He was able to predict the location of the monster after entering the water and accurately shoot it into the brain. His keen insight and judgment were simply terrifying. Lu Qing was proud of being a woman and serving as the government's chief catcher, outperforming other heroes.

But at this moment, she was convinced by Xu Qi'an's magical skills and was willing to give in.

Well, not only is he powerful, he is also very humble and low-key, much better than those men who look down on women.

Huh, if the monster hadn't been injured or poisoned, and there was a layer of water between it, I might not have been able to hit it with one arrow. Xu Qian put away the crossbow. It was a pity that this crossbow could only be fired three times, and its durability was too poor.

After three shots, it becomes an ordinary military crossbow.

It's supposed to be life-saving, but it's a pity to use it to deal with monsters.

Lu Qing followed his gaze and noticed this ordinary-looking military crossbow. When he saw it, he was immediately surprised.

The military crossbow is engraved with complex and mysterious formation patterns. Thinking of the energy that agitates when the arrow is shot, it is not difficult to guess that it is a magic weapon.

The watchman only has a gong as a magical weapon. Is this his own private property? He said that he could invite the sorcerer from Si Tianjian. It turned out that he was not bragging. Lu Qing's impression of this man changed again, and his favorability increased.

Xu Qian turned sideways to prevent her from looking at her baby, and smiled:

"If we don't fish it out, it will be washed away. It's such a big achievement."

Lu Qing pursed her lips and smiled softly, nodding.

The two of them entered the river together and dragged the monster's body ashore.

At this time, Song Tingfeng supported Zhu Guangxiao and staggered out of the forest.

"Did you kill it?" Song Tingfeng couldn't hide his smile, feeling relieved.

The taciturn Zhu Guangxiao let out a long breath.

"How are you?" Xu Qian was concerned about Zhu Guangxiao's injury.

Menghulu shook his head: "It's not a problem, just two broken ribs."

The four of them rested for a while on the river bank, and the two detectives from the Refining Realm led the chief down the mountain.

When the commander saw the monster's corpse, he was angry and frightened. He stepped forward cautiously, kicked it, and escaped with an agility that a bad old man shouldn't have.

After waiting for a few seconds and seeing no response, I felt relieved and rushed over, punching and kicking him in a furious rage.

After venting his anger, the head of the house knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Qian and others.

Xu Qian waved his hand: "Let me ask you, when was that cave in the south mined?"

The head of the village thought for a while: "That's a kiln left over from the past. There isn't much limestone in the south and the roads are not easy to walk. It was abandoned many years ago. It's old and decayed. I don't know when it was mined like this."

Xu Qian asked again: "Did people often leave there before?"

The chief said: "It's not that there are no traces of people there."

Why don't you just say that sometimes someone leaves? Why do you want to drag me with me? Xu Qian cursed and said, "Go back first and wait for the government to summon you."

The bad old man was kicked by Zhu Guangxiao just now and suffered some minor injuries. Xu Qi'an saw that he kept covering his waist.

Lu Qing had no objection to Xu Qian's handling of the matter and immediately asked a colleague to send the lieutenant back.

The remaining people vomited and vomited in place to adjust, regain their strength, and replenish water and food.

A quarter of an hour later, three horses pulled the monster's corpse and walked slowly along the official road.

On the way, Lu Qing vividly described Xu Qi'an's magical operations, and his words were filled with admiration.

Song Tingfeng rode his horse closer to Xu Qi'an and said as softly as a mosquito: "She seems to have a good impression of you."

Xu Qian responded softly: "What do you want to say?"

Song Tingfeng said: "Batou Lu is quite famous in the six gates of the capital, and he is still unmarried. Every man longs to be a lone traveler on a certain road, right?"

In this era, she is an older leftover girl. Xu Qian smiled: "Then you work hard."

Song Tingfeng squinted his eyes, sighed and shook his head: "A person like me is only suitable for the Jiaofang Division."

Xu Qian smiled and said, "Even if the tree-lined path you yearn for is covered with hoarfrost every morning and dusk?"

Zhu Guangxiao frowned, not understanding what the two colleagues were doing.

"By the way, what was your move just now?" Xu Qian asked.

"Xiao Feng Sword Technique." Song Tingfeng said.

Swordsmanship: Lu's head-cutting machine-like swordsmanship during the battle just now is also a unique skill. Wait, swordsmanship?!

Xu Qi'an stared at the knife on Song Tingfeng's waist.

Song Tingfeng shrugged: "Although the sword cannot perform sword skills."

Yes, yes, who said you can't kill someone without a gun? Xu Qian cursed inwardly.

While they were talking and laughing, they saw a group of common people coming from the street and gathering towards the official road.

The leader was none other than the chief and the refining agent who sent him back.

The policeman shook his head helplessly: "They insisted on coming over to thank us."

The village chief held a basket of eggs in his hand and raised it high in front of Xu Qian, "These are all the eggs our village has collected. Sir, please accept them."

In the past six months, we have really been miserable. If a few adults had not eradicated the evildoers for us, and to put it lawlessly, we could not afford to pay taxes, and we would have had no choice but to flee and become refugees."

Xu Qi'an looked at the worried eyes of Li Chang and scanned the sallow and thin faces of the gray households.

"Okay!" He smiled and took the basket of eggs and hung them on the saddle.

The people around him smiled, and then they dared to talk loudly, pointing at the corpse of the monster and cursing endlessly.

If I insist not to do it, I will tell them loudly: I will not take a needle and a thread from the common people!

It will probably scare them.

Xu Qian sighed silently

After returning to the capital, the monster's corpse was received by the office clerks waiting outside the city. They pulled it onto a cart and covered it with a white cloth. After the traces were taken care of, they entered the city.

"The matter about the saltpeter mine is not a big deal. It needs to be reported." Song Tingfeng cracked an egg and swallowed the egg liquid.

Parasite warned Xu Qian and nodded.

When they returned to the watchman's office, the three of them didn't have time to write a report, so they went directly to Chunfeng Hall and told Li Yuchun what happened.

After hearing this, Brother Chun looked solemn.

"Well done, Xu Qian, you have done a great job." Li Yuchun walked up to the three of them and arranged their clothes neatly with his own hands.

He returned to his seat and said thoughtfully: "What do you think?"

The three Tongluo looked at each other and Song Tingfeng said:

"According to Xu Ningyan's analysis, the monster consciously drove away Huihu, and after our investigation, it is definitely not a coincidence that a saltpeter mine was discovered in the mountain."

"Are there any more specific and powerful analysis results?" Li Yuchun asked.

Song Tingfeng spread his hands and said, "Boss, I am good at killing people and handling cases."

Just so-so.

The three of them looked at Xu Qian in unison. Li Yuchun's eyes were full of expectation: "Ning Yan, what do you think?"

The three of them have experienced Xu Qian's ability to analyze cases.

Although he is just a newcomer to Qi training, with him around, I always feel inexplicably at ease.

People will subconsciously rely on strong people in areas that they are not good at.

Xu Qian thought for a while and said: "Then I would like to add that I am now certain that the reason why the monsters drove away the gray households in the surrounding areas is to monopolize the saltpeter mines.

"At first, I thought it might be a passerby who chose to lay eggs in the Dahuang Mountain Basin and returned to the capital. I found out that it was a male.

"There's just one question I can't figure out. Why would the monster focus on the saltpeter mine? In addition to being used for medicine, it can also be used to make gunpowder."

Of course, saltpeter has other functions, but Xu Qian felt that the generation gap was too deep, so it was better not to mention it.

He glanced at Li Yuchun subconsciously, but was shocked to find that the other person was surprised and froze there, as if he had figured something out.

"It's a demon clan, it's a demon clan," he murmured.

Li Yuchun did not explain, spread out the paper, and wrote quickly

Song Tingfeng took Xu Qian to the study room to fill out the "injury" paperwork.

"After writing this, we can take two days off. We don't have to be on duty tomorrow." Song Tingfeng said, "You must learn to seek your own interests appropriately."

This is the legendary work injury, no, paid leave. Xu Qi'an deeply agreed with his colleagues' resourcefulness.

It was already dusk when he left the study, and Xu Qi'an planned to go home and rest.

Song Tingfeng stopped him and said, "Didn't we agree to go to Jiaofangsi tonight?"

Xu Qian was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhu Guangxiao who was following Song Tingfeng, and said in surprise:

"Is your injury okay?"

Zhu Guangxiao said in a deep voice: "The women from the Jiaofang Division know how to serve others."

Does this mean that they can sit up and move on their own? Xu Qian bowed her hands towards him.
To be continued...