After a brief greeting, several people sat down and talked about the situation in front of them.

Qu Jin spoke first, "After we interrogated them, the pirates confessed that the person who communicated with them was someone from the delivery shop. We also caught him. His name is Tao Bin. He was originally an orphan and grew up near Luoshui County and Binshui County.

The person who brought him the message was a soldier named Cao Lei who was transferred from the garrison.

The two of them grew up together. Later, Cao Lei went to conscript soldiers. He was afraid of death, so he did not go, and they lost contact after that.

It was not until four months ago when he met Cao Lei at the entrance of a delivery shop in Luoshui County that the two got in touch again.

The leader of the water bandits and the leader of the mountain bandits who were ambushing in Queer Mountain outside Binshui County, Cao Lei and Tao Bin, were sworn brothers.

Tao Bin knew that the two men had become bandits and were afraid of death, so he did not follow them. Instead, he passed on information to them. For example, if he saw a large amount of goods being transported out of the city, he would send them a message.

Before, there were only mountain bandits, no water bandits.

After Cao Lei arrived, he was able to access information about water transportation, and the four of them decided to send some people who were good at water to rob valuable cargo ships."

After finishing speaking, seeing Xie Yunxiao's expression that looked like he had eaten shit, Qu Jin and Jiang Yuan looked at each other and speculated, "Could it be that Cao Lei ran away?"

Xie Yunxiao nodded with a dark face, "We just found him and he ran away. He is really alert."

County Magistrate Bai interrupted and complained, pointing at Xie Yunxiao, "Look, Generals, General Xie hasn't had a full night's sleep since he arrived.

We finally found some clues, but this person fled. I led people to search for him all day without eating, drinking, or sleeping. "

Jiang Yuan turned his head to look at him, and Xie Yunxiao scratched his head, "I really can't sleep, my mind is in a mess, as soon as I close my eyes, all I can think about is trouble."

Jiang Yuan stared at him, slowly took out a small bottle from his backpack, uncorked it, poured out a pill, and shook it under Xie Yunxiao's nose.

Looking at her expression, Xie Yunxiao accepted the incense pill, turned around and walked towards the bed, placing the incense pill next to the pillow.

"I'll go to bed soon."

Jiang Yuan pointed at the bowl of noodles in front of him that were a bit lumpy. Xie Yunxiao picked up the bowl obediently and ate the entire bowl of noodles in a few bites, drinking up all the soup.

Then, Jiang Yuan pointed at the bed. Xie Yunxiao opened his mouth to speak, but Jiang Yuan glared at him. He immediately stopped talking, stood up and bowed to the three of them, "The three of you should get some rest early. I'm going to bed now."

Looking at the well-behaved Xie Yunxiao, County Magistrate Bai and Qu Jin gave Jiang Yuan a thumbs up.

After leaving Xie Yunxiao's room, Qu Jin said, "If you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow. County Magistrate Bai, please take a rest first."

County Magistrate Bai was a scholar. After running all day, he could not bear it any longer. Without any hesitation, he said goodbye to the two men and went back to rest.

Qu Jin looked at Jiang Yuan. Before she could speak, Jiang Yuan raised his hand and said, "I'm fine. My injuries have healed. If you don't sleep, I won't sleep either."

Qu Jin grabbed Jiang Yuan's ears and said, "Bullshit! It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. It's only been a few days. You've taken the magic pill. Go back to sleep."

Jiang Yuan was suppressed by force and went back to his room obediently.

Qu Jin called Pingshan to discuss something.

Jiang Yuan returned to the room, turned around and went out through the back door, jumping over the wall.

There was no one on the street late at night. Jiang Yuan was walking aimlessly on the street. He just heard that there were still people searching, so it should not be on the busy main street.

She originally wanted to try her luck and see if she could meet searching soldiers and ask them to help, but after walking for an hour, she didn't meet any.

The next morning, Qu Jin went to Jiang Yuan's room. As soon as she entered the room, she touched the quilt and found it was hot. Then she glared at her unhappily.

Jiang Yuan stuffed a bun in his mouth and held the oil-paper bag in his hand, and urged, "Don't check. I am such a good person, I must have slept well in the room and didn't sneak over the wall to run out.

Hurry up, it's been a long time, the longer it takes, the lower the possibility of finding someone, hurry up."

Xie Yunxiao also got up early. Jiang Yuan's calming incense was indeed as good as its reputation. He slept soundly all night without even a dream, and slept till dawn.

My mind, which was a little confused due to overwork, felt refreshed when I woke up in the morning. I was already listening to reports and arranging today's search work.

Liuzi led his men to five places in one day. Today, they calculated that there are still four more places to go, and another two will have to leave the city, a total of six.

Jiang Yuan took the initiative to ask to follow Liuzi, so Qu Jin and Xie Yunxiao had to lead the team to other places.

After most of the day, they searched all four places, even the dog hole and the rabbit hole, but there was no trace of the beast.

On the way back to the county government office, he kept muttering to himself, "This shouldn't be the case. There can't be a place in this city that I don't know about.

These are places where there are few people and it is easy to hide. I used to hide in these places when I was hiding from my debts. "

Jiang Yuan was not far away from him, listening to his mumbling, and asked, "Is there a place that is both dangerous and safe?"

"Both dangerous and safe?" Liuzi frowned and thought carefully, going over the entire Luoshui County in his mind.

Jiang Yuan didn't disturb him and let him think quietly.

When they were about to reach the county government office, Liuzi looked at Jiang Yuan and said, "In the southwest of Luoshui County, there is a large pile of graves and a dilapidated ghost temple.

Is that a place that is both dangerous and safe? Anyway, I won't go there. That place is haunted."

Xie Yunxiao, who returned to the county government office at the same time, and Qu Jin, who came back earlier from the county government office, both heard Liuzi's words.

The three of them looked at each other, pulled up Liu Zi, and said, "Let's go to the Ghost Temple."

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