Late at night, in a cave under a bridge in the south of the city, there are many beggars gathered here, begging during the day and returning here to sleep at night.

A scrawny beggar with a short stature and a somewhat large head looked a little funny, and outside the cave, he was somewhat bored leaning against the bridge and looking at the starry sky.

"Skinny monkey, don't you sleep yet, wait until your good place is taken," cried out the beggar, who also had a friend, from the hole in the bridge.

"Occupy it," the thin monkey waved his hand impatiently, his eyes fixed on the starry sky above him.

The bridge cave is short, and there are not many places where you can lie down and sleep comfortably, and beggars often fight each other for a good position.

On weekdays, the thin monkey is more clever, and he has attracted a small group of beggars and occupied a fixed good position.

This is also something he values very much, and it is a symbol of his status among the beggars.

If he doesn't go for a long time, this position is likely to be taken by some thorn-headed beggar, and then it will be another trouble.

Therefore, on weekdays, they occupy their seats early and go to bed, and the beggars have nothing to do at night, and they do not feel hungry when they go to bed early.

But today is different, and the thin monkey does not have a trace of sleepiness.

Three days ago, he was restrained from behind, and he didn't dare to look back, because he could feel a cold, sharp object against his waist, which he guessed was a knife.

Just when the thin monkey was wondering, how could he, a beggar, be troubled, a rough voice behind him sounded.

This is obviously a deliberate change in accent by suppressing his voice, and the thin monkey can't hear the age of the person behind him through the voice.

"Do you want money?" the thin monkey still remembers vividly.

"Yes!" the thin monkey swallowed and nodded affirmatively.

"You know where the mansion of the former county lieutenant is, right?"

"Know," this is not a thin monkey boasting, in the streets and alleys of Wuwei City, which family has a good heart and can ask for money, and which one is fierce and absolutely can't go, he is very clear.

"Very good, from now on, you go and keep an eye on this mansion, and in the next five days, if there are more people coming to the mansion, you will go to the corner of the courtyard wall of the No. 8 house in the south of the city and draw a ...... You are nicknamed Skinny Monkey, so draw a monkey. This is a deposit of one tael of silver, and after it is done, as long as I am sure that your information is correct, I will give you another five taels of silver. ”

"After that, where shall I go to get these five taels of silver," he threw a tael from behind, and landed on the tip of the thin monkey's toes, and he looked at the silver, and without much thought, decided to agree.

"As for the bridge where you usually live, you will stay outside the cave when the time comes, and I will come at night and throw the silver to you from the bridge. You can rest assured, I will definitely give this follow-up silver, as long as you can do it, there will be things to find you later, of course, I think you are a smart person, you should not do stupid things, what should be said or not, there should be no need for me to explain more, otherwise a beggar is dead, and the government will not be able to pay attention to it. ”

"Know...... Know," the thin monkey understood that he had gone up the thief mountain, and it was impossible to go down the mountain, so he could only go to the end.

Things are not difficult, with a deposit of one or two silver, the thin monkey does not need to do the daily begging thing, besides, during this period of war, there are many times more beggars, and there is no money to beg for these days.

The skinny monkey stayed on the street where He County's mansion was located every day to beg.

On weekdays, the mansion of the county governor of He County, there are guards from the Wuwei Palace's mansion every day, and it is said that what secret room is excavated.

These guards and thin monkeys are all familiar, not raw.

Today, there are eight people with fresh faces, richly dressed and imposing, who are warriors at a glance, and they all entered the mansion of the county lieutenant in anger.

The thin monkey lingered for a while, and saw that no one doubted it, so he came to the No. 8 house in the south of the city, and drew a monkey in the corner of the wall.

So now, the thin monkey kept looking upwards to see if the five taels of silver would be dropped off the bridge.

Just when the thin monkey was sleepy enough to count the stars, a silver ingot of five taels fell from the sky and fell into his arms.

The thin monkey was stunned for a moment, then stood up in ecstasy and looked at the bridge, but it was empty.

How did the money come from without people? Or was it so fast that the person was already gone when he got up?

The thin monkey is inexplicable, and he doesn't dare to think about it, just get the money.

......

He County Governor's Mansion.

In the main hall, an old man sat at the top, his eyes closed, but the bruised tendons on his arms showed that his mood was extremely uncalm.

The scenes in the secret room during the day are still replaying in the old man's mind.

The murderer must be caught, and it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart with a thousand cuts.

What made the old man even more angry was that the Wuwei Zhao family had only informed the He family until now, and the explanation of the murderer was just a simple "Extraterritorial Demon Sect".

The news channels of the He family can also find out that it was Tan Zhengfei of the Blood Demon Sect who poisoned He Buyu, the Blood Demon Sect, the He family will definitely retaliate, Tan Zhengfei, and the He family will definitely go all out to hunt down and kill.

But what about the rest, why not say how could he die in the secret room? The compass mechanism in the secret room is so complicated that it is impossible for ordinary people to enter it. These details, Wuwei Zhao family, can't be explained.

Knowing that He Buyu would be injured, the Extraterritorial Demon Sect was likely to send a master to attack him, but the Wuwei Royal Mansion didn't even send anyone to protect him, which didn't take the He family in his eyes at all.

The old man knows that the He family and the Zhao family have always been opposed, otherwise, the imperial court would not have sent He Buyu to Wuwei City, why not be the county lieutenant of Wuwei, and there is a task that everyone understands, but the official will never say clearly, that is, to monitor the Zhao family, at least to ensure that Wuwei City cannot be completely the world of the Zhao family.

But even so, the confrontation between the Zhao family and the He family in the past was very restrained, and it was just a kind of healthy competition between the families.

But this time, the Zhao family actually forgot He Buyu's safety, and the old man was very angry about it.

The old man is the law enforcement elder of the He family, with a high and powerful position, He Buyu is his own grandson, and he is still the grandson he values the most.

At this time, everyone knew the old man's angry mood, and the people in the entire main hall did not dare to make more noise.

"How's it going?" said the old man in a cold tone, finally opening his eyes.

"Enlightenment...... Elder Qiyu, it is not completely certain, after the corpse was divided, the fire burned for a long time, and the skin and flesh were all burned into black charcoal, and only the skeleton remained. According to the skeleton, there are four adults and one child. One of the patchwork skeletons, according to detailed examination, has traces of the internal force of the superior Taoist, and it is preliminarily estimated that he was an eighth-to-ninth-order martial artist before his death, and it should be the silent young master. ”

"Okay, very good, killing people and dismembering corpses and setting fires, this is slapping my He family in the face. ”

"What about the cause of death, and how did the murderer enter the secret room, and what is the identity of the bodies of the other three people and the child?" the old man asked one by one.

"Elder Qiyu, the cause of death is very clear, it can be found from the skeleton, he died of poison, the other three and the child, judging from the skeleton, were all killed by sharp weapons, it is initially speculated that the three are guards, as for the child, the identity is not yet clear, but according to Zhao Longcheng's reply, that night, he saw the silent young master enter the mansion with a child. The compass mechanism of the secret room was not damaged in the slightest, maybe it was because after the three guards entered the secret room, they had ill intentions towards the silent young master......"