Chapter Seventy-Two: Shen Madness Returns
Second, the county magistrate seems to have received some top-secret order, and the county government has only left a few officials on duty, and he himself has to take people to some urban and rural areas to inspect the people's situation, isn't this unprecedented, that is, this nonsense has allowed him to get the greedy luck of setting off together this morning and parting ways, and he can be regarded as escaping this catastrophe.
Where did Chu Cheng mutter, first there was an accident at the entrance of the town, then something happened at the inn, and then the whole team of thieves came.
On the surface, Du Sheng's obsessed demeanor with corpses seemed to be as if he hadn't heard Chu Cheng's report too clearly.
Du Sheng got up slowly, turned back to Zhou Fengqi and Lu Xin, who had already followed, and said: "Brother Zhou, Lu Xin, you rush back immediately, the adults are still on the way, only Fu Gang and Cui Mingyu are with them, as long as there is a group of people and horses here who encounter adults, it will be dangerous!"
Zhou Fengqi was originally the eldest brother of the Yamen, he was old and experienced, he was also listening carefully to Chu Cheng's report, and he was also worried about the county lord in his heart, and after hearing Du Sheng say this, he couldn't help but surrender to Du Sheng's composure and thoughtfulness.
Zhou Fengqi hurriedly said: "Let's go back to protect the adults, Du Tou'er should be more careful here, it's best to wait for us if there is anything." ”
Du Sheng nodded and smiled knowingly, and said: "You guys go quickly! The matter here is estimated to have involved the matter of the hanging list bonus, this is not what I have the ability to act, you bring the lord, let's wait for the Lord Qi to lead the troops to arrive before making plans." ”
Zhou Fengqi nodded, and Lu Xin followed, he knew that Du Sheng was not a reckless and unmeasured person, he was able to climb to the head-catching position completely by being calm and capable, wise and thoughtful to solve the case, this kind of person will never be greedy and impatient when encountering things.
The corpses in the inn were so messy that there was nowhere to put their feet together, Du Sheng knew that this was a master fighting, the sword was deadly, there was nothing bizarre and foggy, so moving the corpses together would not break the scene, and the two inquest people under the county master were also far from Du Sheng.
Chu Cheng took Du Sheng to check everywhere, and most of the events he heard and saw, like Liu Ping'er and Chang Yuheng being fascinated, were carefully said.
Du Sheng listened to Chu Cheng's story, and he had already sketched the image of the whole incident in his heart.
Approaching the town of Peiyang, Shen Mad was urging the horse to gallop, worried about Fluttershy, but also more worried about Liu Ping'er, he knew that Liu Ping'er's sword was for killing, and there was only one kind of person in front of him - the enemy! There was no difference between good and bad, wealth, power, and no consequence estimation, Shen Mad was afraid to see the terrifying scene of a small town being washed in blood, because there would be no villager and enemy in front of Liu Ping'er.
Shen Mad was in a mess, and suddenly came back to his senses, and two fast horses galloped in the distance, and immediately sat on the catcher in official clothes, Shen Mad's mind turned quickly in an instant, and he was thinking about why these two catchers were in a hurry to rush back.
Shen Mad quickly outlined the route of some things, and at this time, the two catchers had already come, and they were just staring at Shen Mad at a distance of dozens of meters, and the three fast horses were about to pass by.
Shen Mad suddenly volleyed into the air, the horse galloped non-stop, and had staggered away with the opposite catcher, Shen Mad's scabbard had flown out, shooting towards one catcher, and the person also fell to the other catcher.
Although the two catchers stared at Shen Mad, they still couldn't react to Shen Mad's speed and sudden attack, and the catcher who took the lead on the right side of the road instinctively deviated from his chest, but the scabbard was already focused on his shoulder blade.
The horse rushed forward, but he stopped in the air for a moment before falling.
The other catcher had already screamed and flew into the air, and he could only watch Shen Mad fly down on his horse's head, and then his body was grabbed by Shen Mad by his chest and thrown into the air.
Shen Mad grabbed the reins of the horse, rushed forward a few meters quickly, his hooves soared into the air, and stopped with a chirping, and then Shen Mad controlled the horse to return.
One of the two catchers had fainted, and the other had fallen and vomited blood, rolling on the ground.
Shen Franc turned over and dismounted, picked up the scabbard, and stepped on the painful catcher by the way.
Caught up and fainted, Shen Mad got on the horse, the long sword was not yet in the sheath, he first chased the fast horse galloping on the way back, the fast horse was naturally slow, and was caught up by Shen Mad is a sword scabbard, and the fast horse neighed and sped up in an instant.
Shen turned his horse's head and chased his horse forward.
The loose horse was not frightened, Shen Mad caught up in a moment, flew to change horses, drove the idle horse to turn around, and slapped it with a sword scabbard, and the fast horse also neighed and left, Shen Mad urged the horse to gallop away.
Waiting for Shen Mad to go away, a catcher on the ground got up quickly, sat down and gasped for breath, Xu gasped too much, supported the sore spot, and couldn't help but hum.
The two catchers were Zhou Fengqi and Lu Xin, the two were unlucky, and they met Shen Mad here, Shen Mad only had the idea of defeating him at the last moment, and their rush made Shen Mad think that they were at least going back to Tongjiang to transfer troops.
The old and calm Zhou Fengqi pretended to be unconscious, but he was not made up for by Shen Mad again.
Zhou Fengqi slowly stood up, the pain made him bend over, unconsciously wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, slowly moved to Lu Xin's side, sat down slowly, reached out and pinched Lu Xin's middle school, pressed it on his chest a few times, helped Lu Xin up, and patted him on the back of his heart, Lu Xin coughed a few times, and then his eyes gradually became clear, looking at himself lying in Zhou Fengqi's arms, this can be regarded as a heart falling back into his stomach.
Zhou Fengqi watched Lu Xin wake up, smiled helplessly, and said, "It's so dangerous! If he has the idea of killing, we will die in our duties." ”
Lu Xin still couldn't think about it, and he didn't feel helpless and bitter, and said with a panting breath: "We recruited him to provoke him, and almost didn't kill us!"
Zhou Fengqi continued: "He didn't grab the horse, the horse was frightened and ran away." ”
Lu Xin looked at Zhou Fengqi with a puzzled face, and said unconsciously: "Then, then he 、、、、、、"
Lu Xin didn't know what to say about the monster Shen Mad , but Zhou Fengqi said: "I don't know why he attacked us, but his purpose must be the inn." ”
Zhou Fengqi's face had changed, and he hurriedly said, "Can you still go?"
Zhou Fengqi said that he had slowly helped Lu Xin up.
Lu Xin endured the pain and tried, and it was okay to walk slowly, so he laughed at himself and said, "It's okay, it's not broken." ”
Zhou Fengqi didn't have the heart to joke, and hurriedly said: "That madman went to the town, where is Du Tou'er, I'll stay back!"
Lu Xin continued: "Then let's go!"
Zhou Fengqi hurriedly said: "But the madman is from here, adults they don't know if they have encountered this madman, you go this way, go back and see, if it's okay, adults they will come almost soon even if they walk slowly." ”
Lu Xin hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Brother Zhou, you should also be careful to avoid him again." ”
Zhou Fengqi nodded, and the two parted ways.
Chen Xiong, Liang Qiyun, and Cao Huan were hurrying to Tongjiang with two or three hundred officials and ironclad cavalry, and they had not yet completely rested and replenished their troops in Bazhong, when they received news in the morning that Chen Xiong had calculated the boundaries of Shen Mad to lure him, and then he realized that the path that Fluttershy and Shen Mad took to part ways was actually a mountain path, and they should have gone to Peiyang Town, and Peiyang would go down to Tongjiang.
The brigade stirred up dust all the way and chased after it.
Fluttershy and Cai'er huddled in the crowd and leaned forward to the door of the inn, looking in for a long time, but they didn't dare to go in, and Fluttershy was still hesitating, when suddenly a hand was put on her shoulder, and when Fluttershy turned around, the soft words were already heard: "Fluttershy!"
Fluttershy turned around and saw Shen Mad in time, and the excitement was revealed in time, but Shen Mad signaled Fluttershy not to make too much movement, Cai'er had already turned around, and Shen Mad signaled that she had seen it too, and Shen Mad whispered, "Follow me." ”
Shen Mad didn't want them to ask or talk about anything, and he turned around and walked away, and Fluttershy and Cai'er could only squeeze out of the crowd with each other.
Shen Mad leads the two to an alley, there is no one around, and before Shen Mad can say anything, Fluttershy is already crying and throwing herself into Shen Mad arms, and Cai'er is also sobbing.
After a moment, Shen Mad convinces Fluttershy to cry and asks Fluttershy what is going on, and tells Fluttershy to start from the beginning, at this point he is no longer in a hurry to know where Liu Ping'er and Chang Yuheng are, because Fluttershy will say, so he wants to know the whole process in order to judge things.
Fluttershy stopped sobbing and said, "We were so tired all the way, Brother Chang saw that we couldn't walk anymore, so he took us to the inn to rest, and after dinner, we were too tired to go to bed early, I don't know how long we slept, Brother Chu suddenly slammed the door, and when we opened the door, Brother Chang was sitting at the door, bleeding from his chest, he looked like he was tired and about to fall asleep, and he had no strength to speak." ”
Sobbing Fluttershy is distressed and scared when she says this, and her words are prevaricated by sobs.
Shen Mad stroked Fluttershy's shoulder, which was considered comfort, which made Fluttershy continue: "I was scared, I looked up and saw that Brother Liu had killed three people in the courtyard, and then I went to the front hall, and later, someone seemed to have been killed by Brother Liu in the front hall, and finally Brother Liu came back with blood all over his chest, and Brother Chang said that the bandits were coming soon, and they wanted to rob us back, and they were drugged, so let me and Cai'er go first." ”
Shen Madness listened quietly, not bothering, Fluttershy breathed slowly and said, "In the end, Brother Chang couldn't get up from his sitting, Brother Liu sent us to the door, startled our horses, ran out of the town, we didn't dare to come back, so we hid on the path, and we came back here at dawn, just when we wanted to go in and have a look, Uncle Shen came." ”
Fluttershy finally told the whole story, and Shen Mad only knew that Chang Yuheng and Liu Ping'er were inexperienced and drugged, but Chang Yuheng was calm, at least he knew how to keep himself awake a little longer, and did what he had to do - let Liu Ping'er kill everyone and send Fluttershy away.
Shen Mad came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Fluttershy, you and Cai'er are waiting here, I'll go to the inn to see if Ping'er and them are still there." ”
Fluttershy and Cai'er nodded, and Shen Mad returned, knowing that they would just do what Shen Mad said, and that they couldn't help the rest of the way.
Cai'er pulls the horse aside and sits on the ground with Fluttershy, looking out at the alley.