Chapter 581

When Ma Hui came to Ye Xiaotian and told him that Hua Yunfei had been captured, Hua Yunfei had not actually been captured. He was just trapped.

Hua Yunfei was an excellent hunter. He was adept at fighting in the mountains and jungles. He was agile and agile like a ghost. It was not an exaggeration to say that once he entered the mountains and jungles, he was like a god who controlled life and death. Even a real martial arts expert who was several times stronger than him might not be able to escape unscathed under his endless attacks.

However, Gourd County was not a jungle, and the people in Gourd County were not the grass in the mountains.

Hua Yunfei used his hunter's experience and tactics to deal with Qi Mu. At first, it was quite easy for him. However, when Qi Mu mobilized all of his men and mobilized all the patrol officers to hunt him down, Hua Yunfei started to feel a little tired.

Although Ye Xiaotian used the power of the government to attack Qi Mu, he could not just attack Qi Mu's businesses under the guise of hunting down Hua Yunfei. As a result, Hua Yunfei was even more exhausted.

It was difficult for him to hide in the county town. In the mountains, he could dig a hole or climb a tree, set up some traps, and then have a good night's sleep. But he could not hide here.

Warehouses, mills, and other places that were rarely visited by people were now being searched by groups after groups of people. As for places with a lot of people, an underage child like him was an even more obvious target. Those city foxes and local ruffians had a very keen sense of smell for every unfamiliar face that appeared here.

Hua Yunfei was an excellent sniper. He needed a logistics base that could provide him with sufficient protection in order to unleash his full potential. However, he had nothing here. He had no help at all. He could only fight on his own.

It was also unrealistic for him to hide in the mountains. A small city like this was filled with the Qi family's eyes and ears. Not to mention, he had to carry a weapon with him. It was almost impossible for him to go in and out of the city without being discovered. Even so, Qi Mu still managed to hide for a long time in Gourd County, a small city that had almost no secrets to him. But in the process, he was exhausted.

The reason why Hua Yunfei was discovered today was not because he fell into a trap when he was trying to assassinate Qi Mu. It was also not because he was tracked down and analyzed by some famous detective who accurately pinpointed his location. It was because he was discovered by a gambling addict who accidentally stumbled upon him.

This gambling addict was Li Yue, the gambler who attacked Ma Hui with the Pai Gow on the rainy night when Ye Xiaotian attacked Qi Mu's casino, brothels, teahouses, and restaurants.

Li Yue was also arrested at that time, but his crime was not serious. Since the prison was overcrowded, the prison guards only gave him a round of beatings. After that, he was released. After Li Yue was released, Ma Zi came looking for trouble. He came to collect the debt.

Li Yue wanted to repay the debt with his body and his wife, but this time, Ma Zi refused to do so. Ma Zi's gambling money and winnings were all gone that night. Needless to say, the money naturally fell into the pockets of the constables. How could Ma Zi get it back?

Ma Zi believed that if Li Yue did not attack the constables, the constables would not have fought him. If the constables did not fight him, the money he won would not have been stolen by the constables. Therefore, the debt was naturally on Li Yue's head.

Li Yue did not have the money to pay him back. When he heard that Ma Zi threatened to cut off one of his legs if he did not pay him back in three days, Li Yue believed in the saying of the charlatan and wanted to sleep on a coffin. It was said that if one could sleep on a coffin alone for a night and absorb the "air" of the coffin, he would be successful in gambling.

But the dead were the most important. Who would let him sleep on a coffin after a death? Unless it was an ownerless coffin, and Hulu County happened to have such a place — the "morgue". This "morgue" was funded and built by Hong Baichuan. Hong Baichuan was a well-known philanthropist in Hulu County.

Li Yue struggled for half the night. Finally, he mustered up the courage to sneak into the "morgue". At this time, Hua Yunfei was hiding in the morgue. This was one of the few places in the county that could provide shelter for him. The morgue was actually a place that the ruffians repeatedly searched. But since it was a place where corpses were stored, everyone had some reservations about it. Therefore, they did not come here often and did not search very carefully.

For the past few days, Hua Yunfei had been hiding from place to place and had not been able to sleep in peace. He was already exhausted, tossing and turning. In the end, he returned to the 'memorial hall' again. In the first half of the night, he was still alert, but as his tiredness grew stronger, he thought that no one would come to such a place to investigate in the middle of the night, so he fell into a deep sleep on the beam.

Li Yue avoided the guards of the "morgue" and sneaked into the place where the coffins were stored. His five senses became unusually sensitive in the dark. Suddenly, he heard a light snoring sound. Li Yue was scared out of his wits. He turned around and wanted to run away. Suddenly, he thought that ghosts did not snore. Could it be that he had met a "colleague"?

Li Yue was at his wit's end. He braced himself and sneaked in. He did not dare to turn on the light. Fortunately, he had been here when he followed Master Qi's thugs to search and was familiar with the situation inside. He knew that there were a total of three coffins in this place. He also remembered their positions.

Li Yue touched the coffins one by one. The coffins were all empty. No one was in sight. The snoring seemed to come from the beam. He suddenly became suspicious. Which gentleman would come to this place, unless …

Li Yue did not care whether his judgment was correct or not. He only thought of the huge reward Master Qi had offered. He was so happy that his heart was about to explode. Li Yue immediately left and rushed to the Qi mansion. Because he was in such a hurry, he did not have time to report his identity and was almost killed by the heavily guarded Qi mansion as an assassin.

When the head steward of the Qi mansion, Fan Lei, heard about the situation at the morgue, he immediately felt that it was highly possible. He hurriedly wanted to send some people there. But he thought that although the other party was alone, he was as cunning as a fox and moved like a wolf. He could not be taken lightly. It was dark and the morgue was in a relatively remote place. It was easy to escape. For safety reasons, Fan Lei immediately reported to Qi Mu. Qi Mu immediately ordered him to find Luo Xiaoye and get the patrol officers to help arrest the person.

When Fan Lei had enough people, he used Qi Mu's name to force Luo Xiaoye to get the soldiers. The two worked together all the way. The sky was almost bright. They rushed to the morgue together and first took control of Old Cang who was in charge of the morgue. Then, they surrounded the morgue.

By the time they finished their deployment and started to attack the morgue, Hua Yunfei had already woken up. Hua Yunfei's archery skills were unparalleled. With a bow in his hand, no arrows missed their target. Many of Qi Mu's brave men were shot down in a row. They hastily dismantled the door planks and other objects to use as shields.

As a result, the two sides were in a deadlock until the sky was bright. When the commoners learned of the incident, they were surrounded by the morgue's lonely morgue as if they were facing a great enemy. They were still unable to advance an inch. Ma Hui was on his way to the yamen when he learned of the incident. He immediately ran to report to Ye Xiaotian.

When Ye Xiaotian heard this, his face tensed up. He immediately ordered, "Quick! Gather people and head to the morgue at once! "

Su Xuntian, who had just arrived and had yet to catch his breath, groaned inwardly. Suddenly, he saw a porter leading a donkey passing by. Su Xuntian's eyes lit up and he pointed at him and shouted, "You, come here!"

…

There were three people that Qi Mu hated the most at the moment. Ye Xiaotian and Hua Yunfei were two of them. The last one was Register Wang.

Two days ago, Qi Mu paid a visit to Register Wang with lavish gifts. He wanted to ask Register Wang's help to create some commotion in the mountain tribe. Then, he could coordinate with the riots in Hulu County to exert pressure on the magistrate. When the time came, Magistrate Hua would definitely stop Ye Xiaotian from going crazy, fearing that the situation would escalate into a riot.

It was like a 'beast fighting flag'. The elephant would subdue the lion, the lion would subdue the wolf, the wolf would subdue the dog, the dog would subdue the cat, the cat would subdue the mouse, and the mouse would subdue the elephant … He couldn't do anything to the crazy Warden, but the most incompetent Magistrate Hua could.

Qi Mu thought that Register Wang would gladly agree to his request. The crazy Warden had already taken down County Magistrate Meng. If he took down Qi Mu as well, half of Hulu County's territory would fall into Magistrate Hua's hands. Both County Magistrate Meng and Register Wang were deeply afraid of this.

But he didn't expect that when Qi Mu arrived at the Prince's Mansion, the Registrar Wang just hummed and hawed in a perfunctory manner. Qi Mu was injured and couldn't speak, so he could only rely on Fan Lei to speak for him. Seeing that the Registrar Wang didn't even bother to hide his gloating expression, Qi Mu returned in a rage.

But he still knew what was important and what was not. Catching the assassin Hua Yunfei was his top priority. Next, he had to defeat the crazy Warden and rescue County Magistrate Meng. After that, he could deal with the old fox Register Wang.

In the middle of the night, when he heard that Hua Yunfei had been found, Qi Mu was overjoyed. But at that time, he only ordered Fan Lei to mobilize people to surround the memorial hall, and he didn't show up himself. The reason was funny. Master Qi, who was brave and fearless when he conquered the world, was now living like a prince, enjoying endless glory and wealth. His temperament had changed. He was worried that this was Hua Yunfei's trick. He was worried that in the dark, no one knew where he would shoot another sharp arrow.

When the sky was bright, Qi Mu led a large group of bodyguards and rode on his custom-made car to the memorial hall. Along the way, people kept coming back to report that Hua Yunfei was besieged and couldn't escape even if he had wings. Qi Mu's heart was at ease. He fiercely made a few hand gestures to his subordinates. The confidant understood and said, "Yes! Your subordinate will get it done now! "

Qi Mu gestured for his subordinates to get bows and arrows. When he heard that Hua Yunfei relied on bows and arrows to hold off ten thousand enemies by himself, Qi Mu also had the idea of getting bows and arrows.

Bows and arrows, armor, long spears, these types of weapons and equipment were strictly prohibited. Otherwise, it would be considered a rebellion. But at this time, the laws of the Great Ming Dynasty were not as strict as they were at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the unique political situation in the Guizhou region, Qi Mu privately made dozens of bows and arrows.

Qi Mu was not making bows and arrows for the purpose of rebellion. Even though he had great power now, there would still be some desperadoes who had designs on his goods during the transportation of the courier routes. Bows and arrows were the most incisive self-defense weapons. How could Qi Mu not use them?

His subordinate received the order and left. Qi Mu ordered his men to speed up and head straight for the memorial hall. At this time, Ye Xiaotian was also rushing to the memorial hall at full speed from another direction. From afar, he could see a thick plume of smoke billowing up from the direction of the memorial hall. It was like a beacon of smoke rushing to the sky …