Who is the murderer?
Before dark, everyone finally arrived at the place where Psylocke last disappeared.
What comes into view is a small courtyard with densely planted bamboos outside.
The familiar courtyard layout and bamboo made Xiao Ze feel that they must have found the right place.
There was a young woman washing clothes in the yard. The child next to her should be her son, about one or two years old.
Xiao Ze carefully looked at the two people in the yard and confirmed that this woman was just an ordinary person and it was absolutely impossible that she had killed Madam Li and the other two.
Then why does Psylocke stay here?
The others also realized this problem and lowered their voices to say, "This lady looks like an ordinary person. How could she possibly have killed two people? Is your method correct?"
Tu Sihua said this without any hesitation. Jiang Xi squatted beside him, not saying a word. Xiao Ze didn't know why he had to follow him.
"Since the spirit butterfly has stopped here, there must be something strange about this place." Xiao Ze ignored Tu Sihua's sarcasm and analyzed: "I think we can wait here for a while."
Su Qingjun nodded in agreement: "Junior Brother Xiao, what you said makes sense."
Tu Sihua then swallowed back what he was about to say.
Several people hid their breath under the cover of bamboo forest and grass, and squatted outside the courtyard.
Time passed by little by little, the sky gradually darkened until it was pitch black.
Gracilaria seemed to be unable to stay still and began to move around.
Xiao Ze frowned, becoming extremely impatient with the noise Jiang Xi was making.
"Don't move." Xiao Ze suddenly whispered to Jiang Xi, "Someone is coming."
Jiang Xi stopped rubbing against Su Qingjun.
Soon, a man in black entered the courtyard. The woman, upon hearing his voice, joyfully came out to greet him, her son in her arms. The man quickly put down his belongings, took the child, and rocked him, making him giggle.
Judging from the situation, this man should be the owner of this yard.
Xiao Ze looked at Su Qingjun. He had just felt the same breath from this man as the bamboo in the coffin, and wanted to confirm it with Su Qingjun.
Su Qingjun nodded, he felt it too.
But there were too many of them. If they all went to knock on the door, it might arouse the owner's vigilance. After thinking about it, Xiao Ze decided to let Hong Chun and Chi Shao pretend to be people asking for directions and go to investigate.
"Pay attention to see if there is a black mole the size of a fingertip on the neck of the male owner of that house." Xiao Ze instructed.
The two nodded.
Chishao also put some dirt on his body to make himself look dusty.
The two walked to the gate of the courtyard, knocked on the door, and asked, "Excuse me, is anyone there?"
"Someone is here." Footsteps were heard in the yard and the man opened the door.
Hong Chun immediately noticed the striking black mole on the man's neck and made up her mind.
"What's up?"
"Hello, we want to go to Changqing City, but we don't know which direction to go next. Can you help us?"
"Changqing City, it's about forty miles northeast." said the man.
"Okay, okay, thank you very much." After thanking him, the two of them headed northeast. After the man entered the house, they concealed their presence and quietly joined Xiao Ze and the others.
"There is indeed a black mole as big as a fingertip on this person's neck." Hong Chun said.
"Then this person is the deceased Doctor Li." Xiao Ze said, "He is a strong suspect in the death of Madam Li and her son."
"Then let's go and ask him directly." Su Qingjun said bluntly.
Doctor Li should only be at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. If anything unexpected happens, Xiao Ze can subdue him without Su Qingjun taking action.
This time, several people came to the front of the courtyard and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" The man's voice was filled with impatience.
"You sit down and eat, I'll go take a look." This was the voice of the young woman.
Footsteps were heard and the gate opened.
Looking at the huge crowd outside the door, the woman's eyes were full of vigilance: "What can I do for you?"
"Excuse me, is your husband here?" Xiao Ze asked directly.
"What do you want to see him about?" The woman seemed to have no intention of calling Doctor Li out.
However, cultivators have enhanced hearing, so Doctor Li must have heard it. He pushed the door open and walked out: "I have never met you before. What is it that brings me here?"
Doctor Li walked to the door and put his wife behind him.
"We have something we want to talk to you about alone." Xiao Ze replied.
Seeing Hong Chun and Chi Shao beside him, Doctor Li seemed to have guessed something and turned to comfort his wife: "It's nothing serious, you go into the house and take care of Xiao Bao."
"But..." The woman wanted to say something else, but Doctor Li pushed her towards the main house. She said nothing more and returned to the house.
"If you have anything to say, please speak here. My wife is timid and it is not convenient for her to invite you in."
Xiao Ze didn't care. Doctor Li was so alert, he probably knew why they were here.
"You are Doctor Li who originally lived on Baicao Mountain outside Changqing City." Xiao Ze went straight to the point.
Doctor Li was stunned for a moment, but finally admitted, "It was me."
"Did you know that your wife and child died mysteriously three months ago?"
Doctor Li's face was filled with shock. "Dead? Impossible! I clearly left them a formation. No one but me can break it."
"What if it was broken by brute force by someone with extremely high cultivation?"
"Impossible." Doctor Li said firmly, "This is a formation I created myself. Only I can break it."
"We went to Baicao Mountain to check. Your formation was indeed shattered into pieces after suffering a heavy blow."
The shock on Doctor Li's face was even greater. It seemed that he really didn't know that Madam Li and her son were dead.
But strangely, he was only shocked, as if the person who died was not the lover who had been with him for thirty or forty years.
"You don't look very sad." Chishao asked with some confusion.
"This young man looks very young. When you reach my age, you will understand that life and death are determined by fate. The living don't need to be overly sad. Living in the present is the most important thing."
Chishao doesn't understand.
"Are your wife and children in the room?" Su Qingjun suddenly asked.
"yes."
"Your son looks very cute. How old is he this year?"
"He just celebrated his first birthday two days ago." Doctor Li said, not knowing why Su Qingjun asked these questions.
"So you married your current wife before you died, and she is pregnant with your child?" Xiao Ze said in shock.
"That's certainly true, judging by the time." Doctor Li said frankly, showing no shame at being caught cheating. "You and I are both cultivators, so this should be understandable. The higher the cultivator's level, the longer their lifespan. How could they possibly marry only one woman?"
"But when you married your current wife, your ex-wife was still alive." Hong Chun's tone was sharp, and it seemed that she was also very angry with this scumbag.
"She's been well-fed and well-clothed under my protection for so many years, and her fate with me was long gone. I had planned to leave when I met my current wife, but something went wrong, which delayed me for a while. This is someone else's fault, not mine."
Hearing his matter-of-fact words, several people were furious, especially Chi Shao, who wanted to pick up his sword and chop him.
Xiao Ze sighed: Although this man is bad, he should not have killed Madam Li and her son.
It seems that I need to look for new clues. When I turned around and was about to leave, I saw Jiang Xi looking thoughtful, and he seemed to agree with what Doctor Li said.
Think about the content of the original book. Although Jiang Xi and Doctor Li have different approaches, they are birds of a feather.
I have to keep a close eye on Su Qingjun in the future and keep him away from Jiang Xi, otherwise he will be eaten up and nothing will be left.
"Bah, scumbag." Chi Shao cursed at Doctor Li, then turned around and followed Xiao Ze and the others.
Doctor Li believed that he had done nothing wrong and that Xiao Ze and the others were extremely unreasonable.
Several people walked towards Changqing City, but Xiao Ze suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Su Qingjun asked.
"Brother, I feel something is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Don't you think Doctor Li's behavior is a little strange? Although he said that there's no need to be too sad after someone dies, but someone who has been with him for decades died mysteriously, and he doesn't even want to ask who the murderer is?"
"But he is indeed a ruthless person. It doesn't seem strange that he doesn't want to pay attention to the past events." Su Qingjun pondered.
"But he's so conceited about his own cultivation that he doesn't even want to know who broke his formation?"
"I think there's only one scenario where he doesn't ask?"
"What?" Chishao asked.
"He knows who the murderer is."
"In that case, let's follow Doctor Li. If he wants to find out why his formation was broken, he's likely going to look for the murderer."
"Brother, what you said makes sense. But we can't all just stay here."
Xiao Ze turned to Hong Chun and said, "Senior Sister, Senior Brother and I will stay here. How about you take the others back to Changqing City to continue searching for clues?"
"Okay." Hong Chun replied.
"No." This is Gracilaria.
"Jiang Xi," Su Qingjun frowned slightly, "You are no longer a sect disciple, so you can't come with us."
"Big Brother," Jiang Xi said pitifully, "I just wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help."
"This is against the sect's rules." Su Qingjun directly rejected him.
He had no choice but to follow Tu Sihua, looking back every few steps.
Xiao Ze and the other man hid their bodies and moved to another place to continue waiting.
Not long after, Jiang Xi and Tu Sihua quietly returned together. Fortunately, they knew their cultivation was not good enough, so they did not get too close, and Doctor Li did not notice.
Xiao Ze felt amused, but Jiang Xi's move saved him a lot of trouble. If he remembered correctly, it was not long before his first mission.
Su Qingjun also felt it, and was about to go find Tu Sihua to teach him the rules of the sect, but was stopped by Xiao Ze: "Forget it, Senior Brother, it's useless even if you go to find him, he will come back anyway."
Su Qingjun frowned and squatted down, feeling extremely disgusted with those who did not follow the rules of the sect.
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