Chapter 24: Saving Lives
An Ying walked on Shuanglin Mountain against the sun, and Xiao Yi followed behind with a few catchers, because Master Su felt that she was a local, not to mention that she had already been there and was familiar with the road.
Although it is already September now, the autumn tiger is powerful. An Ying gritted his teeth and walked forward, and finally found twelve tea trees halfway up the mountain. She looked up and looked around, Xiao Yi on the side had experience in marching, he pointed to the bushes behind him and said, "There must be someone walking behind here, and the branches on both sides have obvious traces of breaking." ”
An Ying nodded, Xiao Yi used a knife to open the way in front, walking through the dense woods is extremely testing people's will, mosquito bites, branches cutting skin, are all trivial things.
"You see, this clump of grass has obviously been trodden on, and it has been covered, come, go this way." Xiao Yi commanded several people to nimbly walk through the dense forest, and a cave appeared in front of him.
An Ying hesitated a little, "Xiao Yi, you said you want to bring more people over." I think ....."
"Hey, what are you afraid of, here are all old catchers who go south and north. Isn't it Haikun? ”
The catcher named Haikun replied with a smile: "Don't worry, come, let's go to the cave in front of us to explore the way first." There will be some beasts resting in the cave. ”
Several catchers quickly polished the flint and walked into the cave with torches.
"Boss, there are obvious signs of movement on the ground, it seems that someone is moving here."
"Look at the light ahead, there is a way out!"
An Ying was physically exhausted, and gradually lowered the distance between her and them, she could hear the voice in front of her, and also saw the light, and when she reached the entrance of the cave, she was shocked by the scene in front of her: there were at least a thousand tea trees on the hillside.
An Ying was about to shout to stop Xiao Yi, but suddenly saw a lot of figures flashing below, she suddenly thought of something, and immediately flashed back to the cave and peeked sideways.
Xiao Yi was leading people down the slope, and he saw a thatched hut at the bottom of the hillside, which was about where the person who managed the tea tree stayed. He was about to look back at An Ying's situation, when suddenly a group of people appeared in front of him, his heart sank, and he secretly glanced at An Ying behind him, and he settled down, and shouted loudly: "I am Yi Zhongtian, the captain of Xuanjie, and I came to investigate on the order of Huang Shilang of the Criminal Department." Where are you from? What is your name? ”
There were about a dozen people in front of them, all dressed as peasants, and a man at the head did not answer, but said in the local dialect: "The officers and soldiers are coming, we must strike first, and catch them quickly." ”
Although Xiao Yi didn't understand, he immediately realized that the comer was not good, and immediately drew his knife, and the two sides of the personnel fought each other, although the peasants only had hoes and bamboo poles, but they were familiar with the terrain, and there were many people, and after about half an hour, Xiao Yi and the five people were caught.
After An Ying saw these people in the dark, she didn't dare to make a sound, and she didn't dare to move until these villagers tied up Xiao Yi and took them away, and all of them were gone, and she crawled out little by little. At this time, it was already dark, and she couldn't care about the pain of countless wounds on her body, so she rode Xiao Yi's black horse and rushed to the city.
Walking to the gate of the city, she gritted her teeth again when she thought of the formation of more than a dozen villagers, and ran towards Nanjing City. She touched the neck of the black horse and said, "Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei, thank you for your hard work, you hurry up and send me to Nanjing, and I will find someone to save your master." ”
The black steed seemed to understand, and kept running north, An Ying felt that his thigh was already grinding blood, and it hurt hotly, but he didn't dare to let the horse slow down, gritting his teeth.
"Master Su, quick, I'll look for Lord Su." An Ying rushed to the Criminal Department on the second day, her legs were already bloodstained, she knocked on the door of the Criminal Department, "Master Su, Xiao Yi and I explored the tea trees and found that there were thousands of tea trees behind the mountain, but Xiao Yi and the five of them were arrested by a group of people, and they should be the ones who made illicit tea." There are about a dozen people on the other side, no weapons, it should be a nearby villager, a local accent in Huzhou. ”
Su Huangzhe's face was grim, and he immediately ordered: "Come here, General Zhongwu will take two branches of men and horses to set off from Huzhou with me." ”
An Ying was so injured that she could no longer ride a horse, so Su Huangzhe took a carriage with her.
"This kind of case is a capital crime if it is found, I am reckless, I should let Xiao Yi bring more people." Su Huangzhe sighed.
"My lord, I didn't think that this half of the tea mountain was made by the Luo family. Nowadays, it seems that there are many people involved in tea making, but what is important is the way to sell tea. But can the Luo family have this ability? Side-selling tea is not made by ordinary people. Could it be ......" An Ying leaned against the wall of the car and said as he rested.
"What's the matter?" Su Huangzhe also leaned back, thinking that this girl had a very clear mind.
"Could it be that He Zhizhou is not Luo Niangzi's enemy at all. Only when He Zhizhou and the Luo family join forces can this matter be handled smoothly from beginning to end. An Ying figured everything out, forgot the wounds on his body, and involuntarily slapped the car wall, grinning in pain, but still continued: "The things such as taking back the tea tree, using a new mold, and the tea household meeting were all planned by He Zhizhou. Last time we were at the Zheng family, we felt that there was something wrong with He Zhizhou, and we were disturbed by Na Luo Niangzi for a while, and I almost thought that He Zhizhou was also implicated. Oh~~ No wonder you detained He Zhizhou alone in the morning, did you already feel that He Zhizhou was wrong? An Ying reacted as she spoke, looking at Huang Suzhe.
Su Huangzhe smiled and nodded: "I said at the Zheng family at the time, He Zhizhou must be at the core of this matter, what role he plays, we have to investigate carefully." But you also know this kind of case, but anything that involves illicit tea is a capital offense. He Qing and those individuals in the Luo family, none of them showed a little tone. So it was deadlocked. ”
"Now, though, we have their tea bushes and that gang of tea-making accomplices. It's different with accomplices, you can always pry open one or two, so that the gap is opened. ”
Xiao Yi and several others were tied up and thrown in a thatched house.
"Don't worry, I saw Miss Ann retreat. She will definitely find someone to save us. ”
"Hopefully, that girl might as well figure it out for herself. I think it's enough for her to find her way back to Nanjing City by herself. Boss, why don't we wait......"
There was the sound of people walking outside the door, and Xiao Yi and the others glanced at each other and couldn't hide their surprise.
"That girl is really capable, it's only been a long time, and someone has come."
After a while, someone rushed into the thatched house, "Brother Yi, are you okay?" This group of people has been controlled. ”
"It's okay, this time I was careless, and I fell into the hands of a few Diao people, which embarrassed the criminal department. Hey, but the girl from the An family went to find you? Is it okay for her to approve? ”
"Hey, don't say it, that girl rode your little black and ran to the Criminal Department to find Master Su, who was covered in blood, and she would take a carriage to Huzhou City. You'll have to thank them, I'll tell you, come back a little later, those thieves are going to burn this place down. ”