The high priest's eyes were full of amusement as he said with a smile, "You don't seem afraid at all. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Zhou Zhilu sighed deeply. He hadn't expected his disguise to be exposed right after he entered. He said helplessly, "Of course I'm afraid... but I don't think you'll kill me."
"Oh? Why?"
"When Hara Namu sent you the message, you must have already known that my identity was fake. At that time, you could have directly exposed me and let Hara Namu kill me. There was no need for me to come here again, unless... you needed me."
The high priest smiled upon hearing this and asked softly, "Who are you? Why did you come to Guyuan Forest?"
"Zhou Zhilu, the Night Guard of the Song Dynasty, came to Guyuan Forest to investigate the Bai people." Zhou Zhilu said frankly. It would be better to tell the truth than to make up a false identity at this point. After all, his target was not the Gu people.
"Why investigate the Bai family?" asked the high priest.
"The Bai family has been acting strangely lately, secretly controlling the prefect of Yunjiang City, so they sent me here to investigate and collect evidence."
Zhou Zhilu informed the high priest of the Yunjiang City case, but concealed the details about the God of Wilderness and directly named the Bai family as the murderer.
After all, in Zhou Zhilu's opinion, the only reason why the high priest was willing to keep him was because of the Bai family.
Sure enough, the high priest said slowly: "I think you should have guessed it. I heard Yuan Namu say that you have been asking about the Bai family in Guyuan Village, so I guessed that your target is not my Gu tribe.
"I think... you still don't know why the Bai family suddenly collected so many poisonous insects?
"I can tell you!"
Zhou Zhilu immediately looked at the high priest.
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