After arranging things outside, Chen Xiaomu smiled at Qingkui and said, "Mr. Qing, I would like to ask you, can your sea turtle understand human speech?"
"Yes, of course I can!"
"Really or not? Are you kidding me?" Chen Xiaomu opened his eyes wide.
Qingkui laughed and said, "Master Tongpan is joking. Please lend me your courage. I don't dare to joke with you!"
Chen Xiaomu thought for a while and felt that it made sense. In this ancient feudal society with strict hierarchies, ordinary people who dared to quarrel with the government were because they thought they were too comfortable.
So Chen Xiaomu then asked: "Mr. Qing, what will happen if Hai Dongqing can't find the escort car that the escort agency transports silver escorts on the way to Jin?"
"Well, then it will just fly back!" Qingkui said without thinking.
Chen Xiaomu pondered and asked: "Wouldn't it fly to the road leading to Qi and search again?"
"Pfft!" Qing Wan'er on the side couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Then he couldn't help but smile and said: "Master Tong San, you are really stupid! How can Qing'er be like you and pursue this journey? If you can’t find it, fly to other roads to look for it!”
"Wan'er, don't speak rudely to Lord Tongpan!" Qing Wan'er said something carelessly, but it scared Qing Kui to death.
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "What Miss Wan'er said is interesting. If your young son had my IQ, wouldn't he also be able to become a general judge?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help laughing loudly, and Qingkui also put his heart back into his stomach.
"Okay," Chen Xiaomu waved his hand and said, "Enough joking, it's time for us to get down to business."
After hearing this, everyone calmed down. Next, Chen Xiaomu arranged for Zhang Heiniu to lead the Yamen to search the entire Risheng Qianzhuang from top to bottom using fence combing methods. He, Qing Kui, Wei Yuxin, Qing Qing, etc. Wan'er stayed at Chai Yugui's residence, waiting for Hai Dongqing to come back.
About an hour passed. Qing Wan'er, who was searching Chai Yu's room, suddenly dropped the book he was reading and turned his ear to the door to listen quietly. After a while, he said excitedly: "Grandpa, Qing'er is back. It’s done! I’ll take it.” After saying that, he and the maid quickly ran out the door.
Chen Xiaomu suggested: "Mr. Qing, why not go and see if Bai Ying has brought us any news."
"Okay!" Qingkui agreed immediately and walked to the courtyard with Chen Xiaomu.
At this time, an eagle shadow in the sky gradually grew larger from far to near. Qing Wan'er immediately took out a bamboo whistle from his body and blew it at the white eagle in the sky. The white eagle seemed to hear the whistle and immediately adjusted its direction in the air, following the whistle. The sound was coming from the direction of the sound. From a long distance away, Chen Xiaomu and others discovered that Hai Dongqing had an arrow stuck on his right wing. The arrow had penetrated the wing, making Hai Dongqing's center of gravity unstable when he flew. , up and down, swaying.
"Grandpa, Qing'er was injured by an arrow!" Qing Wan'er said to Qing Kui with a swallowed voice.
In fact, Qingkui had already seen the arrows on Hai Dongqing's wings. He thought for a moment, then pulled off the cloak with a "crash" sound, and asked Qing Wan'er to pull the other end of the cloak and stretch it up. .
It seemed that Haidong Qing had been flying with the arrow for a long time, and was now exhausted from flying. Finally, he flapped his wings twice with all his strength, and plunged crookedly onto the held up cloak!
"Grandpa, Qing'er is injured like this, what should we do?" Looking at Bai Ying, who was shaking in pain on the cloak, Qing Wan'er panicked and couldn't help but burst into tears. This situation has been going on for many years. This was the first time she encountered this white eagle. She had been with her almost since childhood. Whether she had a deep affection for this white eagle or the white eagle had an extremely deep affection for her.
"Wan'er, don't panic." Qingkui soothed her and said, "Qing'er only had his wings injured by the arrow, and there is nothing else serious. I will try to remove the arrows for it, apply gold wound medicine, and rest for a while. Time will naturally get better.”
"Mr. Qing, see if the bamboo tube under the white eagle's wings that holds the letter is still there?" Chen Xiaomu asked impatiently.
"Oh! Okay." Qingkui heard the sound and touched the white eagle's wings. The bamboo tube was still there, so he carefully untied the bamboo tube and handed it over. Chen Xiaomu took the bamboo tube, removed the wax seal on it, took out the origami paper inside, and opened it. The two letters he and Qingkui had just written to Wei Zhenshan, the chief escort of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, were brought back intact by Bai Ying. He was afraid that Bai Ying had brought these two letters back before he saw Wei Zhenshan. , was shot with a bow and arrow.
Holding the letter in hand, Chen Xiaomu fell into deep thought, while Qingkui and Qing Wan'er found scissors in Chai Yugui's house, cut off the arrowhead and arrow feathers, and then gently removed the arrow shaft from the eagle's wings. During the whole process, Bai Ying She was shaking in pain, but she didn't scream and acted very cooperative.
Next, he applied gold wound medicine on the wound, and casually tore off a strip of cloth from his cloak, and was about to bandage Baiying's wound. At this time, Chen Xiaomu suddenly asked abruptly: "Mr. Qing, do you know that in the state of Zheng, there is a road leading to the Jin Dynasty?" On the national road, is there a way to turn towards Qi State?"
"This..." Qingkui was immediately stopped by the question. He stroked his beard with his hand, pondered for a moment, and said hesitantly: "There is a way, but this road is extremely dangerous, and generally no one dares to walk on it!"
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu said excitedly after hearing this: Mr. Qing, tell me quickly, where is this road and how far is it from Xinjing City? "
Qingkui recalled attentively: "Master Tongpan, in fact, I only heard about this road from one of my bodyguards, and I have never walked it myself."
"Yeah," Chen Xiaomu nodded repeatedly and urged, "Mr. Qing, tell me about the situation of this road."
Qingkui said: "About three years ago, my eldest apprentice Wei Zhenshan and I represented the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and escorted jewelry from a jewelry store on Gemstone Street to its branches in Jin and Qi. Early in the morning, we went to the jewelry store to inspect the goods. , they loaded up the cars separately and set off. I was going to the Kingdom of Jin. I walked on the road for more than a full day when I suddenly received a message from my eldest apprentice Wei Zhenshan using a white eagle, saying that when he was loading the car at the jewelry store, there was something new in the escort agency. The escorts who arrived loaded a box of jewelry that was originally intended to be sent to Qi State onto my car on the way to Jin State. They discovered the mistake when they were ordering the goods at an inn on the road. In order to maintain the reputation of the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, The old man immediately sent an escort named Wang Jin with the wrong box of jewels and rode a fast horse to deliver it to them. Although they were going to Jin and Qi in the same direction, there was a gap between the two roads. There is Mangdang Mountain and Tianmen Mountain. These two mountains are almost all high mountains. Let alone riding horses and carriages, it is difficult for an empty person to climb over them. If you want to transfer from the road to Jin State, On the roads of Qi State, one can only return from the original road to Xinjing City, the starting point of the two roads, and then turn on the roads of Qi State!
After going back and forth like this, I originally thought that even if Wang Jin rode alone, it would take him about two days to catch up with us again. But surprisingly, it only took Wang Jin less than a day to catch up with us. After running back and forth, he found out after careful questioning that on his way back, he met some hunters who went hunting in the mountains. After chatting, the hunters told him that there was a place called Guijianchou not far ahead. There is a cave that can accommodate a carriage. If you pass through the cave, you only need to walk less than twenty miles to reach the other side of Mangdang Mountain, which is only 10 kilometers away from Xinhe County in the State of Zheng. Thirty miles! However, although this cave is a shortcut, no one has ever dared to take it. Everyone is willing to take a detour of more than a hundred miles from the new capital. There were once a few bold merchants who wanted to take a shortcut to save time and money. He rashly entered the cave and took a shortcut, but no one came out of the other end of the cave after more than ten days. Later, the businessman's family spent a lot of money to hire several kung fu experts to go in and search. Unfortunately, after these kung fu experts entered, no one came out. The ghost came out again, so this place has been called Guijianchou by the local people since then! "
Chen Xiaomu laughed when he heard this and said: "Mr. Qing, it seems that your bodyguard Wang Jin is very lucky. You have passed through that cave back and forth and you are still unscathed!"
"Who says it's not the case!" Qing Kui said with enthusiasm: "Wang Jin is usually as brave as a boy. He dares to do things that others don't dare to do. I heard that he didn't even hesitate before entering the cave. !”
"Yes." Chen Xiaomu nodded lightly and said, "Mr. Qing, it seems that now we may also go to explore that place of life and death!"
"Ah!" Qingkui was shocked and asked stammering: "Tong, Lord Tongsuan, why is this?"
Chen Xiaomu glanced at Bai Ying who was being held in Qing Wan'er's arms, and whispered: "Since I just saw the white eagle flying back injured, I concluded that the escort car that was delivering money to the bank had been robbed by gangsters. Got it!"
"How is this possible?" Qingkui heard that his heart sank, and then he said in disbelief: "Master Tongsuan, I thought Qing'er was injured by the hunters on the ground during the flight!"
Chen Xiaomu shook his head: "Impossible. With the flying height of this white eagle, even the best bows and arrows today may not be able to reach it. Unless it lowers its height and hovers at low altitude, it can be hit by a master of archery. !”
After hearing what Chen Xiaomu said, Qingkui immediately panicked. If the escort car was really robbed, then his eldest disciple Wei Zhenshan might have suffered an accident. He clasped his fists in panic and said: "Master Tongpan, please save my disciple. Life!"
"Okay, let's go!" Chen Xiaomu took the lead and hurriedly stepped out of the yard. Originally, he wanted to ask Wei Yuxin to mobilize some E cavalry stationed outside the city. However, considering the time limit and Wei Yuxin's skills, at present, he When it was time to employ people, he had no choice but to call Zhang Heiniu who was searching the bank, wrote a note to him, and ordered him to go to the Hubei army barracks and hand the note to General Yi Fang. Then he took Qingkui and others and rode towards Xinhe. Running towards the county seat.
After more than an hour of galloping, the horses under everyone's legs sprayed out large groups of white foam from their mouths, and their speed gradually slowed down. Qingkui was so anxious that he kept kicking the horse's belly with his toes, until it hit the ground. The horse was whining and barking wildly. When Chen Xiaomu saw this, he immediately stopped him and said, "Mr. Qing, we didn't bring a spare horse. If you tire this horse to death, it will go even slower. I think it's better to find a place." Let these horses rest for a while before moving on."
Qingkui thought about it, so he had to sigh, pointed to a snow nest with the wind on the side of the road, and suggested: "Master Tongpan, how about we take a rest in this snow nest?"
"Okay." Chen Xiaomu didn't say anything. He immediately pulled the reins and took the horse, turned over and dismounted. As soon as the few people sat down in the snow nest, Chen Xiaomu took out two pistols from his body, removed the magazine and clicked the bullets inside. At this moment, these two pistols were his biggest reliance. He knew that there must be many robbers who hijacked the escort car. The reason why he dared to lead these people in pursuit was entirely because he had these two pistols!
