Soon, Qiao Lin and others who were hiding in the city were subjected to an unprecedented pursuit. After paying the price of several subordinates, they fled in a panic.
The incident happened in the middle of the night, but since they hadn't really caught the other party yet, the people below didn't dare to disturb him too much. They waited until daylight the next day before the housekeeper reported in.
"I know, keep up the good work."
When Li Fan heard the news, he was neither happy nor sad, he just said calmly.
At this moment, Li Xin had not yet gone to the government office, and he also gave instructions: "This matter is not trivial. We must catch the thief and give an explanation to Your Majesty.
These thieves are so audacious that they dare to break into the palace and steal things. They are so impatient! "
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"Huh...huh...it's really crazy. How can these court eagle dogs work so hard?
Could it be that just to please Li Xin and his son, they were willing to put the entire city under martial law, and even the City Patrol Department, the Military and Horse Department, and the East and West Second Factory were dispatched together? "
At this moment, in a deserted suburb more than thirty miles away to the south of the Holy Capital City, the stranger Chen Dingguan was breathing heavily, struggling to put away the rare treasure in his hand, and walked out from among the corpses of his pursuers lying on the ground.
There were no powerful characters among the people who were chasing him, but there was no trace of pride on his face. Instead, he showed an unprecedented solemn expression.
Because with his many years of experience in wandering around in the wilderness and avoiding the court's pursuit, he has never encountered such a strong pursuit.
People in the imperial court are also children of father and mother. No matter how hard the superiors force them, it is inevitable that they will cheat on their daughters and do things in vain.
It's not difficult to escape at all.
But this time, not to mention working hard, at least it can be regarded as conscientious.
This is clearly a situation where the officials are struggling to find a way out. Everyone supervises each other and rewards and punishments are strict.
He didn't dare to be lazy and let them go.
Chen Dingguan had to take action to kill these fanatical pursuers, but it also consumed a lot of physical strength and energy and became exhausted.
Qiao Lin walked out of the woods on the other side, his clothes were also stained with blood and his expression was hesitant.
He was accidentally shot by the pursuers with a heavy crossbow just now.
Before he could master the exotic treasure, he would probably be dead just by doing this.
Even now that he has control over the exotic treasure, being injured still makes him feel extremely inconvenienced.
After finally stopping the bleeding, bandaging it, and regaining the ability to move, he felt more and more that he couldn't continue like this.
"Before, I only focused on the Hou Mansion and didn't pay attention to the situation outside. It seems that I just happened to run into trouble...
The pursuers just revealed that something happened in the palace. "
"Imperial palace?" Chen Dingguan was stunned.
"After all, it's my Holy Tree that is in trouble, and I don't know what kind of scapegoat I will be accused of."
Although Qiao Lin does not have the ability to predict the future, he understands human nature and can reveal the key with just one word.
Chen Dingguan was shocked, with a grimace on his face.
At this point, they had nothing to say. They could only take a short rest before embarking on their escape again.
This time, all the subordinates of the Demon Cult brought out from the city were completely lost.
They didn't even have time to collect the bodies of these believers.
Not long after they left, a group of people rushed towards them with their hands in the sky and the yellow in their hands.
"Sir, traces of battle are found here!"
Soon, Fanzi in brocade clothes quickly came in to investigate.
"The corpses are still warm, and the big fish among the demon sect have escaped, Qiao Lin and Chen Dingguan!"
"Chase!"
"Woof woof woof!"
At the command, the yellow dog barked and quickly walked along the road ahead.
The fast horses crossed them and quickly set up defenses and controls along the official straight road.
During this period, there were also goshawks flying in the sky, quickly delivering the news to the next station.
There is a node established by the imperial court at great cost. There are sending and receiving stations along the way.
Letters, manpower to take care of the horses were stationed, and all the police officers and Ding Zhuang in the nearby counties were quickly mobilized to stand ready based on the intelligence coming from the front.
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"Damn it, there's another checkpoint ahead, and it's not over yet!"
A few hours later, at the foot of a hillside next to the official road, Qiao Lin and Chen Dingguan crouched and watched from a distance.
On a stone bridge at the entrance of the village where a small river originally passed, officers and soldiers set up checkpoints and shouted to passers-by.
Villagers who were walking around near and far away from home or going to the nearby market felt very confused, but they did not dare to resist and accepted the interrogation honestly.
During this period, even the usual phenomenon of county government officials grabbing cards and grabbing some melons, fruits and other items carried by villagers disappeared.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. When the two saw it from a distance, they immediately understood that it was coming for them.
"The news has reached here? It seems that it is difficult to force a way through." Qiao Lin said to Chen Dingguan with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
Chen Dingguan hesitated for a moment and said, "Can we kill these people?"
"It's a bad idea to forcefully break through the checkpoint. In just a few moments, you will be identified and your whereabouts will be known, and experts will be mobilized to chase and intercept you." Qiao Lin shook his head.
"Then, what about taking a detour?"
Chen Dingguan asked.
"With the strength of our feet, it is easy to travel through mountains and rivers. There is no need to follow existing roads."
Qiao Lin shook his head: "You take it for granted. Even if we can walk in a roadless place for a while, we will soon be overtaken. Before we became aliens, we were just ordinary people, not mountain hunters. Those who are used to walking in the mountains.
Moreover, the imperial court may have some means of detecting the target's whereabouts or predicting our approximate whereabouts.
As long as we occupy the traffic arteries and work hard along the way, we can always mobilize a force several times ours for encirclement and suppression.
You might be able to hold on for one or two, two or three days, but in a few more days, where will you find the energy to run around without rest? "
"This won't work, and that won't work either. What should I do?" Chen Dingguan asked irritably.
Qiao Lin said: "We can only think of a way to stop Li Daitao and mislead the pursuers. Anyway, it is no longer advisable to fight forcefully."
As he spoke, he took out something from the pocket he carried with him. It was a lifelike small statue of a beautiful woman, about the size of an inch.
[In view of the general environment,
If you look closely, you will see that the face of the jade boy looks a bit like Qiao Lin.
He untied the wound that he had managed to bandage, dipped some blood in it, and stood guard by the roadside, throwing it in while the bullock cart going to the market passed by.
They pretended to be passers-by resting halfway, but they didn't attract the slightest attention.
After doing this, the two people immediately turned around and headed over the mountains and ridges towards the other side.
There is a path there that leads to the nearby villa.
When Qiao Lin traveled to and from the Holy Capital in the past, he used to rest there and knew that there were chess pieces arranged by the Gu Xin Demon Sect in the countryside, and that he was a big player in the local area.
Those rural landowners who believed in Lao Mu and wanted to gain the qualifications to enter the vacuum hometown were often very pious.
This is the key to the Demon Cult being able to set up strongholds everywhere for hiding and resting.
