234 Involvement (1st Shift)
When Yan Nuo and Yan Ya were discussing how to push Ji Wu up to the cusp of the wind and waves, Ji Wu was standing not far away, his cloak moving with the wind, and his armor flashing in the sun.
His eyes scanned the ruins that were still smoking, like radar, catching any suspicions or anomalies in the ruins.
Can...... Nothing.
"Did the people you sent out release the news of Xiaoxue's death?" Ji Wu asked softly in his master's ear.
"City Lord, I also asked that person just now, and the news of Xiaoxue's death was not released by him. And according to what he said, it was very strange that when he was about to release the news, the news had already spread among the people of Huabei City!" "The master is also very incomprehensible, it stands to reason that Zhenyifang will never do anything unfavorable to him by himself, but ...... "City Lord, you say, could it be that Zhenyifang did it on purpose?"
"Xiaoxue's death is a fatal blow to Zhenyifang, and it will inevitably affect their status in Huabei City. Try to think about it, how many small forces are dissatisfied with the Yan family in Huabei City, they didn't dare to do anything to the Yan family in the past, because they were all waiting, and they were all afraid of becoming a 'bird', but now someone has already taken action against the Yan family, can those small forces let go of this opportunity? Zhenyifang was burned, which has already hit the Yan family's face, and the Yan family will definitely not deliberately release the news of Xiaoxue's death to make things worse for themselves. When Ji Wu heard the news of Xiaoxue's death, he secretly analyzed the matter, and naturally thought about the possibility that the master said, but soon, Ji Wu denied that possibility.
"But have you ever thought that Yan Ya of Zhenyi Fang will definitely put this matter on your head, and use public opinion to put pressure on you, if you can't solve the case in time, the prestige we have established among the people of Huabei City will completely disappear. The master said, "This can be seen." The news of Xiaoxue's death is likely to have been released by the people of Zhenyi Fang. ”
"Zhenyifang may use this case to put pressure on me, but they will not be stupid enough to leak the news of Xiaoxue's death, it is very simple, once the people of Huabei City know about this, they will inevitably link Xiaoxue's death with the fire in Zhenyifang, and when the rumors that are unfavorable to the Yan family come out, will they not push the Yan family to the cusp? Ji Wu categorically didn't believe that the Yan family would leak the news of Xiaoxue's death so disregarding the overall situation.
"I hope you're right, Lord!" The master also seems to be able to sort out the drawbacks, but the suspicion is still there, just to avoid the error of guessing.
Southern Inn.
Ji Feng didn't have the slightest interest in the fire in Zhenyifang, and devoted himself to cultivation, intending to find an opportunity to break through, but in the end he failed!
"Damn it, how can I break through?" Ji Feng woke up from his meditation, muttered, and said very depressedly.
"Breakthroughs are about chance!" Mo Cangli was sitting on the stool opposite Ji Feng. He looked at Ji Feng with a cold face, and then turned into a puff of white smoke and melted into Ji Feng's jade bracelet, "We have to go out and prepare the items for the barren mountain cultivation!" ”
"Hmm!
Ji Feng didn't go out stupidly in yesterday's clothes. Instead, he specially changed into a brand new outfit, and by the way, his appearance also changed slightly, such as wearing an eye patch, getting a fake beard, and so on.
Knock knock!
Ji Feng knocked on Brother Hao's door. But there was no response inside, and at this time, the shop Xiaoer, who had cleaned up the other guest rooms, walked out of the guest room and saw Ji Feng knocking on the door. Then he said, "Guest officer, are you looking for someone?"
"Yes, what about the people sitting in this room?" Ji Feng turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, and knocked on the door a few more times, but there was still no response.
"Isn't it in there?" the shopkeeper also didn't understand.
Knock knock!
After Ji Feng knocked a few more times, he slammed open the door, but the room was empty, all the bedding was scattered on the bed, the teapot was crooked to the ground, and a shoe fell at the door, it seemed that Brother Hao was in a special hurry when he left.
"This ......" Ji Feng looked at the shopkeeper.
"I, I don't know where that guest officer went!" The shopkeeper was a little afraid of Ji Feng's eyes, especially the current Ji Feng, who was even more like a bandit.
"When were you cleaning the guest room?" asked Ji Feng.
"Yin Shi!"
"Then did you encounter any strange things cleaning the guest room here?" Ji Feng continued to ask, last night he used a spell to close the surroundings, and he didn't hear any noise outside the house at all, Ji Feng is now worried about whether Zhenyifang will attack Brother Hao.
"There's nothing strange about it!" the shopkeeper pondered, grabbing his head with his hand from time to time, and then he suddenly said, "Yes, there is indeed a strange thing. ”
"What?"
"When I was cleaning the guest room this morning, a beggar appeared in the hallway, and I rebuked him a few words at the time. The shopkeeper told Ji Feng about the strange things he encountered this morning.
"Did he answer you anything?" asked Ji Feng.
Without saying a word, he hurried out of the inn. The shopkeeper was very sure, "At that time, I saw that there was nothing in my hand, and I couldn't hide anything in tattered clothes, so I didn't care too much." ”
"In a hurry?"
"Guest officer, did the beggar steal something from you? or what? Do you need me to report it to the shopkeeper?"
"Well, no. Thank you!" Ji Feng didn't continue to investigate anything, no need to guess, the beggar that the shopkeeper saw was Brother Hao, as for why Brother Hao changed back to the appearance of a beggar, and left the inn in a hurry, Ji Feng couldn't guess, and he didn't want to guess, as long as Brother Hao's life was not in danger.
After settling the account, Ji Feng also walked out of the Southern Inn.
Today's Huabei City is a little quiet, and the streets are still full of people, but there is no such shouting, buying and selling, but they are hurrying away.
No need to guess, they must have gone to see the excitement.
So Ji Feng didn't need to ask passers-by at all, he could just follow the crowd, and he could hide his identity to a large extent.
"Take off the blindfold!" Mo Cangli reminded Ji Feng.
"Why?"
"One-eyed, such an obvious feature, are you afraid that others won't remember you? The highest level of concealing your identity is to hide in the city, and it is best to hide it with the most ordinary face to blend into the crowd, understand?" Mo Cangli reprimanded Ji Feng indignantly.
"Oh!"
Take off the blindfold, from the overall point of view, Ji Feng has completely integrated into the lively passers-by, the ordinary appearance is even more unattractive under the cover of the fake beard, at first glance, it is just an inconspicuous passer-by, unless Yan Ya stares at Ji Feng, he will never know Ji Feng.
As soon as he arrived at Zhenyi Fang, Ji Feng saw his brother who was standing with Yan Nuo at the moment, Ji Wu.
The mighty military uniform, the tall and resolute posture, the sword in his hand, and the cloak are swaying, he looks so domineering. I haven't seen him for many years, my brother Ji Wu is already full of the charm of a mature man, but in Ji Feng's mind, there is a picture of my brother Ji Wu kissing a woman, if it weren't for my brother Ji Wu, Ji Feng would not have had anything to do with Ji Yao'er, hehe, from this point of view, my brother Ji Wu is Ji Feng's alternative "matchmaker".
Ji Feng couldn't help laughing.
But Yan Nuo's words next made Ji Feng unable to laugh anymore.
"Ji Wu City Lord, I think my Yan family is also a famous family in Huabei City, and it is also a family with a head and a face, but someone actually burned down the Zhenyi Workshop and slapped my Yan family's face fiercely, how can my Yan family gain a foothold in Huabei City in the future? Yan Nuo took Ji Wu's army in the middle of his words.
"That's ......"
Without giving Ji Wu a chance to speak and refute, Yan Nuo continued: "Although the Yan family is a famous family, they are also the people of Huabei City, and the lord of Ji Wu City, as the lord of a city, must be the master of the grass people." And I heard that a group of villains have been circulating in Huabei City recently, they are burning, killing and looting, maybe Zhenyifang is their means to warn Huabei City, if the city lord of Jiwu can't bring the villains to justice in time, more people may be involved, so Huabei City will be panicked!"
"I ......" When Yan Nuo wanted to continue, Yan Ya gently slapped Yan Nuo with her hand, and then the words that came to her mouth were swallowed by Yan Nuo raw.
"Oh? Patriarch Yan heard that? I don't know who Patriarch Yan listened to? Can you hand that person over to me, and I will definitely bring that villain to justice in time." I also ask Patriarch Yan to cooperate with my work, only with the cooperation of the government and the people can we solve the case as soon as possible!" Ji Wu looked at Yan Nuo without a smile, of course he understood that Yan Nuo was creating public opinion pressure, forcing Ji Wu to go all out to investigate the case.
"Well, after all, my father is a person in the business field, so naturally he will have a lot of eyes and ears. And you also understand that if you release this thing out of the eyes and ears, it is the biggest taboo for businessmen. As the citizens of Huabei City, of course, we will give you the news we get as soon as possible, for example, if we don't tell the city lord, and that gang of gangsters takes the opportunity to make trouble, wouldn't it make the city lord of Ji Wu fall into a passive state?" Yan Ya retorted Ji Wu's words neatly.
At this moment, the crowd of onlookers also sounded a cry of pleading.
"City Lord Jiwu, you have to be the master of the people! If there are really those gangs of thugs operating in Huabei City, then how can we live? As the city lord of Huabei City, you must take responsibility!"
"Yes, Lord Castle, you need to solve the case as soon as possible!"
One person called a hundred people, and for a while, in front of the door of the entire Zhenyi Fang, a cry like thunder sounded, and the people of Huabei City were pleading with Ji Wu, forcing Ji Wu to nod hard. (To be continued......)