"Where is Engong going?" Xiahou was riding his horse and was about to leave when Ping'er suddenly asked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiahou was stunned for a moment, looking at Ping'er's tearful eyes, he couldn't bear it, so he persuaded him: "I'm going to Suzhou, Suzhou is far away from Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, it's really too far from here, the two places are thousands of miles apart, I don't know if I will change direction to go to other places halfway, after all, I just want to travel the world, Suzhou is just a whim I want to go to see, so it's really inconvenient to take you, you better go back, don't go home, start again!"

After Xia Hou finished speaking, he would leave after beating the horse, otherwise he was really afraid that he would take her with him when he was soft-hearted, and it was not fun to take a woman into the rivers and lakes, let alone bring a woman who did not know the slightest martial arts.

Riding a horse all the way to the north, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the scenery is beautiful all the way, the occasional horse gallops wildly on the way, Xiahou Zheng only feels comfortable, at ease, occasionally happy, you can also chant a few lines of poetry, it is really not pleasant.

On the way, the state of the clouds is getting better and better, and even when the horse gallops wildly, the other horse can't catch up, Xiahou is directly let go of the other horse, and he is too lazy to find someone to sell it, wasting time, anyway, it was obtained for nothing, and it didn't cost a penny, and he didn't feel distressed to let it go.

Five days later, Xiahou was rushing to the first big city on the road, Xunshui City.

The city is located on the edge of a large river, and the water traffic is very developed.

Xiahou is staying here for a few days, the first time he went to the ancient big city, Xiahou was shocked, this is not at all comparable to the small city he met before, the towering city walls, rows of houses, quaint streets······ Everything was so new in Xia Houzheng's eyes, and after walking here for several days, the excitement slowly subsided.

"Have you heard, the white jade Buddha statue of Li Yuanwai's house was stolen. "Xiahou was tired of playing at noon, and when he was eating in the restaurant, he heard someone discuss it like this.

"Really, didn't you say that Li Yuanwai invited a master to guard the town, how could it still be stolen?" another person was surprised, but there was no sympathy in his tone, more of a taste of schadenfreude.

"Hey, what kind of master is that, the shadow thieves come and go like the wind, and when they react, they don't even see a ghost. ”

"The shadow thief has stolen so many things recently, why don't you run away, isn't he afraid that the government will arrest him?"

"How to catch it, the first few times to trap, the results all failed, and a lot of property was stolen by the shadow thief, even the Hou family's sword, which is known as sharpening iron like clay, was stolen, and as a result, even the mask on the shadow thief's face was not taken off, and now they don't even know what the shadow thief looks like, and the text on the wanted list is vague, and there is not even a portrait, how to catch it?" the other shook his head gloatingly.

"I heard that now there are some good things in the house that have been hidden, and some people are recruiting martial arts masters to guard the house, is it true?"

"Yes, brother, do you want to go?" the person who introduced people to people was surprised: "Those families will be assessed, it's not me who hits you, brother, you have thought about it, it is estimated that it is very difficult!"

Xia Hou was looking at it, and the person who asked him had thin arms and legs, like a scholar who had no power to tie a chicken, and at the same time had an extremely ordinary face, which he couldn't even find in the pile, no wonder the person thought he couldn't do it.

"No, no, didn't I be disgusted in the past, I'm just curious, so many people can't catch a person?" asked the scholar-looking man.

"They thought, it's a pity, after so many arrests, the shadow thieves are still at large! So now those families with treasures are recruiting people on a large scale, probably because they want to catch the shadow thieves again. ”

"Which family has gathered the most people now, has the greatest defensive power, and is the most sure to catch the shadow thief. The scholar asked expectantly.

"It is said that it is the Wang family, and I just heard that the Wang family has gathered dozens of good hands and is waiting for the shadow thief to prevent him from stealing his family's ancestral famous painting in the past. ”

"The Wang family!" the scholar nodded with an unpredictable expression.

At night, Xia Hou was cultivating in the inn, his brows were furrowed, he seemed to be very easy to practice the Northern Spiritual Skill at the beginning, and now he had reached the peak of the third-rate realm, but now he had fallen into a bottleneck, and there was no progress in the cultivation of the Northern Spiritual Skill in the past few days.

After meditating and cultivating for an hour, Xiahou was opening his eyes, "What should I do if I fall into a bottleneck, Duan Yu seems to have never encountered a bottleneck, it was only because of the absorption of too much internal force that the true qi was disordered, is it really like Li Qiushui said, absorbing the internal force of others is the correct way to do the Northern Spiritual Skill?"

Xia Houzheng was a little irritable in his heart, "But if that's really the case, why is the Xiaoyao faction not famous, if you absorb the internal force of others, you can continue to break through, and there should be many characters in the Xiaoyao faction who have broken through the void now, but this is not the case, it can be seen that absorbing the internal force of others is not the right way." ”

Having strengthened the belief in his heart that his own cultivation would not absorb the internal force of others, Xiahou was pushing open the door and preparing to go out for a walk and relax.

The city is brightly lit at this time, many people come to play on the street, lingering in the Qinglou restaurant, Xiahou is walking slowly, admiring the prosperity of the city.

Not long after, there was a loud shouting sound from the east, Xiahou was listening, and those people were shouting: "Catch the shadow thief, don't let him run away!" "Catch the shadow thief, the Wang family and each family will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver." "The shadow thief is Lao Tzu, and the reward is also Lao Tzu's, no one should and rob Lao Tzu!"

Afterwards, Xiahou Zheng saw a large group of people rushing over, running in front of a person wearing a night coat and a black scarf, the closest to him in the back was a person dressed as a headcatcher, and behind him was a large group of martial arts people of all kinds.

The head-hunting man was afraid that the person in front of him would be injured by mistake, so he shouted all the way: "The person in front of you retreats, don't get in the way." When the pedestrians on the street saw this formation, they all retreated, and someone pulled Xiahou Zheng, but Xiahou Zheng did not move, and still stood in the middle of the street with a frightened look.

Xia Hou was standing on the street, watching the shadow thief approaching step by step, and the head catcher estimated that the scholar in front of him was frightened and stupid, and further accelerated his speed, hoping to catch the shadow thief as soon as possible.

The shadow thief saw that Xiahou Zheng was still standing there, smiled in his heart, and ran around him when he passed by Xiahou Zheng, he didn't think about taking hostages, he lived to this day, relying on a subtle light skill, once he was surrounded, then he would definitely die, he would not do such a stupid thing.

Just when he passed by Xiahou Zheng, something happened suddenly, Xiahou Zheng hit him from behind with a palm, the shadow thief didn't expect this scholar to dare to make a move, without checking, he was immediately hit in the back, the shadow thief stumbled under his feet, endured the injuries on his body, and ran forward quickly, Xiahou was stepping on Ling Bo and chasing after him.

A few minutes later, everyone chased the shadow thief and saw that they were about to reach the city wall, the shadow thief and everyone were still some distance away, and the people behind were happy, and when they arrived at this place, the shadow thief should not be able to escape.

Seeing the shadow thief slowly approaching the city wall, Xia Hou was thinking: The shadow thief has run away so many times, will he send himself to a dead end, definitely not, so why is he here?

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Xiahou Zheng suddenly said: "Quick, stop him, he wants to go out over the city wall." ”

When Xiahou was shouting, the catcher sprinted again, obviously realizing this.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiahou Zheng's words fell, the shadow thief flexibly climbed a few times on the city wall, and turned over at once.

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