Xia Fan asked these people under his command to introduce themselves one by one, and soon remembered everyone's name. Among this group of people, Zhao Zhenqing was the strongest, at the peak of the first-level Star Realm, and the rest, including Song Zheng, had just broken through the Star Realm.

"Commander Ling asked me to guard the safety of the City Lord's Mansion, what is the specific situation of the City Lord's Mansion, who of you knows?" Xia Fan glanced at everyone and asked.

"Returning to Commander Xia, the villain has been in the City Lord's Mansion for many years, and he has some understanding of the situation in the City Lord's Mansion. Song Zheng smiled very flatteringly.

"Oh, tell me about it. Xia Fan's expression softened slightly.

"The strength of the city lord is unfathomable, but as early as ten years ago, in order to break through to a higher realm, he had already retreated. And in the City Lord's Mansion, there are only Miss Gu, Chief Bai and the remnant master left. ”

"Miss Gu is the daughter of the City Lord's Mansion, and her strength is the weakest. However, she lives in the backyard all year round, and there are personal maids around her, so she basically doesn't need to wait. Mr. Bai, you have already seen it, so there is no need to say more. The last person is the remnant of the teacher, and it needs the most attention. ”

When Song Zheng said this, he suddenly stopped, looked around carefully, and saw that there was no one around, so he deliberately lowered his voice and said cautiously: "It is said that the remnant master used to be the master of the city lord, but he was framed by the enemy in the early years, resulting in a crippled body, and he took refuge in the city lord. The remnant master is silent, and his behavior is strange and short-tempered, but his status in the City Lord's Mansion is unmatched, even the head Bai and the young lady have a lot of respect for him, and they can't be provoked. ”

In a few words, Song Zheng introduced the general situation of the City Lord's Mansion to Xia Fan.

Xia Fan carefully inquired about the situation of some City Lord's Mansions, and Song Zheng also answered them one by one, but every time it came to a critical moment, he was always vague, as if he was afraid of something. And that Zhao Zhenqing looked arrogant, unless Xia Fan took the initiative to ask, he would not intervene at all.

After this short contact, Xia Fan has a little understanding of the current situation in his heart.

Although he held the "royal" token, which made this group of people have to bow down to obey orders, it can be seen that they don't have much reverence for themselves.

In other words, they, unreliable.

Especially Zhao Zhenqing, who has a treacherous mind, I am afraid that in the bottom of his heart, he always wants to replace himself, and he has to guard against it.

The reason why he had to ascend to the position of leader was actually to use the power of the Xuanjia Order to help him search for the Demon Yuan Rite in the whole city.

But obviously, it is impossible to rely on this group of people.

Seeing that there was nothing to ask, Xia Fan waved his hand happily and sent them away. The performance of this group of people disappointed him.

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Xia Fan returned to the Sword Breeze Tower.

He and Yan Chishan now rented a room in each of the Sword Towers, which can be regarded as a temporary foothold.

For two days in a row, Xia Fan and Yan Chishan were looking for a suitable place to live in Tiandu City. Since Yan Chishan plans to live in Tiandu City permanently, it is very necessary to buy a private house.

It's just that don't look at the huge Tiandu City, but it's not easy to find a mansion, because those good lots have long been occupied by people, and the asking price is high. The two looked at several mansions, and finally found an abandoned mansion in a remote place in the south of the city, it is said that the owner of the mansion was a wealthy family in Tiandu City, but it has recently begun to decline, and the mansion has been abandoned. After several bargains, Yan Chishan sold the mansion at a price of 8,000 Lingbi, and the two finally had a stable residence.

On the third day, Xia Fan rushed to the City Lord's Mansion early to meet Zhao Zhenqing, Song Zheng and others. Today was their first time on duty, so everyone didn't dare to slack off.

Xia Fan took the rotation token from a commander surnamed Yan, and began to wander around the City Lord's Mansion with this group of subordinates.

In fact, it is just a guard, that is, a patrol. However, because the City Lord's Mansion is too large, it will take two hours to go around, which is a very patient errand.

Originally, Xia Fan thought that this patrol would be very calm, but he didn't know that there would be a situation soon.

"Ahh

"What's going on?"

Hearing this scream, everyone's hearts couldn't help but tighten.

"Let's go, let's see. Xia Fan immediately took people and ran in the direction where the voice came from.

And at this moment, in the night, a figure stumbled from the city lord's mansion, and before he could run a few steps, he fell to the ground and died of exhaustion.

This person was dressed in the clothes of Xuanjiawei, his face was pale, and there were three scratches on his neck, as if he had been attacked by some fierce beast, and half of his head was about to be scratched off.

"Does anyone know this person?" Xia Fan quickly calmed down and turned his head to ask the others.

"Back to Commander, this person seems to be Commander Yan's subordinate, and I have met with him a few times. Song Zheng looked nervous and said quickly.

"Commander Yan's subordinates, how could they appear here?" Xia Fan frowned.

It stands to reason that Commander Yan has already changed shifts with him, and his subordinates should also leave, but this person actually came out of the City Lord's Mansion, which is really a bit strange.

"The man was scratched in the neck by a sharp claw, and the blow was fatal. The one who attacked him must have been some kind of extremely ferocious demon beast. Zhao Zhenqing judged.

"In the inner city, are there also demon beasts infested?" Xia Fan glanced up at Zhao Zhenqing. If he remembered correctly, this was the first time Zhao Zhenqing took the initiative to speak all night.

"Commander Xia, don't you know, although Tiandu City is heavily defended, it is difficult for the demon beasts of the Great Wilderness to break through the defense. But the so-called hundred secrets are sparse, and there are always some demon beasts that break into the city through defense loopholes. Especially those monsters that are smaller and agile, they are even more difficult to guard against. A trace of disdain flashed in Zhao Zhenqing's eyes, but she still explained to Xia Fan calmly on her face.

Xia Fan's heart tightened, if it was really as Zhao Zhenqing said, such a fierce beast would inevitably threaten the safety of the City Lord's Mansion.

Thinking of this, he immediately said, "Go, follow me!"

He led the group of people to trot all the way towards the city lord's mansion. As a result, they didn't run long before a silver-white shadow suddenly burst out from the wall of the courtyard and swept past their eyes.

"Chase!"

Xia Fan faintly saw that it was a small beast, its shape was like a cat-like raccoon, lightning fast, and there was a faint smell of blood.

This beast is likely to be the murderer of the Xuanjia Guard.

Seeing that the little beast was about to disappear into the night, Xia Fan couldn't care about Zhao Zhenqing and the others behind him, his speed suddenly accelerated, and he overtook everyone at once, chasing after the little beast.

Whew!

The Amethyst Ice Jade Sword shot out and turned into a series of sword rays, like a wind-swept dragon, falling towards the little beast as a hood.

"Boom-" There was a loud bang, and the little beast smashed the sword curtain headlong, and a few ups and downs, and disappeared.

"This beast is really fierce and abnormal, it can break my sword formation......"

Xia Fan was shocked in his heart, he thought that he could keep this beast, but he still couldn't catch up with the speed of this beast, and finally let it escape.

"Oh, that's not right!"

Xia Fan turned around suddenly, but found that Zhao Zhenqing, Song Zheng and the others had not followed. A bad premonition came to my heart.

When Xia Fan rushed to the City Lord's Mansion, he saw that around the entire City Lord's Mansion, dozens of Xuanjia guards suddenly poured out to guard the place. The one at the head is none other than Xia Fan's top boss Ling Quan. Seeing this, Xia Fan smelled a hint of conspiracy in the air.

"Commander Ling, why are you here?" Xia Fan forcibly calmed down and asked with a frown.

That Ling Gong looked at Xia Fan with an unkind expression, and snorted without a smile: "Xia Fan, you are so bold. On the first day of duty, such a catastrophe occurred. Do you dare to come back? Someone, take him down!"

That Ling Gong shouted, his momentum was majestic, and as his words landed, several Xuanjia guards around him immediately rushed up, wanting to capture Xia Fan.

Xia Fan was confused, and his intuition told him that everything tonight was a conspiracy against himself, and it was a game that others had already laid out.