Late at night, because it started to snow, all the shops and houses on the road had closed their doors.

Chu was walking on the street, and some snow particles stuck to his temples.

He looked at the yard in the distance and fell into deep thought.

That yard is the house where he lives.

At this time, Chu Zheng's mind suddenly recalled the strange situation that occurred when he was refining Zeng Yuan Dan today.

After refining fifteen batches of elixirs, only the first one was successful.

The next fourteen furnaces, without exception, were all scrapped.

Chu Zheng thought it might be a coincidence before, but now that he has experienced some things, he has come to his senses.

If it was a coincidence, it would be too much of a coincidence.

Chu Zheng pondered for a moment and then started walking around the yard.

Because of the snow, the streets here are covered, and the surrounding ground has been dyed white.

But because of his intentions, Chu Zheng discovered something wrong in one location.

In one alley location, the ground is somewhat sunken compared to other locations.

Seeing something amiss, Chu Zheng frowned.

His guess seemed to be coming true.

He walked over and squatted down on this uneven place to push away the snowflakes.

As the snowflakes moved away, Chu Zheng discovered some strange places.

In the alleys here, a lot of the soil has been trampled down, and the soil above is quite dark.

But the soil in front of me is yellow, obviously new soil.

If others saw this, I'm afraid they wouldn't care so much.

But Chu Zheng had to think more about it after going through the elixir refining process.

"Someone is deliberately hiding traces. Did someone really die here?" Chu Zheng frowned when he saw this new layer of soil.

There is someone committing murder nearby, which is not a good thing for him.

You must know that his sister is just an ordinary person and has not practiced martial arts.

Then, Chu Zheng pushed aside the fine snow nearby, and sure enough he saw many traces of the old soil being peeled off.

This also made him feel even more uneasy.

Suddenly, Chu Zheng's eyes condensed and he looked somewhere.

He reached out and broke away the old layer of soil on the surface.

As the old soil was broken apart, a small dark stain of blood was revealed at the corner between the new soil and the old soil.

The corners of Chu Zheng's mouth twitched slightly.

He originally just guessed that there was a murder near him, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be true.

"Do you want to tell Xu Rong about this?" Chu Zheng pondered for a moment, then rejected the idea.

Now he still doesn't know who the murderer is, and if he goes to Xu Rong now, he will most likely be concerned about the murderer.

In addition, Chu Zheng also felt that when this person killed someone, he would also clean up the scene of the crime, so it was probably not an impulsive killing.

But vendetta, love killing, etc.

For such a person, if he has no grudge against the other party, the other party will probably not cause trouble for him.

Of course, if this person is willing to kill someone, that's a different matter.

However, we should wait for some time to see if anyone nearby has any news about the deceased.

Chu Zheng shook his head, stood up, stretched out his foot and stepped on the small pool of dark blood into the mud.

No matter who this person is, if he dares to disturb his life, he must make the other person look good!

When Chu Zheng arrived at the courtyard, everything was dark.

At the same time, he suddenly saw a weak oil lamp in his house, emitting a subtle light in the dark night.

Chu Zheng paused for a moment, then walked towards the house.

Then he saw his sister wrapped in a quilt and sleeping in front of the table.

Chu Zheng sighed softly and stepped forward.

"Well..." Chu Qingqing seemed to notice the movement and slowly opened her eyes.

"Zheng'er, you're back." When she saw Chu Zheng, she immediately smiled.

"Sister, you don't have to wait here for me. It's so cold, what if you freeze." Chu Zheng said helplessly.

He felt that his sister didn't care for his body too much. She was like this when she was in the wild. She wanted to give the good things to herself and help her carry more things.

"It's okay, I'm covered with a quilt." Chu Qingqing said with a smile on her face, pointing to the quilt on her back.

"Sister, it's snowing outside." Chu Zheng shook his head.

"Is it snowing?" Chu Qingqing was slightly startled when she heard this and looked out the window.

Outside, it was so dark that she couldn't see clearly, but she could feel the chill in it.

Winter was originally the first day for her because she was able to see the white snow that she had not seen for a long time.

But it wasn't until this disaster that she realized the ruthlessness of winter.

"How many people are going to die?" Chu Qingqing had the same thoughts as Chu Zheng.

"Sister, you go and have a rest." Chu Zheng patted Chu Qingqing, who was in a daze, and said.

"Well, you should rest early." Chu Qingqing nodded, stood up, and walked towards the room.

But halfway through, she paused, looked at Chu Zheng, opened her mouth, and seemed to hesitate to speak.

"What's wrong, sister?" Chu Zheng looked at Chu Qingqing with some confusion.

"It's nothing." Chu Qingqing shook her head, "You'd better come back earlier in the future. It's not safe if it's too late."

Chu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, I'll be careful."

Having said this, he paused and then said: "Sister, you should be more careful. If you encounter any strange people, you can tell me. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the neighborhood may not be peaceful."

"Yes." Chu Qingqing nodded and walked towards the room.

After entering the room, she lay on the bed, staring at the beams, but she was no longer sleepy.

Originally, she was planning to tell Chu Zheng about her murder today.

But she also thought of her mother-in-law's instructions, who told her not to tell anyone about this matter, including her younger brother.

"Grandma Yu..." Chu Qingqing murmured in her heart.

After she killed someone and was discovered, she fell into panic and even thought about the scenario of being beheaded in the future.

But who would have known that it was Grandma Yu who caught her killing someone.

This left her in confusion.

Especially when Chu Qingqing saw Granny Yu's familiarity with the disposal site, transporting the body away.

Even more confused.

She never thought that the old woman, who had to watch threading for a long time, was so skilled at the job of eliminating corpses and traces.

"It'll be fine." Grandma Yu's original words rang in her ears.

When Chu Qingqing thought of this, she immediately felt much relieved, her eyelids gradually became heavy, and she fell into sleep soon.

Chu Zheng, who was outside the house, was sitting on the bed, looking at the oil lamp in front of him, and was silent for a long time.

For some reason, Chu Zheng always felt that his sister seemed to be hiding something from him.

Then, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

If my sister wants to say something, she will definitely say it.

It doesn't necessarily mean that the other party won't tell you, or has something to hide. You can ask your sister-in-law tomorrow.

Immediately, Chu Zheng washed himself, blew out the oil lamp, and went to bed.

The entire courtyard fell into darkness.

At this moment, on the eaves, a huge black figure suddenly stood up.

In the darkness, a pair of dark pupils appeared.

"It's true...and..." It made a hoarse and weird cry.

It seemed that something was wrong, so it stopped and murmured again.

"Just...um..."
To be continued...