Two men in black martial arts clothes suddenly appeared beside Li Yu out of thin air.
Before Chen Jue and the others could react,
The two men had already grabbed Li Yu and turned around,
They once again disappeared in front of Chen Jue and the others.
Chen Jue suddenly stopped moving. In the next moment, Wang Yi rushed forward and flipped over the stone wall,
He circled the place where Li Yu had been standing twice before he turned around and shook his head at Chen Jue.
..
When he stood at the entrance of the House of Chen, it was already midnight.
Chen Jue stood outside the House of Chen. He suddenly stopped, raised his head, and took a deep breath.
Li Yu's body disappeared.
When the case was decided by the Emperor,
He reported it truthfully.
The murderer of this case was divided into two. One was Liu Tianping's son, Liu Rui, and the other was the youth of the Li family, Li Yu.
It was easy to determine the reason for Liu Rui's murder,
But there were still doubts about Li Yu's murder.
Just based on Li Yu's note that Liu Tianping had once imprisoned Li Xiao,
It was difficult to explain why Li Yu wanted to exterminate Liu Tianping's entire family. Such extreme hatred..
Chen Jue had once asked Li Xiao. After being locked in the cage, she escaped not long after.
At that time, Liu Tianping did not cause her any more harm.
Why was that?
The murderer was known, but the motive was still unknown.
But he still forcefully closed the case.
For the time being.
It was also a stopgap measure.
After all..,
At this time..,
He wanted to open Zhang Minglei's mouth..,
It was not easy..,
And Chen Jue firmly believed..,
There were many causes and effects of this matter..,
If there was one person who knew the truth, it would be Zhang Minglei.
The governor suddenly had an arm cut off at the age of forty-five. It would be difficult for him to survive in the officialdom in the future.
In such a difficult situation, governor Zhang would not involve himself in this case.
Therefore, Chen Jue decided to settle the case first and then pursue the cause.
He had just entered the palace in the afternoon to report, and in the evening, there were officials who accused Liu Tianping of corruption and bending the law.
Beat a drowning dog …
If it was in the past, he would have mocked them and argued with them.
But now, he still had a pile of things that hadn't been settled yet, and he truly didn't have the time to compete with others.
Therefore, every time the Emperor asked him for his opinion, he always gave a vague answer.
When the meeting was over, he hurried back.
But when they reached the gates of the manor, why did they have such thoughts of retreating?
Could it be that he was afraid of returning home?
The midsummer night was slightly stuffy and hot. He stomped his feet and let out a long sigh before entering the manor.
When the housekeeper saw him come in, he leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "Older Sister Li Xiao is in Young Master Li's courtyard … She has been waiting for you. No matter how I tried to persuade her …"
Chen Jue nodded.
That's right, who could sleep at a time like this?
This was also the reason why he was in such a hurry to return.
Not wanting to keep the girl waiting any longer, he strode towards Li Yu's courtyard.
No matter what he was going to face, he would always stick out his chest and face it.
Even if it was Li Xiao's tears.
As soon as Chen Jue entered the courtyard, Li Xiao saw him. She stood up and trotted over. Then, she timidly looked behind Chen Jue. Just as she thought, her brother didn't come back with Lord Chen.
Her face turned pale, but she still suppressed her emotions. She tugged at Chen Jue's sleeve and opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Chen Jue glanced at the courtyard, and his heart skipped a beat. He didn't know which tendon suddenly tightened, but he picked up the girl, turned around, and left Li Xiao's courtyard, heading straight for Li Xiao's courtyard.
He really couldn't stay there for another minute. His heart was filled with panic.
Li Xiao leaned on Chen Jue's shoulder. Her head was dizzy, but she didn't say a word.
She was so obedient that it made one's heart ache.
When they arrived at Li Xiao's courtyard, Chen Jue carried her directly to the bedroom before putting her down.
He lit the candle and turned to look at the girl's pale face and red and swollen eyes.
"Is dinner ready?" His voice was a little hoarse. He was exhausted from running around all day.
Li Xiao nodded, looking a little weak.
Why bother to ask? She definitely didn't have a good meal.
Chen Jue rubbed the girl's head, then sat on the bench in front of her.
Li Xiao didn't speak, as if she was afraid to hear Chen Jue's words.
But he still had to speak in the end.
Chen Jue stared at the oil lamp for a while. Half of his face was facing the light, while the other half was in the dark.
"I'm sorry, I was late." Chen Jue's voice was tense. "He slaughtered everyone in the House of Liu, and then he was exhausted …"
Li Xiao lowered her head. She couldn't control herself anymore. She closed her eyes, and two streams of tears rolled down her face.
She pursed her lips, not wanting to cry out loud, but her shoulders were shaking like a sieve.
Chen Jue felt like his heart was being cut by a knife and gnawed by a wild beast.
It hurt like hell.
It also felt like there was a pair of invisible hands strangling his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe.
He stood up again, walked in front of the girl, and took her into his arms.
Li Xiao buried her face in the soft clothes on Chen Jue's abdomen. When Chen Jue's big hands supported her head and shoulders, she finally couldn't hold it in anymore and cried out loud.
She reached out and hugged Chen Jue's waist. She sat on the bench, leaned into his arms, and cried like a child.
She was a child, always a child.
"But … maybe he's still alive …" Chen Jue clenched his teeth and said, "But … maybe he's still alive …"
Li Xiao suddenly raised her head and looked at him.
"When he fell, someone suddenly appeared and took him away." Chen Jue touched the girl's tear-stained face.
Because of her sadness and crying, her whole face turned from pale to slightly red.
She hadn't eaten or taken care of herself before, so now her long hair was simply tied behind her back. When he carried her over, it was messy.
Her hair was wet with tears and curled around her face. He reached out and tucked those strands of hair behind her ears.
He squatted in front of her and whispered, "Don't cry. Maybe … after a few years, when the situation calms down, he'll suddenly appear again … just like how he suddenly found you."
Li Xiao knew that this was Chen Jue's way of reassuring her. She also knew how much effort it took for a superpowered person to kill the people of a prefecture, and how low the chances of survival were after that.
But when she looked into Chen Jue's eyes, she still nodded while sobbing.
Lord Chen's face was full of fatigue, but his eyes were so gentle.
His thick eyebrows were relaxed at this moment, and they even drooped slightly to the sides, revealing a somewhat confused and sad expression.
Was Lord Chen sad too?
Because of her brother's departure?
When she thought about how Lord Chen and her brother were together, they often even ignored her existence as a younger sister …
Tears flowed down her face again. If only … if only … if only …
If only Lord Chen could stop her brother …
If only she had found out earlier … if only …
"Don't cry …" Chen Jue's legs were sore from squatting, and he had to kneel on the ground to support himself.
His heart ached when he saw the little girl crying, and when he thought about everything that had happened today, he felt suffocated and pained. He felt very depressed.
"Don't cry." He stroked her long hair that had fallen down when she lowered her head and cried.
Her smooth and cool hair ran through his fingertips like silk, and it made his heart burn.
Xiaoxiao lowered her head, and the tip of her nose was red from crying. Her eyes were red, her face was red, and her lips …
He raised his head and looked at her. The exhaustion of the day made him lose his rationality slightly.
He was almost out of control.
At this moment, his instincts were particularly loud.
His head hurt a little, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
Chen Jue sighed as he wiped her tears with his thumb.
His brain was tired and excited, and he felt as if he was in another space or in a dream.
"Do you know why your brother hates Liu Tianping so much?"
Chen Jue's brain was numb, but he was still trying to think of a way to stop her from crying, so he changed the topic and asked.
Li Xiao shook her head. She didn't know Liu Tianping, and she didn't seem to have heard of this name.
Chen Jue looked at her, and his heart was incomparably helpless.
Sigh, the little girl was locked in a cage and almost killed, but she didn't even know the name of her enemy.
He reached out and touched her head tenderly, and it was still the same smooth hair.
Chen Jue felt his breathing getting heavier and heavier, and there was an indescribable throbbing in his body.
When she was crying, when she was laughing, this familiar feeling kept trying to come out of his chest.
His eyes were slightly sore, and his body was weak from her crying.
He wanted to stand up, but his long hands pressed on the table. When he stood up, his legs were a little sore because he had been squatting for a long time.
His body leaned forward slightly.
He could hear her breathing.
He leaned forward again and again, and almost bumped into the little girl's face.
He was so close, so close that he could see her eyelashes and the wet hair on her cheeks.
Her skin was so tender that it was oozing water.
Li Xiao was also startled by Chen Jue's shaking. She hurriedly reached out to support Chen Jue's arm, and looked up. Her pair of eyes were projected into Chen Jue's dark pupils.
Deep as a pool, dark as a well.
Strange and dangerous ripples were rippling.
Chen Jue was stunned. He half bent over, and looked at Li Xiao at such a close distance.
There were still teardrops hanging on her little eyelashes. She also looked up and blinked her big eyes, looking back at the adult in confusion.
Her pink and tender little mouth was slightly pouting, glistening with tears … … It seemed to be especially delicious.
Chen Jue didn't even know how it happened.
Li Xiao was even more confused and ignorant.
She had never tried it before, but she learned it on her own.
Chen Jue only moved forward slightly, and easily picked the fruit.
It was just as he had seen, soft, sweet, and had a taste that made people intoxicated.
Chen Jue felt numbness at the back of his head, and his chest was beating fast.
His brain felt like it had been struck by lightning, excited and numb. For the first time in his life, he was not sober at all in a sober state!
He held the little girl's head with his big hand, tilted his head slightly, and ate more smoothly.
He tasted the bitter saltiness of her tears, the fragrance in her mouth, the softness, the warmth, the faintly trembling fragile and pitiful.
It was like a desire that had been stored for a long time, so thick and vigorous; like a flood that had suddenly broken through layers of high walls, so turbulent and surging; like a person who had been running around like a headless fly, suddenly found an exit … …
Chen Jue felt something that had been stored in his chest, and it was pouring out.
The vague emotions that had been suddenly pierced through the window paper, and were clearly displayed in front of him.
He gently hugged the little girl who was sitting on the chair, sobbing and trembling. His heart was soft and agitated.