52: Xuanyuan Root Liquid! Lu Xuan's guess!

“What, County Lieutenant Huang Yangping is dead?”

“Old Chen, what nonsense are you spouting?”

In the county yamen's back hall, Ye Qingshan's expression changed drastically as he looked in disbelief at Chen Shi standing before him.

It wasn't even dawn yet when Chen Shi urgently woke Ye Qingshan.

“Yes, My Lord, people from the Huang Residence came to report the case. They are in the county yamen now—County Lieutenant Huang Yangping’s sons and concubines.”

Chen Shi’s expression was no better than Ye Qingshan’s; he also looked worried.

Who did this, to be so bold as to even kill an imperial official?

Most importantly, the perpetrator was able to break into the Huang Residence and silently kill County Lieutenant Huang Yangping.

It was only when dawn was about to break that the people of the Huang Residence discovered County Lieutenant Huang Yangping’s death.

“There are two other deceased: Huang Wen, County Lieutenant Huang Yangping’s son, and Jia Sheng, the manager of Jia Family Pharmacy.”

Ye Qingshan didn't pay much attention to these two deceased mentioned by Chen Shi.

His attention was mostly focused on County Lieutenant Huang Yangping.

Because County Lieutenant Huang Yangping was Qingyun County’s Assistant Magistrate, Ye Qingshan’s deputy, his status was extraordinary.

For him to die so inexplicably, Ye Qingshan, as Qingyun County’s Magistrate, would also be held responsible.

“Is County Lieutenant Huang Yangping’s body still in the Huang Residence?”

“Yes, My Lord, your subordinate immediately sent people to seal off the Huang Residence, only allowing entry but no exit!”

“Old Chen, this official wants to personally go to the Huang Residence!”

Just as Ye Qingshan and Chen Shi walked out of the room, another person, unexpected by Ye Qingshan, appeared outside the door.

“Old Liang, you?”

Ye Qingshan and Chen Shi were stunned, looking at Liang Shanhai who suddenly appeared, both having a bad premonition.

“Old Ye, Old Chen, three prisoners in the jail died mysteriously yesterday.”

Liang Shanhai’s face also looked unwell at this time, having rushed over from home early in the morning.

It was his son, Liang Cheng, who discovered this when he ran to the county yamen jail early in the morning, and then returned home to inform him.

Although the three who died were the assailants who assassinated his brother-in-law, their lives and deaths still needed to be judged by the Magistrate.

Now that they had died in the jail like this, he, as the county yamen’s clerk, would bear great responsibility.

And the murderers who killed the three of them were definitely not the Yamen Runners of the jail.

As Yamen Runners of the jail, they naturally knew the severity of their actions and would never kill prisoners in the jail.

Of course, at this moment, Liang Shanhai also noticed that Ye Qingshan and Chen Shi were acting strangely.

“Old Ye, Old Chen, is something wrong?”

Facing Liang Shanhai’s inquiry, Ye Qingshan spoke gravely: “County Lieutenant Huang Yangping is dead!”

“What?!”

Liang Shanhai was instantly shocked beyond measure by this news.

“Never mind, Old Liang, you first send someone to summon the coroner to investigate the cause of death of those few people. This official and Old Chen will first go to the Huang Residence and bring County Lieutenant Huang Yangping’s body back.”

Lu Mansion!

At this moment, outside the main gate of the Lu Mansion, a 胖子 wearing a Yamen Runner’s uniform was vigorously knocking on the Lu Family’s main gate.

“Open the door quickly, I’m Liang Cheng!”

The next moment, inside the Lu Mansion’s main gate, hurried footsteps sounded.

Immediately, the Lu Mansion’s main gate slowly opened.

“Young Master Cheng!”

Liang Cheng had no time to attend to the Lu Family servant who greeted him beside him. After merely nodding hastily, he strode quickly towards a certain direction.

Not long after, Liang Cheng arrived outside Lu Xuan’s courtyard gate. After a moment of hesitation, he made up his mind and was about to step forward to knock on the door.

At this moment, the main door slowly opened, and a tall, upright figure stood inside the door.

“Xuan Ge!”

Liang Cheng was somewhat taken aback, not expecting his cousin Lu Xuan to know he had arrived.

However, Liang Cheng didn’t think much of it and anxiously said, “Xuan Ge, something bad has happened. Those few culprits who assassinated Uncle died in the jail.”

Liang Cheng got up early that morning, originally intending to go see if those few culprits had confessed.

Unexpectedly, when he went to the jail, he found that the Yamen Runner guarding the jail had fallen unconscious.

Those few culprits who assassinated his uncle also died mysteriously, with extremely terrifying appearances. Their internal bodies were like a pile of mud, wrapped by their outer skin.

So, Liang Cheng, after frantically notifying his father, immediately rushed to the Lu Family to inform his cousin Lu Xuan.

Liang Cheng saw that Lu Xuan was completely unmoved by his words and was still about to speak: “Xuan Ge, you…”

“What are you panicking about? Didn’t you, little fellow, already guess the outcome?”

Lu Xuan glanced meaningfully at Liang Cheng before slowly speaking.

“Xuan Ge, it really was you!”

Liang Cheng suddenly realized, and the doubts in his heart were resolved.

No wonder his cousin Lu Xuan had specifically asked him about the location of the county yamen jail yesterday.

After learning that Lu Xuan was the one who did it, Liang Cheng’s tense and fearful heart slowly calmed down.

After all, the death of those few people in the jail was too terrifying. Even Liang Cheng, who was accustomed to seeing dead people, was almost scared to pee by their death appearances.

“Then Xuan Ge, did those scoundrels reveal the mastermind behind it?”

“Damn it, if I find out who instigated it, I, Liang Cheng, will definitely kill him.”

Liang Cheng didn't care about Lu Xuan killing people.

Because those few who died deserved their deaths.

Even if Lu Xuan hadn't acted, Liang Cheng would have found an opportunity to make those scoundrels wish they were dead.

Now that they died so quickly at the hands of his cousin Lu Xuan, it was actually a bargain for them.

“I don’t need to tell you about that; you’ll know very soon.”

“I’ll know very soon?”

Liang Cheng was a bit confused, not understanding what Lu Xuan meant, and thus left the Lu Family in a daze.

However, Liang Cheng quickly understood what Lu Xuan meant.

Lu Xuan silently watched Liang Cheng leave, then pulled out a blue token from his 懷裡—it was the Blackbird Guard token Li Yanran had given him that day.

Lu Xuan had almost finished reading the scrolls recording the county yamen’s murder cases and other case records yesterday, finding that there was no information Lu Xuan needed among them.

“Baidao Prefecture City, huh?”

Baidao Prefecture City governed over a dozen counties, with Qingyun County being one of them.

Since there were no longer any entities unfavorable to the Lu Family in Qingyun County, Lu Xuan could now feel at ease and head to Baidao Prefecture City.

Ever since he learned that above the Inner Energy Realm there were also the Outer Strength Grandmaster and Divine Abode True Person realms, Lu Xuan had been eager to leave Qingyun County.

Also, Lu Xuan was very interested in the antidote Li Yanran had given his father back then.

“Xuan Yuan Root Liquid!”

Lu Xuan had never heard of this name before; he only learned about it from his younger sister Yunqing.

Because when Lu Xuan used Inner Energy to heal his father’s injuries at that time, he discovered that there was a power similar to Heavenly Spiritual Objects within his father’s body.

If Lu Xuan guessed correctly, that power similar to Heavenly Spiritual Objects came from the Xuan Yuan Root Liquid!

This world actually had something even more potent than powerful medicinal herbs.

Was it a Heavenly Spiritual Objects? Or what was it?