Chapter 17: A Late Clue
On Jingwolf Road, the coachman was still crying loudly. The cry of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info is so miserable that it smells sad, and those who see it shed tears.
"Who are you, and why are you crying here?"
The coachman was obviously stunned, only to find that a person suddenly appeared next to him, tall and burly, with blonde hair and a shawl, but his ears were slightly slender, as if he was a legendary spirit. He screamed and crawled to the ground trying to escape, but was restrained by a huge force and pressed to the ground.
"Tell me, who are you, why are you crying here? Monton asked again.
The coachman cringed and said, "I'm the coachman from the Inspector's Mansion........"
In this stumbling description of the coachman, Monton finally understood what was going on. He didn't believe in the so-called ghosts, but he was certain that the carriage of the Inspectorate must be in trouble. Could it be that the carriage of the Inspector's Mansion really hides some secrets?
Monton said coldly to the coachman: "I am from the Governor's Palace, you stay here, and I will have something to ask you when I come back later." ”
When the coachman heard that the other party was from the Governor's Palace, his teary eyes couldn't help but light up, and he pleaded: "My lord, please take me with me, I'm so afraid, there are a lot of ghosts here, I'm really afraid-"
Monton shook his head, he must catch up as soon as possible, how can he bring another person, he said in a slightly softened tone: "Don't worry, this place is close to the wolf city, there will be no danger, not to mention that the ghost talk is nonsense." ”
Unwilling to talk nonsense with the coachman, Monton turned to leave, when suddenly he paused again and walked back to the coachman.
The coachman thought that the other party had changed his mind, and his eyes flickered. He struggled to get up, but he couldn't stand steadily, and fell again: "Please, my lord, take me away—"
"Until the matter is clear, everyone is suspicious, you better not leave!" Monton pointed to the side of the coachman's neck, and the driver immediately fainted. Monton put the fainted coachman in the bushes, and without looking back, immediately flew on his horse and chased after him.
A moment after Monton left, the bushes beside the road made a strange noise, and the coachman, who should have fainted, stood up from the bushes, and he looked in the direction of Monton's departure, and showed a strange smile. I saw him check a black iron plate in his hand, and said to himself: "It's really dangerous! How could General Monton of the Governor's Mansion appear here? Could it be that those two fools told the Governor what happened in the alley?" he shook his head, it should be impossible!
He looked at the sign in his hand again, and saw a few words engraved on it: Commander of the Governor's Palace, General Zhongwu, Mengton.
The coachman looked at the identity badge he had stolen from Monton, and suddenly showed a strange smile, and he jumped into the depths of the bushes again, carrying a man on his shoulder.
The person on his shoulder was still unconscious, and the coachman casually lay him on the ground like a dead dog, but it looked like Liu Chengcheng, who the old housekeeper was eager to find.
The coachman looked at the unconscious Liu Chengcheng coldly and smiled coldly. He wiped his face and removed a human skin mask. The coachman who took off the mask immediately changed his appearance, only to see that his face was not childish, fair and smooth, he was a handsome young man, especially a pair of eyes full of agility, like a morning star, this young man was Ah Heng.
Ah Heng carefully put on the mask he took off for Liu Chengcheng, and he took out another mask and put it on his face. Then he carried Liu Chengcheng on his shoulders like a broken sack and quickly walked away.
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It didn't take long for Monton to catch up with the carriage of the Inspectorate, not to be precise, but to meet.
"Lord Mengton, Li Ziyong, the lieutenant of the garrison of Wadan, Xiaguan, has seen my lord", Captain Li of the garrison of Wadan, who came with him, also stepped forward to salute Mengton, he was still a little excited, Lord Mengton is known as the hand of the governor, is the most trusted person of Governor Guo, and is a legendary figure in northern Xinjiang, with countless meritorious achievements in his life.
Among them, the most famous is the Battle of Yinshan ten years ago. Back then, the emperor listened to slander and had a whim, wanting to take advantage of the civil strife of the undead to follow the ancestors' Northern Expedition and build an immortal achievement. As a result, he was besieged by the orcs and the undead alliance at the foot of Yin Mountain. The whole continent was shocked, and the princes from all over the country went out one after another. Governor Guo also led the elite of Northern Xinjiang to the rescue.
That war was when Lord Monton shined, he was like a demon god possessed, killed the alien alliance through the body, and made a miraculous contribution to save the emperor. After the war, the emperor personally conferred the title of viscount, added the rank of general Zhongwu, and wanted to recruit him into Yulinwei, when General Mengton was not yet thirty years old, before the age of standing, such a young Yulin general, can be described as a bright future. But Monton actually refused the emperor's kindness, even if the governor personally persuaded him, he would not listen. For ten years, he has always stayed by the governor's side, following him like a shadow, and he is deeply admired by the soldiers of northern Xinjiang.
Captain Li Ziyong told Meng Dun about Liu Chengcheng's disappearance, and Meng Dun frowned when he heard this, and glanced at the old housekeeper, who happened to be staring at him as well.
The old housekeeper thought to himself: Could it be that the young master's murder has been known to Guo Zizhong, so he sent the captain of the personal guard, Meng Dun, to take people personally, but it is not like it! If he really caught up with the young master to arrest him, it should not be Meng Dun alone. If it wasn't for the pursuit, why would he hurry out of the city to meet him at night? Could the young master's disappearance have something to do with him?
Monton saw the old butler's eyes flickering, and knew that there must be something hidden in this matter, but the other party refused to say it clearly, and it was difficult for him to ask. After all, it was indeed a bit out of place for me to suddenly appear here. However, when this kind of thing happened in northern Xinjiang, the governor's palace could not ignore it, thinking that thieves were really rampant and dared to commit crimes in northern Xinjiang.
Both sides fell into a strange and awkward silence.
"Is there a coachman left behind, I just happened to meet you, and I heard that you were in some trouble, so I rushed over to take a look!" Menton finally explained first.
The old housekeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it seemed that it was not because the young master's murder was exposed. He nodded: "Yes, my son-in-law was robbed by thieves and his whereabouts are unknown, please ask Lord Monton to help." "Monton's martial arts are top-notch, and if he can help him, the hope of recovering the young master will be greatly increased.
"Definitely, let's go!, let's go see where it happened!" said Monton, waving his hand.
When the group returned to the place where the driver had left him, Monton's face immediately changed. I obviously knocked the coachman unconscious, but when I looked around, there was still the figure of the coachman.
"Well, where is the coachman?" said the old butler, too.
"Oh no, I've been fooled! there's something wrong with the coachman," said Monton in a deep voice.
Mengton's face changed suddenly, and he only heard the sound of dense horse hooves coming from the direction of Wolf City, how could there be such a dense cavalry team.
The old butler also looked surprised, could it be that the person sent by the old man was too fast? Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly heard the person on the other side shouting from afar: "Is Liu Chengcheng's son ahead? The first squad of our inspector gendarmerie battalion is here to escort on the order of Inspector Liu, please stay!"
The old butler was overjoyed and was about to speak, but was stopped by Monton on the side. Mengton gave Li Ziyong, the captain of the Wadi Town garrison, a look.
Li Ziyong immediately understood, knowing that General Mengton was unwilling to reveal his identity when the situation was unclear, so he only heard him say loudly: "The Northern Xinjiang Army is here, and those who come will stop, otherwise they will be killed!"
I saw that the Northern Xinjiang Army next to the carriage had already relied on the carriage to organize into a defensive formation.
When the old butler heard this, he was furious and shouted in a low voice, "Lord Monton, what are you doing here?"
"Silence, unknown comer, do you want to be a live target?"
The old housekeeper was speechless for a while.
Seeing that the cavalry on the opposite side didn't hear it, and still rode up, Li Ziyong secretly scolded a kind of, and said loudly directly: "Brothers, prepare, release arrows!"
A round of arrows rained down, only to hear a rush on the other side, Le Ma stopped, and immediately scolded endlessly. This round of arrow rain fell three feet in front of the cavalry, and it was really dangerous.
"Do you want to rebel?" shouted one person on the other side.
"Fool! If you dare to ride a horse in front of the Northern Frontier Army in the middle of the night, you will die in vain. Li Ziyong scolded secretly, and then said loudly: "Plotting your orc grandmother, Lao Tzu repeats it again, those who come will stop, otherwise they will be killed, if you want to spread the word, get off the horse and come over." ”
"You!" There was a noise on the other side, but he also knew that if the other party was really the Northern Frontier Army, he was afraid that he would have no other way, after all, it was inevitable to be wary of a chance encounter in the middle of the night. But he had an urgent task, so he had no time to grind with these bandits, so he had to swallow his anger and said: "Forgive me, the brothers in Beijiang on the other side, Liu Yong, a cavalry cadet captain in the lower gendarmerie battalion, is under the urgent order of Inspector Liu, and there is something important to do, please give way." ”
The old housekeeper who was holding back on the side heard the other party's voice clearly, it was the person he knew, and couldn't help but shout: "In front is Captain Liu of the gendarmerie battalion, and I am Liu Yuanyuan, the housekeeper of Inspector Liu's mansion, thank God, you are finally here." ”
"But Cheng Lao, are you okay? The inspector is very worried about you" The captain of the military police battalion opposite saw that he had caught up with the person he was looking for, so he relieved himself and simply dismounted, and came to the front of the Northern Xinjiang Army, showing his order.
Li Ziyong carefully inspected it, waved his hand, and the defensive formation of the Northern Xinjiang Army retreated.
The old housekeeper had already stepped forward, and only now did he meet a truly trustworthy person, and he couldn't help but burst into tears: "Captain Liu, you're finally here!"
Li Ziyong looked at the two of them holding hands, looking like joy and sorrow, and couldn't help pouting.
Liu Yong, the captain of the military police battalion, looked at the blonde man in Yuanting Yuezhi, and didn't seem surprised, only to see him respectfully stepped forward and said, "The lower officer has seen General Mengton. ”
Meng Dun waved his hand, signaling that the other party did not have to be polite: "The matter is important, Liu Gongzi of the Inspector's Mansion was robbed by thieves, and the top priority is to catch the thief and rescue Liu Gongzi." ”
"Liu Gongzi was robbed?" Liu Yong, the captain of the military police battalion, opened his mouth wide.
The old housekeeper looked at Liu Yong and Liu Yong's surprised appearance, and said puzzledly: "Didn't you rush over after receiving the news from me?"
"News, I came here on the orders of the Inspector, and I didn't know about the disappearance of my son."
At this moment, the people who had gathered in a hurry all looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
"Then why are you here?"
Liu Yong glanced left and right, suddenly pulled the old butler aside, and said in a low voice: "When the steward of the stables of the Inspector's Mansion was inspecting today, he suddenly found that the groom who should have been out of the city was actually knocked unconscious and hidden in the pile of horse stock. The Inspector is concerned about your safety and has sent us to help. By the way, wasn't the disguised groom taken down by General Monton and escorted back to Wolf City?"
"Huh!?" the old butler was stunned by the wave after wave of news, "has it really been taken?"
Liu Yong, the captain of the military police battalion, subconsciously glanced at Mengton, touched his head and whispered: "It should be right, that person is holding the waist card of Lord Mengton, and the thief who was escorted is also similar to the coachman." The man said, "The Governor's Mansion has been chasing the thief for a long time, and he needs to be taken back to the Governor's Mansion immediately." He also told me that Lord Monton was afraid that something might happen to you, and that he had come after you. ”
The old butler only felt that things had become a mess, and he glanced at Monton, who was still frowning and silent, and felt that the other party's expression did not seem to be fake, did he not know that his waist card was lost. He thought for a moment, then immediately turned and bowed to Monton.
Monton looked at the old butler strangely: "Why are you doing this?"
The old butler said unusually respectfully: "General Mengton, you have been so bitter about me! If it weren't for Captain Liu's informance, the old man wouldn't have known that General Mengton had taken down the thief and was being escorted to Wolf City?"
Monton looked at Yoo Yong in the gendarmerie camp in astonishment.
Liu Yong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Mengton, when I rushed over just now, I did see a person holding your identity card and escorting the thief to Wolf City. ”
Monton was startled, and immediately touched his waist, and sure enough, the waist card he was carrying with him had been lost. A thief is so good that he can steal what he carries right under his nose.
Menton's face then changed: since the other party can deceive the gendarmerie battalion, he can also deceive the city gate guards. Why did he want to go back to Wolf City? Did he want to enter the ice field?
Thinking of this, Monton could no longer stay, once the thieves fled into the ice field, trying to find it was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. He didn't say much, grabbed the horse, and galloped away in the direction of Wolf City.
The old butler was also taken aback when he looked at Mengton's distant back! What's the matter? Was it Monton's doing? Or was it at the behest of the Governor's Palace? Could it be that the Governor's Mansion wanted to take down his young master, but he refused to tear his face in front of him? Impossible! Guo Zizhong, the governor of Northern Xinjiang, was a bandit leader, who had always been sentenced first and then convicted, and was so rude that he couldn't communicate, how could it be that there were so many twists and turns? Mengton's expression didn't seem to be fake.
Things are getting more and more confusing.
"Let's go, let's hurry back to Wolf City!" the old butler beckoned.
The captain of the garrison of Wadang Town looked at the figures who left in a hurry, and his heart was full of bitterness: What about the good remuneration, and what about the good wine and meat? Damn, there is no good thing in the inspector's house.
He gestured his middle finger and reluctantly led the man back to Rubrum Town.