After hearing the young man's words, Li Zhutou was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "You dare to lie to me? ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhutou's tone paused, but then, without waiting for the young man to answer his words, he continued to speak to himself.

"Do you know what the crime is to deceive me?"

When the young man heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he waved his hand hurriedly, "My lord, the villain really didn't lie to you."

The villain did go out yesterday, but he didn't lend his horse to anyone else. ”

Seeing that Li Zhutou was about to get angry, Lu Dashi hurriedly patted him on the shoulder, which was a set of calm, so he turned his head to look at the young man and asked with a smile.

"You said you went out with a horse yesterday?"

When the young man heard this, he nodded hurriedly, "The villain did go out with the horse. ”

Speaking of this, the young man's tone paused, and then he continued, "There was not only one villain who went out yesterday, but there were also a few people in the village who went with the villain, if you don't believe it, you can go and ask them!" ”

Lu Dashi waved his hand, "No need to ask, can you tell me about what you went out yesterday." ”

The young man nodded, "The day before yesterday, someone came here to borrow a horse from us!" ”

Speaking of this, the young man stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction where they had come from before continuing.

"The man told us to take the horse to a wooded area by the side of the road and wait for him.

Not only that, but he also paid a deposit so that we could feed the horses in the morning, and we just had to lead the horses over.

For the sake of the silver, we are naturally not afraid of his cheating.

So yesterday morning, several families in our village who had horses took their horses and went to the woods he pointed out to wait for him.

It was not until the afternoon that the men came in a carriage. ”

At this point, the young man's tone paused, and then he said in surprise, "It's just that, when they got there, they told us to bring the horses back and didn't borrow them." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhutou hurriedly asked, "You mean, when they got there in a carriage, they told you to bring the horses back, right?" ”

The young man nodded, "Yes, that's what it looks like." ”

Li Zhutou's brows furrowed even tighter, "Since they didn't borrow your horse, how did they leave?" ”

The young man shook his head, "I don't know, we waited from morning to afternoon, and we were already hungry, and when we heard that he asked us to go back, we were naturally in a hurry to go back." ”

Li Zhutou opened his mouth again and asked, "Who are they, have you seen them?" ”

"Alone!"

After the young man said this, he added, "Only one person got out of the carriage, and as for how many people were in the carriage, the small ones are not clear!" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhutou sighed, "In this way, don't you see anything?" ”

The young man nodded, "No, I only saw the one who spoke to us. ”

Hearing the young man's words, Li Zhutou sighed again and turned his head to look at Lu Dashi.

"Lu Zhutou, what do you see ......?"

Lu Dashi waved his hand, turned his head to look at the young man, and asked with a smile, "Do you know the person who borrowed the horse from you?" ”

The young man shook his head, "Don't know? ”

Lu Dashi asked again, "Then does anyone in your village know him?" ”

The young man shook his head again, "I've heard everyone say that it seems that everyone doesn't know him. ”

After hearing the young man's answer, Lu Dashi nodded, "Okay, you go back, we're done asking!" ”

……

The two left the house, and Li Zhutou sighed, "How could things have turned out like this, that person borrowed a horse from them, but they didn't borrow the horse away, what is this for?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhutou's tone paused, his eyes suddenly lit up, he turned his head to look at Lu Dashi, and asked in surprise, "Lu Zhutou, did you say that they didn't leave, and they were still hiding somewhere near here?" ”

When Lu Dashi heard this, he nodded silently, and after a while, he said slowly, "Li Zhutou, let's go back first, and then let other catchers go and ask, see if what they said is the same, and then make a judgment." ”

The two returned to the horse team, and Li Zhutou ordered several catchers to go to the village to inquire separately.

After another stick of incense, all the catches came back.

In the end, the conclusion was basically the same as what Lu Dashi heard.

Those people spent money to borrow horses, but they didn't borrow them, that's a fact.

Since there was nothing else to be found here, everyone had to go back the way they came.

Along the way, Lu Dashi Lu Dashi kept thinking in his heart, what the hell is going on?

Li Wenchang and the others broke out of the West City Gate and threw the carriage onto the official road.

But they didn't ride on the head of their borrowed horse, why on earth?

Could it be that they escaped by some other means?

The crowd rode back to the official road and walked back along the official road.

They didn't go far before they arrived at the place where Li Wenchang and the others abandoned the carriage.

Lu Dashi reined in the war horse and kept looking at it for 4 weeks!

Li Wenchang threw the carriage from here, what did he want to do next?

Want to escape on foot?

Or is there another way for them to escape?

Lu Dashi only stayed for a moment, then sighed and continued to return the way he came.

After walking for about a cup of tea, a path next to the official road appeared in Lu Dashi's sight.

This path, the road that leads from the West Gate to the South Gate.

Looking at this path, Lu Dashi's heart suddenly moved, if Li Wenchang left the carriage, he did not flee on horseback, but chose to walk to this road leading to the south city gate.

Then, they got into the carriage they had prepared a long time ago, and maybe went to Qianwan Town, or went to the direction of Huaishui County along the official road of the South City Gate.

Thinking of this possibility, Lu Dashi secretly sighed in his heart.

If Li Wenchang and the others rode away, there would still be traces to follow, because after all, there were not many people riding horses, especially more than a dozen people riding horses at the same time, and the goal would be even greater.

But if they get in the carriage, it will be very difficult to find them.

The official road at the South City Gate leads to many places, and there are many carriages for freight on the road, even if there are two more carriages, no one will find anything abnormal.

If Li Wenchang and the others choose to do this, it will definitely be difficult for Captain Zhang, who went to investigate, to find clues about Li Wenchang and them.

Thinking of this, Lu Dashi turned his head to look at Li Zhutou and asked loudly, "Li Zhutou, I remember you once said that Captain Zhang and they are going to check from afar today, right?" ”

Li Zhutou nodded, "I remember what Captain Zhang said. ”

When Lu Dashi heard this, he said loudly, "Li Zhutou, you now send some people to search forward on the official road in the south, and if you see Captain Zhang and them, tell them too, and see if there are any suspicious carriages passing by." ”

After hearing Lu Dashi's words, Li Zhutou was taken aback, "Lu Zhutou, are you saying that it is very likely that they will escape in a carriage?" ”

Lu Dashi nodded, "Since they didn't ride their horses, and we haven't found any horse teams passing by in the past four weeks, I think it's very likely that they have already taken the carriage away." ”

When Li Zhutou heard this, his spirit was suddenly shocked, and he hurriedly ordered a few catchers to say a few words, and let a few of them go to the official road at the south city gate.

After these catchers were about to leave, Li Zhutou turned his head to look at Lu Dashi and said loudly.

"Lu Zhutou, since you said that they might take a carriage away, why don't we also go to the official road at the South City Gate?"

Lu Dashi shook his head, and after a while, he said loudly, "Let's go back first, I want to go to the yamen first!" ”

After hearing Lu Dashi's words, Li Zhutou was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Lu Zhutou, what is there to see in the yamen?" ”

Lu Dashi sighed, "Li Zhutou, this matter is very strange, these gangsters have played so many tricks, why are they doing this?" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhutou shook his head, "It's nothing strange, I think everything is normal!" ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, "Are they playing so many tricks just to escape?" ”

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

"But if it's just to escape, they come out of the West Gate and escape immediately, I don't think we can necessarily catch up with them."

Hearing this, Li Zhutou pondered for a moment before he said slowly, "After they came out of the West City Gate, they were probably afraid that we would catch up with them, so they borrowed those horses in advance and put them in the woods. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhutou's tone paused, and then continued, "They also deliberately let these people feed the horses well in the morning, so that the horses can leave traces in the woods, so that we mistakenly think that they changed horses and changed them. ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, "But they didn't ride away?" ”

Li Zhutou smiled, "Maybe they thought that this trick couldn't deceive us, so they set up this trap to confuse us."

And their real purpose, as you just said, is that the place where they abandoned the carriage is not far from the official road to the south gate, and they only need to hurry back to that path as soon as possible, as long as there is a carriage waiting for them there, wouldn't they be safer.

While we were tracking the horses, I am afraid they would have gotten into the carriage and fled far away. ”

After hearing Li Zhutou's analysis, Lu Dashi nodded, "Li Zhutou, what you said makes sense, but I always feel that something is wrong, as if this matter is not so simple." ”

Li Zhutou smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Lu Zhutou, how can you think that this matter is very simple, didn't we fall for them too?" ”

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.

"Lu Zhutou, you see, didn't we fall for them yesterday, and it took a day to follow the plan they set.

First chased them to the town in front, if we blindly chased them further, I am afraid that yesterday's day will be wasted on this.

Next, we suspect that they have gone to the East City Gate, and then diverted to the town of Shallow Bay, preparing to escape by boat.

We fell for them anyway and spent a day running between the West Gate and the East Gate.

To this day, we finally know that we have fallen for them.

Do you think that such a complex strategy is still very simple? ”

After hearing Li Zhutou's words, Lu Dashi was speechless for a while.

In all fairness, up to now, the strategy set up by Li Wenchang has simply been one link after another, and people can't help but act according to his strategy, and it can indeed be regarded as a plan within a plan.

But Lu Dashi always felt that something was wrong, and as for what the reason was, he couldn't say clearly.

Seeing that Lu Dashi didn't answer his words, Li Zhutou hurriedly smiled and said, "Lu Zhutou, it's better to be like this, I'll take someone to Nancheng, you go back to the yamen first, what do you think?" ”

When Lu Dashi heard this, he pondered for a moment before he nodded, "That's fine, Li Zhutou, then you can take someone to the South City Gate!" ”

After hearing this, Li Zhutou was immediately overjoyed, waved his hand at the catcher behind him, and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, come with me to the South City Gate, and we'll go catch those gangsters."

After finishing speaking, Li Zhutou arched his hand to the landing stone, and left in a hurry with the people.

Looking at the back of Li Zhutou and the others leaving, Lu Dashi was stunned for a while, then turned his horse's head and rushed towards the direction of the West City Gate alone.

Half an hour later, Lu Dashi hurried back to the gate of the West City, and was about to enter the city, when a young soldier had already walked up quickly.

"Why are you the only one, Li Zhutou?"

When Lu Dashi heard this, he turned his head to look over, but found that this person was very familiar, and he muttered for a moment, and remembered that this person had been by Liu Changlin's side yesterday to bandage his wounds.

"My surname is Guo, you can just call me Xiao Guo!"

Lu Dashi nodded, turned his head and looked, "Xiao Guo, why didn't you see Team Liu?" ”

Xiao Guo shook his head, "Team Liu's injury yesterday was too serious, and he is recuperating at home today!" ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Guo's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Lu Dashi to answer his words, so he asked with a smile, "You went out to chase those gangsters and found them?" ”

Lu Dashi shook his head, looked at Xiao Guo in front of him, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "When I checked those two carriages yesterday, I remember that it seemed to be you who checked them, right?" ”

Xiao Guo nodded, "It's me!" It was really hanging, and if I hadn't been talking to the coachman, I'm afraid I would have been ...... by them for the first time. ”