"Sir, sir! There is a piece of flint here, which may be Luo Qi's 'hidden weapon'!"
The soldier who first discovered this stone held up this piece of dark bluestone mudstone with an ordinary appearance and some small edges and corners, and presented it to the guard. In order to gain credit, he even held it tightly for fear of being caught by others. My colleagues took it away.
"Sir, you are right! There is something sharp on the side, like a knife. If you use speed, you can indeed cut and break the rope!"
The soldier's detailed "exposition" vividly restored the "slow" motion demonstration of the "sharp stone" flying to break the flag rope, and also imagined the "flight trajectory" of this coming direction.
"I secretly believe that this 'hidden weapon' came from outside the city, in the direction where the moat suspension bridge flew down! The thief may be among the people in Guodu! Why not arrange a search out of the city immediately!"
The guardian grabbed the "blue mud stone" and looked at it carefully, and then looked in the direction indicated by the soldier who was actively solving the case. Near the suspension bridge, the flow of people was normal and there was no sudden commotion. There are just vendors setting up stalls and delivering goods on time every day, camels, cattle, horses and livestock, and other miscellaneous items. There is no one who seems to have "some time to spare" hiding there.
"You, lead a team and go check it out. If there is any news, report it as soon as possible!"
Although the guard was not sure whether what the soldier said was accurate, there was no harm in giving it a try, so he took advantage of the situation and ordered him to lead a team to search.
"I have the order! Brothers, let's do it!"
This soldier led a small group of troops and soon appeared near the suspension bridge. The flow of people supporting them began to be stirred up by their passing and began to become a little chaotic.
The minister himself had no intention of going down, but stood by the wall, holding the hot tea brought by the attendant. If it was too hot for his hands, he directly put the tea cup into the "recess" of the thick wall stacks dedicated to the "lookout post" , with great interest, from between the wall stacks and the downward-sloping perforation holes for shooting arrows, I changed my perspective up and down, back and forth, and quietly observed the following people, animals, and miscellaneous animals. Look for any "unusual" signs among the "turbulence" composed of objects and vehicles.
Sure enough, among this group of people, he noticed the "former Mrs. Song Qing" who had just been driven out of the city by him. She was walking quickly towards a flower-covered carriage with a woman in red at the edge of the crowd. Behind her, He also followed two little waitresses, walked to the car, and the four of them got in the car together. The float swayed three times and stepped onto the dirt road heading west. A cloud of smoke and dust rose behind it, and the figure of the float became smaller and smaller.
"Go! Chase this car and check it out!"
The guard pointed to the car and ordered another group of soldiers to chase the people quickly.
"I have the order! May I ask: If something is found to be wrong, do you want me to arrest the person and bring him back?"
Before the soldiers were dispatched, the leader of the soldiers asked for instructions.
"Falling the flag is a serious crime! You can be arrested!"
Shou Chen swallowed a sip of the tea that had turned cold and said coldly.
Soon, the second group of patrolling guards who left the city were already on horseback, and soon caught up with the float that was "swaying three times" and trying to gallop westward. The horses circled and surrounded the float. "Though", blocking the way to the west.
"There are pursuers!"
Seeing that they were surrounded outside, the four women in the float couldn't help but panic.
"The former Mrs. Song Qing" held the "colored rope sling" tightly and asked the middle-aged woman on the other side in a low voice: "Can you please lend me a few more flints from Dowu?"
The middle-aged woman grabbed her hand and pressed it down, re-weaving the colorful rope around her waist into a beautiful "butterfly" shape, and made a "shush" motion to tell the three of them not to move. Then, she opened the curtain of the carriage herself, lowered her head and walked out with a smile, and said softly:
"Yo yo yo! My fellow military lords, you are really scaring this little girl!"
As she spoke, she stepped on the "mounting bench" with the support of the coachman, landed under the sedan, and asked the leader of the soldiers with a smile:
"I don't know what's wrong with us. Why bother to trouble all the military masters to chase this point?"
"What's wrong? The city flag was shot down by thieves, and I was ordered to come and search for you! Are there any people in your car? Leave them all behind, and I want to search you, sir! Hurry! All of them! No one is allowed to be left behind. Get in the car!"
On the top of the city, the little leader clearly saw "four people", and the instructions given by the guard were very clear. If he could seize any "criminal evidence" on these women, this "great achievement" would be It has to be him!
"Master, you are joking! There are only weak women in my car, and among the guests there are some 'big bandits' who can shoot down the city flag!"
The woman in red wanted to continue to try to "retreat the troops" with "a few words"; but the little leader was very persistent, with a serious look on his face, and refused to listen at all, and said sternly:
"You are secretive and sneaky, and if you deliberately delay it, I will take you back to prison to question you clearly, regardless of whether you are guilty or not!"
Seeing this, the woman in red quickly waved her hand, took advantage of the situation and came closer, took out a heavy silver bag and handed it over, saying softly:
"Ah! Sir, please don't be upset. We will get off the bus immediately so that you can search them one by one. We will not miss your chance to come back in time for dinner! This is a small thing, just for the hard work of all of you. Tea is slow!"
"Um!"
This little leader was not "surprised" at all about the "unexpected income", and he was not in a hurry to untie the bag. He just measured it a few times, and then he had an idea, so he put it into his breastplate "silkly" first. , then adjusted his tone slightly and said:
"Since I am an official, I must search all the people. All the cars must be turned over. We are all performing official duties. Madams, please get out of the car quickly. We will finish the search quickly and leave if you have nothing to do. , and it won’t delay your journey any longer.”
"Madam, you guys, please get out of the car quickly so that the officer can conduct a thorough search and release you immediately!"
After the woman in red comforted the officers and soldiers, she turned around and called out to "former Mrs. Song Qing." The master and slaves all hurriedly came down to be searched.
Before getting out of the car, the "former Mrs. Song Qing" gently lifted her veil and hung it behind her ears, revealing only her two beautiful eyes.
The two serving girls, one behind the other, protected the "former Mrs. Song Qing" from falling to the ground. After standing still, they waited for the officers and soldiers to come over.
"Please forgive me for being rude! Official orders are hard to disobey!"
The little leader of the officers and soldiers, when he saw the three masters and slaves, especially the charming eyes of "former Mrs. Song Qing", he suddenly felt that this was not a bad thing to say, and he no longer had a doorkeeper in his hand, so he said, " "Mandarin", while his hands were everywhere, up and down, groping and pinching...
