Chapter 55: The Thief Surprises (Assassination of Li Liao)
Walking out about three miles further, Li Fei led Xiaohu to turn south.
Along the way, after a sip of water, there was only half a bag left in the water bag after a while, and Xiaohu said anxiously: "Brother, if you drink like this, we will run out of water before the next well, and we will die of thirst!"
Li Fei smiled and said, "Don't you listen to me for everything, and you won't listen to me now! ”
So Xiaohu also began to drink, don't you say, after walking less than five miles, the water is really gone.
continued to walk, suddenly Li Fei stopped, and finally found it, it was it.
I saw a series of footprints under Li Fei's feet, shallow, not like ordinary people's footprints, the front end of ordinary people's soles would be deep in the sand, and the footprints were very short.
The footprints are very spaced apart, and the sand is shallow!
Xiaohu was surprisingly smart and hurriedly said: "Brother, this footprint has just walked not long ago!"
Li Fei was very surprised and asked, "How did you judge it?"
Xiaohu said: "Look at the edges of the old and new footprints, the edges are neat, the edges are clear, the edges are new, and the old ones will be blurred!"
"So how long have you been looking at it?"
"Brother, you can just ask, my master is the master of tracking prey!
Xiaohu looked at the sun, licked his fingers with his tongue and stretched them out in the air for a while, took them to his eyes and looked at them, and sniffed against the footprints. With a solemn look on his face, he said: "Brother, this person has been too long, and his judgment is not very accurate, it should have been more than three hours in the past!"
Li Fei's judgment was based on the time when the thief escaped, which was not much different from Xiaohu's judgment.
I couldn't help but add a little more love to Xiaohu in my heart and said: "At this speed, how many miles should this person go out?"
"This person's foot is more than three times that of ordinary people, ordinary people can walk twelve miles in the desert in one hour, and he should be a hundred miles away in three hours, how can this be chased?"
Xiaohu is worried!
Li Fei said: "I judged that he was at a well ten miles away, and he didn't leave!"
"Why? brother!"
"Because he didn't plan to go away at all!"
"Why?"
"He's going to kill someone before he leaves!"
Xiaohu really understood this time and said, "Kill Bao Bottle!"
"Yes, and he'll have to lure the bag here to kill him!"
"Brother, you are the Zhuge Kongming in the mouth of the storyteller! How do you know so much! Tell me quickly! What is going on?"
"Because of Bao Zhu's martial arts, I also know that his sword technique combined with internal strength has a fatal flaw!"
"What are the drawbacks?"
"The double knife cooperation is only fast and not broken, so people call it ghost knife god catch, but it must be rooted in solid ground under your feet to play to the extreme, otherwise you can only play fifty percent, especially the desert and glacier are his deadly nemesis. Therefore, the head of the bag has not been in the desert and the northeast extreme cold for many years. That's why!"
"Oh, then hurry up and tell Bao Daxia not to be fooled and go deep into the desert to chase the murderer!"
"It's late! The thief is scheming to make Bao Daxia have no choice, let alone a way out. ”
Xiaohu looked at Li Fei very incomprehensibly.
Li Fei followed the footprints while explaining to Xiaohu.
He left Li Xilong's fool and didn't kill him, just to let him pass the word: tell Bao Zhu that he was the one who committed the crime just now, and he fled in the direction of Qilian Mountain not long ago. Our current direction is to Qilian Mountain, do you know?"
"Yes, I know! I've walked with Master a few times. ”
In addition, the purpose of his previous crimes was to create extremely bad negative public opinion, make the people panic, and complain that the government was not good for arresting the culprits.
However, the goal was indeed achieved, and the imperial court was also very concerned about this time, and ordered the imperial envoy to supervise the matter, and ordered the criminal department to put all the burden on the heads of the two four-rank small catchers.
The officials of the Fourth Grade Criminal Department can call the wind and rain in the locality, but they are not worth mentioning at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
Xiaohu heard it with relish: "Then how big an official is this border city guard Li Liao?"
"His official rank is Captain of the Cavalry, the third largest officer in command of the cavalry. “
"Brother, don't be impatient, I want to lead troops to fight when I grow up, can you tell me the first and second officials?"
Li Fei remembered Lao Taijun again, her husband was the biggest official, but he was killed in prison.
"Yes, I am optimistic about you, the one who is greater than the commander is the commander, and the one who is greater than the commander is the hussar general. “
"Okay, we're going to pretend we're losing too much water, and we're going to have to go slowly. “
"Hmm!"
After more than two hours of suffering, I finally saw a place with an earthen fence.
The two of them are not pretending to be this time, they are really thirsty. When they came to the well, they had forgotten what they were here for. Drop the barrel and start fetching water.
When I came up and saw that the water was all muddy water, I was just about to drink it, and a person next to me shouted: "One or two lines of silver and a bag of clear water, do you want two young heroes?"
Li Fei splashed the water on his face and body, but did not splash it on Xiaohu, because his body could not bear it.
And then go back: "Yes, give me two bags!"
With that, he threw away a piece of broken silver, two or two more, no less. The man was also cheerful: "The bag is very old and gifted." ”
Li Fei was fooled once, and the water was drugged with sweat medicine, but this time he was much more cautious, because Xiaohu was not as invincible as himself.
He took the water and drank it, because his mouth could sensitively drink whether he had been drugged or not. The man was also very happy to see Li Fei drink the water he gave him without hesitation. Because many people dare to drink it after testing it with a skeptical attitude!
Li Fei accosted while drinking water: "Where does the road by this well lead?
"It costs one or two pieces of silver to inquire about the road, and five taels of silver to inquire about it, and there is no charge if you find the lost livestock. ”
"Well, you're a strange rule!
Why do you want to set the price like this, if you are right, I will give you ten taels to ask you for directions and ask people?"
"You can ask first, see if I know if I'm paying, and then I'll tell you!"
Li Fei took a closer look at this person and found that he couldn't see it when he was sitting there, and when he got closer, he realized that he was actually a cripple. So she approached him and whispered:
"Did you see a good-looking white-robed man in the morning? ”
Although the man was silent, Li Fei could already hear that his heartbeat was much faster.
The man stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the money!
Li Fei immediately gave him ten taels of silver, stared at him and waited for him to answer, only to hear him say slowly: "I've seen it!"
Then there was no follow-up, and Li Fei asked, "That's ten taels?"
"You can't blame me for this, that's all you can do to answer your question!"
"Okay, okay, let me ask you again, where is this man now?"
"Ten taels! Pay!" Li Fei gave him another ten taels: "How many words are you saying this time?"
It's a bit of a sarcasm for his money addiction.
The man looked at Li Fei incomprehensibly and said, "He killed everyone who came here, this information is free." And then they all fell into the well, and this one is free!"
Li Fei was about to vomit, but he added: "I drank this water before throwing the corpse, so you can drink it with confidence!"
Now to answer your question: "What are you looking for me! I'm strange, I don't remember meeting you!"