Until this moment, Lu Dashi felt a little confused, Li Wenchang's tactics were used, and Lu Dashi couldn't catch any clue.

First the matter of Fengxue Villa, and then the rescue of people in Nanjun City, one ring after another, it is almost impossible to judge what Li Wenchang will do next.

After Li Wenchang rescued Ge Feiying and Zhang Nanhao from the Nanjun Yamen, he did not leave Nanjun City that night, but chose to leave on the afternoon of the second day?

What is he doing this for?

Starting from the west gate of the southern county city, and then going around to the east gate, is all this just to confuse his captors?

At this moment, Li Zhutou had already walked back quickly.

"Lu Zhutou, before we came, there were already two boats departing."

Speaking of this, Li Zhutou's tone paused, and then continued, "However, it seems that there is no one we are looking for!" ”

Lu Dashi sighed, "Have they registered the people on the ship?" ”

Li Zhutou nodded, "They have all registered the people on the boat, and I have checked it, but there are no suspicious people." ”

After listening to Li Zhutou's words, Lu Dashi turned his head to look at the few boats in the river, and after a while, he asked slowly.

"Li Zhutou, how long have those two boats been leaving?"

Li Zhutou thought for a while, and then replied, "The boat that left early has already set off after breakfast, and the boat that left late has been more than an hour away from now." ”

……

After half an hour of detailed investigation, the four boats parked on the shore, as well as the pedestrians coming and going on the shore, had already been checked, but there was still no trace of Li Wenchang and others.

Zhang Chenghu hurriedly came to the side of the road and asked loudly, "Brother Lu, I can't find them here, where should we go next?" ”

Lu Dashi frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly, "Captain Zhang, you should immediately divide your troops into two roads now, one person goes to the official road at the south city gate, and the other person goes to the official road at the north city gate, and then search along the official road until you go to the next town to take a closer look and see if those gangsters have passed there?" ”

When Zhang Chenghu heard this, he frowned, "Brother Lu, are you saying that they will escape on horseback?" ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, "Captain Zhang, those gangsters are not immortals, there are so many of them, no matter where they pass, they will leave clues, as long as we investigate in detail, we will definitely be able to find the direction in which they are going." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Dashi's tone paused before continuing, "We have searched the East City Gate side, and we can basically confirm that those gangsters are not coming here. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Dashi took a breath, "I hope we can find their traces in the south and north!" ”

When Zhang Chenghu heard this, he nodded, and immediately led people away.

Looking at the back of Zhang Chenghu and their departure, Li Zhutou stepped forward and asked, "Lu Zhutou, where are we going?" ”

Lu Dashi turned his head and looked around, and then said slowly, "Li Zhutou, let's look around the dock and see what we can find?" ”

When Li Zhutou heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Lu Zhutou, are you saying that those gangsters are likely to hide nearby, and after we leave, are they escaping by boat?" ”

Lu Dashi nodded, "It's really possible, because I've encountered this kind of thing before." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Dashi's tone paused, and then continued, "At that time, we also searched the dock, but we didn't find their shadows, and later, ten miles away from the dock, we found their traces. ”

After hearing Lu Dashi's words, Li Zhutou suddenly perked up, and immediately shouted at the catcher behind him, and everyone immediately jumped on the war horse and searched forward along a path next to the dock.

There was only one path on the side of the pier that led to the right, and everyone followed this path and left the pier.

The terrain here is different from Huaishui County, Huaishui County is a mountain by the river, but there is no mountain here, everyone has walked a long way, and it is still a plain.

Lu Dashi led people to search carefully around here, after all, no matter where a dozen war horses went, the marks of the horses' hooves would definitely be obvious.

It's a pity that everyone has been searching for more than 10 miles, but they have not found any clues.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, the group saw in the distance a village not far ahead.

Seeing this village, Li Zhutou suddenly perked up, and immediately rushed to the front quickly with his horse and ran towards that village.

This small village is not next to the official road, but is still dozens of meters away from the official road.

Li Zhutou followed the path leading to the village on the official road and ran all the way towards the village.

Lu Dashi saw that Li Zhutou had already gone over to inquire, and immediately ordered the group to stop and wait.

It didn't take long for Li Zhutou to come back dejectedly.

"No, they didn't see a caravan of horses passing by, only a few wagons pulling goods passing by."

After hearing Li Zhutou's words, Lu Dashi couldn't help frowning, "Li Zhutou, how many carriages are there pulling goods, and in which direction are they going, did you ask?" ”

Li Zhutou nodded with a wry smile, "I've asked, those carriages that pull goods, there are two in total, and they all come from Qingsha Town." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhutou's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Lu Dashi to answer his words, so he continued to speak on his own.

"The end of this road is to Qingsha Town, after passing Qingsha Town, there will be no official road!

Therefore, most of the carriages that pull goods in Qingsha Town go from this road. ”

Li Zhutou's words made Lu Dashi's heart sink.

Could it be that Li Wenchang did not follow this path?

If Li Wenchang didn't go down this path, then where would he go?

Thinking of this, Lu Dashi's brows furrowed deeply.

After Li Wenchang came out of the West City Gate, he did not go all the way forward, but abandoned the carriage halfway.

Logically speaking, Li Wenchang should go around from the West City Gate to Repulse Bay, and then take a boat.

However, there was no trace of Li Wenchang in Repulse Bay, so where would they go?

The official road at the south gate leads to Huaishui County, and Lu Dashi came from that official road.

Lu Dashi thought about the details of this, and it seemed impossible.

A horse team of more than a dozen people, if the official road keeps moving forward, will definitely be discovered, as long as you inquire along the way, you will hear the news of Li Wenchang and others.

It can be said that Li Wenchang's choice to take the official road will be very dangerous, and there is a great chance that he will be caught up by the pursuing soldiers.

If he was replaced by Lu Dashi, he would be on foot, and he would never run away on the official road on horseback, the goal was too big.

In other words, Li Wenchang only had a small chance to ride a horse and walk the official road of the South City Gate.

Since Li Wenchang will not take the official road of the South City Gate, and there is no trace of Li Wenchang in Qianwan Town and this road, where will Li Wenchang go?

Don't.......

Lu Dashi raised his head abruptly and looked at Li Zhutou, and said quickly, "Li Zhutou, we will immediately rush to the west of the city now to see if there are any clues over there?" ”

When Li Zhutou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Lu Zhutou, haven't we already searched in the west of the city?" Why go back? ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, "Li Zhutou, don't forget, we only walked two of the four paths on the official road in the west of the city, and there are two other paths that we haven't explored?" ”

After listening to Lu Dashi's words, Li Zhutou was even more puzzled, "Lu Zhutou, those two paths only lead to two villages, how could those gangsters choose to go there?" ”

Lu Dashi waved his hand, "Li Zhutou, don't talk about this yet, let's go back before dawn, maybe we can find some clues." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhutou nodded, and immediately waved his hand at the group of catchers, "Brothers, let's go!" ”

As Li Zhutou's words fell, soon, the sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded, and everyone returned to the way they came.

……

The distance from the official road of the east city gate to the official road of the west city gate was very far, and when everyone rushed to the official road of the west city gate, it was already dark.

Looking at the dark wilderness, Li Zhutou frowned, "Lu Zhutou, it's already so dark, do we still want to go?" ”

Lu Dashi understood what Li Zhutou meant, there was no moon tonight, and after nightfall, the wilderness seemed even darker.

For 4 weeks, I could only look at the vague black shadow traces, and I couldn't see the original appearance clearly.

Not only was it dark for 4 weeks, but even the official road was pitch black, and it was indeed quite dangerous to ride a horse in the dark.

The most important thing is that some places on the official road are much higher than below the official road, and once the horse stumbles, the consequences are unimaginable.

If you want to be safe, you can only walk slowly, but even so, you can't guarantee the safety of everyone.

On the other hand, everyone rushed to Fengxue Mountain Villa from Nanjun Town yesterday, and then returned to Nanjun Town from Fengxue Mountain Villa, and then searched in Nanjun Town all night, plus today's day, everyone was really tired.

Lu Dashi sighed, "In that case, let's go back to the city tonight first, have a good rest, and wait until dawn tomorrow, we'll come back to investigate." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhutou hurriedly nodded, "Brothers, let's go back to the city!" ”

……

After Lu Dashi broke up with everyone, he returned to the inn where he lived.

Since he hadn't eaten dinner yet, Lu Dashi didn't go back to his room, but found an empty seat in the hall and sat down.

Not long after Lu Dashi's meal was delivered, before he could start eating, the door of the inn was pushed open, and a young man looked at the door, 4 places, and after seeing Lu Dashi, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly walked over.

"Lu Zhutou, I thought you didn't come back?"

Hearing the voice, Lu Dashi raised his head and saw that the person in front of him turned out to be Miao Chengping, and asked with a smile, "Young Master Miao, why are you here?" ”

Miao Chengping pulled out the chair next to the table and sat down, then smiled and said, "My father asked me to come, he wants to meet you!" ”

When Lu Dashi heard this, he smiled bitterly and pointed to the meal in front of him, "Young Master Miao, can you let me finish the meal before I go?" ”

Miao Chengping nodded, "Of course you can, I'm not in a hurry!" ”

……

After Lu Dashi finished eating, he and Miao Chengping walked out of the inn, got into the carriage that had been prepared, and rushed all the way to Miao's house.

on the carriage.

Lu Dashi didn't ask Miao Chengping why he was looking for him, because he could guess that it must be because of Ge Feiying and Zhang Nanhao.

Sure enough, before the carriage had gone far, Miao Chengping asked with a smile, "Lu Zhutou, are there any clues about those gangsters?" ”

Lu Dashi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No, I don't have a clue now, I don't even know where they ran." ”

After hearing Lu Dashi's words, Miao Chengping asked suspiciously, "I heard that they went out from the West City Gate, so as long as we chase them along the official road of the West City Gate, we will definitely be able to find their traces, right?" ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, "This gang of gangsters is too cunning, although they went out from the West City Gate, but all indications show that they did not rush along the West City Gate and ran all the way, but turned around halfway. ”

When Miao Chengping heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Then where did they turn around?" ”

Lu Dashi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "If I knew, I wouldn't have a headache." ”

After hearing Lu Dashi's words, Miao Chengping nodded thoughtfully, "This gang of gangsters is too cunning, from the very beginning, he calculated us and surrounded us in Fengxue Mountain Villa, the purpose was to lure the people of Nanjun City out, so as to facilitate their rescue plan." ”

Lu Dashi said, "The most important thing is that until now, we don't know what they want to do next!" ”

When Miao Chengping heard this, he asked in surprise, "Lu Zhutou, aren't they here for Ge Feiying and Zhang Nanhao'er?" ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, "I think this is just one of their purposes, they should have other purposes, it's just that we don't know." ”

After hearing Lu Dashi's words, Miao Chengping's brows couldn't help frowning, "Lu Zhutou, you mean, do they have other purposes?" ”

Lu Dashi nodded, "After they rescued the people, do they want to go to the Cao Gang to complete their mission, or go directly to the territory of the Shenwei Army?" ”

Miao Chengping frowned and thought for a moment before he said slowly, "Lu Zhutou, when you go out from the West City Gate, as long as you follow the official road, you will go in the direction of the Shenwei Army's territory." ”

Speaking of this, Miao Chengping's tone paused before continuing, "I think since they went out from the West City Gate, they should want to return to the territory of the Shenwei Army as soon as possible!" ”

When Lu Dashi heard this, he was silent for a moment before he said slowly, "It stands to reason that this should be the case, but this time they didn't complete the task they came out of, how could they be willing?" ”

Miao Chengping shook his head, "If they want to go to the Cao Gang, they should go out from the East City Gate or the South City Gate, wouldn't it be much closer?" ”

……

In the study of the Miao family, only Miao Shouan was alone.

"Lu Zhutou, you've worked hard for the past two days!"

When Lu Dashi heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fists, "This is what subordinates should do!" ”

Miao Shou'an nodded, "Lu Zhutou, those gangsters have already rescued people, in your opinion, where should they go next?" ”

Lu Dashi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "We have searched everywhere today, but we still haven't found any trace of that gang of gangsters, so we can't make a judgment." ”

Hearing Lu Dashi's answer, Miao Shou'an seemed to have expected it, nodded lightly, and asked slowly after a while.

"I remember last time you said that the Shenwei Army in the south is a little bit unstoppable, right?"

Lu Dashi nodded, "The last time I went to Shuangniu Mountain, I heard Ge Feiyu once say that the reason why they wanted to recruit the people of Shuangniu Mountain and the Cao Gang was to give the Shenwei Army a front station. ”