Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

When she walked nearby, Qingyan heard the conversation between Chou Chou and the others and the shopkeeper of the grain shop.

She listened for a while and could tell from their conversation that they were also talking about Xiangyin County.

I just don't know why it took them so long to buy food. She has already come here to find them.

So I asked Chou Chou via voice transmission, and after Chou Chou's explanation, I found out that it turned out that there was not much rice left in the grain store, which was not enough for them.

The shopkeeper said that his son had gone to stock the goods before dawn and would be back soon, so he asked them to wait for a while.

Then Chou Chou and Huang Jin chatted with the boss and asked about Xiangyin County.

The grain shop owner here obviously didn't know as much as the boss Qingyan and the others met. He only thought that the shop in the county was out of stock, so he closed it temporarily, just like his shop was out of stock.

Their family had a daughter who was married to another town more than ten miles away, and their son-in-law's family also ran a grain store, so they went over to exchange goods.

It's not really a secret, it's just that it's something related to the imperial court and it's not easy to talk about it everywhere, so only people with some connections are spreading it privately.

Qingyan and the other three did not go in to join Chou Chou and the others. Instead, they gave Chou Chou a message and they left the town directly from the east.

After leaving the town from the east and walking for more than a hundred meters, there was a fork in the road. The fork on the right was an open space. They stopped there, ready to wait for Chou Chou and Gold.

Not long after they stopped in the open space, an ox cart came on the road on one side. There were many sacks on the ox cart, and the driver was a man in his twenties.

Qingyan thought that this must be the son of the grain store owner, and the time was quite accurate. You must know that there are no cell phone pagers to communicate with each other. Being able to keep the time so accurate is really an experience. .

Of course, I went to a relatively familiar place, and the round trip time is already very familiar, so it can be considered a big difference.

After waiting for the man to drive the bullock cart, about twenty minutes later, he saw Chou Chou and Huang Jin pulling the cart from the road behind them.

After looking around, he saw that no one was passing by, so he put the cart and sacks into the Chou Chou space, and also put the ones behind the bullock cart in the Chou Chou space.

After getting on the bullock cart, Huang Jin said to them: "Are we still going to stop here? We all know what's going on in that county anyway, so we might as well continue on the road."

Qingyan and the others had no objection. They were originally curious to see what was going on. Now that they had gotten the answer, there was no need to stay any longer.

But it was already noon, so they were not in a hurry anyway, so they just had lunch here, with a small table placed in the middle of the bullock cart. The food was ready anyway.

After eating, she wandered around to eliminate some food. Qingyan also caught some fish from the creek not far away and put them into the man-made pool in her own space.

Of course, we also collected some aquatic plants so that the fish can quickly adapt to the environment inside.

Upon seeing this, Jin Yang also collected a lot of fish into the stream in the space. The fish here were of a species they had never seen before. They looked very delicious. Since there were no fish in the space, they should raise some.

When they got back on the bullock cart and were about to leave, they heard a noise coming from the town.

They quickly used their spiritual senses to explore and discovered that a team of government officials were inspecting the inns, restaurants and restaurants in the town, and asked the owners and clerks of some shops on the main street if any suspicious people had passed by.

The owners of the two grain shops said that they might be from outside the city, and they all asked about matters in the county, so they seemed suspicious.

Qingyan and others looked at each other for a moment, then immediately returned to the space. They were not far from the town now, and they could be seen from the town. After all, there were no tall houses or trees blocking them from the town.

Even if they leave right away, they will be quickly caught up by the government officials chasing them on horseback, so they can only move forward into the space.

They did not clear away the traces on the open space because the son of the grain store owner had seen them staying here before. It would be bad if they were cleared, giving people a feeling of guilty conscience.

The reason for hiding in the space is not to cause unnecessary trouble. After all, they don't know why the other party is tracking down the suspicious person. If they are taken back as suspects and tortured, it would be an unreasonable disaster.

And they really don’t have any road signs or anything like that. Even if they say they are related to so-and-so, Emperor Gao was far away that day, and it will take time for them to find out. It’s not sure how long they will be detained by then. Time will do.

It's better not to attract trouble for yourself, just hide if you can. They didn't do anything anyway. Even if the other party can't catch them, they might be able to catch the real murderer faster or find the right clues. To avoid going astray.

Although they all returned to the space, Chou Chou and Jin Yang still stared at the situation outside with their spiritual consciousness. The officials did not say why they came to search for suspicious people, and they themselves did not talk too much.

After that, the troops were divided into two groups and continued to search the town. Another five people were separated and chased them out on horseback.

This is because we know their number, but they come based on their numbers.

Of course, the other party probably didn't designate them as the main suspects, but just followed the procedures and suspicious circumstances to pursue them.

Therefore, the expressions of the five people were not very solemn or very anxious. They just rode horses and chased them along the route pointed by the townspeople.

Of course, one of them was mentioned by the son of the grain shop owner in Zhendong, so they quickly chased them to the open space. Several people dismounted and checked the ruts on the ground, and confirmed what the grain shop owner's son said.

Then I looked at the roads on both sides and found that there were ruts on both sides of the road. Now I didn't know which way to chase.

There are two roads on this fork, one going east and one going south.

The rut marks on the road going east looked shallower and should have been left earlier. The rut marks on the road going south were deeper and looked like they had just been rutted, so they followed their own judgment and went south. Went after him.

In fact, their judgment was wrong. If they really wanted to go east, they might encounter them. After all, they just wanted to see what was going on, so they had to go east in the end.

The road to the south will only go further and further. The reason why the ruts on that road are fresh is because they were just made by the son of the grain store owner driving an ox cart, so of course they are fresh.

I guess the son of the grain store owner didn't say where he was coming back from today, he just said where he met them, so the misunderstanding arose.

Chou Chou asked Jin Yang to watch the town to see if the officials would say something or catch someone. It probed the Xiangyin County with its spiritual consciousness and found that the county was also under martial law. The four city gates were checking passing pedestrians and vehicles, and would ask questions if there was anything suspicious.

However, there were no random arrests or city gates being closed. It seemed that it was not a matter related to the imperial court.

Chou Chou put his consciousness to the Yamen, hoping to see if he could find any clues through the conversations of the people inside.

In the end, it was really discovered that it was Na Xia Yuan’s family who was wiped out!

Yuanwai is also an official position and is registered with the government. Unlike ordinary people, being exterminated is a big deal.

"What? The family was wiped out! It's not because they got angry and closed all the shops, so the court was dissatisfied with their family.

Or maybe the local officials had wanted to deal with them for a long time, but they never found an excuse, so they used this time to find someone to assassinate the Xia family? "

Qingyan guessed after hearing Chou Chou's words.

Chou Chou and Jin Yang were both speechless, and interrupted her: "That's not the case. When the food and items were collected, they didn't refuse. They just closed the door after all the goods were collected.

There is no goods, so it is not normal to close the doors. As for the closing of restaurants and inns, of course there are some emotions involved, but it is not like killing people. "

Qingyan thought about it, it was indeed a bit too much to do this, but how to explain that something happened just after closing the door?

It can only be said that he offended local officials. Of course, it is normal for business people, especially those doing monopoly business in the county, to offend people.

It's also possible that the opponent took this opportunity to get rid of them. Of course, it's not like the opponent did it, but more like there was some deep grudge.

Qingyan felt that she had a bit of a broomstick physique, and something would happen wherever she went.

Of course, it can't be said that there will be trouble wherever they go. At least when they entered the county, they felt something was unusual and wondered if something had happened, but it turned out that something happened.

I don’t know if I am some kind of talking spirit. Could it be that my crow’s mouth told me?

She thought so and said so. Chou Chou slapped her on the forehead in a funny way, "What are you thinking about? Something happened to Yuan Xia's family last night. It was because the shopkeepers of those shops all went home because the shops were closed. , so it was not discovered until noon today.

It's just a coincidence. It has nothing to do with us. We just passed by this morning, so don't think about it. "

Qingyan rubbed her forehead and said sheepishly: "Of course I know it has nothing to do with us, I just think it's a bit of a coincidence.

In fact, it doesn't matter even if we are investigated. When we entered the city gate in the morning and when we left the city gate, the time was very fast, that is, we just passed through the city. The soldiers guarding the city should have an impression.

After all, our oxcart carriage is no ordinary, and we don’t have the popular looks, so we shouldn’t be easily forgotten.

Even if he is taken back for questioning by them, he should be able to leave soon. "

Chou Chou nodded, "That's what I said, but what if the other party is a confused official who can't find the murderer and uses us as a scapegoat? After all, we are from out of town, and sometimes we can't explain why we meet such an official.

Qingyan thought about it and said, "Then take a look at the Xia family to see if there are any clues. Maybe there are places that the officials can't search."

Chou Chou should be able to see those places that the officers and soldiers couldn't search. Maybe there is some other hidden story, or maybe the murderer is still hiding in the city.

Chou Chou nodded, covered the entire Xiangyin County with his spiritual consciousness, and quickly found the Xia family.

Not to mention that the word "Xia Mansion" is clearly written on the plaque on the door, and the bloody smell inside is also easy to find. It is the most sensitive to this bloody evil spirit.

But after seeing the situation there, Chou Chou frowned directly. This scene was somewhat familiar to it, very similar to the massacre they had encountered in Yuquan County before.

Could it be that there are people here who know how to control beasts? But this place is already very far south, thousands of miles away from the northwest. It is not that easy to get here through many obstacles.

While thinking this, Chou Chou searched every corner of the Xia family's yard and house, even those where the servants lived and underground.

Instead, I found several walls with mezzanines, a cellar under the rockery, and a basement under the cabinets in the room.

There are no signs of being tampered with in any of these places. Except for some of the furnishings in the house that fell to the ground and broke into pieces due to collisions, there are no signs of being taken away. It seems that they were not killed for money.

But there were no traces of animal activity. Of course, since we didn't see the bodies, we couldn't be sure.

However, the corpses of livestock and other things in the livestock shed are still there, but they did not die at the hands of wild beasts, but were poisoned. All of them were foaming at the mouth and their bodies were stiff.

It can only be said that this scene of not leaving chickens and dogs alone is very similar to that in Yuquan County, but there are no other similarities.

It seemed that they wanted to see if there were any clues on the bodies of the Xia family, so Chou Chou sent his spiritual sense to the county government.

I just searched the entire county government office, but couldn't find a place to put the body, so I searched in another place.

Those corpses were in a charity village in the north of the county. The corpses were stacked neatly in the house and on the ground in the yard. Several coworkers were examining the corpses one by one.

This is a place specially designed to store some unclaimed or suspicious corpses. In addition to these corpses, there are also some wrapped in straw mats but not buried.

Chou Chou also used his spiritual consciousness to examine the corpses. It seemed that he had thought wrong before. The fatal injuries on these people were all caused by knives. It seemed to be man-made.

As for the livestock, chickens, ducks, geese, and horses, they were all poisoned to death. This is a bit like what an enemy would do to seek revenge. I don’t know how big the hatred is. The whole family doesn’t even have livestock or poultry. Let it go.

The youngest corpse looked to be only one or two years old. It was also wearing a tiger-head hat and tiger-head shoes. The color was the same as what Yuan Bao was wearing now. It was a bit unbearable to look at it.

(End of this chapter)