After examining the body of the victim, Chen Chao and An Pingyuan found a wine shop.

Chen Chao ordered a pot of wine, filled it with An Pingyuan, ordered a few side dishes, and discussed the case while eating.

An Pingyuan ate a peanut, twisted his chopsticks and said, "Brother Chen, if you want to be a qualified bounty hunter, you must learn to think often. We bounty hunters are different from the yamen, they can't solve the case, at most they put on the hat of a poor case, but we bounty hunters are different, we live by the bounty, and the bounty is our life. If we can't get the criminals down as soon as possible, and if we don't have a bounty, we'll starve ourselves to death, not counting the loss of fame, of course. ”

Chen Chao nodded.

An Pingyuan drank another cup of himself, looked at Chen Chao, and asked, "Brother Chen, I have a question I want to test you, how do you say we should find this water bandit Langqing, or in other words, where should we start?" ”

Chen Chao smiled and said to An Pingyuan: "This question is actually not difficult. Brother An, what do you say the two of us are doing now? ”

An Pingyuan was a little puzzled, and said, "Aren't the two of us eating and drinking now?" ”

Chen Chao then asked: "Then why do we eat, Brother An, why do you always have to drink?" ”

An Pingyuan said as a matter of course: "When I'm hungry, I naturally have to eat, as for why I always have to drink, because I am good at drinking, I can't do without wine." ”

Chen Chao smiled slightly and said, "Then this answer has come out." Since we have to find a place to eat when we are hungry, Brother An, you have to find a place to drink when you are addicted to alcohol, it is not difficult to guess that the criminals should be enjoying themselves just like us. Besides, when we came out of the Yamen, the criminal had only been committing the crime for a short time, and he should not have escaped too far after getting the money, and the intelligence in the Yamen showed that this water bandit had always liked to choose a place near the water to live, so the waterfront, the place close to the place where the crime was committed, and the place where there was a fireworks and liquor shop must be where the criminal is currently located. ”

Syllable!

An Pingyuan slapped the chopsticks on the table, gave a big thumbs up, and praised: "High!" It's really high! Brother Chen really has the potential to be a bounty hunter by nature, and his analysis is very good, which really makes An admire. In this way, even if An no longer does this business one day, Brother Chen, you can inherit my mantle. ”

Chen Chao was a little surprised, and asked: "Brother An, you are known as the number one bounty hunter in the world, you have high skills, and you have been awarded a bounty hunter gold medal by the Queen Mother, what a glory, why did you have the idea of retiring so early?" ”

An Pingyuan shook his head, took a big sip of wine, and said, "Brother Chen, you don't understand, I'm not a bounty hunter for the bounty......"

Of course Chen Chao doesn't understand, it's hard to understand the reason why An Pingyuan used all the bounties he got to "scatter wealth" and was poor himself, although Chen Chao also "scattered wealth", but that was to gain prestige, and only with prestige could he open up the acupoints and improve the level of martial arts from the old man.

An Ping said faintly: "I became a bounty hunter to fulfill a wish...... Forget it, don't talk about it. ”

After speaking, An Pingyuan took out a pair of silk silks that he had treasured and unfolded them.

Chen Chao saw that the silk was actually a map, and the mountains, rivers, towns, villages, etc. were all drawn in all aspects, and the painting skills were simply ingenious.

Chen Chao couldn't help but praise: "Brother An, where did you buy the map, the workmanship is so exquisite. ”

An Pingyuan smiled, his smile was quite proud, and he held the map and said: "This is hand-drawn by me, I have been a bounty hunter for so many years, and I am used to drawing maps of the neighborhood whenever I go to a place, and my footprints are almost all over the country. I passed through here a few years ago on my way to hunt down the murderers, and this map was drawn in the early years. ”

Chen Chao exclaimed in his heart, the reason why An Pingyuan has such a high achievement is inseparable from his own ability, it is almost omnipotent, it seems that he said before that he was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it was not a joke at all.

An Ping glanced at Chen Chao from afar, and said calmly: "Brother Chen, don't be too surprised, in fact, drawing a map is not as difficult as you imagined, there are sketches in the yamen everywhere, and I just repair it on the basis of my predecessors." ”

Chen Chao nodded, but it was not easy to do it, just talking about the drawing of maps is not something that ordinary people can do.

"Brother Chen, come and see," An Pingyuan summoned Chen Chao to his side, pointed to a small town adjacent to the river on the map, and said: "This town is called Qinping Town, which is very consistent with your previous inference, the waterfront, not far from the place where the crime occurred, and there are many places in the town where there are liquor shops, gambling stalls, and fireworks. Without further ado, we will now go to Qinping Town to find the water bandit Langqing. ”

Chen Chao paid two oceans of wine and food, and An Pingyuan came to the post station to get the horse, and hurried to Qinping Town.

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On the way to Qinping Town, An Pingyuan taught Chen Chao basic tracking skills to his entourage, and found a line of shallow traces on the tidal flats outside the town, with some stagnant water on the surface.

An Pingyuan said to Chen Chao: "The woodcutter I met just now said that it rained last night, and there are few people on the tidal flats, this row of footprints must have been left by criminals, Brother Chen, your inference is correct, the criminals have entered Qinping Town." ”

Chen Chao nodded and suggested to An Pingyuan: "Now that it has been confirmed that the criminal is indeed here, it is better for us to enter the town to investigate separately first, and then combine the intelligence to find out the exact hiding place of the criminal." ”

"That's exactly how it should be."

An Pingyuan agreed, rode into Qinping Town, and immediately separated from Chen Chao, and went to wine shops, restaurants, inns, post stations, clothing stores and other places to inquire about the whereabouts of the water bandit Langqing.

After that, the two got together.

Chen Chao said: "I learned in the ready-to-wear store just now that a strange man wearing a mask bought a good costume, and he didn't ask for the clothes he changed, and handed it over to the shopkeeper to deal with. I made a big ocean and asked for all the clothes I had changed. Brother An, let's see if this dress is a criminal. ”

An Pingyuan took the bag of clothes from Chen Chao's hand, twisted it in his hand, it was wet, and then took it to his nose and sniffed it, in addition to the slight smell of sweat, there was also a smell of blood that did not dissipate.

An Pingyuan suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Chen, you are really lucky, this dress is indeed a criminal's." I have a very sensitive sense of smell, I have smelled the corpses of the victims in the Yamen, and the smell of blood on the clothes is the same as on the corpses, so this person who bought clothes in the garment store must be a criminal. We are bounty hunters, our own skills are important, but luck is equally important, as soon as you enter the town, you grabbed the tail of the criminal, very good. ”

Chen Chao said with a little regret: "It's a pity that the shopkeeper of the ready-to-wear store doesn't know where the person who bought the clothes went, and the clue is temporarily broken." ”

"The trail is not broken." An Pingyuan continued: "You have just said that the criminal bought a good set of clothes in a ready-to-wear store, where is he most likely to go if he buys a good clothes?" ”