At this moment, the sound of galloping horses could be heard.
Xia An looked up and saw that it was Shi Qing and his wife, whom he had met during the day.
The reason why these two had chased after the Golden Blade Stockade was also for the Darksteel Token. According to the timeline and the original plot, they must have met the Golden Blade Stockade and knew that they hadn't found the Darksteel Token, so they had returned to Houjian Town to look for it.
"Who are you?" Shi Qing asked.
"I should be the one asking you that.”
"Six Fan School is investigating a case. Why are the two of you here?”
Xia An took out the waist token of Six Fan School and asked Shi Qing coldly.
If he had met other Jianghu people, Xia An would not have used this method to reveal his identity.
However, Shi Qing and his wife were self-proclaimed righteous sects in the pugilistic world. In addition, they had businesses in Jiangnan. Unless they had lost their minds, they would not attack an official. Moreover, this was in a town.
Once the news got out, they would have to bear the consequences.
Because Six Fan School was in opposition to Jianghu people, they were extremely protective of their own people. If Jianghu people dared to attack the constables of Six Fan School, they would be exterminated if they were investigated.
If Shi Qing and his wife really attacked, then unless they killed everyone in Houjian Ji, Six Fan School would definitely find Jiangnan's Xuansu Manor and let them know what it meant to leave no one alive.
Shi Qing's reaction was within Xia An's expectations.
After seeing him show his waist token, although he was not afraid, it was not appropriate for him to ride on the horse and speak in a high and mighty tone.
"Official, I am Shi Qing. This is my wife, Min Rou.”Shi Qing dismounted from his horse and cupped his hands." The deceased's real name is Wu Daotong. He was a good friend of us. We heard that someone wanted to harm him, so we rushed over at top speed. We didn't expect to be a step too late.”
Xia An couldn't help but sneer in her heart at his reply.
However, he still maintained a restrained look on his face." Do you know who murdered your friend?”
" This…" Shi Qing hesitated for a moment, but he still didn't involve the Golden Blade Stockade.
He could spout nonsense to the officer, but he could not betray the people of the martial world. As the saying goes, the martial world had its own affairs. Not to mention that Wu Daotong had nothing to do with him, even if he was his closest friend, he would not choose to tell the officer.
Otherwise, he would only be despised by his fellow martial artists and his reputation would be ruined.
"My wife and I only received the news, but we haven't found out who the murderer is.”
As Shi Qing spoke, he took a step forward and handed Xia An a silver note." Sir, I hope that you can help us collect the corpse of my good friend.”
Xia An thought for a moment and took the banknote." Then I'll leave this corpse to you."”
According to the original plot, the people from Snow Mountain Sect who were following Shi Qing and his wife, as well as Xie Yanke who was hiding in the dark, should have appeared. If they chased the couple away, there might be some changes.
Moreover, the Black Iron Token was in his hands. He could not find anything on the corpse.
"Thank you, Official!"
Shi Qing hurriedly thanked him and began to grope for something on the corpse.
Xia An just watched silently, waiting for the development to come.
However, even when Shi Qing and his wife used the excuse of collecting the corpse to search Wu Daotong's body thoroughly, and finally found a carriage to pull the corpse away, they did not see these people jump out.
"Did the plot change because I took the Black Iron Token?”
Xia An was deep in thought. When she turned around, Shi Potian, who was squatting in the corner, was nowhere to be seen.
However, what he did not know was that the reason why the latecomers did not appear was not because of the Black Iron Token, but because he had shown his waist token.
Needless to say, the Snow Mountain Sect had its roots and was not willing to easily have conflicts with the public sect.
As for Xie Yanke, although he had the ability to ignore the Six Fan School, he was here for the Black Iron Token. Before he saw the Black Iron Token, he naturally wouldn't attack casually.
Although Shi Potian was currently invisible, he was extremely afraid of the officials because of his identity as a beggar. When he showed his waist token, he had already sneaked away.
After a long time, the Darksteel Token was still in Xia An's hands.
Since he could not give it away, he might as well keep it for now.
After leaving Houjianji, he once again used qinggong to return to the caravan base.
As soon as they arrived at the encampment, they saw Wu Qing sitting in a wheelchair.
"What did you do so late at night?”
"I went to train outside the town." Xia An said casually," I haven't had time to practice these few days. My hands are a little rusty!”
"Oh!"
Ruthless glanced at his boots and did not continue the topic.
"When we arrive at Rongyang tomorrow, we will part ways.”
"I'm in Wei Xian City, not far from the Central Capital.”Xia An said with a smile.
"Hopefully! We still have to travel tomorrow, so rest early.”A faint smile appeared on Wu Qing's lips as he pushed the wheelchair back to his room.
Xia An, who had lived two lives, had already noticed that Wu Qing had developed some feelings for him after spending time with him.
He also had a good impression of Ruthless.
It was just that no one had broken through this layer of window paper. This kind of interaction was actually the most comfortable.
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