Peerless Protégé [Rebirth]

Hearing his questioning tone, the boatman just shook his head, and said helplessly, "I ferry here every day, but I've never seen this child before. If he stumbled and drowned, it couldn't be in the middle of the night, right?"

Luo Jiening then asked with a smile: "Is it possible that it floated over from the upper reaches of the river?"

Someone nearby said: "Then we should see it too!"

Yes, if you accidentally drown, at least the cries for help should be heard by the people nearby.Around the river there are some scattered families.Moreover, there are boatmen on the river all the year round.

The three of them came forward from behind, all carefully observing the corpse.Luo Jiening suddenly pulled out the brush and walked forward.Seeing his appearance, the onlookers thought he was going to do something, and they all gasped.Luo Jiening stretched out his sword and was about to open the girl's front, but Yang Tianming suddenly stepped forward and said, "Junior brother, what are you doing!"

Luo Jiening's movements did not stop because of his words, Lin Xiangyang coughed from behind, and said, "Don't be ashamed."

Luo Jiening paused suddenly, turned his head and smiled at Lin Xiangyang, and immediately put away his sword.Zhong Zhili was slightly surprised, with Luo Jiening's temperament, because he didn't know how to listen to him, why did he stop all of a sudden?

Luo Jiening squatted down, walked around behind the girl, and looked down at the girl's neck——

There is a half circle of lavender marks on the back of the neck, which looks like it has been strangled.Luo Jiening always felt familiar, after thinking for a while, he finally remembered.

Xu Banfeng asked: "What did you see?"

Luo Jiening pointed to the girl's fair neck and said, "Look, does it look like it was strangled by a rope?"

Everyone gathered around him to watch, Nan Qingwen said: "Could it be that he was strangled to death by a rope and then thrown into the river?"

Luo Jiening looked at Zhong Zhili beside him, and whispered in his ear: "Look, it doesn't look like a very thick rope."

Zhong Zhili nodded, and heard him say again: "And this trace is only half a circle."

Zhong Zhili looked at him and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Luo Jiening got up and smiled, "I think it's better to ask Wu Zuo to see how he died. It's useless for us to speculate."

The boatman sighed and said, "I'm so pitiful for such a beautiful girl."

Xu Banfeng said: "Don't tell Nan Wang about this."

Luo Jiening's eyes were fixed on the girl for a while, but the doubts in his heart grew bigger and bigger.The lotus root skirt on the girl was actually clean, without any stains.Logically speaking, the little girl who had been missing for a few days would never pay so much attention to how she served her.Besides, judging from the girl's body shape and face, it doesn't look like she has been hungry for a few days.

Luo Jiening walked around the girl, Yang Tianming had already gone to the government to report the case, and Nan Qingwen had already returned to Qitai Mountain to report to the head, at this moment, in the blink of an eye, he saw Zhong Zhili staring at him, Immediately felt a little strange, walked up to him and said with a smile: "What do you think I am doing?"

Zhong Zhili just shook his head, while Xu Banfeng beside him smiled and said, "What charades are you two playing?"

Lin Xiangyang called a few people to help transport the body to the government, Luo Jiening wanted to go with him to hear the result, Zhong Zhili hesitated for a moment, and then went with him.On the way, Zhong Zhili asked, "What did you see?"

After a long while, he didn't hear the answer, so he turned his head to look at him with some doubts, but saw that Luo Jiening was thinking with his head down. He must have not heard his words, so Zhong Zhili asked again: "What do you see?" gone?"

Luo Jiening still lowered his head, and said in a soft voice: "Brother Zhili, what did you see?"

Zhong Zhili said: "If you want to get rid of Li Mingyan, then those people will do it again, but they don't want to be discovered. Li Mingyan has seen them once, and she can't see them again."

Luo Jiening raised his head sharply to look at Zhong Zhili, Zhong Zhili was puzzled by his scorching gaze, and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Luo Jiening smiled at him and asked, "How do you think she died?"

Zhong Zhili wanted to speak, but Luo Jiening added: "Guess."

Zhong Zhili said, "Drown."

Luo Jiening said: "If it was strangled to death, it must be strangled with a rope from behind, so the mark must be on the front of the neck. But the mark is on the back of the neck. Moreover, the rope looks very thin. That means , someone strangled her with a rope in front."

Zhong Zhili looked at him for a moment, and said, "She is carrying a piece of jade."

Luo Jiening's heart suddenly became clear, he let out a long breath, and sighed: "I thought you didn't remember."

Zhong Zhili said: "I remember. I remembered it as soon as I saw it."

Luo Jiening couldn't speak for a moment, and said: "Now, the jade is gone. Girls usually wear what their mothers gave them. Who would kill a girl just because of a piece of jade?"

Zhong Zhili and him stared at each other for a moment, but the two were finally speechless.

After a long time, Luo Jiening said: "Do you remember that Nan Wang also has a piece of jade on his body?"

Zhong Zhili said, "Remember."

Luo Jiening said: "The jade was given to him by his mother, and there are plum blossoms on it. I think the master must recognize it."

Zhong Zhili looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

Luo Jiening smiled and said: "Nan Wang is in a hurry to get married, I just told him to discuss it with you. But this happened right now."

The two had already arrived at the government office, and the foreman had already seen the corpse, and was about to report to the magistrate, when the two stepped forward and listened together.

"She died by drowning. It has been several hours, probably last night. But I found a half-circle strangle mark on the back of her neck. It should be that something was forcibly torn off her neck."

Luo Jiening listened quietly at the side, tapping his fingers on the pear wood tabletop.After listening to the speech, the county magistrate asked, "Isn't this girl the one who disappeared a few days ago?"

Zhong Zhili said, "Exactly."

The county magistrate opened his mouth in surprise for a long time before he said, "Who is so cruel?"

Luo Jiening suddenly raised his head and said with a sneer: "I'm surprised, who is so cruel? Is this how your government works? Even a town like Luquan Town under the nose of Xuantian Tower can come in for assassins! You still unknowingly put such a The little child was killed!"

Although the county magistrate saw that this person was unfamiliar, and he was not wearing Xuantianlou's school uniform, but Zhong Zhili was sitting next to him, he couldn't help but feel frightened in his heart, and quickly apologized with a smile: "It's because our management is not strict..."

"Is it okay to take it with a word of laxness?" Luo Jiening said with calm eyes, "That girl was bought by her father with his life! Is it so useful for you to say that you are not strict in management?!"

"Luo Ge."

Zhong Zhili pressed his slightly trembling hand, pulled him up and said, "Let's go back first."

Immediately, he nodded slightly to the terrified county magistrate and foreman, and said, "Let's take our leave first."

After finishing speaking, he pulled out Luo Jiening who was still sullen.He finally understood why Luo Jiening was out of spirit earlier.Because of Li Mingyan, they met Lan Mulin in Yuzhou, which triggered a series of events. Lan Mulin rescued Nanwang, and iron rod Li rescued Li Mingyan. All of these were tied to this little girl.The little girl is the key to finding the person who poisoned her. Perhaps, when it was discovered that she could speak Japanese in Hufeng Town, someone secretly followed her.

Now, the little girl is gone, and all the clues are completely disconnected.Even the last hope that Li, who was carrying the iron rod, vanished into thin air.They promised that Tie Gu Li would take good care of the child, and it turned out.

Luo Jiening was pulled out of the government office by him, he only sighed, and said helplessly: "What are you pulling me for, I won't kill him."

Zhong Zhili looked at him and said, "Since Wuchenxuan came to power, there are all kinds of people in Jiuquan Town, and the government can't just get rid of them if they want to. They have no choice, and we have no choice."

Luo Jiening said softly: "Of course I know."

Zhong Zhili looked at him speechless for a while, Luo Jiening smiled at him, and stepped forward: "Let's go, don't you want to go back?"

Zhong Zhili followed him, and soon he heard him say: "I have heard people say before, to learn one's own skills, either to dominate the world, or to protect the people you want to protect, don't want to live like ants, instead of pinning your hopes In the imperial court where people's lives are ignored, it is better to become stronger yourself, so strong that others dare not touch you. But when you become stronger, others also become stronger."

After that, he raised his eyes to look at Zhong Zhili, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with the little girl, she was poisoned by someone, and happened to see the appearance of those people, so it's too unfair to have to bear so much for it A little bit? But, why did I come here? In my previous life, I was right to kill good people, live a carefree life, and die when I die, so why do I get involved in so many bad things?"

An emotion rose from the bottom of Zhong Zhili's eyes, his fingers curled up slightly in his sleeves, and he heard him say again: "I shouldn't be discussing how unfair the world is at this age, but ah, I feel guilty ah."

After that, he kept his mouth shut.The two were relatively silent for a moment, and Zhong Zhili said: "The imperial court can no longer control the six factions. There are so many people in the world who do not participate in the six factions. It may not be a good life. The decline of the Xuantian Tower itself has a big problem. s reason."

Luo Jiening put his hands on the back of his head and said with a smile: "Yes, but, who knows if Nan Chengshu intends to rise up."

As soon as these words came out, there was another long silence between the two.Until Mount Qitai, the two of them stopped talking.Only two people entered the gate, Luo Jiening suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhong Zhili's sleeve, approached him with a smile and said, "I know you want to comfort me. Thank you."

Zhong Zhili showed him a faint smile, although it was subtle, but Luo Jiening saw the joy in his eyes, and was immediately moved to a mess, he went up and hugged him, unable to hold back and said: "Zhong Xiao, I really love you to death!"

In an instant, Luo Jiening felt the stiff body of the person in his arms, and immediately regained his reason from the joy, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't choose what to say."

The two faced each other for a moment, Luo Jiening's heart beat faster and faster, probably because Zhong Zhili was angry, and added: "I'm talking nonsense."

Zhong Zhili said softly, "Let's go."

Luo Jiening hurriedly followed him, not daring to make another mistake.But he was thinking in his heart, if this continues, he will really lose control in front of him.Today I just hugged him, maybe next time I will tear his clothes.The more Luo Jiening thought about it, the more frightened she became, she quickly shook her head and said silently, □□.