The housekeeper Qiao Shanlin did not dare to do anything else and ordered his servants to clean up the various courtyards.
The Jade Cauldron Celestial Sect is almost here. They, the Xuanyuan Celestial Sect, have just sent word that all members will be here tonight.
Not only the rooms must be tidied up, but also the servants or maids serving in each courtyard must be arranged.
The original manpower was definitely not enough, so he borrowed servant maids from some local families in the imperial city, and was busy teaching some of the most basic precautions. It could be said that he was very busy.
It's also his own problem. He has never presided over such a big thing before, and he still lacks experience. He still needs to be able to get over it before it turns into a catastrophic accident.
All kinds of things were complicated, and they all came together, so when a disciple of Xuanyuan Tianzong came over and said that someone asked him to meet, Qiao Shanlin roared before he could hear who it was.
But what surprised Qiao Shanlin was that the disciple still didn't leave. After telling him again, he finally understood who invited him. It was actually the steward of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong. It was said that he didn't see the message, so he let someone know.
pass.
Qiao Shanlin asked this disciple to step back, and when he looked into the identity token with his soul, he saw that the other party had sent him three identical messages."
"Brother Qiao, I'm here from this sect. We have something important to discuss. Let's meet you over a drink in the restaurant."
Qiao Shanlin didn't think much about it. The two of them often met like this. The reason was that they were having difficulties and needed his help. He still had time and the restaurant for drinking was nearby. He stopped what he was doing for the time being.
Rush to the drinking restaurant.
Not long after, Qiao Shanlin came to the drinking restaurant, opened the door of Fumantang, and a habitual smile appeared on his face. He would say hello before seeing anyone. Before the words were spoken, Qiao Shanlin's smile froze on his face.
The shock and fear in his eyes almost burst out of his eyes, and he subconsciously wanted to run away, but he didn't dare. There was indeed the butler of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong, but the butler was standing, and the person sitting in front of him was the number one of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong.
Tianjiao Nanminghuo, ranked twenty-first on the list of Tianjiao in all heavens and realms.
After all, Qiao Shanlin has seen the world, but he reacted in two or three breaths. The stiff smile on his face turned flattering. He bent down and saluted with clasped fists: "I have met Young Master Nanming. I didn't expect that Young Master is here. Too much."
It’s so shocking that it makes you laugh.”
The steward of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong stepped forward, closed the door that Qiao Shanlin deliberately left open, and then said: "Please sit down."
"Where is there, Mr. Nanming, where is the position of a villain?" Qiao Shanlin said he did not dare and did not move at all.
"If I ask you to sit down, just do it." Nan Minghuo said with an indifferent look on his face.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Xie Nanming, please take a seat." Qiao Shanlin was frightened and hurriedly stepped forward with his butt touching the chair. He lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound. He had an ominous premonition in his heart, thinking that he was borrowing the Jade Cauldron from the Heavenly Sect.
The matter of killing Ye Qian was exposed, otherwise Nan Minghuo, the supreme genius, would never see him alone.
But the question is, what should I say?
"The name of this shop is Xiaozhu, which I think is very good." Nan Minghuo picked up the wine pot and poured a glass for Qiao Shanlin himself, but did not pour it for himself. He continued: "Drinking is the same as doing things.
Enough is enough, what do you think?"
"Young master said it, you said it!" Qiao Shanlin was about to cry. Nan Minghuo had heard his master say that he was a ninth-grade poison refining master. Where he stayed, even the air had to be guarded against whether it was poisonous.
, he dares to drink this wine poured by his own hands?
"Aren't you going to drink? I don't like to be long-winded, and I rarely pour wine for others myself." Nan Minghuo said indifferently.
"Drink, I'll drink, it's my honor." Qiao Shanlin was really about to cry. He used to hold the wine with one hand, but his hand was shaking so much that he couldn't pick it up, so he could only add another
One, the wine glass was shaking so much. He drank the wine tremblingly with a determination to die. Qiao Shanlin didn't feel anything strange. The wine seemed to have the same taste as before, without any difference. Not only did his heart feel a little more relaxed, he quickly put out the wine glass.
Put it on the table.
"Drinking is just like being a human being. I respect others and they respect me. What do you think?" Nan Minghuo filled Qiao Shanlin's second glass with his own hands and continued to talk in confusion.
"That's what the young master said." Qiao Shanlin endured his fear. This time his hands were a little stronger than last time. Although they were still a little shaking, at least the wine was not spilled. There was nothing unusual about this cup. Could it be that he was overthinking it?
"Is He Tianning one of yours?" Nan Minghuo asked calmly.
"Sir, it really has nothing to do with the villain. If you check clearly, it really doesn't matter..." What Qiao Shanlin was most worried about happened. His eyes were full of fear and despair, and he knelt down with a common voice, kowtowed and cried out for injustice.
"Then why did you kill him?" Nan Minghuo asked indifferently while pouring Qiao Shanlin's third glass of wine.
"I...I..." Qiao Shanlin couldn't hear a word for a long time. His face was completely bloodless at this time, and he was pale and almost sick. If he said it was death, Mr. Qiao would not let him go. If he didn't say it, he would die. Mr. Nanming would not
Will you let him go and let him choose?
"Last question, did Qiao Yiyu find someone to kill Zhou Bojun?" Nan Minghuo asked.
"No, it's really not us, Master, it's really not us..." Qiao Shanlin was already frightened.
How could it be possible that Zhou Bojun was killed by his own son, making some ridiculous joke? Qiao Shanlin, let alone Qiao Shanlin, couldn't bear this disaster, and his own son Qiao Yiyu couldn't bear it either.
"It's really not us..." Qiao Shanlin's tears fell. He was about to collapse, but he knew that he could never shoulder the huge disaster of killing Zhou Bojun. He could only tell the truth and said out of breath:
"He Tianning came to see Young Master, and I received him. He wanted to kill Ye Qian. Young Master didn't want to be a swordsman, so I asked He Tianning and He Tianning to find Young Master Zhou. He Tianning wanted to kill someone with a borrowed sword, and so did we..."
Qiao Shanlin took a deep breath, not daring to waste a moment, and continued: "We really didn't kill the people. Our people were too far away to see clearly what happened at Luoxia Villa. Later, when we touched them, they were all dead.
He ran back. We were afraid that you would misunderstand, so we killed He Tianning and then sent the disciple away. That's all. We didn't kill Mr. Zhou!"
Qiao Shanlin knelt on the ground, his face pressed to the ground, losing all his strength, desperately waiting for Nan Minghuo to subside. He only knew so much, and that was all.
"The ancestor of the Zhou family, Venerable Zhou Yanguang, has called for your life. I, Nan Minghuo, will personally fill three glasses of wine and send you on your way. Drink the last glass and have a safe journey." After Nan Minghuo finished speaking, he stepped out of Fumantang and left the drinking tavern.
Qiao Shanlin stood up blankly, his eyes were dull, and he stared blankly at the last glass of wine on the table. A moment ago, he was full of ambition and busy, but a moment later, he saw that there was no way to survive after spending his whole life.
Neither Venerable Zhou Yanguang nor Nan Minghuo could offend him, and Master Qiao Yiyu could not save him.
He can only die, not live.
"After we meet, you can give Qiao Yiyu a last word or wish." The steward of the Jade Cauldron Sect sighed.
"Haha..." Qiao Shanlin chuckled. Did he really want Qiao Yiyu to know that the one who killed him was the Jade Cauldron Tianzong?
Qiao Shanlin smiled miserably and took the token. He had many things to say, including one for Qiao Yiyu, one for his wife and children, and one for his parents. Finally, Qiao Shanlin gave Qiao Yiyu four words: "Master, take care.
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After drinking the last glass of wine, Qiao Shanlin felt no pain, no life left at all, and walked away very peacefully.
The steward of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong knew in his heart that Nan Minghuo was satisfied with the answer. Otherwise, Qiao Shanlin Hu's road to death would definitely be very difficult and bumpy. He cut off Qiao Shanlin's head, put it in an ice crystal jade box, and left the small house.
After drinking in the tavern, I caught up with Nanming Huo and asked in a low voice: "Do you believe me, Master?"
"It's not important anymore!" A trace of sadness flashed in Nan Minghuo's eyes: "The sect puts the overall situation first. Ye Qian is the murderer. The Zhou family has other ideas. Let's take it one step at a time."
"Yes!" The butler lowered his head.
At this time, Qiao Yiyu stared blankly at the four words from Qiao Shanlin on the identity token: "Master, take care."
What does this mean? What the hell is Qiao Shanlin doing? Is he going to die? Sir, take care of yourself?
Qiao asked Yufa's message, but there was no answer. He sent it three times in a row, but still no answer. An ominous premonition arose in his heart.
Qiao Yiyu searched the entire Xuanyuan Tianzong Courtyard with the power of his soul, but did not find Qiao Shanlin.
Qiao Shanlin came over to report clearly just before, saying that the sect had sent a message that someone would come at night, and then Qiao Yiyu asked Qiao Shanlin to prepare the room for the servants. How much kung fu does it take before the people are gone?
If the Daewoo Dynasty can't take action, who has the ability to let Qiao Shanlin disappear without a word?
With a livid face, Qiao Yiyu called everyone in the house together. The question was very simple. Who saw Qiao Shanlin last? Who knows where Qiao Shanlin went?
Finally, I saw Qiao Shanlin's concierge coming out with a trembling lie, saying that Qiao Shanlin was invited by the butler of Yuding Tianzong to meet at Fumantang, a restaurant for a drink, so he was not at the house.
The concierge hadn't realized yet that Qiao Shanlin might be dead.
The Xiaojiu Restaurant is right next to the Xuanyuan Tianzong residence. Qiao Yiyu also frequents it. He turns into light and goes away, full of evil aura and murderous intent. He enters the Xiaojiu Restaurant, opens the door of the elegant room, and sees Qiao Shanlin.
headless corpse.
Who, who dares to kill someone from the Jade Cauldron Sect in broad daylight?
Is he really the steward of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong, or is he someone pretending to be?
Did anyone in the pub see what happened?
Qiao Yiyu's eyes were red and he roared wildly: "Where are the people? The waiter? The shopkeeper? Where did they all die?"
He rushed downstairs to find the waiter and the shopkeeper, but he saw the waiter and shopkeeper who had been dead for a long time behind the counter.
Qiao Yiyu's soul instantly covered the entire drinking tavern. Some private rooms were empty, while some were littered with corpses.
There was no one alive in the three-story drinking tavern. They were all poisoned to death, except Qiao Shanlin, whose head was taken away.
Qiao Yiyu went upstairs to collect the body, then went downstairs and returned to the other house. He found the concierge from before. His eyes were cruel and ferocious, already on the verge of madness. He asked, "Are you sure you saw the steward of the Jade Cauldron Tianzong?"
"Sure!" The concierge nodded sharply with a look of fear on his face. He had never seen Qiao Yiyu like this before. It was too scary.
"Follow me!" Qiao Yiyu's eyes were red. He carried the concierge and walked between the giant trees in the form of light. Not long after, he arrived at the Jade Cauldron Heavenly Sect's residence and opened the door of the Jade Cauldron Heavenly Sect's residence with a sword...