Chapter 438 Chu Tianxing is dead
"Uncle Changdong! Tianbao, Bai Yu! Come quickly!" Su An shouted from the other side of the cave, "Chu Tianxing is dead!"
The faces of several people changed again, and they immediately ran towards where Su An was.
It is a living room built in a stone cave, with traces of human life everywhere.
There were beds, cabinets, tables and chairs. The bedding on the bed was folded haphazardly and not very neatly. A black robe was draped on the wooden frame at the foot of the bed.
Chu Tianxing was lying under the wooden frame, his neck was cut, his blood soaked into the soil underneath, his eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open.
From those wide-open eyes, one can imagine the disbelief and unwillingness in his death.
Bai Xiaofeng squatted in front of him, lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. His whole face was hidden in the shadows and his expression could not be seen.
Tianbao, Bai Yu, Su An and Su Wen stood behind him, and no one spoke to disturb him at this time.
Godfather wanted to clean up the mess for Qianji Sect, but Chu Tianxing's death in his hands was one thing, and being killed and silenced by others was another.
There are many things they don’t know, so they can’t empathize with others.
"He died not long ago, and the blood from his wounds hasn't dried yet." Bai Xiaofeng stood up with his knees propped up, his face back to normal. His voice was lazy and indifferent, "The person who rescued him in the red maple forest was quite skilled. That person is very likely the murderer. He killed him so quickly, which means he got what he wanted, and Chu Tianxing's value has been exhausted."
Bai Yu pursed his lips, waited for the man to stop talking, and added, "With Chu Tianxing's death, the little evidence we were just about to obtain has vanished. This move by the other party kills two birds with one stone. They eliminate the useless person and also prevent us from continuing our investigation."
Tian Bao spoke, her voice calm and without any unnecessary emotion. "The Dark Iron I left behind is in the hands of Wen Ren Jing. He is the only one who has the conditions to create the Iron Man. In fact, we are now certain that the manipulator behind the Iron Man is Wen Ren Jing, but the witness is dead, so there is no evidence pointing to him."
After a pause, she raised her eyes and said in a quieter voice, "But when we do something, do we always need evidence?"
She wasn't going to be a judge.
Su An and Su Wen exchanged a glance, their lips twitching as they clapped their hands. "That's a good point. It's the government that needs evidence to act. Who are we? A wanted criminal, a lunatic! As long as we know what's going on, it doesn't matter whether we have evidence or not. Our trip this time wasn't in vain. We've identified the mastermind behind the scenes, and we've also solved the traitor that Uncle Changdong wanted to deal with... It's not a loss at all."
"That's true, but now the situation is complicated by the third group that's gotten in. They've become another hidden danger lurking around us." Bai Yu sighed, "When you think about it, we're like a piece of delicious meat, surrounded by tigers and wolves all the time."
The young men were talking at once, a noise that filled Bai Xiaofeng's ears. He didn't look at the corpse on the ground anymore and walked out. "Let's check the places in the cave that haven't been checked to see if there are any fallen iron men."
"Wait!" Tianbao suddenly said, took a few steps forward, squatted in front of Chu Tianxing, and moved his hand away from his face.
Beneath that hand, there were words written in blood.
Bai Yu, Su An and Su Wen also saw it at this time, and came closer to take a closer look, "X? Ten? What does this mean?"
"Chu Tianxing and I were in the same school for more than ten years. He must have known that I would track me down, so he wrote down these words with all his might before he died, wanting to tell me who the murderer is!" Bai Xiaofeng came back and stared at the word with only two strokes, his eyes dark and frightening.
Su An and Su Wen looked at each other. The words were left, but based on just this ×...how could they find the murderer?
Chu Tianxing died too quickly! Couldn't he have held on a little longer to write out the murderer's name?
Half an hour later, several people came out of the cave, and their faces looked not very good.
Afterwards, they searched the entire cave inside and out, but did not find a single iron man. They only found a large cave that was suspected to be used to store the iron man.
What’s the use of this?
The other party not only killed Chu Tianxing, but also took away all the iron men and moved them away.
"We were at most half an hour late in catching up, but we were still a step too late. The other party was too fast!" Su Wen was too depressed to make any comments.
Bai Yu patted his shoulder and said, "Let's talk about this when we get back. Let's go meet up with Grandpa Du and the others first."
"Where are we meeting?"
"The mausoleum guard camp."
“…”
Su An stumbled, his head full of questions.
Xiao Maisui and Su Wu took Du Grandpa to the mausoleum guard camp to rest?
If I remember correctly, they had just broken a big hole in the imperial mausoleum that morning. Are Xiao Mai Sui and Su Wu sure they didn't walk into their own trap?
The Queen is not here, there is no one to help me with the mess!
Worried about something happening, Su An and Su Wen ran extra fast this time.
Along the way, Bai Xiaofeng was preoccupied with his thoughts and was lost in thought.
Bai Yu and Tian Bao were walking behind, not talking much, so they started playing the poking game again.
Bai Yu: There are more and more opponents.
Tianbao: The incident happened in Xiling, let the Queen decide.
Bai Yu: Are you giving up?
Tianbao: There are people who can lead by example and serve as both spear and shield, don’t you want them?
Bai Yu clenched his fist and punched the girl, and they immediately agreed: What a great idea!
The empress, who was staring at the memorials in the imperial study in the palace, suddenly sneezed twice.
She turned her head to look at the gray sky outside the window, and inexplicably had a bad premonition, but she had no answer for it.
The mausoleum guard camp is right at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum. The guards are wearing cloth armor and holding long spears, standing at the entrance with stern faces.
Two carriages were parked at the entrance at this moment. Xiao Maisui, Su Wu and Bing'er were all there, chatting and laughing with a burly man who was about forty years old.
Seeing his companions coming from afar, Xiaomai Sui immediately waved and greeted them, "Big Brother, Second Brother! Sister, Bai Yu! Uncle Changdong! Here, here! General Yan is such a good man! He knew we needed help and specially prepared two carriages for us! We can set off as soon as you come back!"
Su An and Su Wen, who rushed back expecting a battle, both stumbled again, their expressions indescribable.
Bai Xiaofeng arrived at the carriage and greeted Yan Huan. He spoke in a gentle and elegant manner, "General Yan is upright and righteous, and is worthy of being a pillar of Xiling. Thank you very much."
Yan Huan was even more polite than him. As he bowed, his eyes passed unnoticed over the young man in white clothes rushing towards him from behind. "No, you are my fellow Xiling people. If you need help, I am only doing you a favor. You don't deserve my thanks."
The scene was very harmonious. The only discordant thing was the old man in the carriage snoring too loudly, with a kind of carefree comfort.
Tianbao and his group did not stay long. After exchanging pleasantries with Yan Huan, they jumped on the carriage and headed straight for the imperial city Du'an.
Yan Huan stood at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum and watched them go away. Only when the carriage disappeared did he feel a sense of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned back to order the soldiers, "The emperor has ordered that the imperial mausoleum be repaired immediately! This matter should not be made public. Anyone who dares to leak a single word will be punished!"
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