Volume Two: The Case of the Red Lotus in the Ancient Temple Chapter Forty-ninth: What Does It Matter?
"Found it!" Soon, a soldier shouted.
Duan Ming and others hurriedly came over to take a look, only to see faintly mottled blood stains on the ground here.
Following the blood trail, I quickly found a unique place.
Duan Ming squatted down and touched the ground gently: "This place must have been excavated."
"Dig!" The big man with a black beard nodded, and with a wave of his hand, several soldiers began to dig.
Duan Ming stepped aside and looked at the actions of these soldiers with a pale face, his heart twitching.
Not long after, a small pit was dug in the ground, and the soldiers lifted six corpses out of it.
Duan Ming clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth.
These six corpses were none other than Xu Ruoyun and the five officials from the Mirror Division. Their eyes were wide-eyed and their bodies were covered with knife marks. They looked ferocious and terrifying.
"I'm sorry..." Duan Ming staggered over, looked at the six corpses on the ground, and said solemnly: "I'm still late."
"Is there really a corpse of someone from the Mirror Division?" The big man with a black beard frowned, raised his head and said, "Search! See if there are any traces of thieves nearby!"
"Yes!" Many soldiers immediately started searching everywhere.
Then, the big man with a black beard jumped off the horse and came to Duan Ming's side. He looked at the body and then at Duan Ming: "Are they trying to protect you? Who are you?"
"I..." Duan Ming gritted his teeth, then shook his head: "I am nothing..."
"Okay." Seeing that Duan Ming didn't want to speak, the big man with a black beard stopped interrupting and took the Xuanhua ax in his hand to check it out with the many soldiers.
However, this group of thieves was well prepared, and even after searching for a long time, they could not find any trace.
After a while, the big man with a black beard returned to Duan Ming: "Hey, boy, these thieves ran fast and disappeared. I have to go back to the inn, can you leave?"
"Me?" Duan Ming slowly reached out and closed the eyes of Xu Ruoyun and others, and then said in a deep voice: "I'm leaving."
Then Duan Ming stood up, looked in the direction of Brahma Temple, and said solemnly: "But I can't let them die like this, I want to go to Brahma Temple!"
"Brahma Temple?" The big man with a black beard frowned: "Is it the place that has caused a lot of noise recently and is said to be haunted?"
"Haha, what kind of haunting!" Duan Ming sneered: "It's obviously people who are causing trouble! These men in black should come to kill me, but I have obviously left, why are they still chasing me? Then it proves
I must know something they don’t want me to know!”
"What do you mean?" The big man with a black beard was confused by Duan Ming's words: "Wait, you mean you came from Brahma Temple?"
"That's right, I was invited by Xing Qianqiu, the deputy commander of the Mirror Division, to solve the case. I just wanted to leave for personal reasons. I never thought I would meet a thief here." As he said that, Duan Ming clasped his fists at the big man with a black beard.
Yi Li: "Thank you, General, for your kindness. I will keep it in my heart. Now I'll say goodbye. My brothers will ask General to help me get back to the post station. Then the criminal commander will send someone to arrange the rest."
"Ah, okay, just leave these brothers to me." The big man with a black beard nodded and said, "You don't want to be a general or a general. My name is Li Daxu. Just call me Brother Li."
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"Thank you, General Li." Duan Ming nodded: "Duan Ming, if you have the opportunity to come to Linyang City in the future, I will definitely invite you to a banquet at Chunyu Tower."
"Haha, okay!" Li Daxu laughed, then turned to look at the soldiers and pointed at a few people: "You guys, escort this Mr. Duan back to Fanxing Temple. If something goes wrong along the way, it will cause harm in the future.
When I went to Linyang City, no one invited me to a banquet, so let me question you!"
"Yes!" several soldiers responded.
"And you, Mr. Duan, right?" Li Daxu said to Duan Ming: "Just ride that horse just now, and then just let these brats bring it back. There will be others on the road if you are not prepared.
Ambush, be careful."
"Thank you, General Li!" Duan Ming said with clasped fists again, and then he was not polite, got on his horse and rushed towards the Brahma Temple with a few soldiers.
"General." After a few people left, a soldier came up and said, "Is it necessary to be so nice to this scholar?"
"Hmph, everyone says that I am stupid, but in fact I am very smart! What is this called, great wisdom appears as foolishness!" Li Daxu said in a deep voice: "Haven't you heard about the incident at Brahma Temple? The golden Buddha turned black, and the blood lotus motto
, This is a big deal! His Majesty has specially ordered the Mirror Department to investigate this case, which shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to it."
"The general is powerful, wise and brave." The soldier said, "But what does this person have to do with him?"
"This man just said that he was invited by the Mirror Division. His expression doesn't look like he's lying. It's best if we escort him back." Li Daxu glanced at the soldier next to him: "You boy, your head is really stupid.
, you can’t even figure this out?”
"Hey, I don't have the wisdom of a general." The soldier scratched his head and said.
"Think about it. If this person is a fake and not from the Mirror Division, then these soldiers can kill him directly to avenge the deception!" Li Daxu waved the Xuanhua ax in his hand:
"And what if this person is from the Mingjing Division? He said that he is from Linyang City, so how many days has Xing Qianqiu been here? He sent people all the way to Linyang City to invite this person, which is enough to show that Xing Qianqiu has
I attach great importance to this person."
"In this case, I asked someone to escort him back. How can Xing Qianqiu refuse to accept my favor?" Li Daxu said solemnly: "You know, that is the 'Ming Gui' of the Mingjing Division. Although his favor is normal,
It’s not necessary, but if it comes to a critical moment, it can save lives!”
"The general is resourceful and his subordinates admire him!" The soldier clasped his fists and said, "But this man looks very smart. Could he have guessed the general's thoughts?"
"Humph, so what if you guessed it?" Li Daxu said with a smile.
In fact, Duan Ming did guess it, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he had to accept the favor.
This was a conspiracy. In any case, when Li Daxu led his troops to rescue Xu Ruoyun with him, this love was already owed.
Moreover, as Li Daxu said, no one knows whether the road ahead is safe. There are too many variables in Duan Ming's return on foot, so he can only accept it.
Duan Ming really didn't expect that Li Daxu, a seemingly rough and brainless person, could have such a delicate mind.
However, these are irrelevant to Duan Ming.
After all, it is Xing Qianqiu who owes the favor, what does it have to do with him, Duan Ming?
