I really didn't expect that there would be such strange people in the world.

Looking at the boulder in the strong man's hand, there are at least two or three hundred catties, but in his hand, it is as easy as taking a melon and fruit.

The most incredible thing is that he was able to 'pick out' a few pieces of gravel at will, relying on his brute strength to use them as hidden weapons.

Cao Cao shot down one piece with his long knife, but several more came whizzing.

Seeing that Zhang Liao was about to suffer, between the lightning and flint, two figures, one white and one red, appeared, floated in front of Zhang Liao in time, and shot down the small stone with a sword.

It was Mo Ruxue and Qin Hongyi.

The two were originally accompanying Zhang Zhaozhen and others at the intersection, but suddenly heard a loud noise, worried that something would happen to Cao Cao and the others, so they rushed to save Zhang Liao's life.

When the strong man saw the husband and wife, his eyes immediately widened with anger, his teeth creaked, and even his chest hair stood up.

was about to smash the two with the boulder in his hand, when suddenly a whistle sounded in the distance, followed by a sharp rooster voice screaming: "The big thing has been accomplished, the second child will recover his life quickly!"

The voice grew farther and farther away, and it was clear that the person who spoke was talking as he walked.

When the strong man heard this, he roared angrily, carried the boulder on his shoulder, turned around and ran.

Everyone was busy checking Zhang Liao's injuries and didn't chase after him.

It's just that the force is too strong, causing the old wound to crack slightly, Zhang Liao's injury is fine, and he is busy thanking the two seniors for saving his life.

Mo Ruxue hurriedly said a few polite words. And Qin Hongyi looked at the figure of the strong man leaving, as if he was thinking.

Cao Cao hurriedly explained the investigation process of the three of them, and handed the yellow shoes he picked up to Qin Hongyi to see.

Qin Hongyi took the shoes, looked at them carefully, and said slowly: "This is made by high-grade handiwork, and it is definitely not owned by ordinary women. ”

Mo Ruxue took his wife's words and said: "It seems that there is really a princess who has been robbed, if Her Royal Highness the princess really has an accident here, I am afraid that the court will implicate the innocent people of Qinghe." “

He took the yellow shoes and looked at them again and again, and said to himself: "Once it is true, I will immediately rush to the capital and explain it to the court in person." ”

Qin Hongyi looked at him and said coquettishly: "You, you, aren't you here again? Such a big sin, you go alone, can you explain it clearly?"

Cao Cao also said: "Please think twice, there are many doubts in this matter, the current emperor is still a child, how can there be such a big princess? besides, those rude men are by no means people in the official palace, if there is really a princess traveling, how can they bring such a person to escort them?"

Cao Cao was reasonable, Qin Hongyi kept nodding his head in approval, and while handing over the yellow shoes, he said, "According to Shaoxia, there is an article here?"

"Senior, please think, regardless of the suspicious identity of the princess, but those men clearly said that Zhang Jiao sent someone to rob the princess, this place is not far from the giant deer, if you really rob the princess, you should return to the giant deer quickly, how dare you stay here? Therefore...."

"Therefore, Shaoxia thinks that these yellow shoes may not have been left by the princess?"

"Yes, senior, you have also seen that the footprints on the weeds show that this person is very good, and the strong man in front of him is so strong, and he carries a boulder on his shoulder, and when he steps on the grass, the grass will be sparse, how can it bend and not break! Moreover, the younger generation and others have carefully inspected the temple and have not found a woman, so the owner of this shoe is not necessarily the princess that the gang of people say. “

"Shaoxia is saying that Zhang Jiao sent someone to rob the princess, and it happened that we went up the mountain to look for the 'dragon bone' at this time, so we were misunderstood. But the young man happened to find the footprints again, and after tracking to the mountain temple, he inadvertently picked up the shoe. “

"Yes, maybe this shoe has been left in the temple for many days, but no one comes here on weekdays, and it just happens to be picked up by the juniors. ”

At this time, Zhang Liao interjected: "The younger generation also has a doubt, this strong man is hiding here, destroying the temple, sneaking up on us, etc., will he be a member of the 'Iron Boat Gang'?"

"Yes, yes, this strange man is really interesting, even when he saw the two seniors coming, he carried a boulder when he fled, and the juniors also thought that he might have been sent by the 'Iron Boat Gang' to steal the 'Dragon Bone'. Cao Hong said as he spoke, and suddenly slapped his head, "It's bad, that rooster just now said 'something big has been done', could it be that the 'dragon bone' has been stolen by them?"

Cao Cao put the yellow shoes back into the bad and said, "The existence of the 'Dragon Bone' is still doubtful, even if it is really buried here, but there is a huge Ganling Mountain, in a short time, it will be easy to find!"

"Yes, it's hard to say if the people of the 'Iron Boat Gang' have arrived, even if they do, their purpose is the 'Dragon's Bone', there is no need to startle the snake and attack us. Zhang Liao also said.

Cao Hong opened his mouth, wanted to say something, swallowed it back, and looked at his eldest brother with a confused expression.

The Iron Boat Gang, the Dragon's Bone, the inexplicable man, the princess who can't tell the real from the fake, the horns, the yellow shoes, and the strong man who carries the boulder on his shoulder, and his accomplices with a rooster voice.

Is it a fact or a coincidence that these people are all together all at once? It's really incredible.

Cao Cao suddenly remembered a detail and asked: "When the strong man saw the two seniors, his temperament suddenly changed greatly, and his eyes showed a fierce light, but did he recognize the seniors?"

Mo Ruxue nodded: "The young man is thoughtful! This person's name is Guo Erbao, and the rooster voice just now is named Guo Dabao, the two are twin brothers, and they are from 'Heiyegang' in Qingzhou Plains County. More than ten years ago, there was a dispute between 'Heiyegang' and 'Lu Wanggu' in Jinan County, and my husband and wife had come forward to mediate with a moment, and they had an unhappiness with the Guo brothers. “

So that's the case, no wonder the strong man Guo Erbao showed an angry look when he saw his husband and wife.

Cao Hong smiled and said: "Guo Dabao, Guo Erbao, Hei Yegang, why does it sound weird?"

Qin Hongyi sighed: "I really can't imagine it, it's been more than ten years, and they are still entangled in that incident, and they don't know what they are doing in Jizhou!"

Mo Ruxue comforted: "As an ink master, we did that thing above board, forget it, after so many years, don't think about it."

Unable to figure it out for a while, and worried about the safety of Zhang Zhaozhen and others, everyone decided to go down the mountain first.

When I returned to Qinghe City, it was almost noon.

Everyone went straight to the old patriarch's house, and as soon as they entered the gate, everyone decided that it was not right, because the huge courtyard was empty, and not a single household servant could see it.

Cao Cao and the others hurriedly rushed into the hall and found that the room was also empty.

It's weird, where have all the people gone?

Everyone split up to look for each room, but there was still none!

How could so many people from the Zhang clan, as well as the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren and Zhang Mei, all disappear, could something be wrong?

Zhang Zhaozhen hurriedly asked his two grandchildren to go out to look for it to see if they had gone to someone else's house.

Mo Ruxue looked at each room carefully, and there were no traces of fighting, let alone blood, indicating that the missing person may not have been injured or injured.

At this time, Cao Hong shouted in the firewood room: "Here, they are here." ”

Everyone hurled to the demolition of the house, and sure enough, they found more than a dozen people lying in the firewood and grass.

identified them one by one, and found that these people were all family members and maidservants, while the Zhang clan and Zhang Mei and others were not among them.

Moreover, the 'Sword of the Son of Heaven' obtained by Cao Cao is also missing.

Cao Cao and the others hurriedly sprayed the family members with cold water and asked them what had happened.

These people shook their heads like rattles, and they all said that they didn't know what was going on, but they vaguely remembered that they were working at the time, and suddenly smelled a fragrance, and then fainted. As for how it was thrown into the firewood room, and where the others went, no one can say.

"Fragrance?" Qin Hongyi was taken aback, "What kind of fragrance?"

Collectively shaking their heads, no one could answer.

"There are so many people in the house, and it's broad daylight, even if someone breaks in and hijacks it, it's not so easy to get it. “

When Qin Hongyi said the incense, everyone was silent for a while.

Even if Cao Cao and others have little experience in walking the rivers and lakes, they have also heard of things like drugs and incense, which are lit when people are unprepared, and once people inhale the smell, they will be fascinated.

No wonder there is no trace of a fight, it turns out that it is such a trick.

Immediately, Qin Hongyi continued: "Don't worry, everyone, the other party is charming with drugs, maybe they are just robbing people, not killing people, and your family members are proof of it." “

What she said is reasonable, the other party didn't even hurt the maids and maids, and it is estimated that they will not attack Zhang Mei and others for the time being.

The key question is, who exactly did this?

After analysis, everyone felt that there were about three possibilities:

First, the actions of those who covet the sword of the Son of Heaven. For example, Zhang Jiao and Lu Bu's generation, in order to snatch the Son of Heaven Sword in Cao Cao's hand, took advantage of Cao Cao and others to go up the mountain and took away everyone and the Son of Heaven Sword. But there is a flaw in this speculation, that is, Zhang, Lu and others are all ruthless, and since the sword of the Son of Heaven is in hand, it is unreasonable to kidnap everyone.

Second, it was the people of the 'Iron Boat Gang' who did it. In order to snatch the 'dragon bone', he did not hesitate to kidnap the Zhang clan in order to force them to tell the burial place. But the 'Iron Boat Gang' is not familiar with the people, even if they control the people of the Zhang clan, they should hurry up and ask, where can so many people be taken? Besides, they are doing stealing, how can they do it in broad daylight?

Third, it is the group of inexplicable men encountered on the mountain. The gang believed that it was the Zhang Jiao people who had kidnapped their princess, so they also kidnapped the Zhang clan in order to exchange hostages. I remember that when the gang of men withdrew, they said that they would report to the second master, and they also said that they would not stop, indicating that they had other accomplices.

Everyone thinks that the latter two are more likely to be larger, but whether it is to snatch the keel or to rob the princess, why did they snatch the sword of the Son of Heaven?

"Could it be that when I robbed someone, I accidentally found the Sword of the Son of Heaven and took it away by the way?"

Cao Cao disagreed: "Not long after the Sword of Heaven was rediscovered, not many people have seen it with their own eyes, and ordinary people will not regard it as a treasure at all when they see such a 'scrap iron' appearance." ”

So, who took away the Son of Heaven Sword?

At this moment, Zhang Zhaozhen's two grandsons ran in out of breath and said, "Half an hour ago, many villagers found that several carriages were heading southeast out of the city, and several coachmen were all strangers. ”

"Just a few coachmen, how many people can be robbed?"

Cao Hong just had this idea in his mind, and immediately thought of the answer, people use incense, so naturally there is no need for too many people, and in this blue sky and day, too many people will arouse the suspicion of the people.

Without further ado, the crowd immediately caught up.

After leaving the city, the Mo couple went east, and Cao Cao and the three chased south, and agreed that regardless of whether they found clues or not, they would return to the old house to meet after an hour.

With so many people in the carriage, it must not be too fast, Cao Cao and the three of them hurriedly chased along the pipeline, and sure enough, in less than half an hour, the three of them found that there were five carriages in front of them that were swaying and moving forward slowly and methodically.

"Great. ”

Cao Hong had the best light skills, and after a few jumps, he went to the front, raised his long knife, and stopped the carriage.