, everyone took turns to arrange shifts, and also invited a monk with a good relationship to help find it, after six or seven days of searching, we finally found Brother Heng's body on the shore of a pond near the forbidden area, but the treasure he carried with him did not know where to go."
After talking about the causes and consequences of Du Heng's accident, Du Xianqi looked at Shi Cheng, who was back in thought, and asked cautiously: "This is the situation before and after Brother Heng's accident, I don't know what advice you have?" If Shi Daoyou can really help us find the family treasure, our Du family will be grateful, and we will be rewarded! ”
"Don't panic." Shi Cheng motioned to Du Xianqi to calm down, "Shi still has a few questions, and I hope Du Daoyou will solve his doubts." First, after Du Heng Daoyou's body was discovered, Guizhuang sent the body of the deceased to Yizhuang outside the west of the city, right, Du Daoyou knew what happened after that. ”
"Hey! When I think about it, I get bad luck! When Du Xianqi mentioned this, he was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, "I won't tell you, not long after Brother Heng's body was sent to that Zhuangzi, the people over there actually came to tell me that Yizhuang was haunted and the body was gone!" How can you say this, I think it was a thief, so I didn't dare to tell us the truth, because Brother Heng's body could not be recovered, and in the end I had to let that Zhuangzi lose a lot of money. Three Taoist friends, let me tell you, these pigs in Rainforest Continent are so unreliable in doing things, and the people of Rainforest are a bunch of born cheap seeds! ”
Shi Cheng frowned when he heard this, Wu Neng's face became ugly, Shi Cheng hurriedly interrupted Du Xianqi, who was still complaining, and asked the next question, "Did Du Heng Daoyou have anything else unusual before the day he entered the forbidden area?" ”
Du Xianqi struggled to recall for a moment, and finally shook his head, "I can't remember this clearly, there are more tasks to be completed when I entered the forbidden area, so there is a lot of preparation, everyone is running around outside all day and night, and I don't have time to pay attention to what Du Heng did." ”
Shi Cheng sighed helplessly in his heart and asked the third question, "Dare to ask what the family treasure in Guizhuang is that is lost in the forbidden area?" Although I have a clue about Du Heng's Daoyou, I still need to know the appearance of the treasure, so that the success rate can be greater. ”