The night is dark and windy, and the cool breeze blows over the mountains.
Under the dark night, most of the people in Lantian County had fallen asleep. Qin Huaidao quietly called Cheng Chumo and the other two people, and under the cover of darkness, they went to the roof to hibernate and observe the surrounding situation.
Affected by the curfew, the surroundings were quiet and nothing happened. On the contrary, the mountain breeze was getting colder, which was quite inducing to sleep.
"Strange, could it be that we thought wrong?" Cheng Chumo stared at the city gate. The entire county was very normal and there was nothing scary about it.
If we analyze the general situation, when people encounter a disaster, they will only gather in the county and seek help from local officials. However, these refugees not only did not seek help from Lantian County, but when they came, the refugees all fled to other places, and the county
There is almost no news about the refugees here.
This is an information blockade. The county magistrate must know something.
For the county residents, the county town is a safe zone for the "mountain monster" incident. The refugees are either unwilling to enter or cannot enter. In short, they maintain relative isolation. So, as long as they break through this isolation, they can obtain more information.
Lots of useful information.
The city gate was tightly closed, and the county captain personally sent troops to guard it. It was not difficult for Qin Huaidao and the others to sneak out quietly, but their clothes were too eye-catching and they needed to change their clothes.
The observation had gone into the middle of the night, and no more information could be obtained outside the city now. Qin Huaidao asked a few people to go back to rest and wait until the next day to go outside the city to see what was going on.
The second day.
Lantian County was still business as usual, with orderly exchanges between places. Except for people mentioning the word "mountain demon" from time to time, there was nothing special about it. The four of them first found a few houses and changed into ordinary people's clothes, and then left the inn quietly.
Leaving the city, he squatted near the city gate and waited to see if anyone was leaving the city at night.
At nightfall, the city gates were closed, and people walking either left Lantian County or found a place to stay. After a while, it gradually became quiet.
After waiting for another two hours, when everyone in the city should have completely fallen asleep, the four of them, except Qin Huaidao, were all a little sleepy.
Cheng Chumo didn't say anything, but Fang Yiai began to have some doubts. He asked Qin Huaidao: "Maybe it is really a mountain demon that is causing trouble? We have waited for so long and found nothing. Maybe the county magistrate is really protecting these county citizens.
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Qin Huaidao shook his head and rejected his idea.
"Brother Fang, let's take a look at the official road in Lantian County. There has been no rain in recent days, but there are many more horse hoof prints on the official road than in the past, and they are messy. This means that a large group of people have left the city more than once. Just wait patiently, and the other party will definitely appear.
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As soon as he finished speaking, the gate of Lantian County was quietly opened. Inside the city stood a group of black cavalry wearing mountain demon masks. Because of the masks, Qin Huaidao could not see the faces of these people clearly. He only saw the black cavalry guarding the city gate.
At the signal, he ran towards the southwest direction.
"This?" Fang Yiai felt incredible. There was obviously collusion between these black cavalry and the city gate guards. Otherwise, they would not be so familiar with each other. No, if cavalry of this size can be used, I am afraid that the entire Lantian County Government will be inseparable.
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"Brother Qin actually said it right. A cavalry team of this size left the city late at night. I don't know where they are going or what they are going to do?" Luo Zhang was very curious about the whereabouts of this team of cavalry.
"Follow us and we'll see if we can find out?" Qin Huaidao led the team and followed quietly.
Because it was late at night and the road was rugged and it was inconvenient to walk, although these black cavalry were riding much slower than during the day, and Qin Huaidao and the others were much stronger than ordinary soldiers, so they could easily ride on their feet alone.
Follow this group of cavalry.
After another hour, these men in black finally stopped.
Qin Huaidao took Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai and Luo Zhang up a tree to observe, and found that the place where the men in black planned to enter was the village they passed the day before. Following them here, no matter how stupid they were, they could still think of these black men.
The purpose of the cavalry.
Cheng Chumo was shocked: "They actually want to arrest someone?"
It still needs to be confirmed whether he is arresting someone. Qin Huaidao motioned to the three of them not to move rashly. He bent down and sneaked up and quietly approached the black cavalry. Due to the hurry and Qin Huaidao's modern reconnaissance method, these black cavalry
No one was seen approaching.
When he was less than three meters away from a black-clothed cavalry, he suddenly jumped up, grabbed the horse's belly and rode up. He covered the other person's mouth with his hand and knocked him unconscious with a knife. He turned sideways and got off the horse, holding the person in his arms.
Return to the woods where Cheng Chumo and others are hiding.
Those who have seen Qin Huaidao's strength have long been accustomed to it.
With a tacit understanding, several people sprayed a few mouthfuls of water at the person whose tail was tied. After the black-clothed cavalry had regained consciousness, they quickly held down the other person's limbs and covered his mouth.
A dagger colder than the cold night was pressed tightly against his neck. Qin Huaidao threatened: "Don't scream, or I will cut your neck. If you are willing to cooperate, just blink twice."
The cavalryman blinked twice quickly to show his cooperation.
Only then did a few people let go.
"Name, place of origin." Qin Huaidao asked coldly.
Before the black-clothed cavalry could figure out the situation, they asked several people: "Who are you? Do you know who sent us? How dare you ruin the good deeds of our mountain demon..."
Qin Huaidao exerted a little force, and the dagger made a bloody mark on his neck.
"I'm a very talkative person. You answer whatever I ask. Otherwise, it would be easy for us to kill you and capture another one. Are you clear?"
The black-clothed cavalry nodded repeatedly, somewhat panicked.
He didn't expect that the other party would dare to be so cruel.
Seeing that the other party was much more honest, Qin Huaidao asked again: "Name and place of origin."
The black-clothed cavalryman said: "The person from Wangchuan, Lantian County, is named Chuyi."
"A person from Wangchuan, Lantian County?" This place name was a bit unfamiliar to Qin Huaidao, but for him, it was enough to confirm that the other party was from Lantian County. He asked, "Are you from the government office of Lantian County?"
When I first saw someone seeing through it, I was shocked at first, and then realized: "Now that you all know, I advise you to mind your own business. Behind the county magistrate are important officials in the court. No one will do anything bad to him."
Eat the good fruit."
"An important minister in the court?" Several people frowned and said, "Which important minister is it? Let's talk about it first."
"Huh," seeing the names of important ministers in the court frightened a few people, Chu Yi became more convinced that these people were not from strong backgrounds, so he shouted: "I wonder if you have ever heard of Cheng Chumo, the founding general, who was following His Majesty the current emperor.
Cong Long, the minister, is a close friend of my county magistrate. This matter was done secretly under the orders of General Cheng. I would like to advise you to be wise, otherwise don't blame the Lord of Hell for not caring about your face when you die."
Originally the four of them were hoping to dig out a big fish, but when they heard Cheng Chumo's name, they were stunned for a moment.