Chapter 668: The Murderer? I Really Have Encountered One!

"Kumu Daozhang, look at how you speak..."

Feng Yanrong smiled like a flower, about to utter some insincere words, but before she could finish, Liu Dongzhu cut her off, saying:

"Fairy, you must not speak nonsense. Daozhang does not kill indiscriminately, let alone ambush someone outside Liangshui Town!"

"Ping'an's mother, what this sealed Daoist friend says is not idle chatter. As for killing, I can do it; if someone must die, even an ambush, I can do it!"

At this point, Xuanqing Daozhang paused, coldy staring at Feng Yanrong, without directly mentioning Liu Dongzhu's name.

Although it is speculated that Feng Yanrong is unlikely to be sent by the Prime Minister's Daughter, one fears not ten thousand but the one in a million, so caution is still required.

We must not reveal Liu Dongzhu's name in front of Feng Yanrong; Wang Ping'an's nickname need not worry, for in this world there are tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of children named 'Ping'an'.

He need not worry; Feng Yanrong can infer their identities merely from the nickname 'Ping'an' to fulfill the Prime Minister's Daughter's mission.

Not to mention.

Feng Yanrong doesn't seem like someone dispatched by the Prime Minister's Daughter!

He does not know why Feng Yanrong suddenly sought him; if she were not sent by the Prime Minister's Daughter to kill members of the Wang Family, nor aware of his identity, why would she suddenly appear at the gate of Kumu Guan, approach him, claim an ambush occurred outside Liangshui Town—perhaps it truly did happen, and the victim may be connected to him.

In an instant, countless tangled thoughts surged in Xuanqing Daozhang's mind; the names that had flashed away reappeared, and he mused, "The person you say was ambushed—could it be Zhu Xing of the Zhu Clan in Xiang Xian?"

"Kumu Daozhang, you just said you have never left Liangshui Town; apart from me, hardly anyone knows this, so how could you know the ambushed person is the one called Zhu Xing?"

Feng Yanrong smiled brightly.

She knows the ambushed party outside Liangshui Town was Zhu Xing's guard unit; she came to Liangshui Town and found the yamen officials.

Relying on her status, she need not file a report; she merely summoned a few constables and went to the outskirts of Liangshui Town.

The constable who left with him for the murder scene saw a field of corpses; they either wet their pants in terror or fainted dead from fright.

It took a long time before the constables recovered; from them, she learned not only the identities of the corpses but also the major incident that had occurred in Liangshui Town not long ago.

Le Wenmao, who had lain bedridden for a long time, suddenly rose violently, ruthlessly exterminated the entire Cui Clan, leaving only Cui Ji, who served as Zhu Xing's guard in the county seat. Afterwards, Le Wenmao died of a sudden heart attack before the constables, and soon after, Cui Ji received a tip from an unknown source and, leading Zhu Xing's guards, sought revenge on the Cui family.

He never expected.

Besides the deadly Le Wenmao, the Le Family also had a formidable old Taoist, a very unfamiliar old Taoist; the constables had never seen him before, but information gathered from neighboring households made it clear that this old Taoist had once been a resident of Liangshui Town.

Precisely, he was one of two orphans adopted by the head of Kumu Guan in Liangshui Town—a brother and sister. The sister, shortly after reaching adulthood, married Le Wenmao; the brother left in his youth to wander, never returned for years, not even attending Kumu Daozhang's or his sister's funerals. Everyone guessed he must have died abroad, for otherwise he wouldn't have been absent for so long.

Who would have known.

Yet today he actually returned!

Among the constables' speculations, the reason the bedridden Le Wenmao suddenly displayed great power is likely linked to this old Taoist; even the group of Zhu Clan guards brought by Cui Ji, seeking revenge for their family, all brutally died at the hands of this old Taoist.

Of course.

What she cared about most was, from the mouths of some constables, this old Taoist was not only extremely powerful but also connected within the Underworld; he could summon the legendary Guimen Guan and summon a ghost official serving in the Underworld to capture the Zhu Clan's Golden Core stage Imperial Attendant into Guimen Guan.

He frightened Zhu Xing and his party, who came to trouble Xuanqing Daozhang, into a terrified, panicked mess!

Not long after.

Besides Zhu Xing, his guard unit all brutally died outside Liangshui Town; not only her, even the constable she summoned to identify the bodies, aside from being frightened, suspected that the ambush on Zhu Xing was likely carried out by Xuanqing Daozhang.

At that time.

Listening to the endless discussions of the constables around, speculating that Xuanqing Daozhang was responsible, she had indeed asked what the constables would do, yet those constables wouldn't even dare to let out a fart; whatever their scheme, how could she not guess?

Obviously.

Before anyone from the Zhu Clan filed a report, the murder outside Liangshui Town—whether there was evidence or not, even if evidence proved Xuanqing Daozhang's involvement, they would pretend not to hear or ask; even if the Zhu Clan reported, they would still act as if unaware, escalating the matter through layers.

This novel you...

Who lets them all clearly know how many jin and liang they are, and asks those who can solve Xuanqing Daozhang to come and resolve.

"Feng Daoist friend, you may not know, these years I've been away, only just returned to Liangshui Town these days; apart from Zhu Xing, I have not had any conflicts with anyone!"

Xuanqing Daozhang was secretly startled; although from Feng Yanrong's tone he could tell she came with ill intent, and upon learning of the ambush outside Liangshui Town, there must be some evidence. Even if it couldn't prove his involvement, suspicion would fall on him. He couldn't help but suspect that Zhu Xing had been ambushed, but when Feng Yanrong answered in person, his heart was still startled, yet he maintained a composed expression, saying without expression:

"At this moment, Feng Daoist friend, you came over and said someone was ambushed outside Liangshui Town; from your words it seems this matter was done by me. Apart from Zhu Xing, I can't understand who else would have a grudge against me. I won't ask why you suspect me, for if I were in my place I would also doubt myself. Yet I am curious—no, I should ask—whether you have ever had contact with the person who ambushed Zhu Xing?"

"Kumu Daozhang, what you say makes sense; I must admit, I'm being persuaded by you, dispelling my doubts, and concluding that this matter is unlikely to have been done by you!"

Although she said so, if you look closely, one can still see vigilance in Feng Yanrong's eyes; she had heard the saying, 'The more impossible something is, the more likely it occurs,' and she smiled brightly:

"You wouldn't believe it, but I actually have had contact with the murderer..."

"You'd better not say it, but I really have had contact with the murderer..."

(End of chapter)