There was a valley ahead, with strange rocks and shrubs, but still dense and deep, although dead. A group of thirty people quietly hid in the valley, quietly waiting for the tail behind them to enter the urn.

After about a quarter of an hour, two middle-aged men dressed in black entered the valley. Both men walked on tiptoe, silent. The two entered the valley, looked around carefully, followed the traces left on the ground all the way to the middle of the valley, and then the two frowned and stopped, because the traces on the ground were suddenly broken.

The two looked up and around, searched carefully in the valley, and finally looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Lost it. One smiled wryly at the other.

"It's as if it disappeared into this valley out of thin air. The other frowned deeply and looked around.

"It's possible that we were trailing and erased the trail. It's also possible that their nest is hidden nearby, but we haven't found it. In short, there must be something wrong with this group of people hiding their heads and tails and their whereabouts are secretive. They may have been responsible for last night's murder. ”

"I'll talk about it later. ”

"Hmm. ”

The two men spoke briefly, then found a hidden position and hid to wait for their heads to come over before deliberating.

Qi Yoyo hid in the dark and observed everything, and when she heard the conversation between the two, she couldn't help frowning, and asked Dongmei, the maid beside her, in a low voice, "There was a murder in the North Eight Cities last night?"

"The slave doesn't know. Dongmei shook her head slightly, but frowned slightly, showing an expression of memory, and said, "When the slave maid went to pick up the three of them early this morning, it seemed that a team of catchers was blocking a street not far away. It must be that the three of them drank so much last night that they attracted the attention of the catcher and became the object of suspicion, and it happened to collide with us in a disguised and hidden way out of the city, which is even more suspicious. ”

Qi Yoyo's knife-like gaze swept towards the place where Zhang Xiaopu and the three of them were hiding, and the three of them hurriedly moved their eyes to the side, pretending not to hear anything.

"Miss, why don't you go out and explain?" Dongmei asked.

"Let's talk about it when the headcatcher comes. Qi Yo said.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, three men dressed in fast clothes came to the valley, the leader of whom was forty years old, with a beard and a hideous scar at the corner of his eye, which made his face fierce.

"Head—"

When the two people who were hiding saw the bearded man, they immediately walked out of their hiding place, walked quickly to the bearded man, and reported: "We have followed us here and lost it, and the group of people either found us and erased the trail, or the old nest is hidden in this valley." However, I searched for a while with the fourth, but we didn't find an entrance to a cave or something. ”

The bearded man looked around and snorted coldly: "This valley is full of strange rocks and deep bushes, if you want to find a hidden nest entrance here, relying on the strength of the five of us alone, I am afraid that we will not be able to find it for a day." I don't think their lair is here, though, and they found the two of you following you, and then wiped out the trail and fled. Because according to their walking route, their destination should be the Baihuang Mountain, which is dozens of miles away in the northwest direction. What is there to do in the Hundred Desolation Mountains than to be secluded and safe in this valley?"

"Then are we still chasing?" asked one person looking in the direction of Baihuang Mountain with a sad face.

"Chase! must chase!" the bearded man said in a resolute tone, "This group of people hides their heads and tails, and even if they didn't do the murders in the city, they must have other ulterior secrets." At present, the big tooth dog is invading the south and the north, and our Yancheng, as a fortress guarding the south, must be a thorn in the eye of the big tooth dog, they will definitely send spies into the city to inquire about the situation, I suspect that these people are the spies of the big tooth dog. ”

"Ah!" The other four listened to the analysis of the bearded man, their faces changed in fright, they exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly asked: "Then we have to report to the city lord as soon as possible, let the city lord report to the city lord, and send heavy troops into the Baihuang Mountain to encircle and suppress this group of big tooth dog spies." ”

"You're absolutely right. Let's go back and report to Lord Chengfu. The bearded man agreed, turned around and left. The other four hurried to follow.

"Slow down!" Qi Yoyo hurriedly appeared and called out to stop the five bearded men.

"Who?!" The bearded man was startled by Qi Yoyo's sudden sound, and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and at the same time quickly unsheathed his knife and made a defensive gesture.

The other four did the same.

"Head, that's them. One person recognized that Qi Yoyo and the others who showed their bodies from concealment were the group of people they were following, and hurriedly reminded the bearded man, his eyes swept around, and finally landed on Zhang Xiaopaw and the three of them, and reported to the bearded man: "Head, it's the three of them, who stayed in the Bingzi ward of the Hongjun Medical Center last night." The window of the Bingzi ward was facing Cining Street, so the three of them had time to commit the crime. ”

The bearded man nodded, looked at Zhang Xiaopaw and the three of them and shouted: "I am Zhao Gang, the chief catcher of Dongcheng District of the North Eight Cities, there are several murders suspected to be related to the three of you, please cooperate with the investigation and come with us." ”

"How many murders are there?, what are you kidding?" Zhou Jianlai asked with a glare.

"We didn't kill people. The three of us had been drinking and eating meat in the room in the second half of the night last night, and we had not left the room for half a step, so we definitely didn't kill people. Zhang Xiaopaw explained anxiously.

Zhao Gang waved his hand and said: "This arrester only said that he was suspicious, and did not identify you as the murderer, but just asked you to cooperate with the investigation, and when your suspicion is lifted, you will naturally be free and innocent." ”

"I'm not afraid of shadows, I'm going to take a trip, I'm afraid you'll not make it?" Niu Dawa shouted.

"Slow-on!" These two words were squeezed out of between her teeth by Qi Yoyo gritting her teeth, she really wanted to blow Niu Dawa's head with a punch to see if he had rice bran in his head, otherwise how could he be so stupid. If you have to go back with someone in a few words, won't they be busy in the morning?

"Girl!" Zhao Gang looked at Qi Yoyo and shouted, "The yamen does things according to the law, and the girl wants to disobey?"

"Don't dare. Qi Yoyo leaned in succession, narrowed the distance with Zhao Gang, stopped ten steps away, looked at Zhao Gang and said: "Zhao Zhutou, as far as I know, the chief catcher in the Dongcheng District of the North Eight Cities is surnamed Qiu, I don't know where Qiu Zhutou went?"

"Qiu Zhutou's official position has been promoted, and he has been transferred to the Northern Seven Cities to take up a job. This headcatcher looks at the girl's face very familiarly, have you seen the girl anywhere?" Zhao Gang asked thoughtfully as he stared at Qi Yoyo's face.

"Little girl, Qi yo. Qi Yo Yo Yingying smiled.

"Qi yo yo yo ouch -" Zhao Gang lightly read Qi Yoyo's name, suddenly remembered her identity, exclaimed, hurriedly knelt down on one knee towards Qi Yo Yo, hugged his fists and said: "Humble Zhao Gang, I have seen Miss Qi." Forgive the humble duty for having no eyes, failing to recognize the dignity of the eldest lady, and rushing into the rudeness, I hope that the eldest lady will not blame a lot. ”

"I've seen Miss Qi!" After the other four people reacted to who Qi Yoyo was, they hurriedly followed Zhao Gang and knelt down on one knee and saluted Qi Yoyo.

"Don't blame those who don't know, get up. Qi Yoyo said.

"Miss Xie!" Zhao Gang said Xie stood up, glanced at the three of them, and asked, "Miss, are these three your friends?"

"Yes. Qi Yoyo nodded.

"Since these three are friends of the eldest lady, they must be upright gentlemen, and they will not do that murderous and oversold business. Since it was a misunderstanding, then go back and hurry up to find the real murderer. Zhao Gang said.

"Did a murder really happen in the North Eight Cities last night?" Qi Yoyo asked curiously.

"Don't dare to deceive the eldest lady, there was really a murder in the North Eight Cities last night, and there was more than one case. Before he came, it had been found that ten people had died, and I don't know if there were any more victims, and the ten people who died were all people who lived in Cining Street. The murderer's modus operandi was extremely cruel, breaking through the victim's heavenly spirit cover, taking out the brain, and squeezing the victim's blood all over his body. Zhao Gang replied in detail.

"Are there no witnesses?" Qi Yoyo asked with a frown.

"There was an old man who was on guard, and he said that when he passed by Cining Street, he seemed to see a black shadow like a monkey standing on the roof of a victim's tiled house, and before he could see what it was, the black shadow disappeared in a flash. Zhao Gang said.

Zhou Jianlai frowned when he heard this, and his eyes swept towards Zhang Xiaopaw. He vaguely remembered that after getting drunk last night, he unconsciously opened his eyes in a daze, and seemed to see a black shadow like a monkey, squatting on Zhang Xiaopaw's head. He remembered that he seemed to have swept the black shadow with his sword finger, and the black shadow seemed to be injured by his sword qi, and ran away screaming.

He thought it was just a nightmare that wasn't big or small, so he didn't pay attention to it at all, but after listening to Zhao Gang's story, he suddenly remembered, but his consciousness was too vague at that time, and he wasn't sure whether it was a dream or a reality.

After thinking about it, Zhou Jianlai didn't say it. First, Zhang Xiaopaw is safe and sound, and secondly, he says it so confusedly, I am afraid that he will be hit by Qi Yo's fist.

"It is an eventful time now, and such a vicious murder incident is very easy to cause panic, so we must ask Zhao Zhutou to be more attentive, arrest the real culprit as soon as possible, and appease the people's emotions. Qi Yo said.

"It is a humble duty to solve cases and arrest culprits, and I dare not slack off. If the eldest lady has nothing else to order, she will go back. Zhao Gang said.

"Let's go back. Qi Yo said.

"Retire from your post. Zhao Gang bowed his hand and retreated, turned around and left.

After walking more than ten steps, Qi Yoyo suddenly said: "Go back and investigate your murder case well, and don't mix in some intrigue miscellaneous matters." ”

Zhao Gang's body trembled violently when he heard this, and he hurriedly stopped, turned around and kowtowed, and said, "Obey orders!"

"Do you know what to say when you go back?" asked Qi Yoyo.

"Lost it. Zhao Gang said.

"Go ahead. Qi Yoyo waved his hand.

Looking at the back of Zhao Gang and his four subordinates leaving, the maid Dongmei asked puzzledly: "Miss, there is no flaw in his words, how did you notice that his identity is different?"

"When did the Northern Eight Cities have such a great energy to chase us all the way here? Qi Yo said.

"Why didn't the young lady ask him who he was instructed to?" Dongmei asked.

"He's just a fast catcher, how much can he know? Qi Yo said.

Zhang Xiaopaw stood not far away, listening to it in a daze, not knowing why, scratching his head, and muttering: "What a mess, it hurts to hear it." ”

Qi Yoyo looked in the direction of Yancheng and muttered a wry smile: "It seems that every move of the City Lord's Mansion is closely watched." Father, eldest brother and second brother, you must be 110,000 careful, don't fall for other people's tricks. The blind uncle was urgently recruited by his father in the middle of the night, afraid that something big had happened. ”