The big devil fell off the cliff
"What does this mean?!" Xu Rongxuan glared at the policeman who handcuffed Yue Lanxiu and asked. Because he was too angry, his tone was extremely unfriendly, even though he was facing his superior.
"Shooting criminals is our job as police officers. Detective, you probably forgot that you haven't been a police officer for a long time! Although we have asked you to help catch criminals, we absolutely do not give you the right to shoot! You will be punished for firing a gun without authorization. As for the punishment, it depends on the decision of the higher-ups. We are just doing our job and abiding by the law. Please understand!" said the policeman with an upright face.
Xu Rongxuan gritted his teeth and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yue Lanxiu, "Sir, you are right! I will go back with you now!"
Xu Rongxuan felt distressed and aggrieved for his friend. Although Yue Lanxiu said nothing, Xu Rongxuan knew his thoughts thoroughly. If he hadn't fired those shots, Hua Chuyu would have been riddled with bullets and killed instantly! Although Hua Chuyu's life was in danger, at least he could still be saved! Xiu's marksmanship was very accurate; he must have accurately avoided vital parts!
But Asahirou will never understand his intentions!
He clearly wanted to save people sincerely, but instead of saving them, he made enemies. He was misunderstood and hated by his loved ones. He was already miserable inside, and the damn policeman wanted to rub salt into his wounds!
Xu Rongxuan completely forgot that he was also a policeman.
"Officer, can I have a few words with him?" Jing Ming came over with a smile on his face, but his brows were still furrowed.
The policeman nodded and walked away.
"I'm sorry, I disappoint you!" Yue Lanxiu said ashamedly.
Jing Ming sighed and said, "It's really disappointing. You underestimate your master. Am I so easy to kill? And you put yourself in this predicament. Don't tell anyone that you are my apprentice!"
"Uh, Master Jingming, you have to save him. Only you can save him!" Xu Rongxuan said anxiously.
"Only he can save him!" Jing Ming replied, but his stern eyes still stared at Yue Lanxiu without blinking.
"Ah?" Xu Rongxuan didn't understand what he meant.
"If his shooting skills are accurate enough and the man didn't die from excessive blood loss, then he will be given a lighter sentence! If there is a slight mistake and the man is dead, then he should bear the corresponding responsibility!" Jing Ming also knew Yue Lanxiu thoroughly and knew that he shot to save that man.
The master and apprentice had done a thorough study of the vital parts of a person's body, and they believed he had avoided those vital areas this time. However, there were still many unstable factors! He knew all this and still fired, so he probably had no other choice.
"So are you confident in your marksmanship?" Xu Rongxuan looked at Yue Lanxiu worriedly.
"I'm not sure." Yue Lanxiu said with a miserable expression. The image of Hua Chuyu covered in blood kept lingering in his mind. Even if he avoided an important position, he had lost so much blood. He was not sure he could still survive.
"How could this happen?" After Yue Lanjing finished talking with the police, he quickly walked towards Yue Lanxiu and the others. Seeing the handcuffs on Yue Lanxiu's hands, he couldn't help but frown in worry, and then blamed himself, "The police shouldn't treat you like this! In fact, I am also to blame for what happened! If I had continued to detain Li Ao and not let him leave, nothing would have happened; if I had stood up earlier to clarify that Master Jingming was not dead, today's tragedy would not have happened!"
"So why didn't you come forward and explain everything earlier? Where were you at the critical moment? How could you not know at all that such a big thing happened?!" Xu Rongxuan couldn't help but interrupt Yue Lanjing's pretentious behavior.
"The truth is, we were unaware!" Guan Shaoling couldn't help but stand up and reply on behalf of Yue Lanjing, "During this period, we have been staying in the manor, cutting off all outside interference! Jing's entire mind is on Zhao Rirou, and he no longer cares about other people or other things! During this period, he was so exhausted that he fainted countless times! His health was already very poor due to a previous car accident. If he doesn't recover this time, his life may be in danger! So I ordered that no one and nothing should come to disturb us. You can blame me if you want to blame someone! But even so, the news of Li Ao killing Master Jingming still came through. The man who was lying on the bed with an IV drip the previous second got up the next second, contacted the police to explain everything, and found Master Jingming to testify. He even rushed here despite his sick body!"
Although Xu Rongxuan suspected that Yue Lanjing was most likely pretending to be sick, Yue Lanjing's weak appearance forced him to shut up.
Jing Ming blamed himself deeply and said to Yue Lan, "I am also responsible for this matter. I left without informing you. If I..."
Yue Lanjing interrupted him quickly, "How can you be blamed for this? If you insist, the responsibility is still mine. You told me to tell Xiu that you were leaving, but I forgot!"
Jing Ming patted Yue Lanjing's shoulder and comforted her, "You're the one who got sick, how can I blame you? You've done very well!"
"Don't be like this. It was my misjudgment that led to this tragedy, and you prevented it from continuing. What's wrong with that?" Yue Lanxiu looked at Yue Lanjing and continued, "Jing, you just said that you locked up Li Ao. What's going on? Were you the one who kidnapped Li Ao before?"
"Yes!" Yue Lanjing was bold and daring, and did not intend to hide it. He also knew that it would be difficult to hide it from Yue Lanxiu. "Because I have confirmed that the person who killed Tang Zhen's family and then framed my father was Li Ao! So I tied him up and planned to imprison him for life, making him live a life worse than death! However, I never thought that he would be Xiaorou's father! He actually became Xiaorou's father!" Yue Lanjing's originally disgusted expression gradually became sad and helpless. "I'm already very sorry for Xiaorou. I don't want to hurt her anymore, so I let him go again!" Yue Lanjing closed her eyes in unbearable pain.
Yue Lanxiu was deeply moved by his last words. Although he said the three words "let him go" lightly, the pain he carried in his heart was a hundred pounds! He was like this because he loved Xiaorou so much. Yue Lanxiu thought that only Xiaorou's love could alleviate his inner pain!
Jing Ming nodded and said seriously, "That's right! If you turn yourself into a criminal in order to punish others, you will only end up with bruises all over your body, and there will be no good result!"
"Are you sure about this?" Yue Lanxiu questioned his previous words again.
"I have a very reliable witness!" Yue Lanjing nodded without hesitation, and told the witness's name, address, and other relevant information. Finally, he pleaded, "But I hope this matter can end here, and the police should stop investigating. After all, Li Ao has tasted the bitter fruit now! If the truth must be made public, I'm afraid it will implicate Xiaorou and the others! They are innocent and should not bear the responsibility for the crimes left by the previous generation!"
Yue Lanxiu didn't say anything, but just stared at him thoughtfully. He always thought about Xiaorou and would not do anything to let her down. Some of the doubts in his heart faded away.
"Yes, we can't implicate innocent people anymore!" Jing Ming emphasized the word "innocent". He wanted to personally verify whether Li Ao was the real murderer.
"It's almost time, great detective, come with me!" The policeman who had just left came back.
Yue Lanxiu nodded and signaled to his master with his eyes not to worry. He didn't want his master to worry about him at his age, so he had to be strong.
He also entrusted Xu Rongxuan not to let his mother know about this. Although it might not be possible to keep it secret, he would try to hide it as long as possible.
If you can't hide it anymore, you must try to make it sound lighter.
Finally, he looked at Yue Lanjing and wanted to ask her to take good care of Xiaorou, but he felt it was unnecessary. Yue Lanjing would do it well without him saying anything.
"I'll hire the best lawyer for you!"
Yue Lanxiu was flattered and returned a grateful smile. Thank you for forgiving him! This was very important to him.
Afterwards, Yue Lanxiu followed the police towards the police car, but halfway through, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew past him. The police beside him didn't take it seriously and just shrank their necks, but Yue Lanxiu got goosebumps because of fear. A person who scared him appeared. He was not afraid of what the person would do to him, but afraid that he would hurt his master!
His peripheral vision clearly caught a fleeting black shadow, but he glanced around and saw nothing. Was he mistaken? No! He couldn't be mistaken! The other party was simply too elusive! Only the Yama, the Underworld, and the Chi could possess such abilities!
Yan Mingchi has every reason to be here. It would be strange if he didn't show up! He must be here for Master!
In her panic, she tried to remind her master, but was horrified to find that her master had already disappeared. The figure who had been standing between Yue Lanjing and Xu Rongxuan suddenly disappeared, and no one knew how he disappeared.
He didn't see clearly. Yue Lanjing and Xu Rongxuan were so close that they couldn't see what happened either. They only felt a gust of cold wind, and then Jingming beside them disappeared.
"What's going on? Where is Master Jingming?" Xu Rongxuan looked around in confusion, looking for the missing figure. He checked to see if there were any holes on the ground. After finding nothing, he cast a questioning look at Yue Lanjing and Guan Shaoling, but saw that the two of them looked very nervous.
Although Yue Lanjing didn't see anything, the situation in front of him reminded him that Yan Mingchi came and left, and took Master Jingming away without anyone noticing. Why did he think so? Because he had expected Yan Mingchi to appear!
"Was he taken away by Yan Mingchi?" Guan Shaoling's heart was beating wildly. Although he was prepared, he was still too nervous to control himself.
"It must be him!"
Listening to them talking one after another, Xu Rongxuan also realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Where is my master?!" Yue Lanxiu rushed back like the wind, completely ignoring the shouts of the police behind him.
"I'm afraid he was taken away by Yan Mingchi!" Xu Rongxuan said anxiously.
"Did you see which direction it went?" Yue Lanxiu asked anxiously.
"I didn't see Yan Mingchi from beginning to end, but he is the only one who would do such a thing!" Yue Lanjing was the one who regained composure the fastest.
"Where will this damn demon take Master Jingming?" Xu Rongxuan said gritting his teeth.
"Don't panic, Master Jingming and I have already calculated that he will show up, so we have made sufficient preparations to deal with him!" Yue Lanjing's eyes burned with unbreakable determination, and she was determined to take advantage of this rare opportunity to get rid of Yan Mingchi!
"What did you do?" How could Yue Lanxiu not be panicked.
"Master Jingming carried multiple locators with him. Considering that the signal might be problematic in this remote area, he also brought some glow-in-the-dark powder, which he would sprinkle on the ground when the time was right! The police have also made comprehensive arrangements for the appearance of Yan Mingchi! On the way here, we studied the terrain of this area. There are several areas that are very advantageous for us and are very suitable for ambushes. Master Jingming said that he would find a way to lead Yan Mingchi to those places as much as possible!
Yue Lanxiu broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. "That's Yan Mingchi, very shrewd and cunning. No action can escape his notice. Manipulating him is no easy task. Even my master, the person he cares about the most, has never been able to control him!"
"But his emotions will be affected by your master. Master Jingming is the only one who will expose his weaknesses!" Yue Lanjing said firmly.
"What do you think his weakness is?"
"You'll know in a moment!" Yue Lanjing didn't want to keep it a secret, but the situation was urgent and there was no time for him to explain in detail.
Guan Shaoling was able to confirm Jing Ming's exact location through the mobile phone positioning system. It was in a nearby oak forest. The few of them did not dare to waste even a minute or two and quickly headed there.
The police finally caught up with him, out of breath, and they shot out like arrows again, leaving him so angry that he could only stand with his hands on his hips and stare blankly!
In the dark and silent oak forest, a figure darted through the trees as light as a swallow. Upon closer inspection, he saw that his right arm was holding another person. The person's waist was tightly bound by his long arm, and he was forced to jump up and down with him. He couldn't help but scream, "I can't take it anymore... Put me down! I'm going to vomit!"
Feeling that the other party was really unwell, the ghostly and agile figure stopped at will and moved freely.
After being released, the man lay down beside a tree and vomited non-stop, complaining as he did so, "I'm old! How can my old bones still jump around like a monkey?"
A familiar voice drifted over, and someone felt as if they were hearing the most beautiful music, their entire body emitting a soft and warm glow rarely seen before. Moonlight filtered through the leaves, illuminating a face filled with a gentle smile. The pair of eyes that were usually emotionless now revealed true feelings, almost overflowing from their sockets. "Are you okay?"
Although a foul smell wafted over, he walked forward without any disgust, bent down with concern, and was so close that their faces were almost touching.
Suddenly, his eyes widened, as if he had seen something terrifying. He took a step back in shock, saying, "Who are you?" Whose ugly face, covered in wrinkles and age spots, was this?!
Where's Jingming? Where did Jingming go? Why did his Jingming turn into such an ugly old man?! Did he catch the wrong person again? Did Jingming get away again?
"You caught me without knowing who I am?" Jing Ming finally felt better after a burst of vomiting. He took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and asked with a sigh.
Looking back, he saw that Yan Mingchi looked at him as if he was looking at a stranger, a stranger who made him feel disgusted. Jing Ming couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. Yan Mingchi really didn't recognize him!
What Yan Mingchi missed was actually his younger self! Perhaps Yan Mingchi himself didn't realize this.
Yan Mingchi was confused. The voice and tone were right. These had been engraved in his bones for a long time and he would not remember them wrongly. But this face, this figure... He looked at him from top to bottom and couldn't help but take a few steps back. He would never admit that this bald man with a body as fat as a penguin was Jing Ming!
He now suspected that there was something wrong with his ears and that he had mistaken the voice. He kept shaking his head in protest, "You are definitely not Jingming! Jingming asked you to impersonate him! This kid has so many tricks up his sleeve. I was almost scared to death by him this time! Where is he? You'd better tell me the truth, or I'll kill you!"
"You really can't change your murderous nature!" Jing Ming shook his head hopelessly. He had been hesitant at first, but now he was determined. A demon is a demon after all, and it won't change. Only by getting rid of it can the trouble be eradicated forever!
"You are not allowed to imitate Jingming!" Yan Mingchi warned fiercely, and his serious look was really similar! But he was definitely not Jingming!
"Do you remember? The first time you and Jingming met was also in a forest. He was clearly sleeping on a tree at that time, but you went under the tree to practice martial arts. However, you insisted that he was secretly learning your martial arts and wanted to beat him..." Jingming suddenly changed the subject and brought Yan Mingchi into his memories.
Yan Mingchi raised his head slightly, and then recalled the past, "I didn't hit her either!" He was originally going to hit her, but seeing that peerless beauty with red lips and white teeth, who could bring himself to do it! It turned out that he had fallen for her the moment they first met!
That face was so perfect, with no blind spots at all. Then look at the face in front of me, with no blind spots at all! The two faces couldn't overlap at all, and there was no connection at all, so how could this person be Jing Ming?
He would know these things without asking, and he would know that it was Jingming who told him!
"To be honest, he would rather be beaten by you. He never thought that he would be forced to watch you practice martial arts every day in the future, and you always choose to practice martial arts on the top of the mountain!" Jing Ming took a step towards the top of the mountain, seemingly unintentionally, but actually with a purpose.
Yan Mingchi, always shrewd, didn't notice this time, still immersed in the sweet past. He couldn't help but follow his footsteps and said, "I sincerely want to teach him martial arts, but he seems more interested in medicine. But that's not bad either. Every time I get injured, he bandages me gently and carefully..."
From then on, the smell of disinfectant went from being the worst to being the best, because it was his scent! During those days, they spent every day together, and since Master only had two disciples, no one bothered them. The forest was filled with their laughter and joy. They were the most important person to each other, and he only had eyes for him!
The two talked from when they were in their teens to their twenties. That was the best period of their relationship. Unfortunately, this friendship did not last as expected... Yan Mingchi believed that it was the intervention of a third party, although Jing Ming always emphasized that he could not accept his identity as a killer!
Jing Ming sighed secretly. They had come a long way, but now there was no way to go... It was like there was a cliff and waterfall ahead. If they insisted on going forward, they would only fall to pieces!
"He actually told you so much about us. What's your relationship with him? Are you close?" His tone was calm, yet there was a dangerous aura. Yan Mingchi still didn't believe he was Jingming, and he was even jealous of his relationship with Jingming.
Jingming smiled helplessly, "I've already made it clear who I am from the beginning. Why don't you believe me? No matter how good Jingming is, he's just an ordinary person. People grow old and change as they get older! I can't stop being the type you like, otherwise I'll stop being Jingming!"
"No one would like your type! Even if Jingming gets old and really becomes ugly, he won't be as ugly as you! Humph! If you want to trick me, at least get a decent old man!"
Jing Ming was so angry that smoke was coming out of his nostrils. He counted to ten in his mind before regaining his composure and said, "You really don't recognize me at all? Look carefully, I have a mole in the corner of my eye. Many people laughed at me and said I looked like a woman, but you told me to ignore them. I also have a mole on my upper lip, and you laughed at me saying I must be a big eater. I have a big scar on my knee. It was you who asked me to jump from the second floor, saying you could catch me, but you said I was wrong by one step." Afraid that he would not believe it, Jing Ming pointed out the scars one by one. "I also have a scar on my back from a gunshot wound. A policeman mistakenly shot me for a thief, but he didn't hurt me. I have reconciled with the policeman, but you killed his whole family!" The two of them parted ways from this incident! Speaking of this, Jing Ming could no longer bear it and wanted to roar!
Yan Mingchi was stunned. These unique characteristics could not be faked. Could it be that he really was... Something seemed to be broken in Yan Mingchi's eyes filled with astonishment!
Jingming sighed. He knew he would be hit hard, but he didn't expect it to be bigger than he imagined!
But this was exactly what he wanted. It was rare for Yan Mingchi to be so distracted, so he had to seize the opportunity! Only when he couldn't concentrate could he deal with him!
"No...impossible...absolutely impossible..." Yan Mingchi muttered to himself, looking absent-minded.
"Actually, you don't really like me. You only like the me in your imagination. You imagine me to be too perfect. However, the reality is that I have nothing to do with the perfect image in your mind! All you remember is how handsome I was when I was young. Now I look like an old man and you feel sick if you look at me for even one second. Do you still dare to say that you like me?" Jing Ming raised his voice and said loudly. They were getting closer and closer to the edge of the cliff, and the sound of the waterfall was getting louder and louder.
"Of course! No matter what you become, your position in my heart will not change!" Yan Mingchi answered him without even thinking.
"Then please look at me carefully and say it again. My face is full of wrinkles, my hair is white and bald, and I have dentures on my teeth. Do you really still like me like this?"
"No!" Yan Mingchi stepped back in horror after just a few seconds of watching. He simply couldn't believe his Jingming had become like this! Suddenly, he stepped forward and grabbed Jingming's arm. "You've changed your appearance, haven't you? You deliberately changed yourself into this ugly appearance to show me, right? It must be like this. You thought I would give up on you because of this, right?" He was still deceiving himself.
"Why don't you verify it yourself and find out if it's a disguise? Why should I bother with you, even though you're so good at it?" Normally, Yan Mingchi would have known if he was a disguised person at a glance, but right now, Yan Mingchi was extremely uneasy and emotionally unstable! As a result, his acumen had decreased, and he didn't even notice the numerous police officers lying in ambush nearby.
They were now at the edge of a cliff. The sound of the waterfall in front was deafening. On both sides were higher and denser mountains, and the police were lying in ambush among them.
He tugged at Jingming's face and hair like a madman... Finally, completely despairing, he retreated in despair...
Looking at him who was almost collapsed, Jing Ming couldn't help but sigh again, "Everyone will grow old! This is something that cannot be changed..."
"No! It can be changed!" Yan Mingchi suddenly thought of something and interrupted him excitedly, "I can find you a younger body..."
"I won't allow you to do anything that is against the law of nature again!" Jing Ming wanted to stop him from continuing with a serious face, but he saw that he suddenly lost his balance and his face showed shock. Then red spots appeared on his white clothes. Jing Ming immediately realized that it was caused by bullets penetrating his body.
Yan Mingchi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his entire body was instantly dyed red by the blood, which was shocking!
His eyes were fixed on Jingming. The heart-wrenching look and the inconsolable expression made Jingming feel as if it was not the bullet shot by the police that killed Yan Mingchi, but his own ruthlessness!
Jingming's facial muscles were tense, and he felt unspeakable pain in his heart. This was not the result he wanted to see, but now he could only watch silently as Yan Mingchi leaned back and fell from the edge of the cliff along the waterfall.
This evil, cold-blooded and ruthless demon who had always made people helpless finally fell off a cliff and died. Jingming felt that it was a happy thing to get rid of this great evil, but his mood became very heavy!
He just stood there blankly, his mind uncontrollably replaying his experiences with Yan Mingchi...
He didn't know how long he stood there, until he heard Yue Lanxiu's anxious call and suddenly came back to his senses.
"Master, are you okay?!" Yue Lanxiu rushed to his side and looked him up and down anxiously.
"I don't look like I'm in trouble at all, don't worry!" Jing Ming said after calming himself down, with a hint of sadness still lingering in his eyes.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" Yue Lanjing, who arrived shortly after, looked relieved. She glanced around, but didn't see what she expected. She asked in confusion, "I received word that Yan Mingchi had been killed, but why can't I see his body? Was it carried away?"
"Yan Mingchi fell off a cliff after being shot several times!" Jing Ming briefly described the scene at that time.
"Then Master, can you confirm that he is definitely dead?" Yue Lanxiu asked the question that everyone present was worried about.
"After being shot several times and falling from such a high place, it's hard to survive!"
"But he is Yan Mingchi. Can we calculate it according to common sense?" Xu Rongxuan still asked worriedly, and so did the others.
Guan Shaoling then asked, "It is said that even if Yan Mingchi dies, his soul can be reborn by possessing another person. So even if he dies now, will he be resurrected soon?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the originally cool mountain breeze suddenly made people shiver.
"He does have the ability to swap souls, but that requires certain conditions to be met. He can't just possess someone at will! Just like a wizard performing witchcraft requires a complex ritual and many steps to complete! I don't think he has the ability to complete this process right now!"
After hearing what Jing Ming said, Yue Lanxiu and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But thinking of Zhao Rirou, Yue Lanxiu asked again, "But the soul swaps I've witnessed don't seem to require any rituals. When Xiaorou entered Chanel's and Yatang's bodies one after another, she herself said she was almost unconscious! She didn't actively want to enter their bodies, but was passive! What's going on here?"
Jing Ming covered his chin and spoke slowly, "I've also seen this kind of thing in books. It only happens to people with special physiques. It's difficult for ordinary people's souls to enter someone else's body. There are very few such people. The probability is one in ten million!"
"What if Yan Mingchi is among these people?" Yue Lanjing asked cautiously.
"That also requires conditions. I assume that Yan Mingchi's soul has left his body and wants to enter a new body. But if there is no other body nearby, he can't do anything! I don't think that the place where he fell just happened to have a body waiting for him with its soul gone but still alive!"
"Uh, won't he go looking for him? Will the vegetative patients in the hospital become his target?" Xu Rongxuan asked stupidly.
"What you're talking about only happens in horror movies. In real life, at least not in the books I've read. The soul isn't omnipotent! Once it's out of the body for too long, it seems difficult to reenter!" Jing Ming suddenly waved his hand and said, "But things are unpredictable, and my understanding is just the tip of the iceberg! The most urgent thing is that we should find his body first. If we can't even find the body, it will be hard to determine whether he is dead or alive! The police have gone down the mountain to look for him now, let's go and take a look together!"
Afterwards, they quickly rushed down the mountain.
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