With Shota Ikoma in front of him, Nanxiang and Caizang's journey along the way was quite easy. The children of this era are much more precocious, and their Yuanfu (adult) age is often only eleven or twelve years old, and many of them go to the battlefield before Yuanfu. And as Hidezo says, Iga's ninjas often begin to experience hellish training from the age of five or six, climbing trees, diving, camouflage, darts, and not being proficient enough in one subject means death. People like Xiao Xiang who have been in the mountain village without iron blood are not the mainstream of this era.

But in any case, Xiangtai's ability to take care of the schedule still surprised Nanxiang slightly. At this moment, it was getting late, and Shota had already found a place to rest, and ran back to lead the way for Nanxiang.

And what surprised her even more was yet to come......

"Master, sister! Shota! ”

The sound of horses' hooves came from behind him, and Nanxiang turned back in surprise to see Fujikatsumaru riding a horse chasing after him.

"Fujikatsumaru! How did you...... What are you doing here! Nan Xiang hurriedly looked around, and his voice trembled a little because of fear.

"Sister Master, you and Shota are gone, leaving me alone......" Fujikatsumaru turned over and dismounted, and it took a while to pant evenly, "I took advantage of the fact that my uncle and retainers were not paying attention, so I took Sachiko out with me." ”

Judging by the name "Sachiko", the horse was supposed to be a mare. But Nan Xiang's focus was obviously not here, she rebuked loudly, looking angry: "Do you know what you're doing? Isn't the previous lesson enough! You are the young master of the Tsutsui family, if you have an accident, do you know how serious the consequences will be! ”

Fujikatsumaru had never seen Nanxiang so angry, and immediately became a ball, opened his mouth to say something, and had to swallow it again.

"What now?" Caizang came up at the right time, "If you send him back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get to Yuancheng Temple on time, if it's for the sake of the mission, I guess I can only take him." ”

Nanxiang stared at Fujikatsumaru tightly, so angry that her chest rippled again. After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "Get out of front and follow Shota!" ”

"Yes, Sister Master!"

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Putting aside the sleep of the world for the time being, Nanxiang woke up and was in a familiar and somewhat messy rental house.

There are too many things to do today: the death of the bobcat has not yet been settled, Zhuang Jinfei's big deal is in full swing, and no relevant evidence has been found on the other side of the Liberty River Valley. Nan Xiang leaned on the bed, thinking of the runaway fox, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. She sighed and dragged her listless body to wash her face and brush her teeth.

Fortunately, soon, the arrival of a phone call once again lifted Nanxiang's spirits.

"Brother Yang...... Traffic Management Bureau...... Found the bobcat! ”

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When Nan Xiang rushed to Lao Wei's office, Susa had just arrived. Judging from the video brought back by Susa, the lynx rode a motorcycle that day, driving all the way from the South Third Ring Road of his house to the west, and even drove on the Jiangma Expressway.

Cameras on the highway are easier to locate, after all, there are not many people who dare to ride a motorcycle on the highway. The bobcat got off the highway at a ramp and disappeared. Nanxiang made a quick decision, and the group drove there.

Qiu Lin still played the role of the driver, and Susa sat in the passenger seat, directing the direction of the journey. As for Nan Xiang and Lao Wei, the two of them sat in the back seat, staring at each other all the way.

The car drove onto the highway and then turned into the ramp where the Bobcat drove off the highway. Qiu Lin drove a section and the road became open, Nan Xiang said: "Stop." ”

The four of them stepped out of the car, and the cold air in the suburbs of late autumn lifted everyone's spirits. Nan Xiang asked Susa: "After getting off the highway, haven't you found the surveillance video that captured the bobcat?" ”

"No, it's very likely that the bobcat is around here, and if there is no monitoring in this place, it ...... And it won't ......."

"If it won't be so easy to be discovered...... Old Wei took over, "if nothing else, it should be in that grove over there." ”

"Over there?" Qiu Lin looked at the forest in the distance, the fallen leaves were all over the ground, and it looked golden, "Look at that grove, the fallen leaves are so thick, maybe it is really possible to hide someone, and it has not been discovered by others." ”

"Let's go check it out." Nan Xiang put an end to the discussion, Qiu Lin parked the car in the middle of nowhere, and the four of them walked towards the woods.

Only by seeing this woods that is not frequented by many people can you truly appreciate what it means to be called golden autumn and October. The colors alone satisfy all people's fantasies about autumn, allowing these four modern professionals who are on the road and confused to experience the beauty of nature for the first time in a long time.

However, alas, they are not here to enjoy the scenery.

"There are traces here." Susa's keen insight as a police officer allowed her to immediately spot the traces of people passing by among the thick leaves piled up on the ground. Several people followed the trail and found the center of the woods.

Nan Xiang picked up two long branches on the ground, broke them into four pieces with light force, and sent them to the other three people: "Go separately to find them, use this, and rummage on the ground to see." ”

"Okay." The four of them scattered in all directions, each looking for it, but after a while, they heard Qiu Lin screaming, and the other three immediately rushed to hear the sound, and saw Qiu Lin leaning against the tree and shivering, not far from her, a corpse was half-buried under the fallen leaves, and the bloody arm stretched out, as if to grasp something, and as if it was a hideous desire to ask for a soul.

"It's a bobcat." Nan Xiang used a branch to remove the leaves blocking his face, and after carefully identifying it, he said, "That's right, it's him, and he really died." ”

"A knife seals the throat, clean and neat." Lao Wei put his hands in his pockets and looked closer, but did not touch them.

Qiu Lin was probably the first time she had seen a dead man, her face was pale and trembling, and when Susa saw this, she had no choice but to approach and keep comforting her.

"Why would a bobcat drive to such a place?" Nan Xiang took out his mobile phone and took several photos around the corpse, "This kind of remote place where birds don't poop is the most suitable for killing people and setting fires, why don't these outlaws have a little bit of force in their hearts?" ”

"Maybe it's just the answer to that sentence, people die for money, and birds die for food." Lao Wei sighed, "They originally traded guns, so it was impossible for them to find that kind of lively place. ”

Nan Xiang nodded, but asked again: "By the way, in that case, the two of them should make an appointment in the chat history, right?" That phone ......"

"Don't be whimsical!" Lao Wei said, the wooden stick in his hand probed in the pocket of the corpse and other places, "The mobile phone is long gone." I guess it was dismantled, and I don't know which dumpster it was thrown in. ”

"Don't worry about it yet." Susa helped Qiu Lin to sit down in the distance, only then came back, and then took out her mobile phone, "I'll report this to the bureau." ”

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