Now that the manpower is available, the planned plan must be implemented immediately.

Bao Li, who was still injured, stayed behind to guard the ship. Ten men including the jade-faced generals Xu Chuan, Chen Jingcheng and Chen Hong took a shortcut over the mountains and rushed to Xiacaicheng to kill An Ziyuan.

When they arrived at Xiacai, they were catching up with the An family's funeral.

According to local custom, the deceased should be buried three days after the body was laid to rest. However, the funeral was postponed to the ninth day after the flood.

Nine is the ultimate number for spiritual cessation.

Furthermore, it was rainy and hot in July, and the ice storage in the ice bank in Xiacai County from last year had been used up, so the bodies could no longer be preserved in ice. Therefore, the deceased could not wait until the floods receded before being buried with funeral rites.

Xu Chuan and others stood on the hillside, looking at the long row of funeral boats carrying coffins of various sizes coming out of the city gate. He told everyone to wait until An Ziyuan had finished burying his family before proceeding.

Listening to the loud cries of the thirty or forty people wearing sackcloth and mourning on the boat, Chen Jingcheng sighed in a low voice, "The An family is dead. These mourners hired with money should be crying so sadly because of their family members."

Some relatives have also passed away.”

"Butler Xu, Fourth Master, please look at the first boat." Chen Hong motioned to Chen Jingcheng and Xu Chuan to look at the first boat, "The filial son wearing heavy filial piety and carrying the banner is An Ziyuan."

An Ziyuan, wearing heavy filial piety, knelt on the bow boat and cried very sadly as he watched the movements.

When the funeral boat arrived at the foot of the hillside where the Anjia ancestral tomb is located, An Ziyuan, who was carrying the flag, was supported, or rather dragged, by two people towards the Anjia ancestral tomb.

Xu Chuan twirled his fingers lightly and asked Chen Hong, "I remember you said that An Ziyuan knows martial arts?"

Chen Hong was very sure, "Yes, my subordinates have seen An Ziyuan do it with his own eyes. His martial arts is not low, and he is protected by at least two masters. There were originally four, but then one left, and another one died in Guanyin

On Temple Mountain.”

"The person carrying the flag doesn't know how to do martial arts at first glance, but the two people holding him are really strong." Xu Chuan scanned the entire funeral procession with his eyes and said immediately, "The person we are looking for may not be here.

Fourth brother Chen will wait here with three people. After the funeral, An Ziyuan will be captured and the rest will follow me into the city."

The floods in Anzhai have not receded and there is no way to hide people. Xu Chuan took Chen Hong and others directly to the Yaowang Temple where Anjia's funeral was held. The monks in the temple were dismantling the funeral shed, and An Ziyuan was not in the temple. Xu Chuan jumped to the temple

Top, look around and then go straight to the pagoda in the west of the hall.

Chen Hong immediately led his men to catch up. Before they could climb to the top of the tower, Xu Chuan had already walked down carrying a body.

Chen Hong was startled, "Butler Xu, who is this person?"

"Looking at his clothes and age, this person should be the old housekeeper of the Mansion that Mr. Lin said, go back to the cemetery!" In addition to the old housekeeper's body on the top floor of the pagoda, there is also a lot of blood on the ground, indicating that many people have been there recently.

Died in the tower. An Ziyuan's methods may be more ruthless than they guessed.

When Xu Chuan rushed back to the cemetery with the body, the weak An Ziyuan was being carried around the grave by two people.

When An Ziyuan completed three rounds around each grave and was about to be carried away from the cemetery, Xu Chuan appeared and stopped the funeral procession.

Before An Ziyuan could say anything, the old housekeeper's son Anton was already crying heartbreakingly and threw himself at the corpse brought by Xu Chuan.

"Dad, dad——"

Seeing An Ziyuan tremble, Xu Chuan looked at the killed old housekeeper and asked politely, "The old housekeeper's body was found in the pagoda in Yaowang Temple. Does Master An know who killed him?"

Old housekeeper?"

The two people holding An Ziyuan on the left and right lowered their heads and remained motionless. An Ziyuan, half of his face covered by a filial hat, raised his head slightly. His face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were red and swollen...

Chen Hong shouted, "Who are you? Where is An Ziyuan?"

"No one moves, or I will stab him immediately!" The two people holding An Ziyuan on the left and right raised their hands and threw off their mourning clothes, revealing the knives pressed against An Ziyuan's sides, and roared fiercely.

This sudden change stunned the mourners who were waiting to receive their money, and Anton, who was crying with snot and tears on his face, was also dumbfounded.

"Get away!" The two people who kidnapped An Ziyuan dragged him back towards the woods. Just when they were feeling proud, Chen Jingcheng, who was hiding in the woods,

They rushed out with others, restrained the person who kidnapped An Ziyuan in a few strokes, and tied him up together with An Ziyuan.

Now, the funeral procession was even more shocked: Aren't these people here to save An Ziyuan?

Anton rushed up with a dozen servants of the An family, "Who are you? Let go of my young master!"

Xu Chuan ignored these people and only asked An Ziyuan, "Who are you? Where is the person who killed the old housekeeper?"

An Ziyuan, whose hands were tied, although his voice was hoarse, spoke very clearly, "Little, little An Ziyuan, the murderer left yesterday."

"Where did they go?"

An Ziyuan shook his head weakly, "I don't know."

Chen Hong said angrily, "Let him run away!"

Xu Chuan asked again, "Who are these two people?"

An Ziyuan replied, "Raozhou water bandits."

Xu Chuan stepped forward and untied the rope for An Ziyuan, and said gently, "Master An, can you come with me? After the matter is found out, I will send someone to bring you back."

An Ziyuan immediately nodded, called Anton and said hoarsely, "First bury your father next to the ancestral grave, and then spend a lot of money to hire a trustworthy nurse to guard the shop in the east of the city. We can wait until I come back to discuss other matters."

Anton wiped away tears and asked, "Master, how many nursing homes are hired?"

"Twenty people."

Because it was inconvenient to cross mountains and ridges with An Ziyuan and the two water bandits, the group took a boat instead and chased the Lin family's ship at starry night until they returned to the ship at noon on the third day.

When I saw "An Ziyuan" brought back by Xu Chuan, I concluded at first glance that this person was not An Ziyuan.

No, to be more precise, the person in front of me is the real An Ziyuan!!!

Who is the person pretending to be An Ziyuan, and why is he exactly the same as An Ziyuan?

Seeing that Lin Ruyu couldn't hide the pain on her face, Shen Ge's heart felt as if someone had grasped it with his hand, and the pain was severe.

At this time, An Ziyuan's face and spirit were much better. He told the story in a hoarse voice, "On the eighth day of July, I took two ships of goods out of Raozhou and walked for half a day when I encountered water bandits.

All the people and goods fell into their hands. Yesterday, the water bandits told me that all my family members were killed in the flood... I begged hard, and they allowed me to redeem myself with 30,000 taels of silver and go home to mourn."

Lin Ruyu calmed down and asked, "Where did the water bandits detain you after you were captured in Raozhou?"

It takes three days to sail from Raozhou to Xiacai. The water bandits told An Ziyuan yesterday that An Ziyuan would be able to bury his family in Xiacai today. Obviously he was not imprisoned near Raozhou.

Lin Ruyu couldn't help but think of Taojiazhuang.

An Ziyuan looked at the little girl with the birthmark on her face, her expression unchanged. But when Lin Ruyu met his eyes, she couldn't calm down inside.

An Ziyuan shook his head, "After I was captured, I was locked in a cave when I woke up. When I was taken out, my face was covered with a black cloth. Although I don't know the specific location, it should be thirty miles away from Xiacai.
Chapter completed!