Chapter 4404 Who is the traitor?

Wen Xiang had a gloomy face, his chest rose and fell slightly, and he was obviously suppressing his anger.

"What happened?" Nie Tian asked calmly, looking at the valley.

Wen Xiang did not explain, but led Nie Tian and others into the valley.

The valley was not big, only a dozen meters in radius, and was very neatly tidied, without rocks and weeds, and looked like a secluded courtyard.

In the center of the valley, there was a pool of water, which did not look deep. A layer of thick green mist floated on the surface of the water, releasing a strong smell of medicine, filling the entire valley.

Obviously, this is a medicine pool. Judging from the breath, the medicine pool contains extremely rich life force.

"Is Senior Wen Hou in seclusion in this medicine pool?" Nie Tian looked at the entire valley and immediately understood and asked.

"Yes." Wen Xiang nodded and said, "Before, my father was indeed in seclusion in the medicine pool, but now, he is gone."

Nie Tian's eyes darkened. Wen Hou's life must have been in danger because his lifeline was destroyed, so he had to stay in the medicine pool and absorb life force continuously to barely survive.

This medicine pool is expensive to build, and it must be a heavy burden for the Wen family to maintain it for tens of thousands of years.

But compared to these costs, Wen Hou's life is obviously more important.

"Master Wen, can you confirm when Senior Wen Hou disappeared?" Nie Tian thought for a while and asked.

"Today." Wen Xiang nodded solemnly, his eyes trembling slightly, and said: "To be exact, it should be just now."

"Just now?" Nie Tian's eyes trembled, and he was quite surprised, and said: "Are you sure?"

Wen Xiang nodded heavily, and said: "Although my father has been in seclusion for a long time, I have always been very careful and come to check almost every day. Because it was confirmed yesterday that my father would be asked to come out of seclusion. So I came to check again last night, and my father was still there at that time."

Speaking, Wen Xiang looked at Wen Chengjiao and continued: "This morning, I came to check again. After confirming that my father was fine, I went to the lobby and asked Uncle Chengjiao to ask my father to come out of seclusion."

"The head of the family asked me to ask the old master to come out of seclusion. I didn't delay at all and came here without stopping. But when I arrived, the old master was gone." Wen Chengjiao continued Wen Xiang's words.

After listening to what the two said, Nie Tian's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "So, Senior Wen Hou disappeared during the free time when both of you were not there."

"Yeah." Wen Xiang nodded and sighed: "It was no more than half an hour."

"Will Senior Wen Hou still be in this secret place?" Nie Tian's eyes trembled, and he was surprised, as if he thought of something.

"It's possible!" Wen Xiang immediately understood, shouted, and turned around and said: "Uncle Cheng Jiao, go and notify the family elders and ask them to send someone to the secret place."

"Yes!" Wen Chengjiao agreed, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Nie Tian.

"Lord Fenghuang, what are you doing..." Wen Chengjiao frowned and looked at Nie Tian with a puzzled look.

Nie Tian thought about it, and without hesitation, he said to Wen Lun: "Wen Lun, you go with the housekeeper."

Wen Lun was stunned at first, and then he understood what Nie Tian meant. Although he was a little reluctant, he still nodded.

The two did not delay any more and left immediately

"Lord Fenghuang, do you suspect Uncle Chengjiao?" Wen Xiang looked at the two people's disappearing backs, frowned and said with a gloomy face.

How could he not see that Nie Tian asked Wen Lun to go with him, which was obviously because he did not trust Wen Chengjiao.

"He was the first person to find out that Senior Wenhou was missing. If Senior Wenhou really had an accident or was kidnapped, he would undoubtedly be the most suspicious." Nie Tian said coldly with a solemn face.

Wen Xiang frowned, his face was very ugly, but he didn't know what to say.

The incident happened too suddenly, and he was indeed a little flustered just now.

If Wenhou was kidnapped, he should still be in the secret place at this time, at least he has not left the Wen Mansion.

"Senior Wenhou is in seclusion here, and few people should know about it. Moreover, the secret place is guarded by multiple formations. Those who can enter the secret place quietly must be people from the Wen Mansion, and their status will not be low!" Nie Tian said solemnly, regardless of Wen Xiang's face.

Wen Xiang's eyes trembled, and his face changed again and again.

Even if he didn't want to believe it, he had to admit that there must be a traitor in the Wen Mansion!

As Nie Tian said, there were no more than ten people in the entire Wen Mansion who could enter the secret place silently.

"We just confirmed yesterday that we would ask Senior Wen Hou to come out of retreat today. Senior Wen Hou disappeared today. Does the head of the Wen family think this is just a coincidence?" Nie Tian's eyes were low, and there was a cold murderous intent in his eyes.

What he hated most in his life was traitors, and he wanted to kill them one by one.

Although Wen Xiang was very reluctant, he still nodded.

Yesterday in the lobby, in addition to Nie Tian and others, the people of the Wen family were only Wen Xiang, Wen Chengjiao and Wen Lun, as well as Wen Lun's two maids Lan Qing and Lan Che.

Wen Hou disappeared, and Nie Tian and others were also suspected, but it was obviously impossible for them to enter the secret place of the Wen Mansion without being noticed.

Moreover, Nie Tian and others did not know where Wen Hou was in retreat.

In this way, the suspicion of the Wen family was great.

Wen Lun, Lan Qing and Lan Che also could not enter the secret place, and they had no motive.

With this calculation, only Wen Xiang and Wen Chengjiao were left.

Wen Xiang was the head of the Wen family and the son of Wen Hou, so it was impossible for him to betray.

Then, who was the traitor? It was obvious.

"Could it be Uncle Cheng Jiao?" Wen Xiang had obviously figured it out, his eyes trembling slightly, in disbelief.

Wen Chengjiao has been one of the most important people in the Wen family since Wen Hou took charge of the Wen family.

In some ways, Wen Chengjiao is more important than Wen Hou, after all, he has been the chief steward of two generations of the family.

Wen Xiang believes that neither he nor his father has done anything wrong to Wen Chengjiao, so why did the latter do such a thing.

"Master Wen, it's too early to draw a conclusion now." Nie Tian certainly knew what Wen Xiang was thinking, and said solemnly.

Then, Nie Tian looked at Fan Zhong, and after a long time, he said: "Fan Zhong, this emperor said that I will not investigate anything you did before. But this emperor hopes that you can confess."

Fan Zhong looked embarrassed, silent for a few seconds, and finally said: "Lord Fenghuang, I did have a deal with the people of Guiya Sect."

Nie Tian nodded slightly, not too surprised, and motioned Fan Zhong to continue.

In fact, when he was in Fengtian Mingzong before, Nie Tian had already confirmed that Fan Zhong must have some kind of deal with Guiyazong, otherwise the latter would not have wanted to kill him.

At this time, Fan Zhong had already surrendered, and Nie Tian did not want to pursue it, but at this time, such a big thing happened in the Wen family, so Nie Tian had to suspect Guiyazong.

Since Fan Zhong had contact with Guiyazong, perhaps he could get some information from him.

Fan Zhong took a deep breath and was about to continue, but was interrupted by a scream.

"Second uncle, come quickly!" The scream came from not far away, and it turned out to be Wen Lun's voice.

Wen Xiang and others changed their faces and moved together.