Ling'er thought that persuading Teng Fei's wife would be a very difficult task, but she didn't expect that Teng Fei's wife was a considerate woman.

After Ling'er mentioned the purpose of Ji Cangyu and his party, the lady offered to help.

"Ling'er, don't worry! I will go to Brother Fei's place to persuade him. I also believe that Master Ji is a sensible and reasonable person." The lady said.

"Thank you, madam!" Ling'er said gratefully.

"I already call you Ling'er, why do you still call me madam? My surname is Wang and my first name is Wanyu. Just call me Aunt Wan!" Madam, who is also Wang Wanyu, said with a smile.

"Okay, Aunt Wan." Ling'er nodded.

"Don't blame Brother Fei. These days, many people come to ask questions. No matter how Brother Fei explains to them, they don't listen. They just say that they want to eliminate harm for the people. Brother Fei is scared by their questions!

In the end, I had no choice but to lie and say that I was not in the village and thanked guests behind closed doors." Wang Wanyu explained.

"I understand your difficulties, but continuing like this is not an option. Only by finding the real murderer can you be cleared of suspicion," Ling'er said.

"Of course we know this. But what you don't know is that all the villagers who pursued this matter died tragically. The murderer has always been around us, forcing us not to dare to act rashly. We can only live with these things on our backs, hoping that one day this case will be solved.

The matter has been forgotten by the world." Wang Wanyu said helplessly.

Only then did Ling'er realize that Beifeng Village was also a victim in this incident.

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As Shenshi was approaching, Ji Cangyu received Teng Fei's invitation and took everyone to the side hall for the banquet.

Finally having the opportunity to communicate with Teng Fei face to face, Ji Cangyu calmed down. He understood Teng Fei's difficulties from Ling'er and knew that pushing too hard would be counterproductive.

When everyone was seated, Teng Fei, who was sitting at the head, picked up the wine cup and said: "Master Ji is here, it's great to see him. Teng was busy with the affairs of the village before. If there is any negligence, please don't let Master Ji stop."

Sorry!"

Ji Cangyu picked up the teacup, replaced the wine with tea and said, "Master Teng is so polite. Master Teng is a busy man, Ji understands."

"Then just do it first!" Teng Fei said, raising his head and drinking the wine.

Everyone drank the wine, and Ji Cangyu drank tea instead of wine. And with Ji Cangyu's identity, no one would criticize him.

Then, Teng Fei thanked Linger again.

Then, everyone started to eat. Everyone exchanged polite words from time to time, but no one mentioned the murder case in Gaoyakou Village.

If Ji Cangyu didn't mention it, Gong Ming and the others would naturally not be able to speak.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Teng Fei finally couldn't hold it any longer and said proactively: "I heard from Wang Ye that Ji Cangyu came here this time because of matters related to Gaoyakou Village."

Ji Cangyu put down his chopsticks and said: "Yes, there are widespread rumors that banditry is rampant in Gaoyakou, so Ji came here to take a look. But when he went to the village and inquired, he learned something even more shocking. Many boys in the village were robbed.

Then the villagers who were looking for the child were brutally killed."

"It's true." Teng Fei said, clenching his fists.

Ji Cangyu caught Teng Fei's little movements in his eyes and asked: "Don't you want to say something, Master Teng Fei?"

Teng Fei picked up the wine cup, took a sip and said, "I, Beifeng Village, are indeed responsible for this matter."

Ji Cangyu frowned slightly, while Gong Ming and the others looked at each other, feeling surprised.

Teng Fei blamed himself and said: "The villagers of Gaoyakou Village gave the protection money to Beifeng Village as a sign of their trust in Beifeng Village, but we still betrayed their trust. At this critical juncture, not only did we fail to protect

Well, those children let the murderer do his thing and just sat back and watched!"

It turned out that this was what Teng Fei wanted to say! Only then did everyone understand.

Teng Fei added: "Teng has no face to face the people of Gaoyakou Village, but what can we do?"

"Find the murderer and avenge the villagers!" Ji Cangyu said.

Teng Fei looked at Ji Cangyu in surprise and said: "Master Ji believes that our Beifeng Village is innocent."

"Of course we trust Beifeng Village, otherwise we wouldn't have to wait for the Master of Teng Village for two whole days." Ji Cangyu said.

Teng Fei said with emotion: "Among so many martial arts people who claim to be upright, you are the only one who can calm down and listen to what we have to say, and you are the only one who believes that Beifeng Village is innocent!"

"Master Teng Village, we have been dealing with each other for so many years, but Ji Mou still doesn't understand your character?" Ji Cangyu said with emotion.

Teng Fei suddenly stood up and said: "Master Ji Zhuang understands justice well and can distinguish right from wrong. He is worthy of being a martial arts master. Please accept Teng's worship!" Then Teng Fei bowed to Ji Cangyu.

Ji Cangyu hurriedly stood up and returned the courtesy.

Everyone here was overjoyed when they saw this situation. It seemed that the leader of Beifeng Village was also a kind-hearted person and would definitely help them find the person behind this incident.

When Teng Fei and Ji Cangyu took their seats again, Teng Fei said: "However, Teng is powerless to avenge the people."

"Why is this?" Ji Cangyu frowned.

"Because we don't know who the other party is." Teng Fei said frustratedly.

"How is this possible?" Ji Cangyu was puzzled.

"If we knew who the murderer was, why would we, Beifeng Village, have to suffer this unjust injustice?" Teng Fei asked rhetorically.

Even so, Keji Cangyu was still confused: "Gaoyakou Village is within your sphere of influence. Such a big thing happened, but you don't know who did it."

Teng Fei explained: "After the first child was captured, he would send his men to guard the entrance of the village every night, trying to catch him. But the other party was too cunning. No matter how we changed the ambush location, they would still find us.

The men they sent were trapped by them in various ways."

"There are their spies in Beifeng Village," Gong Ming couldn't help but interjected.

"It's possible, because there are many people in the village, and many brothers came from Jinniu Village. And later it was discovered that the murderers seemed to have some connection with Jinniu Village," Teng Fei said.

"This matter is also related to Jinniuzhai" Ji Cangyu asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Teng Fei nodded and continued, "Later on, the villagers who lost their children kept coming to our Beifeng Village to fight for their lives, and they refused to listen to reason. We couldn't fight them back, so we had to close the door tightly.

Ignore them. I didn’t expect something big happened outside during the past few days while we were staying behind closed doors!”

"So, when the murderer massacred people, you didn't know about it," Ji Cangyu asked with a frown.

Teng Fei was about to nod when he heard Gong Ming ask: "But just now, didn't the leader of Teng Village say that you let the murderer kill without caring?"

"This..." Teng Fei said awkwardly, "It's not that he is completely ignorant, but I heard that those people's killing methods are extremely cruel. Our brothers in the village are also sons and daughters, so we can't die in vain."

"So you just let those helpless people die miserably?" Gong Ming asked angrily.

Teng Fei was so ashamed that he dropped his head and said nothing.

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Chapter completed!