"Take Brother Liu's body back to Chang'an, when he leaves, he is looking in the direction of Chang'an."

"But, the task assigned by His Majesty?"

A guard said to Zhang He.

"It's all providence, after I go back, I will go to ask Your Majesty for guilt, it's not my brothers' business."

Zhang He said with a sigh of relief.

"How can that be? It's good to share blessings and misfortunes. ”

Xiao Liuzi stood up and spoke.

"Don't say it anymore, Xiaoliu, it's better for me to be punished alone than for everyone to be punished together."

Zhang He said solemnly to everyone.

"Commander Zhang, the little one has an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"

Xiao Qi stood up and spoke.

"Any thoughts? Let's hear it. Zhang He looked at Xiao Qi, this shrewd boy was famous for his many ghost ideas.

"Commander, since the other party has laid an ambush in the mountains and forests in advance, it is definitely not planned to evacuate in a day or two."

The kid paused and looked at Zhang He.

"Go on! You kid must have an idea. ”

Zhang He said with anxious eyes.

"Since they didn't leave in a day or two, then they must have a place to stay in the vicinity, maybe there will be traces of them in the nearby village army?"

Xiao Qi finished speaking in one breath and looked at Zhang He who seemed to be stupid.

"His grandmother's, why didn't I expect it, what Xiao Qi said is very true, brothers hurry up and take action, maybe you can really gain something."

Everyone was in good spirits, and Xiao Qi's words were like a guiding light in the night, giving everyone hope to see the light.

"Brother, we won't let you lose your life in vain."

Zhang He saluted Liu Zhongshang's corpse and said.

In order to find clues as quickly as possible, Zhang He divided his men into four groups.

They searched in four directions: southeast, northwest, and north.

The scope of the survey is within a radius of ten miles from the mountains and forests.

No matter how far away it is, it is estimated that there is not much point in looking for it.

In the end, regardless of the group, once the clues are found, they must not act rashly, and the tragic tragedy of Dali Temple cannot be repeated in the camp of the Praetorian Guard.

The forbidden soldiers followed Zhang He's explanation and acted separately.

At this time, it is also the time of the day when people have just gotten up.

People in the mountains wake up relatively early.

Where there is smoke, there will be people's homes.

This is an eternal truth.

Zhang He and Xiao Qi led their two brothers to find the smoke rising from the west of the mountain forest.

Several people looked at each other and smiled, and strode in the direction of the cooking smoke.

A few bare-chested boys ran out barefoot, babbling in Lingnan that Zhang He and others couldn't understand.

When a few boys saw Zhang He and the others in full armor, they suddenly turned around and ran towards the village.

Not long after, an old man followed a few boys and walked briskly.

"I don't know what the military master is doing when he arrives? The old decay is the village masa here. Please move to the cold house, drink a glass of water, and rest for a while. ”

The old man said in broken Chinese to Zhang He's respectful salute.

"The old man is polite, the kid was ordered to come and investigate a murder case, and ask the old man to be truthful."

Zhang He said with a fist in a salute.

"Master Jun, please ask, the old man must know everything."

As soon as Muramasa heard that it was a murder, he knew that this matter was not trivial, and when he saw that this military master was shining with armor all over his body, he knew that it was definitely not an ordinary military master.

"Uncle, have any outsiders come to the village to borrow money recently?"

Zhang He opened his mouth and asked the old man.

"This~This~"

When the old man heard this, he immediately fell into a stammer.

He remembered that his uncompetitive son had recently lived in the house with a bunch of indiscriminate people.

"Grandpa, aren't there a lot of outsiders in the second father's family?"

A young man who was less than ten years old looked up at the old man and spoke.

Zhang He and the others glanced at each other, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in their hearts, never thinking that they would have a harvest when they went out today.

When the old man saw his grandson blurt out, he knew that he could no longer hide it.

sighed and said, "The dog really didn't know where he went a few days ago, made some friends in the rivers and lakes, and has been living in the courtyard of the dog, and has never seen them go out during the day, but they frequently come out at night. ”

"Does Uncle know who they are?"

Xiao Qi interjected.

"Back to the words of the military master, the old man has never heard them speak, so he can't guess who they are, even my unfilial son, the old man hasn't seen them for many days."

"Uncle, I wonder if they are still there?"

Zhang He asked excitedly.

"I went out yesterday afternoon, and before I left, the dog told his mother. He said that he was going to hunt in the mountains and forests, and he would come back in a few days. ”

The old man already knew that concealing it would not do him or his son any good, and it was better to tell the truth.

"Thank you for your frank confession, if these people are really the court's criminals, Zhang He will definitely ask for credit for the old man."

Zhang He said with a fist in a salute.

"Master Jun, the old man doesn't want any rewards from the court, if the dog is also an accomplice, please also ask the military master to be able to be light for the sake of the old man."

The old man lowered his head and said uneasily.

"Uncle, as long as Ling Lang doesn't fall too deep, I promise you."

Zhang He said solemnly.

"Thank you Jun Ye for your success, and please go to the cold house to rest for a while."

The old man politely invited.

"Uncle, is it convenient for us to go to Ling Lang's courtyard to investigate?"

Zhang He said tentatively to the old man.

The old man lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and spoke.

"A few military masters come in with the old man."

Zhang He and others, under the leadership of the old man, came to the courtyard of the old man's son.

It was an ordinary courtyard, and the courtyard was a chaotic array of branches and hunting tools.

Zhang He walked to the door and stretched out his hand to push the door open.

When I walked into the room, there was already a little dust on the table.

It seems that the old man did not lie to them.

Zhang He lifted the lid of the bowl on the table, there were still leftovers in it, and an unpleasant smell came pungently.

Zhang He and the others couldn't help but fan the air around their nostrils with their hands.

After some investigation, no really important clues were found.

Zhang He and others told the old man that he must keep it secret.

They'll be back right away to keep an eye on it.

The old man hurriedly nodded in support.

At dusk, the Praetorian Guards of the four groups returned to the agreed place.

Zhang He's group was the only one who discovered that outsiders had settled in the village, and the other three teams walked more than 10 miles but found nothing.

"Commander Zhang, so it seems. It's a group of people who live in the uncle's son's house. ”

Xiao Qi said with almost certainty.

"Indeed, the time when they went out hunting was the day of the accident in Dali Temple.

"Commander, do you want to spread the news of the death of Dali Temple and people to Chang'an?"