"Take me to see where that strange thing appeared." Lu Sheng didn't waste any words. The situation was now chaotic, and there were actually strange things causing trouble.
If it was Hongfang, it would definitely not be so petty. The disappearance of just a few ordinary people would have no impact on the Zhen family. It might in turn arouse the royal family's resentment towards it, and the gain would outweigh the loss.
"Just outside the city by the dock." Ning San promised.
The two of them rode on fast horses. Xu Chui received the news and quickly selected someone to follow them.
After running all the way down and around the mountain city for about half an hour, Ning San finally stopped at a small pier in the wild, turned over and dismounted.
Lu Sheng dismounted and glanced around.
The river water is calm, with white lines floating faintly in the distance, and the sun shines brightly, causing the water surface to sparkle from time to time.
Several long fishing boats were cruising slowly on the river, and fishermen were casting nets on the boats to catch fish.
It was noon, the temperature was slightly hot, and there were some shirtless coolies carrying goods on the dock. Several caravans were waiting aside, watching the goods being loaded onto the cargo ship.
"Where was the incident?" Lu Sheng asked with a frown. Such a scene did not look like a place where the incident occurred.
"On the right side of this pier, people often see people carrying sedans passing by there in the middle of the night, and there is no sound." Ning San replied.
While the two were talking, they walked towards the river bank on the right.
Until he reached the place, Lu Sheng sensed all the way and didn't feel the presence of Yin Qi at all. With no clue, he couldn't find out the problem.
"Wait here tonight. I want to see for myself what this sedan is." He narrowed his eyes and said.
During the battle between Hongfang and the Zhen family, there were still people who dared to reach out to Yanshan City and other important places of the Red Whale Gang. No matter who it was, it was a naked provocation to the Zhen family and the Red Whale Gang.
Seeing the crowds of people on the pier, Lu Sheng said nothing and just stood on the bank of the river without saying a word.
He didn't move, and Ning San didn't dare to move. Soon Xu Chui arrived with more than a dozen people. Under Lu Sheng's arrangement, they searched the terrain around the dock. However, they found someone who was still guarding here.
The Yamen arrests Zheng Xinzhong.
Lu Sheng found a place to rest in a nearby fishing village, and by the way, he met Mr. Zheng, the head of the yamen.
"Jade lotus seeds?" Zheng Captou stood in front of Lu Sheng with a hint of respect. After hearing the question, a look of confusion appeared on his face.
"The day before yesterday, I said that I was going out with Mr. Wang from our yamen to investigate the case of the ghost sedan here in the middle of the night. Is Ying Alai not back yet?" He replied quickly.
People here are out for investigation because they don’t have timely means of communication, so it’s not a big deal to be gone for three to five days.
"Then since they left, has the sedan still appeared?" Lu Sheng continued to ask.
"It happened again last night..." Zheng Captou replied with a wry smile.
"It seems useless?"
"No, it feels like the time is much shorter." Mr. Zheng replied quickly.
"The time is much shorter..." Lu Sheng thought for a moment and asked the head catcher to leave. He asked his subordinates to borrow pen and paper, and wrote a letter in his own hand. After sealing it with wax, he had someone send it to the gang leader of the Red Whale.
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He wanted to ask about this case to see if the Zhen family would respond. Logically speaking, there was no conflict in such an important place before, but now there is a conflict with Hongfang. The Zhen family will never allow such uncontrolled things to appear near the city.
thing.
He and Ning San paid some small money in a nearby village and found a resting place. Lu Sheng left only Ning San and Xu Chui behind and let the others go back.
The three of them waited by the river until night. The sedan was not seen, but they happened to see Yu Lianzi, who had returned from exhaustion, appearing by the river.
Lu Sheng led people to stay on the shore and saw Yu Lianzi looking around in the darkness, seemingly looking for something.
"Let's go up and have a look." He took the lead and walked towards them and got closer.
Xu Chui and Ning San looked at each other and quickly followed.
When the three of them got closer, they realized that Yu Lianzi's face was tired and she looked a little lost.
"Outside the road!? Why are you here?" Yu Lianzi also saw Lu Sheng leading people forward.
"How was it? How was the matter handled?" Lu Sheng walked closer and asked,
"It's very troublesome. Wang Baotou and I got separated, and I can't find him when I look for him later. Foreign leader, something is not right recently." Yu Lianzi said seriously.
"The situation is wrong?" Lu Sheng was stunned, "Why is it wrong?"
"To be honest." Yu Lianzi said softly, "When Wang Baotou and I caught up, we saw someone who was faster than us, so we caught up first."
"Is there anyone else? Have you seen what it's like?" Lu Sheng asked with a frown. Most people would avoid this kind of thing, but there are still people who dare to take the initiative to catch up, and they can do it faster than Yu Lianzi, who is good at martial arts. This is
It's somewhat interesting.
"More than that, there have been very few strange incidents in our jurisdiction in Yanshan City recently. The originally huge city and its surrounding areas had a large population. Due to some time ago, there have been cases that may be about monsters and ghosts almost every once in a while.
And now, it has been more than ten days and a half before this happened. And my subordinates suspect that after today, the ghost sedan will never appear again." Yu Lianzi said in a low voice.
"Oh? How do you say this?" Lu Sheng asked back.
"Although my subordinates didn't catch up, they heard screams from in front of them halfway. It seemed like someone was fighting. When I got closer, I couldn't see anything, and there was no trace left." Yu Lianzi said in a deep voice, "
So it is very possible that someone has solved this matter before us."
Lu Sheng didn't speak and was silent for a while.
It was indeed abnormal. He rushed over here, intending to solve a few cases to contribute to the gang and earn points, but he didn't expect to learn about this situation.
"Why didn't you tell me something happened before?"
"My subordinates also saw that everything was going well, so they didn't tell the boss." Yu Lianzi smiled bitterly.
"Let's go, let's go back first." Lu Sheng looked around. The wind in the river was cold and full of moisture. It was not a place to talk.
"yes!"
The group left the riverside and rode horses overnight to return to the Jinyu Flower House.
The night was deep and dark, and as Lu Sheng walked on the road, he felt more and more oppressive, as if there were dark clouds and heavy rain.
He didn't know what went wrong, but if he could feel this way now, there must be something wrong.
"Outside...it's dark at night, why don't we go back tomorrow? Just rest in the fishing village for the night?" Yu Lianzi was a little confused.
Four people were riding horses on a dark official road. There was only a little moonlight above their heads, so they couldn't see clearly. The horses accidentally went astray, and people had to correct the direction from time to time, which was very difficult.
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"Of course I have my own reasons." Lu Sheng said in a low voice. You can't say that you feel wrong. "By the way, apart from us, have the other gangs done anything weird lately?"
When it comes to this, Yu Lianzi understands it quite clearly.
"There is nothing strange. The leader of the Forest Society has announced that the retreat has been going on for quite some time.
We also have a trip to the Central Plains with the senior officials of Changing Sect. Nothing else is major."
"Really...?" Lu Sheng didn't know what his premonition was. He had never felt this way before, but in the end, he would rather believe that this kind of misfortune existed than that it didn't exist.
After riding for a while, Lu Sheng suddenly reined in his horse and stopped. He looked ahead.
In the distance, there is a forest location outside the mountain city, which seems to be at the foot of Dongshan Mountain. There are faint lights of fire in the night sky.
"There's a fire there, do you know where it is?" Lu Sheng asked casually.
Unexpectedly, there was no voice behind him to answer. When he looked back, he saw that Yulianzi's face was earth-colored. Her face was dull as she looked at the fire.
"That...in that direction, only Wanqinglou, the headquarters of the Transformation Sect, is there! Such a conflagration in the sky is not a fire, but a call for help from the smoke from Wanqinglou!" His voice was trembling.
"Huoyan call for help? Is the situation serious? What does it have to do with our Red Whale Gang?" Lu Sheng didn't quite understand that Yu Lianzi was scared like this. He was usually a very calm person. He would never be frightened by others.
The gang thing scares me.
But there must be a deep-seated reason why he is behaving like this now.
Sure enough, Yu Lianzi's face turned pale, and she stared at the fire and said slowly.
"Foreign Chief, the fire and smoke request for assistance will only be lit when the Huanzhuan Sect is in danger of being destroyed. The last time it was lit was during a gang war, the Huanyan Sect headquarters was almost wiped out, so it was lit only when the branches were summoned to come back for reinforcements."
"That has nothing to do with us, right?" Ning San wasn't sure why Yu Lianzi was so frightened.
"No...it's not..." Yu Lianzi gritted his teeth, "I'm telling you the truth..." He leaned close to Lu Sheng's ear and whispered something softly.
"The leader of the Transformation Sect is none other than Hong Xingrong, the eldest son of the old gang leader. And the entire Transformation Sect is actually the strongest invisible force under the old gang leader.
The Change Gate is the Red Whale Gang."
At this time, Lu Sheng completely understood. He had been wondering that he had not seen many of senior brother Hong Mingzi's descendants come forward, but he did not expect that there was such a secret relationship.
If the Huanhua Sect was destroyed, wouldn't it mean that Hong Xingrong, the eldest son of the senior brother...
There was a serious expression on his face, and he immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.
"Let's go! Go to the headquarters immediately!"
Several people speeded up and headed straight for the Red Whale.
Without stopping along the way, with lots of bumps and bumps, we finally reached the Red Whale with difficulty when the sky was slightly light.
The entire Red Whale was brightly lit and busy and tense, with a large number of trucks and oxcarts constantly coming and going from the side of the ship.
Buckets of water were continuously poured into the water bucket behind the bullock cart, and they were quickly pulled towards the changing door. It was not far from there, and the bullock cart could get there quickly.
Lu Sheng has a vivid image, and some people have long memorized it. He led people to dismount, and someone immediately took the horse to greet him.
"Where's the gang leader?" he asked urgently.
"Go back outside and rest in the garden." The gang members who came to greet him respectfully replied.
Lu Sheng didn't stop at that moment, took Jade Lotus Seeds with him, asked the others to wait elsewhere, and rushed straight towards the small garden.
He looked serious as he walked along. The guards who originally wanted to stop him and warn his gang leader who was resting did not dare to step forward.
Lu Sheng was the third most powerful person in the gang. He was very powerful and had a violent temper. He dared to beat the daughter of the deputy gang leader to death in front of everyone in front of the ship, and he was notorious for this.
Hurriedly pushing open the iron gate of the small garden, Lu Sheng saw Hong Mingzi standing under the yellow lantern.
The current leader of the Red Whale Gang, the leader of the Red Sun Clan, looked back with dull eyes, and he seemed to have aged much.
The first words he spoke made Lu Sheng change his face.