Chapter 50: Cold Wind
"The head of the fire family, why was the dignified head of the fire family killed and buried here. β
Hong Dingwu looked at the corpse carefully, and there were two wounds on the corpse, one on the left leg, which cut off the roots of the fire, and the other on the throat of the fire.
"The wound is deep on the left and shallow on the right, presumably the murderer is left-handed, judging from the shape of the wound, the weapon used by the murderer is a weapon such as a scimitar, wait a minute......" Hong Dingwu's face changed, and he carefully felt the breath on Huo Lie's body, "Demonic energy? Huo Lie's body actually has a demonic breath, I don't know if he has already cultivated demonic skills or the person who killed him has cultivated demonic skills." No wonder there are no birds and beasts in this vicinity, but a giant python is here, it turns out that it is because of the existence of demonic energy here, the snake likes yin, and it is impossible to refuse the existence of demonic energy. β
"How old is Huo Li, this year?" asked Hong Dingwu as he turned to Fan Pingfan.
"Fifty, why are you asking this?" Fan Pingfan asked suspiciously.
"Fifty, are you sure? This looks like an old man in his eighties and nineties. β
"Maybe it's caused by excessive blood loss, just that white hair, plus the token of the head of the fire family, this person must be Huoli. And this year, Huo Huo has just passed his 50th birthday, and I remember it clearly. β
"Why did you become so old at the age of fifty?" Hong Dingwu wondered.
Suddenly, his face froze, and he remembered Ye Qing and the others of the Golden Snake Gang, "Could it be that he cultivated the Heavenly Divine Technique and then shared his vitality with others to become like this?" Or was he forcibly robbed of his vitality by the people who cultivated the Heavenly Divine Technique." β
After thinking about it, Hong Dingwu still couldn't figure it out, and he began to look at his surroundings, hoping to find some clues. And Fan Pingfan followed behind Hong Dingwu step by step, and today he was really frightened by the fact that it was a snake and a corpse.
The surrounding environment can no longer be ordinary, there is no trace of fighting, Hong Dingwu waved his hand, a gust of wind arose, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground, Hong Dingwu carefully scanned not an inch of land with his eyes, but still failed to find any clues. "Isn't this the scene of a murder?"
"Huh?" Just as Hong Dingwu was about to give up, his gaze locked on one place, and he saw that the color of the soil there was darker than that near it.
Hong Dingwu walked in quickly, the shadowless sword in his hand stabbed out again and again, and after a while, a pit that could accommodate one person appeared in front of him, and there was a clear footprint at one end of the pit.
"Could it be that the murderer hid in this dirt pit and stabbed him to death while he was unprepared? This footprint shows that this person is very good at his feet, and judging from the breath above, the murderer should have used the very famous ladder of clouds on the rivers and lakes. Taking advantage of the flames' unpreparedness, he used the cloud ladder to rush out of the dirt pit, and slashed the tendon of Fire's left leg with a single sword, causing Flames to stand unsteadily, and then slashed through it, slitting Fire's throat. It's all easy to say, but to do all this, two conditions must be met, first, know in advance that Flame is coming back, and second, let Flame let down his guard. And these two points can only be done by people who are trusted by Fire. Could it be that there are people from the Huo family among these accomplices? In order to compete for the position of the head of the family? Hmph, no matter who it is, dare to cultivate the Heavenly God Technique, and there is no mercy for killing. β
Just as Hong Dingwu was thinking about this murder in his mind, the sound of horses' hooves came and disrupted his thoughts.
Hong Dingwu immediately came to the edge of the deep pit and buried the body, and then his body fluttered, constantly knocking on the surrounding trees, and endless fallen leaves fell, covering the ground again.
When he saw the person clearly, Fan Pingfan immediately fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.
After a while, a team of people came to Hong Dingwu, and the leader said, "Big black charcoal, you are the one who made our eldest lady angry." β
"Who is the eldest lady of your family?" asked Hong Dingwu suspiciously, he really didn't know these people.
"We are the guards of the Leng family, and the eldest lady of our family is naturally the first beauty of Linyang City, Leng Xuemei, come with us, you kid is also fateful, and you can still stand when your eldest lady is angry, you don't know, there are not a few young people who were broken by our eldest lady. Xiao Zhang, give him your horse, and you will take Fan Pingfan back later. The leader turned back to the guards beside him.
Hong Dingwu took the reins of the horse in Xiao Zhang's hand, then turned over on the horse, and in one go, the eyes of the leader stared, "Sure enough, there are two brushes." β
After that, everyone rode towards Lengfu.
On the way, looking at Hong Dingwu's calm expression, the leader couldn't help but ask curiously, "Eh boy, you should know that you angered our eldest lady, and after returning to Lengfu, you didn't end well, why can you be so calm?"
"Dare to ask your brother's surname?" Hong Dingwu asked with a smile.
"Zhang Ping. The leader replied.
"Brother Zhang, if I leave now, will you let me go?" asked Hong Dingwu again.
"Responsibility, naturally not. β
"That's right, you're a first-class master, I can't beat it, I can't run. Whether I'm scared or calm, I can't escape the fate of being repaired, so why not relax my mind and let him be in turmoil, and I will not move. β
"Shaoxia has a good attitude, if you survive this catastrophe, Zhang will definitely make you a friend, but then again, for the first time in so many years, I have seen the eldest lady so angry, what did you kid do to her?" Zhang Ping asked curiously.
"The Buddha said, don't say, don't say. Hong Dingwu put on an unfathomable expression, said with a smile, and reached out to smell it in his nose after speaking, it was so fragrant, it was a good Q bomb.
"Just say it, as if I want to know. But the eldest lady is still angry, at least she has changed her expression, but such a beautiful person has a straight face all day long, how good it would be to be able to smile. I heard that she has a marriage contract with the second prince, I wonder how the second prince will feel when he marries this ice cube and goes home?"
Hong Dingwu was choked by Zhang Ping's sudden words, "You said that you deserve to be a guard, and you dare to talk about your eldest lady behind your back?"
"Eh, remember, I'm working, I'm only selling my art, not my body, I still have personal freedom and freedom of speech. β
Hong Dingwu smiled and didn't speak, it seems that the Leng family is indeed very good to these subordinates.
After a while, Zhang Ping asked again, "Eh, can you tell me what you did to the eldest lady?"
"Aren't you curious?"
"I'm not curious, but you can tell me what you want, come on, follow your heart, and say what you want to say. β
"I'm not that cheap. β
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Running all the way, everyone finally returned to Lengfu.
Zhang Ping took Hong Dingwu all the way to the main hall.
I saw a middle-aged man who looked like a weak scholar sitting on the main seat, no need to think about it, this must be Leng Feng, the head of the Leng family, who is this man who leads the Leng family among the four major families in the rivers and lakes.
More than 20 years ago, there were only three recognized top families in the rivers and lakes, namely the Liangguang Land, the Huang family in Foshan, the Tianshan Snow Family and the Bishui Villa at the foot of Shu Mountain.
The Leng family can only be regarded as a first-class family at most, just because Leng Feng got acquainted with the young Hong Emperor Liu, when Hong Diliu ascended the throne, he divided Linyang City and a radius of hundreds of miles under the independent jurisdiction of the Leng family, and all taxes do not need to be paid, so the Leng family can rise and become one of the top families, and the natural calm and cold wind was forced to become the head of the family by the Leng family.
Leng Xuemei was also in the main hall, standing beside Leng Feng.
"Zhang Ping, why don't you tie him up?" Leng Xuemei asked angrily at Zhang Ping.
"This little brother is very cooperative and has never resisted, so we didn't tie him up, and if we tie him up, it's not easy for us to bring him back, it will delay a lot of time, and I hope the eldest lady understands." Zhang Ping said respectfully.
"Boy, are you guilty?" Leng Feng asked with a grimace.
"I don't know?" Hong Dingwu said as he looked at the hall, his expression extremely calm.
"I don't know what you did, but you dare to make my baby daughter angry like that, and you still say you're right?" Leng Feng stood up, and his years of high position kept him from being angry.
"There is no imperial law that says that it is a crime not to make your daughter angry, the person who said it, you don't ask why your daughter is so angry, in case she is in a bad mood when her aunt comes today, and she happens to be bumped into by me, then you say that I am not wronged." β
Leng Xuemei on the side was so angry that this kid dared to quibble, and said angrily, "Your eldest aunt just came, and your whole family and relatives are here." β
After speaking, he kicked towards Hong Dingwu, but was stopped by the cold wind on the side, "Xuemei, this kid has a lot of sense, you say, how did he provoke you." β
Leng Xuemei couldn't say a word for a long time, "You don't care how he provoked me, anyway, he just provoked me, I'm going to kill him." β
"Eh, baby girl, this is unacceptable, although we are people in the rivers and lakes, we also have to abide by the laws of the empire, how can we kill people at will for no reason. β
"Can you help me?" Leng Xuemei looked at Leng Feng and said coldly.
"We have to be reasonable, you tell Daddy, how did this black thing provoke you, it's okay to whisper, if this kid really goes too far, then Daddy and I will definitely repair him ruthlessly. Leng Feng looked at Leng Xuemei and said with an oath.
The words of the cold wind made the corners of Hong Dingwu's mouth twitch involuntarily, something black and not slippery?
Leng Xuemei stared at Leng Feng for a while, and said lightly, "I'll do it myself." β
After speaking, he walked towards the door, and when he passed by Hong Dingwu's side, he said: "The security of Linyang City is not good, so be careful when you walk at night in the future." β
"Thank you for your concern, then Hong will not go out at night in the future. Hong Dingwu said with a smile.