The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 73 Tracking (Today's fifth update)
"Tsk, the Overlord of Xianqiao Mountain, the Sky-Keeping Tiger of Chenghua Village, and the Wind-Chasing Sword of Dongshan Mansion, Xin Chen, are all characters whose names can be called out."

Fang Xun was amazed as he looked at the faces of the arrestees lined up in front of him.

Among the five black-clothed men with innate meridians, four are big brothers who roam the mountains and forests on the Green Forest Road, and the other one, although not a bandit on the Green Forest List, is also a master with a certain reputation.

And those black-clothed men in the acquired realm are all bandits.

Looking at the five mysterious account books lined up on the ground, Fang Xun and Zhang Feng immediately understood and looked at Zhao Feiyan with meaningful expressions.

"Ms. Zhao, I didn't expect that your Zhao family would also be silenced by the organization behind the mysterious account book."

When Zhao Feiyan saw the account book, her face turned pale, as if she couldn't believe it.

The case of the mysterious account book is now known to almost everyone. Even the rebellious Tianli Sect is involved in the mysterious account book.

Over the past four months, all prefectures in Jiangzhou have been subject to a wave of strict investigations, and it was discovered that some families and officials were also members of the organization behind the mysterious account books, and their properties were confiscated and their families were exterminated.

And now a group of men in black carrying a mysterious account book wanted to wipe out the entire Zhao family, which immediately made Fang Xun and a group of Six Gates detectives look at Zhao Feiyan with strange eyes.

"No! There must be some misunderstanding. How could my Zhao family be a member of that mysterious organization?!"

Looking at the extremely excited Zhao Feiyan, Fang Xun said comfortingly: "Don't worry, Miss Zhao, it may be that your father has something that is unfavorable to the mysterious organization."

After hearing this, Zhao Feiyan calmed herself down and began to recall. Not only her, but also the group of clansmen and servants in the Zhao Mansion around her began to frown and think.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Feiyan seemed to remember something and immediately said, "My two lords, why don't you go to my father's study? All the letters between him and outsiders are kept in the study. Maybe you can find some clues?"

Fang Xun and Zhang Feng nodded, and were about to go to the study with Zhao Feiyan when suddenly someone in the crowd called out.

"I remember that during the day, General Lei personally handed a letter to the gatekeeper, and repeatedly told me to deliver it to the master personally!"

"Lei Qing?"

Fang Xun's eyes narrowed, and his gaze turned to the servant who had spoken. The look scared the other servant so much that his face turned pale, and he thought he had said something wrong.

Zhao Feiyan immediately said to him, "Master Fang, this is Zhao Nan, the gatekeeper. All incoming letters will be sent to the mansion after passing through the gatekeeper."

Fang Xun nodded. This was the case for all the wealthy families in these high-ranking families. If they wanted to visit someone, they had to first inform the doorman and report to the mansion.

Just like the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, these are the servants guarding the door. If they want to enter the mansion, they must ask the gatekeeper for permission. They have considerable power.

Fang Xun stared at Zhao Nan and asked, "Did you hand it over to General Zhao personally?"

Lei Qing warned Zhao Nan so seriously and repeatedly, so there might be something fishy about the letter.

For some reason, Zhao Nan felt a chill in his heart when he was stared at by the other party, and quickly replied: "No, the master went to the east city training ground early this morning and just came back not long ago. I gave the letter to the second master, but the second master is also..."

Fang Xun immediately retracted his gaze upon hearing this, turned to Zhao Feiyan and said, "Let's go to General Zhao's study!"

Zhao Feiyan nodded and led the way personally.

Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously followed the two of them. After he reacted, he felt both amused and helpless. This Brother Xun was so majestic before he even entered the Six Gates. When he looked at him, he felt like he was looking at his immediate boss Jiang Bie.

Soon, the group arrived in front of the study. Fang Xun, Zhao Feiyan, and Zhang Feng entered, and two maids stood guard at the door.

After entering the study, Zhao Feiyan lit the oil lamp, and the room immediately became bright.

Fang Xun walked quickly to the desk and saw a pile of letters neatly stacked in a corner of the desk.

But before the two began to search, Zhao Feiyan walked straight to the wall and casually pulled a decorative candlestick in the study.

Click——click——click——

After a series of mechanical sounds, a secret compartment on the wall opened, and several letters were seen inside.

Facing the strange looks from Fang Xun and Zhang Feng, Zhao Feiyan smiled and explained slowly.

“You two may not know that Lei Qing was trained and promoted by my father. He has good aptitude. I don’t dare to hope to become a Grandmaster, but there is still some hope that he can become enlightened.

Normally, if he or some other people my father valued had letters, and my father was not around, they would be handed over to my second uncle or me, and we would put the letters in a secret compartment and wait for him to read them when he came back."

Fang Xun nodded, walked to the secret compartment, and saw a letter signed by Lei Qing at first glance. He immediately took it out and opened it to read.

After just a few glances, he was stunned. Zhang Feng immediately asked, "Brother Fang, what's written on it?"

Zhao Feiyan also looked at him nervously, but Fang Xun did not answer. Instead, he frowned and handed the letter to the two of them to read.

After a while, Fang Xun saw the two of them widening their eyes. The content of the letter was beyond their expectations.

Lei Qing actually mentioned in the letter that he was a member of a mysterious organization.

He wrote down some of the things he knew about the mysterious organization in the letter to tell Zhao Tianya, hoping that he would be careful and on guard, and that he planned to leave Guangling Mansion incognito. After reading the letter, Zhang Feng and Zhao Feiyan were silent for a long time, and after a while, Zhang Feng spoke with difficulty.

"I didn't expect that this organization's influence is not only in Jiangzhou, but also in the eight states of Jiangnan and even other places."

Zhao Feiyan's eyes also turned red: "It turns out that my Zhao family suffered this disaster all because of this letter!"

Suddenly there was a creaking sound and the door opened.

"Alas, I didn't expect that Brother Zhao died because of this. Unfortunately, Lei Qing had already left the city in the afternoon. I don't know where to start looking for him."

Immediately, another voice was heard by the three people in the room, and they saw Jiang Bie and Wei Lin walking slowly into the room.

"Master!"

"Master Jiang!"

Wei Lin looked at Fang Xun unhappily and said, "Didn't I tell you to go home first?"

Fang Xun's face suddenly became awkward, and Zhao Feiyan, who was standing by, said quickly, "Mr. Wei, please don't blame Lord Fang. Thanks to Lord Fang, our Zhao family was able to survive."

"No, it's just a small favor," Fang Xun said modestly, then quickly looked at Wei Lin and asked, "Master, Uncle Jiang, how come you guys came back so soon? Where's the ghost-faced man? And how come Lei Qing has left?"

Hearing his apprentice's questions one after another, Wei Lin's face turned dark, and Jiang Bie next to him also looked unhappy.

"The two of us chased the ghost-faced man all the way to Lei Qing's residence in the south of the city. The ghost-faced man directly killed Lei Qing in the mansion. We had no time to stop him. He only fought with us for a few moves before he left with ease."

Fang Xun also frowned. It seemed that the Ghost-faced Man was very powerful, otherwise Wei Lin and Jiang Bie would not have shown such expressions. Two of them could beat one and the other could leave easily.

"After the ghost-faced man left, we checked Lei Qing's body and found out that it was someone else pretending to be him!"

After hearing this, Fang Xun was stunned, his eyes lit up, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The others did not notice the change in his eyes, but just sighed for a long time, especially Wei Lin and Jiang Bie.

After much difficulty, they found Lei Qing and were ready to play the long game to hook a big fish, but unexpectedly, he let him slip away.

Soon, Wei Lin calmed down and said to Fang Xun: "You go home first, we are here."

Fang Xun nodded, and no longer insisted on staying here. He turned around and was about to leave. At this time, Zhao Feiyan suddenly called him.

"Master Fang, I have a lot of things to do at home. Please forgive me for not being able to see you far away. I will definitely send you a generous reward in a few days!"

Fang Xun turned around after hearing this and saw Wei Lin nodding slightly to him, so he smiled and said, "In that case, I won't refuse. See you later."

After saying this, he left the study and walked straight out of Zhao's house without stopping.

Along the way, he met pairs of awe-filled eyes and left the Zhao Mansion in less than a moment.

When he came to the street, Fang Xun thought for a moment and did not walk towards his own residence, but turned and walked towards the parade ground in the east of the city.

Another quarter of an hour later, he arrived at a street near the parade ground in the east of the city. Anyone entering or leaving the parade ground had to pass through this street.

The street was empty at this time, with only Fang Xun standing alone.

He took out a porcelain bottle from his body, opened it, put it to his nose and sniffed it gently.

In an instant, a faint fragrance filled the tip of the nose and lingered on the street.

Fang Xun followed the scent all the way and gradually walked towards the north of the city.

"Fortunately, I drugged Lei Qing, otherwise he would have gotten away!"

When competing with Lei Qing in the training ground before, Fang Xun had put a colorless and odorless tracking drug on the opponent. Once the opponent was contaminated by the drug, traces would be left along the way.

Fang Xun only had to smell the other medicine he prepared, and the originally colorless and odorless medicine would immediately become fragrant.

No matter where Lei Qing went, he had to pass through this street after leaving the parade ground. Now Fang Xun had tracked him down.

He followed the scent left by Lei Qing along the way and unknowingly walked to the north gate.

After continuing out of the city through the north gate and walking for a while, Fang Xun stopped in front of a steep cliff.

Looking at the ropes hanging on the cliff, Fang Xun smiled.

"So you hid in the Shadow City!"

(End of this chapter)