sbdcsierra Chapter 227: Arrest
Chapter 227: Arrest
Shen Lingzhu shot an arrow and found that there was no more movement above. She pretended to chase: "Senior Sister, he ran away. He is the only one up there."
"Get down." Shen Miaozhu pushed her down, and turned around to see a group of officers hiding in the ditch and not moving, so she pressed her junior sister down hard and didn't move.
Until I heard Li Laojunhu shouting, "The man has already run away."
She let go of her junior sister, and then saw her junior sister suddenly stand up and then fall down.
Shen Miaozhu panicked and reached out to help, but she heard her say, "Brother Chengzhu, let go."
After Shen Lingzhu stood firmly, she bent down and worked with her senior sister to pull away the hands of her cousin. It turned out that the cousin they had pulled over before had been holding her ankles because he was too nervous.
"Xiao Zhuzi, do you still want to follow the officials? Don't go, it's too dangerous." Shen Chengzhu's legs were still weak. He looked at the group of officials who were being urged and scolded by the registrar to climb up the mountain.
At this moment, Li Laojunhu came over with a lot of arrows: "The enemy should have no arrows left, or at least no more than three.
You see, there are traces of blood on the tail feathers, but it didn't hit any of us, which means his arm was seriously injured."
Shen Lingzhu took it and examined it, "Since he was injured, why didn't he run away quickly? Why did he shoot us?
Even if it's Shi Wu, there's no way he'd cause trouble for us while escaping, right?"
"Well, the place I pointed to just now is probably his hiding place. He is worried that we will go up and catch him." Li Laojunhu's eyesight was not blurry. He noticed that when he pointed to the mountainside, the registrar also heard and looked over there.
"By accident, he exposed himself, making it easier to capture him.
"Shall we go and take a look?" The donkey he was riding was shot dead, and we have to find out who the murderer is.
"Grandpa Li, he might have two quivers with him, and if he runs away first, he might set an ambush in the forest." Shen Miaozhu was more cautious.
Shen Lingzhu asked, "Does Shi Wulang have the brains to do this?"
"It could also be another of his guards, he must be very powerful.
Therefore, I do not recommend following him. It is better to follow the mountain path to chase the real wanted person." Shen Miaozhu said this because she judged from the state displayed by Shi Wulang that he was not a person who had practiced martial arts for many years.
However, archery is not about making their own bows and crossbows. It requires the bow holder to have strong arms and be able to draw the bow and practice it often.
"If it's not Shi Wulang, there's no point in chasing him." Because arrows were shot down continuously just now, Shen Lingzhu didn't see the man's appearance clearly, and the mountainside was not close to the mountain path, but she believed in her senior sister's judgment.
And I haven’t seen my uncle for so long, so it really can’t be the case.
Seeing that the two men had reached a consensus, Li Laojunhu thought for a moment and said, "But the Dianshi and the others haven't left yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liao Dianshi was urged over by several yamen runners who hadn't climbed the mountain. He said politely, "Catch Shiwu, and the two Miss Shens will take the credit."
Shen Miaozhu would not take credit for it, "The Dianshi worked hard along the way, so he should be the main contributor.
But the person above may not be one of them."
Liao Dianshi frowned: "Isn't it?"
"We'll know once we catch up with him." Shen Lingzhu suspected that he was trying to get rid of the blame for catching Shi Wu, after all, Duke Zhong was there.
Unexpectedly, Liao Dianshi said, "If it's not Shi Wu, we have to pursue him along the mountain road as soon as possible. If we delay any longer, he will go deep into the mountains and we will not be able to catch him."
Upon hearing this, Shen Lingzhu couldn't help but look at her senior sister and a question emerged in her mind. The registrar didn't even want to offend his uncle who was dismissed from office, so how could he dare to offend the Duke's Mansion?
Liao Dianshi was very clever. He saw what the two men meant and said with a light cough, "Shi Wu's cousin was plotting a rebellion and has been arrested in Datong.
Duke Zhongguo has been stripped of all official positions and is currently confined to his residence to reflect on his mistakes for at least three months."
"So Shi Wu killed people and fled after receiving the news. He didn't want to go to Beijing but wanted to leave the country?" Old military household Li reacted very quickly.
Liao Dianshi said, "It's hard to say. You have to ask him."
This answer is very Liao Dianshi.
Shen Lingzhu looked at the people climbing up the mountain and asked, "Leave them behind and continue chasing them?"
"Yes." Liao Dianshi was very happy that the Shen family had come after them. "Let's go together?"
"Okay." Shen Miaozhu was secretly hit on the back by Shen Lingzhu, and of course she understood what she meant.
The good thing was that after they agreed, the registrar lent them two donkeys, so Shen Lingzhu and Li Laojunhu could ride the donkeys alone again.
She tried to persuade Shen Chengzhu to return to the city, but this cousin was a responsible person and insisted on "protecting" them both.
After the troops split into two groups, the yamen runners who continued to pursue the enemy were obviously not as active as at the beginning. They kept looking at the hillsides on both sides from time to time, fearing that another arrow would be shot from somewhere.
Fortunately, there were no sneak attacks, and I didn’t even see anyone else walking on the mountain trail.
"Which road did my uncle follow?" As they walked deeper and deeper into the mountain, the road became difficult to walk on. Shen Lingzhu really couldn't see any trace of his uncle passing by, and two more mountain roads appeared in front of him.
Shen Miaozhu told her not to worry, and turned to ask, "Grandpa Li, can you tell which way Uncle is going?"
"Wait, let me take a look." Old Li Junhu paused and said, "Miss Shen, tell the registrar that we need to stop."
"Okay." Shen Lingzhu didn't want to go the wrong way at all.
She patted the donkey and walked towards Liao Dianshi who was leading the group. However, before she reached him, she suddenly noticed that the bushes on the side of a mountain path ahead were shaking abnormally because there was no wind today.
The sun was scorching and there was not a trace of wind.
After being hit by a cold arrow in front of her, Shen Lingzhu grabbed her bamboo crossbow without hesitation, put in the arrow, and pulled it with her little hand. With a "whoosh" sound, the arrow flew towards that place like lightning.
Just as Liao Dianshi and others were shocked by her actions, she screamed in pain, attracting everyone's attention.
"Catch him!" The old soldier Li who was protecting Shen Lingzhu shouted. Dianshi Liao started his horse and drew his sword to gallop ahead of the yamen runners.
When everyone saw the four masters rushing forward, they naturally drew their swords and rushed forward as well, always on guard against hidden arrows and ready to lie down.
But the distance was only a dozen feet, and they only had to spur their mounts slightly, and in the blink of an eye they had run to the place where the scream of pain had just occurred.
On this side, Shen Lingzhu watched as two or three yamen runners dismounted and rushed straight to the person they had targeted.
She wanted to spur her donkey forward, but the donkey of Li Laojunhu stopped in front of her and said, "That man must have been shot and left for the officers to catch."
He placed special emphasis on the word "official", so Shen Lingzhu could hear it. She pondered for a moment and then nodded, then waved vigorously to her senior sister who was walking slowly towards her in the distance.
Apparently, the senior sister was very satisfied with her obedience. When Chengzhu approached, she simply asked, "Who do you think it is?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the rushing yamen runners cheering: "We caught him! We caught Shi Wulang."
"Miss Shen is so awesome." Old Li Junhu was praising her. It was true that she could catch a wanted criminal with just one shot.
Shen Lingzhu's eyes were full of disbelief. It was not until the yamen runners dragged the man out from the mountain path that she saw clearly that Shi Wulang still had the arrow in his body.