Song of Burying Snow

After getting Huan Zhan's order, Qiao Minglie's work was really reassuring. In less than an hour, Hornet Mountain was completely surrounded. Before the deadline, several carts of pine and cypress branches were ready and transported to the foot of Hornet Mountain. Act according to plan on the second day.

Soon after the night passed, the mountain was surrounded by water, and the people on the top couldn't come down. A group of hunters were all ready to go, and they only waited for an order to go up the mountain. Because there were horse thieves on the Hornet mountain, few people went up to hunt. Therefore, there were many living creatures, and within a short time, quite a few were caught. According to the plan, everyone tied bags filled with lime powder for these living creatures. Sure enough, within a short time, all the caves on the mountain, no matter how secret, were found.

Look for caves from Chenshi to noon, and make sure that the caves are about the same. More than a dozen cave entrances increased the amount of pine and cypress branches, causing more than a dozen people to fan the wind, and suddenly saw thick smoke billowing into those movements,

At the beginning, those bandits could hold out and refused to come out. It was not until the pine and cypress branches were burned for a full hour that they saw a faint figure shaking in one of the caves. Everyone knew that this was the cave they were looking for. After passing the signal whistle, the people who had been prepared early in the morning arrived soon, and those people in the cave finally couldn't take it anymore, so they were ready to rush out of the cave, but there were already people waiting outside the cave, how could they be easily told to escape, and only one person came out? They arrested one person, and killed those who resisted a little bit on the spot. In this way, the bandit in the cave was caught and killed very soon, and when no one came out, everyone was ready to call for gold and withdraw their troops, but they withdrew from the entrance of the cave , I saw a person jumping out of the hole quickly, the movement was so fast that even Qiao Minglie didn't realize it, he went away in an instant, and it was too late to think about it.

After the horse thieves were settled, Qiao Minglie went back to the government office to report. It was not too late now, and Huan Zhan had been waiting in the lobby with Huan Yu and Sun Zhifu for a long time.

"It's true that all those horse thieves were captured?" Huan Zhan stood up from his seat happily after hearing Qiao Minglie's report.

"Master, most of them were captured, and a small number of them fought stubbornly and were killed on the spot!" Qiao Minglie replied respectfully.

"Are you sure no one has escaped?" Huan Zhan was still a little worried.

"Forgive me, master. When most of the horse thieves were captured and it was almost settled, a man ran out of the cave suddenly. His lightness kung fu was very good. His subordinates couldn't react in time to catch up, so he was told to escape." He said. Qiao Minglie knelt down on the ground.

"What does that person look like?" Huan Yu, who had been silent all this time, asked suddenly.

"Medium stature, because the man's speed is too fast, the subordinates can't see his face clearly." Qiao Minglie paused, then suddenly continued as if thinking of something: "By the way, from the back of the man, you can just see the top of his head." Some gray hair, I think the age will not be too young."

"Third brother, what did you think of?" Huan Zhan got Huan Yu's clever plan this time, and felt somewhat dependent on this younger brother.

"The night before yesterday, I found a man in black in the government office. I chased him all the way and lost it. I forgot to mention it afterwards." Huan Yu said while thinking.

"Oh? There are such things. The third brother thinks that the person who escaped the night before is the one who escaped today?"

"It's not impossible, but if it's really the same person, then it's probably not simple behind it."

"How do you say that?" Huan Zhan asked with some doubts.

"Those horse thieves were just trying to make a fortune, but that man came to spy on the magistrate's yamen the same night we arrived. It's hard to believe that the purpose of his trip was just to find out about the situation in the magistrate's yamen. According to guard Qiao, he It was the last time he came out of the cave, which shows that he doesn't care about the life and death of those companions, but only wants to survive, if he has the heart to inquire about the situation in the government office, why didn't he arrange for those people to evacuate in advance, and he is still sitting on the mountain waiting to die." Huan Yu said .

"In that case, it's a bit strange." Huan Zhan seemed to have finally sensed something was wrong. "Then the third brother thinks they still have a plan?"

"It's not a trick to do it later, I'm afraid that those horse thieves are just a cover, and there are other people behind the scenes with other ideas." Huan Yu lowered his eyes, showing a little worry.

"Other ideas, what does the third brother mean?" Huan Zhan was astonished, and a terrible idea came to his mind.

"I'm just guessing, maybe I'm thinking too much, but no matter what, the eldest brother should be more vigilant." Huan Yu put away the expression on his face and turned into a gentle one.

"Yes, yes, what the third brother said is, Ming Lie, you heard it, right? I leave this matter to you!" Huan Zhan nodded.

"It's the master." Qiao Minglie got Huan Zhan's order, turned around and left the hall.

"Third brother, tell me, does this matter have something to do with the second brother?" After Qiao Minglie left, Huan Zhan suddenly asked Huan Yu.

"It's hard for me to say, after all, he is also my second brother, so he can't be too bad." Huan Yu said innocently.

"Hey, third brother, in the royal family, you still think about brotherhood. Your second brother can't wait to kill me immediately. Now that you stand with me, I'm afraid he will hate you long ago." .” Huan Zhan seemed to disagree with Huan Yu’s statement.

"Yes, what the elder brother taught is that the third younger brother is not a person who does great things after all, so he is inevitably indecisive." Huan Yu said with a humble look.

"Why is the third brother not a big deal for Zuo? As for today's horse thief, if it weren't for the third brother, the eldest brother still doesn't know what to do. Fortunately, the third brother has a clever plan." Huan Zhan patted Huan Yu's hand and said.

"I don't have any clever ideas. It's just that I have traveled abroad in the past. I have seen people looking for wolf dens in this way, so I wanted to see if it could be used. I didn't expect it to work." Huan Yu lowered his head, looking like that It also seemed a little embarrassed.

"It's thanks to the third brother who has seen a lot. Let's not talk about it. Today, the eldest brother has written it down. In the future, if the third brother needs anything, please tell the eldest brother. As long as the eldest brother can do it, he will help you." Huan Zhanyi Patted his chest and said.

"Then let me thank elder brother first." Huan Yu pretended to be encouraged and smiled.

"Third brother and eldest brother, there is no need to be so polite." Huan Zhan was also happy to see Huan Yu acknowledging his affection, which meant that Huan Yu was completely on his side. : "By the way, Prefect Sun, the matter of the horse thief is over, and it seems that the next step is to solve the food problem of the people around! Is there enough food in the government's inventory?"

"Returning to the special envoy, this food stock is enough. It was only because I was worried about the problem of horse thieves in the past that I have not submitted a request for food distribution. Now that the matter of horse thieves has been resolved, the food can be distributed as soon as the order is issued." The prefect Sun asked. I hurriedly got up and said respectfully.

"That's good. I have obtained the emperor's special order this time, and I have the right to do things cheaply. This special envoy will order you to arrange food distribution for the affected people." Huan Zhan said seriously.

"Yes, I will follow orders." Prefect Sun also turned and left the hall after speaking.