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Chapter 114 Holes, Ambush and Clues

In the early morning of the next day, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang got up early and came to the forest area in the north. They originally wanted to search the mountains with the yamen servants, but they gave up later.After thinking about it, the two felt that it would be inevitable to scare the snake, so they asked the yamen servants to station at the foot of the mountain first, and they searched first. If they needed them to search the mountain, they would send a signal to them.

After the two went up the mountain, they began to look for the cave hidden among the forests.

"Cat, are you familiar with this area?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I'm not familiar, this area is a barren mountain, and there is a mass grave at the back of the mountain. Many people say that this area is unlucky, so there are few residents nearby. Almost no one comes at night, and occasionally a few passers-by , I often heard that I encountered lonely ghosts or something."

"Really?" Bai Yutang frowned, "There are such things."

"Yutang, look ahead." Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand, and Bai Yutang looked in the direction of his finger. He didn't see the cave, but saw a mountain road in the dense forest.

"How could there be a mountain road?" Bai Yutang was also curious, and walked over to have a look. The mountain road was still very new and very narrow, as if it had just been stepped on, hidden in the withered grass, and it was very hidden.

"Cat." Bai Yutang said to Zhan Zhao, "If there is Cang Ni in the forest here...that is to say, there is a mobile casino hidden here, right?"

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"In that case, it's impossible for no one to come in and out. The casino needs business, and if no one comes in and out, what's there to play?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"You mean, finding someone is worse than finding a hole?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Smart." Bai Yutang smiled and nodded, "For those who don't gamble, what's the use of opening a casino? There are bound to be people coming and going at the entrance of the casino."

"Indeed." Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, I thought of a way."

"What?" Bai Yutang waited for him to ask.

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao pulled him down the mountain, and said, "Didn't those Cang Ni raise a lot of people to attract gamblers for him?"

"En." Bai Yutang nodded.

"Where do you find the most gamblers?" Zhan Zhao asked with a smile.

"Gambling casino!" Bai Yutang said with a flash of inspiration, "Good idea, cat, we'll send people to the casino to ambush, looking for gamblers who seem to be pulling people to follow. We'll stay in this area Keep looking, if you wait here all day and still no one comes, then it is probably not here anymore, and we have to change places."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded, "I also want to ask someone to take a look at the surrounding prefectures and counties. I'm afraid that when we investigated the case with great fanfare, some news leaked out, so they have already escaped, or hibernated. .”

"If there are none in the surrounding prefectures and counties, it proves that they are still in Kaifeng Prefecture. After all, such a large number of people walking around will not go unnoticed." Bai Yutang smiled, "Even if we hide, we can't hide for long. With so many people, even The puppet raised by Cang Ni must eat, right? It will show its feet in the end."

"Yes!" Zhan Zhao nodded, and the two went down the mountain, and ordered the yamen servants to pretend to go to the casino to keep an eye on them, while he and Bai Yutang returned to the mountain.

This time, they no longer looked for caves in the deep mountains and old forests, but patiently searched for the mountain road... Finally, they found the trace of the mountain road. .

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang found a thicker tree, jumped on the branches to squat.

"It's not bad here. You can see the road going up the mountain, and you can also see if there are people coming from the mountain road at the back." Zhan Zhao found a place to sit down, leaning on the tree trunk and said, "I hope people will come soon."

"Actually, you should come in the middle of the night." Bai Yutang walked over and sat down next to Zhan Zhao, "Who would come to gamble in broad daylight?"

"Speaking of which." Zhan Zhao raised his head and thought for a while, and said, "There are already so many casinos in Kaifeng Prefecture, why would you want to find this kind of casino that came from afar and is so hidden, to gamble?"

"Probably because the gambling money is enough to attract people." Bai Yutang said, "Isn't it also mentioned in Gongsun's story that Cang Ni is rich and powerful, otherwise why would even the chips used for gambling be made of silver?"

"The gamblers probably want to gamble." Zhan Zhao shook his head slightly, "Unexpectedly, they put their lives on the line."

"That's why it's said that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants." Bai Yutang said indifferently, "If Cang Ni really exists, it's just to take advantage of some weaknesses of people. In the end, it's people themselves who really set foot on the thief's boat."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao suddenly turned around, stared at Bai Yutang and smiled.

Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, and looked at him, "What are you doing? Cat."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and said, "I found someone in a while, let's go to find the place first, and then pretend to be a gambler and sneak in to see and see?"

Bai Yutang laughed, "Have you experienced it?"

"To be able to go from the Western Regions all the way to here, passing through every prefecture and county on such a large scale, this Cang Ni must be very impressive." Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then smiled, "Maybe... I can find some other intentions .”

"Other intentions?" Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, "Cat, do you think this Cang Ni is not just for gambling?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then smiled, "Gambling is not against the law, and the government doesn't have a ban on gambling. These days, how many people want to die because of spending a lot of money in casinos and losing their fortunes?"

"That's true." Bai Yutang nodded after hearing this, "If it's really for gambling, there's no need to be so sneaky. You can open a gambling stake in one place with great fanfare, or just travel to state capitals one by one. He is harmless, and no one should trouble him."

"In other words, they are outrageous." Zhan Zhao said, "Everywhere they go, there are bound to be casualties, and they are all killed by Cang Ni dogs. Why is this? It's really puzzling."

The two chatted without saying a word, and it seemed that from noon to afternoon, Ma Han came once during the period, saying that Mr. Gongsun had ordered him to bring some food for the two of them.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had been starving for a long time and couldn't leave, so they quickly picked them up and ate them on the tree.

"Oh, Yutang." Zhan Zhao said suddenly, "Otherwise, you go back first, and I'll wait."

"Why?" Bai Yutang looked at him puzzled.

Zhan Zhao was thinking that Bai Yutang was pampered and pampered, how boring it is to sit in this barren mountain and old forest, and he also likes to be clean.

"I'm fine here." Bai Yutang gave Zhan Zhao a white look, "It's not like I've never sat before."

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Have you sat in the wild mountains and forests for so long before?"

"That's not it." Bai Yutang smiled and said, "I used to stay for a while when I was hunting with my eldest brother and my second brother, and I also stayed for a while when I was learning art with the master, but the master was because he took me away. I forgot it in the mountains, and I only remembered it after a few days."

"Your master is really unreliable." Zhan Zhao said helplessly, Mu Qingyun seemed to be like this all the time.

Bai Yutang stretched his waist and yawned, and said, "Let's wait for a while, I guess no one will come until the middle of the night."

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded, put away the food and hung it on the tree, waiting for dinner to continue eating...

Just as he sat down and wanted to rest for a while, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback suddenly.

"Did you hear that?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also frowned and sat up. Both of them calmed down and listened... Then they heard the sound of "rustling" in the faint mountain wind not far away.

"Is there someone?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang shook his head slightly, "It doesn't seem like..."

The two waited intently, and not long after, they saw a shrub on the side slightly stirring and rustling.

With a sound of "poof", a pheasant jumped out, flapped its wings, and made a cooing sound.

The two stared at each other for a while, feeling a little helpless.

"So it's just a pheasant." Bai Yutang smiled, "Cat, why don't you catch it and roast it for wine?"

Zhan Zhao laughed, "I'd like to, but how do you do this? Are you afraid to startle the snake? Also, the weather has been dry recently. If you light a fire in the mountains, that will set the fire on the mountain. It will be a serious crime."

Bai Yutang smiled and took out a black jade migratory locust stone. Anyway, it's boring to play with that pheasant.

Just as I was about to make a move, I heard the sound of "rustling" again, as if there was something else in the forest.

"Are there any pheasants?" Bai Yutang found it interesting, "Cat, if it's a male and a female, we won't beat them. It's hard to make a pair."

Zhan Zhao is helpless, this person...

While the two were patiently waiting for another pheasant to jump out of the forest, they heard a low growl of "huhu".

The two were taken aback for a moment. It was not so much the crowing of a pheasant as it was the crowing of some kind of bigger beast.

Just when the two were in a daze, they saw that the pheasant suddenly panicked, cooing and flapping its wings, trying to fly away.

It was only then that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang noticed that one of the pheasant's wings seemed to be injured, and it was desperately running to the other side, as if fleeing for its life.

"Cat!" Bai Yutang suddenly pointed at the forest, Zhan Zhao looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a shadow flashing in the depths of the dense forest... A huge black animal jumped out and grabbed the pheasant.

The pheasant cooed and flapped its wings, making the last struggle.

But that animal is too big compared to the pheasant, and it probably won't be able to eat the pheasant by catching the pheasant. It's just looking for some snacks to eat, or it's just playing around.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao took a closer look and gasped. The animal under the tree looked like a huge dog!Not to mention, the two Cang Ni dogs in Yuxi Zhangpuzi and Sixi Pavilion are really similar to the last time I saw them, and their physiques are almost the same.

After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised, they both changed into a surprise—the clue was found!

"Sure enough, there is such a thing." Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows at Zhan Zhao - cat, you can follow it!

Zhan Zhao also nodded - probably a dog that ran out to play.

After the Cang Ni dog caught the pheasant, it didn't eat it, but ran around with it, chasing a mouse, and chasing a hare. It seemed to be having a good time.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang jumped up and down the branches to chase after it, from the front mountain to the back mountain.

When we arrived at the back mountain, we saw that Cang Ni dog was chasing another pheasant, holding two pheasants in its mouth, and walking unsteadily up the slope of the back mountain.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed all the way, and when they reached the front of the mountain, they heard other dogs barking from the mountain.

The two looked at each other, jumped up the high branch and looked up, both were surprised.

On the top of the mass grave in the back mountain, there was a cave. At the entrance of the cave lay two other Cang Ni dogs, barking at the big black dog that came back with a pheasant in its mouth.

At this time, a tall, thin, dark-skinned man came out of the cave. He said to the big black dog with some dissatisfaction, "You sneaked out again? How many times have you told me not to go out!"

The black dog ran back into the hole, threw the pheasant aside, wagged its tail at the man, and lay down beside the other two dogs.

The man took out the chain and tied it, and said, "You three should be more obedient, and you can't go out and run around." After speaking, he went in with the pheasant.

On the treetop outside the cave, Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang, "Yutang, how is it?"

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "It seems that the right owner has been found... Cat, let's wait here!"