At midnight, there is only half a moon in the sky.
The sound of the wind faded, like a ghost floating around.
On the official road outside the city, a group of people galloped on horseback. No one was talking to each other, only the sound of horse hooves.
"Sir, did Wan Lifei enter the city? We chased him for three days and three nights, but we couldn't catch him." His subordinates couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"He is at the end of his strength and can't hold on for long." Chen Si pursed her thin lips slightly and stared straight ahead. "He is in a hurry to get to Beijing and just wants to find a place to hide."
"Sir, what should we do? Once he enters the city, won't he just go back to the sea and be harder to find?"
"Yan Guo left a sound, I don't believe he could leave no trace at all." Chen Sijing had already made a calculation in his mind.
The horses galloped, kicking up dust on the road.
Under the moonlight, a line of blue smoke seemed to rise.
"Hey, it's this time, are there any pedestrians on the road?" There was a vague figure in front of them, and the horse team also slowed down.
When I got closer, I saw clearly that it was a man leading a horse, and a woman was sitting on the horse's side.
"Where are you from? The city gates are closed at this late hour. What are you going to do?" These officials will naturally interrogate people and things that don't look right.
"Masters, we are not going to the city, but to the village to the east. My mother-in-law is seriously ill and asked someone to send us a message, saying that she wanted to see her one last time. I had no choice but to send her back to her parents' home overnight." said the horseman.
The man was about thirty years old. He nodded and bowed, very respectfully.
The woman sitting on the horse seemed to be very shy. She was wrapped in a headscarf, with a bundle hanging on her arm, and her head lowered shyly.
"Your mother's family is in a village to the east?" Chen Sijing asked the woman, "Can you send a message for us to Baozheng Song Deng of that village?"
"Master Guan, just say it." The woman said coquettishly.
"You two villains are not good citizens at all!" Chen Sijing took out the sword from his waist and pointed at the woman sitting on the horse, "The Baozheng of that village is not named Song at all, let alone whose daughter knew that her mother was seriously ill.
Not a single tear will be shed!”
The men also quickly restrained the man holding the horse.
"Master, have mercy on me! Master, have mercy on me!" The two men couldn't hide it, so they immediately begged for mercy.
They are indeed not good people, they wandered over from Linzhou.
I plan to do a few robberies around the capital, and I will have to make some arrangements before making any plans.
They chose a mountain road. Of course they couldn't rob on an official road.
You should choose a quieter road that is not too far from the official road to ensure that people will pass by.
Who would have thought that I would meet a drunkard riding a horse on the first day? It was already dark and there was no one around.
The two men pulled the drunkard off his horse, searched him all over, got some silver, took the horse, and planned to take a detour to leave.
I originally thought that no one would bump into me, but Chen Sijing and others happened to be passing by.
They thought that two grown men riding a horse in the middle of the night would arouse suspicion, so they pretended to be a couple returning to their parents' home.
Unexpectedly, he was still found out.
"Where did you throw that drunkard? In the wild at midnight, if he was eaten by a wild animal, wouldn't it be a life-threatening injury?" Chen Sijing asked.
"There is a pine forest over there and a narrow mountain road." The two men pointed to the distance and said, "We didn't beat him, we just pulled him off the horse. If he wakes up, he can walk back to the city slowly.
, just in time to open the city gate at dawn."
At best, they were just two petty thieves who could commit petty theft but would not dare to kill anyone.
"The four of you escort the two of them to the city first." Chen Sijing said, "You three follow me to find someone."
When they come out to investigate the case, they all carry tokens with them, so they can enter the city whenever they return.
They originally planned to go directly to the city, but they encountered this incident halfway and couldn't ignore it.
Chen Sijing took the remaining three men and found the mountain road in the pine forest according to what the two men said.
The road was not long, only two miles in total, but I couldn't find the drunk man despite searching.
"Could it be that those two birdmen just didn't tell the truth?" his subordinates asked suspiciously.
"I guess he probably went elsewhere." Chen Sijing said: "The four of us will search separately. No matter whether we find him or not, we will come back here and gather together after an hour."
The four people were divided into four directions, each holding a torch in his hand to light the way.
The night was getting deeper at this time, and the moon had already moved to the west.
The shrill cries of night owls resounded throughout the mountains, and bats circled overhead from time to time.
There are only four people looking for this huge place, so you have to be careful enough, otherwise it will be easy to miss it.
However, half an hour passed and no trace was found.
There was still half an hour before the agreed time. Even if there was little hope, they had to keep looking...
On the cliff, Chen Sijing raised the torch high.
A man was lying on the big rock on the edge of the cliff with his back half stretched out. If he turned over, he would fall into the abyss.
The situation at this time was extremely critical, but the man was completely unaware of it.
He was drunk and sleeping soundly. He would twist his body from time to time, probably because the stone was too hard.
Chen Sijing was only one step away from him, and he could pull him over with just one stretch of his hand.
In the same way, it only takes a slight push to break him to pieces.
For a moment, the evil in Chen Sijing's heart was like a tiger emerging from its cage, so ferocious and violent that he could hardly contain it.
He had never wanted to harm anyone in his life, but at this moment, he desperately wanted to push this person down.
Not for anything else, just because he is Zheng Wuji.
He was extravagant and reckless, and was known as a prodigal.
But even so, his sin would not lead to death.
Chen Sijing wanted him dead just because of Xu Chunjun.
The girl who hung in his heart and was always bright and clear.
The drunken man in front of me is a burden, a pit of fire, and a filthy mire.
It will only destroy the delicate flowers and tarnish the beautiful jade.
Chen Sijing stood there, motionless.
The mountain breeze blew over his face, and you could feel his teeth clenching tightly.
He seemed calm, but in fact, he was in a state of turmoil.
There is a voice that keeps ringing in my ears, "Kill him! Once and for all!"
Apart from the two of them, there was no third person in this empty mountain.
It was as if God had deliberately arranged it. Heaven knew, earth knew, and Chen Sijing knew.
Even the drunk man wouldn't know who pushed him down the mountain.
What a great opportunity!
Chen Sijing joined the company at the age of seventeen, starting from the lowest official rank.
I have seen more ugliness and darkness in five years than some people will see in a lifetime.
Push Zheng Wuji down, or ignore him and let him get out on his own.
This is not very evil.
If a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall, he puts himself in danger in the first place.
Chen Sijing slowly knelt down and stretched out his hand towards Zheng Wuji...
