"Where did you get this thing?" Meng Luochuan said with a surprised look on his face.
Lu Chen pretended to be mysterious and said: "Guess where it came from!"
"A family heirloom." Meng Luochuan blinked.
Lu Chen said with a smile: "You can say that, if I guessed correctly, you should have one on your body too!"
The Black Turtle Secret Armor on his body is actually an heirloom of the Fang family. He spent a lot of effort to snatch it from the hands of the strong men of the Shenhuo Sect. He originally planned to return it to Fang Yurou, but he didn't expect that the other party would dislike it.
It's a hot potato, let Lu Chen take care of it first.
The reason why he took out this treasure was that he also suspected that Meng Luochuan also had one on him.
Meng Luochuan's expression became solemn, and his tone was serious: "What do you know, please tell me straight to the point."
"Then tell the truth, does your Tianque Palace have this thing?" Lu Chen said bluntly.
Meng Luochuan pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "I do have a piece of this Mysterious Tortoise Armor. It is a token held by the successive masters of our Tianque Palace. Only it can command the disciples of the entire Tianque Palace!" As he said that, he pulled it from his neck.
He took out a silver pendant with a mysterious purple crystal hanging on it. The pattern on it was exactly the same as the mysterious turtle armor on Chen Lu's hand.
Presumably the assassination of his father Meng Haishan was all caused by this piece of mysterious turtle armor. Unfortunately, he kept this thing very secretly and hung it around Meng Luochuan's neck until his death.
The killer probably didn't expect that Senior Meng would give such a vital token of Tianque Palace to his only son Meng Luochuan to wear personally.
Since he has not obtained the secret armor of the mysterious turtle, the killer will definitely not give up and will definitely come back and wait for the opportunity.
"As expected, your Tianque Palace actually has a secret armor of a black turtle. In this case, the cause of Senior Meng's death must be inseparable from it!" Lu Chen said firmly.
Meng Luochuan's face looked a little ugly, and he said bitterly: "For a gem, I assassinated my father. If I find him one day, I will crush him to ashes."
"Can you think of a way to find the murderer behind the scenes? For example, use your gem as bait." Lu Chen said.
Meng Luochuan frowned and said, "You want to lure the snake out of its hole."
"Yes, since the murderer behind the scenes is here for the secret armor of the Black Turtle, it is better to throw stones and ask for directions and use the trick. This is the only way at the moment!" Lu Chen agreed.
Meng Luochuan said: "I can try your method, but why should I help you!"
"Mr. Meng, don't forget, we are grasshoppers on a rope now. If you don't cooperate with me, do you think you can secure your position as the master of Tianque Palace?" Lu Chen said with a sneer.
Meng Luochuandao clenched the purple gem in his hand and gritted his teeth: "I can agree to cooperate with you, but you must help me take the position of the Palace Master of Tianque Palace. I will never allow Tianque Palace to fall into the hands of those with evil intentions.
inside."
"A gentleman's words are hard to chase!" Lu Chen showed a smile, and after saying so much, he finally convinced Meng Luochuan.
Meng Luochuan said with an indifferent expression: "I hope you will keep your word. If you dare to betray me secretly, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"I'm not as sinister as you think. Let's talk about how to implement this plan in detail!" Lu Chen said unconcernedly.
Meng Luochuan said: "My father's bones are not yet cold, and he will die with his eyes closed. No matter what, he must be buried well and buried in peace. Two days later, it will be the day when I will take over as the master of Tianque Palace."
"When the time comes, I will take the Palace Master's token to Qinggan Island in Chongyang Lake. I will go to the ancestral hall there to meet with the elders of the clan. After obtaining their approval, I can hold the succession ceremony."
Lu Chen said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid that just after you leave here, your uncle Meng Haijiao will send people to keep an eye on you. You will definitely encounter a lot of resistance and interception on the way to Chongyang Lake. It will not be as easy as imagined."
"This is the best. If the rebellion in Tianque Palace is not eliminated, I, the palace master, will have trouble sleeping and eating. Then I will take the opportunity to catch all the evil spirits." Meng Luochuan said with a sneer.
Lu Chen agreed: "This is a good idea. There are people watching with eager eyes along the way. Presumably the top killer of the Seven Kills organization will also show his tail!"
"When the time comes, I'll ask you to help me!" Meng Luochuan handed over his hand, and the attitude shown in his words was a bit more polite to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled lightly and said: "I'm helping you for my own sake, so you don't have to be polite. If it's convenient, can you take me to see your father's body?"
"Brother Lu, what are you going to do? My father has already slept forever. It would be inappropriate to disturb him rashly." Meng Luochuan felt a little embarrassed.
Lu Chen explained: "Brother Meng misunderstood. I want to take a look at your father's injuries. Maybe I can get some clues, which may help me find the murderer."
Meng Luochuan heard this, hesitated for a while, and said helplessly: "Okay, in that case, I will take you to see it, come with me!" After saying that, he led Lu Chen into the bamboo building and opened the crystal coffin lid.
Lu Chen looked down and saw a cold corpse lying in the crystal coffin. The air was filled with cold air inside, and the surface of the corpse was covered with a layer of frost. The deceased had gray hair, a pale and stiff face, and his appearance was very similar to Meng Luochuan.
A pair of dark red pupils shrank tightly, as if he had seen something terrifying, and his expression was full of shock.
The fatal wound was in the throat area, and there was a thin line of blood. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to tell that you were injured.
"The wound was slender and traceless, and the force was precise and clean. This killer must be a master of swordsmanship. When Senior Meng was not prepared at all, his throat was sealed by the opponent's sword!" Lu Chen glanced at the wound of the deceased and said,
Then he closed the coffin lid and said in a deep voice.
Meng Luochuan looked at his dead father with a sad face, and then said: "Brother Lu is right, my father died suddenly. Otherwise, with his strength, as long as he is not a peak innate powerhouse, he would never have suffered so easily.
People assassinate people.”
"This killer is trickier than I thought! It's easy to dodge an open gun, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow." Lu Chen sighed softly in his heart.
Meng Luochuan gritted his teeth and said: "As soon as my father died, the people below couldn't sit still. They all wanted to covet the position of the master of Tianque Palace. Huh, my father has worked hard over the years to make Tianque Palace orderly and prosperous. Since
How can I hand over the inheritance to me?"
Lu Chen looked at his sad look, which looked very much like his lost self back then, and sighed for a moment.
For the next two days, Lu Chen temporarily stayed in the attic, quietly waiting for Meng Luochuan's plan.
In the early morning, a melodious flute sound came. The sweet notes were like pastoral poetry, lingering and echoing, quiet and far away. It was also like a gurgling stream flowing in my hometown in my dream, making thousands of ripples.
Lu Chen woke up from his sleep in the guest room. Listening to the melodious flute sound lingering in his ears, it seemed as if beautiful pictures of fishing village scenery appeared in front of his eyes, which was refreshing and refreshing.
He walked out of the courtyard and followed the sound of the flute out of the bamboo house. He found a small boat floating on the edge of the pond not far away, with a graceful figure standing on the bow, holding a flute and playing passionately.
Meng Luochuan sat aside, playing the piano and echoing, looking at his wife affectionately with a smile on his face.
"It's beautiful!" A pleasant female figure came from behind.
Lu Chen looked back and saw that it was Meng Luochuan's foster sister Duan Qianhong. She was dressed in a goose-yellow outfit, carrying a long sword, and there was a heroic spirit between her brows.
"The harmony of the piano, the harp, and the music is a match made in heaven!" Lu Chen said with a smile.
Duan Qianhong sighed: "It's actually not easy for the two of them to get together!"
"Oh, how do you say this?" Lu Chen said with great interest.
Duan Qianhong murmured: "Luochuan is not very interested in managing Tianque Palace. He has a calm and undisciplined temperament, covets comfort, and most likes tinkering with musical instruments and talking about elegance with others."
"When my adoptive father was still alive, Luo Chuan rarely came to Tianque Palace and didn't care about worldly affairs. He kept traveling around Xuzhou. Later, he accidentally met Wen Wan, who was performing in a brothel. The two hit it off and fell in love with each other in just one month.
time, and soon we fell in love!"
"But my adoptive father looked down on Wen Wan and thought that she was from a lowly background and was not qualified to compete with the children of the Meng family. He forced Luo Chuan to leave Wen Wan. Luo Chuan was stubborn and ignored what my adoptive father said and insisted on going his own way!"
"During that time, there was a lot of conflict between the father and son. Luo Chuan was obsessed with Wen Wan and drank all day long to drown his sorrows. For the sake of his beloved woman, he later threatened his adoptive father at the cost of severing the relationship between father and son.
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"The adoptive father was very angry at the time and hated the iron. But he had loved Luo Chuan very much since he was a child. In desperation, he had no choice but to agree to Luo Chuan's request, but Wen Wan could only be his concubine and not his official wife."
Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his hands and narrowed his eyes slightly: "It can be seen that Mr. Meng loves his wife very much!"
"Yes, I have never had Luochuan be so affectionate for a woman!" Duan Qianhong said quietly.
Lu Chen turned his head, looked at her profile and said, "Why, you like Mr. Meng!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Duan Qianhong said angrily, turned around and left.
Lu Chen murmured to himself: "My ears are red, but you still don't admit it, woman!"
On the boat, after a song was played, the two people looked at each other with a touch of joy.
"Since my father passed away, I have rarely seen you smile like this!" Wen Wan walked aside and said softly.
Meng Luochuan took her white little hand and held her in his arms. His eyes were full of love and he said: "As long as you are by my side, all the unhappiness will disappear!"
"Don't you always coax girls like this, with sweet words?" Wen Wan rolled her eyes at him, her tender eyes seemed to be able to drip water.
Meng Luochuan couldn't help but pecked the other person's soft lips, and smiled: "Although there are hundreds of beauties in the world, you are the only one I have a special liking for!"
"You are still so glib." Wen Wan stroked the side of his face, and her cold heart seemed to have been poured with boiling water, instantly becoming extremely hot, and her watery eyes fell into confusion.
A beauty is prone to old age and suffers countless injuries, and the most fearful thing is that she is a stranger in the world.
