Zhou Tong looked at the group of people from the Pangzhi family in front of him with a gloomy face.
Zhou Tong had obviously aged a lot in the past two days, and he didn't know how he survived.
The most talented son among the young sons of the family was killed in the Demon Abyss.
Immediately afterwards, the daughter who had just been married to the well-established Yuanying family also died in Weishan City.
When he thought of his two children, Zhou Tong wished he could skin these losers.
"Tian Fang stays, the others can go down..."
After hearing what the clan uncle said, a group of elders from the side branch clan respectfully left the room as if they had been granted amnesty.
Zhou Tianfang stood there with a bow, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.
Fortunately, clan uncle Zhou Tong did not blame him too much.
After all, people cannot be resurrected after death, and Zhou Tong already understood the situation at that time. If Yun'er had not acted on her own initiative, she would not have suffered this disaster.
"Tell me, how to catch the murderer next..."
Zhou Tianfang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath.
"Uncle Clan, Tian Fang does have an idea, but he just needs the family's full cooperation..."
Zhou Tong looked at him coldly and said gloomily: "You said the same thing last time, but the result..."
"Uncle, it's not that my nephew is incompetent, it's that the murderer is too cunning..."
After hearing Zhou Tianfang's words, Zhou Tong waved his hand impatiently.
"Okay, I don't want to hear nonsense..."
Zhou Tianfang took a deep breath and said: "Uncle Clan, I judge that the murderer went to Dongping Country, a mortal country..."
"Dongping Country..."
Zhou Tong was stunned. If the murderer was really hiding in Dongping Country, with the murderer's cunning, it would be difficult to find him.
"Uncle Clan, my nephew has an idea. It is absolutely a foolproof strategy. It just requires Uncle Clan's cooperation and the secret method of blood to determine the approximate location of the murderer."
Zhou Tong said doubtfully: "Dongping Country has a vast territory and a large population. Even if the murderer's location is determined, it will be extremely difficult to find him in the vast sea of people."
Zhou Tianfang hesitated for a moment, and there was a war between heaven and man in his heart.
But when he thought of his nephews at home, he couldn't care less.
The murderer must be caught before the master's monks arrive, or the younger members of the family will never be able to succeed.
Zhou Tianfang was so cruel that he came to Zhou Tong's side and whispered a few words.
"What, how dare you..."
But at this point, Zhou Tong stopped. When he thought of his son and daughter who died tragically, he closed his eyes.
"You go down, I'll think about it again..."
Zhou Tianfang bowed and saluted, and then left the room.
Looking at the other party's back, Zhou Tong opened his eyes and sat there motionless for a long time.
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Dongping Kingdom, Luoshui County.
Luoshui County is named after Luoshui, a large river that crosses Dongping Kingdom with tributaries extending in all directions. It is a very important waterway transportation artery in Dongping Kingdom.
Luoshui County City is one of the important nodes of Dongping State's waterway transportation. Countless ships pass through here every day.
The dock of the county town is located on the bank of Luoshui not far outside the city. There are many boats parked along the river for several miles.
Merchant ships stop here to unload and restock cargo, so they will inevitably stop here.
Ships and cargo traveling from north to south have brought a large number of floating population and business opportunities to Luoshui County.
There are a lot of pedestrians and cars and horses.
The merchant ships carrying salt, tea, grain and other goods were either pulled by trackers or rowed by boatmen, and there was no time to stop.
A morning rain in early summer washed away the turbid heat between heaven and earth.
A double-column carriage filled with bags of rice came from outside the city and stopped in an alley in the city.
A dark-skinned man in his thirties jumped out of the carriage and stuck his riding whip on the side of the carriage.
"Have a baby, unload the goods..."
A man who was taking a nap in the back of the car opened his eyes in confusion and jumped out of the car.
He was naked from the waist up, with his coat draped over his shoulders, and his muscles all over his body seemed to be made of steel. He easily carried the two bags of rice in the car and walked into the backyard of the rice store.
The two of them moved very quickly, and within a short time, they had finished unloading the rice on the truck.
The dark-skinned man drove the carriage and drove out of the city.
Su Fan wiped his face with the coat on his shoulders, sat cross-legged on the carriage, and curiously looked at the scenery on both sides of the street.
The streets of Luoshui County are very bustling and lively, full of bustling businessmen, sedan chairs and carriages.
The restaurants and tea shops on both sides of the street are crowded with wealthy people from all over the world.
You can see rich young men everywhere, accompanied by a few servants, wandering around with local dogs for three or two days, and playing with crickets and bird cages.
Girls holding oil-paper umbrellas went in and out of exquisite jewelry shops in small groups, chattering and excitedly choosing their favorite jewelry and rouge and gouache.
Many small vendors carry fresh fruits and vegetables and sell them loudly along the street.
Su Fan looked at the bustling crowd on the street and enjoyed the lively market atmosphere in a comfortable mood.
It's all so vivid.
The carriage drove out of Luoshui County and arrived at a dock on the shore of Luoshui outside the city.
Warehouses can be seen everywhere here, as well as rice cloth tea and salt shops, as well as restaurants, teahouses and other various shops.
The pier was filled with coolie porters holding poles. These coolie porters were waiting at the berth before dawn, waiting for cargo ships to dock and unload.
Anyway, as long as you have some strength, you can make a living here.
Su Fan has been here for more than ten days. He didn't want to crowd on the dock with a bunch of hard-working people every day, so he found a loyal and honest "cousin" Zhang Wu.
He used his spiritual consciousness to implant a memory in his "cousin"'s mind, and he became the cousin who defected from Zhang Wu's hometown.
Zhang Wu was driving a car in a warehouse, so he asked someone to recruit his cousin into the warehouse.
The work in the warehouse was not easy. The two worked hard all day and did not return home until evening.
Zhang Wu was also miserable. Of course he couldn't afford to live in the city, so he had to live outside the city.
The area near the pier is filled with narrow and cramped mud houses and wooden houses. The low streets are crowded and filled with unpleasant smelling ditches.
This is the place where Kuhaha on the dock relies on for survival.
Nearby fishermen selling fish, farmers selling fruits and vegetables, woodcutters selling firewood, and vendors carrying goods through the streets were constantly coming and going, gradually forming markets one after another.
The market is noisy, with vendors shouting and selling, and unattended children chasing and laughing around.
The two walked through the chaotic market and came to a narrow alley.
Su Fan stopped in front of a dilapidated mud house, waved to his cousin, and then opened the door and entered the house.
"Your sister-in-law is making fish stew today. She asked me to ask you to come over and eat together..."
After listening to Zhang Wu's words, Su Fan shook his head and smiled honestly.
"I won't go. There is still leftover rice in the house from yesterday. If I don't eat it tonight, it will go rancid..."
Zhang Wu smiled and said: "Okay, when the fish is stewed later, I will ask Xiao Zhi to bring you some..."
After he finished speaking, he shook Su Fan's shoulders, turned around and walked deeper into the alley.
Su Fan glanced at his cousin's back, turned around, opened the door and entered the house.
This mud hut was in dilapidated condition. Not only was it leaking from all directions, but it also leaked on rainy days.
The room is only a dozen square meters in size and the furnishings are very simple.
Apart from the stove at the door, there was only a broken bed and a rickety wooden table, and the moldy and rotten wooden pillar next to it served as a stool.
To Su Fan, these were nothing.
The only thing that bothered him was that he had almost no spiritual energy in the world. Even though he had hundreds of bottles of "Xuanyu Pill" in his hand, his cultivation progress was still slow.
There is no way, this is the situation in the world.
Su Fan lit the firewood under the stove and heated yesterday's leftovers.
In fact, he was just pretending to let others see the smoke rising from his house.
His meal is enough to feed more than a dozen families in this alley for a day.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Uncle, open the door..."
Hearing this voice, Su Fan smiled, stood up and opened the door.
Standing outside the door were Yaya and Xiaoxiao, two children from my cousin's family.
My brother is nine years old, his hair is messy, and he doesn't know how long it has been since he washed it. He is wearing a patched gown, which is obviously much bigger than a bean sprout-like body.
The younger sister is only seven years old. She has two braids and a pair of bright eyes. She wipes her nose with her dirty little hands from time to time.
Both of them were barefoot. They had just stepped in the mud, and their feet and calves were full of mud spots.
Brother Xiaozhi held a big bowl filled with stewed fish and showed it to Su Fan like a treasure.
"Uncle, my mother asked me to bring it to you..."
Su Fan took it with a smile and placed it on the wooden table behind him.
When he turned around, he saw the brother and sister looking at him expectantly.
Ever since my uncle from my hometown came here, he would always secretly give them some good food they had never eaten before.
My cousin's family background is average, similar to Kuhaha who lives here.
They work from dawn to dusk every day just to keep their families fed.
The brother and sister were about the same age as the children in his previous life.
Whenever he sees them, Su Fan will be moved by the scene and think of his daughter in his previous life.
So he was willing to stay with his two children, and would also give them some candied fruits, dried meat, and fish.
How could the brother and sister resist such temptation? They would go to their uncle's place to play every day.
Looking at the expectant eyes of the two children, Su Fan smiled.
As if by magic, he escaped from his arms and thrust two handfuls of candied fruit into their hands.
Seeing the bright amber candied fruit, the brother and sister's eyes suddenly lit up.
Sister Erya has small hands, so she dropped a few candied fruits when she took them. She didn't mind them being dirty, so she picked them up from the ground and stuffed them into her mouth.
The brother and sister sat side by side on the broken bed, eating preserved fruit with happy faces. This was probably the most delicious thing they had ever eaten in their lives.
These preserved fruits are all picked from the fruit trees of the second-level spiritual veins and brewed with spiritual honey.
Let alone them, not even the worldly dignitaries or even the emperor in the palace can enjoy such treatment.
Su Fan pretended to take a bite of rice in front of his brothers and sisters.
Then he moved the wooden block to the edge of the broken bed, let Erya sit in his arms, and helped her braid her hair while telling stories to the two children.
Su Fan didn't have any talent for telling stories. Anyway, he just told whatever came to his mind.
One moment it’s Legend of the Condor Heroes, the next it’s Seven Calabash Babies, and sometimes there’s a little bit of two-dimensional elements added in. It’s completely made up.
But the brother and sister had never heard of this before, and they listened in rapt attention with their eyes wide open.
It wasn't until the cousin-in-law came over that she grabbed Xiaozhi's ears and held Erya's hand, kicking and scolding them and forcefully taking them away.
Looking at the reluctant brother and sister, Su Fan smiled and shook his head.
Ever since he traveled to this world, Su Fan has always felt alienated and out of tune with this world.
It was just these days when he was with his two children that he felt such a sense of intimacy that seemed like a world away.
Su Fan returned to the house, took out a few pot helmets from the Najie, chopped more than ten kilograms of minced meat and rolled them into the pot helmets. He also cooked a large pot of mutton soup, and then ate it with big mouthfuls.
After eating and drinking enough, he moved the broken bed, revealing a one-meter-square pothole.
Since renting this mud house, he has not been idle and has been digging tunnels.
He put the remaining soil into the Najie, and then used "fossil charms" to fix the walls of the tunnel.
He dug this vertical tunnel to a depth of more than a hundred meters before starting to dig horizontally. Now he has dug this tunnel into the mountains more than ten miles away on the other side.
Moreover, he also placed dozens of "explosive symbols" in the pit, which will blow up the entire tunnel once activated.
Not only that, the water from the Luoshui River will also flow into the tunnel instantly.
The exit of the tunnel is connected to a cave in the mountain, where the roads are complicated and changeable, and the terrain is winding and rugged.
Even if a Foundation Establishment Realm monk enters rashly, he still won't be able to figure out the direction.
People often say that a cunning rabbit has three burrows.
Even though Su Fan used the "Turtle Breathing Technique", his breath was no different from that of a mortal.
Moreover, he is also mixed with a bunch of Kuhaha. Trying to find him in a densely populated earthly country is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.
The Demon Sect's methods were so weird that he really didn't dare to gamble.
Su Fan thought about it and arranged another escape route for himself.
If an accident occurs, he can also enter the tunnel and quickly escape into the mountains on the other side.
These days, he told Sister Zhen that he had completely understood the terrain of the cave and planned several escape routes.
Su Fan also made several on-site inspections and followed several escape routes to experience them personally.
At least in the winding and rugged cave, even if he was chased by several foundation-building monks, Su Fan could use the complex landscape to escape.
The next morning, the sky was gray and hazy.
A drizzle fell from the sky, like a layer of mist, covering the hazy Luoshui River.
Thousands of raindrops fell on the tile surface, and the cool breeze blew, making it slightly chilly.
Su Fan had just finished breakfast when he heard his cousin knocking on the door.
"Have a baby, go to work..."
Su Fan quickly walked out of the house and followed his cousin towards the warehouse.
Walking out of the alley, we came to the messy market outside.
It was early in the morning, and there were breakfast stalls selling steamed buns, hot soy milk, and sweet-scented osmanthus cakes in the market, as well as farmers carrying loads of vegetables and fruits, all shouting and selling here.
Many people who are rushing to work are eating breakfast in the market.
Su Fan slowly walked forward along with the bustling crowd, feeling the fireworks in this world comfortably.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he glanced at the person next to him calmly.
"Evil cultivator..."
There is another chapter tonight
(End of chapter)
