Chenshi.

The two horses galloped north side by side.

The horse ran faster and faster. Once it passed the outskirts of Beijing, the road was narrow and it was impossible to ride two horses together. Wu Jingmo reined in the horse slightly and gave way to the wind. Lu Chengfeng smiled sideways and rode forward, followed by Wu Jingmo.

is behind.

At this moment, they had been driving non-stop for more than half an hour along the ruts used to transport salt. However, there was still no trace of the cao gang.

It’s also a strange thing! After all, the two horses borrowed by Wu Jingmo have extraordinary foot power.

Moreover, based on the time it took for the city gates to open at Maozheng, the Cao Gang's salt-carrying carts were definitely much slower than one of them and one horse, and they should have caught up by now!

"Hey! Drive!" Lu Chengfeng, who was riding ahead, suddenly stopped his horse's hooves.

"What's wrong? Brother Chengfeng, what's wrong?" Wu Jingmo hurried over.

"The ruts are gone!" Lu Chengfeng stared at the yellow dirt road under his feet and said with a gray face.

Seeing this, Wu Jingmo got off his horse, turned over the wet soil that had just been rolled over by the wheels with his fingertips, and said with a strange expression, "Look! This is not right!"

Lu Chengfeng hurriedly stepped on the wet mud beside him, then moved away, carefully observed his footprints, and shouted, "This is definitely not the Cao Gang's carriage and horse transporting salt!"

After leaving Jinghua City, there was a yellow dirt road all the way. Because there was a heavy snowfall last night, when the sun came out today, it melted into snow water. After the snow water seeped into the dirt road, it mixed into a wet ground.

Mud. Therefore, the ruts are particularly obvious and easy to find!

Lu Chengfeng and Wu Jingmo followed this rut ​​all the way northward!

However, the rut in front of me is less than two inches deep, so it is obviously not a truck carrying heavy loads of salt!

As we all know, the heavier the weight, the deeper the footprints in the mud. Lu Chengfeng just made the calculation based on his own footprints.

"Since it's not a truck transporting salt and grain, it must be a carriage transporting suspected smugglers! Moreover, there is only one person on the carriage! Moreover, she is lighter! We tracked it correctly!" Lu Chengfeng smiled widely on his face.

There are flowers, said.

"I agree! The woman must have thought about it a long time ago, using the name of the Cao Gang to hide from others! To be on the safe side, she also added the name of transporting salt for military supplies! She had already expected that the city gate guards would not dare

Search carefully for the carriages and horses of the Cao gang! In this way, she will have a smooth journey!"

Wu Jingmo touched his head and started analyzing on the spot.

Correct answer! Lu Chengfeng thinks so too.

From yesterday's unitary hour to today's hour

At that time, after just a few hours of investigating the case and chasing the murderer, Lu Chengfeng actually had a feeling of admiration for the female killer. I really didn’t expect that I would meet someone with a high IQ who committed a crime!

"But why was there no trace when we tracked it here? Could the car have disappeared out of thin air?" Wu Jingmo said as if his head was filled with question marks.

"I'm confused as well!" Lu Chengfeng spread his hands and began to wander around, focusing on checking everywhere.

"Brother Jingmo, look!" Lu Chengfeng pointed lightly at the slope behind.

It was a long and sloping slope, overgrown with weeds. In this cold winter, the grass had already withered and turned yellow.

In the vast expanse of grass, there are two shallow wheel marks, hidden among the many long and short weeds. If you don't look carefully, you can't really see them clearly.

"Sure enough, it's here!" Wu Jingmo said overjoyed.

The two had no choice but to dismount and follow the two shallow ruts all the way down the slope.

Under the slope, there is a sea of ​​bamboo. The lush forest is deep and the pavilions are like canopies.

In this cold winter season, the grass on the slope has turned yellow, but the bamboo forest under the slope is still green. Bamboo is indeed the three friends of winter!

The morning breeze swept by, and the sea of ​​bamboo swayed gently, making a rhythmic sound, like a huge bamboo flute suddenly being blown from the sky, and a beautiful natural sound was floating in the air, fascinating and wonderful.

Lu Chengfeng hurriedly accelerated his pace happily.

Did the woman realize that she was being followed, so she drove into the bamboo forest? After all, it would be much more difficult to track in this dense bamboo forest! Then, she used the bamboo forest as a cover to try again.

Change route and escape?

However, Lu Chengfeng still couldn't figure it out. How could the carriage move smoothly in this lush forest with bamboos?

Unless, she abandoned the car and rode alone!

Lu Chengfeng reviewed his speculations with Wu Jingmo one by one. Both of them believed that the horse riding theory was very reasonable.

In this lush bamboo forest, abandoning the car and riding a horse not only ensures that she can escape faster, but also ensures the direction of escape, making the path freer and easier to control!

Wu Jingmo raised his eyes worriedly and looked at the bamboo forest in front of him. In the emerald green bamboo forest, for some reason, he felt a sense of danger.

He is no different from any gentleman in the world. He loves bamboo the most on weekdays. But at this moment, he has no elegance like a scholar and poet. He just follows Lu Chengfeng's footsteps closely.

Zhan said cautiously:

"Brother Chengfeng, do you think the female murderer will suddenly run out of nowhere and catch us by surprise?"

"Don't worry! I'm here!" Lu Chengfeng patted his chest brazenly and pledged his support.

In the past, in Biyun Valley, he was the little junior brother who was protected by everyone. No matter what kind of kung fu he was, it was hard to compare to others. Unexpectedly, today he would have the opportunity to become the protector of others! In the case of scholar Wu Jingmo

In front of you, Master, I am so proud!

"What's that in front of you?" Wu Jingmo grabbed the corner of his clothes and said softly.

"I'll go take a look first!" Lu Chengfeng trotted forward and went to explore.

Not long after, a carriage came into view.

The car is the most lightweight model today and can only be used by one person. The rider can reach out and hold the bridle! The car has only one door but no windows. The seat is covered by a thin gauze curtain.

It is the only lighting channel. Apart from the rest, there are no other gaps or holes that can let in the skylight!

Lu Chengfeng approached cautiously, but could not see clearly what was going on inside the car. He had no choice but to pick up a bamboo branch and pick it up quickly like a sword!

There was nothing in the car! As he imagined, the woman must have abandoned the car and ran away!

Only in the corner were there traces of some white powder, which should have been used to hide the salt when leaving the city today! However, she had thrown away the salt a long time ago for the sake of a light carriage and a fast horse! She probably threw it away after leaving Jinghua.

On the side!

When the gauze curtain was lifted, a fragrant fragrance came out of the car. It was so fragrant! This special fragrance was not like the fragrance of flowers and fruits, nor the fragrance of ordinary rouge and gouache. It was extremely unique! It seemed that there was still a hint of déjà vu.

a feeling of!

Lu Chengfeng racked his brains and couldn't think of where he had heard it.

The strange thing is that in front of the fragrant car, the white horse is still there!

"I didn't expect that she abandoned her car and her horse!" Wu Jingmo said in shock, "Then she ran away with just two legs! Brother Chengfeng, let's run too! That woman will definitely be beaten by us

Catch up!"

However, the bamboo sea is vast, which direction should we look for?

In this sea of ​​bamboo, there are no less than ten thousand bamboo trees growing densely, with intertwined branches and leaves, blocking out the sky and the sun. On the floor of the bamboo forest, there are layers of fallen leaves and branches. It must be because it snowed so much last night that many branches were crushed.

It collapsed. No trace of the footprints could be found!
Chapter completed!