Jiaohua

Chapter 609
The elder brother of the deceased had been with the innkeeper and the clerk since they pushed the cart out of town.

Xia Zhaoyi followed further behind.

When the elder brother dug up the covered soil, Xia Zhaoyi's gaze was on his wrist and lower body.

He is a martial artist, and his kung fu foundation is quite good.

But it's really hard to tell who it is, Guo Yu's, Shen Lie's, or other forces lurking in Fushang County.

Now Xia Zhaoyi called the innkeeper and the clerk, and the four of them hid in the dark, watching the brother finish digging the soil, and wanted to drag the body away.

But the body of a dead person is not so easy to drag, it is heavy, nearly two hundred catties, even if the elder brother's arms are as big as a bowl, it is still difficult to drag.

The shopkeeper was in a hurry, and wanted to go up to pull it, but was stopped by Xia Zhaoyi.

So, they just watched helplessly as the elder brother put the head in the burden, pinned it to his waist, put the headless body in half a sack, carried it on his shoulder, and walked away quickly.

"Hey, what can I do!" the man said anxiously.

"If someone from the government asks, you tell the truth. If you don't ask, you don't know anything." Xia Zhaoyi said.

After finishing speaking, she was about to leave, but when she turned around, she turned her head and looked at the redness on the shopkeeper's cheek.

The shopkeeper blinked his eyes, and raised his hands to cover his face uncomfortably.

Xia Zhaoyi pursed her lips, turned and left.

The elder brother carried the corpse on his back and tried his best to walk through the deserted woods.

Xia Zhaoyi followed quietly, about half an hour later, his elder brother entered a dilapidated temple.

Then Xia Zhaoyi watched him go looking for firewood, as if he was going to cremate the corpse.

While his elder brother was chopping firewood to look for wood, Xia Zhaoyi found a tall tree outside the temple and sat down, his eyes fell on the corpse covered in sacks in the temple.

Last night it was the soldiers and horses dispatched by the imperial guards themselves, and these imperial guards could not possibly be the relatives of Song Zhiyi who were far away in Jingzhao.

Songzhou, Xiongchi, Anjiang, and Guangzai, in these four places, there is only one person who also has the imperial guards, and that is Xunping Wang Jinhongkang who Song Zhiyi gave absolute privileges to.

The purpose of this sudden raid is very clear, if it is to deal with other forces, that's all, but if it is aimed at Shen Lie, it may have something to do with Guo Yu.

Of course, just guessing.

According to the itinerary, Shen Lie should arrive today, but right now the city is in chaos, I don't know what will happen to Shen Lie.

However, she can try her luck and go to a place to sit and wait.

Originally, he wanted to bring in this elder brother to help, but Xia Zhaoyi thought it was better to leave him alone and let him grieve alone because of his grief-stricken appearance.

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The chaos in the city lasted until the afternoon, and longer outside the city.

It was already dusk when Shen Lie rode his horse over from the mountains in the north. He went straight to Fushang County, and when he passed several villages, he realized something was wrong from a distance, so he reined in his horse and stopped.

It was so quiet, surprisingly quiet.

It was the busy season of farming, but no farmer was seen, and there were only a few sporadic fishing boats returning late on the river.

He didn't go there again, and after dismounting from his horse, he stood guard on the shore, waiting for the fishermen carrying the fish reels to disembark, and he stepped forward to inquire.

Because of the armor of a soldier, several fishermen were not suspicious, and told them all, some even added more details, and some asked him if he knew.

Shen Lie shook his head, thanked in a deep voice, got on his horse and left. On the country road at the other end of the village, he stopped and looked at Fushang County at the end of the sky.

When he was young and unprepared, he used Guo Yu's Tao and almost lost his life. So this time, he was extremely cautious and imagined all the means that Guo Yu might use, including the current one. Unexpected raid.

But he never expected that Du Xuan would be separated from him, and came to Fushang County one step ahead of time.

I don't know if Du Xuan is just staying in the city, if so, it will be difficult now.

Shen Lie looked up at the dusky sky, and now he could only endure it until it was completely dark before entering the city.

Except for Shen Lie, there were many people who were looking forward to the dark with him at the same time, some inside the city and some outside the city.

Although the city was in chaos for a day and a night, the order that should exist would not change. When the hour came, the lanterns on both sides of the street were still lit up, illuminating the empty and quiet long street.

On the small square at the entrance of Dongxie Street, those corpses who died in vain were neatly lined up.

There were still many officers and soldiers nearby, and several small officials carrying out the autopsy held lanterns and were still examining each one.

There are three painters who have been painting all day. If the painting is not good, it has to be torn up and painted again.

But facing several corpses with different heads, no matter how many times one looks at the head, one will tremble with fear.

The cooling evening wind blows in, the corners of the drawing paper take off, and the paperweight is found to press it, but it is still blown up.

A finished painting flew out suddenly, an artist exclaimed for someone to pick it up, and the soldiers beside him looked on indifferently, indifferently.

The painter had no choice but to put down his pen to chase, and finally picked up the painting in the corner. He looked up for a moment and saw a pair of eyes at the corner, fierce as a wolf.

He subconsciously wanted to make a sound, and the eyes disappeared very quickly.

The artist was stunned, wondering if it was an illusion caused by painting for a whole day.

He picked up the drawing paper and turned around, ready to go back, when a sharp ax came from behind.

A cold chill suddenly rose, and the painter didn't even have time to turn around, the sharp ax pierced into the back of his head.

The moment he fell to the ground, the painter was still in a daze, he even forgot to let out a miserable cry, and his eyes fell on the portrait of the dead man he was holding tightly in his hand, and soon he became a dead man too.

"who!"

"Something happened over there!"

The soldiers quickly realized that something was wrong, and a dozen men rushed forward with spears.

One person checked the painter, and he was dead.

After discussing with others, the two carried the painter's body back and threw it in the third row of the square.

More and more people were chasing them, soldiers and horses were galloping, quickly assembled and dispatched, and the people along the street dared not show their atmosphere, and did not even dare to wonder what happened outside.

Xia Zhaoyi covered his face and squatted beside the cornice of the prison roof.

Hearing movement in the distance, she looked up.

The moonlight was particularly good tonight, and the visibility was very clear. She frowned slightly when she saw the soldiers running around with torches.

It shouldn't be Shen Lie...

As soon as this idea came up, he heard a muffled groan from below.

Xia Zhaoyi immediately turned his head and was taken aback for a moment. A man in black knocked down another man in black.

She went back and hid quickly.

At the same time, with a "whoosh", an arrow shot towards the corner where she was hiding.

There was no way to dodge such a fast arrow, but fortunately, the place where she was hiding was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the arrows shot up from below by the opponent were not accurate enough.

She rolled over and rolled to the other side.

Another arrow was shot, Xia Zhaoyi hid it quickly, then slowed down, she suddenly went down from the other side, dodged to the opponent's side at the fastest speed, and raised her hand to remove the opponent's crossbow.

　Thank you for the reward of the dynamic cat, thank you for the reward! (′‵)I L

　　
　
(End of this chapter)