Luzhou is the most typical terrain of Shuzhou. The larger towns are all on the flat ground between mountains.

But such flat ground seems relatively narrow, and in such a terrain, there must be rivers in the low-lying areas.

Therefore, most towns are backed by mountains and rivers in front of the gate.

If you choose to settle in such a terrain, it is mostly helpless. Fortunately, you rely on the mountains and rivers to eat water, so you don’t have to worry too much about people’s livelihood.

Le County is located at the foot of the Nanshan Mountain of Bowang Mountain. The county town is quite large. The mountain city is built against the mountain, and the population in the city is nearly 100,000.

When Cao Lie's team arrived in Le County, it was almost dark. The defenders in the city knew that there were teams coming from the camp, so the city gate was still open.

Now the acting chief officer in Le County is a Ningjun lieutenant named Liu Juan.

Logically speaking, a lieutenant is of the sixth rank in the army, and he is higher than that of an ordinary county magistrate, but this place is really short of people.

Therefore, Tan Tai sent a fifth-rank general to temporarily take over the power of the county magistrate, and this general has been assassinated.

When Liu Juan saw Cao Lie, he didn't know what to call him, but looking at the Hawkeye General of the Military Control Commission and Qianban of the Tingwei Mansion, they were all followers of this person, so he could probably guess that Cao Lie's identity was extraordinary.

After introducing each other, Liu Juan reported the situation here to Cao Lie.

"The general was killed while he was resting at night."

Liu Juan took Cao Lie into the room where their general was killed, and nothing in the room had been moved.

In addition to the corpse being buried, all the furnishings still retain the appearance of the general when he was killed.

"The general should have noticed someone coming in, woke up and got out of bed to get a knife."

Liu Juan pointed to the other side of the bed: "The general's knife is hanging on the head of the bed, but when we heard the general shouting, the general had already fallen to the ground and died. The general's knife was still in its original position and had not been moved."

While listening, Cao Lie looked at the house carefully. The distance from the window to the bedside should be about one meter.

The killed general got off the bed and reached out to his sword.

Therefore, from this point, it is enough to prove that this murderer is extremely powerful.

He swept through the window to the bed and killed people faster than the general who reached for a knife.

According to the report at that time, the general's fatal injury was in his heart. Judging from the shape of the wound, the other party used a dagger or a sword.

One hit hit.

Cao Lie looked at the window, closed his eyes, and repeated the situation in his mind.

A man in black prying the window through the gaps in the window with a dagger or a long sword.

When he opened the window, the general heard the sound and immediately stood up.

But the man in black rushed to the bed like a afterimage and killed someone with a sword.

Cao Lie opened his eyes, walked to the window and looked, and saw the traces left on the windowsill.

The man was exerting force by pedaling his feet on the windowsill, and the windows were cracked, which shows that he exerted great force.

Cao Lie held the windowsill and squatted there for a while, then he reached out to take a sword in his right hand.

Then use both hands to exert force under your feet, and push back with both hands. Although the right hand holds the sword, it does not affect the backward thrust.

His body rushed over quickly, and when he landed, he was about one step away from the bed.

He lowered his head and looked carefully on the ground. He found footprints about half a step in front of him.

In other words, the strength of the murderer may be stronger than that of himself.

Cao Lie looked at his subordinates: "Let's act separately, Li Pofu and Li Chenzhou, you can take people to collect the situation of everyone in the county government. What they saw on that day, be sure to ask clearly."

Li Pofu and Li Chenzhou leaned over and said, "I am obedient to the order."

Cao Lie looked at Ye Xiaoqian again: "Let's go and take a look."

When they left the study, Cao Lie left through the window, because when the murderer left, he also left here.

Nearly twenty days have passed, and two rains have occurred in the middle, so it is completely impossible to see the traces left at that time.

After jumping out of the courtyard wall, there is a clearing of land. The weeds are very high, so it is not easy for people to jump in and see them.

Cao Liezai carefully checked and found the grass that the man stepped on when he ran away.

After passing through this open space, there is a forest. This route is simply not more perfect for escaping.

After entering the forest, let alone finding people, even if you let the hunting dog chase you, you may not be able to catch up.

"From this, you can see the horse gang's cottage on Bowang Mountain."

Liu Juan stretched out his finger.

The mountain village is halfway up the mountain, standing on the edge of the forest and looking upwards, you can see the yellow flags of the horse gang still flying.

"That's what it looks like..."

Cao Lie murmured to himself: "If someone hadn't deliberately directed our attention to the horse gang, then the horse gang members would have left with fearlessness after killing the general and did not take us seriously at all."

Passing through this forest is the small path up the mountain. Following the winding and twists and turns, it is where the horse gang village is located.

Cao Lie looked around and suddenly there was a shadow behind a tree, as if there was a flash.

He was about to remind Ye Xiaoqian, but found that Ye Xiaoqian had retreated behind the crowd, and used the cover of the crowd to surround him and entered the forest from the other side.

Cao Lie had to exclaim in his heart. Qianban, who was only seventeen years old, seemed to be even more powerful than he expected.

But what I didn't expect was that that person could escape from Ye Xiaoqian's hands.

Ye Xiaoqian had just approached less than three meters away from the man, and the man became alert and turned around and ran out.

Ye Xiaoqian chased after him quickly and reached the edge of the forest. He saw the man running up the path in one breath.

Ye Xiaoqian did not continue to chase after him, because in this Bowang Mountain, there might be some hidden secret place where the horse gang's secret whistle was hidden.

The people of Shuzhou all say that the bandits are even more fierce than the wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and wild beasts will only bite one or two people to death. If bandits enter villages and villages, they will slaughter the villages and destroy the villages without leaving any living mouths.

The men in the horse gang are even more fierce than the bandits, because they live in life and deal with bandits almost every day.

If they are not fierce enough, how could they scare the bandits?

There are more than a thousand large and large horse gangs in Shuzhou, thousands of large and small. The biggest one is the Tiger Gang, also known as the Tiger Gang, because the Tiger Gang's flag is embroidered with a tiger going down the mountain.

The village on Bowang Mountain is the base camp of the Tiger Gang. It is said that there are more than 8,000 teams in this village, all of which are fierce.

In a word from Luo Da’s boss, no matter where the horse gangs in Shuzhou are, they will come to support them.

It doesn't take long for him to pull up a team of tens of thousands of people.

In fact, let alone tens of thousands of people, even these 8,000 strong soldiers, the 20,000 Shuzhou troops dared not attack rashly.

The men in the horse gang are so familiar with the mountains and how to kill people in the mountains.

If it really starts a fight, it is hard to say how many deaths and injuries of 8,000 people are killed or injured, but the 20,000 Shuzhou troops may not survive.

Liu Juan introduced: "The largest horse gang in Shuzhou is the Tiger gang, followed by the Wolf gang, and then the Bear gang... Most horse gang teams are named after wild beasts."

"The base camp of the Wolf Gang is located in Dongxi County, about 200 miles away, with about 5,000 people."

"Sun Zuoyi, the chief of the Wolf Gang, is Luo Jiuhong's sworn brother. The two of them have been running horses together since they were young."

Cao Lie nodded when he heard this, and he looked at Ye Xiaoqian who was walking back: "How is it?"

Ye Xiaoqian said: "At least, the light skills will not lose to me. Even if I keep chasing, I may not be able to catch up."

Cao Lie slowly breathed: "The land of Shuzhou is indeed a crouching tiger and hidden dragon."

After carefully looking at the terrain, they returned to the county government office. Li Pofu and Li Chenzhou had already asked everyone present that day.

"From the information I have obtained now."

Li Pofu looked at Cao Lie: "Seven or eight out of ten people who killed people came out of the Tiger Gang Village."

Cao Lie looked at him and said, "Go out for a walk and find a way to ask if there are any experts in the Tiger Gang village who are left-handed."

Li Pofu asked: "How did the Marquis see it?"

Cao Lie said: "I saw on the windowsill that when the murderer exerted his force, his left foot was stronger and the window was trampled heavier."

"When I was on the window, I held a sword in my right hand. Whether it was a dagger or a sword, when my hand exerted force, the hilt would touch the wall."

"I tried it and there were traces on the window wall, so I looked at the left side, and there were traces on the left side."

Cao Lie said: "It is not certain that the murderer must be a left-handed, but it is still useful to check it out."

Li Pofu responded: "Now you will disperse people and inquire with the people in the city."

"Don't go and inquire with the people."

Cao Lie said: "It was not easy to investigate before. It was not because the people here had to be protected by the Tiger Gang, and the people would not say anything to us."

He smiled: "Go to the casino, go to the brothel."

He looked at his follower: "Get two thousand taels of silver."

Soon, his subordinates came in with a small box. Who would have thought that Cao Lie would bring a lot of cash when he went out far away.

"Take twenty people with these silvers to go separately, each of which is one hundred taels, which is enough to be enjoyable in this place."

Cao Lie said: "The girls always talk more when they get the money."

Li Pofu looked at the silver and couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder we, Lord Gui, said that it would be very happy to follow the little marquis to do business. We asked how to be happy, Lord He said you will know in the future."

Cao Lie laughed: "Then go happily."

Ye Xiaoqian: "Where is me?"

Cao Lie looked at him: "You? How old are you? Don't go to that kind of place."

Ye Xiaoqian: "..."

After saying that, Cao Lie signaled everyone to go out for work, and then he lowered his voice and said to Ye Xiaoqian: "The news spreads out, saying that I will be in the county government for seven days. Anyone who can provide clues will come to the county government to find me directly. If the clues are useful, each person will be rewarded with 100 taels."
Chapter completed!