Chapter 62: The front wolf and the back tiger, the evil flood dragon raises its head
Zhu Manzhi rode his horse to the inn on the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City. Because he left late, the sky left halfway and the city gate was definitely closed when he turned back. There was no need to do anything, and the imperial guards could not open the city gate. It is likely that they would spend the night at the inn at night.
The stealing of the horses is an old case. Last summer, the King of Qi from Qingzhou searched for a group of snow-moving horses in Mobei to send them to the capital to celebrate the birthday of the emperor. There were thirty horses in total, including one of them, one of which was one of thousands of horses, the same style as Xu Buling.
Dayue's martial artists are everywhere, and there are basically no one who doesn't like horses, swords, wine and beauties. Zhuifeng dares not hope for it. If you can get a snow horse, you will have no regrets for your life. Even the wealthy families on Kuishou Street have at most one or two horses, and they are offered to you as a storefront. Generally, the head of the family goes out to accompany the emperor to travel.
The King of Qi paid tribute to thirty good horses. Many military generals in the court were eagerly waiting for the emperor to reward him. Many brave wanderers in the world were naturally jealous. The horse team walked to the post station outside the city for a night and was left with two horses.
Of course, no one dares to steal the horse king Zhuifeng, and he doesn't dare to ride it out if he steals it. It's too conspicuous and easily recognized. The two horses that were lost were not big, but it made many court officials who like horses feel very distressed, and they directly lost two places to reward.
The court officials were unhappy, and the investigation department responsible for supervising the bandits in the world would naturally have to take the blame, but this matter could not be investigated. If you can't travel a thousand miles a day, you can run five or six hundred yuan a day. If you leave the territory of Chang'an early one night, how can you chase it?
Therefore, this case became a unsolved case. The thief did not lead the leader and was basically unsolved. He kept throwing it in the investigation department, and whoever took it was a headache.
Zhu Manzhi just joined the Tianzi Camp with low qualifications and no teammates, so she could not receive any major cases. In order to get into the case library, she took on this case casually. Now that the matter has been completed and the case has not been completed, she still has to bite the bullet and investigate it.
Step on the pedal-
Three fast horses stepped across the snowfield that had not yet melted. Because the snow stopped, a crescent moon hung in the sky, the sea of stars flashed, and the heroic city behind Chang'an was no longer visible, and the suburbs around were silent.
Zhu Manzhi pulled up the facial scarf on his neck to block the cold wind, revealing only a pair of watery big eyes, and the waist knife was on the side, and the strong wind made his clothes robe buzz.
"What a chore. I even said I shouldn't take on this case. It's almost two years in a flash. I guess the two horses I lost have all had their babies. Where can I find them..."
"Wang Dazhuang, let's help Manzhi. What's the point? Manzhi'er is lucky and may solve the case. When Manzhi is promoted to the commander, we two brothers may also be able to enter the Tianzi Camp and hang wooden signs for the rest of our lives. You won't be embarrassed?"
"Hey-you're quite ambitious..."
The two horses behind kept talking and laughing, all of whom were old wolves. They were no different from being relaxed, and they didn't think about doing things.
One of the inns twenty miles was a horse's hooves galloping, and gradually saw a little light in the distance. The three of them also entered a location where they were not in front of the village and the shops behind them.
Zhu Manzhi was a little tired after being bumped and his hands were almost frozen, so he leaned over to speed up to the station to rest.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind, "Treading" and approaching at an extremely fast speed.
The wolf guards at the bottom are also wolf guards, all of whom emerged from ordinary constables. Liu Houer was the oldest, so he stopped talking and raised the whip in his hand: "Be careful, the person who comes is not good."
If an ordinary horse runs with all his might, it will hurt the horse too far. Unless it is raided or fled, no one will drive the horse away. There is not even a bird around the three of them, and it is self-evident who the people behind are coming.
Zhu Manzhi came to his senses and pressed his waist knife to look back, but saw a big horse racing towards him, bringing snow foam flying. A man holding a spear on his hands, and a cold light flashed under the moonlight.
Wang Dazhuang took off the one-handed shield from the side of the horse, holding the knife in his right hand and his face slightly darkened: "Who are you coming for us, will you fight or escape?"
As for why someone comes to them, there is no time to think about it at this time. The distance of half a mile is too short, and you can catch up with it quickly after running with all your strength.
Liu Houer was the leader of the three-person team. Without any hesitation at this time, she took off the hook and sickle from the side of the horse and tightly clamped the horse's belly and galloped towards the station:
"With one against three, you must be prepared, don't make trouble."
Zhu Manzhi did not dare to be careless, so he whipped the horse whip and took the lead in running wildly to prepare to throw away the gangsters behind him.
However, the three of them didn't run far on the official road. Another figure appeared on the black road ahead, riding a horse across the middle of the official road, wearing a hat on his head and a big knife on his shoulder, and not moving in the darkness.
"Well~"
The three of them strangled the horses at the same time and stopped quickly on the official road. Looking back and forth, they all felt a sank in their hearts...
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The night wind rustled, the bright moonlight shone among the thousands of streets and hundreds of yards, the robe and pavilion and the sings were prosperous, and the Yangyang was filled with a prosperous scene.
Xu Buling walked out of Changle Palace with two jars of old wine carefully. Although he felt guilty, he was still happy. He was thinking about whether to find an opportunity to ask Xiao Ting to write a poem to give to the Empress Dowager for compensation, and then he heard a call:
"Little Prince, Little Prince!"
Looking up, Lao Xiao walked towards the imperial city with a crutch and raised his hand from afar.
Xu Buling was a little confused and quickly walked outside the palace gate, frowned and asked, "What? Something happened?"
Lao Xiao’s soft and slim hat was crooked and sighed: “I guess yes, the little prince asked the old seven and the eighth to stare at the two girls. In the afternoon, I went to Dayefang and found that the old seven was missing. There was a mark next to the tea stall, saying that two people were eyeing Zhu Manzhi. I went to investigate. Zhu Manzhi went to investigate the case of stealing the horse today, and I was afraid he went out of the city to go to the Dongjiao Station. I don’t know the details of the people coming, so I can’t do it well. Little prince, look..."
Xu Bure's eyes slightly condensed and thought it was not good.
The eight dead soldiers that King Su later gave him were all secretly alert, but they were not as good as the top one. Because someone killed him in Chang'an City, the eight masters might not be able to be kept. The Wei River was a surprise.
"If the other party dares to touch the wolf guard, he must be prepared. Lao Qi will definitely not be able to beat him alone."
After Xu Buling finished speaking, he handed the wine jar to Lao Xiao and whistled.
"Hiss~"
The fierce horse neighed with its horse's hooves as thunder. In the horse house on the side of the imperial city, the wind-chasing horse jumped out of the horse railing and rushed to the outside of the palace gate. The imperial guards guarding the imperial city were frightened and retreated one after another.
Xu Buling jumped onto the horse with a big strode, and Lao Xiao said anxiously: "Little Prince, don't know the other party's background, go to save him and be careful to alert the snake..."
Xu Buling rushed out with a fierce slump: "Why should I look forward to the front and back? So what if I dare to touch my people, I will startle the snake? The Dragon King also slams his head and kills it."
Chapter completed!