I, seal everything

Chapter 25 Suspicion
In the bedroom in the back room, the beds were messy, the wardrobe was opened, and a few clothes and sundries were randomly discarded on the ground, making it a mess.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing this scene, Wang Kun couldn't help being surprised:
"Could it be that Xu Jiehu defected?"

The door lock was intact before, but Qi Gang forcibly opened it from the outside, indicating that the scene in front of him was not a thief.

It's like defecting!
Qi Gang didn't speak, but looked around the room with a cold face, his eyes became more and more gloomy.

The defection of the congregation actually happened occasionally in the stronghold.

Most of the congregants who defected were refugees and captives who had just been taken into captivity.

A small number of these people will do everything possible to escape before accepting the baptism of the religion, but they are often powerless when they are first captured, and there are high-pressure guards everywhere on the mountain, so they almost never escape successfully. .

As for those who dare to defect after being promoted to a senior congregation, it is even rarer.

On the one hand, aside from the harshness of the canon, as an alienated person, even if he escapes from the stronghold, he is just a mouse in the gutter outside, hiding in hiding, for fear of being discovered by the evil division, and he is in constant fear;
On the other hand, in order to control self-alienation and pursue a higher realm of martial arts, only the sect can provide exercises and various resources, so generally the more successful the disciples are, the less likely they are to defect.

Xu Jiehu's cultivation base is not bad, and his usual behavior is quite normal. What happened to him, he lost his mind and wanted to run away suddenly?
Seeing that Qi Gang's expression was not right, Wang Kun said cautiously: "Emissary Qi Nei, do you want to send someone to search the mountain?"

"The forest is so big, where do you go to search?"

Suspicions abounded in his eyes, Qi Gang waved his hand coldly:

"There's something wrong with this matter, let me check it first! Go to Xu Jiehu's close subordinates, ask them who Xu Jiehu has been in contact with recently, what abnormalities and movements he has had, and then talk about it!"

Wang Kun immediately took the order: "This subordinate obeys!"

Just one morning.

The news that Xu Jiehu, a senior congregation, suspected of defecting spread like wildfire, and soon spread throughout the entire sub-helm base.

Wang Kun, who was in charge of investigating this matter, led people around to question the congregants who had close contacts with Xu Jiehu, causing a disturbance.

As for Chen Zheng, he also got the news after going out to inquire about it, so he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Now he is considered to be favored by Mrs. Wumu. While many people in the sect envy and hate him, they don't dare to provoke him.

And Xu Jiehu followed them in an attempt to misbehave, which is a secret, and it is obviously impossible to tell others about his actions.

So he wasn't worried about what the investigation would reveal at all.

By evening.

Zhao Wu, Wu San, and He Daming came to his courtyard hand in hand.

"Brother Zheng, have you heard?"

As soon as he entered the door, Wu San had an incredulous expression on his face, and said in a low voice:

"Everyone in the church is saying that Xu Jiehu has defected. Just now Wang Kun led people to find several church members who had close contacts with Xu Jiehu to investigate and ask. What's going on?"

He Daming, Zhao Wu and the others were also full of doubts:
"That's right, brother Zheng, then Xu Jiehu died in the mountains and went missing, why was he identified as a defector all at once?"

Chen Zheng smiled, reached out and took out something from his bosom, which sparkled in the eyes of the three of them.

It was a brass key.

"This is."

Except for He Daming who was a little puzzled, both Wu San and Zhao Wu's eyes lit up:
"It was so"

"Brother Zheng, I really belong to you!"

Chen Zheng put away the key:

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on, you guys go back with peace of mind, keep your mouth shut, and nothing will blow over you."

"understand"

Wu San, who was suddenly enlightened in his heart, smiled, and then He Daming suddenly realized and said:

"I see, that's what happened!"

This belated reaction made Chen Zheng dumbfounded.

Without asking too much, the three left tactfully.

Sending the three of them away, Chen Zheng was thoughtful.

The key he showed was naturally the key to Xu Jiehu's residence.

After searching the opponent's body, he found the key and carried it on his body.

Then in the middle of the night, he also acted as a thief who broke into the empty door, went in and ransacked his house, and created an illusion of packing up and running away.

Sure enough, under such a maze, Xu Jiehu who was buried in the bone forest was beaten as a defector, and the four of them were picked out.

"Xu Jiehu, Xu Jiehu, you broke into my empty door once, and I broke into your empty door once. Everyone is even now."

Chen Zheng smiled, and squeezed his hands hard, and the brass key was instantly twisted into twists.

By evening.

In the foreign affairs hall.

Qi Gang looked at Wang Kun who came to report in a hurry, frowned and said:
"How about it, did you gain anything?"

Wang Kun was a little embarrassed, hesitantly said:

"I'm sorry Envoy Zine, I asked the members of Xu Jiehu's garrison team and the two congregants who had close contacts with him, but they didn't find any sign of the other party's defection, and they didn't know where Xu Jiehu was going. "

Qi Gang squinted and said coldly:

"This matter has already reached Madam's ears. She only asked me in the afternoon. Is this the result of your investigation?"

Hearing that Mrs. Wumu also paid attention, Wang Kun broke out in a cold sweat, and said bravely:
"Emissary Zine, it's not that his subordinates are slack, but that the incident happened suddenly. This Xu Jiehu has never revealed his intentions to anyone. He has been planning to escape for a long time.

It's a pity that we discovered it too late, and I'm afraid these bastards are already thousands of miles away. According to my subordinates, it is better to immediately notify the congregants who are performing tasks in the surrounding cities to pay attention, maybe it will work."

As a sub-rudder stronghold in the frontier area, the tentacles of the Tianmu God Sect also covered hundreds of miles around, and there were contact points in several crowded cities.

Although Xu Jiehu defected, maybe he was going to one of the cities. If he used the secrets planted by the congregation, there might still be a little hope of finding him.

"Those people are arranged by Madam herself, do you think you can use them if you want?"

Qi Gang interrupted impatiently, and there was still lingering suspicion in his evil eyes:
"Xu Jiehu is quite ambitious. He has always wanted to climb up in the church. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have defected. Have you checked whether anyone else went down the mountain that morning?"

Wang Kun froze for a moment, trying to recall for a while:
"My subordinates have asked the mountain patrolling disciples. Besides Xu Jiehu, it seems that there are two other hunting teams that have also descended into the forest. One is Cao Hongping's team, and the other is the team led by Chen Zheng."

Hearing these two names, Qi Gang couldn't help but frown.

(End of this chapter)