Chapter Eighty-Eight: Horse Theft
The dart team led by Zheng Chengsheng, the head of the Youjing Longsheng Dart Bureau, stayed in Quyang County for one night, made some logistical supplies the next day, and after lunch, was ready to set off on the road.
In the courtyard of the inn, after a night of adequate rest, the dart masters ate a few good meals, and they were all full of energy. Everyone was putting their luggage on their horses, saddling their horses, and preparing to give the order from the dart heads, and then got on their horses and set off.
The two shopkeepers pushed out the carriage, and after putting the horses in cages, two strong dart masters carried the box out, and carefully carried the box onto the carriage and put it under the watchful eye of Mr. Zheng.
When everything was cleaned up, Mr. Zheng was about to give the order to set off, when there was a noise at the door of the inn, and a man's voice was heard coming in: "I heard my horse inside, you have to let me in and have a look." ”
As soon as the words fell, a man in black broke in, looked around, and ran to the jujube red horse led by the dart master Chen Jinshan, and said as he walked: "It's really here, I can be regarded as finding you." ”
Chen Jinshan raised his hand to block the man and said, "What are you doing, what are you talking nonsense here?"
The man didn't look at Master Chen, so he stretched out his hand to touch the head of the jujube red horse, "That's it, that's it, this is my horse, it's so hard to find me!"
"What's your horse, get out of here!" Chen Dart Shi slammed his palm towards the man in black, if it was an ordinary person, he would have to be pushed out of the way by this palm, and he would fall on his back. But the man didn't back down at all, just turned his body to the side, and Chen Dart's palm grazed the man's chest and slid out, without any strength, although Chen Dart Master only used thirty percent of his strength, his body almost lost his balance and planted forward.
Chen Dart Master's mistake almost made a foreign appearance, he immediately stretched out his left foot on the ground a little, pulled a lunge, and borrowed the power of leaning forward to play a move of Chen's fist with all his strength - the tiger out of the mountain. Because the palm he pushed just now was calmly avoided by the man, Chen Dart felt that this person was not ordinary, so this punch used full strength and did not have the slightest reservation.
"Bah!" the man was punched in the chest, and his body immediately bounced backwards and flew a foot away, falling heavily to the ground. I saw that the man made a sound in his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
When everyone saw that Senior Brother Chen suddenly shot and injured someone, they all came over to pull the fight. Several masters helped the man in black who fell to the ground to his feet, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and fed him with water.
Chen Dart Master was a little annoyed and angry before, so he used a heavy punch, I don't want this man to have no real kung fu, but he was injured so badly, which made him feel very guilty, and said a little apologetically: "You, why do you say this is your horse, this horse has been with me for a long time, you, aren't you talking nonsense?"
The man struggled to sit up from the ground and said, "I'm not talking nonsense, this is my horse, three months ago, in the county town of Jinbei, when I took it to the veterinarian for treatment, it was accidentally stolen. I looked for this horse all the way from north to south, and I ran into it here today. ”
He raised his hand to wipe his tears and said, "This horse has hypochondriasis, which often occurs, and has not yet been cured." ”
Everyone was a little confused when they heard this, three months ago, they did stay in the county town of Jinbei, but Chen Dartshi's horse has been following him for more than a year, and they haven't found any hypochondria on this horse.
Of course, Chen Dart Master became more and more angry when he heard him say this, and immediately grabbed the reins of the horse, wanting to lead the horse to the man so that he could see it clearly. But the horse suddenly weakened, knelt on the ground, and the horse's head hung down, and some white foam came out of his mouth, and he became ill on the spot!
Seeing this scene, everyone was amazed, at this time, suddenly, the two horses on the carriage parked in the courtyard let out a startled roar, as if frightened in a panic shook their heads, the horses' hooves were scraping on the ground, and at the same time, the back cover of the carriage, which should have been sealed, suddenly popped open, raised upward, and the whole carriage suddenly opened.
Mr. Zheng was suddenly startled, thinking badly, and immediately walked quickly to the carriage, lifted the front curtain of the carriage, looked inside, and was immediately shocked. The wooden box is gone!
The compound of this inn, with only a gate in front of it, is surrounded by high walls on both sides, and behind it is the guest room, and the carriage is parked in the middle of the compound. And it is unbelievable that such a large and heavy wooden box has quietly disappeared without a trace in front of everyone's eyes. Mr. Zheng looked back at the dart masters, and his eyes seemed to be asking, who saw what situation just now, and everyone shook their heads in confusion.
"Chase!" Mr. Zheng didn't have time to think about it, he pulled out his sword from his waist and waved, commanding the dart masters to divide into three ways, all the way out from the front door, all the way out from the backyard door, and finally a few porters who were not riding horses left, they immediately returned to the guest room building and searched door to door.
Chen Dart Master suddenly fell ill on the ground because of his horse, and in desperation, he had to lead the last group of people to return to the guest house and check door to door. In an instant, everyone dispersed, leaving the injured man alone in the compound.
Mr. Zheng took the people who chased him out of the front door, chasing and looking for them all the way, but he didn't see half a suspicious person, and he was about to chase to the city gate.
Mr. Zheng thought to himself, if this person was carrying such a heavy box, it would be impossible for him to run so fast, he must be hiding nearby, and he immediately remembered the man in black, although the disappearance of the box could not be his hand, but he suddenly provoked an incident, he must be the helper of the box thief, and he must not let him go.
Thinking of this, Mr. Zheng immediately turned his horse's head and galloped towards the inn with the people and horses. After a while, he returned to the door of the inn, and Mr. Zheng rode into the gate of the inn without hesitation, but the place where the man in black was lying in the courtyard just now was empty, and the sick red horse was gone.
At this time, Chen Dart rushed down from the guest house, came to Mr. Zheng and said breathlessly: "Just now, just now, I was upstairs, look, I saw that man actually rode my horse and ran out, I looked at him, no, not like a good person, or let him get it, alas!"
"Do you think he's here to steal your horse?" Mr. Zheng sat on the horse and was heartbroken, "You guys, you hurry up and carefully look for the whereabouts of the box for me around the inn, and send a few people to chase the man in black back for me immediately!" After speaking, Mr. Zheng's dart head turned dark, his body shook for a moment, and he actually fell off the horse.