novelden Chapter 124 Qionglou 4
Chapter 124 Qionglou 4
Old lady Huo's tactics of taking advantage of her age and seniority were completely useless against Wu Xie and the others. When she saw Zhang Qiling, she knelt down immediately. On her face, she pretended to be a loving mother who missed her daughter deeply, but secretly she leaked the news about Zhang Qiling, making that force pay attention to Zhang Qiling.
Wu Xie, Aning, Fatty, Jie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu didn't know that Zhang Qiling was about to fall into great danger, but Jiang Xinxin could feel it. However, relying on her own cultivation, she didn't take any danger in this world seriously. Instead, she directly placed a trace of spiritual consciousness on Zhang Qiling, on the one hand to protect Zhang Qiling, and on the other hand, she was thinking that if Zhang Qiling was really captured by that force, she could take the opportunity to find their lair.
But she kept her little plan a secret from everyone.
The group arrived at Banai. Wu Xie, Fatty and Xie Yuchen all went to Siguniang Mountain. It seemed that Aning was leading the team in Banai, but in fact, the people she brought were those lent to Wu Xie by the Xie family. None of Aning's own team came.
Old Mrs. Huo really knew a lot of things. She didn't even need Aning to go to the village to ask for a guide. She directly found a man called "Old Man Panma". Jiang Xinxin was also very curious why Old Mrs. Huo no longer had any intention of making trouble, but Old Mrs. Huo obviously had no intention of explaining. Her subordinates directly used the future of their children and grandchildren to persuade Old Man Panma to take everyone to the lake where the archaeological team was stationed that year.
But Jiang Xinxin could see that Panma had killed someone, so that night she teamed up with Aning to tie up Panma and interrogate him. With the help of his spiritual sense, Panma quickly broke down his defenses and told him his experiences:
"Those people are devils!"
"I clearly killed two of them and stole their food, but when I went back to check a few days later, I found that they were still alive!"
"I swear I really killed them and threw them into the lake. There's no way they're still alive!"
Jiang Xinxin and Aning looked at each other. This news was exactly the same as what Chen Wenjin said about the archaeological team being replaced. Otherwise, the fact that Panma killed the archaeological team members would have been exposed on the spot. It would be impossible for him to be allowed to get away with it for so many years.
Jiang Xinxin did not call the police immediately, but just recorded Panma Dad's confession and prepared to give it to Wu Xie, as she would need these things when she reported the case in real name.
Old Man Panma also told me some other things, such as the spiders in the dark forest behind, and that Agui and his daughter in the village seemed to have dealings with a hooded man.
Finally, Panma Dad even repeatedly emphasized that Jiang Xinxin and Aning should stay away from Zhang Qiling, because he recognized that Zhang Qiling had appeared in the archaeological team that year, and Zhang Qiling's appearance had not changed much from his memory, so he felt that Zhang Qiling was a dead man, a devil, and did not want anyone to get close to him, lest they be contaminated by something ominous.
Feeling the loneliness in Zhang Qiling, Aning explained the whole story to Panma Daddy. Panma Daddy was a bit interesting, but due to his limited knowledge, he directly linked the matter to supernatural things and did not think about anything else.
He now felt that Aning's explanation made sense. Although he appeared to be skeptical, it was obvious that the biggest burden in his heart had been relieved a lot.
Everyone successfully arrived at the lake where the archaeological team was stationed that year. Even though Jiang Xinxin and Aning already knew that the entrance to the Zhang family's ancient building was not in the lake, there were still people from the Huo family and the force that had infiltrated the team. Everyone decided to pretend to go down to the lake to check it out.
Jiang Xinxin and Zhang Qiling put on their diving equipment and went into the water. Sure enough, they found many corpses at the bottom of the lake. Fortunately, Jiang Xinxin did not intend to finish it all at once, so she and Zhang Qiling fished out the original archaeological team.
Aning recorded everything, and after the Huo family checked the bodies and things, they carefully preserved them in the name of burial.
Someone from the team secretly went into the water, and although they found the ancient building at the bottom of the lake, they were trapped at the bottom of the lake by the bronze bell array inside the ancient building. Aning fished the person out and threw him in front of Mrs. Huo: "Madam, you are an old hand, you can't do things so carelessly."
The man was secretly sent into the water at the instigation of Old Madam Huo. She herself did not suspect that he was bribed by that force, or that he had always been a member of that force. Aning used his connections as well as those of the Wu and Jie families to investigate the man thoroughly and confirmed that he was a member of that force. He had also sent out the information about the ancient building at the bottom of the lake.
Wu Xie and Jie Yuchen didn't expect that after only three or two days, the other side would expose one of their own. As they were talking, a nail was also exposed on their side. Because Wu Xie's "nest" was not stationed firmly, he had just lay there for a while, and the nail that was driven into the rock for support and stability loosened, almost costing Wu Xie's life.
Xie Yuchen naturally took the opportunity to teach the man a lesson, put him under surveillance, and even got his contact information. It was a pity that they still hadn't found the core member with the phoenix tattoo on his body.
Jiang Xinxin and Zhang Qiling were still searching for clues underwater, and then they were accidentally sucked into a crack at the bottom of the lake. If she hadn't sent a message to Aning in time to indicate that everything was under control, Aning would have gone into the water too.
However, taking advantage of the disappearance of Jiang Xinxin and Zhang Qiling at the bottom of the lake, Aning took this opportunity to stage a good drama, deceiving Old Lady Huo and the people from that force into being confused, and making them determine that the entrance to the Zhang family's ancient building was at the bottom of the lake.
After Aning went into the water, Jiang Xinxin used her magic power to roll him down and then sealed the gap. In this way, a whirlpool would never form at the bottom of the lake again, and the people above would not be able to find the secret at the bottom of the lake even if they drained the water.
The three of them took this opportunity to escape and went to the real entrance of the Zhang family ancient building.
Aning's men came in handy at this time, but the news of finding the Zhang family's ancient building could not be concealed for long, so both sides were hurrying to get things done.
At this time, Jiang Xinxin discovered the hooded man who was in contact with Agui and his daughter. When he was fighting with Zhang Qiling, he accidentally revealed the Qiongqi tattoo on his body. Everyone then realized that he was the person who was selected by Zhang Dafo from all over the country to replace Zhang Qiling. The other party was also a descendant of the Zhang family, but his bloodline was so thin that even Zhang Dafo could not compare to it. Therefore, even after rigorous training, he could only fight with Zhang Qiling, whose skills were only one tenth of his.
Originally, Aning didn't want to tell the other party that all his misfortunes over the years were the result of someone's deception, but that person wanted to kill them, and Aning would not continue to waste his conscience. As a result, he told the other party that everything he had experienced was just a scam. Unable to accept the truth, the other party jumped into the abyss and committed suicide.