Chapter 27: Rising the Strife
Luo Jin thought of the piercing wounds on Jiang Mo's body and her blood boiled. She blurted out: "That wasn't done by him! It must have been done by Third Prince and got pushed onto him."
He had the Heart-Devouring Gu in his body and couldn’t deny it. Like this, he was considered the original murderer.
No wonder Jiang Mo tried his best to stop her when she wanted to go with Third Prince, saying that if she went, she would become ‘a pile of minced meat’.
Since she came to this world, she had never thought of wanting someone to die so much.
The look in Chai Qi's eyes when he looked at Luo Jin was a little hard to describe. He only sighed in his heart that people trapped by love in this world were pitiful. Their eyes were blinded and couldn't see anything clearly.
His silly younger brother was the same. Don’t know what he would think if he knew the woman he pined for was like this.
Luo Jin noticed the look in Chai Qi's eyes, "Your Highness, It can’t be that you think I'm in love, right? I'm not, I'm telling the truth."
Chai Qi nodded, "Love brain... this word is quite appropriate."
Luo Jin: "..."
She didn't tell him what happened now. She didn't believe Chai Qi. If he leaked the news, it would hurt Jiang Mo.
What happened was too sudden and she still hasn't pieced together the clues.
At present, it seemed that Jiang Mo had already contacted Jiang Ge. Before, the two seemed to have a bad relationship. Jiang Mo even deliberately let Jiang Ge be exchanged in front of the army and embarrassed himself in public. But if one thought about it carefully, this was indeed the only way to protect Jiang Ge's life at that time.
Then the assassination on New Year's Eve in the novel became illogical. Jiang Mo couldn't really want to assassinate Jiang Ge. From the results, the Iron Guards were annihilated, the Dark Guards were severely injured, and Jiang Mo died. It could be said that both sides suffered losses.
But what if this matter was colluded by Jiang Mo and Jiang Ge?
Jiang Mo's plan was probably to lead the Iron Guards into the ambush of the Dark Guards, so that Jiang Ge had the opportunity to eliminate all the Iron Guards. The mention of the Dark Guards being severely injured in the novel was Jiang Ge's statement. Perhaps he pretended that the Dark Guards were severely injured, but in fact it was to mislead Jiang Xu.
If so, Jiang Ge wouldn’t kill Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo was probably killed by Jiang Xu. Jiang Mo led the Iron Guards to death, so Jiang Xu would certainly not let him go.
According to the plot in the book, Jiang Ge didn’t admit to having a secret relationship with Jiang Mo in the end and had sunk Jiang Mo's body and the Iron Guards into the river together.
This must be the truth of that New Year's Eve!
"By the way, have you gathered any news? Where are we going next?" Luo Jin asked.
"No," Chai Qi said, "None of the spies I planted here have any news about Yue Qinghai, but there were some useful clues."
He looked around. It was obvious that this odd place wasn't a place to talk. "Let's talk about it when we get back."
Luo Jin followed Chai Qi back to the earlier small courtyard. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a young woman sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, drinking a pot of tea gracefully. There were a few plates of snacks on the stone table next to her. The woman was beautiful. Next to her stood a girl in her teens, looking at the three people who walked into the yard with her big eyes.
"Master has been waiting for you for an hour." Miss unhappily chipped out.
The woman sighed and showed a disappointed expression, "I thought He Xiao would come... It turns out that only the Crown Prince is here."
Chai Qi said calmly: "If He Xiao comes, why should I spend money to hire you?"
As soon as these words came out, Luo Jin immediately thought of someone.
One of the five masters could be hired. She was the easiest among the five masters to invite. As long as the money was enough, anything can be entrusted to her.
This person was called Long Ying, the leader of the Qixiang Sect. In the original novel, she had fought with He Xiao, fell in love with He Xiao, and often cropped things up for the heroine. This person was both good and evil, with a strange temper and mood swings. She wasn't an easy person to get along with. When Luo Jin was reading the novel, she had a headache when she saw Long Ying appear. She hoped that this character could go offline soon.
Luo Jin stepped forward and said with a smile: "It turns out that the number one beauty in Jiuyuan Continent, the leader of Qixiang Sect has arrived. I only heard about you before, but I didn't expect that the Sect leader Long is more beautiful than rumor."
Long Ying was a little confused by her flattery, "Number one...beauty? Who said that?"
"Everyone says so!" Luo Jin looked sincere, "If you don't believe it, ask someone. It’s recognized by Jiuyuan Continent!"
Long Ying smiled, "Where did you come from, lass? Your mouth is so sweet. Elder Sister likes you."
"Little Elder Sister is so beautiful. Everyone will like little Elder Sister." Luo Jin smiled.
Long Ying liked to hear people say she was ‘little’ the most. After all, she was getting older and older. When she hears ‘little’, she felt that she was still young.
Long Ying sighed, "It's a pity that someone is blind and always avoids me."
"You mean He Xiao..." Luo Jin thought, "He is blind. You can find someone better. Don't want him!"
Her favorite character was the heroine Feng Lingruo, so she hoped that Long Ying wouldn’t crop things up for Feng Lingruo. It would be best if she could persuade her.
"But you also know, Elder Sister... no, little Elder Sister is one of the five masters of Jiuyuan Continent. Isn't he the only one who can match me? Look..." Long Ying counted on her fingers, "My master is one, she is a woman, so she must be excluded. Yue Qinghai is an old man. Old and perverted, so he is excluded. The rest are He Xiao and Jiyuan Emperor Zun. I can't afford to climb up to Emperor Zun. So there is only He Xiao."
Luo Jin smiled, "Little Elder Sister, don't think like this. There is no one else who is suitable for the Emperor except for little Elder Sister, right? "
Long Ying waved her hands at once, "He is the emperor of a country. How could I possibly dare to think about it? Besides, I have never seen him. I heard that he looks fierce and aggressive, I don't like that. What’s more, I can't beat him... I still prefer He Xiao, he’s handsome. "
Luo Jin smiled helplessly, "Okay."
She tried her best. She didn't persuade Long Ying to pursue the great devil of Jiyuan Country. Feng Lingruo will have a headache due to Long Ying in the future.
Chai Qi closed his eyes slightly, "It's time to go."
"Ah?" Long Ying seemed surprised, "Go? Oh... I remember, I got paid. Okay, let's go!"
She sighed, "It's hard to make money. I have to go out in person. I'll be tanned by the sun..."
Luo Jin ran into the room, got an oil-paper umbrella, and ran back happily, "I'll hold an umbrella for little Elder Sister! Your lass is too short to hold an umbrella."
She remembered that the lass's name was Xiaolia. She was Long Ying's apprentice. Although the little girl was only ten years old, she had already broken through the eighth level. She was an absolute genius and would probably be a ninth level in the future.
"By the way, where are we going?" Luo Jin asked.
Chai Qi replied, "Wu Village."
"Wu Village?"
Chai Qi said, "Where Yue Qinghai's adoptive parents live."
Luo Jin frowned, "Do you think he would go back there? Not likely, right?"
"Of course he won't go back," Chai Qi said calmly, "but there may be some clues there. We can't find Yue Qinghai right now, so this is the only way."
"Yes, I heard that a person's childhood experience will have a great impact on people." Luo Jin said, with a bit of confusion in her eyes, "Speaking of it... I can't remember my childhood."
Xiao Lian had been standing there without saying anything. Hearing this, she suddenly piped up, "Same as me. I don't have any memory before the age of seven. I remember that my master saved me, otherwise I would have died."
Long Ying sighed lightly and rubbed her little head, "Since there’s none, let it be. Anyway, it's not a good thing."
Luo Jin remembered that Xiao Lian's life in the novel was tragic. Her mother died when she was young and got abused by her stepmother. When she was seven years old and was nearly beaten to death, Long Ying passed by. Long Ying killed her stepmother and took her away. She found that she had a high talent for martial arts and accepted her as her apprentice.
But her situation was different from Xiaolian's. Her mother and father were both elites in the industry. They dearly loved her their only daughter. For her mental health, her mother gave her psychological tests every week, fearing that the pressure of work would make her depressed. With such parents, her childhood must have been happy, right? Why did she forget it?
The carriages were parked outside the door. There were still two carriages. Luo Jin and Long Ying sat in one, Chai Qi took Little Xiaoyu to sit in the other. Mister Shi was already waiting in the carriage.
The carriages left Wujie City and took a whole day to reach Wu Village. It was almost dark.
Wu Village was remote and there weren’t many people living in the village. Everyone knew each other. Seeing outsiders entering the village, passing villagers stopped and curiously asked them what they were doing.
Chai Qi got off the carriage and stated seriously: "We are officials. We have recently investigated Han Erniu's case and found this place. You live in this village. How much do you know about Han Erniu's family?"
Appearing righteous and awe-inspiring, he had the air of an official.
The villager said ‘Oh’ and stood in awe. "Han Erniu, I remember. That child usually seemed honest. Alas, no one would have thought that he would do such a thing! The couple of the Han family were also honest people. The husband was in poor health and couldn't farm. He relied on the female to do some needlework to support the family. Life was quite hard. As expected, even when you can't give birth to a child, you can't support someone else's child. If it's not your own child, you don't know what you have raised!"
He pointed to the distance, "Go to the end of this road. The small courtyard that turns west is the Han Family’s. Since something happened to his family, the villagers dare not go there for fear of bad luck. I heard that it was a horrifying sight when they died. Their eyeballs were about to fall out. The people who saw it had nightmares for a month after going out!"
Soon, the group arrived at Han Erniu's former home. This was a small, dilapidated courtyard, with dead leaves all over the courtyard. The gate was open. One could see two dilapidated earthen houses when going in. The houses were low. Half of the open door had broken and fallen to the ground. It was surrounded by moss.
Long Ying covered her nose, "It smells bad. I don't like it, I don't want to go in... You go, call me when you want to fight."
Chai Qi went into the house first. Followed by Luo Jin and Mister Shi. When Little Xiaoyu was about to go in, Xiao Lian stopped him, "Don't go in. Master said it's not good for children to see those things."
"Child... ren?" Little Xiaoyu patted his chest and stated proudly, "I'm twenty-one this year!"
"Ah?" Xiao Lian compared the top of his head curiously, "Shorter than me, I thought you were eight years old at most!"
Little Xiaoyu lowered his head and said after a while: "I was raised in a small cage since I was a child and can't grow tall. I'm the same as you. If Master hadn't saved me, I would have died long ago."
"What about your Master?" Xiao Lian asked curiously, tilting her head.
"I... I betrayed him." Little Xiaoyu bit his lips.
"Ah? Then you are a bad guy!" Xiaolian said and retreated behind Long Ying, "Master, he is a bad guy!"
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