Jinyuan City has not been peaceful recently, and it is said that several caravans from Jiangnan Province that went north were robbed.

If it is said that the caravan was robbed, it is not a matter, after all, the world is not peaceful, and robbery is a common thing, but what if you want to say that these caravans are actually transporting military salaries handed over to the imperial court?

That's a big deal.

I heard that Lord Thorn Shi's hair has fallen off one by one recently, and the patrol in the city has also sent batch after batch, and even the elite cavalry stationed here has sent a lot of men and horses.

But in the end, only one message came back.

Snatched away by a youkai.

As for the money? Still haven't found it.

Everyone in the city who has some identities knows about it by word of mouth, and they all wait to see the joke.

Gai is very unruly because of this assassination history or the new festival envoy behind him.

Rampant expropriation and insatiable greed.

If they say that they collect taxes on the common people, they have too much appetite, and they think that the common people have too little oil and water, and they focus on these big families.

Every once in a while, they ask for money for reasons such as cracking down on rogues and exterminating bandits.

If you don't give it, the fine rider outside the city will enter the city from time to time to take a walk.

You say, isn't this a robbery?

Therefore, they all waited to see that they could not find the money, and then the court issued a decree to punish them, and it was best to change the temperance envoys.

Outside the city, the person in charge of searching for the silver has received a new task in the past few days.

Find someone named Xu Mo and kill him.

Although the person in charge has a lot of puzzles, as long as the task is carried out, it doesn't matter why there are so many things.

......

"This is the third team of the day."

On the official road leading to Jinyuan City, in a tea shed, the Taoist priest held a tea bowl and observed these people in front of him alone.

Xuanyi, double fish hat, at first glance, he is a person in the public door.

I don't know why these people want to hunt down Xu Mo?

Just because he killed that dog county order?

It's not right, according to Xu Mo, he cut off his head in a fit of anger because the county order was greedy for Mo Zhouping's pension, but how could it be so fast?

He left the county town with his front foot, and was poisoned and ambushed by someone two days after his back foot.

If this Heluo Imperial Court had this efficiency, how could it become what it is now.

"So we're going to go over there and stab Shi?"

After the searcher left, a majestic figure walked out of the forest behind the tea stall and came to sit down beside the Taoist priest, which was naturally Xu Mo.

And Li Jiuan also reconnected the words that had been interrupted before.

"Exactly, General Bian is a former superior, and the army takes a lot of care of him, so ask him for clarification this time."

Xu Mo picked up the tea bowl and dried it in one gulp, chewed the tea a few more times and ate it.

"Brother Xu, what if..."

The Taoist priest said half of the words, and he could understand it.

"No, I believe there must have been an accident."

Xu Mo frowned and paused, and then said categorically.

In fact, there are a lot of strange things about this matter, he didn't understand why he was chased and killed, and it was the former commander of the army who wanted to kill him, and today's subordinates of the Hebei Provincial Jiedu Envoy.

He believed that something must have gone wrong, such as they thought that Xu Mo was dead, and he was impersonating, so they wanted to hunt him down.

As long as he sees General Bian and believes that he can convince him that he is not dead, and then ask him to explain it to the marshal, the misunderstanding can be resolved.

"I hope so."

Li Jiuan was noncommittal about this, in fact, according to his guess, there was probably a conspiracy behind it, but it was still unknown.

The two drank the tea cleanly, and when they were about to leave after throwing down the two copper plates, there was another sound of horses' hooves, and Li Jiuan turned his head to see that it was the patrols just now who came back reflexively.

So the two looked at each other and sat down again.

"Little Er, add a pot of tea."

"Okay."

Xu Mo lowered his body, trying not to be so noticeable.

And those people didn't move after they came back, and after sitting down, they also asked for a pot of tea, and they chatted nonsense.

Time passed in this scorching heat.

During this period, people came and went, and in the end, only the stall owner's father and son, Li Jiu'an, patrolled a table, and a merchant who had just arrived to sell dolls.

Li Jiu'an and the two didn't move, and the table patrol didn't move, but they drank pot after pot of tea.

Finally, Xu Mo couldn't help it.

He slapped the table and stood up.

"What do you want? If you want to do it, you can do it, grind and chirp. ”

But I found out that something was wrong, how could these people be so empty, and after drinking in this tea stall for a long time, they must have found him.

"Tear up."

At the moment when Xu Mo got up, these people suddenly burst out like frightened birds, drawing their swords in their hands.

At the same time, more than a dozen people appeared in the surrounding woods and surrounded the tea stall.

A leader-like figure stepped forward and looked at the two of them.

"I am Wang Li, the head of Jinyuan City, and I am ordered to arrest the criminal, and no one else will leave as soon as possible."

Li Jiuan smiled, walked to the side, and took the father and son from the tea stall out of here.

"Sorry for the trouble."

A few pieces of broken silver were stuffed into the stall owner's hands, and Li Jiuan stood under the tree next to him to watch.

Without being plotted, Li Jiuan believed that it would not be a problem to deal with these people with Xu Mo's skills.

No, within a few minutes, a person was thrown towards the place where the Taoist priest was.

Li Jiuan stretched out his hand to catch it.

The man was about to thank him, but unexpectedly, the Taoist priest made a black hand, and a hand knife cut his neck, and he fainted at once.

In total, it only took a quarter of an hour to work, and there were three or four people around Xu Mo, and dozens of people around the Taoist priest.

"Brother Xu, you don't let people be lazy."

"I'm afraid I'll be too heavy."

As he spoke, Xu Mo threw the last one who was still standing at the Taoist priest's side.

The Taoist priest skillfully knocked him unconscious.

"Look at this posture, I'm afraid it's not good to enter the city."

I'm afraid that Xu Mo's portrait has been posted at the city gate, and someone will come to arrest him as soon as he appears.

"It's something to think about."

Xu Mo also had a headache, his body size was too prominent, and there was no way to disguise him, so it was not easy to hide it.

"If you really can't do it, then try the illusion of the poor road..."

Li Jiuan thought about it, and just wanted to say that his illusion might be able to try, but he was attracted by a puppet under his feet.

This doll is the size of a palm, made by a simulated person, whether it is clothing, skin, or expression, it is all beautiful and very realistic.

It's just that...

This seems familiar.

"This Taoist, this puppet is a villain."

The merchant bent over with a flat pole, cautiously walked to the two of them, and smiled at Li Jiuan.

If it weren't for the fact that the puppet was too precious, he wouldn't have wanted to deal with these two people.

"Oh, you made it, it's exquisite."

Li Jiu'an's eyes finally left the puppet, and he looked at the merchant with a smile, but he didn't want to return the puppet.

"Yes, yes, it's a villain, so it's just a matter of doing it casually, barely making some money to get by."

As he spoke, the merchant stretched out his hand and wanted to take it back, but was dodged by the Taoist priest.

"Poor Dao really likes this doll, or I'll sell it to Poor Dao."

"Well, Dao Chief, this has been given"

The merchant stammered and thought of a reason to refuse.

"That's a shame."

Li Jiuan pretended to be disappointed and said.

As he spoke, he was going to send the puppet back to the merchant, but...

In mid-air, the puppet suddenly winked at Li Jiu'an.