Chapter 278: Parchment Diagram Reappears
When the young man saw that I was staring at him, he pressed down his hat to cover his eyes, and he did not eat a single piece of noodles from the bowl, and then he got up and left, and there were several soldiers waiting for him with horses outside.
"Woman!" Liu Ling said.
"Miss Liu, you really have good eyesight, I don't even see it."
Maybe my tone was too frivolous, and I leaned towards her, Liu Ling glanced at me and stopped talking. I beckoned the shopkeeper over and asked, "Do you have any inns in town?" ”
"No, but I think that young man should be an official, and there is a garrison near here." The shopkeeper said. The people who do business just have good eyes, and I didn't ask, but he said it, probably because he saw me staring at the back of them leaving.
"Is there a woman in this garrison?" I asked.
"It can't be, unless it's the chief's wife." The shopkeeper laughed.
"Oh yes, thank you! Do you have soft tofu here? ”
"Guest officer, this girl asked just now, the tofu has just been delivered, but there are only five pieces, and the person who makes the tofu today has an accident, so ......"
"Take two first, and keep the other three." After I finished speaking, I put the three oceans in his hand, and he smiled embarrassedly and went to do it.
Liu Lingming deliberately slowed down the speed of eating noodles, waiting for the tofu, and pretending that nothing had happened, I looked at her and smiled, quite proud, Xiao Ling'er, see if you can escape from the palm of my hand.
At this time, the pony came out of nowhere, rushed into the store, panicked, almost didn't see us, rushed upstairs, I coughed, he stopped, panting and walked to me, sweating profusely, I brought a bowl of tea to him.
"Thank you, Boss!" He said, hurriedly picked it up and drank it, it was almost hot, this kid is neat, but frizzy.
"Haven't had breakfast yet?" I asked.
"No, something happened." He said.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"There was a tofu maker in the town who was killed, the skin on his back was peeled off and a parchment was sewn on, and now the family is crying and crying and taking the body to a nearby garrison to ask the chief to find out who is responsible." Pony said.
"Delivered to the garrison?" I exclaimed.
"Yes!"
At this time, the boss sent the tofu over, and the pony was about to go out again, but I stopped him, "Eat a bowl of noodles first, don't worry about other things." ”
The pony was in a hurry, and when he saw that I was resolute, he sat down again. The boss put a bowl of noodles in front of me, I pushed it to Xiaoma and asked him to eat it first, he was a little flattered, probably thinking that I was Yang Guangyuan's newly appointed cronies, otherwise how could I be the boss at a young age, and I was beaten by a woman Liu Ling last night.
He hurriedly said, "Boss, you eat first." ”
"It's okay, you can eat!" I say.
I followed the shopkeeper to the side, handed a cigarette, and asked, "Boss, I just heard from my friend that the boss who made tofu was killed?" ”
"Yes, I'm afraid of early in the morning, and some guest officials are taboo, so I didn't say it!"
"Shouldn't that be sent to the police station?"
"There are only two forty or fifty-year-old men at the police station in the town, and they don't even have a gun, usually the military master has the final say about what happens here, and the battalion commander Zhao of the garrison point is out of this town, so he takes care of us." The shopkeeper said.
I rewarded him with another ocean, asked where the garrison was, and while I was eating, I asked Pony about the identity of the young man, but Pony didn't know.
"Boss, you should be a friend of Young Marshal Yang, I think you are extraordinary." Pony said.
"Reluctantly...... Sort of! I puffed.
"After that, I hope that the old man will help me more, so that I can earn more money and marry a daughter-in-law." Pony laughed.
"No problem. How many of you are here this time? I asked.
"Company Commander Kong won't let me say." Pony said.
"Kong Jian is a fart!" I scolded.
The pony was stunned for a moment, this kid is not very old, but he is very clever, his eyes are slippery and rolled a few times, I even dare to scold Yang Dashuai's guard company commander, which shows that I still have a lot of status.
"Four spies, and a gunslinger." He said.
"Are they all reliable?" I asked.
"Reliable, the gunman is from the guard company, and our four spies are all descendants of Yang Dashuai's family who raise horses, and they have been taken in since childhood, and they are also very loyal to the young marshal." Pony said, frankly.
"Ponies!" I patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "In front of me in the future, don't say that you are a subordinate, everyone is equal in my eyes." ”
Xiaoma may not know whether what I said is true or false, after all, Yang Guangyuan is so hypocritical, who dares to tell the truth! He could only nod his head, and he didn't dare to say anything, probably worried that he would say the wrong thing, so I complained to Yang Guangyuan.
Zhang Peng came down at this time, I asked him to eat quickly, and then went to the garrison to see the excitement.
I smoked a cigarette and walked over to where the young man was sitting, rubbed my face, and thought about it, but I couldn't remember who it looked like.
When Xiong Qiling and Bai Zongyao came down, we were already ready to go, I asked them to stay here, waiting for the news of Zhang Mazi reported by other spies, and stared at the inn, Zhang Mazi's appearance was still very peculiar, and after casually describing it, they understood. The old witch doesn't need to be described, as soon as she enters the door, these two fellows will notice that they are both people who have learned the Tao.
The pony was familiar with the road conditions here, and soon led us out of Taiping Town from the other side, and could see a large low stone house in the distance, the area was not small, and there were many small windows on the house.
There were dozens of people crying and crying at the door, the big iron gate was closed, no one came out, and a few words were written on it: Taiping Town Cavalry Battalion.
"Pony, how many people are in a battalion?" I asked.
"Five or six hundred!" He said.
"That's a lot of people!" I muttered, "Damn, if you park the body inside, you're going to be in trouble."
We didn't dare to approach, after all, we were outsiders, and we were recognized at a glance, so we couldn't be regarded as murderers. I asked them to wait here, especially Xiao Ling'er, who was still carrying a knife, but there was an army inside, and she was the first to arrest her.
Zhang Peng and I seemed to be more kind, got off the horse and trotted over, following the crowd, and when they screamed, we also pretended to rub our eyes to confuse the public. When the old man next to us looked at us for the first time, he didn't recognize it, and after a few more glances, he asked, "Who are you?" ”
"Bian Tea Caravan, old man, what's wrong, it's really miserable." Zhang Peng said sadly.
"yes, I don't know what bad thing made my nephew like this." After the old man finished speaking, he got into the crowd, knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted inside: "My battalion commander Zhao, you have to be the master of our old Zhao family!" ”
At this time, the big iron gate of the barracks opened, and a middle-aged man in a military uniform walked out, and he didn't bother to help the old man, and said, "Uncle Zhao, get up first." ”
Then he lifted the sheet covering the deceased with some impatience, and I hurriedly got into the crowd, and when I looked closely, there was a parchment sewn on the back, and the sheepskin area was a little larger, and part of it was still covered with blood, which was a little disgusting.
I haven't seen that parchment map, but Ou Caiqing told me that the parchment map has a plan of the Crocodile Spirit Lake, and there is a place marked with a red dot in the middle, which is the location of the ancient tomb of Kwaru, and the others seem to be gone, which is exactly the same as the picture in front of me.
How do you start the stone cavalry with this?
"The corpse will be left here first, and I will find a county magistrate to examine the corpse." Battalion Commander Zhao said.
"Battalion Commander Zhao, what if those gangsters escape?" The old man cried.
"Come on, the entrance and exit of Taiping Town have been sealed, and within seven days, only allowed to enter, not to leave, and they dare to make trouble in my territory."
After Battalion Commander Zhao finished speaking, he went in, and the corpse was also carried in, who cares if the villagers are still kneeling here, he just doesn't allow the official authority to be offended, and he doesn't really treat these kneeling townspeople as relatives.
When I came out of the crowd, Zhang Peng was staring at the window on the third floor, and I looked at it, but there was nothing.
"What are you looking at?"
"A woman." Zhang Peng said.
"Women?" I watched it again, and there was no one.
"It should be the one you saw this morning, and the reason why you didn't remember it is because her facial features are a bit like Nasha's when she was younger." Zhang Peng said, his eyes still staring upstairs.