486 The Killing and Robbery Begins (2/2)

At this time, a soldier ran to Zhou Hai and passed him a brocade pouch.

Zhou Hai did not think much of it at first. He casually opened the brocade pouch and was shocked to find a letter within. He could not help but feel excited. Without much consideration, he opened the letter and began reading its contents. Just two lines in, his expression had visibly changed. Thereafter, he skimmed through the whole letter. By the time he reached the end, his expression had grown solemn. He furiously crushed the paper into a ball and hastily stashed it into his clothes.

”Chen IV, I must return to Wuyang Region immediately. You guys stay here and watch closely. No, go and order the brothers to disperse to different stations. Wait for my news. Inform them that if any mishaps were to happen to me, then immediately tell them that it definitely has to do with the Qin Family of South Mountains!”

”Seventh Young Master, you...!”

”Do as I say. And prepare the horses, quick!”

”Yes!”

Chen IV who stood beside him did not dare to fool around. He immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare the best horse for Zhou Hai. Seeing Zhou Hai gallop off into the distance, he gathered his subordinates and explained everything to them as Zhou Hai ordered. A group of ancient couriers immediately left without caring to deal with the corpses.

After two hours, a ray of blue light from the southern direction was shot and landed near one of the stations.

At this time, there was a crowd on the road already. That ray of blue light landed on one of the small hills. Now the blue light had revealed itself to be a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man had a gloomy expression. Seeing the crowd on the road, he gathered himself. He no longer used Gang Qi but exerted the average effort of walking on the road. He dispersed the crowd and upon looking within, he got a shock.

”Damn it!” Seeing the ripped chests of the soldiers, the eyes of the blue-robed man flashed coldly. With a turn of his body, he dispersed the crowd. In the process, he grabbed a passerby by his shoulders when others were not watching. He used his magic to bring the both of them away from the roadside and into the forest between two hills. The crowd could not even tell how they left.

”Please spare me, your highness! Please spare me!”

The man was randomly pulled out of the road and so thought that he had met a pirate. He begged earnestly for his life.

”Shut up. I will ask you some questions and you will answer. If you dare tell me any lies, I will kill you!”

The murderous intent that permeated those words immediately sealed the lips of the man. He could only look fearfully at the blue-robed man.

”What happened on the road? Who killed those men?!”

”It was... it was... it was the ancient couriers of Wuyang Regions. These knights were running people down on Wuyang Region and even injured the ancient courier on Wuyang Road. That was why they were killed!”

”The ancient courier of Wuyang Region?!” The eyes of the blue-robed man flashed. ”Can they kill people as they wish?!”

No... no... no, it was because they harmed people on the Wuyang Road or committed something criminal. That was why the ancient courier acted!”

”Then where is the ancient courier now?!”

”I don't know!”

”You don't know?!”

”Yes, I really don't know!” The man was almost about to cry. ”Every post on Wuyang Road has two ancient couriers. There are also special armed ancient couriers called... called... urban management that specially looks into these kinds of disputes. For the average person, they will deliver the heads of the people back to the city they originated after killing them. But this time round it's a bit strange that they did not treat it as per tradition. That was why there was a crowd!” The main cried.

”Urban management?!” The blue-robed man pondered over these two words and revealed a look of incomprehension for a moment. In the next moment, his fierce demeanor returned. ”Then who controls the urban management?!”

”That I don't know!” The man shook his head.

Rage filled the man's eyes and with a punch, smattered the man's head into pieces.

Then, he gazed out at the winding Wuyang Road. He felt a little indecision in his heart but eventually, he gritted his teeth and with the blue wind, flew towards the sky and headed in the direction of the Wuyang Road.

After an hour, he saw Zhou Hai galloping on his horse. A grin spread across his face. He landed from the sky and grabbed the galloping Zhou Hai's head and lifted him up.

Without allowing Zhou Hai to speak at all, he continued to fly and started to rummage through Zhou Hai's clothes. In the end, he managed to feel the shape of the secret letter. He let out a smile. With a crush of his fist, he smashed Zhou Hai's head which transformed into blue light. He then continued to fly towards the northwestern region.