Liangzhou, south of the city
Chang An and the other three rushed to the gate of Yizhuang, only to see that the two officers and soldiers at the gate last night had disappeared.
Zhao slowly explained
"This morning, the person who was supposed to go to Yizhuang to change his shift came to report that the two officers and soldiers on duty yesterday died outside Yizhuang. I knew something was wrong, so I hurried over and found out that the master's body was Disappeared."
Chang An remained silent.
In the yard, the dead leaves are still there.
"Stand here and don't move."
Chang An suddenly took a step forward, tapped the ground with his toes, and leaped high into the air. Then he once again rode on the wind in mid-air, leaping farther away.
"despair!"
In just a blink of an eye, he jumped from the door to the coffin several feet away from the main gate of Yizhuang.
What's amazing is that his feet didn't even touch the ground for a moment. Such light skill is truly astonishing.
Chang An stood on top of the coffin in the yard, his face unchanged, and there was no sign of weakness. Obviously, this was far from his full strength.
There was a dark wind in the courtyard, with dead leaves swaying in the wind, and occasionally a few pieces got on the coffins.
Chang An took a closer look and felt that there was something unusual about the dead leaves on the ground.
My vision was too poor last night and I couldn't see anything. Today, when I looked down at the entire yard, I realized that the dead leaves in some places were spread unnaturally, as if someone had deliberately spread them there.
If you look carefully, you can see that there are seven or eight places where the dead leaves are spread thicker.
Chang An jumped to the coffin on the other side. Next to the coffin, there was a thick layer of dead leaves that Chang An felt was covered.
"boom!"
The right hand pushed out a palm wind, and the dead leaves flew up with the palm wind.
Chang An looked down and saw a square open space on the ground.
He frowned and thought to himself: I just made such a square open space with a random palm. Sure enough, someone deliberately spread dead leaves here for cover.
He immediately jumped on top of the coffins in the courtyard, knocking away all the unnatural dead leaves one by one.
Then, he jumped up high and jumped to the side eaves. He stood on the eaves and looked down at the entire front yard.
The eight square squares of open space look particularly eye-catching in the front yard covered with dead leaves.
"Formation!"
Chang An lost his voice.
I saw those eight open spaces arranged in a special arrangement in the middle of the courtyard, as if they were a formation that was artificially placed here!
Chang An jumped off the eaves and came to a coffin.
"Bang!"
The master's palm force was imprinted on the coffin without any reservation, but the coffin was thrown high, rolling continuously in the air, and finally landed firmly on the open space closest to the prison.
Perfect fit!
The size and shape of the coffin actually matched the empty space perfectly!
Chang An's complexion changed drastically. He used the coffin as a formation. What kind of evil formation is this!
"Chang Daxia, can we come in?"
At the door, Zhao Manchu's voice pulled Chang An back.
Only then did Chang An come back to his senses and said
"come in."
Chang An suppressed the turbulence in his heart. At this time, his mind had already flown to the outside of the universe. The many scattered fragments were now spliced together by this strange formation.
"Sir, I found something."
Zhuang Xiuyu ran over
"We have indeed made great discoveries, but there are still many things that we cannot figure out."
"Let's go in first."
Zhao slowly suggested that what she cared about most at this time was obviously her master.
The three of them walked into the main hall together. Just like last night, the coffin was placed alone in the center. But the difference was that the coffin was empty at this time, and the lid had been opened.
"What is the taste."
As soon as Zhuang Xiuyu entered the door, she smelled something.
Zhao slowly heard the words and sniffed hard.
"It smells like medicine."
Chang An got closer to the coffin and found that the smell inside the coffin was the strongest.
Zhao slowly said doubtfully
"I was in such a hurry when I came in the morning that I didn't even smell this smell."
Chang An carefully touched the inside of the coffin. When he touched a certain place, he felt a little moist. It was already dry, but not completely dry.
He frowned slightly and looked around the main hall. There were still traces of the coffins placed on the surrounding ground.
"People are dead, but their bodies are still remembered."
Zhuang Xiu's jade face showed a look of intolerance.
Chang An looked at the ground. From the door of the main hall to the coffin, there were several rows of clearly visible footprints, but it was impossible to tell whether anyone else had left footprints except after they came last night.
"Miss Zhao, why do you want to store your master's body here? From what I see, no one has been to this place for a long time."
Chang An suddenly asked.
Zhao Xuanyuan was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it
"It's nothing. This place used to be a rich businessman. Later, the rich businessman fell into despair, so the house was shelved for a long time. Later, it was simply turned into a yizhuang. The location chosen by the rich businessman had good feng shui, so I thought of putting the master there first. Here."
Chang An lowered his eyes and looked at the ground blankly, seeming to be thinking about something.
After a long time, he raised his head
"Ms. Zhao, do you know why this wealthy businessman fell into ruin?"
Zhao Huanxuan's delicate facial features were tightly connected with this matter, and she tried hard to search her memory.
After thinking about it for a long time, she suddenly looked at Chang An strangely.
"I don't know the specifics, but it seems that the business with the Chang family went wrong and they went bankrupt."
Chang An looked at Zhao Xuanyuan in astonishment, and then looked at Zhuang Xiuyu on the side, only to see Zhuang Xiuyu's face was also in disbelief.
He pointed at himself
"my home?"
Zhao slowly nodded.
"Strictly speaking, this family has been doing business with your family for many years and seems to be your family's supplier."
Chang An didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He never cared about family business, but he never thought that such a thing would happen.
He shook his head helplessly. This matter was getting more and more bizarre. In the end, it actually involved his own family.
But, why do we have to kidnap a corpse?
Chang An still hasn't figured out the reason.
Half an hour later, Chang An and the others returned to the inn.
As soon as he entered the inn, a forbidden soldier approached Chang An.
"Master Chang, the deputy commander invites you."
Chang An nodded slightly, then looked at Zhao Xuanyuan
"Miss Zhao, please go back first."
"I'll leave it to Master Chang to deal with the matter of the commander."
Later, Chang An called Zhuang Xiuyu to him, thrust a letter into her hand, and whispered a few instructions to her.
Then, he came to Pang Chong's room.
This is a Datong shop. At this time, Pang Chong was holding a letter in his hand. Seeing Chang An walking in, Pang Chong rushed forward anxiously and handed the letter to Chang An.
"Daxia Chang, a letter from Qingzhou."
Chang An took the letter and looked at the contents in surprise.
"Qu Fengzhi's head is actually in Qingzhou?"
Pang Chong nodded and said
"Our Forbidden Army is performing tasks outside, and we have special carrier pigeons to deliver news. Not long after you left, we received the news from Qingzhou."
Chang An said to himself
"It took us at least seven or eight hours to get from Qingzhou to Liangzhou. It was already a very fast trip."
"Commander Qu was murdered the night before yesterday. The murderer, carrying his head, first had to avoid everyone in the inn, including the officers and soldiers guarding outside the inn. Then, he rushed to Qingzhou overnight and had to wait until early the next morning. Before arriving, it was simply a fantasy to have Commander Qu's head placed next to the Ouchi General Manager's bed, not to mention that there were more than a dozen highly skilled Ouchi masters living next door to the Ouchi General Manager. "
"And the most important thing is, why did the murderer do this? Did he go through all the trouble to do all this just to frame the chief executive?"
Chang An shook his head. Even so, it was an indisputable fact that Qu Fengzhi died in Liangzhou. In any case, Qu Fengzhi's life could not be attributed to Manager Wang.
In the backyard of Yuelai Inn, Zhuang Xiuyu stood on the courtyard wall, holding a red animal bone long bow in his hand, looking towards the north with sharp eyes.
Outside the courtyard, Chu Muhe, who was patrolling, saw Zhuang Xiuyu standing on the courtyard wall, with a heroic figure and a strong suit fluttering in the wind.
But I saw her slowly taking out an arrow from the arrow basket behind her and putting it on the bowstring. The muscles on her arms were slightly bulging, which was the full bow.
"Whoosh"
Green green jade fingers let go of the feather arrow, only to see the feather arrow speeding towards the north with a slight sound of breaking through the air.
Chu Muhe narrowed his eyes slightly and clearly saw that there was a letter tied to the arrow.
"Miss Zhuang, who are you sending this message to?"
Chu Muhe asked loudly.
Zhuang Xiuyu looked down at Chumuhe slightly and said lightly
"Sir said you can't tell others."
Chu Muhe smiled slightly and was not angry either.
"Miss Zhuang is good at archery. I don't know where she studied from."
Zhuang Xiuyu said
"I taught myself."
After that, without getting too entangled with Chu Muhe, he jumped off the courtyard wall and went back.
Chu Muhe looked at where Zhuang Xiuyu was standing for a while, then looked away.
The officers and soldiers who were following them came up.
"Would you like to report this to the lady?"
Chu Muhe glanced to the north and was silent for a while.
"No need, Miss said, Chang Daxia is not within our control."
To the north of Yuelai Inn, two streets away, there was a gambling house.
The gambling house was very lively, but everyone was shocked by an arrow suddenly shot from the door.
When the boy in the gambling house saw the feather arrow, his expression changed, he picked up the feather arrow and ran into the back room.
"Master, a letter from my boss."
The shop owner is a middle-aged fat man with a sinister face and a very fierce appearance. But when he saw the letter on the feather arrow, he had a smile on his face and was even a little honest.
"Oh, after so long, my boss finally remembered us."
The shop owner opened the envelope and looked at the contents on the letter. His original smile gradually disappeared and was replaced by a serious face. He handed the letter to the boy.
"Leave it to the other companies in the city. They know what to do."
Seeing the serious look on the master's face, the boy didn't dare to neglect him, so he quickly agreed and ran out.
Half an hour later, in Liangzhou City, several shops suddenly closed their doors in broad daylight, attracting pedestrians passing by to stop.
A fast horse came out of the west city gate and headed west at an extremely fast speed.
Qingzhou
The Chengdong Inn was still surrounded by state officers and soldiers, it was already the second day, and the people on the roadside stopped to watch.
"What happened? Yesterday I saw the city lord came."
"I don't know. Even if there is a life-threatening lawsuit, the city lord will not have to personally intervene."
Chang Sheng sneaked into the crowd and looked curiously at the officers and soldiers outside the inn.
"It's so lively."
Looking at the officers and soldiers surrounding the entire inn, Chang Sheng's face was full of excitement. She had not seen such a big scene for a long time since she followed her brother in the rivers and lakes three years ago.
"Everyone disperse, the city is in charge of the case. Don't let anyone else stay here!"
A group of officers and soldiers were driving away the surrounding people.
Chang Sheng's eyes lit up when she heard the word "handling a case". Sitting at home every day would make anyone feel bored, especially someone like her who has seen the big world.
I thought to myself: The case that the city lord is personally supervising must be a big case, but I don't know how it is related to what my brother said.
Just as she was deep in thought, someone bumped past her. She suddenly felt as if she had hit a wall and staggered back a few steps.
"Are you okay, miss?"
A man turned around and said.
Chang Sheng shook his head and responded with a smile.
"fine."
But when she looked up, she saw that the man looked slightly panicked. Seeing that Chang Sheng was fine, the man left in a hurry.
Chang Sheng frowned slightly and thought to himself: This person is so strange.
"Hush!"
But at the same time, in front of the inn, Zhao Lan arrived with a team of people.
Chang Sheng suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked at the man who had just bumped into him. The man was walking in a hurry. As he walked, he would look back and peek at Zhao Lan from time to time.
Thinking back to the moment when she met that man's eyes, she could clearly see that the man looked panicked.
I don’t know if the woman’s spiritual consciousness is more acute, but her first reaction was that this man was probably related to the big case in the inn.
Without caring about anything else, he followed the man secretly.
The man was probably in a panic. A woman had been following him for a long time without even noticing it. He walked about two streets and then entered a small alley. After walking for about a stick of incense, he finally arrived. stopped.
Seeing him stop, Chang Sheng hurriedly found a large water tank on the roadside and squatted behind him. When the man arrived here, he became cautious. He looked left and right, from the front of the alley to the end of the alley, carefully I looked several times to make sure no one was following me, then I opened the door in front of me and walked in.
"Snapped"
As soon as he entered, he closed the door and could hear the locking sound.
Chang Sheng tiptoed to the door and found that it was the back door of a house.
I thought to myself: This guy is walking in a sneaky way and has not taken the main entrance. He must be doing something shady.
"Well!"
At this moment, a sound of astonishment came from inside the door, Chang Sheng was shocked, but her previous experience of traveling with Chang An made her calm down quickly, and she quickly ran back behind the large water tank and hid.
a moment later
"Squeak"
The back door was pushed open again, and Chang Sheng hid behind the large water tank, not daring to come out. She could only hear steady footsteps approaching her from far away.
Chang Sheng was trembling slightly and her lips were a little white. The footsteps were getting closer and closer. In her ears, it was like a call from the underworld.
Once discovered, her end would be disastrous.
She held her breath desperately, not daring to let the man hear a sound.
"Um!"
But at this moment, someone made a sound outside the alley.
"Why did I hear someone's footsteps?"
Another voice penetrated into the alley.
Chang Sheng heard the man's footsteps stagnant, seemed to have stopped, and then quickly ran in the opposite direction of Chang Sheng.
After just a few breaths, Chang Sheng heard the man's footsteps far away from the long alley. Chang Sheng gasped for air and patted her chest with lingering fear. Although she had never practiced martial arts, she had been urinating since she was a child. He traveled around the world with Chang An, so he has a wide range of knowledge. With that person's fast pace, he is definitely a master.
"Hey, why is there a female doll here?"
A woman's voice came from the entrance of the alley, and then another woman also looked over. The two found Chang Sheng squatting next to a large water tank, wondering what she was doing.
Chang Sheng stood up, looked at the two of them pretending to be embarrassed, made a silent gesture, and then told them with her lips that she was playing hide and seek with someone.
The two women smiled knowingly and walked away.
"It's probably a young lady from some family who is out to have fun."
"Let's go, let's go, my man is still waiting for me to come home and cook."
After the two walked away, Chang Sheng walked to the back door again. The door was ajar and not locked.
Chang Sheng pushed the door open, but as soon as she entered the door, she was so shocked by the scene in front of her that she almost screamed out loud. She subconsciously covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming out, and almost even dropped the food she was holding in her hand. The flower fell to the ground.
In front of him, the man who had just bumped into him was lying in front of him, his eyes were horrified, and he was grabbing his neck tightly. On the ground next to him, blood stains still exuding residual warmth slowly flowed and continued to spread outward. .
Not long ago, a person who was still alive and kicking had his throat cut, and he died quietly in front of her eyes. The man's pupils were not completely dilated, and he looked at Chang Sheng almost pleadingly. Blood continued to drip from his fingers, and after a few breaths, Chang Sheng watched as he died completely.
Chang Sheng covered his mouth desperately, not daring to make a sound for fear of being heard, but the tears in his eyes did not obey his control and kept rolling out and sliding down, and he couldn't help but let out a low whimpering sound. .
But that's not all she saw, because not far from the man, there was another corpse, and what frightened her even more was that it was a headless corpse!
