The short old man smiled and said, "Your name is Xiahou Ying! Don't see that although you are stationed in our Fire Ape Castle, you can do your best to maintain the gateway of our Fire Ape Castle. I went to Fire Ape Fort four or five years ago, and at that time you were ordered to deliver a letter at Fengyang Pass, so you didn't know each other. Do you know who the man who saved you at the watershed pass?"

Xiahou Ying looked at the old man, put the two things together, suddenly woke up, and said secretly: "I'm so confused! Although I haven't seen it, I've heard that Yan Zhao Shuangxia is all short and thin, and the two brothers are laymen, and they are each straddling a healthy donkey, which is very eye-catching." One is called Cloud Chaser Lan Bi, and the other is called Dwarf King Kong Lan He, this must be their two brothers. ”

He hurriedly arrived in front of the short old man, and said on his knees: "It turned out to be Old Senior Lan, and the disciple is really clumsy." The disciple had fallen into the hands of the bandits last night, but fortunately he was rescued by his predecessors, so as not to be embarrassed by the Fire Ape Castle. Disciple, don't you know if the one you met last night was a hero or a second hero?"

The person on the cloud bed replied: "Xiahou Ying, you are too stupid, you can put these two dwarfs together and compare them." The one who was shorter than him last night, isn't that dwarf King Kong Blue?"

Xiahou Ying hurriedly kowtowed, and replied: "The disciple doesn't dare to be so presumptuous, the disciple has been taught by this master and hero today, which is really a lifetime of luck." ”

At this time, Lan Bi, the cloud chaser, said with a smile: "Our own family has not read this kind of fictional text, my brother has already followed you, and I already know everything about what you experienced yesterday, so you don't need to talk about it again." My second brother likes a man with bones like you the most, so he is willing to do his best to protect you and form a strong bond with the gangsters. I have called you in, so that you may hasten to deliver a message to your lord, and two groups of them have already gone in to survey the eastern mountains. Our brother also arrived last night, and did not meet the castle master, and our brother has other important business, so his whereabouts are very secret, and now he does not want to be in one place with the brigade, so you can gather here. It is said that there is a twenty-mile road from the front of the water dividing pass to the inner three halls, and the Tianfeng Hall is located in the most dangerous place. Among them, there are two sides of water and drought, step by step fortification, quite expert. Therefore, even we have to think about the reality and how many capable people there are inside, so as to consider our own strength, whether we can deal with it, and then take action, so as not to lose the enemy and gently destroy the prestige of Fire Ape Castle. We also received an edict from the Tie Dao people, telling my brother to tell the castle lord to be cautious, knowing that there must be a strong enemy in the Fengwei Gang. And tell the lord of the castle that there is something really incomprehensible, and you can ask the Lord here for help. When you see the castle master, you mention that the Demon Daoist is cultivating in this Jiuling Palace, and the castle master will know, this old-timer is here to cultivate, and the henchmen of the Phoenix Tail Gang dare not take a step on this Fushi Ridge, you can quickly report to the castle owner, and use the immortal chief here as a temporary base, so that you can first ensure that you are not currently conspiracy by the bandits. The owner of the castle has settled near the Iron Buddha Temple in Dongshan about last night, or he is not there, or he is staying at the Orion House in the Stone Buddha Cave nearby, and he will pay attention to the secret notes left by the castle owner along the way, and it may not take much to find it. I didn't have a big delay, you can go!"

The Demon Daoist on the cloud bed read: "Immeasurable Buddha, Lan Shi, who are you from the Dou Feng Tail Gang? I, a demon subduer, thought I was enough to subdue the evil demons, but I didn't know that I had summoned you living demons, and I didn't have the ability to deal with it anymore. This is a poor way that deserves to be robbed, and I will let you disturb it!"

Xiahou Ying dared to answer, so he still respectfully thanked the master of the Nine Spirits Palace, and said goodbye to Lan Bi, the hero of Yan and Zhao's twin heroes. Leaving the Danfang, the Taoist who brought in led him out of the temple.

Xiahou Ying then followed the path that Lan Daxia said, walked to the side of Fushi Ridge, and when he went around the back of the ridge, he saw that it was a bumpy mountain road. Turning a high hill, Xiahou Ying walked forward a short distance, and sure enough, on the trees, he saw the secret mark left by the castle owner, so he followed the mountain road to the east to investigate.

I was turning the path between a cedar forest and saw a person hurrying over the oncoming grass path. Xia Houying looked quite familiar, and he also took a few steps closely, and gradually recognized that the person was Gan Zhong.

Xiahou Ying hurriedly greeted: "Senior Brother Gan, why are you alone?

Gan Zhong came to the front and nodded and replied: "You are back, the castle lord is very worried, and asked me to rush to Wulongping to see if you have returned?" The letter sent back on the donkey's back yesterday, the castle owner was supposed to follow it immediately after receiving it, but there was something wrong here, and he couldn't get out. But I know that you will not fall into the hands of the bandits, because you are still able to adapt to the situation, and you have more experience than our brothers, and you know that even if you fall into the hands of the Fengwei gang, they will not dare to do anything to you. As the castle lord expected, Senior Brother Xiahou returned safely, but I don't know if Senior Brother Xiahou can step on the traces of the lewd female butcher Lu Qiniang?"

Xiahou Ying coughed, and then asked Gan Zhong: "Where is the castle lord taking your brother to live, can you see it now?

Gan Zhong said: "Don't worry! See, turn around the mountain col in front of you and arrive, the front is called the Stone Buddha Cave, where there are living hunters, and they are in the hunters' homes." ”

Xia Houying nodded and said, "Okay, let's go, I'll tell you!"

So the two walked forward, and Xiahou Ying told Gan Zhong about what had happened. Gan Zhong listened to it and praised Xiahou Ying for being shrewd and capable, and he was ashamed of himself.

As he spoke, Gan Zhong pointed forward with his hand, "Look, the stone houses under the cliffs over there are where the hunters live, and we lived there last night. ”

Xiahou Yingshun Ganzhong looked at his fingers, and that area was indeed a cliff, which was very steep. Under the cliff is a relatively flat mountain road, and the rows of pines and cypresses under the cliff look even more lush and green. In the thick shade, there are more than a dozen stone houses, which are quite quaint and unusual.

Xiahou Ying inadvertently glanced into the distance again, and saw that the stone house where the hunters lived in the past was a high hill, and there was a temple on the high hill, although it was not real from a distance, only a section of moss-stained stone wall that could be seen as far as the eye could see, which was half an arrow long, and that situation was definitely not a small temple like the land shrine of the mountain god.

Xiahou Ying then said to Gan Zhong: "There is a temple on that hill, since the castle master has come here, why don't you stay in that temple?"

Gan Zhong said: "You still mention that temple, if it weren't for the castle master's amazing skills, superb kung fu, and almost ruined his reputation first, I still feel terrible when I think about it now!"

Xia Houying couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and asked, "What's the matter! Could it be that the castle lord is also in danger of plotting against bandits?"

Gan Zhong then told Xiahouying what happened last night, and Xiahouying was dumbfounded.

It turned out that after Sun Haotian broke up with Xiahou Ying, he avoided the female butcher Lu Qiniang and rushed to Wulongping, Yanshan, all the way without any obstacles. When they arrived at Wulongping, the three donkeys stopped moving forward, and stopped under a bamboo shed where the porters gathered. Sure enough, a porter here came over, led the donkey to the trough to feed it, and turned around to ask Sun Haotian for money for his feet.

Sun Haotian will pay him the price he has set. Gan Zhong deliberately tried the porter, and only took out a handful of money to hand it to him, but the porter looked at Gan Zhong dumbfounded, and said in a snort: "Guest, I'm afraid this amount is not right, isn't it? Didn't you talk about four hundred yuan, plus wine money?"

Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao looked at each other and smiled.

Gan Zhong said: "You really have two shots, but you are half right. You are right at the price, but you are wrong about the number of donkeys. We were four donkeys together, and one of us was delayed halfway. ”

As he spoke, he took out a penny and handed it to him, saying, "We should give him a hanger of six hundred coins." ”

The porter saw that the guest was very generous, and thanked him again and again.

Sun Haotian looked at it, this area is quite lively, there are many vendors selling hot and cold cooked food, specially for guests to carry convenient food. The porters were also divided into two roads, two reed sheds, and there were two tea sheds beside the road that also sold wine. There was also a group of porters who carried creepers, and when they saw a guest coming, they went forward to solicit them.

At this time, Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao felt dry because they had earned all the way with this kind of delusional donkey, so they said to Sun Haotian: "Master, let's not rest in this tea shed, just wait for Xiahou Ying, he will not be delayed, and he will come back quickly." ”

Sun Haotian nodded, and then walked to a relatively clean tea shed outside the mountain pass, where the three masters and apprentices sat down on the bench, and immediately sent three bowls of tea to the tea seller. It turns out that the tea sellers in Sichuan are much more elaborate than those in Yunbei. This kind of tea shed, in addition to the tea and wine sellers, the single seller of tea, but the preparation is extremely complete, red and green tea is available, can be selected by the guests.

The master and apprentice took a break from tea, drank half a cup of tea, and suddenly walked up from the mountain road, about fifty years old, wearing a Ning silk arrow-sleeved official robe, the blue had turned black, and the pieces on it were shining, but it was not silky brilliance. Because there are many years, there are many times of friction in several places, and they are all oily. Wherever there are dragon flowers on it, all of them have become transparent, this dress is at least twenty years old, and this person is tall and thin, but the sleeves of this arrow are under the knee. Underneath he wore a pair of boots, one cloth and one satin, and the two different boots were all covered with dust, and there were many flaws. He carried a small package on his back, which he copied from under his left shoulder and right ribs and tied it to his chest, but he wore his hair in a bun on his head.

This man's face is thin, yellow and scorched as if he is sick, but his eyes are full of light, and he can't hide that he has won the attainments of the inner family. This kind of dress that is not like the four is very ridiculous! He is said to be a beggar, but he does not have that kind of attitude of hunger, cold, and contempt. said that he was a poor man who traveled to study, if this shape was seen by children, wouldn't it be ridiculed by children.

This person came to the tea stall and stood there staring at Sun Haotian's master and apprentice. If he had finished looking at it and left, he would have ignored it, but this strange man stood there like a carved clay sculpture of wood, and he didn't even move.

Sun Haotian understood a little in his heart, but he still didn't move and pretended not to pay attention to him. Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao are young and violent, how can they let him be stared at like this.

Gan Xiao shook his sleeves and shouted: "Hey, you have been watching it like this for a long time, and you still don't recognize it? ”

At this time, the man was drunk by Gan Xiao like this, and he didn't mind, his face was rigid and only snorted from his nostrils, the corners of his mouth grinned, and he didn't seem to laugh out, and said weakly: "In the end, children are rare and strange, a person with two eyes, he doesn't need to look at people, can he let him see ghosts, why is he so vicious?"