The murderer appears
The night is deep.
The candlelight in the courtyard has been extinguished, and the owner must have fallen asleep.
The "creaking" sound instantly focused Xiao Ze's already somewhat scattered attention: Doctor Li tiptoed out of the house and set up a barrier around the house.
After transforming into a glowing flying insect, it sat down at the stone table in the yard, as if waiting for someone to come.
Xiao Ze and his companions concealed their own auras and focused their attention.
Soon, a young man in black came hurriedly.
"Father, are you looking for me?" The young man stood in front of Doctor Li and said respectfully.
Father? How come Doctor Li has such a grown-up son?
Could it be...
A guess gradually formed in his mind, and Doctor Li's voice drew Xiao Ze's attention back.
"It's you. You killed them." Doctor Li said firmly.
"Father, what are you talking about? I don't understand." The young man said in a confused tone.
"Don't play tricks on me. How did they offend you? To the point where you killed them?"
"Father." The young man seemed to be about to explain something, but was interrupted by Doctor Li. "I've already told you that our fate is over. Even if you do these things, it won't change it."
The young man was silent for a long time.
Doctor Li was very impatient: "Leave here, go far away, and don't get involved in my current life anymore."
The young man, who had been silent all this time, suddenly erupted, as if he had gone mad. "Is our fate over? That's another excuse. You've been with my mother for forty years, and I'm just asking you to save her life. Is that really that difficult?"
"Which of the pills in your hand can't extend her life by another ten years? Are your pills more important than her life?"
"Her life span has ended. I cannot interfere with her fate."
"Oh, that's a nice thing to say. When you married her, why didn't you think about whether you could interfere with her fate? When you gave birth to me, why didn't you think about whether you could interfere with my fate? Now that you're tired of me and think my mother is old, you say you can't interfere with her fate and come out to find a new love?"
The young man's hoarse accusation moved the audience.
"I still say the same thing, our fate has ended, and cultivators should not interfere with the fate of others."
What a hypocritical face, Xiao Ze thought.
"So, does seeing her one last time count as meddling?"
"Calculate."
"But my mother was still thinking of you until the end. She also told me that she was going to see you and she was very happy." Black air silently emerged from the young man's body, and his emotions seemed to be gradually getting out of control.
ah!
In an instant, Doctor Li flew off the stone bench he was sitting on. The young man's eyes were red: "You are not worthy, how can you be worthy of my mother!"
After saying that, he flew towards Doctor Li who was lying on the ground. Seeing this, Xiao Ze thought to himself that something was wrong, and rushed towards the two of them quickly with Su Qingjun.
But it was too late.
With a scream, all the barriers in the courtyard were shattered, and Doctor Li lost his life.
The young man looked at the heart in his hand and murmured, "Isn't your heart also red and warm? How can you be so cold and heartless to me and my mother?"
The hostess in the house was awakened by the second half of the scream, but there was no sign of Doctor Li on the bed. She quickly opened the door and went out to see, only to see a lifeless corpse and a bright red heart that seemed to be still alive.
He was so frightened that he fainted.
Xiao Ze hurried forward and helped the woman sit down on the stone bench.
Outside the house, Su Qingjun had already controlled the man in black, sealed his cultivation, and tied him up with a rope.
"Tell me, why did you kill that mother and son and Doctor Li?"
The young man had a dull look in his eyes, and it was unclear what he was thinking. After a while, he spoke, and it was unclear whether he was talking to himself or answering Xiao Ze's question.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have killed that mother and son. We are both equally pitiful people."
"Doctor Li, also known as Li Quan, is my father."
"When he was with my mother, he was also a doctor. He was a skilled doctor and often read fortunes for the poor for free, so he was respected by many people. My mother was well-read and couldn't stay idle at home, so my father went against everyone's wishes and found her a teaching job in the village."
"My family was happy, my parents were respected, and my childhood was blissful. But one day, my mother told me that my father had fallen off a cliff while collecting herbs in the mountains and died. From then on, we lived alone, but life was much harder than before."
"Later, by chance, I met a wandering cultivator. He discovered a magical weapon in my home, but it was old and tattered. However, there was residual spiritual energy on the weapon. He was impressed and said that the owner of the magic weapon must have a high level of cultivation. He also said that there was a tracking technique that could find the owner of the magic weapon. So I asked him if he could help me cast a spell."
"That independent cultivator was very kind. He helped me track down the owner of the magical weapon, who is my father, Li Quan."
"I followed the map given by the wandering cultivator and came to Changqing City. I met Li Quan, who had remarried. My mother was already old and nearing the end of her life. I begged Li Quan to save her. I didn't ask for immortality, but just for her to stay with me a little longer, a little longer."
"But he rejected me and told me not to come back. I was furious, thinking his then-wife had seduced him, causing him to abandon me and my mother. Now he was avoiding us, so I killed him."
"Li Quan was always out diagnosing patients. I thought he was out again, but I never expected that he had faked his own death again and abandoned his then-wife and children."
"He once told me he didn't understand love and had never loved anyone. I never thought he'd abandoned two wives and children." A weak voice came from the side. The woman's face was pale, and her eyes were filled with sorrow. "If that's the case, his death was not unjust."
"Master, please take his body away. Leaving it here pollutes my eyes." After saying this, the woman stood up and walked into the house, avoiding Xiao Ze's hand that wanted to support her. Her back looked thin but stubborn.
"Senior Brother, what should we do next?" Xiao Ze looked at Su Qingjun.
The sky brightened.
"Take him to the authorities first. Although he is pitiful, the mother and child are innocent. He must bear the consequences of his actions."
"good."
"What about him?" Xiao Ze pointed at Li Quan's body on the ground. As he spoke, the body had turned into an old and frail man.
"Let's hand them over to the government together." Su Qingjun's face was also full of displeasure. This kind of scum, who used fate as an excuse to abandon his wife and children, it was really too easy for him to die like this.
Several people rushed back to Changqing City with the young man and Li Quan's body.
Su Qingjun wanted to fly back on a sword, but Tu Sihua and Jiang Xi had not yet formed their elixirs, so they had no way to fly back on a sword.
"Xiao Ze and I will take these two people back on our swords. You two can go back slowly." Su Qingjun arranged.
Both Tu Sihua and Jiang Li showed obvious reluctance.
Xiao Ze also wanted to fly back on his sword, finish this matter quickly and have a good rest, but he had already reached the mission node, and he didn't dare to separate from Jiang Xi at all.
My mind was racing, trying to find an excuse to stay.
"Brother, I feel that this man's cultivation is not right. Is there another force guiding him? Wouldn't it be unsafe to let Junior Brother Tu and the others go back alone? Otherwise..." I'll stay with them.
Before Xiao Ze could finish his words, he was interrupted by Su Qingjun: "Do you want to stay and protect them?"
Su Qingjun frowned slightly, although it was not obvious on his face, but Xiao Ze knew that he was very unhappy now.
But there was no other way, Xiao Ze could only bite the bullet and say: "Yes, after all, we are from the same school..."
"Okay, let's go together."
Oh, no, that's not how the script was written. Xiao Ze roared inwardly, shouldn't Su Qingjun be dissatisfied with their slowness and then take his men to the government office to solve the case?
At this point, Xiao Ze couldn't force Su Qingjun to leave first, so he could only agree.
Xiao Ze held the rope that tied the young man, and Su Qingjun placed Doctor Li's body on his sword, so there was no need to find someone to carry the body.
At their rate, they would reach the nearest town before noon and be able to buy a few horses.
"We should be able to buy horses after crossing this forest." Xiao Ze said to Su Qingjun, "Are you tired?"
Su Qingjun shook his head and still looked unhappy.
There was a gentle breeze and the leaves rustled.
“Hmm!”
"Little Li!"
When the voice came, Xiao Ze hurriedly turned around and saw that, as expected, the person kidnapped by the masked man was not Jiang Xi. Who else could it be?
Su Qingjun's expression also became serious.
"Who are you? Why did you kidnap Xiao Xi?" Tu Sihua was already flustered, with a look of fear on his face, fearing that Jiang Xi would be hurt.
"Hand over the person in your hand to me, and I will return your companion safely." The masked man looked at Xiao Ze and said.
"Are you kidding me? The man I have is a murderer." Xiao Ze asked tentatively.
"Of course I know." said the masked man.
It seems that this masked man knew Doctor Li’s son before, and the black energy on Doctor Li’s son must be related to him.
It seems that we can never hand him over.
Seeing Xiao Ze's hesitation, the masked man pressed the dagger in his hand against Jiang Xi's neck, and a trickle of blood flowed out.
"Xiao Li!" Tu Sihua was extremely anxious: "Hurry up and give this murderer to him. If you don't give it to him, he will really kill Jiang Li!"
Xiao Ze looked at Su Qingjun, and Su Qingjun nodded.
Although Jiang Ge is not likable, they cannot just stand by and watch him die.
Xiao Ze took the young man's hand and walked towards the masked man.
"You're quite sensible." The masked man laughed strangely.
He handed the rope in his hand over, and the masked man stretched out the hand that was not holding the dagger to take the rope.
The moment he got the rope in his hand, Xiao Ze quickly knocked the dagger out of his hand, and at the same time, he used the sword in his right hand to cut the rope that bound the young man.
Jiang Xi was not in any danger at least. The moment the dagger was knocked away, he collapsed to the ground, looking as if he had lost his soul due to fear.
Xiao Ze kicked the masked man out.
"You cheated!" The masked man was furious. He obviously didn't expect that Xiao Ze would trick him.
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