When he escorted the four people away and passed the old man in gray cloth, Lu Bai waved to him, "Thank you."
The old man in gray cloth was confused and his face was uncertain.
Where does this thanks come from?
Thank you that he was beaten back by Lu Bai with a single move just now and that he no longer had the courage to do anything. This was clearly an insult to him. The old man in gray cloth immediately widened his eyes and stared at Lu Bai.
However, he still knows what's appropriate.
From the moment Lu Bai calmly resisted his attack, he knew that this person was definitely Lu Bai, who had been rumored for a long time. In this huge capital, in addition to a few old monsters in the inner study hall, there were also a few lonely old people in Peach Blossom Temple.
, only Lu Bai can find out his sword moves.
The old man in gray cloth marveled at Lu Bai's well-deserved reputation, and at the same time was secretly angry at Lu Bai's ridicule, but he could only hide it in his heart and not get angry.
He knew that with Lu Baiye's background and magical powers in recruiting the God of Wine, he was definitely not someone he could offend.
He could only watch Lu Bai leave.
Shi Zheng said fiercely next to him: "This guy is too arrogant. If someone from the Gu family is allowed to get that position again and support him in building the powerful sect of Lao Shizi, will there be room for other sects to gain a foothold in the future?!"
The old man in gray cloth knew what Shi Zheng meant by what he said. Although he was suspected of provoking, he had to say that it was reasonable. However, their swordsmanship would never take this as a leader.
The snipe and the clam compete with each other and the fisherman gets the benefit. This is the best thing.
Lu Bai led the people out of the Shijia Manor and walked on the fields where new green was emerging. Soon they arrived at a small bridge. The water was gurgling under the bridge, and there was a stone on the bridge for farmers returning from the fields to rest.
As for the distance.
Farmers were clearing weeds in the fields amid the drizzle.
Lu Bai sat on the stone, looked at the four people in front of him, and pointed at the craftsman who had previously raised the stone to kill Hu Wanwan, "Tell me, why did you want to kill him?"
Hu Baiwan also looked back at him, "Li San?! How have I offended you, and you actually want to kill me?"
Li San moved his gaze to the side, looking at the green fields, "You didn't offend me, but I want to kill you."
Then he fell into endless silence.
Seeing that he was a dull gourd, Lu Bai turned around and asked another craftsman who had succeeded and killed Mo Liu, "What about you? Why did you kill Mo Liuzi?"
The craftsman lowered his head, his body was still trembling, his face was pale, but he managed not to speak.
"Since you haven't spoken, let me tell you why." Lu Bai chuckled, "Someone wants you to silence yourself in order to cover up the hole that you have been digging intermittently for His Highness Qingxin since three years ago?"
He looked arrogantly to everyone, "Yes or no?"
No one answered him.
Hu Baiwan shivered and suddenly felt something was not good.
Lu Bai asked Hu Baiwan, "Did you do it?"
Hu Baiwan acted like a coward.
Lu Bai didn't force him, because he knew that Hu Baiwan would speak soon, "If it were just this hole, I wouldn't be able to find your head. What's more important is that you brought three boys into it."
He entered the palace and was sent to a certain place from the entrance of the cave..."
Lu Bai took off the wine gourd from his waist and took a sip of wine, "Those three boys are not your children, but you lied and claimed that they were your children. This is the reason why you are going to be silenced."
"Tell me, who asked you to do it?" Lu Bai asked again.
A few people still didn't speak.
Lu Bai's face turned cold, "Hu Baiwan, there is something I forgot to mention. When I checked at your door, I found that your son and wife had also been silenced."
"So are Mo Liu and Pang San's family members." Lu Bai looked at Pang San again.
His clone went to the home of Pang San and Mo Liu, but it was still a step too late. When all he saw were their families, Mo Liu not only died of his wife and children, but also an old mother.
Upon hearing the news, Hu Wanwan and both of them trembled, their faces became confused with panic, fear, and horror, as if a bomb exploded in their heads, leaving them stunned.
Lu Bai gave them a chance to relax and stopped being aggressive. Instead, he turned to look at the two men who had just committed the attack, "Are you prepared to carry it until your family is ruined like them?"
The two craftsmen lowered their heads and said nothing, neither wanting to escape nor to struggle.
With the strength Lu Bai showed just now, they knew that they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
Lu Bai frowned slightly, "You still have a tough mouth, but in the hands of Jin Yiwei, even the iron mouth can be pried open by you. I advise you to speak up before suffering."
When the two craftsmen heard Jin Yiwei, they trembled. Apparently the name of Jin Yiwei frightened them, but they still lowered their heads.
At this time, Lu Bai was finally sure.
He sighed and said, "I understand. Your children were also held hostage. They asked you to murder three of them. Is that right?"
The two craftsmen raised their heads in shock and said nothing, but their expressions clearly said that Lu Bai was right.
"Do you believe that they will send your child back, or do you believe in me?" Lu Bai asked, "I am Lu Bai, and the noble Lord has sent out to help you find it. And they...you failed the errand they gave you.
Well, they may be torturing your children already, and if you hesitate even a moment now, you are helping them."
Lu Bai glanced at them.
The two craftsmen had different expressions.
The one who still wanted to hold on was the one who had already succeeded in killing Mo Liu.
As for the other Li San who was stopped by Lu Bai, he was persuaded.
He raised his head and said, "Yes, it was us as the leader who ordered us to do it?"
Lu Bai was surprised, "You are the leader? The one who hired the Shi family to build the garden project. Where is he now? Is he still on the construction site?"
The craftsman shook his head.
The boss he is talking about is not the contractor.
As the saying goes, there are state-owned laws and regulations, and their craftsmen's trade belongs to the construction industry. In their construction industry, there is a line head, which the craftsmen are accustomed to call the head.
There are three major leaders in their construction industry.
Zhang Zuotou was good at building folk pavilions; Yun Zuotou was good at building landscape gardens; and Huang Zuotou was the one who built the most exquisite Huang Pavilion for royal palace nobles.
Their lineage belongs to Huang Zuotou, and it was Huang Zuotou who ordered them to do things.
"His eldest disciple Li Yun just came in a hurry and secretly pulled the three of us over. He first took out the tokens from our children and then threatened us in a low voice to kill three of them. Otherwise, we will be killed.
Don't even think about seeing me, our child." said the craftsman.
They knew that Huang Zuotou had such courage and ability.
When Hu Wanwan and three children were brought into the palace, Huang Zuotou was involved, so they didn't dare to believe it, so they killed Hu Wanwan and three of them.
After the craftsman finished speaking, he knelt on the ground with a bang and said, "Master Hou, Master Hou, I am willing to be punished. I beg you, please save my child. My child is only three years old. He is not even in the city."
Been there, sir, please, please..."
The craftsman kept kowtowing and banging his head.
Lu Bai asked him, "Where is Huang Zuotou's home?"
The craftsman hurriedly said, "It's at the third gate of Longliu Lane inside the South City Gate."
The entrance of this alley got its name from a large, old and thick willow tree.
When Lu Bai got the news, he flashed, a clone appeared, and disappeared in a flash. The kneeling craftsman was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that with Lu Bai's magical power, his son had a chance of survival.
Even the craftsman who still kept silent had hope in his eyes.
Lu Bai continued to ask Hu Wanwan and the two who had recovered at this moment, "You can go back and see if what I said is true, but as a dignified prince, I really have no need to lie to you - at the beginning, I asked you to lead
Is it Huang Zuotou who asked you to dig a tunnel when three children entered the palace?"
Hu Wanwan was anxious to go home and watch, and so was Pang San.
They staggered past Lu Bai and only said a few words, "Huang Zuotou's child was also kidnapped at that time. When we were threatened to do this, Huang Zuotou was the one who took the lead." Waiting for these words to drift away.
While in the air, they had already stepped off the stone bridge and headed towards the town at the end of the wilderness.
Lu Bai was smacking Hu Wanwan with deep meaning in their words.
Listening to Hu Wanwan's words, Huang Zuotou seemed to be threatened.
Lu Bai felt that this case was becoming more and more interesting.
He turned back and asked the two craftsmen, "Have you participated in the construction of the Qingxin Hall of the Imperial Palace?"
The two craftsmen nodded.
"Were you also threatened at that time?" Lu Bai asked.
If they were threatened, Lu Bai just felt that these two craftsmen were so unlucky. Having a child meant they had a weakness and could be manipulated at every turn.
The two craftsmen shook their heads and then nodded.
"My, our child, is not tied up." Li San, the craftsman who was kowtowing, stammered.
Lu Bai was confused, "Why did you sit down when you weren't tied up? Do you know that if this happened, it would be the crime of exterminating the family."
The craftsman's face became sad.
They are of Huang Zuotou's group. They only want to have construction skills. If they don't do it, Huang Zuotou's words will make it impossible for them to continue in the construction industry.
"This is the bowl of rice we eat. If we lose this rice bowl, our family will have no choice but to go with the northwest wind." The craftsman said.
Even so, they would not have dared to do so.
But after they entered the palace and dug a hole in the ruins of Qingxin Hall according to Huang Zuotou's order for no apparent reason, they boarded the pirate ship and couldn't get off even if they thought about it.
"Huang, Huang Zuotou also threatened us that if we dare to reveal even a word, he will tie up our children." The craftsmen dug the tunnel under Huang Zuotou's coercion and inducement.
Ever since they did this thing, they had been on tenterhooks all day long. Later, they heard that the Qingxin Palace was on fire again. They were glad in their hearts. They thought that they could take advantage of the opportunity of Qingxin Palace to be rebuilt again and block the tunnel, and then everything would be seamless.
, but didn’t want to be discovered by Lu Bai.
"Heh." Lu Bai chuckled.
This matter is indeed perfect. If Lu Bai hadn't investigated the inner treasury case on a whim, he would not have discovered the mystery behind it.
He wanted to speak, but his expression suddenly changed.
His clone had arrived at Longliu Lane, and Huang Zuotou's home was on fire.