I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 138 Shen Zhuang is missing

Liu Zongxun didn't want to send them away to study in Beijing, it was obviously to avoid disaster!

Liu Qi and Liu Xiangxiang are already hairpins, and they are both of the age to get married. Now that they are sent out to study, anyone with any brains will know that something is wrong.

So what kind of danger did Liu Zongxun foresee before he thought of sending his daughter away from the capital?

Liu Qi couldn't help but be curious.

What role can a mere fifth-grade worker from the Ministry of Industry play in the undercurrent in Beijing?

"I'm not going!"

While Liu Qi was deep in thought, Liu Xiangxiang's voice sounded beside him.

Liu Zongxun's face instantly darkened when he heard this, and then he waved to Zhang Cheng who was waiting at the door.

Zhang Cheng understood immediately, bowed and exited the study, and closed the door.

At this time, only Liu Zongxun and his daughter were left in the study.

"Presumptuous!" Liu Zongxun looked at Liu Xiangxiang and immediately scolded him sternly, "Is it hurting you by asking you to study?"

The majestic image established by Liu Zongxun since childhood has been deeply ingrained in Liu Xiangxiang's heart.

When she heard Liu Zongxun's scolding, her delicate body trembled, and then she shrank her head timidly, not daring to look directly into Liu Zongxun's eyes.

But soon she mustered up her courage, held her head high again and insisted: "I...I won't go!"

The reason why Liu Xiangxiang had this courage was because she recalled the quarrel between her parents during lunch, and a bad thought gradually came to her mind.

She is already old enough to get married, so why should she study?

Could it be that his father sent her away from Beijing at this time just to get her away, and then break up with her mother and divorce her!

The more Liu Xiangxiang thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible.

She immediately puffed up her face, widened her eyes, and looked directly at Liu Zongxun, who had a solemn look on his face.

I thought that even if my father beat me to death today, I would never leave the capital and let my father take the opportunity to divorce my mother!

Liu Qi, who was standing next to Liu Xiangxiang, couldn't help but look slightly sideways and saw Liu Xiangxiang's hands behind his back, which were trembling.

Liu Zongxun flicked his sleeves and said with an unquestionable tone: "I have made up my mind, this matter is not up to you."

After saying that, he stopped talking and walked straight to the desk, immersed himself in sorting out the books scattered on the desk.

When Liu Xiangxiang saw this, tears fell down his face, then he turned around, opened the door and ran out in a hurry.

Liu Qi was about to leave, but suddenly heard Liu Zongxun's voice.

"Qiniang."

Liu Qi paused silently and raised his eyes to look at Liu Zongxun behind the desk.

Liu Zongxun held a thin book in his hand. He raised his head and glanced at Liu Qi. Then he lowered his head and asked in a deep voice: "When is the birthday party of Mr. Qingguo Gong?"

Liu Qi calmly replied: "The ninth day of this month."

"It's only a few days." Liu Zongxun nodded gently, then raised his eyes and stared at Liu Qi, "Do you know your mother's plan?"

The mother mentioned by Liu Zongxun naturally refers to the Zhou family.

Liu Qi nodded calmly.

Zhou's plan was nothing more than to take advantage of Qingguo Gong's birthday party to use herself as a wealthy relative.

Liu Zongxun immediately lowered his head and said: "Your mother's move was not purely to cling to the noble family. Your marriage... was too simple for your father."

Liu Zongxun raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Qi's face, and then continued: "Marrying you to an ordinary family, let's not talk about how your life is going, I'm afraid they...can't protect you."

"Go to Xungui's house. Although you won't be able to become the wife of the royal family, as long as you can hold on, you will still be rich and safe for the rest of your life."

"Do you...understand?"

Liu Zongxun's meaning is very simple. With Liu Qi's appearance, ordinary officials can't keep it. Rather than being robbed by force in the end, it is better to rise to the sky in one step.

But Liu Zongxun had no idea that Liu Qi was sneering in his heart at this moment.

Anyone who dares to marry me must first ask if I agree!

"The second young master of the Fang family of Anlehou is a progressive man with a calm personality." Liu Zongxun suddenly mentioned Fang Weixian, "What do you think of him?"

Liu Qi, whose mind was filled with flashes of swords and swords:...

Didn't Liu Zongxun know that Zhou had fallen in love with Fang Weixian?

She reluctantly replied: "Last time Miss Fang came here, Madam..."

Liu Zongxun directly interrupted Liu Qi: "Xiangxiang will not marry in the capital."

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this. It seemed that Liu Zongxun had already made a plan in his mind.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng's voice came from outside: "Sir, someone from the General's Mansion is here and wants to see you."

Hearing this, Liu Zongxun sighed softly to Liu Qi: "Go down and think about it carefully. If you don't want to... I just excused myself because of illness on the ninth day of the lunar month. Then I left Beijing with Xiangxiang to do another job for my father." Intend."

……

When Liu Qi came out of the study, he saw Zhang Cheng leading a smartly dressed middle-aged man towards the study.

"Miss." Zhang Cheng quickly bowed and saluted after seeing Liu Qi.

The middle-aged man following Zhang Cheng glanced across Liu Qi's face, showing surprise for a moment, and then quickly lowered his head.

Liu Qi nodded lightly, passed by the two of them, and after walking two steps, he suddenly stopped at the end of the corridor where the study was located, and looked back at the two who were about to enter the study.

When her eyes fell on the middle-aged man, a glimmer of light flashed across Liu Qi's eyes.

Although he hid it well, he did not hide it from Liu Qi's eyes. This man had great skills, and he was not low-level.

Zhang Cheng sent the middle-aged man into the study and then bowed out. As soon as he closed the study door, he looked up and saw Liu Qi at the end of the corridor.

His heart trembled, and he quickly ran over with small steps.

"Miss."

Liu Qi asked coldly: "Who is that person?"

Zhang Cheng, who had just finished his salute, quickly replied respectfully: "He is the chief craftsman from the General's Mansion. He seems to have something to report to the master personally."

The current job of Liu Zongxun, a member of the Ministry of Industry, is to supervise the construction of General Weiyang's mansion.

"Master Liu, this is the list of materials that was just delivered today. Please take a look."

"Well, how is the progress of the project today?"

"Replying to Mr. Liu, although there was some delay in the past few days, fortunately, the construction period has not been delayed if we work hard and slowly. According to the current progress, the General's Mansion can still be completed as scheduled."

"Very good. When it is completed, I will personally take credit for you."

"Sun Youde thanks Master Liu on behalf of the brothers!"

……

At the end of the corridor, Liu Qi stopped and listened to the conversation between Liu Zongxun and the craftsman leader named Sun Youde. There seemed to be no problem.

"Send someone to follow this craftsman named Sun Youde." Hearing footsteps in the study, Liu Qi told Zhang Cheng and then left the corridor.

Zhang Cheng stood there with a blank look on his face.

Did I just tell the lady the name of the craftsman?

... When Liu Qi returned to the courtyard, Chunyan heard the sound and hurriedly came out of the wing to welcome him.

Cuixiang has redeemed herself and left the house, and Chunyan has now been officially transferred to Liu Qi's side. The wing that originally belonged to Cuixiang has naturally become Chunyan's residence.

After returning to the house and sitting down, Chunyan served him a cup of hot tea.

Liu Qi lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart which ship Liu Zongxun had boarded in the turbulent undercurrent in Beijing, and what role he played.

Judging from his plan to send his daughter away from Beijing, he must have been deeply involved and unable to extricate himself, so he made such a decision.

The conversation with Liu Zongxun just now made Liu Qi refresh his understanding of Liu Zongxun.

At least... he didn't completely ignore Qiniang's daughter as Liu Qi thought before.

He had even given serious thought to Liu Qi's marriage.

Liu Qi's eyes flashed slightly.

Unfortunately, the real Liu Qiniang had already died in the Qizhou plague.

"Miss..." Chunyan suddenly said.

Liu Qi gathered her thoughts, raised her eyes to look at Chun Yan, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

Chunyan: "It seems something happened over there in Shen Village."

Liu Qi calmly took a sip of tea: "Tell me, what happened?"

Liu Qi was not surprised when something happened to Shen Zhuang.

Yesterday, the Poison God appeared on the official road that Changfeng Escort Bureau must pass when entering Beijing, and it was clear that he was going for the escort.

Liu Qi had already guessed at that time that something might have happened to Shen Zhuang.

When she met with Shen Zhuang the night before yesterday, she vaguely sensed something was wrong when she heard the open-minded words in his mouth.

Liu Qi had already made it clear to Shen Zhuang that Lu Gong, the "Thousand Fantasy Craftsman", was not an ordinary person, and it was quite dangerous for Shen Ying to follow him.

But the night before yesterday, Shen Zhuang actually said that Shen Ying would be safer with Lu Gong than with him.

"The news came back from the wandering soul that people from Six Gates suddenly rushed to the alley where Shen Zhuang was located an hour ago and took out seven corpses from the alley."

"Seven corpses... such a coincidence?" Liu Qi frowned slightly when he heard this, and then murmured to himself.

The night before yesterday, she went to find Shen Zhuang and found that there were people watching on the left, right and opposite doors of Shen Zhuang's residence, and the number of them was exactly seven.

Liu Qi asked: "Is there Shen Zhuang's body among them?"

Chunyan shook her head: "The body has been taken away by the people from the Six Gates. Now the alley where Shenzhuang is located has been guarded by the people from the Six Gates. Our people can't get close to it at all."

Liu Qi nodded slightly to show that he understood.

It seems that I have to go there myself.

When he returned to the city yesterday, if he had not been seriously injured, Liu Qi would actually have wanted to check on Shen Zhuang's situation. After all, his skill in concocting elixirs was still very useful to him.

"What's the situation now of escort leader Xu who received the reward?" Liu Qi suddenly thought of Xu Yongyuan who took the Poison God's body to Six Gates to receive the reward.

Chunyan immediately replied: "This is also the news I just received. Tonight at Xianju Tower, Lin Shengchuan, the new chief arrester of the Six Doors, will host a banquet for the two heads of the Changfeng Escort Agency."

"It is said that escort chief Xu has agreed to Liumen's invitation and will soon enter Liumen to do work."

"Oh." Liu Qi was a little surprised.

After all, Xu Yongyuan is also a member of the Changfeng Escort Bureau. If he changes his family so easily, isn't he afraid that the Changfeng Escort Bureau will be dissatisfied with him?

However, Liu Qi suddenly thought that this escort leader Xu also had relatives in Beijing. Xu Fangfei, the wife of Prince Anlehou, was Xu Yongyuan's niece.

Besides, Xu Yongyuan was just a catcher in the Changfeng Escort Bureau, so even if he changed his family, it would not seem to have any impact.

In fact, Liu Qi was right.

When the senior management of Changfeng Escort learned about this, instead of embarrassing Xu Yongyuan, they gave him a generous gift as a thank you gift for Xu Yongyuan's hard work in Changfeng Escort over the years.

Of course, this is a story.

That night, the wandering soul responsible for monitoring Shen Zhuang finally sent back the news.

The wandering soul learned from the autopsy autopsy that the seven corpses were all in their prime, so Shen Zhuang was not among them!

After learning about this, Liu Qi decided to go there in person.

When she arrived at Shen Zhuang's residence, the six policemen on duty outside had already withdrawn, leaving only an empty and silent alley.

Before Liu Qi entered the alley, he smelled a stench mixed with the smell of blood.

She frowned slightly and twitched her nose slightly. Although the smell was familiar, every time she smelled it, it would bring back some bad memories in Liu Qi's mind.

With two swords hanging on her waist, she walked slowly to the door of Shen Zhuang's residence.

Just as he was about to reach out and push the door open, his fingers suddenly opened, and then he suddenly flexed, and a green light suddenly appeared in his palm, and then a strong wind burst open the door with a "bang".

A slender figure flashed out of the door in an instant, and was pinched by Liu Qi's slender fingers.

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, and she saw the man's appearance clearly, and immediately let go of his hand.

"General Bai Ze, if you are so sneaky next time, I won't hold back."

Bai Ze felt that the cold fingers gripping his throat had loosened, so he jumped back a few steps, reached out to touch the spot on his neck where Liu Qi had just pinched him, and then looked at the slim Liu Qi, a look of shock suddenly appeared. in the eyes.

"It's you!"

Bai Ze recognized Liu Qi and felt a burning pain in his neck. His throat rolled and his face was full of disbelief.

Has this woman's martial arts... reached this level?

Just now, Bai Ze noticed someone at the door in the courtyard. He was about to step forward and see through the crack in the door to see who it was. Unexpectedly, the door of the courtyard was suddenly blasted open, and immediately he was deeply pulled by an irresistible suction force. go!

Bai Ze relies on his outstanding Qing Gong. Although he only has first-class cultivation, he can easily get away from most top masters even if he is defeated.

But thinking back to that terrifying suction just now...

Bai Ze couldn't help but look at Liu Qi with vigilance.

Liu Qi didn't care about Bai Ze's gaze, but walked into the courtyard on her own. Except for the courtyard door that she had just broken open, there were no traces of martial arts in the courtyard.

It was still dark at this time, Liu Qi glanced at the ground and only found one person's footsteps.

"No need to look, Shen Zhuang was probably taken away by a master."

Bai Ze's faint voice came from behind.

Liu Qi looked back and saw Bai Ze walking into the yard.

Liu Qi turned around and stared behind Bai Ze, only to see that he did not leave any footprints where he walked.

Her eyes flashed, and she asked coldly: "Why are you here?"

Bai Ze said frankly: "I found out that after Zen Master Jinlong came to the capital, he seemed to have gone to see Shen Zhuang, so I sent someone to monitor him..."

Liu Qi understood that among the seven corpses carried out from the six doors today, there should be Bai Ze's men.

　Adjust the biological clock to adjust the loneliness, there is another chapter after midnight

　　

　

(End of this chapter)