Chapter 3: The Girl Who Died Outside the Soul Temple

The sun in May is not so bright and dazzling, and when the sun rises three poles, it is the time when the earth suddenly flourishes and the animals are busy.

However, in a thriving world, there were weeping and weeping outside the Soul Temple.

Mo Fan frowned like a sword, standing on the steps of the main hall of the Soul Temple, holding the long knife in his hand, looking at the young man with dull eyes under the steps, the old man with a kind cane with a cane, and the middle-aged woman sitting on the ground crying and crying.

He didn't expect that last night's help, it turned out that it was not a ghost, but a young girl.

If he had known, he should have gone out to take a look.

Looking at the corpse of the girl who fell in a pool of blood, she was killed by a trick of choking off her neck, looking at the scars left on her neck, five finger prints that have turned black, indicating that it was killed by man.

Thinking of the figure that suddenly appeared outside his house last night, this girl he suspected that it was probably the other party who killed her.

It's just that he can't figure out why that figure killed this girl.

As for why this girl came to the Soul Temple in the middle of the night, I just learned from the old man's mouth.

The girl's name is Zheng Xiuxiu, she is a native of Nanliang Village, three miles east of the Soul Temple, Fanghua is in her early twenties this year, and her father died suddenly the year before last, leaving her and her mother to rely on each other.

It's just that three months ago, Zheng Xiuxiu suddenly ran away from home, and the people in the village searched for a month but couldn't find it, and even went to Scarlet Cloud City to find help from the Demon Hunter Legion.

But to no avail, the Demon Hunter Legion searched half of the world inside the walls and did not find Zheng Xiuxiu, so they guessed that Zheng Xiuxiu was most likely eaten by wild beasts, or walked into those places that were listed as forbidden places.

However, just this morning, Li Shan, who came out to herd cattle as usual, found that Zheng Xiuxiu, who had disappeared for three months, had died here when he passed by the Soul Temple.

In a panic, he ran back to the village and called him, as the village chief, and Zheng Xiuxiu's mother.

In fact, Mo Fan, who had just walked out of the back wing of the main hall of the Soul Temple with a knife, was almost considered by them to be the murderer of Zheng Xiuxiu.

The dull-eyed young man was about to fight him with red eyes, the village chief who was over the age of sixteen was holding a cane with an angry face, and the woman sitting on the ground had a resentful look in her eyes.

Fortunately, when he took out the documents of the guards of the Soul Temple, these people relaxed.

Because of the duties of the garrison of the Soul Temple, in addition to managing the incense of the Soul Temple, there is also a task to deal with the affairs of the nearby villages and towns.

However, Zheng Xiuxiu died outside the soul temple where he was stationed after all, and he himself had an unshirkable responsibility and an inexplicable suspicion.

So more than two hours ago, through the letter bird, he made a report to Crimson Cloud City about the matter here.

Looking up at the rising sun, I wondered who should be coming soon.

Eyes retracted, taking advantage of which people had not yet arrived, he looked to the east, because the soul temple did not have a front yard, he could see a few miles away at a glance, plus it was north and south, and the surroundings were flat.

Therefore, Nanliang Village, which is located three miles east of the Soul Temple, can be seen very clearly by him at a glance.

There are more than a dozen houses, and there are two big locust trees at the entrance of the village, which can not be seen clearly in the village, but there are people walking by from time to time.

It was just strange to him that he hadn't seen a trace of cooking smoke rise from the village from morning to now.

You must know that all the villages and towns placed outside Scarlet Cloud City are shouldering the mission of cultivating and breeding.

The sun rises and the sun sets.

Therefore, a daily breakfast is essential, otherwise there will be no physical work.

In addition, it was May, which was the best time to cultivate the fields and livestock, and when you looked at the surrounding villages, the sky was filled with curling smoke before the morning sun rose.

Even now that the sun is rising, there is still new smoke coming out of the chimney.

On the contrary, Nanliang Village does not say that there is no cooking smoke, and birds do not pass by.

This was also something that made him feel strange, and with the task described on the waist card, he suddenly felt a little creepy in his heart.

Fixing his eyes on the three people in front of him, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

But before he could think about it carefully, under the blue sky and white clouds, a group of three people riding black and shiny horses galloped towards the south.

Sigh!!!

A handful of dust splashed on the ground in the neighing of the horses, and the three horses galloping south stopped steadily in front of the Soul Temple.

Seeing the three people from Crimson Cloud City, the woman who was crying suddenly stopped whimpering, and sat on the ground and peeked with her eyes.

The village chief, who was over the age of six, took a few steps back, his eyes flashing to the side.

And the young man who had been staring blankly, his eyes suddenly became clear at this time, and he walked towards the three people of Scarlet Cloud City who turned over and dismounted with urgency on his face.

"Three adults, I have something to tell you below." The young man came to the three of them and hurriedly spoke.

But before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a wave of his hand from one of the three bearded men.

"You'll talk about it later."

Then he saw the bearded man walking onto the stone platform of the main hall of the Soul Temple, he didn't go to see the village chief who was about to be about to be a sixtieth birthday, nor did he look at the woman sitting on the ground who was peeking at him, and he didn't even glance at the dead girl.

Instead, he walked up to the stone platform and came to Mo Fan, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said.

"It's fine if you're okay."

"Well, everything is fine, Uncle Xie Xiao cares." Looking at the bearded man, Mo Fan has always been uplifting his heart and is steady.

Xiao Huan and his father are brothers, and after his parents disappeared in the world outside the wall, he relied on each other's care all these years to spend three years safely.

In fact, Mo Fan also knew that he was assigned to the Soul Temple to guard the matter, and Xiao Huan had trouble with those people in the inner city several times.

But after all, the arms can't reach the thighs.

Seeing that Mo Fan was fine, Xiao Huan was also relieved.

The fear didn't happen, and that's when he looked at the dead girl.

"It should be caused by man," Seeing Xiao Huan look at the girl, Mo Fan told him what he saw and heard last night, as well as what he found through his observations.

Hearing what Mo Fan said, Xiao Huan wrinkled deeply, withdrew his gaze from the corpse of the girl on the ground, and said to Mo Fan with a serious face.

"Remember what Uncle Xiao said, no matter what happens at night, don't go out of the room."

After telling Mo Fan, he stepped down from the stone platform, then whispered a few words to the young man, and then ordered the other two people in Scarlet Cloud City to carry the girl's body onto a horse.

After that, he took the lead and walked towards Nanliang Village, and never said a word to the village chief and the middle-aged woman.

Mo Fan, who witnessed all this, was full of doubts in his heart.

Looking at what happened from last night to now, everything is strange.

I wanted to ask, but Xiao Huan told him before leaving that he didn't have to worry about the girl's death, and he would handle it.

Ay!

Looking at the few people walking towards Nanliang Village, Mo Fan sighed and turned around and returned to the wing room behind the main hall of the Soul Temple, and continued to study the waist card and the things in his mind.

But when they all left, in the area where the girl died, half an hour later, a faceless shadow came out from below.

Then he walked towards Nanliang Village.