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Chapter 19 Roots

Ji Liao said: "Tell me, tell me everything you know."

"I said goodbye to you yesterday, so I went to that small courtyard. To be honest, I was surprised when I got there, because within an hour, everyone except you, the Beginning of Spring and Jingzhe, everyone else arrived. We were all surprised at that time and asked each other why everyone else came this time." Qingming murmured.

Ji Liao thought to himself, "Sure enough", and he asked, "What is the reason?"

"It's a coincidence." Qingming seemed uncertain.

Ji Liao said: "How is that possible? Have you ever met us all over the past two years?"

He absolutely doesn't believe it is a coincidence. If it is a coincidence, it would be too outrageous.

Qingming said: "You know that most of us are meticulous people, otherwise how dare we join the twenty-four solar terms? So your current doubts are also our doubts at that time, but we asked each other and did not find something wrong. You know, it's only the end of February, and I guess everyone is thinking about taking advantage of this time that they have nothing to do, so that they can't find their free time in the future, so that they can't complete the four tasks in a year. If you recall carefully, did we have the largest number of secret meetings in this month in the past two years?"

He seemed to have found a reason and convinced himself.

Ji Liao recalled the secret meetings over the past two years and had to admit that this was also true. But he still felt that it was not such a simple thing, and I believe Qingming also thought so.

He nodded gently and said, "Let this be put down beforehand and don't mention it. Now tell me how they all died."

Qingming's face changed and he said in a stern voice: "Don't you already know?"

"I want you to tell me in person." Ji Liao's tone became stronger. At this time, he could not do as gentle as before. He knew that he could not accept Gu Weirui suddenly became a murderer with superb martial arts skills. He could not connect the delicate girl with the scene last night, although he was already convinced that it was the fact.

Qingming said in fear: "You really think that's martial arts, that's not! I've never seen anyone with such a ghostly speed. No, she's a real ghost. Do you know how they died? She just pinched an ice awl as big as a nail and stepped on the table and walked around, and they were all dead."

Ji Liao couldn't imagine how fast it was to cause the result that was yesterday.

The time for the twenty-one corpses to be hit will never be more than one breath, otherwise they should not die so neatly.

"Do you know why she let you go?" Ji Liao asked withstood the storm in his heart.

Qingming hugged his head and said, "I don't know. She seemed to smell it on me at the end. I was already shocked at that time. Just as she approached me, she ran out, but after she got outside, my heart was still filled with panic. At that time, I saw a figure at the entrance of the alley, which was coming towards me quickly. I hurriedly faced him, and then I had no strength all over my body. You should know everything about it later."

Ji Liao quickly realized why Qingming was alive because of the jar of wine yesterday. This proved that Gu Weirui did not lose her mind and that she still had memories of the past. Things became more and more bizarre.

He believed that a person's temperament would not change so much in a short period of time, and he also believed that Gu Weirui was definitely not a devil. There must be reasons why he could not understand.

Ji Liao sighed and said, "It was yesterday's wine that saved you. Since she had such a big change, she naturally smelled you drinking her dowry wine. She knew that I would let you drink that jar of wine, which means I had great trust in you."

Qingming gradually got rid of his panic state, he regained some rationality, agreed with Ji Liao's words, and said: "If this is the case, it can explain why I can survive, but there are still many things that cannot be explained. I suddenly remembered the man who was facing me at the entrance of the alley yesterday. Although his martial arts skills are not as terrible as the Lichun, they are also first-class. And if I guess correctly, he is Jingzhe."

Ji Liao said in confusion: "Jingzhe?"

Qingming recalled carefully and said more and more confidently: "It's him."

Ji Liao pondered: "When I arrived yesterday, I didn't find his body, and there were no traces of other fights."

Qingming said: "Jingzhe is the highest martial arts among us. Although I think he is still no match for Lichun, killing him in Lichun will never be as easy as killing us."

Ji Liao agreed with this view. He felt Gu Weirui's speed last night, and even had a fight with Jingzhe the night before. Therefore, he could judge that Jingzhe was not as good as the beginning of spring, but he would not have no power to fight back. He said: "So, either Jingzhe did not encounter her, or she did not attack Jingzhe, and Jingzhe did not attack her."

"It should be the latter." Qingming's eyes lit up. He and Ji Liao were both extremely talented. After calming down, they gradually inferred more content.

He said: "When Jingzhe fought with me, he did not make any attempt, but his purpose was to stop me from escaping. If we think Jingzhe and Lichun conspired, then Jingzhe must have wanted to kill me in Lichun. The reason for killing me in Lichun should be the same as killing others. But Jingzhe should not know that Lichun decided to let me go because of the wine you mentioned, so he stopped me."

Qingming became more and more smooth as he spoke. At the end, the two of them said in unison: "The motive for murder!"

The two looked at each other and smiled. The more they analyzed, the less terrible the unknown was. The closer they were to the truth, and their confidence was slowly found.

There is no mystery in the world that cannot be solved, and there is no truth that can be hidden forever.

Ji Liao said softly: "What do you think is the motive for murder?"

"It must not be for money, nor for power, nor for our martial arts secrets." Qingming said firmly.

Ji Liao returned to his previous calmness and said lightly: "That's really for your life, but what can human life be used for?" He paused and said resolutely: "She suddenly had such a big change, and there is definitely a root cause. I'll look for her."

"You really dare to see her?" Qingming hesitated.

Ji Liao said: "Since she didn't kill me yesterday, why should I be afraid of meeting her? But you still don't go."

Qingming smiled and said, "I really shouldn't have gone." He had long learned about the extraordinary relationship between Yuan and Lichun. After what happened last night, he was more convinced. Lichun might not be able to help but kill him, but the possibility of killing Yuan should be very low.

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Zhuo Qing slept comfortably, and then found that it was already dawn. Then he heard the young master's order, "Go to the government office."

He said in a daze: "What are we going back again?" Zhuo Qing was still a little confused. Last night, they seemed to be staying in the suburbs for a night. He really didn't know what Ji Liao did to spend the night in the suburbs, and he didn't understand why Ji Liao returned to the government office early in the morning.

Ji Liao said: "Don't talk nonsense."

Zhuo Qing felt that Ji Liao's words were more majestic and urgent than the previous two days. He dared not refute and drove the carriage to the government office. Fortunately, the place where he parked yesterday was a green grass, so the horse was not hungry and ran very strongly. He entered the city not long after, and soon he saw the government office.
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