"The second one..."
Shu Guan frowned and put down the newspaper in his hand.
This was the third day after Ouyang Hai came to see him. When he opened today's newspaper in the morning, he saw such a piece of news that he least expected to see.
"Swallow" kills again.
Now it is certain that the person who pretended to be "Swallow" and killed people was just to lure him out as the real "Swallow".
The person who died this time was named Hu Qingyu, the owner and editor-in-chief of the third largest newspaper in Shanghai.
Hu Qingyu, a native of Yuzhang City, Jiangzhou, was the number one scholar in the Great China Dynasty in the 13th year of Yongping.
Yongping was the third to last emperor of the Great China Dynasty. In the 17th year when Hu Qingyu became the champion, the Great China Empire ended their rule. At that time, Hu Qingyu was already the right minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Great China Empire.
If he held this official position in his prime, if the Great China Dynasty could continue their rule, it would be almost certain that Hu Qingyu would enter the cabinet and become the person in charge of government affairs.
It's a pity that the Great China is gone.
Hu Qingyu, on the other hand, rejected the olive branch offered by the new government and the invitation to serve as the deputy minister of education at Dahua University. He came to Shanghai, founded a newspaper called "Nanjiang Evening News", and spent several years , making "Nanjiang Evening News" the third largest newspaper in Shanghai.
What should I say about Hu Qingyu? When he was an official in the Great China Dynasty, he was always known for his integrity and integrity. His official reputation was excellent, and his status in the literary world of Great China was also extremely high.
However, this person is a very stubborn royalist. Of course, you can also say that he is loyal to the Great China. This loyalty has not changed even after the end of the rule of the Great China, so he is unwilling to accept the new government's Any position.
In fact, there are not many people like this in Dahua today. After all, the Dahua Dynasty has lasted for thousands of years. Although it is a new era, the world does not seem to have changed much, so I still miss Dahua Tian. There were many people in the era of dynasty rule.
The "Nanjiang Evening News" founded by Hu Qingyu is a public opinion base for these imperialists. It often publishes articles advocating the restoration of the Ji family. The fact that "Nanjiang Evening News" has become the third largest newspaper in Shanghai is enough to show that How many people hold this view?
Therefore, Hu Qingyu's reputation is very high in Shanghai and even Dahua. Even those who do not agree with his political philosophy basically admire his loyalty and pride, and he can be regarded as Dahua's opinion leader.
Such a person was killed in his home the night before, leaving a blood-stained "swallow" at the scene.
Therefore, today's major newspapers in Shanghai are full of reports about this incident. While regretting the death of Hu Qingyu, they also accuse and curse the murderer "Swallow", plus the patriot who was killed a few days ago. Overseas Chinese leader Yang Cunguo, "Swallow" has now become a representative of evil in Shanghai.
As a real "swallow", Shu Guan's mood was extremely complicated. He put down the newspaper silently, went up to the second floor, took out one of his senior brother's golden hairs and lit it on fire.
Only this time, the senior brother still didn't show up.
It seems that the senior brother has also encountered a lot of trouble these days.
Then you can only rely on yourself.
Shu Guan went downstairs, closed the door of the horse racing club, walked around the room, and even ordered a pot of tobacco left by the old cripple who hadn't smoked for a long time, but this still couldn't make him come up with a way to break the situation. .
In fact, there are still ways to break the situation.
The purpose of the fake "Swallow" is already obvious, even to lure out the real "Swallow".
As long as he goes to the murder scene and reveals his identity, he might be able to make the fake "Swallow" show up.
But at that time, I would definitely face extreme danger.
Without the help of his senior brother, Shu Guan could not guarantee that he would be able to get out of danger.
But if the fake "Swallow" keeps killing like this, Shu Guan can't just watch those innocent people die because of his involvement.
So what should we do?
Shu Guan was even ready to take the risk. If the fake "Swallow" tried to kill people again, he would really go to the scene to see who was determined to lure him out.
On this day, Shuguan did not open the door for business. He closed the door tightly and sometimes paced and sometimes sat in the horse racing hall, sorting out the whole thing again.
The fact that the other party wants to use the identity of "Swallow" to lure him out must be related to the things he did before using "Swallow".
But according to the original speculation, neither the Fan family nor the Black Dragon Society of the Rising Sun Kingdom would be able to fake "Swallow".
So is it possible that there are any consequences for destroying the Blood Demon Sect by myself?
After Shu Guan re-examined the whole matter, he found that he seemed to have neglected the matter of the Blood Demon Sect.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you killed the entire Blood Demon Sect so easily. How could such an evil sect with only one Nascent Soul master be able to hide in Shen City for hundreds of years? It is impossible for the Seven Immortals Alliance and those big forces to be so incompetent. .
Shu Guan's heart moved and he decided to go to the small village at the foot of Lansun Mountain to have a look.
Just looking at the time, it's still early to go. It's best to do this in the evening. Before that, at least go to Rong's house for dinner.
Yesterday I let go of my mother-in-law's dove, so I have to apologize today.
…
Although he didn't come yesterday and didn't even say hello, making the Rong family wait for him until nine o'clock before eating, Chen Ruolan didn't mean to blame Shu Guan.
Shu Guan also explained that he had encountered an important matter yesterday. Rong Duanfu smiled and comforted him not to worry about it, and said that he had already sent someone to the Electricity and Power Bureau to apply and asked them to come to Shu Guan's horse racing center as soon as possible. Install a phone.
In this era, installing a phone is not a simple matter. There is a very cumbersome approval process. It is normal to wait for several months after applying, and the cost of subsequent use is also terrifyingly high, even for ordinary people with money. It is also difficult for people to support them.
Of course, with the Rong family coming forward, this approval process should be much faster, but it will probably take a few days anyway.
Shu Guan didn't have any objections to Rong Duanfu helping him install the phone.
It's really time to install a phone, so it will be much easier to contact other people.
After dinner, Rong Duanfu asked Shu Guan if he had time the day after tomorrow. He wanted to take Shu Guan to a gathering among his friends. They were some of his old friends with whom he was close, and he wanted to let his future son-in-law integrate into him. social circle.
Shu Guan, who understood his father-in-law's intentions, naturally would not refuse.
Although he is not very interested, since he wants to become the son-in-law of a family like the Rong family, he has to deal with some things.
"Then I will ask Yisheng to pick you up the day after tomorrow in the afternoon. By the way, Xiaoguan, can you drive?"
"Won't."
Shu Guan answered honestly.
He knew how to fly a plane, but he really couldn't drive such an ancient car of this era.
"Then you have to learn. I'll let Yisheng teach you. I will order a car for you tomorrow. I know a lot of foreign compradors who sell cars. Let them order directly from the Western Continent. It will only take two months. almost there."
What can you say to such a generous father-in-law, who installed a phone for you and bought you a car, Shu Guan could only smile and nod.
He took a closer look at Rong Duanfu's complexion, and the black energy on his head was gone. Naturally, this game of Qianmen Eight Generals was broken by him before it even started. At this time, Rong Duanfu looked at She looked rosy and energetic. Then Shu Guan secretly glanced at her mother-in-law, Zhang Ruolan, and saw that her mother-in-law also had fair and shiny skin. She looked several years younger than when she first saw her.
...It seems that the medicines bought by Runlingtang are really effective. You can buy more next time.
Shu Guan thought so when leaving the Rong family.
Of course, there was no time to go today. Shortly after leaving the Rong family, Shu Guan appeared in the small village where the Blood Demon Sect was hiding.
Of course, this small village has long been turned into ruins, and what destroyed this village was the thunder summoned by Shu Guan.
Shu Guan walked among the ruins covered with weeds. From time to time, wild foxes and rats were alerted by his footsteps and jumped out from the rubble piles and knee-high grass.
Based on his memory, Shu Guan found the original location of the pond among the ruins.
The pond has also disappeared, leaving only a large mound.
It seems that the practitioners who were attracted by his sky thunder have taken care of the aftermath here, otherwise the mountain of bones under the pond will definitely cause great panic in the mortal world.
Shu Guan pondered for a moment, then squeezed the Taoist formula with both hands, and the large mounds of soil in front of him surged to both sides, revealing a large pit.
But under the pit, the mountain of bones is no longer there.
Shuguan frowned, then jumped down from above.
At the bottom of the pit, there were only fragments of white bones, mixed with the soil.
Shu Guan waved his hand again, separating the dirt and bone fragments. Then he squatted down, grabbed a handful of bone fragments, and looked at them carefully on the palm of his hand.
The fragments were as fine as grains of sand. They didn't look like they were crushed by the soil, but more like they were cracked naturally. They also showed a dark color, which was completely different from the crystal-clear jade-like white bones he saw on the White Bone Mountain that day. , it feels like a person has been sucked out of all life and turned into a mummy.
According to what Shu Guan learned from the elder of the Blood Demon Sect, although most of the bones in the mountain under the pond were mortal bones, the mountain was filled with blood by the master of the Blood Demon Sect and used the secret method of the Bone Demon Sect. After accumulating for many years, each white bone contains a large amount of corpse energy. When the right time comes, absorb these corpse energy in one fell swoop, practice the White Bones Technique, and break through to the realm of land gods.
It's a pity that Xue Manshan didn't wait until that moment, and he was accidentally killed by Shu Guan.
Shu Guan was sure that the bloody mountain had not yet had time to absorb the aura of corpses in these white bones. When he killed the bloody mountain, he could clearly feel the rich filthy aura in those white bones.
The question is, where have these bones and bones gone now?
Who absorbed the spirit of these corpses?
Shu Guan frowned.
Were they the practitioners who were here to deal with the aftermath?
But that's not necessarily the case, because it's also possible that other people came here at that time and secretly absorbed the energy of these corpses.
But one thing is certain, that is, there may be some unknown people or things hidden behind the Blood Demon Sect.
So, does the person who is pretending to be "Swallow" have anything to do with the person who absorbed the spirit of the corpse here?
Shuguan stood under the pit in silence for a long time.
This should be a clue.
But how to find the thread...
Shu Guan still can’t think of a solution for the time being.
When Shu Guan left, he let the soil cover the original pond again, restoring everything here to its original state.
…
Two more days passed, and in the evening of that day, Shu Guan walked out of Duolun Lane wearing a suit.
Zhou Yisheng, the bodyguard leader of the Rong family, was already waiting at the entrance of the alley, with a car standing next to him.
Seeing Shu Guan come out, Zhou Yisheng quickly and respectfully opened the back seat door of the car for him.
After seeing the respectful attitude of Qing gang member An Fengjun towards Shu Guan, Zhou Yisheng did not dare to show the slightest slight to the future son-in-law of the Rong family.
Shu Guan got into the car and asked Zhou Yisheng casually:
"where are we going?"
"The master asked me to take you to the Royal Oak Restaurant."
Zhou Yisheng replied quickly.
Shu Guan, who was sitting in the back seat, was suddenly startled.
Twenty minutes later, the car parked outside the grand garden-style gate of the Royal Oak Restaurant. A dedicated waiter helped park the car, and Zhou Yisheng took out a brilliant golden card and handed it to another waiter at the door.
"This is the membership card here. The master gave it to me before he asked me to pick up my uncle."
Zhou Yisheng explained to Shu Guan.
After looking at the gold-plated card, the white waiter who had a proud face suddenly became much more respectful and polite.
"Mr. Honor is in the VIP Pavilion No. 6. You two, please come with me."
The white waiter spoke blunt Chinese, turned around and walked inside with Shu Guan and Zhou Yisheng.
Walking across the familiar covered bridge, you will see the huge circular glass building that has a strong visual impact even though Shu Guan has been here for the second time.
Shu Guan raised his head and glanced upward. The glass dome that had a huge hole knocked out by him that night had now been completely repaired.
Considering the capabilities of the construction industry in this era, this was not a simple project. The Royal Oak Restaurant was able to repair the glass dome in just two months, which really surprised Shu Guan.
At this time, the huge glass dome restaurant was brightly lit, with shadows of people, and it was very lively.
The glass dome has been repaired, and the murder that occurred here more than two months ago seems to have been forgotten.
Of course, many people did lose their memories that night. The explanation later given by the Royal Oak Restaurant was that a mistake in the original construction caused one of the glass panels to become loose, and it fell down over time, causing the accident. An accident that night.
Maybe they themselves don't know the real reason.
However, this incident did not affect the business of the Royal Oak Restaurant. After the Royal Oak Restaurant repaired the glass dome and ensured that the same accident would not happen again in the future, their business quickly returned to its original scale.
The white waiter led Shu Guan and Zhou Yisheng past the restaurant.
Shu Guan casually looked at the feasting scene in the restaurant, but at a certain moment, he suddenly paused and squinted his eyes.
Because he saw a table of guests.
The guests at that table were sitting in the seats by the window, a man and a woman, sitting opposite each other.
Shu Guan knew the man and woman, but he never thought that the man and woman would eat alone together, and judging from the looks on their faces, it seemed that their relationship was not simple.
The man is a young man with a noble and gentle temperament.
Astonishingly, it was Tantai Yu who was known as the "Jade Master" in the spiritual world of Shencheng.
As for the other woman, although she did not wear her usual printed batik pleated skirt today, but instead wore an evening dress, her slightly dark complexion and deep facial features still had a somewhat exotic feel.
Shu Guan didn't know her name, but he recognized her at a glance as one of the four extremely powerful disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance.
At this time, I saw that Tantai Yu said something unknown, which made the female disciple of the Seven Immortals Alliance opposite her giggle and make her flowers tremble, as if she was extremely happy.
Shu Guan was extremely surprised.
Is it normal for a disciple of the Seven Immortals Alliance and a young master from the Tantai family to have dinner together?
It's normal to say it's normal.
The Tantai family is the most powerful cultivator force in Shencheng. It is impossible that the Seven Immortals Alliance has no intersection with them. It is not surprising that there are some gatherings between the disciples and their disciples of the two families.
But if Tantai Yu and a female disciple of the Seven Immortals Alliance were gathering alone, this would be a bit beyond Shu Guan's expectation. Moreover, looking at the wine glasses and tableware placed on the table, there was no one else except the two of them. .
The most important thing is that the conversation and behavior between Tantaiyu and the female disciple of the Seven Immortals Alliance never looked like ordinary friends, but more like a couple in love.
Could it be...
Shu Guan's heart skipped a beat.
You must know that Tantaiyu is not a good person!
