In fact, I still didn't react, my mind was full of mush.
But Zhuo Yi didn't have the patience to wait any longer, and directly dragged me into the car. After listening to her explanation on the road, I finally understood what happened when I was sleeping just now.
Someone actually came to save Alexey.
Zhuo Yi said that it was probably after eight o'clock when we went to bed. She didn't need to sleep, and Yakov wasn't sleepy and was just bored. The two of them tortured Alexey in the living room to vent their anger.
After struggling until midnight, Alexei had a mental breakdown and had become an idiot and couldn't feel pain. Feeling that it was boring, they went to the study room to discuss the next plan.
As a result, something happened as soon as we entered.
According to the remnant soul of a surviving demon cultivator, it was a thing wrapped in a black robe, with no life fluctuations in its body, and more like a puppet controlled by others.
It killed more than a dozen big men from the Tiger Gang who were guarding the outside of the villa, walked in directly from the main entrance, and alerted Zhuo Yi's four men hiding in the basement. Following Zhuo Yi's order, the demon cultivators wanted to capture it.
I didn't expect that thing to self-destruct without saying a word.
It's lively now.
It was an energy equivalent to a full-strength attack by a ghost general in the underworld. It was released in a small space. The demon cultivators had no time to react. Only the person with the most powerful cultivation barely managed to escape with a trace of his soul, and the rest were instantly wiped out.
The explosion also affected Zhuo Yi and me. An attack of this magnitude was not a fatal threat to her, so she casually protected Yakov.
Jingmeng took the initiative to attack, avoiding a vacuum in the energy generated by the explosion, and Qingqing released the wood spirit beads to protect the two of us. Although we were slightly shocked, it had no impact.
Because I consumed too much mental energy, I slept too deeply. I didn't even hear the explosion, and I couldn't wake up even if I called. Zhuo Yi could only let them go first and stay behind to wait for me.
"This is not to save Alexey. He is clearly here to kill people and silence him."
Subconsciously touching his upper body, he found that he was naked. Zhuo Yi understood it, took out a cigarette from his coat, lit it and handed it to me: "It's just to kill people and silence them. Do you think it was Zheng Qian who did it?"
I clicked twice and exhaled a long puff of smoke: "There are so many doubts. Judging from your description just now, this thing is most likely sent by Zheng Qian to kill Alexei and silence him.
But if you are really worried that Alexei will leak the secret, with this person’s strength, you could have killed him as early as half a year ago, there is no need to wait until now, right?”
Zhuo Yi hummed: "We have similar ideas. When you woke up just now, I was wondering whether the other party deliberately wanted to convey this information to you?"
I turned to look at her, and Zhuo Yi continued to explain: "You think, if he didn't kill Alexei, maybe he was sure that you would catch him one day, and then used him to say Shen Gongxu's name, in order to drive a wedge between you two.
relationship.
And didn’t you notice? Alexei’s acting was quite similar. After receiving a beating, he said it was a public order. Even if you don’t believe it, you will at least be suspicious, right?
But he knows very well that Shen Gongxu is capable of pursuing this matter, so he must kill Alexei before you take him back and let Shen Gongxu search for his soul, so that there will be no evidence."
I nodded in agreement: "Yes, plus the method used this time, it seems that no one else has used the puppet except Shen Gong."
Zhuo Yi snapped his fingers: "Yes, so I think this is how Zheng Qian arranged it. He might have planned all this long ago. If it weren't for the fact that you also know how to search for souls, you could see it in Alexei's mind in advance. At that point, maybe he has achieved his goal now."
"Then the question is, why did Zheng Qian do this?"
I was talking to myself a little, and after taking two puffs of cigarette, I said to Zhuo Yi: "Actually, there is another possibility. It is really Shen Gongxu who was looking for someone to kill my dad during the Chinese New Year.
After all, with his ability, it is not difficult to put such a picture in Alexei's mind. He deliberately asked me to use the soul search method to read Alexei's memory, blame it on Zheng Qian, and then arrange such a scene. Drama, so that he can be completely cleared of suspicion, right?"
"If you really think so, then Zheng Qian has already succeeded."
Zhuo Yi shrugged: "Although I haven't been in contact with Brother Shen Gong for a long time, I can still feel that he always speaks directly and rarely plays around with his own people. Do you think this is his behavior? Style?"
Actually, I don't quite agree with this statement. In order for me to breed offspring for the Wu Clan, Shen Gongxu played a lot of tricks on me.
But I didn't say anything, waiting for Zhuo Yi to continue.
Zhuo Yi spoke slowly: "Anyway, I think there is no reason for him to do this. In the eyes of outsiders, he is closer to you than to his own son. He is almost like your father. Do you think he might hire a killer to kill his grandfather?"
"Ahem...fuck, you are such a nagging person."
I was smoking, but Zhuo Yi said something so suspenseful that I didn't choke to death: "Okay, no more guessing, send someone to go clubbing in Hailan, it's best to investigate Zheng Gan's background, and wait until the work is done Let’s go over there to do something about it.”
Zhuo Yi looked out the window: "You don't need to tell me, Yakov has already sent someone to take my men there."
I didn't say anything anymore, but I was somewhat impressed that this old devil was so careful in his work.
It must have been early in the morning when I first got in the car. After all, Vladivostok was once the largest city in the Far East. There were a lot of people in Vladivostok, and there were already a lot of vehicles on the road early in the morning.
By the time Zhuo Yi reached the stronghold he mentioned, it was already dark.
It was a large bar and the only open shop on this street.
Yakov had been waiting at the door. He welcomed us out of the car and walked in. There were more than a dozen hungover people in the bar hall. They were all young people in their teens and twenties, and some were drunk and crazy. , and some stared blankly at the ceiling, which seemed to have grown bigger at first sight.
The second floor should be the backstage, dressing room and staff rest area. It doesn't look like anything special. There are no people around at this moment.
The third floor is quite unique. There are many rooms on both sides. The decoration is like a hotel. Occasionally when you open the door and look in, you will find a few shirtless Tiger Gang men. After seeing Zhuo Yi and Yakov, they all got up. Indicate.
Yakov took us to the end of the corridor, and Zhuo Yi pointed to the door in front of him: "Liu Qingqing is in this room, go in, this place is a bit noisy, let's go to my local church tomorrow, it's quieter over there. "
I nodded: "No problem, but can you do something different when preparing breakfast tomorrow? No more breaded steak and caviar."
"There's still a lot going on."
Zhuo Yi pouted and pushed open the door. Just as I was about to go in, Yakov's cell phone suddenly rang.
He picked up and listened for a while, then reported to Zhuo Yi with a strange expression: "The people below said that people from the Holy See are here to express their condolences."