Chapter 824 Mission
He said, "Dahu Mountain is very large. It's not just a mountain. We don't know where Zhou Yin and his wife were killed. Erji said the item was in a small package, carefully wrapped in oil paper. It's just that small. There are many wild animals in the mountain, and the forests are dense and the grass is overgrown, so it's difficult to find."
Zhou Silang only found out today that someone had been searching for something in Dahu Mountain. He looked at Liu Gui with a look that looked like he was mentally retarded and said, "So you knew Dahu Mountain was so big?"
Liu Gui glanced at Zhou Silang and remained silent.
Bai Shan himself was surprised, "Brother Liu Gui, aren't you here to manage the manor?"
Liu Gui bowed slightly and smiled, "I'm also in charge of the farm. I only go up the mountain to look for it when I need to avoid people."
After walking forward for a while with difficulty, the group saw a very small road with traces of human footsteps.
County Magistrate Tang raised an eyebrow in surprise. Zhou Silang said, "It's this road. It used to be much wider than here, but now it's overgrown with weeds and thorns. Only the villagers over there carry their belongings along this road to get to the county town as a shortcut, but cars can't go there anymore."
County Magistrate Tang nodded and asked, "How many people from the villages would take this road?"
Zhou Silang thought for a moment and said, "Two. If they are farther away, they won't enter the county seat on the Luojiang side."
Led by Zhou Silang, County Magistrate Tang gained a general understanding of the situation on this road, and Manbao and Baishan also listened.
County Magistrate Tang glanced at them and asked, "Do you think County Magistrate Bai will take this route to escape?"
Bai Shan said, "Hasn't Lord Tang already decided that this is the way to go?"
County Magistrate Tang smiled and followed the road towards Dahu Mountain.
Dahushan is not a single mountain, but a group of mountains, with the main mountain body consisting of four mountains connected together.
It is called Dahu Mountain because the four mountains are almost connected together, and from a distance it looks like a tiger lying down and sleeping.
The biggest tiger's butt was facing Qili Village, and the two tiger hooves that were exposed while lying down were also facing Qili Village, but the tiger's head was facing the direction of the official road.
None of these four mountains is small, especially the one called Tiger's Butt, which is large and has dense forests. Some villagers even said that they saw wolves there.
However, before Zhou Yin's accident, the villagers of Qili Village loved to go to Dahu Mountain to collect firewood and hunt because the mountain was big enough.
This small path that deviates from the road initially stretches along the foot of Dahu Mountain. After walking forward for about half an hour, the road passes through the neck of Dahu Mountain, and is separated from the official road by a distance of a mountain.
Zhou Silang stopped and said, "If we continue along this road, we will reach Luojiang County. If we go around here, we will reach the road that takes us back to the village."
County Magistrate Tang looked in the direction he pointed and found that there was no way out there at all.
He turned his head and looked at Zhou Silang quietly.
Zhou Silang coughed lightly and said, "Sir, I spent a long time looking for this intersection. I've looked back and forth just now. This is it."
Manbao suddenly realized, "No wonder you were walking around here just now, you were looking for the intersection."
"This road used to only go to our Qili Village. No one in our village uses it anymore. Eight or nine years later, isn't it like this?" Zhou Silang glanced at the thorn trees and didn't really want to go in. He asked, "County Magistrate Tang, should we go further in? Or should we go to Luojiang County?"
"We're trying to find the route Zhou Yin took back then. Why would he go to Luojiang County?" County Magistrate Tang said, looking at the intersection. "However, if County Magistrate Bai was determined to go to Luojiang County, he would definitely take this road. He and Zhou Yin must have been ahead of him when they met. With pursuers behind him, do you think Zhou Yin would still take this road?"
Zhou Silang hesitated and said, "That shouldn't be the case. My uncle is not stupid."
Manbao said, "Ask Erji."
County Magistrate Tang nodded approvingly, "Yes, we should ask Erji. It saves effort and is more accurate. But we also need to clear this road."
He looked at Zhou Silang, then shifted his gaze to look at Liu Gui.
Liu Gui immediately said, "Don't worry, sir. I will bring people to clean up tomorrow."
County Magistrate Tang nodded, then pointed to the patch of thorns and said, "Let's go inside."
Zhou Silang glared, "Won't Magistrate Tang wait until everything is cleared before leaving?"
County Magistrate Tang said, "I will be returning to the county office tomorrow, and to Yizhou City the day after tomorrow. I don't have much time to waste here, so I still want to take a look today, especially for Bai Shan to see it."
"Why?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao, who were whispering behind him, also looked up at him.
County Magistrate Tang laughed and said, "Because he wants to draw these two roads."
Manbao glared, "Can you still hear us?"
"No, this only proves that we, as wise men, see things in the same light," County Magistrate Tang said with a smile. "When the time comes, I'll take the map to Erji and ask him, and then send someone to look for him."
Zhou Silang worriedly said, "How can we find such a small amount of things in such a huge mountain?"
County Magistrate Tang thought for a moment and said, "People have habits and tend to go to places they feel are safe. Has Zhou Yin ever been to Dahu Mountain before?"
Zhou Silang perked up, scratched his head, and said, "I'm young, so you'd have to ask my eldest and second brothers. When I was young, I often came to the mountains to collect firewood, but I didn't dare to go deep. When my third brother and his brothers were young, they often followed the young men in the village into the mountains to dig pits and catch prey, and occasionally they would catch rabbits or something."
Zhou Silang glanced at Manbao and said, "My uncle is well-known in the village for being naughty and clever. He must come to the mountains often."
"Who are the people who often go up the mountain with him?" County Magistrate Tang looked at Manbao and Baishan and said, "It's not easy for me to go to your village to ask, but it would be much easier for you to ask. Ask those people where they go most often, where they've been the farthest, where they usually rest in the mountains, and if there are any places they particularly like to stay."
Manbao understood, "You suspect my father hid the things in a place he is familiar with? But he had been away from home for many years at that time, and that was when he just came back."
County Magistrate Tang smiled and said, "No matter how many years have passed, familiar places always feel familiar, and they also give people a little more trust. I think your father is quite brave and careful. Maybe he is hiding in the place he has been?"
Manbao and Baishan looked at each other, nodded and promised: "Don't worry, leave it to us."
County Magistrate Tang nodded with satisfaction.
Then he signaled Zhou Silang and Liu Gui to lead the way.
This road is really full of weeds and thorny bushes, and the grass grows very wildly, making it very difficult to walk.
Zhou Silang was getting a little irritated as he walked, but County Magistrate Tang was looking at the mountains and forests with great interest. He even said, "Why don't we just walk back like this?"
Zhou Silang: ...
Daji took the sickle from Liu Gui and said, "I'll do it. You go and drive the car over from the main road and wait over there."
Liu Gui: ...
Good night
I went out today, so I didn't add more.
(End of this chapter)
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