Mincheng is mountainous and complex, and the mountains and forests near the south are shrouded in mysterious smoke all year round. Even the elderly who have lived in the local area for a long time dare not go deep easily, for fear of getting lost.

This bandit crisis started in Qizai Mountain, one of the mountains to the south.

The bandits were not large in number, and they were cunning. As soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, they hid in the mountains and forests, relying on the fog and the rugged terrain, easily shook off the pursuers.

After fighting with him a few times, Mincheng Yamen reasonably suspected that the other party had a secret method that could break the smoke barrier. If he could master this secret method, it would be more beneficial than disadvantages for Mincheng.

Because this means that the mountains in the south will be better developed. If resources that benefit people's livelihood can be discovered, it will not only increase Mincheng's income, but also greatly improve people's lives.

For this reason, Mincheng Yamen did not want to kill this group of bandits. If possible, it would be better to catch all the ones alive and put out all the ones they knew.

After hearing the request of Mincheng Yamen, Wu Xuan and Ning Xiao looked at each other and said that they would try their best to keep a living. Shi Zimeng was a little worried and always felt that something bad would happen.

The person responsible for leading the way for the people in the yamen and Ning Xiao and his party was an old farmer who had lived in Qishuo Mountain for decades, but he only knew a rough route, and the rest had to be explored by Ning Xiao and others.

After the yamen failed to pursue the bandits several times, they summarized their experience. Every seven days, the group of people had to send people to buy things, and they could set up ambush on the necessary route.

The old farmer only needs to take them to the corresponding location, and he does not need to intervene in the rest. This will save the old farmer from his life.

Ning Xiao and others arrived for the first time. Their first action was naturally respected by Mincheng Yamen and followed the other party's arrangements.

As for Mincheng's army, before the new guard arrived, the soldiers must stay in the military camp and wait for orders according to the military rules.

The bandits were the responsibility of the Mincheng Yamen, and the two sides had always been disagreement. Therefore, the Mincheng Yamen would rather seek help from Beicheng than disturb their own army.

The night before the action, Wu Xuan couldn't sleep and got up and went out for a walk. However, he saw that Ning Xiao's room was still bright and he couldn't help but raise his foot forward.

"Brother, what are you doing? Can I come in?" Wu Xuan knocked on the door gently, and after obtaining Ning Xiao's permission, he pushed the door open and entered.

"This is..." Looking at the various straw ropes on the ground, Wu Xuan was stunned, not understanding what Ning Xiao's knitting at night was used to.

Ning Xiao smiled and signaled Wu Xuan to come and help, saying that he had just come up with a way to capture the whereabouts of the bandits to the greatest extent.

Wu Xuan squatted down as he learned Ning Xiao's movements, and said while weaving the ropes: "Does my brother want to follow the example of the grassland tribe to catch sheep?"

"If you can catch it, it's best. If you can't catch it, you can leave a breath on them for easier follow-up tracking." Ning Xiao said, putting the rope on his hand into a basin filled with red liquid.

Wu Xuan, who suddenly realized, stopped talking and flexibly weaving ropes with his fingers. This was the first thing he learned after coming to the Beicheng Military Camp.

When the teacher Meng, who was also unable to sleep, came to him by following the lights, Ning Xiao and Wu Xuan were almost finished. Seeing this, she had great vision to take the finishing so that the two could take a break.

In the second half of the night, everyone slept very peacefully and they were sleeping until dawn.

Under the arrangement of Mincheng Yamen, Ning Xiao and others made some disguises and followed the old farmer into the mountain, and ambushed the necessary route for bandits to leave the mountain.

Before leaving, Ning Xiao distributed the ropes to his soldiers, asking them to find ways to trap the bandits. If they can't trap them, they should try to get involved with the bandits, or throw them into the dense forest as much as possible.

The constable beside him looked at the movements of the Beicheng soldiers and couldn't help but say, "That group of thieves are very cunning. If there is any smell on their bodies, there will be a way to remove them. You are afraid that it will be useless."

Ning Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, this time is different."

Isn't it all the powder I've tracked on people, how can it be different? The detective muttered in his heart, but his face was calm and he didn't say anything more.

Perhaps because of the danger, the bandits who should have appeared did not see each other for three days. Mincheng Yamen couldn't help but wonder, were they wrong?

Ning Xiao and others calmed down and stayed at the ambush. They ate pancakes when they were hungry and drank dew when they were thirsty. If they had three urgent needs, they dug a hole from a distance to solve the problem. In this environment, the taboos between men and women can be appropriately relaxed.

Two more days later, the sound of the smoke-filled mountains and forests finally started. Two old women in the deep mountains were walking on the path, each carrying a shoulder pole.

The people from Mincheng Yamen immediately tightened their backs and acted immediately when the two old women walked to the hillside where they were hiding, but unexpectedly, they easily grabbed each other.

"Oh, Master Guan, what are you doing? The old woman did nothing!"

The two old women begged for mercy. The people from the yamen looked at me and looked at him, but in the end they decided to take the person away. They would rather arrest him by mistake than release him by mistake.

However, Ning Xiao signaled Wu Xuan and Shi Zi Meng to follow him. He had a very good look and caught the movement in the forest on the right. A black shadow shook through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, when the people in the yamen arrested the two old wives, Ning Xiao and others acted without saying hello, but they left two people responsible for communicating with the people in the yamen.

Ning Xiao and his group quietly touched to the right, without making any sound during the operation. When they arrived at the woods that were suspected to be infested by bandits, Ning Xiao smiled at the fresh footprints on the ground.

Frowning and thinking for a while, Ning Xiao signaled Shi Zimeng and Wu Xuan to follow him, and the rest of them were on standby and not to run around.

If you are clearly tracking this matter, the fewer people, the better. Everyone has no objection and listens to Ning Xiao's orders to act.

Shi Zimeng and Wu Xuan followed Ning Xiao closely. Out of trust in him, the two did not notice that they had entered the deep mountains at first. It was not until the smoke became thicker and thicker that they realized something was wrong.

Turning back, the soldiers who were supposed to follow the two were gone. Shi Zimeng subconsciously approached Ning Xiao and whispered: "Brother, you can't continue anymore, otherwise you will get lost."

"Okay, then let's wait here." Ning Xiao didn't bother him and stopped directly. It seemed that he wanted to find the way back, so Wu Xuan and Shi Zimeng quickly helped.

Unfortunately, in the smoke, his vision was blocked and his senses were impaired, and the three of them lost their rules for a while.

But as the three of them became more and more dizzy by the thick smoke, several sounds came to their ears, instantly causing them to prick up their ears.

"Those soldiers are really stupid. They can just find two people to lead them away. The boss also asked us to be careful and said that the soldiers from Beicheng who came this time were not easy to deal with, but weren't they fooled by us?"

The speaker's voice was a little sharp, which made Wu Xuan very harsh, but seeing that Ning Xiao was not moving, he also held his composure and continued to observe.

As the sound approached, the originally thick smoke seemed to be pushed away by a pair of hands, and the surrounding scenes appeared clearly in front of him. The figures of Ning Xiao and the other two who had no time to dodge were completely exposed to the thief.

Of course, the thief with a unique lamp appeared in front of Ning Xiao and the other two without any obstruction.

At the moment when the number was relative, Ning Xiao took the lead in attacking, kicked the bandit out with a leap, and snatched the light from the other party's hand.

Wu Xuan and Shi Zi Meng followed closely and fought with the bandits. They knew that the lamp they were holding was the secret of walking freely in the smoke, so they naturally responded carefully and unexpectedly.


Chapter completed!