Xu Chen's head was buzzing.

Although Lao Wu is only a servant, he is the only person who loves and trusts himself after he returns home, and without Lao Wu, there would be no cultivation for him at this time, and there would be no possibility for him to stand up again.

Although Lao Wu hid many secrets from him, he believed in his heart that Lao Wu would eventually tell him. It's just that now that Lao Wu is dead, I'm afraid that those secrets about his mother will sink into the sea.

Xu Chen followed the swordsman and walked forward in a daze.

The residence of the servants of the Xu family was against the palace wall on the east side, and it was still far away from the square, and after seven and eight turns, the swordsman finally took Xu Chen to a row of low huts.

The rules of the Xu Mansion are very strict, and Xu Chen has never been here. However, he recognized Lao Wu's hut at a glance, because there were six or seven swordsmen in the mansion standing in front of the door of that hut, and they were all very alert, and when they saw Xu Chen coming, they all turned their eyes over, and their eyes were also full of complicated emotions.

For some reason, seeing the gazes of these sword masters, Xu Chen actually had some bad premonitions.

Xu Chen calmed down and said to the swordsman who brought him, "Was Uncle Wu killed by someone else?" his voice trembled a little.

The swordsman glanced at Xu Chen sideways, obviously a little indifferent, and said coldly: "Young Master! Besides, as I said, I'm just a sword master, so it's inconvenient to say too much. You'll know what's going on inside when you're inside. ”

As they spoke, they had already come to the door of Lao Wu's hut, and several swordsmen kept looking at Xu Chen, and that kind of look didn't look like looking at their own young master at all.

The swordsman who came with Xu Chen crossed his left hand and said, "Please!", signaling that Xu Chen could go in.

Xu Chen raised his head and looked at the wooden door of the hut, trying to imagine the situation inside, so that he would not be too distempered and frightened when he entered.

He didn't believe that Lao Wu was killed by others, although Lao Wu had never shown his strength, but with his erudition and performance in the Maple Leaf Pawnshop, I am afraid that no one in this Yongan Town could kill him.

Xu Chen exhaled a long breath and slowly walked into the hut.

The hut is not big, because of the block of the courtyard wall, the light in the hut is not very good, and it is slightly gloomy. The first thing Xu Chen saw when he entered the house was the backs of the three people, who were looking down at something, and were still muttering quietly in their mouths. In the middle was his father Xu Zijie, standing on both sides were the two elders, Xu Chen couldn't see the faces of the three at this time, but he could fully feel the depression in this hut.

Continuing to walk forward, through the gap between the backs of the three people, Xu Chen finally saw the corpse lying on the ground, and at a certain moment, he saw the face of the corpse, which was Lao Wu.

Although Xu Chen already knew the news and was prepared in his heart, when he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but feel a violent twitch in his heart.

It may be that the three of them heard the footsteps behind them, and they turned around at the same time and looked at Xu Chen, whose eyes were foggy.

"You're here!"

The first to speak was Xu Zijie, his voice was calm, calm without a trace of emotion.

Xu Chen didn't speak, nodded at the three of them, and walked to Xu Zijie's side, at this time he really saw Lao Wu's corpse clearly.

It was not as bloody as Xu Chen imagined, Lao Wu was lying quietly on the ground, his old cheeks were as white as snow, but his face seemed to be in no pain. The fatal wound should have been on the chest, because only the clothes on his chest were infused with a large patch of blackened blood all over his body.

Lao Wu's right hand rests on the ground on the left side, and if you look closely, you can see that the fingertips of your right hand are also stained with a faint bloodstain.

"Why?"

Xu Chen's heart churned, it was obvious that Lao Wu was killed by a sword, and the murderer was extremely fast, otherwise there would definitely be traces of a fight in the hut, and Lao Wu's body would definitely be more or less scarred.

Xu Chen turned his head to look at Xu Zijie, who was also staring at him at this time, his eyes were full of coldness.

"Father, when did this happen?"

Xu Zijie closed his eyes deeply, his face was gloomy, and when he opened his eyes again, he said softly, "Elder Sun, tell me about it!"

"Yes!"

Elder Sun took two steps forward and came to Xu Chen's face, his eyes were strange, and after looking at Xu Chen for a moment, he said softly: "Young Master, I still don't know when Lao Wu was killed. As he spoke, Elder Sun's eyes flickered a little.

"This morning, Steward Li looked for Lao Wu and wanted him to do some chores, but he couldn't find anything, so he had to send another servant here to take a look, but he didn't expect to see such a situation. I just took a look, and judging from the current state of blood clotting on his body, he should have died last night, probably in the second half of the night. ”

Xu Chen nodded slightly, "Elder Sun, do you have a clue now?"

Elder Sun was stunned at first, but looked at Xu Zijie.

Xu Zijie closed his eyes heavily, and nodded helplessly at Elder Sun.

Elder Sun moved his gaze to Xu Chen's face again, and said coldly and slightly embarrassedly, "There is a little bit, but I am not very sure, so I asked you to come." ”

"Me?"

Xu Chen was extremely surprised, "Elder Sun, what can I do?"

Although Xu Chen said this, he had already guessed a rough idea from the expressions and conversations of several people. In the past month, Lao Wu has been the closest to him, I'm afraid......

"Young Master, you should understand too!" said Elder Sun. His gaze suddenly hesitated. "Although Lao Wu is just a servant of the Xu family, it is a human life after all. Besides, nothing like this has ever happened in the history of the Xu family, and it will not be good for the reputation of the Xu family if it is spread out, so ......"

"So we must find out the murderer and punish him severely. Xu Chen continued.

Elder Sun nodded with a serious expression, and added, "No matter who he is!"

Listening to what Elder Sun said, for a while, Xu Chen's head swelled, and that bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

After being silent for a moment, Xu Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Elder Sun, if you have anything to say, just say it directly! At this time, you only called me over alone, which means that you have confirmed some things." ”

"This ...... You ...... last night."

Elder Sun wanted to speak and stopped, with an extremely embarrassed look on his face.

"Where were you last night?"

Xu Zijie, who was standing next to him, saw Elder Sun stumbling and knew that he was a little embarrassed, so he spoke himself.

Xu Chen's heart was cold, and he looked at his father with helpless eyes, and his eyes were already full of tears for some time, "Father, so you also suspect that it is me, right?"

Xu Zijie's heart was also quite uncomfortable, he pinned his head to the side and stopped looking at Xu Chen, and said in a deep voice: I don't want to either! However, someone saw Lao Wu enter your room last night. And, I ask again, for the month you've been back, he's been going to your room almost every night. Tell me, why is that? You're not just going to be chatting, are you?"

Xu Chen smiled bitterly, he knew that he couldn't tell the secret between him and Lao Wu, he could only be silent.

"So, you're acquiescing?"

Xu Zijie suddenly turned his head and looked at Xu Chen angrily.

"No! I didn't!"

Xu Chen yelled, the wry smile on his face turning into sadness. "Why should I kill Uncle Wu. ”

Xu Zijie shook his head helplessly, his face full of disappointment, "Okay, then let me ask you, before a person who was killed died...... If you were an old man, at the end of your life, if someone was there for you, what would you say to him? ”

Xu Chen didn't speak, his mind kept flashing the pictures of the past, his mother, Lao Wu, too many people, after a moment of silence, he said: "I don't know! Everyone has their own experience, how do I know what Uncle Wu will say when he dies?"

"Humph!"

Xu Zijie snorted coldly, "An ordinary person, he will definitely say the name of the murderer, isn't he?"

Xu Chen nodded silently and said softly, "Maybe!"

"Just agree!"

Xu Zijie said coldly, and glanced at Elder Sun.

I saw Elder Sun slowly walk to the left side of Lao Wu's corpse and reach out to remove Lao Wu's left arm, at that moment, Xu Chen was shocked.

It turned out that under Lao Wu's left arm was a character written in blood, the word "dust". Although there are some implications up and down, and the two points are a little flat, anyone will recognize this word at the first time.

"Why?"

Xu Chen's whole body trembled, and he didn't understand why Lao Wu had to write his name before he died. Although he knew that the murderer was not himself, he was already at a loss for words at this time.

Xu Zijie said with a little sadness: "Chen'er, I never thought it would be you, and if this incident happened a few days ago, even if there is such a dust word, I will never believe that it is you, but the swordsmanship you used in the test today ......"

As he spoke, Xu Zijie's eyes were blurred with tears and he couldn't say any more.

"Yes, young master!"

Elder Sun also said helplessly on the side: "I just talked with the head of the family, and Elder Huang, there are no traces of a fight in Lao Wu's room, and there are no other injuries on Lao Wu's body, which shows that the murderer is extremely fast with his sword, and he ...... And most of them are people who are close, which will catch Lao Wu off guard. Lao Wu usually didn't have much contact with other servants, and he didn't talk much. So, these ......"

"So the evidence points to me!"

Xu Chen sighed helplessly.

Xu Zijie waved his hand, controlled his emotions again, and said to Xu Chen softly: "Chen'er, do you still think I am your father?"

Xu Chen was a little stupid, he didn't know why Xu Zijie suddenly asked like this, and nodded desperately.

"Okay, then you can tell me honestly what level your cultivation has reached now. ”

Xu Chen choked up, and said in a trembling voice, "The early stage of the Hui Spirit Realm. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two elders looked at each other in surprise, unable to help themselves.

Xu Zijie nodded with satisfaction, "It's about the same as I guessed, otherwise you wouldn't have defeated Xu Ming so easily." However, when you came home that night, you said that you didn't cultivate in the Bai family, and you lied to your father at that time, right? Why did you do this?"