Tang Hao walked out of the White Mansion with a gloomy face, and joined the army following behind him.
After he saw the housekeeper being taken away by the soldiers, he lowered his voice and said: "The other companies will keep an eye on them, and then send people to the city gate and state border checkpoints to see if anyone has seen Baicheng Mansion. As long as they leave the city or
If you leave the state, there will definitely be traces left behind."
"Yes, General." Joining the Army said with a stern expression, "We were negligent this time. Please punish us, General."
"I have been in Lingzhou for a long time, and the good life has been so smooth." Tang Hao picked up the riding crop, "If you can't find Bai Chengfu, I will whip you myself!"
There was a crackling sound as the whip was drawn out, and the fast horse rushed straight out of the long street like an arrow from the string.
Since Tang Hao arrived, Lingzhou's army has always maintained strict military discipline and acted vigorously and resolutely.
After the order was issued, the generals led their teams and rushed everywhere.
"Has Bai Chengfu ever looked for you?"
"No, no, I haven't seen him for a month or two."
"Who can testify?"
"Yes! My wife and daughter can do it!"
"Has Bai Chengfu told you anything before? For example, where does he want to go and who does he meet someone special?"
"I don't know about this either..."
All merchants and friends related to the Bai family were invited for questioning, but no one had seen any trace of him.
When he was at a loss to join the army, the soldier walked in and reported in a low voice.
"Join the army. Someone at the city gate seems to have seen Bai Chengfu."
Joining the Army raised his head in surprise and asked excitedly: "Seriously?"
"It should be true. His subordinates showed him Bai Chengfu's portrait, and he said he saw Bai Chengfu riding out of the city that day."
"Let's go!" Junjun stood up quickly and rushed directly towards the city gate.
........
Under the east gate of Congxing Mansion, a guard was describing the situation to Junjun.
"I happened to be on duty that day, and when the guard was about to change at noon, the man in the portrait came over on horseback, saying he was going out of town to meet a friend. But the name he said at the time was Liu Fude."
"Are you sure that person is the same as the one in the portrait?" Joining the Army asked.
"Sure, we have sharp eyes. And the horse he rides is very strong."
Dayu has been experiencing intense wars in recent years, and war horses are in very short supply. In the 16th year of the Apocalypse, many private horses were also conscripted into the army to urgently supplement the shortage of horses on the battlefield.
Therefore, the prices in the horse market have skyrocketed in recent years. Those who can afford horses must be worth a lot of money, and their comings and goings will attract attention.
"That's the pseudonym he used. It should be him. Then did he say where he was going to meet friends?"
"He said he wanted to go out of the city to see his old friends. There are three official roads outside our city. I saw that he was walking from the southeast. But there were only some grass markets and ruined temples in that direction. Usually there are beggars and homeless people walking around. Like him A person of that status didn’t know where he was going, so he took a few more looks out of curiosity.”
"Okay! Very good!" Joining the Army happily patted the guard on the shoulder, "These are great looks!"
This news really came too timely. As long as we have a general direction, we can lead people to search along the road, which is better than looking for a needle in a haystack.
In addition to the official road in the southeast, there are two small roads, one leading to Qianzhou and the other to Yunzhou. However, since the official road was opened, few people use it.
Joining the army, he immediately ordered his troops to divide into three groups and search with all their strength along the southeast.
But only after setting out for more than 20 miles, he noticed a strong horse suddenly appearing in front of him.
He chose a trail where no one would come here on weekdays, let alone such a precious horse.
"That should be Bai Chengfu's horse. Everyone dismounts and disperses, searching carefully."
All the soldiers dismounted, drew their sabers from their waists, and advanced in an orderly manner in a fan shape.
Finally, about three hundred steps away from the horse, I saw Bai Chengfu.
To be precise, it's Bai Chengfu's body.
After Bai Chengfu died, he was thrown into the ditch. A huge wound was cut along his throat. The valuable brocade robe was stained red with blood. He must have been stripped of it before he died. Blood.
Especially those hands. The left hand was crushed with a blunt instrument, and the joints of the right hand were also cut off by the roots.
The death was so horrific that even soldiers were a little frightened when they saw it.
Joining the army squatted next to the corpse and examined it carefully, and analyzed: "Such a method of killing is quite cruel. Take the corpse back to the camp immediately and let the boss report the autopsy results."
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In Zhizhou Yamen, after Tang Hao heard the report about joining the army, the result was beyond his expectation.
I thought Bai Chengfu sensed something was wrong, so he hurriedly fled in fear of crime.
But now he died tragically outside the city. Who did this? Is it really a vendetta?
Unable to draw a conclusion yet, he glanced at Joining the Army and asked, "Have there been any abnormalities in the other families in the past three days?"
"It's just a daily routine, I haven't noticed anything unusual for the time being." Junjun replied.
"Tell me about your daily schedule."
"Zhou Dun from the jewelry store went to his store the day before yesterday. The boss of the Tian family has not been out these days. The man named Gong from the tea store seems to have seen an improvement in business recently. He has been busy discussing business in various counties these days."
"Don't these people have secret passages in their homes?" Tang Hao was really scared.
"No, General. The streets around these houses are all under our control. Moreover, we also specially checked the vacant houses, and found nothing unusual." Joining the army, how dare you be careless again, and quickly moved all the houses.
Report what you have done truthfully.
"Then this is strange. Is there something wrong with Bai Chengfu? Or maybe there is no problem with Bai Chengfu, but it's just a vendetta? Are we going in the wrong direction?" Tang Hao was at a loss.
After being silent for a long time, he didn't think of any good solution, so he had to order: "Spread the news about Bai Chengfu's murder and shock those people outside. If there are any of his accomplices, there will definitely be something strange. You should always
Keep an eye on me!"
"As you command!"
After the news that Bai Chengfu was killed and dumped in the wilderness, there was no other news, but Yang Anguo could not sit still at all.
He no longer cared about playing riddles and rushed directly to Zhizhou Yamen to find Tang Hao.