Monster, come to my bowl

Xue Xiong shouted, interrupting the noise of the crowd.

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Everyone go back first, go back first."

"Manager Cai is right..."

"Yeah!"

Those who had expressed doubts just now did not expect that Mr. Xue would defend Cai Ji so much, and they all shrank their necks and walked back.

As long as the master is not angry, no one dares to treat him as a sick cat.

When the master gets angry, the lady has to give him some temper.

What's more, these people.

No one dared to raise any more questions and they pushed and shoved their way back.

But Mr. Xue did not leave.

Cai Ji didn't leave either.

"Aji, do you see anything?"

Seeing everyone walking away, Xue Xiong asked in a slower tone.

That's right!

It’s Aji.

The master has privately changed the way he addresses Cai Ji.

"The tomb was broken open from the inside, and the second young master's body is missing." Cai Ji replied.

It may sound like nonsense, but it actually hits the point directly.

Master Xue was once a seventh-rank demon-suppressing guard, and his vision was far more vicious than that of ordinary people.

He had already noticed the abnormality of the tomb, but he just didn't want to say it out loud in front of those insignificant servants.

After hearing Cai Ji's answer, the master asked in a deep voice: "Then where do you think he will go?"

The reason why Xue Xiong asked this was that he knew that Cai Ji and Xue Yi had been investigating the cause of his son's death, and he felt that Cai Ji might have known some unknown secrets.

Unfortunately, although Cai Ji knew a lot of secrets, the cause of the second young master's death was not among them.

The only thing he could determine at the moment was that among the eight words engraved on the demon-suppressing monument, 'Qi' refers to the naked Demon Emperor, and 'Lin' refers to the Second Young Master!

The second young master's name is Xue Lin. Although the word "Lin" in his name is written differently from the "Lin" on the inscription and has a different pronunciation, Cai Ji knows what this word means in this world!

It does not refer to a specific monster, but refers to various mythical creatures covered with scales!

The meaning is similar to the "golden scales" in the saying "How can a golden scale stay in a pond? It turns into a dragon when it encounters wind and cloud." It is not a fish, but it is not a dragon either.

It can transform into a dragon, but it hasn’t yet!

The "Lin" in this world probably has such a meaning.

In addition, the birth of the Demon Emperor was closely related to the Second Young Master, so Cai Ji determined that the word "Lin" on the stone tablet referred to Xue Lin!

"Where did you go..."

When Cai Ji heard Xue Xiong's question, he started scratching his head on the spot.

At this moment, he could only guess that the second young master had resurrected, and it was not an ordinary resurrection.

As for where?

How does he know?

He has never died, let alone faked his corpse!

No experience at all!

But since the master asked, I can't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Cai Ji frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered the contents of the supernatural novels he had read before. His eyes lit up and he said, "The Second Young Master... won't go home, will he?"

Coincidentally, as soon as he finished speaking, several people rushed over from the Xue Mansion.

"Master!!! It's not good!"

"Second Young Master...he he he...he is in the study!"

Several people were running and shouting while tumbling and crawling.

"what?"

Xue Xiong's face changed, and without waiting for Cai Ji to say anything, he rushed home like lightning.

The master didn't limp when he walked, which showed how anxious he was.

"Hey...you...don't have to wait for me!" Although Cai Ji also wanted to take off, his strength did not allow it, so he could only cheer for the other party while running.

He trotted back to Xue's house and found that all the outsiders had been kicked out.

"I'm so scared, what's going on?"

"Second Young Master... he he he is not in the tomb, how come he is in the study?"

"Is there any need to ask? He must have come back last night!"

"The concierge? Didn't the concierge see it?"

"If I saw it, I would just beat the gongs and drums..."

"What should I do? What can I do?"

"Don't ask me, I'm not Uncle Nine."

"Stop arguing! I'm a seventh-rank demon-suppressing guard. What is there to be afraid of?"

"Right, right, right! The father beats the son, the master beats the son!"

A large group of maids, servants, cooks and gardeners gathered at the gate, holding hoes, rakes, kitchen knives and other props in their hands. They looked inside the gate nervously and talked a lot.

Cai Ji didn't have time to listen to their gossip. He pushed through the crowd and rushed into the mansion.

Walking straight to the main hall, he saw Mrs. Xue standing at the door of the study.

The lady did not follow him outside to seek refuge. Instead, she stood at the door of the study with tears in her eyes, muttering to herself: "Ah Lin... you are back... am I dreaming?"

The loving mother weeps like a cuckoo crying blood.

It makes those who hear it cry and those who see it break their hearts.

"Madam! Please go sit on the doorstep for a while!"

Cai Ji knew that the matter was not simple, so he quickly pushed Madam Xue to the door of the main hall, asked her to stay with the two shivering maids, and turned around and went straight to the study.

As soon as I entered the study, I saw a scary scene.

I saw Master Xue and his confidant Xue Mao, holding weapons and confronting the Second Young Master.

The second young master Xue was wearing the shroud he was buried in. His face was as pale as paper, but his eyes were bloodshot. He was standing by the desk, searching for something, and mumbling something incoherently.

If he wasn't dressed as a dead man, he would look like he was sleepwalking.

"Alin! Say something to me! What's wrong with you?" Master Xue asked in a low voice, trembling all over, holding the demon-slaying sword he received as a retirement reward.

“Where is Wan…Kai…Qi…where did I put it…in Zai…town…” The second young master turned a deaf ear and continued to search here and there while muttering to himself.

Cai Ji didn't know what to do, but when he heard Xue Lin's murmurs, his heart suddenly moved.

He immediately remembered the rubbing of the eight characters that Xue Yi gave him!

I remember the eldest lady said at the time that the rubbing was found in a secret compartment in the study.

Now Xue Lin was muttering the words on the rubbings while searching desperately around the desk, most likely looking for those things.

He's been dead for three months, but he still crawled back home to look for rubbings!

It seems that the Second Young Master is very obsessed!

Cai Ji’s thoughts raced.

"Alin, what is it that you can't let go of? Tell daddy!" Xue Xiong's veins popped out on the back of his hand as he gripped the knife handle, and he growled again while gritting his teeth.

Unfortunately, Xue Lin still turned a deaf ear to his old father's words.

He seemed to have completely forgotten his father, who had loved him for more than twenty years.

I go!

How dare you ignore your own father's questions!

You unfilial son!

When Cai Ji saw this, he complained in his heart.

"Hey, Second Young Master!" He thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Second Young Master, are you looking for a copy? The copy of the eight characters?"

"Rubbings?" Xue Lin raised his head, looked at him with a pair of scarlet eyes, and suddenly laughed: "Yes, yes, rubbings! I'm looking for my rubbings! Did you steal them?"

As the ancients said, it is better to hear ghosts crying than to see ghosts laughing!

When Cai Ji saw the Second Young Master smiling at him, he felt a chill running from the soles of his feet straight up to the top of his head.

It’s not that the young master is not good-looking, but he is just too creepy!

Pale face and red eyes!

It’s not a little white rabbit!

You smile at me!