Looking at the young man running across the rooftops, Chu Mu's eyes seemed to have a strange color.
The old man is dead, and only three of the thieves survived.
And this young man, if he remembered correctly, was one of them.
As for why the young man didn't use such means when he went into the mountains to encircle and suppress him, this is no longer something Chu Mu wants to consider.
All he thinks about now...are all about this young man.
Real Kung Fu makes people yearn for it, so... immortals... wouldn't that make people crazy?
Li Jinghong was obviously crazy, and the bloody scars did not affect him at all.
The aloof demeanor of the past was completely gone. His expression was ferocious, and his eyes were only full of greed, staring at the fleeing young man.
One chase, one escape!
In the blink of an eye, it almost disappeared into the night.
Driven by the inexplicable expectation in his heart, Chu Mu seemed to have less scruples, and his dawdling attitude was gone.
Chase!
Compared with those patrol inspectors who have achieved success in Qi and Blood cultivation and whose physical fitness is close to inhuman, Chu Mu is obviously not able to walk on the ground between the roofs.
Like many patrols, he ran along the streets and alleys in the direction where the young man fled.
Nanshan Town is not that big. In just a few minutes, after chasing and escaping, they were out of Nanshan Town and entered the forest surrounding Nanshan Town.
Seeing entering the dense forest, Chu Mu, who was still a little nervous, slowly calmed down.
Chu Mu would never forget the suffering that night in the mountains and forests.
The pace slowed down a little, and the patrols around him poured into the dense forest one after another. Chu Mu also followed closely, following leisurely.
The mountain forest was dark, but the shouts that sounded from time to time pointed out the direction to the pursuing patrol inspectors.
"Boom boom boom!"
After only ten steps into the forest, Chu Mu was still carefully looking at the surrounding environment when a sudden roar sounded in the dense forest ahead.
Chu Mu looked subconsciously, only to see flames rising into the sky, air waves sweeping across, and billowing smoke blowing towards his face.
The thick smell of gunpowder smoke also poured into Chu Mu's nose.
"Gunpowder? Explosion?"
Chu Mu was stunned and subconsciously looked around. If it weren't for the patrols around him and the dense forest had not changed at all, Chu Mu would have thought he had traveled through time again!
Since I haven’t traveled back through time...then what about this gunpowder explosion?
Chu Mu stared blankly at the raging fire in front of him. The smell of gunpowder smoke swept in by the billowing air waves was not too strong.
The smell of gunpowder is naturally impossible for a modern person to be unfamiliar with.
After all, whether it is New Year’s firecrackers or happy and funeral events, firecrackers are indispensable.
Chu Mu was sure that he was not mistaken. The smell of gunpowder on the tip of his nose was also very strong.
The fire in front of me was obviously a gunpowder explosion!
Chu Mu felt like he couldn't turn his head around.
First, the appearance of resentful ghosts almost shattered his worldview, and now there was an explosion of gunpowder...
Things that are beyond the current era are emerging one after another, and they seem to be two completely opposite things.
The appearance of the resentful soul undoubtedly shows that there are otherworldly existences beyond his knowledge.
But what about this gunpowder explosion?
Is this still an industrial age?
Suddenly, Chu Mu thought of the banknotes that were not in line with the craftsmanship of this era...
From this point of view, the emergence of gunpowder does not seem impossible.
But since gunpowder exists and is so powerful, why not use it for mining?
Countless doubts came to mind, but it was obvious that Chu Mu could not think too much about this scene at this time. The waves of air surged, and under the light of the fire, Li Jinghong who was rushing to the front and many of the extraordinary inspectors seemed to be standing there. Life or death is uncertain.
Not to mention the possible dangers after such an ambush occurs.
Chu Mu drew his sword and looked around cautiously. Although the sword couldn't kill ghosts, it could still kill people!
But despite being vigilant, there was no movement at all except for the spreading fire and smoke, and the bursts of broken flesh and blood that fell to the ground from time to time.
When the raging flames dissipated and the firelight shone, the large crater several feet high on the ground became extremely conspicuous.
Unexpectedly, Li Jinghong did not die in such an explosion.
His torn clothes had been turned into ashes, his shawl and long hair had turned into black coal, and his whole body was a mess of flesh and blood. It could be described as extremely miserable.
"Qianhu!"
"grown ups!"
At this time, there were naturally not a few people showing their loyalty. One by one, the inspectors rushed forward, some were offering support, and some were holding knives and looking around cautiously.
"Saltpeter...gunpowder..."
Li Jinghong shook off the supporting patrolman, smelled the strong smell of gunpowder smoke, and looked into the deep and dense forest, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.
"Pass me an order to order the county inspection battalion to march to Nanshan Town!"
"Order the third team and the sixth team to move to the dungeon of the inspection station. Wu Shuo, you are in charge. Make sure to take good care of the body!"
Li Jinghong didn't look angry at all after being ambushed. Instead, he issued orders in an orderly manner.
Finally, Li Jinghong looked at the dark forest in front of him again, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Pass it down, from now on, if any trace of the traitor is discovered and the report is confirmed to be correct, those who have official status will be promoted to one level and rewarded with three thousand silver coins." , those without official status will be exempted from life-long corvee service for themselves and their relatives, and will be rewarded with three thousand silver!"
As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy dense forest suddenly fell into silence.
Faced with this bounty that was so generous that it was almost unbelievable, all the inspectors were stunned.
Just spotting a trail?
If you get a promotion, you will be rewarded with three thousand silver coins?
Chu Mu took a deep look at Li Jinghong, and combined with his behavior as a Qianhu in Fengyue Tower just now, as well as the matter of digging graves and corpses, one fact was undoubtedly very clear.
That is, he, a Qianhu, is by no means an ordinary person. He has definitely had contact and understanding of that mysterious and unknown world.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him, a Qianhu, to have so many abnormal behaviors.
"Nanshan Li Family..."
Chu Mu silently recited these four words in his heart. Just now in Fengxue Tower, when he met the resentful soul for the first time, Li Jinghong's behavior was undoubtedly the strangest among them.
But it is very clear that Li Jinghong relied on the Li family of Nanshan at the beginning, and then he probably discovered the weakness of the so-called resentful soul, thus confirming that the controller of the resentful soul was not the senior he thought... …
And then...
After all, how many people can afford to live in a bustling city with money in their hands?
The fact is also this fact...
Compared with the possible gains, such a reward seems really insignificant!
It’s just that the Li family in Nanshan...
Chu Mu remembered that the existence of Nanshan was mentioned in the travel book and geography he had read.
Although Nanshan Town and Nanshan Iron Mine are named after Nanshan, they cannot represent Nanshan. They are only an insignificant part of Nanshan.
Strictly speaking, the mountain forest where he is now, and even the surrounding mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, belong to Nanshan.
And the Li family...
Chu Mu frowned, it seemed...the county magistrate's surname was also Li?
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