What Governor Cao couldn't hear the most now was the words "big things are bad".

My legs were weak and I was holding on to the chair: "What happened?"

"Back to my lord, we just received a report that several villages outside the city were looted by bandits!"

Governor Cao couldn't hold on and fell directly to the ground.

Now it's better - the granary thing just started, and now the village is being looted again. He, the governor of a city, really has no life left.

Huo Changhe asked: "Lost, did you rob property and food?"

The officer who reported the news lowered his head and said in a low and sad voice: "Not only property and food, but also more than 300 people in several villages were killed!"

The front hall was dead silent.

Governor Cao's vision went dark and he fainted.

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other and saw the anger in each other's eyes.

More than three hundred lives! Ordinary people are not the enemy!

A burst of anger erupted from the bottom of his heart, rushing through Huo Changhe's body. He had never been so angry before when he faced thousands of enemy armies.

Yan Ruyu stepped forward and gently held his hand. The anger in his body calmed down a little. She took a deep breath and gave the order.

"Silver ingot, prepare your horse and go with me."

"Yes!"

Yin Ding turned around and was about to leave when someone shouted in the courtyard: "Wait!"

Li Jingyao came quickly, entered the house and said straight to the point: "I have something to say, don't rush to take people out of the city yet."

"Big..." Yan Ruyu wanted to call him "Big Boss", but in front of the people in the governor's office, she changed her words and said, "Brother, what did you find?"

Li Jingyao was very satisfied when he saw her calling him brother. He nodded and said, "I wanted to say it last night, but there was no news yet, so I didn't say anything."

"I'm not alone on this trip. I also brought a few men with me. We passed by a village last night. We originally wanted to borrow some hot water from the village, but we didn't expect to meet some sneaky people."

"I took the first step, and a few of my men were guarding there. Just now they reported to me that they had captured the man."

Huo Changhe patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you very much."

Li Jingyao nodded: "I don't know who the other party is, so I didn't dare to take it to the city easily. Now I've got it, right behind the Earth Temple in the village."

"If you want to take a look, you might as well go there first and ask about the situation. I guess they are related to the massacre of several other villages."

"it is good."

Governor Cao also came to his senses, his fat face pale and bloodless: "I, I'll go too."

Now I am so dizzy that I have even forgotten who I am.

Yan Ruyu said: "My lord, please don't come with us. The murderer should be secretly watching the movements of the Governor's Mansion now to see how you investigate and deal with it. My lord, you might as well bring the detectives and government officials and go through the necessary procedures."

Someone reported it to the official. For such a major matter, Governor Cao should have gone to check it out personally. The person who was responsible for such a major case would not really just leave. He would definitely be observing the government's movements secretly.

As Cui Chong said, the man who robbed the granary entered the city, but he was too seriously injured, and he was afraid of being found out and did not follow closely enough, so he lost track of him.

Huo Changhe believed deeply: "What the princess said is absolutely true. Cao Cao, the governor, will follow what the princess said."

Governor Cao has no idea now, Huo Changhe is his backbone.

"Okay, okay, I'll take care of it immediately."

Huo Changhe thought for a while and ordered Song Ping to disguise himself and follow Governor Cao, so that Governor Cao could find some clothes as a spy, so that he could follow up from time to time to understand the situation, and at the same time, he could help Governor Cao.

Governor Cao was very grateful and felt a little more stable. He took Cui Chong with him and left in a hurry.

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu planned to follow Li Jingyao to have a look, and Yin Ding also wanted to follow.

"Yinding, you have an important mission," Huo Changhe whispered, "Didn't Cui Chong say that the people who robbed the granary are in the city, and..."

He raised the scimitar in his hand: "This is not an ordinary scimitar."

Yin Ding's small eyes sparkled with cold light: "What the prince said is absolutely true. This should be the knife commonly used by the chiefs of the Ming Chieftains. However, the Ming Chieftains had been wiped out by the prince a long time ago. How could they come back?"

"The grassland is vast, and they are nomadic people with no fixed abode. According to the information we received, that day is indeed the day when they all gather together, but what if?" Huo Changhe's voice was cold and stern, "What if a group of people does not come back, or It’s not impossible elsewhere.”

"If they really robbed the grain depot, my subordinates would have to catch them and break their bones one by one!"

Huo Changhe's lips and teeth were filled with anger: "If it's the Ming Chieftains' tribe, that's fine. If someone colludes with them..."

"My subordinate understands!"

Yin Ding gritted his teeth. People in the army hated their enemies the most. What was more hateful than their enemies were those who betrayed their own people and colluded with the enemy.

"Remember, during the secret investigation, Cui Chong said that the person disappeared in Dongcheng, mainly in Dongcheng, but not limited to Dongcheng."

"Yes!"

Yan Ruyu added: "Ask Abbot Fang to go with us, maybe he can help."

Yan Ruyu originally wanted to go to the homes of other officials' families with the eldest lady, but now she can't.

The two of them went to talk to the eldest lady and followed Li Jingyao out of the city in a hurry.

Li Jingyao brought seven people with him this time, all of whom were close friends. Fortunately, he was able to save the people of this village.

The village they arrived at was called Lijiazhuang. Most of the people were named Li. The village was not big, with only about thirty households.

They caught only five people with the intention of murdering them.

Five gangsters armed with sharp blades and fire oil are more than enough to take on thirty households of ordinary people.

All five people were captured and held behind the Tutu Temple by Li Jingyao's men.

The incense in the Tutu Temple is still burning. New Year's Eve has just passed, and the Stove Lord's incense is indispensable.

There is a small forest behind. The snow in the forest has not yet melted, and no one has come. There are only some shallow marks of bird claws and beasts.

At this time, there were more footprints and drops of solidified blood.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, one of Li Jingyao's men came out and waited by the forest, leading them inside.

Walking further in, a small area of ​​open space was cleared. Six people were standing and five were tied and thrown to the ground.

Seeing Li Jingyao arrive, six people came forward to greet him: "Master."

Li Jingyao nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, go and guard outside."

"Yes."

The seven people turned around and went out. Huo Changhe walked up to the five people on the ground, drew out his waist knife, and without saying a word, he swung the knife to chop one of them.

The hot blood sprayed out instantly and splashed on the cold snow, which was particularly dazzling. He raised his leg and kicked the body to the side. It rolled to the side of the tree and bounced a little more. Blood was still coming from the throat. He opened his eyes and looked at it. The remaining four.

Huo Changhe didn't even look at it. He waved the knife in his hand, a cold light flashed, and blood splattered again.

Another person was killed, and the body was kicked away.

Without even taking a breath, two people were already dead.

The remaining three people had a tough attitude at first and made up their mind that no matter what they asked or how they asked, they would never tell the truth.

However, hot blood rushed to their feet, and the two stared at them intently.

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