"It was I who suggested to the county magistrate that we should threaten those merchants from the Central Plains and tell them to behave themselves and stop causing trouble for us grassland people."

"If the higher-ups blame me, you can just hand me over."

"Ashige was hung for a day, so I, Zhebie, can also be hung for a day to give them an explanation!"

Shen Lang's words were full of righteousness and open-mindedness.

The city gate commander behind him couldn't help but stand in awe when he heard him say this.

The leader obviously knew something about this. He pounded his chest and nodded respectfully to Shen Lang: "Thank you for your cooperation. Let's go check the next one."

There were quite a few people who needed to be checked, and Shen Lang was one of them who passed by yesterday.

Among them, Shen Lang is not the one with the lowest status, but he is the most cooperative.

In addition to what he said, the leader had a good impression of Shen Lang...

…………

at the same time.

Ashig returned home with his wounded body.

When he got home, he found that Ajima was tied up in the tent, his mouth was gagged, and there were two soldiers guarding him.

"You two." Ashige looked at the two soldiers: "Who told you to tie her up?"

Although Ajima made a mistake, that was between him and Ajima.

Others help to discipline his wife, and now Ashig is very angry.

"Chief, it's..."

boom!

Ashige stepped forward instantly and punched a grassland man in the abdomen.

Pfft!

This punch directly pierced the grassland man!

The grassland man opened his mouth, but couldn't say the rest of the words.

When the other one saw his companion like this, he instinctively wanted to escape.

However, Ashige's big hand seemed to span space, grabbed his neck, and lifted him up like a chicken: "Go back and tell him that I, Ashige, will not think I am wrong even in front of the Wolf Lord!"

"I was only whipped, but I still hold the position of leader. The elders did not deprive me of my position as leader!"

"Oh, I am still a long-time historian in this city."

boom!

Ashige threw the soldier to the ground.

Click, click, click...

A sound of bone breaking was heard, and the soldier's arm was probably broken.

He covered his arm, endured the pain, and didn't even dare to shout, and quickly ran outside.

"Um..."

Seeing Ajima struggling, Ashige pulled the cloth out of her mouth.

"Aba Aba..."

Ajima still couldn't speak normally.

Ashige frowned slightly, took a deep breath, and a powerful true energy flowed through his big hand and hit Ajima's crown.

The leader's attack was not severe enough, and Ashige's true energy broke through his magic blockade.

"Ashig, you are back, you have suffered..."

Snapped!

Without saying a word, Ashige slapped Ajima in the face with his backhand.

It was visible to the naked eye that Ajima had spat out a tooth and his face was swollen.

Aijima is a Zhoutian realm cultivator with superb cultivation. She has been hunting monsters for many years, and her combat power has been rising steadily with her age. She is far from being comparable to Shen Langzai's county magistrate and scar. A slap in the face and she was beaten like this, it can be seen that Ashige was serious.

Ajima slowly turned his head towards Ashige and looked at him in disbelief.

In all these years, Ashig has never hit her!

She was the daughter of a chief in the tribe. She had been the most beautiful flower on the grassland since she was young. When she reached marriageable age, countless young men on the grassland were almost fighting for her.

Although she liked the type of man like Shen Lang, who was gentle and a little bit martial, since she married Ashige, she has been taking care of her husband and children and has always been law-abiding.

Over the years, the relationship between the two has become more like that of family members than that of a husband and wife.

Ajima never expected that Ashige, who had never laid a hand on her, would actually hit her.

"Ashige, you're crazy!" Aijima wanted to get up, but she was tied up with dragon ropes and couldn't stand up at all: "I did so much today, all for you!"

"I searched the whole city for Zhebie, smashed his shop, and took him to the square, just to save you!"

"Without me, would you have been put down so early?"

"Just now, I wanted to make you your favorite mutton soup, but you hit me. You actually hit me!"

"Am I crazy?" A trace of madness hung on Ashige's face: "You are fucking crazy. Do you know that you almost ruined me, this family, and my tribe today!"

"Let me go. I want to seek justice from my father! How have I treated you over the years? Why do you hit me?" Ajima said excitedly, "Without me, how can you be the leader of your tribe?"

"I'll tell you what you did today!" Ashige gritted his teeth and said, "Originally this matter was very simple. The people on the grassland could see my position, and I was a hero in everyone's heart. Now, because of you, Zhebie has become the hero instead of me!"

"I was punished. Although everyone was unhappy, the situation was still under control."

"After Zhebie arrived, he directly led everyone to stand against the government!"

"How much has this contradiction increased all of a sudden?"

"I was expressing my stance and venting my dissatisfaction before, but now it's considered a rebellion!"

"Zhebie, who the hell is Zhebie? All the benefits have gone to him!"

"The question is, will people hate Zhebie? They will only hate me, us, and our tribe, because they will think it was me who ordered it!"

"You stupid woman, are you willing to drag everyone into hell?"

"You took Zhebie with you, are you attracted to that pretty boy? It's like you were trying to make him a hero by doing what you fucking did!"

"I've been with you for so long, done so much for you, and given birth to a son and a daughter for you, and you actually suspect that I'm cheating?" Ajima looked at Ashige in disbelief.

Obviously, she listened to what Ashige said just now, "Are you attracted to that pretty boy?" She didn't listen to the truths Ashige said at all...

Those who have girlfriends should understand this way of communication.

Well, if your girlfriend is the kind of person who is reasonable, you should marry her...

"I..." Ashige was almost suffocated by Ajima.

"Come on, come on, let me go. I will take you to find Zhebie and let you know whether I have cheated on you or not... wuwuwu..." Ajima suddenly burst into tears. She felt that she had suffered a great injustice.

She now really wants to go home, to the home where she was born and raised, and talk to her mother.

What she was thinking was: I was wrong. The biggest mistake I made in my life was marrying the wrong person!

Ashige wanted Ajima to calm down, he didn't want to pay any attention to Ajima at all.

"Ashige, get back here..."

Ashige came outside the tent, ignoring the howling Ajima inside, and ordered his men: "Go, find Zhebie for me!"

In today's incident, Zhebie took a huge advantage.

If we don't recruit Zhebie at this time, we will suffer a great loss.

Although taking Zhebie under his wing would prove that it was Ashige who instigated the crime, his face would be restored, and he would no longer be considered to have been "instigated to commit a crime" by Zhebie.

…………

Looking at the alibis he had collected, the captain's eyes were filled with bloodshot.

He picked those people out one by one.

First of all, many of them were in military camps or at home, and the evidence was overwhelming.

Secondly, many people do not have sufficient motives for committing crimes, or there is no motive at all.

These people are of relatively high status and can be excluded temporarily.

Soon, there were only three people left whose alibis were not sufficient.

Among them, there is Shen Lang.

"That's not right. This Zhebie has been high-profile in seeking justice for the grassland people and even confronted the leader in the square. How could such a person kill soldiers?" The centurion pointed at the other two and said, "These two are very suspicious."

"Although I have never come across this, he was very uncooperative when reporting his itinerary. I went to his house to ask him about it myself."

"And this one, he is an official of the Zhou Dynasty. In my opinion, it is him..."

The captain let out a long sigh: "In fact, the one I like the most is Zhebie. He studied in the northern border. His father's surname is Shen, and he has half Central Plains blood."

"He has a letter of recommendation." The centurion said, "This man is devoted to the grasslands. He also brought two monks to join us and help us repair the city wall."

The Centurion has already obtained the information of the three most suspicious persons.

"He may have deceived Temur." The captain analyzed, "And the Zhou official is the least suspicious, because the grassland soldiers may not obey the Zhou official. Don't forget that Zhou officials are basically assistants, and none of them are officials."

"But Zhebie is different. He has half grassland people's blood. If he becomes an official, those grassland people will probably listen to him."

"Huh..." The centurion frowned. "How can these soldiers distinguish between assistants and officers? I can't even tell which one does what..."

"In short, ask them one by one. If none of them is the murderer, then look at the others," said the captain.

"It's too slow to ask them one by one, bring all three together." The centurion narrowed his eyes.

He now most hopes that the murderer is among these three people.

There is no other reason. If the murderer is not here, we have to look for another group of suspects.

Many of the suspects who were ruled out were people the Centurion could not afford to offend.

He can afford to offend all of these people at the moment.

…………

When Shen Lang returned home, Mo Yi and Wei Qianluo were already waiting for him.

"Have your things been packed?"

Seeing that the two were ready, Shen Lang couldn't help but sit in front of them.

"I've packed it up, there's nothing much..." These days, Wei Qianluo has been practicing and moving bricks, just like a worker who came here to play a supporting role.

"Yeah." Mo Yi had some troubles here.

Although Shen Lang was in trouble, the ladies only knew that the store belonged to Mo Yi and still placed many orders with her.

If there weren't a lot of mess, Shen Lang and Mo Yi should be able to rely on these lists and leave the city as soon as possible tomorrow morning.

"By the way, there is something I need to tell you. Have you noticed that the wind and sand have become lighter?" Mo Yi said to Shen Lang.

"The wind and sand have faded?" Shen Lang's pupils shrank slightly: "Yes, the Wolf Lord has come out of retreat, so there is no one to control the wind and sand."

"But I see that the sandstorm is no different from normal times..."

"This is the residual power. You are still at a low level of cultivation, so you can't feel it normally. People in the sandstorm should be able to feel it most directly." Mo Yi said solemnly: "After tonight, tomorrow morning, I'm afraid we can march normally. The visibility will be much higher, just like a normal sandstorm..."

Shen Lang tapped his fingers lightly on his legs.

In short, the Wolf Lord will definitely send troops.

How should we deal with those cities now?

The reason why they were able to hold out before was entirely because the city’s magic formation was intact and there were enough soldiers.

But even so, Shen Lang didn't know whether the city had been broken.

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