At this point, Ma Hu seemed to have finished speaking, and then stopped and looked at Qian Chao.
Qian Chao, on the other hand, had been thinking about what Ma Hu had just said, and couldn't help but murmur: "Zhang Jing, the smiling man, has changed to a different person. Alas, it's a pity that Zhang Jing is also dead." , otherwise you can ask him."
Knowing that Ma Hu had finished speaking, Qian Chao asked: "It's still the same question, Senior Brother Ma, what happened to Senior Brother Wei who went out with Senior Brother Xun and escaped after being seriously injured? Have you seen him? "
Ma Hu sighed after hearing this and said: "I know that Senior Brother Wei, and he is a pretty good person. He can go out with Senior Brother Xun, so his character is not bad. It's just a pity that Wei Senior Brother is dead, I later found out from one of Senior Brother Xun’s senior brothers. After their accident, I couldn’t see that Senior Brother Wei, and after asking again, I found out that he was gone.”
Qian Chao heard this and said strangely: "Didn't you say you escaped and came back? Why are you still dead?"
Ma Hu said: "Well, as I said that time, Senior Brother Wei wanted to escape back to the sect after being seriously injured. As a result, he fell into a coma due to poison and was seen by several disciples who were out. Only then did he rescue the sect. However, When he came back, he only had half his life left. After rescuing him for a long time, he woke up and realized that something had happened to Senior Brother Xun outside. As for Senior Brother Wei's death, in my opinion, there were two reasons. One was that he The poisoning was too deep. The poison of the monster bug Zhuan Feng was so poisonous that anyone who was poisoned by the Zhuan Feng would leave a tiny poisonous thorn on the wound. I heard that nearly two hundred poisonous thorns were removed from Senior Brother Wei's body. A poisonous sting like a root shows that he was deeply poisoned. Even if he was cured, it was still a step too late, and... This is no wonder Elder Jin. At that time, Elder Jin was worried about his disciple. In order to ask Senior Brother Wei To tell the truth, when treating people, they use strong medicines that add fuel to the fire. It did make Senior Brother Wei clear-headed and able to speak at the time, but it did a lot of harm to his body afterwards, alas!"
Qian Chao nodded when he heard this and said, "Isn't Elder Jin thinking that Senior Brother Wei is suspicious?"
Ma Hu said: "That's about right. How come Senior Brother Wei has no foundation in the sect?"
"What about the second reason?"
"The second reason is that after Senior Brother Wei woke up, he learned from the senior who healed him that even if he was lucky enough to save his life, because he was too seriously injured, the best outcome would be that his cultivation level would be greatly reduced, and the most likely outcome would be The end result was that he could no longer practice practice in the future, so he became disheartened and had no more thoughts about life. He lay in bed for less than two days and then died. Alas, what a pity!"
Ma Hu sighed when he said this.
However, Qian Chao thought of his ancestor in the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Qian family. He had to return to the Qian family sadly because he was too seriously injured and lost the foundation of his cultivation. However, his ancestor was directly beaten to death by a monster. The serious injury was to the Dantian, but this Senior Brother Wei was poisoned. Could poisoning also destroy the foundation of spiritual practice?
Thinking of this, Qian Chao couldn't help but ask:
"Senior Brother Ma, why is the poison of Zhuanzhu Feng so powerful that it can make people unable to practice?"
"It's not that Zhuanzhufeng is very poisonous. Let's put it this way. If it were me, even if I was stung by Zhuanzhufeng more than ten or twenty times, I think I can survive it. As long as I can escape, I'll give it to you as soon as possible. He would take the medicine by himself and then go back to the sect to find someone to treat him. At most, he would just lie down on the bed for a while, and then he would be fine. However, Senior Brother Wei was poisoned with too much poison, and he wanted to escape to the sect. It spread completely throughout his body, and the Dantian Qi sea in his body was naturally destroyed by the poison. This was because of his advanced cultivation. If anyone else had been injured like him, he would have died on the spot, where I can still hold on and escape for a while."
After a pause, Ma Hu continued: "At first, Senior Brother Wei was closely guarded by Elder Jin's people. In fact, he was a guard. They did not allow outsiders to approach, let alone Senior Brother Wei, who was not allowed to leave. After all, the three of them went out and died outside. Of the two, he was the only one who came back. He would definitely be suspected, so although I wanted to go over and ask Brother Wei at that time, I couldn't see him at all. It was only this time that I found one of Elder Jin's disciples, Senior Brother Xun. I also recognized a senior brother, so I asked about senior brother Wei. From his mouth, I learned that senior brother Wei was also dead, but I also learned from his mouth some of the things that senior brother Wei said after he came back. Well, it does correspond to what Jia Si said, and after Jia Si was injured and left, the three of them never met anyone else, all the way to the mouth of Guanxi, and then something happened."
"What was the situation like at that time? What was the situation like when they were attacked?" Qian Chao asked.
"Senior Brother Wei was talking about the monster bugs at Guanxi Mouth that were going crazy at the time. They rushed towards them in an overwhelming force. At that time, they had already penetrated deep into Guanxi Mouth. They were fine at first, but Suddenly, there were those kind of monsters in all directions and in the sky. It was like late at night. The first one to suffer was Zhang Jing. Brother Wei said that the overwhelming monsters seemed to recognize Zhang Jing. Like an enemy, they chased after him and bumped into him desperately. No matter how high Zhang Jing's cultivation was, he couldn't hold on for long. Soon, his whole body was covered with a thick layer of bamboo wind and he fell from the air. Alas. , Senior Brother Xun just wanted to save him, and he could have escaped from the monster insect, but he went back to save people, and that's when he was killed."
"Considering Zhang Jing as an enemy?" Qian Chao was puzzled. "Then did Senior Brother Wei say whether anyone else was present at the time, either to prevent them from escaping or to take the opportunity to attack them?"
"No, Elder Jin asked the most carefully, but Senior Brother Wei said that he seemed to hear a very thin sound among the flapping wings of monster insects in the sky, but he couldn't hear it clearly and it was intermittent. , Junior Brother Qian, is there such a spiritual weapon that can use sound to control the demonic insects that have no owners outside the sect?"
Qian Chao thought for a while and said: "Among the spiritual weapons that I know that can produce sounds, there are several that can frighten, disperse and even harm demonic insects. But if it is a control, I am afraid that the spiritual weapons alone cannot do this. It must be used in conjunction with some spirit control methods to have this effect. Well, that voice... must have made Elder Jin believe that his disciple was killed, right?"
Ma Hu said: "Yes, Elder Jin is still investigating this matter."
Next, Qian Chao asked some more about Senior Brother Xun, but from what Ma Hu found out, there was nothing unusual about Senior Brother Xun in terms of the people he came in contact with or what he was doing. This is correct. After all, Senior Brother Xun The senior brother has the guidance of a famous teacher, so he doesn't care about foundation building. When the time comes, it will naturally fall into place. He will not be like Shang Jie who secretly carries a Horcrux on his body for self-protection when he goes out, let alone Like An Zhen, he even dares to use evil weapons. There is no reason for Senior Brother Xun and Ma Hu in front of him to touch forbidden things and forbidden techniques.
But it happened that such a person was harmed!
He also thought that Zhuan Zhufeng regarded Zhang Jing as his enemy and pursued him relentlessly. Moreover, he had met an old friend outside the sect and chased him. However, he didn't recognize him, so Qian Chao asked road:
"That senior brother named Zhang Jing, who is the 'Smiling Man' he mentioned earlier? Has Senior Brother Ma found out?"
"I checked! But I couldn't find it out," Ma Hu said a little frustrated, "I don't know if I don't check. I was shocked when I checked!"
Qian Chao asked: "Oh, what did Senior Brother Ma find out?"
"Well... I have asked about the word 'Smiling Man' from many people. Quite a few people have asked, but only a few people have told me that they have heard of it. Name, but you also know that Smiling Man must not be his real name, it must be a nickname, but this person’s real name has never been found out. People who can remember these three words also say that they only vaguely heard it from other people’s mouths. Later, I started with the dead Zhang Jing and checked all the people he often interacted with two years ago. I found a few people, and those few people also knew Smiley Man. They I don’t know this Smiling Man, but he told me that it seems that Smiling Man often hangs out with a guy named Qu. That serious guy named Qu is not a good guy. There are at least a dozen people around him, and they go in and out together. , and he doesn’t interact with outsiders, he is very mysterious. Once I found out about this guy named Qu, I just checked him out along the way, hum! In the end, guess what Junior Brother Qian looks like?"
"Is it possible..." Qian Chao said hesitantly, "Is it possible that the guy named Qu is also dead?"
"Well, that's it!" Ma Hu was a little annoyed when he said this. The ones he checked later seemed to be a step slower no matter where he went. "The man named Qu, and the guys around him, it is said that it has been a long time." They no longer appear in the sect, 80%...what 80%, they should all be dead."
"Doesn't anyone know about this smiling man anymore?"
"Junior Brother Qian, although there are many people in the sect, there are only a few close ones who frequently interact with each other. Think about it, you are somewhat famous, but many people only know Qian Chao and have met him. You may not know that you are that money-hungry person. Count on your fingers how many people you know. If someone keeps a low profile and is unobtrusive, there will naturally be fewer people who know him. If he is around him, everyone who knows him will die. , then it can be said that almost no one in the sect knows him."
Qian Chao nodded after hearing this. It seemed that Ma Hu's investigation had reached a dead end.
One more thing to say here is that Qian Chao is indeed smart, but he is not an omniscient person. His smartness is that he can find the unusual among many seemingly ordinary things in front of him.
But regarding what Ma Hu is doing now, firstly, Ma Hu did not let him interfere, and secondly, his mind was not on Senior Brother Xun's matter. After all, Qian Chao had never seen Senior Brother Xun before he was alive.
The man named Zhang Jing was also to blame for this. He only cared about his own smooth speaking. If he could have said all that man's nicknames in front of Jia Si, Qian Chao would have suddenly become alert.
Because the full nickname of the person Zhang Jing mentioned should be "Crane Smiling Man", some people also call him "White-haired Smiling Man", or "White-haired Man" or "White-haired Man". Of course, "Smiling Man" is also this person's nickname.
If Qian Chao knew this, he would immediately think of the scene he saw when he was watching Yan Shuang by the Tianshui Lake: the guy who was watching the excitement followed a young man with gray hair respectfully!
Even if Qian Chao's information can be better informed, the time when those people named Qu disappeared can be almost matched with the time when a senior brother named Bian in Qixia Mountain established the foundation, and Qu and Bian had some contact in private. , he should be thinking more,
That way, things might be easier!
It's just that Qian Chao's energy will not be focused on these things. He came to the sect just to practice. He naturally has to pay attention to things related to himself, such as Han Tian, such as Li Lihua, such as the unknown person People who watch the excitement, but how can they pay attention to other things and ask about every detail?
(For the above plot, see Test Paper, Chapter 73: A pool of clear water makes waves. The foreshadowing I laid was a bit long, and the number of words was too long, but don’t worry, there are even earlier ones.)
"Smiling Man, is it possible that this person loves to smile, or does he have a smiling face?" Qian Chao said, "Then what will Senior Brother Ma do next?"
"So far, I can only find the word 'Smiling Man'. All other directions seem to be blocked, but it's better than not knowing anything at all. Well, I will keep checking, and maybe I can check again in the future. If something new comes out, we might even find out the 'Smiling Man', because if someone passes by and leaves his name, there won't be any traces left behind."
Qian Chao could only nod his head at this time. He actually had an idea that might help Ma Hu, but he didn't want to say it out loud.
His idea was to use Jia Si as bait to lure out the smiling man.
Since there is nothing unusual in other places, the only thing that seems a little wrong is Zhang Jing and the smiling man he met. If the news is released that Jia Si saw that smiling man from a distance, what will happen? What happened?
If the death of Senior Brother It seemed that Zhang Jing didn't know what he knew, and Senior Brother Xun was simply implicated by that Zhang Jing, so Zhang Jing was first poisoned by the Zhuanzhu Feng, and Senior Brother Xun also died in order to save Zhang Jing, and later escaped. Senior Brother Wei died in the sect. It seemed that everyone who was with Zhang Jing was dead. But if the smiling man knew that someone outside the sect had seen him with Zhang Jing, maybe he would If you want to kill Jia Si again, then when Jia Si goes out, either the smiling man himself or he will send others to take action to remove Jia Si. By then, he may be able to ambush Jia Si and capture those people, and then ask clear.
But the reason why Qian Chao didn't say it was because he knew Ma Hu's character. He was now focused on avenging Senior Brother Xun, and he might not have taken Jia Si's life seriously. If it were true, Ma Hu may not be willing to protect the safety of Jia Si with all his strength after attracting the man who brought out the smiling man. This is one of the reasons. Secondly, if Ma Hu explains this strategy to Elder Jin and arranges the matter together, it will only be seen. From how Elder Jin treated that senior brother Wei, he knew that he would not take Jia Si's life seriously, and he might be able to arrange things differently at that time, and Jia Si might lose his life as a result.
Even though Jia Si has done evil things before, it sounds like he has been influenced by Brother Xun. He may not do evil again in the future, but regardless of whether he does evil or not, human life should not be manipulated like that. If you do evil, you can be punished. , but Qian Chao is unwilling to do such a thing by conveniently using other people's lives for a purpose regardless of whether the person will die or not.
In order to achieve a goal, using other people's lives as a stepping stone, Qian Chao asked himself that he still couldn't do it. He always felt that if he acted like that, he and Han Tian would be the same. In his heart, he was still quite resistant to such a thing. .
Or maybe it's because Qian Chao doesn't have any friendship with Senior Brother Xun, and he doesn't want to hurt another stranger for the sake of a stranger!
