When he first heard these words, Shrike thought it was Lu Jing who was being tough and wanted to anger her and trick her into telling more useful information.
However, looking into Lu Jing's sincere eyes, Shrike couldn't help but panic for some reason.
She opened her mouth and wanted to say something more, but found that her tongue had swollen and she could not bite a word clearly.
At the same time, his eyes began to turn outwards, and the blue color on his face was as thick as ink.
She used her last remaining strength to reach out and grab her neck.
It seemed that he wanted to open his throat so that he could breathe fresh air again.
But as Lu Jing said before, it was already too late.
The poison she had swallowed had taken full effect.
So the expression on Shrike's face was frozen in this moment forever.
With deep despair and confusion, he fell forward.
When the vulture saw this, instead of feeling sad, he jumped up excitedly. Then he saw him rushing forward impatiently and kicking the corpse twice more.
The female shopkeeper couldn't stand it anymore and said, "No matter what, you guys have had skin-to-skin contact before. Even if she insulted you just now, you don't have to argue with a dead person anymore."
"Miss Nada is right," Vulture immediately took back his feet after hearing this and nodded respectfully, although it was obvious from the look on his face that he did not agree with the female shopkeeper's statement.
Lu Jing on the other side looked at Shrike's body and fell into deep thought.
Tonight, he followed the dark wizard's line and finally found some clues related to the mastermind behind the scenes. However, with the death of Shrike, this clue was interrupted again.
This maid is indeed as smart as Vulture said. She invited Lu Jing to meet in Vulture's name this time, obviously because she wanted to spy on Lu Jing's investigation progress.
She encouraged the vulture to play tricks in front of Lu Jing, while she herself was eavesdropping on the goings-on in the yard next door. Seeing that the situation was not going well, she decisively swallowed the poison so that Lu Jing would not torture her. Chance.
Even if Lu Jing's reaction was quick enough and he jumped over the wall with the vulture, he still couldn't prevent the tragedy from happening.
However, Lu Jing was not completely without gains. First of all, Shrike took the initiative to meet with him, which already explained a lot of things. It was obvious that his recent investigation had almost reached the forbidden area on the opposite side.
Moreover, Lu Jing also learned about the ambitions of her mysterious master from Shrike, and combined with the information he had collected previously, he finally pieced together the reasons for the disaster.
Apparently someone noticed the ancient surname on the side mural of the city lord's palace, and then found the descendants of the family that originally founded Malazar Khan, and learned the secrets related to the ancient tomb from their mouths.
Then that person probably secretly went to the ancient tomb and tampered with something inside. Well, he probably even secretly brought something back.
Thinking of this, Lu Jing suddenly understood why the sandstorm came to Malazar Khan and the reason for the abnormal behavior of those armored warriors.
The people here misunderstood the purpose of those things from the beginning.
They are not here to kill the residents of the city, or this is just a casual thing. As for their real purpose, they should be looking for things stolen from the ancient tombs!
In other words, if the stolen items can be found and returned, then there is a high chance that this disaster will disappear.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Lu Jing only had five days left when he realized this.
He needs to find the mastermind within five days, snatch things from his hands, and also find the entrance to the ancient tomb and go deep into it.
Time is still quite tight.
But if that guy's purpose is really to control those armored warriors in the sandstorm and make them work for him.
Then Lu Jing found that he... didn't seem to need to worry too much.
He didn't lie to the Shrike.
Because there are now less than twenty armored warriors left in the sandstorm, which is only a matter of two rounds for Lu Jing.
If someone wants to use these things to unify the entire Mingsha Desert, then his dream will probably be shattered.
However, seeing that the mastermind behind the scenes was about to surface, Lu Jing was considering revising his previous plan. He raised his head again and said to Vulture.
"You heard what she just said, and you have lived in the city lord's mansion for a long time. In your opinion, who is most likely to be the person behind Shrike?"
"Yazdan." The vulture spit out a name without hesitation.
After saying this, he seemed to be worried that Lu Jing would not believe it, so he quickly added, "I am not talking about him because he is my enemy, but because he does have a huge appetite.
"The old city lord had no sons, only one daughter. When he married his daughter to Yazdan, it actually meant that he handed the city into Yazdan's hands.
"When he is gone in the future, Yazdan will be the next city lord of Malazar Khan. However, Yazdan does not seem to be able to wait any longer. Although he is only the financial officer now, there are many people in the guards and the Elders' House. Less of his people.
"The old city lord is becoming more and more wary of him, but there is nothing he can do against him. After all, Yazdan is still his son-in-law, and he always has to think about his daughter and granddaughter.
"In fact, if it weren't for the sudden disaster, the old city lord had already planned to give up his throne to Yazdan." Vulture said.
Speaking of this, his face was full of helplessness, "I actually don't want to be an enemy of such a person, but for some reason he keeps staring at me, as if he wants to kill me." Looks like this, so I can only keep fighting with him."
"It's a pity that after Shrike's death, we have no evidence." The female shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
But at this moment, Vulture suddenly interjected, "Actually... you don't necessarily need evidence."
"What's the meaning?"
"The old city lord trusts me. Although I can't convince him to make up his mind to deal with his son-in-law, he should still be able to accept Yazdan's house arrest for a few days. This may not solve the problem fundamentally, but at least it can Disrupt what Yazdan is doing now.
"It will prevent him from successfully mastering the army in the sandstorm in five days."
Vulture's suggestion made the female shopkeeper's eyes light up.
Sure enough, even a piece of waste paper has a purpose, and a jester like the vulture naturally has his role as well.
Lu Jing didn't have any objections to this. Although time was not a big problem for him, it would be good if someone could disturb Yazdan's sight, and he could take advantage of this time to check some things.
Lu Jing could feel that he was closer to the truth than ever before.
