Shendou Continent

Chapter 87 Assassination in the Holy City
Lu Jianyi soon met the Pope, and reported to him all the information he had.

Hearing Lu Jianyi's words, the Pope seemed to remember something. It turned out that Lu Yanfeng was the first to report the news of the fire in the west of the city to him yesterday, and he offered to check it out. It seems that something abnormal must be caused by a demon.As for Lu Yanfeng's situation, the Pope only said that he is from Western Sichuan, he has been in the Holy See for many years, and he is still friendly with everyone in the Church, and there is nothing abnormal in his eyes.

Returning from the Pope, Lu Jian told Li Jia what the Pope had said, asking him to start with the relationship between the friends in Xishu and Heping, and see what he would gain.Li Jia took the order, and he expressed his dedication to the Holy See with all his heart, and then went down.

In the next few days, everyone was busy with their own work, and the investigation was carried out in an orderly manner.

By the first day of November, it was already the eighth day since the fire broke out, and seven days had passed since the pope's ten-day limit.On this day, Lu Jianyi, who had just woken up, opened his eyes and received an urgent report from Xunchengying and Li Jia's subordinates, but the report was not the progress of the investigation of the hidden fire or the news of Lu Yanfeng, but the news of Li Jia's death.

This Li Jia, who was originally neutral and non-sectarian, was only loyal to the Pope. He has been in charge of the daily affairs of the church in the side hall of the temple. Since he became the guard of the side hall, he has been conscientious.This time, because of investigating the truth of the fire case in the west of the city, Lu Jianyi arranged to secretly investigate Lu Yanfeng.Unexpectedly, he passed away suddenly just after the investigation started, which shocked Lu Jianyi very much.The matter was serious, and under the leadership of his subordinates, Lu Jian took an archbishop, Wu Fan and others to the scene of Li Jia's death.

Li Jia died last night in Yingge Tower. This is a place of entertainment, but its location is hidden and not many people know about it.According to the mother in the building, a young man and Li Jia came together last night. The two booked the venue and were accompanied by two girls in the store. Because of this, the two girls were dismissed.Not long after that, the candles in the room suddenly went out, and they only heard a loud "ah".When they hurriedly lit the candle again, Li Jia had already fallen to the ground dead, his forehead almost shattered, and his death was horrific.And the young man was obviously frightened and stupid at that time, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word.Later, people from the city patrol came and took away Li Jia's body, the young man and the two girls who accompanied him.Li Jia's family was notified by Xunchengying in the early morning, and then reported to Elder Lu this morning.

Lu Jianyi and his entourage rushed to the Yamen of Xunchengying.Knowing that Elder Lu was coming, the people patrolling the city camp did not dare to neglect, and Shen Yifei immediately came out to pay his respects.Accompanied by them, Lu Jianyi inspected Li Jia's wound, and sure enough, his forehead was shattered. This move is so powerful that it can make a fighter who has just entered the Void Realm like this. Cultivation level, Li Jia is tracking down Lu Yanfeng, could it be that the surname Lu did it?
And to kill a Void Fighter with one blow, unless the strength is extremely disparate, it is difficult to do it, Lu Yanfeng probably doesn't have this ability yet.Wu Fan seemed to have seen what Lu Jianyi was thinking, so he asked the people from the City Patrol Camp to ask him to do a further inspection to see if there were any hidden wounds, and the key point was to see if there were any traces of poisoning.

Soon, the staff of the City Patrol Camp came.As soon as he got the order, he inspected Li Jia's body over and over again, from hair to nails, without missing any details, looking for suspicious things.When asked about the signs of poisoning, he replied: "For those who died after taking poison, their mouths and eyes were open, their faces were purple or blue, their lips were purple and black, their hands, feet and nails were dark blue, and there was blood in their mouths, eyes, ears, and noses." From the body, it is obvious that there is no sign of poisoning." Just as everyone looked at each other, Na Zuo continued, "But even if it was not poisoning, judging from the place and state of the deceased's death, it should be that he drank a lot, and alcohol was anesthetized. effect."

After hearing Wu Zuo's words, Lu Jianyi and the others roughly understood that if someone with a slightly higher level of strength is able to succeed in one hit with the aid of drugs or drunkenness.The next step is to interrogate the two girls from Yingge Building and the young man who was drinking with him.

The girls in that building are simple, they only know that Li Jia is a frequent visitor to the building, and they often visit the building, and they both have company, spring night is rare, Li Jia seems to be nostalgic.He was invited by Mr. Xu last night and came to the building early, but when the accident happened, the two of them had already been sent away by Mr. Xu.They all affirmed that Li Jia drank a lot and was a little drunk before the accident.

That Mr. Xu is naturally the young man on the side. He is the second son of the owner of the Shengyitang, a large company in the Saint Dou City. It is said that this person has many contacts with the guards of the Holy See's Internal Affairs Hall on weekdays, mainly for business cooperation.In order to sell the silk and satin clothes of the family business, Mr. Xu needs to manage people from the Holy See from time to time.

However, according to his account, he didn't know Lu Yanfeng, and Archbishop Lu was not in charge of the purchase of the Holy See. He was only entrusted by someone yesterday to invite Li Jia to go to Yingge Tower for a night drink. He was so frightened that he collapsed on the spot.As for the entrusted person, he did not show up last night, but it was Wu Yongyuan, the head of the inner affairs hall of the temple.And he knew Li Jia because Li Jia had handled procurement matters in the House of Internal Affairs, so he was considered an old acquaintance.As for sending the two girls away, it was because they wanted to give a gift privately, and they didn't want others to know about it. This gift was a gold seal, which was very valuable. It was a thank-you gift promised to Li Jia at the beginning, and now it has become a testimony in court.

As soon as Lu Jian and the others heard this, they ordered Xuncheng Ying to summon Wu Yongyuan, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, immediately.But they didn't want them to wait until the afternoon, only to wait for the people who reported back and forth to say that Wu Yongyuan had disappeared.Lu Jianyi immediately ordered Xunchengying to issue a sea arrest document to apprehend Wu Yongyuan.

Up to now, Lu Jianyi and the others have roughly figured out in their hearts that this Li Jia should know something hidden, and there is a high probability that he will be murdered to silence him.To be able to kill a dignified Vatican guard on duty, it must be a higher-level fighter or a powerful organization.And who killed Li Jia?What does this matter have to do with Lu Yanfeng?What role does Wu Yongyuan play?Why did Lu Yanfeng pretend to be missing?And who is the real manipulator behind it?But they need to find out further.

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On the other side, the residence of Elder Lu Jianyi in the South Lu Mansion of Saint Dou City.

Just as Lu Jianyi and the others were going out, a letter was passed into the inner courtyard from the gate and handed over to Lu Ke.Lu Ke, who was sitting leisurely chatting with the maid a moment ago, looked very anxious after reading the letter, rushed out of the inner courtyard immediately, called the housekeeper as he walked, and asked eagerly: "Where is my grandpa? "

"Master Elder left in a hurry early in the morning." The housekeeper went in without knowing it, but was also inexplicably nervous.

"Where did you go? Do you know anything?" Lu Ke asked quickly.

"It seems to be dealing with some urgent business, and went to the east of the city."

"Call two people to follow me right away."

Soon, the butler called two bishop-level attendants, and the three of them hurried to the east of the city with Lu Ke. The destination was Yingge Tower, where Lu Jianyi had gone before.

From Lu Mansion in the south of the city to Yingge Tower in the east of the city, it takes several blocks to walk, and there is quite a distance to go.In order to hurry along the way, Lu Ke didn't always take the main road, because there were too many people in the main road shop and traffic was blocked.Just as they were passing through an alley, a masked man suddenly stood in front of them.At this time, it is about close to Shen time, and the position of the sun has begun to move westward.Lu Ke and the others were taken aback by the sudden appearance of this person. They covered their faces during the day. It seemed that the person who came was not kind, and the cultivation level of that person was not low. He should have a senior Void Realm cultivation base.The butler also has a Void Realm cultivation base, but he is just a beginner in the Void Realm, so he might not be able to beat him in singles, but there are so many people here that he is not afraid.Just about to puff up his chest and go forward to negotiate, he suddenly felt many masked people standing out behind him, all of them were in the realm of transformation.Now, the housekeeper and Lu Ke were a little scared.

"Who are you?" Luke asked.

But no one responded, and the people behind slowly approached from the end of the alley. Lu Ke and the others were intercepted in front and pursued behind, so they couldn't move.

"We are in the house of the elder deacon of the Holy See, and I am the steward of the house of elder deacon Lu. Heroes, please speak slowly." The manager said boldly.

Also ignored, the six people in the back have all rushed forward.The soul rings of the six Transformation Warriors were fully activated, two flying high and shooting at the three of Lu Ke like slingshots, two leaping up with knives to slash from a long distance, and two flying close to the ground and slashing downwards, six red, orange, yellow and green The soul rings of the six blue and blue colors are in unison, and the scene is three-dimensional and colorful, like a flowing rainbow.

Still, it's a murderous rainbow.

But at this time, when time was running out, Lu Ke and the others had no time to think about it, and opened their soul rings to deal with it, but except for the butler, the cultivation base of the other three was far behind those six Transformation Warriors.At this time, the masked man at the head of the alley also moved almost at the same time, drawing his sword and stabbing at the butler, who hurriedly resisted.

In the first attack, the six Transcendence Realm opponents struck in groups of two and three Brahma Realm fighters including Lu Ke.Soon, the flying knife fell, and Lu Ke was seriously injured and fell to the ground. His left and right shoulders were slashed heavily.But the two fighters who attacked Lu Ke did not continue to make up the knife.But the other two bishops who followed Luke were not so lucky. Those killers who were transformed into realms made up their swords after one blow, and they were directly killed on the spot!

The situation of the butler was only slightly better than that of the three Brahma fighters. He could barely withstand the attacks of the masked man alone, but even with the blessing of the seven-colored soul ring, he still gradually fell into a disadvantage.At this time, the six Transformation Realm fighters had already solved their initial goals, and began to attack the housekeeper with their knives.Those six people attacked the steward almost at the same time, and the steward was hit four times on his body, hands, and feet with just one encounter. Although the four swords of the transformation fighter were fierce, they were not fatal in one blow, and he was still able to hold on. .But before he could adjust, his body suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing, followed by a chill on his neck, and then, the seven-colored soul ring disappeared, his body slowly leaned forward, and his head fell to the ground before his body.

It took only half a cup of tea between the appearance and disappearance of the masked man. In this deserted alley, there were already three more corpses, and a woman who was seriously injured and on the verge of death also passed out.Blood flowed all over the place...

(End of this chapter)