What happened?
"Something's happened at the Kang residence! The bride has been murdered!"
"What kind of bastard did this! It's utterly depraved!"
"Shh, keep your voice down. Who knows if that thug is mixed in with the crowd?"
At the Kang residence, constables stood guard at the entrance.
"Get out of the way!"
In the darkness, a rider gallops in.
"Greetings, Chief Constable!"
Upon seeing the newcomers, the constables stepped forward and bowed.
"Um!"
Lu Qian nodded slightly, then quickly dismounted and headed towards the Kang residence.
He wasn't originally planning to come for something like this.
But what can you do when Kang Rongnian has such a special status!
He was not only a newly appointed scholar, but also a protégé of the county magistrate.
......
In the main hall of the Kang Mansion, several door panels had been temporarily removed.
Several corpses lay horizontally on the door panel.
Except for Xue Yu, whose neck was broken, the other six were all killed with a single blow.
Xue Bao trembled as he covered himself with a white cloth, then looked at everyone with a murderous gaze.
"No one is allowed to leave until the murderer is caught!"
Just then, Lu Qian walked in from outside.
"Xue Bao, calm down!"
"The four city gates have all been sealed off; the murderer cannot escape."
"I have already sent someone to inform the county court painter that once he paints the man's face, a city-wide manhunt will be launched!"
"Then we'll wait here until we find that person."
Seeing Xue Bao's murderous aura, Lu Qian said no more.
......
The next day arrived quickly, and a portrait was plastered all over the streets and alleys.
The man in the portrait had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a bald head, and a piercing gaze.
While not exactly identical to Li Fan, they share at least a 70-80% resemblance.
......
"This beast is not human. He not only raped innocent women, but also killed seven people."
"If I ever run into him, I'll kill him with one blow."
Among the crowd, a burly middle-aged man was seething with hatred.
Just as he was speaking, he felt a squeezing sensation beneath him.
Looking down, I saw three children, each about half a person's height, squeezing inside.
"Whose kid is this? Keep an eye on him!"
The big man pushed the three children out of the crowd while speaking.
Just then, a figure appeared in his line of sight.
Bald, young, with striking eyebrows and bright eyes, and carrying a sword!
Except for having an extra dog, he's exactly like that wanted criminal.
That's him!
Although he dressed exactly like the members of the Vancl gang, the Vancl gang consisted of rough men, and there was no one as handsome as him.
Furthermore, everyone at Vancl is currently searching for the murderer, so it's impossible for any member to be wandering around outside.
He carefully followed Li Fan.
......
Pharmacies, cloth shops, and money exchanges.
After confirming that someone was following him, Li Fan headed back towards the inn.
The city was in an uproar, and he naturally knew what had happened.
He had been framed.
The only question is who is behind this.
......
At the Xue residence, a constable rushed in.
"Chief Constable, the man has been found! He's at the Dahe Inn, one of the branches near the south gate!"
"Immediately mobilize everyone to seal off the surrounding area. Without my order, not even a fly is allowed to escape!"
The constables and the martial artists of the Vanke Gang all rushed towards the south of the city.
......
Not far from the Great River Inn, in a courtyard, martial artists were scattered in various corners.
In the center of the courtyard, there is a pavilion.
The building has nine floors, and He Qiang is stationed downstairs.
The window on the top floor of the attic is open.
From their elevated vantage point, Gao Shiyin and Jiang Shoulin had a panoramic view of the distant landscape.
"Brother Gao, you've truly impressed me!"
"Following the Prefect, I have never taken the county magistrates below seriously."
"In my opinion, all county magistrates are bumpkins."
"The jurisdiction has a population of only one million, which is nothing compared to the prosperity of the county seat."
"Only now do I realize how wrong I was."
"Although the county town has tens of millions of people, most of the power has been divided up among various forces."
"And the lives of the million people in Shannan County are all in Brother Gao's hands."
"Such power is truly admirable!"
"Brother Jiang, if you're interested, how about we, as brothers, share Shannan County?"
Gao Shiyin pointed to the long street and said, "Let's take the long street running north to south as the boundary. The east side of the city belongs to me, and the west side belongs to Brother Jiang. What do you say?"
Glug!
Jiang Shoulin swallowed hard, looking at Gao Shiyin with a stunned expression.
He only wanted to get a little something out of it, but he never expected Gao Shiyin to give him such a generous gift.
He suddenly became hesitant to respond.
"Brother Jiang, my words always stand!"
"Just tell me whenever you want it!"
"We're all brothers!"
Gao Shiyin patted Jiang Shulin on the shoulder and pointed into the distance: "The show is about to begin!"
The sound of horses' hooves could be heard from the street.
Lu Qian and Xue Bao walked side by side, with the constables and the members of the Vancl Gang clearly separated.
When the two groups arrived at the River Inn, the innkeeper rushed out quickly.
He pointed to the center of the lobby, then quickly moved away from the restaurant.
......
"That's Chief Constable Lu."
"Xue Daxia from Vancl has also arrived."
"That thug won't be able to escape now."
Around the restaurant, onlookers in the hiding rooms were discussing the matter animatedly.
......
In the center of the inn, Li Fan picked up a peanut.
Xiao Bai tilted her head and looked out the door.
His previously languid gaze instantly sharpened, his dark golden pupils elongated, and his sharp claws were revealed.
It lay on the table, ready to pounce at any moment.
......
"You beast, I'll kill you!"
At the entrance, He Bao drew his sword, his expression menacing.
"etc!"
Lu Qian pressed him down, and then he looked behind him.
"Kang Rongnian, Li He, Chen Ruiping."
"Look, isn't that him last night?!"
After Lu Qian finished speaking, the group of constables dispersed.
Three refined scholars stepped forward at the same time.
"That's him!"
Enraged, Kang Rongnian pointed at Li Fan and shouted, "I would recognize this beast even if he were reduced to ashes!"
"Reporting to Chief Constable Lu, it is him!"
After Kang Rongnian finished speaking, the other two also spoke up to identify him.
"I didn't do what happened last night!"
Li Fan looked up at everyone and said, "I didn't leave the inn last night. If you don't believe me, you can ask the innkeepers!"
"You beast, still dare to argue? Die!"
Unable to suppress his anger any longer, Xue Bao unleashed a powerful burst of innate true energy from his body, and then shot out like a cannonball.
Clang!
The clang of metal on metal was deafening.
Xue Bao's hand was instantly severed, and his burly body flew backward at an even faster speed than when he arrived.
Duh!
The broken long knife was stuck in the wooden floor.
The inn was deathly silent.
No one expected that Xue Bao, a dignified mid-stage seventh-rank expert, would be defeated so easily.
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