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Chapter 40 Chi Jade
Zhu Yu's eyes lit up. The strange fragrance appeared many times. She had always been wondering why such a similar fragrance had such completely different effects.

Now listening to what Lu Qing said, he seemed to know the origin of this strange fragrance.

"There is a mountain in the southwest of Lan Country. Inside the mountain is a little-known mine. The ore is fiery red in color and is called Fiery Jade.

This substance has no taste, but it produces a strange fragrance when it comes into contact with blood.

As soon as it appeared in the world, it became the object of covetous eyes from all sides, and everyone wanted to seize it."

"Why is this?" Zhu Yu wondered.

"This item uses blood as a scent seal, and when supplemented with other herbs, it can bring out its medicinal properties to the extreme. Therefore, people in the martial arts world flock to it, believing that obtaining this item will achieve great internal strength and improve external martial arts."

Lu Qing shook his head slightly: "It's just that the world didn't know at the time that this rapid progress was actually a sudden rise to prosperity, and after the peak, it will decline."

Zhu Yu was surprised. She had never thought that there were such evil things in the world.

Fu Wen had said before that that night he first smelled a scent of blood, then a strange fragrance, and after that he knew nothing.

The "rust" that Lu Jingxing mentioned should also be the smell of blood.

This is consistent with what Lu Qing said, that the Fiery Jade needs blood as a guide to stimulate its fragrance and effectiveness.

According to the characteristics of the incandescent jade, if the perfumer adds the stinking hemp flower as an admixture, the medicinal properties of the stinking hemp flower will be brought to the extreme, causing people to lose consciousness in an instant, and it is even possible that the person will die in their sleep.

In the case of the Lu family, it seems that the perfumer intentionally added some herbs that can stimulate the sense of smell to achieve this effect.

As for the wine and mother koji from the winery, the same is probably true.

"Such an evil thing, allowing it to appear in the world will bring disaster." Zhu Yu couldn't help but sigh.

"So King Lan quickly sent someone to bring gunpowder to blow up the entire top of the mountain, burying the blazing jade mine deep underneath, and stationed soldiers at the foot of the mountain. No one was allowed to approach, let alone dig and mine," said Lu Qing.

Zhu Yu was surprised. No wonder he just thought of where this thing came from.

"How do you know so much about this evil thing?" she asked curiously.

Lu Qing didn't intend to answer her, but just said: "If the Chief Secretary has nothing to do in the future and wants to listen to some old stories to relieve his boredom, it won't be too late to ask me again."

After a while, Lu Jingxing was brought back by Fu Wen. He was still trembling and holding a piece of paper in his hand. There were a lot of things densely written on it. At a glance, there were about a dozen names. There were also a few lines of small words under each name, which seemed to be marking what this person had done.

Lu Qing took the list from Fu Wen, glanced at it, and then looked at Lu Jingxing who was kneeling at the door: "It seems that the Second Master of the Lu family is not just devoted to reading sage books. He is also well aware of the family affairs."

Lu Jingxing's originally pale face turned red because of these words, and he lowered his head guiltily.

Zhu Yu also did not have much sympathy for the second master of the Lu family, who had lost his sense of smell and taste, was already quite old but had not yet made a name for himself in the officialdom, and whose family was now in decline.

Sometimes, remaining silent and not stopping evil deeds is itself a form of encouragement.

If Li Wencai is the man-eating tiger hiding in the government office in Qingshui County, then the head of the Lu family is undoubtedly an accomplice. After being eaten by the tiger, he still helps the evil tiger to continue to harm others.

Everyone in the Lu family relies on the support of the minions to survive. The whole family works hard to save money and wants to donate fame to Lu Jingxing. They don't have any conscience at all, but just hope to get out of Li Wencai's control and gain greater benefits.

I'm afraid there is no one in the whole family who can be called innocent.

Having asked almost all the questions that needed to be asked, Lu Qing asked Fu Wen to send Lu Jingxing away.

Before leaving, Zhu Yu stopped Lu Jingxing and asked, "Does your brother have a blue birthmark on his chest?"

Lu Jingxing was stunned for a moment, as if he had lost his soul. Then he realized what Zhu Yu was asking him and nodded. "How did you know, sir?"

Zhu Yu waved his hand, indicating that Fu Wen could take him away.

How did she know? Of course, she saw it on the "giant" in the cave.

However, if she told Lu Jingxing at this critical moment, the Lu family might bring people up the mountain to collect the bodies, which would inevitably alarm the murderer lurking in the dark, and this was not what she wanted to see. Fu Wen signaled Lu Jingxing to leave quickly. Although Lu Jingxing was a little confused, he didn't dare to linger any longer and left dejectedly.

"Now we can be sure that the so-called ghosts of the Ghost Fairy Temple are the result of Lu Ji's past deeds. So, others will only lose their lives, but Lu Ji will not only lose the life of the head of the family, but also the livelihood it relies on will be destroyed." Zhu Yu felt that after meeting Lu Jingxing, his guess was more certain, "but..."

"Just what?" Lu Qing asked.

"It's just the list written by Lu Jingxing." Zhu Yu pointed to the paper on the table. "Although it's possible that he was covering up for his brother, at least from what he provided, it seems that those who helped the head of Lu's family bully their peers in the past were not Lu's people. Instead, they looked more like villains who relied on Li Wencai's bullying.

I wonder if these people have a connection with the mastermind behind the Ghost Fairy Temple, and if they will also become the ghosts of the temple."

"There's no need to worry about this." Lu Qing didn't care much about it. "Those who are in league with the head of the Lu family, stealing people's livelihoods and killing people, can be killed, and if they die, they die. There's no need to worry about it.

Before the murderer is caught, whether they live or die depends on their own luck."

After he said this, Zhu Yu was speechless.

After a while, Fu Wen came back and Lu Qing called him into the room.

"Go to the area around Zhuangzi mentioned in the secret report and find out the identities of the corpses in the temple and what families they had grudges against during their lifetime." He ordered.

Fu Wen nodded, but he was a little worried. He glanced at Zhu Yu and said, "Master, then you and the Chief Secretary..."

"Don't worry, I have the talisman here." Lu Qing signaled him to go quickly.

Fu Wen stopped talking and walked away with big strides.

"So what do we do next?" Zhu Yu asked.

Lu Qing looked outside and said, "It's getting late today. We shouldn't disturb Lord Li's recuperation. Let's just rest for a while and visit him tomorrow morning."

Zhu Yu followed his gaze and looked outside. He saw that the sun was shining brightly and the weather was fine. It was the best time of the day.

This fox, what's the harm in disturbing Li Wencai? It's obvious that it just wants to trap Li Wencai, who knows that they have come to the door, in the room and make him suffer for another day.

Thinking about what Li Wencai had done in Qingshui County, Zhu Yu felt that Lu Qing's decision was absolutely right.

Lu Qing pointed towards the moon gate of the side courtyard and said, "The yamen runner from before must have been outside the side courtyard the whole time. He probably didn't dare to come in.

But you don't have to be polite to him. If you want anything to eat or use to entertain yourself, just go out and ask for it."

Food, drinks, and other things to cheer you up...

"Will Fu Wen need a long time to investigate?" Zhu Yu felt the tingling sensation of being cooped up in a room. "I thought the investigation would be rushed..."

"You and I both have a basic idea of ​​what caused the Ghost Temple case. Catching the culprit behind it is only a matter of time. We'll make a decision after Fu Wen returns.

This ghost temple case can probably only be regarded as a scab on the forehead. It looks insignificant at first glance, but it is the most insignificant.

As for the pus and blood that had penetrated deep into the bone marrow…” Lu Qing smiled faintly, “As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like a thread being pulled out. There’s no time to rush.”

"Is it possible that the murderer has killed most of the people he wanted to take revenge on and will never come out again?" Zhu Yu was a little worried.

Although those evil people who were rampant in the village and persecuted the villagers deserved to be put to death, the method of using the Chiyu to carry out revenge still made her have an ominous premonition. She was worried that if she could not catch them, even bigger troubles would arise in the future.

After all, the incandescent jade is so rare and has a sinister medicinal property, it really doesn't seem like a good thing.

"Don't be afraid," Lu Qing said, obviously having considered this issue. "The real and biggest culprit behind all of this is recuperating at home, right under our noses, but no one outside knows about it.

With such a fat bait in hand, are you still worried that the 'fish' won't bite? "

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