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He went to see County Magistrate Wang not just for the goods. The goods were just a cover and a tool to win over County Magistrate Wang and the local merchants in Biyang County.

His real purpose was to pull these people onto his boat and ask County Magistrate Wang for help in borrowing people.

It is not easy to mobilize troops. Even County Magistrate Wang cannot do so easily.

However, when Xie Xiu told him that the goods they brought this time were too large and might attract bandits, and he was worried about accidents on the road, County Magistrate Wang was quickly persuaded and agreed to help borrow troops.

Hence the reinforcements.

However, Xie Xiu was not confident about these reinforcements. If these people deliberately delayed and failed to arrive in time, he would likely suffer heavy casualties.

So he arranged for Song Xingzhou to follow these officers and soldiers, and to pave the way for Song Xingzhou.

Song Xingzhou wanted to take part in the military examination and become a military general in the future. Dealing with these officers and soldiers would be a good opportunity for him to develop his network in advance.

Xie Xiu and Song Xingzhou exchanged a few words, and then they went to find the officers and soldiers, forming teams of ten, and entered the dense forest to search.

Xie Xiu and Song Xingzhou went directly to the dense forest where the cold arrow had been shot.

After searching all the way, the two soon smelled blood and hurriedly took people to look for it.

Not long after, they saw Chen San lying on the ground.

The smell of blood here is very strong, but because there is a thick layer of fallen leaves piled on the ground, the blood has already seeped in, and no large bloodstains can be seen on the surface.

Song Xingzhou and Xie Xiu walked over to check the man's wound, and then found a strange bulge on his lower back. They reached out and touched it, and found that it was a broken bone.

Song Xingzhou analyzed: "It seems that this person must have broken his lumbar vertebrae, becoming a burden and unable to evacuate. He didn't want to be caught alive by us, so he chose to commit suicide."

"Hmm." Xie Xiu replied softly, staring at the footprints and bloodstains on the ground. He then analyzed, "Those who left were also injured, and the injuries were on the soles of their feet. It's a bit strange."

"Why is the injury on the sole of the foot?" Song Xingzhou was also puzzled. "Did he accidentally step on some sharp thorns?"

As he spoke, he looked around vigilantly, but found no obvious spikes.

Xie Xiu turned Chen San's body over again and silently memorized his face. He planned to draw it after returning and then see if anyone recognized this face when he arrived in the capital.

The two men did not search Chen San's body directly, but left this task to the officers and soldiers who followed.

It’s not that he felt unlucky, but as the victim, Xie Xiu felt that he and Song Xingzhou should avoid suspicion.

If he and Song Xingzhou were to search the body, even if they found evidence unfavorable to the person behind the scenes, the other party could argue that they were deliberately framing him.

It would be better to let these officers and soldiers search it.

However, Xie Xiu guessed that nothing would be found on this person.

Since he chose to commit suicide to keep the secret, there would be no evidence of his crime left on his body.

Sure enough, after the two officers carefully searched Chen San's body, they only found some copper coins, silver coins, a few packets of medicine powder, and small weapons hidden in various parts of his body.

There's nothing special about them. It's impossible to determine the other party's origin and identity based on these things.

Even the clothes, shoes and socks this person wore were very ordinary, all made of common fabrics and workmanship, and were obviously specially prepared, making it impossible to trace their identity based on their attire.

Song Xingzhou couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the other party is very cautious and unwilling to leave any clues."

Xie Xiu had anticipated this, so he wasn't too disappointed.

"Take these powders back with you and let people see what they are used for."

Although these medicinal powders are probably nothing special, you should still go through the necessary procedures.

Sure enough, after they each took some medicinal powder and secretly gave it to Li Banxia for inspection, Li Banxia quickly gave his conclusion: "None of them are anything special. This is a powder to drive away snakes and insects, this is a detoxifying powder, and this is a wound medicine.