(The reason why the update is so late is because the author leaves work from 9 to 10 o'clock every day, which is why it is like this!) Please understand, no one wants to stay up until one or two o'clock on purpose! )

The time came three days later.

As the gates of Taixi City were closed and entry and exit were prohibited, tension became felt throughout the city.

The biggest change is the price of goods in the city, the price of necessities such as rice and flour has risen, and the families who have not stored have been punished.

Therefore, in places where the official can't see, the common people are scolding.

Like the literati, the common people don't care whether you are an officer or an officer, a county government or a brocade guard, they only know that the official government that caused all this is the people of the imperial court.

Chen Xiaoting couldn't hear these scoldings, and even if he could hear him, he didn't have the strength to do it now, and he was under a lot of pressure at this time.

Repeated searches have been carried out in the county, but to no avail, and three days have passed, and the hope of finding people is getting slimmer.

There was no search in the city, and Chen Xiaoting couldn't hold back, so he took people out of the city, wanting to go around the surroundings to see if they had found anything.

It's not so much that he came out to do things, but that Chen Xiaoting came out to relax, and it is too depressing in Taixi County now.

There are three market towns around the county seat, and Chen Xiaoting has now moved to the third, and he is ready to go home without gain.

It was Liu Jianping who followed him out of the city with him, and at this time he rode a horse and followed Chen Xiaoting's side, but he didn't talk as much as usual.

Also riding on a horse, Chen Xiaoting was thinking about the incident of two days ago in his mind.

When he went to see Huang Ting the day before yesterday, Huang Ting's arrow had been removed, but his injuries were so serious that he was still lying on the bed.

This is not the most important thing, the important thing is that Huang Ting's entourage has not woken up until now.

So much so that Huang Ting reprimanded Chen Xiaoting twice and strictly ordered him to arrest the murderer as soon as possible.

And depending on Huang Ting's meaning, after he and the mysterious man's injuries are stabilized in the past two days, they will leave Guangde.

Chen Xiaoting didn't ask the identity of the mysterious person, because that wasn't something he should know, not to mention that he had enough things to do now.

"When I go back to the city later, I will go to Guangde Baihu Office again, and let them search the city again!" Chen Xiaoting said at this time.

Hearing this, Liu Jianping said: "My lord, it's been three days, will anyone have already run away?"

Chen Xiaoting couldn't help but be silent, and then he said: "Whether you run away or not, let's let the people in Dongchang see that we are doing something!"

Knowing what Chen Xiaoting meant, Liu Jianping nodded and said, "My lord, we have been busy these days, and the emperor must have seen it!"

But at this time, Chen Xiaoting shook his head and said: "This is not enough, we must catch the murderer, and if we can't catch it, we have to have it!"

This is a bit contradictory, Liu Jianping wondered: "What do you mean?"

"We need an explanation, and Grandpa Huang may also need an explanation, as long as the murderer can be caught, it doesn't matter if it's true sometimes!"

These words made Liu Jianping pause, and only listened to him: "I understand the humble position, my lord, you mean to say, let's just catch a substitute ghost!"

Chen Xiaoting smiled slightly, and then said: No...... Catch a valuable one! ”

Seeing Chen Xiaoting's appearance, Liu Jianping knew that he had a countermeasure, so he asked, "Please also ask the adults to solve their doubts!"

Chen Xiaoting looked ahead, and said in a low voice: "Just arrest people, Gonggong Huang is not so easy to fool, so the murderer we catch must be valuable!"

"So what is valuable? It is necessary to be reasonable, and there must be enough weight to offset the fault! ”

On the contrary, Liu Jianping was confused by these words, and only listened to him: "My lord, you just say who to arrest!"

Hitting the horse and continuing to move forward, looking at the city that was not far away, Chen Xiaoting said: "Do you remember the Hu people we found in the city a few days ago?"

Liu Jianping nodded, and then listened to Chen Xiaoting continue: "If these Hu people are spies, they are the murderers of the assassination, isn't it very reasonable?"

After Liu Jianping thought about it, he found that this is indeed very reasonable, at least this is a direction, and what they are lacking now is precisely the direction.

"So, we're going to catch the Hu people in the city?" Liu Jianping asked.

Chen Xiaoting said with a blank face: "Catch, but you have to be targeted...... Because there are indeed Hu spies in this city! ”

At this time, Liu Jianping thought of a question, why Chen Xiaoting only said this idea now, so he asked.

In fact, Chen Xiaoting was forced to have no choice before he came up with this method.

But this can't be said to Liu Jianping, so Chen Xiaoting said calmly: "Because I said, we want to let Huang Gonggong see that we have worked hard for this matter!"

After listening to this explanation, Liu Jianping showed a clear expression, and now his pressure was much less.

On the other side, not far from the city gate, a team of carriages was parked here, and the city gate had been opened.

Although Chen Xiaoting asked to block the four gates and no one was allowed to enter or leave, the officials inside, including Chen Xiaoting himself, wanted to eat.

Therefore, focusing on reality, it was eventually changed to only allow grain to enter the city, but the people who transported the grain could not come out after entering the city.

The hundred households stationed at the city gate asked their subordinates to carefully inspect and confirm that it was only the grain that was transported, and then let their subordinates let them go.

Several carriages slowly drove into the city gate, and the hundreds of households on duty touched Fa Fu's belly and stood inside the city gate to watch all this.

But at this moment, a soldier walked up to him and said respectfully: "My lord, someone over there said that he was your friend and said that he was looking for you!"

Looking in the direction pointed by his subordinates, Gao Daqiang found that he didn't know these two people, but the two of them smiled at him at this time.

"Bring it here!" Gao Daqiang put on an official and said, he is bored now and doesn't mind playing around with these people.

Soon the two men were brought over, one tall and one short, but their faces were weather-beaten.

"I've seen a hundred households!" The tall man saluted.

At this time, I heard Gao Daqiang say: "I don't know that this official has these two friends!"

"I didn't know before, but now I know!" The tall man smiled, but he didn't panic in the slightest.

Gao Daqiang suddenly said angrily: "Bold, you dare to tease this official!"

Only then did the tall man apologize and said: "My lord forgives my sins, my brothers and I also have something to ask for, so I made this decision!"

There was something to ask for, which made Gao Daqiang interested, so he asked, "What do you want to do?"

Gao Daqiang did a lot of things to collect money in his pocket, so he immediately smelled a "business opportunity", so he planned to do business by the way.

"Tell me about it!" It doesn't matter if you are tall or strong.

The tall man said: "My lord, we are the descendants of the big family, and my little master is still in the manor outside the city, and the master is not worried that he is alone outside, so let the villain go and pick him up!"

Liang Dajia is definitely the richest in Taixi, and he often interacts with those people in Taixi County, and Gao Daqiang can't speak in front of others.

At this time, I saw the tall man take out a package from his arms, hand it to Gao Daqiang and said: "My lord, here is one hundred taels of silver, please make it convenient!"

As soon as it is shot, it is a hundred taels of silver, and the big sorghum is worthy of being a big sorghum household...... Gao Daqiang sighed.

But then, the tall man continued: "If the adults are willing to help, when the young master of my family returns from the manor, he will also give the adults a generous gift!"

Now it's a hundred taels of silver, if it's a generous gift, how much should it be? Gao Daqiang's whole person became excited.

It made him not think about the serious consequences of doing this, and he only had money in his eyes now.

Anyway, there are all his people at the city gate, and no one will know if he lets people out, and he is a fool if he doesn't take so much money.

Taking advantage of the fact that the city gate was not closed at this time, Gao Daqiang took the package from the tall man's hand, and then said, "Go early and return early!"

The tall man thanked Gao Daqiang for his kindness, and said that he would definitely come back as soon as possible after finding the young master, in order to repay the kindness of the hundred households.

At this time, Gao Daqiang was only waiting for the huge sum of money behind, and waved his hand to let the two out.

But at this moment, a cold voice sounded: "Stop!"