Chapter 238: See Li Fu Again! Is it related to Tian Shuo?
"Ah? A corpse?"
He Zhaojun took down the telescope and frowned. She quickly ordered someone to find a secluded spot to drop anchor and stop the boat. She wanted to go up and check. "There's a small platform at the foot of the cliff. It's already piled with headless corpses. Judging by the degree of decay, they must have been dead for less than two days. Be careful, there are still people committing crimes nearby!"
Everyone agreed and picked up their equipment. The fourth brother He Yue led the others to explore the way ahead.
"Zi Duan, do you know under what circumstances so many people would be killed and the other side would chop off their heads?"
Wen Ziduan shook his head. "In our dynasty, only those guilty of heinous crimes, such as treason, are sentenced to beheading. And only the ringleaders are executed. Such a large-scale situation is unheard of."
Gu Guan, who was closely protecting the two, interrupted, "But this is the southwest. Some of the other tribes have the custom of using human heads for sacrifice. You two must be careful."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard movement in the dense forest nearby. He Yue shouted "Be on guard!" and all the troops around him formed an airtight protective formation in an orderly manner, protecting the few people in the middle.
"I'll go explore the way first, you wait here." He Yue picked up the knife and rushed into the dense forest. After a while, he put the long knife across a man's neck and forced the man out of the woods.
He kicked the man in the back of the knee, and the soldiers followed suit, causing the captured men to fall to their knees. "Little sister, catching a thief who was about to escape might be related to the massacre of the village."
He Zhaojun took a few steps forward and noticed that the man looked familiar. She looked around and exchanged glances with Wen Ziduan: "Li Fu? Why are you here?"
Li Fu felt like crying, but he couldn't even cry. He saw that some of his loose hair had been cut off by He Yue's long sword, but he didn't look embarrassed at all. He bowed to He Yue and said, "I guess you are Zhaojun's fourth brother He Yue? Fourth brother, please accept my respects!"
He Yue glared and said, "Who is your fourth brother? Behave yourself!"
"Zhaojun...I, please listen to my explanation! Can I stand up and speak?" Li Fu felt a little aggrieved. The soil on the ground was soaked with blood and was extremely dirty.
He Zhaojun nodded, and He Yue put his sword back into the sheath, but he still did not let his guard down and did not let Li Fu get close to He Zhaojun easily.
"I just found out that I had a subordinate named Tian Shuo, who used to run a restaurant in the capital called Tian's Restaurant." Li Fu explained in detail, and everyone remembered who Tian Shuo was.
He once bribed the Zuo family to let General Zuo kill Huo Buzhi during the chaos, and even wanted to let Censor Zuo put him to death. Before Wen Ziduan ordered people to capture him, Tian Shuo had disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, when they heard this man's name from Li Fu's mouth, everyone was skeptical. Who knew whether what Tian Shuo did was instructed by Li Fu.
Li Fu waved his hands repeatedly. "Zhaojun, you know me well. I want my people to live a good life and give up their hatred, but there are many people like Tian Shuo who often go beyond my control. This time, I know that he sent people to Qianwei County. I don't know what he was going to do. I am afraid he will cause disaster, so I rushed here to stop him."
He Yue glanced at He Zhaojun, his eyes seemed to ask whether this person could be trusted and whether what he said was true. He Zhaojun nodded slightly and gestured for He Yue to look at the soles of Li Fu's shoes.
The soles of the perfectly good white socks and cloud shoes were worn down to a thin layer, which showed that they had been traveling for days without having time to replace them. He Yue then waved his hand and ordered his men to release all the people.
"So what did you find?" He Zhaojun walked up to Li Fu and pointed to a village not far away. The words "Hangsha" were written on a stone tablet at the entrance of the village and were soaked in blood.
The simple altar was filled with headless corpses, and the blood attracted countless flies and mosquitoes, which flew in the sky like black clouds.
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