Alienated Martial Arts.

Chapter 176 Situation
The golden sun farm is like a town.

In fact, it can only be regarded as a messy crowd settlement at best.

At the beginning, it was only because the river beach here could sieve gold sand that it attracted a large number of people to come to pan for gold.

Slowly, more and more people came, and I don't know if the gold sand was found, but it drove the development of the sand mining industry.

Even many big families in Luoshui City like to use the sand dug out from the gold sunning field to build houses.

There is also the bluestone produced on the nearby hills, which is also of good quality. When it is mined, it is directly shipped and sold to other places, and the annual income is not a small amount.

The wheels of the carriage turned slowly, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated archway.

"My lord, the gold sunning field is ahead."

Ganliang's voice sounded quietly.

Wei Tao opened his eyes, opened the side curtain and looked out.

There are high piles of sand and broken bluestones everywhere outside, just casually thrown on the side of the road.

Farther away, there is still a forest growing, which is looming in the rain curtain and cannot be seen clearly.

He withdrew his gaze and looked towards the town behind the archway.

The scale here is not small, but there is a lack of planning for various houses and buildings. Except for a few main streets, the other places are all in a mess, like gray moss growing wildly, spreading out to occupy a large area of ​​​​land by the river bank.

Perhaps because of the rain, there were no pedestrians on the main street.

The shops are all open, but except for a few restaurants that are still busy, the rest of the places are empty and there is no customer flow.

The carriage had just stopped.

A group of people came up quickly.

They were stopped by Gan Liang ten steps away.

The leading middle-aged man seemed to know Gan Liang, and after a few words, he was allowed to come to the front of the car.

"I met Deacon Wei in Linyuan, my next room."

The middle-aged man took off his bamboo hat and bowed deeply.

Gan Liang added from the side, "Wai Yuan is the owner of several sand and stone quarries here. The last time someone disappeared was the letter he reported."

Wei Tao opened the curtain and took a look at Fang Linyuan.

His eyes were sunken, his face was haggard, and his hair was messy. It was obvious that he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

"Your Majesty has already prepared a residence for the deacon, and also prepared a table for the masters to wash away the dust."

Fang Linyuan and Wei Tao looked at each other, hurriedly lowered their heads, and said in a respectful tone.

"Then follow the arrangement of the room staff."

Wei Tao nodded slightly, "We will talk about the specific situation later while eating."

He turned his gaze away from the bleak and haggard faces of the room staff, and looked at the servants waiting not far away.

These people had ruddy complexions and radiant spirits. Not only did they not have any dishes, but they also formed a sharp contrast with the room staff.

"The living conditions of the servants in this family seem to be good, and their complexion is even better than that of the Daoist in Qingfeng Temple."

Wei Tao thought in his heart, and lowered the door curtain of the carriage.

After passing the dilapidated gatehouse, the carriage slowly entered the town.

After walking some distance along the gravel-paved street, I stopped in front of a high-walled compound.

On both sides of the gate, there were already several servants waiting with umbrellas.

On the steps outside the porch, there was a slim girl with short hair standing.

She looked about fifteen or sixteen.

Wearing a blue strong suit, with a long sword hanging from his waist, he stood at the top of the door steps and looked down from a high position.

When Fang Linyuan saw the girl, his haggard complexion suddenly became more painful.

He opened his mouth to reprimand, but in the end he sighed, turned his head and smiled cautiously, "This is a little girl, she has been spoiled by her subordinates, she doesn't know much about world affairs, I hope the deacon can't blame her."

"It's okay."

Wei Tao nodded, took an umbrella, and walked up the front steps slowly.

"Are you the warrior sent by Qingfengguan?"

The short-haired girl's eyes fell on Wei Tao.

Looking at his not-so-strong body under the moon-white gown, there was a look of scrutiny and suspicion in his eyes.

Wei Tao walked past her, as if he hadn't heard the girl's words.

She snorted coldly and kept talking.

"Don't be like the two people in front, who were arrogant and domineering when they first came, they seem to be full of airs.

In the end, he couldn't survive for a few days, so he was so scared that he ran all night, not daring to turn his head. "

Click!

He stopped without warning.

Turned around and looked over.

Together with Ou Yinglian and the others at the side, they stopped at the same time.

The eyes of several people were gloomy and cold, and they all looked at the girl under the door.

The short-haired girl met several gazes, and couldn't help shivering, and her body tensed up instantly.

Wei Tao only glanced at it, then looked away.

He said in a low voice, "Outside the room staff, last time you told the Taoist temple about peeling real grass, but now what I hear is about running away at night."

"So, which sentence is true and which sentence is false?"

Gudong!

The room member swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

His face was a little pale, and there was a fine line of cold sweat on his forehead in an instant.

Wei Tao paused for a moment, his tone became more and more cold.

"You have to understand that although this concept protects one party's safety, it is not a fool who can be deceived by others."

"Master Deacon, this is all the villain's fault, it's all because the villain didn't speak clearly!"

The voice outside the room was trembling, "Those two masters are indeed dead. The villain just blocked the news on a small scale because he was afraid of causing panic, and did not spread it on a large scale."

"As for my naughty daughter."

When he said this, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, "She always came to ask about this matter, in order to deal with it, and didn't want her to be afraid, the villain just made up lies..."

Wei Tao was silent for a moment, then walked towards the courtyard.

"There is no need for the room staff to be nervous, just explain the matter clearly. After all, we are here to solve the problem, not to create new problems unnecessarily."

"The deacon is magnanimous, and the villain is grateful!"

The room clerk wiped off his sweat, and finally let out a long, suffocated breath.

Immediately afterwards, they shouted, "Hurry up and spread the mat, don't let the deacon wait too long!"

After half an hour.

After a few glasses of wine, the room attendant's complexion became much ruddy.

Looking at Wei Tao who was sitting upright beside him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He toasted again and again, and said flattering words from beginning to end.

"In the past, with the protection of Qingfeng Temple, the entire golden sun farm has been safe and sound.

Even if there were a few bandits who came here, they were wiped out by the warriors stationed at the scene, and it didn't cause much impact. I am so grateful that I can't express it in words. "

"Only this time, not only did the warriors stationed at the scene see no one alive, nor a corpse when they died, but even the two warriors who came from the temple to deal with this matter were stripped of their skins and died miserably.

Originally, I was already a little desperate, and even had the idea of ​​abandoning my family business and fleeing here.

Unexpectedly, just passing on the news, the deacon came immediately with reinforcements.

The boulder that was pressing down on my heart finally loosened a lot. "

"Okay, we didn't come here this time to drink, and there is no need to say anything else that is not important.

The housekeeper should first tell the story in detail, so that we can have a general understanding and determine the target direction of the investigation. "

Wei Tao ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a few glasses of wine, then put down the tableware and sat back on the back of the chair.

"The specific situation is this."

The room attendant was lost in memory, thinking slowly and said, "On that morning eight days ago, the foremen went to the site one step ahead of schedule as usual, counted the tools, and prepared the work for the day."

"It turned out that when they arrived, they found that the person who stayed at the night watch in the hut in the sand field had disappeared.

And it's not just one battlefield, the same situation happened in several places. "

"At first I thought it was the guard who was stationed at the scene and ran away, but after thinking about it for a while, I felt something was wrong.

First, they didn't even receive this month's wages, so they would hate to suffer if they ran away at this time;

Secondly, it is still possible if a single person escapes, but it is impossible for several people to escape together..."

Wei Tao opened his eyes, "Did you find any signs of fighting in the battlefield?"

"No, not to mention the corpse, not even a bloodstain."

"Well, I see, you continued."

He nodded and closed his eyes again.

Fang Linyuan said, "Later, the martial masters stationed at the Taoist temple rushed over, but they didn't find any clues.

So I left two nursing homes from here, and lived there at night with a few rough envoys and handymen.

I want to see if there is anything unexpected happening. "

"Standing and waiting is a good way to solve the problem."

Wei Tao picked up a chopstick of bacon, put it in his mouth and chewed slowly, "So, they lived in at night, and then disappeared as well?"

"What the deacon said is very true."

Fang Linyuan's eyes fluttered, and there was a flash of panic, "The next morning, they were indeed gone."

"What's even more frightening is that this time, the stone house in the sand field was covered in blood, as if someone was dipping blood into it with the largest brush to paint."

"Afterwards, there were two martial artists surnamed Sect. Their strength was obviously stronger. After they came over and searched, they seemed to have found some clues, so they chased them all the way along the woods by the river. lost track."

Wei Tao frowned slightly, "Since you lost track, where did you find their bodies?"

Fang Linyuan shivered suddenly, "The next day, a cross stake appeared on the edge of the woods, and the corpses of the two martial artists were penetrated and hung on it."

(End of this chapter)