Chen Tiexin had asked his servants to search the whole Chens’ mansion, but they found nothing. However, Chen Tiexin did not dare to search the pond in the backyard, because the Diamond Carp was Chen Yuanhai’s favorite.
Moreover, this pond was indeed a good place to hide the corpses. Since Chen Yuanhai had said so, Chen Tiexin immediately called a servant.
As the water level of the pond gradually decreased, Chen Tiexin became more and more nervous, and even his breathing became rapid. This kind of reaction showed that he was worried and afraid. H e was afraid that there would be a corpse here, and he was afraid Samuel would be just as they had guessed.
When Chen Tiexin had chased Samuel out of the Chen Clan’s mansion, he had set up a trap for Samuel, which had attracted many people’s attention. Chen Tiexin had deliberately made people laugh at Samuel i n hopes that he could use this chance to make him notorious in the Dragon Cloud City.
Chen Tiexin had done everything he could and left no room for himself. He couldn’t imagine how he would have to deal with this matter if Samuel was really a master.
“Father, do you really think the body is inside?” Chen Tiexin asked Chen Yuanhai.
Chen Yuanhai’s expression became more and more solemn because this was the easiest place to hide the corpse in the Chens’ mansion. Therefore, it was reasonable not to find the body elsewhere.
But whether it was true or not was not determined by Chen Yuanhai.
“We can only know when we see the result,” said Chen Yuanhai.
Chen Tiexin stopped talking and waited in silence.
The water level dropped quickly, but the two of them didn’t feel anxious at all. Chen Tiexin even hoped that the water level would never be drained. Only in this way could he have the excuse to escape from reality.
In the evening, the pond finally had knee
deep water level. In this case, everything at the bottom of the pond could almost be seen with the naked eye.
An unidentified human-shaped object
appeared in front of them.
Such a situation made Chen Tiexin’s face pale. It was impossible for this pond to drown people for no reason. If there really was a corpse, it was very likely to be the expert in the Four-Lamp Realm.
“Father!” Chen Tiexin took a deep breath and shouted at Chen Yuanhai.
Chen Yuanhai’s hands trembled slightly. This was not the result he wanted to see, but this result was not something he could escape from.
“Send someone to see what’s going on,” Chen Yuanhai said.
Chen Tiexin immediately said to the servants next to him, “Go and get it. Let’s see what it is.”
A few servants went directly into the water. As soon as they got close to the human-shaped object, they smelled a foul odor.
“Master, Young Master, this is a corpse.”
“Bring him up,” Chen Yuanhai said with a livid face.
The corpse had already swelled after sinking for too long. Furthermore, it would rot the moment they touched it. The servants endured the vomiting in their hearts and carried the corpse back onto the shore.
When Chen Yuanhai approached, he was not frightened by the appearance of the corpse. Instead, he asked the nearby servants, “Have any of you seen this person?”
The best person to identify the corpse was Chen Yanran, but Chen Yuanhai did not want to let Chen Yanran know about this matter at present. Moreover, Chen Yuanhai did not want to frighten Chen Yanran with such a horrible side.
The nearby servants did not speak, which excluded the possibility of them knowing it.
Chen Yuanhai continued to ask, “Who was there when the Xies and Wangs came to the Chens’ mansion?”
“Master, the steward should be aware of this. He’s the one who received the masters of the Xie and Wang families,” said one of the servants.
“Where’s he? Get him here right now.”
After a while, a middle-aged man ran over breathlessly. When he saw the corpse on the ground, he was frightened by the corpse’s rotting appearance and sat directly on the ground.
“Do you know this man?” Chen Yuanhai asked the steward.
The butler trembled with fear and said, ”
Master, this has nothing to do with me. I
didn’t kill him. Please check it out.”
Chen Yuanhai looked at the housekeeper helplessly and said, “If you can kill him, d o you still need to be the housekeeper of the Chens? I know you didn’t kill him. I’ll show you what he looks like. Do you know him?”
The butler was so frightened that his legs
went limp with just one look. He didn’t
have the courage to look at him again. He shook his head and said, “Master, I don’t know him. I don’t know him.”
At this time, Chen Tiexin walked to the housekeeper, grabbed the housekeeper’s neck and said, “Open your eyes wide and take a good look, or you will accompany him on the road to hell.”
The butler was so scared that he almost peed himself. He had no choice but to open his eyes and examine the corpse carefully.
Although the corpse’s appearance had changed, the general outline of its appearance could still be seen.
When he saw his face clearly, the housekeeper’s expression became dull.
“This… this, this is….”
“That’s not a big deal. Just say it,” Chen Tiexin said impatiently,
“Young Master, isn’t this the expert of the Four-Lamp Realm brought by the Xie and Wang families ? How could he die here?” the housekeeper said in horror. On that day, the Wang and Xie families came to the Chen family’s mansion to make trouble, and it was the housekeeper who received them personally. He especially observed the expert of the Four-Lamp Realm, so the housekeeper remembered very clearly what he looked like.
On that day, the housekeeper thought that Miss would compromise with the Wang and Xie families. After all, they came with masters.
But later, he heard that the Four-Lamp: Realm expert disappeared inexplicably, and the Xie and Wang families returned without accomplishing anything. At that time, the butler still felt it was strange. How could a living person disappear for n o reason?
It was not until this moment that the housekeeper knew that this was not disappearance. It was death, and it was
death in the pond in the backyard!
However, who in the Chen family’s entire mansion could be a match for a Four Lamp Realm expert? Who had the
strength to kill him?
“Ah, Young Master, what’s wrong with
you?” The housekeeper suddenly found
Chen Tiexin lying on the ground and
hurriedly asked with concern.
Chen Tiexin, whose face was as white as
paper, was so weak that he didn’t even
have the strength to stand, because after
confirming the identity of the body, it was
enough to prove that he had made a big
mistake. He had driven a real master out of
f the Chen family’s mansion.
For many years, Chen Tiexin had been
running around the Royal Court in order t
o find a master with a high realm to take
him to improve his cultivation. However,
such a strong man had appeared in the
Chen family’s manor, and he actually had
missed the opportunity.
Not only that, but this kind of hatred
made Chen Tiexin even more desperate.
“Young Master, are you all right?” The
steward wanted to help Chen Tiexin up,
but his strength could not help him at all.
Chen Yuanhai took a deep breath and said to the housekeeper and the servants, “Go
and deal with the body. We can’t let anyone know about this.”
