After taking over the task from his uncle yesterday, Su Qinghuan went to arrange all kinds of people to start investigating Gao Yuan's death. The reason why she was so anxious was that the latter only gave him ten days after all.

It is not easy to find something that seems to be a little unaware of in such a short time, but Su Qinghuan believes that as long as he does this with his heart, there will always be traces to be found. However, what he didn't know was that just as he had just spread his fishing net toward the large lake in Lingzhou, in front of their specially-existing mansion, there was an old man from Wangchuan City who came uninvited.

After Su Tang, who was in the study, heard the boy's message, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed across the face of the tough and said in a stiff tone: "Didn't I say that when I perform official duties, I will not see any outsiders? Go and tell that person, if he has something to do, just go and find Qinghuan."

After hearing this, the attendant Chunzhi replied, "That man said that he could wait until the second master's business was completed before going to see him."

Su Tang's temperament was straightforward and did not like to beat around the bush, so after hearing this, he said, "Then let him wait."

So, when the time was almost three hours, and it was getting late, Su Tang finished his official duties.

He walked out of the study room, turned to the waiter outside the door and asked, "Is that man still waiting?"

Chunzhi replied: "When the second master said, he has been waiting in the living room after he came to the mansion. He has been waiting for you for nearly an hour."

When Su Tang heard this, his face was a little gloomy. After replying, he replied, "I understand," he strode towards the living room in the mansion.

In the living room, when I saw Su Tang finally came to meet him after finishing official duties. The old man who had been waiting here early immediately stood up from his seat and then said to the former: "I have met Lord Su."

Su Tang sat in the main seat, without any polite greetings, and asked bluntly: "I wonder what you are doing when you come to my house in old age?"

Seeing that he was so direct, the old man was a little reluctant to speak, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said truthfully: "I dare not hide it from Lord Su. I just learned about the death and the truth of the envoy from the Lord's mansion, so I came to tell Lord Su."

After hearing this, Su Tang, who had just sat down, stood up from his seat and said in a deep voice: "What did you say?"

As for Wangchuan City, the old man's identity can be regarded as a real local snake, and his family's reputation is also extremely high. However, when facing Su Tang in front of him, the old man knew that no matter how much wealth he had behind his family, he could not rely on those external things to narrow the distance between them.

Because money and power are not much the same.

The old man bowed slightly and said, "I know that the envoy Gao went south this time to wipe out the ruthless Danxia Sect, but after he successfully destroyed the Danxia Sect, he was unfortunately killed on the way..."

Seeing that he was hesitating and looking very unscrupulous, Su Tang couldn't help but narrow his sharp eyes and said solemnly: "What do you want to say?"

The old man noticed that there was a hint of coldness and impatientness in the other party's words, so he did not dare to be mysterious anymore, so he said straight to the point: "What I want to say is that the reason why the envoy Gao failed in this mission was that after he successfully wiped out the Danxia Sect, he intercepted a young man in order to assist the leader of Yunxia Sect. As a result, the two were defeated by each other and died in the hands of each other."

When Su Tang heard this answer, his face immediately darkened. After thinking for a while, he asked indifferently: "Master of Yunxia Sect? Could it be that Cao Haiping?"

The old man replied: "It's this person."

As Gao Yuan's boss, Su Tang knew that he had a good relationship with Cao Haiping, the leader of Yunxia Sect, but just knowing this is far from enough. Therefore, he said to the old man in a cold tone: "Let me explain the whole thing clearly."

After hearing this, the old man did not dare to deceive anything, and said in a singular statement: "Speaking of all, this matter has something to do with me, because Cao Haiping was originally grateful to our family, and this time he went south to intercept a young man, which was ordered by me. However, there was one thing that I didn't know in advance, that is, after learning about this, the envoy Gao did not expect that he would choose to go with Cao Haiping and participate in the interception."

When Su Tang heard the other party say this, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He thought carefully about the old man's explanation and directly pointed his cold eyes at the old man sitting on the side.

Regarding the truth of the old man's words, Su Tang knew the truth, because the other party did not have the courage to lie to him. After all, after sending his nephew to find out the reason, even if Zhang Qinghuan only found a tiny basis in this matter, he would definitely be able to follow the clues and continue to find out the specific reason of the matter.

However, although Su Tang had no doubt about the incident mentioned by the old man, he fell into deep doubt about the position he held when he talked about this matter.

However, Su Tang, who had been silent for a long time, did not immediately raise his suspicion of him. He just changed his perspective and asked, "You haven't said yet, who is the young man you sent Cao Haiping to intercept, and why did you kill him." Su Tangton spoke in a tone and added, "To be honest, I am very interested in this young man now, because I want to know how strong he has to be able to kill Gao Yuan and Cao Haiping at the same time."

When the old man heard this question, he knew the key point of the whole thing, and finally came, he felt a little hesitant again.

You should know that with Su Tang's responsibilities and identity, he was very sensitive in his position in this matter. Although his current position did not involve the responsibility of this matter itself, after Gao Yuan's accidental death, the old man realized that the sneaky and dirty thing he did under his nose was ultimately involved in the other party.

Therefore, he was really numb when he asked the old man to tell Xu Yan's identity in front of the other party.

Seeing that he was speechless for a long time and looked embarrassed, Su Tang felt very dissatisfied and immediately urged and asked, "Why, is this young man's message still amazing?"

The old man quickly explained, "No...No, Lord Su misunderstood." He took a deep breath before continuing, "This person's name is Xu Yan, and his identity is... a personal disciple of Zhao Bailian, the leader of Lotus Sect."

As the Xing official of a state, Su Tang's real responsibility was not to manage the people of Lingzhou, but to manage all the cultivation sects in Lingzhou. Therefore, he naturally knew all the two top sects in Lingzhou, the eight second-rate sects, and dozens of third-rate sects. However, he knew that the information of these sects was good, but he knew nothing about the old man in front of him, why did he want to kill the sword sect, which was exclusively for the dynasty, and the core disciple of the Lotus Sect.

Su Tang suppressed his displeasure and continued to ask: "Why are you going to kill Zhao Bailian's personal disciple?"

When the old man heard this, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, and he immediately replied with a heartache: "Because this man killed my grandson with his own hands, now he has finally escaped from Zhao Bailian's protection, so I naturally want to find an opportunity to avenge my grandson."

When Su Tang heard this reason, he didn't feel anything abrupt, so he stopped responding, but fell into a long contemplation again.

After all the things described before by the other party, although he did not know why the young man named Xu Yan killed the old man's grandson, he finally figured out the reason for the old man's motive and carefully arranged Cao Haiping to assassinate Xu Yan. After pondering for a long time, Su Tang said, "So, did you send Cao Haiping to kill the young man named Xu Yan just to avenge his grandson?"

The old man replied with a hint of resentment in his tone: "Yes, but what I never expected was that after this man left the sect, Zhao Bailian secretly arranged a backup plan for him, and even let the seventh-level martial artist come to protect him. If there was no such master, Xu Yan would not be even twenty years old. No matter how talented he was, he would not be able to kill Cao Haiping and Gao Envoy."

When Su Tang heard the old man say this, he immediately frowned and said, "Seventh-rank martial artist?"

The old man replied without hesitation: "That's right!"

Su Tang nodded and replied, "This is a clear explanation. Although Gao Yuan's cultivation is not bad, it is still a little worse than a real seventh-grade martial artist." Without waiting for the old man to continue to say anything, Su Tang, who was sitting on the main seat, focused his attention on the old man again. He finally made it clear: "I believe that the processes and results you mentioned are true, but there is one thing that I find difficult to believe."

When the old man heard the following sentence, he couldn't help but skip a beat, thinking that he had said it completely according to the facts, how could the other party feel like this?

After thinking about it for a long time but still unable to figure out the reason, the old man could only keep himself calm and asked, "I don't know what Lord Su doesn't believe me?"

Seeing that he asked knowingly, Su Tang immediately sneered and said coldly: "You said just now that you didn't know in advance that Gao Yuan would go to help Cao Haiping intercept the young man. Are you sure what you said is not treating Su as a fool?"

The old man didn't expect that he would have such a little panic from beginning to end, and was noticed by the other party, and he couldn't help but be shocked. However, he could not take the initiative to admit this matter anyway, because if he admitted that the reason he sent Cao Haiping to perform this mission was to borrow Gao Yuan's power, Su Tang would never let him suffer any trouble.

So the old man could only forcefully explain and replied: "Mr. Su, I am really completely unaware of this matter. If I knew in advance that there would be such a result, even if I gave me ten courage, I would never dare to let the envoy Gao participate in it..."

Seeing his appearance, Su Tang waved his hand and interrupted his forced explanation. He couldn't help but feel contempt. However, despite his contempt, he knew very well that he could take time to find out how Gao Yuan died and whoever died. However, if the other party refused to admit it, he would not be able to find out how he leveraged this old thing in this matter.

Su Tang took a deep breath before saying coldly to the old man: "Hurry up and put away your face. Although Gao Yuan is dead, do you think it is useless to do this in person? Why not take advantage of the opportunity now and quickly explain all the content that has not been finished yet. If you dare to keep it, then your family will not have to exist in Wangchuan City."

The old man did not doubt the authenticity that Su Tang had in this sentence. As the other party's identity, it was simply simple to erase their family from Wangchuan City. Even if the Wu family was willing to come forward to protect him later, they would definitely not be able to protect him.

The old man was very worried, but he didn't know what the other party wanted to know, so he could only ask, "I don't know what Lord Su wants to know?"

After hearing this, Su Tang was already furious in his heart, and he slapped the tea case next to him and shouted coldly: "You have tried so much effort to kill Zhao Bailian's personal disciple instead of killing him personally. Shouldn't you explain the reason?"

When the old man heard this question, he felt depressed. He didn't expect that the other party could be so sharp and see the whole question so thoroughly. After a moment, he could only say truthfully: "Then Xu... Xu Yan is one of the people participating in the dynasty event next year. This time he went north, on the way to Zhongzhou. Lord Su clearly explained that since he had this identity, how could I... dare to intercept him personally."

When Su Tang heard this answer, he had already guessed the result roughly, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and smashed the tea case next to him with a palm, which scared the old man present.

Su Tang squeezed out a voice between his teeth and said coldly to the old man: "You know that Xu Yan is the candidate for the event and dare to attack him. You really have the courage. Do you know that just this point, I can send someone to kill you all over!"

After hearing this, the old man was so scared that he knelt in front of him and begged for mercy: "Mr. Su, please spare me, please spare me!"

Seeing that he was like this, Su Tang had no sympathy at all, and then shouted coldly: "Give up your life? You still have the face to beg for mercy. Do you know how much trouble you killed Gao Yuan? In addition, you dare to intercept the people attending the dynasty event. You are not willing to die at all. I am eager to slash you with one palm, but you dare to beg for mercy."

After hearing this, the old man was trembling all over, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

Seeing that the other party was still using such shameless despicable means at such an age, Su Tang directly let him kneel down for so long, and had no intention of getting up at all. However, in his heart, he had already begun to think about the way to cure the disease.

In the end, after successfully coming up with a solution, Su Tang finally stopped the old man's current pretentious behavior and said coldly: "It's not impossible for you to let me go of your family, but Gao Yuan's death will eventually have someone to pay for his life."

When the old man heard that something had turned around, he hurriedly answered: "As long as Lord Su can save my family, I am willing to take his life to repay the life of the Gao Envoy."

After hearing this, Su Tang said coldly: "Don't worry, you must die, but your death is not enough." Seeing the old man's face showing a stunned look, Su Tang couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Do you think Gao Yuan's death, can I tell others that he failed to assassinate the disciples who attended the event, but died at the hands of the other party? Then what will Your Majesty think of me? And since you can develop your family to this level, you must have never heard of the Gao family, right?"

The old man did not answer, but his sad face undoubtedly gave the answer. Seeing this, Su Tang continued to say coldly: "So, Gao Yuan's death can only be caused by accidentally falling when he wiped out the Danxia Sect. In this way, I can give the Gao family a proper explanation and hide the truth from the underworld. Those who know that this interception must die!"

After hearing this, the old man realized how narrow-minded his thoughts were compared to those of the other party standing on high places. He immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Please rest assured that those who were sent by me to participate in this matter will let them disappear into this world as soon as possible."

Su Tang finally nodded slightly satisfied with this, but afterwards, he continued, "But besides yours, there are other people who know this." Seeing that the old man was just turning around, Su Tang was angry, but he didn't plan to hide it anymore and replied bluntly: "You have to thank me. At the last moment, I gave you a chance to avenge your grandson."

When the old man heard this, he finally realized it. However, before the old man could say anything, Su Tang continued to say indifferently to him: "You must find a proper reason to do this matter yourself, and after the matter is completed, you cannot come back alive, otherwise, even I will not be able to protect your family."

After hearing this, the old man knew that he was bound to die, but he still kowtowed to him.

...

When Xu Yan and the others set off again, they were not too far from the Yu Township, which was not happy to visit by outsiders. Therefore, after they turned more than ten bends along the mountain road, the village that they learned from the people at the foot of the mountain was finally far away.

Xu Yan looked at the village built on the hillside but was hidden in the mist and mist at this moment, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"It's finally here."

Hearing Xu Yan say this, Gu Xueqing couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She just nodded softly and said, "Yes, I just don't know how many masters there will be in this village."

When Xu Yan heard her say this, his face was calm, but his tone was slightly cold, "Don't worry about how many masters there are. As long as they dare not hand over the woman and the way to drive away the poison, they will all be killed."

...

Two quarters of an hour later.

Xu Yan and the others came directly to the gate of the village, but before they could lift their feet and walk in, a crisp sound like a wind chime suddenly rang in their ears.
Chapter completed!