Late at night is not suitable for traveling, especially when you are trapped in the mountains and forests, and you don't know when something strange will suddenly appear. However, Baili Song and the others hated to go out of the cave immediately to find the yamen to move the rescuers.

"Fourth master, why don't we go back and save the eldest brother, those grandsons are unkind and unjust, maybe they will harm the eldest brother!"

"That's it, the eldest brother broke into the tiger's den in Longtan alone, how can we not care?"

The cave was dark, in order to avoid being found by the bandits, Baili Song asked them to cover the entrance of the cave, extinguish the torches, and sleep quietly, but at this moment, no one had the heart to sleep.

Seeing that several people were about to rush out to rescue Xie Yikou, Baili Song finally couldn't help but have a headache, and whispered: "Enough, this time we underestimated the enemy and fell for the trick." But why don't you want to think about what the eldest brother did for us, do you just want us to go back and die first? ”

Several people were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks, "What should I do then?" If they don't work well with Big Brother......"

"Probably not." Baili Song found that he had no confidence in what he said, so he continued, "If you just want to harm the eldest brother, or take the eldest brother's life, those people don't have to go to great lengths to lure us into the bait." And that He Qiuping is very courteous to the eldest brother, and he should have asked for the eldest brother. The eldest brother reminded me to go down the mountain the same way, which we had agreed upon, meaning that we should hide as soon as possible so that we would not be discovered. I think the eldest brother must have found something, so he had to risk his life. ”

When a few people heard this, they immediately sighed, they wanted the protection of the eldest brother when they were mountain bandits, and the protection of the eldest brother when they were ordinary people, and it was a joke to say it.

In the dark, Bai Lisong pinched his blind and injured leg, and pretended to be relaxed: "Cheer up, our eldest brother has never seen any strong winds and waves, just a bunch of mountain bandits, maybe they just admire the demeanor of the eldest brother and want to invite the eldest brother to be the leader." ”

In a simple wooden house in the distance, the tea cup in Xie Yikou's hand that had just received was shaken off because of the words of the person in front of him, and it was broken no longer, he grabbed the collar of the person in front of him violently, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, "You make it clear, what do you mean by letting me be your leader?" ”

"My lord, there is a cypress tree in front of you, and you can reach the ravine that Lao Wang said when you cross the pass." Wang Orion was injured and frightened, is raising at home, today the leader is also a hunter, surnamed Hu, in the past, the mountain bandits of the Eagle Village have not been in the mountains outside Qingfeng County when he is often in the slack time and Wang Orion into the mountains to hunt, although the harvest is all by luck, but it can subsidize the family.

On this day, Wen Zhesang went out early in the morning with a few catches, and when he arrived at the cypress tree, the sun was already high in the sky, and the "autumn tiger" was extremely fierce, but it was cool in the mountains, which could make people breathe a sigh of relief.

Turning over the cypress tree, Wen Zhesang looked down, and sure enough, he saw a dry ravine about a zhang wide, which was full of leaves and weeds, setting off the scenery of the cypress tree more desolate.

Hu Lihu took the people to find a place, wiped the beads of sweat on his head, and hid aside to rest. A few catchers quickly stepped forward to check, there were a few places of blood on the dead leaves, and looking up along the bloodstains, the weeds were pressed to the ground, and it seemed that someone should have rolled down from above.

After walking a few steps further into the ravine, suddenly, a catcher shouted, "My lord, I found it!" ”

It turned out that that night, Wang Orion was chased by the old wolf and lost his way, and in a daze, he stepped on the air, rolled down from the pass, and landed right in the ravine, and came face to face with the corpse.

Several people searched the surrounding area again, but found no other bodies. Wen Zhesang asked them to bring the body back to the yamen, and then let the people in the county recognize it.

There was a death in the county, and the first thing that everyone thought of was the mountain bandits, but the Eagle Village was gone, and the people in Xia Qingshan also surrendered to the imperial court, and even An An lived with everyone for more than half a year. Don't say anything else, let's talk about the autumn harvest a while ago, don't those people in the good hall just go around helping people?

The third floor of the yamen was surrounded by many people, and the weather was still very strong recently, so the body of the deceased was placed in a shady room, and the body was examined, and the conclusion was that the skull was broken and died after being hit on the head by a heavy object. And before the body began to decompose, the old man examined it again and deduced that the person had been dead for less than three days.

The old man packed up his things and said, "Fortunately, there is no injury on my face, and I can still recognize it." The old man felt that this person was familiar, but he was old and couldn't remember people clearly. ”

Wen Zhesang thanked him and ordered the people to come and identify the corpses one by one.

There are many people watching the excitement, but there are few who are bold. Especially for such an obscure thing as identifying the body, everyone hesitated and shirked each other, but fortunately, someone stood up soon after.

"So many old men, what are you afraid of? The courage is not as big as that of a woman. The dog girl squeezed away to watch the lively crowd, and when she walked into the house, she was cold and felt a chill. She endured the discomfort and stepped forward to take a closer look, and suddenly, she exclaimed, "Isn't this Master Miao?" ”

Wen Zhesang's eyes moved slightly, and he asked the dog to wait aside, and then called a few people to come in and confess, and the answers they got were the same.

The person who had the accident was named Miao Wanyin, who was over half a hundred years old and was a businessman. used to be quite a family property in the county, but two years ago, he saw through what Wang De did and moved out with his family, and this time he died outside Qingfeng County for some reason.

"Master Miao is a good person, but good people don't live long, alas, ......" Several people who recognized the corpse sighed with lamentation.

"Cypress Tree...... Wasn't it occupied by the people of Eagle Village before? We haven't been to that place for several years, Master Miao left two years ago, maybe I don't know what happened after that, and I came back this time to go to Baishuya. It is impossible for the people in the county to go to Baishuya, this, could this be done by mountain bandits? A middle-aged man stumbled.

"Isn't there no evidence that the mountain bandits did it?" The dog girl frowned and retorted in a low voice. Everyone in the county knows that there are a few mountain bandits living in Shantang, isn't he suspicious of those people?

"There will definitely be proof!" The man shouted, "It's not a good thing to be a bandit, I have long known that I can't let those bandits in, now it's okay, their true colors are revealed, everyone has to finish!" ”

There are still many suspicious people like men, Qingfeng County has been slaughtered by mountain bandits after all, and mountain bandits are their nightmare. Now, when one person points the finger at the mountain bandits, the rest of the people, whether they believe it or not, will always have doubts in their hearts, and even acquiesce that it is the mountain bandits who do evil things.

Wen Zhisang knew that some things could not be done overnight, and she could also understand the thoughts of the people, and after promising to find out about the matter, the people finally dispersed.

Knowing the identity of the deceased, Wen Zhesang immediately asked Wen Zhi to contact Master Miao's family.

"All his belongings are gone." Song Hanshu said, "As soon as Wang Orion found the body, he ran back to the Yamen to report to the official, and when the adults found the body today, there was no trace of the body being turned, which shows that the murderer took away his belongings immediately after the killing." Killing people for money - most of the people in Xia Qingshan now live in the county, although they don't have fields, they help Shantang farm and farm, and they have a bite to eat. I checked and found that in the past six months, a lot of game has been sold in the market, and the price is not bad. ”

Wen Zhesang frowned: "In other words, the people of Xia Qingshan have no reason to kill people and sell goods?" ”

Song Hanshu sighed slightly, shook his head and said: "It's not entirely like this, how can the students in the county have the majesty when they were mountain bandits?" Or maybe it was because he wanted to make money, and he happened to meet Master Miao who returned to the county. There may even be a vendetta, creating the illusion of murder and overselling in order to avoid suspicion. ”

Wen Zhesang was a little worried, this was a major matter of human life, she naturally wanted to find out, but this matter may involve mountain bandits, the people who suddenly appeared outside Qingfeng County. But the people don't know yet, so they will think that the mountain bandits are those people in Xia Qingshan, but they are afraid that there will be trouble.

"Not to mention anything else, I think the people have a problem with Xia Qingshan's life. That's it, during this time, I can only wronged them to stay in the good hall first. Wen Zhesang said and asked Jiang Weixi to go to Shantang for a run, which was nothing more than to let the brothers of Bailisong stay in peace and not go out. This can alleviate the contradictions between the two sides to some extent.

"Baili Song!"

Jiang Weixi's eager voice suddenly came, Wen Zhesang and Song Hanshu glanced at each other, and went out to check the situation together.

"How did you get this way? What about the others? What about Brother Xie? Baili Song was helped in by two officials, and Jiang Weixi ran to the door of the yamen and looked around for a while without seeing anyone else.

"Kasumi Castle Mountain...... Something happened, and we were all calculated......? "Baili Song's appearance at this time is not miserable, he has always liked to pretend to be elegant, and even when he goes to the northern suburbs for the autumn harvest, he has to pretend to dress himself up as a Confucian student. But at this time, a large mass of blood soaked his black clothes, and his face was pale, like gold paper.

As soon as Wen Zhesang saw him like this, he hurriedly asked people to ask for a doctor, "Help him in first." ”

Baili Song seemed to explain what was going on, grabbed Jiang Weixi's hand suddenly, and shouted in a low voice: "Go, as soon as possible...... Leave ...... quickly" As soon as he finished saying a sentence without a beginning or an end, Baili Song couldn't hold on and fainted.

"You make it clear, what to go, you say it clearly!" Jiang Weixi was crazy.

In the middle of the night, Bailisong woke up violently.

"Alas...... You're awake. Jiang Weixi stared at him with sleepy eyes for a while, and groped to light the lamp. What the hell is going on? ”

Baili Song frowned and thought for a long time, and the first sentence he said was: "Pour me a glass of water, there are too many things, and I can't finish it for a while." ”

The second monk Jiang Weixi was confused, and after pouring water for him, he moved a stool and sat on the edge of the bed waiting for him to speak.

"Brethren on the mountain of Kasumi...... They're all dead......"