"Is there such a thing?"

After hearing the other party's words, Tianquan's expression was a little surprised, and Shangguan Beicang was the same.

Both of them entered Huo's house when they came to Dongdu, and they each had their own ideas. They didn't find out about these things that happened outside Dongdu.

Xu He glanced at the three of them, and made a decision in his heart, but he still said in a deep voice: "This matter is extraordinary, dozens of people have died, and the three of you are all strangers, so please let this arrester ask you a question."

The three looked at each other, and seeing that they were not dissatisfied, Tianquan nodded, "Brother Guancha, please ask."

Therefore, Xu He briefly questioned the origins of the three of them and the purpose of coming to Dongdu. Although the answers of the three were different, basically there was no problem.

Xu He felt that this matter had nothing to do with the three of them at the first trial, and this questioning was just a formality. After the three of them answered, he said: "I am disturbing the three of you, this matter has nothing to do with you, but please be more careful."

"Thank you, Brother Guancha."

After Tianquan clasped his fists, he wanted to continue walking, but Xu He said again: "How many people, do you want to go to the forest?"

Tianquan stopped, hesitated for a while, and nodded, only to hear Xu He ask again: "I don't know where you are going this way, if you go east to Chenggao, you can take a detour here, but it will take an extra three to five miles, and it will not hinder anything."

Xu He's words seemed to have other meanings. After Tianquan heard it, he frowned immediately, and Shangguan Beicang who was beside him also asked strangely: "Brother Guancha, you guided us to take a side road, but because there is something wrong in this forest?"

Xu He said with a serious expression: "You guys don't know yet, I just went to the forest to see the arrester. It seems that there was a vicious fight in it. The methods were so vicious that I'm afraid it was not done by righteous people."

These words made Lu Hanjiang take another look at the other party. Usually, the local yamen turned a blind eye to the affairs of the rivers and lakes. They were too lazy to take care of minor matters. Anyway, Jin Yiwei would come forward when matters were serious.

Follow the example, with the yamen's attitude, these quick catchers will naturally not be boring themselves and do the thankless things for nothing.

This Xu He is so concerned about this kind of thing, either he is upright and cannot tolerate sand in his eyes, or this person has other secrets.

Hearing these words, Tianquan was startled at the time. Before coming here, Lu Hanjiang had already said that the little girl was almost in the vicinity of this forest. Xu He's words seemed to convince him immediately that one of the vicious fights in the forest must be rich and young.

So Tianquan hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kind words, Brother Guancha, but we are all righteous knights in the world, and we are not afraid of the devil. This trip is to find out in the forest."

Xu He was not surprised by Tianquan's answer. Except for the older son behind him who was empty-handed, the other two were young, but one was holding a sword and the other was carrying a stick.

This was the reason why Xu He stopped them from interrogating them. Hearing that the other party wanted to enter the forest, he frowned, but he didn't refuse, but unexpectedly proposed to go with him.

Facing Tianquan's slightly suspicious eyes, Xu He explained: "The movement in the forest has stopped for a while. I was planning to go in and have a look. I saw you coming from a distance, so I waited a little longer."

"So that's how it is." Perhaps because of the goodwill expressed by the other party, Tianquan thought for a while, but he didn't refuse: "Then I would like to ask the elder brother of the official messenger to give me some advice."

Xu He waved his hand: "You don't have to be so polite, I'm older than you, if you don't mind, just call me Brother Xu."

"Okay." Tianquan readily agreed, and the four went to the forest together.

The few people had just stepped into the forest not far away, and they were immediately shocked by the sight in front of them. Countless trees were uprooted and lying on the ground in disarray.

This place seemed to have been ravaged by a storm, and the mess on the ground made it impossible for anyone to stay. Xu He clenched the long knife at his waist, and cautiously stepped forward step by step.

Tianquan and Shangguan Beicang followed behind each other, and carefully looked at the surrounding situation.

Only Lu Hanjiang was a little absent-minded. He raised his head and looked at the blue sky above him. Just for a moment, he seemed to hear a familiar voice.

This time was not his illusion. Soon, clear and crisp crowing resounded through the forest, and a snowy owl circled above everyone's heads, then galloped down, and landed between Lu Hanjiang's raised fingers.

This miraculous scene surprised Xu He and Tianquan, while Shangguan Beicang was envious and excited: "Brother Yue is indeed a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect. This snowy owl has excellent spiritual intelligence and is definitely not ordinary."

Shangguan Beicang's family of the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River is naturally not uncommon for flying pigeons to send letters. However, those flying pigeons usually send messages at two points and one line after training. This is the first time he has seen someone like Lu Hanjiang who can use such methods no matter where he is.

Lu Hanjiang smiled without saying a word, he untied the flying book, then raised his arm and sent the snowy owl up into the sky again, the latter hovered above his head for a while, and then went away again.

"Brother Yue, what's the news?" Tianquan asked expectantly.

After Lu Hanjiang lowered his head and read the letter, he shook his head at Tianquan and said, "It looks like I'm going to disappoint my virtuous brother, the little girl doesn't seem to be here anymore."

"That's it." Tianquan was a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up and asked, "Did Brother Yue find out, where did the little girl go?"

"The little girl was in a hurry, and my people couldn't keep up." Lu Hanjiang said, but suddenly changed the topic and said: "But the little girl must have fought someone in this forest. Let's check carefully and maybe we can find some clues."

"Brother Yue said yes." Tianquan nodded in agreement.

So the four of them continued to go deep into the forest, and soon they found a corpse on the ground. Xu He checked it immediately, and then said: "This person died less than an hour ago."

Tianquan also squatted down to examine the corpse, he frowned and said, "There is no trace of any martial arts sect on this person, could it be that he is a lone traveler?"

Soon, his idea was overturned, because after seeing four or five corpses one after another, they were all in exactly the same condition. The clothes and weapons of the other party all represented that these people came from the same place.

After walking a few steps forward, Shangguan Beicang suddenly let out an exclamation. Everyone followed the sound and saw him step back two steps in horror, pointing at the corpse in front of him and tremblingly saying: "This man——this man's face!"

Everyone looked at the face, which was covered in blood and flesh, and what was even more frightening was that another "face" fell from the man's chest.

Seeing this scene, Xu He's breathing suddenly became much heavier, and he said to himself in a concentrated voice: "It's Wu Ying!"

This name caught Lu Hanjiang's attention. It turned out that Xu He came here to investigate this person.

Xu He didn't explain anything to the three of them. He inspected the body carefully, and then put away the human skin mask. After that, Tianquan and the others found no other clues.

Just as the group of people left, outside the forest, an anxious policeman saw them appear and immediately went up to meet them.

"Xu Tou!" The arrester said nervously, "Something has happened! Lin and Liu Fang's three families in the city were attacked by unknown masters, causing heavy casualties. Right now, the county magistrate is urgently calling you back to investigate this matter!"

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