Chapter 164 Ran Qingchen VS (2.0) Qu Hongling
Compared with the rainy weather in Yuzhou, Qingzhou has a completely different weather scene, with blue sky and high sky and light clouds.
Qingzhou, Mengyao Pavilion.
As the premier romantic venue in Qingzhou, it is used to seeing the dignitaries and the romantics who hang out among the flowers in the bustling capital. Its charm is no less than that of the top three romantic venues in the capital.
After all, some of the unique programs here may not be available in Beijing.
Just a few days ago, there was a tragic massacre. This place where money was made every day and fireworks were played every night was temporarily closed down by the government, and the prosperity of the past was gone in an instant.
On that day, Mengyao Pavilion, which was supposed to be filled with the fragrance of powder and laughter, turned into a bloody purgatory.
It has become a nightmare for many prostitutes and has caused sequelae.
As a result, having sex with your wife at home is like a weeping willow on the shore, unable to move more than a few times in the water.
The initiator of all this is the protector of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
At this time, led by officials from the six gates of Qingzhou, Ran Qingchen, who was wearing a green skirt, came to the scene of the massacre that day to conduct an investigation.
Following her were Yuan Anjiang and other capital officials.
Entering the pavilion, the rusty smell of blood hit your face and has not dissipated. Dried and solidified dark red blood stains can be seen everywhere on the ground.
The tables and chairs in the inner hall on the second floor were overturned, and the cups and plates were in a mess... The curtains made of gold and silver threads were torn apart by sharp tools, and pearls and jade were scattered on the floor, intertwined with blood stains, which was enough to give a glimpse of the tragedy at that time.
Yuan Anjiang held a heavy case file, his eyes quickly wandering between the lines, and said in a deep voice while flipping through:
"A total of twenty-nine people died, five of them died in Mengyao Pavilion. Except for Mr. Turtle and the Madam who were in charge of affairs, the other girls survived without any harm."
Yuan An Jiangdun After a pause, he raised his eyes from the file and scanned the condensed blood around him, "The ones who died were basically guests, including three influential local businessmen, several children of famous families, and well-known local literary figures. A person from the martial arts world.”
“Sir, this is the list of the dead.”
Qingzhou Six Gate Supervisor Shan Dongchuan handed a booklet to Ran Qingchen.
Ran Qingchen waved his hand, "I have already read the list."
When she first came to Qingzhou, she had already read the files on the Mengyao Pavilion tragedy in detail, and the identities of the two deceased caught her attention.
One is an aide to the former Qingzhou magistrate, named Xu Daqing.
After the former prefect was reported by his concubine, it was this aide who finally provided evidence of the crime.
Because of this meritorious service, he was able to continue to stay in the government office.
According to government records, after Qu Hongling killed the former prefect, he originally planned to kill the aide named Xu Daqing, but he was lucky enough to escape and failed to kill him in the end.
The other deceased was Su Juntong, the second son of the Su family.
When it comes to the Su clan in Qingzhou, some people may not have heard of it, but when it comes to Su Shanke, who is known as "the second fastest sword in the world", his name is resounding throughout the world, like thunder. .
Su Shanke was born in a martial arts family in Qingzhou, and there were many masters in his family from generation to generation.
Because he has shown outstanding cultivation aptitude since he was a child, his family has placed high hopes on him. He has been cultivating him since he was a child and devoted all the efforts of the family to turn him into a generation of martial arts wizards.
And Su Shanke lived up to expectations, and finally developed a superb sword technique, which made him unique in the world and powerful in all directions.
Although he ranked second, no one dared to underestimate the power of his sword skills.
More than a year ago, Su Shanke united a group of Jianghu people and cooperated with the Liumen Dragon and Tiger Department to secretly go to Shiwanda Mountain to assassinate Qu Hongling. Due to the complex terrain, only Su Shanke and a few people succeeded in finding Qu Hongling in the Emerald Canyon, and the two sides fought a fierce battle.
In the end, only Su Shanke came back with a seriously injured body.
After he came back, he was crazy and had amnesia. He couldn't remember what happened in Emerald Canyon.
However, since then, Qu Hongling has disappeared from the world, and there is no trace of him.
At that time, everyone speculated that Qu Hongling should have died in the Emerald Canyon. They never thought that half a year later, he would appear in the Tianyao Sect again. According to rumors, Qu Hongling was just injured and had to stay in seclusion for half a year to heal.
This disappointed a lot of people.
Now that Su Shanke’s second son and the former prefect’s aide are dead, it’s hard not to wonder whether Qu Hongling is seeking revenge behind the scenes.
However, according to the current investigation, the reason why Jin Ao, the protector of the Tianyao Sect, went on a killing rampage was just to save a pair of sisters who were being bullied. Even now, the other party is fleeing with one of the women.
Ran Qingchen came to the door of the innermost secret room.
There was blood everywhere in the secret room.
When Jin Ao went on a killing rampage, several people hid in this secret room in advance, but they were still killed.
Among them are Su Juntong and Xu Daqing.
“We have carefully investigated and found that the door to the secret room was not closed at that time.”
Shan Dongchuan pointed to the door of the secret room and said, “This door is made of meteorite, which is the master of becoming a saint. It’s hard to break.”
"Why isn't it closed?" Yuan Anjiang asked curiously.
Shan Dongchuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't know, this secret room is specially used for refuge, and there are very few people who know how to open the stone door. I guess that the stone door may have suddenly malfunctioned."< br>
“These people are really unlucky.” Yuan Anjiang twitched the corner of his mouth.
Ran Qingchen's beautiful eyes flashed, "Is it possible that Jin Ao found the mechanism to open the door and opened the secret room door again?"
"Basically impossible."< br>
Dan Dongchuan led everyone to a large vase in the corner, tapped the vase twice, then turned the vase, and tapped twice again. With a bang, the stone door of the secret room closed immediately.
The stone gate is integrated with the surrounding walls and is difficult to spot unless you look closely.
Shan Dongchuan said: "Jin Ao came to Mengyao Pavilion for the first time. It is impossible for him to understand the mechanism of the secret room so clearly."
Ran Qingchen observed the mechanism carefully and frowned slightly.
What a coincidence that the secret room door malfunctioned at the critical moment.
Ran Qingchen asked: "The case file said that Jin Ao went on a killing spree, but I looked at the list of the dead. They were all guests in a closed inner hall on the second floor. The other guests in Mengyao Pavilion were not harmed. At that time, What is going on in that inner hall and why is it closed? ""This..."
Shan Dongchuan looked embarrassed, not knowing whether to say anything.
Yuan Anjiang, who had learned the inside story, coughed dryly and said:
"Master Ran, I took away a page of the investigation report. It is not suitable for you to read. In short, there are some... The show is unsightly and cruel, and is specially designed for the entertainment of some guests with special fetishes.
The women who perform are basically bought slaves. Even if they die, the government will not care. For example, the sisters were sold here because their mother was a Yanrong woman. Therefore, the treatment she received was worse than other women in the brothel.
In short, what happened at that time was that Jin Ao accidentally saw what was going on inside, became angry, and went on a killing spree. "
Ran Qingchen pursed her red lips tightly, and her pure and pure face was stained with a bit of chill.
Although Yuan Anjiang did not say it clearly, she could also guess what happened to those women.
This made her, a woman, extremely angry.
He even secretly applauded Jin Ao's move.
Just thinking about my current status as a court official makes me feel helpless.
Yuan Anjiang said: "According to my opinion, this case really has nothing to do with Qu Hongling. Of course, Jin Ao is the protector of the Tianyao Sect after all, and Qu Hongling, as the leader of the sect, should also be responsible. "
Yuan Anjiang was silent for a moment and said lightly:
"In addition, according to the latest information, the Great Protector of the Tianyao Sect originally planned to expel Jin Ao from the sect, but was killed by Qu Hongling. It was saved, and both sides were at loggerheads
Speaking of which, the factions within the Tianyao Sect are still quite chaotic. The Great Protector prefers to coexist peacefully with the continent, so he has restrained the members of the Heavenly Demon Sect over the years not to go out and cause trouble.
Especially in the past two years, the imperial court has released signals that it accepts demon cultivators. Although His Majesty is still very repulsive to demon cultivators, there is no guarantee that he will not change his mind in the future. After all, Dazhou is the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains. Being able to be on good terms with it will undoubtedly be great for the demon clan. Who wants to hide in the mountains?
This is also the reason why the Great Protector insisted on driving Jin Ao out of the sect.
Previously, Qu Hongling killed the former prefect, which made the Great Protector furious, and united everyone to force Qu Hongling to abdicate. If Granny Qiu hadn't been there at that time, Qu Hongling's position as the leader of the sect would have been impossible to maintain. "
Yuan Anjiang is quite familiar with the situation of the Tianyao Sect. He paused and continued,
"There is another faction within the Tianyao Sect, headed by the Three Guardians. They hope to join the Yan Rong. The reason is that the Queen Mother Xiao has taken the initiative to accept the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest and formed a beast army.
It's just that Half a year ago, Qu Hongling suddenly turned against Wanshou Lin and killed many people on the other side. His best ally turned into an enemy. Now if he joins Yan Rong, it will be hard for him to avoid being beaten. Beast Lin has established a firm foothold in Yanrong, and there is no guarantee that Queen Mother Xiao will not be partial.
Because of this incident, the senior officials of the Three Guardians faction also have strong opinions on Qu Hongling, and even publicly declared Qu Hongling. Ling is not worthy of being the leader of the Tianyao Sect, so now, only the second protector Shen Shengyuan is left.
It's just that Shen Shengyuan has an indifferent temperament and has never been interested in power or cliques within the sect. Therefore, there are only a few close disciples and a weak foundation of power, so his support for Qu Hongling is quite limited
However, Jin Ao, the Fourth Protector, has an unruly temperament. He spends his days wandering in the woods and springs, wandering around the rivers and lakes, and rarely asks about the affairs of the sect. Previously, he did not support Qu Hongling's position as the sect leader and looked on with cold eyes.
So the current position of Sect Leader Qu in the Tianyao Sect is very awkward, with too many internal and external constraints. How to skillfully mediate between various factions and balance everyone's interests in order to achieve the greatest consensus is extremely difficult.
Beware of prying eyes from other forces outside. The Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, Jiutian Lake, Island of the Dead... are not energy-efficient lamps. "
Listening to Yuan Anjiang's analysis of the Tianyao Sect, Ran Qingchen couldn't help but sympathize with the young leader Qu.
Just listening to it made me very tired. .
Yuan Anjiang did not stay for a long time because of his complicated business affairs and various important matters to be dealt with, so he left first. Shan Dongchuan and his entourage also left and returned to the government office one after another to continue handling official business.
Ran Qingchen continues to stay in Mengyao Pavilion, intending to look for other clues.
Although this case is very clear, we only need to catch Jin Ao, the protector of the Tianyao Sect. But as this was his first case that he went out to handle, Ran Qingchen still wanted to take it seriously.
And out of a woman’s intuition, she always felt that something was wrong.
Seeing that Ran Qingchen decided to stay alone to investigate, everyone was not too worried. After all, Master Ran was a master of the Tianhuang Realm. At present, Qingzhou City's defense was tight, and it was difficult for assassins to appear.
In the attic, the woman put her hands behind her back and observed every place carefully.
As a monk, she can roughly deduce the scene at that time from the blood stains, who resisted Jin Ao, who ran away, who held what weapons, etc.
The woman kept recalling the list of the deceased in her mind, and matched the names of the deceased one by one with the blood stains at the scene based on the identity and resistance of the other party.
Finally, she came to the secret room again.
According to the investigation and my own deduction, these people entered the secret room in advance and Jin Ao had not yet followed.
Jin Ao probably didn't discover the secret room at that time.
It was only when the door to the secret room suddenly opened that Jin Ao rushed in.
"Why did the secret room door suddenly open? Could it be that someone inside opened it? But isn't this asking for death?"
Ran Qingchen rubbed his delicate chin and came to At the vase.
Or maybe there was a person hiding here at that time.
Did that person open it on purpose?
While Ran Qingchen was contemplating, a sharp look flashed between Su'er's eyebrows, and he immediately pulled out his long sword and slashed to one side.
The sword light was like a dragon swimming in the abyss. It shot out with electricity and went straight to kill the house on one side.
There was only a loud "crash" sound, and wherever the light reached, the door burst, sawdust flew everywhere, and the sound of shattering was endless.
Just behind the broken door, a smart and charming red figure suddenly appeared, standing gracefully on the attic, like a red lotus blooming in the storm of sword energy.
When he saw the other person clearly, Ran Qingchen's originally quiet and beautiful face suddenly turned into a gloomy look like dark clouds covering the sun, and the haze spread quietly.
Ran Qingchen gritted his silver teeth secretly, "Is it you!?"
Qu Hongling also looked slightly stunned, thinking about the previous grudge between the two, and then smiled brightly, his voice as gentle as a warbler. , but said with a joking tone: "Hey, isn't this Sister Ohno? I wonder how the injuries are there? Do you need your sister to check you out?"
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< br>[Author's note: Brothers, I'm a bit stuck. Sorry for the late update. I didn't write a hi today, maybe because I didn't have a catheter, so I was panicking. 】
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