Chapter 277 Luring the wolf into the house
Yuan Tiangang lowered his head and picked up the pieces of straw paper, but he looked at Zhao Ji out of the corner of his eye, trying to catch a clue from the subtle changes in the other's expression.

However, Zhao Ji seemed unusually calm, and his tone was calm and calm: "Yes, Li Yuanfang is dead, and it was Kui Wenzhong who did it himself."

After saying that, he even poured himself a cup of hot tea and drank it calmly.

Yuan Tiangang looked at Zhao Ji in surprise, shook his head gently, with an inexplicable look on his face, and exclaimed: "Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I heard that Li Yuanfang and you were close friends, and he died in front of you, but you didn't even feel a bit of guilt..."

He deliberately dragged out his tone, with a hint of gloating in his voice, "Your Highness, in this regard, even I, Yuan Tiangang, am ashamed of myself!"

Zhao Ji heard this, narrowed his eyes, glanced at Yuan Tiangang, and sneered, retorting: "Teacher, you are too modest. My skills are still far behind yours! Isn't Xiao Qingfang a good disciple of yours?"

"She took great pains to rescue you from the Cold Light Temple, but as soon as you escaped, you turned your back on her and plotted to get rid of her and regain control of the Snake Spirit?"

Yuan Tiangang's face was as thick as a city wall. He was not ashamed when hearing this. Instead, he was smug: "Hey, you can't say that! Xiao Qingfang saved me only because I was still useful. She wanted to know the specific time of the Luo River miracle."

"Once she gets the secret of Luo He's magic, I believe she will kill me without hesitation. I am just taking precautions in advance."

In the room, Zhao Ji and Yuan Tiangang were talking when suddenly a sharp noise came from the coffin in the yard.

Zhao Ji turned to look at Yuan Tiangang and asked in a deep voice: "What's the noise?"

Yuan Tiangang immediately stood up and replied, "The secret passage of the snake cave has been opened, and someone from Xiao Qingfang's side has arrived!"

"Why did she come to see 'Lu Cheng'?" Zhao Ji frowned, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Yuan Tiangang's eyes twitched, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

"What are you going to do?" Zhao Ji tapped the table with his fingers, his eyes flashing with determination, "If necessary, I will take action to get rid of him!"

"No, I'd better go and take a look myself. You just wait here for me!" Yuan Tiangang quickly waved his hand to stop Zhao Ji.

In the small courtyard, the lid of one of the coffins had slid open, and a killer in a purple cloak walked out.

Yuan Tiangang just walked out of the room and closed the door.

The purple-clothed assassin stepped forward and respectfully informed Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Lu, the eldest sister wants to see you. I hope you can go to the headquarters as soon as possible."

Yuan Tiangang signaled towards the room with his eyes, then coughed softly and deliberately said loudly: "What's the matter? Is she still worried about sending me to the snake cave?"

The purple killer didn't understand at first, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Mr. Lu, you'd better go quickly. You know my eldest sister's temper."

Yuan Tiangang pretended to be helpless, sighed, and nodded in agreement: "Forget it, I'll go with you!"

Seeing Yuan Tiangang agreed, the purple-clothed killer reached out and pressed on the coffin next to him, and the coffin lid immediately slid open.

He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, then helped Lu Cheng walk down. After the two of them disappeared into the coffin, the coffin lid closed automatically.

Zhao Ji watched this contrived performance through the crack in the door: "It's really an attempt to hide something, it only makes it more obvious. With such a loud noise, are you really afraid that I can't hear it?"

With a change of expression, Zhao Ji quickly took off the loose "Viper" clothing and walked out of the room.
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It is said that Li Yuanfang pretended to be dead, and the Snake Spirit killer did not conduct a thorough investigation and took him as a corpse and took him into the underground Snake Spirit altar.

Inside the stone prison in the back cave, Xiao Qingfang was showing off his power in front of the captured Ruyan and Kui Wenzhong.

Her face was filled with deep hatred: "Just wait, when Li Yuanfang is captured, I will make you suffer all kinds of torture from the snake spirits, and you will neither be able to live nor die!"

Ruyan was not willing to be outdone and angrily hit back: "Don't even think about catching him in your dreams!" Xiao Qingfang sneered: "Then we will wait and see!"

Before he finished speaking, a burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence of the stone prison, and Xiao Jing rushed in: "Sister, good news! The brothers above found Li Yuanfang's body in the middle of Zongtan Street!"

Ruyan sneered when she heard this, thinking it was just a trick of the other party.

However, Xiao Qingfang turned around suddenly, with incredible joy in her eyes: "Really?"

Xiao Jing replied respectfully: "It is absolutely true, the brothers have brought the 'body' back!"

Following his order, several men in purple came quickly carrying Li Yuanfang's "body".

Xiao Qingfang was overjoyed and hurried over to witness it with her own eyes: "It is indeed Li Yuanfang!"

Ruyan frowned, looking worried, turned her head to take a look, suddenly let out a scream, and rushed to the fence, looking out desperately.

Li Yuanfang was seen lying quietly on the ground, his face as pale as wax paper, but the blood on his chest and abdomen had not yet coagulated.

Ruyan let out a heart-wrenching scream: "Yuan Fang——!"

The shrill sound echoed in the cave.

Seeing Ruyan's sad look, Xiao Qingfang laughed to the sky, feeling extremely pleased: "Su Xianer, ah Su Xianer, you have come to this day too!"

Ruyan raised her head trembling all over, tears rolling down her face.

She clutched the wooden fence tightly, trying hard to control her emotions and not cry out.

Xiao Qingfang turned around, walked in front of Ruyan, and said with a fake smile: "Nothing is more pleasing than seeing your enemy in such pain!"

"Just now I said that I would torture you to the point where your life would be worse than death, but now, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed!"

Ruyan gnashed her teeth and said, "I will kill you with my own hands!"

Xiao Qingfang laughed again and mocked, "How ridiculous! You probably don't understand your situation, do you? Don't worry, I won't let you wait too long! You will be with Li Yuanfang soon, and I will torture you!"

Just as she was about to continue mocking, a purple-clad assassin hurried forward and whispered in Xiao Qingfang's ear: "Sister, the person has arrived. He is in the central stone chamber. He said that time is tight. Please go over quickly..."

Xiao Qingfang frowned slightly, obviously unhappy about this, but there was nothing she could do.

She could only glare at Ruyan fiercely: "You are lucky, so I will let you live a few more hours!"

After uttering these harsh words, Xiao Qingfang turned around and hurried away with his men.

Xiao Jing, who stayed behind, looked at Ruyan with an evil look on his face and waved his hand: "Carry the body to the back."

Many purple-clad killers agreed, lifted Yuan Fang's body and placed it in the stone cave behind.

After dealing with Li Yuanfang, Xiao Jing took the killers to chase Xiao Qingfang.

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the dead Li Yuanfang suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up with a "swoosh".

(End of this chapter)