The curtain of the carriage in the middle opened, and a young man's head poked out, watching the construction workers passing by carrying wood and stones to build houses.
The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and he whispered: "Master, did Senior Brother Xia die in the hands of the demon, or in the hands of that Gu An?"
An old voice came from the carriage: "I don't know. I won't know the details until I see the body of your Senior Brother Xia."
"What if he really died in Gu An's hands?"
"Then kill him."
…
Gu An put on his official uniform and came to the front hall under the guidance of Zhao Yuan.
Song Shenghua was sitting on the main seat, and in the usually empty seat next to him, an old man with white beard and hair sat.
The seat next to Song Shenghua was vacant, and sitting next to him were Lu Feng and Xu Bin.
The person sitting next to the old man was a young man with sharp eyebrows and a cold and handsome expression. Sitting in the two seats behind him were a boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old and a middle-aged man with a mustache.
No Xia Jun?
Or maybe Xia Jun was hiding and didn't dare to come out.
Gu An came to Song Shenghua, cupped his hands and said, "I have met Mr. Song Qi."
Then he exchanged greetings with Lu Feng and Xu Bin.
Song Shenghua nodded and pointed to the old man beside him: "Gu An, this is Elder Zhou Yinan from Xunyang County Wu Mansion."
Immediately afterwards, Song Shenghua introduced the identities of the remaining three people to Gu An.
The young man with a cold and arrogant expression is Wu Buchang, the captain of Xunyang County Wufu Law Enforcement Team.
That young man was Zhou Yinan's disciple, Xu Du.
The last person was a senior spy found by Zhou Yinan in Xunyang County.
After the ceremony.
Zhou Yinan looked slowly and said, "Gu Xiaoqi, I heard that the last person my disciple saw on the day when the demon attacked the city was you, right?"
Gu An nodded, with a gloomy look on his face: "Yes, the last person that warrior Xia saw that day was indeed me."
"Strong man?"
Gu An nodded, and then told them again how Xia Jing worked hard to protect the people of Ping'an County from the tiger demon at the great demon level, and how he died at the mouth of the tiger demon.
Zhou Yinan took a deep look at Gu An.
He knew Xia Jing's personality very well.
Although he is usually kind to others and has a good relationship with his brothers and sisters, he is definitely not a person who is willing to sacrifice his life for justice as Gu An said.
He has also read Gu An's information.
According to various incidents, a ruthless word was revealed.
Moreover, he also knew the purpose of Xia Jing's return this time. He had warned him, but Xia Jing didn't listen.
It was said that Gu An was only at the ninth level of body tempering, and with his strength in the Gang Qi realm, he was sure of success. However, because he couldn't defeat him, Zhou Yinan asked Xia Jing to come over.
Zhou Yinan said: "Is this really true?"
"nature."
Zhou Yinan took a deep breath and said: "That being the case, I have brought along this senior assassin from Xunyang County on this trip, and I am going to go to Xia Mansion to examine Jing'er's body.
Can Gu Xiaoqi go together?"
Xia Jing's body has been lying there for more than a week. It must be rotten in such hot weather. What can be found out about it?
This Zhou Yinan, after Gu An killed Xia Jing, he also inquired about him.
It is said that it is also the third level of Gang Qi.
With such strength, I can handle it myself.
Just when Gu An was about to agree, Song Shenghua said: "Elder Zhou, I am the new general bannerman of the Zhenxiesi General Banner Office of Ping'an County.
As a result, because of the delay on the road, we arrived one day late and did not catch up with the day when the demons attacked the city.
If I had been there at that time and joined forces with Xia Zhuangshi and Gu Xiaoqi, maybe Xia Zhuangshi would not have died.
These days, I have been busy rebuilding Ping'an County, plus the affairs of Lord Du in the past two days.
I feel deeply guilty that I don’t have time to pay homage to General Xia, so I will go along and pay homage to General Xia.”
Gu An paused and looked at Song Shenghua.
But he found Song Shenghua looking at Zhou Yinan with a sincere expression.
Zhou Yinan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then General Song Qi will also go with us."
Not long after, when Gu An and others came to Xia Mansion.
With Xia Ji's death at the hands of the tiger demon, Xia Jing's body death, and Xia Jun running away, only a few servants of the Xia Mansion are left here.
Under the leadership of the servant, Gu An and others came to the room where Xia Jing's body was stored.
After entering the house, Gu An discovered a problem. He seemed to have been careless.
Xia Jing's body was actually stored in an ice coffin.
It is engraved with ice vein patterns, and after activation, the corpse can be preserved for a period of time.
Generally speaking, only some disciples of prestigious sect families who died in a foreign country would use it, and others traveling with them would transport it back in ice coffins.
Gu An's expression remained unchanged, but he was thinking in his heart.
It seems that I will change my mind in the future and use the flame pattern of the fist armor to spread the ashes?
It seems that it can be...
Song Shenghua stepped forward naturally, bowed and worshiped Xia Jing's tablet, and then said to Zhou Yinan.
"Elder Zhou, I'm fine."
Zhou Yinan nodded and said to Wu Zuo beside him: "Master Li, you can start."
Gu An couldn't help but frown secretly when he heard this title.
Master...what work can be called a master?
The widow named Li Dongjie walked to Xia Jing's ice coffin and bowed.
"I'm offended."
"Squeak!"
Pushing open the ice coffin, he took out a series of tools from the backpack he was carrying and began to examine the body.
Gu An seemed to be stepping forward to check together, but in fact he walked to the position facing the door. If anything was found, Gu An could just take action directly.
After a while, Li Dongjie put away his tools: "It does look like the tiger demon has pierced his body. The flesh on the hollow wall of the chest is relatively smooth, and it should be the fangs of the tiger demon.
There are also teeth marks of the tiger demon on other parts of the body."
After a pause, Li Dongjie touched his mustache and frowned: "However, there is one thing that is more suspicious. It stands to reason that if the tiger demon penetrated Xia Jing's body in one go, when the gang energy was broken.
The tiger demon's upper and lower jaws could bite his body directly into two pieces.
Why did it just leave tooth marks?"
Gu An said: "At that time, I saw that Zhuangshi Xia's body-protecting energy was broken, so I quickly took action to save Zhuangshi Xia.
I took the opportunity to attack the tiger demon's eyes and forehead. As he screamed in pain, the tiger demon pierced Zhuangshi Xia's chest and had no chance to bite him, so I killed him on the spot."
Li Dongjie seemed to suddenly realize: "I see, it makes sense. Elder Zhou, do you want to take the next step?"
Sure enough, he still has some means. It seems that this so-called Master Li still has some strength... Gu An suddenly thought.
Zhou Yinan nodded, took a deep breath, and looked at Gu An: "Gu Xiaoqi, before coming to Pingan County, I heard a rumor.
Is it okay that Gu Xiaoqi has a grudge against the Xia family where my disciple lives?"