"Take me to see where the strange thing happened." Lu Sheng didn't talk nonsense, the situation is chaotic now, and there are still weird disturbances.
If it was Hongfang, it would definitely not be so petty, and the disappearance of a few ordinary people would have no effect on the Zhen family, and it might in turn arouse the resentment of the royal family, and the loss outweighs the gain.
"It's on the pier outside the city." Ning San agreed.
The two rode on fast horses, and when Xu Chui received the news, he quickly selected someone to follow.
Flying all the way, walked around the mountain city for about half an hour. Ning Sancai stopped at a small pier in the wild and got off his horse.
Lu Sheng got off his horse and scanned his surroundings.
The river is calm, with white lines floating faintly in the distance, and the sun is shining, making the water surface sparkle from time to time.
Several long fishing boats were slowly cruising on the river, and some fishermen cast nets on the boats for fishing.
At noon, the temperature was slightly hot, and there were still some shirtless coolies carrying goods on the pier. Several caravans waited aside, watching the goods being loaded onto the cargo ship.
"Where did the accident happen?" Lu Sheng asked with a frown. Such a scene is not like the place where the case occurred.
"On the right side of the pier, people often see people carrying sedan chairs passing by in the middle of the night, but there is no sound." Ning San replied.
While the two were talking, they walked towards the river bank on the right.
Until he got to the place, Lu Sheng sensed all the way, but he didn't feel the existence of Yin Qi at all. Without any clue, he couldn't find out the problem.
"I'll wait here tonight. I want to see for myself what this sedan chair is." He narrowed his eyes.
During the battle between Hongfang and Zhen's family, some people dared to reach out to Yanshan City, a stronghold of the Red Whale Gang. No matter who it is, it is a naked provocation to the Zhen family and the Red Whale Gang.
Seeing the scene of crowds surging on the pier, Lu Sheng didn't speak again, just stood by the river bank without saying a word.
He didn't move, and Ning San didn't dare to move. Soon Xu Chui brought a dozen people to arrive, and under the arrangement of Lu Sheng, they touched the terrain around the pier. But he found Zheng Xinzhong, the head arrester of the yamen who was still guarding here.
Lu Sheng found a place to rest in a nearby fishing village, and by the way, he also met Zheng Butou of this yamen.
"Jade lotus seeds?" Zheng Butou stood in front of Lu Sheng respectfully, and after hearing the question, his face showed doubts.
"The day before yesterday, it was said that we were dispatched with Wang Butou from our yamen to investigate the midnight ghost sedan case here. Ying Ai hasn't come back yet." He quickly replied.
The people here are going out for investigation, because there is no timely means of communication, it is no big deal to leave for three to five days.
"Then since they left, has that sedan chair still appeared?" Lu Sheng continued to ask.
"Last night again..." Zheng Butou replied with a wry smile.
"It seems useless?"
"No, it feels like the time is much shorter." Zheng Butou replied quickly.
"The time is much shorter..." Lu Sheng thought for a while, and let the head catcher leave. He asked his subordinates to borrow a pen and paper, and wrote a letter by himself. .
He wanted to inquire about the case and see if the Zhen family responded. It stands to reason that there was no conflict with such an important place before, but now that there is a conflict with Red Square, the Zhen family will never allow such uncontrolled things to happen on the edge of the city.
Together with Ning San, he gave some money in a nearby village and found a place to rest. Lu Sheng only left Ning San and Xu Chui, and let the rest go back.
The three of them waited by the river until night, but they didn't see the sedan chair, but happened to see Jade Lotus Seed, who had returned from exhaustion, appear by the river.
Lu Sheng led his men to stand guard on the shore, and saw Jade Lotus Seeds looking around in the darkness, as if they were looking for something.
"Go, go up and have a look." He took the lead and walked towards it.
Xu Chui and Ning San looked at each other and quickly followed.
The three of them got closer, only to find that Yu Lianzi looked tired and a little disappointed.
"Luwaishou!? Why are you here?" Yu Lianzi also saw Lu Sheng leading others forward.
"How is it? How is the matter handled?" Lu Sheng approached and asked,
"It's very troublesome. I got separated from Wang Butou, and I can't find him if I look for him later. Wai Tou, something is wrong recently." Yu Lianzi said solemnly.
"The situation is wrong?" Lu Sheng was taken aback, "Why is it wrong?"
"To tell the truth." Yu Lianzi said softly, "When Wang Butou and I chased after him, we saw someone who was faster than us, so we chased him first."
"Is there anyone else? Can you see what it's like?" Lu Sheng asked with a frown. Most people are afraid to avoid this kind of thing, but there are still people who dare to take the initiative to catch up, and they can even be faster than Jade Lotus Seed, who is good at martial arts. This makes some sense.
"More than that, recently, there have been very few strange incidents in our jurisdiction along the mountain city. The originally huge city and its surrounding areas had a large population. Because of the previous period, some cases that may be ghosts appeared almost every once in a while.
But now, it has been more than ten days and a half months in a row before this happened. And the subordinates suspected that after today, that ghost sedan chair would never appear again. "Yulianzi whispered.
"Oh? How do you say that?" Lu Sheng asked back.
"Although my subordinates didn't catch up, I heard screams from the front on the way. It seemed that someone was fighting. When I approached, I couldn't see anything, and there was no trace left." Yu Lianzi said solemnly, " So it is very likely that someone has resolved this matter before us."
Lu Sheng didn't speak, and fell silent for a while.
It's really not normal, he rushed over, intending to solve a few cases to earn contribution points for the gang, but he didn't expect to know about this situation.
"What happened before, why didn't you tell me?"
"The subordinate also saw that everything was going well, so he didn't tell the chief." Yu Lianzi smiled wryly.
"Let's go, let's go back first." Lu Sheng looked around, the river wind was cold and damp, it was not a place to talk.
"yes!"
A group of people left the river and rode back to Jinyu Flower House overnight.
The night was deep, and Lu Sheng was walking on the road, but he felt more and more oppressed before the heavy rain poured down from the dark clouds.
He didn't know what went wrong, but if he could make himself feel this way, there must be something wrong.
"Waishou... The night road is dark, why don't we go back tomorrow? Just rest in the fishing village for the night?" Yu Lianzi was a little puzzled.
The four of them rode horses and walked on the dark official road, with only a little moonlight above their heads to borrow the light, they couldn't see clearly at all. The horses accidentally go astray, and people need to correct the direction from time to time, which is very difficult.
"Of course I have my reasons." Lu Sheng said in a low voice, he couldn't say that he didn't feel right. "By the way, apart from us recently, is there anything strange about the other gangs?"
Speaking of this, Yu Lianzi understood quite clearly.
"There is no strange thing, but the head of the Shelin Association announced that it has been closed for a long time.
There are also high-level officials from the Changing Gate who travel to the Central Plains together. Nothing else matters. "
"Really....?" Lu Sheng didn't know what his premonition was, and he had never felt this way before, but in the end, he would rather believe it than not believe it.
After riding for a while, suddenly Lu Sheng reined in his horse and stopped. look ahead.
In the distance, there is a forest outside Yanshan City, which seems to be at the foot of Dongshan Mountain. In the night sky there was a faint glow of fire.
"It's on fire, do you know where it is?" Lu Sheng asked casually.
But he didn't want there to be no answer behind him, he looked back and saw Yu Lianzi's face was ashen. Looking at the fire, his face was dull.
"In that direction, only Wanqinglou, the headquarters of the Changing Gate, is there! This kind of fire is not a fire, but a call for help from the smoke of Wanqinglou!" His voice trembled a little.
"Huoyan call for help? Is the situation serious? What does it have to do with our Red Whale Gang?" Lu Sheng didn't quite understand that Yu Lianzi was scared like this. He was usually a calm person. Don't be scared by other gangs.
But there must be a deep reason why he behaved like this right now.
Sure enough, Yu Lianzi's complexion turned pale, staring intently at the fire and said slowly.
"Outsider, the Huoyan call for help will only be lit when the Changing Sect is in a catastrophe. The last time it was lit was during a gang war. The Changing Sect headquarters was almost wiped out, and the branch was called for help."
"That has nothing to do with us, right?" Ning San didn't quite understand why Yu Lianzi was frightened like this.
"No....It's not...." Yu Lianzi gritted her teeth, "To be honest..." He leaned close to Lu Sheng's ear and whispered a word.
"The owner of Changing Gate is Hong Xingrong, the eldest son of the old gang leader. And the entire Changing Gate is actually the strongest invisible force under the old gang leader's command.
The Change Gate is the Red Whale Gang. "
At this moment, Lu Sheng understood completely. He was still wondering that he hadn't seen a few heirs of senior brother Hong Mingzi show up, but he didn't expect that there was such a secret relationship.
Didn't the fact that the Changing Gate was wiped out meant that Hong Xingrong, the eldest son of the elder brother... ..
With a serious look on his face, he immediately knew the seriousness of the situation.
"Go! Go to the headquarters immediately!"
Several people speeded up and went straight to the Red Whale.
Without stopping all the way, after bumps and bumps, I finally arrived at the Red Whale with difficulty when the sky was slightly bright.
The entire Red Whale was brightly lit, busy and tense, and a large number of trucks and ox carts kept coming and going from the side of the ship.
Buckets of water were continuously poured into the bucket behind the bullock cart, and they were quickly pulled towards the changing door. It's not far from here, and the ox cart can get there very quickly.
Lu Sheng has a distinctive image, and someone has long memorized it. He led people off the horse, and immediately someone led the horse to greet him.
"Where's the boss?" He asked anxiously.
"Go back to Waitou and rest in the garden." The gang members who came to greet him replied respectfully.
Lu Sheng didn't stop at the moment, took the jade lotus seeds and told the others to wait elsewhere, and rushed straight to the small garden.
He had a serious expression on his face, and along the way, even the guards who wanted to stop him and warn his guild master, who was resting, didn't dare to go forward.
Lu Sheng is the third leader in the gang, with strong strength and violent temperament, he dared to kill the daughter of the deputy gang leader in front of everyone in front of the boat, and his reputation spread far and wide because of this.
Hastily pushing open the iron gate of the small garden, Lu Sheng saw Hong Mingzi standing under the yellow lantern at a glance.
The current leader of the Red Whale Sect and the head of the Chisun Sect, looked back with blank eyes, as if he had aged a lot.
The first sentence he spoke made Lu Sheng change color suddenly.
"Junior brother, the Zhen family... escaped...."