Chapter 391 Unexpectedly smooth
Lu Jian spoke in a clear and coherent manner. He first summarized the whole thing he knew in a general way, so as not to be confusing and make people miss the key points.
He saw the young man in green shirt slowly turning around and facing him. His bearing was outstanding and indescribable. His hands were still behind his back, hidden in his own shadow. Apart from being slender, he could no longer see the jade-like feeling before. Just my own illusion.
"What did he say?" Meng Qi's voice was mellow.
During this period of time, Lu Jian had thought about this matter many times, and without thinking, he answered directly: "Jin Li suddenly arrived in Wen'an. I was very surprised, because since inheriting the family business, I have rarely traveled with them. Not only have we not seen each other for a long time, our correspondence has also become less frequent because they have no fixed residence.”
"That day, I held a private banquet for Jin Li at home. When the wine was in full swing, he sighed with emotion, 'It doesn't matter whether you die or not while you are alive. Anyway, relatives or friends will mourn, and others will sing. Even if things change at any time, even close relatives and friends, Because there is no hope, we will gradually become numb and adapt, and we will be freed from grief. What we are most afraid of is not seeing people alive or dead bodies. Relatives and friends worry day and night, looking for clues everywhere. They are always in sadness, eagerness and hope. It is difficult to Have a happy face'.
"At the time, I thought it was the emotion caused by something he encountered while traveling in the world, and I didn't pay too much attention to it. How could I have imagined that he would never see a person alive or a body after death."
In other words, Jin Li was not killed and disappeared due to an accident. He had a premonition before that... Did he deliberately leave any clues? If no clues were left, why... Meng Qi put his hands behind his hands and listened quietly, his green shirt gently fluttering with the cold wind of winter night, which made him stand out: "Have you ever asked Jin Li about the purpose of coming to Wen'an?" ?”
Lu Jian sighed: "I must have asked. He said he was passing by Wen'an for something and wanted to see my best friend. I had no doubt at that time and felt that Jin Li would not deceive me on such a matter, so I believed him directly and only asked. He asked me what the matter was, but he was vague and said it was not an important matter, so there was no need to worry, and then changed the subject. "
This matter should be quite important to Jin Li, but he doesn't want others to know... Meng Qi nodded thoughtfully: "Did you pay attention to Jin Li's state at that time, whether he was full of worries, hesitant and ambitious, or hesitant Undecided?”
"If he behaved abnormally, I would have noticed it long ago." Lu Jian smiled bitterly, and said after a while, "If there is anything different from the past, there is actually one thing. Jin Li was originally clumsy in words, did not care about gossip, and devoted himself to They were all based on hard training, but that day he rarely mentioned the famous heroes in the world, and he seemed to be quite envious of him. I laughed at him, saying that he had grown older and had more knowledge, and finally enlightened. I know I miss a woman.”
If someone is an acquaintance with this kind of thing, anyone who encounters it will think this way and will not feel that Jin Li is abnormal.
Is it a love affair? But what kind of love can make Jin Li live without seeing anyone and die without seeing his body? The water behind Meng Qi was flowing slowly and was almost dry. Many large rocks on the river bottom were exposed in the sparkling light.
Did he fall in love with a woman he shouldn't have loved and get into trouble he shouldn't have?
"Perhaps Jin Li's disappearance is related to love entanglements. Brother Lu, please check whether such things happened in Wen'an City before and after his disappearance." Meng Qi's tone was unhurried.
Hearing the word "Brother Lu", Lu Jian was stunned. He carefully looked at the young man in green shirt in front of him and found that he could not judge his age. He had an ancient face, strange charm and mature temperament, like a master who had been famous for many years, but his eyebrows were There is no trace of vicissitudes of life between them, as if they are still very young.
"This matter concerns Jin Li, and I am obligated to do so." Lu Jian, as one of the local snakes, is much more convenient and effective than Meng Qi to inquire about similar matters. "By the way, I wonder what you call your Excellency? How will I give you the results after I find out?"
"Don't bother, just set off a few fireworks at the door and I'll come and ask in person." Meng Qi had mastered the skills of a mysterious master.
After saying that, he stepped aside and stood by the forest on the shore, looking at the flowing water with his hands behind his hands, indicating that Lu Jian could leave.
Lu Jian didn't ask any more questions. He knew that some experts had weird tempers and refused to be questioned, so he called Lu Huo and others over and stepped onto the stone arch bridge with a steady pace.
After crossing the bridge, he subconsciously turned back and found that the figure in green clothes on the shore had disappeared without a trace, and he didn't even sense it!
"The Jin family actually sent such experts here? Hey, before Jin Li disappeared, he wanted to be taken seriously by the Jin family but could not get it. It was not until Jiuqiao that he was barely looked at and he slowly approached his long-cherished wish. Who would have thought that after he disappeared, the Jin family would be like this? Pay attention, fate has its way with people..." Lu Jian said with emotion in his heart.
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In the woods on the bank, the ground was covered with dead leaves and the branches were empty. Meng Qi walked with great steps, and in a few steps he reached behind a big tree. There was a bookcase used by Confucian scholars, with a green cloth on it, as if to block the wind. It is used to cover the rain, but the "wound of heaven" is hidden inside.
The Flowing Fire was made of dragon scales and could be bent like a soft sword. Meng Qi bought a matching scabbard and tied it around his waist. However, the "Heaven's Wound" was different and there was no way to treat it in the same way. He had to either carry it on his back or put it on his waist. In a large package or book case, otherwise it will be easily recognized by others due to its obvious features, and the meaning of disguise will be lost.
Previously, Meng Qi was concerned about the image of a mysterious master, and felt that appearing in front of Lu Jian with a bookcase on his back did not match the overall style of the painting, so he simply hid it in the forest and placed it within the range of his mental induction. He stood proudly with his hands behind his back, as if Heaven and earth are in harmony.
Carrying the bookcase on his back, Meng Qi turned eighty-nine, and his temperament suddenly changed. Although they were both dressed as Confucian scholars, there were still obvious differences. Before, he was a mature and elegant person, but now he was dressed in a green shirt, full of vigor and bookishness, and strode towards the outside of the forest. And go.
It was dark at night, and Meng Qi went directly to the only mass grave in Wen'an and took out a red bead.
This is an item refined by Yun Zhongzi himself. Using the blood of the Jin family as bait, it can cause strange phenomena to the bones of the same blood within a radius of three miles. He himself cannot come and combine the three blood beads with the detailed The news was also deposited in Xianji.
Meng Qi came here precisely because he wanted to use blood beads to find whether there was Jin Li's body in the mass grave. After all, if he was killed, the mass grave was a very suitable place to dump the body. There were dead bodies hidden in many lush vegetation. , and countless people were dug into shallow pits and buried. The stench filled the hills, and no one would come to see if anyone had been killed.
Holding his breath, Meng Qi crushed the blood beads, and a red light spread to the surroundings, dyeing the mass grave with a layer of bright red, making it even more sinister and bloody, and extremely terrifying.
Suddenly, a red light shot up in the distance, as if someone was setting off fireworks.
There are really Jin Li’s bones? Meng Qi was slightly stunned. He didn't expect to find it so quickly and easily.
His footsteps moved as if they were not touched by the soil, and he swept over the long weeds watered by flesh and blood, and ran to the place where the red light burst out.
This was a place where the vegetation was particularly lush, and it was obvious that there were corpses buried underneath. Meng Qi waved his right palm, and the wind gathered from his palm, violently flying away the vegetation and pushing away the soil.
The surface of the soil was very shallow. After taking a palm, Meng Qi saw the dead body below. He had turned into white bones. There was no trace of rotten cloth on his body, and there were only a few bones left.
The bones stained with mud were shining with a layer of blood, indicating the identity of the owner.
At a glance, there are no clues left in the shallow pit or the bones. It seems that we need to find a master who is good at summoning souls to break through the obstacles. However, Jin Li has been dead for many years, and he is afraid that his soul has already disappeared and cannot be summoned!
"Come out." Meng Qi suddenly spoke, and his voice spread far in the dark and quiet mass grave with only the barking of dogs.
With a bang, a figure rolled out from behind a locust tree. He had a tattered felt hat, a patched cotton jacket, and was full of stench. He was a beggar who had been searching for useful items from corpses in mass graves for a long time.
"Sir, please spare the little one. He just saw a red light coming out here and came over to find out." The beggar explained hurriedly.
His face was dark and covered with dirt, making it difficult to tell his age, but judging from his body and voice, he was at least forty years old, and his martial arts skills were low.
Meng Qi, who practices the art of transforming the sky and striking the earth, is very sensitive to the changes in other people's mental states. Especially when the other party's strength is far inferior to his own, he has the feeling of peering directly into the soul.
He noticed the abnormality of the beggar's mood and said in a deep voice: "I haven't asked yet, why are you begging for mercy? Could it be that this place has something to do with you and has done something undisclosed?"
"Don't you people like you hate being spied on? That's why I begged for mercy." The beggar explained.
Meng Qi snorted coldly: "But I hate others being deceived even more."
His sharp eyes pierced the beggar's eyes, making him suddenly alert and he knelt down suddenly: "Sir, please forgive me. I didn't do anything. I just happened to know the origin of this corpse and only rushed forward after seeing the red light." Come."
"Do you know his origin?" Meng Qi frowned.
The beggar spoke very quickly: "Yes, Xiao Xiao wanders around the mass graves every day, looking for valuable items, exchanging for clothes and food, etc., so whenever there is a new corpse, Xiao Xiao will go and take a look, unless the other person is extremely skilled. High, it can be buried without anyone noticing.”
"That night, the little boy was very hungry and was wondering whether he should kill a lone wild dog to eat. Suddenly he noticed that two servants of the Chen family quietly carried the body up. They hurriedly dug a hole and buried it before leaving in a hurry. Later, the body was bitten by wild dogs and changed several times, leaving only a few bones."
"Chen Mansion?" Meng Qi asked calmly.
The beggar answered without hesitation: "Mr. Chen Changgeng's Chen family."
How could it be them... Meng Qi was puzzled. Chen Changgeng was a well-known figure in the area. He was like a landlord and was better than a person in the world. The strongest member of the family was only Jiu Qiao. How could he kill Jin who had a premonition? Leave?
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Chen Mansion.
Chen Changgeng hummed a little tune and walked towards his favorite concubine's room with his personal guards.
As soon as he opened the door, he was stunned because sitting at the table was a mysterious man wearing a mask and a mysterious robe.
His mask is the common "Yuanshi Tianzun", his eyes are deep, staring at him!