MTL - Cannon Fodder Counterattack Investigation System-Chapter 104

The Fenghe Garden was bustling all morning, and in the afternoon, Zhou Ziruo, who was hiding in a corner, saw Lu Lixiao and several guests stepping out from the gate.

He hurried forward, Fang wanted to open his mouth, and looked around vigilantly, before lowering his voice, "Did you see her?"

Lu Lixiao naturally understood what he was asking, "I see."

"Alive?" Zhou Ziruo still didn't quite believe it.

Lu Lixiao said softly, "Alive."

"Are you sure?" Lu Lixiao ran to the third person, his eyes might not be very good.

Lu Lixiao was speechless: "Even though I am too old to be able to tell the difference between a living person and a puppet, there are so many representatives of the Gu family and the Xianmen aristocratic family present, so I won't be mistaken as a group."

"Uh...I'm so shocked and want to confirm..." Zhou Ziruo touched his head guiltyly, and changed his troubled face, "But this is impossible! Mrs. Gu should have died a long time ago, logically now The corpse should rot, how could it come back alive?"

Lu Lixiao raised his eyebrows and calmly expressed his doubts with his eyes.

If Zhou Zi knew what he was wondering about, after Mrs. Gu disappeared, she did not find any evidence pointing to her death. It was just that everyone guessed that she had suffered misfortune. Now that she has returned safely, she has used the most powerful facts to prove that everyone guessed wrong. He shouldn't have persisted so far.

"How can I explain it to you... I can't explain it from the day's demon's summoning array, and it also involves modern high-tech. Oh, the modern world is my original world, where we are so convenient and advanced..." Zhou Ziruo Pulling his hair, he used his meager writing skills to stutter to introduce the mainframe and the amazing system. During this period, in order to facilitate the in-depth understanding of Lu Lixiao, an ancient man, he also popularized some scientific knowledge. How many brain cells died is barely enough to say. Cleared up, "...so you know, right? The system will not go wrong, Mrs. Gu is the first victim, she can't come back alive! Are you sure that the person you saw is Mrs. Gu? You ancient Don't you have a lot of disguises? Could it be someone else pretending to be?"

Lu Lixiao seemed to be still immersed in the amazement brought by Zhou Ziruo's force-feeding of the wild things in his mind, and he was silent for a few moments before answering him: "At least in my opinion, the person inside is not the same as the old Gu I know. The Taijun is no different, as to whether it is someone else pretending to be, I am afraid that it is not certain for the time being."

"Then if it's not a fake, could it be that he came back from the dead?" Zhou Ziruo blurted out.

Lu Lixiao immediately said, "Impossible."

Lu Lixiao's attitude was stern and firm every time he mentioned the resurrection from the dead, and even made the surrounding air heavy, making one feel almost terrified.

Zhou Ziruo whispered: "Why... are you so sure that there is no such thing as resurrection of the dead in this world?" This world is different from the world he grew up in which advocates science. There are unexplainable spells, why is there no resurrection of the dead?

Lu Lixiao looked at him silently, and said after a long time: "It's not that I'm sure, but this kind of thing is not allowed to exist or happen."

"Not allowed?"

Lu Lixiao asked him: "Have you ever thought about what the world would be like if a method of resurrection from the dead was created?"

"What does it look like..." Zhou Ziruo tried to imagine, and suddenly, he seemed to understand what Lu Lixiao meant by "not allowed".

Lu Lixiao looked at the distant sky, and his silent eyes seemed to see another world: "The reason why the life we ​​fear is precious is that no matter whether it is noble like a son of heaven or humble like an ant, there is only one chance. Absolute fairness is also the greatest gift. If there is a method of resurrection in this world, and dead lives can be revived again, then more and more people will trample on other living beings at will, and the bottom line of people will be infinitely lowered , death is no longer the last whip to restrain evil, and the order of the world will be completely disrupted! At that time, what is the difference between the world and purgatory? Rather than saying that I am sure that there is no such thing as death and resurrection, it is better to say This world doesn't allow it to exist, and I... don't want it to exist!"

Because life is limited, time is even more precious. Life is more sacred and awe-inspiring just because there is no chance to repeat it. There are laws in the way of heaven, and the world has its own most perfect order. Once it is broken, it will be like breaking a taboo, and everything will be lost forever... It's like being cursed!

Zhou Ziruo raised his hand to caress Lu Lixiao's arm, and whispered when he looked over: "I just said it casually, and I don't want any reason in this world to make endless killings justified!"

Lu Lixiao patted the back of his hand lightly.

"But about Mrs. Gu... By the way, did she say where she has been these days?"

Lu Lixiao shook his head slowly, "She didn't say it, or she couldn't say it because the old lady Gu who came back is out of her mind."

Zhou Ziruo was taken aback, "Could it be... the murderer did it? What did Mrs. Gu find out that night?"

"Maybe." Lu Lixiao turned his head, and his sharp eyes fell on Gu Qingyan not far away.

Just as Gu Qingyan got rid of Gu Qingfeng and Gu Qingce, when he turned around, he met Lu Lixiao who seemed to be staring at him meaningfully. He looked at Zhou Ziruo beside him, stepped forward, and bowed with his sword in his arms, "Both of you."

"Where does Gu Gongzi seem to be planning to go?" Lu Lixiao returned the salute, slightly raising his lips.

Gu Qingyan hesitated and said, "I'm planning to go to the back mountain."

"Houshan?" Zhou Ziruo looked at Lu Lixiao, if it wasn't for Gu Eryou and Mrs. Gu's sudden return, they should be in Houshan now.

Gu Qingyan continued: "I went to the back mountain to find Brother Datang."

Lu Lixiao said, "Why did Mr. Gu tell us so much?"

"You two are also investigating Miss Han's matter?" Gu Qingyan looked at Zhou Ziruo pointedly, "I see that Junior Brother Zhou and Miss Han have a good relationship, so I think Junior Brother Zhou will not ignore Miss Han's bizarre death."

"Did you find any clues?" Zhou Ziruo said.

Gu Qingyan shook his head: "Miss Han's body is in Ziluoxuan, guarded by the gatekeepers of Yaohua Palace. They are extremely resentful towards the Gu family, and they won't let me approach at all. Only uncle Qi who is proficient in medicine can see it, but my father won't let Qi Uncle told me anything. Since Yaohua Palace has determined that Brother Da Tang poisoned Miss Han, I have no choice but to find Brother Da Tang first."

"I heard that your father has sent people to search the back mountain, but there is no trace of the eldest son." Lu Lixiao said.

Gu Qingyan's expression became a little subtle, and Zhou Ziruo squinted his eyes, knowing it in his heart. It seems that Gu Qingyan is not as stupid and upright as he appears on the outside, at least he knows what will happen to Gu Qinghuan if he falls into his father's hands. Apart from Han Ziyi's case, he went to Gu Qinghuan to save his cousin's life.

Zhou Ziruo has changed his mind about Gu Qingyan since he helped him in Gu Er's study just now, now that he looks at it, he feels that Gu Qingyan is simply a clean stream in the big muddy Gu family!

"Young Master Gu, what do you mean we can go find someone with you?"

Gu Qingyan met his gaze, and immediately opened his eyes slightly, "The situation is urgent, and several people are better than me acting alone. As long as the two are willing to contribute."

"Okay, then let's go to the back mountain now!"

Gu Qingyan did not lead Lu Lixiao and Zhou Ziruo to walk through the gate, but walked to the depths of Gu's house, saying that there was an inconspicuous and remote gate there, which was less crowded on weekdays and closer to the back mountain. He did this because he didn't want to be discovered by Gu Er's eyeliner, including Gu Qingfeng and Gu Qingce who were inseparable before.

On the way to the remote door, the three of them passed a dilapidated courtyard. The gate of the yard was old and decayed, the green bricks on the wall were covered with dark green mosses, and the dry trees growing in the yard stretched out their dying branches, and when the wind blew past, they swaggered at people like a rotten arm.

Zhou Ziruo was quite surprised that the luxurious Gu family still had such a dilapidated place. Gu Qingyan explained: "A few servants who lived in that courtyard hanged themselves to death decades ago, and the courtyard was abandoned, and later it was used to temporarily park the servants. Or the corpses of unidentified people who were killed by wild beasts on the mountain...the corpses of those villagers in Baihe Village have been parked there."

Speaking of Baihe Village, Zhou Ziruo's admiration for Gu Qingyan was offset just now, but it was Lu Lixiao who asked, "Oh? Shouldn't the dead villagers of Baihe Village be buried in the village?"

Gu Qingyan looked away helplessly from Zhou Ziruo's black face, which was comparable to the bottom of the pot, and replied: "It should be so, but they died from the medicine that Uncle Qi had not developed. Uncle Qi was very interested, so he gave a lot of money to those villagers' families. Silver taels, bought their corpses and studied them."

"Heh, being rich can not only make ghosts grind, but also buy the dignity and backbone of a living person. The Gu family is worthy of being a famous family. It's really an eye-opener!" Zhou Ziruo sneered strangely.

Lu Lixiao raised his hand and rubbed the top of his head.

Gu Qingyan said in a low voice: "Uncle Seven is obsessed with medicine, but he doesn't understand the world. He often does things that offend others unintentionally. He has no malicious intentions...Of course, I don't think it's right for him to do this, even though he didn't mean it. But those villagers in Baihe Village who have lost their relatives have to bear the pain of selling their relatives’ remains for money, I... feel guilty too!"

Zhou Ziruo had prepared his stomach full of sharp words, but he didn't expect Gu Qingyan to be quite humane. Instead, he felt a little aggressive, so he muttered uncomfortably: "I didn't say you..."

Gu Qingyan smiled.

"Young master Gu decided to go to the back mountain to look for the eldest son, but got some unknown clues?" Lu Lixiao asked suddenly.

Gu Qingyan said sternly: "It's not a clue, I just asked Qingfeng and the others about the details of how they met the big hall brother the day before yesterday, and they told me that the great-grandmother was mentioned in the chat, so I thought maybe the big hall brother would go to the ancestral hall to find the great-grandmother! The vicinity of the ancestral hall is already deep in the back of the mountain. Although there are talisman papers to drive away evil things and wild beasts, no one will approach it on weekdays, and the people sent by my father probably haven't looked there carefully. Especially there is a small road nearby. It's hidden, ordinary people can't notice it at all, it was me and the big brother who discovered it when we were young, even Qingfeng and the others didn't know it, I plan to follow that road to find it!"

The three came out from the small back door, Gu Qingyan walked in front and led the way skillfully, after walking for about an hour, they found the hidden path he mentioned. In fact, it is polite to say that this path is hidden, because this path is tightly covered by thick bushes, and it leads to the bottom. No matter how you look at it, there is a mountain wall behind, and there is no path at all. It is an invisible passage.

Gu Qingyan pushed aside the bushes blocking the way with his sword, got in, walked down the mountain for a short distance, and suddenly saw another dense forest.

The three dispersed to search for clues. Zhou Ziruo took advantage of the fact that the other two were not paying attention, and secretly spent 1,000 points to use a small evidence search expert. Be the first to get something!

"There's something here!"

Half a jade pendant of excellent quality was lying on the grass. There was hardly any dust on the jade pendant, so it must have fallen off not long ago.

"This is the mutton fat jade left by the uncle!" Gu Qingyan immediately recognized the origin of the jade pendant, and he held the jade pendant tightly, "Brother Da Tang has indeed been here!"

"Look."

Lu Lixiao tapped the dead branches and leaves on the ground with the tip of his boots, and a few drops of blood that had dried up scattered scattered lines, leading all the way to the depths of the woods ahead.

The three of them walked along the bloodstains, and Gu Qingyan's face became uglier the further they walked. Gu Qinghuan's jade pendant, and blood...these all seem to point to an unoptimistic result!

At the end of the bloodstain was a thick tree root lying on the ground, and the blood volume near the root suddenly increased.

"Gu Qinghuan was injured, instead of returning home, he ran to such a remote place. Someone should have been chasing him at the time. But here, that person finally caught up with him, and then he..." Zhou Ziruo used his peripheral vision Glancing at Gu Qingyan, he didn't continue.

Gu Qingyan stared at the bloodstains, frowning tightly.

Zhou Ziruo felt that it was inappropriate to say comforting words to him, because it seemed that the relationship between Gu Qingyan and Gu Qinghuan was not very good. He wanted to find something to do, but he turned his head and saw Lu Lixiao kneeling at the tree root, so he went around too, " What did you find?"

Lu Lixiao pressed his fist to his lips, looked at an object on the ground thoughtfully, and answered him after a while: "It's probably a clue left by the eldest son."

The author has something to say: It’s too late today, and I’ll correct the typos tomorrow!