The officials of the second and third teams of the county government, under the leadership of Lao Chen and Lao Zhang, were still traveling around Xinyang County, looking for traces of bandits.
The county magistrate Jiang arranged Jiang Hong as an errand under his master Zhu Shuo. Jiang Hong and Zhu Shuo disliked each other, so they both did their own thing. Jiang Hong checked the household registration in Xinyang County, while Zhu Shuo looked through Xinyang County. Yamen's previous information and files.
After all, Hua Feng was just sent to help. He did not work hard. If you encounter any grievances, you can ask him to help. As for how to find these bandits, it is not within his responsibilities. However, he is not idle. He spends all day Wandering around Xinyang City. However, Yuanhao and Zhu Shuo were arranged to check some information together and report to him when they came back in the evening.
Ding Xiaowu, monitoring the movements of the Yiyang Gang and Zhang Yamen, did not relax at all. On the second day of Ding Xiaowu's surveillance, he discovered that two groups of people had gathered at the door of the Yiyang Gang. One group of people was led by Guo Renjie, and the other group was led by Guo Zixiong. They still had money around them. These two groups of people left Xinyang City one after another. Ding Xiaowu chased them outside the city and saw these two groups. The people and horses all headed towards Xiaolin Town. It was inconvenient for Ding Xiaowu to pursue him too much. At the end of the day, Zhu Shuo and Jiang Zhixian came to the place where Ding Xiaowu was hiding. Ding Xiaowu told Zhu Shuo about the matter, and Zhu Shuo was confused and felt that they must have done something evil. Jiang Zhixian and Zhu Shuo discussed it and decided to wait and see what happens.
Zhu said at this time he talked about a recent discovery he made, "I checked the previous information and found that the current Guo Mansion was built after buying out several common people's houses. In the past, the backyard of the Yiyang Gang The door was originally separated by an alley from the previous common people's houses. Now the Guo Mansion's backyard has blocked the alley, and is now closely connected to the Yiyang Gang's backyard. As long as their backyards are connected , you can travel freely between Yiyang Gang and Guo Mansion."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Jiang said, "That means expanding the original area of the Yiyang Gang."
Zhu said nodded and said: "Yes. I also found out that Li Chunlin's family had built a new house at that time and was unwilling to move out. As a result, it didn't take long for Li Chunlin to owe Guo Zixiong money. The county magistrate at the time sentenced Li Chunlin to Li Chunlin had no money to return the money to Guo Zixiong, so he had to use his house and land to pay off the debt. But if this is true, why did Li Chunlin take the initiative to report it to the government when he knew he owed Guo Zixiong money?"
Ding Xiaowu was also a little confused after hearing this, "Master Zhu, what do you think?"
Zhu said: "Maybe Li Chunlin didn't borrow the money, but someone else forced him to borrow it."
County Magistrate Jiang said: "It was very possible, so Li Chunlin refused to accept it and reported it to the official. But the county magistrate at the time was a confused official, so he sentenced Li Chunlin to pay back the money to Guo Zixiong."
Zhu said: "This is all our conjecture now. We still lack evidence. Besides, since we have borrowed the money, where has it gone?" Zhu said, rubbing his temples, and said: "If we can find Li Chunlin I’ll be fine myself.”
Jiang Zhixian said regretfully: "We had already caught him, but unexpectedly he was rescued again."
Ding Xiaowu blamed himself: "I'm sorry, sir. If I could be more powerful, I wouldn't let those thieves escape."
Zhu said: "Okay, now is not the time to blame yourself. I can only hope that others can find some clues. Xiaowu, you continue to monitor, tomorrow is still the same time, we will meet again." After that, Zhu said and Jiang The magistrate then left.
Ding Xiaowu continued to monitor, and after nightfall, he saw these two groups of people returning to the Yiyang Gang one after another. When Guo Renjie came back, he also pulled a few iron boxes, not knowing what was inside. The next morning, Ding Xiaowu went to the door of the county government office to report the matter. But now that he is no longer a member of the county government, he does not dare to publicize this matter. He had to wait at the door, but no one from Zhu Shuo or Jiang Zhixian came out. Just when Ding Xiaowu was anxious, he saw Zhang Yamen walking out with a smile on his face. Ding Xiaowu immediately followed him and found him walking in from the side door of Guo Mansion. Ding Xiaowu looked at the wall, jumped up, and lay on the wall, watching what was going on inside. As expected, the connection between the Guo Mansion and the Yiyang Gang had indeed been established. A man led Zhang Yamen through the Guo Mansion and walked to the Yiyang Gang. When Ding Xiaowu planned to continue monitoring, he was discovered by the servants of the Guo Mansion, and immediately jumped back outside the wall and ran away. Afterwards, he hurried back to the place where he was going to meet Zhu Shuo.
As for our Young Master Li, under the supervision of Master Tiwang, he still fetched water in the morning, although in the past two days, the eighteen tanks of water have never been filled on time. However, because of Li Yu's insistence, Ti Wang only scolded him a few times and told him to fill up the remaining water tank. After Li Yu fills the water tank, he will practice martial arts and internal strength in the bamboo house courtyard. When he comes back in the evening, he will continue to teach Li Yu new martial arts.
In the afternoon of this day, after Li Yu finished eating the lunch sent by his master and calmed down a little, he planned to fill up the remaining tank of water, took the wooden bucket, and walked briskly down the stairs. Just when Li Yu walked down the last step of the bamboo house, he suddenly saw a black figure in the distance outside the bamboo courtyard, like a big black ball, and it jumped from time to time, like a monkey. Li Yu thought it was some kind of animal, and immediately became vigilant. He placed the barrel on the ground, then hid behind a tree and observed it carefully. This black figure stopped and walked, sometimes raising his head, as if he was smelling something, and then walked slowly towards the bamboo house. As the figure slowly approached, Li Yu could see clearly that this was a person, but he didn't look like a person. He is a normal person. How can a normal person walk like that? Moreover, the black clothes on his body were in tatters and were coated with starch, making them shiny black. In addition, the man was walking on all fours, and from a distance, he looked like a moving black coal ball. When Li Yu saw the man's face clearly, he was shocked. He immediately walked to the man and asked, "Dadong? Why are you here?" It turned out that this man was the mentally retarded person of Chen Erdong and Chen Sanniu. Brother, Chen Dadong.
When Chen Dadong saw Li Yu, his face was full of excitement, and he kept babbling and shouting. Li Yu couldn't understand what Chen Dadong meant, so he asked: "Dadong, are you hungry? There is still some dry food in the bamboo house. , I'll get it for you." After saying that, Li Yu used Qinggong, ran back to the bamboo house, brought some steamed buns over, and said, "You have something to eat, and when I finish fetching the water, I will take you back."
Chen Dadong took the steamed bun handed by Li Yu and threw it to the ground angrily. His tone became more anxious and his expression became more excited. He took Li Yu's arm and was about to take him away. However, with Li Yu's steady hand skills, how could he be a Crazy Chen Dadong can pull it off. When Chen Dadong saw that Li Yu was not leaving, he almost shed tears. He stretched out three fingers with his left hand, and then stretched out a finger with his left hand, and kept scratching the three fingers horizontally, as if he was sawing these three fingers with a knife. Li Yu frowned, imitating Chen Dadong, he also stretched out three fingers, scratched them with his other hand, and muttered: "Fingers? Three? Three girls!" Li Yu immediately realized and asked eagerly "What happened to Sanniu?" Seeing that Li Yu understood, Chen Dadong nodded repeatedly and pulled Li Yu to leave. Li Yu no longer hesitated at this time, picked up Chen Dadong on his back, and immediately rushed towards the small village where he had stayed.
After Li Yu arrived at the entrance of the village, the dense woods were still blocking the road into the village. Li Yu tensed up his nerves, turned on the switch to enter the village, and walked into the village hurriedly. However, the scene before him made his eyes widen. The village was in a mess and deserted. It was obvious that the people here had struggled to resist, and there were traces of struggle everywhere. Chickens raised by some villagers were flying around, pecking at some blood and grain on the ground. Li Yu stared blankly and slowly walked towards the village. At this time, he hoped that someone would come out and tell him what happened. When he walked to Xiong Pan's house, he saw that Xiong Pan's body had been thrown to the ground in a large shape. There were still some scratches on the body. It should be that his mother had been calling him for help. Chen Dadong jumped to his home, squatted on the ground, looked at the smashed home with tears on his face, and screamed.
Li Yu asked Xiong Pan's body, "Big Bear! Do you know what happened?" Xiong Pan had been dead for three or four days, and it was summer, and his body already gave off an unpleasant stench. Li Yu, who smelled this smell, knew at this time that he was just seeking some comfort in his heart. He placed Xiong Pan's body back on the bed, picked up the white cloth on the ground, and covered Xiong Pan's body.
After walking out of Xiong Pan's house, Li Yu thought of Zhang Haiwei and immediately ran to Zhang Haiwei's hut. But strangely, Zhang Haiwei's house was not damaged at all. "Do these people know that Zhang Haiwei is an orphan? He has no relatives, no father and no mother." Li Yu thought to himself. When he arrived at Chen Dadong's house, he subconsciously wanted to ask Chen Dadong, but he knew that asking would be of no use. Chen Dadong was not a sane person at all, and maybe because he was not a sane person, he was not arrested. Walk. But Li Yu knew one thing for sure. Someone had been here before and kidnapped everyone here. Chen Dadong pulled on Li Yu's clothes and looked at Li Yu with tears on his face, as if begging Li Yu to save them. Li Yu looked at the messy village, clenched his fists, and said, "Even though they are looting everywhere, their families are innocent. How can they take away their families too!" At this time, Li Yu had no clue. Even if you want to save him, where can you go to save him? With complicated emotions, Li Yu took Chen Dadong back to the bamboo house. This time, the sky had darkened, and Ti Wang was already sitting in the bamboo house. Li Yu said to Ti Wang: "Master, disciple..."
Before Li Yu finished speaking, Ti Wang interrupted: "That group of bandits have been arrested and brought to justice."
