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Horse hooves clattered urgently, kicking up dust.
Luo Peiyun hurried over upon hearing the news, with Lu Anfu following closely behind.
“Keji, are you all right?”
Luo Peiyun dismounted his horse, scanning the surroundings, his gaze quickly landing on his eldest son.
“Father, I’m fine.”
Luo Keji stood with his hands behind his back, smiling faintly, “The trouble was just a newly born demon, which revealed its true form to have only the power of the One Beast Realm.”
Luo Peiyun raised an eyebrow, surprised, “Just born and already possessing the power of the One Beast Realm?!”
Luo Keji glanced at Fang Zhixing with a smile, “Hatred, anger, they can make a person very terrifying, let alone a demon.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Peiyun looked at Fang Zhixing with confusion.
The father and son then walked aside to talk.
Xigou approached Fang Zhixing and said in astonishnt, “What’s going on?
You ca to help Luo Keji, and it’s one thing not to get any gratitude, but how did you end up attracting trouble instead?”
Fang Zhixing frowned and said, “Jiang Hanlin must have turned into a demon after consuming demon flesh, and it seems he was targeting .”
“Ah?!”
Xigou exclaid in surprise and said wordlessly, “Wasn’t the demon targeting Luo Keji?
How did it beco about you?”
Fang Zhixing’s brow was knotted in confusion, and he said thoughtfully, “Before he died, Jiang Hanlin told Luo Keji that I turned him into a demon.”
“Damn, you’ve been set up!”
Xigou was startled and asked, “What now, will Luo Keji turn against you?”
Fang Zhixing shook his head slightly, still calm and composed, and replied, “Luo Keji is a clever man; he won’t jump to conclusions.
The fact that he didn’t kill just now ans he won’t turn his back on .”
After giving it so thought, Xigou realized and said, “That’s true.
Soone like Luo Keji, if he really wanted to kill soone, he would do it decisively, without giving them a chance to argue.”
anwhile!
Luo Keji recounted the details of the incident to his father.
After listening, Luo Peiyun’s face took on an amused expression, and he mused,
“If Fang Zhixing was out to harm you, what would be his motive?
How would your death benefit him?
Furthermore, you’ve just arrived in the county today, ca secretly, and no one knew of your whereabouts.
Plus, your visit to Hanxiang Building tonight was completely spontaneous.
Even with ten brains, Fang Zhixing couldn’t foresee your move and set up an ambush in Hanxiang Building in advance.”
Luo Keji nodded and laughed, “I never suspected Fang Zhixing, and I think the demon’s intended target to assassinate wasn’t , but rather Fang Zhixing.”
“Oh?”
Luo Peiyun’s gaze flashed.
He watched as Luo Keji picked up a branch and started sketching lines on the dusty ground.
Luo Peiyun leaned down to examine closely.
Soon, a sketch of a hybrid demon with a sheep’s head took shape on the ground.
“Is this the demon?” asked Luo Peiyun, interested.
Luo Keji nodded and said, “As they say, the face is a reflection of the heart.
The demon’s form is actually closely related to their inner desires and various negative emotions.
Jiang Hanlin was of low status, mixed with prostitutes, and was even abandoned by one.
In his delusion, he saw himself as a pitiful lamb, with the upper body of a woman.
Obsessed with Su Niang, and not only unable to gain her love but also seeing her taken by another, he grew a head of green fur.
And between his legs, sprouted an exaggeratedly long snake to exhibit the pitifully ludicrous bravado of a man.”
Luo Keji concluded, “Such a person, extrely arrogant and extre in nature, turned into a demon out of selfish desires, making him very easy to manipulate.”
Luo Peiyun agreed, “Soone gave him a piece of demon flesh, along with a few provocative words, and he was duped.”
Luo Keji nodded, “Yes, if I hadn’t co to Hanxiang Building tonight, the person who would have been in that private room would presumably have been Fang Zhixing.”
Suddenly Luo Peiyun understood and frowned slightly, narrowing his eyes, “Could this be a play arranged by the rebels?
Fang Zhixing has always been a pri target for the rebels to assassinate.”
“It doesn’t seem like it.”
Luo Keji pondered, “The rebels have one endearing quality; they don’t harm common people at whim.
Turning soone into a demon doesn’t seem like their style.”
He analyzed carefully, “The person behind this not only needs to monitor Fang Zhixing’s movents but is also familiar with Jiang Hanlin and Su Niang.
Moreover, the fact that consuming demon flesh turns people into demons is not sothing ordinary people would know.”
Luo Peiyun’s expression darkened, “Are you suggesting that the mastermind is one of our own?”
Luo Keji asked, “If Fang Zhixing were killed today, who would be the biggest beneficiary?”
Luo Peiyun shivered, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, his face changing between shades of contemplation.
“Hmm, let’s head back first.”
After a while, everyone headed back to the County Governnt, except Lu Anfu, who stayed behind to wrap things up.
Luo Peiyun paced into a room.
Inside the room, Wen Yuwen, Wen Yulin, and a physician were frantically trying to save Wen Yudong.
“How’s the situation?” Luo Peiyun inquired.
Wen Yulin replied anxiously, “My brother was first struck in the chest by the demon, his ribs fractured, and then buried under collapsed buildings, which exacerbated his injuries.
His condition doesn’t look good.”
Luo Peiyun considered for a mont and said solemnly, “Do everything you can to save him.”
He then turned and left the room.
Wen Yuwen followed out and, suddenly stepping forward, knelt before Luo Peiyun.
“My lord, my son Yudong…”
Wen Yuwen, sweating profusely, barely begun to speak when Luo Peiyun raised a hand to interrupt him.
“Let’s not talk about this matter anymore.
Once he recovers from his injuries, send him to work at Black Tiger Sect.” Luo Peiyun sighed.
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