Chapter 1,000 - Without a Trace

(2-in-1, emmmm...... Before you know it, a thousand chapters have passed...... )

"Boom! Bang! The red flame flashed, and two loud bangs in a row were deafening. Choking smoke rises.

Yoo Yeon-a, who was on stage, watched it this time, and she saw the man who gave her opinion on her song lifting the weird-looking thing in her hand. A ball of fire erupted from the strange thing, and then the two Lu Tianci's men with blades fell to the ground like two broken pockets.

"Let's go!" Lin Jue killed Xin Wuya and Yang Zhen with two shots, and without hiding his figure, he stopped drinking in a low voice, stepped forward and grabbed Lu Tianci's other arm and rushed out of the ship hall.

On the dark river, a small boat quickly rushed to the side of the building, with a red lantern hanging from the bow. It was the ships that came to receive it. Lin Jue and Bai Bing jumped off the side of the boat with their arms around Lu Tianci and landed in the boat. The boat rocked violently, but soon stabilized. The stern rower rocked his oars and soon disappeared into the snow-covered darkness of the river.

After a while, there was a loud shout on the river, and more than a dozen small boats rushed to the side of the building boat from all directions, among which several of the Hongyan Building's courtyard boats, and two of them were guards who followed Lu Tianci. Everyone on the boat loudly pointed in the direction where Lu Tianci was taken hostage, and the boat swarmed to chase it.

At the stern of the boat, the rough maid Chunxiang looked at the dark river in a daze, and a maid next to her patted her chest and said, "It's scary, it's scary, it's dead." These people are so bold, they seem to be still female thieves. I don't know how to get on the boat. ”

Haruka was startled and hurriedly said, "What are you telling me about?" How do I know how she got on board? ”

The maidservant gave Chunxiang a blank look and said, "What's wrong with you?" This offends you again. I won't tell you, phew! ”

The maidservant took a sip and left. Chunxiang turned her head to look at the river, and thought to herself, "Lin Bing'er, it turns out that you are a female thief." No wonder I don't think you're a person who does things. Female thief! Oh, that's majestic. Do whatever you want. It's also good to be a female thief. If I become a female thief, I will be the first to kill Zhao's mother. Oops, what was I thinking. I still haven't washed the dishes, I have to wash them, or I'll be scolded again.

On the snow-filled surface of the Bianhe River, in the dark night, the small boat operated by Sun Dayong rushed to the east. At the bow of the boat, Lin Jue and Bai Bing had already tied Lu Yanei's hands and feet and stuffed his mouth. Lu Yanei curled up and trembled, staring at the two of them with a pair of small eyes, for fear that the two would kill him.

"Son-in-law, don't be afraid. As long as you are obedient, we will not kill you. I'm afraid that if you don't know how to lift, then it's hard to say. The master licked the blood with knives on the rivers and lakes, provoked us, gave you three knives and six holes, and threw you to the Bianhe River to feed Wang Ba. Got it? Lin Jue said hoarsely.

"Woooooooooooo Lu Tianci nodded busily, where would there be the slightest thought of resistance.

"The boat behind is catching up." Bai Bing squinted and looked behind him through the snow-filled darkness. Although the light was dim in the rear, the light of the lanterns hanging from the masts of the pursuing ships was still clearly visible. More than a dozen ships were approaching rapidly, and they were only a few hundred steps together.

Lin Jue and Bai Bing were in a small boat, and because they needed shade and flexible approach, the boat couldn't be too big and too eye-catching. The chasing ships are larger. So the speed is inferior to the other party. Under full pursuit, the one-man boat obviously cannot escape.

But Lin Jue was not flustered, he had already designed a record to get out.

"Don't worry, go to the shore first and get to the dock." Lin Jue commanded in a deep voice.

Sun Dayong agreed in a deep voice and rowed the boat to the shore. But in fact, this approach was unwise, just a moment ago, the entourage protecting Lu Tianci had already launched a fireworks signal. The officers and soldiers patrolling the bank of the Bianhe River should have been alarmed, and at this moment there was a noise on the bank, apparently there were soldiers and horses tracking along the river. If you walk on the shore and drag an obese Lu Tianci, it is actually similar to throwing yourself into a net.

But Sun Dayong didn't ask why, Lin Jue said to land, and he immediately rowed to the shore. This is not only the duty of a subordinate, but also Sun Dayong's absolute trust in Lin Jue. He knew that the resourcefulness of the Lin Gongzi he followed was not much higher than his own, and it was impossible for Lin Gongzi to make low-level mistakes in such a major matter, so he didn't need to ask more, just obey his orders.

The boat sped close to the riverbank, which was neither a pier nor a stone staircase, but faced the bank with a high rocky plate. The bank of the river, which was nearly one person high, could not be boarded at all, and the boat was forced to stop under the riverbank. The chasing ships in the rear approached rapidly, the lanterns swayed, and the shouts of the people on board could almost be heard.

In a short period of time, as long as a thousand years, Lin Jue stood motionless at the bow of the boat, and no one knew what he was thinking. Faced with such a situation, he seems to have no way to deal with it. Even Sun Dayong had a hint of suspicion, and suddenly, a small boat appeared ghostly on the east side of the riverbank.

"Brother, is that you?" Someone on the boat shouted in a deep voice.

"Brother, it's me." Lin Jue said with a smile.

"Get on the boat, damn it, a team of officers and soldiers checked along the coast, I had to hide, and I almost missed a big incident." The man on the boat.

The boat approached, and Lin Jue and Bai Bing jumped onto the boat with Lu Tianci. Sun Dayong also jumped up after him. Lin Jue reached out and took off a boot from Lu Tianci's foot, threw it in the snow on the shore, and with a wave of his hand, the boat quickly rowed away, leaving only the empty boat drifting in place.

It was Shen Tan who came to answer, according to the plan, he rowed a boat on the shore to pick up Lin Jue and others, there were officers and soldiers walking on the shore, he could only hide under the stone wall on the shore with people and boats, and only dared to show up at this moment. Shen Tan's boat was equipped with double oars, and after Lin Jue and the others got on the boat, Sun Dayong and Shen Tan operated the oars, and immediately rushed away like arrows. In addition, the ship was completely dark, and there was no trace of it in the darkness, leaving only a waterline, only to the east.

On the river, a dozen or so boats in pursuit soon approached to the left of the riverbank. At this moment, a large ship with flashing lights caught up with them, and they were forced to stop before a small boat. Someone soon discovered that it was a warship patrolling the river by the Guards Infantry Division. In addition to guarding the city gates, the guards are also on duty at night to ensure the security of the city, and there are also ships patrolling the rivers and the five lakes of the capital to prevent accidents.

"What's going on? What happened? In the middle of the night, on a snowy day, which dragon boat are you racing? What kind of fame? Someone on board shouted.

"Someone has kidnapped Prime Minister Lu's son, and we are chasing after him." The people in the boat shouted in unison.

A tall figure in the bow of the warship stood cross-legged and shouted, "What? Is this worth it? Who is so bold as to dare to kidnap Lu Yanei? Have you eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall? Let's talk to General Ben in detail. ”

On the small boat on which the Lu family's guards were riding, Lu Tianci's personal servant Lu San frowned and shouted: "This lord, now is not the time to say this, the thieves are holding my family hostage in front of the office, and the adult soldier ship is fast, so he should chase after him quickly." ”

"Fart, you have to ask things first. What do you say? If we lie, don't we be treated like monkeys? The general on the ship rebuked.

"Dare to ask the lord on the ship?" Lu San frowned and shouted.

"Lao Tzu is the deputy capital of the Guards and Infantry Division, Yu Hou Ma Bin, what's the matter?" The general on the ship shouted.

"I am Lu San, the manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Deputy Ma is waiting for Yu, and my family is abducted and taken away in broad daylight, which is a dereliction of duty by your guards and military divisions. If you don't catch up at once, you will delay. I will report this matter to my father-in-law. Lu San shouted loudly.

"Fuck you, a cat and a dog dare to threaten Lao Tzu, are you dizzy? Lao Tzu patrols the city at night on such a snowy day, and they are freezing enough to choke one by one, but you say such cool words? A dog minion of the Prime Minister's Mansion dares to be so rude? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu took you, and beat you with thirty sticks. Ma Bin said angrily.

Lu San was a little flustered in his heart, he was relying on the momentum of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but if he really annoyed the other party at this moment and was arrested and beaten half to death, it was really not worth it. So he hurriedly said: "Master Ma, the villain means that the son of my family is kidnapped by the strongman and is ahead, if the adult does not catch up in time, there are three long and two short in my family's office, and Lord Ma will not be able to get rid of it." At that time, everyone will not be able to explain. Please also ask Master Ma to chase after him immediately, and if the villain's words are offended, he will turn around and receive his own punishment. But at this moment, it is still the first thing to chase people. ”

Ma Bin rolled his eyes and said, "This is like a human sentence." Lu San, you remember to Lao Tzu, you are a dog slave in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I don't care if you fight with other people's dogs, bark and bark in front of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is not used to you. ”

Lu San couldn't vent the anger in his stomach, so he had to grit his teeth and remain silent. Ma Bin glanced at the lights on the dark riverbank and felt that time was almost over. So he said, "Drive the boat and catch up." ”

The warship turned half of its head and came straight to the shore. The boats followed, and when they were dozens of paces away, the small boat docked on the shore was already visible.

"It's the ship. Hey? What about the people above? The crowd exclaimed in amazement.

Ma Bin stood on the bow of the ship and shouted: "Listen to the thieves on the ship, immediately put down your blades and surrender, otherwise, Lord Ben will crush you into powder and chop you into meat sauce." ”

Everyone on the small boat rolled their eyes, obviously the boat was empty, and they could see through it at a glance, this Master Ma was still pretending, I was afraid that he was a fool.

"Master Ma, I'll take a look." Lu San shouted.

Ma Bin nodded and said, "Okay." Go and see, be careful, don't fall for the plot. ”

Lu Sanxin said: In your mother's plot, there is no ghost, and the plot is a fart. If you hadn't delayed us, at least we would have been able to see where they had gone.

Lu San ordered the courtyard to row closer, and confirmed that the boat was empty. He carefully observed the topography and traces on the shore, and shouted: "Master Ma, there is no one on the boat, the river bank is more than half a person high, and there is no trace of the snow." It can be concluded that the thief did not come ashore. ”

Ma Bin was startled, and said in his heart: "Brother, this is negligence, why didn't you leave traces on the snow?" ”

"Really? So where did they go? Heaven or not? The warship slowly leaned to the shore, and Ma Bin stood at the bow of the boat with a pergola and watched the situation.

"I guess they changed ships and left. Wanted to leave this boat to confuse us. Master Ma, I suggest we chase eastward. Further east was the inner city gate, and they couldn't go far. Lu San shouted.

"Nonsense! On what basis do you conclude that they just changed ships and left? Isn't this a big fart to take off your pants? I think they must have gone ashore. They can't escape in the river, they can only escape if they go ashore and run into the alleys of the houses. Ma Bin shouted.

"Lord Ma, the river bank is so high, they won't choose this place if they want to go ashore. In addition, there is no trace of this snow, how to say? Lu San frowned.

"I don't know, our people have already searched along the river, and they dare to go to the dock? This is the only way to land. Besides, these strongmen must have martial arts, can this half-human-tall riverbank stump them? As for the lack of traces on the snow...... Yes, it must have been too much snow to cover up the traces. Either they deliberately leave no traces, which is called the virtual and the real, and the real and the virtual. A fool like you who deceived continued to chase along the river, but he couldn't fool Lao Tzu. ”

Ma Bin tried his best to make up the reason, and he believed it himself.

General Lu San was skeptical, but he couldn't refute it. The snow is so heavy that it can cover up the snow in a matter of moments. If the other party sweeps the footprints a few times, the heavy snow can cover up the traces in a moment, and there is really nothing to see.

At this time, one of the guards suddenly pointed to something peeking out of a piece of snow on a stone on the shore and said, "What is that?" It's like a boot. ”

Lu San hurriedly ordered someone to hook the boots to take a look, and exclaimed, "This is the boots in the Yanei." ”

Ma Bin was stunned for a moment, and then immediately admired the five-body body to the ground. Lin Jue didn't deliberately make any traces of going ashore, that was because he didn't have to do it on purpose. On such a snowy day, he could not extend his footprints to the alleys and streets far away from the riverbank. Only the footprints of the shore were left, and once the pursuers went ashore to follow the footprints to investigate, they would immediately be exposed, and it was determined that they were suspicious. He only threw Lu Tianci's boots in the snow, and this hint of shade was often more effective. It gives the feeling that the boots are falling off in a hurry. It seems that Lu Tianci deliberately left boots to leave clues.

There are boots, but there are no traces, and this creates a contradiction. Confusion arises from convenience. As long as it can make them undecided, they buy time. And Lin Jue didn't expect that the escape route would be unaware. He just wanted to buy a certain amount of time.

Obviously, Lu San and the others are caught in this contradiction.

"These are the boots of the prince of Yanai, and it looks like they did go ashore. But how can there be no traces? Is it treading snow without a trace? These strongmen are so high in kung fu? Someone said suspiciously.

Ma Bin smacked his lips and said: "That's it, there are two possibilities now, one is that they go ashore here, and the other is that as Lu San said, they changed boats and fled." In order to avoid jumping into the air, Lu San, you go ashore to chase, my ship is fast, I will chase along the river to the east, and our soldiers will be divided into two ways. The brothers on the shore are also searching, not believing that they can fly into the sky. ”

Lu San nodded and said, "What the adults said is very true, instead of guessing wildly, it is better to divide the soldiers into two ways." After a while, the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion will also arrive, and even if the capital is turned over, they will have to be caught. ”

Ma Bin said with a smile: "Prime Minister Lu's son was kidnapped, don't you want to turn around the city?" It's best if we can find a trace. Without further ado, the soldiers divided into two ways and chased quickly. ”

Ma Bin immediately ordered the big ship to sail off the shore and chase east. Lu San and the others threw out the cable and hung it on the rocks on the shore, and abandoned the boat and went ashore one after another.

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Two miles ahead, Lin Jue's boat had already docked in the dark. The location here is already the southwest corner of the left second box, and in front of it is the inner city Bianhejiao Menzi, and it can no longer go forward. After everyone went ashore, Shen Tan drew his long sword and cut several large holes in the bottom of the boat. The river poured in, and the boat immediately entered the water and sank underwater.

The area in front of me belongs to the scope of Sweet Water Lane, a dense place of dwellings. In the distance, the sound of soldiers and horses galloping and shouting in the street market, and the barking of dogs in the deep alleys also became violent. It is clear that a search has begun on this area. But a few people did not panic, and dragged the snoring and panting Lu Tianci along the shadows of the streets and alleys, and came to the intersection of the second street of Sweet Water Lane, and got into a house.

Entering the house, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This is Shen Tan's mansion outside the palace. Shen Tan has no family, and he lives in the palace on weekdays, this house was only purchased after he came to the capital, and friends or individuals on the rivers and lakes will return here on weekdays if they have some personal matters.

"There is a cellar under the west wing, just throw this guy in." Shen Tan said in a low voice.

Lin Jue nodded, and everyone entered the west wing, Shen Tan moved the bed, lifted an iron ring under the bed, and pulled it up hard, revealing the hole. There was a black rumbling inside.

"Throw it down, there is a futon underneath, and he can't freeze to death." Shen Tan said.

"Woohoo." Lu Tianci looked frightened and whined.

"Go down to Lao Tzu." Shen Tan raised and kicked his ass, and Lu Tianci fell straight in. The body fell to the ground, and it was sloppy. Sure enough, there was a pile of bedding underneath. It's just that the bedding is dirty and smelly, and the middle people want to vomit.

Lin Jue looked at Shen Tan and smiled bitterly. Shen Tan hurriedly said: "Brother, don't misunderstand, this cellar is used by friends on the rivers and lakes to hide." Some of these guys were arrested in the capital and had nowhere to hide, so I hid them here and sent them out after the news passed. ”

Lin Jue suddenly smiled and said: "Brother is very righteous, no wonder he is big enough in the rivers and lakes, so he secretly did some such things." If you don't say it, you still suspect that you did the recent cases of missing girls in our capital. ”

Shen Tan smiled bitterly: "I don't have that kind of hobby. It's done, I'm definitely not going to be searched here. Not to mention that this place has also been searched several times, and once this cellar is closed, it is impossible to see at all. It was a cover with two layers of wood sandwiched between rammed earth, and there was no sound of hollowing when struck. ”

Shen Tan smiled and closed the hole. When Lin Jue heard this, he reached out and knocked on it, and sure enough, there was no empty sound, and he couldn't help but admire it greatly. Shen Tan was born in the rivers and lakes, and there are really a lot of tricks on him.

After the bed is moved and covered. Lin Jue said: "Let's go, let's go home and sleep quickly." lest there be any branches. ”

Bai Bing asked a little worriedly, "Let's just leave?" Will Lu Tianci die of hunger and thirst? ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "He is usually pampered, and the fat on his body is enough to survive for ten days and half a month." You can't die without drinking water for three days. Besides, this matter will be settled tomorrow. How could he die after a day? ”

Bai Bing nodded, tomorrow is the last day of the three-day appointment. So in fact, Lu Tianci couldn't stay long. Unless King Huai is alive or dead, he refuses to let go. But that kind of possibility is almost non-existent, Lu Zhongtian is such a son.

In fact, at this moment, Lu Zhongtian was furious in the Prime Minister's Mansion. The news of Lu Tianci's abduction was sent to the palace not long ago. At that time, Lu Zhongtian was in a good mood after enjoying the snow scene in the back garden because of today's heavy snow, and after eating some deer turtle kidney treasure medicine and wine for dinner, he was quite vigorous, so he held the delicate concubine and tried his best to get it. It's a pity that he is old, and he sprints hard, and finally he will inevitably lose the battle and fall asleep tired. When this dream was in the middle of his life, he was suddenly awakened by this bad news, and he almost slipped while dressing.

The little concubine who served was still playing petty because she didn't have a good time, and she didn't do her best when she was serving Lu Zhongtian when she put on her shoes, Lu Zhongtian raised a foot and kicked her on the heel, and came to the front hall despite her crying.

After listening to a few words from the person who reported the news, the lady howled and rushed from the back house, pestering and asking non-stop, crying and grabbing the ground, and annoying Lu Zhongtian to death. After finally ordering someone to send his wife back to the back hall, Lu Zhongcai carefully heard what had happened.