"Mr. Xiahou?" Si Mang asked in surprise.
Zhong Yue said: "If there are no assassins to do, the Secretary should go to the nursery. Mr. Xiahou led the car out of the small town and went to the nursery to help the Secretary transport grain."
Si Mang asked: "Does the general know everything about the assassins?"
Zhong Yue said: "I already know this, how could your superior not know about it?"
Si Mang said: "Now that you know about the assassin, do you still want to cultivate the fields to raise food?"
Zhong Yue said: "Assassins are responsible for family affairs; those who rush for food are responsible for public affairs. Your Majesty does not dare to abolish public affairs for personal reasons."
Si Mang said: "In this case, I will not be forgiven for my misunderstanding of important matters!"
Zhong Yue said: "When a major event suddenly happened to me, I handled it properly. How can I be guilty of this? It's not past noon, so how can I make a mistake in urging food?"
Si Mang said: "Please go to the garden immediately to fulfill your mission."
Zhong Yue said: "Mr. Xiahou is coming soon, why not wait a moment. Mr. Xiahou must have a clever plan... I will be surveying the site and I will give you some advice."
Si Mang said: "The assassin chose a goblin. This place is right between the small city and the Great Wall, and the sentries in both cities pay little attention. The land is small, so you can set up traps. There is a pond on one side, where you can ambush."
Zhong Yue said: "It is unusual to trip over a chariot. It is especially difficult to trip over three chariots with one rope."
Si Mang said, "That's what you said. If you trip three vehicles with one rope, they must be neither close nor far apart from the front, rear, left, right, and right, and the carriages are going very fast. Sir, if you look at it, from the slope to the pond, it is no more than twenty paces wide. That's right." There was a bend. The assassin set the trip rope behind the bend, and the three horses turned around. They were about to gallop before they were galloping. Therefore, they stumbled and the three horses fell. The horses frightened again, and the chariots and horses scattered. First they fell down, and then they were either trampled or trampled. Rolling over, all the young masters were seriously injured. The assassin struck at this moment and killed him with one blow."
Zhong Yue said: "If the intention is so thorough, who can do it?"
Si Mang said: "The choice of the place was so precise that no one would do it unless he knew the details. The blade is a hand halberd, which is not owned by ordinary people. This person must know the time and place where the young master came from."
Zhong Yue said: "The most suspicious person is the military soldier of Zhongying."
Si Mang was shocked and said: "No. There must be no one like him in Si Mang's camp."
Zhong Yue said: "Si Mang, don't be alarmed. You are in the middle camp of your division. If your Majesty says you are capable, you will definitely be able to control where you belong and there will be no way out."
Si Mang said: "I went out to check on the day, and all the soldiers in the camp were there, and no one left the camp."
Zhong Yue said: "Every soldier, companion, leader, and corpsman must have nothing to hide?"
Si Mang said: "If there is any concealment, the military order will be corrected!"
Zhong Yue stared at Si Mang for a while and sighed: "The second most suspicious person is in the court."
Si Mang was being stared at and felt uncomfortable. Hearing these words, he was shocked and said: "This is something that a humble minister can't know or dare to know!"
Zhong Yue looked at Si Mang for a long time and said, "Si Mang, there is no need to be frightened. Although the trees want to be still, what's the matter with the wind? Gentlemen, you have finished your investigation, please go and listen."
Si Mang said: "Please go to the field immediately to collect food. I will not miss the military situation."
Zhong Yue said: "Please wait for Mr. Xiahou for a moment. I have some doubts and want to ask you for advice. Fortunately, please don't say goodbye."
Si Mang said: "How dare you, sir?" The look of fear was still on his face.
Several diners walked up to Zhong Yue. Zhong Yue said: "Please gentlemen, please describe what you saw."
A gentleman said: "There were two people's footprints around the murdered young master, one on the left and right of his head. The footprints started from the edge of the pond, and there were about twenty people squatting under the embankment in two places. The young master and others fell out, and these people They swarmed forward, the two of them matched each other, and struck a fatal blow. Without counting, all the young masters were killed."
Zhong Yue said: "Sir, do you know the shoes made by the assassin?"
The gentleman said: "They may be wearing shoes or not, and they may be wearing grass or leather. The obvious footprints are all under the embankment, and people are trampling on them, so it is difficult to tell their details. The upper embankment is on the grass, and the footprints are not visible."
Zhong Yue asked: "Where do these people go?"
The Master said: "They scattered in all directions and never came together."
Zhong Yue said again: "Maybe you have other ideas?"
Another gentleman said: "Looking at the injuries sustained by all the gentlemen, there was only one wound on the neck. There were injuries on the head, face, and limbs caused by a fall. Several people had marks from being run over by horse treadmills. One gentleman's forehead was sunken, and he was clearly tied to a horse. Kicked."
Zhong Yue suddenly said: "How are the carriages and horses?"
A doorman said: "Three chariots were scattered in all directions, and the horses didn't know where they were." Then he pointed out: "The first chariot was caught by the rope, and the chariot tipped people out; the second chariot galloped at an angle, trampling over people, and the horses frightened the chariot. The three carts collided with the cart in front, causing the horses to frighten and the cart toppled over. The first cart and the horse also frightened, got up and followed the horse in front."
Zhong Yue said: "Sir, it is as clear as seeing it with your own eyes. Where is the horse going?"
The doorman said: "All the horses are heading to the southeast. There are still feces and urine left."
Zhong Yue said: "A frightened horse will not go far. Sir, please follow it and find the horse. Please help me, gentlemen!"
Several diners agreed and followed the horse's hoof prints together to explore.
Zhong Yue then walked to the scene where the car was destroyed and people were killed. Seeing Si Mang following behind him uneasily, he said: "The survey before Si is limited by the current situation, so it is difficult to complete. The situation is now peaceful, Si Qi will investigate carefully." !" He said while bending down in front of the nearest corpse. Si Mang had no choice but to bend down and check while saying: "This corpse is at the end, closest to the pond. The eyes are closed, there are scratches on the face, a wound on the neck, deep to the bone, the throat is broken; the clothes are neat, there are blood stains..."
When the inspection of the nine corpses was about to be completed, the military soldiers who were on guard at the rear came with Mr. Xiahou. Zhong Yue stopped what he was doing, stood up, greeted Mr. Xiahou, and introduced Si Mang. The two of them greeted him. Mr. Xiahou said: "Si Mang has not entered the city yet, what is my mission?"
Zhong Yue said: "I'm just waiting for Mr. Xiahou's discussion."
Mr. Xiahou said: "I am a groom, what do you want to discuss?"
Zhong Yue said: "Mr. Xiahou, your servant, is about to discuss something."
Mr. Xiahou said: "According to my words, Si Mang will still fulfill his mission. If Mr. Zhongyue is short of manpower, I will leave two people to help."
Zhong Yue said: "In this case... I have no choice but to rely on you, sir." Then he turned to Si Mang and said, "Si Yin is an old subordinate and is still fulfilling his mission. Si worked hard and tried his best when the princes were assassinated. I should report it to the general for your merits." .”
Si Mang said: "How dare I? I'll take five of my old leaders away right now." With Zhong Yue's tacit approval, Si Mang called out, and three people stood up in the grass, together with the two military envoys and six people sent earlier. Let’s continue to the Great Wall together.
When Simang was reorganizing his team, Mr. Xiahou resigned first and said he would introduce the two of them. Until Si Mang left, Mr. Xiahou led three people over and introduced Zhongyue: "The city lord is an old acquaintance; Mr. Tang led him, driving a carriage from Xingyang to the army; Erhei, the guard of Daliang. I have a little time now, I Wait and see what happens to the young masters... The city lord seems to have noticed..."
The city lord's face turned pale, he was sweating like beans, and he said in a trembling voice: "I know who did it... Near the left side of the city, there are several groups of bandits, plundering merchants. The princes' journey must be discovered by him, and they will plunder in the middle way." .”
Zhong Yue said: "How did the city lord know this?"
The city lord said: "I have lived here for a long time, and I have heard and seen many merchants being robbed, so I know about it."
Zhong Yue said: "The bandits robbed property and killed people?"
The city lord said: "To kill or not to kill, it's hard to decide."
Zhong Yue said: "It seems that this blow is fatal, can you hear it?"
The city lord said: "... maybe I heard something..."
Xia Hou said: "The city lord does not need to be suspicious. But to tell the truth, there will be no disaster."
The city lord said: "Although I have lived here for a long time, I have little contact with the knights, so I really don't know."
Xia Hou said: "But there are several groups of thieves, do you need to hear about them?"
