blenderwars Chapter 132: The Dust Settles
Chapter 132: The Dust Settles
Zhongfu, Jiuzhongyuan.
Pei Nanjin secretly breathed a sigh of relief after communicating with Su Yue.
If this caused Zhong Yan to get into trouble, even life-and-death crisis, she would feel guilty and unable to face Master's entrustment and explanation, even if Master would never come back.
Now, she couldn't understand the elder sister more and more.
"If Master is still here, you shouldn't be allowed to do this..."
Pei Nanjin sighed softly in her heart, but she also knew that the elder sister was for Qifeng.
Gongsun Nuannuan, who was sitting at the table in the living room with his chin propped up, got up and said, "Fifth Senior Sister, I saw you leave Taoyuan that night and go to the backyard!"
Pei Nanjin glanced at her, and asked calmly, "What do you want to say?"
Gongsun Nuannuan looked suspiciously and said, "Fifth Senior Sister, you didn't kill those two women, did you?"
Then he thought about it and said: "No, you must not have killed the concubine newly adopted by my uncle. The wound is not congealed, its power is not strong, and its cultivation base is not high."
Pei Nanjin neither admitted nor denied, and changed the subject: "In a few days, we will leave Qingyang."
"So fast? I haven't had enough fun yet! There are so many delicious things at Master Uncle's house that I haven't tried yet."
"Don't you want to go to sea to play?"
"Oh, that's fine."
Gongsun Nuannuan nodded her head, said with a regretful expression: "Uncle Master is building the Colosseum, and I wanted to see the Colosseum before going to sea."
Pei Nanjin said: "After the experience in Mangdang Mountain, we will pass by Jingcheng, where there is a large Colosseum."
Jingcheng is one of the three great fairy cities in the Yan Kingdom, where monks gather.
Gongsun Nuannuan clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay! Then I'll go to my uncle to prepare some special delicacies for me to eat on the way!"
Pei Nanjin quickly stopped and said, "Uncle Master has something to do, you can go to Mrs. Dongcao or Mrs. Yan."
Gongsun Nuannuan let out an 'oh', and said with a smile: "Fifth Senior Sister, you also think the food at Senior Uncle's is delicious!"
A little unnaturalness appeared on Pei Nanjin's face. The special dishes of Zhongfu are indeed special, and she has eaten them several times.
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It was late at night.
Zhong Yan summoned the maid Xiaotao alone.
Shen Hongtao, who was originally worried, no longer had worries on her face, and asked: "Master Zhong invited me over, is there something to order?"
Zhong Yan looked at her with a half-smile, and said, "You seem relaxed?"
"Isn't this result exactly what we want?"
"Are you too optimistic? The one who died was the daughter of the Shen family, not a cat or a dog. I gave an explanation here. What about you?"
The maid's expression changed slightly.
Zhong Yan continued: "Whether the murderer is the Demonic Cultivator in the hidden city, or Ge Qing among you, it's because of your lack of protection, especially you, who followed Miss Lan Xin without any detection and precautions in advance, allowing the murderer to succeed! "
A nervous look flashed in Shen Hongtao's eyes, she stared at Zhong Yan and said, "You fooled me before?!"
Zhong Yan said with a smile: "Fudge? If your ancestors strictly ordered to find out the real culprit, we will all try our best. Even if we can't find out in the end, the punishment will be less, at least the crime will not be death."
"But now, such an understatement is just a face, a scapegoat. Although I don't know the specific reason, you will be held accountable when you go back."
In fact, Zhong Yan had already asked Lin Zhengping of Yangquanfang City, and got accurate information that it was the third disciple of Qifeng who went to Changning Shen's house in person.
This made him doubt the previous inference that' the murderer is Pei Nanjin'.
After a pause, Zhong Yan continued solemnly: "At that time, are you sure you can resist the Shen family's inquiry? For example, Soul Search, if you are found to be in collusion with me and prevaricate, what will happen?"
"I said before that we are tied to the same boat and will intercede for you, but the result is unexpected. I'm about to get off the boat. What about you?"
"You decide for yourself. If you want to leave, I can arrange for you to leave. Oh, by the way, it's best to return the Law Weapon to Liu Chengyang for safekeeping before you leave. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that you can leave completely without being hunted down. "
After finishing speaking, Zhong Yan picked up the teacup and lowered his head to drink tea.
Shen Hongtao's eyes flickered, and she would turn and leave after silence.
Zhong Yan looked at her back and added: "You are still young and have good aptitude. If you go this way, you will be able to rely on fishes to leap in the sea and let birds fly in the sky, instead of gambling on the hopeless life."
Shen Hongtao paused slightly, and continued to walk outside.
Three days later.
After thinking over and over again, the hesitant Shen Hongtao finally made up her mind, took the initiative to find it, asked for two hundred spirit stones, left Zhongfu, and flew away from the west gate.
At noon the next day, Yang Liu'er returned the two hundred spirit stones, and the matter was settled.
so far.
Zhong Yan completely let go of the tone in his heart, and Shen Lanxin's death can be regarded as a conclusion.
Just the last step.
Zhong Yan and Yan Sandao went out of the house, escorted the murderer back, and sent them to Liu Chengyang.
It is a Qi Refining seven-story male repair.
During the Lantern Festival gathering, an Independent Cultivator who had just come to Qingyang made insults and provocations about the matter of "following the sorcerer", but he asked Pang Baodu and others to kill him with "three hundred spirit stones".
This 'murderer' was one of those standing behind the dead man.
Zhong Yan asked Han Jiuping and Zhang Dongzhuo to capture and control them in advance.
Liu Chengyang: "Master Zhong tried his best to catch the murderer, I will see it, and when I return to Changning, I will report to my ancestors one by one."
Zhong Yan said with a smile: "This is what the Zhong family should do."
In the evening, a farewell banquet was held, and Liu Chengyang and others discovered that Shen Hongtao was missing.
After some questioning, I learned from the maids and guards of the Zhongfu that she left alone and never came back.
The nine guards looked at each other.
Someone said: "A few days ago, I saw that she was restless. Is it because she was afraid of being angered by the ancestors when she went back?"
Liu Cheng frowned, but he also knew that Shen Hongtao, as the young lady's personal maid, lived together in daily necessities, and since the young lady died, she could not escape the guilt and inevitably punished.
Fortunately, those Law Weapons have been handed over to him.
Zhong Yan said: "The city gates are under martial law, and there are monks present to monitor them. I will ask the guards at the gates tomorrow."
The result was naturally as planned, Shen Hongtao revealed her identity as a maid of the Shen family, excused herself to go out on business, and went out grandly through the west gate.
A guard said: "It's been several days, and I don't know where I have escaped to now. This, won't it implicate us?"
Liu Chengyang: "Don't care about her!"
The next day, the group escorted the 'murderer' away.
The entire Azure Sun City was in an uproar.
This is the end?
Originally thought that the Zhong family would face an inevitable storm, but never thought that they would just find a scapegoat and end it.
The monk who had witnessed the 'disturbance of three hundred spirit stones' at the Lantern Festival gathering was even more speechless—Zhong Yan even used a borrowed knife to kill someone.
Let many monks secretly put a label on Zhong Yan--everyone must be punished.
And another monk who stood in line with the provocateur went out of the city overnight to stay away from Qingyang, fearing that Zhong Yan would turn his head and make trouble for him.
The death of Miss Shen's family changed so quickly, and the Independent Cultivator who originally applied for the job was heartbroken.
Especially Wu Yang and others, regretted it too late, not only lost a good opportunity, but also offended Zhong Fu invisibly.
Yang Yanqing, who learned the details from Bai Siyuan, twitched at the corner of his mouth and said, "I don't know where this guy has exerted his strength."
In his heart, he hoped that something would happen to Zhongfu.
Qin Ben of the City Lord's Mansion was also a little dazed, apparently not expecting such an ending.
Sergeant Zhang Shun pondered for a long time, but hit the nail on the head: "It is estimated that Zhong Yan asked Qifeng to come forward."
Qin Ben pursed his lips and thought.
Zhang Shun said again: "The current situation is different from the past. In the current situation, the stronger Zhong Yan's backing is, the more beneficial it is for us..."
Zhong Yan laughed off the rumors in the city.
On the second day after Liu Chengyang left, Zhongfu held a banquet for Han Jiuping, Bai Siyuan and others to express their gratitude.
He also sent one hundred thousand taels of silver to the City Lord's Mansion as a reward for the sergeant who contributed this time.
As for Shen Hongtao?
A maid who is not qualified to ask the Shen family to make soul cards for her consumes materials, so she has evaporated from the world and cannot arouse any suspicion.
A storm, the dust settled.
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