Lanting prelude

Chapter 32
After Pang Bo, who had a broken arm and was dripping with blood, was carried back to Wuliang Mountain, the entire Thousand Devils Cave exploded. More than 1000 brothers on and off the wandering rudder were outraged, and they all expressed their intention to chop Pei Tinglong to avenge the second leader.

However, after a short period of anger, a pragmatic voice emerged: Is it worth it to openly fight Xuanjiawei just because of Xiao Junmo and the others?Although they are members of the Sky Punishment League, the current Sky Punishment League has already been torn apart and is not affiliated with each other. Is it worthwhile to put more than 1000 brothers in the Thousand Demon Cave in danger for them?

As soon as this kind of voice came out, many people quickly echoed it, and they were divided into two opposing camps invisibly: those headed by the third master and the fourth master thought it was unwise to turn against Xuanjiawei, so it was better to make Xiao Junmo and the others handed over; Warlinger and Bomber insisted on keeping them, and categorically stated that they would pay any price.

The two sides quarreled over this, so the third master and the fourth master gathered a group of confidantes and forced Hua Linger to come to the conference hall to discuss and ask her to make a final decision.

However, the two sides debated for a long time, still at a stalemate.Hua Ling'er said coldly: "In short, I still say the same thing, no matter how much I pay, I will not betray the brothers of the Sky Punishment Alliance. Anyone who is afraid of admitting death is not a member of my Thousand Demon Cave."

Sidangjia is a black-faced man, he jumped up from his seat when he heard the words, and said in a rough voice: "Dadangjia, what you said is too heartless, right? Our brothers in Qianmo Cave were born and died with the old man Yes, everyone has worked hard, now you are going to turn against your brothers because of a few outsiders?"

The old man he was talking about was Hua Ling'er's father, Hua Chongwu, Hua Ping's ninth grandson, the master of Yuan Lang You's helm, died of illness a year ago, and passed the seat to Hua Ling'er before he died.Over the past year, the old people in the rudder, such as the third master and the fourth master, respect Hua Linger on the surface, but they still treat her like a little girl behind the scenes. A matter of life and death, her true attitude towards her was revealed.

"Four masters, don't talk about my father." Hua Ling'er said, "Based on what I know about his old man, if he were sitting here today, he would not allow anyone to betray the brothers of the Heavenly Punishment League out of greed for life and fear of death .”

"Isn't it likely?" The third family member who was as thin as a hemp stalk suddenly said leisurely, "Of course the old man is chivalrous and courageous, but he knows how to assess the situation and avoid disadvantages. How could it be possible to live to this day and still be so strong?"

"Three masters are true." Hua Ling'er smiled lightly, "But as far as I know, we and the other sub-helms of the Tianxing League were not inseparable from each other. If we didn't help each other, how could we have Today? As a human being, we must not forget our roots. We were born as members of the Tianxing League and died as ghosts of the Tianxing League. We must not do anything to betray our brothers!"

"Big head, please forgive me for saying something bad." The fourth head looked at Hua Ling'er and smiled ambiguously, "You said it was for the brothers of the Heavenly Punishment League, but in your heart it was for that white-faced gentleman Right? It is reasonable to say that the subordinates have no right to ask who the head of the family likes, but if you want to risk the lives of more than 1000 brothers for him alone, I cannot agree."

Hua Ling'er was angry at first when she heard the words, and then suddenly giggled: "Yes, I like Xiao Junmo, there is nothing I dare not admit, but one size counts for one size, and keeping them is out of morality, isn't it It's out of the children's personal relationship. Believe it or not, if you have any objections, then I won't force you to stay, you can take your people and leave at any time, and you don't have to be implicated by me."

"Elder Master, there are so many men in the world, why did you have to hang yourself from a tree?" Third Master asked with squinting eyes.

"This is my private matter, it's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks!" Hua Ling'er's face sank, "I'll just leave the word here today, whether I like Xiao Junmo or not, I will save the four of them! If you agree, leave immediately, and I will never stop you!"

"Hua Ling'er, I'm afraid you're the only one who can say this, right?" The Sidang family also changed his face, "This Thousand Devils Cave is the foundation laid by our brothers with all our efforts. Why should we let us go? If we want to go, we should go." Are you going?"

"The fourth master is right!" The third master also stood up from his seat and stared at Hua Linger, "Our old brothers call you the master, it is for the sake of the old man, if you only care about your children If you are in love, obsessed with obsession, and insist on going your own way, don't blame us for turning our faces and denying others!"

Having said that, even if the two sides were tearing each other apart, before Hua Linger got angry, a group of her confidantes stood up one after another, pointing at the noses of the third and fourth masters and swearing.The people on the other side also jumped up and cursed loudly, and some even drew their knives.The situation took a turn for the worse, and Pang Bo, who was recovering from his injuries, was hurriedly carried over to try to persuade him, but in the chaos, no one listened to him. Instead, he was pushed and shoved a few times, almost falling off his shoulders .

Just when the two sides were at war, Xiao Junmo suddenly appeared at the entrance of the meeting hall.Several guards tried to stop him, but he pushed them away, and then Xiao Junmo strode in, walking straight between the two groups of people.The cave, which was still noisy just now, suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at him in unison.

"Everyone, stop arguing." Xiao Junmo looked around at the crowd and said calmly, "You can hand me over, but you must release Zuo Shi and Miss Chu."

Hua Ling'er was startled, and quickly stood up from the stone couch, looking at Xiao Junmo in disbelief.

Hearing this, everyone present looked at each other in blank dismay.The third family was the first to speak: "Xiao Lang's words are serious?"

"Do you think I'm joking?" Xiao Junmo's tone was very calm.

The third master and the fourth master exchanged glances.This should be regarded as a reasonable solution. Although Pei Tinglong wanted the four of them, as long as Xiao Junmo, the leader, was caught, he would no longer make things difficult for Qianmodong.Taking a step back, even if Pei Tinglong is not satisfied by then, he can arrest those three people again.

The four masters laughed loudly: "Okay, one person does things and the other is in charge, you are a man!"

"Let Zuoshi let them go first, I have to take a step back, and I can only go with you when the last time that Pei Tinglong set for you arrives." Xiao Junmo seemed to have read their minds, so he wanted to fight for this precious three days. run away.

"No problem!" The third master slapped his chest immediately, "Since Xiao Lang is so forthright, we don't care about it, I'll let the three of them be released now."

"Slow!" Hua Ling'er walked down the steps quickly, and came straight to the third master, "Third master, me and the second master are not dead yet, when will it be your turn to be the master of this Thousand Devils Cave?"

The third master smiled awkwardly: "Elder master, you have seen it too, this is not my decision, it is Xiao Lang's own decision. If you want to keep him, it has to be willing, right?"

Hua Ling'er glanced at him coldly, then turned to Xiao Junmo: "Xiao Lang, you don't have to do this, even if I'm the last person left at the steering wheel, I won't just watch you die."

"Big Master, I appreciate your kindness." Xiao Junmo smiled faintly, "This is the end of the matter, I don't want to involve others anymore. You, the Third Master, and the Fourth Master should not draw swords for me. I am Xuanjia Although Wei's time is not long, he has gone through the gates of hell a few times, this life was originally picked up, and now that he dies, I have already earned it."

"No, I can't let you die." Hua Ling'er didn't care about the people present at all, and looked directly at him with fiery eyes.

Xiao Junmo hurriedly avoided, and said to the third master: "Third master, let them go without delay. Besides, Pei Tinglong must still be guarding at the bottom of the mountain now, please arrange a guide to take them away from the back mountain."

The third master was overjoyed: "Okay, I will send them away in person." After speaking, he walked quickly towards the entrance of the cave.

Hua Ling'er looked at his receding back, her eyes flashed, as if she had made some important decision, and she said in a deep voice, "Stop!"

The third master turned around.

"You don't have to go, I'll send them away." After Hua Ling'er finished speaking, she turned her head and said to Xiao Junmo, "You go too, let's go together."

Xiao Junmo was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

The other three masters also looked at each other, not knowing what she wanted to do.Hua Ling'er said: "The third master, the fourth master, didn't you just say that I should go? Well, I will leave now, but Xiao Lang and the others have to go with me, so that you will be clean."

When everyone heard this, Monk Zhang Er was puzzled, and Xiao Junmo was even more puzzled.Pang Bo hurriedly said: "The first master, just now the third master and the fourth master are all angry words, you must not take it seriously..."

"No, this matter has nothing to do with them, I want to leave myself." Hua Ling'er smiled, her expression suddenly became very relaxed.After she finished speaking, she whispered something to the maid, who left in a hurry.After a while, the maid came back, holding a copper box in her hand.Hua Ling'er opened the copper box and took out something.

Xiao Junmo saw that it was a Pixiu on the left side, which was the wine glass of Lang Yourudder.On the back of Pixiu, there are four sun-engraved words "Wandering Cup", Xiao Junmo noticed that the writing style of the character "Zhi" is completely different from the character "Zhi" in "Boundless Cup".This undoubtedly further confirmed his previous speculation: Wang Xizhi wrote twenty different "Zhi" characters in the original "Lanting Preface", and then used them on one alliance seal and nineteen sub-rudder seals respectively.

"Pangbo," Hua Ling'er walked up to Pangbo holding the wine glass, "you are my father's most trusted brother, now I will hand over the wine glass to you, and I will also give you the more than 1000 brothers from the Thousand Demon Cave , I think my father's spirit in heaven will definitely not object." After speaking, Hua Ling'er could not help but stuff the wine glass into Pangbo's hand.

Pang Bo didn't dare to accept it, but Hua Ling'er didn't allow him to refuse at all.Immediately afterwards, Hua Linger looked around at everyone present, and said loudly: "Brothers, it is my honor, Hua Linger, to be able to go through life and death with you, but there is no feast that lasts forever, and I have decided to leave today, please start immediately." , follow the order of the second leader... No, it is the order of the first leader, and I, Hua Linger, thank you all here!" After speaking, I clasped my fists and bowed to everyone.

The third master and the fourth master looked shocked, but they still couldn't react.

"Third master, fourth master, after I leave, you can tell the truth to Pei Tinglong, just say that I absconded with Xiao Junmo and others, and I did everything alone, and it has nothing to do with Thousand Demon Cave." Hua Ling'er looked Frankly, even with a smile on his face, "If he still wants to trouble the Thousand Devils Cave, he will have Lao Er and Pang... and Pang Pang, and take the brothers to transfer. Anyway, Wuliang Mountain is so big, there are caves everywhere, where No place to live? If there are green hills left, we don’t have to worry about no firewood. I believe that no matter where we wandering brothers go, we can still set up the banner. Please!” After finishing speaking, he bowed again.

"Big... Big master, listen to me." Only then did the third master realize that Hua Ling'er was serious, "Just now, the fourth master and I were in a hurry, and we didn't choose what to say, don't take it to heart, this ... You still have to be the owner of this house, you can't just leave..."

"Needless to say, I've made up my mind." Hua Ling'er smiled, and bowed to them and everyone, "Take care, everyone, I'm leaving now." After speaking, regardless of Xiao Junmo's reaction, he took his hand and said goodbye Go to the entrance of the cave.

Xiao Junmo came back to his senses, and hurried to break his hand away.

"Don't move, save face." Hua Ling'er whispered, "I won't even be the boss, if I can't even hold your hand, wouldn't it make people laugh?"

Xiao Junmo couldn't laugh or cry, in order to save her face, he had no choice but to hold back his hand. "I said Hua Ling'er, you are not playing for real, are you?"

"I, Hua Ling'er, always keep my word. What's more, I've handed over the wine glasses, how can there be fake ones?" Hua Ling'er glanced at him, "I have nothing now, so you can't let me down."

"I didn't do anything to you, what do you mean I'm sorry?" Xiao Junmo had dealt with her for two days, and he knew that she should not be too polite when talking to her, "You kidnapped me from the beginning, and later you kidnapped me Forced to stay here, and now you are pulling me away, but in the end it seems like I have done something to you! I said you are unreasonable? Do you always do things regardless of other people's feelings?"

"You're right, I've always been like this." Hua Ling'er smiled sweetly, "You'd better get used to it as soon as possible, we will have a long time together in the future!"

"You can follow me, but we have to make an agreement." Xiao Junmo said.

"Success, as long as you promise to take me with you, let alone three chapters, thirty chapters will do!"

"One, don't just pull and pull." Xiao Junmo saw that he had reached the entrance of the cave, out of the sight of everyone behind him, and suddenly pulled his hand out, "Whether a man or a woman can kiss or not, you have to be more self-respecting as a girl. Second, I only Take your brother from the punishment alliance that day, and take you away to escort the left envoy of the alliance. Once the mission is completed, you will come back to be your master, and you are not allowed to think about anything else..."

Hua Ling'er pouted, and just about to say something, Xiao Junmo's face darkened: "Don't interrupt, listen to me! Third, you must listen to me in everything along the way, and you must not make arbitrary claims. And..."

"Didn't you say that there are three chapters of the agreement? Why are there still?" Hua Ling'er was very displeased.

"Didn't you say that all thirty chapters are done? Do you regret it now?" Xiao Junmo stopped and smiled, "It's okay, it's too late to regret it now."

"I...I don't regret it!" Hua Ling'er pouted and gave him a blank look, "Say it."

"Fourth, look at your age. You are younger than me and older than Miss Chu, so you have to respect the old and love the young..."

"What? Respect the old and love the young? How old are you? How young is Chu Lisang?"

"I'm 25 this year, older than you, right? Miss Chu is [-] years old, younger than you, right?" Xiao Junmo said nonsense.

Hua Ling'er snorted and stopped talking.She is 23 this year, so she really has nothing to argue about.

"So, you have to respect the old and love the young, don't flirt with me, don't be too big or small, and don't always be snarky when talking to Miss Chu, and don't bully her casually, do you hear me?"

Hua Linger's face was full of displeasure, but she had no choice but to mutter: "It's alright, alright, don't gossip like an old woman."

The two walked away in the cave while talking, and after a while, Chu Lisang came out from behind a rock.

She heard everything they said about the "Three Chapters of the Covenant" just now.Originally, she was somewhat jealous of Hua Ling'er in her heart, but now she finally felt relieved——Xiao Junmo didn't mean that much to Hua Ling'er at all, it was purely the "devil's" self-importance.That being the case, what else is there to be jealous about?
Along the way, in fact, she has already felt that Xiao Junmo still has her in his heart, but for some reason, he always clicks to the end and refuses to confess to her.Chu Lisang thought to herself that she was not the kind of little girl who loved each other, but she just hoped that Xiao Junmo could say a word of confession himself.

Chu Lisang thought, if she could listen to him, she would be satisfied.Even if I can't be with him in the future, I will have no regrets.

Ever since Wang Hongyi inquired about the Zoroastrian Temple in Puningfang, he concluded that Doris must still be hiding in the Zoroastrian Temple.Therefore, not only did he set up a large number of eyes and ears around the Zoroastrian Temple, but he also found a house near the Zoroastrian Temple to settle down and personally commanded it.

Last night, he ordered Wei Laoliu to capture two Persian deacons from the Zoroastrian Temple, tortured them all night, and asked Doris about her whereabouts.However, he did not torture two people together, but adopted a special method: torture one of them while letting the other watch.

The one who was tortured insisted that Doris had already left Chang'an long before he was beaten to death, while the one watching finally broke down after urinating several times in fear, admitting that he had seen her in the Zoroastrian Temple ten days ago. I have seen Doris, but I really haven't seen her these days.

Wang Hongyi knew that he wasn't lying, so it was useless to ask, so he changed the question: "Apart from the front and back gates, do you have any secret passages in the Zoroastrian Temple?"

The man shook his head and said that even if there was, he wouldn't know.

Wang Hongyi was right when he thought about it. Apart from the high priest and the priests, ordinary people would definitely have no way of knowing this kind of secret, so he asked another question: "Your Zoroastrian temple is within a few streets nearby, do you have any other property?"

The man shook his head again, saying that he didn't know of it.

Wang Hongyi was a little disappointed, and was about to ask again, when the man suddenly said that there were several shops and warehouses nearby, and he usually had a good relationship with the high priest.

Wang Hongyi's eyes flashed.

At the same time, the morning drum on the Chengtian gate suddenly rang, and before one knew it, the sky was already dawning.

Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu immediately took this person and checked his family.He showed the badge of the doctor from the Ministry of Industry, and questioned him carefully on the grounds of inspecting prohibited items, but he walked through several shops in a row and found nothing unusual.Finally, they came to a Persian warehouse just across the street from the Zoroastrian temple.As soon as Wang Hongyi showed his waist badge to show his intention of coming, he noticed that the warehouse workers looked panic-stricken, so he acted resolutely and ordered Wei Laoliu to forcibly close the warehouse door, and then started a blanket search of the warehouse while interrogating the shopkeeper and the staff.

Soon, a very hidden secret passage was discovered in the corner of a warehouse.Wang Hongyi went down to investigate in person, and as expected, the other end of the secret passage was the basement of the Zoroastrian Temple.Wang Hongyi immediately turned back, killed several fellows, and then put the knife on the shopkeeper's neck.Seeing that the matter had been exposed, the shopkeeper had no choice but to confess truthfully, admitting that this warehouse was actually a secret stronghold of the Zoroastrian Temple. The high priest Sorens had instructed him to prepare a manpower a few days ago to escort Doris to Yanqi—and this escort team was Departed early this morning.

Wang Hongyi asked him again if he knew the whereabouts of Su Jinse. The shopkeeper shook his head and said that he had never heard of this name.Wang Hongyi guessed that Su Jinse's kidnapping must have been involving only a few people, Solons and Dai Lisi. Given the level of the shopkeeper, it is estimated that it is unlikely to know about it.Afterwards, Wang Hongyi did not dare to delay, and immediately hijacked the shopkeeper out of Puningfang with Wei Laoliu and others, and then galloped out of Kaiyuanmen at high speed.

Calculated according to the time given by the shopkeeper, Doris and her party must not have traveled very far. If they hurry up, they can catch up in an hour at most.

Going out of the far gate, about one and a half miles to the west, there is a Xiyue altar standing on the north side of the road.This altar was built in the early years of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, held a moon sacrifice ceremony here every autumn equinox. The Tang Dynasty followed this system.At this moment, when Wang Hongyi and his party galloped to the Xiyue Altar, no one noticed that a person and a rider on the opposite side passed them by at a fast speed.

Immediately it was a woman in white.

There are too many business travelers coming and going on this post road, and many people will drive their horses and chariots hard in order to hurry, so no one will pay special attention to a woman galloping on horseback.

Wang Hongyi and his party galloped westward for more than ten zhang, only to see seven or eight barbarians with Persian machetes on their waists speeding towards them.This time Wang Hongyi finally paid attention, and his intuition told him that these people were a little abnormal, then he immediately reined in the reins, and turned his head to ask the shopkeeper who was held hostage by Wei Laoliu on the horse.The shopkeeper turned pale and nodded sadly.

As expected, this group of barbarians was indeed the Persian guard.

But why did they suddenly turn around and run in such a hurry?

Until this moment, the white-clothed woman whom he had just ignored flashed across Wang Hongyi's mind.

Wang Hongyi immediately turned around and quickly followed the team of Persian guards.Wei Laoliu also understood what was going on, and immediately wiped the shopkeeper's neck with a knife, threw him off the horse's back, and followed closely after patting the horse.

From Kaiyuanmen to Huaizhen Square in the south of the city, the distance is not short. Along the way, you have to pass through Puning, Xiuxiang, and Fuxing Squares, then turn right and go south, passing the west wall of the imperial city and Taiping, Tongyi, Xinghua, Chong Desifang.After entering the Kaiyuan Gate, Doris still ran all the way, and soon came to a stone bridge south of Fuxingfang.

Under the bridge is the gurgling Yong'an Canal. The canal water flows from the south of the city to the north through more than a dozen squares, and then flows into the Forbidden Garden.Since this place is adjacent to the imperial city and the square area where dignitaries live together, and the west market is beyond the second square to the south, the traffic is very congested, and the stone bridge is even full of pedestrians and horses.

Doris had no choice but to slow down the speed of the horse, anxiously moving forward in the crowd.The seven or eight guards caught up with her at this moment, stopped her horse's head, and the lead guard said: "Dai Lisi, the high priest has ordered you not to act without authorization."

"Get out of the way! I'm just going to say goodbye to my aunt, and then I'll go with you."

"No! The situation is very dangerous now, you can't go anywhere, you must follow us immediately..." Before the words finished, a slender dart whizzed towards him, and plunged into the guard's temple.A string of blood splashed on Doris' veil, and the guard immediately fell off the horse.

Doris and the rest of the guards were shocked instantly.

When the crowd on the bridge saw someone committing a crime in broad daylight, they screamed and ran away.

At the same time, Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu have brought people to fly there, and the dart just now was sent by Wang Hongyi.Immediately afterwards, Wei Laoliu jumped up from his horse, swooped down like a ferocious vulture, and grabbed Doris with his right hand like a steel claw.

With a coquettish shout, Doris lightly kicked her feet on the horse's back, and flew up into the air. At the same time, she raised her sleeves, and a ball of lavender powder scattered towards Wei Lao Liu's face.Wei Laoliu only felt a strange smell, and after landing, he felt an unbearable itching in his chest, so he couldn't help laughing.Wang Hongyi at the side knew something was wrong, he quickly covered his mouth and nose, and shouted to his subordinates to be careful.

At this time, the people on both sides had already become a group.Immediately, Wang Hongyi lifted the hem of his shirt, tore off a section to cover his mouth and nose, and then rushed straight to Doris, raised his right hand, and two more darts shot out, hitting her face and chest respectively.Doris hurriedly lowered her waist, narrowly dodging.But when she turned over and stood up, two more darts were coming straight towards her lower body.

Doris had just stabilized her center of gravity, and it was too late to jump up, so she could only dodge sharply, one dart passed by, and the other shot into her leg.At this time, Wei Laoliu on the side was laughing non-stop - from his eyes, it was not two groups of people fighting, but a large group of Persian beauties dancing.He saw a beautiful woman swinging by, grabbed a handful, but missed, and then another beautiful woman ran over.Wei Laoliu was overjoyed and rushed towards her.

Seeing Wei Laoliu rushing straight at him, Wang Hongyi knew that he had been hallucinated by the ecstasy incense from the Western Regions, so he dodged immediately and slapped him casually, trying to wake him up, but Wei Laoliu didn't know what to do. Felt, and grabbed his hand and kissed it.

Doris stumbled back to the stone railing aside, gritted her teeth and pulled out the dart, but instead of feeling pain in her legs, she felt numb.She knew that the dart must have been heavily anesthetic, as long as it entered the blood, it would reach the brain in a short while, causing people to faint.Fortunately, Wang Hongyi was temporarily entangled by Wei Laoliu and couldn't escape, which gave her a chance to escape.Doris looked around, and found that most of the horses had fled away after being frightened, only her own mount was standing alone in the middle of the street.Doris dragged her injured leg and walked towards it step by step.

Seeing that he couldn't wake up Wei Laoliu and was being entangled by him again, Wang Hongyi was furious, so he punched him hard on the chest.Wei Laoliu flew backwards, fell heavily to the ground, and passed out.At this time, Dai Lisi had already walked across the stone bridge and called the horse a few times. The horse seemed to be spiritual, and ran over upon hearing the sound. Dai Lisi reached out and grabbed the rein.Seeing this, Wang Hongyi rushed forward with a stride, and at the same time shot out a dart, which hit the horse's head.The horse neighed and fell sideways, just pressing Doris under him.

Wang Hongyi smiled grimly, and walked towards her with big strides: "Doris, it's really not easy to see you!"

Doris was pressed tightly by the mount, struggling desperately, but couldn't move at all.

Wang Hongyi walked up to her, squatted down, and tore off her veil, only to see an astonishingly beautiful face suddenly come into view.Although he has never been a lecherous person, he still couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Doris seized this momentary opportunity, raised her sleeve, and a ball of lavender powder flew out again.Unexpectedly, Wang Hongyi's reaction was extremely quick. With a flick of his clothes, most of the powder was blown away. Although there were still some who rushed towards the front door, he was covered with his mouth and nose after all, so he was not caught in the trick at all.

"Dai Lisi, I want to exchange you for my daughter." Wang Hongyi dragged her out, found the drug sachet from her sleeve, threw it far away, and twisted her hands behind her back, " But before that, you must tell me what you have done to my daughter, so that I can repay you!"

At this moment, the subordinates on both sides had already decided the winner: all the guards on Dalisi's side were killed, while half of Wang Hongyi's dozen or so subordinates were killed or injured.This place is very close to the imperial city, if the delay is too long, the Marquis Wu will surely arrive, Wang Hongyi hastily ordered his men to bring the horses, and then lifted Wei Laoliu and other wounded, ready to evacuate.

At this moment, a carriage suddenly came galloping from the west, followed by four barbarian guards on both sides.Seeing the scattered corpses on the ground and seeing Doris being hijacked, the guards were terrified and hurriedly said something to the people in the carriage.The car curtain was lifted immediately, and Sorens came out.

According to Wei Zheng's request, he was going to send Su Jinse to the Wangchuan Teahouse, but unexpectedly, he bumped into this scene here.

Solons and Doris looked into each other's eyes, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh in his heart.

After all, a woman is a woman, and at the critical moment, she was so overwhelmed by her emotions that she even gave up her life just to bid farewell to Xu Wanniang!The transfer plan that I had worked so hard to arrange was ultimately in vain.

"Xu Tanyue, I didn't expect to meet again so soon." Solons stood on the carriage with a smile on his face, as if seeing an old friend.

"Sorrance, hand over my daughter quickly, or Doris will not live!" Wang Hongyi shouted loudly.

Sorens smiled helplessly, turned his body sideways, and opened the curtain of the car, only to see Su Jinse sitting in the car, his face was extremely pale, but there was still a stubborn gleam in his eyes.

"Jinse..." Finally seeing his daughter who had been missing for many days, Wang Hongyi's eyes turned red and he immediately choked up his sobs.

"Xu Tanyue, let's change!" Sorens helped the weak Su Jinse get off the carriage and came to the middle of the stone bridge.Four guards drew their swords and followed on both sides.

Wang Hongyi also pushed Dai Lisi to the middle of the stone bridge.When the two sides were separated by three feet, they released the hostages at the same time.The two women walked toward each other, passed by each other, and looked at each other, but it was as if two weapons were intersecting.

When Su Jinse approached Wang Hongyi, the tears she had held back for many days finally fell silently, and then threw herself into Wang Hongyi's arms. "My good daughter, it's good to be back, it's good to be back..." Wang Hongyi caressed her back, and his eyes on the other side of the stone bridge became extremely cold in an instant.

"High Priest, I'm sorry..." Doris walked up to Solons, bit her lip, and couldn't say anything else.

"Let's go, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it when we get back." Solons smiled tolerantly, and was about to hold her hand, when he suddenly paused, subconsciously looked down, and saw a dart stuck in his heart.

"High Priest..." Doris and all the guards paled in shock, and rushed forward to support him.

At this moment, there was a rush and chaotic sound of horseshoes from the east of the long street. It was obvious that the Wuhou Guards in the imperial city were dispatched.

Wang Hongyi handed Su Jinse over to one of his subordinates, then drew a knife in his hand, and rushed towards him with the rest of his subordinates.

Now that the killing ring has been issued, no one can be left alive!
This is the creed that Wang Hongyi has never changed in his many years of walking in the rivers and lakes.

In a blink of an eye, Wang Hongyi and others were already in front of them, and the four Persian guards resisted for a while before being chopped down one after another.Doris grabbed a knife from the ground and shielded it in front of Solons, but she only knows illusion, not martial arts, so Wang Hongyi threw the knife away in one fell swoop.

Doris took a step back unconsciously.Seeing this, Solons stood up and stood in front of her—even though his body was shaking all the time, he could hardly stand up.

"Anyone who dares to hurt my daughter will die!"

Wang Hongyi roared angrily, drawing an arc of light with the horizontal knife in his hand.

Solons saw a flash of white light before his eyes, and then felt himself flying, and the sky and the earth kept spinning in his eyes.

How did I become so light?Solons thought, Ahura, the god of light, must have come to pick me up. He must be taking me to the eternal paradise, right?

Doris tightly covered her mouth, and watched with horrified eyes that Solons' head flew off his shoulders, slowly flew into the air, and then quickly fell into the ditch under the bridge.

The moment Wang Hongyi swung the knife again, Doris resolutely turned over and jumped over the railing.

From a distance, Doris looked like a white bird chasing prey, following Sorance's head into the emerald green water.

One small and one large two water flowers bloom in sequence.After a moment, the water surface returned to calm.

Doris swam desperately in the water, and finally hugged Sorance's head tightly in her arms before it sank to the bottom of the water.Then, she paddled vigorously with one hand and swung her two legs like a fish's tail, trying to get away from the stone bridge as soon as possible and find a place to go ashore.

However, the legs began to go numb at this time.First, the injured leg could no longer swing, and then the other leg became more and more stiff.

Slowly, Doris felt her lower body lose consciousness bit by bit.

Her whole body was sinking, only one hand was left to paddle in vain, but she was still unwilling to give up the head on the other hand.

As the body sank, the light in the water became darker and darker.Doris simply gave up any struggle, and let her body sink to the dark bottom of the water on her back...

Before the last ray of light disappeared, Doris saw a beautiful and kind face, it was the face of Xu Wanniang she saw when she was eight years old.

A calm smile appeared on Doris' face.

Daughter.

She cried out in her heart.

In the early morning of the next day, Hua Ling'er took a package, bid farewell to the three masters and the disciples of Thousand Demon Cave, and left with Xiao Junmo and the others.She walked very simply, as if she was just going down the mountain for a circle and was about to come back.

There are hundreds of large and small karst caves in Wuliang Mountain, and many of them are connected to each other.Hua Ling'er led the four of Xiao Junmo through the maze-like cave, and it took about an hour to get out of Wuliang Mountain and came to a river bank at the foot of the mountain.Hua Ling'er whistled, and soon a scull boat came over.

Obviously, the boatman on the boat is also a wandering rudder.

After the five people boarded the boat, they walked south along Zuo River for an hour, and saw that the water surface gradually widened, and the mountains on both sides gradually became gentler.Xiao Junmo knew that this was the Xunshui, a tributary of the Hanshui River. If you walked southeast along the Xunshui River for another hour, you would reach Xunyang County where the Xunshui River and the Hanshui River meet.After arriving here, even if you have completely walked out of the Qinling Mountains, and then go all the way eastward along the Han River, you can reach Jiangling in Jingzhou in less than five or six days.

Although Pei Tinglong is temporarily freed now, the sea arrest documents of the four of them have already been spread all over the world, and there are portraits on them, and there will definitely be checks by the government in the prefectures and counties along the way from here to Jiangling, so as soon as Xun arrives In Yang County, the most urgent task at the moment is to disguise himself and get a fake pass, so that he can walk to Jiangling smoothly.

If it was in Chang'an, it would not be difficult for Xiao Junmo to find one or two gangsters to do these things, but now that he is not familiar with the place, he can only find "local snake" Hua Ling'er for such things.

Xiao Junmo told everyone about this matter, Hua Ling'er immediately said that there is no problem, and this matter is on her.

Xunyang County is located at the confluence of Xun River and Han River, leaning against Guanzhong in the north, connecting Bashu in the west, and Xiangfan in the east. There is a customs office, and all passing ships and goods must be inspected at the shore, and relevant taxes and fees will be imposed.

At this moment, in addition to the tax collectors and the policemen, there were more mysterious guards on the pier and tax customs, and the notice board in front of the tax customs was even more impressively posted the sea arrest documents of the four of Xiao Junmo.

The scull boat approached the north bank three or four miles away from the pier.

After the five people went ashore, they chose a remote and uninhabited path to the northern suburbs of the county.Hua Ling'er said to Xiao Junmo: "There is a guy nicknamed Qianmianhu in this area. He is good at disguising himself, and he can also get fake places. He lives in Maxi Village in the northern suburbs."

"Thousand-faced fox? Hearing the name, there is an evil spirit." Biancai interjected.

"Who does this job, how can he not be evil?" Hua Ling'er said, "This guy's surname was originally Hu, but because of his powerful disguise technique, people in the world called him Thousand Faced Hu, and later he became a 'fox' of a fox. .”

"How soon can he get it?" Xiao Junmo asked.

"As far as I know, he has a cousin who works as an errand in Xunyang County. If all goes well, he should be able to get it today."

"Is this thousand-faced fox reliable?" Chu Lisang interjected.

"Don't worry, people in the underworld just want to make money? As long as we can afford the price, we don't have to worry about anything else."

Hearing what she said, Xiao Junmo frowned slightly, thoughtfully.

Maxi Village is not big, it looks like there are only about a hundred families, it is located at the foot of the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains.Qianmianhu lives at the west end of the village, and he arrives as soon as he enters the village.Xiao Junmo and others followed Hua Linger to a farmhouse with a single door and a single courtyard. Outside, there was a five or six-foot-high earth wall. The top of the wall had collapsed in several places and had not been repaired. The room looks ordinary.

This thousand-faced fox is a cautious and low-key person, and does not reveal the money he makes.Xiao Jun thought silently.

Hua Ling'er patted the courtyard door with the peeling black paint.After a while, a man's hoarse voice came from inside: "Who?"

"Hewu, I'm not a horse from Weiwu Cave." Hua Ling'er said without thinking.

Chu Lisang, Biancai, and Mi Mancang couldn't understand the underworld cut, and suddenly looked confused.Chu Lisang hurriedly pulled Xiao Junmo's sleeves, and asked in a low voice, "What did she say?"

These black words are certainly not a problem for Xiao Junmo.He smiled and translated for her: "They are all friends on the road, not officials from the yamen."

Chu Lisang, Biancai, and Mi Mancang suddenly understood.

"Where did it come from?" the person inside asked again.

"Thousand Devil Cave opened a mountain and set up a cabinet, and came here on the ground."

"The site is in Thousand Devils Cave, and they came by boat." Xiao Junmo translated again in a low voice.

"Why?"

"To save face, make a living."

"Slapping face is face, pulling work is running away." Xiao Junmo said again, "It means changing appearance and passing through."

"How many?"

"Five. Three grandsons, two pointed buckets, all of which are hot spots. Don't worry, old Yuanliang, hurry up and show off."

"Five people. Three men and two women. They are all rich. Don't worry, old man, show up quickly."

There was silence inside for a while, Xiao Junmo vaguely heard something, but he was not sure.Then, the courtyard door opened a crack, and a shriveled old man in his 50s with a pointed chin and slack eyes glanced out vigilantly through the crack. Seeing Hua Ling'er, he seemed quite surprised, and quickly opened the door: "Hua Ling'er Master? Why are you here?"

"These are distinguished guests, of course I will send them here in person." Hua Ling'er said, and went straight in.

Qianmianhu's main room was in a mess, the floor was full of sundries, a huge desk was placed in the room, and wigs, fake beards, makeup powder, paste, wooden combs, brushes, brushes, Bronze mirrors etc.There is also a long table against the wall, on which are displayed a row of strangely shaped wooden shelves. The lower part of the shelf is the base, and the upper part is oval wooden balls that look like human heads.What surprised everyone the most was the "skins" hanging on those wooden balls - no matter in terms of color or texture, these "skins" were extremely realistic, and I don't know what they were made of.

In such a messy room, five or six people crowded in together, and it was difficult to even get out of the room, let alone find a place to sit down. "Everyone, please feel free." Qianmianhu kicked away the sundries around the case, and finally cleared some space, and signaled everyone to sit on the floor, "The humble house is just a garbage dump, friends, don't dislike it."

Xiao Junmo smiled and took the lead to sit down: "Mr. Hu really deserves his reputation. Looking at your house, you can tell that your craftsmanship must be good."

"I don't dare to do it, it's all because of the flattery of my friends in the world." Qian Mianhu replied indifferently, and at the same time gave him a sharp glance.

Everyone sat down one after another.Chu Lisang was very uncomfortable, but he could only choose a relatively clean place to sit down.

"Mr. Hu, I won't go around the bush." ​​Hua Ling'er said as soon as she sat down, "I'm here today to ask you to help the five of us change our faces, and we will get another five jobs. I want it today. You can talk about the price."

Qianmianhu was a little surprised: "Five people?"

"That's right, including me." Hua Ling'er said frankly.

The thousand-faced fox pondered for a while: "I want it today, I'm afraid..."

"If we don't want it today, why should we bother you, the thousand-faced fox?" Xiao Junmo suddenly laughed, "I can get it in a few days, and I can catch a lot outside."

"I want it so urgently, at this price..."

"The price is easy to negotiate, you make an offer." Hua Ling'er was straightforward.

Qianmianhu tapped the table with his hand, then touched his neck subconsciously: "Then four golds. It is said that it is so urgent, at least one gold per person, but since the leader of Huada personally goes out, you This is my gift."

"Deal!" Without further ado, Hua Ling'er took out two ingots of golden gold from the package, and put them on the case with a snap, "This is the deposit, after the transaction is completed..."

"Wait a minute." Xiao Junmo looked at the thousand-faced fox, "Sir, the price is too harsh, right? As far as I know, the five people's disguises and their actions are worth one gold at most, and even if it is urgent, two golds are enough." More than enough, why do you need four gold?"

"Erlang, what time is it, you still..." Hua Ling'er felt that he was really smart and confused for a while, how could he care about the price at this juncture of escaping?
Biancai and Chu Lisang were also a little surprised.The Xiao Junmo they knew didn't seem to be a person who cared about money.Among the five, only Mi Mancang agreed, secretly giving Xiao Junmo a thumbs up.

"I think two gold is enough." Xiao Junmo continued bluntly, "Even if Mr. Hu is good at craftsmanship, he still has to talk about the market price, right? How can we ask for prices when we are in a hurry?"

Hua Ling'er secretly groaned in her heart, guessing that today's deal is going to fail.Qianmianhu is a very conceited and extremely shrewd person, how could he not issue an order to expel the guest after hearing such words?If the deal with him doesn't work out, I don't know where to get the five deals I've said I want for a while.

However, to Hua Linger's surprise, Qianmianhu was not angry when he heard the words, but nodded and said: "Forget it, two golds will be two golds, and I will make friends with this gentleman."

Xiao Junmo smiled: "Okay, Mr. Hu is so generous, I will make you a friend!"

At the southern wharf, in front of the wooden signboard posting the sea arrest documents, a head catcher surnamed Ding was vigilantly observing the passing business travelers and pedestrians.

Yesterday, under the order of Pei Tinglong, Xuanjia Weilang sent Xue An to Xunyang County on a special trip, and summoned the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and all the arresters to give a lecture, saying that Xiao Junmo and other four criminals might appear here in the next few days , Xunyang County was ordered to strengthen its security and put all its forces into checkpoints on various water and land arteries.At this moment, Xue An is personally sitting in the tax customs, and there are many Xuanjia guards standing on the pier.

For Xue An's arrival, Ding Butou was quite displeased. The problem was not that he brought extra tasks to everyone, but that his arrival was tantamount to grabbing credit.To put it bluntly, if Xiao Junmo and the others were really caught here today, who would get the five hundred gold reward?That must have been scooped up by this Xue!

Therefore, Ding Tutou had already discussed with the county magistrate, county lieutenant and others. If Xiao Junmo and others were really caught, he would bypass Xue An and send them directly to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate would report to the court immediately. By the time Xue An realized it, they had already pocketed the credit and the bounty...

Just as Ding Butou was thinking about it, one of his subordinates hurried over and whispered something in his ear.

"It's really Xiao Junmo and the others?" Ding Butou was so excited that his voice was trembling.

"Exactly!"

"Quickly, call the brothers, come with me!" Ding catches his head and wants to leave.

"Boss, then...don't we talk to Xuanjiawei?"

"Fuck you! Just don't let them know."

The policeman was puzzled: "Yes, but it depends on how many of us brothers..."

"What are you afraid of? I have already arranged it." Ding Tuotou said confidently, "Without any effort, the criminal can be captured. Let's go!"

Soon, Butou Ding hurriedly left the pier with seven or eight arresters.

After the price was negotiated, Qianmianhu put on makeup for Hua Linger, Chu Lisang, and Mi Mancang in turn.He first treated their fair and smooth skin to be darker and rougher, and then glued two mustaches on them respectively. He also randomly spotted some stains or moles on their faces, and in a blink of an eye, he turned them into Three unremarkable men.

Then it was Xiao Junmo's turn, Qianmianhu turned his fair skin into a bronze color, and then glued a beautiful beard on him, immediately turning him into another person, who looked rough and heroic, and seemed to be more manly taste.Hua Ling'er couldn't help admiring from the side: "Erlang, I didn't expect you to be a handsome man with a beard!"

Xiao Junmo chuckled, and asked Qianmianhu where the toilet was.Qianmianhu was putting on makeup for Biancai, when he heard this, he stood up: "I'll take Erlang there."

"No need, just tell me where it is, and I'll go by myself."

Qianmianhu seemed to hesitate for a moment: "It's in the backyard, you can go through the back door of the main room."

Xiao Junmo thanked him, then turned and left immediately.As soon as he entered the backyard, his eyes wandered around immediately, and soon he found what he was looking for - a birdcage was hanging on a peach tree in the corner of the backyard, and just as Xiao Junmo had expected, the birdcage was empty.

He walked over, took a look into the cage, then squatted on the ground, picked up something to look at, and a sneer slipped from the corner of his mouth.

When he stood up, Xiao Junmo's expression suddenly became extremely serious.

Afterwards, he deliberately dawdled for a while before returning to the main room. At this time, Qianmianhu had already put on a wig for Biancai, and was turning his original short beard into a beard.Xiao Junmo asked casually, "Did Mr. Hu raise birds in the backyard?"

Qianmianhu was stunned: "Uh, yes, I raised a starling, but it died a few days ago."

"I said, it's a pity why the cage is empty." Xiao Junmo said, looking at him vaguely.

"Yeah, it's a pity..." Qianmianhu smiled, but his palate muscles tightened, and his hand slipped somehow, sticking his beard to Biancai's face, which immediately made Hua Linger laugh a few times.

Xiao Junmo looked at the thousand-faced fox, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Soon, all five of them were disguised.They each leaned in front of the bronze mirror, and found that they had become a complete stranger in the mirror, and had to admire Qianmianhu's craftsmanship.

"Well...it's getting late, everyone must be hungry, right? I'll go to the stove and order some soup cakes for everyone." Qianmianhu said.

"Mr. Hu, I don't think it's necessary?" Chu Lisang said, "We're in a hurry, so you should go through the place first."

"Yeah, eating is a trivial matter, the important thing is to get it done first." Hua Ling'er rarely agrees with Chu Lisang.

"It's a trivial matter." Qian Mianhu chuckled, "To tell you the truth, my cousin has already made a stack of stamped blank passages for me, and I will fill in a few words in it later, without delay. time."

"We are not hungry, thank you Mr. Hu for your kindness, let's get down to business first." Biancai also said.

Qianmianhu rubbed his nose subconsciously: "Then... how about I go and boil some water, and drinking saliva will not waste time?"

"What water to drink? What time is it? If you are not hungry, I will be hungry." Xiao Junmo rubbed his belly, "People are like iron and rice or steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. It's important to eat first. It's hard work. Mister."

"It's all right." Qianmianhu laughed, and hurriedly walked out of the main room.

Chu Lisang, Hua Linger and Biancai all looked at Xiao Junmo at the same time, feeling that he seemed a little abnormal today.

At the same time, Xiao Junmo was also looking at them, with a stern light in his eyes.

When Butou Ding hurried to Hu's house with seven or eight policemen, there was no sound inside, just as he expected.He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and according to the prior agreement, he patted two short and one long signals on the door and repeated them three times.

After a while, the voice of the thousand-faced fox came from the room: "Come in, they are all fascinated, there is not one left."

Catcher Ding couldn't help laughing, and turned around and said, "Brothers, our good days are here!" Then he pushed open the gate of the courtyard and rushed in with the policemen.

The door of the main room was ajar, and Ding Tuotou laughed and pushed open the door: "Cousin, we can send it this time, and we can't earn so much in eight lifetimes..." Before he finished speaking, he was stunned, and saw Qianmianhu was being held hostage by a man with a beautiful beard and a knife, with a dejected look on his face, while the man was smiling.

Before Ding Tuotou could react, there was a crackling sound of fighting in the yard behind him.He turned around quickly, only to see that the idiots under him were all beaten to the ground by the two little men in no time.

These two "men" are Chu Lisang and Hua Linger.

Ding Butou drew out his saber, but hesitated and dared not go forward.Just when he didn't care about it, the back of the head was suddenly hit hard, and the whole person went limp.

Xiao Junmo retracted the handle of the knife and smiled coldly.At this time, Qianmianhu was being held by the collar of his neck, and because of his short stature, the whole person was almost off the ground.Xiao Junmo looked at him with a smile: "Mr. Hu, take out your blank papers, let's quickly fill in the words that should be filled in."

The thousand-faced fox's face was ashen, and he sneered: "Unexpectedly, I, the thousand-faced fox, have been on the road for so many years, and finally fell into your Xiao Junmo's hands."

"Is it wrong to fall into my hands?" Xiao Jun smiled silently, "Do you know how many court officials and Jiangyang robbers have been planted in my hands? It's not my fault, it is your honor to be planted in my hands."

Thousand-faced fox laughed a few times: "I've heard of your name before, and in all fairness, it's not embarrassing for you to say that. Anyway, I, Thousand-faced fox, recognize it!"

At this time, Biancai and Mi Mancang were watching the wind outside, and Chu Lisang and Hua Linger walked in.Chu Lisang said in a bad mood: "Stop talking nonsense, and quickly take out the past!"

Qianmianhu smiled helplessly: "If Xiao Lang doesn't let me go, how can I take it?"

Xiao Junmo let him go immediately.Qianmianhu went to a large wooden box in the corner, took out the key chain in his waist, picked out a key and opened the wooden box, then took out a black iron box from the bottom, and picked out a small key , fumbled to find the keyhole of the iron box, and slowly inserted it in.

Xiao Junmo, Chu Lisang and Hua Linger stood beside him, watching his every move.

Qianmianhu fiddled with it for a while but didn't open it, muttering: "This box has not been opened for a long time, it's probably rusted."

Chu Lisang got impatient, took a step closer and said, "Go aside, I'll come!"

At this moment, Qianmianhu subconsciously licked his lower lip, and then quickly pursed it tightly.Xiao Junmo glanced at it, and suddenly became alarmed, shouted "Be careful", and pushed Chu Lisang away at the same time.Almost at the same moment, the iron box was opened by the thousand-faced fox with a snap, and three flying needles shot out from inside, brushing Xiao Junmo's temples and flying over, but none of them entered the wall. The strength is strong.

Immediately afterwards, Qianmianhu pressed the switch of the iron box again and again, and the flying needles shot out continuously, and the three of them had to dodge left and right.

This iron box is actually a hidden weapon full of flying needles!
Xiao Junmo dodged a few times, took advantage of the gap, rushed forward, and kicked the iron box in Qianmianhu's hand away.At this time, three flying needles happened to shoot out, and as the iron box turned around in the air, they all shot into Qianmianhu's eyebrows in unison.

Qianmianhu paused, his eyes widened, his eyeballs bulging, and he slowly fell to the ground.

Xiao Junmo hurried up to Chu Lisang, and subconsciously grabbed her shoulder: "Are you okay?"

Chu Lisang was shocked and shook his head: "I, I'm fine."

Seeing this, Hua Ling'er curled her lips: "Okay, don't be affectionate, hurry up and find out where you are."

Seeing that Chu Lisang was fine, Xiao Junmo breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his hand at the same time.

"Want to find a place? Dreaming..." Qianmianhu sneered, but he wasn't dead yet.

The three of them were shocked at the same time.Hua Ling'er grabbed Qianmianhu by the collar: "Didn't you say that your cousin left a stack of blank papers with you?"

"You believe this kind of thing..." Qianmianhu wanted to laugh, but he didn't, then tilted his head and died completely.

Hua Ling'er stood up, and looked at Xiao Junmo and Chu Lisang.

"No, this old guy must have lied to us, he must have done something wrong." Hua Ling'er muttered, and began to rummage through the room.

"Don't be too busy, he didn't lie." Xiao Junmo said lightly.

"How do you know?" Hua Ling'er was still unwilling.

"I can see it, just like I could see that he was cheating before." Xiao Junmo said, turning his head to look at the small courtyard outside, with a thoughtful expression.

"Damn bastard!" Hua Ling'er kicked the corpse a few times bitterly, "There's nothing wrong with it, so aren't we working in vain? What's the use of pretending!"

Xiao Junmo stared at the arresters who had fainted in the yard, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Who said nothing happened? Didn't you send it to your door?"

"What do you mean?" Hua Ling'er was puzzled.

Chu Lisang thought for a while: "You mean... hijack them?"

"No," Xiao Junmo said, "it's becoming them."

(End of this chapter)