BookMe Chapter 369 Especially at the beginning!
Chapter 369 Especially at the beginning!
"The whole family of people who sold rouge and powder was wiped out?"
Liu Mengying frowned slightly, "Who has such a big grudge against them?"
"The devil knows!"
The restaurant owner was indignant. "Old Li is an honest man. The neighbors nearby have all received his kindness to one degree or another. I have never heard of him making enemies with anyone. But such a good man was wiped out with his entire family. It's really unfair!"
"What's even more bizarre is that Old Li's entire family of more than a hundred people were killed, but there was no noise at all. Laizi Zhang, who lived just across the wall from Old Li's house, didn't hear any cries for help all night. It was not until the next day when someone wanted to buy rouge from Old Li and kept knocking on the door but no one answered that they discovered it..."
After a pause, the restaurant owner spoke again, "The only person who could kill hundreds of people in Old Li's family silently was a Xuan cultivator, and a powerful Xuan cultivator at that. Most likely there were more than one... But here's the weird part. Old Li's family is just a shop selling rouge and powder. It's impossible for them to have a deep hatred with such a powerful Xuan cultivator!"
"Boss, the old Li you are talking about, isn't that Li Jun and his family?"
At this time, Lei Yu frowned and spoke.
"Exactly!"
The restaurant owner nodded and said, "Sir, do you know Old Man Li?"
"do not know!"
Lei Yu shook his head. "I just heard that their rouge and powder are very famous!"
"Of course not. There is a black swamp and a miasma forest around Cuilin Pavilion... The rouge and powder from Old Li's shop are not only for beautifying the face, but also for repelling insects and avoiding miasma!"
The restaurant owner was no longer surprised by Lei Yu's reaction to a stranger.
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Ye Fan and the other two then rested in the restaurant for a while before getting up and leaving, joining the crowd of onlookers who were discussing the matter earlier.
The three of them quickly squeezed to the front of the crowd. Ye Fan turned his head to look at Lei Yu, who was concentrating on the notice board in front of him, and said, "Lei Yu, do you know Old Man Li?"
"I have met you once!"
Lei Yu moved closer to Ye Fan and lowered his voice, "Ye Fan, the gouache I got before was from Li Junhe!"
"Ok?"
Hearing this, Ye Fan quickly reacted, "Lei Yu, you mean that Old Man Li's family was killed... It's very likely because of the gouache!"
“That makes sense…”
Liu Mengying continued, "This can also explain why Lei Yu was hunted by a killer gang led by two Hou-level Xuan cultivators for more than half a month!"
"It is indeed very likely..."
Lei Yu nodded, "The date of death of Li Junhe and his family happened to be the third night after the batch of gouache was handed over to me..."
"There are more and more people here, let's leave first~"
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The night falls,
Three figures in black flashed out from the morgue of the government office. They were Ye Fan, Liu Mengying and Lei Yu.
"Ye Fan, what do you think?"
Lei Yu looked at Ye Fan with a questioning look.
"From the way they killed him, there were at least four people who did it, and they were all very strong, probably at the Marquis level. After all, Li Junhe's family had three generals of the seventh rank and one general of the ninth rank. But they died just like the others, before they could react!"
"Moreover, Li Junhe was tortured for a long time before his death... Every bone in his body was broken. The person who killed him must have wanted to get some information from Li Junhe!"
Ye Fan quickly explained what he had just discovered.
"Lei Yu, don't tell anyone about the gouache!"
After a pause, Ye Fan added.
"Ok!"
Lei Yu nodded seriously, obviously he also realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Then Lei Yu, when you got the gouache from Li Junhe, did anyone else know about it?"
At this time, Liu Mengying asked a very important question.
"Have!"
Lei Yu looked solemn. "He is from Cuilin Pavilion. I don't know his name. Li Junhe calls him Manager Ge. He is a fat middle-aged man with a mustache!"
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the next day,
Ye Fan and Liu Mengying began to stroll around the town near Cuiling Pavilion. They ate and drank along the way and bought a lot of local specialties. Lei Yu put on some makeup and went to inquire about the location of the government office.
at noon,
In a hotel,
"Lei Yu, you don't really want to go back to Blackwater Town and continue to go to jail, do you?"
Ye Fan asked while chewing on a lamb chop.
"Ok!"
Lei Yu nodded seriously, "If you make a mistake, you should be punished! I heard that the Third Prince will send another group of prisoners to help carry the Xuanqi Stone nearby in seven days. I will go back with them then!"
"Okay~"
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The sunset is like fire,
Ye Fan and Liu Mengying walked out of a large shop, carrying large and small bags of supplies. Lei Yu, who was not far from the shop door, also had a lot of things in his hands, all of which were purchased by Ye Fan and Liu Mengying.
Lei Yu did not notice the arrival of Ye Fan and Liu Mengying. He was concentrating on looking at the notice on the wall.
"Lei Yu, are you interested in refining medicine?"
After Ye Fan came to Lei Yu's side, he followed his gaze and found that the content of the notice was that Cuilin Pavilion was preparing to hold an alchemy conference.
"Uh!"
Lei Yu came back to his senses, scratched his head, and blushed on his rough face. "I was very interested in alchemy when I was a child. I read a lot of books on alchemy and also studied with doctors. However, the doctors in Jiangzhou City thought that I had no talent... Later, in order to get my grandfather's recognition... I joined the army... In the end, I didn't make a name for myself... I feel that my life is a failure..."
"What the doctors in Jiangzhou City say may not be right... I think you can give it a try... But the registration for this alchemy conference has ended!"
Ye Fan looked at the notice on the wall and muttered.
“Ahem… Ye Fan, I was just saying that… Alchemy is a delicate job. How could a rough guy like me have a talent for alchemy?”
Lei Yu scratched his head again, looking embarrassed.
"Well... Lei Yu, I have nothing to do anyway... You know Xuanyuan Pills, try to refine it... The method of refining..."
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Night came,
In an inconspicuous inn room,
"Ye... Ye Fan, I'm sorry... I wasted the herbs you provided!"
Lei Yu looked at the burnt and cracked pottery jar on the table in front of him with a guilty look on his face, because he had just wasted the medicinal materials given by Ye Fan for refining Xuanyuan Pills.
"I really don't have the talent for refining medicine! What a waste of those medicinal materials!"
Lei Yu laughed, but there was disappointment in his voice.
"No... I think you had a pretty good grasp of the control of your Xuan Qi just now! Especially at the beginning!"
At this time, Ye Fan spoke. He picked up the pottery jar on the table and pointed at the cracks on it. "Lei Yu, you had a good grasp of Xuan Qi at the beginning, very naturally, but later on your control of Xuan Qi became a little mechanical. This is also the reason why the Xuanyuan Pill was not successfully refined!"
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