Shen Dalang held the fish bone in his hand and kept licking the juice on it. Seeing Song Sigong coming back unhurriedly, he hurriedly got up and asked, "Sigong is back." You've been there for half a day, but what have you found out? ”

Song Sigong sat down at the table, his face was calm, and said to Shen Dalang: "We can't stay here." Pack up and go. ”

Shen Dalang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Fourth Prince, why is this?" Although Ma Daguan is a little cold to us, after all, there is food and accommodation here, and it is like running around. Wait a few days for the wind to be less tight, our brothers will do some business with the fourth prince, how many good days! ”

Song Sigong sighed: "Originally, here in Yongcheng, facing the Bianhe River, it was extremely lively. Sandwiched between two rivers, this area is sparsely populated, making it easy to hide my tracks, so I wanted to stay here. However, Mamon didn't take me seriously, but he was afraid that he still had bad intentions. I followed the woman to the dock and watched into the side inspection village. You know, I committed a crime in the city of Tokyo, what else can the woman do when she enters the inspection village? I had to walk away. You can rest assured, this time we will go to Yuxian County and go to Yangzhou along the Vortex River. I have gold and silver here, and I have been merry along the way. When I got there, I was far away from the capital, and there were no good days! ”

Shen Dalang and the others are very poor, and when they heard that they had a good life, they were naturally willing to do so. packed up his things at the moment and walked out of the house with Song Sigong. Looking at the reeds all around, I don't know where to go, and I can't help but feel a little dazed.

The old nun here has been chanting Buddha in the house, and he has not shown up since Song Sigong and a few people came here. At this time, several people made a commotion, and the old nun was still in the house, concentrating on chanting Buddha. If it weren't for Song Sigong hearing the sound of chanting Buddha inside, he would have doubted whether there was such a person in the room.

Looking around, Shen Dalang said to Song Sigong: "Sigong, let's leave like this?" ”

After speaking, he pointed to the room and signaled that there was an old nun inside, maybe he was watching a few people.

Song Sigong glanced back, his face was expressionless, and he said in a deep voice: "You will go to the firewood room in a while and light a fire and burn this place to the ground." If we leave like this, it will inevitably arouse Ma Meng's suspicion and burn a hundred! ”

Hearing this, Shen Dalang couldn't help but shudder. In the past, he also did business with his brother without capital, but he never did such a thing as killing people and setting fires if he disagreed. I used to see that Song Sigong was a thin old man, he didn't talk much, and he despised him a little, but he didn't expect to be so ruthless.

Song Sigong's face was gloomy, once people think about things in a different direction, many bad thoughts are hooked. Thinking of the first time he arrived in Bozhou, Chai Jie was introduced to Ma Meng, one after another, the more Song Sigong thought about it, the more he felt that these birds were afraid that they were not at ease from the beginning.

Song Sigong, a veteran of the rivers and lakes, once he initiates a ruthless attack, he can do anything. At that moment, he packed up his baggage, asked Shen Dalang and the three of them to go to the firewood room, lit a fire, and blocked the door of the room.

Cheng County Lieutenant took his archers, bypassed the main road, and followed the direction pointed by Tan Erniang, all the way to the Ma family's Buddhist nunnery. When he was hurrying one foot deep and one foot shallow in the wasteland, the archer in front suddenly shouted: "County Captain, you see that there is a fire over there, isn't it the place where we are going?" ”

County Lieutenant Cheng glanced at it and shouted: "Not good! There's only one family here, let's go put out the fire! ”

With the guidance of the firelight, Cheng County Lieutenant and his entourage were much faster, and they arrived at the place where the Buddha Nunnery was in a short time. I saw that the fire was in full bloom, and the small grass hermitage had already become a sea of fire, and it was impossible to get close at all.

A few archers scrambled to put out the fire, but to no avail. An archer said: "I don't know if there are people inside, the fire is so big, I'm afraid I won't survive." Alas, it's not early, it's not too late, it's just this time that there was a fire. ”

County Lieutenant Cheng had a gloomy face and didn't speak, just looked around. His sharp eyes saw at a glance the traces of someone walking in the reeds, and he hurriedly instructed the archers: "Leave one person here to watch the fire, and the others will follow me over there to chase after it." Tan Erniang said that there are four big men living here, and this fire is up, there is no reason why they don't put out the fire. Nine times out of ten, they escaped! ”

After speaking, he took a few archers and chased in the direction where Song Sigong and the others fled.

Tan Erniang was restless in the inspection village, and she was afraid that Ma Daguan would blame herself for escaping and delaying the cleaning up of the Buddhist nunnery. She is an honest woman, and she doesn't understand many things, and she is confused about who is the good guy and who is the bad guy now, and what happened.

Du Zhongxiao asked Jin Shuzhao to find the wives of a few small officers who inspected the village to accompany Tan Erniang, stay in the village, and did not allow her to go back. Tan Erniang was unrelenting, and she always felt panicked.

After waiting for an hour or two, Lieutenant Cheng hurriedly returned.

When he arrived in front of Du Zhongxiao and saluted, Cheng County Lieutenant said suddenly: "We went late, and the Buddha Nunnery caught fire and burned into a white ground. Those men who arrived yesterday have already fled. I chased them for two miles, but there was no trace of them. Afraid that the officials would be anxious, he ordered a few archers to chase after him, and I returned to the stockade first. ”

Du Zhongxiao asked: "There is also an old nun in the Buddhist nunnery, and there is a fire there, what happened to her?" ”

County Lieutenant Cheng sighed: "With such a fire, where can anyone escape?" The old nun is afraid that he has been buried in the fire. ”

Hearing this, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help frowning. It's only been a lot of work, and another murder has happened, and the matter is getting bigger and bigger. After pacing back and forth for a while, Du Zhongxiao turned around and instructed Jin Shuzhao: "Kongmu, don't wait, let Ma Meng come to inspect the village quickly!" ”

Jin Shuzhao answered, thought for a while, and asked, "Did you send a soldier to arrest him?" ”

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "No need." only said that the households were counted today, and let him come to the inspection village for questioning. As long as people get here, we will naturally dispose of them. He was a lot stronger, and he rashly sent people to only send people to cause conflicts. ”

Jin Shu answered the promise and hurriedly went out to make arrangements.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said to Cheng County Lieutenant again: "Those three people escaped, and the fire is likely to be set by them." Immediately arrange for men to guard the crossing of the Bianhe River in this area, and prevent them from escaping to the other side of the river. Then go to Wenyu County, strictly check, and don't leave them. There are no people in this area, where can they hide? With these three people, a lot of things will be easy to do. ”

Lieutenant Cheng took the order and went with people. This area is under the jurisdiction of Yongcheng, and the archers in the countryside are all under the name of Cheng County Lieutenant.

After the order, Du Zhongxiao sat down behind the desk, alone in a daze. After carefully sorting out the whole thing, I am still a little helpless. Several cases revolve around Ma Meng, and by intuition alone, I know that Ma Meng is likely to be the core figure of the crime in this area. But the bad thing is that there is no direct evidence related to him in all the cases. Not to mention the Tao Seventeen case, as soon as Lu Yuhou died, there were no witnesses, and many years have passed, and the key figure Tan Erniang is confused again, as long as Ma Meng's death is a business dispute, he can't help it. It was clear that Ma Meng was harboring a fugitive, but he didn't hold anyone, so Ma Meng could push and don't know. Without evidence, what can you do to get this country tyrant?

This kind of lazy character who is mixed with three religions and nine streams, where is it so easy to deal with.