Shao Xi also shook his head helplessly, it seems that if he doesn't pick his words, he won't understand. But it's also good that this kind of person is honest and sincere, and once he recognizes something, he will not waver.

"I'll tell you the truth! This inspector and I have already found the leader of the bandits who has been the people of Wanwan County for the past six months. ”

As soon as Zhang Chong heard this, he stood up with a "Teng", "Where is it?" I'll go back and gather my men now, and I'll take him back to my lordship. ”

"This person is your county commander Zhao Tianrong Zhao, or rather, he is Yan Song, the new bandit leader of Wan Qingshan a year ago. Don't think about arresting someone, you're no match for him, even I don't have the full certainty that I can catch him, he was the one who fought me last night. ”

"What?" Zhang Chong sat on the ground with straight eyes and a big mouth.

The county magistrate who sat in the government office every day and gave orders, urging them to encircle and capture the bandits, was actually the leader of the bandits? This made Zhang Chong feel like he had been struck by lightning.

Shao Xi understood his mood at the moment, shook his head and sighed: "I know you can't believe it, but this is the result of my observation and testing with Lao Wu, and there should be no mistake." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chong became extremely calm after being shocked, and said calmly to Shao Xi: "I want to believe you, but you have to come up with sufficient reasons to prove that Lord Zhao is the leader of the bandits." ”

"This may be a bit complicated, but let me talk about the doubts I found first!"

Shao Xi pondered for a while with his thumb on his chin, sorting out his thoughts.

"First of all, it should not be a coincidence that the time when Lord Zhao took office coincided with the time when the banditry suddenly became so serious. In addition, I found that instead of reducing the number of merchants being intercepted and killed, the closure of the city in advance and the fact that the inn kept the detailed records of the people who passed by had been stopped and killed, and it was very targeted. This means that the bandits have the exact information and know which groups to target, and the information provided is the detailed records that you collect every day and give to Lord Zhao. ”

Zhang Chong nodded after hearing this, "That's true, but it's not enough. ”

"Of course not. As you said before, the county sent soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the bandits, but every time the soldiers and horses in the county arrived, the bandits would disappear, and as soon as the soldiers and horses withdrew, they would appear again, which was obviously a mastery of the government's movement of troops and horses. Every time he submits a report to the county, it is so confidential, so the only person who can pass the news out, if not to send a letter, can only be Lord Zhao. ”

"But how did Lord Zhao get the news out? He's in the county every day, it's impossible to go out! ”

"What does his son-in-law, the one named Xu Jinhong, do?"

"He does some small business on weekdays, and often interacts with the surrounding towns and towns, is it him?" Zhang Chong seemed to have contacted something all at once.

"Do you remember something? Something to do with this Xu Jinhong? ”

"That's right, every time Lord Zhao orders someone to go to the county to report the transfer of soldiers and horses, it just so happens that his son-in-law also has to go out to do business."

"That's right. In addition, I fought with the bandit last night, and the figure of that person is very similar to Lord Zhao, although Lord Zhao's body is a little rickety, but I think it is just pretending. Judging from Lord Zhao's eyes and walking posture, this person must be a martial arts cultivator, and I also got a little clue from County Lieutenant Wang at the banquet today. Wang County Lieutenant said that when he often went to the government to find Lord Zhao, Lord Zhao seemed to have just finished his work, and every time he asked Lord Zhao, he only said that he was moving his body. ”

Lao Wu couldn't bear it anymore when he saw Shao Xi talking so the side, and interjected: "This is a guy who is arrogant and arrogant, although he suffered a little loss from fighting with my young master last night, but when the young master tried his words at the banquet today, he showed that he cared very much about my young master's impression of him." When the young master praised him for his good martial arts, a trace of arrogance could be seen in his eyes. ”

Lao Wu took another sip of water, and then said: "Especially last night, my young master injured his arm, and when he poured wine for the young master and me at today's banquet, I could already see that his hands were trembling slightly. During the banquet, I pretended to be drunk and dragged him to talk about his daily routines, and deliberately pulled his arm to verify whether his arm was injured, and his performance also confirmed this. In addition, there are thick calluses on the mouth of his palm, which are left by the people who make the knife practice often. And his habitual action of twisting his wrist also proves that he is a person who uses a knife, and those who practice swords do not have this habit, because the knife method is to always keep the blade against the enemy, so he often has to twist his wrist to adjust the edge of the knife, while the sword does not use it, because the sword can use such an action when necessary. ”

Shao Xi added: "During the banquet, we talked about the recent troubles. Lao Wu deliberately said that the least suspicious person should be investigated first, and the others were all surprised, but Lord Zhao was very calm. It should be that he knows in his heart that he is the least suspicious person. ”

Lao Wu asked Zhang Chong seriously: "Is there any abnormality between Lord Zhao and the previous county order when he took office?" He said he had a daughter, have you ever seen it? ”

Zhang Chong recalled hard and said slowly: "When he handed over to the former county magistrate, he didn't find anything abnormal. As for Miss Zhao, we have never seen each other in the past six months. ”

"You've been on an errand under him for more than half a year, don't you think his official uniform doesn't fit his figure?"

Zhang Chong slapped his thigh, "It's true, on weekdays, I and my brothers in the Yanai privately treat this matter as a joke." ”

"Do you know the name of Lord Zhao's daughter, Miss Zhao?"

"I know, when I heard Lord Zhao talk about his daughter and son-in-law before, I mentioned that Miss Zhao's name is Zhao Qiaoyun."

"Look at this." As he spoke, Lao Wu threw a silk handkerchief on the table.

It was a white silk handkerchief, and the corner of the handkerchief was embroidered with a colorful phoenix, and the word "Qiaofeng" was embroidered on the edge of the phoenix. On the veil, it looked like two large dark red characters written in blood - "Save me".

Shao Xi suddenly realized at this time, "It's the maid named Pomegranate!" At the time, I thought you old pervert was going to tease a teenage girl, but you still have this hand. ”

Lao Wu rolled his eyes and said, "That girl can be my granddaughter, how could I do such an unbearable thing?" But when I found that the girl was looking at me, I pretended to be stumbling, and when the girl helped me, she put this silk handkerchief into my hand, and I put my arms around her, and secretly asked her if Miss was imprisoned. The person who imprisoned her was Zhao Tianrong? She nodded her head and gave me an affirmative reply, and I asked her to wait for us at the back door of the government office after tonight. ”

"It is indeed necessary to take a trip, after all, it is all our speculation before, and there is no empirical evidence. And this Miss Zhao is the best witness. ”

Zhang Chong is naturally not a stupid person to be a head catcher, but his brain can't keep up with the thinking of these two people before. At this time, he already understood that these two wanted to visit the county government at night to rescue Miss Zhao out.

"I almost understand now, this Lord Zhao must be a fake county magistrate. Half a year ago, Lord Zhao, who was supposed to take office, was either killed or kidnapped, in short, now this guy impersonated to take office to make this county order, and took advantage of his power to do banditry, and also imprisoned Miss Zhao, the daughter of the Zhao county order. In this case, I have no scruples, and I will do what the two adults commanded. ”

Shao Xi patted Zhang Chong's shoulder and asked, "Does Brother Zhang have any relatives?" ”

Zhang Chong shook his head.

"But living alone? Where do you live? ”

"I live alone, and my home is in the south of the city."

"That's great! Today we visit the county government at night, the pomegranate is our internal response, and you are responsible for answering us outside. If you can get someone out of the house, you need to arrange Miss Zhao where you live, so that even if someone finds out, no one will think that we will hide people in your house. The next step is to find a way to arrange for Miss Zhao to go out of the city and go to Qingshan County to expose this bandit leader. The stakes are high, please Brother Zhang. ”

Zhang Chong knelt on the ground again, clasped his fists at Shao Xi and Lao Wu and said, "If it weren't for the two adults, I don't know how long the people of Wanxian County would have to suffer?" To be able to capture this thief with the two adults, I Zhang Chong will not be in vain in this life. Rest assured, even if I give up my life, I will definitely help you complete this. ”

Lao Wu said impatiently, "Hurry up, a gentleman will kneel at every turn." What is dead and alive? With the two of us coming out, this matter is decided, you just have to cooperate. ”

"What the adults said is that the little ones will go back and prepare, and they will wait under the windows of the two adults around the hour."

"You'd better go straight to the back door of the county government and wait! You can't keep up with the two of us. ”

"The villain understands, and the villain will go back." After speaking, Zhang Chong got up and left the room.

Seeing Zhang Chong leave, Lao Wu glanced at Shao Xi and asked, "Do you think he is reliable?" Can you really trust it? ”

Shao Xi nodded lightly, "Since you chose to tell him the truth, that is to believe him." At least personally, I'm willing to trust him. ”

"Oh well! Tonight I'll be in charge of distracting the night watchmen, and you'll be in charge of bringing them down. After rescuing Miss Zhao, I am responsible for taking people away, and you are responsible for breaking off. I'll tell you, I won't look back if anything happens to you this time. ”

"Don't worry! That guy was injured, I should be able to handle it, at least it's okay to hold him back. However, Xu Jinhong under his hand may be a problem. ”

"Of course I know that the person who can be responsible for delivering letters out of the city must be not bad. So I need something right now to help me improve my body, and guess what I'm going to need? ”

After saying this, Lao Wu looked at Shao Xi with a blank eye, afraid that he would not agree.

Shao Xi also felt a pain in his flesh, "You old fox knows how to take advantage of me, you left a total of ten, and you used one last night, and now you come to me to ask for it." ”

"Hehe, I can eat a Dao immortal pill in this life, and I can be an immortal when I die."

"Here you go, don't bother me if you die or not."

Shao Xi threw an explosive pill at Lao Wu.