"Ah, here, he was indeed hit by an arrow!" The person who spoke first said with a bit of urgency in his tone: "Quickly, search him and find the whereabouts of 'that thing'."
Guan Heng observed secretly from the tree and found that these two men were both burly men, wearing leather armor that was not old, with sharp blades hanging from their waists, and holding long bows in their hands. He thought in his mind: "Look at how these two men are dressed. Not like a killer, but like a professional mercenary..."
At this moment, the two big men had searched the dead man's body, but found nothing. One of them complained: "Damn it, did this kid accidentally drop something when he was running for his life just now? "
His companion said: "I think it's better to forget it. The person is dead anyway. Let's go back and explain to the boss that the secret message has been burned. This can be regarded as death without evidence."
The person who spoke first nodded: "Okay, quickly clean up the corpses and let's retreat."
At this point, one of them took out the fire starter, lit it on fire, and threw it on the deceased. The flames crackled, and the two of them turned around and left, disappearing within a few seconds.
"Hey!" Soon after he said it, Guan Heng jumped down from the treetop and extinguished the flames with a wave of his hand. He looked at the dead man again. His face had been burnt black, but he could barely identify that this man was a human being. A young man with a handsome face and a pair of pointed ears.
"Is he an Elf?!"
Guan Heng was suddenly shocked. People from the Elf tribe rarely move outside the Elf Forest. Unless there are special circumstances, otherwise, this person is a half-elf. With some curiosity in his heart, Guan Heng walked up to this person. Next to the rock where he hid something before he died, he reached out and took out the thing tucked under the rock.
"It turned out to be a letter wrapped in oil paper..." Guan Heng unfolded the letter and read it carefully with the help of the gathered fire elements.
There wasn't much in the letter, it just said that in one and a half months, there would be a big purge within the "Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group", and someone was going to secretly attack and kill Melty, the captain of the first team, and her men who were out on a mission. When the time comes, an ambush will be set up on the road leading to the Elf Forest...
"Melty?!" Guan Heng's heart suddenly tightened when he saw this familiar name. He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself: "It's unreasonable. These guys dare to plan to murder my sister. I will never let them go!"
The half-elf girl Melty was rescued by Guan Heng on the outskirts of Fragrant Town after he came to the Ashton continent. Before they parted, they became sworn brothers and sisters. In order to make herself better, Melty Strong, so he went to join the mercenary group alone, intending to continue to hone himself through actual combat.
At this moment, the little monkey jumped out of Guan Heng's arms and started rummaging around on the dead man's body.
Guan Heng asked inexplicably: "Hey, little monkey, what are you doing?"
"Chichi!" At this moment, the little red monkey pulled a small leather bag from the waist of the deceased, bit it with his teeth, "Crack!" bit off the rope on it, and then the little monkey took the leather bag. With the mouth of the bag facing down, a fruit with a blue-gray light and a fragrant aroma rolled out.
"Huh?! This is..." Guan Heng first picked up the letter, picked up the fruit and looked at it carefully. He then smiled and said: "Ah, I have seen this kind of fruit in a rare plant illustration. , its name seems to be 'Fragrant Holy Fruit' or something, it is a rare fruit that grows on the giant tree in the Elf Forest."
"Chi chi chi chi." At this moment, the little red monkey was a little dissatisfied with Guan Heng for taking the fragrant holy fruit first. It screamed, jumped up to Guan Heng's arm, and stretched out its front paws to grab it.
Guan Heng said: "I think you must have smelled the scent of the Fragrant Holy Fruit and came here. However, the shell of this fruit is as hard as iron. Can you bite it?"
Hearing Guan Heng's words, the little red monkey immediately froze on the spot. It retracted its paws in embarrassment and looked at Guan Heng expectantly. The latter smiled slightly: "Okay, wait until we return to Keystone Town. Hotel, I will find a way to break it open for you and let you taste the pulp inside."
"Chi chi chi..." The little red monkey smiled happily after hearing this, and even called out twice very proudly.
"But, after one and a half months, I must find a way to notify or rescue Melty." Guan Heng touched the letter and secretly kept this matter in his heart: "My sister is in danger, but We can’t ignore it.”
"I'm sorry, I don't know what your name is." Guan Heng whispered to the deceased: "I will solve Melty's matter, please rest in peace."
After that, Guan Heng took out the tools from the space ring, dug a deep pit, and buried the deceased properly. In order not to attract the attention of the bad guys, Guan Heng did not set up a tombstone, but just made a mark nearby so that Mei could be found in the future. Erti came to pay homage.
"Okay little monkey, let's go." Guan Heng led the little red monkey and hurried out of the forest and walked straight into the cornerstone town.
A moment later, on the second floor of the town hotel.
"Ah ha, the stew made by the landlady is really delicious." Guan Heng, who had a full meal, patted his belly with satisfaction, and then asked Janis: "So, you have found out everything clearly?"
"Yes, this place is well connected in all directions. People from other towns often come to stay at the hotel. It is very convenient to inquire about all kinds of information."
Janis threw the meaty bone in his hand to the little red monkey, who took it and gnawed it happily. He continued: "While you were not here, I asked people carefully and heard that there are many nearby. The residents of the town all contracted an inexplicable plague overnight.”
"Overnight?" Guan Heng's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he suddenly felt something was wrong: "Are these people really sick at the same time?"
"Yes, it should have been a month ago."
At this time, Janis took out a topographic map of nearby towns and spread it out on the table. He pointed to a location above and said: "First of all, starting from this small village in Malu, the villagers started vomiting and having diarrhea overnight. And it’s accompanied by high fever, and those who first get sick will die of agony within three days.”
"Tsk, what a ferocious plague." Guan Heng couldn't help but frowned and said, "Jennys, do you think this spreading plague is possibly caused by man-made things?"
"Guan Heng, are you saying... someone poisoned you?" Janis felt his mouth taste bitter. He could hardly believe his ears, and then muttered: "Your inference is too sensational. If it was man-made, Poison, what good will it do to the murderer?”
"I'm not sure about this either." Guan Heng touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Any abnormal man-made event will definitely be accompanied by some interests, but we haven't thought of it now."
——[Second update on March 14, 2016, good afternoon everyone, Lao Sha continues to ask for help O(∩_∩)O]——
