Chapter 171 Return to Qinghe County

Author: Long Baoyu

Chapter 171 Return to Qinghe County

"He ran away?"

Zhao Lin's veins were pulsing on his forehead. He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down.

He thought that the master was angry to Chu Liu, or used despicable means such as poisoning, but he didn't expect that he was directly assassinated.

In fact, with Zhu Huaishan's cultivation level, nothing would happen if he was just a little careful. Unfortunately, he never dreamed that the apprentice he brought up by himself would commit murder.

"It's all my fault, senior brother, for my incompetence and failure to protect the master."

Gao Yuan blamed himself: "When we chased him out, Chu Liu had already escaped from the city."

Zhao Lin consoled him: "I can't blame you for this. No one would have thought of it. Have you reported to the official position?"

"I've reported it, but it's an internal matter within the sect. The most the government can do is put up wanted notices and conduct strict checks at the city gates. The rest is just for show."

"Although Chu Liu doesn't practice diligently, he is still a real second-level Qi realm. Those police officers will not dare to come forward to arrest him when they see him. It would be good if he can give us a tip."

Zhao Lin knew that this was the case and didn't hold out much hope. He pondered for a while and said, "Brother, where do you think Chu Liu will go?"

This is the issue he is most concerned about. Chu Liu killed his master, so he must retaliate and kill this traitor who killed his master.

Gao Yuan shook his head, then sighed, "In the past month, our brothers and sisters have been secretly monitoring the Chu family while searching around the county, but unfortunately we found nothing."

"The world is so big. If Chu Liu is determined to leave his hometown and hide for the rest of his life, how difficult it would be to find him!"

Zhao Lin disagreed with senior brother's view, but did not refute. He grabbed a teapot and filled it for the two of them, and asked: "Where is senior brother Yuan? Why didn't I see him?"

Gao Yuan looked around and lowered his voice a little, "The Chu family has a relative in Songyuan County. Junior Brother Yuan thought that Chu Liu might defect there, so he went there to monitor him."

"Senior Brother Yuan is interested."

Zhao Lin nodded and glanced outside the tea shop, "Senior brother, I want to go to Master's study."

Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, let's meet some senior brothers."

"No, now is not the time."

"Why?"

Zhao Lin said in a deep voice: "There are only six people in our Liuhemen including me. To put it bluntly, even if Chu Liu is hiding in a house in Qinghe County, we may not be able to find him."

"Now Chu Liu is in the dark, and you are in the open, so of course you can't find him."

"If I don't show up now, then I'm in the dark."

Gao Yuan thought for a while and agreed: "Junior brother has thought carefully, so I won't tell them yet."

When Zhao Lin was the chief of police last year, he solved several old cases and was the main force in arresting the Zuanshanbao gang.

As the saying goes, a person's name is like a tree's shadow. If Chu Liu knew that Zhao Lin was back, he might actually run away.

After leaving the tea shop, the two of them found a restaurant on the street to eat something.

Until it was getting late, after the apprentice and his disciples left, they walked into the Liuhe Gate.

After Zhu Huaishan passed away, Gao Yuan moved into the mansion as the new head of the house, but because he was still in mourning, it was not officially announced.

Everything in the study remains as before, and there is a memorial tablet of Zhu Huaishan on the right side of the door.

"Since you're here, let's burn some incense for Master." Gao Yuan said softly.

Zhao Lin came to the memorial tablet, lit three sticks of incense, bowed down and said silently in his heart: "Master, don't worry, I will kill that beast to give you an explanation."

After paying homage, Zhao Lin turned around and said, "Elder brother, what was the situation at that time?"

Gao Yuan came to the desk, pointed to the chair and said: "When we came in, the master was sitting on this chair with his back and a dagger stuck in his chest."

Zhao Lin walked over, looked around, and saw deep red blood stains on the chair and the surrounding floor.

"Where's the dagger?"

Gao Yuan opened the drawer and took out a gleaming dagger.

Zhao Lin took it and felt a move in his heart.

The dagger is about eight inches long, with blades on both sides and a pointed and thin head.

With a dagger of this sharpness, even a warrior who has practiced armor power cannot stop it with all his strength, not to mention that Zhu Huaishan is unprepared.

The handle of the dagger is very long, taking up half of the entire dagger. It is wrapped with a layer of stingray skin to prevent it from slipping due to sweating. It is smooth and shiny and has a thick layer of patina.

It can be seen that the owner of the dagger likes this weapon very much and plays with it all year round.

Zhao Linti sniffed and smelled a smell of sweat and grease.

This is the smell of Chu Liu!

"Senior brother, can I take this dagger away?"

"Okay, you can take it."

Gao Yuan didn't ask why and readily agreed.

Zhao Lin put away the dagger and said seriously: "Brother, as I said just now, you are responsible for the investigation, and I will come to make a secret visit."

The information is almost collected and I have a rough plan in mind.

Zhao Lin didn't think that it was difficult to find someone in such a big world.

In this era, most people's living scope was limited to one county or one city.

It's hard to leave your homeland, and it's not easy to take root in a foreign place, especially for a young master like Chu Liu who has never suffered hardship. It may be okay to live away from the place where he has lived for a long time, but can he endure such a life?

If you want to live a comfortable life, you still cannot do without acquaintances and familiar places.

So Zhao Lin judged that Chu Liu must still have contact with the Chu family!

These were all things he thought about in his mind and he did not directly confront Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan apologized: "Thank you for your hard work, junior brother. You were supposed to be practicing in Xingyun Sect, but you still have to come all the way back."

Zhao Lin said nonchalantly: "It's nothing. This is what a disciple should do. By the way, senior brother, you should spend more energy on the door. I think a lot of apprentices have left recently."

Gao Yuan looked ashamed, "Junior brother said that this aspect has been neglected recently."

Zhao Lin rested at Liuhemen that night, and early the next morning, he went out to Nancheng before his apprentices and disciples arrived.

The Chu family is in Nancheng.

There are many wealthy people in Nancheng, and many people from all walks of life are making a living here.

There is a bakery near Chu's house. The owner separated a room from his house and turned it into a big shop. It can accommodate ten people and costs three pennies to stay there for a day.

In order to deceive others, Zhao Lin pretended to be Lifu, found the landlord, paid the money for three days, and moved in directly.

Tongpu is inhabited by rough guys who go out to find work during the day and come back to rest at night.

Zhao Lin also pretended to go out to work during the day, but he only stayed around the Chu family.

Keep your ears open, listen to what's going on inside, and don't miss everyone's conversation.

Before coming here, Zhao Lin had already inquired with Gao Yuan about the situation of the Chu family.

The Chu family was engaged in silk business and had a large business. The house occupied almost half of the street.

The current head of the Chu family is the old man Chu Hongtai, who has four sons and one daughter.

My daughter married in Songyuan County, and her four sons helped run the business here.

Logically speaking, the family should be separated when the son grows up, but this is not the case in the Chu family.

The reason is that among the four sons, only the eldest father gave birth to a son, namely Chu Liu, while the other three brothers either had no heirs or gave birth to daughters.

There is only one heir to such a huge family property, Chu Liu. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is like a seedling in a thousand hectares of land. Naturally, he has been pampered and bossy since he was a child.

Growing up in such a family, Zhao Lin didn't believe that Chu Liu could bear to live a precarious life outside.

Such a large family property cannot be protected without force. In addition to practicing martial arts with his own family, he also hires resident bodyguards to guard the mansion all year round.

Zhao Lin listened for three days in a row, his brain was about to burst, but he made no progress at all.

The word "Chu Liu" seems to be a taboo. Except for the servants and slaves who occasionally gossip behind their backs, no one in the whole house mentions it!

The closer people were to Chu Liu, the less they mentioned it at all.

Apparently a gag order was issued.

In the past three days, Zhao Lin only heard one sentence from Chu Liu's mother: "Master, you said Liu'er..."

"Shut up……"

Not being allowed to mention Chu Liu's name means there must be something wrong.

Zhao Lin knew that as long as he kept monitoring like this, he would find clues sooner or later, but time waited for no one, and he couldn't spend all his time here.

If I really have to delay it for a year and a half, I'm afraid the Xingyun Sect will expel me.

A large number of people come and go from the Chu family every day. Zhao Lin has no skills at all and can only pick two or three people to follow him. Unfortunately, he can't find any trace of Chu Liu.
To be continued...