The next day, Helanbing came to the yamen and seemed a little tired. He called Situ Ce aside and whispered: "Last night I went to Pang Mansion. Mr. Qin did not sleep all night and sat in the light until dawn."

"Oh?" Situ Ce said, "Is this gentleman having something to do with the missing maid?"

"I don't know yet. By the way, I found a very important news. - Pang Yuanwai's youngest son said he would go out to hunt today. Pang Yuanwai said that the yamen is so nervous now, so he should not, but the youngest son rolled all over the ground. Pang Yuanwai had no choice but to go hunting in three days."

"'The yamen is so loud' - what does he mean? Could it be that the murderer is from the Pang family?"

Helanbing nodded slowly and said, "I suspect that the musket is in their Pang Mansion! I have arranged for Shi Meng and Xiao Mouse to stare at the Pang Mansion day and night. As long as you find the weapon, you can close the net!"

"Can't you just go in and search?"

"no!"

"Why?"

He Lanbing said: "Because, the Pang family and Zhong Bingzhi, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, have become sworn brothers. Therefore, if you want to touch the Pang family, Zhong Bingzhi will inevitably be implicated. You must not ignore it. The last case involved Dongchang, and Jinyiwei helped us solve it. This time, the case involved Jinyiwei. We can't find Dongchang to deal with Jinyiwei, right? Both sides will hate us."

Situ Ce smiled and said, "When he hated, he would beg us, because we would give them the other party's handle, which would be of great benefit to their achievements. And they can always find scapegoats for their own affairs, so they won't hate us much."

"Oh? What do you mean is to find Dongchang to deal with Jinyiwei?"

"Well, we can't beat any of them alone, but joining forces with the other side will make sure to win!"

He Lanbing thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "That's right, since we want to cause this problem, we can only pull one side to attack the other side. If something happens, we will join forces with the other side to beat him. In this way, both sides are afraid that we will also want to win us over, and we will be safe."

“That’s it.”

"Okay! Let's go hunting with the Pang family the day after tomorrow to see if we can find anything."

For three consecutive days, there was no movement in the Pang family, and Mr. Qin stayed in the Pang Mansion and never left the house.

On the third day, the Pang family opened the corner gate and several horses came out. First, a middle-aged strong man, with a strong figure and a cold look, and a horse was racing. A fat young man followed him, with a small squinting eyes and a black painted gold-painted wooden box hanging behind the saddle. I don’t know what it was inside. The horse team trotted behind them, some servants holding bows and arrows holding hounds. The group went out of the north gate and headed to the other side of the mountain.

Helanbing and Situ Ce had been waiting outside for a long time. Both of them had changed their clothes and dressed in the martial arts world, but they rode two donkeys. This was because the horse was too eye-catching, and donkeys were very common and should not be noticed.

They were wearing a hat on their heads. Helanbing whispered to Situ Ce: "The big man in front is Pang Yuanwai. This man has martial arts skills, but his martial arts skills are average. With his strength, his archery skills are not bad. The fat boy behind is his precious son Pang Feng."

Situ Ce's eyes were more on the long box that was hanging immediately by the fat man. If there was a spear hidden inside, the case would have been revealed! He said, "Let's follow!"

The two followed far behind with the donkey. After leaving the North City, they saw a team of people waiting on the roadside. After meeting with the Pang family, they seemed to be in high spirits. Helan Bing's eyes were sharp-eyed and recognized him at a glance. He was the first fat man, none other than Zhong Bingzhi, a Jinyiwei Baihu Zhong Bingzhi!

The people following behind were also from the Jinyiwei, but they all changed into casual clothes, rode horses, and carried bows and arrows.

Situ Ce whispered: "Haha, this time I hunted, the Pang family called the Jinyiwei. Judging from this posture, I'm afraid it's not just hunting."

Helanbing nodded and said, "There is already a rumor in this case, and the Pang family has also smelled it. If it was really theirs, then this time I would have to find some way out. There are too many people in them. If there is any accident, we two are afraid that it will be difficult to deal with. Should we call Shi Meng and the others?"

Situ Ce shook his head slowly: "No! We can't fight hard. As long as we find the real murderer, we will not worry about not being able to catch him!"

“That’s true.”

After the Pang family and the Jinyiwei met in the distance, they began to walk to the side of the mountain.

Zhenhai County is an important town with a dense population and a relatively developed economy. People from all over the countryside have to come to the city to buy things and sell their goods. Therefore, people come and go on the official road outside the north side of the city, with traffic and traffic. The two of them rode donkeys and followed from afar, which was not very eye-catching.

After about an hour of walking, I entered the mountain. It was already sparsely populated. Helanbing and Situ Ce did not dare to follow too closely, so they could only tie the donkey to a secluded place at the foot of the mountain and then walk up the mountain to follow.

When they arrived on the mountain, suddenly, a dull gunshot sound came to their ears:

Bang!

The two of them stopped, and they were both surprised and there were muskets in the Pang family!

Helanbing said to Situ Ce: "You are waiting here, I'll go over and take a look!"

Situ Ce knew that he could not know martial arts and had to approach and observe, so he could easily be discovered by someone. If Helanbing himself was alone, he said, "Okay! Try to get the projectiles they fired, and I want to check if they were fired by the same gun."

Although Helanbing didn't know how Situ Ce could test whether it was a projectile shot by the same gun, he now knew that the weak scholar in front of him was very clever and he had the ability to do this.

Helanbing nodded and quietly disappeared in the dense forest.

Situ Ce found an empty tree hole and hid in, waiting quietly. Gunshots sounded from time to time in the distance, and the screams of servants clamoring to drive away wild beasts.

After a while, a figure appeared where he stood. It was Helanbing, carrying a deer on his shoulder! He was looking around.

Situ Ce quickly came out of the tree hole: "I'm here!" he whispered.

When Helanbing saw him, he hugged and came over, saying, "Okay, I got it!"

"What got it?"

"It's a projectile!" He Lanbing patted the deer on his shoulder, "Here, that's the thing! I saw the little fat man take a musket and hit the deer in the grass. Before they could come, I took it first. The projectile you want was inside the deer! Just dig it out when you go back."

Situ Ce smiled: "You are really capable. - Have you seen the musket that little fat man is holding?"

"That's right, it's a long musket that comes high by one person. This thing is really powerful. One shot can break the tree branches that are thick with a child's arms! It's just too slow. One shot has to be filled with gunpowder for a long time. I'm holding my breath, it's better than the bow and arrow."

"Haha, it has been confirmed that the Pang family has a gun, and the Pang family has lost another maid. The female corpse we found is wrapped in a long robe and is taught by the Pang family. Therefore, the Pang family has a major suspicion of committing the crime. Let's go back first and check the projectile. If it was fired by the same gun, measures can be taken to arrest it!"
Chapter completed!