Wen Xiang had a gloomy look on his face and his chest rose and fell slightly, obviously suppressing the anger in his heart.
"What happened?" Nie Tian asked very calmly, looking towards the valley.
Wen Xiang did not explain, but led Nie Tian and others into the valley.
The valley is not big, with a radius of only ten meters. It is very neatly kept, with no rocks or grass. It looks like a secluded small courtyard.
In the center of the valley, there is a pool of water, which does not look deep. A layer of thick green mist floats above the water, releasing a strong medicinal smell and filling the entire valley.
It is obvious that this is a medicine pool. Judging from the breath, the medicine pool contains extremely rich life force.
"Senior Wen Hou is in retreat in this medicine pool?" Nie Tian looked at the entire valley and immediately understood and asked.
"Yes." Wen Xiang nodded and said, "Before, my father was indeed in retreat in the medicine pool, but now, he has disappeared."
Nie Tian's eyes dropped. Wen Hou's life was definitely in danger because his lifeline was destroyed. Therefore, he had to continuously absorb the life force in the medicine pool in order to barely survive.
The cost of building this medicinal pool is high, and if it is maintained for tens of thousands of years, it will definitely overwhelm the Wen family.
But compared to these costs, Wen Hou's life is obviously more important.
"Master Wen, can you confirm when Senior Wen Hou disappeared?" Nie Tian thought for a moment and asked.
"Today." Wen Xiang nodded solemnly, his eyes trembling slightly, and said, "To be precise, it should have been just now."
"Just now?" Nie Tian's eyes trembled, he was quite surprised, and said, "Are you sure?" Wen Xiang nodded heavily and said, "Although my father has been in seclusion for a long time, I have always been very careful and come here to check almost every day.
Because it was decided yesterday that I would ask my father to leave the customs. So I came to check it out last night. At that time
My father is still here."
As he said that, Wen Xiang looked at Wen Chengjiao and continued: "This morning, I came to check again and made sure that my father was fine. Then I went to the lobby and asked Uncle Chengjiao to ask my father to come out of seclusion."
"The master of the family asked me to come to invite the master of the family to come out of seclusion. I didn't delay at all and came over immediately. But when I arrived, the master of the family was gone." Wen Chengjiao took over Wen Xiang's words and said.
After hearing what the two said, Nie Tian's expression changed slightly and he said in a deep voice, "So, Senior Wen Hou disappeared during the free time when both of you were away."
"Yeah." Wen Xiang nodded and sighed deeply: "It won't take more than half an hour."
"Then is Senior Wen Hou still in this secret place?" Nie Tian's eyes trembled and he let out a surprise, as if he had thought of something.
"It's possible!" Wen Xiang understood immediately, shouted, turned around and said: "Uncle Chengjiao, go and inform the family elders council and ask them to send someone to the secret place."
"Yes!" Wen Chengjiao agreed and turned to leave, but was stopped by Nie Tian.
"Lord Fenghuang, what are you..." Wen Chengjiao frowned and looked at Nie Tian with a puzzled expression.
Nie Tian thought about it for a while, and without any hesitation, he said directly to Wen Lun: "Wen Lun, you go with the housekeeper."
Wen Lun was stunned for a moment, then understood what Nie Tian meant. Although he was a little reluctant, he still nodded.
The two of them left without further delay.
"Lord Fenghuang, do you doubt Uncle Chengjiao?" Wen Xiang looked at the two people's disappearing figures, frowning involuntarily, and said with a low expression.
How could he not see that when Nie Tian asked Wen Lun to go with him, he obviously did not trust Wen Chengjiao.
"He was the first person to discover that Senior Wen Hou was missing. If Senior Wen Hou really had an accident or was kidnapped, he would undoubtedly be the most suspect." Nie Tian said coldly with a serious look on his face.
Wen Xiang frowned, his face looked very ugly, but he didn't know what to say.
The thing happened so suddenly, he was indeed a little panicked just now.
If Wen Hou was kidnapped, he should still be in the secret place at this time, at least he has not left Wen Mansion. "Senior Wen Hou is retreating here, and very few people know about it. Moreover, the secret place is protected by multiple formations.
The person who can enter the secret place quietly must be from the Wen family, and his status will not be low!" Nie Tian said solemnly, regardless of Wen Xiang's expression.
road.
Wen Xiang's eyes trembled, and his expression changed again and again.
Even though he doesn't want to believe it, he must admit that there must be a mole in the Wen family!
As Nie Tian said, in the entire Wen Mansion, there are no more than ten people who can enter the secret place silently.
"We just confirmed yesterday that we will ask Senior Wen Hou to come out of seclusion today. Senior Wen Hou disappeared today. Does the Wen family think this is just a coincidence?" Nie Tian's eyes were downcast, with a cold murderous intent surging in his eyes.
What he hated most in his life were traitors, and he wished he could kill every one of them on sight.
Although Wen Xiang was very reluctant, he still nodded.
Yesterday in the lobby, apart from Nie Tian and others, the only people in the Wen family were Wen Xiang, Wen Chengjiao and Wen Lun, as well as Wen Lun's two maids, Lan Qing Lan Che.
Wen Hou disappeared, and Nie Tian and others were also suspected, but it was obviously impossible for them to enter Wen's secret place without anyone noticing.
Moreover, Nie Tian and others did not know where Wen Hou was retreating.
As a result, the Wen family members become more suspicious.
Wen Lun and Lan Qing Lan Che also couldn't enter the secret place, and they didn't have any motive.
After doing this calculation, only Wen Xiang and Wen Chengjiao were left.
Wen Xiang is the head of the Wen family and the son of Marquis Wen, so there is no way he can betray him.
So, who the traitor is is about to be revealed.
"Could it really be Uncle Chengjiao?" Wen Xiang had obviously figured everything out, his eyes trembling slightly in disbelief.
Wen Chengjiao has been one of the most important people in the Wen family since Marquis Wen took charge of the Wen family.
In a certain aspect, Wen Chengjiao is even more important than Wen Hou. After all, he has been the butler of two generations of family heads.
Wen Xiang admitted that neither he nor his father had ever been sorry to Wen Chengjiao, so why did the latter do such a thing.
"Master Wen, it's too early to draw conclusions now," Nie Tian said calmly, knowing of course what Wen Xiang was thinking.
Then, Nie Tian looked at Fan Zhong and said after a long time: "Fan Zhong, I have said that I will not hold anything against you for what you have done before. But I hope that you can confess it."
Fan Zhong looked embarrassed and remained silent for a few seconds before finally saying: "Lord Fenghuang, my subordinates did have transactions with people from the Guiya Sect."
Nie Tian nodded slightly, not too surprised, and motioned for Fan Zhong to continue speaking.
In fact, when he was in the Fengtian Ming Sect, Nie Tian had already confirmed that Fan Zhong must have some kind of deal with the Guiya Sect, otherwise the latter would not have the intention to kill him.
At this time, Fan Zhong had surrendered, and Nie Tian did not want to pursue the case, but at this time, such a big thing happened to the Wen family, so Nie Tian had to suspect the Guiya Sect.
Since Fan Zhong has some contact with the Guiya Sect, he might be able to get some information from him.
Fan Zhong took a deep breath and was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by a scream.
"Second uncle, come quickly!" A scream came from not far away, and it turned out to be Wen Lun's voice. The faces of Wen Xiang and others changed, and their figures moved together.