"Brother Yi, this old man... should be just a passerby."

Zhao Tiancheng said as he walked.

"If he wasn't a passerby, would I be so good-tempered?"

Xiao Yi was in a bad mood and walked quickly towards the abandoned building.

A few minutes later, the two men appeared on both sides of the building.

The building in front of me has only three floors and looks like a horizontal dormitory layout. The doors and windows have long been broken. There are only some old and rotten furniture, and weeds are growing around it.

Xiao Yi sent out his spiritual sense and searched quickly, but did not find anything unusual for a while.

Soon, Zhao Tiancheng completed the search on the second and third floors, but still found nothing.

At this moment, Xiao Yi suddenly realized something and went to the end of the first floor.

"What's wrong, Brother Yi?"

Zhao Tiancheng asked as he followed.

"Do you feel it?"

Xiao Yi asked.

"What a strong smell of blood."

Zhao Tianzhen frowned, walked quickly forward and lifted up an iron plate.

The next second, a bloody smell came to my face.

"I was only paying attention to the upper floors just now, it seems that there are more mysteries underground."

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he didn't walk up the ladder but jumped directly in, and Zhao Tiancheng quickly followed.

In the dark and damp underground, the space is not very big and is empty.

Besides the smell of blood, there was also the smell of rotting food.

"there!"

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows.

Zhao Tiancheng's eyes flashed, and he saw a tattered mat covering something, with a lot of blood stains on the ground around it.

He walked quickly forward, hesitated for a moment, then leaned over and pulled the mat away.

“Fresh!”

Zhao Tiancheng looked at the corpse and said subconsciously.

"…What do you think?"

Xiao Yi was speechless. What kind of reaction was this?

He took a few steps closer and confirmed at a glance that it was Zhu Qi!

"It seems we are still a step too late. This guy has been silenced."

Zhao Tiancheng was a little disappointed.

A step late?

Xiao Yi frowned. Why did he suddenly feel like he was being led by the nose these past two days?

Could the Zhu family really be behind this?

"This injury..."

Xiao Yi observed, his expression changing.

"No, this injury is exactly the same as the two brothers who were killed before!"

Zhao Tiancheng's expression also changed.

Xiao Yi nodded slightly and said, "Looking at this, the time of death will definitely not exceed six hours, which means... around eight or nine in the morning."

After saying this, his expression became more complicated.

It was a little after eight in the morning when he learned Zhu Qi's exact identity information from Jiang Ying.

From the current perspective, Zhu Qi’s incident happened during that period of time.

"Judging from all this garbage and food, Zhu Qi must have lived here for a few days."

Zhao Tiancheng judged.

"Just...a few days..."

Xiao Yi also discovered something and was a little confused.

So where was Zhu Qi hiding before? Or, who was hiding him there?

Then why did he come to this remote place these days, and why was he suddenly killed?

"Brother Yi, let me call for support."

Zhao Tiancheng said.

"and many more!"

Xiao Yi stopped Zhao Tiancheng.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Tiancheng was confused.

"For now... don't make it public."

Xiao Yi shook his head and didn't explain for a while.

"But……"

Zhao Tiancheng was a little confused, but he held back and didn't ask any more questions. Brother Yi must have his reasons for doing this.

"What to do with this body?"

"Let's talk about it after tonight!"

As Xiao Yi spoke, a stream of true energy surged out of his hands, covering Zhu Qi's body.

"Brother Yi, are you really going to the Zhu family banquet alone tonight?"

Zhao Tiancheng was a little worried.

"I can't take you with me, can I?"

Xiao Yi smiled.

"They obviously noticed something was wrong and have already killed everyone to silence them. If you go to the Zhu family again..."

"Even if it's really a Hongmen Banquet, they are the ones who should be afraid. It's better to show our cards, and save us from all these twists and turns."

Xiao Yi said.

Half an hour later, the two returned to the old man's wooden house.

"Master, we are retreating."

“How was the shoot?”

The old man stuck his head out of the window.

"Nothing, not ideal."

Xiao Yi seemed a little disappointed.

"Why else could I have asked you to come at night? If not, come back at night and I'll show you a path up the mountain."

"Haha, no need. I have to go back to the mainland tonight. Let's go."

Xiao Yi waved his hand and left with Zhao Tiancheng.

"Should we take this old man..."

Zhao Tiancheng thought about it and spoke.

"Why, as a law enforcer, you wouldn't want to silence an innocent person, right?"

"That's not the case. Let's control him first. What if someone asks him if anyone has been near here?"

"But why do I feel like someone wants us to come over?"

"What does it mean?"

"Nothing, maybe I'm overthinking it. Come on, don't disturb the old man's peaceful life."

Xiao Yi shook his head.

"it is good."

"By the way, can you get a few people from the dark here, in case we get anything else?"

"understand!"

Zhao Tiancheng responded.

Xiao Yi said no more and called Jiang Ying, who was obviously a little disappointed.

If Zhu Qi were alive, it would be possible to find out who was behind this and be able to confirm some things about the Taiping Society.

But at the moment, it seems that all the clues are broken...

It was evening when Xiao Yi separated from Zhao Tiancheng. After thinking about it, he drove back to Qingyan.

"How did you come?"

Su Yan was a little surprised to see Xiao Yi after get off work, while Tsu Minako was standing aside.

"It's on my way, so I came to see if you're still working overtime."

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he looked at Tsuminako, somewhat surprised. This island woman... no, the image of this female ninja was completely different from what she was in the morning.

At this time, Tsu Minako was wearing a long dress, her short hair had grown longer, and she even put on light makeup. Her femininity completely concealed her murderous aura.

"Let Jiang Li and the others work harder. I want to go back to see Sister Yuqing as soon as possible."

Su Yan said.

"oh oh."

Xiao Yi responded, took his eyes off Tsu Minako, and let the two get into his car.

On the way, he received another call from Zhu Zifan.

"Brother Xiao, is there anything wrong?"

Zhu Zifan asked.

"Of course not. I will definitely come if I promised, but... I have a distinguished guest from an island country here, and I have to send her back first."

Xiao Yi made up a sentence and Su Yan in the passenger seat and Tsu Minako in the back seat were both confused. Why did he say that?

"Distinguished guest? Why don't you just not send me off and come directly to my house? Your friends are also my Zhu Zifan's friends."

"Isn't this... not appropriate?"

"If there's anything inappropriate, and you don't have to run any further, then just drive over now and I won't send a car to pick you up."

"Alright."

Xiao Yi responded and hung up the phone.

"You shouldn't be so anxious, right?"

Xiao Yi said to himself, it was about his trip to Xishan in the afternoon. Did the Zhu family notice it?

"Mr. Xiao..."

Tsuminako spoke hesitantly, and Su Yan was a little confused, but she would not misunderstand anything because of this matter.

"Naizi, do you know that there is an allusion in China called 'Hongmen Banquet'?"

Xiao Yi asked.

"I've heard of it. It seems to be saying that... on the surface, they are friends having dinner together, but in reality, they are hiding murderous intentions."

Tsuminako nodded.

"So, do you dare to come to the banquet with me tonight?"

Xiao Yi said with a smile.

"Through fire and water! No matter what!"

Tsuminako lowered her head and responded without any hesitation.

"Going to Zhu's house...how did it become a Hongmen Banquet?"

Su Yan's heart tightened.

"Haha, I'm just kidding. Some things...are still uncertain."

Xiao Yi looked relaxed.

Su Yan looked at Xiao Yi and knew that this matter might not be as easy as Xiao Yi said, but she also knew that since he didn't say anything, she couldn't ask any more questions.

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