"How dare you say harsh words here, and you still want to run away?"
Lei Chongxiao looked sharply and was about to catch up immediately, but was gently stopped by Elder Mo who raised his hand.
The red cocoon of light suddenly turned into a streak of rainbow light, speeding away against the ground so fast that only an afterimage was left behind. In an instant, it rushed out of the entrance of the valley and disappeared into the dense forest in the distance.
The Heavenly Origin Pavilion warriors saw that their Martial Saint Realm Yuan Tianzu were not only defeated, but also chose to abandon them and escape alone. The remaining dozens of the Heavenly Origin Pavilion warriors completely lost their fighting spirit and began to lay down their weapons and surrender.
Su Fei watched Yuan Tianzu escape and wanted to chase him, but the next second he thought about the gap between himself and Martial Saint, so he chose to give up.
Elder Mo looked at the direction where the rainbow light disappeared, shook his head slightly, and his tone was filled with emotion.
"That's all, Little Lei, you can't catch up. Compared to the Grandmaster Realm, Martial Saint Realm's physical body and True Essence have long been reborn. Although this Great Blood Escape Art has damaged its foundation, it can explode several times faster in a short period of time. Unless a dragnet is set up in advance, even if it catches up, it may not be able to stop him."
He paused, looked at Su Fei and Lei Chongxiao, and said comfortingly.
"Little Lei, Little Su, it is easy to defeat a Martial Saint, but to completely kill a Martial Saint, you must either crush him with absolute strength, or set up a dead end in advance, with multiple people surrounding one person, completely blocking all his escape routes."
"Although this Yuan Tianzu has just broken through, he has also practiced the secret technique of escape. He is more cautious than I expected."
Lei Chongxiao's hand holding the spear tightened, his face full of unwillingness.
"Just let him run away. If he comes back in the future, it will be another disaster."
Elder Mo said lightly.
"Of course there are some disasters, but he can't make any big waves in a short time."
"Great Blood Escape Art consumes his original essence and blood. Even if he can escape, he will have to recuperate for a while."
"Don't worry about his harsh words. Although he is Martial Saint, he now has no Heavenly Origin Pavilion power to rely on. He is just a lost dog now."
"I think it's too late for him to avoid Imperial Guard in the future."
Su Fei looked at the direction in which Yuan Tianzu was escaping, with calm eyes.
He knew that with his current strength, he really couldn't keep Yuan Tianzu from the Martial Saint Realm. The top priority was to handle the matter at hand, find out all the clues, and complete the tasks assigned to him by the system.
He turned to look at Liu Niang who was still kneeling on the ground, his tone still serious.
"When you get back to the government office, write down all the details related to Fang Wenhan. If you dare to conceal anything, you know the consequences."
Liu Niang nodded quickly, not even daring to breathe.
Two Imperial Guard came forward and helped her get up.
At this time, the morning sun gradually rose, and the warm sunlight shone in the valley, dispelling the chill of the night and illuminating the mess of corpses all over the ground.
Lei Chongxiao raised his hand and waved, and said in a deep voice to Imperial Guard in front of him.
"Everyone is divided into three teams. The first team is responsible for detaining the prisoners and counting their numbers; the second team collects the corpses and registers their identities, especially the Grandmaster corpses of the Heavenly Origin Pavilion, and marks them separately."
"The third team will follow me and Thousand Households Commander Su to search the uncollapsed cave. Be careful not to miss any clues or property."
"Yes."
Imperial Guard all responded in unison and quickly divided into three teams as Lei Chongxiao said, with clean and neat movements.
A team of Imperial Guards who were taking prisoners came forward with hemp ropes. Those Heavenly Origin Pavilion warriors had no intention of resisting. They lowered their heads and allowed Imperial Guard to tie their hands behind their backs in a chain.
Some people couldn't help but look up at the sky, their eyes full of confusion.
They were all citizens of the former Great Origin Dynasty court, so they joined Heavenly Origin Pavilion. They thought they could achieve the great cause of restoring the country, but now they have become prisoners. Now they don't know what the future will be like.
Imperial Guard looked serious and escorted the prisoners towards the entrance of the valley.
Su Fei followed Lei Chongxiao and Elder Mo and led the third team Imperial Guard into a relatively large cave.
As soon as we entered the cave, we smelled a strong musty smell, which showed that the living environment of these Heavenly Origin Pavilion people was not very good.
This group of people walked deeper.
A Imperial Guard who was walking in front held a torch to explore the way forward and suddenly exclaimed.
"Sir, look quickly, there are many boxes here."
Everyone gathered around and saw a dozen wooden boxes piled deep in the cave, the locks of which had long been rusty.
Imperial Guard stepped forward to pry open a box, and it instantly emitted a silvery white light.
It was filled with silver ingots, each weighing fifty taels, neatly stacked.
Then he pried open another box, and inside there were piles of jewelry, rubies, sapphires, pearls, agate and other items in brocade boxes. They glowed dazzlingly under the firelight.
Lei Chongxiao picked up a pearl as big as a pigeon egg and couldn't help but sigh.
"Good guy, this Heavenly Origin Pavilion has accumulated a lot of property."
"I am afraid that these goods were accumulated by them to use in the rebellion. Now it is better. They have all been confiscated by him, leaving them with no money to rebel at all."
Su Fei walked to the innermost box, and when he pried it open, he found that it was not a treasure, but a stack of account books and secret messages. He picked up an account book and flipped through it.
It records items such as 'Purchasing iron ore and forging weapons', 'Contacting Jianghu forces', as well as the names of many Heaven-Answering Prefecture officials.
Under the name is written a message to give a gift to a certain official on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month.
"These account books and secret messages should be kept and brought back to the imperial city. Maybe we can follow the clues and dig out more colluding officials."
Elder Mo stood at the door of the cave, watching Imperial Guard carry their belongings, his eyes were dull, as if he didn't care about the gold and silver jewelry.
The sun is getting higher and the cleaning work in the valley is coming to an end.
The prisoners were taken to the open space outside the valley, including Liu Niang, the Grandmaster Realm Peak warrior, a total of forty-six people.
The goods were packed in more than thirty boxes, carried by Imperial Guard, which was heavy.
The secret messages in the ledger and the martial arts secrets that were found were also packaged separately and watched by Lei Chongxiao personally.
Many Imperial Guards looked excited and looked at Su Fei with gratitude in their eyes.
According to past practice, they have a share of the money, and this time they can share a lot of money.
I heard that the den of this gang of rebels was discovered by Thousand Households Commander Su. He is really good at solving crimes!
Su Fei felt relieved when he saw it.
The truth about Yingtian Prefecture Prefect Assassination Case has almost been found out. Heavenly Origin Pavilion's main force was destroyed, Liu Niang was captured, and there is still so much evidence and property.
As long as we return to the Imperial City and escort all these people into Heavenly Prison, this system task should be completed by Perfection.
Lei Chongxiao walked up to Su Fei and patted him on the shoulder with a smile on his face.
"Su Fei, thanks to you this time, if you hadn't found out the truth and delayed waiting for support, we might not have been able to take down Heavenly Origin Pavilion's lair so smoothly."
Lei Chongxiao sighed.
"And your boy's strength, even though it's only Grandmaster Realm Seventh Layer, really surprises me as an old guy. At the level of the Grandmaster Realm, I think your strength is invincible."