Quick Transmigration Goblin: Don't tease, the villain is turning black

Chapter 395
Quan Jiu wanted to see something from Si Jinnian's face, but this stinky man's expression was well controlled, and he listened calmly to his subordinates reporting the latest situation in Jincheng.

"After you left, everything in the city was normal, but for some reason, the Du family and the Fan family suddenly made trouble today, and we were caught off guard."

"Fan Sheng seems to be sure that you won't be able to go back today. He has already sent people to station outside the city, waiting to take over Jincheng. Some of them even took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the city."

Si Jinnian tapped his knee joints with his fingertips, his eyes drooping slightly.

Something is wrong tonight.

Not to blame Fan Sheng for being too conceited, but tonight's turnaround was too smooth.

The opponent obviously had the upper hand in terms of numbers, but he roughly estimated the number of people tonight, and the number of enemies he was facing was at most 200.

Si Jinnian raised his eyes, wanting to keep his subordinates alive and thoroughly investigate tonight's incident, but he caught a glimpse of Quan Jiu from the corner of his eye, and he swallowed the words again when he reached his mouth.

"Find out everyone from Fan Sheng."

……

Commander's mansion, study.

Xue Cheng looked serious:
"Third Lord, everyone has been recruited, but I don't believe what they say. They say that there are monsters in the forest and they eat all their people. The monsters and ghosts are all fabricated in the story books. If I believe them, I will be a fool." Yet?"

Si Jinnian was originally sitting lazily, but when he heard this, he sat up straight:
"What exactly is going on?"

Xue Cheng: "It is said that in the blink of an eye, dozens of brothers disappeared out of thin air, without even a cry for help, they disappeared, and now they have not been found."

Si Jinnian frowned slightly, as he expected, the number of people really didn't match up.

"Did you watch it live?"

Xue Cheng: "Look, let alone human beings, even a bone can't be found. It's impossible for these dozens of living people to disappear out of thin air, right?"

In his opinion, these people are talking nonsense.

Si Jinnian's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what to think of: "How is the situation in the south?"

Xue Cheng's face became more serious:

"Six corpses were found. There were no superfluous wounds all over their bodies. They were all killed by a single shot. There was also a corpse with strangle marks on its neck and died of asphyxiation. South……"

When he said this, he suddenly got stuck for a moment.

Not all went north, either.

Miss Liu stayed alone in the center circle.

Xue Cheng realized the absurd idea in his mind, shook his head, and directly ruled out the possibility of Miss Liu.

She is a genuine young lady who has returned from studying abroad, and she can't even fire a gun. It is absolutely impossible for her to have such accurate marksmanship.

Xue Cheng put it another way:
"I think, at that time, apart from us and the Du Fan family, there was another mysterious force in the mountains, and one of them was a sharpshooter."

Even if the person who made the confession did not lie, if dozens of people were to disappear in an instant, it would take at least a few hundred people to do so.

"Go down."

Si Jinnian looked at the topographic map on the table and fell into deep thought.

……

Recently, Jincheng seems to be calm and calm, but smart people can feel that there are layers of turbulent waves buried under this calm.

Quan Jiu was busy with the marriage of her daughter and son-in-law, she didn't expect to see Li Yang again, she said vigilantly.

"What are you here for?"

Steal?Robbery?
Li Yang hadn't seen Quan Jiu for many days, and now seeing the person he was thinking of appeared in front of him, besides being sad, he also felt a tinge of joy:
"Miss Liu, I'm here to call off the engagement."

Quan Jiu was even more surprised: "Your father agreed?"

Li Yang's answer is also surprising:

"agreed."

Quan Jiu had a question mark on his face.

At first, the old man refused to withdraw the engagement despite Si Jinnian's pressure, but now he suddenly let go, why?
Li Yang looked at the doubts on her face, pondered for a moment, still ignored his father's instructions, and told the truth:
"Actually, the Li family's business can grow so big, part of the reason is due to one of my father's counselors."

Quan Jiu suddenly remembered what Si Jinnian had investigated. He heard that the old man of the Li family often went to temples and was very close to a Taoist priest.

She knocked on the handle of the chair: "That old Taoist priest?"

Li Yang was stunned: "You know!?"

Quan Jiu: "That's all I know, you continue to talk."

Li Yang thought for a while, then spoke again:
"This old Taoist priest does have some strength. My father acted on his advice. In just five years, the Li family grew more than ten times. Since then, my father has trusted him even more. This old Taoist priest is an important figure in our family." The existence of a living Bodhisattva."

Quan Jiu guessed something:

"So the old Taoist said that the Liu family is suitable for marriage with the Li family. Your father would rather offend Si Jinnian than this living Bodhisattva?"

Li Yang took a sip of tea resentfully, bowed his head a little bit ashamedly:
"That's right, he said that you and I are in good relationship with each other, it's a destined match..."

Not only that, but also said that after Quan Jiu married into the Li family, the business of the Li family would be more smooth.

Quan Jiu joked: "Then what's going on now, my horoscope suddenly doesn't match yours?"

"The old Taoist is dead."

Li Yang held the teacup and shook his head.

Quan Jiu narrowed his dark eyes slightly, and his tone sank: "Dead? Murder or suicide?"

Li Yang looked solemn: "I don't know, a woodcutter passing by found his body in a dry well. I don't know if he accidentally fell into it or was pushed in by someone."

When his father heard the news of the old Taoist's death, his first reaction was to not believe it. The old Taoist was so powerful, he was no different from a god, how could he die so hastily?

But when the corpse was brought up, all self-consolation turned into soap bubbles, which were ruthlessly pierced by reality.

Because of this, his father's mindless admiration for the old Taoist finally faded a bit, and after listening to his persuasion, he was finally willing to formally divorce the Liu family.

Out of selfishness, he actually didn't want to divorce the engagement. The girl he liked already had his own heart. Instead of forcing her, he might as well wish her happiness. The two of them are generous, and maybe they can be friends in the future.

Quan Jiu took his divorce letter and thanked him: "It's noon soon, why don't we go after lunch?"

"No."

Li Yang thought of Si Jinnian upstairs and refused decisively.

Quan Jiu sent her to the gate of the Commander's Mansion, and before leaving, Li Yang stared at her face, showing a bit of concealed love and reluctance:

"Miss Liu, I actually met you before, before you went to England."

Quan Jiu: "Oh?"

Thinking of the scene he saw, Li Yang shook his head:

"Forget it, don't mention the past."

At that time, Liu Jiaojiao was soft-spoken, knowledgeable and courteous, and she did not lose any of the etiquette that belonged to a lady.

It was completely different from the sturdy woman he saw on the cruise ship returning to China, "shooting a man's life with a brick".

Li Yang smiled with relief:
"At least one thing, the old Taoist is right, you have indeed changed a lot in the year you returned to China."

(End of this chapter)