At night, the wind and snow are blowing.

A place called Niutou Mountain, because the peak resembles the bull's head and gets its name, it is next to the Yandang Mountain Range, the terrain is high and steep, mostly cliffs, cliffs, the mountains are all over the sky and the ancient forests stand, but in winter, at a glance are all black and boundless, and can no longer hear the neighing of wild beasts and the cry of birds and birds echoing in the mountains.

On the mountain road, two thin figures stepped on the snow, one foot deep and one shallow foot against the wind and snow, and went straight to a certain place on the top of the mountain.

"Lord Jiang, Lord Lin...... Wait for us. ”

There was an intermittent shout from behind, if you don't listen carefully, it's easy to ignore the past, follow the direction of the sound, it turns out that there are four people staggering forward more than ten meters behind the two, which can be said to be very embarrassed.

There were six people in total, each of whom was wearing a thick winter coat and wrapped tightly, and even the palms and heads had special gloves and hoods to keep out the cold.

Jiang Ru led the way in front, and beside him was the Si Tian Supervisor and the ghost tribe called Lin Yefeng, and the four people behind him were the head catchers of the Ming Spiegel Division, King Zhou Wu Zheng.

The wind and snow are getting stronger and stronger, and there are whistling snowflakes as far as the eye can see, and the already rugged mountain road is even more difficult to walk, and every step forward requires a great deal of mental and physical strength.

"Lord Jiang, Lord Lin...... Wait for us!" The hysterical roar finally reached the ears of the two people in front of them through the bitter wind.

Jiang Ru and Lin Yefeng glanced at each other, their expressions were a little helpless, but there was no way, the martial arts cultivation of the two of them was okay, but the next four were a little far behind.

He straightened his hand and beckoned to the four heads of Zhou, Wu, and Zheng Wang.

"*Him*, if I knew this, I wouldn't have come even if I received more money!" The head of the surname Zhou leaned down breathlessly, supporting his knees with both hands, and scolded for a while.

The expressions on the faces of the other three people were not good-looking, obviously quite complaining, looking at the black dots beckoning to them in front of them, their hearts were even more uncomfortable, what did the four of them say, it was half a push and half followed Jiang Ru to this Niutou Mountain.

Yesterday, Jiang Ru found the four of them and asked them to go to Niutou Mountain with them, where did the four heads of Zhou, Wu, Zheng and Wang not understand the intentions of Lord Jiang, there was nothing important to happen in the party recently, so the rest of the results are self-evident.

To be honest, if it was closer, they might have agreed to come down, but Niutou Mountain is too far away and still in a small pimple, where would these four people be willing, but Jiang Ru directly pressed them with his official position, and also took out a lot of silver, this hand stick sandwiched a sweet date, and the four heads of Zhou, Wu, and Zheng followed with half push.

There is no way, Jiang Ru, as the official in charge of the criminal trial, as the head catcher of the Spiegel Division, is simply looking up and not looking down, and the official is one level higher than he is crushing people to death, let alone several levels bigger!

"I shouldn't have agreed to your request from madman Jiang. ”

Zhou Zhutou glanced back at the mountain road behind him, it was black, like a giant beast hidden in the dark night opened its deep and dark mouth, and wanted to devour them.

The taste of regret is bitter.

Even a martial artist in the bone change stage can't bear it!

"You took the silver...... You took the benefits, but in the end you blamed us. The head of the catcher surnamed Wu squinted his eyes, meaning something. "Old Zhou, it's not authentic to speak like this. ”

"I ......"

Zhou Zhutou said angrily: "It's as if you didn't collect the white silver!"

“......”

“......”

"Alright...... Stop arguing. ”

Zheng Zhutou's head is about to be big, these two gentlemen in their thirties are like an old lady, forcing and chattering, and the noise makes him more and more irritable in his heart, and he can't help but yell.

"It's here. ”

Wang Zhutou, who had been walking at the end, raised his head and suddenly spoke.

"What?"

The other three didn't hear clearly.

Wang Zhutou looked into the distance, only to see that Jiang Ru and Lin Yefeng seemed to have discovered something, and ran forward for a distance of more than ten meters, and then the outline of a sentry tower appeared in the dark night.

"We're ......"

Now I heard it clearly, and I saw Zhou, Wu and Zheng turn their heads and look ahead, only to see two vague small black dots and the outline of the sentry tower that took a long time to see.

This is thanks to the fact that Master Jiang and Lord Yu Ghost are used as references, otherwise it would not be true at all.

The wind at night was very strong, and the cold wind was howling, especially when shuttling through the mountains and forests, there were bursts of sounds like ghosts crying, which made people's hearts chill, coupled with the snowflakes that wantonly hit their faces, their vision was extremely blurred, and fear was wrapped around their hearts like a bone gangrene.

"It seems that the mysterious people behind this group of mountain bandits are really powerful and not to be underestimated. Zheng Zhutou clasped his arms tightly, his face twitched violently twice, and he looked in the direction of the watchtower and said.

You must know that they rode horses from Shangdang County to here early this morning, and it took half a day, and then it took another half a day to walk in this Niutou Mountain for several hours.

If you want to make a watchtower and a cottage in this remote pimple, the manpower and materials consumed can be imagined.

"Hurry up, we're almost there. ”

Jiang Ru turned around and shouted at the four people behind him.

"Right now...... Master Jiang. ”

"Master Jiang...... It seems that no one has been here for a long time. Lin Yefeng jumped down from the watchtower, patted the snow ball on his hand, and said to Jiang Ru.

Jiang Ru bowed slightly, his face was calm, but his eyes were very bright, as if he could see directly into people's hearts. The worst seems to have happened, and I just hope that something useful will be left.

Jiang Ru solemnly saluted Lin Yefeng: "Since the sentry tower is here, it means that the cottage will not be too far away, and the next road will be Lord Kaolin." ”

"Master Jiang doesn't need to be too polite, leave it to me. Lin Yefeng waved his hand.

He searched around, and suddenly squatted down and pulled up the snowdrift on the ground, relying on his physique and strength far beyond ordinary people, large and small holes appeared in front of Jiang Ru's eyes.

After a while, Lin Yefeng's face showed joy, and a path with extremely shallow traces appeared in front of him: "Lord Jiang...... Found it, let's go!"

At this time, the four heads of Zhou, Wu, and Zheng were late.

"Good!"

Jiang Ru nodded in agreement, followed closely behind the ghost, the four head catchers glanced at each other, sighed, and hurriedly followed.

Maybe it was because he was finally about to touch a part of the puzzle of this matter, Jiang Ru walked very fast, and Lin Yefeng could naturally sense it, and also increased his speed.

Despite this, it took a long time for the six of them to finally come to the cottage.

It's just that...... Hopeless hopes were dashed after all.

Looking around, surrounded by the depths of a black hole, without a trace of candle light, this cottage is quite simple, a large hall, surrounded by dense and dilapidated cabins, but it has been buried by the wind and snow.

Jiang Ru looked at everything in front of him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart, he understood that since the mastermind behind the scenes dared to attack the imperial court officials on the official road, he must have enough backhand to clean up the follow-up, but he was unwilling in his heart.

is unwilling to let his wife and children die innocently like this.

He couldn't accept this farce, it was just that this group of mountain bandits misjudged the color of the carriage, and his wife and children died because of it, and he couldn't do anything, how could Jiang Ru accept all this?

"Look around and see if there's any clue left. ”

Under Jiang Ru's wide sleeves, his five fingers clenched into fists and clenched.

Lin Yefeng nodded silently, slightly identified the direction, and raised his feet to walk towards the depths of the wind and snow.

There is a special document report on the results of the interrogation of the two brothers, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Youfu, and although the degree of secrecy is quite high, it is not difficult to check with his identity and authority.

It was precisely because he understood and understood the pain and suffering in Jiang Ru's heart that he agreed to come here and run this trip in person.

Jiang Ru and the four catchers walked in the other direction.

"Let's find it separately. ”

He turned his head to the four of them and said, and after saying that, he walked straight to the cottage.

"Let's do it......"

The four heads of Zhou, Wu, and Zheng also scattered to look for clues. Now that they have all come here and received money from others, they still have to do what they need to do.

The four of them are masters of finding traces in the Spiegel Division, and it is because of this that they came to this Niutou Mountain.

At the other end, Jiang Ru stood still at the door of a room, gently pushed open the wooden door, and made a somewhat tooth-souring squeak, the room was pitch black, and it was not real, like a huge mouth of darkness waiting for you to throw yourself into the net, if you were a timid person, I am afraid that the heart would be scared out.

He took out a fire fold from his arms and blew it hard, the green smoke rose, the flickering fire light could not be extinguished, and his right hand was slightly closed, protecting the faint fire in front of him.

Jiang Ru's martial arts cultivation is not low, he is in the stage of changing the marrow, his physique is far beyond ordinary people, even if the fire is weak, with his eyesight, it is enough to see everything inside.

His eyes looked into the room, carefully and carefully, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and walked straight to the table, flicking his sleeves, the wind howled, and saw the snow piled up on the wooden table sprinkled on the ground, revealing the dark wooden table.

Jiang Ru stretched out his fingers and wiped them gently, the black powder was stained on the tips of his fingers, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "Traces of being burned by the fire." ”

Then he immediately turned around and ran to the adjacent house, back and forth, and found that several wooden houses in a row had traces of fire, so it is not difficult to see that all parts of this cottage must have been burned by fire!

It can only be said that the heavy snow has become the best cover for crime, and some wooden houses have collapsed, and it is impossible to tell whether it was burned by fire or overwhelmed by heavy snow, and it is easy to make a mistake!

Jiang Ru stood in place, his brows furrowed.

At this time, a figure in the distance walked over quickly, it was Lin Yefeng, a member of the Ghost Sect, he saw Jiang Ru who was frowning, and said, "The people behind this group of mountain bandits have handled it very cleanly. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed to a clearing in the distance:

"There were probably dozens of corpses there, old and weak, women and children, and according to the size of the village, most of them were dead. ”

"What's next?Lord Jiang?"

Jiang Ru clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "Look for it again." ”

After saying that, he walked in the direction of the clearing that Lin Yefeng pointed to, he was looking for that almost impossible glimmer of hope.

Seeing Jiang Ru's figure go away, Lin Yefeng sighed helplessly and whispered to himself: "That's it...... That's it...... Help people to the end and send the Buddha to the west. ”

Jiang Ru came to the clearing, many arms and heads that were carved by ice were dug out, and his dead eyes looked at him directly, his eyes were still calm, just silently squatting down and began to look for "hope".

The wind was strong and the snow was strong.

A whole hour passed, and even Lin Yefeng gave up, not to mention that the four of Wu Zhengwang directly hid in a pimple to keep warm.

None of them have reached the unity realm, it is impossible to make the snow dust disappear in a wave of your hand, the snow on the ground is flooded, often you just dig a snow pit, turn around to dig a similar one, but when you dig it, you will find that the original pit has been covered by heavy snow, and you can't find any clues, let alone a place that can be connected in series.

Can......

Although everyone else gave up, Jiang Ru still didn't give up, his slender hands were glowing blue, but his eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and a kind of flame was burning under his eyes.

Far from pouring cold on his heart, the cold snow turned into dry wood and burned the fire more and more vigorously! The flames kept churning in the depths of his body, burning his reason more and more sober.

He wants justice.

Once upon a time, his identity was to seek justice for those people, and now, he wants to seek justice for himself, for his wife and children.

Jiang Ru desperately stretched out his hand to dig in the snow, this cottage is said to be big and big, small and small, all kinds of possibilities have been ruled out during this time, this is the closest place to hope!

Thoughts are integrated in the mind.

If Mr. Liang behind the mountain bandits is the financier they have cooperated with for many years, then their relationship must be very strong, and what this group of mountain bandits needs most in winter is food, and they must have entered here through the interface of sending food, which also means that the group of mountain bandits at that time did not expect that this group of people was here to kill them.

The reason why it was a group of people was because of the corpses struggling around in the open space, the broken pieces of flesh, if the martial artists of the One Realm did it, they would not leave the corpses at all.

The easiest and most effective way is to gather them here under the pretext of food, and then surround them and kill them one by one, which is also the most willing way for them to gather!

In other words, the food is filled with fire oil and weapons, and in this case, the large-scale killing should leave some "hope." ”

The more he thought about it, the more intense the divine light in Jiang Ru's eyes became, it was simply bright and scary, and the thoughts in his mind became clearer and clearer.

Now it's up to God to take care of him.

"Huh!?"

At this time, Jiang Ru felt a hard thing in the snow, and the emotions in his heart were a little inexplicable, so he pulled it out directly without the slightest hesitation.

It is a very small porcelain vase, about the thickness of a finger, and the outside of the porcelain vase is engraved with a red letter.

"I don't know if this thing is a bandit or if it's the mysterious people behind it. He thought.

However, this is more or less a clue, and you can go back and check it out.

At this moment, there seemed to be a wind in the forest in the distance, whistling and whispering, as if the souls of the old and weak women and children who died here tragically came to ask for their lives.

Jiang Ru frowned and looked at the dense forest in the distance, his ears moved slightly, his calm expression changed suddenly, and he was about to shout.

But...... It's too late.

A black arrow feather broke through the wind and snow in the sky, like a pitch-black lightning bolt that pierced Wu Zhutou's chest.

"Enemy attack!"