Chapter 42: The Slaughterhouse

The news that the eldest son of the Xiao family was abducted from Drunken Flower Garden spread throughout White Horse Town overnight.

Although the only witness, Miss Ning Xiang, didn't know who Xia Sheng was at all, only half an hour later, Xiao Zhen had already ordered the town garrison to block the entire Wanfu Building.

At the same time, Xiao Zhen led several relatives to Changliu Lane, but unfortunately, he didn't find anything except a pool of dark blood deposited and gold, silver and jewelry scattered all over the ground.

It was only at this time that Xiao Zhen finally understood that things were completely out of control.

But he still did not lose the last of his senses, let alone ask the people of the garrison to rush into Wanfu Building with thunder, but deigned to negotiate secretly with the big shopkeeper of Wanfu Building, Wang Yuanshan.

In the end, the answer he got was that Xia Sheng was not in Wanfu Building.

That night, the two gates of White Horse Town were closed at the same time, and the garrison searched the town all night, but still did not find Xia Sheng's shadow.

It wasn't until the sky was getting bright and the morning sun was rising that Xiao Zhen returned to the mayor's mansion and sat down on the bench a little tired.

At the same time, a middle-aged man in gray also handed him a cup of hot tea in time and sighed softly.

Perhaps, he fled the city in the first place. ”

This person is Xiao Zhen's most trusted strategist, called Ning Zheng, at the very beginning, it was he who deduced that it was Xia Sheng who kidnapped Xiao Yong through Miss Ningxiang's description of the murderer and the accident that happened in Wanfulou tonight.

Xiao Zhen took a sip of tea, rubbed his eyebrows, and asked, "Has the arrest document been sent?"

Ning Zheng nodded: "It was sent out early in the morning, even if he escaped from White Horse Town, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to run far, and he should be able to be arrested soon." ”

Xiao Zhen shook his head: "It doesn't matter if you can catch Xia Sheng or not, the key is to find Yong'er!"

Ning Zheng immediately comforted him: "According to Miss Ning Xiang's description of the entire murder process, Na Xia Sheng did not choose to hurt the eldest prince's life in the first place, but just punched him a few times. ”

Xiao Zhen's face was full of anger: "It's better to be like this, otherwise, I must let the little miscellaneous of the Xia family live as well as die!"

Ning Zheng continued to analyze: "The key now is, why did Xia Sheng do this? It's been a while since the conflict between you and him in Wanfu Tower, and since then, he has never taken the initiative to provoke you, why did he suddenly give such a heavy hand this time?"

Xiao Zhen's brows furrowed into a pimple, and said: "I went to Changliu Lane to see, Xiao Si is gone, there are large blood stains at the scene, and there are two severed fingers, I think, this is probably also the handiwork of that beast." ”

Ning Zheng said in a deep voice: "You mean, Xia Sheng is meddling in the affairs of the Qin family?"

Xiao Zhen shook his head: "I can't be sure, but my intuition tells me that this is the only possibility." ”

Ning Zheng was silent for a moment, and said suspiciously again: "Speaking of which, the affairs of the Qin family are still full of suspicions, my lord, have you found out what the two people who broke into the mansion that night are the origins?"

Hearing Ning Zheng mention this, Xiao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, and said in a deep voice: "I asked my senior brother to investigate, but for the time being, there is no news from Luoyang." ”

Ning Zheng continued: "With the strength of those two people, if you want to attack the eldest lady of the Qin family, it is simply an easy thing, but you want our people to secretly drugged, and it is also a weakly toxic drug like requiem grass, no matter how you look at it, this matter is a bit strange." ”

Xiao Zhen waved his hand: "Now is not the time to talk about this, the top priority is to find Yong'er, do you have any other way?"

Ning Zheng took a deep breath and said: "This Xia Sheng is a filial son, originally according to my intentions, we can completely arrest his father back, even if we can't ask anything, we can also take him as a hostage, so that Xia Sheng does not dare to kill the eldest prince easily, but I heard from you, that Xia Hong has disappeared since yesterday, so the only bargaining chip in our hands is gone." ”

Xiao Zhen sighed: "Then for today's plan, you can only wait?"

Ning Zheng nodded: "Wait." Since Xia Sheng kidnapped the eldest prince, but did not hurt the eldest prince's life, I think he is qualified to talk to us, and when the time comes, let me talk to him. ”

"Good!"

As soon as Xiao Zhen's words fell, he saw a general of the garrison rushing in and shouting: "My lord......!

Xiao Zhen immediately stood up from his chair and said sharply: "Is there any news of Yong'er!"

He turned around and pointed out the door, and finally took a breath and finished the rest of his words.

"It's right outside the house!"

"What!" Xiao Zhen's eyes froze, and then his figure flashed sharply, and he rushed towards the door.

The next moment, Xiao Zhen finally saw his son outside the gate of the town mayor's mansion, but in fact, if it weren't for Xiao Yong's clothes and sword, I'm afraid Xiao Zhen wouldn't have recognized who this person was.

At this time, Xiao Yong obviously only had the last half of his breath left, his originally handsome and chic face had already been beaten to pieces by Xia Sheng with a pair of meat fists, in addition, his chest was also poked with a sharp sword Several blood holes, and the broken ribs and dark red viscera could be vaguely seen.

Surprisingly, Xiao Yong still had the last trace of sanity, although he couldn't say anything, he couldn't even move his little finger, he could only lie in a pool of blood like a broken rotting corpse, but the will to survive erupted from his eyes moved the viewers.

Dozens of soldiers of the garrison firmly surrounded him in the middle, but no one dared to step forward, not because he was afraid that his rash action would hurt the life of the eldest prince, but because there was still a person standing beside Xiao Yong.

Xia Sheng.

Everyone searched for Xia Sheng, who had not been found all night, and in such a grand place, Xiao Yong, who was seriously injured and about to die, appeared in front of Xiao Zhen.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhen's eyes were about to split, his eyes were scarlet, and the bright orange martial aura in his body rose to the sky, he came to everyone step by step, stared at Xia Sheng deadly, and said coldly: "Let go of him!"

Xia Sheng's eyes seemed very calm, as if he was blind to the coercion that Xiao Zhen exuded, he shook his head, and said quietly: "A few days ago when I was in Wanfu Building, I intended to slaughter your Xiao Mansion, but unfortunately, I was not able to do it at that time, I thought that you would receive a lesson from this, but I never thought that I had made the biggest mistake in my life." ”

Xiao Zhen slowly clenched the long sword on his waist and sneered: "Do you think this is still Wanfu Building? Without Mr. Kang's help today, I would like to see what kind of ability you have as a little martial artist in the initial realm, and dare to slaughter my Xiao Mansion in a wild word!"

Xia Sheng shook his head and sighed: "Martial Master Primitive? I'm sorry, I'm no longer ......"

When the words fell, a seemingly thin halo quietly floated on Xia Sheng's body, like a long cloak, which set off his whole temperament extremely gentle.

But the apricot yellow light like the scorching sun made everyone present feel extremely dazzling.

Martial Arts!