Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu put away the "Shenlong Hand Gun" and picked up his double swords, then checked Wan Xiuwu's body.

In addition to a few official bills, he had some official letters from Wuxu Palace, as well as a certificate and a waist badge to prove his identity.

Qi Xuansu hesitated and struggled whether to take the official bills.

In his heart, he didn't want to take the official bills. He wanted his revenge to be more pure and not to be associated with money, which would make him look like a murderer.

But in reality, he was short of money, and a mosquito was still meat, not to mention that for Qi Xuansu, who only had 600 Taiping coins left, the hundreds of Taiping coins that Wan Xiuwu carried were not mosquito legs, but a considerable amount of money.

So Qi Xuansu decided to let God help him make a decision.

Qi Xuansu took out a Taiping coin. On the front were the four characters "Da Xuan Jiu Shi", "Da Xuan" was arranged up and down, and "Jiu Shi" was arranged left and right, just forming a cross structure. On the back are the four characters "天下太平", with "天下" arranged up and down and "太平" arranged left and right.

Qi Xuansu bounced the Taiping coin up and reached out to catch it.

If the characters "大玄久视" were facing up, then he would not take the official note. If the characters "天下太平" were facing up, then he would take the official note.

Qi Xuansu slowly removed his palm covering it, revealing the characters "大玄久视".

Do not take the official note.

"Since it is God's will, it is not that God does not take what he has given." Qi Xuansu put away the Taiping coin, took out a "龙睛乙三", used "青渊" to pry open the bottom shell of the bullet, and evenly sprinkled the powder in the bullet on Wan Xiuwu's body.

Then Qi Xuansu took out the hand gun again, loaded a "龙睛乙三", and aimed it at Wan Xiuwu's body.

With a bang.

As Qi Xuansu pressed the hammer and pulled the trigger, a blazing flame ignited on Wan Xiuwu's body.

The reason for this extra effort is, firstly, to prevent the possibility of Wan Xiuwu coming back to life, and secondly, to cover up the traces, so that people cannot judge who killed Wan Xiuwu from the wounds on the body.

Of course, the traces of firearms cannot be covered up, but the Taoist sect will not leave numbers on each bullet, so these are all insignificant details.

After doing all this, Qi Xuansu found his inferior horse, got on the horse, and continued to go to Beimang Mountain.

What is boldness? This is it.

If it were a fledgling who had just come out of the rivers and lakes, he would definitely change the route temporarily when encountering such a situation. Even if it was a long detour, he would choose some remote and uninhabited routes. Along the way, he would be afraid of the wind and the trees, and everyone looked like someone who came to catch him. But Qi Xuansu had to go along the original route, and he had to pass under the eyes of the Taoist sect.

From beginning to end, Qi Xuansu did not have great joy or sorrow, and maintained a relatively calm mentality, far from the pleasure of revenge for his master.

Some people say that the older you are in the rivers and lakes, the less courageous you are.

Some people are timid because they are cautious, while others are fearless because they are ignorant and return to their normal state. They are timid people. They are not afraid if they don't know, but they are afraid if they know.

But some people will become more and more daring. It's not that they don't know the dangers and benefits, but so what?

It's just that the latter usually don't live long, which makes the former seem right.

But as long as the latter can survive in the bloody storm, they can probably become important figures. On the contrary, the old people who are getting timid will either leave the world as soon as possible or become stepping stones for the younger generation.

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After Qi Xuansu left for most of the day, someone finally found Wan Xiuwu, who had been burned to a charred corpse. First, they notified the local Taoist temple. After the Taoist temple sent people to check, they reported to the government. When the people from the Taoist government came, it was already the next day.

Although Wan Xiuwu's clothes and talisman had turned to ashes, his waist badge was still intact. The people from Qinzhou Daofu quickly confirmed Wan Xiuwu's identity and notified Wuxu Palace.

On the afternoon of the second day after Wan Xiuwu's death, people from Wuxu Palace also came here. The leader was a third-rank Taoist priest with sword-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a white complexion. Although handsome, for some reason, he always exuded an inexplicable evil spirit.

This person was called Pan Cuiqing. He looked young, but he was already over 40 years old. He was the eldest disciple of the Wuxu Palace Master, and Wan Xiuwu's eldest senior brother.

The Master had important things to do and couldn't come in person. Or, the Master had many disciples, and the death of Wan Xiuwu was nothing. He felt that there was no need to come in person, so he just asked his trusted disciple to go on his behalf.

Beside Pan Cuiqing, there was Yue Liuli who came with him. Her face was pale, and it was unclear whether she was shocked, frightened, sad or mournful. She was a beauty, and at this time she looked even more pitiful and pitiful.

They came not far from the corpse, and everything was charred, like charcoal, and nothing could be seen.

However, the traces of fighting around were still clearly visible.

Especially the cracks of a human figure, which were mostly caused by the body of Wan Xiuwu. Obviously, Wan Xiuwu was defeated by his opponent and was killed.

Pan Cuiqing looked at the traces around him, and the scene of two figures fighting gradually emerged in his mind. He slowly said: "If I am not mistaken, this is left by two warriors fighting. One of the warriors is naturally Junior Brother Wan, and the other warrior is most likely the murderer."

Yue Liuli pursed her lips and said nothing.

When she learned the news, her first reaction was that Qi Xuansu did it.

But when she remembered, Qi Xuansu was dead.

Yes, dead.

She still remembered the scene when Wan Xiuwu came to her excitedly with the Di newspaper, and she had to admit that both of them felt relieved at that time. Although they are not afraid of Qi Xuansu, they are not afraid of thieves, but they are afraid of thieves thinking about him. Now that this little thief is finally dead, of course they are happy.

Since it wasn't Qi Xuansu who did it, then who could it be?

Yue Liuli's second reaction turned out to be Zhang Yuelu.

After all, there are rumors that Qi Xuansu died to save Zhang Yuelu. If this rumor is true, then Zhang Yuelu will kill people to fulfill Qi Xuansu's last wish, so as to comfort Qi Xuansu's spirit in heaven.

But when Yue Liuli thought about it carefully, he felt it was impossible. The recent trends in Yujing are reported in Mingfadi. The promotion of Zhang Yuelu to the eighth deputy palace master is not a secret. It can be seen that Zhang Yuelu cannot escape. Moreover, once this kind of thing is exposed, it will be a huge scandal. Not only Zhang Yuelu If he is harmed, he will even be implicated in Master Cihang. Master Cihang will not let his successor do such a thing that will destroy his future and affect the overall situation.

Zhang Yuelu really wants to take revenge, so what he has to do is to fully support his master to become the master master. As long as Master Cihang becomes the master master, and Zhang Yuelu shows a little intention, their master will most likely take the initiative to "clean up the family" "This is not only simple, but also leaves no bad reputation.

Then who could it be?

Yue Liuli really couldn't figure it out.

They were from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. They were not very young and did not have much money. After they left the Wanxiang Dao Palace, they knew that they were not as good as the proud men from rich families, and they kept a low profile and did not provoke any enemies.

The few enemies we had were all formed when we were in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. It was also because we were young and frivolous at that time.

If Qi Xuansu heard this, he would probably scold me for being shameless. He was very thoughtful when he hurt me, but he was not frivolous at all. If you are afraid after death, does that mean you are young and frivolous?

Pan Cuiqing raised her hand to wave to the Taoist priest responsible for surveying the scene and asked, "What's the gain?"

"We have initially confirmed that the deceased was killed by a projectile from Tianjitang. There was an armor-piercing projectile in the chest and brain. The fatal injury was from a projectile that passed through the skull. Judging from the wound, it should have been a close-range shot." Taoist priest replied.

Yue Liuli asked: "What is the specific extent of this close-range shooting?"

The fifth-grade Taoist priest hesitated for a moment and replied: "Just put the muzzle of the gun on your forehead."

Yue Liuli could already imagine the scene at that time. Wan Xiuwu was knocked to the ground, and then someone put a blunderbuss on his forehead. His face turned pale and he stopped talking.

The fifth-grade Taoist priest continued: "In addition, we also found traces of 'Long Eye Yi San', which was used to burn corpses. Because of this, it is difficult to distinguish other wounds."

Pan Cuiqing nodded slightly: "Although it is produced by Tianjitang, there is no guarantee that it will not be sold on the black market. If there is no tangible evidence, it is best not to involve one of your own people."

"Yes." The Taoist priest replied solemnly.