"Senior Xu?"
As the Holy Son saw the orange cat enter the room, he was surprised at first, then joyfully asked in a low voice: "Senior, why are you here? Didn't you say that we wouldn't meet for the next few days?"
The orange cat spoke in human language: "I told you not to meet me, I didn't say that I wouldn't meet you"
After a pause, he doubtfully asked: "How did you recognize me?"
"Didn't senior say that you used the Heart Hex to control a cat to sneak into the Chai manor and met Chai Xian?" Li Lingsu smiled.
The Holy Son then noticed that the orange cat was frozen in place and fell into thought.
Did I say something wrong? Li Lingsu's expression was blank …
Damn it, I've unknowingly become infected with the Jinlian Taoist priest's hobby!? No, I haven't, mainly because cats can fly over walls and come and go like the wind, dogs can't even sneak into the Chai manor …
Even if they sneak in, they might be slaughtered by the monks and turned into dog meat hotpot … Xu Qi 'an muttered with complicated emotions.
Li Lingsu had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but seeing this mysterious senior suddenly thinking about life, he didn't want to disturb him and could only wait.
A few moments later, Xu Qi 'an regained his senses and said: "Give me a cup of tea, I'm a bit thirsty"
The one who was thirsty wasn't him, but the cat. But the feeling of hunger and thirst was simultaneously transmitted to Xu Qi 'an who was possessing the cat.
Li Lingsu immediately flipped open the upside down teacup and filled it with warm water.
The orange cat took advantage of this and jumped onto the table. He didn't drink the tea right away and instead glanced at the messy bed.
A cat's sense of smell was several dozen times more sensitive than a human's, so he easily picked up the scent of sugar.
Xu Qi 'an who was enduring the Love Hex's side effects lightly scoffed: "Seems like you're living a happy and carefree life"
Hearing this, Li Lingsu's face fell, and she frowned.
"Senior, when will you help me take out the Love Hex? Every time I see Xing 'er, I can't help myself. All I can think about is her, when she beckons me with her finger, I can't help myself "
As he spoke, he wrapped his arms around his waist.
Old Versailles … Xu Qi 'an was expressionless.
"When the matter is resolved, I will remove the child Gu for you. Removing it now will alert the enemy and alert Chai Xing 'er."
That was the only way! Li Lingsu sighed and thought of refining a furnace of pills to nourish his kidneys. Then he thought of the cellar and said,
"Just now, someone informed Xing 'er that someone broke into the cellar and dissected Chai Jianyuan's body."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice, "Senior, did you do it?"
Xu Qi'an nodded.
It really is him … After getting the correct answer, Li Lingsu hurriedly asked, "Did you find anything?"
"Chai Xian is most likely Chai Jianyuan's illegitimate son," Xu Qi'an said.
He then saw Li Lingsu's expression change drastically. Li Lingsu's eyes widened in shock and disbelief.
After a while, Li Lingsu lowered his voice and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Chai Xian has six toes, Chai Jianyuan also has six toes, it might be inherited, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence"
Li Lingsu went silent for a while: "No wonder Chai Jianyuan insisted on marrying Chai Lan to the HuangFu family, he wouldn't agree to the marriage between Chai Xian and Chai Lan"
He then realized. "Chai Xian doesn't know his identity!"
This was easy to infer, if he knew he was an illegitimate son, he wouldn't have fallen in love with Chai Lan.
"No, it's also possible that he knew, so he killed Chai Jianyuan in a fit of rage to hide the fact that he's an illegitimate son, then took Chai Lan for himself" Li Lingsu's imagination ran wild.
Punches need to be methodical, deductions need to be logical … Xu Qi'an silently mocked him, then scoffed:
"How can you be so sure that Chai Xian knows his identity, and how can you be sure that Chai Xian knows that only Chai Jianyuan in the Chai family knows about his illegitimate son identity? Although the six toes are a secret, the people closest to him and his elders would definitely know "
Li Lingsu's expression froze: "That's true"
Orange Cat An drank a few mouthfuls of tea, then continued: "Furthermore, Chai Jianyuan showed signs of being poisoned before he died, that's why he was killed in the study. The one who poisoned him was most likely someone close to him "
"So senior suspects that …"
Xu Qi'an faced Li Lingsu's questioning gaze and nodded:
"That's right, I suspect it was Chai Xing Er. That kind of poison isn't something a normal person can refine. Unless a Poison Gu Master personally did it. Didn't Chai Xing Er go to Southern Border and ask for the Love Gu? "
Li Lingsu's expression turned ugly.
He knew that he was quite picky with women, but any woman he had a relationship with would have a unique temperament and personality, as well as an outstanding appearance and figure.
Secondly, in terms of personality, they definitely couldn't be evil or evil, otherwise their worldview would conflict and they wouldn't be able to talk about love.
Even the Dong Fang sisters weren't bloodthirsty people, although they had some conflicts with Xu Qian in Thunder Continent, that was because they had different standpoints, so killing was unavoidable.
From what he knew, Chai Xing Er was scheming, ambitious, and cunning, her temperament was like a lilac flower in sorrow, delicate and pitiful, she wasn't a simple woman at all.
But Chai Xing Er wasn't a morally bankrupt person.
But as time passed, as he investigated the case further, he started to have doubts about this.
"I didn't come here to chat with you"
Orange Cat An raised his paw and slammed the table, cutting off Li Lingsu's divergent thoughts.
"Please speak, senior"
Li Lingsu said in a low voice.
"Why did Chai Jianyuan hide Chai Xian's identity, have you ever thought about it?"
Li Lingsu was a bit surprised, but only understood Xu Qian's meaning after a few seconds. For a family head, having an illegitimate child isn't something that can't be revealed.
But why did Chai Xian stay in the Chai family for so many years as a foster son?
Li Lingsu pondered: "If it wasn't Chai Jianyuan, then the problem lies with Chai Xian. Is there a secret to his identity?"
Orange Cat An chuckled: "Before the answer is revealed, any hypothesis is possible, but remember to verify it. I remember that Daoism's Yin God served as the City God of the Age of Old, responsible for seducing people's souls "
Li Lingsu replied with a 'hm':
"In the Age of Old, there were two sets of rules, one was the Law of the Yang realm, the other was the Karma of the Underworld. But then, this set of Yin techniques gradually weakened until it was abolished.
"Ah, I've read about this in Tenzō's ancient records, but I've never fully understood it, do you know about it, senior?"
An old monster like Xu Qian definitely knows a lot of secrets that others don't.
Orange Cat An pondered a bit, then combined the secrets he obtained from the ancient corpse and explained:
"In the Age of Old, there were only two types of cultivation, one was martial arts, and the other was' Dao ', the Dao of Daoism. The Daoism system was much more complete than the Warrior system, and was also developed much earlier.
"In other words, the Age of Old was the world of Daoism. This was the environment where Yin techniques existed and flourished.
"But as time passed, martial arts began to flourish, the Southern Border humans came up with the art of Gu, the Buddhas confirmed their path, the Sorcerer God was born … Daoism could no longer dominate the world, so Yin techniques naturally went extinct"
As for the Confucians and the Sorcerers, they only appeared in the Age of Old. The Confucian Sages was a figure from over 2000 years ago, while the Sorcerers were around the same age as the country for 600 years.
In the Age of Old, there were only martial arts and Daoism … which explains the emergence of Yin techniques. Later on, when the various major systems appeared, it was no longer Daoism that had the final say … Xu Qian truly is an old monster, to know so many secrets.
Li Lingsu sighed emotionally: "Our Daoism was also extremely prosperous in the past, but now it's weakened to the point where only the Three Sects of Daoism remain"
While saying so, he glanced at Xu Qian, wanting to find out a few more secrets.
Xu Qi An ignored him and casually said: "Back to the main topic, could Daoism's Dream Invasion technique be similar to the Dream Shaman's, interrogating people in their dreams?"
Li Lingsu furrowed his brows and pondered:
"It can't be like the Dream Shaman's absolute domination of dreams. The Yin Soul can only enter dreams and capture souls, it can only capture mortals, or those who are much weaker than themselves. If the other party was a mortal, he would be able to do the same.
"Senior, if you want me to interrogate Xing Er, not to mention that my cultivation has not been unsealed, even if I was at my peak, I wouldn't be able to do it. Xing Er is a Rank 5 Neutral Jing, unless a Rank 4 Dream Shaman acts. "
The orange cat An shook his head:
"It's not her, it's Chai Jianyuan's son. Pick the weakest one to interrogate. He wanted to ask him about Chai Xian. Chai Xian was brought back to the Chai family when he was young, and grew up with Chai Jianyuan's children. No one knows Chai Xian better than them "
Li Lingsu nodded, indicating that there was no problem, then seemed to have remembered something and said:
"Right, Senior, last night, I noticed that Xing Er had left for a long time in the middle of the night, and only returned after half an hour. I released my Yin Soul to follow her, and found that she went deep into the Southern Courtyard.
"Warrior's intuition is too sharp, so I didn't dare to follow too closely, so I don't know where she went to the Southern Courtyard."
The orange cat's face showed a dignified expression: "What time?"
Li Lingsu said: "About midnight."
Ah, you scumbag with kidney deficiency, and you had sex so late at night, who else but you? "Xu Qi An slowly nodded his head:
"I got it."
According to his experience of talking about life in the middle of the night with the top courtesans of the Musical House, every time after the talk, the courtesans would be sweating profusely, extremely exhausted, and immediately fall asleep.
Chai Xing Er didn't sleep in the middle of the night, but left the room, which was not normal.
At night, I'll summon all the pests in the Chai family to do a thorough investigation … Xu Qi An thought.
He gradually fell in love with the Venomous Insect of the Seven Deaths, which had many tricks, strong abilities, and was cunning and changeable, very useful and cool!
Unlike Warrior, who would act recklessly when encountering a problem, which could easily alert the enemy.
…
At night.
Sanshui Town was a large town located 26 miles north of Xiangzhou City, with a population of more than 8,000. Sanshui Town was backed by high mountains, in which there were many medicinal herbs, so the people in the town mostly collected and cultivated herbs for a living.
The largest drug dealer in the town was an organization called "Medicine Gang", whose leader was a master in the Spirit Refining Realm, who was barely presentable.
During the Demon Slaying Conference, the Medicine Gang also participated, actively responding to the call of the government and the big forces, and sent 30 gang members to join the militia to patrol through the night.
In addition to the militia organized by the government and the members of the Medicine Gang, there was also a Buddhist monk in the patrol team.
It was Jing Yuan, the warrior monk who shone in the Demon Slaying Conference that day.
The patrol team had a total of 60 people, with 10 people in a team, holding torches, patrolling around the town at night.
Chen Er was a small deacon of the Medicine Gang, in charge of 10 people. In the Medicine Gang, the deacon was the middle level, and also the most tiring leader, who specialized in handling some trivial matters.
When encountering something that could not be solved or decided, they would report it to the top management of the gang.
"Master, thanks to you joining us, our brothers are much more relieved, and we have more courage to patrol at night."
Chen Er, who was holding a torch, turned to look at the warrior monk beside him.
This warrior monk from the Western Regions with sharp facial features and deep eyes said indifferently, "It's just that it's more convenient to evacuate here."
Chen Er did not understand, and when he asked again, the young warrior monk did not answer him, ignoring him.
It's more convenient to evacuate here? What does he mean? The monks of the Western Regions have such strange tempers … Chen Er muttered in his heart, then laughed dryly.
"I see, I see."
Jing Yuan put his palms together and walked in front with steady steps.
There was a small river in the north of the town, which ran through half of the town. Along the river were residential houses, and the cold wind blew in their faces. After patrolling for half an hour, the team crossed the stone bridge and arrived at a tavern by the river.
This was the property of the Medicine Gang, where hot pot was stewed and muddy wine was warmed. It was specially made for the patrol team to rest their feet.
The team was made up of experts in martial arts, but other than Deacon Chen Er, who was in the Spirit Refining Realm, the others had no ranks. Thus, they needed such a tavern to rest and warm their bodies, or else they would easily catch a cold.
"This darn weather. It's early winter, but it's already so cold."
Chen Er cursed as he entered the tavern. He gulped down a few mouthfuls of medicinal wine and turned his head to call out. "Brothers, come in and have some wine. We'll continue patrolling in fifteen minutes."
The team members took their seats and ate the pig offal in large mouthfuls. They drank the medicinal wine unique to Sanshui Town and grumbled about the darn weather.
Chen Er did not forget to flatter him. "Master, this is a medicinal wine brewed with a secret recipe unique to our Sanshui Town. It'll warm your stomach."
Jing Yuan nodded and silently drank and ate. As a warrior monk, how could he not eat meat?
After drinking a few mouthfuls of wine, he closed his eyes and focused on sensing his surroundings. He did not discover anything abnormal.
Jing Yuan had been patrolling Sanshui Town for two nights. The reason why he chose this place was because it was backed by the Boundless Mountain Range, and there was a river outside the town.
It was very suitable for retreat and escape.
Of course, it was not Jing Yuan who escaped, but the criminal who escaped.
"This person has been refining corpses for many days and has probably reached a bottleneck. He definitely won't let go of your Diamond Body. Just wait. That person will come."
That was what Jingxin had said.
Jing Yuan agreed with his senior brother, Jingxin's decision. He also believed that this was the fastest way to lure out the mastermind.
"Zombies don't breathe or have heartbeats, nor do they have killing intent or malicious intent. However, as long as' they 'take action on a large scale, there will be movement, such as footsteps …"
Jing Yuan did not sense anything amiss as he opened his eyes.
"This winter will be tough. I wonder how many people will freeze to death."
A man drank a mouthful of wine and shook his head wistfully.
"Oh, you, Zhang Niuzi, are a good man for the country and the people. Why don't you donate all your wealth to the government for disaster relief?"
"Donate to the government? Why don't you just scatter silver on the streets? At the very least, the villagers can snatch a few coins. If you donate it to the government, the villagers won't get any money. Instead, the officials will gain another concubine. "
Everyone teased.
"That's right. Zhang Niuzi, why don't you donate it to me? I haven't found a wife yet."
The person who spoke was a thin man who looked like a rat.
Zhang Niuzi cursed in vulgarity and said,
"Li Er, you can't afford to marry a wife, but you can sleep with your sister-in-law. Tsk tsk, you can save money on marrying a wife. How can a daughter-in-law compare to a sister-in-law? As the old saying goes, nothing tastes better than dumplings. What's so fun about it? "
"It's not as fun as sister-in-law!" someone chimed in.
Everyone laughed heartily, and the tavern immediately became lively.
Like most of the townspeople, Li Er's eldest brother made a living by collecting and growing herbs. Once, he fell off a cliff while collecting herbs in the mountains. He survived, but his legs were crippled, and he was bedridden all day.
Without a working man in the house, the quality of life plummeted. Li Er's aunt was a pretty woman.
In less than half a year, she had already hooked up with Li Er.
Chen Er listened to his subordinates laughing and cursing each other. From the corner of his eye, he saw Jing Yuan put down her wine cup and turn her head.
The monk's voice rang in his ears, "Is the winter in Xiang Province always this cold?"
Chen Er quickly straightened his body to show his respect and answered respectfully,
"How can that be? If it's like this every winter, how can the people of Xiang Zhou live? This year is especially cold. It hasn't been winter yet, but the night wind is already bone-chilling. In another half a month, icicles will form under the eaves. "
As he spoke, Chen Er raised his cup and downed it in one gulp. "I wonder how many people will freeze to death this winter. However, which winter doesn't have people dying? This world is just like this. It's already good enough to have food to eat. "
"Sigh, that wretched Chai Xian caused everyone to come out to patrol in the cold. I think he has long slipped away. How would he dare to stay in Xiang Zhou?"
Chen Er nagged endlessly. Half an incense stick's time quickly passed. He grabbed his knife and shouted, "Stop drinking.
"Don't drink anymore, don't drink anymore. Get up quickly and patrol the streets for this old man."
"Ah, it's already half an incense stick's time? I feel like I just sat down. "
"Let's drink another half an incense stick's time. It's such a cold day. That damn Chai Xian might be having fun in some woman's bed. He definitely won't come out to cause trouble."
The patrolling members grumbled at the same time.
At this moment, Jing Yuan's ears moved. She heard a slight, unusual sound of flowing water.
"Shut up!"
Jing Yuan shouted.
The noisy hall fell silent. No one dared to speak and looked at him blankly.
Jing Yuan ignored them. He closed his eyes and amplified his hearing to the extreme.
The sound of flowing water entered his ears. It was different from the sound of normal flowing water. It was more like an undercurrent, dozens of undercurrents …
No, it wasn't an undercurrent. Something was swimming along the small river outside the tavern.
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