More than half a hundred disciples of Songfeng Mountain were attacked and killed almost in one day, and naturally they could not be easily exposed, so in recent days, Jiangzhou has gone up to the command of soldiers and horses from Wupin, and down to the ordinary small county with three taels of silver and a month's money, all of them are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground, but there are still not many clues to figure out.

In the past few days, Xu Lao Er has to walk 20 miles to the towns and villages near this county seat every day, looking for clues left by those bold and daring thieves, and the pair of official boots on his feet that are already as thin as paper can no longer withstand such wear and tear, but fortunately, it is not bad in the middle of the road, he Xu Lao Er is also a fast catcher who eats official food for the imperial court, if the embarrassed appearance of pulling only broken boots is seen by those Dousheng small people, then where will he put his face? How will he preach the Yamen decree with these people in the future?

But to be honest, the county government gave them all the monthly money on these errands, and the seven or eight taels of broken silver were enough to fill the belly of the family. This pair of official boots was put down four years ago, and it was said that it was a pair of new boots for two years, and according to him, it was also a shadow.

Xu Lao Er is also an errand man in the yamen, and he has the best face in his life, and he is well-behaved in his outfits, not as unparticular as his colleagues. However, if it weren't for some sideways means of earning money to subsidize the family, the monthly money that would have to be deducted from time to time would be saved until the Year of the Monkey.

has been in this industry for more than 20 years, and when he was young, when the master took over the single knife issued by the imperial court, he also secretly made up his mind to be a good official who washed his hands and served his duties in this life. Don't go along with those who have just arrived in office and dig out their minds to learn those methods of extorting money, and for a time they also have a good reputation on the land under their jurisdiction, and the teahouse restaurants are happy to invite this rare catcher who does not collect money and works hard to eat and drink for nothing.

Therefore, when Xu Lao Er, who was regarded as a piece of oil and salt in the first few years, almost couldn't even keep this errand, because he couldn't settle a private fight and hurt people for the county master, he made a fuss in court and damaged his face.

"The master can protect you once, but he can't protect you for the rest of your life, unless you don't do this errand and don't receive this money and food. After his master kept his errand, he said to him earnestly, "Otherwise, with your inflexible temperament like the second child of the Xu family, don't say that you want to continue to do it, that is, you can do it so quickly that you have to burn high incense." ”

Since then, Xu Lao Er has also learned the ability to turn a blind eye, and his errands have become more and more neat, but there is one thing, everyone has a good silver He will not be soft when he puts it away, but if it is dirty silver that can only be taken if it harms people's interests and harms nature, he will not reach out to take it.

Sitting down on a boulder on the side of the road that was warmed by the autumn sun, Xu Lao Er felt a little sorry for the pair of cloth shoes of his daughter-in-law on his feet, so he planned to roll up his shoes and socks and walk barefoot to complete these miles of inaccessible roads. The handiwork of these shoes is really no worse than those big fonts, but it is inevitable to grind the soles of the shoes when walking on this country road, and his daughter-in-law's eyes are red under the oil lamp, and he feels distressed.

Dead people are not trivial, even an old beggar who froze to death in the city in the winter has to be buried after an autopsy by the yamen, and it is only one or two people who die, there are dozens of people, and they are all disciples of Songfeng Mountain. It is obvious that it is the mess of these mixed rivers and lakes, and the yamen does not go to Songfeng Mountain to ask the guilt has already given the face of this Jiangzhou Jiangzhou Jianghu bull-eared person, but the high mountain lord of Songfeng Mountain is also a big man who can talk with the Lord of the Assassin Shi in Jiangzhou, and there is even a brother of the Jiangzhou general, so he can't tolerate them as errand boys in the yamen.

Ten days is the death limit, the county magistrate let out the words, and if he can't find any clues, they will lose their errands, and they will have to be hit by 20 boards. This is still the period when Xu Laoer, who is eight feet long, bent down to six feet and begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother in the county.

Xu Laoer, who is familiar with fist and foot martial arts, has also seen the scorched corpses that have stopped in the yamen, although they are all burned to the point that they can't be described, but some deep bone knife wounds can still be identified. Xu Laoer, who can play a lot of tricks with a single knife in the yamen on his waist, is facing the owner of this knife, and he can't even go together, not to mention those swords and fists who are more ordinary than him.

This errand is done, and he Xu Lao Er fills the vacant head catcher vacancy vacated last year. This is the county lord personally promised him, in the yamen also been a messenger for almost ten years, Xu Lao Er is the best time to have a brain and physique, sitting on the head catcher position is a good thing, Xu Lao Er, who was born in the official door, never thought of being able to be on an equal footing with the county lord in his life, just thinking that he had a way to be a head catcher and had more money in his hands than in the past, so that his daughter-in-law did not have to save a few dollars in the big light of the bean, and his son could also have a new book bag when he went to the school, which would cause the envy of his classmates.

So no matter how hard this bone is, he Xu Lao Er has to gnaw it down, he is not like those children of high-ranking families, even if they break into a big disaster, someone will help wipe their butts, the opportunity is in front of him, and if he catches it, he may not be able to ascend to heaven, but he doesn't have to use all his strength to reach out and grab it, then if he misses it, he misses it, and there may not be a next time in ten or twenty years.

When the world is a popular product, there are many cheap officials.

Xu Laoer, who rested less than a cup of tea, pulled up his trousers, holding cloth shoes in one hand, and holding a wooden stick in the other hand as a crutch.

If only I could have a carriage like the county master.... No matter how bad it is, there is a tall horse....

Although Xu Lao Er knew that with his current status as a fast catcher, it would be tantamount to a fool's dream to have a mount to ride, but just thinking about it wouldn't cost half a copper plate, wouldn't it?

Earlier, he was a little worried about whether he would bump into the nearby villagers, after all, the autumn harvest was over, and the people who had been sweating blood and sweat in the fields for a year finally had some time to move around.

Those of them who work on errands in the Yamen, they don't have two days of leisure all year round, but they pity him, the dignified candidate of Feng'an County, Songfeng County, walking barefoot on this dirt road, thanks to no one to see him....

The scar-faced man of Yanyulou aimed at Xu Laoer's vest through the Wangshan with a hard crossbow in his hand, if the arrow was on the line, the index finger he buckled on the hanging knife only moved and trembled slightly, and the dog legs of the official mansion and Songfeng Mountain had to go to see the king of Hades.

It's a pity that there are no arrows on the arrow path, and even Wei Changpan, who is a few feet away, will not let him pull the hanging knife. The scar-faced man refilled the hole in the straw pile from the inside out with some regret, and then continued to fiddle with the standard hard crossbow of the Dayao army in his hand boredly.

After the last attack was successful, Chen Shi was eager to know the response of the Jiangzhou government and Songfeng Mountain, but the dozen or so people of Yanyulou couldn't all be sent out to find out the news, so Chen Shi ordered Wei Changpan and the scar-faced man of Yanyulou to go down the mountain to find out the news, and at the same time, he took this group of people to hide in the mountains to hide.

In the fish and rice township of Jiangzhou Silk Prefecture, after harvesting the rice every autumn, the rice will be piled up in the field like a small hill, and the thatched roof will be used as firewood to feed the livestock in the farmer's house. The grass and trees around here are sparse, mostly the fields of Pingchuan, these days Wei Changpan and the others are resting during the day and walking around under the cover of night at night, after all, this is the boundary of Songfeng County, Gao Xu would never have expected them to dare to come here to investigate.

In the past few days when I came out to inquire about the news, I saw more and more officials walking around. While Wei Changpan was thinking about this, he saw that the scar-faced man next to him was still fiddling with the hard crossbow, so he said:

"Hide this crossbow before entering the county town of Songfeng County tomorrow, otherwise you won't be able to enter the city, and it will be eye-catching to carry on your body. Saying that, he took out something from his small baggage and patted it in the hands of the absent-minded scar-faced man, "If there is a sergeant to check when entering and leaving the county town, then follow what is written on the line..."

Even though it was dark in the straw pile, Wei Changpan could sense that the scar-faced man's mind was completely absent from his words. Just now, almost next to each other, the heart is not in the same place, and when the time comes, go to the county town of Songfeng County to inquire about the news, in case something goes wrong, then how can this scar-faced man be a person who can be entrusted with his life? Although he has not yet said it, he is hesitating whether he wants to make another plan.

"Wei Changpan, you were also the one who almost became the son-in-law of our Yanyu Building, there are some things that you still have to say, otherwise I and those brothers will be depressed and panicked. ”

The scar-faced man finally stopped fiddling with the crossbow in his hand, and the strangely cold nature of his words made Wei Changpan look up and look at him in the darkness. For him, the son-in-law of Yanyulou always recalls that there is always a cramp in his heart, which is the past he doesn't want to think about, but he is mentioned by this scar-faced man.

"I don't know how Miss got to Suzhou, I only know that Jiangzhou and several nearby states caught up with the disaster year that year, and the people of Jiangzhou could still stutter, and the hungry people elsewhere had already begun to eat. In the darkness, the scar-faced man muttered, "We remnants of the defeated army were all shocked by the killer of the deer cutting platform at that time, and it was the young lady who brought us back together..."

"But in the end, Miss is just a woman who doesn't have a martial arts realm, and she left her hometown to Suzhou to support a huge sect, how much bitterness and suffering are not enough for outsiders, surnamed Wei, have you ever known?"

"Yes, I know. ”

"Then you are obviously living well, why do you want to shrink up and pretend to be a grandson!"

"Miss knows that you are dead!Miss has no place to be sorry for you!" The scar-faced man seemed to have red eyes, and roared in a dumb voice, "Since you are still alive, why didn't you go to Miss and teach Miss to be bullied by the third son of the Water Pavilion that day!"

Wei Changpan wanted to make his voice softer, but he only opened his mouth and couldn't speak.

What's the use of saying more now?