For three full seconds, the driver finally confessed the truth: "It… it was Zhang Daocheng!"
This answer stunned Li Chonglou.
How could it be?
Not Tang Xiuzhu, but that corrupt prison guard!
To prevent his master from suffering in prison, he exposed Zhang Daocheng's bribery and mistress affairs.
So, that's why he hired assassins?
No!
A mere prison guard, where would he get such courage!
Murder and bribery were not on the same level of crime; a prison guard wouldn't be ignorant of the law.
Knowingly breaking the law was an act of madness. While Zhang Daocheng was greedy, he was by no means mad.
Killing him would surely implicate Zhang Daocheng.
"You dare to lie to me at a time like this!" Li Chonglou reprimanded in a cold voice.
"Brother Li, does it hurt?" At this moment, Lü Yunxu rushed to Li Chonglou's side, her makeup smeared with tears.
Taking off her jacket, she fumbled to bandage Li Chonglou's bleeding right hand.
The gash on his back was impossible to attend to.
"I'm fine." Li Chonglou's sharp gaze slightly retracted, his expression stern.
The driver looked at the two, his eyes filled with fear and regret.
If he had known Li Chonglou was so close to the richest man's daughter, he would never have chosen this time to strike.
But now, it was too late.
"I didn't lie to you, Zhang Daocheng ordered me to do it. I have WeChat records with him on my phone," the driver's voice was weak. "After the job was done, I was supposed to get five million and live abroad."
Xu Lie's kick was too fierce. The only reason he was still alive was his stronger physique than an ordinary person.
After finishing bandaging his hand, Li Chonglou took the shattered phone from the driver's pocket, unlocked it, and opened WeChat.
Indeed, the WeChat entry for Zhang Daocheng showed a call record with him.
Li Chonglou directly initiated a video call and pointed the camera at the driver's face.
After a few rings, the other party answered but did not reveal their face, asking, "Is it done?"
This voice was definitely not Zhang Daocheng's!
He could recognize Zhang Daocheng's voice with his eyes closed.
"Who are you?" Li Chonglou's eyes flashed with cold light as he asked.
The other party immediately hung up the video.
Something was indeed wrong!
The driver hadn't lied, but this Zhang Daocheng was definitely not the real person. Someone must have impersonated Zhang Daocheng's identity to order the driver to kill.
Knowing about his feud with Zhang Daocheng, they used Zhang Daocheng as a scapegoat.
Such methods and schemes were despicable.
"No matter who you are, I will find you." Li Chonglou threw the phone onto the driver and made a vow.
At the same time, his master's words echoed in his mind: "Although you will escape imprisonment, your future will be even more arduous."
If Xu Lie hadn't been there today, even if he had survived the car accident, he would have died by the dagger.
He was too weak.
The sheepskin scroll cultivation method was meant for his survival.
Practicing it was imperative.
Someone wanted him dead, and Xu Lie couldn't be by his side at all times.
This time, rather than a disaster, it was a reminder.
"This guy isn't going to make it," Xu Lie gritted his teeth and said. "Chonglou, I'll take you to the hospital first."
After that, he hailed a taxi and, along with Lü Yunxu, took Li Chonglou to the Central Hospital.
Shortly after the police arrived, the driver died due to a ruptured spleen.
Lü Yunxu and Xu Lie were unharmed.
Only Li Chonglou was in a bad state, his back severely cut by shattered glass, his palm pierced, resulting in at least a fifth-degree disability.
He received a total of twenty-four stitches.
He was forced to be hospitalized.
The police were very concerned about the case, as it involved the daughter of the richest man.
Not long after, Lü Chenggong, with a grim expression, stormed into the ward with his secretary and bodyguards.
Seeing that his daughter was not seriously injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Pointing at Li Chonglou, he yelled, "You madman, do you know you almost got my daughter killed?"
"Dad, it's not his fault at all," Lü Yunxu retorted indignantly.
"Shut up! I warned you last night not to hang out with him." His daughter's defense made Lü Chenggong's face twitch, and he instantly became furious. "Someone like him, arrogant and presumptuous, must have offended countless people."
"He was destined to die a terrible death sooner or later."
"And it has come to pass!"
Last night, upon receiving news from Qin Yun Manor, he had been furious.
Li Chonglou's public humiliation of Tang Xiuzhu would inevitably escalate the conflict between him and the Tang father and son.
Thus, he had ordered a thorough investigation into Li Chonglou's background.
Lü Yunxu went home and had a huge argument with him, so angry that she turned off her phone and isolated herself.
Unexpectedly, the retribution arrived the very next day.
Fortunately, his precious daughter was unharmed. Otherwise, even if he tore Li Chonglou to pieces, it wouldn't appease his rage.
"Take her back. She's not allowed to leave the house for the next few days!" Lü Chenggong cursed and left.
Lü Yunxu was restrained by bodyguards and couldn't break free, her face flushing with anxiety.
"Go back with your dad. Contact me if anything comes up," Li Chonglou said calmly, causing her to give up struggling.
Lü Chenggong was right; that person came to kill him, and Lü Yunxu was indeed implicated by him.
Without investigating this matter thoroughly, it was unsafe for her to be too close to him.
He still felt that Zhang Daocheng was just a scapegoat.
The matter wasn't over; it had just begun.
The assassin was not Tang Xiuzhu.
Could it be Wu Xiujie's family? Or perhaps the horse-faced man and the胖子 he met in Dongshan?
A thick fog gathered in Li Chonglou's mind.
The assassin's WeChat messages contained almost no useful information, all speaking in Zhang Daocheng's tone.
Even the reason for the murder was clearly stated: being exposed for bribery.
But this reason seemed ludicrous to Li Chonglou.
No one else knew about the animosity between him and Zhang Daocheng. This person knowing so much information must know Zhang Daocheng.
Next, they would have to wait for the police to interrogate Zhang Daocheng.
No matter who the mastermind was, or for whatever reason they wanted him dead,
He, Li Chonglou, would not sit idly by!
However, at this moment, this matter was not the most urgent.
"Chonglou, who has had a feud with you? I'll investigate them one by one." Xu Lie volunteered.
He finally understood why Li Chonglou had paid him a large sum of money.
On the very first day, he had encountered an assassination attempt.
But he had to be loyal to his employer.
Xu Lie now had only one thought: to find the culprit for Li Chonglou and clear the hidden dangers.
"No need to trouble yourself. The best method is to wait for the rabbit."
Li Chonglou shook his head. "I've already alerted the enemy; that person can't help but panic."
"As long as I'm alive, he won't be able to sleep soundly."
He had indeed offended quite a few people. Even if Xu Lie ran himself ragged, he wouldn't be able to find anything in a short period.
Besides, compared to finding the killer, Xu Lie had a more important task right now.
"You want to use yourself as bait?" Xu Lie's eyes widened.
"Don't worry, I'm not someone who likes to take risks."
Li Chonglou smiled. "Besides, there are definitely plainclothes officers watching outside. Others would have to consider the consequences before trying to touch me."
"I need you to do something for me."
"Have you seen Chen Zhenghe? Ask him where he got that necklace. Record it with your phone; it's very useful to me."
The assassination matter couldn't be figured out quickly.
But he couldn't neglect making money from finding treasures.
He had intended to meet Chen Zhenghe at the Confucian Temple today but happened to run into Jiang Tao.
However, the necklace on Chen Zhenghe's neck had caught his attention.
It was a Mingqi!
Mingqi, also known as burial objects, referred to funerary items buried with the deceased in ancient times.
He had intended to find him later to ask for details, but then the assassination attempt occurred.
He could only trouble Xu Lie for this.
"No problem!" Xu Lie's eyes were sharp and resolute as he agreed and departed.
At this moment, Li Chonglou asking him to find Chen Zhenghe indicated that this person was very likely related to the assassination.
He silently decided that upon apprehending the man, he would give him a good beating before asking anything else.