blood seal

At this time Yan Minshan asked again: "What about your hidden guard?"

Ye Chengyu said: "They joined me last night. In order to avoid being discovered, I asked them to follow a little farther away. When I heard the whistle, I reappeared. But since I came to Yan's house this morning, I have already honked the whistle several times. , but they never appeared again."

Yan Minshan frowned and said, "So, could it be that something happened after we separated from you last night?"

Ye Chengyu nodded, and continued: "There is one more thing. At our foothold, another figure was engraved on the code left by the secret guard."

Ye Chengyu often went to Yucheng. To prevent accidents, he and the dark guard had several fixed meeting points on the road between Xunfeng Villa and Yucheng. The ruined temple they stayed at last night was one of them.

The secret signal used by Xunfeng Mountain Villa for communication is a kind of powder made by the housekeeper Yu Feian. Small holes will be etched out on the areas where it is applied, like insects. The small hole on the threshold at that time was Xunfeng. The secret sign of the villa's hidden guard, but Ye Chengyu didn't know who left the other figure on it.

Yan Minshan asked suspiciously: "The figure? Could it be a code too?"

Ye Chengyu said: "It is possible that the disappearance of the hidden guard may be caused by the person who left the code."

Yan Minshan pondered for a while, and then asked: "Did cousin stay with you last night?"

Ye Chengyu said: "It took about an hour to separate. He went to find food, and I used the time to find water to meet up with the dark guard."

Yan Minshan showed hesitation: "Is it possible...when you meet up with the hidden guard, cousin is also meeting with other people?"

Ye Chengyu frowned slightly, last night that person did take longer than usual to return to the temple, and he didn't tell the truth when he asked, Yan Minshan's suspicion was not unreasonable.

Ye Chengyu pondered for a while, and said honestly: "There is a possibility, when I just returned to the place where I stayed, he hadn't come back yet."

Yan Minshan said: "Then do you still believe in cousin?"

Ye Chengyu said: "I waited in the ruined temple for a while and then went out to look for him. When I went back again, I saw him running out of it in a panic, so he almost bumped into me. Before I recognized him After me, his expression was obviously relieved."

Yan Minshan asked suspiciously, "Is he worried that something will happen to you?"

Ye Chengyu nodded.

Yan Minshan was silent for a while, then opened his mouth again, but sighed: "But have you ever thought that the care that your cousin has taken for you these days may only be due to the friendship of the previous generation?"

Ye Chengyu asked: "Do you have other ideas?"

Yan Minshan looked at Ye Chengyu quietly for a while, clenched his fist on the table, and finally reached into his sleeve, and took out the contents.

"Cheng Yu, I call him 'cousin' now because I still trust him, and I can trust him because I trust your judgment," Yan Minshan lowered his head and put the things in his sleeves on Ye Cheng "But if it turns out that there is something wrong with him later, even if he is Aunt Wen's son, I will definitely kill him."

Xunfeng Villa has long since faded out of the martial arts world, and the disputes in the rivers and lakes have nothing to do with Ye Chengyu, but Yan Minshan is different.

He is the head of the Yan family of the four major families, even if the target is his "cousin", if that person really does something that harms the martial arts, he will definitely choose righteousness to kill his relatives.

Ye Chengyu didn't answer, but just stared at the things Yan Minshan took out.

It was a simple jade pendant with a tassel hanging from the back, and it was faintly stained with dark red blood.

Yan Minshan said: "Do you still remember the reason why I asked you?"

Ye Chengyu said: "You found clues related to Aunt Wen."

Yan Minshan continued: "In a village that experienced massacres!"

Ye Chengyu was silent.

He picked up the jade pendant in front of him and looked at it carefully.

He naturally recognized this thing. It was the token of the "Three Monsters Gathering the Wind" back then. There was also a similar jade pendant left in the Xunfeng Villa and the Yan Family, and the one in front of him naturally belonged to Wen Hongxiang, the saintess of the Demon Cult.

──Then why did Wen Hongxiang's jade pendant appear in the village that was massacred?

Ye Chengyu thought of that person's clear eyes, could a person with such clean eyes really be an executioner?

Ye Chengyu clenched the jade pendant in his hand, and said in a low voice: "If the truth is what you think, then he is indeed a person who is very good at hiding."

Yan Minshan just looked at Ye Chengyu silently, and didn't say anything after all.

Even though he had that conversation with Ye Chengyu, Yan Minshan still held a little hope in his heart, hoping that all this was just his misunderstanding. Firstly, he really didn't want to do anything to his cousin, and secondly, if the matter was really that He was worried that his mother would not be able to bear the blow.

It's just that he didn't expect things to come so fast.

That night, the Jiang family in the west of Yucheng City was massacred, leaving no one alive. During the period, someone heard the movement and went to check, but they were also killed. Like the previous few times, the murderer once again smeared blood on the wall after the attack. Leave your name and provocative words.

The Jiang family is just an ordinary merchant's house, and most of the people living around them are ordinary people, most of whom are not involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes. When something like this happens, the first reaction is to notify the government, so when Yan Minshan heard the news It was already noon the next day.

The domestic servant who was out shopping heard the news and immediately returned to Yan's house to report. At this time, Yan Minshan had just finished handling chores and was about to take Ye Chengyu to the slaughtered Xinyang Village to check. The servants conveyed the matter of the Jiang family, Yan Minshan learned about it, discussed with Ye Chengyu, and decided to go to the Jiang family to check the situation first.

Having made up their minds, the two hurried to Jiang's house, Yan Minshan first greeted the people from the government outside, and Ye Chengyu went inside directly.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, there was a strong smell of blood, Ye Chengyu frowned, silently looking at the corpses lying on the ground from the door to the front hall.

On the wall at the door, there was a provocative sentence left in blood, which was scrawled and poorly written. Under the blood, there was naturally the signature of the murderer—Wen Rongchuan.

Ye Chengyu took a deep breath, took out a wooden box from his arms and opened it, a black butterfly flew out from it.

At this time, Yan Minshan had also walked in, and seeing the butterfly flying out, he said in surprise, "Is it chasing and attracting butterflies?"

Ye Chengyu didn't answer, just quietly watched the movement of the butterfly.

The two of them watched the chasing butterfly fluttering in the courtyard, and after a while, the chasing butterfly's position became lower and lower, slowly wandering around the corpse.

Yan Minshan opened his mouth wide and looked at Ye Chengyu. Ye Chengyu was holding the wooden box in his hand tightly, as if he was about to crush the wooden box.

Ye Chengyu's voice was extremely cold, but no obvious emotion could be heard in his tone: "He has indeed been here."

Who this "he" refers to, the answer is self-evident.

Yan Minshan looked at Ye Chengyu and said hesitantly, "You guys came from the south, so do you know that a few days ago...Wen Rongchuan appeared in Qingmu Village?"

Ye Chengyu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Yan Minshan said: "Just now people from the government told me that two businessmen stayed in an inn in Qingmu Village five days ago. One of them is the young master of the Jiang family, and in their room there are blood letters left by Wen Rongchuan."

Ye Chengyu was silent.

Five days ago, when he and "Wen Rongchuan" arrived at Qingmu Village, the two businessmen who were killed, if he guessed correctly──

Seeing that Ye Chengyu's expression was getting worse, Yan Minshan went to the corpses and inspected them carefully.

"These people have their throats sealed with a knife." Yan Minshan looked at Ye Chengyu, as if he still wanted to struggle, "Do you know what weapon he used?"

Ye Chengyu said coldly: "I don't know."

Unable to get the expected answer, Yan Minshan could only turn his head away in embarrassment, then looked at the writing on the wall, and murmured: "Xinyang Village, which was massacred in the western suburbs, also had such a message, but it was left in one place. On the wooden board, Miss Yunxi has already put away the wooden board to avoid losing it, and I don’t know how people are doing now.”

Yan Minshan was talking, but saw the chasing butterfly flying towards the corner again, the two of them noticed that there was still a person's head lying quietly at the position they didn't pay attention to.

The corpses in the courtyard are all intact, so whose head will it belong to?

Ye Chengyu has already walked over.

He thought he would see an unfamiliar face, but in fact, he was not only familiar with this person, he had even met this person just last night.

Seeing Ye Chengyu's darkening face, Yan Minshan asked nervously, "Do you know this person?"

Ye Chengyu said: "He is the nineteenth secret guard of Xunfeng Villa."

While Ye Chengyu was speaking, the Chasing Butterfly had already flown to Shijiu's head and stopped moving. Obviously, the smell left on this head was stronger than other places.

Yan Minshan stared blankly at the head on the ground, unable to speak for a long time.

Ye Chengyu immediately withdrew his chasing butterfly, his voice was extremely cold: "I'll go after him."

After all, Ye Chengyu was about to leave without looking back, Yan Minshan came back to his senses, and hurriedly chased after him: "I'll go with you."

Ye Chengyu nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Where is Aunt Yan..."

Yan Minshan fell silent, this is the most distressing question for him now.

He scratched his head in boredom, and after a while, Yan Minshan sighed: "Let's keep it from mother! If possible, don't let her know about these things."

While talking, the two had already walked out of Jiang's house. Yan Minshan noticed a servant waiting at the door, and when he saw the two coming out, he hurried forward and said, "Master, the young master of the Shen family is here to visit."

Hearing this, Yan Minshan suddenly felt another headache. Why did this little ancestor come here at such a time.

Ye Chengyu said: "Since the young master of the Shen family is here, you should go back as soon as possible, I will go to Wen Rongchuan."

Yan Minshan looked at Ye Chengyu, hesitated for a while, and finally could only say: "That's the only way to go, you should be more careful."

Ye Chengyu responded lightly, and immediately performed his lightness kung fu and left the Jiang family.