Chapter 379: Searching (1)
The little beggar said that Xiao An wanted to go with Wang Xiaoli's master and servant, he followed to the nearby big stone alley, and saw that there was nothing abnormal and was ready to go back to the errand, when he was about to turn around, he suddenly saw a few people jumping down from a carriage, and in the blink of an eye, Xiao An and his party were all taken into the car, he turned his head and was about to run, who knew that he turned his head and met a person, and he was covered unconscious without even seeing his face.
Lord Shen invited a doctor to check on him, and found that he had indeed been drugged, presumably Xiao An and others also fell for this trick.
From this point of view, the thieves were divided into two groups, one on the carriage and the other following several people all the time.
If it is simply a kidnapper, then it is unreasonable to take the old king's head away, and although the little beggar is dirty, he is also a child, so there is no need to take him away and throw people away.
But if it is a man in black, then why would he leave the little beggar alone, Wang Xiaoli has nothing to do with Xiao An.
Everyone couldn't figure out each other's intentions for the time being, and Lord Shen led two teams of people to follow the little beggar to the dilapidated house by the south city wall to check, but they didn't find anything unusual. Since the windy days in autumn, it has been sunny weather, the road surface is dry, and although there are few people walking on the side of the broken house, there are no wheel marks.
"Probably out of town."
Lord Shen's face was calm, and he had to announce this not very good news to Jiang Han.
"Where did you see that?" Jiang Han was a little unconvinced, "Haven't you stepped up inspections recently?" Six people who were unconscious, until we found out that something happened was a matter of an hour, how did they take people out? β
"Although I don't know how to bring people out of town, people are not around here, and no one has seen a carriage coming, obviously, the other party threw people here on purpose." Zhao Qingfeng, who was in charge of the search, said.
Jiang Han's brows were twisted together, and he muttered, "Deliberately throwing people here...... Why? β
At this moment, Chu Wu ran over happily.
"Master, the little one just found out about the situation."
He usually rarely participates in the actions of the Inspection Division, Lord Shen does not let him participate, he knows that it is useless to fight for it and he has long been dead, but today it was Jiang Han's cousin who was lost, and in view of the fact that he had participated in the search for the disappearance of the son of the Xu family before, and heard that there were clues here, he followed him in vain, so he wanted to do his part to leave a good impression on Jiang Han.
Jiang Han's face perked, and he stepped forward and asked, "Has anyone seen the carriage?" β
Chu Wu smiled and shook his head: "No." Seeing that the light of expectation on Jiang Han's face dimmed with his words, he hurriedly added, "However, someone saw a sneaky person appear nearby. β
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According to eyewitnesses, there was indeed a stout figure in the neighborhood in the evening, because the person was looking around and looking around, and there was a new face, so the witness paid attention.
Lu Tong was not there, Lord Shen's calligraphy and painting were not good, and the calligraphy and painting in the inspection department could not be seen at all, and in the end, Fu Siyu painted a picture, and the witness nodded in confirmation.
But the problem is that after the drawing is made, no one in the inspection department knows it, and it will not receive feedback for a while and a half.
Witnesses said that the man was going along the root of the city wall to the south gate, Jiang Han could no longer deny the possibility that the thief had left the town, and his mood became heavier than the strange stones in the back mountain.
Out of the town, there are five large and small mountains within a radius of 20 miles, and there are more than a dozen villages, and they don't even know a direction, how to find it?
You can't send all the archers of the Inspection Division, right?
The bandits in the mountains are eyeing each other, so don't the town have to worry about it? And they didn't dare to be 100% sure that the people must be outside the town, what if those thieves didn't leave at all, but the purpose of the suspicious array was to lure the archers out of the town?
After hesitation, Zhao Qingfeng suggested: "My lord, my subordinates feel that they can ask the county government for help in this matter." If you go out of the town to search, Kuaiban has handled disappearance cases, and you should be more experienced than us. He glanced at Jiang Han, who had a sad face, "This matter is the responsibility of the fast shift, and Liu Dakang is in the fast shift, Zhao Zhutou will not shirk." β
Lord Shen also glanced at Jiang Han, only to see that she was frowning and stunned, obviously immersed in her own thoughts, and had not yet reacted to their discussion.
He sighed secretly, took out the token and handed it to Zhao Qingfeng: "Send someone immediately, this token can be called to open the city gate." In addition, call Li Weizong, lead the two teams, and let's get out of town first. β
Li Weizong was an agent that Lord Shen had asked Xiaozhu to help cultivate, and now he and his brother Li Weiqing are leading the exploration team trained by the Inspection Department itself. Going out of town to investigate, the scope is wider and more clueless, it will be helpful to take him with you.
Zhao Qingfeng received the order to arrange it, and Jiang Han said sullenly: "How can you check such a large range?" β
Lord Shen comforted: "Select one side to check first, wait for the quick class to come, and then divide it, there are many people, it won't be too difficult." Brother Lee, you learned pretty well. β
Jiang Han didn't know who the Li brothers were, and she didn't know what Lord Shen meant when she said that she had learned well, but she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and an idea.
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When Xiao An and the others came out of the dilapidated house, they found that they were in a deserted farmhouse courtyard, and in the moonlight they could see the nearby mountains and the village houses in the distance. There were seven or eight mud-tiled houses in the front and back of the courtyard, and the original owner seemed to have a small asset, but for some reason it was abandoned.
The thieves who kidnapped them should be in the main house in front of them at this time, Xiao An looked around, picked the direction of the mountain, led Wang Xiaoli and Ah Hou, and quickly hid towards the tattered wall.
Several people crawled out of a hole, Wang Xiaoli was a little scared, and whispered: "There are wolves in the mountains, let's go to the village." β
Xiao An said: "When they find out, they will definitely think that we have gone to the village, we can't outrun them, and we will definitely be caught up." Let's go to the side of the mountain to hide for a while, and then go to the village for help when they are gone. β
This strategy sounds very reasonable, and as a child who is only about 10 years old, it is very impressive.
Wang Xiaoli tightened Xiao An's sleeve and plucked up the courage to run to the foot of the mountain.
Unfortunately, if no matter how beautiful the strategy is, it often needs a little luck to help it, and if the luck is too bad, running away will become a self-defeating trap, just like they do now.
The three of them were about to turn the corner, when they saw a dark shadow on the road ahead, and he really couldn't figure out how anyone could come from the mountain at this time, and he didn't have time to think about it, because there was a noisy shouting in the courtyardβthe escape was exposed.
In a dilemma, Xiao An dragged Wang Xiaoli back to the wall, the sound of his heartbeat made his brain dull for a moment, but he soon calmed down.
Although there is no withered grass around, it is obviously impossible to hide the three of them, he looked at the ignorant and stout Wang Xiaoli and the thin and honest Ah Hou, made up his mind after a while, and quickly explained a few words to Ah Hou, and then pulled Wang Xiaoli back into the yard.