"Boss, what should we do? He is from the Fourth Realm. Our brothers together are not enough to see him. How about we run away?"
"Bah, you knew how to run away, Daniel. If he didn't agree, would we have run away?"
"Shut up, why are you making such a fuss?"
"Um, hero! We are both members of the Yi family, one of the four great families. If you have something to say, please speak it out without hurting the peace."
Feng Zi chuckled and asked, "Four major aristocratic families? The Yi family? I've never heard of them. Are they very powerful?"
The leader's eyes widened with a look of disbelief. Are there people in Xuanhe Country who don't know about their Yi family? Damn, Shuan Zhu was right. He came from the mountains, but looking at his clothes
, It doesn’t really look like it. Well, I’ll ask again.
"The Yi family is very powerful. Hero, why don't you come and sit with me for a while?"
Feng Ziqing's face suddenly changed, and he said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense, rob, hand over the money, or else"
"Hello, oh, oh, oh, why are you still standing there? Give me your money!"
After the sound, several people quickly began to touch their bodies. However, no one was surprised by the leader's changeable behavior. They had obviously expected it.
Not long after, everyone took out a pile of crumpled low-denomination banknotes and broken silver, with a small gold ingot mixed in among them.
Seeing this, Feng Zi shook his head lightly. This was the first time in his old career that he had failed.
"You are really too poor. Forget it. You are too lazy to grab it. I don't want the money anymore. I'll replace it with something else."
Everyone looked at each other in silence.
This is the first time we meet, is there still too much robbery?
"You," he pointed at the leading man, and said, "answer the questions I ask next honestly. If I am satisfied, you can leave."
The leading man showed joy on his face, nodded and said: "You may ask, heroes, but we will definitely tell the truth."
Feng Ziqing nodded with satisfaction.
After some inquiries, he had a rough idea of the movements of the four major families inside and outside the city in the past two days.
After the fire that night, all the advance troops of the Yi and Zheng families disappeared. In the eyes of most people, they were naturally dead.
Only two members of the Hou family survived. The Feng family suffered the smallest casualties, but they were also heavy casualties. The initiator of the assassination was unknown to anyone else.
People from the four major families have no clues yet, so they can only be skeptical.
These are just the first days after the fire.
On the second day, things changed.
While the four major families were picking up the pieces, Yi Yun, the elder of the Yi family, was suddenly assassinated and died. The assassin was also seriously injured and was discovered by the Yi family, who then launched a pursuit.
While chasing the assassin, the Yi family's reinforcements discovered that the assassin had brazenly ran to the Hou family's camp and threw the Book of Shaking Mountains, which had been obtained by the Yi family, into the Hou family's camp.
Before he died, he uttered those last words that suddenly changed the situation.
"Hou Cheng has been lurking for many years, and today he finally returns with the treasure. Fortunately, he has lived up to his destiny!"
Although the Hou family picked up the Book of Shaking Mountains at the same time, they did not forget to curse God and mother, saying that they did not know this "hero" who sacrificed his life to give the treasure, but the Yi family saw it with their own eyes. Who cares about this, naturally they will not give up.
Hugh, if the negotiation fails, then there will be a big fight.
Then, late that night, three elder-level masters died in the Jian family camp. According to the scene, it was determined that they were fighting each other.
This is not the key point. The key point is that two of them died from the Feng family's famous secret skill, Blood Cloud Finger.
The Jian family was furious and led everyone to the Feng family camp on the spot, vowing to find out the reason.
The Feng family's attitude was gentle at first, but when they got angry later, they acted like it wasn't me who did it anyway. I have money, why are you afraid of no one? You have the guts to fight!
The results are naturally self-evident.
Whether it's a plot or a conspiracy, or the truth, this is it. At this moment, the situation is like this, and it is inevitable to break up.
The Fenghou family joined forces, but the Jian family chose to fight alone. The Yi family had no choice but to make the Jian family stronger, so they had no choice but to "assist" them from the side. Facing the Fenghou coalition, they could barely count as joining forces.
In order to cooperate, the Fenghou family moved their camps closer to each other to facilitate support; the Yi family was naturally not stupid and moved the camp closer to the Jian family.
At this point, the melee between the four major families officially began.
Waving his hands, Feng Ziqing drove these people away, and then went to find the groups of people who came to inquire one after another.
At this time, the strength of those who can be sent to investigate is naturally not much higher, and is no different from the group he just drove away.
The old method was still used, and several comparisons were made to confirm the reliability of the news. By the way, I grabbed some money from those who were not obedient and had high vision but low hand, so as to become proficient in the skills for future use.
Since he made such a big noise, others would naturally not take a closer look, so the plum wine was hidden in the dense canopy and no one noticed it.
Return to the original place, take the plum wine, and explain the situation to her.
"Brother Feng, so to speak, there are already wars outside the city, but the city is safer. If Xia Xu goes here, it may not be a big problem."
"That's right." Feng Zi nodded lightly and said, "As long as we can enter the city smoothly and find out the situation clearly, once the four major families leave, Chengwu County will be able to return to peace.
Of course, this is only relative. After all, in addition to people from the four major families, there are also local snakes and warriors from other places. If these people want to take advantage of the chaos and do something, it is not impossible."
"Yes, in addition to the Book of Shaking the Mountain, there are two other books that are also very attractive to warriors. I just hope that Xia Xu won't be interested in martial arts."
"Huh? You mean, Brother Xia will fight for those two skills for you?"
Plum wine sighed and nodded.
"That said, it is possible. What does the little wine girl think?"
Plum wine shook his head and said: "If he hasn't come back in two days, then please ask Brother Feng to go to the city for me and help me bring him out."
"It's a small thing." Feng Zi nodded lightly.
Two days later.
Xia Xu still hadn't returned, and Meijiu was extremely worried. Feng Ziqing placed her in a cave he found in the past two days, and left her with food from hunting.
After nightfall, Feng Ziqing walked out of the forest with his sword and headed for the city.
It's winter, and the night sky is cold.
Under the moonlight, looking from the sky above the city, one can vaguely see the scorched towers in the city.
Entering the city, Feng Ziqing searched for Xia Xu according to the places that Meijiu mentioned they often visited. Naturally, he couldn't find him. Fortunately, he found a mark in an inconspicuous corner.
It is a mark that only Xia Xu and Meijiu can understand.
An arrow that goes from top to bottom, turns three times, and finally points to the left. There is a vertical line blocking the arrow.
Start from the north, cross three streets, and go west to the end of the street.
Following the instructions of the mark, Feng Ziqing came to the end of the street and saw a small knife carved on the bottom brick of the wall, pointing horizontally at a person.
Based on this inference, the general idea is that Xia Xu was preparing to kill with a knife, and it seemed that he had found the person who betrayed them.
Tsk tsk, you are quite capable, I found it in just two days.
Feng Ziqing jumped up to the wall, looked around, and saw a collapsed pavilion in a small courtyard not far away. There were many knife marks on the pavilion pillars, and one or two blood stains, but they were not big.
That should be it.
However, he did not go directly to investigate. Instead, he took out his night clothes from his belongings, put it on and covered his face. He jumped a few times on the roof and landed on a tree beside the street outside the small courtyard.
On the big tree.
It was quiet all around.
Feng Ziqing sensed it, and found that except for some whisperers in nearby houses, there were no practitioners.
Amidst a burst of rustling breathing, Feng Ziqing listened to a short concert of singing and singing, but still gained nothing.
Of course, hearing sweet words from a dater is not a gain.
He had carefully observed that there were no marks left by Xia Xu around, which meant that Xia Xu disappeared here.
In this case, there are only two possibilities.
One way is that Xia Xu happened to find the person who betrayed them today. After a fight, he escorted the person away and missed him. However, this possibility is relatively small, because those places where they often go,
Without him.
In the other case, Xia Xu was defeated. Judging from the size of the blood stains, he was captured and not dead.
If it is the first type, then everyone will be happy, but if it is the second type, then it will cause a headache. Chengwu County is so big and he is not familiar with it, so where can he go to find it.
The people who were meeting had already left, and the surroundings became increasingly quiet.