Hu Yanjin shook the cloak, handed it back to Yi Chengjin, and thanked: "Thank you Lord Yi for your concern, Hu Yan made you smile." ”

Yi Chengjin took the cloak, put his cloak on the horse, and said: "I also look at Lord Huyan's cloak, it is so dirty that I can't use it, so I ...... it."

Hu Yanjin was so smart, he immediately noticed Yi Chengjin's suspicion of the cloak, and was about to say a few words about the past, when Yan Zhutou came over and said:

"Master Yi, we have searched the surrounding area, but we have not found Chen Kai, we suspect that he has already moved away. Zhejiang Qing Officials Division also replied, saying that when he went to find Chen Xuan, something happened to Chen Xuan's academy. ”

"Something's wrong?"

"Yes, a boy in the academy died, and Chen Xuan himself ran away. However, when the Yangzhou government government interrogated, it was found that the suspect was another child and has been taken into custody. Chen Xuan, who escaped, has also sent someone to chase after him. My lord, Bao Ying can't find anyone anyway, or let's go directly to Yangzhou? ”

Hua Qiao next to her heard that there was an accident in the academy in Yangzhou, her heart moved, and she asked nervously: "What academy is the accident?" ”

"I didn't ask, anyway, we'll know when we go......" Yan Du scratched the back of his head.

Yi Chengjin saw Hua Qiao's uneasiness, and only said: "Go and ask." ”

After Yan Dutou left depressedly, Yi Chengjin asked the remaining people: "When you searched all the way, did there appear a fork in the road?" ”

"There is only one fork in the road, one end leads to the tile field, which is a dead end, and the other leads to Yangzhou. We reckon that he has ......"

"Go to the tile field!" Yi Chengjin made a quick decision.

At that intersection, Huyanjin and Hua Buckwheat once walked. Hu Yanjin also remembered a place, when he went to the tile field to buy tiles that day, the master bricklayer of the tile field went to a cave next to him and took the tiles for him.

The bricklayer said, "This cave was left over from the limestone when limestone was burned, and now it is used to store some fired bricks and tiles." ”

Hu Yanjin helped Hua Qiao lift her back basket and led the horse for her, saying: "Yes, you have to search the dead end." We're going to find someone, Hua Qiao, you go home first......"

"I'll go too." Hua Qiao took the back of the basket and got on the horse with a kick. Besides, she still has to wait to hear the name of the academy that Yan Dutou asked back.

When the group arrived at the tile field, the owner of the tile field thought that he had come to the customer, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Is the guest here to buy tiles or bricks?" ”

"Buy nothing. We're here to investigate! Who is the owner here? ”

"The small one is, and the small one is the owner."

"Last night, someone saw a fugitive running into your tile yard, and we were going to go in and search."

Just search it, don't hit it with a stick.

A few of them went to search the field, and it was clear at a glance that there was no place to hide people, except in a whirring brick kiln......

Li Dutou looked at Master Yi and spread his hands. Hu Yanjin said: "There is another place. With that, he walked to the limestone cave. Hua Qiao and Yi Chengjin looked at it and followed suit.

In addition to the destruction of the original vegetation by mining stones, a three-person lime kiln was built on the side of the mountain, which was abandoned like the lime pond next to it. The cave where the bricks and tiles were stored suddenly came into view.

When they came to the outside of the cave, several heads just wanted to go inside, but they were stopped by Yi Chengjin: "Wait! ”

Yi Chengjin pointed to the ground at the entrance of the cave and said, "Look at the footprints." ”

In this limestone cave, the bricks and tiles are usually moved in and out, and a thick layer of ash accumulates on the ground, and footprints in and out are naturally stepped on it. However, there are two rows of footprints that stand out because their shape is more contoured than ordinary shoe prints, more like feet.

"It's Chen Kai! He didn't have shoes! Li Dutou suddenly patted his head excitedly, pulled out his saber, and strode towards the cave. The other heads followed.

It's a pity that all the bricks and tiles inside have been turned over, but no one is seen. One of them pointed to the footprints on the ground and said, "We're late, Chen Kai has already left." ”

Indeed, the footprints of the sock-wearing had two lines, one in and one out, and in the mess of footprints, these two neat footprints were particularly obvious. It seems that Chen Kai has entered the cave, and may not be able to find a suitable place to hide, so he went out again.

Li Dutou said anxiously: "Wachang is the end of this road, if people are not here, we should hurry up to the direction of Yangzhou, maybe we can catch up." ”

Hua Qiao didn't speak, but kept staring at the footprints on the ground, everyone walked out of the cave, but she didn't have the slightest intention of leaving. Hu Yanjin, who had already walked to the entrance of the cave, looked back and saw that the big girl not only did not follow, but squatted down, facing two footprints, one positive and one backward, and gently measured their depth with her fingers.

Hu Yanjin immediately came back, also squatted beside her, and asked softly, "What?" Something is wrong with the footprints? ”

"Look, what's the difference between the two footprints in and out?"

Yi Chengjin, who also came over, bent down to take a closer look, and replied, "It's no different, it should be the same person." ”

"Don't you think this footprint is a little strange?" Hua Qiao looked up at Yi Chengjin, but Yi Chengjin knew that Hua Qiao was not looking at him, she was looking up at him and took the opportunity to glance at the top of the cliff!

Hu Yanjin noticed just now that Hua Qiao was measuring the depth of his footprints, because Chen Kai was not wearing shoes, and his footprints were deeper than those footprints wearing shoes. Having a problem with shades?

He just wanted to ask, but he saw a cold light passing by, flying towards the buckwheat on the opposite side, Yi Chengjin next to the buckwheat had already moved, pulling the buckwheat away with one hand, and blocking the flying dagger with the scabbard with the other hand.

Hu Yanjin turned around and flew out one by one, in the direction where the dagger flew just now, only to hear a muffled sound, and the stone hit something.

The limestone cave wall is different from the general cave, its cave wall is blue-gray, in the corner of the cave wall, there is a line of iron pestle that enters the rock wall, which is left by the quarrying wooden frame, now the wooden frame has been dismantled, and the iron pestle left on the wall is not inconspicuous. The man standing on the top iron pestle was even more inconspicuous in the shadow of the cave.

Because he did not wear a coat, only a blue-gray middle coat.

If I can't see you at this time, I'm blind! Hu Yanjin's second stone followed. Chen Kai couldn't dodge, he was hit on the forehead by a stone, and he suddenly fainted, fell off the stone wall, and smashed on the pile of tiles piled below. For a while, there was a lot of uproar, and the tiles were smashed.

Without Yi Chengjin's order, several of them had already stepped on the pile of tiles and put out Chen Kai, who was squirming in pain in the pile.

Yi Chengjin let go of the hand holding the buckwheat and said with a smile: "I guessed, did you find that the footprints were stepped on by people walking backwards?" ”

Hua Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Yes, after he walked into the cave, he walked out backwards, and then walked back to the cave backwards, using that in the process, erasing the first line of footprints." Everyone followed the buckwheat's fingers and looked at the pile of bricks, where there was a piece of linen cloth, which was used by the master craftsman to carry the bamboo basket on his shoulder.

"When you walk forward, the forefoot has a lot of strength, and when you walk backwards, your heel has a lot of strength, so the depth of the footprints is not right before and after. He was clever enough to set up a trick for us to think he was gone. Hu Yanjin sneered.

Hua Qiao smiled and nodded, and said to Yi Chengjin, "Master Yi, thank you for saving me just now." ”

Yi Chengjin was about to say that he was just a gesture, but before he could speak, he only heard someone shouting at him outside.

"Lord Yi! Easy adults! Yan Dutou waved at them from a distance, ran to him, and said breathlessly: "I have asked the Yangzhou Mansion that the academy where Tong Sheng died is called Wutong Academy." ”

Indus Academy? That's not the academy where Xu Zhijin went to prepare for the exam? Hua Qiao and Hu Yanjin glanced at each other. Hu Yanjin asked, "What is the name of the child who was killed?" ”

"The murdered child's name is Luo Wenting, a native of Hai'an, and he is a candidate who is preparing for the next autumn this year."

Oh, it's not like Third Brother Xu. Hua Qiao just breathed a sigh of relief, only to see Yan Dutou gasp and continue:

"The suspect who was detained is from Baoying County, and his name is Xu Zhijin."