Tibet

Chapter 339

Huayin County, also known as Zheng County, is the seat of the state government of Huazhou. Guanzhong is densely populated. It is also a large county. The city has a circumference of 20 miles and a population of nearly [-] in the city.

Li Ye faintly saw countless bounty hunters looking around the city gate from the top of the city. Wu Ying was already trapped in the city, and it was a matter of time before he was caught.

At this time, Zhang Ping came to report to him that the gate of the west city had been closed, and more than 30 bounty hunters were looking around in the city. Wu Ying was stabbed in the back with a sword and seriously injured.

"How did you get stabbed?" Li Ye asked.

"A young huntress named Wang Chenghua rushed to the inn first, and happened to meet Wu Ying who was massacring the inn. He mistook Wang Chenghua for a maid, so he relaxed his vigilance, and was stabbed in the back by Wang Chenghua with a sword, seriously injured. , but he still ran away, this man is very skilled in martial arts and alert, it is really difficult to catch."

Li Ye nodded, "It is said that under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. I offered two thousand guan, and so many experts worked hard to catch people for me. Without them, I really would not have been able to catch Wu Ying."

Time passed little by little, and it gradually reached the hour of the second watch. Just when Li Ye was about to lose his patience, a bounty hunter rushed over, "General Li, we have found our target!"

Li Ye was overjoyed, and hurried to follow the bounty hunter. In an alley, several bounty hunters surrounded a person. Li Ye squeezed past him. In the innermost corner of the alley lay a person, dressed as a beggar, covered in dilapidated clothes. Li Ye opened the quilt with a sword, and saw two lifeless eyes and a beard full of chins, but Li Ye recognized this person at a glance, it was Falcon, who had been dead for a long time, and his body was cold. up.

Zhang Ping has a high-level coroner under his command, but he is not a coroner. He stepped forward to examine the corpse, then turned to Li Ye and said, "There is only one fatal injury, in the lower back, where the sword is located, it should be a stab wound in the body." Kidneys, causing hemorrhage in the body and dying."

Li Ye fulfilled his promise on the spot. The huntress Wang Chenghua who succeeded in assassinating Wu Ying won a reward of [-] gold coins, and the hunter who found Wu Ying in Huayin County received a reward of [-] gold coins. After getting [-] gold coins, Li Ye took out another [-] gold coins to make up an integer of [-] gold coins, and divided them equally among all the bounty hunters who participated in the search tonight, and rewarded Zhang Ping's dozen or so subordinates with [-] gold coins each gold.

The distribution was fair and everyone was happy for a while. Wang Chenghua is a very young widow from Jingzhaohu County. She is about 20 years old. She is a female ranger. She is very handsome. He was also a ranger, and died when he missed a mission last year.

Wang Chenghua clasped his fists to Li Ye and said, "General Qi, I checked some information in Chang'an, and it said that Wu Xin was killed at the Tongguan post station, and the Tongguan post station was in Huayin County. I guessed that Wu Ying was kidnapped." Coming to Huayin County, it must have something to do with the post station, so I rushed to the post station, but as soon as I entered the post station, I saw a man killing Yicheng and his buddies, cursing while killing."

"What is he scolding?" Li Ye asked.

"When he scolded you for mistreating our father and son, did he think of today? When you poured out my father's medicine, did he think that I would come back? The people inside desperately shouted for mercy, but he showed no mercy and killed them all. He found I pretended to kneel down and begged for mercy, saying that I was an ordinary maid, and he forced me to take off my skirt. I pointed at the back and shouted, 'There is someone behind!' As soon as he turned around, my sword was shot, but His reaction was too quick, he avoided the vital point, and the sword only pierced his lower back."

Li Ye nodded in praise and said, "Very calm and alert, Miss Wang will be a bounty hunter in the future?"

"Reporting to the general, we are just eating together!"

"Would you like to go to Suiye with me and become a female catcher in Suiye? If you do well, you might be able to become an official in the future!"

Since her husband died, Wang Chenghua has been tired of wandering around the world, but in order to eat, she had to become a bounty hunter. Today, she met a nobleman, who not only gave her a thousand gold coins, but also promised her to be a headhunter. Of course she would, As for the distant broken leaves, it was not a problem at all for a wandering person like her.

She immediately knelt down and cupped her fists and said, "I would like to serve General Li!"

Li Ye gave her an address and said: "Go and deal with all the unfinished private matters! Come here to find me before the Shangyuan Festival, and after the Shangyuan Festival, I will leave."

Wang Chenghua saluted and left happily.

Zhang Ping said with a smile: "Captain Li is really thirsty for talents!"

Li Ye said lightly: "If you are willing to go to Suiye, I will let you join the army!"

Zhang Ping smiled wryly, "You know I can't go, but you're still tempting me here!"

Li Ye took out a counter ticket of [-] yuan and gave it to him, "I may have already left when you got married, this is a little wish from me, please accept it!"

Zhang Ping was not hypocritical, he accepted a thousand coins and said, "I'll go and persuade Qiao Bin's father again!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Don't try to persuade him. Suiye is not a safe place. There are constant wars. If something happens to Qiao Bin, how can I explain to his father? I must be voluntary."

"All right!"

It was midnight at this time, so Li Ye asked his subordinates to stay at the Gaosheng Inn.

At dawn the next day, after Li Ye finished washing, one of his subordinates came to report, "The county magistrate asks to see you."

Li Ye originally planned to go to the county government office in the morning, but there was a commotion in the middle of the night last night, so it was impossible for him to just leave.

And how to dispose of Wu Ying's body, it has to be handed over to the county government in the end.

"Please come in!"

Not long after, the township soldiers accompanied the county magistrate into the room. The county magistrate, surnamed Chang, was a 40-year-old official.

At the age of 40, he is still a county magistrate. This is a typical official with no background. He has been running around in the county and cannot get up. This kind of official is generally cautious and dare not make mistakes. If he makes a mistake, he will lose his position. No one will protect him.

Li Ye cupped his fists to thank the township soldiers, "Thank you for your cooperation yesterday!"

The town soldier hurriedly replied, "It's a humble honor to be able to serve His Royal Highness the county king!"

Li Ye was startled, and asked with a smile, "How do you know me?"

"His Royal Highness's companion informs!"

Li Ye secretly scolded Zhang Ping for being too talkative, then smiled slightly: "You don't need to call me Your Highness, I am the Governor of Hezhong, you can be called Governor Li!"

The county magistrate Chang asked nervously: "My surname is Chang. I am the county magistrate of this county. I heard that Li Dudu arrested the robbers last night. I wonder if he caught them?"

"It's not a thief, it's a murderer. He killed the person at the Tongguan station. This person has died of serious injuries!"

Chang County Magistrate breathed a sigh of relief. Last night, he heard that there was a murder case at Tongguan Station, which made him extremely nervous. Five lives!If he can't catch the murderer, he can't explain to the higher authorities.

"I don't know who the murderer is?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "The murderer Chang County Magistrate should know that Wu Xin's son Wu Ying, last time Wu Xin died in the Tongguan station, his son Wu Ying ran away, yesterday Wu Ying came back to take revenge, because the people at the Tongguan station abused him." His father killed them all, and I also came to arrest him, but I came a step late, but still seriously injured him, and he died of his injuries in the end."

"So that's the case, how should the humble officer write this report?" The county magistrate asked after thinking for a while.

"I'll give you the body later, and you can transport the body back to Chang'an for business, but don't involve me, just say that he was rounded up after the murder, and died of his injuries."

"Understood, Li Dudu will definitely not be involved. Thank you Li Dudu for helping me close the case. In the past few months, there have been serious cases at Tongguan Station. I really don't know what to do."

"This has nothing to do with you, the government and the public will not blame you, you killed Wu Ying, maybe you can get a reward!"

"No way!"

Chang County Magistrate looked back at Dui Zheng and said, "Go downstairs and wait!"

The team was about to salute and leave when County Magistrate Chang asked in a low voice, "Can the governor reveal a thing or two?"

Li Ye said lightly: "When Wu Ying is dead, Yang Xiangguo can sleep well, and of course he will reward you!"

"So that's how it is, I've been educated in a humble position!"

At this time, the county magistrate Chang seemed to want to say something, he hesitated and asked, "Does the governor have an elder brother who is an official in Heyang County?"

Li Ye was startled, his brother?
After thinking about it, he suddenly understood, Li Xiu's son Li Yu, the eldest grandson of the Li family, isn't he the county magistrate in Heyang County?

"Li Yu, right! What happened to him?"

County Magistrate Chang shook his head and said, "A major event happened in Heyang County. County Magistrate Li has been concealing it, but I guess I can't hide it anymore."

Li Ye frowned, "What happened?"

(End of this chapter)