I’m The King

Chapter 1115: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (V)

After coming out of the meeting, it was already the time when the lanterns were on. Zhang Yi and Tang He cupped their hands and hurried home. They did not come back for several months. Zhang Yi indeed missed his wife Cuier and their son and daughter, while Tang He After bidding farewell to Zhang Yi, he turned around and hurried to the post house set up by the Supervisory Yuan in the city to receive internal personnel.

After being transferred back from Jishi County, Tang He had not found a suitable place to live, so he hurried to Yizhen Institute to take charge of the work there. This was also the time when Qin Chu's spies attacked Yizhen Institute most frequently. Several months passed, and Tang He's family still lived in the post house, which made Tang He feel deeply sorry for his wife and children.

Unlike in Jishi County, where the residence of government officials was arranged by the county government, in Jicheng, they had to find a place by themselves, and they had to spend their own salary to pay for whatever they needed, but Tanghe couldn't. Chou, his salary is very high, and as a senior government official, he also has shares in the original Sihai Trading. The annual dividends are enough for his family to live a very comfortable life. But in Jicheng, it is not easy to have money. It was not always possible to find a suitable house, and Tang He, like Zhang Yi, basically never came back after taking office, leaving his wife and children in the inn.

Tang He walked to the door of the post house and saw a house on the second floor that was still lit with lights. He couldn't help but feel guilty. No matter what, he would take some time to solve the problem of the house.

Stepping into the threshold of the door, the sudden sound of horse hooves behind him made Tang He's heart skip a beat. When he turned around, his pupils couldn't help but shrink. A black supervisory guard was rushing towards him. The horse was still there. Before he could stop, the opponent had already flown down and ran towards him.

"Master Tang, something happened!" the visitor said in a rapid voice.

Tang He stepped back on the threshold without hesitation, grabbed the horse's reins from the postman's hand, got on his horse, and galloped away with the visitor. Behind him, a voice came from a window on the second floor. With a childish voice calling daddy, Tang He turned sideways on his horse and waved his hand in the distance.

An hour later, Tang He appeared in a house dedicated to the Overwatch Council within the Yizhen Research Institute. At this time, the lights were brightly lit inside and outside the house, and the officials stationed here by the Overwatch Council had been waiting for a long time.

"Master Tang, this is Fengrui, an official of our Supervisory Yuan stationed in Li County, and this is Ji Gao, the patrol captain of Li County."

"I've met Mr. Tang." The two of them saluted Tang He with clasped fists at the same time.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Tang He felt a little upset. He tried his best to calm down. At this time, the whole room was filled with a bad mood. He needed to calm down to stabilize these people. Mood.

"Master Tang, what happened is this. Yesterday, when a woodcutter from Li County was cutting firewood in Jiaoshan Mountain outside Li County, he found an ownerless war horse. The woodcutter took the horse from Jiaoshan Mountain. After seeing the horse, Captain Ji Gaoji knew it was a war horse belonging to the Supervisory Council, so he immediately informed his subordinates!" Feng Rui said: "All war horses in the army are They are numbered, and our Overwatch Council's war horses also have their own unique symbols."

Tang He nodded.

"After seeing this ownerless war horse, I didn't dare to be negligent and immediately traced which department of our Oversight Council this war horse belonged to. Finally, I found out that the horse belonged to the inspection guard of Yizhen Research Institute. My subordinates knew The matter is of great importance, so I immediately brought Captain Ji to report directly here." Feng Rui said.

"Have we found anything here?" Tang He turned to look at another official.

"Back to your lord, after Captain Feng He and Captain Ji arrived, we immediately started a thorough investigation. It turned out that within the past two days, two of our supervisory guards accompanied a researcher from Yizhen Research Institute and left here. There were three war horses in total."

"What is the name of this researcher, and what position does he hold within the institute? What work is he responsible for? For what reason did he leave the institute?" Tang He asked his subordinates in rapid succession.

"This researcher is called Mao Wei. He is a team leader at Yizhen Research Institute and is responsible for developing the control range of explosive explosions. He asked for leave from the research institute two days ago because of his father's death. At that time, we equipped him with two monitoring guards to protect him. His safety. It is now confirmed that the war horse found in Jiao County is the one Mao Wei rode when he left."

"Three people, three horses, and now there is one horse left, and the rest are missing!" Tang He murmured, and an unpleasant feeling arose spontaneously. "Get ready, we will go to Jiaoshan, Li County right away. .”

There were footsteps outside, and Qingyuan appeared at the door, "Master Tang, what happened to Mao Wei?"

Tang He took a deep breath, cupped his fists and saluted Qingyuan, "Master Gao Hou, how much does Mao Wei know about our explosives?"

"Mao Wei is the leader of the third group. He is the backbone of Yizhen Research Institute. He knows everything about explosives. Otherwise, he would not be allowed to do research on explosion control ranges." Qingyuan told Tang. He explained Mao Wei's type of work, and saw the extremely ugly look on his face, "Master Tang, Mao Wei will not have any problem with him. Those who join us have been reviewed repeatedly, and Mao Wei is still Graduated from Jicheng Comprehensive University."

"It's not that he has a problem, it's that there's a problem outside." Tang He said a few words through his teeth, "Master Gao, from now on, Yizhen Research Institute is closed, and no one is allowed to go out. The construction team immediately stopped the construction, and all personnel are waiting for review. In addition, all situations will be summarized and reported to the headquarters immediately."

After issuing a series of orders, Tang He walked straight out of the house, mounted his horse, led nearly a hundred supervisory guards, and rushed towards Jiaoshan Mountain in Li County with lightning speed.

At noon on the second day, Tang He appeared in Jiaoshan. Although he had not rested all day and night, and his eyes were bloodshot, he still looked very excited. The main road in and out of Jiaoshan had been blocked by the Supervisory Office Branch of Li County. Blocked off with the patrol team.

"Feng Rui, since Mao Wei went back to bury his father, why did he come to Jiaoshan?"

"Sir, it takes about fifty miles to go around the road. If you go through Jiaoshan, although the road is harder and there are wild animals, you can save thirty miles. Mao Wei must be in a hurry to go home, and he With the protection of heavily armed supervisory guards around us, we will naturally choose to take this path." Feng Rui explained. "This is the path we are taking now."

Tang He stopped talking and walked slowly along the narrow path step by step. After half an hour, Tang He stopped and looked around at his surroundings. He suddenly squatted down and spoke with The saber in his hand pulled up the fallen leaves on the ground. Seeing Tang He's actions, Fengrui and others quickly imitated Tang He and pushed aside the thick fallen leaves on the ground.

"Master Tang, blood stains!" A moment later, a supervisory guard exclaimed.

The fallen leaves were quickly pulled aside, and under the thick fallen leaves, large purple-black blood stains were shocking.

Tang He straightened up, his face dark, "Use this as the center of the circle and search outwards."

The supervisory guards quickly started working, and Feng Rui walked up to Tang He and said, "Master Tang."

"I'm afraid things are developing in the direction we least want to see. Fengrui, please rush back to Li County immediately to check on the situation at Maowei's family. At the same time, notify the magistrate of Li County and the county soldiers and militiamen to mobilize for me immediately. Get up, seal off the entire territory, and immediately search the whole county for Maowei, and Maowei's portrait will be sent to Li County immediately."

"Follow your orders!" Feng Rui also knew the seriousness of the matter, so without saying a word, he turned around and walked away on horseback.

In less than a stick of incense, there was a noise in the distance, and a supervisory guard ran over like flying, "Master Tang, we have found it. The bodies of the two brothers and two other horses have been found." .”

About a hundred meters away from where Tang He was standing, there was a large natural pit, which was now obscured by thick leaves and dead trees. A group of supervisors were cleaning up the debris above, looking through the gap. , Tang He could clearly see the corpses of two black surveillance guards and the corpses of two war horses lying beside them.

After a while, the bodies of the two soldiers and the horses were carried out of the pit. All personnel, including Tang He, silently took off their helmets and hats and lowered their heads in silence to pay homage to the fallen brothers.

"Sir, the two brothers were suddenly attacked. They were killed by arm-shaped crossbows. There were at least ten arm-shaped crossbows shooting at them at the same time, which left them with no room to resist!" A squatter said The supervisory guard who was checking the cause of death on the ground looked at the body and reported loudly, "Both of them were killed by crossbow arrows piercing the chest and abdomen, and the war horse was also hit in the vital part and fell to death. The other party deliberately planned to set up an ambush here."

"How can it be a crossbow? Isn't this a weapon of our army?" Ji Gao, who was following Tang He, said in a voiceless voice.

Tang He turned to look at him and said, "You are overthinking it. Our army is fighting abroad, and the crossbow is the standard weapon. Over the years, many of them have been lost abroad. What's more, the Qin people can now imitate our weapons. "

Ji Gao suddenly nodded.

"It seems that the whole thing is a trap, including the death of Mao Wei's father, it is all part of the plan." Tang He murmured: "The opponent is sure that Mao Wei will take a shortcut when he returns. When walking on Jiaojiao Mountain, the two supervisory guards were killed immediately, and the horse that escaped by chance was the one Mao Wei was riding. It fled after being frightened. The opponent obviously knew that time was running out and did not chase the lost horse. Zhan Ma fled directly with Mao Wei, their purpose was to kidnap Mao Wei!"

In front of Tang He's eyes, a scene seemed to appear. A hail of arrows shot out from the forest. Two supervisory guards were shot to the ground without any reaction. Mao Wei was thrown to the ground by a frightened horse, and a group of black men fell to the ground. Men in clothes poured out from the forest, tied up Mao Wei who fell to the ground and carried him away. (To be continued)

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