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Huayin County, also known as Zheng County, is the seat of Huazhou Prefecture. Guanzhong is densely populated. It is also a large county. The city has a circumference of 30 miles and a population of nearly 200,000. Several streets intersect and the houses are very densely packed. .

Li Ye faintly saw countless bounty hunters looking around the city gate on the top of the city. Wu Ying was already trapped in the city, and it was only a matter of time before he was caught.

At this time, Zhang Ping came to report to him that the west city gate had been closed, and more than thirty bounty hunters were searching around the city. Wu Ying was stabbed in the back with a sword and was seriously injured.

"Why was he stabbed?" Li Ye asked.

"A young huntress named Wang Chenghua rushed to the inn first and happened to encounter Wu Ying at the massacre inn. She mistook Wang Chenghua for a maid and relaxed her vigilance. Wang Chenghua stabbed her in the back with a sword and was seriously injured. , but he still ran away. This man is very skilled in martial arts and alert, so it is really difficult to catch him."

Li Ye nodded, "As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. I offered two thousand gu, so there were so many masters working hard to catch people for me. Without them, I really wouldn't be able to catch Wu Ying."

Time passed little by little, and gradually it was two o'clock. Just when Li Ye was about to lose his patience, a bounty hunter rushed over, "General Li, we found the target!"

Li Ye was overjoyed and hurriedly followed the bounty hunter. In an alley, several bounty hunters surrounded a person. Li Ye squeezed past and found a man lying in the innermost corner of the alley, dressed as a beggar and covered with tattered clothes. Li Ye picked up the quilt with his sword and saw two lifeless eyes and a big beard full of chin. However, Li Ye recognized this person at a glance. It was Falcon. He had been dead for a long time and his body was cold. .

Zhang Ping had a very high-level coroner under him, but he was not a coroner. He stepped forward to examine the body, and turned back to Li Ye and said: "There is only one fatal wound, on the lower back. Looking at the part of the sword, it should be a stab wound in the body." kidneys, causing massive bleeding in the body and death.”

Li Ye fulfilled his promise on the spot. The huntress Wang Chenghua who succeeded in assassinating Wu Ying received a bounty of 1,000 gold coins. The hunter who found Wu Ying in Huayin County received a bounty of 300 gold coins. The five hunters who finally found Wu Ying each received a bounty of 300 gold coins. After getting one hundred gold coins, Li Ye took out another 300 gold coins to form a round number of 500 gold coins, which was divided equally among all the bounty hunters who participated in the search tonight. In addition, he rewarded Zhang Ping's dozen men with thirty gold coins each. gold.

The distribution was fair and everyone was happy for a while. Wang Chenghua was a very young widow, a native of Jingzhao County, about 20 years old. She was a female ranger. She was very pretty. She came out to travel in the world at the age of 15 and made her home all over the world. Her husband was also a ranger and died last year while receiving a mission.

Wang Chenghua cupped his fists towards Li Ye and said: "General Qi, I checked some information in Chang'an, saying that Wu Xin was killed at Tongguan Station, and Tongguan Station is in Huayin County, so I guessed that Wu Ying was kidnapped. When I came to Huayin County, it must be related to the inn, so I rushed to the inn, but as soon as I entered the inn, I saw a man killing the inn chief and his assistant, cursing him while killing him."

"What is he scolding?" Li Ye asked.

"When he scolded you for abusing our father and son, did he think about today? When you poured out my father's medicine, did you think that I would come back? The people inside screamed for mercy, but he showed no mercy and killed them all. He found He forced me to take off my skirt, and I pointed behind me and shouted, "There's someone behind me!" As soon as he turned around, I took out my sword, but He reacted too quickly and missed the vital point, and the sword only hit his lower back."

Li Ye nodded and praised: "You are very calm and smart. Miss Wang, will you want to be a bounty hunter in the future?"

"Report to the general, we are just trying to make ends meet!"

"Do you want to follow me to Suiye and be a female head catcher in Suiye? If you do well, you might even be able to become an official in the future!"

Since the death of her husband, Wang Chenghua has been tired of wandering around the world, but in order to eat, she has to work as a bounty hunter. Today she met a noble man who not only gave her a thousand gold coins, but also promised her to be a head catcher. Of course she is willing. As for the distant broken leaves, it is not a problem at all for a wandering person like her.

She immediately knelt down and clasped her fists, saying, "I am willing to serve General Li!"

Li Ye gave her an address and said, "Go and deal with all the unfinished personal matters! Come here to see me before the Lantern Festival. I will leave after the Lantern Festival."

Wang Chenghua bowed and left happily.

Zhang Ping said with a smile: "Captain Li is really thirsty for talents!"

Li Ye said calmly: "If you are willing to break leaves, I will let you join the army!"

Zhang Ping smiled bitterly and said: "You know that I can't go, but you are still tempting me here!"

Li Ye took out a counter note of one thousand guan and gave it to him, "I may have left by the time you get married. This is a little bit of my kindness. Take it!"

Zhang Ping didn't show any pretense. He accepted the thousand dollars and said, "I'll go and persuade Qiao Bin's father!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Don't try to persuade me. Broiye is not a safe place. There are constant wars. If something happens to Qiao Bin, how will I explain to his father? You must be voluntary."

"All right!"

It was midnight at this time, so Li Ye asked his men to stay at Gaosheng Inn.

At dawn the next day, after Li Ye had finished washing, one of his subordinates came to report, "The county magistrate wants to see you."

Li Ye originally planned to go to the county government office in the morning, but there was a commotion in the middle of the night last night, so he couldn't just leave.

And how to dispose of Wu Ying's body, it has to be handed over to the county government in the end.

"Invite him in!"

Not long after, the township army accompanied the county magistrate into the room. The magistrate's surname was Chang. He was an official about forty years old. He was tall and thin, and looked a little timid in his movements.

A county magistrate who is still serving as a county magistrate at the age of forty is a typical official with no backing. He keeps wandering around in the county and cannot get promoted. Such officials are generally cautious and do not dare to make mistakes. If they make a mistake, they will lose their official position and no one will protect them.

Li Ye cupped his fists and thanked the rural soldiers: "Thank you for your cooperation yesterday!"

The village soldier quickly returned the salute and said: "It is a humble honor to serve His Highness the County King!"

Li Ye was startled and asked with a smile: "How do you know me?"

"Your Highness's companion informed me!"

Li Ye secretly scolded Zhang Ping for talking too much, then smiled slightly and said: "You don't need to call me Your Highness, I am the Governor of Hezhong, you can just call me Governor Li!"

Magistrate Chang asked nervously at the side: "My surname is Chang. He is the magistrate of this county. I heard that Governor Li arrested the thief last night. Did he catch it?"

"He's not a thief, he's a murderer. He was the one who killed the people at Tongguan Station. This person has been seriously injured and died!"

Magistrate Chang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He heard last night that there was a murder at Tongguan Station, which made him extremely nervous. Five lives! If he can't catch the murderer, he won't be able to explain it to his superiors.

"I wonder who the murderer is?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "This murderer, Magistrate Chang, should know that Wu Xin's son Wu Ying, last time Wu Xin died at Tongguan Station, his son Wu Ying ran away, and yesterday Wu Ying came back to take revenge because the people at Tongguan Station had abused him His father, so he killed them all, and I also came to catch him, but I arrived too late, but still seriously injured him, and he eventually died of his injuries."

"I see. How should I write this report in my humble position?" The county magistrate thought for a while and asked.

"I will give you the body later, and you can transport the body back to Chang'an for delivery. But don't involve me. Just say that he was rounded up after the murder and died of his injuries."

"I understand my humble position. It will definitely not involve Governor Li. Thank you very much, Governor Li, for helping me to close the case. There have been major cases in Tongguan Station in the past few months. I really don't know what to do."

"This has nothing to do with you. The government and the public will not blame you. If you killed Wu Ying, you might even get a reward!"

"No way!"

Magistrate Chang looked back at Qi Zheng and said, "Go downstairs and wait!"

As the team was bowing and leaving, Magistrate Chang asked in a low voice: "Can the Governor reveal something?"

Li Ye said calmly: "If Wu Ying is dead, Yang Xiangguo can have a good sleep. Of course he will reward you!"

"I see, I've learned a lesson from my humble position!"

At this time, Magistrate Chang seemed to want to say something. He hesitated and asked, "Does the Governor have a brother who is an official in Heyang County?"

Li Ye was startled, his brother?

After a second thought, he suddenly understood that Li Xiu's son Li Yu, the eldest grandson of the Li family, was serving as the county magistrate in Heyang County?

"Li Yu, right? What happened to him?"

Magistrate Chang shook his head and said: "A big event happened in Heyang County. Magistrate Li has been hiding it, but I guess I can't hide it anymore."

Li Ye frowned, "What big thing happened?"