boyutpedia Chapter 309 Is tracking justified?
Chapter 309 Is tracking justified?
Hearing this, Lin Lezhi's heart skipped a beat, hoping that he had misheard.
He walked quickly to Qingchuan and found that all the flowers on the grass had withered and turned black, making it difficult to recognize the flowers. He could smell the fishy odor without getting close.
The destroyed flowers grew in a curved straight line about five meters away along the mountain wall, rather than being scattered.
How could this be?
Qingchuan stood there for a long time before he seemed to accept this reality, but his tone was still unsteady as he said, "The way these flowers were destroyed and the smell they smelled are exactly the same as the flowers in the basement."
The words fell.
Lin Lezhi's expression became more serious again, and he squatted down in front of the bone lotus that was destroyed to the point that only roots and leaves remained.
As soon as I got close, a foul smell penetrated my nose. Looking at the remaining petals and leaves, there were some tiny water droplets on them, as if they had been corroded by some liquid.
The technique is consistent.
This means that the basement and the flowers here must have been created by the same group of people. They knew their whereabouts very well, knew the purpose of Xiao Yihuo and his group coming here, and destroyed the flowers before they arrived.
Thinking of this, Lin Lezhi's expression became more solemn.
Can……
Only he and Qingchuan knew that they were going to look for flowers tonight, and they didn't tell anyone else.
"Kiyokawa I..."
Lin Lezhi stood up and was about to explain when he heard the sound of branches being stepped on and broken from the woods behind him.
The two looked at each other, their eyes darkened instantly, and they looked in the direction of the sound with a wary look.
After the first sound appeared, a rustling sound was also heard not far away, but the sound of grass and trees rustling was definitely not from the wild beasts in the forest.
Instead.
The frequency of a person's steps.
They had been walking through the woods for several days, so he couldn't have heard it wrong.
And there is more than one person coming.
"who is it?"
Lin Lezhi slightly turned sideways to block Qingchuan, staring intently and asking in a deep voice.
At the critical moment, Lin Lezhi stepped forward to protect Qingchuan. This action caused a subtle surprise to flash across Qingchuan's wary eyes, as if he had not expected it.
"It's us."
At the same time as the voice came out, the owners of the voice also emerged from the fog. They were Xiao Yihuo and Liu Yunhe.
Seeing that it was Xiao Yihuo and the other two, Qingchuan couldn't hide his surprise and asked with a heavy look in his eyes, "Why are you here?"
"Lezhi—!"
Before the two could respond, a sound of running was heard in the forest. Guan Ziheng called Lin Lezhi's name and ran out from behind them, looking breathless, with worry written in his eyes.
"How did you..."
"What are you talking about? You left at 6:15 PM and haven't come back since. It's already past midnight."
A look of guilt flashed across Lin Lezhi's eyes. After he left the inn, he didn't say hello to Guan Ziheng because he was thinking about the agreement with Qingchuan. He just told him that he didn't have to wait for him to go back.
It has been almost four hours since 6:15 PM.
Seeing Guan Ziheng panting and sweating, I didn't know how long he had been looking for me.
I really did something wrong.
Although Guan Ziheng was out of breath due to exhaustion, he did not give Lin Lezhi a chance to speak, and continued with a crackling voice: "It was late at night, and I had been waiting for you for a long time, so I went out to look for you. I asked the yamen runners and found out that you had returned a long time ago. I couldn't find you anywhere, so I went back to the inn and asked the waiter, only to find out that you came back with Xiao Xu and Liu Yunhe. I was worried that something had happened to you, so I went to look for Xiao Xu and the others. After we went downstairs, the waiter said that he hadn't seen anyone leave the inn, so we went to the backyard and happened to see you two leaving from the back door, so I followed you all the way here."
Guan Ziheng asked the waiter for Xiao Yihuo's door number and rushed over immediately. It happened that Xiao Yihuo and his partner had just returned to their room and had not yet undressed.
After speaking briefly, the two of them went out together to look for someone.
Because the two of them were on the first floor of the inn, they didn't need to go upstairs and could just go through the small door to the back. Guan Ziheng went directly to the second floor, so they parted ways.
Guan Ziheng spoke rapidly, his tone full of worry and blame, and also explained why the three of them appeared here.
Qingchuan looked at Xiao Yihuo and asked if what Guan Ziheng said was true. Xiao Yihuo nodded.
"sorry."
Guan Ziheng was a little anxious at first, but when he saw that Lin Lezhi was fine, his expression relaxed and he didn't intend to let the matter go. He patted his chest to calm himself and soothe his frightened heart.
"I'm glad you're okay. But next time you do something, could you please let me know first? Don't keep me waiting. Do you know how worried I was about your safety when I heard Doctor Qingchuan say the outcome wasn't good?"
Guan Ziheng originally only wanted to say Lin Lezhi, but Qingchuan was there after all, so it seemed inappropriate to say it that way, so he quickly added a "them".
"But what are you doing in the woods so late at night?"
Speaking of this, Qingchuan's expression became extremely solemn.
"Yes, Brother Qingchuan, why are you here so late? Why didn't you tell the young master and me?"
Liu Yunhe also asked. After asking, he sniffed his nose lightly and felt that the smell seemed somewhat familiar, so he followed the smell.
"Brother Qingchuan, this is...!"
When he discovered the destroyed flowers in the grass, he seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. His eyes showed an expression of astonishment that he could not conceal, and his words were choked in his throat.
Qingchuan lowered his eyes, his eyes filled with resentment and anger as he said, "It had already been destroyed when we arrived."
"What was destroyed?"
Guan Ziheng didn't understand what was going on, so he went forward to take a look. When he saw a row of destroyed flowers on the ground, confusion and uneasiness appeared in his eyes.
"I didn't tell anyone else about this."
Although Guan Ziheng was not involved in what happened between them, he was not a stupid person. When he heard Lin Lezhi's apologetic explanation, Guan Ziheng immediately thought that only Lin Lezhi and Qingchuan came here.
Qingchuan and Xiao Xu are together. No matter what is destroyed, the only person suspected is Lin Lezhi.
He was already furious about what happened before, and the thought of Lin Lezhi being suspected only fueled his rage. He stood up for Lin Lezhi and said, "We, Lezhi, are definitely not the kind of people who say one thing to your face and another behind your back. We wouldn't do such a thing. If he says he hasn't told anyone, then he definitely hasn't. Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, forget it. If you want to doubt it, feel free to do so. Lezhi, let's go."
He didn't know what had happened between Lin Lezhi and them before, and he didn't want to know, but he could clearly feel that since they came to Pinghai Town, Lin Lezhi's condition had become abnormal. He became worried and had many thoughts.
Say.
What kind of friends are they? They spend all their money on a meal.
Guan Ziheng always kept this in mind.
The more Guan Ziheng thought about this, the more angry and aggrieved he felt for Lin Lezhi, and the more he spoke, the angrier he became.
I don't owe them anything.
If he hadn't learned from the waiter that Lin Lezhi and Xiao Yihuo came back together, he would not have gone to look for Xiao Yihuo and the others.
Say it.
Guan Ziheng grabbed Lin Lezhi's wrist and was about to leave.
"He didn't do this."
Just as Guan Ziheng's hand was about to touch Lin Lezhi's wrist, Xiao Yihuo suddenly spoke.
The firmness in Xiao Yihuo's tone made Lin Lezhi slightly stunned. A light flashed in his eyes, and his eyes swayed slightly, stirring up layers of waves. There was also a hint of expectation and joy in it, and his heart also beat along with it.
Xiao Yihuo retracted his gaze from Lin Lezhi and then looked at Qingchuan. "From the time he left the inn to the time he left the county government office and then went to the lake, I was always by his side, secretly following him. During that time, he never spoke to anyone else alone, let alone entered this forest. He stayed with us the entire time. Yun He can testify to this."
Although the flowers were destroyed and Liu Yunhe was very sad and angry, he had hurt Lin Lezhi before because of his recklessness, so he must not do anything reckless again this time.
Moreover, there is indeed no evidence to prove that this was done by Lin Lezhi.
Liu Yunhe nodded and said, "We have indeed been together the whole time. After helping General Cheng clean up the remains of the soldiers by the lake, we returned to the inn together."
Xiao Yihuo continued, "General Cheng is also at the lake. Cui Yan is the only trusted person left. Cui Yan is seriously injured and cannot come to do this. Cui Yan is recovering. We can find out by checking whether Cui Yan has left the treatment center."
When Guan Ziheng heard that Xiao Yihuo was secretly following Lin Lezhi, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Now he realized that this was still a lack of trust in Lin Lezhi.
Guan Ziheng immediately said with displeasure on his face: "No, why did you follow Le Zhi secretly?"
It sounds righteous, so secretly following someone is justified?
"I…"
Xiao Yihuo was speechless after being questioned by Guan Ziheng. Just as he was about to say something, Qingchuan slowly said, "This matter was definitely not done by Lezhi."