Chapter 1955: Successfully passing the buck

With Chu Kongming's efforts, the mountain fire soaring into the sky was quickly absorbed.

But looking at the charred mountains and the tombstones that had been burned to pieces, Chu Kongming's face was so gloomy that he almost shed tears.

"Someone tell me what's going on!" Chu Kongming looked at the ten silent family guards in the distance and said in a deep voice.

"Excuse me, Patriarch! I...we don't know either. We were guarding the entrance, and suddenly we saw the Ancestral Mountain on fire..." A True Immortal guard walked over to explain.

The fact is true as what these people said. They had no idea why it suddenly ignited. By the time they found out, the fire was out of control.

"Meaning, you didn't see anyone coming in at all?" Chu Kongming stared at the True Immortal guards.

"Master Mingjian, there are so many of us guarding the entrance, and there are no warnings about the restrictions here. This subordinate... I think this may not be man-made." The true immortal guard said, secretly glancing at the people in the distance.

"Yes, Master! What Deputy Captain Liu said is that this may not be man-made." Seeing this, someone spoke up to agree.

"Huh! Isn't it man-made? Could it be that the ancestors got up and set fire to themselves!" Chu Kongming shouted coldly.

"this......"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all speechless for a moment.

"Kong Ming, what happened!" At this moment, several old figures suddenly appeared at the intersection behind Chu Kong Ming, and the old man in green clothes at the head frowned and said.

"Greetings to the second uncle." Chu Kongming turned around and bowed slightly to the old man in green, then told the story with a gloomy face.

After listening, the expressions of several old men also became ugly.

One of the old men jumped into the air, first looked at the already riddled Ancestral Mountain for a few times, and then flew into the medicine lake to the east in a flash.

A moment later, he rose into the air from the lake, flew back, gritted his teeth and said:

"It's not spontaneous combustion. Someone sneaked into the back mountain. All the elixirs in the medicine lake have been stolen. Even the water orchid..."

"What!"

Hearing this, Chu Kongming's eyes darkened, and he almost couldn't stand and fainted. With the help of an old man, he steadied himself, "No, it won't happen..."

Medicine Lake is a cultivation ground for elixirs built by countless people from the Chu family after countless years of hard work. The value of the water elixirs inside is even more astonishing, equivalent to 30% of all the resources of the Chu family. Now but......!

unbearable!

That's too much!

If burning Zushan only destroyed the invisible and intangible luck of the Chu family, then evacuation of the Medicine Lake would really cut off a piece of flesh from the Chu family.

puff! ! !

The more Chu Kongming thought about it, the angrier he became. He was so furious that he finally couldn't hold it in any longer and spurted out a mouthful of hot blood.

"Kong Ming!"

Seeing this, the old man in green hurriedly came over and said with concern: "You..."

Chu Kongming raised his hand feebly, "I...it's okay. Second uncle, please help me summon the elders to gather in the family hall immediately. There is no room for neglect for such a big event..."

"good."

The old man in green nodded, first took out the sound transmission jade and communicated for a while, then disappeared in a flash.

Another old man stepped forward to help Chu Kongming, but he shook his head to stop him. Then the group got up and walked outside Zushan, and soon arrived at the family hall.

Chu Kongming sat on the main seat, holding his forehead with one hand and saying nothing.

On the chairs on both sides below, several old men were sitting with frowns. While several people were waiting, several people hurried over one after another and sat on the left and right below.

The Chu family hall began to become noisy. Shock, anger, worry, and various emotions filled the hall as everyone spoke to each other.

"Master, this person can come and leave without anyone noticing, which shows that he is not an ordinary person. Has our Chu family offended any big shot recently?" The Ninth Elder, the last one on the right, suddenly looked at Said to Chu Kongming.

"To offend a big shot? You have to have that kind of strength. Do you think anyone else besides us sitting here can offend someone of this level? Or are you provoking someone who shouldn't be offended outside?" The great elder in Qingyi said coldly.

"If it offends anyone, then this matter has nothing to do with me. I have been in seclusion at home these years and have never left the Chu family!" The second elder took over and said.

"Me too. Although I have often gone out these years, I have only been busy with the family business in Zhongbao City. I have never left Zhongbao City. Moreover, my business transactions have been smooth and I have never offended unknown powerful people." The third elder also said .

Everyone said that they had never sinned against a strong person in these years.

Then, the hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Chu Kongming who was sitting on the main seat.

Although Chu Kongming is old, his character has never been restrained. He has been impulsive and irritable since he was a child, and he often goes out to explore.

In terms of causing trouble, the nine people sitting here could not cause as much trouble as the head of the family alone.

"It all depends on what I do!"

"Although I have a bad temper, I never did anything clean and left no trace." Chu Kongming couldn't help but said angrily when he saw everyone looking at him.

Everyone looked away without hearing anything and buried their heads in silence.

"I think that instead of guessing, we should discuss how to catch the thief. Looking at you, is it possible that our dignified Chu family, the head of the Qianyuan Sect, is afraid of a shrinking thief? !”

Chu Kongming glanced at everyone with cold eyes, feeling that these people were too cowardly. They didn't want to cause trouble to their enemies when something happened, but they looked for the cause within the Chu family themselves.

In fact, this was Chu Kongming's fault.

It wasn't that they were afraid of the thief, they just didn't want to implicate themselves as the reason why Zushan was burned.

Because they understand very well that no matter whether the murderer can be caught in the end, those who are causally related to the murderer will inevitably be sanctioned by the family.

Therefore, everyone immediately thought of putting aside the relationship.

"Qianyuan Sect!"

Hearing Chu Kongming mention the three words Qianyuan Sect, the great elder suddenly looked at him, "Speaking of Qianyuan Sect, do you think...?"

"What does the second uncle want to say?" Chu Kongming frowned and looked at the great elder in Qingyi.

"Kong Ming, have you forgotten?"

"What happened in Luo Yan Pavilion hundreds of years ago? None of the elders who participated in the hunt were spared from their family cemeteries..." the eldest elder reminded.

"First Elder, what do you mean, the Qianyuan Sect is now involved in that matter? We are actually implicated by that ancestor!" the third elder said in shock.

The so-called ancestor he refers to is the current leader of the Qianyuan Sect, Chu Quan.

"It's not impossible." Someone agreed.

"Huh! I'm shocked. If it's really the ancestor who caused the trouble, then it would be fine. No matter how weird this thing is, we can't be blamed." Someone breathed a sigh of relief and finally succeeded in passing the blame.

"Yes, yes, I don't know what the ancestors think. Why bother with this matter? Isn't this just causing trouble for yourself?"

"..."

Everyone was talking to each other, and the originally dull atmosphere suddenly became cheerful, as if a mountain was about to fall on one's body, but was carried away by a passerby.