Li Wantong relied on half a pancake and spent the night in the cellar, and by the day of the next day, he felt hungry again. He had never been more hungry for food in his life.

Looking at the pile of vegetables in the cellar, he didn't dare to eat them at all. He killed someone last night, and he didn't dare to go out at this time.

I don't know if the body outside has been found.

At this time, Li Wantong suddenly felt that he was a little too impulsive to come to poison this time, and he should have arranged a retreat in advance, and then entered the border city. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret it in his heart.

He was hungry in the cellar for another day, and at night he jumped out of the cellar again, went to check near the city walls, and found that there were still many patrols, and he still had no chance to fly out of the city. He had no choice but to return again, and this time he went into another family's cellar. He had already killed the people of that family before, and he didn't dare to go to that family's cellar again.

Similarly, he didn't dare to steal and eat again, for fear that he would be found out again and kill again, so it would be easy to expose his whereabouts.

After starving all night again, Li Wantong still honestly hid in the cellar during the day on the third day. If he poops and pees, he will dig a pit in the cellar according to the previous method, and when he is done, he will bury it again.

So, even though he no longer had diarrhea, the cellar was also made by him and smelly.

In the past few days, Yang County Ling, Huang Wenlong, Fei Wen and others sat in the county office and waited very anxiously.

If they can't catch the murderer, they can't be at ease! Who knows if the murderer will come back and poison again? This kind of thing can't be prevented.

If the soldiers are poisoned, then this border city will not need to be defended.

In the evening, soldiers suddenly came back to report that they had found a body in a house.

Yang Xianling was taken aback, with his years of experience in investigating cases, he had a hunch that this corpse might be related to the old way of poisoning.

led Huang Wenlong, Fei Wen and Xiao Ding, as well as the yamen's servants and other personnel, to the house together.

In the house, they found two bodies, and after asking the neighbors, they learned that the family's surname was Wang, and the dead man and woman were husband and wife, and they had no children. The husband and wife usually work for others to earn money to support their families.

He examined the body's wounds and judged that it had been wounded by a sharp sword.

The place where the body died was the kitchen, which made Yang Xianling a little puzzled.

Why do murderers kill people in the kitchen?

At this time, the careful Xiao Ding found that there were blood-colored handprints on the water scoop in the kitchen, which showed that the murderer had scooped water with a water scoop after killing people. He also found that the door to the kitchen cupboard was open and the plates inside were empty.

Could it be that the murderer came to the kitchen to find food and water? Then he was discovered by the master's family, and he killed people.

With such an association, Xiao Ding can be sure that eighty or ninety percent of the murderer is the old man who absconded.

Because of the search of the whole city, this old man could not have a chance to go out of the city, and he didn't have anything to eat, so he came out to steal something to eat when he was hungry.

Xiao Ding said his own inference, and Yang Xianling nodded frequently in agreement.

However, even if this inference is correct, where to look for the old way?

"Let the officials and soldiers check this courtyard to see if there are any suspicious traces." Xiao Ding suggested to Yang County Order.

Yang County Commander sent his subordinates and soldiers to search the courtyard.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a servant to come and report that someone might have lived in the cellar in the backyard. They found some crumbs of pancakes in the cellar, and there was also some smell of and urine in the cellar.

Everyone went to the cellar in the backyard to check, and sure enough, it was just as the official said.

Apparently, there were people living in this cellar. Because, it is impossible for people in their own family to hide in the cellar and eat pancakes for no reason, let alone pull and urinate in the cellar where they store vegetables.

"Next, we will focus on the investigation, the cellar of each family is it, maybe the old road is hiding in the cellar of which house now." Xiao Ding said to Yang County Order

As a result, the Yang County Order immediately ordered to strictly inspect the cellars of every household. If you find any suspicious traces, report them immediately.

It didn't take long for some soldiers to discover the stench inside the cellar of another family, which was the same cellar that Li Wantong had first entered.

This discovery confirmed that the poisoned old way must be hiding in a cellar somewhere.

As a result, Yang County ordered to increase efforts to send more manpower to focus on inspecting the cellar from house to house.

At this time, Li Wantong was enduring the hunger in his stomach and the unpleasant smell in the cellar, waiting for it to get dark. Seeing that it was almost evening, and it was not far from dark, he decided that even if he couldn't go out tonight, he had to find something to eat again, otherwise he really couldn't bear it anymore.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of noisy footsteps. Listening to the voice, there seemed to be a lot of people, and then I heard a woman's voice saying: "My cellar is over there, you can go and see for yourself, you said that my family is not harboring spies, you still don't believe it!" ”

As the footsteps approached, Li Wan informed that it was over, this time it was completely discovered.

Sure enough, the cellar door was opened, and a soldier peered down.

As soon as the soldier saw Li Wantong's figure, he didn't even see what the people in the cellar looked like, so he shouted: "There are people inside, go and tell your lord!" ”

All the soldiers suddenly became nervous, and they all picked up their blades to block the entrance of the cellar. At this time, Li Wantong just wanted to jump out of the cellar mouth, but it was too late.

At this time, the hostess of the house also saw Li Wantong's figure from the cellar door, she was so frightened that she sat on the ground all of a sudden, and shouted again and again: "Official, I really don't know when this person got into my cellar, this matter really has nothing to do with me!" I really didn't harbor a spy! ”

The soldiers didn't have time to talk to her, they just clutched their weapons tightly and stared nervously at the mouth of the cellar.

After a while, the soldiers who went to report came over with Yang Xianling, Xiao Ding and others.

Yang ordered the soldiers around him to surround the cellar and prepare to arrest Lao Dao, and then he stepped forward and asked inside the cellar: "Who are you and why are you hiding in the cellar?" ”

At this time, the soldiers who had seen Li Wantong had already recognized this old way, and he hurriedly said to Yang County Order: "My lord, this old way is the murderer who poisoned the well in the barracks that night. ”

Xiao Ding knew that this Taoist priest's martial arts were good, so he hurriedly came to Lord Yang and said to Yang County: "My lord, this bull's nose has martial arts, don't get too close to the cellar mouth, be careful that he hurts you." ”

Lord Yang took two steps back, raised his voice and asked again, "Who are you?" Why did you come to my barracks and poison it! ”

Li Wan informed that he was in a catastrophe today, so he was no longer afraid, he laughed and said: "I am Li Wantong, the national teacher of the Great Xia Kingdom!" If you go to your barracks and poison you, of course, you will poison all of you, do you need to ask? ”

Xiao Ding saw that this old man was not afraid at all, so he deliberately sarcastically said: "With your ability, what about the national teacher of the Great Xia country, you know how to hide in the cellar and pee all day long, and you are embarrassed to say that you are the national teacher?" ”

Li Wantong was ridiculed by Xiao Ding so much that his old face turned red, and he said sharply: "Where are you a stinky boy, wait until you go up the poor road, see that I don't want your life!" ”

"Okay, it seems that you, the bull-nosed stinky Taoist priest, are still not convinced, let's get out of the way now, you can come out!" Xiao Ding saw that this old way was hiding inside and didn't come out, and it was also difficult to catch. I still have to get him out.

"You have to talk the talk, but don't wait for me to jump out and attack me!" Of course, Li Wantong also knew that the people outside were waiting at the entrance of the cellar to arrest him.

"Come out with confidence, we will never attack you." Xiao Ding said conclusively, but he was secretly saying in his heart, it's strange if you don't sneak attack. At the same time, he also glanced at the soldiers gathered around the mouth of the cellar, suggesting that they would do it together as long as they came out.

Xiao Ding and the soldiers were a little further back as he said, and they were ready for a sneak attack with their blades in hand.

Suddenly, a black shadow flew out of the hole, and all the blades in everyone's hands hit the black shadow.

Bang bang, after a few blade strikes, everyone's blades all hit the black shadow.

But when everyone looked closely, the black shadow was not Li Wantong. It's the big bag that Li Wantong is carrying.

By the time everyone came to their senses, the real Li Wantong had already jumped out of the cellar with his sword in his hand and stood aside.

He swung his sword and slashed at the soldiers who were surrounding the baggage, and the soldiers dodged quickly, so he reached out and carried the burden on his shoulders again. Then turn around and run.

At this time, Xiao Ding had just reacted, and when he saw that this old way was about to run again, he hurriedly took out a crossbow and aimed it at Li Wantong's back and shot several arrows in a row......