"How can we check the mountains in this big place?"

The three of them came all the way to the mountains, standing on a hill, looking at the rolling mountains that were endless, Chi Qingwan looked at the headache, and turned to look at Li Xiuran and Yang Wenxin:

"I don't know the location and the time is limited. If I look for it aimlessly, I'm afraid that before we find the problem, the magistrate of Qiu County will receive the news first and bring people to him."

Yang Wenxin frowned, but after thinking about it, she couldn't come up with any good idea.

Li Xiuran pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "If we were the man in black just now, we knew that there were important clues in the mountains and could not be known, but we knew that someone was pursuing it, and we were likely to find out here. What would we do first when we rushed over?"

"I'll definitely go and see if the clues have been discovered first." Chi Qingwan said without thinking before suddenly awakening and her eyes lit up.

Yang Wenxin also looked at him tightly and said in a deep voice: "You mean, those people just now will first confirm whether the problem has been discovered, and we can follow the clues and find it?"

"That's right."

Li Xiuran nodded slightly: "Xue Dinggan can send someone to ambush here in advance. If you want to intercept us, you must have guessed that we might track down this and then find out the problem.

The men in black must have known this just now, but I don’t know if we arrived first before they came. The problem has been found.

After they come here, they will definitely confirm it first.

With so many men in black, it is impossible to leave no trace. As long as we find out the traces they left and follow them all the way, we can find out the root of the problem!"

Chi Qingwan was immediately overjoyed, and as she guessed, she suddenly turned around and looked back, and quickly judged: "They were ambushed in the village just now. Whether they entered the mountain from here or the village they went to after confirming it in the mountain, they must have to pass here.

There is only one way to get into the mountain in the village. If they leave traces, they will definitely be nearby!"

"Look around carefully and don't let go of any corner." Li Xiuran said immediately.

Yang Wenxin and Chi Qingwan and Zheng focused on each other, and then did not hesitate, immediately searched separately with Li Xiuran.

After a moment.

"Finished! As expected, they really walked by here!"

Li Xiuran was searching carefully, and heard Chi Qingwan's surprise cry coming from afar. Her face suddenly felt happy and she immediately turned around and walked towards her quickly.

Yang Wenxin's eyes lit up and she also turned around and rushed towards her.

"Where are the traces?" Li Xiuran quickly walked over and asked directly.

Chi Qingwan raised her hand and pointed to the grass in front of her: "It's here."

Li Xiuran looked down and saw that although it was already autumn, it was not yet winter. The mountains were still overgrown with weeds, and the surrounding weeds grew evenly, but a piece of it was sunken here, as if it had been stepped on.

When I opened the grass, I saw a footprint left on the ground, and the traces were clear, which meant that I had just walked for a while.

Li Xiuran's eyes lit up: "The corpse demon was wiped out at least three days ago, and the people in Shangyu Village were killed at the hands of the corpse demon. No one survived. It was impossible for anyone to enter the mountain, and there were no other villages nearby.

The one who left this footprint must be the man in black just now!"

Yang Wenxin and Chi Qingwan nodded together. After they left Dingzhou, they rarely encountered corpse monsters on the way, which means that before that, Xue Dinggan had eliminated the corpse monsters.

It took them a day and a half to get from Dingzhou to Fucheng, and a day and a half to get from Fucheng to Qiuxian. It also took them a day and a half, which totaled exactly three days.

In other words, Xue Dinggan had already wiped out the corpse monster at least three days ago, and it was impossible for the corpse monster and the officers and soldiers who wiped out the corpse monsters.

There is only Shangyu Village nearby, and the people in Shangyu Village all died in the disaster of corpse monsters, so it is also impossible for anyone to enter the mountain.

Then this footprint could only be left by the man in black.

Yang Wenxin looked at the footprints, looked up at the front of her eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Following her toes means that they are entering the mountain from here, and they are going in this direction."

"Follow and take a look." Li Xiuran made a quick decision, got up and searched carefully for other traces, and walked forward.

Yang Wenxin and Chi Qingwan followed closely behind.

...

City, county government.

Two yamen runners were bored guarding the yamen gate.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves sounded, and a man in black rode his horse from the street.

The two of them were immediately excited. Seeing the man in black who suddenly stopped and turned over and was about to break into the yamen, the two of them suddenly turned dark and shouted loudly:

"Stop! Do you know where this is?"

"You want to..."

"Get out of here, is County Magistrate Zhao in the yamen? Take me over to see him immediately. It will delay the matter. Be careful that you can't afford to be guilty!" The man in black glared at the two of them and shouted in a deep voice, his attitude was even more arrogant than the two of them.

The two yamen runners were stunned. Seeing that he was so arrogant in front of the yamen, and he called out the surname of the magistrate. He felt that this person should be of great origin and did not dare to stop him anymore. He hurriedly said:

"Here, come with me, I'll take you to see the county magistrate."

The man in black followed the yamen runners and walked into the door. He came to the back yamen and saw a green official robe, long-winged hat, short beard, slightly small eyes and slightly thin lips. He looked at the somewhat mean and cunning middle-aged man, sitting behind the case, his head was dozing bit by bit, and he immediately knew that this person was the magistrate of Qiu County.

Hearing the footsteps, the magistrate was awakened immediately. Looking at the yamen runner who was entering the door, a hint of impatience flashed across his face. When he turned his eyes, he saw the man in black next to him, and frowned: "Who are you?"

The man in black bowed and said, "I am the subordinate of the leader He. He is ordered by Lord Xue to come here for important matters. Now things have changed. I will come to Zhao County for help."

"Mr. Xue?"

The magistrate's eyelids twitched, he looked at him tightly, and said in a deep voice: "You are here because of the matter of Yushan?"

“That’s right.”

The man in black told the truth: "The imperial envoy Li Xiuran arrived in the capital the day before yesterday, but suddenly he disappeared. Lord Xue was worried that he would track down here and discovered the incident in Yushan. He ordered the leader to lead us here. If he really tracked down here, he would intercept him.

Yesterday, Chief He led us to come overnight and guarded the foot of the mountain. This morning, he found that Li Xiuran had brought people to investigate.

We were originally going to silence him, but we never thought that their strength was far beyond our expectations. Not only did we fail to kill him, but we almost left all of them by him, even Chief He was left in his hands.

Lord Xue is destined to be serious about Yushan. He must not be found out, but Chief He is dead, and we are also seriously injured and we are unable to intercept him again.

I had no choice but to come to Zhao County Magistrate Zhao for help, and asked Zhao County Magistrate Zhao to send people to Yushan to encircle and suppress them immediately, and he must not find out about Yushan."
Chapter completed!