Chapter 13 Niutou Ridge
The constables rushed into the tea shed, and the man's face suddenly changed drastically. Soon, he heard crackling sounds inside. The couple didn't dare to say more.
The tea shed is not big. Several constables searched inside and out, then came back and said to the leading constable: "No one inside."
The leading constable looked around and threw the paper to the man, and said coldly: "This is a wanted order, just paste it outside your tea shed. As long as you see this kid, no matter how alive or dead you are sent to the government, you will receive a lot of rewards." Without saying anything, he shook the reins of the horse and led several constables away with a horse.
After the constable left, the man hurriedly said to the woman: "That little beggar is a murderer, do you hear it? Why don't you let me report it?" The woman said lightly: "It's better to have less than more things." The man was quite angry, and also searched inside and outside the tea shed, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Is that boy leaving?"
Seeing that the constable had gone far, the woman walked around to the back of the tea shed. A few steps away, there was a circle surrounded by bamboo, which was obvious at first glance.
The man immediately understood that when he saw Yang Ning, he had already rushed out of it.
Although the constable searched the tea shed inside and outside, he did not search for this place.
"Uncle, aunt, I'm sorry." Yang Ning bowed and said, "I'll leave immediately and I won't implicate you." Although he knew that Xiao Yishui's gangsters would find him sooner or later, he never expected that the efficiency of these people was so fast. Not only had they identified the murderer, but they also began to search everywhere.
The man's face turned pale and a little bit suspicious, and he asked, "You... did you really kill someone?"
Yang Ning didn't explain, took the golden leaf on his body and said, "I don't have broken silver on my body. I wonder if I can exchange this golden leaf for a little broken silver."
The man was surprised when he saw the golden leaf and immediately waved his hand and said, "We don't have so much broken silver to exchange, you...you go quickly!" But his eyes were staring at the golden leaf.
Yang Ning hesitated for a moment, and still stuffed the golden leaf into the woman's hand and walked quickly. The woman screamed a few times before Yang Ning stopped. The woman stepped forward and asked, "Young man, where are you going? Those officials are arresting you."
Yang Ning smiled and said, "I want to go to the capital to find an escort team, but the escort team walked a few days earlier than me, and I don't know if it can catch up."
The man approached and said, "If the escort team you mentioned were walking along this official road, even if you walked a few days earlier than you, you might not be able to catch up." He raised his hand and pointed to the southeast direction, "If you walk in that direction for a day, you should see Niutouling. If you can cross Niutouling, you will have to walk at least two days less than the official road, and you may be able to catch up."
"Niutouling?" Yang Ning's eyes lit up.
The woman hurriedly said, "Niutouling is a deep mountain forest. The young man is very dangerous. I'd better give up this idea."
The man said, "I have pointed to the road. Whether you dare to leave depends on your courage. You can leave quickly. If those officials turn back, they will implicate us."
Yang Ning was slightly excited, bowed his hand, and smiled and said, "Thank you two." The woman wanted to return the golden leaves to Yang Ning, but Yang Ning had already run away.
He walked along the direction pointed by the man, and only took a short rest on the way. In the evening of the next day, he saw the outline of the mountain ranges ahead, with the continuous mountains and the two peaks slightly higher. At first glance, it really looked a bit like the two horns of a cow.
In the evening, the setting sun sets west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on Niutouling. The entire Niutouling seems to be right in front of you, but if you really want to walk, you will still have some distance when the sun sets.
As he approached Niutouling, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. Yang Ning felt tightening and looked back, and saw several more cavalry whistling from behind.
He clenched his fists and thought to himself whether it was the detectives who turned around and the tea shop man told him how many of his whereabouts?
In the wilderness, there was really no place to hide around, and at this moment, those people obviously found their own figures, and it was too late to hide.
Five fast horses rushed over like the wind, Yang Ning looked cold. Although he knew that he was weak, he was still ready to try hard.
Unexpectedly, the five fast horses passed by themselves, and only glanced at them first.
Only then did Yang Ning see clearly that these five people were not chasing their own constables, they were all purple-clothed, and there seemed to be some marks on their eyebrows, but those people were too fast and they didn't see clearly for a while.
Yang Ning breathed a sigh of relief. The fast horses ran for a short distance, and suddenly stopped. They came back from the aristocrat and strangled the horse next to Yang Ning. The man in purple looked up and down and asked coldly: "Have you seen an old man in a gray robe?"
Yang Ning shook his head and said, "I didn't see it!" He thought that these people were looking for an old man, but he didn't know who that old man was.
At this moment, Yang Ning suddenly heard a harsh sound coming from the direction of Niutouling. He looked up and saw a starlight flying into the sky from the deep mountains of Niutouling. At this time, the sky was already dark, and the light rising from the sky was clearly visible, with a sharp and sharp sound.
The man in purple naturally saw the light, his face changed slightly, and immediately turned his horse's head and said to the other man in purple: "It's in the mountains, let's go there quickly!"
Five men in purple were galloping towards Niutouling. Yang Ning watched the five riders gradually departing, and he felt even more confused.
Those purple-clothed men were very aggressive. They were not good-looking at first sight, but they didn't know where they came from. A starlight surged from the mountains, which was obviously a signal, which means that there were other people in the deep mountains at this time.
Yang Ning was wondering whether he should avoid these people and find another way, but he just wanted to catch up with the escort team. There was only this shortcut. After thinking about it for a moment, he continued to go to Niutouling.
After walking for half an hour, I arrived at the foot of the mountain. From a distance, I saw several horses at the foot of the mountain, but I could not see the men in purple.
Yang Ning knew that it was inconvenient to ride horses on the mountain, so those people must have thrown their horses here and hiked up the mountain.
If you lead a horse and leave quietly at this time, you should not be discovered. If you ride a horse along the official road day and night, you will probably be able to catch up with the escort team.
But if he rode a horse on the official road, he might meet Xiao Yishui's gangsters. He did not forget that Xiao Yishui's gangsters had already opened a large network in Huize County and were searching for him everywhere. There were countless black and white lines, and he really had to be careful.
Moreover, the words and deeds of those men in purple just now also made Yang Ning curious.
After going up the mountain, the road became more and more rugged, and the mountains were covered with dense forests. Yang Ning knew that the men in purple must have followed the place where the light had just begun, and remembered the general position. While paying attention to the movements around, he shuttled through the mountains and forests and touched in that direction.
Niutouling, as the name suggests, rises and falls, sometimes high and sometimes low, but it does not keep climbing upwards.
The first moon rises, and the moonlight is cold. It is September, and the weather is already getting cooler. In the mountains and forests, the yin energy is extremely deep, and Yang Ning feels a little cold.
From time to time, wolves howling sounded and sparrowed sounds came from the mountains. Before he knew it, Yang Ning had already penetrated deep into the mountains. He could not see a figure everywhere, and even a road could not be seen. His eyes were dark and gloomy, and it was quite terrifying. Although Yang Ning was bold, he felt a little chilling on his back at this moment.
He was regretting breaking into the mountains when he suddenly heard a shout from the front of his left. Yang Ning was immediately alert, but the sound cried a few times and then there was no sound again.
Yang Ning waited for a while, and there was no movement at all. He carefully searched in the direction where he had shouted before. The forest was dark and the scene ahead was not very real. After walking for a while, he suddenly tripped under his feet and stepped on a soft thing. He sprained his feet and almost fell down. Fortunately, Yang Ning's reaction was very fast, and he grabbed a small tree next to him with one hand and stabilized his body.
The moonlight was faint and it was sprinkled from the gaps between the branches. Yang Ning looked down and his face changed suddenly, and he almost screamed.
There was a person lying under his feet, motionless, and one foot was stepping on his lower abdomen. Under the cold moonlight, Yang Ning saw that the man's neck was bare and had no head level.
A strong smell of blood came to his nose. Yang Ning didn't care about the smell of blood, but when he saw this headless corpse, he was shocked.
From this man's clothes, we can see that it seems that he is one of the men in purple that he met before.
He raised his hand to cover his nose, and at this moment, he heard a scream not far away. The scream was shrill and disappeared in an instant. Yang Ning's heart suddenly beat hard, and he groped and walked forward for about ten steps. When he saw a figure standing there, he hurriedly dodged and hid behind a big tree.
But there was no movement there. Yang Ning leaned his head and saw the figure standing upright, his head and arms lowered, motionless.
Yang Ning felt something strange. When he walked out from behind the tree, the man was still motionless. Yang Ning approached and gently "feeded" him. Suddenly he saw that the man's chest was bulging, as if something was put inside. At this time, the man was not moving at all. Yang Ning did not approach immediately and walked around to the side. Only then could he see clearly that there was a trunk as thick as an arm behind the man. The trunk penetrated into his body. The place where the chest was bulging naturally was because the trunk penetrated through his body.
Yang Ning became more and more shocked the more he looked at it. The two corpses he saw died were shocking and tragic, but he didn't know who was trying to do it.
Chapter completed!