"According to the family, the plan of the group of them was not to go into the mountains at the beginning, right?" The old hunter had been hunting all his life, his body was full of blood, and his eyes were fierce, and when he looked at this cronie who led the team, the man couldn't help but tremble his legs.

"Yes, that means to play for about three days, to the village for a day, up the mountain for a day, down the mountain for a day, and then back to the county, it just so happens that my young master has a general affair with him, and he has no time to accompany him, so he didn't come over, only sent the guests over to wait for the good students."

"Yes, in addition to two days back and forth on the road, only one day of hunting was arranged, at most it was to hunt pheasants and rabbits like the villagers, and I should return to the village in the evening, so after it was late that day, the guide's family did not come back, so I felt that the situation was not good."

"Yes, yes, that's the case."

"Hmph, your young master is not here, all the people who are serving are here, the guide is that the local villagers are timid and uninformed, and a group of guests are in charge of the house, and they are walking blindly in the mountains, and now they are gone."

"Uncle, do you mean that people really can't be found?"

The old hunter pulled the cronie back a few steps before patting him on the shoulder, "Look at this thorn, do you think people can pass or dogs can pass?" I can tell you for sure that their traces are gone here, and that there is nothing I can do about the rest, and that you would better go back and check if this mountain is private. ”

"Private? I haven't heard of it, but this is a hill bordering our Wenjia Village. ”

"Is Wenjia Village in the border between Anping County and Donglin County? Although it belongs to Anping County, it is also next to Donglin County? ”

"Yes!" The cronie was stunned for a moment, "Are we on the county border in the east?" ”

"Go back and check, I hope there is a master, there is a garrison in Donglin County now, if it is detained by the army, it will be a trivial matter."

"If the army doesn't know......" the cronies shuddered, not daring to think about it.

"Then, there is more luck than luck." The old hunter helped to fill in the second half of the sentence that the other party did not say.

“…… Finished! The cronie cried and sat on the ground as if his whole body had suddenly lost his strength, "It's over...... Finished...... They are foreigners, the young master finally invited them back as guests, how can they explain when they go back......"

"We have the strength to howl here, if we don't hurry up and go down the mountain, if we don't leave, we will have to get dark before we can return to the village."

This cronie was reprimanded and did not dare to return the mouth, first hurriedly beckoned people to gather, counted and returned immediately, thirsty and hungry all while walking and eating, in the afternoon finally panting at the foot of the nearest mountain from the village.

The villagers who were collecting firewood saw them and immediately went back to the village to call people, the young people who helped to find people were picked up by their families, and the others were sent to the patriarch's house.

"How? Did you find someone? Seeing that the old Orion and his cronies came back empty-handed, Young Master Wen Junxin, who was waiting for news, knew that there might be no good news, but he still couldn't help but ask.

Cronies and old hunters are shaking their heads.

"And what did you find? After going out all day, didn't you find any clues?! Wen Jun's confidence was eager, and his voice couldn't help but raise a few points.

"Young Master, things are more complicated." The cronies looked embarrassed.

"How complicated?"

The cronies grimaced and didn't know where to start.

"Say!"

The cronies turned their heads to look at the old hunter on the side, "Uncle, why don't you come here?" ”

"Okay, I'll do it."

The old hunter took up the difficult question of explanation with briskness, and recounted in succinct language what they had found in the mountains.

After hearing this, Wen Junxin's brows were furrowed so much that he could trap mosquitoes.

"It could actually involve the imperial army?" Wen Junxin got up and paced back and forth in the house, "My family has lived in the county for a long time, but I forgot that this county borders Donglin County, although both counties belong to Dong'an Prefecture, but Anping County is located in the northwest of Donglin County, there is no village near the sea, there is no need to consider the relationship with the imperial army, ignoring the connection between mountains and forests, and it is very likely to reach the boundary of Donglin County if you go far into the mountains to hunt." ”

Wen Junxin was full of regret, it was because he neglected such an important matter that caused the invited guest to disappear in the mountains.

"Young master, what now? Do you want to ask someone to contact Bai Jiajun? "A cronie is worthy of being a cronie, and immediately come up with a suggestion.

"First of all, inquire which Qianhu Lord is sitting in Donglin County."

"Yes, young master."

"It's been a few days since the incident, such a cold weather, I'm afraid that the missing people are more than lucky, let's do our best, we want to see people in life and see corpses in death, we really can't find the body, it is good to find the relics, and we can also have an explanation for the family."

"Yes, young master."

"There is also a man in the guide's house, who has lost his pillar, and the family is having a difficult life, and is ready to make a hundred taels for a pension."

"Yes, young master."

A cronie is a cronie, and whatever the letter says, he will respond without hesitation.

Because it was necessary to contact the Bai Jiajun, and there was little point in leaving people to search the mountain again, after sending a hundred taels of pension to the guide's family that night, Wen Junxin took people back to the county early the next morning.

When Bai Qing received the official document from the county government, he was still stunned for a moment, completely unaware that such a missing person case might have occurred under his rule.

Wen Junxin asked the Anping County Ya to contact the Donglin County Yajuzhong to contact the Donglin County Qianhu Office, and learned that the Qianhu sitting there was Bai Qing, the eldest son of General Bai, and immediately prepared a heavy gift and rushed to Donglin County in person, hoping to get an opportunity to meet Bai Qing.

Bai Qing was not in a hurry to meet with the young master of the squire family in other counties, he cautiously learned about the geographical situation of the two counties first, and felt that this disappearance case was not trivial, a group of foreigners entered the mountains and forests of Linxian without permission, and invaded the territory under the jurisdiction of the Bai family army, saying that it was hunting, who knows what the real situation is, and now he is missing and is eager to find someone and wants to ask the imperial army for help, how can it be so easy.

The Bai family army came here to defend the pirates, and it happened that they had not found any clues related to the pirates, so a group of foreigners disappeared at the border of the neighboring county.

Bai Qing felt that with this suspicion, it was worth talking to this Wen Junxin.

However, before that, in order to be cautious, Bai Qing sent his scouts who were good at tracking and looking for shadows to take the county boundary map, change into civilian clothes and dress up as civilians, and go into the mountains for a field trip.

The scouts spent several days entering the mountains from the two directions of Anping County and Donglin County, and walked back and forth several times, bringing back the same news as the Wen family.

The suspicious disappearance site was indeed in front of that dense thorn, but this thorn was completely within the county boundary to the east, and it was the mountain forest that had just been assigned to Qi Ke's name.

After hearing this, Bai Qing felt that his head was three big in an instant.

Who knew that the scout gasped when he spoke, and then gave a good news that was quite comforting, the traces of people and hounds were on the side of the thorns, and the side that belonged to Qi Ke was very clean, there were no traces of outsiders stepping on it, and there were no footprints of wolves.

Seeing that Qi Ke was not suspected of being involved, Bai Qing immediately felt that he had returned to normal, and ordered to pick a day to arrange an interview with Wen Junxin, the young master had waited in the county for so many days, it was time to meet and talk.

Wen Junxin received the news that Bai Qing asked him to meet at the military post in the county, but he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, so he arrived a quarter of an hour early.

This big mansion from the Shen family, the first three and the last five occupy three streets, Bai Qing changed the first three entrances into official offices, and the back five entrances are reserved for the sergeants and generals to rest.

Because this is a private matter for civilians to come to the door to ask for help, it is inconvenient to say in the lobby that Bai Qing and people met in the second hall, Qin Xue and the two generals accompanied him, and there were scribes in the adjacent room who were ready to record everything.

"I have admired the name of Bai Qian for a long time, and it is a great honor to see him today."

"Sit and drink tea." Bai Qing nodded politely, and did not accept Wen Junxin's politeness, this Young Master Wen only has a show of talent and fame, Bai Qing has six products and thousands of generals, and the official authority is sufficient.

"Thank you, sir."

Wen Junxin choked for a moment, and responded with kindness, as soon as his butt touched the chair, he heard Bai Qing's cough, and immediately sat upright.

"I already know your intentions, and I have learned about it in the past few days, and I found that the location of your friend's disappearance is quite excessive."

"Mr. Qian, I know that the location may be at the junction of two counties."

"Where the two counties meet? Wen Junxin, you are so bold, lying in front of this official? Bai Qing sneered unceremoniously.

Wen Junxin panicked for a moment, he couldn't stand the murderous aura that Bai Qing and the two generals had trained on the battlefield, and finally calmed down, "Lord Qian, I invited an experienced old hunter to go into the mountains to look for people, and the location they found said that it was the junction of the two counties. ”

"So, you mean you haven't personally walked through it, everything is said by others, and you're quite easy to be the master? Your subordinates are not doing well, you don't think you have any responsibility at all, do you? Bai Qing looked directly at Wen Junxin, carefully observing the subtle facial expressions on his face, with many years of experience in interrogating spies in the army, it was not so easy to lie in front of them.

Although Bai Qing also sent his subordinate scouts to check on the spot, he knew the ability of his subordinates to do things, and he didn't believe that Wen Junxin's subordinates could compare to his scouts.

Wen Junxin began to sweat in panic under such a forced gaze.

"Mr. Qian, I am angry, it is my fault that my subordinates are not doing well, please make it clear that you are confused."

"The thorny bush you spoke of, the scouts I sent found it, and found the footprints of your men on one side, and clean on the other."

"How so? Across a thorn, a group of people disappeared without a trace?! Wen Junxin was devastated.

"I don't know how they disappeared, and I don't care how they disappeared, I only care about one thing."

Bai Qing stared at Wen Junxin with blazing eyes, staring at him with cold sweat on his forehead.