Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 618 Who Could Be the Whistle-Blower (4)
Dugu Chen felt puzzled, "When did this happen, and why were you looking into him?"
"Do you remember the Demon Lord, he told me to be wary of Nangong Xiu before he died. Although I didn’t understand at the time, I thought I should check it out, as the words of the dying are often true. But after investigation turned up nothing, I didn’t continue pursuing the matter."
"The Demon Lord? Have you found out who he is, and why does he know Nangong Xiu so well?" I took some time myself to find out there was something wrong with Nangong Xiu, but I never imagined that the Demon Lord had sensed it years ago. It seems this person’s abilities are extraordinary.
Feng Xuxu let out a wry smile, "The Demon Lord is Qiu Yuquan, and he was extremely close to Nangong Xiu. I have seen him before when I was in Zhangzhou Prefecture." Remembering that cold and silent man, who, while following behind Nangong Xiu, requested to share a table with me for a meal, it comes to mind that Nangong Xiu had an ulterior motive for approaching me back then.
"When was this? How come I didn’t know?" someone asked, his face clouding with jealousy.
"You get jealous over everything. You were in the Capital City at that time. Even if I had sent you a message by carrier pigeon, could you have grown wings and flown here?"
Upon seeing that his wife was angry, and knowing it was during the time he was away in the Capital City, Dugu Chen felt even more annoyed. If he had known, he would have taken her back to the residence with him, "What if I could have made it in time!"
"What did you say?" Feng Xuxu only saw his mouth moving, but she couldn’t hear what he was saying.
"I didn’t say much; just stay away from Nangong Xiu in the future; he’s definitely not a good person." He furrowed his brows slightly before issuing the warning to his wife, thinking to himself that if anything were to happen to her, it would be a disaster.
"Rest assured, I’m not familiar with him," Feng Xuxu seeing her husband so concerned, became very curious about what exactly had happened to cause her husband such trouble: "What kind of unforgivable thing did he do?"
"I was thinking, our return date from Grandma’s house was uncertain, so why did Xie Wenbin know exactly when we would pass along that road? Even if he set up an ambush in advance, how could he have known?"
"You mean someone tipped him off!" Feng Xuxu’s expression changed drastically, thankful for her own secret space, or else she might have been reduced to nothing more than bone dust at that moment. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Dugu Chen nodded: "Yes."
"Husband, if Xie Wenbin sought revenge, then he would be watching us all the time. As soon as we left the Capital City, he would have known, and choosing to strike on the way back to the Capital City is also possible." The road out of the Capital City always headed south, and with Xie Wenbin’s brains, it should be possible for him to figure out that we were going to Feng Family Village and might guess that we would visit Grandma’s house. So, lying in ambush on the way back from Grandma’s house wasn’t out of the question. It might be that he wasn’t ready to strike when we were leaving the Capital City, so he could only wait for the return trip to make his move.
"No, a person obsessed with revenge would not allow their enemy a single moment of respite. The moment we left the Capital City, he would have acted. As for why he didn’t, there are two reasons: one is that he really wasn’t ready, and the other is that he wasn’t in Xueyan Country at all."
Feng Xuxu suddenly understood. At that time, when she learned it was Dugu Mo who had struck her husband off the cliff, she had people flay him alive without hesitation. If it had been Xie Wenbin, he would have acted much sooner. Her husband’s analysis was indeed correct.
Seeing that his wife had caught on, he continued, "I sent someone to the route from the Snake Clan to Xueyan Country, to check when Xie Wenbin entered Xueyan Country, and indeed, just as I suspected, he entered Xueyan Country on the same day we were returning from Grandma’s house, and he hurried through the night to reach the forest."
"I see, so that’s why you’re investigating everyone who was present at my elder brother’s wedding."
"Exactly. We only made one appearance then, and the attendees were the Magistrate, a few from the Hidden and Noble Clans’ Young Masters, so I suspect one of them must have tipped off Xie Wenbin."
Feng Xuxu took a deep breath, closed her eyes slightly; this feeling of discomfort was too much for her. To be constantly exposed to the gaze of certain individuals, to have every action known, and to not even know who owns those snake-like eyes lurking in the shadows—it was a horror she could not accept.
"Is it Nangong Xiu?" If it really was him, she wouldn’t mind raising the butcher’s knife and killing him, chopping him into pieces to feed the dogs.
"I’m still looking into it. The cleaner and more transparent a person seems, the more suspicious they become. Also, I found out that his martial arts skills are very peculiar. Even Hua Wuying couldn’t track him down and was shaken off." Remembering this incident made Dugu Chen quite frustrated. Hua Wuying’s skills were among the best of the best, with unmatched tracking abilities, yet even he was unable to follow Nangong Xiu.
