Du Sheng didn't stop, and continued: "Later, several thieves split into two ways, one way sneaked back to the inn, and the other way is probably to go back to find helpers. Sneaking back to the inn, the three bandits couldn't wait for reinforcements, killed the guy to control the shopkeeper, changed into the guy's clothes, delivered tea in the backyard, and poured medicine to two guests, only to have the three of them killed by a guest before they fell unconscious. ”

Although Lu Ting is not a master of criminal investigation, he is a county official and knows a lot of things, so he interrupted Du Sheng's analysis questioningly, and said: "Du Zhutou and so on, if the sweat medicine attacks, can the two guests not fall down and have the strength to kill a few bandits?"

Du Sheng waited for the county official to finish asking and said, "Go back to your lordship, They are not ordinary guests, they broke the teacup when the drug attacked, inserted the fragments into their chests, the severe pain can delay the time they are fascinated by the medicine, delay for a while and they will kill all the bandits, probably because of fear, came to the front hall and stabbed the shopkeeper to death with a sword, and then the village Yong, who had been monitoring the bandits, came in, they took care of the scene, until the arrival of the brigade of bandits, they took only one guest with medicine in a hurry, and when the bandits left with another guest with medicine, they returned to the inn. ”

Lu Ting wanted to ask again, why didn't the villagers unite all the strong men in the town to drive away the bandits, but he thought about it, this question is redundant, the brigade of bandits arrived, they didn't say that they couldn't gather in a hurry, even if they were assembled, they didn't dare to fight to the death with others, but fortunately they didn't have the courage, if they really fought, there were countless casualties, then they weren't more implicated, after all, the extermination of the bandits was a matter for the yamen and the army, there were many casualties, and the above blamed it, the bandits were rampant, and they were afraid that they would definitely be held responsible。

Lu Ting didn't interrupt, Du Sheng continued: "Chu Cheng They thought it would be okay now, so they left a villager Yong to watch the guest, Chu Cheng and they took people back to the inn, and the townsmen set up people to monitor people everywhere at the entrance of the town, and waited until the early morning The people from the Chongjian Gate rushed to the town, Chu Cheng and they were afraid that the bandits would come back, so they rang the bell when they retreated this time, gathered everyone in the town, and prepared to fight hard with the bandits." ”

Du Sheng's narration said that Lu Ting hung his heart in his throat for a while, after all, he still went to the town, he was worried that this war would break out, and Lu Ting was nervously waiting for Du Sheng to tell him about the rest of the matter.

Du Sheng's speech did not stop, of course he could see Lu Ting's mood ups and downs, and he hurriedly continued: "Just when Chu Cheng and the villagers were gathering, someone quietly peeked that the villager was tied hand and foot by the guest who had woken up and brought him to the inn, and then the guest went in alone, and the villagers did not dare to approach, only heard the screams inside, The roar continued, and after a while there was no movement, the guest came out with a person covered in blood, and went in again with Xiang Yong at the door, and after a while, the guest came out with Xiang Yong who untied the rope, and then the two rode along the east path, if the subordinates guessed correctly, the guest was holding Xiang Yong hostage to find the bandits, and his companions were taken away by the bandits."

Du Sheng paused when he said this, and Lu Ting took advantage of this stall to say: "He killed Qian Cheng and so many disciples alone?"

Du Sheng continued: "Yes, my lord, and now this cold-blooded killer is on his way to find the bandits." ”

After Du Sheng said this, a smile appeared on his face, he seemed to have seen the heads of the bandits one after another, heard the continuous screams of the bandits, the mountains were stained with blood, and the strong man howled in sorrow, and finally fell down because of the blood running dry.

The light and moon in the sky collided with the air, and the blood sacrifice Hu Chen was completely injured. Qingshan Feng Hong's words are still light, how to describe the sorrow and shake the sky.

Lu Ting looked at Du Sheng's smile, he suddenly understood what Du Sheng meant, and unconsciously smiled.

Lu Ting's smile only lasted for a moment, but the mind that went away jumped from the thief to Liu Ping'er, and then jumped back to Qian Cheng and the dozens of dead disciples, and the smile on his face disappeared for a while, and it was inevitable that the clouds of sorrow would rise again, and he came back to his senses and said to Du Sheng: "Du Zhutou, but now that Qian Cheng and the lives of so many of his disciples, what can we do to settle this matter?"

Du Sheng smiled and said, "My lord, something big has happened in Hanzhong in the past two days, and my lord should know." ”

Lu Ting said unconsciously: "Hanging bonus?"

Du Sheng nodded, and said: "When Hanzhong sent the official document, his subordinates invited him to drink and talk about it, and he was rewarded for his long journey, and he also knew that this matter was not as simple as we saw, one of the two deceased was the grandson of Liu Shan, the original household secretary who returned to his hometown, and Lord Liu, so someone would help privately and put the bounty out to this big number, and Hanzhong, Ning Qiang, and all sent the elite of the yamen and the elite of the city guard, and they were tracking all the way, if the subordinates guessed correctly, the team must be on the way to come now." ”

Lu Ting still felt that although this was of great help to him, at least he could catch the murderer, but he could not relieve him of his responsibility, so he said: "Du Zhutou, even if the officers and soldiers of the brigade come here, we can ask them to help us capture the murderer, but after all, there are so many lives, and the above will still be held accountable." ”

Du Sheng continued: "My lord, if we do well this time, not only will we not be held accountable, but it may also be an opportunity for you to make friends with big names like Xu Jinzhao, Lord Xu, Liu Shan, and Lord Liu!"

Lu Ting's eyes lit up when he heard Du Sheng's words, and he hurriedly said, "Du Zhutou, what are your good plans, continue." ”

Du Sheng is not an impatient person, and his calm and sophisticated personality makes him have a basis for everything he says and does, so Du Sheng still starts from the edge and corroboration.

Du Sheng nodded and continued: "My lord, I have carefully inspected the inn in the morning, and the guests who were calculated by the thieves are not ordinary guests, and when the subordinates inspected the room, they found a package of clothes that they did not have time to take away, and one package was wrapped into two kinds of clothes, so it was at least two women's things, and the people who were drugged down were two men, and we can guess who they are when we add the people that my subordinates encountered in the inn! Qian Cheng and his disciples can also confirm this for us, they can't afford to be early, if it weren't for the money urging them, they wouldn't have buried themselves here, so it can be seen that they should have come from Hanzhong, turned the path into the mountains, and then turned all the way to Peiyang's hanging list bonus owner. ”

Lu Ting looked at Du Sheng, he had always been glad that he had a head catcher like Du Sheng under him, and Du Sheng was definitely the one who could save his life at a critical time.

Lu Ting blurted out unconsciously: "They are the murderers of the hanging bonus!"

Du Sheng nodded, and said: "Yes, my lord, my subordinates have already confirmed their identities when they saw the other murderer's accomplice encountered in the inn, when Brother Zhou and Lu Xin encountered this accomplice, he rushed to the town from Tongjiang, and he should have been attracted by the ringing bell, so it can prove why our official team's team did not follow the murderer all the way, because our men and horses must have been taken all the way to Nanjiang County by this last accomplice, at least on the way to the Nanjiang territory." ”

Lu Ting was still anxious to know what to do, since Du Sheng had analyzed everything, he should have the next action strategy, and then said with the most direct exploration intention: "Du Zhutou, then what are you going to do next?"

Du Sheng paused for a moment to condense his thoughts, and then said: "My lord, when I was at the inn, my subordinates didn't tell the murderer's accomplices that the person he was looking for was chasing the bandits, and that his subordinates wanted to leave this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone for ourselves. The main owner of the hanging bonus and the bandit fire, two or three hundred bandits, and five leaders, he will definitely not be able to retreat with his whole body, then we can sneak in and take the remaining profits, and on the other hand, we can also let his accomplices go to find the two fleeing women, he will not leave empty-handed, this should be wandering in the town, the subordinates are afraid of startling the snake, and have quietly sent two village warriors to look around in the town. ”

Lu Ting nodded, although his rich body had been sitting motionless on the horse for so long, the sourness and pain were obvious, but he still wanted to listen to Du Sheng's return too much.

Du Sheng said again: "My lord, the information we have obtained has now made the situation clear, and my lord is safe and sound, my subordinates want to ask my lordship, and we will act now, so as not to change later." ”

Du Sheng's words really catered to Lu Ting's wishes, and Lu Ting hurriedly said: "Du Zhutou, then you can arrange it, you should be fully responsible for the action." ”

Du Sheng nodded in response, and then urged the horse to interview this team of people, ordered four officials in the center, and said loudly: "You are divided into two roads, one along the avenue to Tongjiang County, the other along the small road along the grass pond, Huilin, Liugang, Huacheng to the border of Bazhong, along the way to find our government brigade, meet them to Peiyang, if you meet the Yamen to explore the way, search the team will tell them that the murderer has fled into Peiyang." ”

The four officials received the order and urged the horses to gallop before they hesitated and struggled on the road, how to get the path they went, of course, they were happy to go to the main road, and they did not have to suffer from the bumps in the road, on the contrary, those who took the small road would be guilty.

Du Sheng said to Lu Ting here: "My lord, you take the officials to the town, only collect news, wait for the team to meet, if you encounter the murderer's accomplices, remember not to do anything, otherwise it will endanger the safety of the adults, as long as you follow them from a distance." ”

Lu Ting looked at Du Sheng with a grateful expression, and said, "Du Zhutou, don't worry, this official will be careful." ”

Du Sheng nodded, looked at the four catchers and said, "Brother Zhou, Lu Xin, Fu Gang, Cui Mingyu, let's go to the thieves' lair and track down the murderer." ”

The four catchers responded with a somewhat silent acceptance mentality, this errand is a life-saving job, not much nonsense, they have always believed in Du Sheng, this is not that they are willing to accept this task.

Lu Ting then led everyone to the town, until outside the town, Du Sheng and the four catchers separated from each other, and did not forget to tell Lu Ting to be careful.