Three days later, Jinhua Inn.
Pang De walked into the inn with a tired look on his face.
"Sir, are you back?" The waiter at the door immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Waiter, prepare some food and send it to my room."
After that, Pang De threw a piece of silver to the waiter, and then went upstairs alone.
"Understood, go get ready now!" The waiter's eyes widened when he saw the silver. This ingot of silver could probably be used to set up several tables of banquets.
Neither of them saw that while they were talking, several diners secretly glanced at Pound.
The actions of several people were very covert, and the whole process was not discovered by anyone.
Pang De returned to the room and immediately closed the door nervously and locked it.
In the past two days, he always felt like there were several pairs of eyes staring at him all the time. No wonder he was so nervous.
"Could it be that my identity has been exposed? It shouldn't be..." Pang De was secretly doubting.
He couldn't figure out how his identity could be exposed.
With his current appearance, even if Luo Zhan and Luo Zhen were not dead, they might not be able to recognize him, let alone others.
However, all the signs around him showed that someone was indeed watching him.
"Who is it? Why do you doubt me?" Pang De was puzzled.
What he didn't know was that in the guest room opposite, a man was observing him through the tiny holes in the door and window.
At this time, the waiter came outside the room with food.
"Is there anyone in the house?" He knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Pound's voice came from inside the house, and it was obvious that he could feel the caution in his voice.
"Sir, I was downstairs just now. You asked me to deliver food!"
After the waiter finished speaking, the door of the guest room was opened a crack, revealing one of Pound's eyes. After confirming who was coming, Pound carefully opened the door and said, "Come in!"
The waiter immediately walked into the house with the food, while Pang De closed the door vigilantly.
Not long after, the waiter walked out of the house with his head lowered and closed the door before leaving.
After leaving Pound's room, the waiter was in a hurry for some unknown reason and left quickly.
The scene that just happened was caught by a man in the guest room opposite.
"This guy is quite vigilant."
The man's name is "Liu Yun" and he is Liu Xuan's confidant. The Liu family secretly has a secret organization "Lancet" that specializes in collecting intelligence, and Liu Yun is the leader of this organization.
"This guy has been in there for so long and the door has been closed. I don't know what he is doing inside?" Liu Yun suddenly felt confused.
After the waiter left, he had an inexplicable feeling, but he couldn't figure out why.
If Wang Hu realized that he was being watched, there would be no problem, but the problem was that since he was so wary of outsiders, how could he let the waiter into the house so easily.
Liu Yun thought about it again and again, and felt that something was wrong.
"No, there's something wrong!"
If you were the other person, if you realized you were being watched, you would never let outsiders enter your room, and you would never dare to eat any food sent by outsiders.
Just when Liu Yun realized that something was fishy, a man suddenly rushed in from outside the door and shouted excitedly.
"Leader, something bad has happened! The two brothers responsible for monitoring the back door have been injured!"
"what happened?"
"According to one of the brothers, he just saw a waiter who was acting suspiciously. Just as he was about to interrogate him, the waiter suddenly shot and injured him."
"What? Waiter?!" At this moment, Liu Yun finally realized why he felt something was wrong.
Immediately, he rushed out of the room and kicked open Pound's door. At this time, there was no sign of Pang De in the room, leaving only a naked man lying unconscious on the ground. It was the waiter who had delivered the food before.
…
In Wangxian Tower, a monk wearing a half-shoulder cassock walked into the private room on the second floor under the leadership of the shopkeeper.
"Master Putuo, please sit down quickly!"
In the private room, Liu Xuan, who was dressed in purple attire, saw the monk coming in and greeted him warmly.
Putuo sat down, his expression slightly anxious.
"Donor Liu, I wonder why you called me here? Could it be that something has progressed?"
"Master Putuo, according to my recent investigation, there is a man named Wang Hu who often appears near Fang Mansion and has been in contact with Fang Chen's servants. And a few days ago, this man was in Wangxian Tower and Fang Chen's The servants had dinner together.”
"Maybe he is a relative or friend of that slave?" Putuo was a little suspicious.
Liu Xuan shook his head: "We have also investigated Fang Chen's slave. This person has no relatives except his mother at the foot of Wuling Mountain, and this Wang Hu seems to be a character who appeared out of thin air."
After hearing Liu Xuan's words, Putuo's expression changed.
"Did you just say that his mother lives at the foot of Wuling Mountain?"
"right!"
"Then he hasn't been back to Wuling Mountain some time ago?"
"Yes, and there is a more important piece of information. After returning from Wuling Mountain, this Alin was promoted to a warrior overnight!"
"What!"
Putuo was shocked by Liu Xuan's news.
"It seems that this matter must be related to these two people."
"This is Wang Hu's portrait."
Liu Xuan opened a painting, which showed a handsome man in his twenties.
"This person is..." Putuo was stunned when he saw this painting.
Seeing that Putuo's reaction was a little strange, Liu Xuan quickly asked: "What, Master, have you seen this person?"
"We met once outside Nanfeng City. At that time, I felt that this person's appearance was somewhat familiar, but I couldn't remember it. Where is this person now?"
"Master, don't worry, I have sent people to capture this person, and they should have started taking action now. It won't be long before my people will bring this person to you."
Just when Liu Xuan was confident, a voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.
"Master!"
A man rushed in with a panicked expression and whispered a few words in Liu Xuan's ear. The latter's expression suddenly changed when he heard the words.
"Donor Liu, what's wrong?"
"Master, Wang Hu ran away..." Liu Xuan apologized slightly.
"Ran?!"
Liu Xuan looked very ugly, and it was obviously difficult to accept the fact that Wang Hu had escaped.
"I arranged for more than thirty body training masters to ambush the inn where he was staying, but I didn't expect him to take advantage of the loophole and escape."
To be able to escape under the eyes of more than thirty body-training masters, it is obvious that this Wang Hu is definitely not a kind person.
"etc!"
Suddenly, Putuo thought of something, and immediately took out a yellow paper from his arms and quickly unfolded it.
A portrait of a scarred man with a fleshy face suddenly appeared on the yellow paper, which was Pound's wanted order.
"Master, what is this?"
"This is Pound's wanted poster!"
"Oh, I remembered."
During these days of investigation, Liu Xuan also investigated the deputy leader of the Tielong Gang, but there was no trace of this person either in Nanfeng City or in several nearby towns, as if he had disappeared from the world.
Putuo spread Wang Hu's portrait and Pound's wanted order on the table with a very serious expression.
"Look, are there any similarities between these two paintings?"
"Huh?" Liu Xuan took a closer look. Although Wang Hu and Pang De in the painting were very different in age, if you look closely, they felt like they were printed in the same mold.
"One is old and the other is young, but the positions of their eyes, nose, and mouth are surprisingly similar. If the beard and scars were removed, they would look more like each other. Could it be that these two are father and son?"
"Hmph! What kind of father and son are they? I think they are probably the same person!" After all, Putuo's knowledge was not comparable to that of Liu Xuan.
"What?"
"This Wang Hu should be Pound who has disappeared from the world, but he changed his appearance in some unknown way."
"It's so..." Putuo's remarks made Liu Xuan take a breath.
"How many copies of Wang Hu's portrait do you still have?"
"More than twenty copies!"
"Okay, give me all the portraits. I will go to the city lord's mansion now to notify Jiang Xing to seal the city and search the whole city for this person's whereabouts!"
Liu Xuan nodded, and then asked someone to bring twenty portraits and give them all to Putuo.
After getting the portrait, Putuo rushed to the city lord's mansion without stopping.
