Chapter 443: A Noun (4/5, Autumn Subscription)

While the three were chatting, Jing Yan and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu walked out of the room, dark circles under their eyes and their eyes bloodshot.

"What's the matter? I just lay down."

"Same here… I'm dead tired. I was about to log out and let my character idle."

Looking at the two of them looking so lazy, Fang Yue couldn't help but get angry.

"Good lord, you two went out to have fun without calling me… and now something happened! You fix the car without bringing your bro along, then cry two lines of tears afterward!"

Only then did Jing Yan and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu sober up a little.

"Ye Ge, it wasn't me, I didn't! Jing Yan dragged me along! Look, my thigh got hurt from going to Qingluan Lou. Wuu wuu wuu, I don't even have an appetite today…"

Holy crap?! That works too?? Jing Yan broke out in sweat on his forehead. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Xuedou just walking out, and a light bulb went off in his head. He quickly scooped him up and said, "Ye Ge, you know me, I don't like people, I like animals! Wu Wu dragged me there, I didn't want to go at all!"

Fang Yue: …

Lin Ling:???

Lord Han: …

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was stunned for a moment, silently put some distance between himself and Jing Yan, his face full of disgust.

Hey! What's that look for? You were the one who slung mud first, I had no choice but to stoop to this!

"Alright, alright, what kind of people you two are, don't I know? Now the people from Qingsi County have come to your door, they want to question you. Say whatever you know, got it?"

"Understood!"

"Got it!"

Leading the two of them out, You Sisi had by now calmed down quite a bit, especially when she saw it was Fang Yue bringing people out. She let out a big sigh of relief, and the tension in her expression eased a few degrees.

"Lord Han… did he say anything? It was my rashness earlier, I hope Lord Han can forgive me."

The moment she opened her mouth, she didn't mention the matter of Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu and Jing Yan, but instead nervously asked about Lord Han.

In truth, Fang Yue himself had a hard time sensing how terrifying Lord Han was.

Because Lord Han had always been very good to him, taking great care of him.

Yet such a mysterious and unfathomable half-step Rain-rank powerhouse was an extremely terrifying existence to every other village, to every other person.

A single slip, and wiping out a village or a town didn't seem particularly difficult.

Facing a powerhouse of this caliber, You Sisi carefully tagging along was the normal reaction.

Of course, if they knew Lord Han had lost his strength, their attitude would probably be a different story.

"Lord Han really doesn't mean to blame you. He just wants you to wrap this matter up quickly."

"Of course! Of course… I will definitely wrap up this case as soon as possible."

Saying so, she had someone invite Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu and Jing Yan over.

Then what followed got interesting.

Fang Yue, sitting in on it, discovered that the two had originally stuck to the same story they'd used to fool Fang Yue.

But as the questioning went on—repeated questions, leading questions—they ended up spilling the information.

As it turned out, the two hadn't even gone to Qingluan Lou together. Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu had gone off on his own first to have fun, and Jing Yan's idea happened to coincide with Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's, so by chance they both ended up at Qingluan Lou.

After that, it was the matter of Lord Dou's Possession going on a rampage.

"That's it?"

"That's really it."

They said with blank expressions.

Every last bit of their cover was torn clean away, their faces completely lost!

You Sisi frowned: "Fine, you may go."

Only then did the two feel as if a weight had been lifted, and they hurried back to the inn as if fleeing.

Fang Yue asked, puzzled: "Did their statements help you? Did Lord Dou end up dying?"

"Unrelated persons…"

You Sisi had been about to say that unrelated persons shouldn't ask so many questions, but then she remembered there was a Lord Han above Fang Yue, so she stopped herself, only muttering sullenly: "White-Robed Green Guard Dou Fan, possessed, was executed last night."

"Then what are you investigating?"

"…Everything has its source. Dou Fan had been in Qingsi County all along, and suddenly got possessed—that's very abnormal. I need to find out the reason."

"How would you even investigate that?"

"Reconstruct the scene, gather eyewitnesses, thoroughly investigate what happened at the time. Then, going through Dou Fan's behavioral records for the past month, starting from the most recent day, look into every person he came into contact with, every item he handled—something will turn up."

Fang Yue had thought You Sisi was just investigating blindly, but her train of thought was unexpectedly clear, which surprised him a little.

"Something that complicated—won't that take a long time?"

"Aside from the current large-scale eyewitness canvassing being relatively labor-intensive, the subsequent steps will reduce personnel allocation to ensure Qingsi County's normal operation… In short, everything is under control. Just tell Lord Han to rest easy, I will definitely handle this case perfectly."

Clearly, You Sisi had only patiently said all this to Fang Yue out of deference to Lord Han.

With a grand wave of her hand, she led her team away.

Fang Yue didn't pay it much mind either. After they left, he returned to the inn.

"How did it go? What did You Sisi say?" Lin Ling asked.

"Lord Dou has already been killed, but she wants to investigate why Lord Dou got possessed, and when he got possessed. Because she says Lord Dou hadn't left Qingsi County in the past month, so by all rights there shouldn't have been any chance for something to happen."

"Then he was framed, obviously!" Lin Ling said casually.

Framed…

Fang Yue was stunned, and the scene of entering the city suddenly flashed through his mind.

At the time, the people of the Blazing Fire Sect had hurried into the city and given Lord Dou a fire-pattern token as collateral.

Could this matter be related to the Blazing Fire Sect?

No… not necessarily.

Fang Yue quickly realized he had been too one-sided.

He had only seen the people of the Blazing Flame Sect give Lord Dou a fire-pattern token, but had no idea what Lord Dou had gone through that day, or even that entire month, what he had come into contact with, whether his body had gradually shown signs of problems during this month, and so on.

Only by synthesizing all this information could one make a relatively correct judgment.

"Don't overthink it. Just leave this matter to the Green Division to handle. It has nothing to do with us."

Lord Han's words should have been the final period drawn on this matter.

But by the afternoon, everything was different again.

"Lord Jun…"

Fang Yue's mouth twitched slightly as he watched Lord Jun arrive pulling a cartload of things.

"Captain Ye! Is Lord Han still at the inn?"

This fellow had clearly gotten the news from You Sisi and rushed over specially.

"Lord Han is not seeing visitors."

"Did you tell him I am a descendant of 【Tian Lian】?"

"I did, but he still won't see anyone. Earlier, You Sisi forced her way in, which already made Lord Han somewhat displeased."

"Y-yes… she was too reckless. It was my oversight; I forgot to remind her about this matter."

Mainly, Lord Jun hadn't expected Lord Han to stay at the inn.

In his mind, a legendary existence who came and went without a trace certainly wouldn't hole up in an inn.

As it turned out, he really had been run into by You Sisi.

"Lord Han not being here… that's fine too. These are an apology. When Lord Han returns, Captain Ye, please put in a few good words for our Green Division."

Watching Lord Jun's nervous attitude, a strange term surfaced unbidden in Fang Yue's mind.

Human-shaped nuclear bomb.

(End of this chapter)