Ximen Zhanying was squatting next to a corpse at the entrance of the cave, holding a silver needle in her hand, and stabbing into the throat and hand meridians of the corpse one after another. Qi Ning could see that Ximen Zhanying was using the silver needle to check whether the corpse was poisonous.

Qu Xiaocang, who was kneeling on the ground, said nothing, but checked the ground very carefully, moved seven or eight steps away. After a while, he got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave. Ximen Zhanying had already gotten up and whispered a few words in Qu Xiaocang's ear. Qu Xiaocang looked solemn. He had always been kind and had a smile on his face, but at this moment there was no smile on his face. The small eyes that looked like a gap were flashing strange colors, and the few people could not guess his thoughts for a moment.

Qu Xiaocang checked the environment nearby again, and finally walked to Qi Ning and sighed: "Has Lu Shanghe been taken away?"

Qi Ning nodded and asked, "What clues can Captain Qu find?" Qu Xiaocang tinkered inside and out for a long time, and Qi Ning naturally knew that he was collecting clues.

Qu Xiaocang pondered for a moment and finally said, "There are no new injuries on the bodies outside, let alone fatal injuries. After examination, there are no toxins in their bodies."

Zhuque said in horror: "There are no scars? It's not poisoning, so why did they die?"

"This requires dissection of the body and then carefully check it out." Qu Xiaocang said: "But this requires sending the body to the capital. If you carefully check it, you may find a clue."

Xuanwu had just checked the corpse. As Qu Xiaocang said, no fatal injuries were found on the corpse. He was also surprised that since these people did not have fatal injuries, why did they all die?

"It seems that Lu Shanghe's accomplices had already sneaked into Gu Longzhong and took the opportunity to rescue him." Ximen Zhanying frowned and said, "Second Brother, should we send people to Yinghe Villa to arrest people immediately? Even if he dare not go back, he can still arrest some of his disciples for interrogation."

"Of course he couldn't go back. This person acted in a mysterious way. Even if he caught his disciple, he might not be able to find any clues." Qu Xiaocang shook his head slightly: "I'm just wondering now whether he was rescued by someone."

Qi Ning said suspiciously: "Person Qu, what does this mean?"

Qu Xiaocang said: "You have asked someone to detain Lu Shanghe here, and sent eight people to guard it, plus Lu Shanghe, that is, nine people. In addition to them, five of us rushed over, and fourteen people came to Laolong Cave in front and behind." He pointed to the ground: "I have just carefully checked the ground. There are a total of fourteen new footprints, and the size of the footprints has been measured. The footprints of the thirteen people just happened to agree with us. The remaining pair of footprints should be Lu Shanghe's."

Xuanwu and Zhuque looked at each other, thinking that Qu Xiaocang had just been struggling for a long time, it turned out that he wanted to check the footprints. It was indeed true that the people from the Shenhou Mansion could check out more than a dozen pairs of footprints in such a short time.

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "No, there are at least fifteen people's footprints. Lu Shanghe was rescued by someone. Look at the surrounding environment. Only one must pass for us to come in. It is impossible to enter Laolong Cave from other places, so the footprints of the person who rescued Lu Shanghe should also be left."

"This is what I think." Qu Xiaocang said: "The corpse was not injured at all. All the eight people died here for no reason. This is naturally extremely strange. And look at the posture and expression of these eight corpses before their death. Except for the fear in one of the eyes, the other seven corpses were slightly painful, but there was no fear or surprise expression!"

"Only Cao Yang's expression is different from others." Qi Ning nodded slightly and said, "Lu Shanghe was seriously injured and tied up. Cao Yang and others are not ordinary people. Under serious injuries, Lu Shanghe would never be able to kill these eight people alone, and he could retreat calmly, so someone must save him." After pondering slightly, he said, "Does it mean that only Cao Yang saw the murderer?"

"It can be explained like this." Qu Xiaocang said: "But it is not certain. Gang Wei, two elders, did you find something special when you saw the corpse just now?"

“What’s special?”

Qu Xiaocang said: "Except for Cao Yang as mentioned by Gang Wei, the other seven people pressed their right hands on their hearts when they were dying, as if there was a problem with their heart position, so I immediately thought that it was probably venom attacking the heart, but after checking the corpse, they were not poisoned!" He said thoughtfully: "If there was a look of fear on their faces, I might be able to judge that they died of fright, but in fact it was not, so it was really confusing."

"Cao Yang and these brothers have experienced many battles, how could they be scared to death?" Xuanwu said lightly: "It must be that the opponent used evil kung fu to hurt them."

Qu Xiaocang said, "It makes sense. Gangmaster Wei said that there should be at least fifteen people's footprints. The real murderer is that no matter how high his martial arts are, he will not leave footprints, so I checked them carefully!" He paused for a moment before saying, "But there are indeed only fourteen people's footprints."

Ximen Zhan Sakura's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help asking: "Second Brother, aren't the footprints of the murderer? The murderer can't fly from the sky."

"Maybe it's really flying." Qu Xiaocang sighed: "But as far as I know, I have come and go without a trace, and I can't even leave a trace of footprints. Such martial arts can't be achieved even by top experts today."

Including Qi Ning, the eyes of several people showed a hint of surprise.

Is it a ghost to kill someone invisible and save someone without a trace?

"Elder Zhuque, is there the only place at the exit of Laolong Cave?" Qi Ning turned around and looked at Zhuque.

Zhuque nodded and said, "The only place is that Laolong Cave was not dug by manpower, but was made of natural. I have been in twice before and I have confirmed that there is no other exit."

"If this is the case, when Lu Shanghe leaves, he can only go out from the entrance of this cave." Qi Ning looked at Qu Xiaocang and asked, "Person Qu naturally checked Lu Shanghe's footprints."

Qu Xiaocang walked to the edge of the hole, squatted down, pointed to a place and said, "If the footprint of the 14th man is Lu Shanghe, then after he comes out, he will disappear from this place and he will not take a step forward."

Qi Ning moved to the place where Lu Shanghe disappeared and looked around. There was a mountain wall on one side and Longtan Lake on the other. Then he looked up. There was a steep stone wall above Laolong Cave, which was more than ten feet high, so it was impossible for human resources to climb up.

"Can you jump into the lake?" Ximen Zhanying suddenly thought of something: "Second Brother, is it possible that the murderer came up from the lake, so he couldn't find his footprints?"

Qu Xiaocang shook his head and said, "If the murderer dives from the lake, he will definitely bring water traces when he goes ashore. I checked the soil and there was no sign of moisture. And even if he came up from the lake, he should have footprints after he got ashore. If he left, Lu Shanghe escaped from the lake, it would be unlikely." He pointed to Longtan Lake, "There is also some distance to jump to Longtan Lake from here. Not to mention that there will be a sound, at least it will splash on the shore, but there will be no trace of water splashing on the shore."

Qi Ning felt that it was becoming more and more strange. He looked up at the steep mountain wall above the entrance of the cave, pondered for a moment, and then said: "It's not that I came from a small road or left from the lake, so I can only get down from above."

Qu Xiaocang also raised his head and sighed: "If such a method could be used, then the martial arts of the person who rescued Lu Shanghe would be really terrifying. In the world, only the great masters could do it."

As soon as the three words "Grandmaster" were expressed, the few people changed their colors slightly, and Qi Ning felt even more shocked.

Qu Xiaocang continued: "If you are really a great master, then all this can be explained. The great master's martial arts are superb and there is no trace of it left behind. It is naturally possible to do it. These eight brothers from the Beggars' Sect were killed in an instant and could not even react. Only the great master can do it." His eyebrows and eyes tightened, and he said: "But among the five great masters, who can come to Gulongzhong and rescue Lu Shanghe?"

Qi Ning suddenly thought of Lu Shanghe's nameless sword technique. The sword technique was very similar to the sword score drawn by the sword god Beigong. If someone among the five great masters had something to do with Lu Shanghe, the biggest suspicion was Beigong Liancheng.

But how could Beigong Liancheng betrayed the world, so how could he come to save Lu Shanghe? Moreover, with his martial arts, even if he did not kill these Beggar Gang disciples, he should be able to take Lu Shanghe away, but why did he have to take such a ruthless move?

Could it be that the instructor behind Lu Shanghe was actually Beigong Liancheng?

Qi Ning himself was shocked by such a possibility, and only felt that it was really incredible.

But he thought about it carefully and felt that this fact was unlikely.

If Baihu and Lu Shanghe were instructed by Beigong Liancheng to murder Xiang Baiying, what is the reason why Beigong wanted to kill Xiang Baiying? Beigong Liancheng's martial arts are transcendent. If he wants to kill Xiang Baiying, it is not a difficult thing. Why should he borrow the hands of others and even make careful plans? This is not reasonable.

"Gangmaster Wei, this matter is of great importance." Qu Xiaocang thought for a while before saying, "We must rush back to the capital immediately, report the matter, and we will definitely investigate the matter with all our might."

Qi Ning knew that this happened. If the Shenhou Mansion was not concerned, it would be strange. He nodded and said, "Lu Shanghe is the enemy of the Beggars' Sect. The Beggars' Sect will also search for Lu Shanghe's whereabouts. Qu Ziwei, no matter who finds Lu Shanghe first, knows each other, the Beggars' Sect will cooperate with the Shenhou Mansion to find the real murderer behind the scenes."

Qu Xiaocang bowed, "It's a hard work." He bowed to Xuanwu and the others, and then said, "Little Junior Sister, let's go."

Ximen Zhanying glanced at Qi Ning, saw Qi Ning looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly bowed to Qi Ning, then turned around and left with Qu Xiaocang.

After the two of them left, Xuanwu said, "Gangmaster Wei, do you really think the one who rescued Lu Shanghe would be the Grand Master?"

"At present, there is no evidence that the grandmaster rescued Lu Shanghe." Qi Ning shook his head: "There is no evidence, so it's hard for us to make random guesses. Maybe the murderer has other ways that we can't think of, but for this matter, the Beggars' Sect and the Divine Marquis' Mansion, they should join forces to investigate. The murderer killed several of our brothers, so we naturally cannot give up."
Chapter completed!