The grass, the fields, the empty houses, the streets, the large number of footprints, the horseshoe prints, all indicate that there were once people here, saying that it was because it was now empty, and there was a dead silence everywhere, except for the occasional wild cat scurrying out to feed. {We don't write novels, we're just web text porters-

This qiē in front of him made Zhang Hongfan not even feel in the mood to have a seizure, and he couldn't even tell whether he was angry or afraid! Yes, only this word can explain the uneasiness in his heart, otherwise it is impossible to explain why a cavalry team of hundreds of people would disappear for no reason, and it is only a dozen miles away from the county town of Guangji where the heavy troops are stationed.

His heart was dripping blood, more than ten days had passed, and he had always thought that the reason for such a long delay was because they were escorted to Ezhou, until a letter came from there to inquire, why did the other people who were released arrive, but not the father and son? That's when I felt that something might be wrong.

How is this possible! Although there are only 100 cavalry troops, they are his direct pro-army of Zhang Hongfan, each of whom is loyal and does not hesitate to spare his life. He couldn't believe it anyway.

Yes, in his heart, if he wants to say who will do this, it can only be the Song people, and he doesn't know what the reason is, from the point of view of the place he picked, it is not under the control of the Song people, and the Yuan people have no strength, so it can be seen that it is also carefully planned. This qiē is so clean that it is impossible to guess, just like Zhang Hongfan's mind suddenly has a cleverness, just like the Jiangzhou cases.

"Expand ten miles, inch by inch to find Lao Tzu, I don't believe it, there will be no trace left!"

He raised his hand and gave the order, and the three thousand men and horses behind him immediately split up and searched according to the divided area.

Of course, it is impossible to leave no traces, Li Shiyi and they have tried their best to be cautious, and all the dead people, dead horses, weapons, and arrows brought by the big cart have been transported, but the time is limited, and no one can do it without leaving at all, so not long after, one discovery after another was reported to Zhang Hongfan.

"Ten thousand households, traces of a fight were found in a tea shed outside the town, and there were a lot of blood stains on the ground, according to the old man's inference, it should have been ten days ago."

"There are also discoveries in the town."

"There are rut marks all around, and the goods transported are quite heavy."

The clues were summarized one by one, Zhang Hongfan stood in the tea shed, looking at the bamboo wall full of eyes, this is undoubtedly caused by arrows, this should be the place where they had an accident, the other party has more manpower, they were suppressed in a small area, and they were in a position of being beaten passively.

Too much time has passed, the soil on the ground is a kind of brown color, people who have grown in the battle array know that this is due to the formation of blood soaked into the ground, mosquitoes and flies flying everywhere, and there seems to be a fishy smell in the air, but Zhang Hongfan is unaware, he is trying to restore the picture at that time in his heart, and he wants to find out which god killed it.

Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a thing on the ground, and he didn't care about the dirty feeling, Zhang Hongfan walked over and picked it up, ** black, but from the gap, it could be seen that it was bitten by a person. He reached out and wiped the dirt off it, revealing the original color of the thing, it was a piece of bread, the most common dry food in the army, and it was obvious that at the time of the incident, his men were eating, so they were not much defense, and the enemy attacked their mounts first, so that they had to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

"But Uncle Nine?"

Zhang Hongfan's thoughts were interrupted by a shout, and several horsemen from the direction of the town were brought over by his men, and a young man he knew at the beginning, but when he saw this person, Zhang Hongfan felt a little ashamed, because his surname was Xie and he was a relative of the missing Xie father and son.

"Uncle Nine, my father and brother"

Xie Chenggui had a very anxious expression on his face, and there was a hint of expectation in his eyes, just right to show his concern for his relatives, Zhang Hongfan avoided his gaze a little, and just patted him lightly on the shoulder when he heard the words.

"Erlang, don't be anxious, you haven't found their corpses yet."

I don't know if this kind of thing is a comfort, now Zhang Hongfan can only say this, he took Xie Chenggui to explain to him the discovery that the other party did so cleanly, it may not necessarily kill them, maybe it was taken away from home, maybe one day he will receive the news of collecting money to ransom people?

"Wanhu, what the brothers found in the grass, look at it."

The thing handed over by his subordinates was a crossbow arrow, which was deeply rooted in the soil, perhaps for this reason, it was not taken away by the other party, and only such a one was found within a radius of twenty miles, I really don't know if the enemy did too well, or "Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky", but as soon as Zhang Hongfan got it in his hand, his face sank.

This crossbow arrow is the kind used in his army, which is different from the Song people, and the gold mark on it also confirms this, what is the use of this? Not only is it useless, but it also seems more confusing, if you really find one used by the Song people, it can be used as an excuse, Zhang Hongfan just wants to scold his mother at this moment.

"Isn't this thing owned by our army?"

Xie Chenggui said in surprise, revealing the fact that he was unwilling to say, Zhang Hongfan nodded helplessly, there is no need to deny what everyone knows, but how to explain it makes him a little distressed.

"Erlang, this thing is indeed used by our army, but if it is done by the Song people, of course they can disguise themselves as our army to confuse people's hearts, it is too early to say this, since the matter is out, Uncle Nine promises you, and it will definitely be investigated."

He didn't say that he would be able to rescue the Xie father and son, and now he doesn't know whether people are dead or alive, if he talks too much, he won't be able to hand over people when the time comes, and it will cause trouble, after all, it is his own people who are escorting, and he has a certain responsibility if something happens.

Xie Chenggui looked very disappointed, which made Zhang Hongfan feel some compassion, the Xie family Ding Buwang, and his contemporaneous Xie Ruji only had two sons, of course, he can still regenerate, provided that if he is still alive, there is only such a single seedling in front of the Xie family's big house at the moment, maybe he will be the patriarch of the Xie family in the future, Zhang Hongfan doesn't mind being closer to him.

"Erlang, do you know what the Yan family has with you?"

"Yan family, which Yan family?" Xie Chenggui didn't know why, this was not pretending, he hadn't heard of what happened in Jiangzhou at all.

"Dongping Yan family."

According to the current clues, Zhang Hongfan has a reasonable inference, the Yan family has also disappeared, and the clues have something to do with the Xie family, and now the Xie family has disappeared at once, who knows if there will be any opposition between the two families, at this moment he hopes that his judgment is right, so there will be a lot less responsibility.

Xie Chenggui recalled in his mind what Uncle Nine said about the family, but he didn't have any impression at all, Zhang Hongfan's thinking was taken away from the topic, which he was willing to see, but he couldn't further help him confirm it. Because there is still an old man in the family, such a lie is too easy to be exposed, Xie Chenggui shook his head after thinking for a long time, Zhang Hongfan was not discouraged, maybe it was the grievances of the previous generation, it was normal for him not to know, it seems that things are a little out of control, and it is likely that he will be handed over to the court in the end, and it is no longer his ability to be the master of ten thousand households.