Chapter 645: Eliminate all suspicion of Lu Li!
"Oh, I hope so..." On the other side of the data panel, Chen Rui let out a long sigh.
Immediately he seemed to have thought of something and said anxiously:
"By the way, is your brother Chen Ke okay?"
"Okay, I'm still practicing my sword skills in seclusion." Chen Ding raised his eyebrows, his face full of confidence:
"I specifically asked the clan servants not to inform him of Lu Li's arrival."
"After I kill Lu Li, I will personally bring this surprise to him."
"Okay... after you get the first three levels of the sword manual, remember to practice it and see if you can form the sword skills on the panel." Chen Ru reminded:
"I can't rush back to check it myself. Please be careful and pay more attention!"
"In case Lu Li is cheating, give us a fake one!"
"No problem, Third Elder." Chen Ding responded:
"I will confirm that there is no problem with my sword skills before I kill Lu Li..."
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Time passes day by day.
From Chen Ding's perspective, Lu Li was simply too obedient.
I stayed in the Sutra Pavilion every day and never took a step out.
When I'm not dictating the knife manual, I'm eating and sleeping.
Apart from occasionally looking at the martial arts in the Sutra Pavilion, there was almost no unusual behavior.
It's just that the efficiency of writing knife manuals from memory is a bit low.
Ten days have passed and there is still no sign of the first three levels of the sword spectrum.
But Chen Ding is not in a hurry.
Anyway, the Star Territory is currently under martial law.
Even if Lu Li worked as a foreigner, he would not be able to leave the main domain of the Chen family.
He even somewhat hoped that Lu Li would slow down.
Procrastinate longer.
In this way, when Third Elder Chen Ruo comes back, he won't be needed to test the authenticity of the sword manual.
All in all, Chen Ding is not too worried about the sword manual.
What bothered him was the thieves.
That's right,
Ever since Lu Li came to the Chen family, the Chen family started to have trouble.
In just ten days, the number of reported theft incidents by the Chen family's children increased eightfold!
And there is a growing trend!
At first, Chen Ding thought it was Lu Li's fault, so he secretly dispatched many more people to station around the Sutra Pavilion and keep a close watch.
Even he himself is always paying attention.
But this lasted for five days,
Lu Li's daily life has not changed at all, but the thefts within the Chen family have become more and more serious.
Once the personal suspicion is eliminated, only the summoned objects remain.
In order to let Lu Li reveal the truth,
Chen Ding secretly ordered within the next five days to strengthen the defense formations in various areas within the Chen family's residence.
And also carefully turned on the depth detection function of the formation.
The purpose was to prevent Lu Li's summons from containing soul-like creatures, which could hide them from the eyes and perceptions of numerous guards.
But it still has no effect.
Not to mention that there is no gain,
The Yuanjing used to support the formation consumption was consumed a lot.
The gain outweighs the loss.
Various methods have been tried,
Eliminate all suspicions of Lu Li!
With no choice, Chen Ding could only turn his attention to the inside of the Chen family.
Maybe it's just a coincidence in timing?
Was the theft caused by a mole in the Chen family, not Lu Li?
With this idea in mind, Chen Ding began to intensively conduct internal investigations on the Chen family's children.
After checking, I found a lot of problems.
For example, the patrol guards neglected their duties, the accounting clerk enriched his own pockets, and the treasury clerks stole from themselves...
There are all kinds of bad behaviors that harm the interests of the Chen family!
Chen Ding was caught a lot and fined a lot, so he was very busy.
But the situation of items being stolen among the Chen family’s children has not eased yet!
The situation has even become serious. In the morning, a certain Chen family member was still using his props, weapons, and armor. He had a meal at noon, and in the afternoon, all the props and storage props disappeared!
The thieves are rampant and outrageous!
And the incident took place inside the most tightly protected formation!
But the strange thing is that the theft only occurs among the Chen family's children.
There are many precious treasures in the treasure house, but not a single one has been stolen by thieves.
This made Chen Ding more and more certain that there was a problem within the Chen family!
Because only insiders know the severity of the Chen family's punishment.
Stealing is not a serious crime. Even if you are caught, you only need to be punished according to the value of the stolen items.
But if you steal something from the treasure house,
Even if you just pick up a needle, you will be executed immediately and made into a knife slave puppet!
With a direction, Chen Ding devoted more and more energy to it.
Invisibly, he paid less attention to Lu Li.
So much so that twenty days later, when Lu Li asked to go shopping in the local market, Chen Ding agreed.
After all, compared to the 'honest and honest' Lu Li, the thieves within the Chen family are obviously more worthy of attention.
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He left the Chen family's residence and left the inner city.
Lu Li was walking on a simple path paved with bluestones.
Completely different from the luxurious and grand architectural style of Chen Jiajian in the inner city, the buildings on both sides of the external road are obviously more dilapidated and the layout is more compact and dense.
There are many pedestrians coming and going.
But there are few people who are luxuriously dressed and have pheasant heads and fox armpits.
Most of them are poor-looking people with sallow complexions and thin muscles.
Most of them were in a hurry, rushing to their respective destinations.
A few passers-by noticed that Lu Li was dressed differently than the locals. They would take two seconds to slow down or simply stop and look at him with evil intentions.
However, once these glances touched the Chen family guard behind Lu Li, they would immediately break away and turn into a flattering smile.
Some people even took the initiative to say hello to the guards of the Chen family and extended respectful greetings.
But I didn't get any friendly response.
The guards of the Chen family looked arrogant and arrogant.
The only words given to these pedestrians were "go away" without any warmth.
Without exception.
Lu Li naturally knew the reason.
However, in order to establish the character of the 'country bumpkin', he still pretended to be curious and asked:
"Brother, just now I saw many pedestrians greeting you, with respectful and friendly attitudes."
"Why are you so cold in your response? Aren't you afraid of offending them?"
Hearing this, Chang Wei, one of the fellow guards, sneered and said slowly:
"Excuse me? Do they deserve it?"
"Those who greet us are all ordinary people. They are the most despicable things in this land than livestock."
"Even if we kill one or two on the street, there won't be any problem."
"I just said, 'Go away,' which is considered kind."
"Hiss... If that's the case, why are they trying to flatter you so much?" Lu Li continued to ask, but his eyes were already fixed on something far away.
"What you said, of course you are trying to please us to get benefits from us!" Another guard named Youwei answered:
"Being courteous for nothing is a traitor or a thief. Even a three-year-old child understands this truth."
"They are trying to please us just because they want us to turn a blind eye when we recruit workers next month."
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