Rivers and Lakes Records

Lu Mingtong's heart skipped a beat, and Feng Ji who was beside him left a sentence to wait here, so he went to check with Qinggong.

Of course Lu Mingtong would not be so obedient, he turned his head and glanced, the banquet was still going on, Lu Mingtong casually grabbed a maid who was running from the front in a panic: "What's going on over there?"

"Let's go, we're out of the water." The maid was caught by him suddenly, stuttering and unable to speak fluently: "I don't know what happened, but suddenly, suddenly caught fire, and it burned so badly."

"Have you reported it to your master?"

The maid shook her head, Lu Mingtong said in a low voice, "Quickly report to your Patriarch, and ask someone to help you!"

He let go of the maid, and watched her stumbling into the banquet hall with the hem of her skirt, silently walking towards the burning place.

How could there be such a coincidence in the world that when Yang Feng was transferred from the banquet, Pei Lian would go out of business?He remembered that there were guards standing at the entrance of the banquet hall, and the fire was so bright that there was no reason not to see it, let alone report it.

When Lu Mingtong arrived, the door was already in chaos.

While the flames were spitting out, the wooden door frame was already crumbling, and there was an unbearable cracking sound. The servants were hurriedly pouring buckets into it, and the maids gathered far away could only scream and tremble.Lu Mingtong quietly observed the situation, then stepped forward and said, "Don't get too close, this gatepost will fall down at any moment."

After admonishing, he walked around the house silently.The person who didn't find Feng Ji just now, he was a little anxious, shouldn't this person directly go inside to check?

"Ming Tong."

There was a shout from behind, and Lu Mingtong felt relieved. He turned his head to look at Feng Ji, and quickly stepped forward and said, "Where have you been?"

Feng Ji said: "I just went in to have a look."

How dare he go in!Lu Mingtong was surprised at first, and then immediately turned angry: "How could you go in so rashly, the fire is so big, what if the beams fall down and press you down!"

After speaking, he circled around the person, checked around, and saw that he was intact, except that there were some soot on his sleeves, so he patted the soot: "Did you see the person?"

"No." Feng Ji said: "More than half of the inside has been burned down, the room was blocked by fire and I couldn't go in, I only hope that Pei Lian is not inside."

Lu Mingtong's hands were trembling: "You...I really don't know how to say hello, do you really think that your martial arts are invincible? If you get burned in such a big fire, I won't want you!"

There was no one around, so Feng Ji took off his mask briefly, smiled at him and said: "Here, check and check, I won't embarrass you."

Lu Mingtong stared at his face angrily, raised his hand and pressed the mask back coldly: "I have sent someone to notify Yang Tong just now, he will arrive soon, you should put this thing on. "

Feng Ji tidied up his clothes, and said in a deep voice: "I called inside a few times just now, but no one responded. Now I can only wait for the fire to go out to know whether Pei Lian is safe or not."

Lu Mingtong said: "I'm really worried that Yang Tong won't be able to bear it... Let's go and have a look first."

Feng Ji kissed his hand, and comforted him: "The result is still unknown. The reason why I went in was because the side window was open. Thinking in a better direction, maybe when the fire started, Pei Lian just escaped from there. gone?"

Lu Mingtong sighed and didn't speak.

The two went back to the main entrance, and Master Yang was already directing people to put out the fire.Yang Tong stood aside, followed by a large group of people who left the banquet in a hurry.Everyone was shocked when they heard that they suddenly walked into the water.

Lu Mingtong looked at Yang Tong, there were two juniors standing beside him, watching his expression intently, guarding against him rushing in suddenly.Yang Feng was already crying to the side, but he was expressionless, just staring at the burning house with his eyes, as if he wanted to see through it.

Shi Jingtian was also in the queue for fighting the fire. He ran several times in a hurry until the fire was extinguished. Yang Tong immediately led people into the house for inspection.He wiped the ashes from his forehead, walked up to Lu Mingtong and said, "Mingtong, why are you here?"

Lu Mingtong said: "When I came out just now, I saw the flames, so I came here because I was worried."

Shi Jingtian nodded, and said: "I saw that you left the banquet early, and thought you were not feeling well."

He looked back at the house, the fire had been extinguished, only the wet water dripping from the door frame and a twisted wooden door remained, and he said strangely: "This fire is burning too fast, we arrived By then, the fire had already spread very badly. Could it be that there were too few guards tonight, and even the speed of reporting slowed down?"

Lu Ming's heart felt cold, it's true, if he immediately called for someone to put out the fire as soon as it caught fire, it probably wouldn't be as bad as it is now.Now it seems that either Master Yang signaled his servants to deliberately suppress the news, or there is something in this house that is burning faster.

Feng Ji quietly hooked his fingers, and when Lu Mingtong raised his head, he saw that Yang Tong and his party had come out, facing the crowd, Yang Tong said in a deep voice: "There is no trace of a corpse in the room, I have sent People are going to investigate the cause of the fire. This kind of thing happened tonight and disturbed everyone. I am very sorry. The banquet is not over yet, and you can go back and watch it."

After a few words of comfort, everyone dispersed slowly. Yang Tong had no time to care about them, so he took Yang Feng and others into the house and continued to investigate.

Lu Mingtong was watching from behind, and wanted to go in and search. Master Yang's face remained unchanged and he said: "Although the fire has been extinguished, there is a lot of black smoke and dust in the house. Envoy Fengyun should be careful."

Lu Mingtong smiled at him, not sure whether his sentence was a kind reminder or a roundabout warning to stay away.He had already pointed the finger at Master Yang about the incident of walking in the water tonight, so every movement and stillness of Master Yang became extremely suspicious in his eyes.

Master Yang confessed a few words and left with a few cronies. Lu Mingtong looked into the room and decided to let Yang Tong check it out by himself. According to the importance Yang Tong attaches to this matter, I am afraid that it will not affect whether he stays here or not. See his carefulness in on-site inspection.

On the contrary, he has more important things to tell Feng Ji.

"When I saw Master Yang today, I noticed that he seemed to have aged many years overnight." Back in the room, Lu Mingtong went straight to the point: "Brother Duan, did you notice this when you saw him today?"

"Yes." Duan Heng said: "I also mentioned this matter to Brother Feng, but there were too many people around at that time, so I didn't go into details."

"Even if you encounter even the most distressing things, you won't grow old overnight." Lu Mingtong asked, "Brother Duan, are the symptoms of the soul-returning grass you mentioned last time the same as what happened to Master Yang? "

Duan Heng said: "It's very similar, but the soul-returning grass is very harmful to the body. If you don't take it in time, you will suffer from liver failure. If you take it for a long time, the backlash will be even greater in the future. Although Master Yang looks old today, but His complexion is still good. Before the pulse was diagnosed, although this matter was strange, it cannot be concluded that it was caused by taking the soul-returning herb."

Lu Mingtong said: "When you say that, I suspect that he is taking the soul-returning grass."

Duan Heng was taken aback, the two turned their heads to look at him, Lu Mingtong said: "I have been thinking before, Master Yang is obviously younger than my father, why are you so afraid of Pei Lian, and why are you pushing this series of things to happen non-stop? If the matter of the soul-returning grass is related to him, then there will be some explanations."

Feng Ji said: "You mean, he took the soul-returning grass for some reason, knowing that his life was not long, so he urged Yang Tong to inherit the position of Patriarch?"

Lu Mingtong nodded and said: "Although I don't know why he took this stuff, I already have deep doubts. It would be great if I can find an opportunity to diagnose his pulse in the future."

Feng Ji said: "Master Yang is not a fool, if he had taken the soul-returning herb, he would definitely have put in a lot of effort to conceal it, so when Brother Duan checked Yang Tong's pulse before, he didn't mention to take a look for himself."

Duan Heng also said: "The fact of pulse diagnosis is too hasty. If he brings it up, he will be able to guess that we have become suspicious. Now it seems that Pei Lian has been eliminated, and Yang Tong has inherited the big responsibility. He is absolutely unwilling to cause trouble again. I'm afraid that we will leave later."

Lu Mingtong said: "Hey, but Pei Lian's whereabouts are still unclear, Yang Tong will definitely investigate to the end, I don't know if he escaped unharmed, or has been..."

"Today's fire is for us to see." Feng Ji said lightly: "The reason why he used the fire method is because the corpse will undergo great changes after being burned, even the closest person , and I can’t see what it looked like before.”

Lu Mingtong's heart skipped a beat: "So..."

"So he could have attacked Pei Lian before. Yang Feng was also transferred today. He wanted to send someone to kill Pei Lian. It was just a matter of moving his fingers. He was his man, concealing the truth, and then killed them." The words prepared in advance are announced to the world, guess who else will be suspicious of it except Yang Tong?"

"But there is no corpse in the house." Lu Mingtong said: "So it is really possible that Pei Lian escaped!"

"Everything is just our conjecture." Feng Ji said: "If he escapes, he will definitely contact Yang Tong secretly. At that time, you only need to test Yang Tong to find out."

"Trash, trash!"

With a bang, all the jade wares on the table were smashed to the ground, and all the maids at the door had been dismissed. After venting his anger, Master Yang sat down with his support on the table.

It's just a mere Pei Lian, and he hasn't been removed until now.

The people sent out are all trash, how did a person who lost half his life let him go!

After venting his anger, Mr. Yang wanted to pour a cup of tea to cheer him up, but all the jade wares on the table had been broken, and he sat sullenly by the table, motionless.

When the appointed time passed, the person he was waiting for still did not come.

It was only then that Master Yang realized that the matter was out of control. He thought about it quietly, and went out to let the maid sweep up all the debris on the ground, while he went to the study alone.

According to his instructions, the dark guard would come back and report to him after dealing with Pei Lian's affairs, but today, not only did Pei Lian's body not stay at the fire place, even the dark guard didn't come back.

Pei Lian was still injured, and it shouldn't be difficult for the dark guard to take his life, but there is no news until now, so he can only tentatively judge that the dark guard has been killed.

Unscrewing a hidden compartment, Master Yang took out a white jade porcelain bottle and poured out a few pills.

In this way, there must be someone who I didn't expect to help Pei Lian...

He squeezed the pill and wanted to think about who was involved in it all of a sudden, but blood suddenly gushed out of his chest.

Without further ado, he could only swallow the pill in his hand, leaned on the bookshelf to rest for a while, and closed his eyes.

No matter who it is, there is not much time left for yourself.