A group of people rushed into the small house like wolves and searched it, and after searching the house, they did not let go of the corners and corners of the yard, and searched them all. Soon after, there was a constant sound of annunciation in the courtyard.

"Manager Qin, there's no one in the house."

"Lord He, there's no one in the backyard."

"Two adults, two brothers were found in the firewood room, their hands and feet were tied, and they fainted."

Wuhu County Commander He Jin said loudly when he heard this: "Quickly wake up those two bastards and ask them how they are doing." ”

"Yes, yes." His subordinates hurriedly went to work.

Qin Lu, who was standing on the side, finally couldn't help but scolded loudly: "his eighteenth generation ancestor, it's just unreasonable." Lord Ho, you have disappointed me so much. How could this happen? Under our noses, the two most important witnesses are just gone? If Zhao Xiren goes to the empty house, there is no one in this maid's house, you explain it to me, you must explain it to me. ”

He Jin hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Chief Qin is angry. When the county got the news, it reported to Chief Qin as soon as possible, and there was no delay at all. Zhao Xi inquired about the news with the Yamen's fast arresting officer, and I only found out at night. Ma Danian's guy didn't understand it at first, but then he thought that something was wrong, so he immediately reported it to the county. After the county found out, it informed the manager of Qin as soon as possible, didn't we rush to get people without the slightest delay? Who knows or a step slower. ”

On the roof, Fang Zi'an and the others, who were hiding in the shadow of the ear wall, heard it clearly, and they also understood why a large number of people and horses suddenly came here. It turned out that Zhao Xi was suspicious of inquiring about the news this afternoon. Ma Danian, who told Zhao Xi's maid where Xiaomei was hiding, reacted and felt that something was wrong with Zhao Xi, so he immediately reported to the county commander He Jin. He Jin also realized that something was wrong, so he immediately reported to Qin Lu. That's why they gathered their men and came.

Listening to their conversation, they should have gone to Zhao Xi's house before coming here, and found that Zhao Xi was gone, and then rushed here one after another. Perfectly missed the best opportunity, and only one step was left to make Fang Zi'an and the others unable to succeed.

"What's the use of talking about that now? The people are gone. These two are very important witnesses. He County Order, you won't know the consequences of these two people not seeing, right? Qin Lu stared at He Jindao anxiously.

He Jin nodded again and again: "Yes, Chief Qin, don't worry, they won't run away, they must still be in the city." We're all locked down, where can they escape? After asking the two stunned bastards, we'll know when they've arrived, and maybe where they've fled. ”

Qin Lu said coldly, "Don't I know that they are still in the city? If it weren't for the blockade of the city, do you think I would still be in the mood to stand here and say this to you? He County Order, it's not that I'm going to pick on your thorns, it's because you didn't think about it. Like that man, and this woman, you...... It's stupid that you're still keeping them alive. These two people are people who know the details, after you get a confession, these two people should not stay in the world, kill them early, how can there be these things? ”

He Jin nodded again and again and said: "Calm the anger, stop the anger, it is the lower official who is not thoughtful, and the lower official should have made up his mind as soon as possible." Xia Guan just felt that he couldn't make things too big, it would be difficult to clean up. Who would have thought that such an accident would happen. ”

"Hmph, I don't think you're afraid that things will get too big, but you have other selfish intentions, so make preparations, right? Eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, right? Still thinking that once the East Window incident happened, you would still keep these two people as your lifesaver, right? Qin Lu smiled pitifully.

"Don't dare, don't dare, absolutely don't dare. Xia Guan Tianda did not dare to do this. The lower official swore to the sky that he would never have such a heart. Otherwise, there is no place for the lower officials to die. The lower officials are indeed more benevolent to women. Chief Qin can rest assured, after catching them, the lower officials will personally deal with them, and there will be no future troubles. He Jin hurriedly said.

When the house said this, the maidservant Xinmei's body trembled obviously. Fang Zi moved in peace and said in a low voice: "The man you are talking about is He County Order?" ”

The maidservant Xin Mei closed her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes, but she did not answer. But even if she doesn't answer, her performance has already given the answer. Fang Zi's astonishment was indescribable. A handmaid of the Zhang family actually had an affair with the county commander He Jin, which is unbelievable.

"My lord, Hu Lao Er and Meng Yi have woken up." Someone down there was a loud report.

"Quick, bring me over for questioning." He Jin said loudly.

The two stunned guards were helped over, and He Jin stepped forward and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with you two?" Who knocked you out? And those who call you to keep watch? Say it! ”

"Lord He, we don't know what's going on, the two of us didn't even see the figures, so we were knocked unconscious." The two guards said with sad faces.

"Two bastard things. Rubbish! He Jinqi's face was distorted and pale, he raised his foot and kicked the two over, and asked loudly, "When did it happen?" How long has it been? ”

"Big ...... I don't know, my lord. Anyway, it was getting dark, and the two of us were discussing who would buy the cooking cakes and come back to eat, when we were knocked unconscious. When is it...... I can't remember. Does Hu Lao Er remember? ”

"I ...... I don't remember either. ”

The two of them were dizzy by Shen Ling'er with a heavy hand on the neck before, and the blood supply to their brains was insufficient, so they were still dizzy at the moment. I was even more panicked because of the panic, and I couldn't remember the specific situation at all, so how could I ask why.

He Jin trembled even more angrily, snatched a steel knife from the person next to him and was about to cut someone. The two guards screamed in fright.

Qin Lu shouted in time to stop He Jin: "Lord He, what's the use of killing them now?" If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? Lord He should now order the immediate tightening of the blockade of the city gates, and search for the whole city again. Where can they go with two burdens? Tonight's events are not necessarily bad. After searching for a few days, they didn't show up, and they began to suspect that they were not in the city. But tonight they finally showed up, and that's a good thing. ”

He Jin nodded when he heard this: "What Chief Manager Qin said is true. A loss may turn out to be a gain. The order of the county was passed on, all the yamen officers were arrested quickly, and all the county people's regiments were dispatched to turn the city upside down in the county. In addition, if you don't need to be caught alive, if you see the suspect and so on, as long as you don't surrender, you can kill him. ”

A group of people shouted their promises and went to give the order. Qin Lu and He Jin gathered together and gave a loud order, launched a search on the spot, and searched all the way along the houses of the people in the alley.

Fang Zi'an and the others didn't let Shen Ling'er get off the roof until the searchers arrived outside the alley, and told her to carefully check around the house and yard. This is naturally done carefully, so as not to let the other party play tricks and leave people in the dark.

Shen Ling'er checked it and confirmed that it was safe, so she gestured to Fang Zi'an. Fang Zi'an grabbed a person in one hand and jumped off the roof and returned to the house.

The room has been searched to the bottom, and things are in a mess. Zhao Xi and the maidservant Xin Mei were lying on the ground, their hands and feet still tied. Fang Zi'an stretched out his hand and pulled out the cloth ball that was blocked in the mouths of the two.

As soon as he pulled out the cloth group, Zhao Xi scolded: "He Jin of the dog day, it turned out that he lied to me, Lao Tzu did things for him, and he actually wanted to kill me." This dog officer is really not a thing. I didn't say it, if I escaped, I would have turned him upside down. I still know a lot about him. For example, when a case is decided, he eats the money of the original defendant and perverts the law for bribes...... Dog day stuff, he didn't want to have a good time. ”

Fang Zi'an sneered and said nothing, turning his head to look at the maidservant Xin Mei. Xin Mei didn't say a word, biting her lower lip.

Fang Zi'an said: "Miss Xin, what do you say? I'm going to take you out of the city to expose the Zhang family's case, are you willing to go out of the city with us and testify about this case?" Provide testimony? Confession? ”

Xin Mei sighed and said in a deep voice: "Of course I am willing, I will make the negative person pay." took advantage of me, and then threw me like a rag, and wanted to kill people. So vicious, so vicious. Anyway, it's a death, and death has to pull people on their backs. I'll go with you, don't testify, I have to explain things myself. ”

Fang Zi'an nodded and said, "That's good, since that's the case, then I won't say anything." So we went out of the city, and when we were in a safe place, we asked for details and recorded our confessions. Two, for the sake of safety, I have to block the mouth of the two, I don't want any accidents. ”

Zhao Xi hurriedly said: "Hey, wait, wait, how can we get out of the city?" Do you have a solution? ”

Fang Zi'an frowned and said, "Originally, I wanted to use your identity to trick us into opening the city gate and going out, but now it seems that all plans will always have accidents." But it doesn't matter, I'm not afraid. ”

Zhao Xi was about to speak, when Shen Ling'er stuffed a cloth ball into his mouth and stuffed the rest of his words into his stomach. The maidservant Xinmei's mouth was also stuffed with a cloth ball. Shen Ling'er ripped off the bedcloth on the bed and wrapped her like a zongzi, Fang Zi'an was about to say that he was carrying the maid on his back, but Shen Ling'er had already carried her on his body. Shen Ling'er is tall and has long legs, and the maid is much shorter, but she is not afraid of the embarrassment of rubbing her legs and feet on the floor.

Fang Zi'an cut the rope on Zhao Xi's foot and dragged his arm. He won't carry Zhao Xi, he just needs to hold him. Zhao Xi is a man, and his ability to act is still faster than that of a woman.

The four of them quickly left the house, and walked out of the east entrance of the alley in the direction of the house that had been searched, and beyond that, there was a noisy shouting of torches. So he turned south and went to the roof, and under the dim moonlight, three figures jumped on the roof tiles like flying, and quickly went in the direction of Zheshan Mountain in the south city.

The city has already boiled, all the forces have been mobilized, the streets and alleys are shouting and shuttling, and the whole city is plunged into a noisy chaos.

But on the dark roof, Fang Zi'an and Shen Ling'er were undisturbed, running high and low, carefully dodging all the way, and after half an hour, they finally arrived in the woods under Ochre Mountain. At the same time, they had seen that a large number of men were actually searching the streets towards Zheshan. This little mountain bag is definitely going to be thoroughly searched tonight.

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