Chapter 1017: The Dead Wont Lie (1/2)
Chapter 1017: The Dead Won’t Lie
Zu An put away the paper strip and said, “Cloudcenter Duke had six personal guards who died in their line of duty I had my subordinates look into their respective situations
“Three of their deaths weren’t suspicious at all, and their reated However, the other three’s deaths are fishy”
“How so?” Pei Mianman asked curiously
Zu An explained, “For example, one was attacked by the fiend races and was beheaded In the end, his colleagues were only able to bring back a headless corpse
“Another guard was investigating a drug s caught fire His entire body was burned to a crisp
“Thhe third had all of his blood essence sucked away, leaving behind only a shriveled corpse”
Pei Mian, “The common point between these individuals is that it’s difficult to discern their identities”
“Indeed” Zu An nodded, continuing, “What I suspect is that others actually replaced the real bodies with fakes These corpsesfor”
“But how do you investigate so like that?” Pei Mianman was a bit worried “After all, it’s already hard to even discern those people’s identities”
“Anyone in this world will inevitably leave behind all kinds of traces Even the ly leave behind holes they didn’t pay attention to,” Zu An said He paused for a ht lie, but the dead won’t”
Pei Mianan, “Don’t tell me you…”
Zu An nodded with a smile and said, “My love, since we have soraveyard date?”
“Hoes on a date in the ceirl She had an instinctive rejection toward those kinds of things
Zu An kneas a bit aard for her, so he said, “It’s fine; you should go back first I’ll look for you after I’m done”
Pei Mianle, but she still didn’t want to leave her lover As such, she insisted, “No, I still want to go with you”
Wasn’t the Pei Manor the saraveyard anyway? If she could be with her lover, wasn’t that home wherever she went?
Zu An was a bit reluctant to leave her He held her hand and said with a sood too When husband and wife are of one ”
“Who wants to be your wife?” Pei Mianman pouted playfully However, she still let hiot on his horse, saying, “The graveyard is outside of the city It’s still a distance away froo by horse” He patted the spot in front of hiet on
Pei Mianman blushed If they were in a private place, she would happily sit there But right now, they were in the city, where people caainst him really would be a bit too bold for her
She wasn’t so well known that everyone kneho she was, but with her appearance and her identity as the Pei clan’s young nized her If sos would becoround and instead sat behind Zu An
“Hold on tight,” Zu An reminded her
Pei Mianet about holding onto his But holding onto the waist of her ht in the streets was still aard for her as a reserved young lady
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But ould’ve thought that Zu An would pull on the reins and cause the horse to sprint forward? He exclairavity and almost fell off of the horse Fortunately, her cultivation was high enough for her to react quickly She wrapped her arms around Zu An’s waist to steady herself
Zu An’s expression becaainst his back Big Man!
“You did that on purpose, right?” Pei Mianman beat his back with her fist, but she couldn't bear to really use any strength
Zu An laughed He swung the reins and they quickly left the city Riding his steed with a beauty by his side really was an incredibly blissful thing