"No, no, no..." Du Jie suddenly shook his head and said: "This businessman cherishes his life the most. No matter how stupid he is, Li Wenyuan must know that there will be no peace along the way. Moreover, we just beat him back to his hometown, so you go to his place. To grab money. It doesn’t make sense.”
Wu Qiyi curled his lips and said: "What doesn't make sense? You, Lao Qi, are as ill-minded as Lao Liu. I haven't asked you yet. Didn't you say you came to the Li Mansion with your grandfather? Why are you so high and low in the Li Mansion? After all, not even half of the people know you."
"This... may be the armor I was wearing at the time, I don't know." Wu Qi said with a blush.
"Lao Qi, don't interrupt Lao San. Lao San continues." Chu Mu waved his hand to Du Jie to stop him from talking, and then motioned for Wu Qi to continue.
Wu Qi continued proudly: "The owner of Wuliang Villa is a thoughtful person. Although I don't know how he and Li Wenyuan met, they must have agreed to do something profitable, and this The benefits are so great that both of them are so willing to sacrifice their lives. Could it be that this northwest trade route has such great benefits? Wuliang Villa is located in the Central Plains, and I don’t know how it came to be related to Li Wenyuan. Maybe this will be a Very important clue."
Chu Mu nodded after hearing this, turned to look at Changsun Wufang and said, "Lao Wu, do you have anything to say?"
Changsun Wufang lowered his head and thought for a moment and said: "I have been investigating with Third Senior Brother these past few days. Everything in the Li Mansion is very orderly, but I have always had the illusion that this orderliness is deliberately done by them. . And everyone we asked gave almost the same thing, and it was worthless. This Li Mansion looks normal, but if it is too normal, it seems abnormal, but this is just my feeling, there is no evidence .”
Chu Mu also nodded and turned to Gu Wu: "Second brother, do you want to tell me too?"
Gu Wu was wearing night clothes and stood beside Chu Mu. He said softly: "I have already told Lao Liu about the finger bones. I am only responsible for looking for clues. I will not participate in the analysis."
Wu Qi heard the clue and asked hurriedly: "The second one said finger bones? What finger bones?"
Kong Miaozhi just looked at Chu Mu and said nothing. Chu Mu shook his head and said: "The second child found a finger bone on the Burao Mountain. It seems that there is a cult on the Burao Mountain."
"Pa~!" Before he finished speaking, he heard someone knocking over the teacup next to him. Chu Mu looked at Ye Qingcheng with a headache, but saw that her face suddenly became ferocious and she couldn't hold the hilt of the Taiyin Sword in her right hand. Trembling. Changsun Wufang hurriedly came over to comfort her after seeing her, but no one spoke for a long time. Ye Qingcheng slowly calmed down. Du Jie looked at everyone strangely, not knowing what was happening. I wanted to ask a few questions, but I felt that this occasion seemed inappropriate.
After Ye Qingcheng's murderous intention finally dissipated, she bit her lip and asked Chu Mudao: "Elder brother, is the battle at Bulao Mountain related to a cult?"
Chu Mu shook his head and said softly: "It's not clear yet, maybe it's just someone who has something to do with it. The reason why I don't want to say it is because I'm afraid you will be like this. If it's related to a cult, we can't handle such a big thing, sir. Fourth, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Ten years is not too late for your family. For your family, inheritance is far more important than revenge. If there is a cult, we will never sit idly by and ignore it. But our first task now is to find Li Master, do you understand?"
After Chu Mu finished speaking, he looked at Ye Qingcheng with burning eyes. He understood that if Ye Qingcheng's impulse for revenge was not suppressed now, then this trip to the northwest would not be a good one. Apart from being extremely beautiful, my fourth sister is also full of bad habits. Silent, cold-tempered, and paranoid, all of these are directly related to his childhood. Originally, she had slowly changed her temper at Tianjimen, but the appearance of that man once again pulled her towards hell! !
That damn man!
Ye Qingcheng didn't want to hear what happened after that. Chu Mu glanced at Changsun Wufang. Changsun Wufang understood and took Ye Qingcheng to the back house. After they left, Chu Mu shook his head and then put his thoughts After receiving it, he asked Kong Miaozhi: "Lao San and others have already said it. Lao Liu, can you tell me something?"
Kong Miaozhi frowned and thought carefully for a long time, and finally became discouraged: "I really can't figure out what is going on. Logically speaking, these things should have nothing to do with each other, but there are some clues to connect them. But I I can’t figure out the reason. Now that the early clues are almost collected, I think we will divide into several groups to investigate. Maybe there will be more clues, and this matter will be easier to analyze. "
Chu Mu nodded and asked Kong Miaozhi to continue. Kong Miaozhi was not polite and continued: "Elder brother and the fourth and fifth sons are staying in the Li Mansion to see if there is anything else we have missed in the Li Mansion. If there is a chance, , let’s see what happened at Madam’s place.”
No need to guess that Ye Qingcheng wanted to go to Mount Bulao, but Kong Miaozhi was worried that what she would see then would affect her character. Chu Mu thought for a moment, nodded for them, and agreed.
"Lao Qi will get up tomorrow and go to the camp of the northwest garrison. The current Northwest General Soldier is the former subordinate of Marshal Du. Lao Qi must find out whether anyone in the army is involved in the affairs of Bulao Mountain. If so, let's see if they know. Know where those bodies ended up.”
Du Jie responded: "Now the marshal is recommended by my grandfather. I also taught him a nice voice. No problem. I will get up tomorrow."
Kong Miaozhi nodded and continued: "Lao Er and I will go to Bulao Mountain to see if we can find any clues. If we can find any clues, that would be great."
Wu Qi looked at the people, then counted Kong Miaozhi's arrangements, and was a little confused: "Lao Liu, what did you ask your third brother to do? Did you forget to arrange work for your third brother?"
Kong Miaozhi looked at him and chuckled: "How can it be possible, Third Brother, I have arranged the most relaxing time for you. You will leave for Wuliang Villa tomorrow, and just follow what Mr. Li said when he left, and follow their The owner’s wife or the second owner and the third owner tell the story again to see if they know anything.”
Fortunately, Wu Qi didn't listen. When he heard it, he hugged Kong Miaozhi and said, "Lao Liu, I knew you didn't have a good idea. You spent a long time and asked your third brother to run all the way back to the Central Plains. You Tell me if you are avenging a personal vendetta, if I don’t beat your ass to pieces today, I will take your surname Kong!"
Chu Mu shouted quickly: "Lao San, please stop and put down Lao Liu. What time has it been? You are still fooling around."
Wu Qi had no choice but to miss him with a slap, and angrily put Kong Miaozhi down.
Kong Miaozhi knew that Chu Mu would not let Wu Qi hit him. After he came down, he winked at Wu Qi and said, "Third brother, don't get angry yet. Listen to me..." At this point, he came closer to Wu Qi. In his ear, he said a few words with joy. At first Wu Qi didn't care, but later Wu Qi seemed to have heard something interesting, and his eyes and eyebrows started to smile.
"Lao Liu, you didn't lie to me?"
"I, Kong Miaozhi, have never deceived you."
Wu Qi looked at Kong Miaozhi, then at Chu Mu, and finally patted his thigh: "Okay, I agree."
Du Jie was a little curious, "Third brother, what did the sixth brother tell you? Say it and let us listen."
Wu Qiyi waved his hand: "Stop asking around and take care of your own affairs. My brother will tell you when he comes back from Wuliang Villa."
Several people would definitely not say anything when they saw them like this, so they stopped asking. The five people chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Before dawn the next day, except for Chu and Mu, everyone else in the Tianji Sect quietly left the Li Mansion.
The northwest garrison is a hundred miles outside Yongzhou City. The current marshal is the former confidant of General Du. This man's surname is Peng and his given name is Xian Zuo. He was master of all military tactics and strategies, and he was like a military strategist during the campaign in the northwest. The little emperor also secretly and openly tried to find someone to replace Marshal Peng, but all failed. Nowadays, the garrison in the northwest is monolithic, and they have never asked the court for more food and pay. The little emperor had no choice but to take a long-term approach.
Du Jie got up early in the morning and without breakfast, his stomach began to growl when he left the gate of Yongzhou City. But there was no one around, so I had no choice but to walk around hungry and look for something to eat.
It happened that after walking twenty miles, a tea shop suddenly appeared next to it. The tea shop seemed to have just opened, and a waiter-like person was busy decorating it. Next to it, an old man was humming a tune and eating steamed buns. He seemed very comfortable. .
Du Jie was hungry. He was overjoyed to see the tea shop and ran straight over. Children are very discerning. Watching Du Jie coming, he hurriedly greeted him, held the horse and asked: "This young master, what would you like to eat?"
Du Jie was not polite and gave the waiter the horse rope, and then ordered several drawers of steamed buns, two kilograms of beef, and half a kilogram of good wine.
Not long after, the food and wine were served.
Du Jie had a great appetite, and he ate and drank like a storm. The old man next to him was eating, and suddenly he sniffed, and then, as if being led by his nose, he walked step by step to Du Jie's table, and finally stared at Du Jie. wine glass, eyes lit up
"Good wine, good wine!"
The old man said something about the wine, stopped next to Du Jie, swallowed hard, and stared at Du Jie's wine glass.
Du Jie met an old drunkard. The drunkard was dressed in civilian clothes and seemed to be an old farmer. The bun on her head was fixed with a tree branch. She had a round face and a square mouth. Her pair of protruding ears looked a bit funny. Her two small eyes were staring at Du Jie's wine glass.
Seeing that the old drunkard was not leaving, Du Jie smiled and said: "Old man, do you want to drink? Come and sit down. We are destined to meet each other. I'm treating you today, waiter, and a pound of good wine."
The old man rubbed his hands in embarrassment at first, but he couldn't bear to move his eyes away. Finally he said with a smile: "That's a good feeling. I won't be polite, old man. I...I'll taste you first." How about this cup?" After saying that, he didn't even wait for Du Jie to ask him. He picked it up by himself and drank it all in a few "tons, tons, tons".
