In the late autumn afternoon, the sun is still very strong, but it has lost the power of summer, and it still has a slight coolness on people's bodies.

There is a post station twenty miles away from Shanyang Town, Shanyang Town, the thoroughfare, and even with this post station is very busy.

In the courtyard of the post station, Li Qing looked at the old monk in front of him, gray clothes and white eyebrows, full of compassion, if he hadn't just handed over, Li Qing would have thought that the person standing in front of him was a monk who had attained the Tao.

"Amitabha, the donor is really a hero, just now the old man was abrupt, and I hope the donor is not strange. The old monk lowered his eyebrows at this time, looking very modest, and he didn't have the vicious appearance just now.

The current situation is chaotic, and he has the injured Jian Dahu and Mengzi, although he knows that the old monk in front of him is not simple, but Li Qing does not want to cause trouble. After listening to the old monk's words, he didn't say much, just saluted in return, greeted the people behind him, and walked towards the courtyard gate of the post station.

Fang just encountered the old monk, everyone's minds were attracted by the fierce battle, at this time out of the post station, the wind and waves calmed down, everyone saw that the courtyard actually poked twelve statues made of fine iron, shrimp heads and human bodies, all of them looked very strange.

Mengzi struggled to sit up on Xiao Ash's back, wanting to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, he still lay down again.

Not far after everyone walked out along the official road, there was a rumbling sound behind them, Li Qing glanced back, and the smoke and dust rose high in the direction of the post station, as if something huge was passing in the direction of the post station.

"Could it be that the old monk didn't get a bargain, and he just made an appointment to come here at this time?" Li Qing and Lu Huaishan didn't dare to be careless, and after the two of them broke off in person, Xiao Ash and Black Panther quickened their pace, and the speed of the group surged. After driving for a while, the rumbling sound behind him disappeared, and at a glance, the autumn breeze was gentle, the wind was beautiful, and there was any smoke and dust, as if everything had not happened at all.

More than 2,000 miles from Shanyang to Dingbian, although the little gray and the black panther have extraordinary foot strength and take the official road, it is still at sunset that they can see the outline of the city from a distance.

The autumn wind is bleak, the sun is setting, the mountains in the distance are undulating, and the sky is reckless, somehow, Li Qing's heart has a little sadness.

If he had experienced some fighting along the way, maybe Li Qing wouldn't have thought about it much, but the road was too calm, not only did he not encounter a single enemy, but even the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army and the county guards did not see a single one, which was a little too unusual. Could it be that Jian Shuai didn't even notice the slightest disturbance of everything that happened at the border pass? If this was the case, wouldn't the Jian Family's Flying Tiger Army be in vain?

After a two-thousand-mile journey without stopping, even Li Qing felt tired, and seeing that he was about to arrive at the place at this moment, the big guys couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and even the footsteps of Xiao Ash and Black Panther were a little easier.

In a while, they will go to Chengguan, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, everyone has collected their blades, Li Qing and Mantou are in front, Lu Huaishan is in the back, although the three of them are full of dust, but their eyes are still bright.

The city gate of Dingbian County is not majestic, but the city defense is not sloppy at all, Li Qing still remembers the first time he came to Dingbian, in the winter, the soldiers still wore iron armor, standing there like a javelin standing upright.

But today, after half a year, I returned to Dingbian County, and it was still the city gate, and the city wall was not raised by a single point, and the soldiers outside the city gate were still wearing iron armor, but one by one they seemed to have been sucked out of their souls.

"Wu Tou'er, are you still on duty today?" Far away, Li Qing opened his mouth to greet, in the days when he was in Dingbian, in order to track down the whereabouts of the lotus, this city gate went in and out I don't know how many times, and the guards guarding the gate were already familiar with it. Jiujiu Chinese

A veteran in his forties was dozing off there with his eyes closed with a big gun, when he heard the voice, he raised his head, looked left and right with sleepy eyes, and saw Li Qing and his party, so he stood up straighter, and his expression was still a little listless.

"Yo, who should I be, Brother Qing'er, I haven't seen you for a few days, I heard that you went to Guiliu City, why did you come back again?"

"It's also a coincidence, my two brothers are sick, and they happened to meet Mr. Situ from the Huanhua Pavilion, and brought them back to take a look, and stopped by to see Master Jian and Chen Zhutou. Li Qing's tone was relaxed, and Situ Xiu, who was sitting on the back of the black panther, nodded at the veteran with a smile, which was regarded as a greeting.

In Dingbian, there are not many people who have not been to the Huanhua Pavilion, and when they heard that Situ Xiu was sitting on the back of the panther, the veteran immediately changed his smile and looked much more respectful.

"It turned out to be Mr. Situ, if the dog hadn't been healed by you, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to walk at this time. I don't have anything else here, but I still have some tea, so if you don't dislike it, how about you rest here and have a cup of tea before you go?" said the veteran, beckoning his sergeant to hurry up and make tea.

But seeing that Li Qing followed the veteran without hesitation and had already entered the outpost next to the city gate, he had to jump off the back of the beast and follow him.

Seeing that everyone had entered the room, the veteran hurriedly went to close the door, looked at Situ Xiu, and said in a very eager tone, "Mr. Situ, the current Dingbian county town is not as good as before, what happened, I naturally don't know about it, but there are many unfamiliar faces near the county government in the past few days." General Pei hasn't been here to check the city defense for a few days, and now there are rumors in the city, saying that someone from above is investigating the evidence of the Jian's family's collaboration with the enemy. ”

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and everyone was stunned.

How could this be possible? If it weren't for the Jian family's father and son guarding the pun all these years, how could the people of Qingshan County have had a peaceful life for more than ten years?

"Mr. Situ, everyone," the veteran gave everyone tea one by one, with a bit of sincerity in his eyes, "The people of Dingbian County have been sick and injured over the years, and they have not bothered Mr. Situ to heal, today Lao Wu will say more, and go into the city later, try not to attract attention, don't go to the county government if you can, and leave quickly after seeing the illness, I don't know what will happen later." ”

After persuading everyone for a long time, the veteran's mood became even more depressed, he let out a long sigh, grabbed a bowl of tea, raised his head and poured it, and was silent.

Leaving the sentry post at the city gate, Mantou and Erya collected Little Gray and Black Panther respectively. The veteran surnamed Wu didn't know where to find a carriage to transport firewood from the countryside, and everyone settled Jian Dahu on the carriage and went all the way to the city.

Sure enough, as the veteran said, as soon as he entered the city, everyone noticed the strangeness of the atmosphere. Although Dingbian County is only a small border town and is not wealthy, it has been peaceful and peaceful under the governance of Jian Qiushan over the years. It was now dusk, and the people had finished their day's work, and it was supposed to be the time to be lively, but there was no figure to be seen on the long street in front of them, and although the shops on both sides of the street were open, there were also many people, and there were acquaintances who gathered together in twos and threes to talk about some gossip, and some of them put a cloth towel on their shoulders and leaned back on the chair to nap.

Everyone came all the way to the Huanhua Pavilion, and the situation they saw was much the same, and the lively and peaceful Dingbian County in the past seemed to be drained of its soul all of a sudden, and it seemed lifeless.

When it comes to medical skills, no one in the entire Dingbian County can compare with Situ Xiu, Li Qing originally planned to go to Dingbian and ask this Mr. Situ to help Jian Dahu and Mengzi take a look. With Jian Qiushan here, he can go to Fallen Leaf City with peace of mind, but now it seems that his idea is no longer feasible.

Jian Qiushan was investigated, and Fallen Leaf City was afraid that it would not be calm, he had to stay here, and now that the situation was chaotic, he had to ensure the safety of Jian Dahu and Mengzi first.