Lu Jian spoke in a clear and coherent manner, first summarizing the whole thing he knew in a general way, so as not to be confusing and make people miss the key points.
He saw the young man in green shirt slowly turning around and facing him. His bearing was outstanding and indescribable. His hands were still behind his back, hidden in his own shadow. Apart from being slender, he could no longer see the jade-like feeling before. Just my own illusion.
What did he say? Meng Qi's voice was mellow.
During this period of time, Lu Jian had thought about this matter many times. Without thinking, he answered directly: Jin Li suddenly arrived in Wen'an. I was very surprised, because since inheriting the family business, there have been fewer of them traveling around. Not only have we not seen each other for a long time, but the correspondence has also become less frequent because they have no fixed residence.
That day, I held a private banquet for Jin Li at home. When the wine was flowing to the fullest, he said with emotion, it doesn't matter whether you die or not while you are alive. Anyway, relatives and friends will still mourn. Because there is no hope, I gradually become numb and adapt, and I am freed from the grief. What I fear most is that I will not see the person alive or the body after death. Relatives and friends worry day and night, looking for clues everywhere. They are always in a state of sadness, eagerness and hope, and it is difficult to be happy.
At that time, I thought it was the emotion caused by something he encountered while wandering around the world, and I didn't pay too much attention to it. How could I have imagined that he would never be seen alive or dead.
In other words, Jin Li was not killed and disappeared due to an accident. Before that, he had a premonition. Did he deliberately leave any clues? If not, why? Meng Qi clasped his hands and listened, Qing Shan As the cold wind of the winter night drifted gently, it set off his Yuanding Yue Zhi: Have you ever asked Jin Li about Wen An's intention
Lu Jian sighed: I must have asked. He said he was passing by Wen'an for something and wanted to see my best friend. I had no doubt at that time and felt that Jin Li would not deceive me about such a matter, so I believed him directly and only asked more questions. What's the matter? But he was vague, saying it was not an important matter, so there was no need to worry, and then changed the topic.
This matter should be quite important to Jin Li, but he didn't want others to know. Meng Qi nodded thoughtfully: Did you pay attention to Jin Li's state at that time, whether he was full of worries or hesitant and ambitious. Or indecisive
If he behaved abnormally, I would have noticed it long ago. Lu Jian smiled bitterly. He pondered for a while and said, if there is anything different from the past, there is actually one thing. Jin Li was originally clumsy in words, did not care about gossip, and devoted himself to hard work, but that day he rarely mentioned famous people in the world. The heroes seemed quite envious and laughed at me. He said that as he grew older and gained more experience, he finally realized that he wanted women.
If someone is an acquaintance with this kind of thing, anyone who encounters it will think this way and will not feel that Jin Li is abnormal.
It was a love affair, but what kind of love affair could make Jin Li disappear from sight? The water behind Meng Qi was slowly flowing, almost dry, and many large rocks on the river bottom were exposed in the sparkling light.
Did he fall in love with a woman he shouldn't have loved and get into trouble he shouldn't have
Maybe Jin Li's disappearance is related to love entanglements. Please ask Brother Lu to check whether such things happened in Wen'an City before and after his disappearance. Meng Qi's tone was neither urgent nor slow.
Lu Jian was stunned when he heard the word Brother Lu. Carefully looking at the young man in green shirt in front of him, he found that it was impossible to judge his age. He had an ancient face, a strange charm, and a mature temperament, like a master who had been famous for many years, but there was no trace of vicissitudes of life between his eyebrows. As if still very young.
This matter concerns Jin Li, and I am obliged to do so. Lu Jian is one of the local snakes. It is much more convenient and effective than Meng Qi to inquire about similar things. By the way, I don’t know what you will call me and how I will give you the results after I find out.
Don't bother, just set off a few fireworks at the door and I'll ask in person. Meng Qi has mastered the skills of a mysterious master.
After saying that, he stepped aside and stood by the forest on the shore, looking at the flowing water with his hands behind his hands, indicating that Lu Jian could leave.
Lu Jian didn't ask any more questions. He knew that some experts had weird tempers and refused to be questioned, so he called Lu Huo and others over and stepped onto the stone arch bridge with a steady pace.
After crossing the bridge, he subconsciously turned back and found that the figure in green clothes on the shore had disappeared without a trace at some point. He didn't even sense it.
The Jin family actually sent such experts to come. Before Jin Li disappeared, he wanted the Jin family to take him seriously, but he didn't get it. It was not until Jiuqiao that he was reluctantly looked up to. He slowly got closer to his long-cherished wish. Who would have thought that after he disappeared, the Jin family would pay so much attention to it? Lu Jian sighed inwardly.
In the woods on the bank, the ground was covered with dead leaves and the branches were empty. Meng Qi walked with great steps, and in a few steps he reached behind a big tree. There was a bookcase used by Confucian scholars, with a green cloth on it, as if to block the wind. It is used to cover the rain, but it hides the wound of heaven.
The Flowing Fire was made of dragon scales and could be bent like a soft sword. Meng Qi bought a matching scabbard and tied it around his waist. However, Tian Zhizhi was different and there was no way to treat it the same way. He had to either carry it on his back or put it in a big package. Or in a bookcase, otherwise it will be easily recognized by others due to its obvious features, and the meaning of disguise will be lost.
Previously, Meng Qi was concerned about the image of a mysterious master, and felt that appearing in front of Lu Jian with a bookcase on his back did not match the overall style of the painting, so he simply hid it in the forest and placed it within the range of his mental induction. He stood proudly with his hands behind his back, as if Heaven and earth are in harmony.
Carrying the bookcase on his back, Meng Qi turned around, and his temperament suddenly changed. Although they were both dressed as Confucian scholars, there were still obvious differences. Before, he was a mature and elegant person, but now he was dressed in a blue shirt, full of vigor and bookishness, and strode towards the outside of the forest. And go.
It was dark at night, and Meng Qi went directly to the only mass grave in Wen'an and took out a red bead.
This is an item refined by Yun Zhongzi himself. Using the blood of the Jin family as bait, it can cause strange phenomena to the bones of the same blood within a radius of three miles. He himself cannot come and combine the three blood beads with the detailed The news was also deposited in Xianji.
Meng Qi came here precisely because he wanted to use blood beads to find whether there was Jin Li's body in the mass grave. After all, if he was killed, the mass grave was a very suitable place to dump the body. There were dead bodies hidden in many lush vegetation. , and countless people were dug into shallow pits and buried. The stench filled the hills, and no one would come to see if anyone had been killed.
Holding his breath, Meng Qi crushed the blood beads, and a red light spread to the surroundings, dyeing the mass grave with a layer of bright red, making it even more sinister and bloody, and extremely terrifying.
Suddenly, a red light shot up in the distance, as if someone was setting off fireworks.
Meng Qi was slightly stunned that there was actually Jin Li's body. He didn't expect to find it so quickly and easily.
His footsteps moved as if they were not touched by the soil, and he swept over the long weeds watered by flesh and blood, and ran to the place where the red light burst out.
This was a place where the vegetation was particularly lush, and it was obvious that there were corpses buried underneath. Meng Qi waved his right palm, and the wind gathered from his palm, violently flying away the vegetation and pushing away the soil.
The surface of the soil was very shallow. After taking a palm, Meng Qi saw the dead body below. He had turned into white bones. There was no trace of rotten cloth on his body, and there were only a few bones left.
The bones stained with mud were shining with a layer of blood, indicating the identity of the owner.
At a glance, there are no clues left in the shallow pit or the bones. It seems that we need to find a master who is good at summoning souls to break through the obstacles. However, Jin Li has been dead for many years, and he is afraid that his soul has already disappeared and cannot be summoned.
come out. Meng Qi suddenly spoke, and his voice carried far away in the dark and quiet mass grave where only the barking dogs could be heard.
With a bang, a figure rolled out from behind a locust tree. He had a tattered felt hat, a patched cotton jacket, and was full of stench. He was a beggar who had been searching for useful items from corpses in mass graves for a long time.
Sir, please spare the little one. The little one just saw a red light coming out here, so he came to find out. The beggar hurriedly explained.
His face was dark and covered with dirt, making it difficult to tell his age, but judging from his body and voice, he was at least forty years old, and his martial arts skills were low.
Meng Qi, who practices the art of transforming the sky and striking the earth, is very sensitive to the changes in other people's mental states. Especially when the other party's strength is far inferior to his own, he has the feeling of peering directly into the soul.
He noticed the abnormality in the beggar's mood and said in a deep voice: I haven't asked yet, what kind of mercy are you asking for? Could it be that this place has something to do with you and you have done something undisclosed
Aren’t you quacks particularly disgusted by others snooping on you? That’s why I begged for mercy. The beggar explained.
Meng Qi snorted coldly: But I hate being deceived by others even more.
His sharp eyes pierced the beggar's eyes, making him alert and he suddenly knelt down: "Sir, please forgive me. I didn't do anything. I just happened to know the origin of this corpse and came here rashly after seeing the red light." .
You know where he came from, Meng Qi frowned.
The beggar spoke very fast: Yes, the little one wanders around the mass graves every day, looking for valuable items, exchanging for clothes and food, etc., so whenever a new corpse comes, the little one will go and take a look, unless the other person is extremely skilled. , can be buried without anyone noticing.
That night, the little boy was hungry and wondering whether to kill a lone wild dog to eat. Suddenly, he found two servants of the Chen family quietly carrying the body up. They hurriedly dug a hole and buried it before leaving in a hurry. Later, the body was bitten by wild dogs and changed several times, leaving only a few bones.
Chen Mansion Meng Qi asked calmly.
The beggar answered without hesitation: Mr. Chen Changgeng’s Chen family.
Meng Qi was puzzled as to why they were the ones. Chen Changgeng was a well-known figure in the area. He was like a landowner and was better than a Jianghu person. The strongest member of the family was only Jiu Qiao. How could he kill Jin Li who had a premonition
Chen Mansion.
Chen Changgeng hummed a little tune and walked towards his favorite concubine's room with his personal guards.
As soon as he opened the door, he was stunned because sitting at the table was a mysterious man wearing a mask and a mysterious robe.
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