The smell of blood in the air mixed with the rich fragrance of the flowers. The bright red blood and the enchanting flowers complemented each other. Near the corpse, one could even see some blood splashing on the petals.
Lu Chen and Old Ma looked at each other and saw the surprise and shock in each other's eyes. However, this was certainly not a good time to be in a daze, so after a moment, Old Ma immediately said, "Let's go."
With that, he was about to leave the flower shop, but he was pulled back by Lu Chen.
He heard Lu Chen say in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll go take a look."
Old Ma hesitated for a moment and looked outside the shop. It was quiet at the entrance, as if the outside world still knew nothing about what happened in Thousand Flowers Hall. He gritted his teeth and slowly nodded.
Lu Chen walked over to the corpse that had been nailed to the wall. The corpse was in an extremely wretched state. From the appearance, it should be a man in his forties or fifties. He was not tall and was slightly fat. There was nothing particularly eye-catching about him. However, when Lu Chen walked to the side of the corpse and gently moved the dead man's head, he saw fear and despair on the face.
His gaze lingered on the face for a moment, and then he looked down, scanning the entire body of the dead man, especially his hands.
"How is it?" This voice came from Old Ma, who was standing at the back and looking at the door from time to time with his brows furrowed. "Did you find anything?"
Lu Chen's gaze swept over the wounds on the dead man's body, especially the fatal wound on his chest. At the same time, it was the sword that nailed his body to the wall.
The blade was sharp, the sword was fierce, and the sword pierced through the heart with no intention of leaving the opponent a way out.
After a moment of silence, Lu Chen turned his head to look at the blood on the ground and the surrounding flowers. He then stood up and walked back to Old Ma's side.
"How is it?" Old Ma asked again.
Lu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "This person should be the boss of Thousand Flowers Hall, Hua Donuo, that we came to look for today."
Old Ma frowned and said, "Is there a mistake?"
Lu Chen shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be any mistake. This dead man's appearance, figure, and some of the small characteristics on his body all match the information I received."
Old Ma wanted to say something but hesitated. He signaled to Lu Chen and said in a low voice, "No matter what, it's not safe here. Let's go first."
Lu Chen turned around to look at the miserably dead boss of the Thousand Flowers Hall, then silently nodded his head. The two of them turned around and walked out. Pots of fresh flowers and green grass blocked the disgusting scene behind them. Even the smell of blood was covered by the fragrance of flowers.
When they walked onto the main street again, bright sunlight descended from the sky and sprinkled on their bodies. It suddenly made one feel as if they had been reborn from the ashes, and also as if in that instant, they felt as if they had returned from hell to the warm human world.
There were naturally pedestrians on the main street, and there were many of them. People came and went, and it was extremely bustling. After all, this place was a gathering of shops, and could be considered a relatively prosperous area in the Immortal City's White Tiger District. However, it seemed like no one noticed Lu Chen and Old Ma. It seemed like no one even gave them a second glance.
Old Ma let out a light breath, and then walked forward shoulder to shoulder with Lu Chen. From the outside, the expressions on their faces had recovered in the shortest amount of time possible. At least from the outside, it seemed like they had just casually walked into the most ordinary flower shop and strolled around. After not finding any goods that satisfied them, they continued walking down the street.
No one could have imagined that at that moment just now, they had come into close contact with a dead person in a cluster of flowers.
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"Is there something fishy about this?" After walking out of this long street, and at the same time making sure that there were no hidden sentries or secret agents following behind them, Old Ma still couldn't wait to ask this question to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen's expression also looked somewhat solemn. After hesitating for a moment, he opened his mouth and said, "It still feels somewhat fishy. I only found out about this person's whereabouts yesterday, and only one night later, I came to find him. How could it be such a coincidence that he suddenly died?"
Old Ma wasn't interested in his sigh at all. He was only very concerned about the scene he saw just now. He said in a low voice, "This matter … I mean, the list you got yesterday, who is on it? Also, besides you, who else knows the name on it? "
Lu Chen turned back to take a look, and saw that the Thousand Flowers Hall was about to disappear from their line of sight at this moment. The dead person just now was indeed the boss of the Thousand Flowers Hall, Hua Duonuo. No matter what characteristics he had, just now he matched. The only thing he probably didn't expect was that when he saw this person, he was already a dead person.
At the same time, Old Ma was frowning beside him, looking at him with a somewhat solemn expression. He said, "These things, can you tell me? Also, the person who gave you this list, who is it? "
A trace of a complicated expression suddenly flitted across his fat face. He leaned forward slightly and said, "Could it be Lord Supreme himself?"
Lu Chen didn't answer, nor did he deny it. He just looked at Old Ma and smiled. Then he walked in front of Old Ma and said in a low voice, "I can't say this matter."
That list was of course the one that True Lord Tian Lan gave him yesterday. But from the beginning to the end, True Lord Tian Lan didn't specifically warn Lu Chen. The perfunctory words he wanted to say at this moment were probably because he had no other choice.
"Well, since you won't say, I won't ask." Facing Lu Chen, Old Ma was as casual as an ordinary person, frighteningly straightforward. However, he clearly had no intention of backing down. Instead, he asked Lu Chen in a roundabout way, "If you have something that you can't say, I naturally won't pursue it. However, there's at least one thing that we still have to investigate, right?"
Lu Chen frowned and said, "What is it?"
Old Ma sneered and said, "Who is the most likely to do it?"
Although Old Ma didn't say the specific enemy, but Lu Chen still understood. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I think it's the Evil Sect's killers."
Old Ma snorted coldly, a trace of murderous intent appeared in his eyes. But this trace of murderous intent only appeared for a while before it was intercepted by Lu Chen and said, "As far as I know, that family just now could be the Evil Sect's spies lurking here. But the people in Zhenxianmeng can't be completely sure. I heard that they only moved here recently."
Old Ma's eyes turned, suddenly he used his hand to pull Lu Chen and said in a low voice, "Could it be that the Evil Sect sent them to test you?"
Lu Chen sneered and said, "This really seems like a mad dog." While speaking, he himself shook his head and said, "This matter is hard to say."
This matter was not the only one that was hard to say in this world.
When Lu Chen and Old Ma went out for the first time and returned to their house empty-handed, they suddenly saw the spirited bald Supreme lying on the grass in the yard, and beside him was Atsu, who seemed to have a good impression of this fat bald man.
The man and the dog were playing, which turned out to be very interesting.
During this time, Supreme Tianlan even shouted to Old Ma and said, "Come and play, I have something to say to you."
Old Ma laughed, but there was no smile on Lu Chen's face. His eyes only fell on Atsu. After a while, he said, "Damn baldy, put Atsu down."
Supreme Tianlan smiled and said, "Okay."
While speaking, he suddenly stretched out a hand to grab Atsu's neck and directly threw him over.
With a gust of wind, the huge dog had already arrived in front of Lu Chen.
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