Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Xue Xiaoren was dead, and the men in black broke free of their shackles. They were happy to do something to take revenge on the dead Xue Xiaoren, so they took Jiang Fengyue to Xue Xiaoren's old lair outside and found a large stack of silver notes and countless jewels.

Jiang Fengyue counted the silver notes; they could be exchanged for a total of five million taels of silver at various money shops. This showed how many people Xue Xiaoren had taken money from and how many people he had killed for them.

Jiang Fengyue sought out Ying Wanli, the world's number one constable, the Bald Eagle. Such a person was upright and honest, never secretive or evasive, making it incredibly easy to find out his whereabouts.

When Ying Wanli met Jiang Fengyue, he recalled the incident with the white jade beauty in Beijing that day and couldn't help but feel melancholy.

Ying Wanli asked, "May I ask what business Young Master Jiang has with me?"

Jiang Fengyue smiled: "Senior, have you ever heard of an organization in the Central Plains that can kill people for money?"

Ying Wanli said, "I've heard a little about it. I only know that there is a person who 'kills without shedding blood, leaving a single red mark on the sword,' and he is closely related to this organization."

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "Yidianhong has retired from the criminal world, and the real culprit behind this organization has been exposed."

Ying Wanli exclaimed in surprise, "Who is behind this?"

Jiang Fengyue said, "The person behind it all is Xue Xiaoren, the younger brother of Xue Yiren, the number one swordsman in the world."

Ying Wanli exclaimed in surprise, "This matter is actually related to Xue Yiren? Who has the ability to capture him?"

Jiang Fengyue said, "I was lucky enough to stumble upon this person's secret yesterday."

Jiang Fengyue added, "That's why I invited you here, senior."

Ying Wanli asked, "What can I do?"

Jiang Fengyue said, "I would like to ask you to act as my witness so that I can search for some evidence. Based on your reputation in the martial arts world, you would never be bribed, and your words would be absolutely fair."

Ying Wanli asked, "Why do you need to find evidence?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "It's because I killed Xue Xiaoren, and Xue Yiren wants me to prove that his dead brother was indeed the leader of that assassin organization."

Ying Wanli said, "Alas, the biggest drawback of punishing evil and promoting good is that it will always get you into a lot of trouble."

Jiang Fengyue said, "I need to ask you to help me find out about a batch of banknotes and to find out who these banknotes were paid to by various banks."

Ying Wanli said, "This matter is easy to handle. I will come back to give you an answer in three days."

Jiang Fengyue said, "Thank you in advance, senior."

Jiang Fengyue took out a large stack of silver notes, the amount of which surprised Ying Wanli, a constable who had been investigating all kinds of stolen money for many years.

Three days later, Ying Wanli arrived in Jinan on time, his face full of excitement and joy.

Jiang Fengyue smiled and said, "What is there to make you so happy, Senior?"

Ying Wanli smiled and said, "Young Master Jiang is truly a man of great talent at such a young age. Do you know that you have already made a great contribution?"

Jiang Fengyue asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Ying Wanli said, "I took those silver notes to various banks to investigate. At first, I found only insignificant little people, until I followed the clues and investigated all the way down."

Jiang Fengyue asked, "But what did you find out?"

Ying Wanli said, "Those silver notes are inextricably linked to many important figures. The powerful and influential people in the Central Plains were thrown into turmoil overnight. No one would have imagined that some prominent figures would hire someone to commit murder."

Jiang Fengyue asked, "And then?"

Ying Wanli laughed and said, "Many old cases have been unearthed, and some headless cases have also been solved, all thanks to the silver notes you gave me."

Jiang Fengyue frowned and asked, "Are any of those silver notes related to Xue Xiaoren?"

Ying Wanli said, "At least 800,000 taels are inextricably linked to Master Xue."

Jiang Fengyue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alright, let's set off for Xuejiazhuang now."

Jiang Fengyue hired three carriages to transport the people heading to Xuejiazhuang.

Nine people stood neatly in front of the Xue Family Manor gate. The gatekeeper thought they were enemies and ran back to find their master, Xue Yiren.

Jiang Fengyue thought to herself, thankfully the people in black had stopped wearing black and changed into normal clothes.

Xue Yiren quickly came out, saw Jiang Fengyue, and said, "You're quite punctual. Are these people your evidence?"

Jiang Fengyue pointed to Ying Wanli and said, "This is the world's number one detective, senior Ying Wanli. You should have heard of his name."

Xue Yiren said, "I've heard so much about you. Who are the others?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "They are the assassins your brother Xue Xiaoren started training when they were babies."

The group arrived at the mourning hall, where Xue Xiaoren's body was still in the coffin, neither buried nor closed.

The assassins recognized their leader immediately from the person in the coffin. Although Xue Xiaoren usually wore a mask, a person's physique and temperament cannot be changed. Especially for the assassins who had been in contact with Xue Xiaoren since childhood, they would never forget him.

Ying Wanli also told Xue Yiren about the silver notes. With witnesses and physical evidence, Xue Yiren could only stare silently at Xue Xiaoren's corpse.

After a long pause, Xue Yiren said in a deep voice, "I'm only curious about one thing. He's always been active in the manor, and the servants say he's always in his room. Where does he find the time to do murder and trafficking?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "Since you want to know, may we go to Xue Xiaoren's room?"

Xue Yiren coldly replied, "Please do as you wish."

Dust had accumulated in front of the windows of Xue Xiaoren's house, nets were strung under the eaves, and the floor of the corridor was rotten, making strange noises when people walked on it.

Although the room was messy, it was spotless. Colorful clothes were piled up on the floor, and a conspicuous dressing table was placed in the corner of the room.

Xue Yiren asked, "What secrets are hidden in this house?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "If you had come to this house to visit your brother more often, you would have noticed something amiss long ago."

Jiang Fengyue leaped onto the roof, removed the wooden planks under the beams, revealing a hidden attic. He rushed inside and took out a trunk.

Jiang Fengyue opened the trunk in front of everyone; inside were just a few very ordinary clothes.

Ying Wanli said, "These are just ordinary clothes, what's so strange about them?"

Jiang Fengyue laughed and said, "The strangest thing is that a madman has ordinary clothes that are not covered in dust, which means he wears them often."

Ying Wanli said, "So he changed into these clothes to kill people."

Xue Yiren said sternly, "You still haven't said where he got the time to kill him."

Jiang Fengyue said, "There are two strange things in this house. One is the attic under the beam, and the other is this dressing table."

Jiang Fengyue pushed the dressing table aside with force, and saw a deep and large hole dug behind it, which was obviously a tunnel leading to the outside.

Jiang Fengyue said, "That's why I said if your elder brother came to visit him often, he would definitely be able to tell that he wasn't in the house."