Around noon, the one-eyed Chen Qi walked into the Fuji cloth shop and went straight to the Ming Society on the second floor.

was told by Li Yanzhi that the owner was waiting for him, and Chen Qi hurriedly entered.

When Chen Qi knocked on the door and came in, Zhang Xiang had almost finished writing.

"The owner." Chen Qi bowed.

Zhang Xiang asked him to sit down and talk about things.

Chen Qi then said the news that he had found these days: "Back to the east, I have found the residence of the forester outside the city, in fact, that place is not hidden, many nearby chaifu know that there is a big family, I have been staring there for several days these days, and I have also seen that the forester has dealings with several people in the rivers and lakes, it should be the spy he is looking for, but these spies are above me in martial arts, and I have tried to track them several times and have been thrown off." ”

"But I still know where one of them lives." After finishing, Chen Qi hurriedly said.

This made Zhang Xiang not too disappointed, and said with a smile: "Okay, we'll go find this spy first." ”

"But, the owner..."Chen Qi hesitated for a moment, but still said: "This person is strong in martial arts, you and I will go like this, if he is not good for the two of us, I am afraid that it is..."

Zhang Xiang smiled: "It's okay." ”

Chen Qi couldn't say anything about this.

Then, Zhang Xiang called Li Run in again and handed him what he had just written and the news.

Li Run glanced at it and said curiously: "Bounty order? ”

Zhang Xiang nodded: "In other words, you ask the money shopkeeper to find you a few clever family members, and then find a few painters, and then find the people who tell the news, and let them draw the portraits of the people they have seen, and on the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers, you will rub this reward order together, and these newspapers that rub the reward order do not charge any fee, and they can be printed as much as they can, and they will be released throughout the city and distributed to everyone." ”

Li Yanzhi instantly understood Zhang Xiang's intentions, and hurriedly nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, don't worry, your words will be done." ”

Afterwards, Zhang Xiang got into the carriage and went out of the city with Chen Qi.

Following Chen Qi's guidance, the carriage bypassed the winding mountain road, and soon came to a col, in which there was a dilapidated thatched house, Chen Qi pointed to it, and Zhang Xiang also understood.

Zhang Xiang did not choose to approach quietly, so he blatantly went straight to the hut.

At this time, in the courtyard of the thatched hut, there was a man like a mountain man sitting on the stone in front of the door sharpening a pig-killing knife, although he did not look up, but his ears also moved slightly, and the sharpening of the knife in his hand did not stop.

Zhang Xiang jumped out of the carriage, arched his hand outside the fence of the thatched hut, and said loudly: "Hero, under Zhang Xiang." ”

"A little mountain man, not a good man, brother Tai has found the wrong person." The mountainman did not lift his head, but his voice was very deep.

Zhang Xiang knows that many people in the rivers and lakes who do things for others are either wanted criminals by the government, or fugitives with several murders, this kind of people are most afraid of contact with strangers, belonging to the kind of frightened birds, and they dare not live in the city for fear of being caught, so they usually choose to live in the wilderness.

Such a person relies on martial arts, and he does things for some rich people all year round, and he gets a reward for money.

Just like Shi Guangshun and the others who attempted to assassinate him now, it seems to be like this.

Zhang Xiang then smiled and said: "Hero, there is no malice in coming here this time, I just want to ask the hero about something." ”

The benevolent brother also replied: "I am a man in the lower mountain, and I have been chopping wood on the mountain all the year round, and I have never seen much of the world. ”

Zhang Xiang smiled: "Brother Tai, everyone is a bright person, I know that you are doing things for the forester, so let's do it, how much silver the forester will reward you, I will reward you twice, I want to know what you have found." ”

The movement in the mountainman's hand finally stopped, and a cold light flashed in his eyes with his head down.

But soon, he continued to sharpen the knife: "I don't know what Brother Tai is talking about, I will say it again, I am just a mountain man in Xia, I live a quiet life here, I don't like to be disturbed, Brother Tai broke into the mountains this time, I didn't ask in Xia, I have already given Brother Tai a thin face, if Brother Tai is aggressive, the knife under is not just chopping wood." ”

Chen Qi heard the murderous aura in the mountain man's tone, and hurriedly stepped forward and blocked in front of Zhang Xiang.

Zhang Xiang asked him not to be nervous, and continued: "My purpose and you are actually the same, it is also to find those people who set fire to the forester's family, I also have some information in my hand, if you can trust me, we can exchange it." ”

"Whew!"

As soon as Zhang Xiang's words fell, the knife in the hand of the mountain man suddenly came out of his hand and flew towards Zhang Xiang quickly.

Zhang Xiang was also taken aback.

Hearing the sound of the 'bell', Chen Qi's eyes were quick, and he quickly pulled out the knife in his hand and opened the knife.

However, the strength of the knife was very domineering, and Chen Qi was also shocked to the side.

The mountain man finally stood up, his eyes cold: "I repeat, I don't know anything, if you don't leave again, don't blame me for being unkind." ”

As he spoke, the mountain man walked out indifferently and picked up the knife on the ground.

It's just that just when he wanted to turn around, a long sword was put around his neck like a ghost.

Then a voice even colder than he came from behind him: "If you don't tell the truth, I'll let you move your head now." ”

What appeared behind this mountain man was naturally Yuan Shen, who secretly protected Zhang Xiang all the way.

It was precisely because he knew that Yuan Shen was by his side that Zhang Xiang dared to come.

Chen Qi, who had just gotten up, was also taken aback by Yuan Shen who suddenly appeared, let alone him, even the mountain man didn't know how Yuan Shen appeared.

The terrifying murderous aura emanating from Yuan Shen's body made Chen Qi stunned.

Zhang Xiang patted his chest and smiled at Yuan Shen: "If you don't show up again, I'll go to see the king of Hades." ”

Yuan Shen ignored him.

The mountain man was extremely frightened at this moment, and he didn't dare to move at all, sweat was pouring down behind him, and he asked in a hard tone, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

"Yuan Shen." Yuan Shen said his name plainly.

"Snow God Sect, Flying Frost Divine Sword, Yuan Shen?" The mountainman's tone trembled with fright.

The people in the mixed rivers and lakes naturally knew the name of the Snow God Sect, the Demon Sect, and naturally knew Yuan Shen, whose reputation was second only to the sect leader Xiao Ming.

Being held by such a first-class master with a sword around his neck, he didn't dare to have any courage to resist at all.

However, the mountain man calmed down at the moment, and his tone was cowardly: "I don't know what Your Excellency wants to know?" ”

Zhang Xiang stepped forward and asked Yuan Shen to put down his sword, and then said to the mountain man: "Brother Tai, don't worry, I know the rules of your rivers and lakes, I have the same purpose as the forester, we both want to find this group, and I will also visit the forester later, so if you tell me, it won't be a violation of the rules." I'm just wondering, what did you find out? ”

The mountain man didn't dare to have any thoughts at the moment, although the people in the rivers and lakes were brave and not afraid of death, but when it was really time to face death, he still knew how to make multiple choice questions, so he said: "I have been to the house that was burned down in the city outside the forester, the house is now blocked by the government, it is difficult for ordinary people to enter, and many of the things left in it have been temporarily sealed by the government, but I have rummaged through it a few times, and I still found a token." ”

"What token?" Zhang Xiang hurriedly asked.

Shanfu said: "I have handed over the token to the forester, but I know that this token is from the Hedong clan Xue family's guest order, generally holding this kind of token is the Xue family's guest secretary, it should be left at the scene when the gangsters set fire, and it was not discovered by the government." ”

"Hedong Xue family?" Zhang Xiang frowned and fell silent.

This Hedong Xue family, he knows some of the way, standing on Hedong Road for hundreds of years, the ancestors of the Xue family have produced two generations of feudal officials, hundreds of years of precipitation, and now it can be regarded as one of the real wealthy families in Southern Chu.

Could it be that the Xue family also has an enmity with his father? Want to kill him too?

This shouldn't be, his father guards the north, Hedong Road is the only way for the North Liao Iron Rider to go south, if the North Liao Iron Rider goes south, the first thing to be affected is Hedong Road, as a wealthy family on Hedong Road, the Xue family should be grateful to his father, why would he hate his father?

Is it also because of the fall of Liangzhou?

After all, Liangzhou is at the northern end of Hedong Road, and when Liangzhou fell, the Xue family was also affected? That's why you hate?

After this moment, Zhang Xiang thought wildly in his mind.

When the mountain man saw him like this, he suddenly sneered: "What? Knowing that it is the Xue family, are you afraid? ”

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, that's the Xue family, can I not be afraid!" Zhang Xiang smiled and asked rhetorically, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

The mountainman snorted lightly: "I'm just asking for news outside the forester, who has nothing to do with me, what am I afraid of?" ”

"That's right!" Zhang Xiang made a sudden look, and then said, "Then if the Xue family knows that you are bad for their good deeds, will they kill you?" ”

"I didn't tell the forester about the origin of this token." Shanfu said suddenly.

"Oh?" This made Zhang Xiang curious.

Shanfu continued: "What kind of family is the Xue family? Since it was the Xue family's guest who set fire to his family, it must also be on the order of the Xue family, this forester has no chance to take revenge, tell him, it can only let him die in vain, I only follow him, I don't know, let him check by himself. ”

"Then it seems that you are quite righteous." Zhang Xiang nodded sincerely.

"Take people's money and eliminate disasters for others, I don't have the ability to eliminate disasters for him, so I can only let him give him one less life." Shanfu said slowly.

"It's a man." Zhang Xiang stretched out his thumb.

Then let Chen Qi take out twenty taels of silver, he handed the silver to the mountain man, and said to him: "Take this bit of silver, leave tonight and go elsewhere, don't stay in Pingzhou, it doesn't hurt to tell you, the Xue family Keqing is just an accomplice of the arson, the real main messenger is Shi Guangshun, who is known as the sky-breaking knife on the rivers and lakes, Guan Sheng of Penghu Eighteen Villages, Du Erniang, and He Sinan, the little overlord of Qingzhou, since you can know Yuan Shen beside me, then you must be no stranger to these people, they are still in the city, if you still stay here, If they knew you were investigating, they wouldn't let you go. ”

With that, Zhang Xiang waved his hand lightly, and reincarnated and walked to the carriage.

The man held the silver in his hand, and his eyes were unusually shocked.

After Zhang Xiang got into the carriage, he turned around and said with a smile: "By the way, is there anyone else who helps the forester, if there is anyone you know, I also advise them to stop it, don't give their lives in vain." ”