"But the most important thing at the moment is to deal with the Jinghe County Magistrate. We can make plans for joining the Immortal Sect later."

After recalling what happened with Qiu Kang, Jiang Qian became more and more certain that the person behind the scenes didn't seem to care about the affairs of Jinghe County.

It has been seven or eight hours since Qiu Kang's death. If the man was in Jinghe County, it would be enough time for him to come here.

Either he is not in Jinghe County, or he doesn't care at all about the life and death of Qiu Kang and others.

If it is as Jiang Qian guessed, then there will be a lot of room for him to operate.

"As long as my methods are concealed enough and I leave as soon as possible after I succeed, the people behind the scenes won't notice."

But all this is just Jiang Qian's guess, and there are still huge risks.

He needs to go to Jinghe County to investigate on the spot and obtain the corresponding information. Afterwards, whether he assassinates the Jinghe County magistrate or seeks an opportunity to worship the Immortal Sect and postpone revenge, he will have enough room for maneuver.

After burning a stick of incense, he packed some broken silver and a few pieces of clothing, took two martial arts books and a hatchet, and left the wooden house.

A light skill for escaping, and a sword skill for killing.

Although the wooden house in the forest is hidden, the spiritual energy nearby is basically exhausted, and it is unknown how long it will take to recover. Moreover, there is no food stored in the wooden house, so Jiang Qian cannot stay for long.

After walking for a while, the terrain of the dense forest became steeper. It seemed that this forest was located in the mountains.

The problem became clear now. Although Jiang Qian did not know the specific location of the wooden house in Jinghe County, he was very aware of the terrain and environment around Jinghe County.

Jinghe County only has mountains in the west and north directions. He only needs to go southwest and wait until he finds a stream to find Jinghe.

And as long as you find Jinghe, you are not far from Jinghe County.

Sure enough, not long after walking in the southwest direction, Jiang Qian found a stream.

I killed a hare and planned to rest by the stream.

After lighting a fire and placing the cleaned rabbits on the fire, Jiang Qian jumped into the stream and began to clean up the dirt on his body.

After being locked up in the dungeon for five or six days, Jiang Qian's body was extremely dirty, and his clothes were torn into strips of cloth, sparsely hanging on his body. Jiang Qian simply threw them into the fire and burned them.

After cleaning, a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth was reflected on the water.

Jiang Qian looked at his appearance in the water, smoothed his hair, and said in wonder: "I didn't expect that the young master looks pretty good, and he is also a handsome young man from all over the country."

Nodding with satisfaction, Jiang Qian simply tied up his long hair, changed his clothes, and happily enjoyed the roasted hare.

After eating and drinking, Jiang Qian took out the martial arts skills he found in the wooden house and started practicing in the open space by the stream.

"Yunyan Step" and "Bagua Dao" are ordinary second-rate martial arts, not top-notch, but they are enough for Jiang Qian at the moment.

After the body has been improved by the purple energy of creation, it is not easy to learn martial arts skills.

In just one stick of incense, you can learn both martial arts.

After practicing for another hour, Jiang Qian was already able to use two martial arts skillfully, and at this time he didn't even break a sweat.

Even though the hare he had just eaten had been completely digested, Jiang Qian could only catch a few fish from the stream to supplement the consumption of martial arts training.

After cleaning up the traces left behind, Jiang Qian walked along the stream for another hour.

Accompanied by a frightened flapping sound of birds, the blocked field of vision suddenly widened, and a large river more than fifty feet wide appeared in front of Jiang Qian.

The birthplace of Jinghe River is deep in the mountains to the west. The originally fast-flowing river miraculously slowed down after passing through the west mountains, and flowed calmly to the east.

The smooth and gentle river water not only brings abundant aquatic resources, but also allows Jinghe County to have nearly 10,000 acres of fertile farmland, making it a well-known land of fish and rice.

In the records of Jinghe County, there is only one record of flood disaster.

Jiang Qian climbed onto a nearby tree and looked at the scene of Jinghe County from afar.

There is an endless stream of pedestrians at the city gate, including civilians and clans, as well as several caravans from other places, all of whom are famous for coming to Jinghe County to do business.

The Jinghe waterway is even more lively, with fishing boats, ferries, and cargo ships crowding the water, and the port is crowded with people.

The rice in the farmland is lush and green, and it seems that this year will be another good harvest year.

At a glance, the small town by the Jinghe River is full of prosperous scenes.

However, beneath this quiet and peaceful scene, there is a bloody truth hidden.

Jiang Qian jumped down from the tree with an expressionless face and hurried toward the county seat along the Jinghe River.

After entering the county town, Jiang Qian first went to a clothing store and bought a few sets of clothes. He kept wearing Qiu Kang's clothes, so it was inevitable that someone would notice him.

After changing his outfit, Jiang Qian's current image has completely changed from the poor boy he used to be. If he wasn't someone very close to him, it would be impossible to recognize him immediately.

What's more, apart from my parents, neighbors and my teacher, there are no other familiar people in my predecessor.

Afterwards, Jiang Qian found a secluded inn, booked a room, and went out to collect information.

He still looks like a teenager now, so he shouldn't be too ostentatious. There are not many places he can go during the day, and some places have to wait until night to investigate.

Wandering aimlessly on the prosperous streets, pretending to choose something to buy, Jiang Qian's ears were carefully discerning the conversations among people on the street.

After walking for three streets, Jiang Qian finally captured the information he wanted near the street near the county magistrate's residence.

"Sister Liu, have you heard any strange noises in the past few nights?"

"Brother and sister, please don't tell me. After you mentioned it, something is indeed strange. I heard some rustling sounds in the middle of the night last night. Could it be that we have a thief here?"

"It's possible, we'd better close the doors and windows more tightly. Besides, it's always windy at night, and several houses have caught wind and cold."

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"Is it a thief? Why did I hear the sound of something rolling by? The night before yesterday, I knocked down the bundle of bamboo in the alley." Another woman intervened and said.

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Jiang Qian listened intently to the conversation of the three women. They all lived on this street. The line connecting the locations of several residences pointed right at the county magistrate's mansion.

The magistrate's house, the dark wind, the sound of rustling and rolling.

Jiang Qian couldn't help but think of the scene where Qiu Kang's bones were broken into pieces and rolled everywhere after his death.

Is there something in the magistrate's mansion that attracts them, or is the person behind the scenes in the magistrate's mansion?!

Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Qian paused for a moment, then returned to normal and quietly left the street.

And just when Jiang Qian was about to leave, he heard another news from the three women talking.

The woman who interrupted earlier mentioned that the beggar wandering around in the nearby alley has disappeared in recent days and must have died of hunger.

Could the beggar in the nearby alley be the same beggar who took clothes from a mass grave and wore them, only to be recognized by his predecessor as his father's clothes?

Jiang Qian turned around and glanced at the three women before leaving the street completely.

He is going to visit the gathering place of beggars in the north of the city. The beggars may know more things.

In the north of the city, under several dilapidated wooden houses, four or five beggars were squatting or sitting around them, all looking curiously into the houses.

Not long after, a young Taoist priest wearing a dark blue robe and a lotus crown emerged from the crowd of beggars.

The Taoist priest had a white face and a warm smile. He warned the beggars softly, left a yellow paper talisman and left the wooden house.

When Jiang Qian arrived, he happened to meet the young Taoist priest who came out.

The two met, looked at each other, and separated again.

The Taoist priest disappeared into the alley, and Jiang Qian also came to the beggar's house and saw two beggars lying in the house. Their faces were pale and did not look like living people.

It is obviously summer, but there are constant waves of coldness exuding from my body, and the room is even cooler.

Jiang Qian went straight to the point and asked the beggars if anything strange had happened near the county magistrate's residence recently at night.

After saying that, he took out a bunch of copper coins as a reward.

Seeing that there was money to be taken, the beggars immediately knew and talked about everything. However, two beggars saw that Jiang Qian was young and tried to rob them, but Jiang Qian casually hung them on a tree.
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