In the center of Jianluo King City, there is an extremely huge palace. The whole body looks like colored glaze, reflecting various colors of light under the bloody sun.
This is the center of the Burning Moon Region, where the Jianluo Royal Court is located.
Demon Lord Honglie came quickly and headed towards a palace in the south.
After a moment.
In a luxurious palace.
A burly man who was at least ten feet tall and had casually scattered brown-red hair was leaning against the seat.
He was like a towering mountain that made people's hearts palpitate, and his aura was extremely terrifying.
"Greetings to Lord Chi!" Demon Lord Honglie bowed respectfully.
There are three branches of the Jianluo royal family: the Chizun branch, the Mingzun branch and the Zhanzun branch.
They killed the Wu clan and attached themselves to the Chi Zun clan.
Chi Zun was wearing a red robe with several golden silk patterns on it. He looked extremely noble, and his overall appearance was too similar to that of humans.
"Honglie," Chi Zun's deep voice sounded, "I heard about your story."
"There is actually a lunatic who dares to attack the pure-blooded people of our clan. I hope Chi Zun will find out the real culprit and publicize the power of our military demons." Demon Lord Honglie said in a gloomy voice.
"I have already informed the Fate Lord and the War Lord about this matter."
Chi Zun nodded slightly, and his voice surged from all directions , as if the whole world was speaking, "The royal family will do their best to help investigate this matter. The name of the soldier demon cannot be blasphemed."
"Thank you Chizun."
Chi Zun didn't care and asked, "What do you think of Shi Wu?"
Demon Lord Honglie replied: "Father is also very angry, but his current condition is not suitable for war, so we have to trouble the royal family for this matter."
Chi Zun nodded slightly after hearing this, "I understand. Let Shi Wu have a good rest. He ended up in this situation because of Jianluo Royal City. This is what our royal family owes him."
"Thank you Chizun for your understanding." Demon Lord Honglie bowed.
"I heard that you found some evidence at the place where Ying Jun was killed?" Chi Zun asked again.
Demon Lord Honglie nodded, took out a huge piece of warship fragment from the mustard seed, and floated it in the hall.
"This is the wreckage of the warship found at the place where Jun'er died."
The edges of the warship wreckage were extremely smooth and flat, as if they had been cut by some sharp weapon.
Chi Zun waved his hand and the fragments flew in front of him.
He released his senses, feeling something, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly murmured, "What is this...?!"
He murmured, "I sense the remnant of the sword energy of the human sword cultivators above."
"Human sword cultivator?" Demon Lord Honglie's pupils trembled violently, and his voice was hoarse: "How is it possible? How could a human sword cultivator appear in the Burning Moon Region?"
"The remnants of sword energy do exist," Chi Zun opened his eyes, his face calm, "I am not wrong about this."
When they invaded the human domain, he had fought with many great sword cultivators of the human race, and his memory of the sword energy of those sword cultivators was particularly profound.
It was also during that period of time that he understood the horror of human swordsmen.
“However, he may not necessarily be a human sword cultivator. After all, the possibility of humans appearing in the Burning Moon Region is really too low. It is also possible that the person who took action has specially learned the sword energy method of human sword cultivators to confuse people.” Demon Lord Honglie guessed.
The sword energy technique is not some exclusive secret. Humans can use it, and so can the demons.
However, the sword cultivators of the human race have a training system that matches the sword energy, and the sword energy they exert will be extremely powerful.
The demons don't have this condition, and the power they exert will be greatly reduced, so generally no one will do such a thankless task.
"You are right, both possibilities are reasonable," Chi Zun said with deep eyes, "but no matter which situation it is, the meaning behind it is not simple."
If it is the first possibility, it means that humans have appeared in their Burning Moon Region.
How did the human race sneak into the Burning Moon Region? Why were they not discovered? What was their conspiracy to sneak into the Burning Moon Region?
These are all things worth noting.
If it is the second possibility.
In order to kill Ying Jun, he specially practiced the sword energy method of human sword cultivation, just to confuse the sight?
Who is the person who came up with such a complicated plan and what is his purpose?
Is it to target their Soldier Demon Clan?
Or is it just targeting the Wu murderers, or is it just a personal vendetta?
The relationships among them are confusing and complicated.
Demon Lord Honglie couldn't help but frown when he thought about the problems behind this.
"Something feels wrong." He murmured.
"Don't worry, if the three branches of the royal family work together, the truth will surely be revealed." Chi Zun said coldly.
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"Demon Lord Honglie invited me to his house, saying he had something to ask?"
After coming out of Mingyue Mansion and returning to his own residence, Lu Qingshan received news from Demon Lord Honglie's Mansion.
"The news of Ying Jun's death has just been reported. Demon Lord Honglie should be looking for the murderer of his son, but he chose to invite me to his house at this time..." He analyzed the situation.
"I'm definitely not exposed. If I were, it wouldn't be as simple as just inviting me to your house."
"But it's impossible for you to come to me at this sensitive time and say it has nothing to do with Ying Jun's matter."
"Is it to clarify the situation, or has some suspicious point of mine that I haven't noticed been discovered?" Lu Qingshan wondered.
He was with Ying Jun before he died, and after they parted ways, Ying Jun was murdered, so it was reasonable to ask him about the situation.
"If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door," Lu Qingshan brainwashed himself, "Then just go."
"But I still have to play the victim." He thought so and called out, "Yu Luo."
Soon, his trusted subordinate, Yu Luo, came upon hearing the noise.
"Your Highness." He said respectfully.
"I will go to Demon Lord Honglie's Mansion later. After I leave, you will immediately bring this news to Mingyue Mansion."
Lu Qingshan ordered in a deep voice: "Remember, describe my situation as miserable, and hint that Demon Lord Honglie has ill intentions towards me..."
He gave many details.
"I understand." Yu Luo responded quickly, his eyes shining.
This is already a conspiracy hidden in secret.
Since Lu Qingshan gave him this task, it just shows that in Lu Qingshan's heart, Yu Luo is his most trusted confidant.
How could he not be excited?
When Lu Qingshan was famous and swept away his peers in Jianluo Royal City, he must have been one of the most excited people.
He Yu Luo abandoned darkness and joined the light, and joined Qing Ge.
He admitted that there was an element of gambling involved.
But judging from the current situation, his gamble seems to have hit the jackpot and he is going to make a fortune.
——Qingge’s excellence is even better than the best case scenario he expected!
Yu Luo's biggest idea now is to gain His Highness Qingge's trust and become a veteran figure before he becomes fully powerful.
Therefore, he must handle this matter quickly and efficiently!
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Demon Lord Honglie's Mansion.
Led by the guards, Lu Qingshan walked through a long corridor, passed many halls and pavilions, and entered a hall.
In the hall, Demon Lord Honglie put his hands behind his back, staring at the patterns of many weapons on the wall. His eyes were solemn and focused, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After Lu Qingshan came in, he did not speak directly to disturb him, but also looked at Demon Lord Honglie.
Demon Lord Honglie looked to be no more than forty years old, extremely young.
In fact, for Demon Lord Honglie, if he did not have so many offspring, in order to highlight the generation difference between him and his children and to appear more majestic, it would be no problem for him to keep himself in a young appearance of twenty years old.
Demon Lord Honglie has more than a dozen descendants.
However, there are only two of them who are pure blood, the eldest son Ying Jie and the second son Ying Jun.
The others are mixed blood like Qingge.
But this time, one of his only two pure-blooded offspring died.
The anger in Demon Lord Honglie's heart was far greater than what he showed on his face.
After a long time, Demon Lord Honglie seemed to finally come to his senses. He turned around, looked at Lu Qingshan and said calmly, "Are you here?"
"Greetings to Demon Lord Honglie." Lu Qingshan said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Your reputation has been very loud these days," Demon Lord Honglie looked at Lu Qingshan and suddenly smiled, "Brother-in-law?"
"I dare not." Lu Qingshan replied calmly.
"Mingyue and I don't have a very good relationship, and there are many gaps between us, but no matter what, she is my sister. I am still very happy to see that she can find such a good husband."
Demon Lord Honglie spoke slowly with an unperturbed look on his face.
"After Mingyue and I get married, I will definitely take good care of her, Demon Lord, don't worry." Lu Qingshan promised.
"That's good." Demon Lord Honglie's face darkened, and he suddenly changed the subject and said, "My second son, Ying Jun, is in trouble. Did you know?"
"I know. Please accept my condolences, Demon Lord. Find the murderer as soon as possible and avenge my son's death." Lu Qingshan said sadly.
Demon Lord Honglie did not show much emotion, and continued: "Jun'er was with you before the accident."
"Yes," Lu Qingshan nodded and admitted, "At that time, he invited me to go to the Blood God Ridge to inspect the Blood God Sand Mine, and I naturally accepted the invitation."
"I heard from the people at Blood God Ridge that they saw you and Jun'er had some conflict and parted unhappily?"
"There was indeed a conflict," Lu Qingshan said honestly, "His Highness Ying Jun wanted me to cooperate with him and help me fight for the position of Lord of the Senluo Realm. But I heard that Ming Yue doesn't have a good relationship with you, and considering her feelings, I had to reluctantly reject His Highness Ying Jun's proposal."
"I didn't expect that I would anger His Highness Ying Jun, and we had a quarrel. I was young and hot-tempered, so I said goodbye and left first."
"Now it seems that your relationship with Mingyue is not as bad as the rumors say. If I had known this earlier, I would have agreed and maybe this disaster could have been avoided." Lu Qingshan regretted it deeply.
"For Mingyue's sake, I rejected the proposal for cooperation..." Demon Lord Honglie's eyes flickered, and he said faintly: "You and Mingyue have only known each other for a short time, how come your feelings are so deep?"
"Miss Mingyue is stunningly beautiful and has similar interests to me. I fell in love with her at first sight. I'm sorry to make the Demon Lord laugh." Lu Qingshan said shyly.
"Qing Ge, do you think I'm a fool? I'm easy to fool! " Demon Lord Honglie scolded, "I think you had a conflict with Jun'er and you hold a grudge against me, so you secretly ordered your men to kill Jun'er!"
As he spoke, Demon Lord Honglie released his mighty power and forced his way towards Lu Qingshan.
"I advise you to tell the truth immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you!"
The powerful pressure from the Demon Lord instantly made Lu Qingshan's blood boil. He looked embarrassed, veins popped up on his face, and cold sweat dripped down his body.
He clenched his fists and endured it.
But his ability to endure has its limits.
Why haven't you come yet...
Lu Qingshan thought to himself that this was not good.
Just at this moment.
"Is this how you treat Mingyue's husband?"
An extremely majestic voice was heard.
At the same time, the terrifying pressure that made Lu Qingshan feel suffocated disappeared completely like the clouds and rain stopped.
Lu Qingshan turned his head with difficulty and saw Demon Lord Shi Wu and Ying Mingyue walking in.
Ying Mingyue blinked at Lu Qingshan in a very subtle way, but for some reason, her delicate earlobes turned a little red.
"Father, why are you here?" Demon Lord Honglie's eyes flashed and he said respectfully.
"I heard that you were going to cause trouble for Qing Ge, so I naturally came to take a look," Wu Shi Mo Zun threw his sleeves coldly and said angrily, "Otherwise, I might lose a good son-in-law."
"Father must have received false news," Demon Lord Honglie said with an apologetic smile, "Qingge is Mingyue's future husband, so why would I bother him? It's just that Jun'er got into trouble yesterday, and before the accident, he happened to be with Qingge, so I called Qingge over to ask about the situation and see if there is any useful information."
"Well," Wu Shi Mo Zun nodded without much reaction, "Then ask, I want to hear it too. Jun'er is my grandson, and if something happens to him, I want to find the murderer as soon as possible."
"However, you should ask what you want to ask now. After today, don't look for Qing Ge again, lest Qing Ge thinks that our Ying family is bullying him."
"How could that be? I am also very sad about what happened to His Highness Ying Jun," Lu Qingshan continued, and said to Demon Lord Honglie, "If you need my cooperation, just summon me. You are welcome."
Demon Lord Honglie looked embarrassed.
Lu Qingshan's words sounded nice, but since Demon Lord Shi Wu had already spoken, how could he dare to disobey?
"You had an unpleasant argument with Jun'er yesterday, and then not long after that, Jun'er got into trouble. What explanation do you have for this?" asked Demon Lord Honglie.
"There's nothing to explain, it's just a coincidence."
"After I separated from His Highness Ying Jun, I went straight back to the royal city without stopping for a moment on the way."
"The time I arrived at Jianluo King City was exactly as I said, and many people saw me enter the city with their own eyes."
"In addition, His Highness Ying Jun is a seventh-rank demon commander, and I am only a primary demon general. Although, I do have some skills, and there are few people of the same generation in the royal city who can match me." Lu Qingshan did not forget to boast.
But you don't think I have the ability to kill His Highness Ying Jun, do you? You think too highly of me."
"First, I don't have the time to take action, and second, I don't have the strength to do so. How could anything that happened to His Highness Ying Jun have anything to do with me?" He was clear and concise.
"You don't have the strength and time, but you can send someone to do it. After all, judging from the current situation, you are the only one who has some motive to kill." Demon Lord Honglie pursued relentlessly.
"You also said that there were only some motives for murder. Who would kill a pure-blooded soldier demon just because of some minor conflicts? Are they tired of living? Besides, I am unfamiliar with the place, and I have no one to call on except the men I brought with me. And my men did not even leave the mansion at that time. You should be able to find these things if you check, right?"
"It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone," Lu Qingshan sighed and said, "It's understandable that you don't like me because I'm Mingyue's future husband."
"But I, Qing Ge, cannot bear such a heavy responsibility. I beg the Demon Lord to show mercy."
It seems like self-mockery, but in fact it is a veiled criticism of Demon Lord Honglie.
The expression of Demon Lord Shi Wu became much gloomier at this time.
Obviously, he agreed with Lu Qingshan's words and believed that Demon Lord Honglie intended to target "Qing Ge" because of Ying Mingyue.
Demon Lord Honglie was also a person who could read people's faces. He saw the displeasure of Demon Lord Shi Wu and explained, "I was a little reckless. I just couldn't find anyone with a reason to kill Jun'er. Only you had some problems, so I made a fuss."
"What I said just now was a bit harsh, please don't take it to heart." Demon Lord Honglie suppressed his anger and said politely.
"I can understand the pain of losing a child, but Demon Lord Honglie..."
At this time, Lu Qingshan suddenly asked in a low voice, "Are you really sure that His Highness Ying Jun must have died in an attack by outsiders?"
“That’s hard to say.”
He took a deep breath and glanced at the silent Wu Shi Mo Zun. He seemed to have gained confidence and suddenly said, "His Highness Ying Jun is a pure-blooded soldier demon. His status and position are unparalleled. Once he gets into trouble, it will inevitably provoke the wrath of the royal family and they will do their best to investigate the situation."
"If the murderer is found, it will implicate countless people."
"In this situation, how many people dare to attack His Highness Ying Jun easily?"
"Besides, how many years has it been since a pure-blooded soldier-demon was ambushed and killed?"
It was rare for Demon Lord Honglie not to refute Lu Qingshan's words.
In fact, this was partly why he suspected Lu Qingshan.
He really couldn't find anyone who would kill Ying Jun, and the only possibility was Lu Qingshan.
Although he has an alibi.
Of course, part of the reason was that he was at odds with Ying Mingyue and wanted to use this opportunity to cause trouble for "Qing Ge".
After all, judging from the current situation, Qing Ge obviously rejected Ying Jun's cooperation proposal.
If you can’t cooperate, then you are our enemy!
Seeing the reaction of Demon Lord Honglie, Lu Qingshan sneered and said, "It seems that you still agree with what I said."
Demon Lord Honglie snorted coldly.
Lu Qingshan continued: "If you want to find out the reason why His Highness Ying Jun got into trouble, the best way is to find someone with a motive to kill him."
He looked around and suddenly said loudly: "I want to ask Demon Lord Honglie, who benefited the most from Ying Jun's death?"
Demon Lord Honglie was also a little confused for a moment, and didn't react. He frowned and asked, "What do you mean? Just say it directly, don't beat around the bush with me."
"My two elder brothers, Chi Pu and Diao Feng, have always been at odds with me because our father, Demon Lord Xuanren, dotes on me extremely." Lu Qingshan did not answer directly, but changed the subject and suddenly began to tell his own story.
"But in fact, neither of them took me seriously, because the position of Realm Master can only be inherited by pure blood, and I am just a mixed blood. Their real enemies are actually each other, and I am at most a thorn in their side."
"I witnessed all kinds of open and covert fighting between the two of them. The atmosphere was so tense that they were almost like enemies."
"It makes me feel extremely heartbroken watching this. They are brothers!" Lu Qingshan said with deep sorrow.
Seeing Lu Qingshan's emotional performance, Ying Mingyue couldn't help but curl her lips.
You are the one who has the most brotherly love?
You are clearly eyeing the position of the Lord of the Realm, yet you are still pretending to be a Bodhisattva?
Shame on you!
"Sometimes I think, it would be better if my father had only given birth to one pure-blooded child. Then there would be no suspense about the position of the Lord of the Realm, and the situation of brothers killing each other could be avoided." Lu Qingshan sighed and continued.
As his words fell.
The expressions of everyone in the hall began to change.
Lu Qingshan didn't say it directly, but his hint was already very obvious.
Who will be the happiest when Ying Jun dies?
The eldest son of Demon Lord Honglie, Ying Jie!
There are very few pure-blooded soldier-demons, and Demon Lord Honglie has only two pure-blooded descendants, Ying Jun and Ying Jie.
The position of the head of the family can only be inherited by pure blood.
Once Ying Jun died, Ying Jie became the only heir.
Qing Ge meant that the murderer was Ying Jun’s elder brother, Ying Jie!
"How could Jie'er do such a thing as killing his brother?!" Demon Lord Honglie looked embarrassed and shouted in a low voice, "Qingge, you are talking nonsense. You deserve to be killed!"
Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "Did I say anything?"
"I didn't say anything."
"However, since the Demon Lord has said so himself, I will dare to say a few more words. If His Highness Ying Jie really did this, then the most important thing is to create all kinds of illusions, divert the blame, and direct the possibility of the real culprit to some seemingly plausible but actually non-existent people. In this way, not only can it confuse people's attention, but it can also make this matter a mystery."
a bolt from the blue.
Lu Qingshan's words were like a bolt from the blue in Demon Lord Honglie's heart.
Human swordsman!
Isn't this a person who seems to be there, but most likely does not exist at all?
How is it possible that there are human beings lurking in their Burning Moon Region without being discovered?
But Chi Zun was very sure of what he said, and he felt the residual sword energy of the human sword cultivator on the wreckage of the warship.
"Moreover, we have to deliberately leave some seemingly conclusive clues to mislead everyone." Lu Qingshan continued.
Yes.
Demon Lord Honglie's heart sank again.
He couldn't understand why the murderer didn't do a good job of cleaning up the mess, but instead left behind such obvious wreckage of a warship for them to discover the site of the accident?
They speculated that the situation was urgent and the murderer had no time to clean up the mess.
This is actually a very far-fetched reason.
Since the murderer was able to kill Ying Jun so easily and silently, it shows that he must be extremely powerful.
What other situation would leave him too late to deal with the aftermath?
Of course, Demon Lord Honglie could not have imagined that this was actually because the murderer was a sword.
But the sword is incapable of cleaning up the mess on its own.
Therefore, from his perspective, just as Qing Ge said, it is very likely that these warship wreckages were deliberately left behind by the murderer.
Why did the murderer deliberately leave behind the wreckage of these warships... It certainly couldn't be to make it easier for them to find him.
So, just like Qingge said, it was to mislead them?
Demon Lord Honglie's eyes flickered and many thoughts came to his mind.
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On the other side, a gloom gradually appeared in the eyes of Demon Lord Shi Wu.
He also knew every detail of Ying Jun's murder.
So he understood that what Qingge described was completely accurate!
However, the wreckage of a warship was discovered, and the aura of sword energy of human sword practitioners was present in the wreckage. For the time being, only a few people knew about these things, and they were not publicized.
In other words, Qing Ge guessed the truth almost exactly based on pure guessing.
This undoubtedly made Lu Qing's words more credible.
There were so many unreasonable things in the incident of Ying Jun’s murder.
Most importantly, a murderer with a motive for killing has never been found.
Just like Demon Lord Honglie suspected Qingge, but he couldn't find many reasons why Qingge would take the risk to kill Yingjun.
It seems that Ying Jie is really the only suspect with a strong motive for murder?
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"What nonsense! What nonsense! Jun'er and Jie'er have always been brothers in harmony. You, an outsider, are here to sow discord between them!" Demon Lord Honglie's face suddenly turned pale and he shouted.
"Know when to stop and be careful with your words." Seeing that Lu Qingshan seemed to have something to say, Demon Lord Shi Wu suddenly spoke, speaking lightly.
Lu Qingshan suddenly came to his senses, and after a long silence, he slowly said, "I am guilty of this. I just said it out of confusion. Please don't blame me, and don't take it to heart."
"Hmph!" Demon Lord Honglie was already a little angry.
The expressions of everyone on the field gradually calmed down, and there were not many psychological fluctuations. Only Ying Mingyue's eyes still had some shock in them.
"Did Ying Jie and Ying Jun kill each other and kill their own brother?"
She was extremely surprised, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible.
"That must be the case, that must be the case. Demon Lord Honglie's reaction shows that Qing Ge is right!"
She was not a stupid person either. From the perspective of an observer, she saw many clues.
Lu Qingshan kept sneering in his heart.
Confusing right and wrong and putting the blame on Ying Jie was actually just a sudden impulse on his part.
But it was this sudden idea, like a stroke of genius, that explained well the many suspicious aspects of this matter.