Age of Heroes, ten consecutive guarantees.

Chapter 898: Waiting for a long time (6k2)

"His Highness is awake!"

The Ninth Princess was a little frightened and was unconscious for half an hour.

When she woke up, she still looked quite frightened.

As a victim of the blood-stained clothes case, although her memory of the incident was not very clear, she was definitely left with a very deep psychological trauma.

Bai Yu knocked on the door: "May I ask Her Royal Highness the Princess something?"

"Your Highness, I'm sorry to frighten you. Let's talk about it later." Yang Diaosi stood in front of the door and refused to let anyone in.

"That's fine..." The Ninth Princess raised her hand and whispered, "I want to talk to him alone. Yang Diao Si, please go and guard outside the door."

Yang Diaosi glanced at Bai Yu, hesitant to speak, but still bowed and said, "Yes, sir."

Bai Yu came to the bed, looked at the pale-faced Ninth Princess, and sat directly on the stool: "Your Highness, did you notice when this piece of paper was stuck on your back?"

“No.” The Ninth Princess smiled bitterly: “I really didn’t notice it, so I felt scared… The murderer really is very close to us.”

"Your Highness, there is no need to panic. If the target is really Your Highness, why would they have to add such a piece of paper?" Bai Yu said calmly, "The murderer just wants to cause panic in this way."

"Are you sure?" The Ninth Princess hesitated, "Is the murderer's target really not me?"

Bai Yu originally wanted to say that he had watched Conan and knew Kaito Kidd's old tricks. Many times, the flaws came from one's own side causing trouble.

He suddenly had an idea and asked, "Why do you think the murderer will definitely target you? Is it just because you are the survivor of the blood-stained clothes case?"

The Ninth Princess pursed her lips and did not answer for a while, as if she was afraid of something.

Wow...it seems like she really knows something?
Bai Yu came closer: "If your highness has anything to say, you might as well tell me directly."

The ninth princess rubbed her fingers, still hesitant.

Bai Yu continued, "If His Highness tells us, then we will stay outside the door tonight to ensure that you are safe tonight... and I have a bottle of healing medicine here that may be able to relieve the blood poison in your body."

Hearing this, the Ninth Princess raised her eyes and asked, "Are you serious?"

Bai Yu took out a Saint-level blood bottle and said, "A gentleman's word is a promise. Pay the deposit first."

He poured the bright red potion into the teacup.

Bai Yu said, "Do you want me to drink it first to test the poison?"

"If you want to poison me, you will never be able to walk out of here alive." The Ninth Princess lowered her eyes: "You didn't have much time to live anyway."

She took the teacup, her fingers trembling, but she finally mustered up the courage and drank the potion in one go. Then she suddenly opened her eyes wide: "So sweet... Is it lychee flavor?"

After drinking a cup of good medicine, the Ninth Princess sat quietly for less than ten seconds and felt a warm current flowing through her limbs. She clenched her fists. Her arms were thin and weak, and she could hardly lift an object weighing ten kilograms. But at this moment, she got off the bed, and with one go, she was able to lift a stool.

"This..." The Ninth Princess said with bright eyes, "Incredible, this medicine is actually effective? My qi deficiency and physical weakness seem to have been cured, and the burning pain caused by the blood poison has also been alleviated a lot."

She stared at the glass bottle in Bai Yu's hand with a look of strong desire: "Give me this holy medicine quickly, and I will agree to anything you ask!"

"Your Highness, you have to take the medicine slowly. Too much is as bad as too little. Your body may not be able to bear it... If you drink too much, it will be a burden to you." Bai Yu said calmly: "You don't want to experience the pain of scraping bones to treat poison, do you?"

The Ninth Princess stopped moving and stood up again in a dignified manner: "Then, I can tell you what you want to know."

She sat back on the bed and recalled, "I can tell you that the murderer of the bloody clothes case... is a man."

"Oh?" Bai Yu raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"When I was killed, I couldn't see his face and didn't hear his voice, but I saw his feet. They were very big, so they couldn't be women's feet." The Ninth Princess gestured to measure the size.

These feet are close to size 50, and certainly don't look like a woman's feet.

"Didn't Your Highness have anyone to verify this clue that he knew?"

"I have said it, but to no avail." The Ninth Princess shook her head and sighed, "Besides, the world is so big, and there are so many people with big feet. Are they all going to be caught and chopped off? I can only judge that the other party is a man, and he is not young."

Bai Yu continued to ask: "Has the other party ever used drugs?"

"I must have used it." The Ninth Princess covered her head and said, "My memory is not clear, my five senses are upside down and blurry, and I can't remember anything else except those feet."

Bai Yu asked again: "Your Highness, do you recognize Huang Qiyun?"

"This name sounds familiar... Is it related to Huang Yanxia?" The Ninth Princess cast a puzzled look: "But I don't know the new sword master."

…It seems that she used a pseudonym at the time.

Bai Yu put down the healing medicine and said calmly: "Take it once a day. After drinking it, the disease should be cured."

The Ninth Princess looked at the glass bottle and wanted to reach out her hand immediately, but her good upbringing made her hold back and she said seriously: "If you can cure my illness, whether you need wealth and glory or something else, I can give it to you."

"Your Highness, it's too early to say this now. The Medical Saint has no intention of letting us go back." Bai Yu said.

"I believe you can find the real murderer."

"What if I can't find it?"

"Then let's join forces to kill this Hou Moliuming!" The Ninth Princess slammed the table and said, "I respect him for saving my life, but that doesn't give him a reason to kill me!"

"Your Highness is wise." Bai Yu said, and then stood up: "Then I won't disturb you, you can take your time to rest."

"Why don't you stay and spend more time with me... and chat with me?" The Ninth Princess tried to persuade him to stay.

"Sorry, I still have to find out the truth." Bai Yu turned and walked out of the house.

"Mr. Bai!" Princess Nine asked before he walked out the door, "Will you come and protect me tonight?"

"I dare not refuse you."

Leaving this sentence behind, Bai Yu left in style.

Yang Diao Si hurried into the room, looked at the Ninth Princess holding the glass bottle in her hand, and bowed and said, "Your Highness, this person's origin is mysterious and cannot be absolutely trusted."

"I know." The Ninth Princess whispered, "But I always feel that he is a trustworthy person."

……

That night.

All night tonight.

Everyone was still arranged to stay in their own rooms.

Yang Diaosi was guarding the Ninth Princess's door, Bai Yu was guarding on the roof, and the Gun Leader and Jin Fugui were sitting in the yard.

The four of them each stayed at their own positions. Since staying up late was bad for the body, they simply stayed up all night... to ensure the safety of the Ninth Princess, while also waiting for the murderer of the blood-stained clothes case to appear and fall into the trap.

Although Bai Yu did not have high expectations for this, he knew very well that the murderer of the blood-stained clothes case would not be so arrogant as to come and kill the Ninth Princess directly, but there would still be chaos tonight.

If there is no chaos, how can we fish in troubled waters?

No matter how good the security measures are, they are only temporary additions, which will disrupt previous deployments and cause confusion when there are too many people.

Bai Yu sat on the roof, looking at the bright moon, silently waiting for the chaos to occur.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The entire villa was very quiet, without any sign of abnormality.

Baicao Valley was also covered in thick fog, and even the sounds of insects and birds could not be heard.

The moonlight was covered by dark clouds and a cold wind blew past.

In the middle of the night.

Wu Susu and Jin Fugui's wife brought midnight snacks, and the three of them did not leave their seats, but it was boring to just sit there, and they needed something to perk up their spirits.

Halfway through, Jin Fugui asked, "Yang Diao Si, would you like to let my wife go in and see if the princess is okay?"

"No need." Yang Diao Si put his hands in his pockets: "The princess must be fine. I have a way to know."

Yang Diaosi must have a special item in his hand that can confirm the safety of the Ninth Princess, so he behaves so calmly.

"Thank you, Miss Wu." Bai Yu took the midnight snack handed to him, opened his lips and said thank you.

Wu Susu bowed deeply and disappeared into the night.

The cook ran after him with a lantern in her hand: "Hey, wait for me, I don't dare to sleep alone at night."

then……

The whole night passed like this.

Jin Fugui was kicked while he was dazed. He saw the gun master standing up and was startled: "Here he comes?"

"It's dawn."

Yang Diaosi took out a string of Buddhist beads from his pocket, took a look at the intact beads, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Jin Fugui held his waist, and said with some fear and regret: "He didn't show up all night. It seems that he really didn't dare to come."

Bai Yu jumped down from the eaves and said calmly: "That may not be the case... Next, I need to confirm the princess's safety with my own eyes."

Yang Zheng nodded, walked to the door and knocked on it: "Your Highness, a night has passed."

There was no movement inside.

He continued knocking.

There was still no movement inside.

I knocked several times in a row, but there was no response.

Yang Zheng couldn't help it and pushed the door open. The next moment, the scene in the room made him stunned.

Empty house, empty bed.

Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess has disappeared!

"This, this..." Yang Zheng was speechless.

Jin Fugui, who was standing by, took a look and felt his scalp tingling: "What's going on? Where's His Highness?"

"We stood guard outside the door all night, and not even a fly could fly in!" The gun leader was also shocked.

Bai Yu had just walked in to take a look when Yang Zheng grabbed her sleeve and said, "Did you do something wrong? Or did you neglect your duty?"

"I didn't expect you to doubt me right away." Bai Yu raised his eyebrows: "Did I do anything suspicious?"

"His Highness looked disturbed after seeing you yesterday!" Yang Zheng raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "His Highness is missing. There must be something wrong with one of us three. You'd better tell the truth!"

Bai Yu laughed when he heard this: "Are you serious?"

Yang Zheng wanted to punch this lovely handsome face.

The spear leader hurriedly stopped him: "Now is the time to gather the ancestors and find Her Highness the Ninth Princess as soon as possible! Didn't you say that Her Highness is fine now? If what he said last night is true, and the deceased died from bleeding, then there should still be a chance to save him now!"

Jin Fugui echoed, "You're right, let's find someone first! His Highness might still be alive!"

Yang Zheng glanced at the Buddhist beads, loosened his hand, and said in a low voice: "If Your Highness is ill, I will make you pay the price!" Bai Yu rolled up his sleeves with an expressionless face.

Everyone started searching the courtyard and knocking on doors to wake people up.

But what happened next was even more of a change.

Except for Wu Susu and the cook who were woken up in their respective rooms, no one else responded.

The working twins were not in the room either, they simply disappeared.

Also missing was Huang Qiyun, who had not been seen the entire night.

When Bai Yu returned to the room and was about to open the door, the gun leader kicked the door open first.

Then a strong smell of blood wafted over.

Looking closely, there were actually two bodies lying on the floor of the guest room.

The two bodies had their heads chopped off, but judging by their clothes, they were probably the twins who were hired.

The spear master looked around and shouted, "Where is Huang Qiyun?"

The sound spread for miles around, causing dust on the eaves to fall, but no one responded.

Bai Yu walked silently to the body and began to examine it.

The person is dead.

However, there were no signs of bloodletting on his body, only his head was chopped off, so he must have died from a beheading weapon.

Both of them were covered in a lot of dust and dirt, much of which was mixed with blood and turned black.

When he checked, there was a long gun placed on Bai Yu's shoulder.

"Mr. Bai, I need an explanation."

"What explanation?" Bai Yu didn't even turn his head.

"Where is Huang Qiyun!"

"Maybe he went to the bathroom?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Where did she go? Why are there two headless corpses in the room!" Wu Family Spear Chief said coldly: "Could it be that you have kidnapped the Ninth Princess and killed her to silence her?"

Bai Yu was speechless, turned around and rolled his eyes: "Why would I do this? Even if I did this, why would I stay here?"

Jin Fugui also said: "Brother Bai may not know about this! He was with us last night!"

The Gun Master stared at the corpse in the room and said in a low voice, "I have been suspicious of Huang Qiyun from the beginning, but you have stopped me time and again. It is hard not to suspect that you two have been in the same group from the beginning!"

Bai Yu pushed away the spear pressing on his shoulder, and his tone was no longer as polite as before: "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"

The majestic soul power gathered in his eyes and turned into a blazing supporting light. The violent pressure roared over and covered the top of his head, and even the space itself was shaking.

"Did I act too kind and make you misunderstand me?"

"Shouldn't you consider the tone you use when talking to me?"

"Bai, when did I become a prisoner that you can torture at will?"

The spear in Wu Qiang's hand was almost unsteady under Bai Yu's grip.

Jin Fugui didn't even dare to look directly at it. He stood leaning against the wall, almost unable to breathe under the pressure of the Holy Dao.

Bai Yu pushed the spear away, snorted coldly, and then continued to lower his head to examine the corpse.

The spear leader took a few steps back and stood aside... but his expression showed no resentment, instead, there was a hint of insincere eagerness.

Of course he knew how powerful Bai Yu was. If Bai Yu really wanted to kill him, everyone present would die!
He is not stupid, so he never suspected that Bai Yu was the murderer. There is no need for him to do so. With such strong hard power, he has the privilege to do whatever he wants in Baicao Villa.

Yang Zheng behaved like that because he didn't know Bai Yu's background. If he knew, how could he be so bold? After all, he was a martial arts champion, so he was naturally not such an impulsive and stupid person.

In the final analysis... the reason why he acted so impulsively was simply to test Bai Yu's confidence, and to use this to disturb Huang Qiyun's trust in him.

After all, Huang Qiyun was missing, and there were two more bodies in the room. This was extremely suspicious no matter how you looked at it!
If the Gun Leader doesn't force Bai Yu like this, how can he make the other party see clearly that Huang Qiyun is not trustworthy!

He was really worried that if Huang Qiyun was really the murderer behind the scenes... If that was true, Bai Yu had to be "awake" before that.

After examining the corpse, Bai Yu suddenly dragged it away and tapped the floor in the room with his fingers. A force spread out and tiny cracks spread to every bluestone floor in the room. Soon, a piece of the broken floor collapsed.

There was a gap in the corner.

Bai Yu said, "There really is a tunnel."

"It's actually a tunnel!" Jin Fugui took a few steps closer and said, "Brother Bai, where does this tunnel lead to?"

Bai Yu jumped down: "Just take a look and you'll know!"

After he entered the tunnel, the gun leader also jumped down. Jin Fugui stood at the door waiting eagerly.

Five minutes later.

Bai Yu pushed open the door and walked through the courtyard.

"This tunnel goes around almost the entire courtyard, and every room is connected!" Bai Yu patted the dirt and dust on his body and said, "Besides that, there is another road leading to the outside, but it has collapsed."

Jin Fugui looked at the villa and slapped his forehead: "So, the Ninth Princess was abducted from the tunnel?"

"Well, we were guarding the gate, but we overlooked the possibility that the other party would dig a hole." Bai Yu touched his chin: "The other party must have used drugs to knock out the Ninth Princess, and then quietly moved her away from the tunnel."

"This tunnel looks like it was newly built." said the Gun Leader.

"Even for a martial saint, digging a hole wouldn't be easy, right?" Jin Fugui scratched his head.

"A martial saint can split mountains and cut rivers, but I have never tried digging a hole, but it will definitely make a lot of noise. Besides, digging a hole requires moving soil, so a hole like this would require a lot of work."

"So this shouldn't be the work of the Martial Saint." Bai Yu took out an envelope: "I found this letter in the twins' luggage. Inside the letter is a message from their employer, which mentions some interesting news."

The other two took it and looked at it.

"They are actually treasure hunters." Jin Fugui took a look and said, "It is said that these people are a group of tomb robbers, good at digging holes and excavating... They originated from tomb robbers, and later gradually evolved into different categories. Treasure hunters are the type who specialize in finding treasures for their employers."

"These twins must be good at digging. Maybe they have some special exotic animals, such as treasure-hunting rats and pangolins."

"With the help of strange beasts, it is entirely possible to dig out such a tunnel in just a few days."

At this point, Jin Fugui suddenly slapped his thigh and suddenly realized, "Why do I keep hearing the sound of mice when I lie in the guest room these past two days? It turns out that these noises are something digging holes!"

"So these two people... might be in cahoots with the murderer? They were just silenced." The gun leader stared at the headless corpse, thoughtfully.

"Not necessarily. Maybe he was used." Bai Yu took the envelope and said, "Treasure Hunter is here to hunt for treasures. What treasures do you think there are in Baicao Valley?"

"Well, as the place where the Medical Saint lived in seclusion, perhaps there must be all kinds of rare treasures, right?"

"It's very simple to find out." Bai Yu pointed at the ground and said, "One word - dig!"

"What are you digging for?"

"These two people must have dug something up. If we follow the traces they left, we'll find the answers we need." Bai Yu slapped the letter on the table. "The road has collapsed, but it was probably caused by humans."

"I think the two men died because, firstly, the murderer had seen through their identities and needed to use the tunnel they built; secondly, they really dug up something incredible and learned a secret that they shouldn't know."

“So as long as we dig down and follow the route of the collapse, we will know what these two people found.”

"Who among you is willing to take on this heavy responsibility? Who is willing to choose civil engineering?"

Jin Fugui was the first to back out: "My body is not suitable for underground digging."

Wu Qiangkui asked directly: "If I find evidence that proves that the murderer is Huang Qiyun, what will you do?"

"Then I will personally arrest her and bring her to justice." Bai Yu replied, "I want to keep my promise."

The gun master grabbed Jin Fugui and jumped into the tunnel: "Remember what you said!"

Bai Yu looked at the two men and shook his head helplessly. This Wu Qiang was really stubborn... But how could Huang Qiyun be the real murderer? The murderer of the Blood-stained Clothes Case had clearly revealed his true colors a long time ago.

He had just stepped out of the door when a powerful palm force came towards him.

Bai Yu stood firmly where he was, raised his hands and clapped them, and the palm force was moved away. In an instant, half of the house behind him was destroyed, and the roof was lifted up to a height of more than ten feet.

Yang Zheng said coldly: "You are indeed a saint! And you are not poisoned!"

"Whether I am poisoned or not, and how my cultivation is, does it have anything to do with you?" Bai Yu took a step forward, crossed the space and flashed to the courtyard of the villa.

"Stop pretending!" Yang Zheng's hair fluttered in the wind. "Hand over His Highness, or I'll let you experience the torture of the Eastern Depot!"

Bai Yu was both angry and amused when he heard this, and mocked, "You guys, do you really not understand what I'm saying, or do you think I'm easy to bully?"

"You're thinking of forcing a confession by torture without even a single piece of evidence?"

"It really has the characteristics of the feudal dynasty era."

Yang Zheng was extremely angry.

Few of these canonized saints have good tempers, and each of them is quite stubborn.

Especially these world-famous masters never think that they will become the target of others' jokes. Because their martial arts points are too high, they will subconsciously be overconfident and think that everything can be solved by martial arts points.

But Bai Yu has his own solution to deal with such people.

"Since Yang Diaosi has taken the initiative to lose his brain and refuses to reason, I will also learn some boxing skills."

He crossed his fingers.

"As a former powerful leader, why don't you use more strength... Did you miss your meal?"

……

at the same time.

Where the mist is thick.

Underground ice cellar.

The low temperature here is suitable for food storage.

A coffin was placed in a low-temperature ice cellar. The coffin lid was not closed, but covered with a layer of white cloth as a cover.

A figure approached silently, and after confirming again and again that there was no other aura around, he stretched out his hand, pressed on the white cloth, and lifted it up.

The next moment, there was an unusual movement under the white cloth!

A cold hand grasped the wrist, and the figure who had half of the white cloth lifted suddenly stiffened.

In the coffin under the white cloth, a pair of bright eyes stared at the man.

Huang Qiyun said coldly: "I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)