A night's search yielded no results. The officers and soldiers took Shi Jin's portrait but could not find him. It seemed that such a person did not exist in Dongping Mansion. Qinbei Pavilion
"Have you found out who the villain is?"
Cheng Wanli sat in the lobby and asked with surprise.
"I reported back to the Prime Minister. It was a young man named Shi Jin. He said he was a young man from a wealthy family. He met the prostitute on the road and followed her all the way to Dongping Mansion. He lived in Xiwazi in that city for ten days."
One of them opened his mouth and said that he had already found out about Shi Jin's situation.
"So it's a love killing?"
Cheng Wanli frowned and speculated that a rich man and a prostitute could only hate each other out of love and kill each other.
"The old madam of the brothel said that Shi Jin was obsessed with Li Ruilan and was very generous with his actions. He killed her for some unknown reason."
They all shook their heads.
"Is this person still in the city?"
Cheng Wanli looked at the arresting envoy again and asked.
"Wu Zuo said that the three deceased were all killed after dark. The city gate was closed at that time. It is expected that the thieves are still in the city."
The arresting envoy said.
"Then why haven't we caught him yet?"
Cheng Wanli was shocked again. There was a commotion all night, and even the soldiers were dispatched. However, the culprit was not caught. How could he explain it to the whole city?
"This...maybe the thief climbed over the wall and escaped!"
The arresting envoy said.
"It's impossible. Our army is on tight guard. There's no way the thieves can escape over the wall."
Dong Ping immediately retorted, saying that ever since Liangshanbo held some kind of hero meeting and defeated the army, the defense of Dongping Mansion has never been lax.
"But the city has been searched, and there is no trace of the thief. Dongping Mansion is so big, it is too easy for someone to hide alone. We can't keep the city gate closed like this!"
The arresting envoy said that his men had already searched the city, and further searches would probably yield no results.
"The city gate will be opened tomorrow, but the guard must not be relaxed. The thief will be in fear all day long if he commits such an evil act. We must capture him when he leaves the city."
Cheng Wanli said, closing the city for search is not a long-term solution. Over time, it will make the people in the city panic. Now that Liangshan is huge, people's hearts must be stabilized.
"Your Excellency, I suspect that Shi Jin is a Liangshan bandit!"
Dong Ping spoke at the right time and said, Liangshan has risen too fast, unlike ordinary mountains with three or two bandit leaders, Liangshanbo suddenly has seventy or eighty leaders. Except for Sun Lei and other bandit leaders, the names of the others are not the same. Didn't spread.
But none of this is important. No matter who Shi Jin is, he will insist that Shi Jin is a Liangshan bandit. When he catches Shi Jin and stabs him to death without any evidence, he will be considered to have made a great contribution.
"How can I see it?"
Cheng Wanli looked at Dong Ping and asked.
"En Xiang, if it weren't for the Liangshan bandits, who would be so bold as to kill innocent people indiscriminately in Dongping Mansion? What's more, besides the Liangshan bandits near Dongping Mansion, who else would dare to do this?"
Dong Ping gave random reasons, but Cheng Wanli had no evidence anyway.
"It's possible, then go check it out."
Cheng Wanli frowned as he touched his hands.
"Yes, benefactor!"
Everyone clasped their fists and saluted before going down.
City inn.
"Brother, the search is very strict!"
Du Bo looked at Sun Lei and said that three waves of officers and soldiers came to search just at night, but the officers and soldiers only arrested Shi Jin. Moreover, because of the testimony of the brothel, Shi Jin entered the city alone, which made Sun Lei and the five people directly suspect. was excluded.
"It's almost time. No matter how anxious Cheng Wanli is, he can't keep searching. We can bear it, but the people can't."
Sun Lei said with a smile. He spent three ingots of silver to send three waves of officers and soldiers. He also inquired about the situation with the officers and soldiers who were searching, and stated that he wanted to catch the thief and receive the reward. However, the officers and soldiers laughed at him as a playboy who didn't know how to live or die, and told him to stay in the inn. Wait, be careful of being killed by thieves.
"Brother, we have to leave the city! Now there is a security guard at the city gate, so we can't go out."
Shi Jin spoke.
"It's not that we can't go out, it's that you can't go out!"
Sun Lei looked at Shi Jin and said, it is Shi Jin who is wanted now, and they have not been exposed yet.
"Brothers, let's go first!"
Shi Jin is very single. As long as Sun Lei and others leave Dongping Mansion, he will not be in danger.
"You think simply, let's wait for the city gate to open."
Sun Lei said with a smile, there are hundreds of soldiers and horses outside the city, so as long as they go out to join them, there is nothing to worry about.
Nothing happened for a day, and the officers and soldiers searching the streets gradually dispersed. It seemed that everything was over. The only ones who died were a prostitute and two slaves. The brothel did not want the matter to escalate and affect the business, so it did not file a complaint.
Early the next morning.
"Brother, the city gate is open, how do we get out of the city?"
Sun An looked at Sun Lei and asked. He had just gone out to inquire. The city gate had been opened. Although it needed to be searched, there was no problem in entering or exiting the city.
"Commander Wen, what do you think?"
Sun Lei looked at Wen Huanzhang and asked.
"Brother, I'm afraid this was done on purpose. He was so eager to let go of the city gate. He obviously wanted to trick Brother Shi Jin into leaving the city."
Wen Huanzhang said.
"I think so too. The search at the city gate must be very strict."
Sun Lei looked at Sun An and asked.
"It is indeed a bit strict. Everyone will strictly compare the wanted posters."
Sun An said.
"As expected, last night I was just trying to scare the snake away from the grass, and today I'm trying to lure the snake out of its hole. In that case, we'll give it a try!"
Wen Huanzhang smiled and said.
"Founding in the east and attacking in the west?"
Everyone was confused and confused.
"Don't the Dong Ping Mansion want to arrest us? Just create some noise for them and keep them busy for a while..."
Wen Huanzhang introduced.
"That's right, let's do it!"
Sun Lei clapped his hands.
In the evening, water broke out in several places in Dongping Mansion. This movement was instantly captured by Dong Ping. It didn't take a guess to know that someone was deliberately creating chaos.
Dong Ping immediately ordered the city gates to be closed, and he led his army to search for several fire spots.
Dong Ping led his army to surround several places where the fire was on fire. After a search, no results were obtained. Dong Ping was furious when he looked at the point of the fire. The fire was so small that it didn't even burn the houses. It just burned the streets. The piles of debris ignited, and the people quickly put it out on their own.
"What's going on?"
Dong Ping looked at the arresting envoys and Dutou. If the thieves wanted to set fire to create chaos, they shouldn't just make a little noise. The fire was too small.
"Direction of the military camp! It's on fire!"
one of the soldiers exclaimed.
Dong Ping looked back and realized that the military camp was really on fire.
"Quick, go back and put out the fire!"
Dong Ping was shocked. The enemy was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain to attack his lair.
The fire in the military camp suddenly caused chaos in Dongping Mansion. The soldiers ran to the military camp one after another, shouting to put out the fire.
The fire burned until dark, and the soldiers with smoky faces successfully put out the fire.
"Catch the thief!"
Dong Ping was furious when he saw the camp reduced to ashes. The thieves were so abominable that they even left the food and grass unburned. They only burned his Chinese army camp and all the items he placed in the camp were burned.
When the soldiers saw that Dong Ping was furious, they didn't care about being tired and started searching the city again.
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