At the third pole of the sun, Heifu sat under the tree, his sword crossed his lap, and although the prisoners were tied to the tree in pairs, watched by the guards, he could still feel their restlessness......

Fleeing is contagious, and in the army, often one person becomes a deserter, and the whole Shiwu will run with him. Is it the same with escorting prisoners, often nothing happens, once someone escapes, it will ignite the desire of others to follow suit, and they will swarm away, and they can't stop it.

So at this time, Heifu must not be hot-headed and personally chase the two escapees, maybe the two people were caught, but all the people here were gone......

He asked Dongmen Leopard and Lixian to ride their jujube red horses and chase them along the footsteps on the ground. The two prisoners sharpened the rope that bound their wrists and removed the wooden pliers, but the hemp rope tied with a dead knot on their feet did not have time to untie it, and the two of them could not run far on three legs.

Heifu himself, on the other hand, remained in the same place, and he instructed Xiao Tao to climb up to the tree with his crossbow and sit condescendingly, staring at the remaining prisoners without blinking. Ji Ying went to bury the pot to cook and let the soldiers eat enough.

After a while, the rice soup was cooked, Ji Ying brought a bowl to Heifu, he and Dongmen Leopard lost the prisoner at night, and at this moment he was very ashamed, and said guiltily in front of Heifu: "It's all because I'm not very vigilant and let the prisoner escape." Also, if I hadn't chosen this path, maybe nothing would have happened......"

Before leaving, Heifu discussed with the people in the pavilion that they had two ways to choose this time: one was to go north from Anlu County, to Suixian and Tang counties, and then through Tongbai Mountain and into the boundary of Nanyang County, which was six hundred and fifty miles away from Fangcheng County.

The second road is farther, from Anlu County to the west, to Xinshi County, and then through the hills and forests in front of you, to Yan County, Yan County, north to Nanyang County, Xinye, Wancheng, and then to Fangcheng County, a total of 800 miles.

Ji Ying is a post man, and as the only person who has ever been out of Anlu County, Heifu asked him to choose the route.

Ji Ying said that although the first road is closer, Tang and Sui Er counties were only laid down more than 20 years ago, and they are called "new lands", and the security is not very good, and there are often thieves. Moreover, the Tongbai Mountain area is densely forested, and if you don't pay attention, you will have an accident, so it is better to take the western route. Although it takes a few more days to walk, there are towns and pavilions along the way, and the only danger is the sparsely populated forest between Xinshi County and Juxian County.

I never thought that something happened here.

Heifu didn't blame Ji Ying too much, after walking for a few days in a row, everyone was very tired, and it was inevitable that he would be distracted for a while.

"The road was chosen by us together, maybe we took the northern route, and there were more people who escaped, I believe that Ah Bao and Lixian can capture the dead back!"

He made an appointment with Liham and Dongmen Leopard that if they didn't find anyone before dark, they would have to come back......

It's only noon, and there's still a few hours to go.

Heifu knew that he couldn't be too nervous, so after eating, he pretended to be relaxed and asked Ji Ying to find water to grind the ink, and he took out a pen and a blank slip and wrote on it......

He wrote "Jane of the Dead", and it was the duty of the pavilion chief to write down the characteristics of the escapee: "The deceased was said to be a man of the city, who was guilty of theft, was twenty-five years old, could be six feet eight inches long, had a red face, had many hairs, had no beard, was dressed in a brown robe, a white single coat, and a stone ...... negative rice."

In addition, there are also tomb robbers who ran away with Yu, which must also be recorded. If Heifu can't get them back today, he can only hand over this document to the local pavilion chief at the next pavilion. Ask the local police comrades to issue a wanted warrant and arrest the fugitive prisoner on his behalf according to his physical characteristics - when he was the pavilion chief in Huyang Pavilion, Heifu also took over a similar job.

Once he handed over the dead Jane, it was equivalent to admitting that he had let the prisoner go, and Heifu would be held accountable regardless of whether the fugitive was captured afterwards. For every person who runs, he will be fined a second class, which is equivalent to more than 2,000 yuan. However, if you do not pay it, you will be punished more severely when you count the number of people in the place.

Therefore, escorting conscripts is really a thankless chore, and it is no wonder that Captain Zuo appointed Heifu to do this.

Of course, Qin Lu did not beat people to death with a stick, "If you will kill a person, you can arrest yourself and know it as a catch, except for the innocent ......" This means that if Heifu himself, or his relatives and friends, can stay and capture the fugitive together with the local police, he can be considered innocent!

After writing "Jane of the Dead" in advance, Heifu remembered this stubble and thought: "More than ten years later, Liu Bang is also facing the same choice as me, maybe because there are too many people running all the way, even if he mobilizes the partners and brothers of Quanpei County, there is no way to catch these people one by one, so he chose to fall into the grass as a coward." ”

But Liu Bang's choice, Heifu can't learn.

Not to mention that now is the year when the Qin State is the general trend of unifying the world, the first emperor is in the prime of life, and he can live for more than ten years, and anyone who rebels at this time is asking for his own death. Let's just say that Liu Bang is a calm person who can watch his old father being cooked to death, and say with a smile, "Fortunately, I get a piece of the pie", after falling into the grass, his wife and children were arrested by the government and were indifferent.

Heifu is different, Heifu takes care of his family, his mother, brothers, nephews and nieces are all his fetters, and he has finally arranged everything, and he can't ignore them because he is afraid of punishment for a while.

Time passed slowly, except for the occasional birdsong in the air, there was silence all around, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing. As the sun tilted to the west, the forest gradually darkened, Ji Ying began to pace back and forth nervously, Xiao Tao was also uneasy in the trees, and as for those prisoners, they became more and more restless, and the guards in charge of guarding them were also whispering something......

"Ah Leopard's wife was pregnant for seven months, he had the idea of fleeing before, would it be ......" Ji Ying's heart palpitations were extreme, and he began to guess wildly.

Heifu glared at him: "Ah Leopard has always been the most righteous, could it be that kind of person?" ”

Ji Ying was stunned for a moment, and shook her head shamefully: "No, I guessed blindly." ”

He approached and whispered to Heifu: "Brother Heifu, if you can't catch it this time, you need to pay for it, I can pay half of the money......"

Heifu smiled: "I know that you just talked about a family business in Lizhong last month, and you set to get married next year, and it costs a lot to propose marriage, more than two thousand yuan, which is all your savings." ”

Ji Ying muttered: "I, Ji Ying, am not an unrighteous person, since I don't have the ability to arrest people, I can only pay for it...... Besides, the money is gone, and you can still earn it with the Heifu brothers. ”

He thought clearly, but at this moment, on the other side of the road, there was a noise of horses!

"Yes...... It was to steal them, and they came back! ”

Xiao Tao, who was on the tree, shouted loudly, and as soon as he finished speaking, Lixian rode his horse and rushed over, until he rode in front of Heifu, and then jumped off his horse and said, "Pavilion Chief, we are fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

Hefu smiled, and when he saw a bloody man lying on the red horse, Liham pushed him and landed heavily in front of the prisoners......

But he saw that the man was dead, covered in dried blood, and there was a wound on his back that had been pierced by a sword, almost through his chest.

The convicts were shocked that this man was the same tomb robber who had fled earlier!

"Hahaha, we're back!"

Dongmen Leopard's arrogant laughter also came as promised, but he saw that there was a bloody human head pinned to his waist, which was the little thief who was written by Heifu on "Dead Jane" with a "red face, multiple hairs, and no beard", and his head was staring at him with round eyes, and he was very unwilling to die.

Dongmen Leopard learned from Lixian, and also threw his head in front of the prisoners, and a pair of fierce eyes shone brightly: "These two people are really brave, they actually ran away without paying attention to Nai Gong, unfortunately, they didn't run fast enough!" ”

……

If a guard who is in service of conscription flees, and there is no armed resistance, he can only be captured alive, and his life must not be harmed.

But if they serve as soldiers, they take on a military nature, and the black man is equivalent to their superior. In the military, superiors have the power to order the killing of soldiers without judicial trial! Hefu also had the right to treat prisoners who fled against orders as deserters and to kill them.

"Death or death" is not just talking.

After arriving at the next pavilion, Heifu wrote a letter to the local pavilion chief along with the incident and asked him to send a message to Anlu County on his behalf, and the matter was over.

After this incident, the convicts were frightened by the killing of chickens and monkeys, and did not flee again, and on the seventh day of the road, the group arrived in Yanxian County without danger, so far, the distance has been a quarter of the way.

But Heifu still didn't let go, as the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves. People's energy is limited, not to mention passively coping, which consumes more energy. There are still twenty days to go, and there will always be times of negligence, and next time, I am afraid that I will not have such good luck to hunt people down.

So Heifu pondered that he had to find a way to let the prisoners settle down.

When setting off from Anlu County, Heifu once said bitterly to the prisoners that this trip to the north to serve was an opportunity for them to atone for their sins, and Qin Law stipulated that as long as the subordinate concubines and Cheng Dan made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, they could use the first-class title to restore their freedom. In the same way, the title can also redeem the relatives themselves, the parents want two titles, and the wife and son only need one level......

However, the prisoners just looked at Heifu like fools, and some people whispered that most of what they did was to transport food and fill the ravines, so what credit could there be? Moreover, as the person who sent them to prison with his own hands, Heifu said what he said, and no one believed him.

Therefore, as in the past, it is not feasible to use the "majesty of Qin Law" to deter, as in the past when dealing with good people.

After thinking about it, Heifu finally came up with an idea.

When he was resting in the county, he found a middle-aged man with no bun, loose hair, and a dark face, and when the black man found him, this person was sitting on a stone slab, fiddling with some yarrow, looking up at the sun from time to time, and chanting words with his eyes closed, looking like he was chattering.

"Bu Cheng, what are you doing?"

Hearing Heifu's shout, Bu Cheng hurriedly messed up the yarrow on the ground, got up and said with a smile: "Pavilion Chief, I am calculating tomorrow's cloudy weather according to the "Book of Days". ”

"Along the way, your calculations are quite accurate, and even the convicts believe it and think that you are not mortal."

The black warriors were kind, but they also knew that this divination was not so much a calculation as a guess by looking at the clouds.

He asked: "I heard Ji Ying say that you are a well-known soothsayer in Zhuanshui Township, and your family heirloom "Book of Days". ”

"The villagers praise falsely, and the villagers praise falsely." The country gods can't compare to the tall Yan Qi Fangshi, these people help people watch the house, count the days, or do funerals for people to eat, so Bu Cheng is wearing burlap clothes, nodding his head, and there is no taste of fairy wind bones.

What's more, in the Qin State, even if it is a diviner, he can't escape the service, and when the official stands in front of him, the divination is as nervous as an ordinary Qianshou.

"Don't be afraid." Heifu said with a smile: "I just want to ask, how much does it cost for you to do divination once a weekday?" ”

Bu Cheng was a little entangled, and he didn't know the plan of the Heifu Pavilion Chief, so he raised a finger and said, "Shiwu divination, ten coins...... Divination of officials, five coins. ”

It's cheap, Heifu laughed; "Only five dollars? So what if I'm willing to pay 300 dollars and ask you to do a divination? ”

While speaking, Heifu stuffed a heavy cloth bag into Bu Cheng's hand, opened it and saw that it was a bright Qin Banliang, and the eyes of this folk diviner suddenly lit up......

Heifu was also helpless, since this group of prisoners could no longer use Qin Law to scare them......

Then, you can only use the words of ghosts and gods to appall!