Anyuan County is located more than three hundred miles northwest of Tai'an City. Because it is backed by the Monster Mist Forest, the people in the city mainly make a living in various industries related to monsters.
Warriors from all over the world gather here to hunt monster beasts in groups, and then bring their corpses to Anyuan County for sale. Business travelers from all over the country will also come here to purchase monster crystals, animal skins, and animal meat, and then transport them. Sold to various places in Jingzhou.
When the sun was about to set, the outline of Anyuan County finally appeared in the field of vision of Su Yu and his group of twenty people.
"Is this Anyuan County?"
While washing his horse's nose by the river, Su Yu looked at Anyuan County in the distance and was speechless.
The Anyuan County in front of you looks like a beast dormant on the ground. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a city.
"There are more than one million permanent residents in Anyuan County, and they are all engaged in various industries that process the corpses of monsters. There are nearly 10,000 warriors who make a living here all year round."
Lu Ze on the side said: "It is said that Anyuan County could have been planned as a city, but because there are many martial arts warriors here and the public security is extremely poor, the final proposal to build a city has been shelved."
At this point, Lu Ze looked around and ordered: "A large number of martial arts warriors have gathered in Anyuan County. Everyone should change out of their Feiyu uniforms to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the city."
"yes!"
Everyone responded, then took off their bags one after another, changed out of their Feiyu suits, and put on the powerful attire of a warrior.
Anyuan County has warriors from all over the world, but they take strange people and different clothes for granted.
However, for the Zhenwusi who suppressed the Jianghu, the warriors in the Jianghu had almost no good impression of the Zhenwuwei, and the two sides were naturally hostile.
"Tsk, Anyuan County is really big."
Ji Longcheng couldn't help but sigh, and then changed the topic: "I just don't know if there is a place like Goulan Brothel here, otherwise it would be too boring to stay here for such a long time."
When the people around him heard his words, their faces twitched violently.
Co-authored: Tired of hearing about Goulan in Tai'an City, have you decided to change places to experience the cultural customs?
Lu Ze twitched the corner of his mouth, maintaining his dignity on the surface, and said, "In addition to Jilong City, Anyuan County does not have a Jiaofang Division, it also has brothels, brothels, goulan and other erotic places."
"But you have to be careful. This is not the emperor's feet. Most of the people who hang out in these romantic places are also warriors in the world. These guys hang their heads on their belts to earn a living. If they disagree, they will draw their swords. Facing each other.”
"It's even possible that the girl you're sleeping with tonight is his sweetheart, so he would dare to rush in with a knife and chop the mandarin duck."
"You don't want your good business to be disturbed by a martial artist rushing in with a sword, right?"
After Lu Ze finished speaking, everyone looked at Ji Longcheng and their expressions became playful.
Facing everyone's gaze, Ji Longcheng's face turned green.
He still remembered the various scenes when he went on a mission to Ningxi County last month. If Su Yu hadn't come to inform him, he and Chen Beijiang might have ended up in a miserable situation.
Even if the other party estimates that he is not a murderer because of his status as a military guard, it would be unacceptable to hang him in a brothel and beat him up.
He didn't want to experience something like this again.
"Okay, let's go ahead and try to get to Anyuan County before dark."
After Lu Ze finished speaking, everyone who had put on their smart clothes got on their horses and headed straight for Anyuan County.
As the saying goes, Wangshan is a race to death, until night fell and the shops on both sides of the streets in Anyuan County had already lit up lanterns, Su Yu and his party finally rushed to Anyuan County, and then went straight to the county government office.
For the county government in Anyuan County, the biggest responsibility of the county government is to protect the people's personal and property from the warriors.
If it is a fight and a fight between Jianghu warriors, then the biggest use of the county government is to wait for the two parties to know whether they are alive or dead, and then arrange for people to collect the bodies.
But once the civilians in Anyuan County died at the hands of Jianghu warriors, the county government would ask the Zhenwu Division to send people to arrest the murderers and bring justice to the deceased.
Guo Yuantao has repeatedly committed murders, even robbed and defiled good families, which has already been widely spread in Anyuan County.
The warriors in the arena watched all this with cold eyes, as if the matter had nothing to do with them. They even secretly ridiculed Zhenwu Si for being a bunch of losers. Several months had passed and the matter had not been resolved.
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Anyuan County, county government.
In the living room, a middle-aged man was pacing back and forth with a livid face.
He is the magistrate of Anyuan County, Xue Hong.
Just today, people from Anyuan County came to report to the police that a thirteen-year-old girl in the city accidentally disappeared while playing on the street last night, and was found in a remote part of the city this morning. In the alley, the girl was disheveled, with the words "Guo Yuantao" carved on her face.
Guo Yuantao's move was undoubtedly a provocation and ridicule to the Zhenwu Division and the county government.
Now the people in the city are panic-stricken, and even wealthy households with slightly better families are preparing to move their families.
After all, no one knows whether Guo Yuantao's next target will be himself?
Although the main business of the wealthy households settled in Anyuan County is processing the corpses of monsters and beasts, when their lives and property, as well as those of their families, are threatened, is that business still important?
Once these wealthy households relocate and take away the businesses that originally belonged to Anyuan County, it will inevitably have an impact on various industries in Anyuan County.
You must know that Jiuling County, the closest county to Anyuan County, is only fifty miles away. Once these wealthy households choose to move to Jiuling County to continue their business in various industries of monsters, it will be a fatal blow to Anyuan County.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
Xue Hong murmured anxiously.
According to the news from the Zhenwu Division, the Zhenwu Guards who have taken over the mission will arrive today.
But it was already dark now, and no one from the Zhenwu Guards had been seen yet.
Not only that, he heard that the people who took over this task were still two school lieutenants, which made him feel a little scared. Even the Masters of Hundred Households in the Iron Bone Realm failed to bring Guo Yuantao to justice, and the school lieutenants who came were... Can this be resolved?
"well"
Xue Hong looked at the night outside the door and couldn't help but sigh.
In the past few months, he had been troubled by Guo Yuantao's affairs.
If Guo Yuantao had killed warriors in the martial arts world, he would not have been so impatient. He would have even been happy to watch the show and let them go dog-eat-dog.
But the people Guo Yuantao targeted were mainly wealthy households in the county, which was difficult for him to accept.
The business engaged in by these wealthy households is itself an industry of processing the corpses of monster beasts. Warriors in the martial arts world hunt monster beasts and sell them to these wealthy households, who then transport them to various places for retail sale.
The main source of income in Anyuan County is from these wealthy households.
The wealthy households are willing to pay taxes because they need the protection of the county government so that they can do business safely here without being threatened by warriors.
But when lives and property are affected, who dares to continue doing business in Anyuan County?
In the Wei Dynasty, monster forests are all over the nine states. At the worst, they can continue doing business in another place. They may make less money, but compared to their small lives, it doesn't matter.
"Sir, there is someone outside who wants to see you."
At this moment, a guard guarding the door walked in quickly and said respectfully.
"No, I don't want to see anyone right now." Xue Hong said angrily, flicking his sleeves.
"Sir, that person said they are from Tai'an City." The guard said again.
Tai'an City?
Xue Hong's eyes lit up and he said, "How many people are there in total?"
"There are about ten or twenty people, each holding a horse, as if they have driven a long way." The guard said.
Ten or twenty people? From Tai'an City?
Xue Hong said hurriedly: "Please come quickly. No, I will go to pick it up in person, and you will immediately tell the kitchen to prepare wine and food!"
He was almost certain that the person who came was the Zhenwu Guards from the Zhenwu Division.
No matter what, these are the only people who can solve his urgent need now.
"yes."
After the guard finished speaking, he went straight out to the kitchen.
"Are you all from the Zhenwu Division?"
Xue Hong quickly walked to the county government office, looked at the group of people in front of him, walked up to the two leaders, and asked tentatively.
They were not wearing Feiyu uniforms, and Xue Hong was not sure whether they were from Zhenwu Division.
"good"
Lin Canglan nodded and said with a smile: "Master Xue, Master Lu and I will participate in this mission together with our subordinates."
Then he introduced: "I am Lin Canglan, this is Mr. Lu Zelu."
Zhenwusi does not participate in government affairs and is only responsible to the emperor. Therefore, even if he meets local officials, he can treat them as equals regardless of their rank.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Lu, Mr. Xue may not be welcome from afar, but some may be welcomed from afar."
"Come here, please quickly take your lords' horses to the stables and entertain them."
Xue Hong said with joy on his face: "Hurry up and invite us in. You have traveled three hundred miles to Anyuan County. You must have been tired from traveling and traveling. Xue has arranged a banquet in the kitchen to welcome everyone."
Half an hour later, the maid kept bringing dishes to the table, and two tables of various dishes were placed in the living room.
Su Yu couldn't help but secretly sigh, Anyuan County is really rich in monster resources. There are at least twenty kinds of monster meat on the table.
Lin Canglan's three teams arranged a table, and Lu Ze's three teams arranged a table.
As for Lu Ze, Lin Canglan, and Xue Hong, they arranged another table.
As Su Yu, who is already a regular customer of the Grand Hyatt Inn, he has an estimate of the approximate price of the three tables of dishes.
The cost of these three tables of dishes would probably be less than one thousand taels of silver.
After careful cooking by the chef, the price of this table of dishes in a restaurant is at least two thousand taels of silver.
"Madeh, the magistrate of Anyuan County is really extremely rich."
Ji Longcheng looked at the large table full of dishes and couldn't help but lower his voice and sighed: "Even if we exchange the prefect for his county magistrate, I'm afraid he won't change it."
Others couldn't help but nod in agreement.
As the magistrate of Anyuan County, Xue Hong is the most powerful person in the county.
And we happened to be assigned to a county that was full of oil and water. Who would want to go to a remote mountainous area to be a Laoshizi prefect?
Based on the treatment they had encountered during many missions, it was rare for them to receive such rich hospitality.
As expected, the treatment for following the Captain to perform tasks is different.
Xue Hong raised his wine glass, looked around, and said loudly: "Everyone has come from afar, so please prepare a little wine. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality!"
"There are many people. If I let Xue drink one by one, Xue will probably have to climb down from the table today. Otherwise, if Xue drinks three drinks in a row, let's treat him as a toast to everyone."
"Xue will go first!"
After saying that, Xue Hong poured glass after glass of wine into his mouth.
After three glasses of wine, Xue Hong's face turned rosy.
Perhaps because he stayed in a place with strong gangsterism like Anyuan County all year round, Xue Hong also contracted some of the rude habits of warriors.
"Okay, Mr. Xue is really huge!"
Lu Ze praised: "Master Xue, a person who has never learned martial arts, can drink three cups in a row to toast everyone. How can you let Master Xue underestimate you?"
After saying that, Lu Ze also stood up and said, "Everyone, three glasses of wine to Mr. Xue!"
"Honor Mr. Xue!"
Everyone stood up one after another and drank three glasses of wine in a row.
A smile immediately appeared on Xue Hong's face. For an ordinary person like him, drinking three glasses of strong liquor in a row was not an easy task.
Everyone present was not being pretentious, and they all responded by giving him three glasses of wine, which undoubtedly gave him enough face.
Xue Hong greeted: "Everyone, eat the food quickly. These are the monster beasts that were hunted in the Demonic Mist Forest. I don't know if the talisman is to everyone's taste. Let's try it and see how it tastes."
The fastest way to promote friendship between men is undoubtedly the drinking table and listening to music on the hook.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Xue Hong and Lu Zelin Canglan were almost like brothers.
As for the six teams under the two captains, they also became familiar with each other in the process of toasting each other.
"Brother Lin, Brother Lu, you don't know something. Xue was assigned to Anyuan County as the county magistrate, which seems to be a good thing, but Xue is suffering in his heart."
After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Xue Hong also opened his chat clip and his tone became choked.
"That guy named Guo Yuantao appeared in Anyuan County in April and has committed countless crimes in the city more than ten times to this day."
"The Zhenwu Division has also sent six groups of people, and they can capture or even kill Guo Yuantao every time. I have seen that guy several times in the prison, and even saw his dead body with my own eyes."
"But every time I think he is dead, and I even send someone to announce the announcement to the people in the city, but that guy will appear out of thin air again, and he is still alive and well?"
"You tell me, what can I do? I can only continue to ask the Zhenwu Division for someone to solve this matter. If possible, I don't want to see that guy alive anymore than your Zhenwu Division."
"I know that the Zhenwu Division may be too troubled, but you think, what can I do?"
"If this matter is not resolved, everyone in the city will be in danger. Now the people in the city are even spreading rumors that Guo Yuantao's guy is a fierce ghost and cannot be killed. He is even planning to move to another place."
Xue Hong took a deep breath, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Now Anyuan County has reached a difficult point. I would like to ask you all to do more to help Anyuan County overcome this difficulty!"
"When the time comes, Xue and the people in the city will be deeply grateful!"
"Master Xue said something serious."
Lu Ze smiled and said: "Since we have accepted this task, we naturally hope to do it perfectly."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Xue, whether we capture Guo Yuantao or kill Guo Yuantao, we will continue to stay in Anyuan County for a while. We will not return to Tai'an City until we are sure that Guo Yuantao is truly dead and will no longer harm the people in the city. ,what do you think?"
Hearing what Lu Ze said, Xue Hong couldn't help but look a little excited.
"Thank you, Brother Lu, and all the brothers for thinking of the people of Anyuan County."
Xue Hong said: "This is a very good move. Brothers, please rest assured that all your food, clothing, housing and transportation in Anyuan County will be taken care of by Xue."
His words immediately made everyone's favorable impression of him double.
A county magistrate who could drink three glasses of wine in a row and toast everyone present with one glass of wine undoubtedly showed his generosity to everyone.
Now he promised to cover all the expenses for everyone in Anyuan County. Even if he was just talking, it was enough to make people think that he was a trustworthy person.
After dinner, the servants removed the leftovers and served hot tea. Lin Canglan couldn't help but said: "Brother Xue, what is the current situation in the city?"
"Oh, the situation is very bad."
Xue Hong sighed softly: "Early this morning, someone came to the county government to report a case. A thirteen-year-old girl disappeared while parading in the street last night. When she was found today, she was already a corpse and appeared disheveled. In a remote alley on the street, the words Guo Yuantao were carved on her face."
Everyone's expressions darkened when they heard this. How could Guo Yuantao be so insane and crazy that he wouldn't even spare a thirteen-year-old girl? !
Lin Canglan frowned slightly and said, "Is it possible that other Jianghu warriors committed this case and then deliberately blamed Guo Yuantao, making the government mistakenly believe that Guo Yuantao was also responsible for this case?"
"It's possible."
Xue Hong nodded and said: "After all, after Guo Yuantao commits a murder, he will carve the word Guo Yuantao on the other person's face. Now many martial arts warriors in the city also know this, so we cannot rule out that someone will blame Guo Yuantao."
Having said this, Xue Hong frowned slightly and said, "But..."
Lu Ze and Lin Canglan looked at each other and asked in unison: "But what?"
"However, based on the autopsy done by Wu, it can be roughly presumed that Guo Yuantao did it."
Xue Hong frowned and said: "Any murder case put down by Guo Yuantao and the woman who was defiled has a remarkable feature, that is, the hand tendons and hamstrings of the deceased will be severed with sharp weapons. It can be inferred that the woman was killed during her lifetime. Picked off.”
"Only Guo Yuantao can do this kind of thing, because his method of breaking off the tendons of his hands and hamstrings is very unique. If other warriors in the world committed the crime and wanted to blame him, it would be very difficult to do so."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
Guo Yuantao did this to undoubtedly amplify the despair in front of the deceased.
Just imagine, having the tendons in both hands and feet severed is no different from cutting off a woman's limbs.
"What was his purpose of cutting off the woman's limbs and hamstrings?"
Lin Canglan looked puzzled and said: "He is a copper-skin warrior. When dealing with a weak woman, why would he break her hands and feet before committing violence? He has many ways to control her actions, right?"
"have no idea."
Xue Hong shook his head and said: "But according to my guess, he may hope to amplify the fear in front of the deceased, first rendering the deceased incapable of any movement, then committing violence, and then enjoying the pleasure brought by this violence."
What a complete pervert.
Everyone's hair stood on end, and they couldn't help but secretly say.
Just thinking about a woman's hands and feet being severed and then being defiled by violence, how desperate she must have been at that time?
Lin Canglan said: "Master Xue, is there any connection between the locations where Guo Yuantao committed the crime?"
"No."
Xue Hong shook his head and said: "The locations where Guo Yuantao committed crimes are spread across various areas in Anyuan County. It is like randomly selecting targets to commit crimes."
"Then how did the six groups of people sent by the Zhenwu Division to participate in this mission capture or kill Guo Yuantao?" Lin Canglan asked again.
Xue Hong replied: "I don't know much about this. I have asked about it, but they have not informed me of the plan."
After hearing Xue Hong's words, everyone couldn't help but fall into silence.
Since the first six groups of people could successfully capture or kill Guo Yuantao, they must have used the same method in tacit understanding.
And this method does not want to be known to Xue Hong, which means that most people in Zhenwu Division are aware of this method, but in order to avoid being criticized, they will not mention it to outsiders.
Lu Ze and Lin Canglan looked at each other and immediately understood the methods used by the six groups in front.
fishing!
This is the most commonly used and most effective method used by Zhenwu Division.
Since Guo Yuantao's main method of committing crimes is to rob the property of wealthy families and defile young girls.
So if you want to catch him, you need to focus on these two aspects.
Send people to keep an eye on wealthy families who have not been robbed, or follow young girls. Once Guo Yuantao appears, they will immediately launch a signal flare to allow the Zhenwu Guards in other locations to arrive, and then work together to capture him.
What surprised everyone was, was Guo Yuantao so confident?
He was caught again and again, but he could still be caught by the Zhenwu Division in this way?
As the saying goes, if you eat Zhenwusi fishing for the first time, you will definitely not fall for the same trick the second time.
But Guo Yuantao was unexpected, and he was succeeded by the Zhenwu Division every time.
"Or is it that this guy thinks he can't die, so he dares to take advantage of it?"
Su Yu couldn't help but secretly thought.
Judging from the previous file records, Guo Yuantao will die in various ways in the end, and then the body will disappear for no reason. After Zhenwuwei returns to Beijing and resumes his life, he will commit crimes in the city again.
Even if he is captured alive, he will find his own way to die and then be reborn.
"It can be seen that he needs to "die" himself before he can be reborn again in a specific place!"
"Then as long as we prevent it from dying, the task will be considered completed?"
Su Yu glanced at Lu Ze. Judging from his courage to take on this task, he must have visited some Zhenwu guards who participated in this task, so he had a certain degree of confidence and even discovered some clues.
Lin Canglan said before that Lu Ze needed three days to prepare and gave him three days to consider whether to participate in this mission.
It seemed that Lu Ze was also making various preparations to capture Guo Yuantao alive.
Just like now, Lu Ze never asked Xue Hong about various details. He probably got a lot of information from the other six groups of people involved in this mission in the Zhenwu Division.
It can be seen from the previous files that if you want to complete this task, you must not kill Guo Yuantao or let him die, otherwise he will be reborn again.
Su Yu couldn't help but be curious, what preparations had Lu Ze made?
"What method will he use to capture Guo Yuantao alive and prevent him from dying?" Su Yu thought to himself.
(End of chapter)
