Chapter 90

Lin Tianhu seemed to be quite afraid of his senior sister. At this moment, his expression was very serious as he replied solemnly, "Fourth Sister, I have already entrusted Wang Yaodong to investigate the first question. The owner of that old house is named Liu Tianlong. Coincidentally, Liu Tianlong is the vice mayor of Mingzhu City, and his son, Liu Yong, is also one of the key figures in this series of murders. Due to Liu Yong's involvement, Liu Tianlong has been temporarily suspended and is under investigation. If I'm not mistaken, Liu Yong was likely taken from prison by that ghost cultivator. Currently, both father and son have disappeared, and I have no definite answer as to whether they are dead or alive."

"As for the second question, it also involves another key figure in this case. His name is Ye Feng, a migrant worker who works on a construction site. A few months ago, he had a grudge against Liu Yong and was falsely accused of murder by Liu Yong. Later, during the second trial, Liu Yong confessed to the murder, and Ye Feng was acquitted. On the night of the last crime scene, the ghost cultivator and four ghost slaves killed several workers. According to eyewitnesses, Ye Feng had been to the crime scene. He had a close relationship with the workers killed by the ghost cultivator. After he went to the scene, the four ghost slaves were eliminated, and then he disappeared along with the ghost cultivator. Therefore, I suspect that the four ghost slaves were killed by this migrant worker named Ye Feng. However, this is just my guess, and I cannot be certain. Because the person who can kill ghost slaves is definitely not an ordinary person; they must be either a martial arts expert like us or a type of evil cultivator. At the scene, I could only sense some residual cold ghostly aura, but no other aura."

After listening to Lin Tianhu's words, Su Qing did not comment, but she took off her large reddish-brown sunglasses, revealing her beautiful face with bright eyes and a phoenix-like gaze, which made her even more charming.

Su Qing was silent for a while, and neither Lin Tianhu nor Wanxiang Cheng dared to say more. Although Su Qing was young, she was highly ranked and skilled among Master Qingyuan's ten disciples. Their respect for Su Qing was genuine.

After a while, Su Qing said, "Sixth Brother, Little Huo, the investigation of Liu Yong and his father's disappearance will be handled by Director Wang. Sixth Brother, you will work with Director Wang. For any confidential matters involved in the investigation, be sure to keep them secret. Little Huo, you will go with me to focus on investigating the migrant worker named Ye Feng. As for the ghost cultivator, we will leave it to our Master to handle personally."

Lin Tianhu and Wanxiang Cheng had no objections to Su Qing's arrangements and nodded in agreement.

Regarding their accommodation in Mingzhu, Su Qing decided they would stay at the Tianhao Hotel.

Afterward, Wanxiang Cheng went to his room to rest, while Lin Tianhu secretly found Su Qing's room. He took out a silk-wrapped item from his inner pocket and placed it in front of Su Qing, smiling. "Fourth Sister, I know you love collecting these things. I just happened to get one, so I'm giving it to you. I'm not very knowledgeable about it, so I can't tell its age, but I'm sure it's a good thing."

Su Qing opened the silk and, upon seeing the item, her expression changed immediately. After holding it and caressing it for a while, her face showed an uncontrollable excitement.

"Little Huo, this ancient jade should be from the Sui and Tang dynasties. Where did you find it?"

"Hehe, Fourth Sister, I'll tell you the truth, but don't be mad. I found this ancient jade in the Liu family's old house. It was the only one, and it was hidden in a secret room. I thought it might belong to that ghost cultivator. Wang Yaodong wanted to turn it over to the authorities, but I disagreed and kept it. Fourth Sister, is this an antique? Is it valuable?"

Su Qing had her own thoughts but couldn't tell Lin Tianhu. She didn't care about the value of the ancient jade; what she truly cared about was the spiritual energy it contained. Lin Tianhu's cultivation was not high enough to sense the spiritual energy in the jade, and even the eldest brother couldn't sense it. This was a unique skill of hers. She had once discussed this with her Master. After her cultivation reached the Xiantian realm, she suddenly gained this ability. However, she was puzzled as to why the three senior brothers above her, who had much higher cultivation, did not have this ability. Her Master had not given her an answer but smiled and told her, "All causes and conditions have their laws. You have earned this good fortune." He also advised her to keep it secret and not tell the other disciples.

Seeing Su Qing's long silence and obvious excitement, Lin Tianhu was happy. He didn't say more, as he had patience with the senior sister he secretly admired. He secretly vowed to find Wang Yaodong's help to search all the ancient jade markets in Mingzhu City and buy all the ancient jades with a long history to give to his senior sister.

Previously, Lin Tianhu had bought many ancient jades, but none of them had caught Su Qing's eye. This time, the ancient jade he found in the Liu family's old house made Su Qing very pleased, which excited him. In a city as large as Mingzhu, there should be at least a few ancient jades like this.

However, Lin Tianhu didn't know that the ancient jades with spiritual energy that Su Qing liked had already been collected by Hao Jian. The ancient jade in Su Qing's hand, coincidentally, was recently found by Hao Jian in a very inconspicuous jade shop.

The owner of this jade shop was none other than Du Lijun, Ye Feng's foreman.

Du Lijun was a jade collector in his spare time. After working as a foreman for over ten years, he spent at least half of his earnings on jade gambling and collecting. Although his skills were limited, he often lost money. In recent years, his enthusiasm remained, but his attitude had become more balanced. He no longer gambled as recklessly as before and opened a small jade shop, leaving the daily operations to his wife and brother-in-law while he focused on purchasing inventory.

Although he didn't make a fortune, he didn't lose money either. This allowed him to satisfy his personal hobby, make a small profit, and give his wife and brother-in-law something to do.

Du Lijun originally didn't want to sell the ancient jade like the one Su Qing had, but his brother-in-law was involved in a hit-and-run accident and was caught. He needed a large sum of money to compensate the victim. His wife begged him repeatedly, and he had no choice but to sell one of the three ancient jades he had cherished for a long time to Hao Jian, who happened to be looking for jade at the time.

Ironically, Du Lijun would never have thought that the final owner of that ancient jade would be the ghost wolf that sent him to the afterlife.

This ancient jade eventually ended up in Lin Tianhu's hands and was given to Su Qing.

Determined to court Su Qing, Lin Tianhu decided to search all the ancient jade markets in Mingzhu City. Would his search lead him back to Du Lijun's jade shop?

On the other side, Ye Feng found Du Lijun's home using the address provided by Gu Nian and met Du Lijun's widow.

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