Chapter 976: Not easy to hunt

Qin Meiniang also nodded, full of emotion:

"As long as we all escape from the city of this neighboring county safe and sound, we are already very good, after leaving the boundary of this neighboring county, the geography is open, and Lord Shangshu and Wang Cheng can't guess where we will go."

Nie Rong and his mother also responded:

"Yes, we are out of the city of this neighboring county, and we are safe for the time being."

After the guards at the gate of the neighboring county saw that Qin Meiniang and her party and the carriage were all out of the city gate, they all quickly closed the city gate.

After the city gate was closed, I saw that the leader of the guards also led a group of guards and quickly ran to the gate of the city in the neighboring county.

I saw that the leader of the guards and the guards led by his subordinates were tired and out of breath, and hurried to the gate of the city.

When the guard led the way to the gate of the city in this neighboring county, he saw that the gate was also closed, and there was nothing unusual, he couldn't help but look surprised, and looked at the guards at the gate of the city and asked:

"Didn't that group of men in black come here and leave the city gate? How many wagons did they have? ”

After listening to the questioning of the leader of the guards, none of the guards at the gate of the neighboring county dared to answer.

The leader of the guards saw that the guards who came out of the city gate were all bowing their heads and saying nothing, and no guards responded to him, and he couldn't help but say angrily:

"Are you all deaf! I'm asking you something, so you should answer truthfully! ”

The guards at the gate of the neighboring county were also angry when they saw the leader of the guards, and they didn't dare to keep silent anymore.

One of the guards standing next to the leader of the guards also said slowly to the leader of the guards:

"If you go back to the lead, before you arrived, there was indeed a group of men in black and a few carriages that came out of the city gate."

The leader of the guards was also stunned, and walked up to the guards who came out of the city gate, and continued to ask with an excited face:

"What about them? Where did they go? Tell me! ”

The guard who came out of the city gate couldn't help choking for a moment, and then said slowly:

"The leader is angry, there are more of these black-clothed people, and all of them are armed with weapons, they are all very powerful, the guards at the gate of our city only have these dozen people, and they can't beat them at all, under their coercion, the subordinates didn't dare to stop them, so they had to let them go out of the city."

The leader of the guards listened to the guards at the gate of the neighboring county who said this, and learned that Qin Meiniang and his party had already gone out of the city and were let go, he couldn't help but be excited and entangled:

"What! You waste, you can't help but open the gates and let them go! You know who those people are! They are very likely to be the key criminals that Lord Shangshu wants to arrest, all of them are very dangerous, you have now released them out of the city gate and let them go, what crime should you be guilty of! ”

After hearing the words of the leader of the guards, the guards of these neighboring counties who went out of the city gate could not help but tremble with fright, and they all immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy:

"Please take the lead in atonement!"

"The subordinates are also forced!"

"The subordinates can't beat them, even if the subordinates don't let them out of the city, then they will escape from the city!"

"The leader is angry! We are all persecuted! ”

……

The leader of the guards also choked up, and then shouted at the guards kneeling on the ground:

"Hurry up and open the city gates, and the head of the city will lead the guards out of the city to hunt them down, quickly!"

The guards who were kneeling on the ground and went out of the city gate also quickly stood up after hearing the words of the leader of the guards.

Then, the guards who came out of the city gate also quickly opened the gate of the neighboring county.

After the city gate opened, the leader of the guards saw that Qin Meiniang and his party had disappeared at all.

Once this is out of the city gate of the neighboring county, there are many intersections outside, and it is difficult to judge where Qin Meiniang and her party have fled.

The leader of the guards saw that it was dark outside the gate of the neighboring county, and there was no trace of Qin Meiniang and his party, and he was also so angry that he stomped his feet, full of unhappiness and entanglement:

"Let's let them escape, it's all over now, if Lord Shangshu blames it, our adults will really suffer!"

Because it was late at night, and I didn't know where Qin Meiniang and her party had fled, and the leader of the guards had no way to pursue them, so he was stunned, so he had to turn around and return to the city of the neighboring county with his guards.

After entering the city, the leader of the guards also quickly went to the county lord's mansion in the neighboring county again.

In the neighborhood of the neighboring county, a group of guards also began to clean up, and took away the dead and wounded guards lying on the ground above the neighborhood.

The atmosphere gradually became quieter.

The leader of the guards also soon came to the mansion of the county lord in the neighboring county.

After entering the mansion of the county lord in the neighboring county, the leader of the guard also walked quickly to the room where the county lord was.

Soon, the leader of the guards also went to the room where the county lord from the neighboring county was.

After coming to the room where the county lord of the neighboring county was, the leader of the guard also saw the county lord of the neighboring county sitting on his chair, and he also dozed off.

The leader of the guards also stepped forward and whispered to the county lord of the neighboring county:

"Your Excellency, your Excellency."

After the county lord of the neighboring county heard the shout of the guard leader, he couldn't help but slowly open his eyes, and then he also straightened his head, looking at the guard leader, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then he also looked urgent, and asked:

"How's it going? Did you catch those men in black? ”

The leader of the guards also choked up, shook his head, and said with a tangled face:

"If you go back to your lordship, that group of people in black, let them all escape."

After listening to the words of the leader of the guards, the county lords of this neighboring county couldn't help but look surprised, and they were still a little tired, and after listening to the words of the leader of the guards, they also disappeared in an instant.

The county lord of the neighboring county couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he stood up, and also looked at the leader of the guards under his command with a tangled face:

"Didn't this official give you dozens of guards in my mansion to rush to support and arrest these men in black! Why did they still let their group escape from our city! If they are really the key criminals that Lord Shangshu wants to arrest, and the official has not been able to arrest them and let them go, then if Lord Shangshu is to blame, then the official will be completely finished! ”

After listening to the words of the county lord of the neighboring county, the leader of the guard couldn't help choking up, and said with a look of grievance:

"My lord, you can't blame your subordinates for this! When the subordinates took the dozens of guards you gathered to the neighborhood at the gate of the city, the men in black had long since disappeared, and when they learned that the group of men in black had gone out of the direction of the city gate, the subordinates also took their guards to quickly pursue, but we were still one step late, and when the subordinates arrived at the gate of the city with the guards, we learned that the guards at the gate of the city were weak and did not resist and block the forces of the men in black, so they could only open the city gate. Let this group of men in black go. ”

The county magistrates of the neighboring county were also angry, and said angrily:

"Damn! Won't the guards who came out of the city gate be able to resist with all their might! He also opened the city gate and let go of the group of people in black, which is really unreasonable! Then why didn't you take your guards out of the city to hunt down that group of men in black, and what did you do when you came to the official's mansion? ”

The leader of the guards also continued:

"Your Excellency! The subordinates also wanted to immediately take their guards out of the city to hunt down the group of black-clothed people, but when I went out of the city gate, I found that the group of black-clothed people in the carriage had long disappeared, besides, after leaving the city gate of our neighboring county, the road outside was also complicated, and the subordinates did not know where the black-clothed people fled in the carriage, so the subordinates also thought about hurrying to find the adult and report this matter to the adult. Let the adults find a way to hunt down the men in black who escaped. ”

The county magistrate of the neighboring county couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said with a frown:

"Let that group of black-clothed people escape from the city, what can this official think of to hunt them down! It's over, it seems that this time, the official is completely finished, Lord Shangshu blames it, and the black gauze hat of the official is gone, I didn't expect that the official has served as a county magistrate in this neighboring county for so many years, and today he will be down to such a field, I really didn't expect it! ”

The leader of the guard also rushed to the county lord of the neighboring county, and then hugged his fist and said:

"My lord, as long as we don't report this matter to Shang Shuda, then he won't know about it at all, so my subordinates think that my lord should find a way to hide this matter first! Death doesn't admit that there is such a thing. ”

After listening to the advice of the leader of the guards, the county lord of this neighboring county couldn't help choking up, and after pondering for a while, he also said slowly:

"Yes! What you said is also somewhat reasonable, as long as the official does not report this matter to Lord Shangshu, then no one will know, besides, the black-clothed people who fled may not necessarily be the key criminals who fled from Kyoto City to the neighboring county! This official will hide this matter first, which is also a good way to protect himself for the time being! ”

The leader of the guards also echoed:

"Yes, my lord, don't worry too much about this, this Seon is not a blessing!"

The county lord of the neighboring county also nodded slowly, and said with a serious face:

"Well, that makes sense! Then the leader of this matter must also keep it secret for the official, no one can mention it, otherwise, you don't blame the official for being unkind to you, besides, the official is not thin to you on weekdays, at this critical time, you don't want to make mistakes! ”