Those who eat qi, live long life

Chapter 16 The fish monster outsmarted the birth date

Huang Tianhua acted resolutely, and on the second day, he was in charge of the bandit arrest department.

On the one hand, it is to practice Taoist soldiers, and on the other hand, it is to sort out the cases that have not been handled by the Anti-Bandit Division and organize them into a book. This is the goal after a period of time.

Among them, there are good civilians who murdered suddenly and fled to the deep mountains after committing crimes.

Sorting out by category and sorting out numbers, all of these will be his achievements after taking office.

One by one, teams of detectives were sent out to investigate each number individually.

A detective walked out of the Anti-Gun Division, holding a numbered bag, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"What? What good job did you get?"

"Haha, there is a reward of 100 taels for hunting down a runaway servant!"

"What? Servant? Even the famous Jiangyang thief may not have so much bounty, is it too hard? It's only 50 taels!"

"What do you know? Some time ago during the Autumn Festival, two slaves were lost in the town guard's mansion. No one was alive or dead. It's unprecedented. The two slaves haven't been found yet. This time, another house slave ran away! This wind can't Commander, this time the guardian mansion is going to make an example of others!"

"That's right, haha, it looks like we're going to get rich!...Ding Niu, where can I find this Ding Niu? Did he escape home?"

"Although we may not go home immediately, we still have to check it out, just in case."

The two detectives quickly found Dingjia Village, and not long after, they found a lonely grave.

"Someone came to pay respects to this grave not long ago." After observing for a while, he came to a conclusion.

"Ding Niu came to the town guard's mansion from a young age to be a slave. Ding's father died of illness a few years ago, and his family has no one left... It is obvious that Ding Niu came here to worship after he ran away from the town guard's mansion."

A detective kept twitching his nose, picked up the sacrifice on the ground and sniffed it, and then took out a black suit and black hat from his pocket. After smelling it again, the detective was overjoyed.

"Gou Li, what do you smell?"

"It's Ding Niu! Come here."

Gou Li led another detective, and sniffed as he walked: "This person avoids the crowd, and flees to the deep mountains and wild places, hehe, it saves me from being distracted to distinguish... huh?"

The two detectives walked fast, Gou Li was dumbfounded for a moment, there was a big river in front of him.

This Jinxi River is a tributary of the Zhaohan River.

"...This person escaped by water, so cunning!"

"Don't panic, even if you escape by water and cover up the smell, there are still traces to follow."

Gou Li took out a geographical map to check: "We will go down this wild river and carefully check the traces on both sides. We don't believe we can't find him!"

The two of them slept long and hard, and walked along the banks of the Jinxi River while watching.

Fearing that they would miss the clues if they were too late, they rushed like this for two consecutive days. Their legs were weak and their feet were weak, so they had to stop to rest for a while.

"Ding Niu ran away by boat, we are running with our feet like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch him!"

But Gou Li didn't think so: "Ding's village, what kind of serious ships pass by that wild river? Ding Niu ran away, desperate to find a way, a little domestic slave, where can I get a good boat? At most, we can make a bamboo raft or a wooden raft. Downstream."

"Could it be that you meet a boatman on the road and give him a ride?"

"Ding Niu is also a servant of the guardian mansion after all. Don't you know that he will be rewarded and captured? He knows how to escape by water, which is obvious. He must have walked around people all the way." Gou Li analyzed: "I think this person, Going down the river on a raft, we must go ashore for supplies on the way. Don’t you want to eat or drink? Unexpectedly, we chased for two days, and everyone on both sides went to inquire, and there were no traces or smells left by him. No, it's really puzzling... Could it be that he never went ashore?"

"Ding Niu, you should have brought some supplies."

"Hmph, it's time to finish eating, I don't believe he won't go ashore, keep looking!"

With the stimulus of a huge bounty of 100 taels, coupled with the fact that fate is inevitable, the two quickly cheered up and followed up.

One day, two days... the longer the time dragged on, the less hope of catching up with Ding Niu. At this time, Gou Li also doubted himself:
"Ding Niu is really capable of carrying it, but he never went ashore!"

Another detective began to doubt his companion: "Gou Li, could it be that we missed it on the way? In fact, he landed on the way?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"This...do you still want to chase?"

"Follow for a while longer." Gou Li red-eyed.

The two chased for another day, exhausted, lying by the river too tired to get up.

With blood in his eyes, Gou Li washed his face with river water, sobered himself up, looked at his companion and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is impossible to chase after him quickly, we can only go along the banks of the river, ask carefully, interrogate, Ding Niu is not a god , there is always something to eat and drink."

"Yeah, I can only take it slowly." The companion stood up, but he was not discouraged. In this world, money is hard to earn.If you can earn these 100 taels, you will not have to worry about it for several years, and there is no reason to give up easily.

The two walked along the Jinxi River for a while, but this time they were not in a hurry. They asked people when they saw them, and inquired about villages when they saw them, but there was still no news of Ding Niu.

Gou Li couldn't figure it out, it's been so many days, and there is no clue at all, could it be that they chose the wrong tracking direction at the beginning?
That's the worst case.

If you can't earn the bounty, and you can't pay the job, that Mr. Huang Tianhua doesn't seem to be easy to get along with.

Gou Li was worried, but at this time, he still insisted on his own opinion, and the two continued on the road.

On this day, when the two were walking on the shore, they suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in front of them.

Along the Jinxi River, there lived fishermen and boat girls. The former made a living from fishing, while the latter made a living from fishermen. People in the city and villages, except for buying fish and shipping them, the river was mostly deserted.

The two saw clearly that it was a group of people burning incense in the Dragon King Temple.

When the two saw someone, they naturally wanted to go up and inquire.

They wore black soap suits, which were the costumes of Zhao Guogong's servants. They had a distinctive image. They passed through the crowd and went straight into the Dragon King Temple, where they found Miaozhu.

Miao Zhu dare not neglect.

Gou Li asked casually: "What day is it today? It's not a festival, why do you worship the Dragon King?"

"The Dragon King has appeared!" Miao Zhushen was mysterious.

"Oh."

"Not long ago, we lost a few children in Jinshuiji. My parents searched the entire Jinshuiji and several nearby villages, but they couldn't find them. They reported to the official and they still didn't show up. What did you think? We found the Dragon King Temple!"

Gou Li is well-informed, and upon hearing the words, he just sneered: "I'm afraid it wasn't you, a thief, who acted like a womanizer? Seeing the incident, use the name of the Dragon King to escape the crime!"

"...Master, don't dare to talk nonsense!" Miao Zhu was startled, and waved his hands: "I'm not one of the old ladies! Those little children can recognize people!"

Gou Li squinted, this person was very suspicious: "What are you shaking?"

Miao Zhu wanted to cry without tears: "Master, these dolls were abducted by Hua Pozi and hid in the river, but I am really not an accomplice! If you don't believe me, ask those dolls, it was a river-watching Yasha with a fish head and a human body who saved them. Everyone said that the Dragon King had appeared, so we came here today to thank you!"

"Master, the people are still there, and those dolls are also there! You can go and ask, I have to be a human being from all over the world!"

Gou Li thought about it, and was about to find someone to ask Ding Niu for clues. When all these people gathered together, it was easy to inquire one by one.

The three of them came to the main room, surrounded by incense and incense, as expected, it was a family of adults, parents and children, who came to thank and fulfill their wishes to the Dragon King.

Gou Li questioned several children in succession, all of them were convincing, and it was indeed a River Patrol Yaksha with the head of a fish and a human body that saved them.

Gou Li didn't want to ask too much, these days, there are some mountain spirits and water monsters, some are vicious, some are kind, and so on.

Both of them were thinking about Ding Niu's bounty, hurriedly learned about the water monster's rescue incident, and then took out a bounty portrait:
"You all come to recognize him, have you seen this person?"

It was Ding Niu's head portrait, a black and white sketch, but it was very similar.

Miao Zhu consciously got rid of the suspicion, and greeted him very enthusiastically: "Everyone come and see, and tell the messenger if you have seen it!"

Those grown-ups shook their heads one after another: "I've never seen this person before."

Suddenly, a girl pointed at the portrait and shouted, "Brother Xunhe Yasha!"

Several children nearby also said: "Brother Xunhe Yasha!"

Their parents hurriedly stopped them: "Don't talk nonsense, children! How could Yasha be like this?"

There are also some children who were pinched secretly and cried out in pain.

"Let's go, worship the Dragon King, it's time to go home!"

... Gou Li's heart skipped a beat, and his heart ached, these troublemakers!
bass!
The knife is out!
"No one is allowed to leave! None of you should interrupt!"

This time, these troublemakers were suppressed.

Gou Li looked at the other detective, and hurried forward to confirm:

"Baby, have you seen him?"

"Yes," the girl said in a daze, "he is Brother Yasha who patrols the river. He suddenly jumped into the boat from the water, waved two steel forks in his hands, and knocked those two hateful parents-in-law into the water in a few strokes. Amazing!"

"Yes, yes, brother Xunhe Yasha is amazing!" The other children also clapped their hands in agreement.

"Brother Xunhe Yasha even hugged me!"

"Hold me too, hug me too!"

The children quarreled, Gou Li almost laughed in his heart, I guessed right, I guessed right! !

Another detective asked urgently, "He... Where did brother Xunhe Yasha go?"

"Of course I went back to Dragon Palace!"

"..."

The two were experienced and patient, and slowly obtained information from these children, and within a meal, they learned the general situation.

This Ding Niu jumped out of the boat in the middle of the river and killed Mrs. Hua, then pulled the boat to the shore, sent the children to the Dragon King Temple for resettlement, and then left.

This was two days ago.

They were a lot late, but fortunately, they didn't go in the wrong direction.

Gou Li also learned something new. This person was wearing a fish scale armor with a fish head, pretending to be a fish monster, and the weapon he used was a water splinter.

No matter how much, there will be no more for the time being.

And Gou Li was already satisfied, since he found out that he was looking in the right direction, his spirits lifted.

Ding Niu, I found you!

They fast track down.

On the way, Ding Niu's whereabouts were somewhat regular at first, and he would catch up with him every time by just a hair's breadth, but the farther he chased, his whereabouts became irregular, and Gou Li and the two had missed it several times.

This made them miserable, but they haven't lost track of them yet, and they have recognized the deeds of a fish monster:

Fish monsters ravaged the Qingliu River, and Yuba was not allowed to fish.

It turned out that the fish monsters were responsible for the river bandits crossing the river and floating corpses in the clouds.

The fish monsters fought viciously and swallowed the pythons, and they both disappeared in Lihe.

The fish monster fights against the Luojiang Water Bandits, and the leader of the bandits, Liu Qinglin, is put to death.

……

Off the charts, the fish monster outsmarts the birthday card!
(End of this chapter)