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Chapter 96 A false alarm

"Zhong Lin, don't worry. We haven't found Xiao Shitou's body, nor any pieces of his clothes. Xiao Shitou may be fine."

Mei Weixuan supported Zhong Lin and spoke comfortingly.

Xing Kui checked his surroundings, gnashing his teeth as he spoke in a deep voice, "Sir, preliminary estimates suggest there are at least a hundred bodies here, men and women, young and old. Most of them died at the hands of hyenas, leaving their bodies mutilated."

"Majority? What does that mean?" Mei Weixuan asked.

Xing Kui took a deep breath and said, "Many of the bodies were killed. There were no bite marks on their bodies, only a single knife wound...directly into the heart."

"You mean..."

Mei Weixuan's head buzzed, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword suddenly creaked.

"Someone is using humans to raise exotic beasts?"

"Yes."

"Damn it, damn it, who is it? I'm going to kill him and cut him into pieces."

Mei Weixuan's eyes were almost spitting fire, and his voice was roaring angrily.

He doesn't care about killing people. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Either you kill me or I kill you.

But it is absolutely not allowed for humans to feed animals. This is the bottom line of being a human being.

"There's another piece of good news," Xing Kui continued, "No clothes or body were found on the young master's body, so he might not be dead."

Zhong Lin calmed his trembling blood and said in a cold voice, "Are there many children among the corpses?"

Zhong Lin could already see several tiny bones in the pile of corpses in front of him, which were obviously from children.

"Yes, a lot."

Zhong Lin's expression became even gloomier, and a cold murderous intent bloomed in him.

"Xing Kui, seal off this place and send someone to notify the county governor."

"Yes."

"Brother Mei, please go and invite the people from the three major families to come here. With strange beasts appearing in the city, I'm sure they won't be able to sleep!"

"I'll go right away."

Mei Weixuan also knew that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to hesitate at all.

"Everyone else go back to Baicaotang and ask Lao Deng to bring all the human traffickers here. They must know something." Zhong Lin grinned like a man-eating beast.

On the dilapidated and collapsed roof of the deserted Dongxiang house, a huge figure, whose whole body was hidden in a tattered linen cloak, with only a pair of sinister eyes exposed, lay quietly on the roof, staring at the backs of Zhong Lin and others as they left.

The figure clenched the long sword in his hand several times, but did not take any action until Zhong Lin and others left.

"There was too much noise tonight. Even if we kept them, it would be useless. This place has been exposed, and the hyena has been killed. What a pity."

"withdraw."

As soon as the words fell, several figures who were also hidden in the darkness quickly rushed out from the dark shadows and quickly disappeared in the deserted house.

……

"Second brother."

Just as he stepped into Baicaotang, a familiar voice suddenly came, and then Xiao Shitou ran towards Zhong Lin with his short legs.

"Stone?"

Zhong Lin squatted down and picked up the stone, his face full of surprise at having found it again.

At this moment, Zhong Lin deeply understood that there was a very beautiful word in the world called "false alarm".

"Where have you been? You scared me to death, do you know that?" Zhong Lin yelled.

Stone's tears suddenly flowed out.

"I'm sorry, second brother."

Deng Yunsheng also came out at this time, holding a man with a dirt-colored face, and threw him directly at Zhong Lin's feet. Zhong Lin knew him, this was one of the traffickers just now.

"Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me. I didn't know that the young master was your brother. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to tie him up even if I had ten more guts."

The man knelt down at the feet of the crowd and kowtowed continuously. Each time there was a banging sound, and blood flowed from his forehead. Even so, he still did not dare to stop.

"Sir, the young master was found in his place. He knocked the young master unconscious and put him in the cellar. If he hadn't brought a hound with him, he probably wouldn't have been found."

As Deng Yunsheng spoke, he kicked the man hard, and the huge force directly broke his leg bones.

The man screamed and rolled on the ground wailing, looking very miserable.

Zhong Lin's heart was filled with murderous intent. He had underestimated these people. They were really good at acting! They had deceived both him and Mei Weixuan, and they really thought that the little stone was not in their hands.

Deng Yunsheng was also filled with hatred at this time. He kicked the wailing human toothbearer's other leg. With a click, the other leg was also broken.

At this moment, Liu Zhao wished he could cut this human trafficker into pieces. He was looking for death by bringing this person to Baicaotang.

Zhong Lin handed the small stone to Gu Yourong and said in a deep voice, "Senior Sister, take the stone to the backyard first."

Gu Yourong also knew that the next scene would definitely be bloody, so he nodded and walked towards the back holding Xiao Shitou.

"Liu Zhao, I leave it to you. Tell him everything he knows."

"Yes, don't worry, sir,"

Liu Zhao had a ferocious smile on his face, and he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him as if he were looking at a dead body.

It was this bastard who almost killed me. If anything really happened to the young master, I would definitely be blamed.

As he spoke, Liu Zhao grabbed the middle-aged man by the scruff of the neck and walked towards the distant room as if he was carrying a kitten.

Zhong Lin stepped into the room, where a group of burly men surrounded the weak and helpless human traffickers who just wanted to cry. They pressed them to the ground again and dragged them in front of Zhong Lin.

"Sir, the young master has been found. It was all done by that bastard Sun Erlu. It has nothing to do with us!"

"Yes! Yes! It has nothing to do with us."

"Sir, you said you would let go..."

Zhong Lin lightly pressed his right hand, and the noise disappeared instantly. Everyone looked at him intently.

Zhong Lin smiled with a forced smile, "Just now, several of you mentioned that so-and-so recently received a big deal, right?"

As soon as Zhong Lin finished speaking, a group of trembling human traffickers immediately started to fight each other, all trying to push others out to die.

"Yes, yes, sir, it was this fellow Ma San who took on a big business."

"Fat Zhou, you're talking bullshit. You have plenty of two-legged sheep in your sheep pen."

"Sir, Dong Laowai, you've become rich recently, and you must have received some big business."

Anyone who can make it in Tianyang County is a shrewd person, especially those who are involved in human trafficking. As soon as Zhong Lin and others came back, these human traffickers smelled the murderous aura on them, especially Zhong Lin, who had a blood stain on his body.

Such a messy scene made Zhong Lin frown.

Xing Kui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly picked up the long knife at his waist and swung it like lightning.

The next second, a human trafficker who was still yelling and fighting with his colleagues with a red face and ears suddenly had a dense blood mist spurting out of his throat.

"what……"

He covered his neck with his hands in horror, but instead of stopping the blood, it gushed out like a fountain.

“Help…help, help…help.”

He fell to the ground, struggling desperately and wailing heart-wrenchingly, like a fish that has been hooked ashore. Unfortunately, his breath became weaker and weaker, and his struggles became weaker and weaker, until he died.

The human traffickers who were fighting in a group quickly quieted down amidst the wailing, leaving only heavy breathing and the faint sound of teeth chattering.

"Can you speak properly now?"

(End of this chapter)