Xu Jinhuan watched as the body in her arms gradually became transparent, turned into specks of light, and dissipated into the world, leaving only a set of clothes that fell onto her lap.
This scene was exactly the same as when Zhou Zhou died. Recalling Zhou Zhou's words just now, Xu Jinhuan had a new guess in his mind...
But if Zhou Zhou hadn't died, why didn't she come looking for her? And how did Zhou Zhou travel to this place?
Xu Jinhuan felt that more and more mysteries were emerging, but she was confident that she could gradually unravel the fog and find the truth.
"Boss?"
Xie Guangbai, who was not far away, witnessed Kong Duiyue's death and the disappearance of her body. At this moment, he felt that his brain was not working properly, and looked at Xu Jinhuan with worry.
Xu Jinhuan did not wallow in sadness. She believed in Zhou Zhou's last words and that he would definitely come back to her. So she had to pull herself together and deal with the things at hand.
Find out where the other party's explosives came from, and whether they have been sold to multiple places; the last point is especially important.
Therefore, she folded the clothes, held them in her arms, took out a clean handkerchief, wiped her face, and then turned to look at the person who had been subdued by the guards.
"Search them thoroughly to see if there's anything else dangerous on them."
"Yes, boss."
The guards were ashamed that, as the team's protectors, they had failed to detect the danger in time, resulting in the murder of their leader's lover.
Therefore, upon hearing Xu Jinhuan's instructions, they immediately began to act, determined not to disappoint their boss again.
Soon, the guards thoroughly searched the place where the person who threw the explosives had been, and they actually found another package.
"Boss, we've found something!"
Xu Jinhuan walked towards the man with a cold face, staring at the explosives that were exactly the same as those of the bandit leader, and fell into deep thought.
Does Xia Zhiying know about this?
As if on cue, Xia Zhiying and her group arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Upon seeing a group of displaced people sitting haphazardly on the ground, they were taken aback, assuming that a conflict had broken out between the people in the group and the displaced people.
But when they hurriedly arrived near the carriage, it was very quiet. Could something terrible have happened?
Xie Datou anxiously walked to Xu Jinhuan's side. After seeing that Xu Jinhuan was alright, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked with a puzzled look.
"Boss, what happened? Just now, Brother Kong suddenly changed his expression and flew down the mountain for some reason."
I've known him for so long, and I never knew he knew martial arts.
Xie Datou muttered to himself as he looked left and right, but he couldn't find Kong Duiyue anywhere.
He glanced at Xu Jinhuan's expression and at the very familiar-looking dress in her arms, and a bad feeling suddenly came to his mind.
"Boss, has something happened to Brother Kong?"
Xu Jinhuan looked up at Xie Datou's anxious face and sighed, "Kong Duiyue died to save me."
Xie Datou's mouth dropped open. Although Xie Guangbai had already told him that Kong Duiyue wouldn't live much longer, he hadn't expected this day to come so suddenly.
He hasn't repaid Brother Kong's kindness yet.
Moreover, if Brother Kong died to save my boss, wouldn't I owe Brother Kong even more?
"Brother Kong, if you are reincarnated, please appear in my dream. I will definitely repay your great kindness!"
Xie Datou remembered what the old man had told him when he was a child: that the dead can see what is happening around them after they die. So he shouted loudly into the air, hoping that Kong Duiyue could hear him.
When others heard about Kong Duiyue's situation, they also expressed regret and pity, as well as concern for Xu Jinhuan.
Then came the questioning about the cause and effect of the matter, what exactly it was, which even the boss almost couldn't handle.
Upon hearing this, Xu Jinhuan handed the object in his palm to everyone.
After observing it closely for a while, Ma Wencai concluded, "This looks like something that one-eyed dragon threw out."
Li Yichang nodded in agreement, "It does look like it, and the amount seems to be larger than that of the one-eyed dragon. No wonder the boss had such a hard time blocking it."
Xia Zhiying, standing to the side, looked utterly incredulous and said, her face ashen, "How could this be? I've kept all the gunpowder I made in my secret room and have never given it to anyone else."
Her words drew everyone's attention.
Ma Wencai walked up to Xia Zhiying in surprise, circled her twice, and then patted her on the shoulder.
"Brother Xia, you did this too? You're a real talent. Others kill people by simply beheading them, but you kill a hundred people in an instant, just by lighting a fire."
Su Sanxi grabbed Ma Wencai's hand and gave him a helpless look. "Just talk, why are you hitting me?"
"What's wrong with you? Can't I get closer to my brother Xia? Although he looks like a girl, he's not really a girl."
After Ma Wencai finished speaking, he was about to put his arm around Xia Zhiying's shoulder again, but Li Yichang stopped him.
Ma Wencai turned to look at Li Yichang, then gave him a look that said, "I guessed what you were thinking."
"Li Yichang, why do you always meddle in everything? I know, are you jealous of my good relationship with the new guy Xia, and worried that I won't invite you for drinks anymore? Sigh, you stingy guy."
Li Yichang rolled his eyes speechlessly, then smiled apologetically at Xia Zhiying, "This fool is used to being rough, Miss Xia, please don't take it to heart."
Xia Zhiying gently shook her head. Her mind was full of gunpowder, so she naturally wouldn't bother with such a trivial matter.
Ma Wencai, on the other hand, reacted extremely quickly. He rushed to Xu Jinhuan's side and looked at Xia Zhiying, who was dressed as a man, with a look of astonishment on his face.
"Boss, they're bullying me because I'm not well-educated. Tell me quickly, is Brother Xia still Brother Xia?"
Xu Jinhuan glanced helplessly at this clown and explained, "She is indeed a girl, but our team doesn't require her to wear any particular clothes. If she likes, she can always dress as a man."
After hearing Xu Jinhuan's explanation, Ma Wencai finally believed Xia Zhiying's gender and spoke to her more politely, no longer as casually as before.
Seeing that Ma Wencai had stopped making a fuss, Xu Jinhuan continued to ask Xia Zhiying questions, "Zhiying, is your secret room in the mountain stronghold, or somewhere else?"
Xia Zhiying was also worried that Xu Jinhuan would misunderstand her, so she immediately replied.
"Master, I have two secret rooms in total. The small secret room is in the mountain stronghold, where I store the latest things I have developed. The large secret room is in my house in Tongqiao County, where I store the things I have created over the past few years."
Every time I went to the village to buy things, I would personally deliver them back to the house. The person guarding the house was an old man I brought from the Xia family; logically, he couldn't possibly betray me.
Upon hearing this, Xu Jinhuan said calmly, "Whether it is or not, there is a witness here. We can just hang him up and interrogate him to find out."
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