Chapter 543: Suspects

Chai Xian didn’t answer right away, phrasing his words for a moment and saying:

“My parents died when I was young and I had no one to turn to, so I begged for a living in Xiangzhou. Then my righteous father adopted me, and he treated me extremely well, even more highly than his own son. As a result, the three elder brothers all hated me and detested me.”

“The only one who treated me sincerely was Arashi, who never looked down on me because of my past ……..”

Speaking of this, Chai Xian trance for a moment, as if back to many years ago, that hot summer, dirty and smelly little beggar was led back to the Chai House, hiding behind the screen of the young girl poked his head out, quietly measuring, the two eyes relative, he lowered his head in self-abasement.

The young girl smiled brightly.

Listening to Chai Xian recount the past, Xu Qi’an drifted off for a moment, remembering Wei Yuan.

Empress Shangguan was like a bright light that shone into Wei Yuan’s miserable teenage career back then.

“On that day, after the evening meal, a servant from the mansion sent word that my righteous father wanted to see me. I knew that he was there because of Xiao Lan, and before that, we had had several arguments over Xiao Lan’s marriage.

“I fell in love with Xiao Lan and wanted my righteous father to marry her to me, but he felt that I am a member of the Chai family myself and am destined to serve the Chai family. Xiao Lan marrying me is just icing on the cake, and a marriage with the Huangfu family is more in the family’s interest.”

Orange Cat Anne laughed, “That’s not wrong.”

Chai Xian’s eyes slightly dimmed as he continued:

“After dismissing the servants, I went to see my righteous father, and halfway there, I noticed the commotion of an exchange of blows in his room, so I rushed over ………

“I was late and when I arrived, my righteous father had already been killed in his room and the murderer was nowhere to be found. I was mournful and angry, and at this time, my aunt arrived with the clan.

“She and the clan accused me of killing my righteous father without saying a word, and wanted to clean up the family, I explained all sorts of things, they were indifferent, none of them believed me. I had no choice but to summon the Iron Corpse and kill my way out of the Chai Mansion.

“Although I didn’t kill my righteous father, that night, my hands were indeed stained with the blood of many of the Chai family’s children. After fleeing Xiangzhou City, I hid here to recuperate. That family has received favors from me and was always willing to believe me, and did not identify me as a murderer because of the gossip outside.”

Orange Catan interrupted, “Did you hijack Arashi?”

Chai Xian shook his head, “Afterward, I was uneasy about Xiao Lan and had secretly sneaked back to the Chai Mansion, but I did not find her. After privately pressing the servants of the Chai Mansion, I realized that she had disappeared as early as the night of my righteous father’s death, and I suspected that she was in a bad way.”

Orange Cat Anne’s heart fluttered, “You were looking for Arashi tonight when you snuck into the cellar where you hid the body?”

Chai Xian nodded his head with a thankful look in his eyes, “I didn’t find her.”

Orange Cat An asked again, “Who is the evil person who goes around making murders and killing and refining corpses within Zhangzhou?”

“I don’t know.”

Chai Xian’s face was green with hatred in his tone and expression:

“Someone pretended to be me and went around killing people and creating murders, this is to push me to the brink of extinction, completely unable to turn around. At first the people who did the killing were some jianghu people, then some small gangs, and now it has even spared the common people.

“This Demon Slaughter Conference is the result they want.”

Orange Catan tried, “Why don’t you run away?”

Chai Xian asked rhetorically, “Why would I want to run away, my righteous father died for no apparent reason, Xiaolan’s whereabouts are unknown, and the murderer who framed me has not been found, and is out there committing evils all over the place, why would I want to run away?”

Older brother, your temperament is a bit radical …….. Xu Qi’an suddenly thought that if the real culprit behind the scenes knew Chai Xian’s temperament like the back of his hand, then the purpose of doing all this was to force him to stay.

Nice use of conspiracy and masculinity!

Chai Xian suddenly sighed, “During this period of time, I’ve been constantly going out to track down the real culprits behind the scenes, looking for places where murders are often committed, but the ones I’ve caught have all been petty criminals who impersonate my name, robbing homes, or refining corpses.”

Orange Cat Anne said, “In your mind, there must be someone you suspect.”

Chai Xian hesitated slightly and said, “I suspect that my aunt is setting me up.”

With a humanized expression on his face, the orange cat tsked and said, “Tell me about it.”

There was a brief silence in response to the orange cat, and then Shiba Hyun sighed:

“Who else but auntie? Eldest brother died young, and second and third brothers are both rotten slime that can’t hold up the wall. If Righteous Father dies, the only ones who can threaten her are Xiao Lan and me. This incident, killing three birds with one stone isn’t it.

“Before tonight, although I had always suspected her, I had no certainty or proof. But tonight, I sneaked into the Chai Mansion, and in her courtyard I heard with my own ears her making merry in bed with a wild man.

“Auntie she’s changed, before she would never have been so slutty, desire has made her ugly.”

Ah, this! That wild man you probably also recognize, it is the Li Ling Su of the Daming Lake back then ah ………. Orange Cat An silently spat in his heart.

Except for the wrong assessment of “wild man”, Chai Yin’s judgment was basically in line with his guess.

There’s a basic idea in criminal investigation: in a criminal case, whoever profits is a suspect

In the case of the Chai family, Chai Xing’er was the only one who benefited from the case, so she had the motive to commit the crime, but of course, this is not absolute, and therefore she is a “suspect”.

However, according to the subsequent development of the case, “Chai Xian” has committed many murders in Xiangzhou and even the rest of Zhangzhou, which is not in line with the normal behavior of a criminal.

Xu Qi’an was confused about this before, until now, seeing Chai Xian, so Xiaolan’s disappearance, as well as the planting of the murder case, were all for the sake of keeping Chai Xian?

So here again, there had to be a precondition that the murderer behind the scenes knew Chai Hsien’s disposition like the back of his hand, and someone who didn’t know it well wouldn’t be able to do this kind of operation.

“Thanks for telling me, I already understand what happened. If Your Excellency has truly been wrongly accused, I will try to find out and return your innocence.”

Orange Cat Ando.

But before that, you have to return the dragon qi to me ……… He just thought so, and then he heard Chai Xian whisper:

“Many thanks, Your Excellency has said so much with me, you are waiting for the Body to arrive, right?”

…….. Orange Cat Anne’s cat face stiffens and she nearly meows, making a fool of herself.

Chai Xian sighed, “I’m sorry, I don’t trust anyone right now, if you really want to help me, it’s fine, let’s use this place as a contact point, if there’s any progress, or if there’s something to contact me, you can give the letter paper to Er Ya.”

In this way, regardless of whether I am good or evil, I will not be able to harm this family for the time being ……… Orange Cat An said in a deep voice, “Good!”

As the words left his mouth, Chai Xian flicked out a chakra, knocking out the orange cat.

………..

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Qi’an’s main body hurriedly arrived, like a ghost in the darkness, his figure flickering and appearing in the alley.

The alley was empty except for a fainting orange cat, and not a soul in sight.

Xu Qi’an leaped onto the roof of a yellow mud house and looked around, not sensing the aura of dragon energy, which meant that Chai Xian had already moved away from the area.

“Kinda careful!”

He landed lightly, picked up the fainting orange cat, pinched his brow, and walked slowly away.

There are two modes of controlling animals, one is “influence”, which can make the beasts and insects use for themselves. One is “possession”, in which a strand of Yuan Shen is immersed, using the animal as a double.

In layman’s terms, “influence” is a wide range of skills. Possession, on the other hand, can only affect a single animal, or two or three, depending on the strength of the spirit.

He was able to maneuver the orange cat to run so far, relying solely on the toughness of the Third Grade Yuan Shen.

In addition, the way the Corpse Compass manipulates the walking corpse is similar to the “possession” of the Heart Compass. The difference is that the heart compulsion needs its own spirit to power it. Corpse compulsion is implanted within the corpse, and does not consume much.

He ran, shadow jumping as he did so, and finally made it back to the inn.

Mu Nanjian and the little white fox had already fallen asleep, the little white fox’s upper body was buried in the comforter, its two hind legs sticking out of the comforter, and when Xu Qi’an Shadow jumped back into the room, she happened to see its two hind legs stomping convulsively for a few moments.

Ten seconds or so later, there were a few more convulsive stomps.

After repeating this several times, Xu Qi’an guessed that it might be lacking in oxygen, so he lifted its head out of the comforter.

Sure enough it was just fine.

……….

The next day!

Early in the morning, wearing a light blue cotton robe, silver patterned boots, a jade hairpin to bind his hair, the suave and elegant Saint Son of the Heavenly Sect, arrived at the inn.

He stepped into the lobby, his eyes scanning and quickly locking onto the table by the window.

There were mediocre looking men and women seated at the table, and a small white fox drinking congee was lying on the table, which looked up at Xu Qi’an from time to time and then lowered its head to drink congee again.

“What are you always looking at me for?” Xu Qi’an said blankly.

This little fox has been looking at him with odd eyes since he got up in the morning, and in the black button like fox eyes, there are three parts hostile, three parts fearful, three parts aggrieved, and one part pitiful ……. Well, in short, it was this complicated feeling.

The little fox said in a thin voice:

“I dreamed yesterday that you took revenge on me and tried to strangle me to death, I even begged like you were begging for mercy and you wouldn’t let me go.”

It wore an aggrieved expression.

Isn’t it because your own sleeping position is so bad that your head is buried in the comforter and lacks oxygen?…….. The corner of Xu Qi’an’s mouth twitched as she asked rhetorically:

“Why did you have such a dream? To be precise, why would I want to get back at you. It wasn’t because you yourself did something bad last night and got weak.”

The little fox was too young to be mute and whimpered twice.

Li Lingsu quickly leaned over and sat down at the table, rubbing her back as she laughed:

“What did this little thing do last night that was so bad?”

Mu Nan gardenia coldly said: “What bad thing it can do? Unlike some men, colorful and flirtatious even if it is, human and demon not taboo even if it is, sometimes ah, dead or alive, do not care.”

Li Lingsu and Xu Qi’an’s faces abruptly stiffened.

“What the lady said ……..” Li Lingsu laughed dryly and said, “There are good demons too, you can’t divide good and evil by clan, besides, what do you mean by dead or alive?”

Duk Duk!

This guy’s heart is weak, he still has a demonic match? Xu Qi’an knocked on the table a few times and said, “What’s your business?”

Li Lingsu immediately lowered her voice, “Senior, I’ve run into some trouble.”

After a pause, seems to be a bit shy to export, voice lower and lower: “I was again in the love compulsion, you are a master of compulsion, can you pull out the love compulsion for me.”

Sickly娇女人少招惹啊 ……… Xu Qi An said, “Chai Xing Er planted the compulsion?”

Li Lingsu nodded with a saddened look on her face.

At this time, the store assistant leaned over, bowed and asked, “What would you like to eat, customer?”

Li Lingsu looked at the food of Mu Nanjia and Xu Qian and thought for a moment:

“The store’s kidney tonic and aphrodisiac dishes, bring them all up.”

……. The shopkeeper gave him an odd look, “Good, good ……”

His gaze spiraled down to the little white fox and he curtly complimented it:

“He’s so spirited, unlike the cats our pawpaw keeps, which have no energy at all today, as if they were sick.”

No, it is just the body is hollowed out ……. Xu Qi Xin said.

After the store assistant finished speaking, he retreated.

Munan Gardenia gloated:

“I think you are destined to be a peach blossom, first you were put under house arrest for half a year by the Oriental sisters and drained of your body, and after that, you were planted with love compulsion by Chai Xing’er. Tsk, you will die at the hands of a woman one day.”

Huh, Mrs. Xu rarely taunts me like this, is it because she is jealous …….. Ah, my damn charm, we are impossible ……… Li Lingsu smiled politely and kept his distance from the plain looking Mrs. Xu.

Mu Nan Gardenia didn’t know the inner drama of the holy son, otherwise she would have spit in his face.

“But since you’re with him, you can ask him for advice on how to handle conflicts between women. This guy is just like you, with peach blossom debts all over, and those women, regardless of their status and appearance, are far superior to your phase.” Mu Nanjian sneered.

You’re in love with a woman? Looks, status and position, far superior to my confidante? The Holy Son glanced at Xu Qian and didn’t believe it.

Looking at Mrs. Xu’s appearance, he knew what Xu Qian’s taste was.

This goods in the future, if you see the real face of Mu Nanjia, I do not know how I will feel, well, the period agreed with the State Master seems to be approaching ……… Xu Qi an drank a mouthful of porridge and said in a deep voice:

“Beware of the woman Chai Xing’er, I met Chai Xian last night.”

“What?!”

The Holy Son’s voice rose steeply.

Mun Nanjian also looked over.

Xu Qi’an put last night’s events, briefly said once, of course, hidden the bed scene of the saint and Chai Xing’er, not to give face to the scum, but this will appear to “Xu Qian” no style.

Li Ling Su said seriously while rubbing her waist:

“I still don’t believe that Xing’er would do such a thing, but as senior said, she is indeed the most suspected. But suspicion is just suspicion, and if we can’t find any evidence, we can’t prove that she’s the real culprit behind it.

“Isn’t everything Chai Xian said his side of the story.”

Xu Qi’an let out a “hmmm”, chewing on the soft, flavorful steamed buns, and said:

“So the key person now is Chai Lan, whether alive or dead, you must find her. Also, you go to the Chai Mansion and ask about what happened on the night of the incident. Chai Xing’er’s statement, Chai Xian’s statement, and the Chai Mansion’s children’s statements, compare the three parties and see if you can find any clues.

“Tomorrow is the Demon Slaughter Conference, let’s wait and see what happens then.”

The Buddhist monks represented by Pure Heart and Pure Edge had also intervened in this matter, so his priority now was not really to find out the truth of the case, but to find Chai Xian and extract the dragon’s energy.

Otherwise, once Pure Heart and Pure Edge found out that Chai Xian was a Dragon Qi Host, they would inevitably dispose of him into the Buddhist Sect.

With his current cultivation level and the power of the Floating Pagoda, to deal with this group of monks, it could only be said that it was a 50-50 split.

The opponent couldn’t help him, and he couldn’t kill him.

The point was that Pure Heart and Pure Edge might possess the means to contact Difficult Vajra, and if he delayed for too long, he might be facing a Third Grade, or even a Rohan, head-on.

“By the way, the Demon Slaughtering Conference will be held tomorrow at the Xiang River outside the city.” Li Lingsu said.

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PS: I know I owe you all a chapter, haven’t forgotten, but I can’t really add more lately, it’s hard to write cases fast. I’ll definitely pay it back after this episode. Don’t curse don’t curse!