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Early the next morning, the rooster had just crowed, and when the sound of the underlings boiling water and cooking came from the courtyard of the Jiang Mansion, Jiang Jing was still asleep He was so excited one night that he went to sleep very late. A servant was passing by Jiang Jing's bedchamber when he saw the broken doorway and the silver arrows all over the room. Tiptoeing around there was no sign of his young master. So a panicked voice trotted all the way from the west side of the Jiang Mansion to the centre of the Jiang Mansion, "It's no good, the young master has disappeared!" Jiang Guangwen, the head of the Jiang family, had just woken up, but was startled by the voice, and had not yet had time to put on his clothes, hastily draped himself in a fire and came to Jiang Jing's room in a hurry. Seeing his son's room in a mess, silver arrows and black needles everywhere, Jiang Guangwen couldn't help but frown, "Quickly go to the Demon Hunter and invite him over." Half an hour later, in the front hall of the Jiang Mansion, Jiang Wenguang was pacing back and forth anxiously. On the guest seat next to him, a middle-aged man was sitting on the ground, this person was none other than the head of the Jiang City's Demon Hunting Division, An Renjian, and by the looks of it, he wasn't in a good mood either. These days, the double-sided witch in Jiangcheng has caused a b****y storm, he as the head of the Demon Hunting Division, responsible for the safety of the people of Jiangcheng, but to the demon, naturally, can not absolve the blame. Now that the young master of the Jiang family had inexplicably disappeared, this made it even more impossible for him to account for it. "Jiang Sect Master, I think that since we haven't found your son, maybe it's not a bad thing, everything will wait until Mister An's subordinates have checked the scene Jiang Guangwen let out a long sigh and didn't say anything more. Ten minutes later, three men carrying swords and knives hurriedly walked into the hall, the foremost of which was holding a wooden box in his hand The three men crossed the threshold without taking a few steps, and Jiang Guangwen hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Several masters, how is the situation?" The man in the lead bowed to Jiang Guangwen and An Renjing, then reported, "Sect Master Jiang, we were in your son's room once, and there were no obvious traces of fighting in the house." Hearing this, Jiang Guangwen took a few steps back, "No, no, my son, he is well versed in swordsmanship, he wouldn't have not moved at all." "A small amount of demonic Qi was found inside the house, following the demonic Qi we found this." The man paused, after saying that, he opened his hand The face was the wind chime left behind by the two-faced witch last night. "This is?" Jiang Guangwen looked at An Renjing in disbelief. Now even An Renjing couldn't sit still, he stood up with a stern face, "This is the Two-Faced Witch's Life-Stopping Bell." Hearing the words Two-Faced Witch, Jiang Guangwen instantly sat paralysed in the guest seats behind him. Seeing Jiang Guangwen's gloomy face, the man tremblingly looked towards An Renjing for instructions, "Lord An, I still have some words that I don't know when to speak?" "Speak." An Renjing glanced at Jiang Guangwen, he knew that the other party's heart had already suffered a heavy blow, if there was anything worse, he would tell it all. "In my humble opinion, your son may still be safe." Originally has been heart as dead as grey Jiang Guangwen, expression blossomed a touch of sunshine, "What does this say?" "The double sided witch has always acted ruthlessly, if she gives a wind chime to anyone, she will definitely take that person's life and solve it on the spot, according to the clues we have so far, your son should ......" Before the man's words were finished, an underling's voice came into the hall from outside, and then a male houseboy was seen running hurriedly "Master, master, young master him, young master him." "What's wrong with young master him, why don't you say." Jiang Guangwen's forehead was beaded with sweat in a hurry. The male domestic servant gasped for air and it took several seconds before he could squeeze the words out of his mouth, "Young master he, he's at the mansion." Upon hearing this, Jiang Guangwen joyfully stood up from his chair, outwardly blaming but inwardly happy, "This rebellious son, he's in the house again, quickly call the young master over." The male servant, who had not yet caught his breath, once again ran out. A few minutes later, Jiang Jing stood in the centre of the hall with his head lowered, as if he was a small child who had done something wrong. "What, don't you want to explain what happened in your room? I thought our house was burgled." Jiang Guangwen sat at home and looked at Jiang Jing who didn't say a word and questioned. Jiang Jing had never told anyone the secret that he needed to rely on the Demon Inner Pill to extend his life. This secret was still told to him by a mysterious voice in his sleep when he was very young. Since it was too long ago, he wasn't sure if the voice in his sleep was the same voice in the world. In order not to let his family worry, he decided to keep this secret hidden. "Yesterday, my child accidentally touched the hidden crossbow in the room's mechanism, and silver arrows shot all over the room, so I couldn't sleep at all, so I looked for the room." Jiang Jing raised his head slightly and slowly explained, "If you don't believe me, you can let the subordinates go to the first room in the east wing to see, the bed should be." Jiang Jing's words were justified, but what he said was not the complete truth. Yesterday, too many things happened, to say the next day will not be found is impossible, he has long thought of an excuse to avoid, so clean up the "scene". If you clean up too much, it will give people a feeling that there is no silver in this place. After listening to Jiang Jing's explanation, Jiang Guangwen turned his head to look at An Renjing, he was not satisfied with this answer, or he still has a few words to say, An Renjing waved his hand, signalling his subordinates to present the "evidence" found at the scene up to him, "Jiang Gongzi, what is this explanation?" When Jiang Jing saw the wind chime in the box, he inwardly sighed in despair, as if he had been caught by someone, "Damn it, this is a problem." Unable to find any suitable excuse to stall, he had no choice but to play dumb, "What is this thing?" "Sir Jiang, this is the wind chime of the Two-Faced Witch." The man holding the box explained. Figuring that Ling'er should not have reported the news of the Double Faced Witch's murder to the Demon Hunting Division yet, Jiang Jing decided to eliminate the Double Faced Witch's murder. "Two-Faced Witch?" Jiang Jing frowned slightly, with a look of complete ignorance, "Is it the female devil who has made Jiang Cheng a boil in recent days?" "Exactly." The man closed the box and continued to enquire, "Sir Jiang, then did anything strange happen in your room last night" "No ah." "Then what happened to the broken room door?" The man, who had found that the only traces of a fight in Jiang Jing's room after taking a closer look at it was the door of the room that had been slashed by a sharp blade, did not Section and pursued the question. Obviously knowing that the Demon Hunting Division's man was asking such detailed questions because he cared about himself, Jiang Jing still had the feeling of being interrogated. He was very Little Master's house door could be torn down if he wanted to, but in front of his old man, he didn't dare to be so reckless, so he patiently explained, "The silver arrows were blocking it Not opening it, I was too tired of the effort of clearing the silver arrows, so I used my sword to slice the door open." The man exchanged glances with An Renjing, indicating that he had finished asking what he wanted to ask. An Renjing stroked the few wisps of beard on his chin and fell into deep thought, "Since the two-faced demoness left the wind chime behind, it means that she will definitely come, it is suggested that we hurry up and arrange for Duke Jiang to go out to avoid the wind for a while, on the side of the Demon Hunting Division, I will arrange for a few experts to protect him." Jiang Guangwen stood up and cupped his fists, "That's exactly what I intend to do, then I'll be grateful to Lord An, the Demon Hunting Division will be responsible for all the expenses of taking care of my canine son." "Jing'er, hurry up and get ready to depart for Xiangzhou now, I'll feel more at ease if your third uncle is there." "But I haven't had breakfast yet." Jiang Jing was reluctant on the surface, but in fact, he was happy on the inside. Due to Jiang Guangwen's strict discipline, every time he went to a place outside of Jiangcheng, he had reasonable and sensible reasons to go, and travelling was followed by a bunch of subordinates, which was a real spoilsport. Now that he could get his old man to take the initiative to let him go out of town, Jiang Jing was heartily grateful for An Renjing's good advice. "What time is this, hurry up and get on the road, I'll immediately let the housekeeper prepare breakfast and a carriage for you, and then when the other supplies arrive in Xiangzhou Jiang Guangwen looks like he's in a hurry, as if if he moves any slower, the double-faced witch will kill their Jiang family. "Zhang Dashan, Yuan Yi, Zhao Chong, the three of you will work hard to protect Jiang Gongzi for a few days, and when I get rid of the witch, come back." "Yes." The three men behind An Renjing answered in unison. Jiang Jing bowed to the crowd and hurriedly slipped out of the hall, late is late, he wanted to leave Jiang Cheng more than anyone else right now, for fear of his old father's opinion.
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