Mountain village, outside the courtyard.

On both sides of the courtyard gate stood two soldiers of the Shanzi battalion.

The suppressed, immature crying came from within the fence courtyard wall, and it really made people's hearts panic.

Outside, the mountain people were huddled together, and everyone's faces were flushed with sadness and indignation.

On the steps sat an old man with gray hair, sloppy, holding a cigarette gun in his hand, smoking a stuffy cigarette, and the smoke was filled, which made the old man's face a little unreal for a while.

It was the presence of the old man that did not make these angry mountain people make trouble.

In the yard.

Yaya's chest fell together, her eyes were red, she kept wiping her tears but couldn't stop it, the big yellow dog was lying not far from the body of the slipper, staring at the slipper, and his mouth made a whimper.

The body of the slipper lay in the middle of the courtyard.

The soldiers in armor let out their mental power to observe the condition of the corpse, so that they did not need to be present, and it was enough to understand the 'story' that happened to the man before he died.

A little girl with a pink carving bite of a sugar gourd in her mouth, sat on the stone mill and swung her legs, looking at the appearance of the maid and sighing.

The soldier is Xu Ming, and he came here early this morning with his soldiers and Si Tianjian's people.

"The bones of the whole body were shattered by someone with dark energy, and they should have been secretly manipulated long before returning to the village...... It's really hard to imagine what kind of tenacious perseverance this person relied on to come back step by step. ”

At this point,

A dark shadow came to Xu Ming's side quietly, making an indifferent and deep voice.

"Have you asked a few of the mountain people who came back with you...... They said that the man called the slipper had rolled down the hill, and they had been looking for it for a long time, and it was probably at that time that he was secretly attacked. ”

Xu Ming nodded, his tone was helpless: "They are very cautious, they just rely on simple secret energy to kill people, so there is no way to track them down, including not being able to confirm what the real purpose of the thief is!"

glanced at the man beside him who was shrouded in black: "Fortunately, you came, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with." ”

Originally, such a thing as a dead person was still in such a remote mountain village, and it was really not Xu Ming's turn to personally take someone on a trip.

The fact that this matter can have so much influence is due to the old man who sat on the doorstep of the door.

Xu Ming turned his head to look at the old man sitting at the door, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, people are old and fine!

The old man is the Lizheng of the village, and the Lizheng is the official position! Only when the Great Jin Dynasty himself canonizes and issues documents can he be called Lizheng. As I said earlier, this village seems to be indisputable, but in fact, it is under the control of the Great Jin.

The old man is smart.

Clever is planning and deciding, Xu Ming guessed that he must have investigated everything before, and only after understanding the cause and effect did he send someone to Yuanye County to report the matter. The purpose is nothing more than to make this thing bigger.

If the slipper dies outside. No matter who killed it, this matter will eventually be resolved.

But the slipper died at home, this matter is not so simple, you must know that the gap between martial artists and ordinary people is very large, and one punch can kill people.

Then why did the thief break his whole body bones? You must know that killing a person and breaking the bones of the whole body are two different concepts, and ordinary Inner Forging Realm martial artists can't shatter all the bones of a person with a single blow.

The rest is simple,

Is it a coerced confession, or is it simply torture and killing?

Let's assume that it's torture...... So how did the slipper, who should have died at the bottom of the hill, be able to walk back to the village alive? You must know that the distance between the two is not short, and it is a mountain road.

Regarding this point, Xu Ming has experienced that this road is really difficult to walk!

Then all that's left is to extract a confession!

What is the secret of the slipper? What is the secret of a mountain man?

There are too many things that are wrong, no matter how you look at it, it looks like there is a conspiracy, and Li Zheng understands this......

Don't look at the group of mountain people outside who are angry and shouting to avenge the slipper, but it is useless. The old man's way of doing things is the most reliable and useful!

'And the bastards!'

Xu Ming scolded secretly. Can't you handle things yourself?"

In a remote mountain village like this, there is usually a contact with the Ministry of Public Opinion, so that in case there is any big trouble, it is good to send someone to notify you in time.

Now the ghosts have pulled the mountain camp in, and everyone knows what they have in mind.

Now that the martial arts are about to be held, and it is precisely because the old man understands this that he can ferment the death of the slipper.

There are too many things that have happened in the wilderness during this time, and whether or not there are casualties or not, the political impact is also very bad! The wilderness has been subject to military control, and so many things can happen in an ordinary county town with such a great god as Cui Sheng in charge...... The ability was directly questioned!

The military is not monolithic internally, and each has its own interests and demands, and you must know that the position of the county leader in Yuanye County is still vacant! Many military bigwigs want to let their subordinates be tempered and tempered in their positions, but Lu Guangxin is not the only one who is arranging it.

As for the side of the Ghost Ministry, they also have suffering.

Previously, the barbarians bypassed the investigation line of the ghosts, and this kind of dereliction of duty almost made the head of the head of the party county on the ghosts, and the ghost departments in various places affected by this can be said to be walking on thin ice, not to mention that such an important day is approaching.

The Great Jin Division Heavenly Supervisor, the most bullish must be the Ministry of Ghosts, and the Ministry of Ghosts who carry the most black pots is also the Ministry of Ghosts. Although each county, county, and state has a yamen under the Spiegel Division to be in charge, some things are only suitable for darkness and shadows. What about that...... Every time something goes wrong, the Ministry of Ghosts also has to share part of the responsibility.

Words of the past...... Anyway, there are more black pots on my back, not once or twice, I have long been used to it. But now on the cusp of the storm, the ghosts don't dare to bear it on their own, and in this place in Yuanye County, your Shanzi Camp is also responsible......

The Shanzi Camp can't completely ignore this kind of common back-to-back behavior, which is why Xu Ming was there.

The village is looking at the twists and turns of this, and it must know it well.

This is the reason why Xu Ming lamented that people are old and refined.

This kind of thing is not big, but it is not small, and if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if!

What if something big happens?

Xu Ming looked at the man in black beside him and said, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

The man in black with the mask nodded,

Qi continued to pour out of his body, covering his whole body at once, and some strange places in his body were also discovered by him, and then Qi slowly contracted and concentrated on the position of the skull.

trample

The little girl jumped off the stone mill, walked over to the corpse and squatted down, the last sugar gourd chewing in her mouth.

The door was slammed shut, and the old man turned his head, sighed faintly, and sucked the gun harder.

Inside the hospital.

The man in black took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

A strange and familiar feeling came over me, like an out-of-body feeling.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw no longer the appearance of the courtyard, but the last scene of the death of the slippery man played out in front of his eyes like a black-and-white movie under the hillside as they were told by everyone.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that he only saw three blurry figures, and he couldn't even see the real faces.

"Where's the wood?"

Rumble!

It felt like something had exploded in my head.

Consciousness returns.

"Wow-" The man in black spat out blood, blood running down the edge of the mask.

Xu Ming suddenly hugged the man in black and said in surprise: "So serious?"

The man in black waved his hand and walked into the room with a heel step.

It took a while to come out of the room, and the blood stains on the mask had been cleaned......

Ahem...... You have to clean up the blood, or you won't be able to speak. A mocking voice came from under the mask, and he smiled humorously, but unfortunately no one saw it.

Xu Ming shook his head and said, "What the hell is ......?"

The man in black looked at the corpse of the slippery man, his eyes complicated.

First of all, this matter is definitely not as simple as imagined, and it is right for Li Zheng to send someone to us, this man has a bright memory...... Only in that scene on the hillside. ”

There are three people in memory...... Timber is mentioned. When they were questioned, they said that they had come out of the mountain this time because they had long-term cooperation with several timber merchants in Yuanye County and Guyuan County.

Let's check these timber merchants first, it shouldn't be difficult to follow the vine, the most difficult thing is...... It's all going to be worked out in secret. ”

Xu Ming nodded, but he had a question in his heart, although the two were not very familiar, they had met a few times, so he asked directly.

If he was on the hillside before he died, why? Why did this man die in the yard? ”

According to his daughter's account, she spoke to her father that night...... Coax her to sleep. Xu Ming glanced at Yaya and asked in a low voice.

"Hey—" The man in black sighed, "Because someone helped him!"

The man ...... I don't know how to help him walk back, but all that help is to get him back on his feet. “

What really makes people should be admired is...... His will. “

The pain of broken bones all over the body doesn't need to think about it, and the man came back from a long distance with a pile of supplies, and after coming back, he also chopped firewood from a firewood house. ”

The man in black looked up at the location of the firewood room.

That's when it ......

Xu Ming and the man in black both seemed to smell the smell of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and this sticky smell of blood could even crush a person's spirit into a madman.

Xu Ming's face turned pale all of a sudden, and blood flowed from the nostrils of the man in black again.

It's just that both of them didn't have such a thing, and the words continued.

It can be said that under the strong will, the aura of life was forcibly urged by his own will, and it was precisely because of this that this father endured unimaginable pain and walked back step by step. ”

Because of this, there is not much spiritual energy left, and I can really see very little, but ...... The most important clues remained. ”

The man in black said with rejoicing.

The exercises he practiced were quite special, and he could use his Qi to communicate with the remnants of the dead person's spiritual light, and use it as a bridge to see the last scene before death.

This is an ancestral practice of Si Tianjian.

If you don't have talent, you can't cultivate! Of course, the man did not want to have this talent at all, because every communication was like experiencing the strong resentment of the deceased before death.

If it's not something particularly significant, he generally won't use it lightly.

Intense resentment can easily turn into a psychological distortion...... Either he becomes a madman or a fool, so he has always behaved very indifferently, but the unwillingness of the slipper before his death, as well as the longing for his daughter, made him break his success all of a sudden.

OK...... I'm going to bother you guys in terms of investigation. ”

It's okay...... Get used to it. ”

The female doll who had been squatting next to the corpse nodded, raised her little pink carved face and said, "This is ...... It's interesting, I'll check it out. ”

What's interesting is that Xu Ming and the man in black were busy nodding.

The two of them looked at each other for a moment...... The female doll disappeared in an instant.

Coincidentally, the two of them exhaled at the same time. But the two never mentioned the matter of the female doll.

The man in black also disappeared, and now only Xu Ming and the soldiers brought over were left, and the rest was handed over to Xu Ming.

Xu Ming looked at the girl in front of him who was staring at his father's corpse and sighed.

There was a creak, and the door was pushed open. The villagers who had been surrounding the gate suddenly swarmed up.

Stop. ”

A hearty shout came out of the mouth of the old man on the steps.

patted the dust on his trouser leg and said solemnly: "My lord......"

Xu Ming glanced at the old man: "No wonder the village will get better and better under your leadership." ”

After saying this, Xu Ming's whole temperament was instantly different, there was no easy-going in the past, and there was a resolute and cold look on his face!

Smack, a slight collision of the nail leaf.

Xu Ming solemnly hugged his fists to the old man and said: "Killing people pays for life, this matter, Mingjing Division, Si Tianjian, and Shanzi Camp took over." ”

With this guarantee, the old man breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, sir......"

Xu Ming nodded and left with the soldiers.

After Xu Ming left......

Some women poured into the courtyard.

"Lizheng ......"

"Lizheng ......"

"Alright...... This is already the best result. ”

The old man sighed and walked out directly, and everyone didn't dare to stop them, nor did they dare to say anything more.

The back left alone.

That's how the world is......

Big fish eat little fish!

If there was no dynasty of the Great Jin Dynasty, without Si Tianjian and Ming Spiegel, there would have been two mountains pressing on the heads of all the warriors! This world would be countless times more cruel than it is now.

The cruel world is far from being as simple as children see.