Chapter 429 Stealing people
Qi Tian didn't hear much useful information from these people's words.
The only thing that is certain is that the Tianshan Sect has caused great trouble to the people in this city. Moreover, the people here seem to be very afraid of the Tianshan Sect.
As for the wolf bandits, they had already been wiped out by them. The guards of Hanlin City were destined to return empty-handed.
At the same time, in the Hanlin City Lord’s Mansion.
Hua Chen put down the brush in his hand and asked in surprise: "You said that the Wolf Bandits have been wiped out?"
"Your Excellency the Governor, it is indeed true. According to the confessions of the guards of Chuinan City, they were attacked by a group of people." The general in charge informed Hua Chen of everything he had found out.
As Hua Chen listened to his description, he felt more and more that the group of people he was talking about were none other than Qi Tian and his group who had clashed with Delas at the auction.
"Is it a coincidence?" Hua Chen couldn't help but wonder.
However, the wolf bandits have been eliminated, and the entire East China Sea Province no longer has to worry.
"By the way, Governor, there is news coming from the city guards. They said that the bodies of the seventh elder of the Haotian Sect and two elders of the Tianshan Sect were found outside the city. We have not yet found out who did it."
Hua Chen waved his hand, "I understand, you go down first."
After the general left, Hua Chen leaned back in his chair, and couldn't help connecting the whole thing in his mind.
He felt that Qi Tian and others helped Chuinan City to wipe out the wolf bandits, and then went north to Hanlin City.
If we were to say who could kill the Seventh Elder and the two elders of the Tianshan Sect at the same time, they would be the most likely ones.
Being willing to take action to wipe out the wolf bandits means that this group of people are not thugs, but at least they can be considered good people. Will they come to Hanlin City to destroy the Tianshan Sect?
"Lord City Lord, the group of people you asked me to pay attention to. Two of them were walking in the city, one went into the teahouse, and the other went to the tavern." The voice of the chief of staff came from outside the door.
Hua Chen asked, "What do they want to find out?"
The most likely reason for going to these two places is to gather information.
The chief of staff replied: "Although the man in the tavern did not say it directly, I think he should be trying to find out the news about the Tianshan Sect. The man in the teahouse did not make any moves, he just drank tea there."
Hua Chen thought for a moment and said, "Send people to teahouses and taverns to spread the news about Tianshan Sect around him intentionally or unintentionally. Do it in a subtle way so that they don't realize that it's someone from the City Lord's Mansion (Governor's Mansion)."
The Tianshan Sect has always been the cancer of the entire East China Sea Province. If we can eradicate it here, the East China Sea Province will be completely peaceful in the future.
……
Qi Tian snooped around in the tavern for a long time.
Apart from the words of Passerby A, which were somewhat related to the Tianshan Sect, no other useful information was heard.
Suddenly, a young man rushed in from outside the teahouse.
He ran straight to Qi Tian's tea table, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured tea into his mouth.
Gudong Gudong~
He drank all the remaining tea in the teapot in one gulp.
"What are you doing!" The guards in the teahouse immediately surrounded him.
The young man took a few breaths, smoothed his bangs, and explained, "I'm really sorry, I can't stand the thirst anymore. Brother, I'll give you a pot of tea." As he said that, he took out a gold soul coin from his arms.
Seeing this, the guards immediately withdrew. Then, the waiter brought another pot of tea.
Qi Tian asked calmly, "This young master, have you just returned from outside the city?"
The young man sat down and sighed, "Yeah. I followed the main force out of the city to investigate the situation. Damn, a Title Douluo and two Soul Douluos were killed. I wonder who attacked them!?"
"When did such a strong man appear in Hanlin City?"
As he spoke, he poured a cup of tea for Qi Tian and another for himself.
Picking up the teacup, he drank it all in one gulp, then bowed and said, "My name is Hua Xiong. May I ask your name?"
Hua Xiong? Qi Tian was startled. This was a strange yet familiar name.
"My name is Qi Tian, nice to meet you."
Hua Xiong said: "Brother, you are from another place, your accent doesn't sound like a local. You don't know..."
He told Qi Tian everything about the auction and the fight that took place after it.
"You didn't see it. The battlefield was bloody as hell. I heard that a Soul Douluo's body was beaten into a pulp."
Qi Tian smiled faintly, and then asked: "This is my first time in Hanlin City. I don't know what your customs are here. Why do you install anti-theft windows in every house, regardless of the height of the floor?"
"Or is it that a powerful thief has appeared in the city?"
Hua Xiong's appearance was a little strange, but he didn't care. As long as he could get the message, it didn't matter who sent it.
Hua Xiong did not answer, but stood up and said, "Waiter, take me and this young master to the private room."
In the private room, the waiter brewed another pot of tea.
After the waiter left, Hua Xiong finally spoke up: "Brother, you don't know. This anti-theft window is to prevent thieves, but it is not to prevent thieves."
"What do you mean?" Qi Tian took a sip of tea.
Hua Xiong sighed and explained, "There are indeed thieves in the city, but these thieves don't steal money, they steal people?"
"Stealing someone?" It was the first time Qi Tian heard of this and he couldn't help but feel curious.
"Yes, it's stealing people. Starting thirty years ago, people have been missing in the city at regular intervals. And, without exception, they were stolen while they were sleeping at home."
"After that, these people never came back. Later, every household installed anti-theft windows, and the situation improved a little."
Qi Tian thought about it for a moment.
Then I knew that these people would never come back.
Since the Tianshan Sect is a sect of evil soul masters, it is very likely that these people were captured by them and sacrificed as food to feed the devil.
"Is there no one who discovered who stole the person? The thief has committed the crime many times and there will be some clues left behind." Qi Tian pretended to be curious.
Hua Xiong lowered his voice and whispered: "Someone saw with their own eyes that their husbands and wives were stolen. The thieves were not humans, but a group of blood-red bats. Once they target someone, they will take the person away regardless of whether the person is asleep or not."
"There is a sect called Tianshan Sect near Hanlin City. They practice a secret method that can transform a human body into a group of bats."
"There have been rumors in the city for a long time that the Tianshan Sect is stealing people outside. However, the Tianshan Sect's base is extremely hidden and difficult for others to find. In addition, they are very powerful, so even if the people in the city know that it was them who did it, they dare not cause trouble for them."
Qi Tian had seen how Delas and Dupu fought, and their bodies could indeed transform into bats.
This point is actually what Hua Xiong said.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Hanlin City Lord is also the Governor of the East Sea Province. As a frontier official of the empire, doesn't he care?"
Hua Xiong spread his hands and said, "My father, A-choo, the governor has only been in office for three years. Even if he wants to intervene, he can't find any evidence."
