high official

Chapter 167 Tracking
As the snow continued to fall, Zhou Xin's chief guard led Ling Xiao to drive for more than ten miles in the dark, and finally joined the reinforcements at dawn.

Ling Xiao saw at a glance that Wang Xian, who was supposed to stay behind in the county, also appeared in the team. He was struggling with the pain and exhaustion, but suddenly couldn't stand it anymore, his knees softened, and he knelt down on the snow , grinning and crying.

Wang Xian hurriedly stepped forward, took off the cotton cloak on his body, wrapped Lingxiao sister tightly, and asked in a low voice: "Where is your brother?"

"My brother, my brother, wow..." Ling Xiao hugged Wang Xian's neck and burst into tears, "Dead!"

"Ah..." Wang Xian was stunned. He was restless in the county town and was always worried about the siblings, so he changed his mind and followed Zhou Xin into the mountain.Unexpectedly, something really happened...

Thinking of Mr. Xianyun, who didn't talk much but was very enthusiastic, he said that he would be gone if he said nothing. He patted Ling Xiao's back to comfort the heartbroken girl, but his eye circles were also red...

When Ling Xiao's crying faded, Zhou Xin came over, patted Wang Xian on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "We must not let the sacrifice go to waste."

Wang Xian nodded, stroking Ling Xiao's disheveled hair, and said to the girl curled up in her arms like a wounded kitten: "Your puppy, we won't call you..."

"En." Ling Xiao grabbed Wang Xian's skirt, blew his nose clean, stood up with swollen eyes, and said, "Leave it to me."

The guard brought a barking beagle over. As soon as the pup saw Ling Xiao, it tried to break free from the rope. Ling Xiao nodded, and the guard let go, and the beagle jumped to Ling Xiao's feet, having fun It seems to be turning in circles.

"Little one," Ling Xiao took a piece of dried meat from the treasure bag at his waist and fed it to the puppy, and whispered to it, "Go quickly."

After eating meat, the beagle seemed to understand its mission, so it stretched its nose and sniffed. Unfortunately, the heavy snow made its sense of smell not so sharp. After finding nothing, it looked at its owner with fear.If it was so useless at ordinary times, it would have been kicked away, but today Lingxiao was in a low mood, so he just said: "This kind of weather can only be smelled when you get close." Bian Dang turned back first.

Seeing her pitiful figure, Wang Xian sighed secretly, followed quickly, took out an oiled paper bag from his bosom, opened the treasure and said, "Look what this is, chicken leg, it's still hot!"

It's a pity that Ling Xiao had no appetite, so he shook his head, only drank some hot water, and continued to lead the way.

Behind her is a team of more than [-] police officers. They are the same people who helped Wang Xian arrest Zheng Hui. They were secretly trained by Zhou Xin to arrest Jian Wenjun. There are many martial arts masters and capable people. Stranger, although known as a fast catcher, his combat power is not inferior to Jin Yiwei.

At noon, the snow stopped, and a group of people walked to the place where Lingxiao and Xianyun separated, but they couldn't find Xianyun's body.Although it is very likely that the other party hid it, there is still a glimmer of hope anyway.Ling Xiao's mood improved slightly, only to realize that his stomach was growling with hunger, so he took out the oil-paper bag from Wang Xian's arms, and ate the whole roast chicken in a blink of an eye.Patting her lower abdomen comfortably, she felt full of vitality again, pointing to the mountain in front of her and said: "We were attacked in the first line of the sky. At that time, my brother and I turned back, and Wei Que ran forward. I don't know what happened. .”

"He's definitely fine." Wang Xian said in a deep voice. "Otherwise it would be too funny..."

"Yes." Zhou Xin nodded and said, "In such bad weather, Wei Wuque didn't say a word like 'let's go back', and he has made no secret of his ulterior motives."

"Your Majesty said that," Wang Xian took a breath of cold air and said, "Wei Wuque is willing to be our bait, so he must be confident that he will not be hurt and that he will see that person. To put it bluntly, our plan is Based on confidence in him..."

"If he died inexplicably," Ling Xiao said angrily, "Wouldn't my brother's sacrifice be in vain!"

"He won't die." Wang Xian shook his head, he believed in his own judgment.

"Huh..." Ling Xiao snorted, and continued to walk with his head down, ignoring Wang Xian.Although she has high martial arts skills, she is still a girl at heart, and cannot understand what men call 'necessary sacrifice'.

When they reached Yixiantian, they found that the passage had been blocked, and they had to climb up the steep cliff.Fortunately, Zhou Xin came prepared, with all the climbing tools such as ropes and iron brazing. After more than half an hour, he finally climbed over the mountain.Although he was a little angry with Wang Xian, Ling Xiao was more worried that he would fall if he was clumsy, so he followed him throughout the climbing process, ready to catch someone at any time.

However, although Wang Xian didn't have much martial arts, he exercised every day anyway, and his skills were nimble, and he could easily climb a section of rock wall.

On the top of the mountain, they discovered a series of traps, which only need two people to operate, and this line of sky can become a veritable one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men can't open it!

Seeing that such a dangerous pass was abandoned, instead of being happy, Wang Xian showed a look of disappointment on his face.Obviously, the other party has already left, otherwise they would definitely be stopped here.

Zhou Xin naturally understood this truth, but he was the leader, so naturally he couldn't show disappointment, and he went down the cliff in silence, only to see the beagle who had been worried all the time, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pouted. The nose sniffed and sniffed hard, and then screamed wildly.

"Finally I can smell it!" The disappointment of the crowd revived, and Ling Xiao was even galloped away by the beagle.

"Keep up!" Zhou Xin ordered loudly.A group of subordinates ran after him.Wang Xian also ran away, but he was able to keep up.

The team followed Ling Xiao over mountains and ridges, and entered a dense forest. The puppy barked more and more fiercely, but Zhou Xin told Ling Xiao to stop and ordered his men to go forward first.The murderous intent lurks in the dense forest, and Sun Zhenren's grandson has already been lost, and his granddaughter cannot be lost as well.

Sure enough, the seemingly peaceful jungle is full of traps and organs, and it is even more difficult to find because of the snow cover.Even though Zhou Jietai, who had a good sense of the matter, was in charge, it took an hour and cost several lives before he entered the depths of the dense forest...Suddenly he heard the gurgling of the stream, and saw a dense bamboo forest.The puppy barked frantically towards the forest, so Zhou Xin ordered several of his men to follow the forest path and go in first to investigate.

The subordinates cautiously disappeared into the bamboo forest, and after a while, they issued the agreed whistle.

"Go in." Reassured, Zhou Xin led the crowd into the bamboo forest and walked along the secluded winding path for a few feet. Suddenly, a large open space appeared in front of him.There is a fence wall on the open space, and there are several thatched huts and a small gazebo inside the wall.Planting flowers and raising grass in front of and behind the house, although it is winter, there are still wintersweet and snow, pines and cypresses are evergreen, it is really an elegant and secluded place.

But the intruders, who were like wolves and tigers, were not in the mood to appreciate this elegance. They searched all the rooms, only to find a half-dead man...

When he saw Xianyun lying on the bed in the house, breathing in but not out, Ling Xiao pounced on him, lying on the bedside and crying loudly.Wang Xian pulled her away calmly, and asked Dr. Liu who was accompanying him to examine Xianyun.Dr. Liu is a military doctor who has been on the battlefield. When he saw the wound on Xianyun's abdomen, he couldn't help but gasped, wondering if it could be cured?But under Ling Xiao's murderous gaze, he dared not talk nonsense, so he quickly and carefully treated his wound.

Wang Xian looked at it for a while and felt that it was really scary, so he went out to the courtyard and saw Zhou Xin standing in a room in the middle.

He walked in, Zhou Xin didn't look back, and asked lightly, "What can you see?"

Wang Xian looked at the bare walls in the room, only a bed and a few futons, and a white porcelain table on the floor, other than that, there was nothing to use, let alone a display of literature and entertainment.

"It seems that they often move house," Wang Xian replied softly, "That's why there is no mess at all, and the soup does not leak."

"What else?" Zhou Xin asked again.

Wang Xian shook his head.Zhou Xin said softly: "The owner of this room used to meet guests here before he left. This futon is not for the owner, but for the guests."

Wang Xian nodded, indeed, the long table was placed in front of the bed, not in front of the futon, obviously the owner usually sat on the bed.

Zhou Xin still didn't say anything, but the position of the bed was just sitting on Xuanwu Chao Zhuque, which was the seat of the emperor!

He pointed to the bowl of water again: "The objects and household items in other rooms have hardly been moved, only this room has been moved clean. If this bowl belongs to the owner, they have no reason not to put it away. So this bowl of tea is It was poured for the guests. There was very little dust on the surface of the water in the bowl, and it should have been served in no more than half a day. The tea is a tribute Dahongpao, and this kind of tea is difficult even for this official..."

Wang Xian was dumbfounded when he heard that, there are no worthless people under his fame, the cold-faced Mr. Tie Han is really discerning!

"Tell me, who will this visitor be?" Zhou Xin asked again.

"Wei Wuque." Wang Xian replied softly.

"Where's the evidence?"

"There." Wang Xian pointed to the door, and saw the beagle barking wildly at the futon. "In order to track down Wei Wuque's whereabouts, the porridge he ate before departure was seasoned, and his body would emit a smell that humans can't smell and dogs can smell. This puppy has been trained since childhood. This smell is extremely sensitive. It followed the scent all the way to this place, obviously Wei Wuque stayed here for a long time, leaving behind a much stronger smell than other places."

"So that's how it is," Zhou Xin said indifferently: "It seems that Wei Wuque not only survived, but also became their guest."

"It should be like this." Wang Xian nodded. "They shouldn't be far away."

"Chasing!" Zhou Xin burst out a word in a deep voice, turned and left the room.

Unexpectedly, something went wrong.Ling Xiao doesn't want to chase anymore, she wants to stay here and wait for her brother.Wang Xian talked badly, and Zhou Xin left Dr. Liu and two people to take care of Xianyun, so that the little girl continued on the road unwillingly.

Along the way, the puppy did not lose its goal, and continued to move forward firmly. After going out of the dense forest, he saw footprints, and everyone couldn't help but rejoice.

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　Today is a happy day for the book friend 'Grasshopper under the Dry Vine'. I have been an old friend for so many years. Unexpectedly, the Zheng wife of the year is also married. I wish you a happy marriage for a hundred years and an early baby... Hehe, it is said that the latter wish is nonsense.

　　
　
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