A group of onlookers outside the Yunlin Inn were chatting with each other, if it weren't for the red-armored soldiers with guns to stop them, they would have crowded into the inn and seen for themselves.

"I mean, what the hell is going on here?"

"Alas, my second uncle's nephew is working here, and I heard that there seems to be a master fighting just now. ”

"That's it, you didn't see it with your own eyes, those old men who show off their martial arts on weekdays are running for their lives like water dogs. ”

"Hahaha, their hearts are all black, today God has eyes, I really wish that this Yunlin Inn would collapse now, and crush all the old men to death!"

The people gossiped, had different opinions, pointed and pointed there, and whispered to their ears, and even some people were resentful in their hearts, and they didn't stone these big businessmen to death, and secretly said in their hearts that it was a pity.

In the inn, a general wearing a cloak was holding the long knife at his waist with one hand, looking at the soldiers searching around, only to see a red-armored soldier with a gun hurriedly running down the building, coming to the general and holding his fist:

"My lord, traces of a fight were found on the third floor. ”

The general's face was solemn, and then he waved his hand and said in a deep voice:

"Let's go, let's see!"

When I came to the third floor, I saw a mess, the floor of the entire corridor was lifted in half, and the wooden beams that were supported by the Dao Dao were exposed, and everyone had to step on the wooden beams and carefully probe forward.

When I came to a guest room, I saw that the door of this room was gone, and on the opposite side of the guest room was the wall of the corridor, but at this time there was a large hole half a person high, and the general came to the cave, stretched out his hand and stroked the uneven edge of the wood slag, and his eyes gradually became solemn.

He is also a martial artist with cultivation, and he is in the realm of ordinary third-rate, his eyes slowly leave from the hole, and the general carefully examines the corridor that seems to have been hit by a strong wind, and he can't help but be secretly frightened.

"My lord, two bloody clothes were found here!"

His thoughts were instantly pulled back, and the general walked quickly to the oncoming guest room, and saw two blood-stained clothes scattered in the corner of the room.

Pulling out the long knife at his waist, fiddling with the sword, and after carefully observing it for a while, the general's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the bloody clothes, and muttered in his mouth:

"Two bloody clothes, looking at the style are men's clothes, two of them are injured, the owner of this cyan bloody clothes, the injury should be slightly lighter, but look at the black bloody clothes, the chest has been completely broken, and the injury must be quite serious. ”

Thinking of this, the general waved his hand, and a soldier immediately bowed forward.

"You go and check with the innkeeper, who lives on the third floor, there are some big people living here, this matter can't be sloppy, you know!?"

"Yes!"

And he saw the soldier bow down and take the command.

Baiyue County Guard, at this time in the antique study of Hongtian, Hongtian and Dongyuan sat cross-legged, there is a chess game between the two, the former holds a white child, the latter holds a black child, watching the trend of the chessboard, the white child is like a mountain, steady like Yue, step by step, see the black boy move dangerous chess, the chess goes to the wind, it seems to be out of order, but it hides a mystery, murderous atmosphere.

The incense with peace of mind turned into a white mist, floating in the air, and after half a pillar of incense, Hong tilted down a white child, and saw him laugh softly:

"My game of chess has become a general trend, and within ten moves, you will definitely lose. ”

put the sunspot in his hand back into the chess box, and Dongyuan immediately complimented:

"The father-in-law's chess skills have reached the pinnacle, and Dongyuan has never won against the father-in-law since he was a child, and he is always a bad move. ”

Hongtian slowly stroked his beard, which was already a little gray, and his eyes were full of relief:

"Dongyuan, your chess skills are indeed quite profound, even if you go to the court as an official, you can also mix the position of a big chess player, that is a four-grade official rank, although there is no real power, but you can end up idle, don't you love to chant poetry on weekdays, right, this is a good choice." ”

looked at Hongtian as if he was planning for himself, but in Dongyuan's eyes, he was just pretentious, and scolded secretly in his heart:

"Old fox, what's for my good, but you just want to send me away first, I'm afraid that in the future, I will compete with your other wretched sons for the position of the county guard, old man Hong, I Dongyuan will not fight with your son, but with you!"

His mind flowed, but with the depth of Dongyuan's city, his face did not change, but he pinched it with his hands, and saw that his eyes showed a serious groan, as if he really listened to Hongtian's suggestion, and then nodded lightly:

"That's fine, but now the wind and rain in the middle of the court, our Hong family is also facing death, now it is the time to employ people, Dongyuan can never leave, and after the situation calms down, everything in Dongyuan will listen to the arrangement of the father-in-law. ”

"Good, good!"

Hongtian laughed and praised, he liked this righteous son's attitude of obeying his words the most, whether it was pretending or really from the heart, Hongtian didn't value these, as long as Dongyuan could understand the current affairs, the father-son relationship between the two would naturally be able to maintain it steadily.

"Knock knock~"

There was a knock on the door, and while Hong Tian was cleaning up the chess pieces on the chessboard, he said calmly:

"Come in. ”

The door of the study was pushed open, and the housekeeper, who was usually in charge of the affairs of the house, bowed to Hong:

"My lord, Commander Liu has something to report, saying that in the Yunlin Inn, there was a fight between warriors, and he is now waiting in the council hall. ”

Hearing this, Hongtian couldn't help frowning:

"Yunlin Inn?"

"Father-in-law, this matter is not a child's play, the people who live in the Yunlin Inn are all businessmen and wealthy people who come to Baiyue County to do business, and there are some officials who go out, if their safety goes wrong, we will also be implicated, besides, the development of the waterway routes in Baiyue County depends on the support of these caravans, if their safety is threatened in Baiyue County, it will definitely affect the transportation of waterways. ”

Dongyuan's expression was serious, and he said his analysis.

What Dongyuan said was indeed reasonable, Hongtian put down the chess pieces in his hand, then stood up and said in a deep voice:

"Let's go, let's go to the council hall!"

Hongtian and Dongyuan came to the meeting hall, Commander Liu was already waiting here, the two sat on the main seat, and then Hongtian slowly spoke:

"Commander Liu, what the hell is going on. ”

Commander Liu clasped his hands into fists, and then reported the situation of the investigation truthfully in every detail:

"Lord Hui, at about noon today, there was a martial arts fight incident at the Yunlin Inn, according to the investigation, the two sides of the fight are strong, and the specific cultivation is unknown, but at least above the first second-rate. ”

"In addition, in a first-class guest room called Willow Leaf Bamboo Forest, two bloodstained clothes were found, according to Xiao Er's account, the people who stayed in this room were a group of four, because the appearance of these four people was very special, so this Xiao Er was very impressed with them. ”

In addition, it has been ascertained that a luxury carriage and horses were parked outside the inn at that time, which were Xiao Yueming's mounts, Xiao Er said that Xiao Yueming had gone upstairs to look for Su Rong at that time, and Su Rong happened to live on the third floor, and the last general dared to speculate that because it was Xiao Yueming and Su Rong, there was a fight with the four people, and the two bloody clothes in the room should have been left by the two of them. ”

As soon as he heard that this matter was related to Xiao Yueming, Hongtian couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, the current situation was already precarious, but who knew that the disaster was not a one-way street, and there was a troublesome thing about Yunlin Inn.

Hearing this, Dongyuan pondered:

"Maybe Xiao Yueming and the other party have some Liangzi, they happened to meet at the Yunlin Inn, and there was a fight. ”

Hongtian nodded slowly, and then commanded towards Dongyuan:

"Go and invite Granny Long and let her old man listen, maybe she knows the specific identities of these four people. ”

Dongyuan immediately saluted and took the order.

After a while, I saw Dongyuan following behind Granny Long and slowly walked into the meeting hall.

Seeing Granny Long coming, Hong Tian hurriedly got up and saluted, and after Granny Long nodded, he sat back on the wooden chair.

Granny Long was still dressed in a red dress, and when she saw her sitting beside Hongtian, gently turning the dragon head crutch in her hand, her voice was a little old:

"On the way here, the Dongyuan kid has already told me the general situation, first tell the appearance characteristics of the four people and the old body, maybe you can find some clues. ”

After Hongtian signaled, Commander Liu immediately spoke:

According to Xiao Er's recollections, the four of them were three men and one woman, the woman was outstanding, charming and moving, and there was a sturdy man dressed in reckless clothes, and a middle-aged scholar with a folding fan in his hand, and the last one was a man with a strong body, carrying two big axes on his back and a scar on his face. ”

After listening to Commander Liu's description, Granny Long's face became a little ugly, and seeing that Granny Long had not spoken for a long time, Hong Tian asked suspiciously:

"Granny Long, do you recognize these four people?"

Nodding slowly, Granny Long smiled helplessly:

"Unexpectedly, the four of them also came, the news of the birth of this ancient city, the temptation is really terrifying, in addition to the giants of the six major factions of the Daomen, such as the leading giants of martial arts, some of the bulls, ghosts, gods and snakes on the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that thirty percent of them have been attracted. ”

Hongtian is also quite touched by this, the warriors who have recently entered the city of Baiyue County have obviously increased several times more than usual, so many powerful Jianghu people are entrenched in Baiyue County, Hongtian does not dare to hold on, he has long ordered his soldiers to be strictly prepared all day long, and respond to emergencies in time, otherwise after Xiao Yueming and Feihu fight, the soldiers will not be able to rush to the inn so quickly.

"That's right, what kind of ancient city secret realm, it's really a tumor, although this county guard is not a person from the rivers and lakes, but he can also imagine that after the treasures in the ancient city appear, there will definitely be a bloody storm in this martial arts." ”

When Hong Tian was young, he also practiced some relatively superficial exercises, but not to fight the enemy, just to strengthen the body, and he also knew how terrifying the attraction of advanced exercises was to martial artists.