Chapter 490: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
So they don't give up hope yet. As long as the hour has passed, they will not leave early."
The mirror reminded him, "You're all assuming that Mr. Mak didn't get angry with the people behind the scenes. What if they're already in touch?"
"There's no harm in giving it a try, at most doing some day jobs. Even if you throw a blind man with a wink, what's the big deal?" Who can't afford this little cost of trial and error? Anyway, it wasn't him, "Besides, according to my reasoning, they shouldn't have seen Mr. Mak all along."
"Why?"
"He doesn't even settle down here, but all the clues I get from him point to the white sands. Isn't that interesting?"
The Soul Mirror wondered, "Doesn't he live in Baisha? Didn't the old man who guarded the door for him in Frostdew Town say that he always passed through the white sands?"
"If he lives here forever, why doesn't he buy a homestead?" He Lingchuan said softly, "He only stayed in the guest house in Baisha, and he stayed in several houses, and Zhongsun Mou had a record there."
"So Bai Sha is not his residence, but the long-term residence of the people behind the scenes."
The mirror was incredulous, "Wait a minute, you said Mr. Mak brought us here?"
"Or else?" He Lingchuan has been suspicious since he received the "Record of Worship", and this recent series of events has deepened his speculation, "He pointed all the clues here, why did he bother to destroy it first?"
He paused, "Besides, we can verify it now."
The mirror was puzzled, "What are you going to do?"
He Lingchuan put down the work in his hand and stood up: "Call it a day."
......
The hour came.
The occupancy rate of Chaohu Teahouse is only 20%:
The blind date bureau that is not high-end enough has been discussed, and the two sides seem to have broken up unhappily, and they each paid for tea and left.
There are only two tables left.
At this moment, a man in white came up from downstairs, and at the same time his pace slowed down, and his eyes scanned around the tower, as if he was looking for someone.
There are only seven tea guests and visitors on the fourth floor, so you can see them at a glance.
He looks at people, and others look at him.
But like other tourists, he didn't sit down, but walked to the corridor on the edge of the pagoda and turned around, as if looking at the scenery.
He was dressed in Yanghu white clothes, very tall, with broad shoulders and long legs, and a hat on his head, which was basically shaped like a hat as wide as a hat with a silk mesh hanging around it to block the wind and the sun.
There is a lot of white sand and water, and there are many mosquitoes on the shore, and fishermen and travelers often wear this kind of hat, which is not unusual.
But the mesh of this hood is very dense, basically blocking the face, and only a little outline is exposed.
After walking around, the man went to the tea-table and picked up two packets of dried sweet potatoes, checked them, and took out a small piece of loose silver from his waist and threw it to the man.
When he did these movements, the red jade wrench on the right hand of the man in white was revealed.
"I'll get you money."
At this time, the two tea customers also finished talking, and were about to get up, when the guy suddenly dropped a few pennies to the ground. He crouched on the ground and picked it up, casually glancing from the bottom up.
This action was subconscious, but after he retracted his gaze, he seemed to remember something, and looked up again, his eyes were straight, and he forgot to get up.
His action, the man in white naturally will not ignore it.
He stepped back, glanced at the tearoom, and was about to turn and go downstairs.
The man quickly got up and shouted to him, "Hey, guest officer, looking for your money!"
The man in white ignored it and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The old man came to settle the bill and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"He, his face...... The man in white had disappeared at the top of the stairs, and the man was still looking there, "It's a little familiar, I think I've seen it somewhere?"
While he was talking, two craftsmen from the repair team came over and asked him for a cup of tea.
After the man in white went downstairs, he stood at the door of Chaohu Tower and looked left and right.
Just as a few officials were passing by, he bowed his head, stretched out his hand and pressed his hat, before blending into the crowd on the street and walking quickly to the east.
There are several rows of low houses on the edge of the Chaohu Tower, with private houses and shops, which make it stand out from the crowd.
Only a dozen breaths after the man in white left the pagoda, three people came out of the low house opposite the Chaohu Tower, all dressed as civilians, and their steps were not in a hurry, and they also went east.
The man in white walked faster and faster, and slipped into the car and horse shop on the street corner.
In a blink of an eye, before the three people behind could keep up, the man in white had already led a chestnut horse out.
Apparently this is what he deposited before.
These carriage and horse shops have both rental business, as well as storage and escrow, which is very convenient.
Chaohu Tower is located on the outskirts of the city, and there are no traffic restrictions on the road. The man in white turned on his horse and ran away, pulling the three men who were chasing him farther and farther away.
This guy was quite alert, and as soon as he noticed something abnormal in the tower, he planned to leave Baisha directly, and never stayed.
His behavior clearly exceeded expectations.
The three men didn't know what had happened to him in the tower, but they all took the task, so they had to temporarily turn into the carriage and horse shop to buy horses, and then hurriedly chase after them.
They wanted to rent three horses, but they had to pay a deposit before registering them, which was cumbersome and time-consuming. These three people can't, and they don't rent it, so they just throw money to buy it.
That's it.
However, one of them did not have enough money with him, so he borrowed enough money from his companions to buy a horse.
After such a delay, a lot of time has passed.
Fortunately, the men in white did not run wildly, they turned over and chased after them, and the distance could be slowly reduced.
There is also a magpie in the sky that has been chasing the man in white, landing on the treetops and rooftops from time to time.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than ten zhang, the three of them were about to speed up, and more than ten horsemen jumped out of the woods on the side, all dressed as soldiers, and the leader pointed to the figure in white and shouted, "Found it, it's him!"
The sound of horses' hooves behind was chaotic, and the man in white turned his head on the horse's back to look, and without saying a word, he whipped the horse and drove the horse!
"Don't run, or you'll be killed!" The pursuers shouted.
The man in white fled faster.
On the side of the road is a sorghum field, which grows happily and turns into an endless green gauze tent in this season.
The man in white simply jumped in.
Baisha is rich in sorghum wine, and this crop is widely cultivated in the suburbs, and its plant height is one to one and a half zhang (3-5 meters). The man in white rushed in with his horse and people, as long as he lowered his head, it would be difficult for the pursuers behind him to see him, and he could only listen to the sound and distinguish his position.
This vast field is a big labyrinth, and anyone who enters it will be dizzy.
The three of them deliberately lagged behind the pursuers a few positions and took two steps to arrive.
Of course, more than a dozen pursuers also entered the sorghum field, and they all disappeared into the green gauze tent in an instant, only the sound of people and horses was heard.
The three men stopped in front of the sorghum field and looked at each other.
To chase, or not to chase?
They are asked to keep an eye on them, and it is best to bring them back, and if they can't......
The leader thought for a moment and said decisively, "Chase!"
The pursuers may be lost, but they won't, for the magpie demon has been leading the way. With the eyes of heaven, this labyrinthine green gauze account can help them find their targets and intercept their pursuers.
One of them turned his horse's head and went back first to report it; The other two met the black and white figure of the magpie flying in mid-air, and chased straight into the sorghum field.
Only ran out of more than 20 zhang, and a mountain of meat suddenly appeared in front of him.
The two of them urgently reined in their horses, but one of them could not stop.
With a bang, the man flipped on his back.
Na Roshan turned around, his face full of confusion and panic.
It turned out to be a wild cow hiding in the green gauze tent to steal food, thinking that the tall sorghum stalk could cover its whereabouts, but unexpectedly, two people outside rushed in and hit its P shares.
Thinking that he had been caught, the bull was frightened first, so he stumbled his hooves and rumbled away.
It was like a bulldozer, rolling over the sorghum.
Countless birds suddenly flew down from the sky, competing for food and landing
Sorghum squirt.
"He's X!" The two cursed.
There were so many birds, there was chirping everywhere, and there were small flying bodies everywhere, and they couldn't see where the magpie was.
I can only chase it in the original direction.
After running out of more than ten zhang like this, the birds in the field suddenly became startled again, and the sound of "fluttering" was particularly loud.
A goshawk flew down and held down an unlucky one in the field.
There was chaos all around, there were wind, human voices, horses, and birds, and it was even more difficult for the two to distinguish their positions.
The sorghum stalk on the left suddenly sounded, different from the sound of the wind, and then a charred brown figure pounced out, as fast as lightning.
The horses neighed, and the men rose.
But the knight on its back has been pounced.
It was only then that a deafening roar exploded in human ears.
In the green gauze tent, there is actually a tiger squatting!
As soon as the tiger demon appeared, he bit the shoulder of the prey, and the giant claws pressed the collarbone, and the tiger's head twisted slightly.
Just a crisp "click" sound, the man's shoulder joint was dislocated.
This scene happened so quickly that it took the tiger less than a breath and a half to go from sortie to success.
Before the person who was knocked down could come back to his senses, he lost the power to fight back, and saw a bloody mouth in front of him, his sharp teeth flashing with cold light.
He screamed loudly in fright.
Another knight slashed at the tiger's back with a knife, but the tiger seemed to have long eyes on its back, and it flashed over when it rolled over, and the tiger did not lose a single hair. On the contrary, the prey it bit was forcibly pulled in a half circle, and it screamed like a pig in pain.
When the knight saw it, he did not know that he had been ambushed, and he did not care to save his companions, so he turned his horse and fled.
But he saw men and horses approaching on all sides, and surrounded him in the middle.
The man in white who they were chasing before stood at the front, took off his hat as a fan, and slapped himself twice: "Why don't you get off your horse and surrender? Do you want to lose an arm or a broken leg?"
This person, of course, is He Dashao.
Surrounded by a tiger's suppressed roar from behind, this man's eyes were wandering, obviously thinking otherwise.
He Lingchuan immediately said, "Don't move your crooked thoughts, your companion will confess, and if you die, you will die in vain!"
The snorting of his companion continued, but he was full of energy, and it really didn't look like he was dying.
The man finally gave up, jumped off his horse and raised his hand, saying, "I surrender, don't kill me!"
The soldiers swarmed up and tied the two men like rice dumplings.
He Lingchuan stepped forward and asked, "Whose subordinates are you?"