Chapter 151 Secret Battle
The restraint on the postman's body was urgently released, but his body trembled a few times, his eyes bulged and he didn't move, black blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Duan Hu looked awkward, "Master Dao, I was careless."
Running back and forth, running back and forth, finally locked on to the target, and wanted to ask about the behind-the-scenes, but he messed it up, I am really ashamed.
Niu Youdao grabbed a piece of clothing from the house, threw it on the ground, and quickly piled it on the neck of the postman with his toes to prevent the blood from the corner of his mouth from flowing on the floor. Then he turned around and said, "No wonder you, who would have thought that the eyeliner of a post station is actually a dead man... But pay attention next time."
"Yes!" Duan Hu nodded embarrassingly, the matter was indeed not done well.
Niu Youdao looked around the room, "Search carefully, don't miss any suspicious clues, remember to reset the things you turned over."
"Yes!" Duan Hu responded, and immediately searched through boxes and cabinets.
Niu Youdao wasn't idle either, but he didn't act in a hurry, instead he looked slowly with his hands behind his back.
Soon, the birdcage on the roof pavilion was searched out, and there were a few feathers of Golden Wing inside. Niu Youdao took a look at it and asked him to put it back on the roof.
A piece of origami was found under the mattress, Duan Hu opened it and was taken aback for a moment, "Master Dao, look!"
Niu Youdao, who was squatting on the ground to check the body of the postman, raised his head, received it in his hand, his pupils staring at the portrait shrank suddenly, he stood up slowly, and asked, "Do you look like me?"
Duan Hu: "The faces are at least 70% similar, and with the hair tied behind by Master Dao, there are 90% similarities."
Niu Youdao's expression gradually became dignified. He can ink and paint, and can even identify the authenticity of antique calligraphy and paintings. He is an expert in some aspects, and he can tell at a glance that this portrait is not painted, but printed!
Slowly turning back to look at the poisonous blood in the quarrel of the postman on the ground, he said slowly: "Don't search any more, reset the things, take the body out and clean it up, don't leave any traces. Also, you can dress up in disguise, go back to this post station, find a way to bribe individual postmen, and find out the origin of this person."
"Good!" Duan Hu nodded.
Niu Youdao put away the painting, went to the window to look out, and disappeared into the forest behind while no one was there.
Back several miles away, after meeting Yuan Fang and Hei Mudan, Hei Mudan asked, "Master Dao, how are you doing?"
Niu Youdao took out the portrait and handed it out between two fingers.
Hei Mudan opened it to check, and Yuanfang's head moved closer. When they saw the person in the painting, they looked at each other in dismay.
"Master Dao, did you find this in the station?" Yuan Fang asked.
Niu Youdao, who was standing with his hands behind his back, didn't say a word, and was already deep in thought.
There was actually a portrait of himself in that post station. Although he had some doubts before, after actually seeing it, it was still a bit beyond his expectation. The deep meaning behind this made his heart heavy.
The portraits are printed, and if they are to be printed, they need to be engraved. A small number of portraits is not worth the trouble, which means that there are a large number of portraits of oneself. What is the purpose of the black hand behind the scenes to create so many portraits of oneself? Of course we want to find him!
And that postman is actually a dead man!
There are two types of dead men, one is those who fight to the death, and the other is those who have secrets that cannot be revealed, and the postman is obviously the latter!
He doesn't have any enemies in the Zhao country, and the same sentence, the person who can go to the Zhao country to kill him is either the court of the Yan country or the Song family!
Combined with this, who is this dead man with secrets?
To deal with him, would the Song family send an ordinary person who is not a monk but also has secrets? Not too possible!
Coupled with the secret confrontation a few days ago, it has been faintly revealed that the power of the comer is not trivial. The Song family is powerful in the country of Yan, but the power is not so powerful that it can quickly concentrate power in remote places in other countries at any time. This should be beyond the scope of the Song family's ability!
Combining all kinds of clues before and after, the answer is ready to come out, it is the secret personnel arranged by the court of Yan State in the territory of Zhao State!
Combined with a large number of portraits, Niu Youdao realized that the country of Yan had already used state power to find his whereabouts. Once he was found, he would naturally be dealt with. This was the consequence of him killing the envoy of the country of Yan!
This also solved the doubts in his mind before, why the person who bought his life did not contact the people of the three factions, the secret personnel arranged by the Yan State in the Zhao State could not be easily exposed, and the possibility of normal contact with Gao Sucong and others who hunted him down was very low.
As for the portrait in Liuxianzong's hand, although he didn't know if it was the same version as this portrait, but the portraits were used on both sides, he already suspected that either the Song family got it from the court, or the court got it from the Song family.
Lei Zongkang, who was waiting outside, guided Duan Hu and Wu Sanliang back.
Duan Hu, who jumped off his horse, walked quickly to Niu Youdao's side and handed over his hand to report: "Master Dao, I spent a few gold coins and found out from a postman that the deceased's name was Zhao Da. He used to be a horseman driving horses in a nearby city. Later, he was admired by an outsider.
"Ten days ago..." Niu Youdao muttered and raised his hand, "Map!"
They seemed to be used to his habit of looking at maps frequently, Yuan Fang took out the map and opened it with Duan Hu to show it in front of him.
Staring at the densely woven map of the route, Niu Youdao wondered whether this post station had eyeliner or all the post stations had eyeliner. He hoped that only that station had eyeliner and he happened to meet him, but he knew that this thought was to comfort himself.
He didn't know whether he deployed the net in the entire Zhao country because he was sure that he was in the Zhao country, or whether he deployed the net in all countries.
He has never looked down from the height of national power, and he doesn't know how big and wide this power is, but when he thinks that there are many stations on the way to South Korea, he feels a little uneasy.
He could walk on foot, avoiding the station, or he could disguise himself, and then walk apart in order not to attract attention.
However, there are a lot of inconveniences in it, and it is not an option to keep hiding while coming and going, and there is an unknown number of portraits that have spread out, and I don’t know who they are in the hands of, and I don’t know if they can avoid the other end if they avoid one end, which makes him feel heavy.
"Duan Hu, Wu Sanliang, Lei Zongkang." Niu Youdao called the three of them over, pointed to the map and said, "After the three of you disguised yourself, you will take three routes from this fork in the road. Don't let any of the posts along the way be missed, and ask the postmen one by one to see if there are any recent postmen like Zhao Da. The location of the post is marked on the map. Return on time at this hour three days later, and meet here!"
He couldn't be sure that the eyeliner in the station had always been there, Zhao Da was just a special case, or what was going on.
The three of them didn't understand what he was doing, they just had to avoid the station if there was a problem, why bother to compete with these stations, but they still clapped their hands together and said: "Yes!"
Niu Youdao: "Spend money along the way to find post stations to replace the horses, horses and people don't stop, let's start immediately!"
"Yes!" The three of them took the order, immediately put on makeup and changed their appearance, and then rode out of the forest, arrived at a nearby fork in the road, and separated.
After the three left, Niu Youdao didn't stay where he was, and continued to go deep into the mountains, hiding away from this place...
Chizhou Fucheng, in the study of Quanfu.
Quan Shaokang, who was sitting behind the case, had a sullen face, "Is there still no news?"
A post station reported to the superior postman that there was a sudden loss of a postman, and he didn't know where he went or went home. On the surface, this matter was just a loss of a person, but after the news came out, it immediately alarmed this side, because this side knew the true identity of the postman.
Butler Quan Qiao: "I'm still looking for it at the post station. I don't know if I got lost in the mountains."
Quan Shaokang: "He just sent a message over there, and he lost him. Do you think it's such a coincidence? Maybe it has already fallen into Niu Youdao's hands."
Quan Qiao hesitated and said: "He is only responsible for sending a message, and there will be no other unnecessary actions. There are so many stations along the way, how can Niu Youdao be able to lock that station and lock him? It seems impossible!"
Quan Shaokang slowly stood up, "It's hard to say, this Niu Youdao is very unusual. I noticed it when we fought against each other. Within the sphere of influence of Duyun Mountain, with his strength, he can actually make the people of Duyun Mountain admit defeat, give up, and lose money. This shows it. The second time, the same station and the same informant found him, and the people who were mobilized afterwards did not find him at all. There was a problem with his appearance at the station the second time, and he should be suspected."
Walking out of the book case, he wandered with his hands behind his back, and then suddenly stopped and said, "For safety reasons, immediately notify the uplines who have direct contact with the missing person to transfer, immediately contact the post stations in Chizhou to perform the same task to enter a state of silence, and transfer all the uplines who have direct contact with them!"
Quan Qiao: "Above..."
Quan Shaokang: "Execute immediately! I will explain to the above."
"Yes!" Quan Qiao took the lead.
Three days later, the agreed time was approaching.
In a valley, Niu Youdao sent Hei Mudan to pick up Duan Hu and the others, and called Yuanfang over, "I'm going to observe other places. You hide on the way and see if there is anyone following them. If there is no follower, you come back and light the pile of firewood I piled up yesterday at the back of the valley, and meet them again. If there is anyone, don't come back. Go directly to this place, and I will meet you." The map pointed out a location.
"Okay!" Yuan Fang understood what he meant, nodded and left quickly.
Niu Youdao looked around and disappeared into the depths of the forest.
So, after Hei Mudan came back with Duan Hu and the three, he found that there was no one in the valley, and he searched everywhere but found no one.
No one could be found, so Hei Mudan had no choice but to shout loudly: "Master Dao... Lord Dao..."
After a while, Yuan Fang's voice came, "What are you shouting about, Daoist has something to do, come back right away."
A few people turned their heads and saw Yuan Fang flashing out from the forest nearby.
After a while, Wu Sanliang pointed to the back of the valley, "Look, there is smoke behind the mountain."
Several people looked and saw smoke rising from behind the mountain, so they flew over to check.
When I came to the mountain, I saw piles of firewood burning raging fire, but no one was there.
Not long after, Niu Youdao took a few washed and peeled pheasants, hares, etc., and plundered them from the mountain, and handed them to Hei Mudan, "Roast it, everyone has worked hard, and I will reward everyone."