Chapter 121 Distrust

At 11:00 a.m., at the west city gate.

Shen Qing, who had already prepared, arrived at the west city gate as scheduled, carrying a heavy bow and a package.

When he arrived, several officials from the Weiwu Division and some martial artists from other forces had already arrived.

Among all the people, Shen Qing found a familiar figure.

This familiar figure was none other than Xiao Zhi, who was familiar to him.

He walked over and said in surprise: "Brother, are you going too?"

Hearing Shen Qing's call, Xiao Zhi turned around and said in surprise: "Master asked you to go this time?"

Shen Qing nodded and said: "Well, the eldest brother and the fourth brother are both injured. You also know about the second and third brothers. Apart from me, there is no other suitable disciple."

Xiao Zhi also knew what happened in Linfeng Hall. He could only sigh and said helplessly: "Alas... yes, there is indeed no other suitable person."

"Why did you go this time?"

Xiao Zhi smiled and said: "Of course it is to fight for a future. If I can successfully kill the tiger this time, I may get the status of a martial artist. It is worth doing this business to benefit three generations."

Shen Qing glanced at him up and down, as if he had known him again.

Unexpectedly, this unprepossessing cook still had a "ambition".

While the two were chatting, Linfeng Hall had a total of five inner courtyard disciples including his one direct disciple, Xiao Zhi, and ten outer courtyard disciples.

As far as Shen Qing knows, every year, Linfeng Hall will have disciples with poor talents or insufficient financial resources leaving, but these people do not lose contact with Linfeng Hall.

As former disciples of Linfeng Hall, they can occasionally take on Linfeng Hall's work to supplement their family income.

So among the people who came, some were known to Shen Qing, while others were old disciples who were no longer in the hall, and Shen Qing had no impression of them.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived.

The five Weiwusi officials checked the roster, and after confirming that there were no problems, they shouted, "It's getting late, we'll set off now."

Shen Qing took a rough look at the crowd. In addition to the sixteen people from their Linfeng Hall, other forces also sent about the same number of people, and the total number of people in the team was close to fifty.

All of them were martial artists.

And there were already several batches of such teams.

The tiger monster entrenched in Shicheng Mountain might be more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

On the official road, five Weiwusi officials, in the number of two, one, and two, were distributed in front and behind the team, heading towards Shicheng Mountain.

People from different forces spontaneously found their own teams, huddled together, and formed small groups.

"May I ask this lord, how should we arrange for so many of us?"

On the way, a martial artist in his thirties walked up to the officer of the Weiwu Division and asked.

Yu Xiaoruo, an officer of the Weiwu Division, looked back and saw that the martial artist was tall and had a resolute face, and was a stranger.

He did not hide it: "We will be divided into five teams and stationed in the villages near Shicheng Mountain to search for the trace of the demon tiger. Once we find it, we will work together to kill it."

"Are there other people in the villages now?"

"Of course, we are going there to replenish their lost manpower."

"I see." The martial artist in his thirties clasped his fists and said, "What's your name, sir?"

"If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have something to say, say it quickly!"

"Sir, my name is Chang Yinfa. I studied with Master Li for a year two years ago. This little gift is not a sign of respect."

Yu Xiaoruo accepted it without leaving a trace and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Chang Yinfa Fa smiled and said, "I wonder if you can transfer me to a stronger team?"

"What? You don't trust your Linfeng Hall?"

"Alas... Master Li's disciples are either dead or disabled. Although the disciple sent now has some talent, he has only studied for half a year and still lacks practical experience. We have to think more about ourselves, right?"

Chang Yinfa smiled and stuffed some silver over: "My lord, please be flexible."

Yu Xiaoruo of the Weiwu Division pointed to the side and said, "Go to that team."

After Chang Yinfa, many new and old disciples of Linfeng Hall came forward and took out silver to give to the people of Weiwu Division.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Xiao Zhi beside him, "What are they doing?"

Xiao Zhi had communicated with these people and knew what was going on. He hesitated for a moment, but still said, "They are transferring teams."

"Transferring teams?"

Shen Qing immediately understood that the county government had given Linfeng Hall a high reward for this tiger suppression, so some people rushed to those who fished in troubled waters and tried their luck.

These people don't trust him, and they are looking for another safe place.

"Should we stop them?"

Shen Qing said, "No, let them go."

In his opinion, it would be useless to bring such people in, and they would not be able to give him much help.

Soon, with Shen Qing's deliberate indulgence, the original 16-member team of Linfeng Hall was reduced to 7 people.

Except for Xiao Zhi who trusted him, the remaining few of them, some of them had no money or were reluctant to spend money, and some of them were confident in their own strength and were too lazy to move, so they stayed.

Seeing this, people from other forces couldn't help but feel a little pity for Shen Qing.

The team came to a fork, and the Weiwusi officer Yu Xiaoruo asked people to stop and arranged: "There are two villages nearby. Brothers of Linfeng Hall, your base is in this Shiqiao Village; brothers of Feiying Pavilion take this road and go up to Heshan Village. If you find a tiger monster, set off fireworks to signal, do you understand?"

"I understand."

Everyone responded in unison and separated.

Each team was accompanied by a member of the Weiwu Division.

Accompanying Shen Qing was an official of the Weiwu Division named Lian Bing, who looked honest.

When he passed by Shen Qing, he looked at him vaguely with a bad look.

It seemed that it was unlucky to take Shen Qing with him.

After walking for a long time, they finally arrived at the so-called Shiqiao Village.

The whole mountain village was in tatters.

A small stone bridge was across the mountain stream, overgrown with weeds.

There were several houses at the head of the village across the stone bridge, which looked like they had been in disrepair for many years and had been abandoned for many years.

Among the crowd, an old disciple of Linfeng Hall looked around and said, "This village doesn't seem to be abandoned because of the tiger monster. It should be earlier."

"It's not easy to live in the mountains. There are many villages like this in Shicheng Mountain." Lian Bing said indifferently, "We have more than a dozen people stationed here. Let's go and join them first."

Led by Lian Bing, they walked towards the depths of Shiqiao Village.

The whole village was empty and there was no life. Everyone felt something was wrong.

Lian Bing said in a deep voice, "Come on."

Everyone's expression was serious, and they followed Lian Bing to a relatively intact house.

A strong smell of blood came from the house.

Lian Bing's face was not good.

"Kick the door open, let's go in and take a look."

A strong man kicked the door without saying a word.

"Charge!"

Lian Bing took the lead and rushed in, and the others followed in.

After confirming that there was no danger, Shen Qing followed everyone in silently.

When he saw the scene in the room, he couldn't help but frown.

There was no one in the room, or no complete person.

Eyeballs with fascia stuck to them and the gnawed skull fragments...

The remains of the human body that had been eaten were scattered all over the place.

Lian Bing walked to the remains of the body and took a closer look.

He dipped his hand in the blood and rubbed it between his fingers. He found that the blood had not dried yet, which showed that it had only happened a short time ago.

"This is trouble..."