Chapter 676, A Message
In the afternoon of this day, a black inferior horse with no one to ride, covered in blood galloped into the Xuantong county, more than a dozen soldiers failed to stop the black inferior horse, and watched the horse gallop into the city, and went straight to the general number of the Tongcheng Dart Bureau in the west of the city.
Some people have fast legs, and they run to report to the officer, wanting to inform the patrolling soldiers to work together to catch this horse, after all, if they encounter such a situation, they will not be able to get killed! If this horse bumps into an elderly person or child who is unable to dodge, then what is the problem? Cheng Changzhuang, a dart master who was sharpening his knife at the door of the dart bureau, suddenly heard the neighing of the horse, raised his head, but saw a black inferior horse galloping over, Cheng Changzhuang looked at the familiar black inferior horse, suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and blurted out: "Not good! Isn't this Cheng Darthead's mount?"
The black inferior horse covered in blood was already at the end of the crossbow, and he escaped back to the general number of the dart bureau in order to report to others. The black bad horse fell to the ground with a thud, smashing up a cloud of dust.
Cheng Changzhuang was keenly aware that something must have happened to Lao Cheng and the dart team! Otherwise, there was no reason, only this horse escaped alone! Cheng Changzhuang, who has always been known for his steadyness, carried a saber and galloped all the way into the main number lobby, panicked, and shouted hoarsely: "Go and shout the chief dart! Something is wrong! Go and shout the chief dart! Something is wrong!"
Hearing the shout, Mr. Zhang, the account room who ran out from behind the counter, almost hit Cheng Changzhuang to death in a hurry, Mr. Zhang fell to the ground, clutched his chest, and said, "Master Cheng, what's wrong?" You ran so panicked, ouch, you hit me to death! I'm afraid that a few of my ribs have been broken by you!"
Cheng Changzhuang brushed aside the saber, picked up Mr. Zhang, the account room, and shouted loudly to Liu Dali, the little apprentice who heard the shouts and ran out of the inner house, "It's broken! Something is wrong! Our Cheng Darthead's mount has run back by itself, and it has already died outside the gate of our dart game! Our dart team must have been robbed! Go and report to the head of the dart!"
Liu Dali hesitated, "Master Cheng Dart, have you identified the horse that is Cheng Darthead?"
Cheng Changzhuang was anxious to die, "My great ancestor, is this still wrong? Go and inform the chief dartman!" Liu Dali responded, scattered his feet, and rushed in to inform his master Yan Dongsheng. After a while, the dart master and men at home in the dart game ran out and came to the gate, and sure enough, they saw that Cheng Dart's horse had died on the side of the road, and the death was miserable, mixed with blood.
Yan Dongsheng, the big boss, ran out of the martial arts arena of the inner house with a few apprentices, and Cheng Changzhuang walked out while introducing the situation to Yan Dongsheng, Yan Dongsheng's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word. Yan Dong rose to the gate, and saw that Cheng Hongli's horse really died on the side of the road, covered in blood, Yan Dongsheng squatted down, looked carefully, and saw that the horse seemed to be injured by the internal force of the martial arts master, and the internal organs had been damaged.
I saw that Hou Bantou, who guarded the yamen of the county, rode a horse with more than a dozen servants carrying water and fire sticks and rushed to the Tongcheng Dart Bureau like a gust of wind. Hou Bantou jumped off the horse and threw hands to Yan Dongsheng, Hou Bantou asked with a calm face: "Mr. Yan, what is the situation?" Some people reported to the Yamen, saying that there was a crazy horse that ran into the people in the street, destroyed property, and finally ran to the door of your dart bureau and died here, and some people said, This is the horse of your dart board?"
Yan Dongsheng smiled bitterly: "Hou Bantou, this horse is indeed the horse of Cheng Darthead of our dart game, Cheng Dart has not come back, and there is no news from the entire dart team, only this horse has escaped back, I am afraid that something will happen to the dart team!"
Hou Bantou said movingly: "Oh, there is such a thing, then do you want to report to the official?" These team leaders and officials in the yamen are looking forward to others reporting to the official, and some economic case will occur, and only when others report to the official will they have oil and water, otherwise that meager amount of labor and food silver is enough to do something? Can they let their family drink the northwest wind?
The people who came and went on the street saw a group of officials standing at the door of the Tongcheng Dart Bureau, guessing that the Dart Bureau was afraid that something was going on in the stall, and they gathered from afar and did not dare to come forward, pointing and pointing one by one. It stands to reason that in the past ten years, the Tongcheng Dart Bureau has not lost darts, and occasionally encounters horse bandits, and can always rely on face and road money to solve the problem, and the relationship between the Tongcheng Dart Bureau and the local government yamen is also very good, the money is spent in place, and the government does not make it difficult for them.
At this moment, a man in a black martial arts uniform rode over on a white horse, and when he arrived at the door of the dart bureau, the martial artist jumped off the horse, grabbed the horse's head, and asked everyone in a loud voice: "Who is the person in charge of the Tongcheng dart bureau? I am here to report the news!"
Yan Dongsheng looked at this person, this person was about thirty years old, dressed in a black martial arts uniform, with bright eyes, a high nose and a big mouth, a heroic spirit, and bulging temples, looking like a martial arts master. Yan Dongsheng arched his hand and said: "Friend, under is Yan Dongsheng, the chief dart head of the Tongcheng Dart Bureau, I don't know what advice my friend has?"
The black-clothed martial artist hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Yan's dart head, and the younger brother is Chu Zhenglong of the Central Plains Dao, just now when he and a few friends passed by the official road thirty miles east of the city, they met your dart team of the Tongcheng Dart Bureau, and the dart master of the dart team was killed on the ground, almost all of them were torn into four pieces, and even more than a dozen horses were mostly divided, and the scene was tragic. As we passed by, there was another man crawling halfway on the ground, and before he died, he asked us to go into the city to deliver a message to the dart bureau that they had been attacked by five monsters with green faces and fangs that had jumped out of the river!"
When everyone in the dart game heard this, their hearts were shocked, and they were all stunned, what is the monster with green faces and fangs? Yan Dongsheng looked shocked and asked loudly: "It turned out to be Brother Chu of the Central Plains Dao, who has been looking up for a long time! Brother Chu said that the monster with blue faces and fangs attacked our dart team? That is, all the people in our dart game are dead, is the dart car still there?"
Chu Zhenglong said with some displeasure: "The dart cart is still there, it doesn't seem to be moving, but the horses and the dart master are all dead!" Chu Zhenglong secretly said in his heart, how can this harsh winter rise be like this, don't ask people to ask the dart cart first?
Chu Zhenglong arched his hand and said: "Mr. Yan, I have already brought the message here, so I will leave!" Chu Zhenglong turned around and pulled the saddle, and wanted to get on the horse and leave.
Hou Bantou's eyes widened, he stepped forward and grabbed Chu Zhenglong's horse's head, and stopped: "Slow down, slow down! Don't leave yet, surnamed Chu, since there has been a murder and you appear at the scene of the crime again, how do you know that this case was not done by you and your friends? You can't leave! You have to stay and wait for the yamen to investigate the case and confirm that you are not involved in this case before letting you go!"
Chu Zhenglong was furious, turned around and shouted: "Who are you, dare to block my way? I have been entrusted by someone to bring the message, what does this matter have to do with me? Don't block my way, I still have something to do, don't wait for me to turn around!"
Hou Bantou smiled and said: "The surname Chu, you can see clearly, I am wearing official clothes! Although my rank is not high, I am also the head of the yamen, and this case of human life must be the responsibility of our yamen, what, do you want to abscond in fear of crime? Tell you, you can't leave today, you must return to the yamen and cooperate with us in investigating the case! Brothers, lock me the one surnamed Chu!"
As soon as the crowd agreed, they would take the chain and step forward to take the person. Chu Zhenglong was furious, and he was about to make a quick move against the catch, Yan Dongsheng hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Everyone, do it slowly, this Mr. Chu is also a kind person who came to report the news, don't embarrass him too much! Mr. Chu, I think it's better for you to follow Hou Bantou and them to the yamen!"
Oh! Chu Zhenglong is really furious, I came to send you a message without relatives and no reason, you actually asked someone to take me, there are people who do this, do you do this?