Outside the originally quiet southern city, it has become noisy again at this moment.

The entrances of several major roads have been surrounded by all the officers and soldiers of the government who have been temporarily transferred, and they are not allowed to enter or leave, and the formation is extremely solemn.

There seemed to be a strange smell in the air, and Luo Bei sniffed it gently, and it felt familiar.

After passing through the temporary checkpoint, I really stepped into the ground of the southern city, the rain marks had not dried, it was still wet, and the horseshoe prints on the street leading to the village were still there, but they had been trampled on by some footprints.

The further he walked in, the more ugly Zhao Jin's face became, after all, compared to the other people, the smell and tragic scene in the air here were the most difficult for him to accept.

When Luo Bei looked at him, he could feel that he must be very uncomfortable at the moment, but Zhao Ying was still the same as before, his eyes were firm, and he was trying to endure it.

"Most of the people living in this southern city are fishermen, and they make a living by fishing on the river all year round, but why are there so many horseshoe prints here?" Yu Han was the first to notice the abnormality of the horseshoe prints under his feet, so he immediately mentioned it.

Han Shizhong leaned down his slightly chubby body, squatted on the ground, looked at it seriously for a moment, and then stood up and looked around, his expression becoming very serious.

"How is this possible?"

He was a little strange, Yu Han knew that Han Shizhong had been fighting on the battlefield for half his life, and he must be extremely familiar with the creature of horses, and there were so many horse hoof prints under his feet, there must be some doubts in it, if there were, then Han Shizhong would definitely be able to find some traces.

"Uncle Han, is there something wrong?" Zhao Ying exhaled vigorously, calmed down slightly, and asked.

Han Shizhong nodded and analyzed: "Judging from the horseshoe prints, it is at least a horse team, but it is impossible for any horse team near Lin'an to have such a scale except for the Acropolis Division in the city, and without the Holy Decree, the Acropolis Division will not and cannot leave half a step without permission, could it be bandits from other places?"

"But if the bandits are out for most money, and there is not even a decent family here except for the poor fishermen, how can they choose this place to come and plunder?" Zhao Ying doubted.

"It's a pity that these horseshoe prints have been mixed with the footprints, and the damage is a bit serious, otherwise you can see the direction of the horse team's travel, from here to enter the village or leave?" Yu Han said as he looked into the village.

"I wonder where the end of this street is?"

"I've asked, go in from here, go past the village and you'll be to the river, and there's nothing else!" Han Shizhong said.

Yu Han thought about it, shook his head a little helplessly, and said: "It's really strange, since this place has nothing to do with gold, silver, and money, then robbers can be ruled out from looting, and robbers for money, most of them don't act like this, killing people and cutting off their heads, where is the problem in the middle......

"I think otherwise, I'll go with Marshal Han to see the situation of the corpse, Brother Luobei, you will accompany Zhao ...... Childe walked around together to see if there was anything else to discover?" Yu Han deliberately looked at Luo Bei, and then said.

Zhao Ying knew that Yu Han said this completely out of good intentions, he was the only one among them who was too sensitive to corpses and blood, it was said that there were too many corpses left here, and all the heads of men, women and children were cut off, the scene must be extremely tragic, so he had to say gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Yu......"

"Then the safety of Zhao Gongzi will be handed over to you, Brother Luobei!" Yu Han smiled at Luobei.

Luo Bei nodded, the black shop was doxxed, and he got the antidote to the fairy soup from Boss Liu

, After he drank it, he had recovered his internal strength, but unfortunately for the buyer to be traded, Boss Liu and the proprietress didn't know much, just sent people over according to the agreed place, and naturally someone would send money at that time, things like them have always been extremely secretive, but one thing is certain, that is, the person behind must be hand and eye, otherwise he would not dare to do this kind of thing in the capital.

Boss Liu and the fat proprietress were put on death row, and the black shop case was also known to be put on hold for the time being.

"Don't worry!" Luo Bei knew that Yu Han and Han Shizhong were only cautious about Zhao Jin's safety, so he said seriously.

Han Shizhong and Yu Han called two officials to walk in along the narrow street from the entrance of the village, and Zhao Ying looked at their backs worriedly.

"Let's go to the front and have a look......" Luo Bei raised his voice and said to Zhao Jin.

They met in danger, and Luo Bei didn't know much about the affairs of the imperial court, so he still kept his original title, and Zhao Ying didn't seem to care much about his current subtle identity.

The two of them walked along the muddy path, and it didn't take long to see the river, which seemed to have risen a lot after the heavy rain, completely submerging the land that had been exposed on the riverside.

There are also many boats moored along the river, and the river is constantly beating and undulating.

These boats, large and small, were originally used by the fishermen in the village to survive, but unfortunately now the people are dead, and the boats can only stay on the river, and have become dead boats that have lost their vitality.

"These boats were originally supposed to sail on the river, but unfortunately now they ......," Zhao Ying sighed unconsciously as he looked at the countless small boats undulating on the river.

"Human life in this world seems to be becoming less and less valuable!" Luo Bei shook his head, recalling the tragic scenes on the battlefield.

As the two of them walked forward, they carefully looked at the countless horseshoe prints under their feet, although they were washed away by the rain overnight, they still left clear traces.

Luo Bei squatted down and touched the marks left by the horse's hooves in the dirt with his hand, those arc-shaped marks seemed to come from in front of them, and then ran towards the village, but although there were many of these horseshoe prints in front of him, the rows were very neat, and they looked like straight lines horizontally.

"How can these horseshoe prints be so neat?" Luo Bei wondered.

Zhao Ying also looked at those marks seriously, and the worry between his eyebrows became heavier.

"It doesn't look like an ordinary bandit, but if it's not a bandit, then ......" Zhao Ying seemed to realize something, and when he looked at Luobei, Luobei was also looking at him.

As if taking a breath of cool air, they both knew that this matter was very important, so they didn't dare to think about it anymore, because once something went wrong, the consequences would not be what they could imagine.

Unconsciously, the two of them walked along the horseshoe prints on the road to the river, but at this time, the marks disappeared completely, and it looked as if they had been swallowed by the rolling river.

"How come the horseshoe prints are no longer here?" Zhao Ying looked at the vast river and said strangely.

Luo Bei thought about the strange scene in front of him, everything seemed to come too suddenly, and he left suddenly, leaving traces, but it made people feel incredible.

"It was heavy rain last night, and the river has never been calm, if they go ashore by boat, it will definitely be a dead life!"

"Besides, if you have to transport horses, wouldn't that require a large fleet?"

Luo Bei naturally couldn't figure out the key point, at this time he saw the temple not far away, standing between the village and the riverside, the style looked very distinct compared to the low houses in the village, and he found it in the horse team

In addition to the footprints running towards the village, there were actually two footprints in the direction of the temple.

"It's better to go over there first, and then discuss it after meeting with Han Lao and them!" Luo Bei said.

Zhao Ying nodded, and the two of them came to the door of the temple together, and the rain washed out small ditches of different depths in front of the door, glowing with white and crystal fine sand particles, and a few earthworms were slowly wriggling on them.

Zhao Ying had never seen this kind of thing, and was startled when he suddenly lowered his head, thinking it was a snake or something, but Luobei, when he was still in Qixia Village, there was often this kind of thing on the edge of the field, except that the purple-red body was indeed a little disgusting when it wriggled up, but in fact, it was not offensive to people.

The temple outside the village has no door, and there is no one to guard here, but there is no shortage of things such as offerings and incense because there is no one to operate, after all, this is the god that the fishermen of the whole village have to worship, and almost everyone of them is particularly devout to the gods in the temple, so not only is there no less worship here, but it is prosperous.

Walking into the temple gate, the ground inside is as clean as ever, and there is even very little dust, which is obviously often cleaned.

Looking at the huge bronze statue, the body of the god is hideous and mighty, one of them is holding a wide and large giant sword, and the other hand is holding a long black snake, the god glared angrily, and it looked like it was almost about to tear the black snake in half.

This statue of the deity is not common, and most temples in the world today enshrine one of the three gods of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and some places have lived by the sea for generations, worshipping the guardian gods of folklore such as Mazu and the Queen of Heaven.

When Luo Bei stared at the statue, Zhao Ying found that only one of the three futons originally placed side by side had been moved, and when he opened it, it was actually dry firewood that had been extinguished.

He squatted down and looked at it carefully for a moment, and said to Luo Bei: "Luo Bei, come and see, the firewood ash here should be not long ago, and the one curled up next to it seems to be sweet potato skin!"

Luo Bei then took his eyes off the statue, he pinched a small pinch of firewood ash with his hand, and looked at the futon covering it, it was obvious that someone deliberately pressed the futon hard, in order to probably try to extinguish the fire that had not been completely extinguished, and those sweet potato skins that had been dried were blackened on the outside, which meant that they were burned or roasted with fire.

"It seems that someone came here last night, and they came in before the rain, otherwise there would not be even a trace of mud on the ground, and the person hiding in the temple deliberately used a futon to crush the ashes, obviously not because he was leaving at dawn, but because he met someone or something, and he didn't want to be discovered!" Luo Bei said while thinking, and suddenly realized how he became a little similar to Cheng Min.

Zhao Jin's eyes lit up and said, "Does that mean that it is likely that someone was hiding in the temple when the tragedy happened last night, and he knew what was going to happen outside?"

Luo Bei nodded and said: "I think it is very likely, I heard that the case was originally known about the Lin'an Mansion, and it was said that a government official saw a bloody dress in front of the gate of the palace at dawn, if that is the case, the person who sent the bloody clothes is likely to be the person who hid in the temple last night!"

Zhao Ying nodded slowly and recalled: "I saw that bloody clothes in front of the emperor, the clothes are very ordinary and even some shabby linen texture, there are a lot of blood stains on it, and there is a blood-red Nanzi in the middle of the clothes, at that time, everyone was guessing what the meaning of this Nanzi was, and later someone found out about the Nancheng tragedy!"

"In this case, if you want to know what happened last night, finding the person who sent the bloody clothes is probably the key!"

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