Chapter 65

  After investigating for several days, Beixia and Nanxia had a clue about the missing girl case, but they had to leave to continue the investigation.

  "Xiao Feng, why don't you go stay at the government inn? Once we've finished our business, Brother Ouyang and I will return."

  "Alright then, be careful yourselves."

  "Thank you for your concern, Brother Zhang. I'll go outside and wait for you." Ouyang Chun walked away first, leaving them time to talk privately.

  Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and grasped the Longquan treasured sword tightly, saying to Lu Xiaofeng who was smiling at him: "Wait for me to come back."

  "Good."

  Zhan Zhao didn't say anything else and turned around to leave, never looking back again.

  Lu Xiaofeng walked to the door and watched them leave together with Ouyang Chun, smiling unconsciously.

  This is the Southern Chivalrous Hero who prioritizes chivalry, and for the sake of protecting that one piece of blue sky, he has devoted himself to the officialdom. At this time, Yu Mao probably no longer remembers that his original purpose was to bring her back to their hometown to pay respects to their ancestors.

  Xiao Mao, even if I weren't afraid of marriage, choosing to marry you would still be a huge challenge. Being the wife of Nan Xiang Zhan Zhao is not a position that can be easily taken on.

  And I have a foster father like Pang Tai Shi, and an identity like Miss Pong's daughter, married to you... Lu Xiao Feng involuntarily shook his head, with a bitter smile on his face. This is a very difficult problem.

  She is not ready for marriage now, and even less prepared to be a wife of a Jianghu master. Let's take it one step at a time.

  Lu Xiaofeng returned to his room, packed his luggage, went to the counter to settle the bill, and then checked into the government inn with his official permit.

  On the second day, she went to review the old files of the county government office with her official hat that could be raised by all kinds of prisoners.

  It's better for her to find something to do and kill time rather than waiting idly at the government hostel for Zhan Zhao to return.

  However, on the third day, the county magistrate of Siyang County came to her because a tricky case had occurred.

  The body was dismembered and had begun to rot, making it impossible to identify the deceased. There were no identifying objects found near the remains.

  The coroner inside the county government was at a loss, so he mentioned to County Magistrate Wu that he had heard that Lord Feng had some tricks up his sleeve when it came to autopsy and evidence collection. Thus, Wu Bingde gritted his teeth and found Lu Xiao Feng.

  Lu Xiaofeng agreed to go with him without hesitation.

  "Ugh..."

  In the middle, Wu Bingde covered his mouth and rushed out. Just now, he had just seen her carefully reassembling the dismembered body, piece by piece, with each broken limb being carefully assembled like a puzzle...

  Wu Bingde leaned against the corner of the wall and vomited out all the contents in his stomach. His face had already turned from pale to waxen yellow.

  Such a lovely girl, could actually do such a thing with an unchanged expression, he couldn't accept it at all...

  Reassembled the corpse and corrected the mistakes made by the previous undertaker.

  Next is to restore the deceased's appearance, which is the most important thing.

  Lu Xiaofeng composed himself, washed his hands and face, changed into a work uniform, then took over the yellow mud prepared by the bailiff to start working.

  Restoring the deceased's appearance is a very mentally taxing task. Fortunately, the degree of decay of this corpse was not particularly severe, and she felt it was relatively easier.

  When Lu Xiaofeng successfully restored the deceased's appearance before death, painted a portrait and handed it over to the county magistrate of Suiyang County, Wu Bingde quickly let the county government painter copy it according to the picture, and then distribute it to search for the suspect.

  A seemingly insoluble dismemberment case had thus successfully found its breakthrough.

  The case was quickly solved and turned out to be a family ethics tragedy. The wife had an affair with someone, killed her husband, dismembered his body, and then told others that he had gone out on business.

  The result is breathtaking.

  The little phoenix girl's revealed technique of restoring the unrecognizable face and appearance of the corpse shocked the entire Procuratorate.

  This Miss Feng is really something!

  When Xianyang Chun came back with Zhan, he heard about Feng's amazing detective work from the people on the street.

  Ouyang Chun couldn't help but smile and said to Zhan Zhao: "This girl is really not to be underestimated."

  Zhan Zhao lowered his head and smiled slightly, but didn't say anything.

  "Let's go, first hand this person over to the authorities." Ouyang Chun pulled on the iron chain in his hand.

  "Good."

  The one locked in chains was a man of about thirty years old, with a sturdy physique and somewhat handsome appearance, but at this moment his face was filled with malice and hatred.

  They had not yet arrived at the station when they saw the commotion outside the station.

  Zhan Zhao's heart tightened and he quickly rushed over with a flying leap.

  "Zhan Zhao, let go of my junior brother, otherwise, she will lose her life."

  Zhan Zhao saw the scene that made his blood freeze, the sword in Jiǔ Wěi Hú's hand had already drawn a bloody mark on Lù Xiǎo Fēng's neck, and the bright red blood dyed his eyes, causing his hands to tightly grip the Longquan Sword.

  "Zhan Zhao, it seems you're still not coming back. This is the biggest feeling of Little Phoenix Maiden at this moment, and as soon as she came back, she brought a big trouble."

  "Nine-tailed fox, what's with your sudden interest in helping someone? It's not like you're doing it for the sake of a weak and helpless girl who isn't even from the jianghu."

  "I don't care if she's innocent or not, as long as I can exchange her for my master's life, I'll do anything."

  Xiao Feng suddenly wanted to say "true love is invincible", no matter if they are bad people, this kind of sincere feeling towards love is worth affirming.

  However, the wound on my neck really hurts, this beautiful sister is too heavy-handed, do you need to be so serious when holding someone hostage?

  "Zhan Zhao, can you really bear to watch her suffer?" The nine-tailed fox's short sword dug in a bit deeper.

  "Hey, isn't that enough? Your junior brother is fine, with his arms and legs intact. Are you trying to cut off my head and give it to Xian Xiao Mao as a collectible?"

  Zhan Zhao: "......"

  Ouyang Chun: "......"

  Bound by iron chains, Sha Qianli: “……”

  "Shut up." The nine-tailed fox's hand on her shoulder tightened its grip.

  Lu Xiaofeng winced, furrowing his brow in pain, but didn't make a sound. He only said, "You'd better not get too excited. If I weren't here as your hostage, your junior apprentice would never come back."

  "You..."

  Zhan Zhao gripped his sword tightly, staring intently at the movements of the nine-tailed fox.

  "Nine-tailed fox, let her go."

  "Where's my junior brother?"

  Ouyang Chun shook off the iron chain on his hand and said, "Nine-tailed Fox, release the person first, and we will naturally let go of Sha Qianli."

  "Ouyang brother——"

  "Zhan Zhao, we can't just watch as Lu Niang is tormented by her."

  "Just ——"

  "Nine-tailed fox, don't you believe what I, Ouyang Chun, say?"

  "Alright, based on Beixia's reputation and status in Jianghu, I trust you."

  When Jiǔ Wěi Hú let go of Lù Xiǎo Fēng, Zhǎn Zhāo immediately protected her by his side.

  Ouyang Chun also released Sha Qianli without hesitation.

  "Zhan Zhao, Ouyang Chun, we won't give up like this." Before leaving, the Nine-Tailed Fox threw a poisonous smoke bomb and didn't forget to leave harsh words.

  Zhan Zhao covered Lu Xiao Feng's bleeding wound with his hand, gazing in the direction where Jiu Wei Hu Shifu and his brother had left. His eyes were very deep, and he said to himself: Zhan will not give up like this either.

  "Zhan brothers, let's help Lu'niang treat her injuries first."

  Zhan Zhao nodded.

  Back in the room, helping Lu Xiao Feng dress his wound, Zhan Zhao's expression was very guilty.

  "Xiao Mao, what's with that expression? Are you unhappy because I traded Sha Qianli for you?"

  "Xiao Feng——" You clearly know it's not like that.

  Lu Xiaofeng suddenly felt a pain in his neck wound and cried out involuntarily.

  "What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao's face tensed up instantly.

  Lu Xiaofeng held his hand and said: "It's okay, don't be so nervous, you're making me nervous too."

  "It's not easy to catch Sha Qianli, you just let him go like that, and it's inevitable that you're not feeling resigned in your heart, I understand."

  "If you can catch him once, you can catch him again, your safety is important."

  "But you and Ouyang Daxia took so long to catch him, which means this person is not easy to deal with. This time, letting the tiger return to the mountain, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to capture him again."

  "It's me who dragged you down." Zhan Zhao's voice was somewhat subdued.

  "Zhan Zhao, no one expected this to happen, you don't have to blame yourself so much, I'm not blaming you."

  Zhan Zhao looked at the wound on her neck and didn't say a word.

  "Zhan Zhao, you didn't get hurt this time, did you?" She vaguely remembered that the names Jiuweihuxiang and Sha Qianli had brought a lot of harm to Zhan Xiaomao, but she couldn't recall the details of the story. All she knew was that in the end, Zhan Xiaomao was fine, but it seemed like he had been tortured quite a bit in between.

  In "Justice Bao", many plots are bullying this little cat, the screenwriter must have a grudge against cats!

  Zhan Zhao subconsciously reached out and covered his chest.

  "Internal injury?" Lu Xiaofeng felt a bit tense, she couldn't see internal injuries.

  "It's okay."

  "Isn't it poisoning?" The nine-tailed fox seems to be good at poison too.

  "No."

  "That's okay."

  Little Phoenix

  "Huh?"

  "Do you regret knowing me?"

  "Why should I regret knowing you?" Nan Xiazhang, the Imperial Cat of Kaifeng, was my idol and personal bodyguard since childhood. I have a brain-dead level of admiration for him. My feelings towards you are similar to those towards my idol - both of you are people I respect and look up to.

  "Zhan Zhao, do you regret knowing me?" Little Phoenix Maiden asked back.

  "No." Zhan Zhao was grateful to heaven for having the good fortune of meeting a woman like you.

  "That's it, you can't start doubting life just because of an unexpected accident, this is not like the legendary Nanxia Zhanzhao at all."

  "The legendary Phoenix Maiden isn't like you." Zhan Zhao had the urge to tease her, and seeing that her mental state was still so good, his heart finally put down its guard.

  "Legendary Phoenix Maiden?" Little Phoenix Maiden made a face of embarrassment, "Has it already been demonized?"

  Zhan Zhao lost his smile, "No, it's just that the rumors say you look a bit too righteous." Unlike the beautiful and elegant Ruhua, because the common people all thought that someone who could intimidate bad people must have a stern and righteous face.

  "Isn't it just like Bao Daren? A woman looking like that really needs a lot of courage."

  "What's on your mind?"

  "Zhan Xiao Mao, I'm really fine, you can go discuss with Ouyang Da Xia how to catch Sha Qian Li and Jiu Wei Hu again. We don't want to see any more girls being kidnapped and disappearing."

  "You can rest assured and stay at the station to recover from your injuries."

  "Uh-huh."

  Zhan Zhao turned around and went out to look for Bei Xia.

  Lu Xiao Feng sighed in his heart, didn't want to be a burden to others, but it seemed that unintentionally he had become Zhang Xiao Mao's burden.

  She covered the wound with her hand, and Little Phoenix winced in pain, taking a cold breath. In fact, it really wasn't that she didn't feel any pain, but rather she didn't dare let a certain little cat know how much pain she was in, fearing he would feel guilty.

  The nine-tailed fox's sneak attack was ruthless enough, fortunately it didn't cut an artery.

  That night, Beixia and Nanxia left the post house together. They received news about Sha Qianli's brothers again and went to catch them.