"If Demon Lord Honglie has no other questions, Qing Ge will take his leave first."
Lu Qingshan looked around and said, "Although your house is luxurious, I have a problem. I only like my own home. I want to cough when I am in someone else's house."
He was being sarcastic and wasn't being polite.
The two big shots didn't show much expression, but Ying Mingyue couldn't help but smile.
She found Lu Qingshan's witticisms very interesting.
Demon Lord Honglie's expression had returned to calm, but his eyes were still very gloomy.
At this point , he already understood that it was probably impossible to cause trouble for Qingge now.
He nodded and said calmly: "I am sorry for disturbing you today because of Jun'er's matter. I hope my brother-in-law won't blame me as his brother-in-law."
"Everyone has the feeling of protecting their children," Lu Qingshan said with a faint smile, "I understand."
After saying this, he bowed and left.
"Mingyue, go and see him off. I have something to say to your brother." Demon Lord Shi Wu suddenly spoke.
Ying Mingyue was startled for a moment, then came to her senses and quickly responded, "Okay."
After "Qing Ge" and Ying Mingyue left.
"Father, do you have anything else to tell me?" Demon Lord Honglie asked carefully.
Demon Lord Shi Wu closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time . He then opened his eyes and said, "I don't want to care too much about your affairs anymore, and I don't have the heart to do so."
"But you'd better not have any evil thoughts about Mingyue and Qingge in the future."
"You can't even take care of your own family affairs, and yet you have such evil thoughts?" Wu Shi Mo Zun's face twitched slightly, and he said angrily: "My patience is limited!"
This is already a serious rebuke.
"I..." Demon Lord Honglie was speechless.
Without waiting for his reply, Demon Lord Wu Shi disappeared in a flash.
…
After Lu Qingshan and Ying Mingyue left Demon Lord Honglie's mansion, they sat in silence all the way, and the atmosphere was a little subtle.
"Thank you very much, Miss Mingyue. If you hadn't called the Demon Lord Shi Wu to help me in time, I would have been targeted by Demon Lord Honglie and charged with many crimes this time."
Lu Qingshan was the first to break the silence and took the initiative to express his gratitude.
He was referring to the incident in which Ying Mingyue was invited to kill Demon Lord Wu.
"When one of your men told me that Demon Lord Honglie had summoned you to his residence for questioning, I knew something was wrong and I immediately went to ask my father for help. Fortunately, I arrived in time. I saw that Demon Lord Honglie was already preparing to suppress you by force at that time." Ying Mingyue patted her plump chest and said with lingering fear.
"That's too much!" Thinking of what she saw when she first arrived, Ying Mingyue waved her fist angrily again.
Lu Qingshan glanced at Ying Mingyue and always felt that she was a little too excited today.
But he didn't go into details.
The two chatted casually along the way and soon arrived at Lu Qingshan's residence.
"Is what you just said to Demon Lord Honglie true?"
Just when Lu Qingshan bowed to her and said goodbye, preparing to return home, Ying Mingyue suddenly called him and asked.
What did I just say to Demon Lord Honglie?
Lu Qingshan was confused.
He just said so many sentences, who knows which one Ying Mingyue was referring to.
"Are you referring to the fact that Yingjie was the culprit for Ying Jun's death? That's just my guess. Whether it's true or not, it's up to them to judge for themselves."
"However, no matter whether it is true or false, they will just treat it as false." Lu Qingshan asserted.
"That's not what I'm asking!" Ying Mingyue did not think carefully about the deeper meaning of Lu Qingshan's words, but couldn't help stamping her feet.
What she cared about was not this, but the first sentence that Lu Qingshan said when she arrived.
"Then what do you mean?" Lu Qingshan asked puzzledly.
Ying Mingyue opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, she couldn't say anything in the end.
She could only throw her hands in anger, snort, and give up, "It's okay, just pretend I never asked me this question."
After saying that, Ying Mingyue turned around and left.
This made Lu Qingshan a little confused.
This woman? Huh?
Weird.
…
study.
"Father." Ying Jie, the eldest son of Demon Lord Honglie, walked in.
"What's the situation?" Demon Lord Honglie put down the black jade in his hand, not seeing anything unusual, and said calmly.
"Nothing was gained," Ying Jie frowned and reported helplessly, "Father, the murderer who killed my second brother left behind only the wreckage of the warships, and no other clues."
"We have investigated the surrounding situation in detail and have not found any suspicious people during this period. Then I investigated the second brother's relationships and did not find that he had any mortal enemies, and the hatred was strong enough to take such a big risk to kill him."
Yingjie really felt helpless.
He always felt that Ying Jun's death this time did not seem like a long-planned and carefully planned assassination.
It was more like Ying Jun was unlucky and met some vicious person on the road, and was killed on impulse.
The most complicated and difficult to solve mysteries in the world are precisely these spur-of-the-moment murders.
Because in this case, you cannot start the investigation from the victim's interpersonal relationships, and in this case, you will not be able to trace the murderer based on cause and effect.
Anyone could be the murderer.
It is even possible that the murderer did not even know Ying Jun.
"Is it because they can't find out, or they don't want to, or they don't dare to," Demon Lord Honglie's eyes flashed with coldness, and he suddenly asked, "After all, if they really investigate seriously, what if they find out about themselves in the end?"
Ying Jie was stunned, and then quickly understood what Demon Lord Honglie meant. He trembled all over and said in fear: "Ying Jie doesn't know what father means by this!"
"Don't know what I mean?"
Demon Lord Honglie sneered, then suddenly became furious and vented his anger.
A powerful pressure instantly filled the entire study, the pressure was like a gust of air, even causing the air to slightly distort and fluctuate.
His brows sank, and there was anger in his voice, "Tell me the truth. For the sake of our successor to the Wu family, have you ever secretly done anything to plot against Jun'er?"
Ying Jie knelt on the ground, his face ashen, and said dejectedly: "Father, I have done these things, but isn't this human nature? Didn't father do the same thing back then?"
In order to gain the position of the head of the family, Ying Lie suppressed and plotted against his other brothers. He had indeed done such a thing in the past.
But in the mind of Demon Lord Honglie, he could do so himself, but he was absolutely unwilling to do so, nor would he allow himself to see his offspring do so, let alone allow Yingjie to speak out.
The officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps.
This is the mentality of Demon Lord Honglie.
So, he was stunned for a moment, and then he became furious, and the strong pressure burst out and hit Ying Jie directly.
Caught off guard, Ying Jie, who was not well prepared, immediately spit out blood, and his body flew out heavily and hit the wall.
"Father..." Ying Jie climbed up with difficulty and said in pain.
"You rebellious son, you rebellious son, how dare you speak to me like that, you are simply not worthy of being a human being!" Demon Lord Honglie pointed at him and cursed.
Ying Jie knelt on the ground, hiding his face in the shadows, and said in a hoarse voice: "Father, please forgive me... Father, please forgive me, I spoke out of turn. But father, you did wrong me! No matter how daring I am, I will never dare to kill my own brother. I hope father will understand!"
There was silence.
Seeing that his father didn't say anything, Ying Jie didn't dare to look up and trembled all over.
After a long time.
"It's better this way," Demon Lord Honglie exuded an extremely terrifying anger, and finally spoke again: "You must give me an explanation for this matter and find the murderer, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."
After saying this, Demon Lord Honglie's gaze became extremely cold.
"Yes, father." Ying Jie responded dejectedly, stood up, and walked out of the study carefully.
Seeing Ying Jie staggering away, Demon Lord Honglie looked at his back with a dim gaze containing extremely complicated emotions.
When he said this, he actually meant that he no longer cared about the matter and believed that Ying Jie had no intention of killing his brother.
After all, he just wanted Ying Jie to give him an explanation and find out the murderer.
But whether the "murderer" that Yingjie will hand over is the real murderer, only God knows.
Does he really believe what Ying Jie said?
At most, I half believe it.
Why couldn't Ying Jie kill his brother just to gain
But he had no choice but to believe it.
Because, no matter whether Ying Jun was harmed by Ying Jie or not, it would not change the result.
That means Ying Jun is dead, and his only pure-blooded descendant is Ying Jie.
Ying Jie has become the only heir to their Shi Wu lineage.
If Ying Jun really died at the hands of Ying Jie, what would he do then?
Kill the only pure-blooded offspring and bury him with Ying Jun?
Of course not.
Then let Yingjie go?
If the crime of fratricide is easily forgiven, then the Ying family will be in chaos in the future.
Therefore, the only solution for now is to believe it even if you don’t believe it.
He had no other choice.
Demon Lord Honglie rubbed his brows with a complex expression on his face, "What a sin..."
After leaving the study, Ying Jie stopped, raised his head, looked at the bloody sun in the sky, and a hint of madness flashed in his eyes.
"Although I don't know who killed Ying Jun, I have to admit that he helped me a lot..."
After hearing the news of Ying Jun's murder, his first reaction was shock, followed by ecstasy.
Just as he explained to Demon Lord Honglie, his relationship with Ying Jun had actually never been harmonious, and they had been constantly targeting each other in private.
After all, what does brotherhood mean in the face of huge conflicts of interest?
He couldn't be happier that someone helped him get rid of Ying Jun.
"But, if you want me to take the blame for you, it's absolutely impossible!" Ying Jie said sternly, muttering to himself.
He was determined to find out the truth about Ying Jun's murder.
"Second brother, don't say that your brother treated you badly in the future. At this point, it seems that I am the only one who cares about how you died." He said grimly.
"Now I have to find out why my father suddenly changed the subject and started to suspect me." Ying Jie pondered.
It was clear that his father had never doubted him at all before, so how come his attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees and he seemed to be sure that he was the murderer?
"When did my father begin to change his attitude?" he recalled the details of the incident.
"It was after I met Qing Ge...so the problem must be there."
"Did Qing Ge say something to make father change his mind?"
Yingjie quickly figured this out.
His expression turned serious.
At this moment, he just walked back to his own villa.
He frowned and told the servant beside him, "Go and call Butler Ying."
Soon, Butler Ying from the Honglie Demon Lord's Mansion came hurriedly, "Your Highness, is there anything you want to tell me?"
"Did anything special happen in the mansion today when father invited Qing Ge to meet?"
Butler Ying thought for a moment and reported: "For some reason, when Demon Lord Honglie was talking to Qing Ge, Demon Lord Shi Wu came to visit in person today with Miss Mingyue."
That was all he knew.
As a servant, he naturally had no right to listen in on the specific content of the conversation.
Ying Jie nodded, seemingly thinking about something.
"Okay, I understand."
This conversation was indeed not a simple one.
But if you want to know what Qingge said specifically, it would be inappropriate to ask his father, and it would be even more impossible to find the Demon Lord Shi Wu. It would also be difficult to ask Qingge to explain himself.
Therefore, the only way is to use Ying Mingyue as a breakthrough point to test the situation.
He thought of the young "aunt" who was nominally his aunt, and quickly made a plan in his mind.
Isn't it easy to trick a little girl into telling stories?
…
Mingyue Mansion.
Ying Mingyue, who rarely wore a plain white dress, had a strange flash in her cool eyes.
"Ying Jie came to visit?" She whispered to herself, "This is really the first time I've seen him. I guess it's not a good thing... But I want to see what he's planning."
She immediately raised her head and ordered, "Please ask him to come in and take him to the hall."
Soon, Ying Jie came in with two servants.
The servants stood outside the hall very consciously, watching their prince walk in.
"Hey, isn't this my eldest nephew? Why are you looking for my aunt?" Ying Mingyue said sarcastically.
"Can't you come and visit your aunt if you have nothing to do?" Ying Jie said with a smile.
It was this kind of behavior that made Ying Mingyue even more cautious.
You know, normally the brothers Ying Jie and Ying Jun were never willing to acknowledge her identity as their aunt.
She knew the characters of the two brothers very well.
Seeing Ying Jie's attitude, she knew that Ying Jie's intention was either to commit adultery or to steal.
"Just say what you want to say. I can't stand your hypocritical words..." Ying Mingyue snorted coldly.
She seemed to have thought of something again, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She added: "I have a problem. When I hear false words, I want to cough!"
"Actually, I do have something to ask you. The murder of Ying Jun has caused a big stir recently. You should be aware of it, right?" Seeing Ying Mingyue's words of pressure, Ying Jie had a strong psychological quality and did not take it seriously, so he asked.
"So what? What does it have to do with me?" Ying Mingyue replied coldly; "Your family's affairs are your family's affairs. Why are you looking for me?"
“Because,” Ying Jie sneered, and suddenly shouted: “Father suspected that it was your future husband, and Qing Ge framed Ying Jun.”
"Impossible, he doesn't have the ability to deal with Ying Jun, and the suspicion has long been ruled out." Although Ying Mingyue was shocked, he remained calm.
"How is it impossible? He doesn't have the ability, but he can ask others for help, for example... ask his future wife for help!" Ying Jie said sinisterly.
Ying Mingyue's expression changed, "What do you mean?"
"Aunt, you have been in the royal city for so many years, don't you have some connections in private? Qing Ge has just arrived and is weak, but he has you to help him."
Ying Jie sneered, "Father agrees with me, so I came here to remind you that it's best not to be caught by me. Otherwise, if the evidence is irrefutable, even if Demon Lord Shi Wu wants to protect you, if you dare to kill my second brother, father will definitely not let you go easily."
In response to Ying Jie's aggressiveness, Ying Mingyue suppressed her anger and said through gritted teeth, "You are just crying thief. It was clearly you who killed your own brother, and now you want to put the blame on me and Qingge."
It is true!
Ying Jie's eyes flashed with a sharp light, but he hid it well and continued: "The thief cries thief? Even if I am a thief, do you have any evidence to prove that I am a thief?"
He acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, as if he was really the murderer, just to continue to provoke Ying Mingyue.
The young Ying Mingyue obviously did not have as many scheming as Ying Jie, nor did she realize Ying Jie's purpose.
She quickly continued with a cold voice:
"Do you really think you did it perfectly? Qing Ge had already figured out your despicable tricks and hit the nail on the head."
At this point, Ying Mingyue became more confident. "You are too clever. You thought that by deliberately leaving behind the wreckage of the warship that contained misleading information, you could divert the clues of the murderer to someone else and thus clear yourself of suspicion. But you forgot that the real murderer would not leave physical evidence that could reveal his identity information at the scene. If the murderer is really so stupid, why haven't we found him yet?"
"Isn't this a contradiction?" Ying Mingyue said disdainfully.
So that's it, so that's it. Qingge used these reasons to turn the conversation to me.
Ying Jie knew the answer, concealed his inner excitement, and spoke again:
"Just because of these, can you conclude that I was the one who killed Ying Jun? Ridiculous!"
"These are not enough," Ying Mingyue said immediately, "But after Ying Jun died, you became the only heir of the Shi Wu lineage, with the most profit and the greatest motive. If we don't suspect you, who should we suspect?"
Seeing Ying Jie's face suddenly become gloomy, Ying Mingyue couldn't help but feel happy, but she didn't want to chat with Ying Jie any more. "Aunt is a little tired today. I'm sorry I can't keep you company for long. Jiao'er, show the guests out!"
Soon, a maid with horns on her head, called Jiao'er, came up and said in embarrassment: "Master Yingjie, what do you think?"
Ying Jie flicked his sleeves, very dissatisfied, but in the end he did not stay and turned away.
…
After leaving Mingyue Mansion and returning to his own mansion.
Ying Jie began to organize the information and intelligence he currently had.
"Warship wreckage was found at the place where Ying Jun was killed. On these wreckage, Chi Zun also found remnants of sword energy. Only a few people know this information for the time being, and Qing Ge is definitely not among them."
"But he happens to be able to predict all the situations." There was a big smile on his face, but his tone was very cold.
"It can be said that he guessed correctly and completely hit all the thoughts of the murderer. In addition, with Ying Jun's death, I did gain the greatest benefit. If I were someone else, I would probably believe what he said and think that it was me, Ying Jie, who made the move."
"But I am the 'murderer' he mentioned, and I know that Ying Jun's death has nothing to do with me."
“So, this matter is worth pondering.”
He exuded an extremely terrifying and eerie aura. "Because, the person who could predict all of this, in addition to being a prophet, there is another possibility..."
"He is the murderer!"
The murderer would naturally know the details of the murder.
This is just one possibility.
But Yingjie's intuition told him that this was most likely the truth!
"But why did Qing Ge kill Ying Jun?"
Ying Jie began to analyze, "He and Ying Jun shouldn't have too many conflicts. After all, only when they were at the point of life and death would he dare to risk the world's condemnation and kill the pure-blooded soldier demon..."
"If it's not a big revenge, then it should be for profit..."
Killing is either for revenge, sex, or money.
The possibility of revenge is ruled out for now.
Seeking sex... well, that can also be ruled out.
All that remains is to seek wealth.”
"Seeking wealth..." Ying Jie frowned. "Although Qing Ge is just a mixed blood, he is still the descendant of the Demon Lord. He will not lack for ordinary wealth."
"Unless Ying Jun has something that even the Demon Lord would not hesitate to give away..."
He began to ponder.
Soon, an answer popped up.
"Blood...spirit...crystal!" Ying Jie's eyes flashed with excitement of finding the answer .
Yes, blood crystal.
Even the Hound Blade Demon Lord cannot give up the Blood Spirit Crystal easily.
It is only because of the special circumstances of the Shi Wu lineage that they have a large number of blood spirit crystals at their disposal.
For the safety of the royal city, Demon Lord Shi Wu ventured into the wilderness and was seriously injured.
Naturally, the Royal City could not remain indifferent, so they gave them a lot of compensation, including Blood Spirit Crystal.
These blood spirit crystals completely belong to Demon Lord Shi Wu, and he exchanged his life for them.
Therefore, no matter how Demon Lord Shi Wu distributes these blood spirit crystals, the people under the Demon Lord Shi Wu lineage cannot object.
If he remembered correctly, his father sent Ying Jun to discuss cooperation with Qing Ge, and the Blood Spirit Crystal was one of the most important conditions they gave.
Ying Jun went there with a lot of blood spirit crystals on him.
Others may not know this, but Qingge must know it.
For a mixed-blood like Qingge, Blood Spirit Crystal is definitely an attractive resource that he cannot ignore.
In order to obtain these blood spirit crystals, Qing Ge resolutely chose to intercept and kill Ying Jun.
A very reasonable speculation.
The truth gradually surfaced, and it was almost the same as the facts.
"Then there is only one last question left," Ying Jie's eyes became colder, "Qing Ge, how did you kill Ying Jun?"
This was a question he couldn't figure out, and it was also the reason why Lu Qingshan was able to quickly clear himself of suspicion.
That's definitely impossible on my own.
That is relying on help from others.
However, Qingge's men were indeed in the mansion at that time and did not leave. This was the information he obtained through investigation.
Ying Jie closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.
What is going on?
Could it be that he really had been tricked, and Ying Mingyue was also involved in this matter?
But looking at Ying Mingyue's performance just now, it clearly didn't seem like what he said was right at all.
After a moment.
He suddenly opened his eyes and muttered, "Either he used some trick to conceal his identity, or he had someone helping him in the royal city. There are only these two possibilities..."
Ying Jie thought about it for a while and found that he could not get the accurate answer by just guessing.
He hesitated slightly.
"Then we have no choice but to continue investigating."
Their Shi Wu lineage is one of the largest families in Jianluo King City, with extensive connections and great power.
He just didn't believe that a bastard from the King Realm who had just arrived could really hide the truth right under the noses of their Ying family!