Chapter 24 Clues on the spot

"Miss, I want to ask for advice, the tributes that the Ding Mansion sent to Bianjing were all escorted by himself, and were they not handed over to the government?" Shen Guhong asked.

When Ding Yi heard this, he smiled slightly, and said: "Although there is no big bandit den in Bianjing, the force in the official mansion is not as good as that of the Ding Mansion, my father has a very good relationship with the prefect, and he has been escorted by the people of the Ding Mansion all these years!"

"In this way, that Wu Da shopkeeper should be a martial arts master!Otherwise, you wouldn't dare to let him escort the tribute!" Shen Guhong said.

Ding Yi nodded and said: "That's right, Wu Dahai's martial arts are not much weaker than Brother Xiao, plus Wei Dong, and dozens of brothers, it should be foolproof, but after all, something went wrong." ”

"The relationship between Xiao Gongzi and Wu Da's shopkeeper seems to be good!" Shen Guhong said.

Ding Yi said: "They often practice martial arts together. ”

Shen Guhong nodded: "You Ding don't look like merchants, but like a martial arts family!"

"Who doesn't know how to defend themselves when walking outside? Besides, doing business is not as simple as it seems on the surface?" Ding Yi said.

When Shen Guhong heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Ding Yi again. Ding Yinai is a person who has been in the shopping mall for many years, how can he not see what Shen Guhong is thinking, and said: "Of course I can do two tricks, but my martial arts are all taught by Brother Xiao!"

Shen Guhong nodded, he always felt that the relationship between Ding Yi and Xiao Baiyu was not simple, but now that he thinks about it, it is a special feeling, just like him and Su Ninghan. Gradually, Shen Guhong also understood the relationship between men and women.

"Okay, Hong Hu should be almost ready, let's go!" Ding Yi said.

Shen Guhong nodded, and said in his heart: "It turns out that the so-called preparation is just to give Xiao Baiyu time to visit Wu Dahai, and this Miss Ding is also thinking about it." But how do I always feel that this lady is a little different from before? It's really strange!"

Out of Dingfu, I saw more than a dozen people standing together at the gate, and next to it, there were more than a dozen horses.

Hong Hu stepped forward and said, "Miss, everything is ready, just wait for Leader Xiao to come and set off!"

After Hong Hu finished speaking, he saw Xiao Baiyu coming from the other side of the street, and said with a smile: "It seems that I came back at the right time!"

Shen Guhong's mind moved again, it seems that the site of Wu Dahai's mansion is not far from Ding's mansion.

Ding Yi said: "Everyone has arrived, so let's go!"

Everyone got the order, and they all turned over and got on their horses, Ding Yi looked at Shen Guhong at this time and said, "Do you know how to ride a horse?"

Shen Guhong said: "Yes, but I don't ride well!"

When Ding Yi heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "It's okay, just be able to ride!"

Shen Guhong didn't lie to Ding Yi, he had never been out of Pear Blossom Villa since he was a child, and he didn't have the opportunity to ride a horse as a layman, of course, with his and Su Ninghan's naughtiness, there were horses in the villa, and he naturally rode them.

Ding Yi saw that Shen Guhong's posture on the horse was not quite right, so he knew that what Shen Guhong said was true. Seeing this, Xiao Baiyu frowned slightly. After the group got on the horse, Shen Guhong was naturally the most backward, followed by Hong Hu and them, and Xiao Baiyu and Ding Yi were naturally the ones who ran in the front.

"Xiaoyi, what we are going to do this time is extremely dangerous, Brother Shen, he is afraid that it will be ······" Xiao Baiyu's voice can only be heard by Ding Yi.

"Father said that the people in the house are up to me, I can't choose one, right? Although Shen Guhong doesn't know martial arts, he has a flexible brain, and it should be useful to us!" What Ding Yi said was naturally only heard by Xiao Baiyu.

"Understood!" Xiao Baiyu didn't speak, the whip sounded in the air, and the horse galloped faster, and after a while, he left Shen Guhong and Hong Hu and the others behind. Seeing this, Hong Hu said to a man beside him: "Hong Shan, you take care of Brother Shen, let's catch up with the eldest lady and them!"

Hong Shan is Hong Hu's younger brother, his martial arts path is different from Hong Hu, and he is walking side by side with Shen Guhong at the moment. Shen Guhong said: "Thank you Brother Hong for taking care of me, it seems that I am dragging my feet!"

Hong Shan said: "Brother Shen, don't say that, my eldest brother said that you are not very old, but you are a smart person, this is the reason why the eldest lady asked you to participate in this matter!"

Shen Guhong said a few words modestly, and when he arrived at the scene with Hongshan, he saw that many brothers were looking around. After Shen Guhong got off the horse, he was not idle, and he was also looking around at the moment. This is a dense forest, the ancient trees in the forest are towering, and the sunlight can only reach the ground through the gaps between the branches of the large trees, if there is no sunlight, it will be quite dark. Such a natural environment is indeed a good place for ambush. There are several large trees not far away, and there are traces of swords and other weapons, and it seems that this place has indeed experienced a very fierce battle.

Shen Guhong frowned slightly, and his heart was full of doubts: "300,000 taels of silver brocade, so many goods are transported away, there should be deep rut marks on the ground, why is there nothing in this forest?"

Shen Guhong thought about it, and walked a few steps deeper into the forest, only to see that there were still undried blood stains on a few blades of grass in the forest. It's no wonder that the ancient trees cover the sky, and the sun's rays are difficult to shine into the forest, and of course the blood stains dry slowly.

Shen Guhong bent down, and at this moment, he seemed to see an extremely faint light flashing under those weeds. He crouched down and picked up the weeds, only to see a tiny pearl under the dry leaves.

"This pearl is of excellent color, otherwise it would be difficult to find it in this dark forest!" Shen Guhong held the pearl in his palm and began to bow his head and ponder.

"But what did you find?" Ding Yi came to Shen Guhong's side, Shen Guhong was shocked at this time, Ding Yi could approach so quietly, it seems that martial arts are not weaker than Xiao Baiyu, and the people of the Ding family are indeed not simple. At this time, I don't know if he deliberately forgot the pearl clenched in the palm of his hand, and the ghost shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I found a few pools of blood here that haven't dried up!"

Hong Shan was not far from him, and he heard Shen Guhong's words, and said: "This forest is dark, even if the blood stains are in a few days, they may not be gone!"

Shen Guhong nodded: "What Brother Hong said is true!"

"There's a discovery here!" Hong Hu's voice came from another direction, and Ding Yi and Hong Shan hurriedly walked over there. Shen Guhong hid the little pearl and followed.

"What did you find?" Ding Yiren shouted before he arrived.

Hong Hu greeted him and handed a black iron plate style thing to Ding Yi, Ding Yi glanced at the iron plate, only to see the word "Zhang" written on it.

"This is the Zhang family's unique black token, only people above the big shopkeeper can hold this token, fuck, sure enough, the Zhang family did it!" Hong Shan exclaimed.

Xiao Baiyu also came over at this time and said, "Show me!"

Ding Yi handed the black token to Xiao Baiyu, Xiao Baiyu frowned and said: "No, if it is really the Zhang family, how dare they do it themselves?

"Leader Xiao, what's so strange about this? I think now that we go directly to the Zhang family, we will definitely be able to find the lost goods!" Hong Shan said loudly.

Xiao Baiyu said: "Zhang Yun is a person who does things without leakage, even if they go to Zhang's house at this time, they can't find this batch of goods." Besides, the most important thing for us now is to find this batch of goods, which is the key to saving the Ding Mansion, as for who is the person who intercepts the goods, let's take care of it slowly!"

Ding Yi nodded: "That's right!"

"So what should we do now?" asked Hong Shan.

Xiao Baiyu said: "Tonight, let's act in two groups, Hong Hu will go to the Evergreen Gang, I will go to Zhang's Mansion with Xiaoyi, and the rest will go back to the house to standby." With such a large batch of goods, it is impossible to quietly leave the Daimyo's Mansion, and the tribute must still be in the Daimyo's Mansion, and now the only ones who can hide this batch of goods are the Zhang Mansion and the Changqing Gang. Hong Hu, you remember, the main purpose of this visit is to see if he can bring anything in today. Notify me and the eldest lady as soon as it is found out!!"

"Understood!" Hong Hu hugged his fist at Xiao Baiyu and went first.

Then Xiao Baiyu and Ding Yi also left.

As soon as the sun had set, it was already dark in the woods. After Hongshan called all the people, he headed towards Dingfu.

"Brother Hong, the relationship between this eldest lady and Xiao Gongzi is not simple!" Shen Guhong didn't know why, but he came up with such a sentence. Ling De Hongshan was stunned for a moment, and he said: "Isn't it simple? Leader Xiao and the eldest lady are lovers, and they have been approved by the head of the family, and in a few days, they will go through three books and six ceremonies, and after sending the eight characters, the eldest lady will marry Leader Xiao!"

Although Shen Guhong didn't understand these wedding gifts, he knew what it meant to be married, and it was no wonder that Xiao Baiyu and Ding Yi behaved intimately and flirted with each other, it turned out to be like this. He asked again, "Is this Xiao Gongzi also from the Daimyo's Mansion?"

"That's not it, Xiao Gongzi was born in a martial arts family, and his family is in Jinling. "Hongshan Road.

When Shen Guhong heard this, he was shocked and said, "Jinling Xiao family?"

"Brother Shen also knows about the Jinling Xiao family?"

Shen Guhong said: "The Xiao family is so famous, who wouldn't know?"

At this time, Hong Shan rode his horse close to Shen Guhong and said: "Brother Shen may not know that although it is true that Leader Xiao is a member of the Xiao family, it is only a side branch, and their position in the Xiao family is not high, so Leader Xiao came out to do things." However, that kind of martial arts family, even if it is a side disciple, is also respected in the rivers and lakes. ”

Shen Guhong nodded and said, "What Brother Hong said is right!"

Hong Shan said again: "It seems that Brother Shen has only been in Ding Mansion for a short time, otherwise how could you not know about these things that have already spread in Ding Mansion?"

Shen Guhong said: "Brother Hong really has good eyesight, I have only been in Dingfu for less than three months, and I have always been a scholar for the young master!"

When Hong Shan heard this, he was taken aback and said, "You are the scholar who has been spreading in Ding's Mansion recently?"

Shen Guhong stayed in the courtyard where Ding Cheng lived these days, and knew that his reputation had spread throughout Ding's mansion. Immediately said: "It's me, but how can I be rumored?"

Hong Shan said: "No wonder the eldest lady wants to take you, Brother Shen, you don't know, the young master's reputation in the mansion is known to everyone in the Ding Mansion, now you can let him reform and concentrate on studying, this is really amazing, the head of the family often mentions you, but he doesn't say your name, otherwise everyone will know you when you are performing in the martial arts!"

Shen Guhong was a little crying and laughing, he didn't expect that he was already so famous in the Ding Mansion.

"Is the eldest lady about to marry Jinling?" asked Shen Guhong again.

Hong Shan shook his head and said, "No, it was Leader Xiao who led the Ding family." ”

Hearing this, Shen Guhong nodded. Everyone rode their horses and walked for a stick of incense for about a while, and then returned to the Daimyo's Mansion. It stands to reason that they can't enter the city at this point, but the people of Ding Mansion can enter the city.