"What's this called scaring the snake, I haven't let them see the two people in the prison yet."
Those two people were also stubborn. Although they made a lot of confessions, they refused to say a word about the key things, and only revealed some information when they couldn't bear it.
General Meng knocked on the table and said: "Leave the case investigation to Governor He. He will determine the person. We are only responsible for dispatching troops."
Pianjiang understood and left in response.
From the people left behind by Fu Fu, Jin Kui'an finally got news from Zhou Man and the others, "I left the city nine days ago. I heard that I was going to the Western Regions, but I couldn't find out the exact route. Brother Fu followed them out of the city. He brought a few Pibu, he said he would find a way to get in among them."
Jin Kuian, who made two extra trips, smashed the table angrily, "Let's chase after it!"
He sneered: "The outside of the customs is my territory. Even if we can't catch up, Fufu will have the opportunity to go back and transfer our people. Their convoy moves slowly, and we will definitely catch up."
Jin Kuian calculated in his mind that they had been traveling back and forth for more than a month, and Zhou Man and the others had only left the city nine days earlier than them. Counting today, it was only ten days, so they would definitely be able to catch up with them.
As soon as he settled his mind, there was a commotion in the yard of the inn. Jin Kuian raised his head, and Ergo had already taken the initiative to look down at the window.
He turned around and said, "Officers and soldiers came to check our horses."
Jin Kui got up angrily, and said angrily, "This is the grassland, not their Central Plains. To buy a horse, you have to register it. What do they want?"
Ergo quickly stopped him, "This is still in the city, don't be impulsive."
Shazhou is different from other cities. This is an important border town. Except for the Yumen Pass, they have no way out of the customs. Once they kill people in the city, they will not be able to get out.
Erge said: "You wait here, I will go down and deal with it."
But Erge also had a hard time coping with it. There was a commotion for half an hour, and finally Erge gave him two silver coins before sending him away.
After the cursing yamen servants went out, they went back to the governor's mansion with an unfriendly expression on their faces. They immediately put away the arrogance on their faces and handed over the collected money to Governor He.
Governor He asked, "How?"
"They came in from outside the pass, saying they were visiting relatives, and exchanged some goods by the way, but the younger ones forcibly tore down three bags, one of which was filled with flour, and the other two were filled with wheat bran. It is said that it is food for horses, but look at it, those bags that are said to contain cloth are mostly wheat bran."
"The leader was called Jin Kuian, but he didn't show up. The one who came down was a man named Erge, and his guidance was fine, but the younger one mentioned his rich name to them, saying that he was very nice to him when he was drinking with him before. Generous, unlike other people who are getting more and more stingy now, Naerge gave the little one two ingots of silver, and also hinted that they knew Fu Fu and were also friends of Fu Fu."
"That is to say, it's them?"
The yamen servant thought for a while and said, "Even if it wasn't for them, they are not good people. They smell bloody."
Governor He understood and asked people to retreat.
Both Jin Kuian and Erge were afraid of long nights and dreams, so they took people out of the city the next day after getting the customs clearance documents in the evening.
The official road outside Shazhou City is very spacious, with green hills on both sides. As soon as they left the customs, they galloped on their horses. At a glance, there was no one on the entire official road, and they let go of their horses and ran...
Suddenly the horse's hoof fell, and the person on the horse flew out directly. The person who reacted quickly hugged his head immediately, and did not break his neck when he fell to the ground, but the horse and people behind were blocked by the fallen horse. Trampled by a chaotic horse...
There was chaos at the scene, Jin Kui'an yelled, and the horse first passed the fallen horse on the ground, and then he unsheathed his long knife, commanding everyone to calm down, and the horse should hide to the side, and the green hills on both sides appeared in unison Soldiers, condescendingly pointing bows and arrows at them.
Dozens of horses came out from the forest and stood in front of them. Little General Meng waved his hand, and two people came out of the team. He asked with a sneer, "Fufu, are you talking about them?"
The team that barely managed to control the horses was full of shock and anger, and someone couldn't help shouting angrily, "Fufu, you betrayed us!"
Fu Fu, who was thrown on the ground, was pale and had no blood at all.
Jin Kuian's expression changed, and he shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, being rich won't betray us."
But what went wrong
After confirming their identities, General Meng sneered, shook his spear, and pointed forward, "Fire the arrow!"
It's needless to say that the army who came prepared and was in ambush faced the unprepared horse thief
It was a one-sided massacre.
Erge cut off the flying arrows and shouted at Jin Kuian: "Go, charge out, hurry—"
Jin Kui'an rushed forward with 20 or 30 people who could handle it, and General Meng led his people to meet him...
A group of eighty horse thieves is not enough for his father to come in person, as long as he comes for this kind of thing.
Then Jin Kuian and Erge fled with three people wounded. General Meng led his men to chase for a long time. The accompanying guards immediately stopped him when they saw that it was getting dark, "Major General, we can't chase anymore, we have to go back City report."
Little General Meng was furious and asked, "How can we let the bandit leader go?"
What can I do if I can't beat it? Who knew that Jin Kui'an could outnumber ten
Little General Meng was very angry, he swung the gun in his hand fiercely, and had to go back and plead guilty to his father.
General Meng frowned, "You brought 300 people, half of them brought bows and arrows, and you laid an ambush in advance, so you can't catch people?"
Little General Meng knelt on the ground and bowed his head, saying: "It is my son who is not good at martial arts, please punish him."
The general at the side hurriedly explained: "General, that Jin Kui'an is very brave, the humble officer only took him one knife, you see."
General Meng took a look at his tiger's mouth, and found that it was a little cracked, and the bones should have been injured, so he frowned slightly.
The general said hastily: "The young general not only catches his knife, but also hurts the opponent, which is very powerful."
General Meng snorted coldly, and said to General Meng: "You go and receive the punishment yourself."
General Meng bowed his head in response, got up and went.
General Meng then asked the partial general, "How many were captured?"
"Twenty-six of them were captured. I don't know how many are still alive."
"Jin Kui'an?" General Meng frowned, "Jin? This name sounds familiar. I remember that there was a slave named Kui'an under Ba Zhuo before. He was very brave. General Zuo Ling reminded me before, but later Ba Zhuo Zhuo ran to Huihe and was killed, and his subordinates surrendered and scattered, did they go outside the pass to become horse thieves?"
The general thought for a while, "It's really possible that it's him. The knife in his hand is very good, and it's not something that ordinary horse thieves can fight. General, the man has already run away, should we pursue it?"