In times of famine and chaos, human life is like grass and mustard, and death from hunger and disease often occurs, and it is not uncommon to find corpses on the road. Ximen Tong not only ordered the team to stop, but also specially sent his disciples to find Hua Bushi to investigate, presumably the corpse found must be a little unusual.

Ximen Tong and Li Hu had already arrived at the front of the team, and there were several "Evil Dog Gate" disciples standing on the side, and the corpses were scattered on the side of the road, and there were as many as sixteen. Judging from the clothes and appearance of the corpses, they were indeed homeless.

Seeing Hua Bushi's arrival, Ximen Tong, Li Hu and a group of disciples all bowed their hands, the eldest young master waved his hand slightly, but his eyes fell on the corpse next to the road, and after a while, he said, "Li Hu, what do you see?"

Li Hu said: "The corpses have been examined, they are all just ordinary homeless, killed by the sword, about two hours ago, when the sun just came out. ”

Hua Bushi said: "What else?"

Li Hu said: "The killer's swordsmanship is not weak, they are all fatal with one sword, there are about five or six people." ”

Hua Bushi frowned and said, "Five or six?"

Li Hu pondered for a moment and said, "There should be six people, but there are only five murderers, and one person has not made a move." ”

Hua Bushi said: "How can you see it?"

Li Hu said: "The sword wounds on the bodies of the sixteen people were stabbed by five swords. From the position where these people fell to the ground, it can be seen that they had been forced to the side of the road before they were killed, but they did not dare to flee from the side, there must be another person in that direction, and this ** appearance is vicious, so that they feel afraid and dare not approach. ”

Hua Bushi shook his head, took a deep breath and said, "Is it possible to find any clues from the footprints on the ground?"

Li Hu said: "The traces on the road are already messy, and the footprints that the murderer deliberately swept away when he left are not visible, but I only know that they left on horseback." ”

"Could it be the underworld strongmen along the way who looted and killed people?" said Yang Jiangyi.

Hua Bushi shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." The murderer is not weak in martial arts, and if he is a person in the underworld, he must be an extraordinary minion. These homeless people know that they have nothing to do at a glance, so why should the masters of the underworld rob them?"

Yang Jiangyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Then who is going to kill these innocent homeless people for no reason?"

Today, there are thousands of homeless people in Hubei, who are as humble as ants, and are not protected by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. More than a dozen homeless people died on the road, and even if they reported to the official yamen, they were afraid that no one would pay attention to them. So to kill them, there was no need to even cover up the traces.

However, it was five sword-wielding slain who killed the sixteen exiles, and after the killing, they swept away their footprints very carefully, apparently not wanting to be found out, but why?

For a while, Hua Bushi couldn't guess the reason, and after a long time, he sighed lightly and said, "Bury them all! ”

A large pit was dug on the side of the road, and 16 bodies were put into the pit and buried with soil.

These homeless people died here, their names and surnames are unknown, and they do not know where they came from, where their hometown is, and whether they have relatives and friends, they are buried in a big pit, and they will disappear forever in this world. However, there is the so-called "peace in the ground", and in today's troubled times, perhaps only death is the end of their suffering.

The team continued on its way, and after several miles, it came across a second group of corpses.

This time, there were eight corpses, also homeless people who had no power to resist, and they were also killed by the sword and fell on the side of the road. The time of the murder was also an hour or two ago, and the footprints at the scene were also swept away, leaving no traces.

On the side of the official road in the next twenty miles, similar corpses were encountered in eight batches, and each group of displaced people who were killed ranged from a few to a dozen, a total of 113 people.

The news of the discovery of the body had reached the ears of the homeless people who followed the group, and many began to panic, fearing that the fate of being killed would befall them. Murderers are more terrible than robbers, and some of them have begun to hesitate to move forward or return to the town of Ganlin, which has made the movement of the homeless people even slower.

Seeing the eighth batch of corpses being buried, Yang Jiangyi's face was pale, and her beautiful eyes were already full of anger. Each time a group of corpses was found, the anger in her heart increased.

"Who the hell did it! These homeless people are unarmed, they are all poor people, and Weishenme wants to kill them!"

Hua Bushi still looked as usual, but his eyes became much deeper, and said: "Sister, don't be angry, although we don't know the reason why these homeless people were killed now, we must be able to find out in the end." If I could, I would get justice for them!"

He looked at the official road in front of him, and said, "Strengthen your vigilance when you march and send scouts to the front of the team to explore the way!"

The bodies found in Zuihou died just an hour ago, which shows that those who killed people were on the official road not far ahead. It is not impossible for Jane to catch up if he is light, but now that the back of the team is dragging thousands of displaced people who need protection, the speed of progress is really not fast.

"Master, let me ride a fast horse first, or I may be able to catch up with these guys who are killing people all the way!" Hitomi Ximen asked.

Hua Bushi pondered for a while, and then said: "It's okay, you take fifty Thunderbolt Camp disciples with you, be careful not to fall into an ambush, and if you encounter a strong enemy, you will send a fireworks signal." ”

"Master, don't worry!" replied the beautiful young man in black.

When the order came, fifty disciples of the Perak camp rode out on horseback and left under the leadership of Heimen Hitomi, while the large group of men and horses and dart carts still walked slowly along the official road.

Ximen Hitomi's fifty horsemen actually didn't go far, just because after only running five miles, they found the ninth batch of corpses, and this time the situation was completely different from the previous eight batches.

The location of the ninth batch of corpses was found in a valley called "Qifanggang". The official road winds through the valley, and on both sides are stone cliffs more than ten zhang high, this kind of valley is not uncommon in the mountainous and hilly areas of the Hubei border, but it is a very favorable terrain for ambushes and raids.

A total of twenty-six corpses were killed this time, and their identities were not homeless, but people from the Jianghu sect.

These people knew all of them, just because they had met in Ganlin Town not long ago, it was the "Phoenix Wings Sanying" and the twenty-two disciples under the sect, and the corpse of Qi Yuanhao, the elder of the "Luohan Gate", was also among them!

As soon as you get out of the Qifanggang Valley, there is a fork in the road, and the horseshoe marks on the road have all been swept away, and it is no longer possible to track them, so Ximen Hitomi only sent someone to report and waited in the valley for the arrival of the team.

When Hua Bushi, Yang Jiangyi, and Li Hu arrived, the corpses in the valley did not move, and they still remained their original appearance.

And this time Hua Bushi did not ask, but came to the front in person and carefully inspected the twenty-six corpses, especially in front of Qi Yuanhao's corpse, the eldest young master repeatedly checked for a long time, with a very solemn look on his face.

"All killed by blunt weapons?" said Li Hu as he examined the corpse and twisted his eyebrows.

Unlike the fatal wounds of the previous outcasts, these corpses were all broken bones and tendons, flesh and blood were blurred, either the skulls were shattered, or the chest cavity was sunken, and the death was extremely miserable. Generally speaking, this is only the case when hit by a blunt instrument with great force, such as a hammer or steel pestle.

Hua Bushi shook his head and said, "No." Although blunt force injuries can also break flesh and bones, they will not shed so much blood, and the injuries of these people not only damage the flesh and bones, but even the blood veins are completely broken and exploded, which should be caused by the force of the palm. ”

Although palm power killing will also leave blunt wounds similar to a hammer, the palm power of the master contains internal force, and when it hits the target, the true qi hits the body, and it can immediately break the opponent's meridians, but it is different from ordinary blunt weapons.

Ximen Hitomi stretched out his hand and pulled out a steel blade in the crack in the stone next to him, but it was a half-cut steel knife that was shattered.

In Ganlin Town, Hua Bushi has already handed over the weapons of the "Fengling Gang", and this knife must have been made by someone they have found in the past two days. Ximen Hitomi looked at the broken spot on the blade and said, "If you kill people with your palm, this person's palm power is really not weak. ”

Hua Bushi said: "Isn't it weak, I've never seen anyone with stronger palm power than him!"

This eldest young master is not a shallow person, and he has seen a lot of masters who are good at using his palm. Zhu Hong's "Shaking Mountain Palm" is already fierce and incomparable, as well as Huo Sanwen's "Dragon Swallowing Palm" in "Nine Dragons", Xiong Bailing's "Shocking Bear Palm", and even the "Cold Ice Palm" of the flower-robed man Qiu Hengbo, all of which are powerful enough to open mountains and crack stones.

Could it be that none of these people can compare to this murderer?

Li Hu couldn't help but say, "Boss Stone, will you estimate that killer too strongly?"

Hua Bushi didn't answer, just looked around, and said: "This person must be the one who has not made a move before among the six people, those homeless people are not worthy of his action, he killed Qi Yuanhao first, and then killed the Guan family brothers and the disciples of the 'Phoenix Wing Gang', the twenty-six people here, all died at his hands." ”

He pointed to Qi Yuanhao's corpse with his hand and said: "Qi Yuanhao is the junior brother of Fang Changsheng, the 'boxing king of the six provinces'. Not only did the murderer shatter all the flesh and bones on his hands with one palm, but even the steel ring on his thumb was broken, and the strength penetrated his heart to death, I really can't think of anyone in the rivers and lakes who can have such ability. ”

Li Hu approached and reached out to grab the arm of Qi Yuanhao's body to check, but as soon as he touched it, Qi Yuanhao's entire upper arm shattered with a "poof", and in an instant, the muscles, bones, skin and flesh on the arm completely turned into powder!

The swarthy steel ring also fell to the ground, breaking in half!