While Chen Yutian and others were analyzing in the Gyeonggi Mansion, the real murderer Wu Chengtian they said was confronting a person in a teahouse in the city.
"Your surname is Wu?"
The person opposite looked at Wu Chengtian's face hidden under the bamboo hat and spoke slowly.
Wu Chengtian was stunned for a moment, held the tea cup in front of him for a moment, and then took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened.
"No, your Excellency has admitted the wrong person,"
"Oh? Really?" The person opposite chuckled softly, "Did I really recognize the wrong person?"
"Of course." Wu Chengtian said without raising his head.
"Then I wonder if your Excellency can raise your head so that I can take a good look?" The person opposite smiled again.
Wu Chengtian felt a sense of alarm in his heart for no reason.
Then he slowly raised his eyelids and cast a glance at the person in front of him.
In front of him was a young man in his twenties, dressed in white, holding a white folding fan, with a faint smile on his face, and a refined air in his actions.
"I have already said that your Excellency has admitted the wrong person."
"But I don't feel that I have admitted my mistake, so I asked you if you could raise your head so that I can take a look." The young man in white was smiling.
Wu Chengtian became more alert, but still lowered his head.
"I'm ugly, I'm afraid you won't like it, so let's forget it."
"Oh... In that case, it seems that I may have mistakenly recognized the person. Excuse me, please..." After finishing speaking, the young man in white left directly.
Hearing his voice getting farther and farther away, Wu Chengtian breathed a sigh of relief.
However, when he raised his head to confirm whether the other party had left, he discovered that an envelope appeared out of thin air on the table in front of him.
Wu Chengtian's eyes narrowed slightly.
He remembered clearly that there was no such thing on the table just now.
Then this thing should be left by the young man in white just now.
Thinking of the strange words of the young man in white, Wu Chengtian frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and picked up the envelope.
Immediately, his eyes suddenly froze!
"This is……"
A flash of horror flashed across his eyes, Wu Chengtian frowned and looked at the four big words written on the envelope.
"Brother Wu personally initiated it."
Wu Chengtian opened the envelope with doubts, but after just taking a look, his expression suddenly changed!
"Ah?! This, this is..."
He stood up suddenly, his body trembling slightly, and then tore the letter in his hand to pieces, then threw down a few pieces of silver and hurriedly left the teahouse.
At the door of a cloth shop not far from the teahouse, the young man in white just now was calm and composed, waving the folding fan in his hand, looking at the figure rushing out of the teahouse door, and smiled slightly.
Wu Chengtian looked around for a while and saw the figure in white clothes that seemed to be out of place in the world.
Then a flash of anger flashed across his expression, and he walked towards the young man in white.
Seeing that Wu Chengtian was still a few steps away from him, the young man in white smiled slightly and said softly: "It seems that I have indeed not admitted my mistake."
Wu Chengtian's eyes were filled with anger. He stepped in front of Bai Yi, grabbed him by the collar, and asked, "Who are you?"
Bai Yi's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and said, "This question should be asked to you now. I wonder if your surname at this moment is Wu? Or is your surname Yue?"
"you……"
The anger in Wu Chengtian's eyes became more intense, and the right hand holding his collar became more powerful.
"You still don't want to say it...but it doesn't matter. You were able to chase it out probably because you read the message I left. In this case, even if you don't say it, I already have the answer in my heart."
Bai Yi stared at Wu Chengtian and suddenly smiled.
Hearing this, Wu Chengtian's eyes flashed violently, and after a moment, he slowly let go of Bai Yi.
"Now that you know everything, I have nothing to hide. I am the person with the surname Wu you are looking for. Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Bai Yi gently adjusted his collar and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, you are so smart, don't you understand what I want?"
Wu Chengtian sighed, "Is it really for that kind of thing?"
"Of course, maybe Brother Wu, you don't know the value of that thing, but I believe you won't make fun of my wife's life."
Bai Yi smiled.
Hearing this, a flash of light flashed in Wu Chengtian's eyes, and he asked: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Bai Yi smiled and said: "Brother Wu, this is not something you should understand. As long as you help me get what you have hidden, Madam, I will return it to you unscathed."
Hearing this, Wu Chengtian looked a little uncomfortable.
"Is this true?" He looked at Bai Yi with a hint of doubt in his expression and asked.
"What do you think?"
Bai Yi did not answer his question directly, but asked rhetorically.
Wu Chengtian fell silent.
Seeing this, Bai Yi smiled faintly, "Brother Wu, don't worry, as long as you are willing to help me, my lady will be fine, but if you want to play any tricks, don't blame me..."
Before he finished speaking, Wu Chengtian's eyes were cold and he said, "I hope you can keep your promise."
"Of course." Bai Yi smiled and then said, "Then I'll ask Brother Wu for advice."
Wu Chengtian glanced at him coldly and said: "The thing is in the inn room where Meng Xinghun lives. I hid it in a painting, but I heard that the inn was robbed a few days ago. , all the paintings have been stolen...I am afraid that they have fallen into the hands of some thoughtful people at this moment."
Hearing this, Bai Yi looked startled, then smiled and said, "Brother Wu has a good intention in his words, but does he mean something else?"
Wu Chengtian smiled coldly, "Since you know what the thing in my hand is, you should naturally know what I am talking about. Anyway, I have told you everything I know, so you should keep your promise."
Bai Yi smiled and said: "This is natural, but as I just said, after Brother Wu helped me get such a thing, I will let Madam come back, so before I get such a thing, I ask Brother Wu to be patient." good."
As soon as he finished speaking, his internal energy suddenly surged, and a strange wind emerged out of thin air!
Wu Chengtian's expression changed completely. He looked at the white clothes surrounded by strong wind and shouted, "Do you want to break your promise?"
"Haha... don't worry, I'll keep my promise, as long as I get what I want, I will definitely let my wife come back."
The figure in white clothes suddenly disappeared in the strong wind, leaving only a sound transmission that boomed in Wu Chengtian's ears.
Wu Chengtian's expression changed. He took one step forward and was about to chase Bai Yi. However, the moment he raised his foot, a wind blade suddenly shot out.
Wu Chengtian cannot retreat.
When I looked up again, there was no trace of white clothes anywhere...
"Asshole, you were fooled..." Wu Chengtian's expression changed, he looked at the direction Bai Yi was leaving, and clenched his fists.
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After Bai Yi left Wu Chengtian, the folding fan in his hand suddenly changed and turned into a jade sculpture similar to Xuanwu.
Recalling Wu Chengtian who was so angry at the end just now, he smiled calmly, "Wu Chengtian obviously can't get any useful information... But he just said that the residual map is very likely to have fallen into the hands of someone who is interested." It should be the Futian Sect, right?"
"Their speed is really fast... However, the things should not have fallen into their hands yet, otherwise they would not be able to stay in the capital as they are now..."
"It seems that there is probably an accident... Let's go check it out..."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the place like a ghost...
When he reappeared, the person was already several feet away...
After about a cup of tea, others had arrived at the door of Yuelai's old store.
Although he had experienced a bizarre theft before, it did not affect the business of the inn at all.
When Bai Yi came here, it was not lunch time yet, but the lobby was already full of people, sitting in small groups and chatting together. It was very lively.
There were also several waiters running up and down, busy.
Looking at the scene in the store, Bai Yi smiled faintly, walked into the hall, and came directly to the shopkeeper Li Yun.
"The shopkeeper's."
"Hey, guest sir, what can I do for you?" Li Yun politely raised his hand to Bai Yi with a smile on his face.
"I want to ask you about someone. This person is a fellow countryman of mine. He came to Beijing this time to be entrusted by his family and came here specifically to visit." Bai Yi said.
"Oh? I wonder who the guest officer wants to inquire about?" Li Yun was slightly curious.
Baiyi said: "I have never met this person, but I only know that his family name is Meng and his name is Xingyun!"
"Ah? Meng Xingyun?!"
Li Yun was immediately surprised when he heard this name!
A gleam of light flashed in Bai Yi's eyes, and he shouted: "Yes, it's him. It seems that the shopkeeper really knows him. I wonder if the shopkeeper can go up and call him down. He said that a fellow villager wants to see him."
Hearing this, Li Yun's eyes immediately filled with an... unspeakable complex color.
He looked at Bai Yi, but didn't know what to say.
Seeing this, Bai Yi asked curiously: "The shopkeeper thinks this is a bit difficult? If you need some silver, it's okay to have a small amount of money here."
"Sir, you misunderstood."
Seeing Bai Yi reaching out to take out the money from his arms, Li Yun quickly said, "It's not that I feel embarrassed, but..."
Having said this, his words paused again.
Bai Yi looked at him doubtfully.
"Oh...I won't lie to you either..." Li Yun's eyes flickered for a few times, then he sighed and said, "The person you are looking for is dead. His head is still in the government office. It’s inside.”
Hearing this, Bai Yi was stunned!
Li Yun sighed helplessly.
After a moment, Bai Yi's dull eyes flashed with light, his body trembled slightly, and he looked at Li Yun with an unbelievable expression.
"Shopkeeper, are you... kidding?"
Li Yun sighed and said: "Alas... Sir, how can I be in the mood to joke with you? Everything I say is true."
Hearing this, Bai Yi's body suddenly shook again!
A touch of sadness slowly surged up!
Seeing him like this, Li Yun sighed slowly and said: "My guest, please show my condolences and accept the change. Since you are his fellow villager, please take back his relics left here."
Hearing this, Bai Yi nodded silently, the sadness in his eyes not diminishing at all.
Li Yun sighed, entered the side room behind the counter, and took out a package.
These are the relics left by Meng Xingyun in the store.
Li Yun handed the package to Bai Yi, who took it, opened the package and inspected it carefully, frowning slightly.
"Shopkeeper, although I am very grateful to you for helping him collect his relics, I still want to ask you something. There was supposed to be a painting here, but it has disappeared for some reason?"
Hearing what Bai Yi said, Li Yun was shocked and asked, "How did you know there was another painting?"
Baiyi's expression remained unchanged as he explained: "The shopkeeper doesn't know. I came to Beijing this time because I was invited by Brother Meng's family to take back the heirloom painting from his hands. Now he has died in his hometown." , the paintings are not among these relics, I really don’t know how to explain to the Meng family after I go back."
Li Yun nodded, "I see... Since this painting is a family heirloom of the deceased, it must be returned to its original owner. However, the painting is not in my shop. He was taken back by the government."
"Government?" Bai Yi frowned and asked curiously.
"Exactly, I heard the details..." After that, Li Yun told Bai Yi everything about when he saw Meng Xingyun's head on the notice, when he went to the government to report the case, and later when the government came to search the store.
After hearing this, Bai Yi nodded slightly, "I see... I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Thank you for informing me."
Li Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is nothing. If that painting is extremely important to you, guest sir, I will go to the palace with you and help you take out the painting."
Bai Yi waved his hand slightly and said: "There is no need to trouble the shopkeeper, just leave this matter to the next person, please..."
After saying that, Bai Yi picked up the package, nodded slightly to Li Yun, and left the store.
Li Yun looked at his leaving figure and smiled carelessly.
They didn't notice at all that the man in white, who had looked humble and polite just now, slowly showed an...evil smile at the corner of his mouth as he stepped out of the inn door.
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Deep in the mountains.
A small wooden house stands alone under the mountain peak.
This wooden house is very new. It looks like it has just been built. It is particularly abrupt among the barren mountains and mountains.
There are two people in the wooden house.
A person sits on a chair.
One person was tied to a rough wooden bed.
The person sitting looked at the tied person, and there was a crack in the corner of the mouth covered by the bronze mask.
The tied man looked at the beautiful figure in red, but his eyes were filled with fear.
"Haha...are you scared?"
The person sitting there let out a charming laugh through the bronze mask covering his face.
The tied man shook his head and said nothing, but he did not notice at all that his eyes had exposed everything.
Then the person sitting laughed again.
She stood up from her chair, opened the only window in the room, and looked out.
Sunlight shines through the gap between its body and the window into the wooden house.
"Haha... don't be afraid, it will be over soon, everything will be over soon..."
