Therefore, the first step in protecting the Dragon Vein is to deal with Sun Jian and his group first, and give the Imperial Master a decisive blow.
The next day, the sky was dim.
Liu Ce then galloped towards Hetou Village.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei and Cui Hongyu were applying medicine to the tiger.
After these days of contact, the three tigers have put down their guard against Cui Hongyu. When they see Cui Hongyu coming, they will even shake their heads affectionately.
From this we can see that tigers are spiritual.
They can sense whether people are good or evil to them.
Of course, Cui Hongyu could get close, but others could not. Even when Chen Xiaobei got close, the tiger would arch its body slightly and let out a low whine, as if to warn Chen Xiaobei not to get close.
Well, Chen Xiaobei had no choice but to stand where he was and put the herbs in his hand into Cui Hongyu's hands.
Cui Hongyu came to the most seriously injured male tiger. The tiger actually lay down obediently. I mean, please do it, whatever you want.
Cui Hongyu first cleaned the wound with fresh Houttuynia cordata juice, then applied the herbal medicine, and then carefully wrapped the wound with a cloth strip.
While he was working in an orderly manner, he saw the little tiger suddenly whine toward the entrance of the village.
Turning around and looking over, I saw that Liu Ce was here. Because he came so often, the village guards were too lazy to report or accompany him, so he could just come in by himself.
But this made Chen Xiaobei frown. Just because he came often, it couldn't be just a formality. How could he forget even the simplest thing of accompanying him into the village? This was a bad sign.
Chen Xiaobei nodded to Cui Hongyu, then stood up and met Liu Ce.
When they met, Liu Ce asked directly without any courtesy, "Brother Xiaobei, do you know where Yang Zhi and the others live?"
"I know, it's just outside our village. I'll take you there."
As the two walked, Liu Ce asked about the progress of the cable bridge.
Regarding the Iron Chain Bridge, Chen Xiaobei could only tell the truth, "The Iron Chain Bridge is progressing quite smoothly. I have been down there for two days. I don't know what the current situation is. I plan to go up there tomorrow to have a look."
As I was walking forward, I suddenly heard someone behind me shouting, "Brother Xiaobei, Brother Xiaobei, it's not good, it's not good."
Chen Xiaobei turned his head and looked over.
Chen Xiaowen stumbled over and said, "Brother Xiaobei, on the mountain, on the mountain, Chen Ping, Chen Ping is dead."
What? Chen Xiaobei was confused. Chen Ping, died on the mountain? Where did this kid come from?
Chen Xiaobei said apologetically to Liu Ce, "I'm sorry, I can't accompany you. I have to go up the mountain first."
After saying that, he hurried away with Chen Xiaowen.
While walking, Chen Xiaobei lamented that this boy Chen Ping was really ill-fated. His grandparents had just passed away, so why did he suddenly die in the mountains again?
When he arrived at the mountain, several village protection team members were already surrounding him. When they saw Chen Xiaobei coming, they all moved out of the way.
"Who discovered it first?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"It's Brother Sanqiu. Brother Sanqiu went into the mountain early in the morning and said he was going to pick up wild eggs. But not long after, he ran down and told us that Chen Ping died here, and that's what happened when we came up."
Chen Xiaobei knelt down and looked carefully. He saw a long bloodstain on the ground, a very obvious sign of crawling.
If you follow the trace, you can see that it crawled out of the woods next to it.
After chasing him into the woods, he found nothing new. Chen Ping only had a few copper coins with him and nothing else.
Chen Xiaobei frowned tightly. He looked at everyone present and said, "Have you seen Chen Ping these days? Who knows where he lives recently?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Chen Xiaobei frowned. It was obvious that Chen Ping was stabbed to death, but who was he with and why he came to the mountains? Nothing was known about any of this.
At this time, Chen Xiaowen spoke up, "Brother Xiaobei, let's report it to the government and let the government investigate."
Chen Xiaobei thought for a moment and decided that reporting to the police was indeed the safest way. After all, this was a murder.
He ordered people to protect the scene and not to touch anything, then quickly went down the mountain and drove the donkey cart towards the town.
According to regulations, he had to report the matter to the township magistrate Zhao Chunqiang first, and then Zhao Chunqiang reported it to the county.
At this time in Qingniu County.
Seeing Zheng Ke chasing after him again, Liu Rumei looked very helpless.
With a bit of pleading, he said, "Uncle Zheng, I have an urgent matter now. Can you wait until I finish it and then go back with you?"
Zheng Ke smiled slightly and said, "Since there is an urgent matter, why don't you give the order? I, Zheng Ke, am ordered to protect the safety of the young lady. How can I just sit idly by and do nothing?"
Upon hearing Zheng Ke's statement, Liu Rumei couldn't help but show a bit of joy. If Zheng Ke's people were included, it would be easy to deal with Sun Jian.
Liu Rumei told them about their plan to attack Sun Jian. Zheng Ke nodded slightly after hearing this, "Sun Jian has done many evil things. It's time to settle the score carefully and beat the Imperial Master."
Liu Rumei nodded, "Yes, I want to know what happened to the hidden pile we were mixed in. No news has come out for so long."
Zheng Ke hugged Liu Rumei and said, "I will take the people to stay in that inn first, and then we will cooperate inside and outside."
This is exactly what Liu Rumei wanted to say. Zheng Ke took the initiative to ask for a fight before she even opened her mouth. He was worthy of being a loyal subordinate who had followed his father for many years and knew what to do next.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei, accompanied by Zhao Chunqiang, had arrived at the county seat.
When the county magistrate Hu Fan heard about the murder, he did not dare to delay at all, and immediately led He Dali and others to Hetou Village.
After arriving at Qingniu Mountain, they conducted an inspection and confirmed that he was indeed stabbed in the abdomen with a sharp knife. Chen Ping may have crawled out of the woods to save himself, but he died of excessive bleeding.
Hu Fan turned to look at Chen Xiaobei, "Chen Lichang, didn't you see anyone in your village when Chen Ping came back?"
Chen Xiaobei clasped his fists and said, "I'm going to ask them one by one now to see if I can find anything."
After speaking, Chen Xiaobei called the village protection team members and asked them to go door to door to see if they could find any clues.
The village protectors immediately dispersed, but Chen Xiaobo lingered at the end.
Seeing him like this, Chen Xiaobei frowned, indicating that something was wrong.
"Brother Xiaobo, do you have anything to say to me?"
Chen Xiaobo hesitated, "Brother Xiaobei, yesterday, yesterday, I went to Xiaojia Town to sell vegetables and came back. I met Chen Ping on the way and took a ride on my donkey cart."
Chen Xiaobei stamped his foot angrily, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I, I thought that Chen Ping wouldn't like you anyway, so he could just die. I didn't expect you to report him to the official."
Chen Xiaobei dragged Chen Xiaobo and came to Hu Fan.
"Master Hu, his name is Chen Xiaobo, and he met Chen Ping yesterday."
Hu Fan nodded, "Oh, tell me the specific situation."
Chen Xiaobo told the story from beginning to end about how he met Chen Ping on the way and took him to the entrance of the village.