In another place, it was a mountain forest, and pedestrians passed by from time to time.

Occasionally, hares and the like run by.

On top of a large tree, a withered yellow hemp rope was tied to a branch and fluttered in the wind.

A convoy of merchants passed by here, and there were dozens of people, all of whom were armed with sharp weapons, including some second-grade and third-grade martial arts masters.

Naturally, they also saw this rope, but they didn't care, and a big man even laughed, "I don't know which fool can't think of it, hang himself here." ”

Everyone else laughed, they traveled all over the world, and naturally they had seen dead people.

With that, they moved on.

I don't know how far we walked, but it was getting dark, and the group stopped, gathered together, lit a bonfire, and spent the night in the same place.

The flames rose, accompanied by the aroma of barbecue, and everyone was drinking and eating barbecue, when suddenly, a person spoke, "Hey, where is the fierce son?" Where did this guy go? ”

When the others heard this, they all looked at me and I looked at you, "I didn't pay attention, didn't he follow all the time?" ”

"I didn't pay attention either, it couldn't be a little relieved, right?"

Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they didn't see each other.

The middle-aged man's face sank, "Mengzi is also an old man, he won't know the rules, even if he leaves, he will notify us." ”

"Something must have happened to him."

"Something? No, we're all together, and if something happens, we should all know. ”

The others frowned, not quite convinced.

The middle-aged man led by him was silent, walking in all directions, he had never seen any strange things, and he understood that when he encountered something he didn't understand, he should not try to deal with it, explore, but treat it as if it had never happened.

So, he opened his mouth and said, "Okay, this matter is over, if the fierce son loses it, he will lose it, and when this business is over, give him more money for his family." ”

Hearing this, everyone else was shocked and knew that Mengzi would probably not come back.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have made such an arrangement.

The bonfire "crackled", the light of the fire reflected on their faces, and everyone looked complicated.

And where they passed before, an old tree with a rope tied was hanging a corpse at this time, and it was the lost fierce son among the group.

The eight-foot-tall man was hung from a branch, his head bowed, his eyes wide open, with a touch of horror, despair, and no idea what had been experienced.

I don't know how long it has been, but on this road, a person came again, who seemed to be a scholar, carrying a cage on his back, walking on the road.

The scholar still had a book in his hand, and while he was hurrying, he carried the article on his back.

Suddenly, the scholar was startled and threw away all the books in his hands.

"Dead, dead man......"

The scholar looked at the big man who was hanged under the tree, with a touch of horror on his face.

"No, I'm going to report to the official."

The scholar was so frightened that he fled and wanted to inform the government, but if someone died, the government needed to be managed.

Soon, he came to the county office, which was Cheng County.

A large group of catchers quickly followed the scholar to the place where the big man was hanged, and one of the catchers at the head shook his head, "This guy is suicidal at first glance, and I don't know why he can't think of it, a seven-foot man would commit suicide." ”

As he spoke, he ordered the body to be brought down and carried on a stretcher, intending to send it to Yizhuang and wait for someone to claim it, and if it didn't come in a few days, the body would be thrown outside to a mass grave.

They don't have the time to bury an unknown guy.

Looking at this rope, the head catcher muttered to himself, "This rope can be taken back as a torture tool to scare those criminals." ”

As he spoke, he made a jump, took off the rope, and held it in his hand.

A group of people left here and returned to the Yamen.

At this time, some strange things also happened in Sanyang County.

In the middle of the night, everything was silent, and everyone fell asleep.

In a warehouse, at this time, a handful of green flames suddenly appeared, at first, only the size of a grain of rice, but in the blink of an eye, the flames soared to the size of a fist, igniting the goods in the warehouse.

"Boom" "Boom" ......

The flames continued to spread, burning from room to room, but, strangely, all the rooms around the warehouse were not affected in the slightest, and even, many people did not hear a sound, and did not feel a little scorching temperature.

Early the next morning, the shopkeeper of the warehouse came, opened the door of the warehouse, and was stunned, unable to believe what was in front of him.

The entire warehouse was full of broken walls, and the black ashes on the ground scattered in all directions as he opened the door.

The blackened pillars stood in the center, looking extremely thin.

The shopkeeper almost fainted, and couldn't help but let out a heart-rending scream.

Soon, someone arrived in the warehouse, and it was Xu Qingfeng who led the team, standing in the warehouse, looking at the shopkeeper and the clerk coldly.

"Why did there suddenly catch fire in the warehouse, where were you all last night?"

Xu Qingfeng said indifferently, this is their Xu family's industry, although it is just a warehouse, it is not worth much, but it is still very angry that someone suddenly burned the goods of an entire warehouse.

Therefore, he has to investigate clearly, if it was his own people who did it, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said in an astringent voice, "My lord, I have been working in the Xu family for ten years, how can I burn these goods, my whole family is pointing to this warehouse to make a living." ”

Xu Qingfeng nodded, he believed that none of the people who could get into the shopkeeper position in the Xu family were stupid.

What to do and what not to do, they know better than anyone else.

His attention was still on the other clerks.

Seeing Xu Qingfeng's gaze, these people were extremely panicked, and they all said where they were last night, some said that they were in the Qinglou, some said that they were sleeping at home, and some said that they were in the gambling house.

Xu Qingfeng sent someone to verify their words.

Taking advantage of the gap, he asked the shopkeeper, "How much did we lose this time?" ”

"Recently, a batch of fine silk was delivered, and as a result, now the fire is burned clean, and the loss is about 1,000 taels."

The shopkeeper's cautious opening.

In this feudal society with a per capita monthly income of less than one tael of silver, one thousand taels of silver is enough to buy a set of three in and three out of a large courtyard in a good location in Sanyang County.

Converted into modern money, it is at least tens of millions.

Rao is the Xu family's great business, and hearing this loss, Xu Qingfeng couldn't help but twitch in his heart.

"If I find out who did it, I must peel him and cramp!"

Xu Qingfeng said in a cold tone, staring at these people indifferently.

Looking at his gaze, this group of people was scared to pee.

They had no doubt about Xu Qingfeng's words, although the laws of Great Qi were pressed on top, but the dignified Xu family, if they wanted to disappear alone, it was still very simple.

This matter has been spread at this time, and many shops around have already known about it, and they are all standing at the door of their own stores looking at the Xu family's store, with a touch of schadenfreude in their eyes.

Peers are enemies, and the Xu family's warehouse is unlucky, which is the most beneficial to them.

Soon, the people sent by Xu Qingfeng came back, and when they heard the report from their subordinates, Xu Qingfeng's face was ugly, and these clerks all had witnesses who could prove that they were not lying.

This made him depressed, if he was not his own person, he was the enemy of the Xu family, but in Sanyang County, there were not many people who dared to play this kind of trick with their Xu family.

A figure immediately appeared in his mind, if it was him, he would definitely have the courage and strength, but Xu Qingfeng immediately shook his head and threw this thought out.

With that guy's character, he wouldn't do this kind of thing and lose his identity in vain.

Therefore, Xu Qingfeng could only order the people below to arrange for people to guard the store to prevent people from continuing to destroy.

In the county office, hearing Zhou Cheng's story, Qi Zixiao smiled dumbly, "The Xu family ......deserves it."

He was secretly refreshed in his heart, and let the Xu family go against him, and now he finally has retribution.

He wished that the Xu family's warehouse would burn a few more.

However, he also understood that with the strength of the Xu family, it was estimated that it would be difficult for the guy who set fire to the Xu family's warehouse.

Suddenly, he felt a heat in his arms and pulled out a mirror, on which a large line appeared.

"Come on!"

Seeing this, Qi Zixiao asked people to retreat, the red light flashed, the spiritual domain unfolded, and disappeared in place in an instant.

Night's Watch Division.

Qi Zixiao suddenly appeared, standing in the courtyard, in front, Zhong Xuan, Hua Manlou, Ye Zhong and others were all there, at this time, they were all looking at him with serious faces.

"What's going on?"

Qi Zixiao walked forward, asking as he walked.

"Have you heard about the Xu family's warehouse?"

Zhong Xuan turned around, entered the lobby, stood in front of a screen, and then turned around.

"Huh? What does Xujia Warehouse have to do with us? ”

Qi Zixiao opened his mouth incomprehensibly.

"I didn't care about this at first, but then I investigated it myself and found a strange problem."

Zhong Xuan said with a solemn face, "The Xu family's warehouse was burned, but no one around noticed the abnormality, and no one even saw it, do you think that situation is reasonable?" ”

Hearing this, Qi Zixiao's heart jumped, yes, if you can burn a fire in a warehouse, at least the entire street will be alarmed, how can it be so quiet.

"Captain, you mean, this fire, there's weirdness?"

Qi Zixiao's eyes narrowed and he spoke.

"That's right, this fire is strange, although the target is directly aimed at the Xu family, but we can't be careless, we must find out the source of this fire, if it's a vendetta or commercial competition, we don't have to care, let them deal with it themselves, if there is a spirit behind it, then, we can only take action."

The others also looked solemn.

Qi Zixiao was a little incomprehensible, "Even if it's a spirit, you don't need so many people to come, can't we solve a spirit?" ”

"You don't understand, if this is a spirit, then, this spirit must be extremely terrifying, that kind of flame is not simple, I suspect, it belongs to a kind of spiritual fire, which can incinerate everything, including our spiritual power."

Zhong Xuan opened his mouth with an ugly face.