Chapter 103: Who is the spy?
Shen Chong saw that Xiaolong and Xiaofeng's breath was more calm than when they were separated, and if they continued at this speed, they would be able to officially cultivate in a few months, so he said happily to Li Si: "Fourth uncle, it seems that the two children are diligent, presumably on the way to Emperor Yan City, they must have seriously practiced the method of breathing and breathing that I taught them at the beginning, right?"
Li Si nodded, looking at the two little ones with a look full of satisfaction: "Yes, on the way, Lord Zhao Wen often guides our father and son to cultivate the truth, and the two dolls practice hard, plus they are like their mothers, smart and clever, not as clumsy as me, so everything is ...... at all."
Speaking of his deceased wife, Li Si's expression darkened, and he couldn't say a few words.
Shen Chong also felt a pain in his heart, and immediately beckoned to take out the head of the shadow in the storage bracelet and handed it to Li Si: "Fourth uncle, this is Aunt Lian's enemy shadow husband." ”
"Child, this kindness, the fourth uncle will never forget in his life!"
Li Silao burst into tears and bowed down in front of Shen Chong.
Although Shen Chong only took out the enemy's head lightly, the hardships in the process of revenge can be roughly guessed by even mortals like Li Si. Shen Chong, as a high-ranking cultivator, did not hesitate to risk his life to help his family avenge, this kindness, in Li Si's opinion, even if the whole family was a cow and a horse, it was not enough.
Shen Chong hurriedly pulled up Li Si and said sincerely: "Fourth uncle, don't be like this." If it weren't for you and Aunt Lian, maybe I would have died in the belly of the beast in the Wandao Mountain Range. ”
Li Si didn't follow, he just pulled Xiaolong and Xiaofeng, and kowtowed a few times to Shen Chong to express his gratitude.
Looking at the simple family, Shen Chong's eyes couldn't help but moisten.
Subsequently, Shen Chong summoned the subordinates in the Xu Mansion to lead the way, and on an uninhabited hillside in the Xu Mansion, simply facing the direction of Lijiazhai in the Wandao Mountains in the north, the incense burner and Aunt Lian's ranking were placed, and the head of the shadow was sacrificed, and Aunt Lian was worshiped with Li Si's family.
Life and death are in the sky, how could I have thought that I would experience so many things in the Huangquan Realm a few months ago? But no matter what happens, life has to go on, at least one truth is very simple, that is, only by constantly improving one's own strength can one truly protect the people around him.
Standing on the hillside, looking at the vast sky and the towering city wall in the smoke screen, Shen Chong felt melancholy in his heart, sighed deeply, and then cleaned up his mood and directly spit out the transformation true fire in a group, burning the head of the shadow fu to ashes.
In this way, Shen Chong and Qin'er's master and apprentice, as well as Li Si's family, can be regarded as living in Xu's mansion with peace of mind.
Xu Tianjun had just returned to Emperor Yan City and had some chores to deal with, so after accompanying Shen Chong and them to live in the other courtyard, he left in a hurry to do his own business.
It wasn't until noon on the second day that Xu Tianjun came to the courtyard where Shen Chong and the others lived with a sad face.
"Big brother, how do you look at your frowns. Could it be that someone is looking for right and wrong again?" After Shen Chong beckoned Xu Tianjun to sit down, he saw that the other party's face was not very good, and immediately asked.
"Not really. Xu Tianjun shook his head: "However, in the past two days, several people have asked me about my whereabouts in the past two months, although most of them are just concerned, but I estimate that there must be people sent by Ling Bing Shuangjue." I am here today to ask you to tell Li Si's family and Qin'er to be cautious when talking to people, so as not to leak out. ”
"It would be strange if Ling Bingshuang never came. Shen Chong smiled slightly: "I have explained everything to Qin'er and the fourth uncle, I only said that Li Si's family is related to me, and Qin'er is my apprentice, and we are all from Dazhuan County." Even the names of some cities and folk customs in Dazhu County, I asked Zhao Wen in advance, and explained that Qin'er had memorized them by heart. Big brother, just rest assured. ”
Seeing that Shen Chong was thoughtful, Xu Tianjun reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Well, it's still a virtuous brother who has a heart, but I can't tell who is a spy around me, I always feel like a thorn in my back, and it's hard to feel at ease......"
Shen Chong said with a smile: "Big brother don't worry, you can tell everyone who has asked about your itinerary during this time, it is best to tell them their identity, the time of the questioning, the content, and even the look on their face when they speak, etc., and then the junior brother can give you a staff officer." ”
Could it be that Shen Chong can guess who the spy is just by his own description!?
Although Xu Tianjun had some doubts, after thinking about it a little, he still decided to trust his brother.
So, he immediately slowly told Shen Chong in detail about the situation he had encountered in the past few days when people around him came to inquire about the news.
With Xu Tianjun's story, the spy candidate in Shen Chong's heart gradually became eyebrow-raising.
In terms of big things, Xu Tianjun is also a wise person, and his nearly two hundred years of cultivation time make his overall view much better than that of a fifteen-year-old boy like Shen Chong who has no experience. At least his ability to dispatch troops and control the overall situation, he is still outstanding.
But when it comes to the familiar people around him, because of the influence of subjective emotions, Xu Tianjun is a bit of a fan and can't judge.
His action, except for the Minister of State, no one knew about it at all. Even to the three elders and Xu Ming, Xu Tianjun only told them that he had traveled to the southwestern counties of the Yama Kingdom. Many of the people who asked him about his itinerary this time were close people, no matter who he suspected, Xu Tianjun didn't want to believe that the other party was the person arranged by Ling Bing, but with an identity like him, he had to be cautious, so these people who asked did have something to be suspicious.
After talking for more than half an hour, Xu Tianjun finally finished speaking, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Shen Chong curiously, waiting for Shen Chong to judge.
Sure enough, as Xu Tianjun expected, Shen Chong didn't think much about it at all, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, big brother, I have already guessed who the spy is." ”
Xu Tianjun asked very surprised: "Is this possible! I just repeated it, and the virtuous brother can really judge the candidate for the spy?"
Shen Chong laughed: "I'll give you the reason, big brother, you can see if it makes sense." ”
According to Shen Chong's judgment, this Ling Bing's spy is the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion who has been in the Xu family since the time of the former head of the family, Xu Ke, who has been in charge of managing the affairs of the Xu family for more than 30 years.
The reason why Shen Chong dared to be so sure that Xu Ke, the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, was the spy arranged by Ling Bing Shuangjue was because he had two reasons. First, Xu Ke, as the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, is naturally the person who is most familiar with the affairs of the Xu Mansion, and this position is originally a high-risk position, and it is easy to become the preferred target for others to buy spies. Second, Xu Ke had asked about Xu Tianjun's whereabouts during this period of time when he pretended to arrange for Xu Tianjun to go out in the carriage the day after they returned home.
Although Xu Ke pretended to ask casually, Shen Chong heard something unusual, Xu Ke, as a long-term housekeeper, should understand very well the truth of "don't ask what shouldn't be asked, and don't say what shouldn't be said". Yesterday they returned to the Xu Mansion, and Xu Ke, as a housekeeper, must have learned the news as soon as possible, but on the first day of meeting, and when there was plenty of time, he did not ask about Xu Tianjun's whereabouts in the past two months, but asked about it the next day.
Obviously, he didn't want to inquire in the first place, but he was sent to inquire the next day.
After listening to Shen Chong's reasoning, Xu Tianjun also felt that Xu Ke was very suspicious, but he still said: "Brother Xian, although what you said is very reasonable, after all, it is just a guess, if you make a mistake, wouldn't you have wronged a good person." ”
Shen Chong didn't care about Xu Tianjun's questioning, he just smiled and said, "Since the eldest brother doesn't believe it, now I can test it on your behalf to see if my guess is accurate." ”
Seeing that Shen Chong was so confident, Xu Tianjun could only nod: "That's fine." ”
His image of Xu Ke has always been good, and if there is no conclusive reason, he really doesn't want to believe that Xu Ke will betray the Xu family.
Not long after, Xu Ke was summoned to the courtyard where Shen Chong lived, Li Si's family and Qin'er had long been avoided by Shen Chong's arrangement, while Xu Tianjun hid his breath in the room next to him, listening to Shen Chong's temptation of Xu Ke.
"Lord Shen Chong, are you looking for something?"
Xu Ke is a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby body, and in the early stage of Ning Dan, a robe is also in line with the image of a housekeeper in Shen Chong's mind.
"Steward Xu, please be seated. Shen Chong casually placed a ban around him, waved his hand to Xu Ke with a smile, and took the lead in sitting down on the chair in the living room.
The young man in front of him dared to make a move against Fang Zun in the late stage of transformation, and this strength and courage were indeed moving. Thinking of this, Xu Ke's honest face showed more respect.
Shen Chong saw Xu Ke's performance in his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "Steward Xu, everyone says that people are smart, so I will get straight to the point." ”
"Lord Shen Chong, please speak. ”
"Okay!" Shen Chong slapped his thigh with his palm, stood up directly, and the words in his mouth shocked Xu Ke's heart: "I, Shen Chong, are also two adults, and I deliberately arranged the spy next to Xu Tianjun's stinky boy. You and I are the eyes of the two adults, and when necessary, we should communicate with each other. ”
"This ...... This ......" Xu Ke was sweating profusely with fright, his eyes were rolling, and after a while, he calmed down and forced a smile: "Little... The villain doesn't know what the adults are talking about, let alone the two adults. The villain should only see Lord Shen Chong from the future, and hope that the adult will not talk nonsense everywhere in the future. ”
"Bastard thing!" Shen Chong's expression suddenly turned cold, and the powerful momentum of the transformation period came out majestically, suppressing Xu Ke to the death: "In this way, I have wronged you Steward Xu, since this is the case, I will kill you, lest I tell the news that I am a subordinate of Ling Bing and the two adults." ”
Watching Shen Chong oppress step by step, Xu Ke suddenly sweated like rain, and shouted: "Lord Shen Chong spares his life, and the little one swears to the sky that he will not leak the news." ”
Shen Chong's face was cold, and he directly summoned the silver tooth blade: "Swear? hum, I just can't trust others, I can't trust anything I swear, only dead people can reassure me." ”
As he spoke, he didn't care about it at all, and he raised his knife directly at Xu Ke to cut it down.