When Xiangling took the box and opened it, the light in the room dimmed a little, highlighting the brilliance of the things in the box.
They turned out to be three star crystals, each as big as a palm, emitting a soft and bright light.
Obviously, these are three top-grade crystals.
Qin Wangshu smiled and said, "This is a meeting gift for the three of you, and also a deposit. I will reward you handsomely after I find the murderer."
"Or, if you three want something, you can tell me first. If I can give it to you, it won't be too late for you three to agree to accept this commission."
"What do you think?"
As expected of the chairman of a large chamber of commerce, the deposit was actually a piece of top-grade crystal, which was really generous.
Tianyang sighed slightly in his heart. You know, top-grade star crystals can't be bought with money. A piece of such star crystal in the black market is enough to cause a bloody storm.
In some large families, the annual salary of those ascenders might only be exchanged for such a piece of star crystal.
But now, it was given to Qin Wangshu as a deposit.
At this time, Xiangling brought a pen and paper and asked Tianyang and the other two to write down what they wanted.
Tianyang thought about it and wrote the words "A pair of eyeballs of the Shadowless" on it.
This is one of the materials for his next stage of sublimation medium. Now the medium material for Tianyang's rank 7 is only missing the eyeball of the Shadowless Man and the heart of the Mist Tree Man.
After a while, Xiangling took back the "wish list" of Tianyang and the other two and handed it to Qin Wangshu. After the latter read it carefully, he looked up and smiled and said, "I can provide whatever you three want."
The Golden Mint Chamber of Commerce can actually provide the "Eyeballs of the Shadowless"? So, the Shadowless, a black people, should be the "specialty" of the Central Continent
Tian Yang nodded and said, "In that case, I will accept this commission."
The other two also agreed. Li Lin glanced at Tianyang and said with a smile: "You are lucky this time. Follow Master Chen and learn from him. If you can learn a little bit of his skills, I guarantee you will benefit a lot."
Tianyang smiled but didn't answer.
Next, Xiangling distributed several electronic boards to Tianyang and the other two. The screens of the electronic boards displayed some information.
Qin Wangshu said: "These are the members of the Chamber of Commerce who knew my whereabouts that day. They are the most suspicious, but we cannot rule out the possibility that someone got the information from them."
"Take a look first and ask if you have any questions."
Yueguang came over and looked at the information on the electronic board with Tianyang.
The electronic board lists the identities of several people, including the leader of the caravan and the head of the Chamber of Commerce's guards... .
After reading this information, Chen Dubu coughed and said, "Everyone, next, should we discuss how to protect Miss Qin and catch the murderer?"
Tian Yang nodded and said, "If I were the murderer, I wouldn't do it on the ship. After all, the ship is so small, and it would be hard to escape once I kill someone. In addition, the other party might know that Miss Qin invited us to bring guards."
"So, if I were the murderer, I would be patient and wait until I get ashore before making any plans."
"At that time, people were on land, and after committing the crime, there were plenty of places to escape. And after more than ten or twenty days of peace, the guards' vigilance would be lowered, so it would be easier to take action at that time."
Chen Dubu looked at Tianyang with some surprise, then nodded and said, "That makes sense."
Li Lin thought for a moment and said, "How about we give them a chance?"
Chen Dubu laughed and said, "Are you trying to set a trap for the other party?"
Li Lin nodded and said, "Just like Tianyang said, if the murderer waits until we reach the West Continent to strike, we will be in a very passive position. Instead of doing that, why not take the initiative to give him an 'opportunity'."
"Miss Qin can take the initiative to reveal her whereabouts, and then we will ambush at the destination. Once the murderer appears, we will capture or kill him."
"no."
Xiangling shook her head and said, "If that's the case, my young lady would be actively exposing herself to danger."
Qin Wangshu said, "If you are sure you can catch the murderer, I don't mind taking the risk. Otherwise, I will have to live in fear every day, which is really too tiring."
Tian Yang pondered and said, "If Miss Qin reveals her whereabouts, it will inevitably arouse suspicion. I think if we want to implement this plan, it is better to let Miss Qin go to a few places every day, one of which is relatively quiet and suitable for assassination."
Chen Dubu suddenly realized, "I understand. What you mean is that if the murderer wants to harm Miss Qin, he will definitely observe carefully. If he finds that Miss Qin's whereabouts are regular and there is a place suitable for attack, he might take the risk and make a move. Then we will have a chance to catch him."
"right."
Tian Yang nodded: "Besides, this information was not leaked by Miss Qin, which will greatly reduce the murderer's vigilance. In addition, when we are protecting Miss Qin, we should create some loopholes and gaps to make it easier for him to take action."
After several people discussed it together, soon a plan took shape.
After a while, Tianyang returned to his room. According to the plan, in the next few days, the three guards would only take passive protection measures.
In order to ensure that Qin Wangshu could be protected around the clock, the three of them took turns to guard him. Chen Dubu and Li Lin said that in order to "take care of" Tianyang, he would only be responsible for the time from 8 am to 2 pm, while Li Lin would be responsible for the time from 2 pm to 10 pm.
Chen Dubu is the hardest working one. He is responsible for the shift from 10pm to 8am the next day so that he can hand over to Tianyang.
After returning to the room and closing the door, Yue Guang said, "My intuition tells me that Qin Wangshu's case is not that simple."
"I think so too."
Tianyang sat down, took the tea brought by Hongxiu, took a sip and said, "Qin Wangshu is just the chairman of a chamber of commerce. If it is a business competition, there is no reason for him to be so cruel as to kill someone."
"If it was an internal fight within the Golden Mint Chamber of Commerce, they wouldn't have used such extreme means, because that would be like telling others that the person who took over the position of chairman of the Chamber of Commerce is the murderer."
"Plus, Qin Wangshu did not seek help from within the Chamber of Commerce, but instead turned to outsiders like us. From all indications, her case is not that simple."
Moonlight sat beside the chessboard and said, "So you figured it out too. Why did you agree to intervene? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
Tian Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "When trouble comes, we will fight it. Anyway, I have always had a lot of trouble. One more or one less doesn't matter."
"Besides, didn't you see that Chen Dubu and Li Lin both took good care of me? I can get a material by just giving a few ideas and spending a few days in peace. Why not?"
Moonlight laughed and said, "Just keep playing dumb. Even a blind man can see that those two people want to curry favor with Qin Wangshu and are trying to exclude you in various ways."
"It doesn't matter. I don't have to curry favor with her, and it saves me some energy, which is not bad."
Moonlight glanced at him and smiled sweetly: "It's still early for dinner, let's order a few more dishes."
"Come again?" Tian Yang jumped in shock, then coughed dryly, "How about letting Fatty accompany you? I'm not even worthy of being your practice weapon, and there's no point in you playing, right?"
"Who said that? Come here quickly."
"Okay, okay..."
The next few days were calm.
Tianyang goes to Qin Wangshu's room at 8 o'clock every day, waits for her to get up and change clothes, and then goes to have breakfast with her.
After breakfast, he accompanied Qin Wangshu for a walk on the deck. After ten o'clock in the morning, Qin Wangshu was either reading in the room or painting on the deck.
At 1pm, she would take a nap. When she got up, it was Tianyang's turn.
Qin Wangshu's activities on the ship were regular, and according to Tianyang and the others' plan, in the afternoon and evening, she would go to relatively less crowded places such as the theater or card room on the ship.
This is sending some message to the murderer.
Tian Yang originally thought that he could just get a piece of material like this, but at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Lin still hadn't shown up to take over.
"What's going on? Miss Li hasn't come yet?" Qin Wangshu looked at the wall clock and looked at the maid Xiangling with some concern.
Xiangling stood up and said, "How about I go to Miss Li's room to take a look?"
"Wait a minute."
Tianyang called her and said to Qin Wangshu, "I think it would be better to call Mr. Chen and have him stay here while I accompany Xiangling to find Miss Li."
Qin Wangshu looked at Xiangling, and their eyes met silently. The female chairperson of the Chamber of Commerce said, "Okay, I'll listen to Mr. Tianyang. Xiangling, go find Mr. Chen."
"yes."
A moment later, Chen Dubu came over with a serious expression: "Li Lin hasn't come yet?"
Tianyang stood up and said, "Yes, please trouble Elder Chen to look after Miss Qin here. Xiangling and I will go to Miss Li's room to check on her."
Chen Dubu said softly: "Be careful."
"OK."
Tianyang then looked at Xiangling and said, "Please lead the way."
Li Lin couldn't afford to stay in the first-class cabin, so when Xiangling took Tianyang to the lower cabin, Tianyang was not surprised at all. They arrived at Li Lin's room in a blink of an eye. Xiangling rang the doorbell, but no one answered.
Xiangling raised her hand to knock on the door, but suddenly her wrist tightened slightly and she was caught by Tianyang.
Tianyang looked at the ground, shook his head and said, "No need to knock."
Xiangling looked at him blankly, then looked at the ground and saw a little scarlet liquid slowly flowing out from under the crack in the door.
Xiangling gasped, covered her mouth with her hands, and looked at Tianyang.
Tianyang motioned her to step back, put his hand on the door, boosted his star energy, and lifted it gently.
The not-so-strong hatch made a click from the inside and then opened inwards. When the door was completely opened, a strong smell of blood gushed out from the room, causing Xiangling to hold onto the wall and retching.
Tianyang's hand fell on the handle of the Ice Soul Blade, and after thinking for a while, he took it away. Then he secretly used the Star Essence to generate an aura. However, he carefully controlled the Star Essence, so that his aura only reached the level of rank 4.
He walked into the room, which was dark and the curtains were drawn. Tianyang found the light switch, and when the light in the room came on, his eyes went blank.
At this moment, he felt a sharp airflow rushing towards his throat...