Midnight in the capital.
A group of people and horses were galloping at high speed on the road, and the sound of horse hooves filled the street.
In a flash, they arrived at Fan Mansion on the Fourth Ring Road of Beijing.
Looking at the tightly closed door, Zhou Zhilu stepped forward and kicked it open.
A group of people rushed into the room and walked quickly in Fan's mansion.
The servants and maids around were so frightened when they saw this that they all fell to their knees.
However, during the search, no trace of Fan Quan and Fan Jin, father and son, was found in Fan's mansion.
The entire Fan Mansion was searched, even his wife and daughter were still there, but the two of them were missing.
Zhou Zhilu's face turned grim as he muttered, "The supervisor reported that the situation was normal this afternoon, and his wife and daughter are still there. This means there wasn't time to arrange for the evacuation of others. They must have fled in a hurry at night, and they certainly haven't gotten far yet!"
He quickly led his team out of the Fan Mansion and ordered, "Teams of three, search outside the capital! Notify the city defense forces and ask them to help search, as well as the guards at the city gates, to see if there are any suspicious people leaving the city at night. Quick!"
As it was approaching the New Year, even though it was already late at night, there were still some people enjoying the nightlife on the streets of the capital.
When the crowd saw teams of soldiers moving through the streets, they couldn't help but get a little agitated, and then a heated discussion broke out.
"Hey! See? There are so many soldiers. Something big must be going on!"
"It's almost the New Year, what big deal could there be?"
"How would I know? It's probably just that some demon tribe has appeared somewhere, or some wealthy businessman has offended the officials and is being investigated and punished."
"That's right, that's all. It can't be that some high-ranking official was arrested, right?"
"Brother, you've had too much to drink again. How could those guys be arrested? I actually hope that's the case. They don't do their job every day..."
"Shh! You're asking for death! Shut up!"
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Zhou Zhilu stood on a rooftop, looking at the streets around him. As time passed, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
At this moment, a signal came from the city gate in the distance. Zhou Zhilu was instantly excited and hurried over.
When they reached the city gate, the guard who was guarding the gate ran forward and said breathlessly, "Sir, just now, Magistrate Fan led his men out of the city gate and ran into the woods outside. The other brothers of the Fuye Guard have already caught up with them!"
Zhou Zhilu's eyes lit up, he pulled the reins and shouted, "Chase!"
However, as soon as he walked out of the city gate, he saw two cold lights coming from both sides.
The other person was wearing black clothes, with his face covered, and holding a long sword, rushing towards Zhou Zhilu fearlessly.
Zhou Zhilu supported himself on the horse's back and jumped into the air, avoiding the incoming sword light, but the horse under him was stabbed to the ground while neighing.
Zhou Zhilu drew the long sword from his waist, and instantly appeared behind the two men with a chilling aura. He slashed with the long sword, and in the blink of an eye, the two men's calves were frozen.
Then he kicked sideways and easily knocked the opponent to the ground.
The people around were about to step forward to subdue the two men, but they saw the other party suddenly slap their chest, shattering their internal organs and causing them to vomit blood and die.
It turned out to be the Fan family's assassins, who were only trying to delay Zhou Zhilu's progress.
Zhou Zhilu looked at the two bodies on the ground indifferently and shouted, "Keep chasing! Divide the troops into three groups. Two teams will surround them from the side, and one team will search the forest. If you encounter them, send a signal immediately!"
As everyone rushed through the woods, it didn't take long before Zhou Zhilu finally saw several figures fleeing ahead.
It was Fan Quan, Fan Jin and others.
Seeing that Zhou Zhilu and the others were about to catch up, Fan Quan's eyes were filled with panic. He shouted to a middle-aged man guarding Fan Jin: "Black Guard, go stop them!"
The middle-aged man called Black Guard gave Fan Quan a complicated look and said in a deep voice, "Yes, sir."
He then pulled out two daggers from his waist and ran backwards in an instant.
Zhou Zhilu, who was at the front of the team, saw the black guards charging towards him resolutely and ordered the people behind him, "Leave him to me, you guys keep chasing!"
The Black Guards didn't care about the Night Guards who bypassed them. They just stared at Zhou Zhilu with fighting spirit in their eyes.
Seeing the other person's eyes, Zhou Zhilu understood that he was seeking death.
The two men collided, and when they got close, the black guard suddenly turned into a black shadow and moved quickly on the ground, and instantly circled behind Zhou Zhilu.
The two daggers turned into claws and stabbed straight into the shoulders.
A cold wind blew, and several ice crystals appeared out of thin air, turning into ice spikes that blocked the dagger.
Then Zhou Zhilu suddenly slashed behind him, but the black guard was very fast and easily avoided the long sword.
During this collision, Zhou Zhilu's shortcomings were highlighted.
It was seen that the Black Guard's movements were much faster than Zhou Zhilu's, so he was always able to narrowly avoid Zhou Zhilu's attacks.
After a long time, Zhou Zhilu became a little out of breath.
Seeing that the opponent was attacking from behind again, Zhou Zhilu gritted his teeth, turned around and pounced on the opponent.
"puff!"
Two daggers pierced into Zhou Zhilu's shoulders, causing him to roar in pain.
But Zhou Zhilu also took this opportunity to tightly grasp the two wrists of the black guard.
"Finally I caught you!"
Seeing this, the Black Guard's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he said coldly, "Fool, you're dead! My dagger has a blood-breaking effect. You will bleed to death soon!"
As he spoke, the black guard pressed his wrist hard, wanting to penetrate deeper.
The veins on Zhou Zhilu's neck bulged, and he held the other person's wrists tightly with both hands, blocking with force.
Streams of blood gushed out from the dagger wound. Zhou Zhilu felt the loss of blood and couldn't help but laugh: "Hey, I lack everything except blood!"
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