"boom!"
Shen Hao slapped the table so hard that the teacup on the table jumped up and almost fell to the ground. Wang Jian, who had quick eyes and quick hands, caught it and put it away.
"Where is the person? Don't you have any clues yet?"
"Sir, from Wuyang City as the center, we have sent people to explore all official roads, private roads and even some old deserted roads in the past three days, and we have not seen Ma San and others at all.
The teleportation arrays in various places also found no trace of them.
I also asked people to check the inn registration lists in various cities, but there was no relevant personnel information..."
Shen Hao rubbed his brows. He admitted that he was careless in handling this matter and did not consider it thoroughly. He actually allowed the other party to take advantage of the loophole, causing the situation to become passive now.
The original intention is to introduce more ways to show the power behind Ma San. The more you show, the more likely you are to reveal the truth, which is always hidden in the dark and difficult to find.
After forcing out the opponent's two points of "sufficiency of elixirs" and "ability to transport large quantities of materials over long distances", Shen Hao did not expect that the opponent would actually come up with more than twenty storage bags, abandoning the routine The method of transportation was used, and the exposed half of the horse's legs were retracted at once, making Shen Hao's subsequent plan to follow the clues instantly come to nothing.
Now there is no trace of Ma San and the others, as if they have disappeared. This makes Shen Hao lose all his goals, but he is sure that Ma San and the others cannot hide in the mountains, because this is not logical at all. If Ma San just wants to hide from others, it won't work at all. How long can it be hidden? After all, I want to send things to the south, just hide them there? If Ma San had not planned everything in advance, it would be impossible for Ma San to agree to receive the goods, let alone prepare more than 20 storage bags in advance.
It was obviously planned.
But how did Masan and the others arrange their transportation plans and routes? Why can we avoid such a large-scale secret surveillance in Jingxi?
Wang Jian was secretly anxious when he saw Shen Hao's puzzled expression. This time Ma San took away a full sixty-one cartloads of old grain. When this stuff was transported to the barbarian territory, it would be "enemies". Once this happened, it would definitely be a stain on Shen Hao's resume. Even the people responsible for this line can't be cured.
"Sir, how about we deduce it?"
"Huh, okay. You come first."
This is Shen Hao's habit when investigating cases, and Wang Jian also learned from him.
"My subordinates believe that first of all, the direction that Ma San and the others left after completing the transaction with Zhang Lie was not the direction of Wuyang City Gate, so they should not take the teleportation circle immediately, but go elsewhere first."
Shen Hao nodded and signaled Wang Jian to continue.
"But combined with the reports from spies on official roads and private roads around Wuyang City, no trace of Ma San and the others was found. That means that they either did not take official roads or private roads, or they covered their whereabouts so that they could not be detected.
I am more inclined to believe that Ma San and the others covered their whereabouts..."
Shen Hao shook his head and interrupted: "It is impossible to cover up the whereabouts. There are spies at important hubs with detecting disks. That thing is specially used to cover up, unless Ma San and the others dare to separate the people and the goods. , otherwise they wouldn’t be able to avoid the spies’ eyes.”
Here's the crux.
Because of the existence of the Dharma Disk, anyone whose magical instrument has high fluctuations will be discovered, no matter how much they cover it up by smashing the appearance. The blind spot in the use of the Dharma Disk is obviously not likely to appear in monks with the level of cultivation such as Ma San.
Going around and around can't explain the whereabouts of Ma San and the others.
Shen Hao went through it again in his mind, but still found nothing.
And Wang Jian was scratching his hair almost bald? He was also depressed and angry: "How on earth did these three bastards escape right under their noses? It's impossible to really run south on their legs, right?"
Running from Wuyang City to the Bamboo Sea in the south on your legs? This is...unlikely...right?
A flash occurred in Shen Hao's mind. He quickly stood up, turned around and walked quickly to the left wall, looking at the map hanging on the wall.
The map is not at the military level? But the general location and direction are there.
Shen Hao pointed at the location of Wuyang City with his hand, and then pulled a straight line to the Thousand Miles of Bamboo Sea in the south? This... is too far, even for a monk? It would take at least half a year to travel by foot alone? It is impossible for Ma San to choose this method.
Taking advantage of the large number of storage bags, you must pack lightly and move quickly. But the teleportation circle has been spied on... Wait a minute!
When Shen Hao saw that his thoughts were about to circle back to the previous dead end, his eyes suddenly saw the blank key areas on the map. Every time he saw this kind of hub drawn as "woodland" out of thin air, he would secretly add the place names in his mind.
"Go, take my badge to the record room and lend out the military-level map in the Jingxi area." Shen Hao took out his badge and threw it to Wang Jian. The latter didn't dare to ask more questions, took it and ran out.
Not long after, Wang Jian ran back with a sealed roll of maps. He closed the door and laid the map on Shen Hao's table.
"Assuming that after Ma San separated from Zhang Lie in the early morning of November 30th, he neither ran long distances on the official road or the road, nor went to the city to teleport the magic circle, nor did he foolishly want to spend half a year climbing over the mountains with his feet. If it’s time to go to the Ten Thousand Miles Bamboo Sea, how else can he go?”
Shen Hao didn't wait for Wang Jian's answer before he clicked on a place name on the map: Shuangshi Town.
This is a place name that is not on the map on the wall of Shen Haogong's house. It occupies a small area. It is estimated to be no more than the average Zhuangzi with a hundred households, but it is an important military transit town? It is from Jingxi to Jingbei. A military dispatch hub. This is what is commonly known as Bingzhen. The beach stone in the south is an enhanced and aggregated version of this kind of military town.
"Ma San and the others can still go here! There is a small military teleportation array in Shuangshi Town. From here, they can go directly to Tanshi? They can reach the south faster than the teleportation arrays from various cities."
"But sir? This is simply impossible. The teleportation circle in Shuangshi Town, let alone Ma San and the others? Even if our Xuanqing Guards go, we still need approval from the Jingxi Army Governor's Office. And after we get to Tanshi, This is the territory of the border army, and the inspection will be stricter. If they act like this, aren't they looking for death?"
Shen Hao shook his head, his voice trembling slightly: "Do you remember Zhang Lie said that the two people in Ma San's belt felt familiar to him? He also said that they had the same temperament as him before. Can you tell me what kind of temperament Zhang Lie had before?"
Wang Jian's expression changed: "You mean..." He didn't dare to say anything later, and his voice trembled even more.
"Also, Zhang Lie observed that all the storage bags when Ma San received the goods were of the same size. There were more than 20 storage bags of the same size. Do you think they are standard?"
As soon as Shen Hao said these words, Wang Jian quickly held on to the back of the chair next to him, his legs feeling a little weak.
