Volume 1 Chapter 346 Headless Horse
Since Manager Li was ordered by Fu Moyu to go to Cangwu County to fight the front station, and Fu Moyu was determined to make Nie Linyu live better in the remote and poor Cangwu County, he ordered Manager Li to bring a lot of things, from large pieces of furniture to small furnishings, and dozens of big ships were loaded.
Manager Li knows the truth that wealth moves people's hearts, and the closer he gets to Cangwu County, the more he reaches the territory of thieves, and if he is known to have escorted a boatload of property, he is afraid that it will be inappropriate, so he is very low-key along the way.
Although he played the banner of Kui Wangfu, he refused to be powerful, refused to be invited by local officials everywhere he went, and only guarded all cargo ships.
The palace transports supplies, and the officials along the way have the duty of escorting and taking care of them, and generally the officials of the previous state capital send people to escort them to the next state capital, so relay, but when they arrived here, they did not see the team sent by the local officials to greet them.
Manager Li first thought that he had not received the text, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible, and asked the post house to find out that the predecessor Ding Wei and the newly appointed official had not yet arrived, so that no one received the text, and no one bothered to take care of things.
The local system of the southern country does not allow officials and soldiers to move in tandem for no reason, and can only operate on the boundaries under their own jurisdiction, and they are never allowed to cross the border, so the cargo ships escorting Kui Wangfu are all relays all the way.
The escort of the previous state capital does not have the right to enter the jurisdiction of the next state capital, and if they do, they must consult the Shangguan.
If it is slow, it will be difficult to say, Manager Li felt that he couldn't wait, so he took matters into his own hands and hired some bodyguards from the local dart bureau, thinking that it should be foolproof, who knew that he would encounter robbers.
The robbers and the robbers were all robbers, and this group of people came prepared at a glance, and completed the robbery in a very short time, killing many people by the way.
Manager Li escaped with his life, he was just an old eunuch, he couldn't do anything at all, he would only serve his master in his life, he didn't dare to say a word after being knocked off the boat, he lay on a wooden board and pretended to be dead, and it was easy to wait until the group of people drove the boat away.
"Lord Wang, it's the old slave who is incompetent, and the old slave asks the prince for guilt!" Mr. Li began to cry again.
Fu Moyu's face was grim, but he didn't pursue Manager Li, but waved his hand and ordered him to go down first, and then asked Yan Lai, "What's going on here, there is a robber, why didn't we know anything about it in advance?" ”
Yan Lai was already stunned.
Cangwu County has the Sun and Moon Sect entrenched, and it is said that those bandits are inseparable from the Sun and Moon Sect, but they are not completely subordinate to the Sun and Moon Sect, but they are independent, and there are more than a dozen large and small bandit gangs in the local area, including the surrounding areas.
Because of the remote location here, and the poverty, people are used to being poor, so it doesn't matter if you are the emperor or what, as long as you can let him eat his stomach, he can do anything, and after a long time, it will become an extremely headache for the imperial court.
This time, Fu Moyu was ordered to suppress the bandits, which was actually an extremely tricky errand.
In the end, it was Mr. Li who came to solve the puzzle, "It is said that anyone who passes by here, whether it is a businessman or an official, has to pay for the road." ”
Fu Moyu was furious, "Why has no one ever reported it, why doesn't the imperial court know about this?" ”
Manager Li hurriedly said: "It is said that the report was reported, but it was stopped by His Royal Highness the Prince, Cangwu County belongs to Danzhou, and the governor of Danzhou is the distant cousin of the crown princess. ”
Fu Moyu took his hand, his expression changed, and after a long time, he asked, "Where is the nearest official office here?" ”
"Back to the prince, it's Hailin County." starting point
Fu Moyu immediately ordered, "Go to Hailin County." ”
The moment the boat sailed, Manager Li stretched out his hand tremblingly, "Lord Wang, it was there that he was robbed by robbers." ”
Fu Moyu's dark eyes were uneasy, and he carefully examined the water and landform, and asked, "How did they act?" How to get on the ship, how to rob the goods, how to kill people, how to set up the ship and leave, everything you see, tell this king in detail. ”
Manager Li swallowed his saliva, and said while thinking about it, Fu Moyu listened very carefully, and asked a few questions from time to time, although Manager Li was vague in many places, but Fu Moyu could already deduce that these so-called robbers did not look like a rabble, but seemed to be specially trained to rob.
Yan Lai said: "Lord Wang, if it is already dark today, the terrain here is complicated, and the brothers are not familiar with it, according to the shallow views of our subordinates, it is better for us to go ashore first and go to Hailin County by land." ”
The reeds are swinging, although it looks good during the day, but at night it is another scene, with heavy shadows in the dim moonlight, making people unable to see clearly, and the more they can't see clearly, the more worried they are and dare not move.
If someone lies in ambush in the reeds, the consequences are unimaginable.
Fu Moyu nodded and agreed to Yan Lai's proposal, so the boat stopped, the carriage and horses were taken off the boat, Nie Linyu sat in, Fu Moyu rode a horse, and went to the Yamen of Hailin County under the protection of everyone.
Nie Linyu was inconvenient to lift the curtain of the car to look outside, and he couldn't see clearly when it was dark, so he was only worried in the car, it seemed that the situation in the south was more complicated and dangerous than in the north, and the robbers who came from nowhere dared to hijack the prince's cargo ship.
Such recklessness is simply incredible.
"Lord, there is a post house in front." The sound of the song.
"Check it out." Fu Moyu's voice was still quiet.
The carriage rolled forward, and stopped after a while, Nie Linyu guessed that he had arrived at the post house, but he heard an exclamation outside, the people in Kui Wangfu were all well-trained, and they would not frown even if they died, and they didn't know why they exclaimed.
Nie Linyu hurriedly lifted the curtain to look, and was dumbfounded, and the next action was to cover his mouth with his hand.
She was afraid that she would exclaim in surprise.
It turned out that all the horses in the post house were killed, and the way of death was extremely cruel, all of them cut off the heads of the horses, and more than a dozen headless horses fell to the ground, which was indeed appalling, and in the middle of the night, it made people feel a little cool.
Yan Lai ordered someone to be on guard, and he ran into the post house, and after some searching, he came out out breathlessly, "Lord Wang, there is no one in this post house, not even- there is no corpse." ”
This would be a bit strange if it were usually heard, but now it seems normal, because everyone saw the headless horse corpse first, and they were ready to see the corpses of the officials and staff of the post house, but there were no corpses.
"Let's go." Fu Moyu's horsewhip pointed straight ahead.
They passed by a post house again, just like the previous post house, there were dead horses with no heads lying on the ground, but there was no one, Nie Linyu's palms were sweating, and Fu Moyu looked at each other, and they all saw doubts in each other's eyes.
And the attendants of the Kui Wangfu are no longer describable by doubt, they are fear, deep fear, an indelible feeling of fear generated by the ignorance and powerlessness of the unknown and the unknown future.