Chen Yutian looked at the top of the bamboo pole and pondered slightly.
After a while, he asked Zhou Xing beside him: "Zhou Xing, I have a question for you. This bamboo pole is so high, how do you hang the wine cover on it?"
Zhou Xing was slightly startled when he heard this, raised his gaze slightly and glanced at Chen Yutian two or three times. After a moment of hesitation, he replied: "Sir, our wine racks are usually hung on long bamboo poles with hooks."
Chen Yutian nodded and said, "Can you show me the bamboo pole?"
"Of course you can." Zhou Xing returned to the store with a trace of doubt in his eyes, and walked out after a while holding a bamboo pole.
Chen Yutian took the bamboo pole from his hand, looked at it slightly, and his eyes stayed on the iron hook at the top of the bamboo pole.
This hook is not very sharp, and due to the years of erosion, it is covered with rust stains left by time.
Chen Yutian frowned slightly.
He turned to look at Xing Enming beside him and asked, "Uncle Xing, can you let me see the human head hanging here?"
Xing Enming nodded and ordered Zhou Lin beside him to bring the head over.
Zhou Lin quickly came back with a wooden tray.
The wooden plate was not big, and it was covered with a piece of white cloth. Under the white cloth was the human head taken from the bamboo pole.
Seeing this scene, Gongsun immediately came over.
Chen Yutian and him looked at each other, and then, he gently pinched a corner of the white cloth with one hand and gently opened it.
There was a scream at the scene!
In the wooden plate, a blood-stained head with a ferocious face appeared in the air again as the white cloth was lifted.
Gongsun looked at the face of the head carefully, and then shook his head slightly.
"The face has been completely destroyed. It's difficult to discern his appearance from it."
Chen Yutian nodded, still looking at Gongsun and Rentou.
Gongsun glanced at him slightly, nodded slightly, and then said: "Judging from the deceased's face and the beginning of corpse spots, the time of death should be at least two days or more, and that possibility cannot be ruled out."
"Understood." Chen Yutian nodded slightly, glanced at the iron hook on the bamboo pole in his hand, and frowned even more.
He asked Zhou Xing on the side: "Zhou Xing, I'm going to ask you again, do you know anything about the restaurant across the street?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the restaurant behind him.
Zhou Xing nodded lightly and replied: "I know, this restaurant has been open since I was a child. A few days ago, the original owner sold the hotel and returned to his hometown for some reason. It has only reopened recently. But this new owner , we haven’t seen that yet.”
"That's it." Chen Yutian nodded slightly, and at the same time reached out and grabbed a handful of the hair of the unrecognizable head.
Then, his brows furrowed even more fiercely.
Gongsun looked at the head and pondered for a moment, then asked Zhou Xing, "I wonder who was the first to discover this head?"
Zhou Xingdao: "My uncle and I discovered this head together when we were preparing to open a wine shop. There were many people nearby at that time, and they can all testify."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a response from all around.
"Yeah...we all saw it..."
"That's right..."
Hearing this, Gongsun narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "I wonder what time it was?"
"Time..."
Zhou Xing paused for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "My uncle and I always open the door to welcome guests at Chen hour. That time should also be Chenpai hour... about half an hour ago..."
"Half an hour ago...I understood."
Gongsun touched his chin and thought for a moment, then nodded and spoke.
"Sir, have you figured out who did such a bad thing?" Zhou Xing's face instantly filled with a look of expectant joy, and he looked at Gongsun.
Gongsun did not comment, but glanced at Zhou Xing slightly, and said, "I dare to ask, Sir, by the time we arrive at Chenpai, most of the streets have already started to become lively, and there are usually more pedestrians, right?"
"Exactly." Zhou Xing nodded slightly.
"Since the young master said that he found the head when he went out to hang a wine banner during Chenpai time, it means that the head should have been hung on the bamboo pole before that, but the street was already full of pedestrians at that time. Why didn’t anyone discover the hanging head first?”
Gongsun looked at the people watching the excitement around him and spoke slowly.
The moment his words fell to the ground, the people around him, as well as Xue Tianhan, Huo Yuanji and other people in the Jiulong Mansion, were all involuntarily stunned!
"Yes...why hasn't anyone noticed it before?"
"That's right...such a big head, if it had been hanging on it a long time ago, there is no reason why it wouldn't attract attention..."
"Yes, we have indeed never seen this head before..."
The onlookers were talking a lot, making Zhou Xing and everyone in Jiulong Mansion look slightly focused!
"Sir, what you said is absolutely true. So what exactly is going on?"
Gongsun smiled slightly and said: "From this point of view, there is only one explanation, and that is: before you came out to hang the wine banner, there were no heads on this pole. Everything started after you came out."
Hearing this, Zhou Xing was immediately shocked!
"Sir, what you mean by this is... that the head was hung up during the period after my uncle and I came out and when we hung the wine banner under the pole?"
"Not bad!" Gongsun nodded slightly.
Zhou Xing was even more surprised, "But no one can do it in such a short time, right?"
Gongsun shook his head slightly.
"Young master, what you said is wrong. There are many people in the world who can do this. It's just that your store is not very lucky. Someone chose it as a stage to return gifts, so so many things happened. .”
Hearing this, Zhou Lin became more and more surprised.
Chen Yutian on the side was also staring at the top of the bamboo pole, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and said to himself: "Returning the gift... It is really a special method... But is it really as simple as just giving back the gift? ?”
His eyes couldn't help but look to the sky in the distance...
It's like I'm talking to someone in that direction...
When Huo Yuanji, Xue Tianhan, Bai Fan and others around him heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes showed disbelief.
The same is true for Xing Enming.
"Could it be that……"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Gongsun Weiwei making a silent gesture.
Xing Enming knew that this action not only meant silence, but also meant affirmation, an affirmation of his guess.
"In short, this is what happened. The murderer who hung the head on the bamboo pole did not have any ill intentions towards your store. It was just that your store unfortunately became the target of his plan. So there is no need for the young master to report this matter. With this in mind, I can assure you that something like this will never happen again in the future."
Gongsun told Zhou Xing as he ordered the officials to take the heads back to Jiulong Mansion.
Although Zhou Xing was still confused after hearing these words, he at least understood something.
That's that head, and it seems to be involved in something he shouldn't know!
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…
Yu Ji looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure across from him, and his hand holding the sword couldn't help but tighten a little tighter.
The moment he saw the figure, he knew that the person in front of him was no longer familiar to him in the past.
Otherwise, how could he do such incompatible things as betraying friendship and killing siblings!
"Third brother, long time no see. Little brother, I miss you so much..." The person opposite had his face covered, with a faint smile in his eyes.
Yu Ji's expression became more solemn.
He didn't hesitate at all: "I don't remember having a brother who didn't even dare to show his face. Since you call me brother, then don't hide your head and tail like this. You have the guts to take off the mask and let me see Let’s see how open you are!”
Hearing his words, the person opposite laughed even harder.
"Third brother, you are still the same as before, straight to the point, leaving no room for others, but...since you want to see my true face, why not let you see it?"
Yu Ji was stunned for a moment, and the pupils in his eyes suddenly narrowed.
The black mask fell completely as the sleeves flashed by, revealing a familiar face that made him feel as if he was struck by thunder.
"Is it you...really you?"
As if he couldn't believe it, but also as if he had expected it, the light of surprise in Yu Ji's eyes became stronger and stronger, and a more obscure look of vigilance appeared in his eyes.
"It seems that the wanted warrant issued by the government is true. The eldest brother, the second brother, the fourth brother and the sixth brother were all killed by you?"
Yu Ji's palm holding the sword was already wet.
But his expression slowly calmed down, and the internal power in his body was secretly working to take precautions.
"Exactly!"
Without the slightest guilt or feeling of guilt, the person opposite looked at Yu Ji, nodded lightly, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Yu Ji's expression suddenly changed.
The right hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
At this moment, he already understood that the brotherly love of the past no longer existed in the other party's heart. Between them, at this moment, there was only interest and no emotion.
The other party can easily do this.
But can he?
After all, this is the younger brother that he and his brothers love the most.
"Were you responsible for the heads hanging on the bamboo poles in the restaurant and the hidden messages on the walls?" Yu Ji became more vigilant and asked.
The person opposite nodded again.
The vigilance in Yu Ji's heart was raised to the limit. He looked at the person opposite and asked the last question: "You have gone to such great lengths to lure me here. It seems that you want to get rid of me too?"
The person opposite fell silent.
Yu Ji stared at him, the internal force in his body moving all the key points of the governor's meridian throughout his body, as if he was ready to go.
After a moment, he spoke.
"What you said is not entirely correct. I brought you here not just to get rid of you, but to give you a choice between life and death..."
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"Master Fourth Ancestor, how is it?"
Outside Xuandu City, on a green mountain, a man in green robes sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, as if he was meditating, and as if he was meditating, his expression was so solemn that no one dared to disturb him at first sight.
In front of the man in green robe, there were two old men who knew their destiny and stood respectfully.
The man in green robe looked like he was only in his thirties, but he allowed the two of them to stand there without even daring to show off, which showed that he had an extraordinary status.
Next to the man in green robe, a boy who looked like a boy glared at the two old men reproachfully.
"Shh... be silent. The Fourth Patriarch is using his mind to sense the surroundings at the moment. Do not make any noise to disturb the Lord."
Hearing this, the two old men quickly nodded to the boy with great respect and said, "I would like to listen to the spiritual boy's teachings and I will understand my mistake."
At this moment, the green-robed man's inner strength dissipated and he opened his eyes slightly.
The boy looked at his current situation and immediately bowed: "Fourth Ancestor, have I disturbed you? Li Ge will let them leave now."
The man in green robe waved his hand slightly and said: "It has nothing to do with them, Li Ge, don't get too excited..."
"Yes, Lord Fourth Ancestor."
Li Ge nodded respectfully.
If Chen Yutian were present at this moment, he would definitely feel extremely familiar when he heard the voice of the man in green robes. He would even be reminded of the fourth ancestor of the Futian Sect who had his mind stolen from Sun Bao when he was in Baishui County.
The Fourth Patriarch waved his hand slightly, signaling Li Ge to step aside, and then looked at the two old men.
These two people are the last two snake heads of the Nine Snakes Society.
"Fourth Ancestor, how is the situation?"
The two old men looked at the Fourth Ancestor and spoke with great respect.
The Fourth Patriarch shook his head slightly.
"The situation is very bad. Within a radius of dozens of miles, my mind has not detected Yue Lingxiao's aura. It seems that he is not within this range."
"But where would he be if he were not within this range? According to our previous investigations, his recent activities are within the range." An old man murmured to himself.
Li Ge on the side suddenly frowned.
Seeing this, the old man's expression changed and he quickly explained: "Fourth Ancestor, please don't misunderstand me. I just think it's a little strange at this time and have no other meaning."
The Fourth Patriarch nodded slightly and said: "I understand. You don't need to explain more, because even I find it a bit strange. If he is not within this range, then there are only two possibilities left... "
"At this moment, he is either far away from the capital, or he is in the capital. Which one do you think is more likely?"
"this……"
The two old men looked at each other, and then their eyes flashed, and they both looked at the outline of the capital in the distance.
"Could it be that……"
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Pfft...
Yu Ji opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of bright red blood.
At this moment, his internal organs had been completely destroyed by the sword energy.
His body suddenly fell to his knees, and his eyes gradually dimmed.
The person opposite sneered, and the long sword in his hand reflected a strong and cold sword light.
Yu Ji's eyes changed completely.
He looked at the person in front of him with extremely horrified eyes and said, "You... you are not..."
Before the words were fully spoken, in a flash of sword light, a huge head flew away with a splash of bright red...
"There are some things you should leave to hell to say..."
The murderer looked at Yu Ji's dead head, smiled coldly, then wrapped his head in cloth again, and walked away...
