Late night.
Xu Bingkun was called to the Huo residence by Huo Yu.

“How do you serve as this City Lord!” As soon as he entered, Huo Yu angrily smashed a cup: “The person is just in your Xiazhou, and is still a disabled person with inconvenient actions! You, as the City Lord, couldn’t even find a disabled person after a whole day, what are you living for!”

Xu Bingkun’s face was expressionless.
Although he secretly relied on the support of the Huo family to be elevated to the position of City Lord, he also had his own little schemes, not a loyal minister. The matter of secretly raising demons was his own little scheme.

Of course, with a fool like Huo Yu around, he could easily borrow power to suppress the Zhenmusi into obedience, and even make Sheng Yuanao a figurehead commander with nothing to do, let alone hope to investigate his case. So he still had to hold onto this fool.

He took a deep breath and put on a smiling face: “Sixth Young Master, the cultivation of our local Yamen officials is very low. The opponent is a powerful person who can easily kill even a sixth-grade martial cultivator. If he intentionally hides his tracks, the Yamen officials really don’t have that ability. The local experts are mainly concentrated in the Zhenmusi, but we cannot command the Zhenmusi…”

Huo Yu thought of Sheng Yuanao’s attitude, probably really colluding with Huo Shang, and felt even more annoyed: “That foolish woman who doesn’t know what’s good for her, does she really think that bastard can get any power? The Zhenmusi is not hers alone to decide. Go call those Deputy Commanders, I have my own plans!”

Xu Bingkun revealed a trace of a smile: “Young Master is wise. Sheng Yuanao is new to the mountains and inexperienced, thinking she is the Commander of a town with high aspirations. If she knows that no one listens to her commands, the gap will be huge, and then she will naturally soften towards Young Master, perhaps she can also…”

Huo Yu was actually somewhat expectant and nodded: “Go call the people.”

A group of Zhenmusi Deputy Commanders and even middle-level officials were called to the Huo residence for a secret meeting. At this time, Sheng Yuanao simply did not count on these people. Taking advantage of everyone’s eyes being on the Huo residence and searching for Lu Xingzhou, she did her own things.

The night was deep and quiet, and Sheng Yuanao quietly arrived at the Xiazhou prison alone.

Even the originally planned “find an excuse” was abandoned. Sheng Yuanao directly sacrificed a bell and gently shook it.
People in this line always have some treasures. This soul-confusing bell can make people briefly muddled. It was originally used for interrogation to extract words, and it is also very suitable for sneaking and investigating.

Soon, the eyes of the prison guards became murky. Sheng Yuanao openly walked past, took the key from the waist of the prison head, and directly entered the door.
If there was something fishy here, the guards were very likely all Xu Bingkun’s people. Any excuse would alert them, so it was better to be straightforward like this.

As expected, after going in and wandering around, Sheng Yuanao just sensed something was wrong.
According to the files she checked, there should be nearly thirty death row prisoners here, but most of the cells were empty. No matter how she counted, there were only a dozen or so, and most of them were gone.

The death row prisoners were privately dealt with…

Sheng Yuanao’s face sank like water. She took out a small mirror again and probed various cells, searching for traces of recent human survival. Then she followed the traces all the way out.
This probing move was useless against strong people with high-level breath-concealing skills, but it was just right for probing half-dead death row prisoners. The heat reaction of living people would clearly appear.

After leaving the death row prison and following for a section, not far ahead was… the City Lord’s mansion.

Sheng Yuanao took a deep breath, her expression extremely ugly. As expected, it was real. The death row prisoners were really secretly brought into the City Lord’s mansion… There was no other explanation, Lu Xingzhou didn’t lie. The City Lord actually really secretly raised demons to feed them blood food! What does he want to do!

Now the situation is very troublesome. The original case pointed to the City Lord is a very troublesome matter. Relying on the Xiazhou Zhenmusi alone cannot overturn the situation. It must be secretly reported, and higher-ups must lead people to encircle and suppress. But this kind of matter cannot only rely on these few clues to report. More solid evidence is needed. How to investigate?

At this time of Huo family’s visit, Sheng Yuanao found that she could not trust anyone, and could not use anyone!
Even if she reported to the Prefecture to send people to investigate, she could not determine whether the person receiving the message would not sell her out.

Sheng Yuanao instead believed that the Huo family would not dare to raise demons, but directly going to tell Huo Yu, are you people raising demons? This is also a huge scandal for the Huo family. To cover it up, they might make themselves disappear.

In her heart, Lu Xingzhou’s shadow inadvertently flashed… Sheng Yuanao herself felt ridiculous. At this time, the only person she could believe was actually the suspect in this case…

But he is now in the eye of the storm, how can she bother him at this time? Moreover, she doesn’t know where he is hiding and cannot contact him.

Right… investigating the death row prisoners was Du Gu Qingli’s hint. She should be trustworthy and can be discussed.

Sheng Yuanao did not hesitate and swiftly flew towards the Shen family business.
Before she could call the guards to report, Sheng Yuanao directly jumped over the wall and entered. As soon as she landed, she saw Du Gu Qingli pushing Shen Tang’s wheelchair, standing quietly in front of her and looking at her.

Sheng Yuanao awkwardly greeted: “Two, I have an urgent matter to find you.”

Shen Tang smiled: “I thought you came to find Lu Xingzhou, he is not here.”

Sheng Yuanao exploded: “Why would I come to find Lu Xingzhou at midnight!”

“How do we know…”

“I…” Sheng Yuanao swallowed her anger: “Girl Du Gu, the matter you reminded me to investigate last time has a result.”

Du Gu Qingli was stunned for a moment.
She just remembered that Lu Xingzhou always called her Qingli girl, so she felt very strange and unaccustomed to the address “Girl Du Gu”.

“So there are really demons?”

“Um, in the City Lord’s mansion.”

“Sheng Commander came to find me, what do you mean?”

Sheng Yuanao briefly explained the current situation and added: “This kind of matter cannot be delayed. For every day it is delayed, the demons may grow by one part, and then who knows what will be raised. But now I temporarily dare not trust others, and Lu Xingzhou is in a vortex again…”

Shen Tang suddenly interrupted: “Confirmed to be in the City Lord’s mansion?”

“Um, eight or nine out of ten.”

Shen Tang smiled slightly: “Lu Xingzhou’s manpower is insufficient. He will really need a city chaos to distract the official forces. I was originally considering how to find an entry point to help him. Isn’t this just ready-made? Kill two birds with one stone.”

Sheng Yuanao was stunned for a long time before she realized what she meant: “You… you won’t want to directly rush into the City Lord’s mansion, right?”

“What’s not possible?” Shen Tang wheeled the wheelchair straight out the door: “Xu Bingkun and his trusted followers are all in the Huo residence now. Isn’t this the most suitable time? What can be accomplished by hesitating and wavering?”

Du Gu Qingli also pushed her away without a word. Sheng Yuanao was stunned for a long time, stamped her foot, and swiftly followed.

Just arrived outside the City Lord’s mansion, and just heard a weak voice from the corner: “Why are you here?”
The three people turned their heads to look. A Nuo was huddled in a ball in the corner shadow, holding an Incinerate Flame Talisman in her hand, staring at them blankly.

Shen Tang’s gaze fell on the talisman paper in her hand, her expression equally strange: “You won’t have come to set fire to the City Lord’s mansion, will you?”

A Nuo nodded blankly: “I set fire to create chaos and then go back to help master.”

“You go, I’ll take care of it here.” Shen Tang took the talisman from her hand, her eyes curved in a smile: “It seems we are in step with your master. Go back and tell him, there is nothing to cut off.”

Even Du Gu Qingli said: “If we had joined hands earlier, where would Huo Yu’s little strength be enough for us to kill? He’s just putting on airs.”

A Nuo was silent for a moment, sighed: “He doesn’t want to implicate you all, not just referring to this battle. What is Huo Yu? Not even a potato. Sister may underestimate our master and disciple.”

Shen Tang said: “Then what is it?”

“Master doesn’t want you all to be recorded by the Huo family later. We can leave after finishing this job, and no one in the vast world can find us, but you all still need to stand in Xiazhou and develop your sect. You cannot run from the temple. So master wanted to leave you a prescription…”

Speaking here, A Nuo paused, lifted her head, and a cute smile appeared on her small round face: “Since sisters are already involved, then we can only… let all of Huo Yu’s people not be able to go back.”

……

On the other side, Huo Yu was summoning the Zhenmusi people for a secret meeting, arranging how to search for Lu Xingzhou the next day. Lu Xingzhou sent Huo Yu another big gift.

“Young Master, Young Master!” The guard of the Huo residence stumbled into the hall: “Old Steward Huo has been sent back, just thrown outside the door.”

Soon, two people followed behind, carrying the unconscious Old Steward Huo inside.
The steward’s clothes had blood words on the left. The words were very clear: “Eldest Sixth Young Master, is this all?”

The officials in the hall had their noses to their mouths and their mouths to their hearts. They wanted to laugh but dared not.
Huo Yu’s face turned green and purple. He slapped the table and stood up: “Where is the person who sent him back?”

“Only a black shadow sitting in a wheelchair went towards the direction of Danxia Mountain…”

“What are you still standing around for! Go chase after me! How far can he go sitting in a wheelchair?” Huo Yu jumped up in anger: “Exactly, so many people are here, seal the mountain for me and search!”

“Young Master, please calm down slightly.” The guard behind him finally said: “Our two brothers can go out and chase… Before, we dared not leave without permission, fearing of drawing the tiger away from the mountain. Now there are so many people here, we can protect Young Master. We will go and return quickly.”

These two fifth-grade guards were called Huo Lei and Huo Ting. They were family-born guards trained by the Huo family since childhood. They had even seen Huo Shang back then.
Of course, they were also bullied.

Huo Yu took several deep breaths and nodded: “Also good… Before, I only sent Uncle Fu out. I underestimated that bastard and harmed Uncle Fu. This time, you two will act together. I don’t believe that cripple can fly to the sky and escape to the earth!”

Huo Lei and Huo Ting cupped their hands and suddenly disappeared.
Following the direction of Danxia Mountain, they could indeed feel the traces of spiritual energy escaping along the way, the strength quite strong.

But after chasing for a long section, they had already reached the foot of Danxia Mountain, but still couldn’t find half a person’s shadow.

Huo Lei whispered to his brother: “I’m thinking, either Lu Xingzhou still has accomplices, or his so-called sitting in a wheelchair is fake, and he is fundamentally not disabled, just superficially showing weakness to lower others’ vigilance.”

Huo Ting agreed with his brother’s judgment: “Right, these two times kidnapping the steward and sending him back, coming and going without a trace, it’s fundamentally impossible for a cripple to do. Moreover, this style, I feel a bit familiar…”

Huo Lei was startled in his heart: “Doesn’t it feel a bit like Yanluo Hall? At least these stealth skills are very similar.”

“Moreover, it’s the kind of carefully planned Yanluo Hall style from previous years, with various pulling and diverting, letting the opponent expose flaws, and then the strongest one strikes to kill. Very few people can make a heavily protected force collapse. In recent years, it seems Yanluo Hall hasn’t played such a game either…”

Suddenly, a giggling sound came from mid-air: “It seems our Yanluo Hall indeed has some reputation, and the Huo family has even specifically researched it…”

The two brothers’ faces changed in horror.