The first heavy snow after the beginning of the 25th year of Hong Xiu fell slowly on this night, and in the residential area in the south of Panlong Town, a teenager from an official school was stabbed in the back and seriously cut his lungs, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead.

When the town guard Guo You rushed to the scene when he heard the news, there were already three people present at the place where the incident occurred, namely the old monk of the dry sea, Zheng Yanji of the Emperor Jizong, and Mu Tie, the head catcher in the town.

At this time, Zhao Xifeng was lying on the ground where the knife fell, unconscious, with a black ink-colored dagger stuck in his back, because the injury was too serious, so no one dared to move his body without authorization.

Kuhai was sitting cross-legged beside Zhao Xifeng, holding Zhao Xifeng's right hand with both hands, barely maintaining a trace of vitality in Zhao Xifeng's body with a pure Buddhist cultivation.

Zheng Yanji stood next to a very ordinary ox cart next to him, looking at the inside of the cart with a solemn face.

When the two saw Guo You coming quickly, they just nodded their heads and did not speak, only saluting Mu Tie.

Guo You didn't care about anything else, he just hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master, is there anything wrong with people?" ”

Kuhai frowned and replied: "The murderer's knife is extremely vicious, if it weren't for Zhao Xiaoshi's timely response, when the old man arrived, it would have been too late, so the old man didn't come too slowly, and the murderer fled in a hurry before he had time to confirm whether he succeeded." ”

The implication is that Zhao Xifeng's life was saved.

Hearing this, Guo You breathed a sigh of relief.

Kuhai continued: "The poor monk can barely hold on for an hour, and then when Lang Zhong arrives and pulls out the dagger, trouble Mr. Zheng to use the Huangyan technique to help Zhao Xiao Shi stop the bleeding. ”

Zheng Yanji nodded silently.

Guo You looked around, not far from Zhao Xifeng, a slightly sunken indentation on the flat brick floor showed that someone had used to work with people here, and it could also be seen through the traces of Zhao Xifeng's soles that this kick that stepped out of the depression in the ground should have been created by himself, but everyone did not show too much surprise at this, and it was reasonable for the cultivation seedlings carefully selected by Tianqing Division in the land of the star tide to descend to the world, and what kind of strength broke out when their lives were at stake.

However, what is unbelievable is that there was a head-on duel between Zhao Xifeng and the murderer, and the position of the knife was actually behind the back.

Judging from the footsteps of the scene and the location of Zhao Xifeng, the empty oxcart in front of Zheng Yanji should be the direction of the insidious stab.

So the current situation is that Zhao Xifeng was almost fatally stabbed, but there was no trace of the murderer at the scene.

Guo You pondered for a long time and couldn't restore the scene at that time, so he called Mu Tie to ask if there were any other abnormalities in the town.

Mu Tie walked to Guo You's side and whispered a few words, the latter nodded slowly with a solemn expression while listening, until the name of the official Chen Mo appeared, and then he slowly frowned and asked, "You mean, Chen Mo, who was originally going to drink with his colleagues, has not disappeared until now?"

Mu Tie nodded yes.

"Check, you want to see people when you live, you want to see corpses when you die, and also check where Chen Mo has been in the past three days, who he has seen, whether there is any abnormal flow of water in the account, and then check the origin of this ox cart. ”

The leader of Mu Zhu led the order and left.

Zheng Yanji, who had been standing beside the ox cart and did not move, kept silent, and after seeing Mu Tie walking away, he said to Guo You: "Lord Guo's command is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and a small town can cross the town so quickly after the incident to feel that this place is only a tea time worse than the master and me, and the cultivation is not bad." ”

Guo You said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng misunderstood, tonight is the night shift of Mu Zhutou, maybe the incident is not far from here, he himself has never practiced." ”

Zheng Yanji nodded, and turned to the cow lane: "The perpetrator should have taken out the knife from the car, and it shouldn't be a cultivator, just an ordinary person who is proficient in killing techniques, otherwise I wouldn't be without induction, this kind of murderous knife method and style of action reminds me of an organization." ”

Guo You's face sank and asked, "Mr. Zheng is saying that he is ripe?"

"Yes, it's killing. Zheng Yanji's face was serious, for him, on the eve of the young daughter of the head of the family coming to the town to "recuperate", it was really disturbing to find that there was such a dangerous killer organization entrenched in the town.

The Killing Acquaintance Organization is the most treacherous killer organization in the Middle-earth Continent, and most of the members of the organization are hidden in the market and do not practice, so it is extremely difficult to guard against, because you don't know which of the people around you is a friend and which is a killer disguised as a friend, it may be a familiar vendor on the street on weekdays, it may be a chess friend who has met by chance, or even a husband and wife who have been together for many years, even if it is a great cultivator, it is impossible to be wary of everyone around you.

Kuhai furrowed his eyebrows, and said slowly with a solemn expression: "If it is really a killing of familiar people, then the restrictions of the old man and the academy on cultivators will not work at all, and I also ask Guo Zhenshou to arrange more government forces to ensure the safety of the people and students in the town." ”

"It's a matter of duty," Guo You nodded in response, and then walked over to the traces of Zhao Xifeng's step, leaned over to check, and said: " Looking at the dents on the ground, the strength is exposed, and the force is sufficient, it should be Xifeng and the attacker who have divided the victory and defeat, if the other party has not practiced, then it will definitely not be able to block this level of attack, the injury must not be light, it is impossible to evacuate this place before the master arrives, and it is impossible to hurt Xifeng with a dagger, the only possibility is that the killers who came are two people, I have completely blocked all the exits of the town before I came, and I must arrest and bring people to justice, and at the same time sweep away the remnants of the killing, please rest assured that the master is here. ”

Kukai nodded slightly.

The three of them had their own thoughts, and no one spoke for a while, quietly waiting for Lang Zhong to come, and at the same time there was a premonition in their hearts that the town would not be peaceful from now on.

The hour before dawn was the quietest hour in town, and there was no sound except for the occasional wild dog bark.

Li Si, as usual, came to the butcher shop at this time to take care of it and prepare for the opening.

He walked into the store, hung the ribs and hind leg meat that had not been sold yesterday on the window railing, scooped a bucket of water from the backyard water tank, and scrubbed the knives and cutting boards.

After finishing all the work, there was still half an hour before the opening, Li Si went to the back kitchen and sat on the steps in a daze, for him, yesterday's handover with Chen Mo was just a trivial matter, just like for so many years, and those who died directly or indirectly in the town in vain, just like the pork that was sold every day.

For the Kill Cult, there is no difference between human flesh and pork, it is just business.

However, today, there has been some faint uneasiness in his heart, especially when he was doing chores just now, it seems that something has been neglected.

So he went back to the front bunk and checked them one by one.

The kitchen counter with no oil stains at all, the new white cloth, the shining bone-crushing knife and boning knife, everything seems to be fine.

Wait, boning knife?!

Li Si became nervous all of a sudden, this boning knife, he had scrubbed and sharpened it thousands of times, and he could feel it with his eyes closed and in his hand, it was the one he put into Chen Mo's package yesterday! The purpose was to blame the butcher Zhang who only knew how to drink and eat meat on weekdays, his nominal boss.

And now, quietly on the knife holder, as if everything that happened yesterday was an illusion!

Li Si held the boning knife in his hand, this person trembled slightly, and quickly checked all the links in his mind, he knew that there must be a problem with one step, but he didn't know where the problem was.

At this moment, a sigh came from the originally empty back kitchen, the voice was hoarse, greasy, and even slightly obscene, as if the oil and wine lees could be smelled from the throat of the sighing man from several rooms.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Si pulled his legs and ran towards the window, at the same time, he threw the boning knife in his hand to the shop across the street, the purpose was only to make the movement bigger, if the person in the back kitchen chased the knife, he would definitely have a chance to escape, if the other party came to him, then the movement of the boning knife smashing the shop on the street would definitely attract the attention of other masters on this night of martial law in the whole town.

However, before the handle of the knife flew out of his palm, Li Si's calculations had all failed, and a fat figure somehow came to Li Si's side, pinched Li Si's neck, and let the sharp boning knife throw on his body.

With a "bang", the knife fell to the ground, and Li Si was pinched by the neck like a chicken cub and dragged back to the back kitchen, without any resistance.

Li Si, who was dragged back to the back kitchen, was casually thrown to the ground and fell half to death, but just when he tried to get up again, he found that there was still a person lying next to him, and if he looked closely, it was Chen Mo who should have been arrested by the whole town!

Li Si trembled and slowly supported his body, dazed, coughing constantly, looking at the fat and sloppy fat man in front of him, he never thought that the boss he had been using to cover his identity turned out to be a master who was deeply hidden!

However, he was not as flustered as he appeared at the moment, and the leader of the organization had told him that when people were swords and fish and meat, it was better to show panic and fear appropriately, and it was appropriate to respect the strong, so as to paralyze those arrogant cultivators.

"Boss," Li Si adjusted his posture and knelt in front of Butcher Zhang very respectfully, "Xiao Si has been blind in the past few years, and he has offended in the past few years. ”

Butcher Zhang gasped for breath, stuffed his fat ass into the poor rattan chair with difficulty, found the most comfortable position to lie down, and then squeaked and shook, without looking at Li Si.

Li Si tried his best to adjust his kneeling posture to look more humble, and said: "The person who wants to kill Zhao Xifeng is the young master of the Ma family, but from the root, it is estimated that the Beiyue Academy wants to kill people and establish authority, and the middle Xiao Si is just acting on orders, this organization does not know that the seniors are the masters of the game in the town, otherwise how dare they be disrespectful, if the seniors can let me go today, the organization must have a generous gift, and please ask the seniors to be kind." ”

In just a few sentences, Li Si clearly clarified that it was just a misunderstanding to kill people with a knife, Li Si had the support of killing behind him, and no matter whether Butcher Zhang had a relationship with Zhao Xifeng, the butcher couldn't afford to provoke anyone who wanted to kill Zhao Xifeng, as for whether the butcher would be angry and kill people directly, Li Si also reserved a way back for the former boss, after all, he never said that he would take Chen Mo with him from beginning to end.

Butcher Zhang was still swaying back and forth on the rattan chair, his fat chin shook with the shaking of the rattan chair, and after hearing Li Si's words, there was a cruel and playful smile on his face, but Li Si who was kneeling on the ground couldn't see it.