Chu Jiao faintly felt that things would not be so simple, but she had to see it with her own eyes.

Several people hurried overnight, and it took three days and three nights to arrive at Chiling, and along the way, Chu Jiao saw the suffering of the people, and she was even more determined to want to go over to help.

As for the red sleeves, she was worried about what danger would be on the road, so she let her stay in the palace.

When I arrived at Chiling, as soon as I entered the city, there were no people on this street, it was deserted, and the snow that had fallen last night still retained its original appearance.

Xiuying went to several inns in a row, but they all said that they were full.

"Lord, I went to see it just now, and their business here is very deserted, and there is no one, but they all say that they are full, probably because they are afraid of getting into some trouble." Xiuying said.

"Take the money and smash it." Qin Shao didn't believe it, there were still people who could refuse money.

Chu Jiao stopped Xiuying: "We came secretly this time, it's better not to be too public, you can't say that you have to show your identity as a last resort." ”

In the end, the three of them found a small folk courtyard to live in, and the location was very remote, so that it was better to be found easily.

"I'll go to Cen Si's mansion tonight to see if there's anything wrong, and you're here to keep her safe." Qin Shao said to Xiuying.

After Qin Shao went out, Chu Jiao couldn't stay still, and went out with Xiuying at night.

But the place where she went was the residence of the deputy general Pei Yingzhuo.

After the child, Chu Jiao and Xiuying came back together, and when she saw Qin Shaohei's face, she just wanted to speak, but he pulled her body away.

"Don't run around, it's very chaotic outside, I found that if there is a secret investigation now, I'm afraid I won't be able to investigate anything, I'm afraid I have to show my identity to investigate."

Qin Shao said.

"Well, I found something wrong at the door of Vice General Pei, the snow in his residence was very clean, and when the new thin snow was covered, I found that there were traces of mud mixed with dead grass, I saw the map of Chiling when I was in the carriage, and the roads were basically repaired, plus now the people are afraid to go out, where does the soil come from?"

"Do you suspect that Vice Admiral Pei has a problem?" Qin Shao said.

Chu Jiao nodded silently and admitted her thoughts.

"What about you, what did you find?" She asked.

"There is nothing wrong with the Cen family, if you have to say it, it is that there are many secret guards of the Cen family, and it is not special to say it." 、

The next day in a restaurant.

The business of the restaurant is not very good, and the guests are sparse, Qin Shao and the three of them have just eaten a hot meal, and they are ready to go to the mansion of Cen Zhi County for a while.

The three of them ate very quickly, after all, the matter was urgent.

At this time, there were a few guests at the table next to him, who looked five big and three thick, although it was winter, but they didn't wear very much, and they just came up and asked for a bunch of good dishes.

"Head, let's have some bars." Zhang San said with a grin.

"Don't you know what important day this is, dare to drink, if you dare to delay the big thing above, be careful that your head is not guaranteed!" Li Si said.

Zhang San immediately fell silent.

Chu Jiao heard that there was no movement over there, so she greeted: "Xiao Er, a few jars of daughter red!" ”

She opened the stoppers on the wine jar one by one, and knocked over a jar of wine by mistake, the mellow fragrance of this daughter's red floated in the whole hall, and Zhang San at the next table was hooked by the worms, and his heart was itching.

"Head, just let me take a sip, it won't be bad, otherwise, I'll be thinking about it all day!" Zhang Sanyang begged.

The so-called head turned his back to them, and then glanced coldly. 、

"Drink, drink and leave." He said coldly.

Dressed like this in this winter, ordinary people dare not come out, and the origin of these people must not be simple.

After a few people finished eating in a hurry, they checked out and left.

The eyes of Chu Jiao and the others followed them in unison.

At this time, of course, I chose to chase it out.

followed a few corners, or Chu Jiao's nose is particularly good, so she usually makes some spices and the like, and what she secretly put on the big man who drank just now was the sachet he carried with him, otherwise it would not have been possible to find it like this.

When I first caught up, I was already near the smell, but there was no one.

At the moment when they realized the danger, many people immediately surrounded the three of them, all of whom were the big men just now.

"What a god! I didn't expect this little girl to dare to come along! But since you have a life to follow, it's better to put your life here! Zhang Sanjian smiled, and then rushed over with a machete in his hand.

The rest of the people also rushed over and went straight to the front door of several people, obviously trying to kill people.

But they didn't see anything, so they were going to kill people.

After a stick of incense, several big men were honestly tied to Cen Si's court, but it was not Cen Si who was sitting in the court, but Qin Shao.

At this time, Cen Si and Pei Yingzhuo arrived at the same time, and when they saw Qin Shao sitting on it, Pei Yingzhuo recognized his identity first.

"I've seen the prince, the prince is a thousand years old." He knelt on the ground and saluted.

Seeing this, Cen Si hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Get up."

"These thieves, ask about the origin of their whereabouts, regardless of the method," Qin Shao said.

Cen Si is a magistrate, and he usually handles small cases, and he has not been exposed to torture, and the most he thinks of is to use whipping, but these big men also confessed, and the result of the interrogation was that they were from Heifeng Village, and this time they were ready to transport food.

"Why don't you leave these people to me, it seems that their mouths are very tight, let me pry their mouths open." Pei Yingzhuo said.

When I saw the prisoner, there were indeed only traces of flogging on the prisoner's body.

When Qin Shao saw a few people, he found that the prisoner had passed out, but he didn't know what the specific reason was.

After a basin of cold water poured on them, their attitude was still very arrogant.

When Zhang San saw Chu Jiao, he was a little emotional: "I'm bah! You stinky! It's all because of you! Otherwise, how could we be caught? ”

Chu Jiao looked at her dirty clothes, and was a little stunned for a moment, no one had ever treated her in such a disgusting way.

Qin Shao came over and tore the piece off, then kicked it over, and in response to Chu Jiao, only Zhang Sanfeng's wail remained.

"These barbarians, they're really frightened, aren't they? Hurry up and rest here. Cen Si hurriedly said.

"No, we're going to go to the place where the food was lost in the first place."

Qin Shao and the others set off and carefully inspected the situation on the road.

At that time, the food was paid by the government's carriage, and the rutted marks of the carriage were very messy, and after the firefight, more than a dozen carriages went in different directions at the same time, Pei Yingzhuo was injured and unconscious, so he missed the best opportunity to catch the thief.

After that, the officers and soldiers tried to track down, but they never caught up with anyone again.

Because it has been several days, there are almost no useful things left at the scene.

Chu Jiao squatted on the ground and refused to get up, groping left and right, the snow mixed with the soil, and an idea suddenly flashed in her mind.

"What's wrong?" Qin Shao asked.

"Look at the rut marks and see if there's anything wrong."

Qin Shao squatted down, measured with his hands, and then went to another place where he could escape for a while.

"The depth of these rut marks is different, if there is a grain on it, then the rut marks must be deep, and those without food are shallow."

Qin Shao looked at Chu Jiao and smiled knowingly.

"However, there is one thing that is very wrong, I didn't expect that the current bandits are so brainy, and they can think of such a method, don't you think something is wrong?" Chu Jiao whispered to him.

Qin Shao's voice was very low: "Are you suspicious?" ”

Chu Jiao hurriedly made a silent action, and Qin Shao immediately understood.

"Cen Si, you immediately send officers and soldiers to chase them out from these roads and see if there will be any findings." Qin Shao said to Cen Si.

Cen Si was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly assigned officers and soldiers to go over.

In the evening, Chu Jiao went to see Zhang San again.

She always felt like she could dig something out of these people.

The man called the head did not say a word from beginning to end, and he did not look up even though his body was covered with wounds.

At this time, there were only Chu Jiao and a few people who were tied up.

"You are from Black Wind Village, this matter has been so long, why are you still here? If I had stolen someone else's stuff, I would have run away early and never looked back. ”

Chu Jiao was talking here, as if she was talking to herself, because no one paid attention to her at all.

She wasn't angry, she wasn't a person who advocated torture, so she deliberately brought a few jars of wine.

poured five or six jars of wine on Zhang San, and the iron chain strangled his body, he still couldn't stand up, and there were deep traces on his body, and he felt pain, so he still had some consciousness.

"Tell me, who do you respect the most in Black Wind Village?"

Chu Jiao was kind and inducemented, and asked some useless questions at the beginning, and the more he chatted, the happier he became.

However, she knew that the brothers next to her would do something, so she blocked their mouths, and they could only watch Zhang San get drunk.

"You took the bread, didn't you? It's heading south, am I right? Chu Jiao asked with a smile, actually very nervous.

"No, no, no... It's heading north..."

When he said this in a daze, Chu Jiao's eyes lit up, and when several of his brothers around him heard it, their hearts instantly turned to ashes.

Chu Jiao continued to ask: "Is there someone besides the people from Heifeng Village who instructed you to rob the grain?" ”

Zhang San's eyes were confused, a little conscious: "Actually, we..."

At this time, the iron door of the cell was suddenly kicked open, and Pei Yingzhuo walked in.