Mankind...... Slaughter of humans?

Xia Fan didn't ask what she saw.

He only felt the rejection and habituality in the other party's eyes.

- The fox demon didn't want to dwell on this issue.

Xia Fan, who realized this, had to press the doubts in his heart.

......

Early the next morning, Wei Wushuang had already changed into his Fang Shi uniform and appeared at the door of Xia Fan's residence in high spirits.

"Today is the first class for the first batch of new monks, we can't be late!"

"Got it, got it," Xia Fan yawned and walked out the door. In order to make up for the time for Qi Cultivation Practice, he sat until two or three o'clock in the morning last night and did not go to sleep, and now that he has become a civil servant from 6 to 5, he really can't adapt to it.

At this time, not long after dawn, the sky was still pale blue, and after a night of filtration, the smell of firewood in the air had faded a lot.

The summer heat is also diluted by the sea, and the morning breeze that sweeps through the streets is wrapped in a hint of coolness, and you can even taste a little salty when you take a hard sip.

If there is no such thing as burning salt, Jinxia City may also be a good place to live.

However, he didn't go far from the courtyard wall, and Xia Fan saw something unusual: he saw that many people wearing official uniforms were walking back and forth along the street, as if searching for something, while the people avoided it, pointing to the wall and talking to each other.

Xia Fan followed the latter's gaze and glanced twice, and soon landed on a touch of brown.

Common sense told him it was the mark of dried blood.

"It's just what you humans love to do. 」

The words that Li had said last night suddenly came to his mind.

Could this be the source of yesterday's screams?

"Did you hear anything unusual yesterday?" he asked Wei Wushuang.

"No, I went to bed early, and when I woke up, it was dawn. The fellow touched his head, "Did something happen?"

It's really a carefree rich second generation...... Xia Fan recounted what he heard, but omitted the part of the fox demon.

"I see," Wei Wushuang snapped, then frowned again, "I guess...... Probably the gang did it. ”

"Gangs?"

"Well, Jinxia City is not as good as Fenghua County, there are many people and more power, and when I came here to do business, I was also intercepted by them, and I paid some money before I got out. I don't know exactly what the gangs are. ”

Xia Fan nodded, moving his gaze back to the bloodstains.

Apparently it was a long hunt, with blood spilled all the way down the streets, and there should have been more than one victim.

After walking a few hundred meters in the direction of the Privy Council, there were suddenly a lot more onlookers, and more than a dozen officials surrounded a private house compound to prevent everyone from approaching.

Apparently this is where the case comes from.

"I remember that the Privy Council can also participate in the case, right?" Xia Fan asked in a low voice.

"That's right, but it's only for the evil thing, and this matter has nothing to do with us. Wei Wushuang also lowered his voice.

"How so?"

"Look," he said, pointing to a pile of iron weapons at the entrance of the courtyard, "it must be the murder weapon found by the government, and it is still stained with blood." I've never heard of evil spirits wielding knives and sticks. ”

It sounds like it does.

There were a few swords in the pile, but more hoes, shovels, and kitchen knives—apparently the attackers had the upper hand in the equipment.

Xia Fan also noticed that there were officials who kept carrying corpses out of the courtyard, and through the human wall, he could vaguely see several corpses with strange icons embroidered on their clothes.

It seemed to be a white flower.

And the shape of the petals...... It made him feel familiar.

Wei Wushuang may have guessed correctly, this incident should have been just an ordinary murder.

The only thing that made him feel a little worried was that after the officials noticed the black square robes on the two of them, they all leaned in, making the wall tighter, as if they were not civil servants of Qiguo, but suspects in the murder.

This kind of exclusion made Xia Fan give up the idea of going to find out.

When they arrived at the Privy Council, the sun had just climbed over the wall, and the two of them stepped on the bell of six o'clock and walked into the inner hall of the Zhiwei Palace, and there were already four people waiting for them in the spacious room.

Obviously, these four people, plus the two of them, were the first batch of new monks in the mouth of the receptionist.

"Flower thief?" said one woman in surprise.

Xia Fan fixed his eyes and found that the other party was Luo You'er.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the other three suddenly became strange.

"No, what do you mean by a flower thief?"

"Sneaking into an unmarried woman's boudoir is usually a flower thief. ”

"That's the exam!" he hurriedly argued, "And I'm not going for people, the source of spiritual fire is my goal!

"Hmm, it's okay to change it to a thief, right?" said Luo You'er.

Xia Fan decided to give up arguing.

"Hmph, boring farce. Another handsome man in fine clothes looked away and sat down on his own.

"My name is Shangguan Cai, and I came from Shangyuan City. The woman beside Luo Youer walked over generously and said, "When we meet for the first time, please take care of me." ”

Do you have a surname...... Xia Fan couldn't help but look at her twice.

Qi bangs, single ponytail, not tall or short, freckles on the face, the bridge of the nose is slightly collapsed, the appearance is ordinary, and there is no obvious jewelry on the body, and it does not look like it was born in a famous family.

The only bright spot was her pair of eyebrows.

The tall willow eyebrows and slightly raised eyes give people a heroic feeling.

"Yue Feng, from Suzhou. The last person briefly introduced.

Compared with the previous noble son, this man's clothing and decoration are much more casual, and he doesn't even wear a tiara, but only uses a strip of cloth to tie his hair in a bun, highlighting a chic and free.

It's just that Xia Fan noticed that his forearms, which were exposed outside the Fang Shi's suit because he stood with his chest crossed, were quite thick, the knuckles on the back of his hands were raised high, and there were many scar marks, which had undoubtedly been honed for a long time.

"I'm Xia Fan, this is my fellow villager, called Wei Wushuang, and we are both from Fenghua County. Xia Fan showed a "kind" smile, no matter what, these Fangshi are his colleagues who need to get along for a long time in the future, and it is not wrong to have a good interpersonal relationship.

"Oh, you've all arrived?" Just then, an old man with half-white hair and about fifty years of age entered—though he was older than his time, his steps were not sluggish, and his voice was full of air. "Yes, there are no fools joining the Privy Council this time. Everybody, sit down, my surname is Zhangmingya, you can call me Master Zhang, Master Zhang, Master Zhang, but don't call me Master Zhang, understand? In the same way, you don't have to call yourself a disciple, I teach you just a matter of duty, and there is no friendship between master and apprentice. If you remember it, give it to the old man!"

It took everyone a long time to react, and they continued one after another, "I'll remember." ”

Is this the style of acting in Liupin's question? Xia Fan was surprised in his heart, the weight of the master-apprentice relationship was comparable to blood to some extent, and even the formation of factions between teachers and students from generation to generation was not uncommon, he actually didn't care at all?

"Very well, don't forget that you are Privy Council Ministers, and improving your strength is more important than any etiquette. Master Zhang nodded with satisfaction, "In this lesson, what the old man wants to teach you is how to further understand your own qi." He flipped through a small notebook, "The Fang Shi I named stood on the stage." ”