Li Baosheng sat in the carriage and kept looking at the road, but even if his eyes hurt a little, he didn't see Su Mazi's shadow.

Time passed slowly, and seeing that the light had gone west, Li Baosheng began to be a little anxious.

Su Mazi logically said that he wanted to go to the city gate from this side, but after waiting for so long, he didn't wait, could it be that they found Huang Hanming, so they didn't wait yet?

Or is it that Su Mazi and they didn't come here, so naturally they couldn't see it.

The more Li Baosheng thought about it, the more anxious he became, seeing that it was already dark, he couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately called the coachman.

"Let's go back to Huang Hanming!"

The carriage followed the official road back to the road from which it came, and this part of the journey was not very far, and after walking for about half an hour, I really saw the woods on the side of the path, and as for the path, because it was dark, I could not see it.

The carriage stopped on the side of the road, Li Baosheng jumped out of the carriage and looked carefully into the woods beside the road, but he couldn't see the movement in the woods clearly.

Li Baosheng was helpless, and he didn't dare to shout loudly, for fear of alarming Su Mazi, so he could only walk down the official road and walk towards the woods on the side.

Coming to the woods, the woods were even darker, Li Baosheng turned around the edge of the woods, and there was really no choice but to lower his voice and shout.

"Huang Hanming, where are you?"

No one answered, and the woods were still silent.

Cold sweat gradually broke out on Li Baosheng's forehead, and he walked back and forth in the woods quickly, not caring much about it, and shouting in a low voice as he walked.

"Huang Hanming, where are you, hear my words, and reply to ......."

Li Baosheng walked forward more than 100 meters, and just when he was frightened, he suddenly heard a response not far away.

"Li Baosheng, is that you?"

Hearing Huang Hanming's answer, Li Baosheng was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Huang Hanming, where are you?" ”

"I'm here, you wait for me, I'll go look for you."

As Huang Hanming's words fell, it didn't take long for Li Baosheng to hear a sound in front of him, and the next moment, he saw a vague shadow in the distance, jumping down from the tree.

"Li Baosheng, I'm here!"

Huang Hanming said as he walked quickly towards Li Baosheng.

Seeing from a distance that Huang Hanming didn't look like he was injured, Li Baosheng was relieved.

Huang Hanming came to Li Baosheng and asked quickly, "Li Baosheng, how are you doing over there, have you seen Su Mazi's shadow?" ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's question, Li Baosheng shook his head with a wry smile, "No, if I see it, I will chase him, and I won't come here." ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's answer, Huang Hanming's brows furrowed, and he asked suspiciously, "Li Baosheng, you didn't see Su Mazi over there, I thought he went to your side here?" ”

Speaking of this, Huang Hanming's tone paused, and then continued, "Where did Su Mazi go?" ”

Li Baosheng sighed, "I waited over there, but I didn't see them coming, so I wanted to come over and ask you, did you see their shadows?" ”

Huang Hanming shook his head, frowned and said, "I've been guarding here, and I haven't seen a single person pass by here, I thought they would bypass from farther away?" ”

Li Baosheng turned his head to look at the dark surroundings, and then shook his head, "Impossible, if they want to go around further, they will walk a lot more."

If they walked along the official road, it would be much simpler, just follow the woods on the side of the official road, and they could quickly reach the city gate.

If you don't walk along the woods on the side of the official road, the most important thing is that it is easy to get lost, and maybe in the end, not only will you not be able to reach the city gate, but you may also turn to other places, which will be too big a circle. ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's words, Huang Hanming's brows also furrowed, turned his head to look around, and said suspiciously, "Could it be that Su Mazi didn't come over?" ”

Li Baosheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Who knows, if they are very familiar with the route here, as you just said, if they go around in a big circle, we won't see them either." ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Huang Hanming to answer his words, so he continued to speak to himself.

"But the problem is, I've been waiting at the gate for so long, and I haven't seen any trace of them?"

Huang Hanming turned his head to look in the direction of the official road, and suddenly said, "Li Baosheng, you say, will they go to the small town next to them?" ”

Coming out of the small road of Lijiazhuang, if you turn right, it is the direction back to the city, but if you turn left, it is the direction to the town.

Huang Hanming continued, "Li Baosheng, you didn't see Su Mazi and their traces at the city gate, and I didn't see them here, which means that they are very likely to go to the small town over there, right?" ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's question, Li Baosheng hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "There is indeed a possibility." ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng's tone paused, turned his head to look at Huang Hanming, and then continued, "Huang Hanming, you can see the direction of the path here, if Su Mazi and they come out of the path, you should be able to see it, right?" Don't you see anything? ”

Huang Hanming shook his head, "No, since I hid here, only a few people have passed by this road, except for these few people, I haven't seen Su Mazi and them?" ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng hurriedly asked, "Huang Hanming, are you mistaken, are these people passing by from there Su Mazi and them?" ”

Huang Hanming shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly, "It shouldn't be possible, Su Mazi and they have a total of four people, and they are all beggars, and the clothes on their bodies are naturally very torn, they should be easy to identify, I shouldn't be mistaken." ”

Li Baosheng frowned, "Huang Hanming, even if Su Mazi and the others have four people, they don't go together, as long as they are separated, two people in a group, and they are dressed up in disguise, will you not recognize them?" ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's words, Huang Hanming was stunned for a moment, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head to look at Li Baosheng and shook his head.

"Li Baosheng, I don't think it's possible, I just thought about it, this path is far away from the direction of the city gate, and there are not many people walking.

Since you left here, I remember seven or eight people passing by.

Among these twelve people, I don't think there should be Su Mazi who we are looking for? "Heavenly

Li Baosheng turned his head to look at Huang Hanming and frowned, "Huang Hanming, I don't think it's necessarily, you are on the tree here, although you can see the direction of the path clearly, you may not be able to see their appearance clearly, right?"

Since you can't see their looks clearly, how can you say that these people are not Su Mazi and them? ”

Huang Hanming shook his head, "Impossible, because many of the people who walked on this path today are women, I think, Su Mazi They are thinking of impersonation, and they will not pretend to be women, right?" ”

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

"Also, most of these people today are in the fields, some of them are carrying hoes, and some are pushing carts, how do you look at it, they don't look like Su Chuanxin and their fakes?"

Hearing this, Li Baosheng was a little convinced, even if Su Mazi and they wanted to fake these people, they didn't have tools such as hoes and cars?

Thinking of this, Li Baosheng's brows furrowed even tighter, and he muttered to himself, "If these people are not Su Mazi and their fakes, then, where did Su Mazi and them go?" ”

Huang Hanming stretched out his finger and pointed to the woods in the distance, "Li Baosheng, if Su Mazi and the others leave from the woods over there, I naturally can't see it, right?" ”

Li Baosheng followed Huang Hanming's fingers and looked over, and he was also a little suspicious in his heart, since Su Mazi and the others did not come here, they must go to the other side.

Thinking of this, Li Baosheng was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned, and after a long while, he said slowly, "Huang Hanming, you said that it is possible, Su Mazi and they did not come here."

They didn't go in the direction of the city gate, nor did they go in the direction of the town, in fact, they didn't leave Lijiazhuang. ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's words, Huang Hanming was also stunned, and after a long while, he said slowly, "How is this possible, if Su Mazi and they don't want to go to the city gate from here, then what's the use of them coming here, it's better to stay in the broken temple?" At least it's safer. ”

Li Baosheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Huang Hanming, apart from this possibility, there seems to be no other possibility?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Huang Hanming to answer his words, so he continued to speak to himself.

"Huang Hanming, you have been waiting here for so long, and you have not found any trace of Su Mazi and them, so tell me, what is the possibility of them except that they did not come here?"

Hearing Li Baosheng's question, Huang Hanming was stunned for a moment, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "Li Baosheng, you say, will they go around the woods and go to the direction of the town?" ”

Li Baosheng shook his head, "Probably not, even if they walk in the woods, you should be able to see it, right?" ”

Huang Hanming stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the path, "Li Baosheng, look, if Su Mazi and the others walk along the path, and then stick to the edge of the official road and go into the woods, so that I can see it."

But if they go into the woods far away, I won't see them.

Li Baosheng, I'm talking about this possibility, will they turn into the woods from a long distance, and then follow the woods all the way to the direction of the town? ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's words, Li Baosheng nodded, "If Su Mazi and them go like this, there are indeed some possibilities?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng's tone paused, turned his head to look at Huang Hanming, and then continued, "Huang Hanming, why don't we chase after us now, maybe, we can catch up with Su Mazi and them?" ”

Huang Hanming nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, then let's chase it now?" ”

The two of them left the woods, returned to the official road, got into the carriage that had been waiting there, crossed the fork in the path, and galloped in the direction of the town.

Driving a carriage at night is actually a very dangerous thing, and thanks to the faint moonlight today, nothing can be seen on the official road.

The horse pulling the cart trotted all the way, and the coachman stared at the boss, looking ahead, constantly waving the reins of the horse, and turning the direction in time, afraid that the horse pulling the cart would pull the cart down the road.

Looking at the dark silhouettes on both sides, Li Baosheng sighed and said with a wry smile, "I really didn't expect that since I took this errand, I haven't had a good rest, I remember, I haven't slept well for four or five days, right?" ”

Huang Hanming said with a smile, "It's true that you said it, it's been so long, I've been napping there, and I haven't slept well." ”

Li Baosheng stretched his waist and said with some emotion, "My only thought now is to find a place to sleep for three days and three nights." ”

Huang Hanming smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid I will have to wait until Su Mazi and them are caught." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Hanming's tone paused, and then continued, "No, you have to wait until this case is solved." ”

Li Baosheng said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid that it won't work at that time, maybe there will be another case, which is more complicated than this kind of case, wouldn't it be even worse." ”

Huang Hanming nodded, turned his head to look out the window, and suddenly said, "Li Baosheng, do you think Su Mazi and they will really go in the direction of the town?" ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's question, Li Baosheng said with a wry smile, "Huang Hanming, why did you ask about me, didn't you say that Su Mazi would go in the direction of the town?" ”

Hearing this, Huang Hanming hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn't mean that, I just wanted to say, is there such a possibility?" ”

Li Baosheng frowned and said slowly, "Huang Hanming, one thing we can be sure of is that Su Mazi and they have indeed been to Lijiazhuang, and they have also bought baked cakes from Lijiazhuang.

After he left Lijiazhuang, how many choices did he have?

The first option, which was to take the route we had guessed, followed the woods all the way to the city gate.

The second option, they chose the current path, which is the direction to the town. ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Huang Hanming to answer his words, so he continued to speak to himself.

"And the third way, that is, after they stayed outside Lijiazhuang for a while, they returned the same way, maybe they would return to the broken temple."

Hearing Li Baosheng say this, Huang Hanming suddenly asked, "Li Baosheng, when you go back from Lijiazhuang, you will pass through Sujiazhuang." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Hanming's tone paused, he turned his head to look at Li Baosheng, gritted his teeth, and then continued, "Li Baosheng, do you think they won't go to the broken temple and stay in Sujiazhuang?" ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's words, Li Baosheng's heart moved, and he asked with a smile, "Huang Hanming, why do you think so?" ”

Huang Hanming sighed, "Li Baosheng, if Su Mazi is really the Su Chuanxin we have been looking for, then what's so strange about him staying in Sujiazhuang?" ”

Li Baosheng shook his head and asked with a smile, "Huang Hanming, although there is such a possibility as I just said, it is only a very small possibility.

Think about it, if Su Mazi is Su Chuanxin, then when they came here last night, shouldn't they go to Lijiazhuang again?

But why didn't they stay and keep going? ”