Grudge Breaker

Chapter 306: Suicide and Homicide
In the realm of sleep, in a gloomy and winding cave, Lu Chi was lying straight on the ground.

There was a dagger stuck in his chest, which was his own personal item. The blood flowing from the wound had completely frozen.

There were no signs of a fight at the scene, even before Mo Tingfeng, Song Weichen and others arrived - there were no footprints of anyone else in the cave except Lu Chi himself.

"I didn't expect something like this to happen. I watched him grow up like a talented kid, and he's a natural born to be a grudge-breaking master."

Uncle Fei, who was in charge of the inspection of Sanzu River, also rushed over. He sighed deeply and watched with regret as the newly sent coroner from the government office performed an autopsy on the spot. Mo Tingfeng stood quietly by the side without saying a word.

Because the little guinea pig followed Song Weichen to the meeting hall, he had no information gap about Lu Chi's affairs. In addition, all the details he had missed before were "made up" through Mo Tingfeng's divine concentration technique. At this moment, he was obviously much calmer.

However, although she had conducted an autopsy in order to avenge Xiao An, she was a girl after all, and was naturally afraid of these things. Since Mo Tingfeng was there, she deliberately avoided the corpse a few steps and observed other situations in the cave calmly.

She also quietly released the two brothers Benboerba and Baboerben. They have the ability to teleport within a certain range, so they don't have to worry about being discovered by other irrelevant resentment-breaking masters. They are very useful in exploring such a closed and winding cave.

……

Three hours later, the autopsy was completed. There were no accidents and the conclusion was suicide.

The preliminary results of the evidence department's search have also come out - after leaving Si Chen Mansion, Lu Chi went straight to the realm of Youmei and never left until the body was found.

He just became a suspect and then died. This matter is weird no matter how you look at it.

"Are you the guy who found the body?"

Song Weichen suddenly poked his head out from the side, startling a grudge-breaker who was standing next to Uncle Fei and concentrating on the final work of the autopsy.

"Ah? Yes, yes! Your Excellency, it is me."

"Oh, am I disturbing you? Can we chat about three dollars?"

Song Weichen looked harmless and pulled the resentment-breaking master aside without saying a word.

"The path in this cave is winding, why did you come in to patrol? Let me put it this way, if it wasn't for the shepherd's precious lamb that he lost and was afraid of being beaten to death by the landlord, he wouldn't have the guts to come in here."

The resentment-breaking master bowed and wiped the sweat from his forehead - it was not because he felt guilty or nervous, but mainly because Song Weichen's way of speaking was too inappropriate and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, you may not know that this cave is close to the Sanzu River, and from time to time there are small soul-eating beasts that steal souls and dwell here, so Uncle Fei ordered us to come and inspect it every other day."

"That's it."

Song Weichen seemed to be thinking about something, but he always felt that something was wrong.

……

"Wait a minute, before we came here, there were only Lü Chi's footprints in this cave. Since you found the body, you must have come in to patrol, so why are there no footprints of you?"

"I……"

The master of breaking resentment seemed to be hesitant to speak, seeming to be in a difficult situation.

Song Weichen's question successfully attracted the attention of Mo Tingfeng and Ding Heran, the latter of whom walked behind the man and patted his shoulder gloomily.

"Brother Wei is asking you a question. If you dare to tell me a lie, you will never have the chance to return to Si Chen Mansion."

Hearing this, the Master of Resentment-Breaking laughed in a way that was uglier than crying. No matter how stupid he was, he realized that Song Weichen was doubting him, and... he also attracted the fire of Lord Si Chen.

"Your Excellency, I am particularly afraid of one thing. There are many of them in this cave... That is why I always fly in and out on my sword when I patrol, so there are no footprints."

"I can swear! I won't lie to you!"

……

What could be in this cave that could scare a eight-foot-tall man like this?
Song Weichen unconsciously retracted his feet and quickly glanced around, but didn't see anything unusual.
"What's in this hole?"

These words made the resentment-breaking master sweat profusely and look extremely nervous. He stood on tiptoe, with almost only his toes touching the ground. He only regretted that his magic power was limited and he did not have the ability to stand in the air without the help of a magic sword like Mo Tingfeng.

"Li Lu."

"…There are Li Lu."

"What the hell?!"

Song Weichen let out a roar and quickly ran behind Mo Tingfeng, leaving only half of her head exposed as she looked at the Master of Breaking Resentment. Although she didn't understand what Li Lu was, her intuition told her that it was not a good thing.

"What the hell is that Densi?"

She was so nervous that she almost wanted to cling to Mo Tingfeng and climb onto his back. However, his expression, which had not relaxed since he entered the cave, softened. He gently put his arms around her waist, took a half step to the side and put her down, pointing to the place where she had just landed.

"That's Li Lu, don't be afraid."

Song Weichen's scalp went numb when he heard this - there was one right under his feet? It was killing him!
But when she looked closely, she immediately rolled her eyes and rushed directly from behind Mo Tingfeng to the side of the resentment-breaking master. She bent down, picked up a "蠡蠃" on the ground and held it in front of him.

“Isn’t this a snail?”

"Why are you talking so scary?! You scared me to death."

"what!!"

The Master of Breaking Resentment was frightened by Song Weichen's action and quickly retreated with a strange cry. He accidentally stumbled and fell on his butt - the ground was full of lilies, and his hands were covered with them. He was so scared that he spat out a mouthful of green liquid, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

……

"Not really... Hey, don't play dead."

Song Weichen showed no mercy and walked over to touch him gently with his foot.

"This is the little snail, the little thing that climbs up step by step in Jay Chou's song. You are being too fake!"

"Hello?" "Hello!"

Uncle Fei couldn't bear to watch it anymore and came over to stop Song Weichen.

"He has served under me for many years. He is good in everything except being afraid of Li Lu. Perhaps he was stimulated when he was young. Please be magnanimous and let him go. This... is so frightening that he is vomiting bile."

Oh my god! It turns out that this dark green thing is bile! Song Weichen secretly smacked his lips, thinking that he had drunk too much celery juice in the morning.

I never thought that a coward like her could scare a grown man with a snail.

Just, it's quite embarrassing.

……

"Uncle Fei, take him to the clinic and ask the doctor to check him out. Don't let this discourage you. You can go and do your work too. You don't have to stay here with him."

Mo Tingfeng spoke at the right time and resolved Song Weichen's anxiety.

He came to her side, took her hand and walked out of the cave.

"Wujiu, have someone take Lu Chi's body back to the mansion carefully, notify his family and settle them down. Since all the evidence points to suicide and nothing else is involved, try to make the matter as small as possible and handle everything properly."

In just two sentences, the case was clearly defined and the matter was to be brought to a close.

"Lord Si Chen is wise! I will take my leave!"

Uncle Fei bowed deeply and ordered his men to take the unconscious coward Master Po Yuan away.

In an instant, only Mo Tingfeng, Song Weichen, Ding Heran and Ye Wujiu were left in the entire cave.

The four of them walked to the cave entrance and stopped at the same time. Ding Heran waved his hand and set up a three-meter-sized spherical sound barrier around them, wrapping them up.

There is still some tacit understanding.

There was no way Mo Tingfeng would really leave. It was just because there was a traitor in Si Chen Mansion that he was on extra guard.

Ye Wujiu had kept his eyes closed since he arrived at the cave entrance, but he finally opened them at this moment - the realm of sleep is shrouded in fog all year round. He could use his water magic to attach his spiritual sense to the surrounding mist and spread it out, forming a huge catching net. Within a radius of five miles, he would be the first to know if any living creature or spiritual creature approached him.

Everyone got ready and followed Lu Chi's footsteps back into the cave.
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After taking only two steps, the two brothers Benboerba and Baboerben suddenly jumped out - it was Song Weichen calling them.

In front of Ding Heran and Ye Wujiu, she didn't need to hide too much. She just needed to keep the fact that the phantom spirit was born from the puppet's energy a secret - the two had seen the little meat pig before and knew that she had had a miraculous fate in Grandma Huang's illusion, so they were not surprised to see the pair of brothers with different hands at this moment.

"Have you two found anything? Besides Lu Chi, is there any information about Ruan Mianmian?"

Although I personally don't like Lao Longjing tea, Song Weichen still has some professional ethics.

"Oh my god, there's nothing here! Except for a pile of water and cows! It's really disgusting."

Ba Bo'erben's mouth was full of the flavor of Northeastern corn grits, and was filled with a strong sense of disgust.

"Master, snails are the ones that touch the water. This cave is damp and full of snails. Please be careful when you walk. They are easy to slip."

In comparison, Benboerba was much more careful. Seeing that Song Weichen had a puzzled look on his face after hearing what Baboerben said, he quickly added a sentence.

……

"Lǐ luǒ, water-touching cow, snail."

The corners of Song Weichen's mouth twitched.

"Why didn't you tell me that there are four ways to write the word 'fennel'?"

"You've been in the cave for so long, and you didn't find anything serious?"

"This is a real cave. Although it looks crooked and evil, it is actually quite serious."

Ba Boerben had just finished speaking when he saw Song Weichen looking at him as if he was a loser, so he quickly changed his words.
"If I must say, I did find something. The footprints of that damn Lu Chi... are not very decent."

……

Ye Wujiu felt that the Yishou brothers were talking too arrogantly and was anxious about the case, so he interrupted them.

"Sir, Lu Chi's death is definitely not that simple."

"A few hours ago, I sensed a necromancer in a cold and silent place. Thinking of this place, could it be that... Lu Chi's death was caused by some evil magic used by Ma Zhenchun?"

"He used the spider silk from the Wilderness of Ousi as a lure and fed Dujuan the Blood Tempering Curse. He was originally in the same group as Ma Zhenchun, but because the red mud footprints exposed his whereabouts, he was silenced."

Mo Tingfeng had been squatting on the ground watching Lu Chi's footprints. He didn't even raise his head when he heard Ye Wujiu's speculation.

"You said it was Ma Zhenchun who did it, do you have any evidence?"

Ye Wujiu was stunned, then bowed his head and clasped his fists in salute.

"…Your Excellency taught me that I shouldn't make assumptions."

"That's four. Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty without any evidence?"

Ba Boer gave Ye Wujiu a blank look and moved closer to Song Weichen, sounding as if he was offering a treasure.
"We both said that the dead man's footprints were not normal, but we have evidence. No ordinary person would be able to leave such footprints."

Hearing this, Mo Tingfeng nodded and finally stood up.

"You are right. There is indeed something wrong with the footprints."

“He was murdered.”