In Chuanping territory, there are Yingqiu.
The eldest, second, fourth and fifth of the Five Animal Brothers stayed on guard day and night until the sky turned white and the person they were waiting for did not show up. There was still no news about the third brother who went to an unknown town to investigate. return.
An ominous premonition began to pervade the hearts of the four of them. None of the four people spoke, but remained silent. Without the third child, Li Yi, they suddenly found that they were a little unsure about what to do next.
At this moment, a man and a horse suddenly appeared on the distant terrain line.
"It's Third Brother's horse!" Old Wu Yixun shouted.
He only mentioned horses, but not people. The expressions of the other three people suddenly darkened. The boss, Zhang Hongyang, gestured with his hand, and the four of them endured it and found positions to hide themselves according to the previous arrangements.
This routine was arranged and designed by Lao San, but now his horse is coming back, but the person is missing. Who is the person holding the third horse? Lu Ping? But shouldn't they be a group of four, right?
One man and one horse walked straight towards the woods where they were lying in ambush. When they got closer, they finally saw clearly that there was not only one person and one horse, but also a person on the back of the horse. He was facing downward and couldn't see clearly, but his clothes were the same as the four of them.
The fifth child, Yi Xun, almost rushed out, but was stopped by the boss Zhang Hong's look. They were basically able to confirm that the person carrying their third son, Li Yi, on the horseback was their third son, Li Yi. Their life and death were unknown at the moment, and they did not know the purpose of the visitor. The four of them continued to wait, waiting for the visitor to enter their ambush. No matter what, they would take the initiative first. Say it again.
But as he got closer, the features of the visitor finally became clear.
It wasn't any one of the four Lu Ping who came with the third son's mount, it was Yu Ruo, the Lord of Chuan Ping City.
what's the situation?
The four of them were all confused, but after looking at each other, they remained calm. Yu Ruo led the horse and continued to move forward, but stopped a dozen steps outside the ambush range of the four people.
"Sir, do you and I also want to set up an ambush?" Yu Ruo shouted.
The four figures emerged from the forest, but their eyes all fell on the figure being carried by the horse.
"My condolences." Yu Ruo said.
Four figures immediately flew out and landed in front of the horse. They gathered around and saw that the person being carried by the horse was indeed their third son, Li Yi, but he had been dead for an unknown period of time.
"Who is it?" Zhang Hong, the boss, roared, and all four of them locked their eyes on Yu Ruo.
"I don't know. When I found out, there was only one person and one horse." Yu Ruodao.
"Who discovered it and where?" Zhang Hong then asked.
"It was discovered by a passing merchant on the eastern outskirts of Yingcheng." Yu Ruodao said.
Yingcheng!
The four of them wished they could take off and fly, but right now they still needed to get a little more information. Dead people cannot speak, but in the eyes of bionic masters like them, animals are no different from humans. Killing people instead of killing horses is a big mistake made by the other party.
But the expressions of the four people quickly changed.
Communicating with animals is a small method in the bionic system, but at the moment, they have gained nothing from communicating with this horse. All they know is that he was carrying Li Yi's body and walking aimlessly until he was discovered.
"This horse has been tampered with." Yu Gang said in a deep voice.
"The other party is a master of the bionic system." Zhang Hong nodded.
"Isn't that Lu Ping?" Xu Yuan, the fourth child, wondered. Judging from the information they currently have, Lu Ping and his group do not have bionic methods. This is one of the reasons why the Protectorate Association sent their five brothers to carry out this task.
After saying that, the four of them looked at Yu Ruo. Yu Ruo didn't show any expression about their judgment on the horse. He seemed to have already known this.
"As far as I know, there are no masters of the bionic system in Chuanping." Yu Ruo said, facing the gazes of the four people.
"If City Master Yu has any opinion, you might as well say it directly." Boss Zhang Hong said.
"The cause of death is a bit strange." Yu Ruo said.
"Cause of death?" Zhang Hong turned around and saw that the other three people were also examining Li Yi's body at this time, and they did look puzzled.
"It's suffocation." Xu Yuan, the fourth child, said.
"There are no injuries, just suffocation." Lao Wu Yi Xun added.
"It looks like there was no resistance at all, and he was just suffocated to death," Yu Ruo said.
This is indeed surprising.
Death by suffocation is a slow process, especially for practitioners. This process may do too many things and create too many possibilities. So whether it was a sneak attack or a trap, the lack of any sign of struggle or resistance was so abnormal that it was impossible to imagine what kind of situation this was.
All the clues were interrupted at this point, and the four of them, who had mostly relied on Li Yi to make decisions, suddenly seemed a little helpless. In the end, his eyes couldn't help but fall on Yu Ruo again.
"Why did City Lord Yu appear here?" asked the boss Zhang Hong.
"I received the report and found out it was Mr. Li, so I sent it to a few people in person." Yu Ruo said.
"How did you know we were here?" Zhang Hong asked.
"There are very few things I don't know about Chuanping District." Yu Ruodao.
"Then do you know where Lu Ping and the others are? Do you know who the murderer of my third brother is?" Xu Yuandao.
"So I said very few, not none." Yu Ruo was calm.
Seeing that the four people were speechless, Yu Ruo continued: "Master Li will be left to a few of you. I leave it to the four adults to decide what happens next. If you have any needs, it doesn't matter. Chuanping District will definitely cooperate with us."
After saying that, he gave a brief salute to the four people, turned around and left leisurely along the way he came. The four Five Animal Brothers were at a loss. To track down the murderer? Ambush Lu Ping and his party? Without Li Yi as their backbone, the four of them suddenly felt that they had no direction.
"No matter what, we must find the murderer!" The boss Zhang Hong still stood up and expressed his stance at this time. The other three people also nodded solemnly, but such a statement seems to be nothing more than empty words at the moment.
"Although our brothers have had bad relations with some people in recent years, we have never had a fight with anyone to the point of death. At least I haven't. The third child is the most stable one among the five of us. If he has, he won't If you don't tell us, what about you? Do you have any such enemies?" Zhang Hong looked at the three of them and asked.
"The five of us are of the same mind. If we have enemies, they are all enemies together. There is no such personal grudge." Xu Yuan, the fourth child, said.
"No."
"No."
The other two people also expressed their opinions.
"Then the murderer's motive is not difficult to see. He may not be Lu Ping, but he must have something to do with them. The third child was tracing the whereabouts of Lu Ping and the others. The murderer killed the third child in order to cover Lu Ping and the others. This is the only motive I can think of at the moment." Boss Zhang Hong said.
"That's right!" The other three nodded.
"So if we want to avenge the third child, this matter still has to fall on Lu Ping and the others." The boss Zhang Hong said.
"But they... shouldn't be here anymore, right?" Lao Wu Yixun said.
One day and one night, based on their estimate of the distance traveled by Lu Ping and his party, they should have arrived at Yingqiu long ago based on the route they deduced. It didn't arrive for a long time. I think the route was changed. If the four of them hadn't been waiting here for news about the third child, Li Yi, they wouldn't have been waiting like this.
"Start from the beginning! Find the whereabouts of Lu Ping and his party!" Zhang Da and Zhang Hong ordered.
"Yes!" the other three responded. This time, it is not only the mission handed over by the empire, but also the blood feud between the third brother Li Yi and others has to find a breakthrough from Lu Ping and others.
"Let's go!" Several people's mounts were pulled out from the forest, and the four of them got on the horses one after another. After one last look at the third child, Li Yi, who was still carried on the horse, they left like this.
Practitioners of the bionics department emphasize the relationship between man and nature. Unless necessary, they just ignore the dead bodies and let the natural environment destroy them. The third child's body was discovered in this way, so the murderer also followed this tradition of the bionic system.
We must find him!
With this in mind, the four of them set out on the road again.
Yu Ruo, the Lord of Chuanping City who separated from them, appeared outside the Jialing Navy's camp soon after.
"Where's Xu Qingfeng? I'm looking for him."
