When Bai Shan received the news the next day, Luo Xunjian sent people back to the county to report it overnight.
The new saltworks were indeed very important, and when he received the news, he took a group of yamen servants to everyone.
After half a day's work, inspector Luo took people to the checkpoint, and when he saw Magistrate Bai coming, he immediately waited by the side of the road.
Bai Shan reined in his horse, saw two people lying on the side of the road, couldn't help frowning, jumped off the horse and asked, "What's wrong with them?"
Inspector Luo hurriedly said: "They were beaten out yesterday, and they still have some headaches today, so the officials asked them to rest on the side of the road."
Bai Shan looked forward, and found that the people lying on the grass were not asleep. When they noticed Bai Shan approaching, they wanted to get up. pain?"
The two touched the back of their necks and said, "I'm still a little dizzy."
Bai Shan frowned. Zhou Man said that if the neck is not cut well after beheading, it is easy to cause problems.
He said to inspector Luo: "Send a few people to drive them back to the county town, and go to the medical office to have a look. The injuries can be serious or minor, so nothing happens."
Luo inspector froze for a moment and then responded.
Bai Shan stood up, looked around, and asked, "Is this where people enter?"
"Yes, fortunately Master Zhou met someone on the mountain, otherwise the two of them would be knocked out, and we would not receive any news from our side. We may not be able to find out if someone touches the salt field."
"Has anyone caught it?"
"No," inspector Luo said, "we searched in the mountains again after dawn, but we still couldn't find anyone."
This mountain is still quite big, and the mountain was still connected to the mountain in the past. There are always gaps in the more than a hundred of them, and they dare not transfer all their hands to the mountain, and they must guard the salt field.
Bai Shan raised his head and glanced at the mountain next to him, thinking.
The magistrate of Lu County chose to locate the new salt field here, firstly because brine had been dug here, which shows that the amount of salt produced by seawater is not low; secondly, because this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
There is only one road to Dajiawa. There are high mountains on both sides and other mountains. The road is blocked. Maybe you can pass through the mountains, but not here.
Because the mountain facing this side is very steep and has many rocks, not to mention people, even monkeys may not be able to climb it, so as long as there is a checkpoint at the intersection, no one can slip in.
Luo Xunjian not only set up a checkpoint at the intersection, but from here to the new salt field, there are three checkpoints in total.
But I didn't expect that the other party would come to so many people at once, and they knocked their people unconscious. After sneaking in, they slipped into the mountain without waiting for the next checkpoint, trying to pass through the mountain to reach the salt field.
Inspector Luo admitted his mistake: "My lord, this is because the subordinate officials did not arrange well, and the subordinates were also slack, so someone took advantage of the loophole and slipped in."
Bai Shan nodded and said, "Fix the gap, let's go to the saltworks."
Soon a car came and carried the two fainted soldiers into the car, and sent them back to the county.
After watching them go away, Bai Shan asked, "How many people did you put in a checkpoint?"
"There are five people at the intersection, and the remaining two are guarded by three people." He felt that it was enough when he arranged it. First, he didn't expect the other party to be so courageous that he would dare to attack the soldiers; second, the other party wanted to investigate The detectives will not send too many people.
Inspector Luo regretted, "All five were knocked out, and it was too late to light the smoke. The other three were fine, but their necks hurt a little, and there was a bruise. It was almost done after rubbing. These two were more severe and dizzy. I'm still blind, so..."
Bai Shan expressed his understanding, and he didn't need to explain too much.
He went to see the saltworks first.
Zhou Liwei also didn't sleep all night. He had just come back from a tour and was leaning against the wall to doze off.
Bai Shan reached out and patted him.
Zhou Liwei woke up instantly, his eyes lit up when he saw Bai Shan, "Little uncle, are you here?"
Bai Shan nodded, "If you are really sleepy, go back to sleep first, otherwise you will be so dazed, you will not only consume your energy, but you will also be unable to do much."
Zhou Liwei nodded, but the man didn't leave, but said: "Little uncle, we didn't catch anyone, but we wandered around the mountain with torches for a long time last night, he must have been startled away."
Bai Shandao: "Where can we go? We are surrounded by sea on both sides and mountains on both sides. If they want to go out, they can only cross the mountains without walking. But do you think it is possible for such a large mountain?"
He said: "In such a dense forest, people will get lost when they go in, let alone at night. If I were them, I would find a place to hide and come out after the crisis is over."
Zhou Liwei: "But what do they eat and drink in the mountains?"
Inspector Luo also said: "My lord, this mountain is actually very dangerous. There are many poisonous insects and beasts, especially poisonous insects. No one knows whether a bug crawling over the feet is poisonous, so no one will stay in the mountains. A long time, up to three days."
Bai Shan: "So you suspect that they left?"
The two nodded together, because they have searched, although they can't really search every place, but they can guarantee that there is absolutely no one hiding in the places they walked by last night, so people can only be frightened ran away.
Seeing Bai Shan's disbelieving expression, Zhou Liwei said: "Little uncle, you can't think about them by yourself, they are just ordinary people, not so smart, not so tough."
He said: "Just think about me, if I want to steal something, and on the way to the owner's house holding a torch and yelling "Stop the thief, catch the thief", I have to turn around and run as far as I can? "
Bai Shan thought for a while, and felt that what he said was reasonable, so he pondered for a while and said: "That's right, but no one is going out on the road, and the mountains are dangerous. Where did they go out? They can't jump into the sea and swim out, right? That's right." Is it more dangerous?"
Zhou Liwei and Luo Xunjian looked in the same direction together, and then looked at each other.
Zhou Liwei: "Actually, I had a suspicion last night."
Inspector Luo: "I have it too."
Zhou Liwei: "But that road is not easy to walk, and it is far away. We are short of manpower. I am afraid that the emptiness of the salt field will be touched by others."
Bai Shan: "Tune the tiger away from the mountain? The opponent is so powerful? Where is that place?"
Zhou Liwei pointed in that direction and said, "Little uncle, look over there."
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes and looked over, nodded and said, "I saw it, it's a sea."
"The other end of this mountain is facing the sea. It is a cliff. I have seen it in the past. It is very high. The protruding corner is surrounded by the sea on three sides. It is a very high cliff."
Bai Shan: "Where did you suspect that the person hid?"
Zhou Liwei hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe it's not hiding, but getting lost."
When Bai Shan heard this, he took a look at the salt field and said, "I'll take the yamen servants over to have a look, you guys are guarding the salt field."