Chapter 40: Sacrifice

Not long after Linfeng left, the team of the capital rushed to the Eight Princes' Mansion that had been turned into a sea of fire, and after seeing this scene in front of them, they immediately organized people to put out the fire, and when the fire was extinguished, everyone walked into the palace hall.

There was only a single piece of meat charred by the fire, and there was no sign of human existence except for the gold and silver jewellery that could not be burned to prove that the place was once overcrowded. When the group walked deeper into the hall, they finally saw two lines of large letters carved on the charred walls.

Doing power and blessing harms people's lives, and the reincarnation of heaven will eventually be rewarded!

These fourteen words seem to explain to everyone the reason for this tragedy. Soon, the families of those dignitaries also got the news, and they came to inquire about the news, and when they learned that all the people who went to the banquet did not survive, and the people who went to the banquet in their own families had no news, they cried in front of the ruins of the palace one by one, demanding that the court must severely punish the murderer.

"Acting as a blessing harms people's lives, and the reincarnation of heaven will eventually be rewarded. The Emperor of the Southern Jin Kingdom muttered this sentence softly, he had already received the following report, someone had seen someone fly away from the palace when the Eighth Prince's Mansion was on fire, and combined with the previous secret agent report about the killing of the Hong family's father and son, it can already be determined that Bai Yi was killed by the person who killed the Hong family's father and son, and the reason he also knew was to avenge the Mei family's Mei Lin.

The emperor did not feel how sad he was for the death of his son, as the emperor he had so many sons that he himself could not name them.

"Pass the decree, Bai Yi's case will end here, and it must not be investigated again, if there is a disobedient person who violates the decree, there will be no forgiveness!" The emperor issued an order to stop the investigation of the incident, not that he did not want to investigate, but he did not dare to investigate, in case he found something and angered the immortals, he did not dare to bear the consequences.

As a result, the turmoil that swept through the capital and the magnates calmed down, and the families of those dignitaries did not dare to make trouble anymore, because they had already learned through inquiry that the person who started was not something they could afford to provoke, not only could they not afford to provoke, but even their emperor could not afford to provoke, after this incident, all the dignitaries and nobles in the entire Southern Jin Kingdom acted greatly and did not dare to oppress the people as wantonly as before, therefore, for the people, Bai Yi's death was a good thing worth celebrating.

After doing all this, Lin Feng did not leave the capital, but went to find Xue Pintian, explained the existence of the treasure of the Southern God, and also expressed his invitation to go with him. When such a good thing came, Xue Pintian naturally readily agreed to go, so the two waited in the capital for two more days, and each made preparations for this trip.

Soon, when the time for the appointment came, Linfeng and Xue Pintian came to the city gate, and saw the five people waiting there from a distance, Linfeng saw that they were already waiting for him, so Lao Yuan arched his hand and said: "I'm sorry, something is late, let you wait, it's really a sin!"

"You have the most things to do, wasting everyone's time!" Chang An seemed to have a very big opinion about Linfeng, and he was sneering when he saw Linfeng.

"Is this the person you want to bring?" Luo Shan asked, pointing to Xue Pintian who was standing next to Linfeng.

"Of course it is, can I bring other people to this kind of thing?" Linfeng's tone was not very good, and he was always sneered at. It's not going to be nice to be anyone.

"In Xia Xue Pintian, I have seen all fellow Daoists!" Xue Pintian introduced himself and reported his name.

"Don't talk nonsense, let's go!" Luo Shan seemed to be a little anxious, but the other people didn't say anything, so a group of seven people flew away.

Nanxing Valley is located in the territory of Linhe Mansion in Huaidong Kingdom, and the Mei family is in Xingzi City in Gouyue Country, Linfeng already knew through Bai Yi Mansion that after Mei Lin's death, her body was bought back by the Mei family for burial, and this trip to Nanxing Valley happened to pass by Xingzi City, Linfeng decided to go by the way to pay tribute to Miss Mei, and told him that he had avenged her, so that she could rest in peace.

Time passed quickly, two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the seven people who galloped all the way came to a short distance above Xingzi City, and it was quite late at this time, so Lin Feng said: "It's not too early, why don't you find a place to spend the night here today!"

The others didn't know what Lin Feng was thinking, and besides, everyone had been flying non-stop for a day, and they really needed to come down to rest and recover their mana, so no one objected, and everyone landed together.

After entering Xingzi City, find an inn to live in, and after getting along for the past two days, Lin Feng also learned a little about the relationship between the five people, and the five people only knew each other before discovering the treasure map.

It's a bit like the nature of a mercenary.,Because I got acquainted with a guard mission at the Scattered Cultivation Alliance.,So in fact, the five of them didn't know much with each other.,It's just that they got together temporarily because of the treasure of the Southern God.。

Lin Feng didn't even doubt that if he could really find the treasure, there would definitely be infighting between the five of them, and the black would definitely happen, and Lin Feng had already discussed it with Xue Pintian, and if there was an accident at that time, the two would join forces to advance and retreat together!

That night, after everyone was resting, Linfeng quietly went out alone, and after finding someone on the road to ask the location of the Mei family, Linfeng walked all the way to the Mei family, and soon a vermilion mansion appeared in front of Linfeng's eyes.

There is a large plaque embroidered gold hanging on the door, the word Mei Mansion is written on it, Linfeng stands in front of the mansion, looking at this mansion, Linfeng has a lot of emotion in his heart, is this the place where Miss Mei grew up? Can teach a kind woman like Miss Mei, this Mei family style must be good, so Linfeng knocked on the door gently.

After a long time, the door was opened from the inside, and a young man came out of it, and when the man saw the wind, he saw that he was dressed plainly, but he was neat and refreshing, and he didn't look like a villain, so he immediately asked out loud: "This son came to visit late at night and didn't know what was going on, but he could tell me, and he would help him convey the message!"

"This little brother is polite, he is Miss Mei Lin's deceased, passing by here today, I learned that Miss Mei Lin unfortunately died, and I came to mourn, but I don't know where Miss Mei Lin is buried, so I came here to ask, and I hope that the little brother will give me advice!" Lin Feng asked politely.

Linfeng didn't want the Mei family to know about his existence, but he was not familiar with this place, and he couldn't find the location of Mei Lin's grave, so he could only come to the door and ask.

"It turned out to be the eldest lady's deceased, but unfortunately the young lady is such a good person, but she has suffered such a misfortune, God really has no eyes, why don't you come in and sit down, my lord is at home at this time!"

"Thank you for your kindness, I received it in my heart, but I still have important things to do in the next place, and I can't delay it, so this time I won't bother Master Mei, the little brother just needs to tell Miss Mei where she is buried, and I will go to mourn!

This jade disc was also bothered by the little brother to hand it over to Master Mei, and told him that if his Mei family encountered any great difficulties that he couldn't get over, he only needed to burn this jade disc in the flames, and he would come to help with a sense of it!" Linfeng took out a jade dish, stored a drop of his own essence blood in it, and handed it to the young man.

Linfeng doesn't plan to go in, he is going to break this fate, Miss Mei is gone, and he has nothing to do with the rest of the Mei family, so he will only help repay this kindness when the Mei family is in trouble in the future.

"Well, my young lady is buried in the Mei family cemetery ten miles away in the south of the city, and it is easy to find it when the son goes!" The young man took the jade plate handed by Linfeng in disbelief, and then pointed out the place where Mei Lin was buried.

"Thank you, little brother, I have taken my leave!" Lin Feng had already obtained the specific location of Mei Lin's burial, so he immediately bid farewell to the young man, turned around and walked away quickly.

When the young man saw Linfeng leaving, he also wanted to turn around and close the door and go back, but he didn't want to bump into a young and beautiful woman as soon as he turned around, so he saluted immediately: "I've seen the second miss!"

This woman is Mei Lin's sister, Mei Li, the second lady of the Mei family, Mei Li is bored today, so she wandered around the house, and when she came to the door of this house, she saw that the door was open, so she came over to see what was going on, and just happened to meet the next person who turned around and closed the door.

"What's the matter, has anyone been here?" asked Merry.

"Second Miss, just now there is a young man who claims to be the eldest lady's deceased, and when he learned that the eldest lady has died, he wants to go to mourn, and he asked the little one where the eldest lady was buried and left!"

"Hey!!!How do you know that it's your sister's old friend, what if it's a bad person, you just tell him like this, and you're not afraid that he will do anything to insult your sister!"

"This ...... This...... No, I think that boy is humble and polite, not like a villain!" The young man obviously didn't believe that anyone would do anything bad to the eldest lady.

"I'm too lazy to tell you, go get ready for the carriage and horses, and follow me to the cemetery!" Merry threw down the sentence and went to the backyard, and the next man ran on his heels.

In the Mei family cemetery, Linfeng stood alone in front of Mei Lin's grave, and there was a bouquet of wildflowers picked by Linfeng on the roadside on the ground, Linfeng didn't know what this kind of flower was called, but girls like flowers, so Linfeng picked a bouquet and brought it. In front of the flower, there are two miserable white heads, which are Bai Yi and Hong An.

"Miss Mei, I've come to see you, I've helped you take revenge, the two masterminds who killed you, I took their heads to honor you, and I killed all the other people who harmed you, I hope you can turn a blind eye when the heavens know about it."

You have a life-saving grace for me, but I am not by your side when you are in danger, I have not been able to protect you, I am sorry for you, I owe you this kindness, I will return it to the Mei family in the future, don't worry, with me one day, I will keep the Mei family safe for a day. "Linfeng is talking to Merlin's tomb alone, for the dead Merlin, as if he was talking to himself.

At this moment, Linfeng felt that the dim sky was so sad.

After paying tribute to Mei Lin, Linfeng cleaned up all the weeds on the grave, and then Linfeng went back to the inn without staying long.

Not long after Linfeng left, Merry arrived in a carriage, driven by the young man. As soon as the two entered the cemetery, they walked towards Merlin's grave.

"Ahh

A frightened cry came out, and Mei Li, who came to Mei Lin's tomb first, saw that in the dim sky, there were two heads placed in front of Mei Lin's tombstone, and she immediately screamed in fright.

"What's wrong?!!, Miss?"

Then the subordinate who came over saw Mei Li screaming, and hurriedly asked, and then glanced at the two heads, and also shouted.

"Do you remember what that person looked like?" In the Mei Mansion, Mei Sheng, the head of the Mei family, looked at the subordinate standing below and asked.

"Master, I can't remember the little one, it was dark at the time, and the little one didn't look carefully, but the man was Sven. Oh!!By the way, the man also gave the little one a jade plate, and asked the little one to hand over to the master, and said that if the Mei family encounters a big disaster in the future, he will throw it into the fire and burn it, and he will come over to help the Mei family tide over the difficulties. After the man finished speaking, he handed the jade plate to Mei Sheng.

"Oh!!There is also this kind of thing, according to this, he should have no malicious intent, but what about these two heads?" After Mei Sheng took the jade plate, he stared at the two heads that had been brought back.

"I don't know the daughter, but the man went to worship her sister, and obviously these two heads should be sacrifices!" Merry saw her father's question, so she expressed her judgment.

Mei Sheng thought about it for a long time and didn't make a sound.

"Master, good news, great news!" At this moment, a loud voice came from outside the door, and a man dressed as a shopkeeper rushed in. This person was the shopkeeper Li of Huai'an City.

"Shopkeeper Li, what's the good news, could it be that we have made great progress in the secret money village in the Southern Jin Dynasty?" Since the Mei family was attacked, the Mei family's business in the Southern Jin Dynasty has been withdrawn, leaving only some secret money houses that are still operating, and now it is the shopkeeper Li who is in charge.

"Master, it's not about Qian Zhuang, it's about the eldest lady, those who participated in the killing of the eldest lady in the Southern Jin Dynasty were all killed, and yes, it was very miserable, they were all broken into pieces by a thousand knives.

The three fathers and sons of the Hong family, the whole house of the eighth prince Bai Yi were killed on his fortieth birthday, including those Manchu magnates who went to celebrate his birthday, and the heads of Bai Yi and Hong An were also missing.

According to the confession of Hong'an's concubine, that person has great powers and has immortal-like means, and after Bai Yi and so many powerful people of the Manchu Dynasty died, the Southern Jin Dynasty court did not even dare to investigate this matter. Shopkeeper Li quickly said these things that happened in the Southern Jin Dynasty, and his expression was very excited.

"Is there really such a thing?" asked Mei Sheng with some skepticism.

"Master, it's true, there's absolutely nothing wrong!" shopkeeper Li replied with great certainty.

"Shopkeeper Li, do you recognize Bai Yi and Hong An?" Mei Sheng already had a guess about the identities of the two heads on the ground.

"Of course I know, it was the old slave and the young lady who dealt with that matter together, the old slave has seen Bai Yi, not to mention Hong An, the old slave and he have been fighting in Huai'an for so many years, how can they not know each other. Shopkeeper Li still gritted his teeth when he talked about these two people.

"Then look at these two heads on the ground, are they them?" Mei Sheng said, pointing to the ground and saying to Shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li looked at it when he heard this, but his eyes were blocked by the next person, so he opened the next person's eyes with his hand and leaned over to recognize it.

"That's right, it's them!"

"It seems that the young man avenged Lin'er, but unfortunately he doesn't seem to want to have too much to do with my Mei family, otherwise since he came, how could he not want to see each other!" Mei Sheng looked at the jade disc in his hand and said, he was now convinced that the person who went to worship Mei Lin today was the one who killed Bai Yi in the Southern Jin Dynasty. And the jade disc in his hand is a promise from that person, and it is also the only means for the Mei family to relieve the catastrophe in the future.

"Sister, he has always been kind, and when he was rewarded for his kindness, he just came a little late, and he didn't come when his sister was alive!" Mérie muttered to herself.