Chapter 2657 It would be best if the murderer could be found
Murong Qiuming raised his head, looked at him coldly, and said, "Cheng Ye, the head of the Cheng family who was with us, was killed last night!"
"What?!"
When Li Bushang heard this, his brows furrowed.
Xie Jiaojiao on the other side was also shocked and said, "Uncle Cheng? How could it be?"
Li Bushang asked, "Where are they? We need to go check."
Murong Qiuming looked at him coldly, glancing at the other Jinyiwei behind him, and said, "No need."
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"It's a mess over there right now. We need to find out who killed the Cheng family's patriarch."
Li Bushang said: "We can also check."
Murong Qiuming sneered, "If a thief cries thief, how can he catch the thief?"
Li Bushan frowned. Tian Ye and the others behind him immediately rushed forward, pointing at Murong Qiuming and asking, "What do you mean by that?!"
Murong Qiu Ming stopped talking, and the guards of the Murong family behind him also rushed up.
For a while, both sides blamed each other and quarreled.
Li Bushang looked ahead quietly, raised his hand and signaled the people behind him to stop talking.
Tian Ye and the others were still indignant and said, "Sir, these people are simply—"
At this moment, a gentle voice came from behind Murong Qiuming, saying, "Brother Murong, let them go and take a look."
When they heard the voice, everyone looked up.
In the firelight, a young man walked over.
This man was probably in his twenties, very elegant, and his green shirt looked slightly white in the firelight. He had a handsome face and a scholarly air. When Li Bushang saw him, he immediately thought of Jian Ruocheng who had taught him before.
It seems that he is a scholar.
Li Bushan's already cold eyes seemed to be filled with frost.
When this person came forward, the people around him immediately bowed and saluted him: "Mr. Song."
Li Bushang looked at him coldly, and suddenly remembered in his heart that this person should be Song Zhiwen, the eldest son of the head of the Song family who was sent to Handongwei to discuss the surrender of the city by Ma Yuanju before.
The name really suits the person.
Moreover, Xie Jiaojiao seemed to have said that their Song family agreed to surrender the city.
Xie Jiaojiao also said immediately: "Brother Zhiwen, Uncle Cheng really, really——"
Song Zhiwen sighed softly and said, "It's true."
Xie Jiaojiao lowered her head sadly.
The five major families in Bailong City are of the same blood, and many of them are even intermarried. Therefore, everyone is familiar with each other. When they suddenly heard that an elder was killed, these younger generations were naturally very sad.
Song Zhiwen walked up to her and gently touched her hair, his eyes filled with tenderness and pity.
Softly said: "Don't be too sad."
After saying this, he raised his head again, looked Li Bu Shang up and down, and said, "You, are they talking about, the commander of the Jinyiwei sent from the Handongwei?"
Ma Yuanju immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir, this is the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Lord Li Bushang."
Li Bushang bowed to him and said, "Greetings, Master Song."
Song Zhiwen raised his hand and returned the greeting.
"You're welcome."
"Mr. Song, we were all sent by the Emperor to ensure the safety of the various family heads until they reach Handongwei. Since something happened to the Cheng family's Patriarch, it's our responsibility to investigate. Ideally, we can find the murderer."
When they heard the word "murderer", the eyes of the people around them flickered.
Murong Qiuming even sneered.
Song Zhiwen was polite. He glanced at the people behind Li Bushan and said, "We must investigate, of course. Lord Li can go over. However, Lord Li has brought too many people with him. If he goes over like this, it will inevitably cause unrest at the scene."
This is the truth.
Moreover, the two sides had just met and were not familiar with each other. Moreover, there were some members of several major families who did not agree with surrendering the city, so they naturally had no good intentions towards them.
Li Bushang thought for a moment and told the people behind him, "Set up camp over there first and wait for my order before moving."
"yes."
Everyone immediately followed the order and retreated to the other side.
Li Bushang only brought Tian Ye and two other personal guards, and followed Song Zhiwen and the others forward.
After a while, they arrived at the camp of this group of people.
Sure enough, in order to protect the patriarchs of the five major families during their travels, they each sent out a large number of troops. The number of stationed tents and lit bonfires was almost countless. Li Bushang only took a quick glance, roughly remembered the direction, and estimated the number, and then saw one of the largest tents in front, with many people gathered at the door.
The sounds of panic and crying came from there.
Song Zhiwen and Murong Qiuming walked over with Li Bushang and said, "All of you make way."
When many people saw them, they stepped aside and made way for them.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Bushang.
Xie Jiaojiao was the first one to rush forward. As soon as she entered the tent, she saw a corpse slumped limply on a chair. It was a middle-aged man in his forties. His skin was originally dark, but now it was only the gray of death. His eyes were wide open, as if he still maintained the fear and disbelief before his death.
There was a bloody hole in his chest, the blood had already coagulated, but most of his body had already been stained red.
"Uncle Cheng!"
When Xie Jiaojiao saw it, tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
Song Zhiwen was walking behind her. Seeing her like this, he reached out to support her and whispered a few words to comfort her.
Although there were many people gathered outside, there was only one person standing in the tent. He was probably suddenly awakened in the middle of the night. He was only wearing pajamas and a robe on the outside, and his face looked very sad.
He looked up and saw them, and said, "Jiaojiao, you are back."
After saying that, he looked at Li Bushang again: "This is——"
Li Bushang said, "Li Bushang, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
As soon as he saw him, the man seemed relieved and walked forward and said, "You are finally here."
The light in the tent was a little dim, and Li Bushang could not see his face clearly until he walked over. Then he saw that this person was also a young man in his twenties, with average looks and build, but he still smelled of medicine.
Obviously, he is someone who often deals with medicinal herbs.
He said, "My name is Xue Huai'en."
That is the eldest son of the second branch of the Xue family mentioned before. He is actually Xue Yun’s cousin.
Li Bushang simply saluted and then walked to the corpse.
He looked him up and down, then said, "Is this the Patriarch of the Cheng family?"
"good."
Xue Huai'en walked up to him, frowned, and said sadly: "We will camp here tonight and rest. We originally planned to set off early tomorrow morning to meet up with you. However, when the patrol passed by Uncle Cheng's tent, they smelled blood inside. After shouting for a long time without any response, they walked in and saw that he had been -"
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