Chapter 108



108 different dao

when zhao xu was still a sheriff, even though there were plenty of brave adventurers in the town, murder cases like this were still quite rare.

seeing this, he knew that they didn’t need to try to find any proof or information.

Looking into the entire inner room, all kinds of drawers and cabinets were rummaged through, and the books on the large desk were pushed to the side.

when he touched a bottle of ink on the desk, the ink flowed down the table leg and dripped beside the feet of the deceased.

“break-in?” Fengye murmured in a low voice when he saw this.

from the looks of it, it really did seem like a robbery and murder case. considering that this place was remote and cold, it was the best place to start.

Zhao Xu shook his head. The underground organizations in this world did have a lot to do with the Wanderer Association, but they didn’t completely overlap.

among the underground forces, there was an even greater difference between the thieving gang and the assassin gang.

zhao xu had been a public security officer in his previous life and had even gone to the underground to receive training, so he knew a little about the inside story.

“it’s different. from the traces here, it seems that the target is very clear. the killer came in and killed him with a single strike, then slowly searched the entire room for what he wanted. that’s why the ink was covered with blood.”

Zhao Xu had already walked over to the dead fortune-teller, who was the person they were supposed to meet up with to get information from.

He gently checked the situation under the other party’s sleeve, and his pupils contracted slightly. there are no traces of binding. Obviously, even the information interrogation was skipped.

“let’s leave crescent town quickly.” Zhao Xu said.

“We don’t need to look for more information?” the rogue rainbow asked. he looked around the room and said, ” maybe we can find some information from here. ”

zhao xu shook his head. ” there’s no point. i’m afraid the caravan will have to go home this time. ” this is no longer a simple murder case.”

Zhao Xu’s decisions had always been correct, and what happened next also proved that he was right.

when they thought about this, fengye and rainbow didn’t say much and just followed zhao xu out of this place.

luckily, zhao xu had used his identity as a wizard to scare off the thieves from the talin brotherhood, so they didn’t dare to follow him.

Otherwise, if they noticed that Zhao Xu and the other two had entered this place, they would definitely be wanted after the murder case was discovered.

after they went out, zhao xu, maple leaf, and rainbow carefully used some methods to avoid being followed.

After they made various turns and corners to make sure that there were no stalkers, they followed the crowd and left Crescent Town.

only when they returned to the location where the caravans had hidden themselves did the three of them let out a sigh of relief and slowly told noah what had happened that day.

Noah’s expression changed a few times after he heard their description, and even his breathing became uneven.

maybe this is just a case of greed. Even if the clues are broken, it doesn’t affect our next plan. Noah said slowly after taking a deep breath.

Zhao Xu’s heart skipped a beat.

it seemed that everyone’s fate had come to an end.

“You still think so?” Zhao Xu said, ” I don’t think Jane would be able to kill a level 2 rogue so easily.

noah’s eyes were filled with disbelief, but he immediately suppressed his nervousness and explained,”Mr. Zhongxia, you’ve misunderstood. The person you’re meeting is just an ‘expert’ who’s good at forging documents. He’s just an ordinary person with no combat power.”

Zhao Xu shook his head and gently raised his hand to signal for Noah to listen to him.

“Leader Noah, although I don’t know why you’re hiding this from me, I’m not sure. However, some details are still very obvious.”

zhao xu said calmly, ” the calluses on your hands that you get when you hold a weapon and practice your sneak attack power are different from the calluses on your hands that you get when you forge documents. the size of the calluses are different. ”

noah was stunned. he did not expect his explanation to be exposed on the spot.

At this moment, Fengye and the others also looked over in surprise. They didn’t expect Zhao Xu to have noticed this detail.

that person should be a spy that Catan and Buso city sent to Crescent Town.

zhao xu slowly explained his speculations.

“If my guess is correct, then the whole logic can be explained. Why wasn’t the clairvoyant being pursued by the merchant Union’s guards in Crescent Town, but instead killed by the killer? because some people already knew about the loopholes in crescent town and didn’t want to leak the information, they used the underground forces to solve it. ”

When he saw that Noah was already starting to look exhausted, Zhao Xu said with a hint of pity in his voice, ” “This also means that the merchant Union has probably infiltrated even caso and butan cities. Otherwise, I don’t think the merchant Union would be so confident as to cut off the enemy’s claws in Crescent Town rather than detain and interrogate them.”

for a level 1 rogue to be placed in a remote town as an ordinary contact, this arrangement was a bit extravagant.

to put it bluntly, a rogue with the ability to “sneak attack” was barely qualified to be a killer.

at this moment, everyone, including youyou, who looked the most innocent, fell silent.

The degree of danger in this situation was already very obvious.

“mr. zhongxia, i didn’t expect you, as an adventurer on earth, to have such a deep sensitivity to the ecosystem of a town. i’m sorry, i didn’t-”

“So you still want to continue?” zhao xu retorted. “I don’t think the merchant Union can’t even send out the most basic reconnaissance forces, knowing that we have a smuggler caravan.”

But Zhao Xu didn’t have enough evidence to cover up the rest of the story, so he didn’t say it out loud.

for a moment, the entire tent fell into silence.

Zhao Xu had never smuggled before, but Noah was different. He must have noticed that the atmosphere was a little off, but he still wasn’t willing to give up. It was obvious that he was taking a gamble.

They were betting that he would be able to pass through smoothly.

of zhao xu’s three trump cards, antonya wanted him to use them to gain experience from adventuring, not to protect anyone.

otherwise, he could have asked the wizard association in crescent town to issue them a certificate.

This way, the entire smuggler caravan could reach the front line openly.

“There are two paths now.” Zhao thought for a moment and said,”we can either transport these resources back and consider it a failure.” the other option was to bury these things on the spot and wait for a new change in the situation before taking action. You can discuss this with your leader first.”

The second half of Zhao Xu’s sentence was just short of saying that he was waiting for Casso and butan city to fail.

At this moment, Noah stood up and said with a hint of emotion, ” trust me, Mr. Zhongxia. I have the confidence to lead the entire caravan to the front line smoothly. With your help, we have the confidence. and we will definitely offer you a higher reward. i can first-”

“Then let’s do this.” Zhao Xu calmly interrupted Noah’s passionate speech.

“since things have come to this, let’s part ways.” Zhao Xu said.

Pitter-patter, the tent began to be knocked on by the raindrops.

the clouds and mist that had been suppressed for a long time finally could not hold on any longer. the sound of rain could be heard throughout the entire nanyu forest.

The rainy season of Midsummer had finally arrived.