Jiaohua

Chapter 1659 Kill All Those Guarding His Grave
Fang Xiyu was completely unaware of this matter, and he was certain that Wei Xingchuan was also unaware of it.

Xie Huaichu became interested and pressed Lü Wuwei for more information, but Lü Wuwei knew only limited details.

Because people frequently move around in this area, they gradually reduced their interactions, only exchanging a few words every now and then.

Around noon, a huge commotion broke out outside Yunmaru Village, with shouts rising as people claimed that the bodies of villagers had been discovered.

Lü Wuwei and Xie Huaichu got up to go and see.

The two members of the Fang family looked at Fang Xiyu, their eyes asking if he wanted to go up.

Fang Xiyu still refused.

The situation has become unpredictable. Even if the person who was kidnapped is Gu Xinghai, there are far too many people who have come, including Tang Xiangsi.

Ali is a sensible person and will not easily involve the military.

But Tang Xiangsi might not be the case.

Tang Xiangsi has been colluding with the Northern Yuan people for decades, and getting involved with the Northern Yuan people could drag the uncontrollable military forces into the mess.

There's definitely a hand pulling the strings behind the scenes. Either this person is a troublemaker who wants things to be as chaotic as possible, or they have enough courage and confidence to control the situation and prevent it from descending into chaos.

Who is this person?
For a moment, a string of names flashed through Fang Xiyu's mind, but he ruled them all out.

Gradually, Fang Xiyu's brows furrowed.

After eliminating all the impossible candidates, only one person remains as the most likely candidate: Li Ling, the master of Ali and Xia Zhaoyi.

He has always kept a low profile, so why did he have to go all out?

At the same time, the old man from Liling, Danxianzhou, and Yuan Muxue stood on the hillside, looking down at the young Taoist priests dressed in peasant clothes who were lifting one villager's body after another from the huge ditch.

Danxianzhou said with heartache, "I thought it was bad to make such a fuss, but if you hadn't made such a fuss, we wouldn't have been able to clean up all these corpses."

Yuan Muxue said, "That villain Feng Qingang deserves to die ten thousand times over."

The old man turned his gaze to Yunwan Village and the two neighboring villages, and said in a deep voice, "He should still be in the secret passage."

As soon as they finished speaking, they heard a large bird cry from the sky, and the three of them looked up.

A large bird flapped its wings and flew by. Because of their high position, the bamboo tubes tied to the bird's legs were particularly noticeable.

Yuan Muxue said, "I wonder whose bird it is."

The old man said, "...My apprentice."

Yuan Muxue was taken aback: "Ali? She arrived so quickly."

The old man said, "It is fragmented."

Danxianzhou asked curiously, "You also brought him to Zhuzhou?"

"No, I only called Ali. But Zhili has had a fulfilling two years, busy every day. I don't know why he's here now. Maybe he just happened to come while tracking Wei Xingchuan and Tang Xiangsi."

Danxianzhou nodded: "Ali should be arriving soon."

"Yes, it will be soon," the old man said.

He lied to his eldest apprentice, saying he had set off from Jinzhou and would arrive later than her, but in reality, he had arrived much earlier.

It wasn't that he was intentionally trying to deceive people, but if those few showed up, many others would not, and the game would be declared over prematurely.

Fang Xiyu was right; the current situation was all arranged by the old man.

Coincidentally, the day before Bei Xingze kidnapped Gu Xinghai and Mu Tingyu, the old man and his two companions discovered, based on clues provided by Xia Zhaoxue, that Feng Qingang was actually Han Ruiqian.

In his quest for immortality, Han Ruiqian gathered renowned craftsmen from across the land to forge countless rare treasures for him. Among these, one of the most famous was the "Fuguang Qinghe Ce" (拂光清和册). Xia Zhaoxue, investigating who burned down Qingmei Ridge and stole Xia Zhaoyi's corpse, had been working tirelessly in the northern border for years. During this investigation, he planted numerous agents in Huangmenhai's black market and, by chance, encountered a single copy of the "Fuguang Qinghe Ce." Xia Zhaoxue generously shared everything he had discovered with the old man.

Upon learning that Bei Xingze had taken Gu Xinghai and Mu Tingyu to Zhuzhou, the old man immediately concluded that the person colluding with Bei Xingze was definitely Feng Qingang.

The old man decided to go all out and play a bigger game.

He wrote to all his old comrades, asking them to send people to dig up the grave, and to keep a low profile and not wear the sect's uniform.

As it turns out, the old man had just arrived when he discovered that Feng Qingang had killed all the villagers who were guarding his tomb.

This Feng Qingang, he is truly guilty of heinous crimes.

In the hot summer, and because Yunmaru Village is near the river, the villagers' corpses decomposed quickly. In addition, wild animals ate them, and several bodies had already turned into skeletons.

Under the command of Immortal Master Bailu and Immortal Master Banjiu of the Yuanhe Sect, the group dug a huge pit on the plain and buried the body in it. At the same time, Immortal Master Bailu sent several people downstream to test whether the river water had been contaminated by the body.

Yuan Muxue was very satisfied: "This Yuanhe Sect is very reliable and thoughtful. With them around, we can continue to hide and don't need to show our faces."

Danxianzhou said, "You spend every day on the mountain guarding the spirit, no different from a frog at the bottom of a well. There are many capable people in this world, so don't look down on others."

Yuan Muxue glanced at him and said, "I'm too lazy to argue with you."

As the soil gradually covered the plain, the old man suddenly said, "Gu Xinghai and Fu Guang have not yet shown their faces. I wonder how they are doing. I want to go find them."

Danxianzhou asked, "Is it inconvenient for Lao Yuan and me to go along?"

The old man said, "You are indeed skilled, but there are too many of you and you make too much noise. I am good at hiding, but you are not."

Danxianzhou nodded: "Then you go ahead, Lao Yuan and I will just stay here and enjoy a half-day of leisure."

The old man was still uneasy and looked at Yuan Muxue.

Yuan Muxue said, "Go ahead, I'm magnanimous and won't argue with him."

The old man said, "That's not what I'm worried about. I'm wondering if you can resist going to see Chongmen Hengruo if he comes too."

Yuan Muxue was very honest: "I couldn't help it."

The old man said, "You..."

Yuan Muxue frowned: "I came down the mountain this time to clean house. If I see him, I will definitely kill him. This man is cunning and treacherous. I'm afraid he will slip away again if I don't keep an eye on him for a moment."

Danxianzhou said, "Old Liling, you can go now. It's alright. If Chongmen Hengzhen really shows up, I'll immediately hold down Old Yuan's head and prevent him from leaving."

The old man nodded: "Okay."

Not long after the old man left, Danxianzhou and Yuan Muxue bickered for a while, when suddenly they heard noises coming from outside the village at the foot of the mountain.

They looked out from a different cliff and were astonished to find that two of the people who had been sent by Master Bailu to check the water quality in the middle of the afternoon had become two corpses that were carried back.

One of the corpses had its clothes stripped off, and someone had written words in blood on the clothes.

Too far away, Danxianzhou and Yuan Muxue couldn't make out what the blood-written words meant.

Immortal Master Bailu was leading people to dig a tunnel in a neighboring village when Immortal Master Banjiu arrived first upon hearing the news.

After reading the blood-written words on his clothes, Master Banjiu's expression changed drastically. He immediately organized another team of people, armed them, and left with him.

Danxianzhou asked curiously, "What happened?"

Yuan Muxue said, "Shall we go take a look?"

Danxianzhou thought for a moment and said, "You stay here, I'll sneak off. If Lao Liling comes back, you can let him know."

Yuan Muxue said unhappily, "Fine."