The reality is cruel, and when Wang Rui and the three found Li Gen's pet, they found that it was blocked by several demonized snakes in front of the mountain stream.

Li Gen's pet was a beautiful, gray-brown squirrel, and when Wang Rui and the others saw it, it was jumping up and down a tree.

Since there are no trees on the side of the mountain stream, Li Gen's squirrels can only 'land' if they want to move on, but there are a few demonized snakes here, so they .......

After killing the demonized snake, the three of them continued to search the surrounding area, but they didn't find any clues, it seems that someone used magic to cover the traces, or the mission conditions have not been met.

Wang Rui wrote down the coordinates, discussed with Wu Deyong and Li Gen, and then returned to Lanshui Town after meeting the garrison soldiers.

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"Russon? He seems to be from Qianxi Village. The town's sheriff, Li Shu, told Wang Rui.

After tracking the bandits to no avail, Wang Rui, who returned to Bluewater Town, began to investigate the dismissal of the chef from the mayor's house.

The chef who was dismissed from the mayor's house was named Lu Sen, and it is said that he had worked in the mayor's house for seven or eight years, and he had been diligent, which was deeply praised by the mayor's family.

The above information is agreed upon by all and is very consistent.

What is inconsistent is the reason for the dismissal, the town magistrate Li Shu said that Lu Sen took the initiative to resign in order to go back to take care of his sick mother.

However, the gossipy townspeople in the town thought that Lu Sen was having an affair with the mayor's wife, and after being discovered by the mayor and severely punished, he dismissed him, because he was afraid of being made teased, so he made up the first reason; There is another reason why the townspeople are so convinced, because the rumor of the affair seems to have come from the mayor's house, and it has only come out in the last few days.

In the end, whether to take care of his mother or have an affair with someone, Wang Rui thinks that it is better to find Lu Sen first; Wang Rui did so. It's just a task habit that I developed before 'crossing', and it won't take long to fly anyway.

So, after summoning the white crane and asking for directions, Wang Rui flew to Qianxi Village.

Qianxi Village is not big, only a few hundred households, so Wang Rui in the air can see a house that has been burned down at a glance.

"You're the village chief here?" After revealing the identity of the 'Patrol Envoy'. Wang Rui asked and used the 'reconnaissance technique' to confirm.

"Lord Inspector, I am the village chief of Qianxi Village." The village chief's face was darkened, and he also looked very tired.

"What's going on?" Wang Rui pointed to the house that was still smoking repeatedly.

So the village chief explained to Wang Rui: It was Lu Sen's house that started the fire, the fire started not long ago, and it was too late when the villagers found out, even if they kept watering, it didn't have much effect.

Then Wang Rui began to ask the villagers about Lu Sen, and what he got was nothing more than that Lu Sen was very filial and depended on his mother. Even though he was a cook at the mayor's house, Russen would come back every few days to spend a few days with his mother, but this time for a little longer. (Maybe Russen didn't say it himself, so the villagers don't know that Russen is no longer a cook at the mayor's house.) ）

I asked about Lu Sen's mother's physical condition again, and learned that her health has not been very good, and she has been sick and sometimes well.

When asked about the situation at the time of the fire, everyone said that they were finishing their meals, so they didn't pay attention. It's just that the fire is big and difficult to extinguish.

Then I asked if any strangers had visited before the fire. No one knows.

Wang Rui inspected the villagers' stoves and found that firewood and hay were used to make fires, which were indeed very prone to fires.

After questioning the villagers and getting no more information, Wang Rui did not leave immediately, but continued to wait.

It's been a long time. The village chief walked towards Wang Rui tremblingly, and said tremblingly:

"Inspector, after clearing the fire, only a complete corpse and a half-cut corpse were found; Oh, and this one—a piece of iron in the hand of a half-cut corpse. ”

"Half a corpse? Iron sheets? Interesting! Can the deceased be identified? "After the fire, the volume has shrunk. However, experienced people can still identify the deceased based on their shape and size.

The iron sheet is a very common kind of iron sheet, but it is densely pierced with holes.

"It can be confirmed that the complete corpse is Russen's mother, and the other half should be Russen." An autopsy next to the village chief affirmed.

After continuing to ask again, and after getting no new clues, Wang Rui returned to Bluewater Town.

After entering the town's office hall, Wang Rui found a room by himself and went in, looking through a window, the middle was the house of the town mayor Su Kui, the left was the home of the garrison officer Wu Deyong, and the right was the home of the sheriff Li Sheng.

Because the Miracle Continent is a 'dangerous place', the officials in the town all live in the office hall, while those with status and wealth live near the office hall, and the garrison barracks in the town are not far behind the office hall.

On March 16, Li Gen found traces of the bandits again, but after Wang Rui followed him out, the search was still fruitless.

March 17......

March 18......

March 19......

March 20......

For six days in a row, the bandits' tracks could be found each time, but they were always unable to track their destination for one reason or another; And the squatting in the office hall only allowed Wang Rui to see the family members of the town mayor, the garrison officer, and the sheriff almost all over.

On March 21, Li Gen spotted bandits again, so the garrison continued to set off.

After arriving at the place where the bandit's traces were found, it took nearly an hour for the three of them to lose their traces of the bandits again.

"Well, again." Garrison Officer Wu Deyong said helplessly.

"It's a failure!" Li Gen smashed his fist into the trunk of the tree.

"You guys go back first, I'll go around again." After Wang Rui recorded the seventh coordinate point, he began to call up the map.

"Yes, Inspector!" After Wu Deyong and Li Gen left, Wang Rui connected the nearest coordinate points, forming an irregular arc.

With this arc, although it is impossible to accurately determine where the midpoint is, Wang Rui does not want to wait any longer.

After replacing the 'Pet Heart' in the inventory with the 'Elven Eye', Wang Rui took out the items that can only be used at level 20 (intermediate): Spell-Breaking Potion, Invisibility Potion, Reduction Scroll, and Shielding Scroll.

These 4 items are a tracking tool, and with them, you don't need to rely on quantity to win.

Wang Rui sprinkled the spell-breaking potion all around, then used the reduction scroll, and after a while, rut marks appeared on the ground, as well as a few broken branches.

After having clues, Wang Rui used invisibility potions and shielding scrolls, which could make Wang Rui in an intermediate 'stealth' state in terms of vision and smell, so that Wang Rui would not be discovered by ordinary small characters.

Due to the difficulty of the mountain road, the many forks, and the cooldown time of the potion and scroll, Wang Rui's travel speed is not fast, but because there is an indication of the general direction (the center point corresponding to the arc formed by seven points), Wang Rui has not been lost.

Wang Rui, who was in a 'stealth' state during the journey, found some bandits from time to time (some are secret sentinels, some are patrolling), it is estimated that the system is to make it easier for players to upgrade, so the number of bandits is a bit large.

Fortunately, there are invisibility potions and shielding scrolls, otherwise unnecessary battles will be wasted for a long time.

After cautiously advancing for half an hour, he finally stepped out of the range of 'illusion magic', and Wang Rui finally didn't need to use the spell-breaking potion and the reduction scroll anymore, knowing that just waiting for the cooldown time wasted a lot of time. (To be continued......)