Chapter 264: All brothers

"Haiqin, who did you hear this from?"

He Haiqin said dully: "News spread from the Lu family."

He Yuxiu waved her hand: "Can you believe the Lu family's news? This is clearly sowing discord!"

He Haiqin looked at He Yuxiu: "The Lu family wouldn't make things up out of thin air. I must investigate this matter clearly."

He Yuxiu pinched her chin and pondered for a long time: "Let Old Third go to Yuezhou to see first. I've watched Jiaqing grow up since he was a child. He's an honest child, how could he lie to you."

"No need for Old Third to go!" He Haiqin stood up, "I've already asked people to buy train tickets. I'll go to the Outer Provinces myself. I'll go see if the person lying in the hospital is really him!"

"Haiqin, you can't mess around. You are the head of the He family. If you go to the Outer Provinces, how much of a stir will that cause!"

The stir was indeed big.

He Yuxiu couldn't stop He Haiqin.

The next day, He Haiqin boarded the train to the Outer Provinces.

In Zhengjing Village, everyone was busy. *Blood Gun Detective 3* was about to be finished. Ma Wu took the crew to scout locations and film key shots. Li Banfeng went to Green Water City to prepare for promotion and ticket sales.

Cinemas everywhere were waiting eagerly. Li Banfeng didn't even need to greet them; reporters from major newspapers all took the initiative to come to the door.

He wasn't convenient to show his face, so he left things to his subordinates. One could see the popularity from major newspapers; news related to *Blood Gun Detective* occupied more than half of the front page.

Besides *Blood Gun Detective*, there was another important piece of news.

He family's eldest son suspected of appearing in Puluo Continent.

Not every newspaper had this news. The Ling family's newspaper didn't mention a word, while the Lu family's newspaper wrote about it extensively.

Li Banfeng carefully read the news. The general content was that He Jiaqing impersonated the famous movie star Zhou Changhong and was recognized by an acquaintance in Green Water City.

Who was this acquaintance?

Li Banfeng didn't think about this question for the time being. He put down the newspaper, and a chill rose from his spine.

He originally boarded the train to Wuqin Township to track Zhou Changhong and ask about the mastermind behind the Ling family.

Now it seems that Zhou Changhong at that time was He Jiaqing.

If I had really gotten off the train in Wuqin Township, what would the consequences be?

At that time, Zhou Changhong suspectedly used a Nightmare Cultivation technique on me, causing me to struggle for almost the whole trip on the train.

There are two descendants of Nightmare Cultivation left in the world. Could He Jiaqing be the other descendant?

He lured me to get off in Wuqin Township, was he trying to take action against me?

Did he want to take back the Copper Lotus?

If I didn't give it, would he kill me?

Even if I gave it to him, could he let me go?

A life-and-death line, truly a life-and-death line.

Fortunately, I used the Judge's Pen to break the situation and got off the train at Bitch Ridge.

Li Banfeng drank a glass of wine, let his mood gradually calm down, and then browsed the related news.

There was quite a bit of news related to He Jiaqing. He came back once, how did he cause such a big stir?

After reading other news, Li Banfeng saw the clues.

In the Lu family's newspaper, the related news commentary was mainly to explain one thing: He Jiaqing being injured by Lu Xiaolan was purely a scam, and the Lu family suffered an unjust grievance.

To outsiders, the Lu family had washed away their grievances this time.

To insiders, whether it was a grievance or not wasn't important. The truly important thing was that the Profound Life Did Honglian and the Lu family had no relationship anymore.

Judging from various signs, the Profound Life Did Honglian was still in He Jiaqing's hands, and Lu Xiaolan became the scapegoat.

Who could have thought the Profound Life Did Honglian was in my hands?

The He family's eldest son was too eye-catching. This might be one of the reasons why he couldn't personally bring the Did Honglian back to Puluo Continent back then.

Were there other reasons?

Maybe, but it couldn't be seen yet.

Besides this, there was another key piece of news: He Haiqin went to the Outer Provinces.

Jiaqing, your father went to see you. You must entertain him well. Your father can also be considered your good brother.

Li Banfeng put the newspaper aside and picked up the oil can.

His wife shivered: "Oh my husband, what day is it today, why suddenly want to add machine oil?"

Li Banfeng smiled honestly: "Today is a good day, especially good!"

"Oh my, husband, you let Little Slave prepare, husband don't rush to brush the oil, Little Slave hasn't..."

Between hoarse voices, steam sprayed rapidly.

Hong Ying woke up from her sleep and shouted: "What happened, did the enemy army attack?"

The phonograph gritted its teeth: "They, they've come in!"

Lu family mansion, Lu Yuanhai shouted: "He Jiaqing, that bastard, he set up a trap and turned our family upside down! I'll have the newspaper publish more articles tomorrow. I'll see how their He family can stand in Puluo Continent in the future!"

Lu Yuanshan didn't make a sound.

Monkey Qiu asked: "Is this news really spread from the Patriarch's side?"

Lu Yuanhai said: "Can this be fake? Uncle's butler told me. Uncle recognized He Jiaqing with his own eyes!"

Monkey Qiu lit a cigarette, his expression quite solemn: "Why did the Patriarch spread the news?"

Lu Yuanhai was surprised: "Uncle Qiu, do you suspect this news is fake?"

Qiu Zhiheng shook his head and didn't speak.

Lu Yuanshan said: "Whether the news is true or false, Uncle shouldn't have said it.

The He family has always been at odds with us, just because of the Profound Life Did Honglian matter. They have always suspected the Profound Life Did Honglian was in Xiaolan's hands, and even suspected it was in our hands.

This situation was favorable to Uncle. We were constrained by the He family, so Uncle had the opportunity to trip us up from behind.

Now that He Jiaqing's matter has been exposed, our suspicion has been cleared, and Uncle has no chance to turn the tables."

Lu Yuanhai suddenly realized: "According to what you said, Uncle spreading the news has another intention."

Lu Yuanshan looked at Monkey Qiu.

Monkey Qiu was speechless for a long time. He also couldn't see what Lu Maoxian was thinking.

Lu Maoxian himself didn't want to expose the matter, but there was no way; this was the Sage's order.

The youth in white said: "Senior Brother, Master said very clearly that this person He Jiaqing is extremely dangerous. From now on, he cannot be allowed to stand in Puluo Continent. The more people who know about his affairs, the better. We must not tolerate him causing trouble in the dark."

Lu Maoxian nodded: "I obey Master's instructions."

Yuezhou Third Hospital, Zhou Changhong, lying on the hospital bed, perceived someone beside the bed and opened his eyes suddenly.

He thought Xiao Zhengong had come, but he didn't expect He Jiaqing to be standing beside him.

Zhou Changhong let out a long breath, then became nervous again.

He told Xiao Zhengong the truth. Does He Jiaqing know about this?

He Jiaqing lowered his voice: "Brother, you've worked hard these days. These are the train tickets and travel permits back to Puluo Continent. After you go back, you go to Miaoying's place to hide for a few months. Try not to show your face these few days. After the wind passes, I'll let Miaoying buy you another mansion in Green Water City."

Zhou Changhong waved his hands repeatedly: "Why are we brothers saying these things."

There was another person standing behind He Jiaqing. Zhou Changhong recognized him; this person was Zhu Junlong, manager of the Tea Mountain Hotel.

"Changhong, stay at Junlong's place tonight. He'll send you to the station tomorrow."

He Jiaqing prepared a set of casual clothes for Zhou Changhong. Zhou Changhong immediately changed into the clothes and left the hospital with Zhu Junlong.

Not long after they left, Seeing Datou entered the ward.

"You just let him go like this?" Seeing Datou was referring to Zhou Changhong.

He Jiaqing smiled bitterly: "Since he is my brother, if my brother treats me unfairly, I'll bear it myself, but I absolutely cannot treat my brother unfairly."

Zhou Changhong followed Zhu Junlong to the hotel, and Zhu Junlong arranged him in a suite.

For such a long time, always impersonating He Jiaqing, Zhou Changhong was very tired. Zhu Junlong originally wanted to exhort a few words, but Zhou Changhong yawned, dived directly into the quilt, and fell into a deep sleep.

Sleeping until two in the morning, Zhou Changhong opened his eyes.

He was dizzy, as if he wanted to go to the bathroom. On this way, he was carefully observing the position of every surveillance camera.

There was one in the bedroom, one in the living room, and one at the door.

With his cultivation, wanting to avoid these three cameras wasn't difficult, but he had to make some preparations.

There was no camera in the bathroom, which was very suitable for preparation.

He took out a disposable toothbrush cup and poured a cup of water.

He used a disposable razor to cut his finger and squeezed the blood into the tooth cup.

The blood spread evenly in the clear water. Zhou Changhong drank half, and the other half remained in the bathroom.

He returned to the bed and continued to sleep.

Ten minutes later, the remaining half of the blood water evaporated rapidly, turning into a thin mist, filling the entire suite.

An illusion appeared in the suite.

From the outside, nothing happened in the room, and Zhou Changhong was still sleeping on the bed.

But in reality, Zhou Changhong had already left the room. His clothes and appearance had undergone huge changes, changing from a tall and handsome middle-aged man into a petite young girl.

Taking the elevator to the first floor, the staff on duty in the hotel lobby was dozing off.

Zhou Changhong walked out of the hotel gate calmly, picked up a flyer from the ground, and hailed a taxi.

After getting in the car, he asked the driver to send him to Eagle Mountain Apartment.

He had no money on him and no mobile phone. When getting off the car, he handed the flyer to the driver.

In the driver's eyes, he received a one-hundred-yuan banknote.

In this day and age, not many people pay with banknotes. The driver was thinking about how to find change, but heard Zhou Changhong say generously: "No need to find change."

The driver thanked him repeatedly and drove away.

Zhou Changhong entered the apartment building, arrived at Room 208, and opened the password lock.

This was the retreat he left for himself.

Xiao Zhengong warned Zhou Changhong that after He Jiaqing returned, he must notify Xiao Zhengong immediately, otherwise He Jiaqing would kill Zhou Changhong to silence him.

He Jiaqing and Xiao Zhengong were both in front of him. Who would Zhou Changhong believe?

He didn't believe anyone. He only believed in himself now.

He had travel permits, and he also had train tickets. He had a brand-new identity that even He Jiaqing didn't know about.

After returning to Puluo Continent, he prepared to disappear. The savings of the first half of his life were enough to maintain his luxurious life.

He bought this apartment, and all kinds of supplies were complete, but he hadn't lived here much.

The bed was full of dust. Zhou Changhong patted it a few times and found that the more he patted, the more dust there was.

Strange, where did this dust come from?

It didn't seem to come from the bed; it came from his hands.

Zhou Changhong looked at his palm and found that his right hand was splitting along the palm lines, and large pieces of dust were spraying out along the cracks.

Zhou Changhong was terrified and fell to the ground with soft legs.

With this fall, he found that his legs were also splitting. There was no blood in the wounds, only countless dust.

He wanted to shout, but as soon as he opened his mouth, dust sprayed out along his throat.

Half an hour later, only a piece of dust remained in the apartment, and not even his clothes were left.

Yuezhou Third Hospital, in the ward, Old Wan looked at the time and said to He Jiaqing: "He should be getting sick soon."

He Jiaqing said: "Can you clean it up?"

"Rest assured, nothing will be left." Wan Jinxian looked at the vase beside the hospital bed.

"I really want to see what my fellow disciple looks like."

PS: Zhou Changhong's clothes were given by He Jiaqing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 265 =====