Taiji Liu Fengchun said: "Such bandits should not be despised lightly, but fortunately, there are not a few of us here, and we are enough to deal with the bandits." At this time, the archers on three sides had been wiped out by this group of chivalrous ways, and they walked and fled, and they were all gone in an instant. The thatched hut below, which had caught fire, had been extinguished. At this time, everyone gradually gathered in one place, and there were eleven people from the Huaiyang faction who came to this Iron Buddha Temple this time, all of whom arrived from the green bamboo pond of Qingfeng Fort in Huaishang. In addition to the six here, there are also Jiang Enbo, the old dart master of the North Road, Sun Yugang, the two proud disciples of Zhao Longyun in Lincheng, Sun Yugang, and the apprentice Sun Zhu Longxiang of Yan Zhao Shuangxia, and Wu Zongyi and Sima Shouchang, the martial artists of Jiangnan. These six are distributed on those three sides.

This chivalrous way immediately gathered in one place, and each other went forward to salute each other, Sun Haotian saw that the two of them rushed behind the crowd, and knelt down in front of Sun Haotian and saluted: "The disciples' martial arts are too shallow, so that our Huaiyang faction has also suffered great humiliation, and the disciples are willing to accept the guilt." At this time, Sun Haotian had already seen that the two were Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao. Sun Haotian then waved his hand and said, "No need to talk about it, let's talk about it in detail when we are young!"

Everyone searched the whole ridge, and saw that all the bandits had escaped. I rushed to find the only intersection in and out, but there was a narrow mountain pass that was quite steep, and it looked extremely ordinary inside. Rush out of this mountain pass, step by step is a narrow mountain road on the slope, in addition to the thorns and dense vines on both sides, it is a deep stream, there is really a husband when the pass, ten thousand people are difficult to open.

The trail leads to a river beach with deep reeds underneath, making it even more dangerous. Naji Xiaochuan said: "Teacher Sun, you see that the bandits' arrangement is quite ingenious. If we look at his situation here, it must be an important card, and this may be the gateway to the Twelve Docks, but it is also uncertain. We don't have a boat under our hands, so it's not appropriate to go down and search for it, so we'd better find a place to stay first, and we'll discuss anything tomorrow. ”

Sun Haotian means that he wants to invite everyone to return to the Iron Buddha Temple.

But Deng Qian, the Jiangnan dartman, said to Sun Haotian: "I think we should find another place to stay." But Master Deng didn't say why.

Yan Zhao Shuangxia's disciple Sun Zhu Longxiang, but also strongly advocated to go to the Stone Buddha Cave to stay in another place, and reported to Sun Haotian: "I once met the ancestor chasing the clouds and the hand of the blue bi, and once told that if you step on the gateway of the water division from Dongshan Port, you must beware of the bandits of the Iron Buddha Temple, and do not despise them, so as not to make a mistake." The disciples didn't dare to ask too much, probably this Iron Buddha Temple must be our fierce enemy. The bandit leader here is the Xichuan Thief, one is called Qiu Ning, the god of mourning, and the other is called Li Xuantong, who is a ghostface, and these two people are now all the leaders of the three halls in the Fengwei Gang, and they are in charge of Qingluan Hall and Golden Eagle Hall, which is not easy to flow with. Since my master and ancestor have given such earnest instructions, they must have been very prickly. I think that although we have such a group of people now, we are not afraid of him, but we are unfamiliar, they are outstanding people, as the saying goes, strong dragons do not suppress the head of the snake, we still have to be careful. ”

Sun Haotian said repeatedly that it was inconvenient for him to be stubborn, so he nodded and said yes. A group of people then followed the castle owner and followed the path to the Iron Buddha Temple. Although he was determined not to delay the Iron Buddha Temple any longer, he still wanted to take the opportunity to check it again.

Rushed to the Iron Buddha Temple, and then saw that this was already an empty courtyard and a lonely temple, how could there be any traces? Only the glazed Buddha lamp in the apse was still green and glowing. At that time, a group of chivalrous people saw this ancient temple jungle, although it has been abandoned for a long time, but this kind of solemn ancient temple, the building is so strong and majestic, I want to see the prosperity of incense in those years. At this time, everyone re-searched the front and back, and there was no trace here.

Because this is the enemy's lair after all, Sun Haotian should have been maneuvering around the Jiangnan martial artist Wu Zongyi, Sima Shouchang and the North Road dart master Jiang Enbo, the dart master Deng Qian, the Yanzhou Mansion Longyi dart master Shuangdao Jin He, as well as Lu Jiantang and Jia Yutang, etc., but there was no such time at that time. Xiang Yu searched from the back row to the front hall, and it was dark everywhere, but at this time, it was known that the strong enemy had retreated, and there was no scruples, so he temporarily prepared four or five torches and searched everywhere.

At this time, gathered in the front hall, there were already about five watches, although there was no trace of the bandits, but there were whistles from time to time, passing each other.

Sun Hao Tiancai believed that what Zhu Longxiang said, and Yan Zhao Shuangxia's message to the castle lord to the bandit leader of the Iron Buddha Temple was really not to be taken lightly, it was really not too much.

Seeing that there were no bandits hiding here, Fang wanted to get up together and rush to the Orion's house in the area of the Stone Buddha Cave to stay, and suddenly the Jiangnan martial artist Wu Zongyi and Sima Shouchang, the two came in from outside the hall, and saw that everyone was about to go out, so he said to Sun Haotian: "Castle master, please delay for a while, I found something suspicious near here, why don't you take a look." ”

Sun Haotian and the others asked Wu Zongyi, what did Sima Shouchang find?

The two martial artists said in unison: "Everyone come with me." ”

Sun Haotian walked out of the main hall with these two Jiangnan martial artists, and came straight from the wall, and had already arrived outside the temple, and saw that this area was a patch of thorns and artemisia, which was particularly sinister. At this time, the two martial artists in the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Zongyi and Sima Shouchang, led the way in front of the head.

Leaving the temple wall only half an arrow, I saw a lonely peak, which was densely covered with pine and cedar, and walked a short distance forward, and I saw the light of the lamp in the gap between the trees at the peak, and everyone was very surprised.

At this time, the two warriors led them to this small peak wearing thorns and lush grass, and then they saw that there were trees on all sides of the place, and there was a stone house inside, and there were still two pigeon nests next to the stone house.

In front of the stone house, there is a very high wooden shelf, which is as high as the top of the tree, but there are seven torches inserted on it, which are placed in the style of the seven stars, and they are still all burning at this time, and the seven fires are swayed by the mountain wind, and the front of the stone house is very quiet. Several pigeon cages were empty, except for the bottom one with a white pigeon, which everyone was very surprised to see.

Jiangnan martial artist Wu Zongyi, Sima Shouchang said to everyone: "We also found it unintentionally. As our brothers came out at the right time to walk around the east wall of the temple, they heard a dove circling in the sky. This kind of domestic animal, but it is raised, it will never fly up at night for no reason, and since it is circling in this area, it must fall, and there must be a place for it to live. My brother was intrigued, so he looked closely, and sure enough, we found it. The bandits here have not been away for about a long time, and these seven torches are their signal. When the bandits were about to retreat, Xu was in a hurry and did not completely extinguish the torch, but after they left, two branches lit up. This kind of carrier pigeon must have recognized its nest as a seven-star type of liangzi, at this time there were only two liangzi, and they did not dare to fall down. We simply tried to see if it really roosted here, but we set the rest of the five skills on fire, and the white pigeon actually threw itself into the pigeon cage, so that we knew that this pigeon must have been raised by the owner here. And it was evident that this pigeon was a carrier pigeon in their gang that conveyed signals and messages, and when he looked into the pigeon cage, he saw that the white dove had on its feet the secret of their rudder. I took it off, only to see a few lines of words on it, which read: 'Yanshan: The main altar of the red flag on the fifth road, immediately follow the order to withdraw the water distribution pass, do not delay or mistaken.' Because what I found was too coincidental, I didn't have time to investigate it carefully, so I rushed back to the Iron Buddha Temple and asked Mr. Sun to come and inspect it in person. ”

Sun Haotian then nodded and said, "Yes, we can more or less get the deeds of the Phoenix-Tail Gang, and other things to corroborate it." In this way, it seems that the bandit leader of the Iron Buddha Temple, Xichuan Shuangsha, and the people here are two and one, and it is not easy to determine. We're going to have to search carefully. As he spoke, he and everyone looked around the stone house, and there was no road here, only a secret path hidden by basil, which led to the back of the temple of the Iron Buddha Temple, and the deep valley that led to the square city on all sides, and there was no other road.

These two paths are still found because of prejudices, and if you don't know the details, let alone at night, even during the day, it is not easy to find. Sima Shouchang was really in a hurry, and was led in by two torches from the bandits, if there was no fire, even if there was that pigeon, it would not be easy to find here. After seeing the situation outside the stone house, everyone walked into the stone house with torches. As soon as he entered the house, he was even more surprised by this chivalrous class.

I saw that this stone house, which looked like a mountain dwelling from the outside, sheltered from the wind and rain beasts, rushed to this and entered the house, only to see that the layout was very dazzling. The front window is a long window, a long case in front of the window, under each window sash is a seat for one person, and in front of the desk occupied by each person is a set of stationery, and there is a peculiar device on each sash. There was a square hole eight inches high and a foot wide in the wooden window. On either side of the square hole, two kinds of things are installed. On the left side of the square hole is a five-inch high, four-inch wide colored lamp, which is colored paper paste, supported by a wooden frame that can be rotated, and is only in the square hole when not in use, and is pasted next to the square hole. When it is used, it can be pushed to the outside of the square hole, exposed outside the square hole, and the oil lamp can be lit inside. On the right, there is a row of four-inch-large flags of various colors, also mounted on a wooden frame that can be turned, and it is also used to push from the square hole, turn to the outside of the square hole, and stick it on the right. There are twelve windows on the front eaves, which are connected cases, but in each window is a piece of stationery and a chair. There are dossier papers next to the stationery, and these twelve window holes are divided into twelve colors, and each square hole is one color for the lamp and the flag.

Sun Haotian looked surprised, and turned back to the Jiangnan martial artists Wu Zongyi and Situ Shouchang who were beside him and said: "Two virtuous brothers, I have seen and heard shallowly, and I am really a little inexplicable about this arrangement in the stone house here. If the two virtuous brothers know the importance here, please give instructions and open the mouth. ”

Sima Shouchang nodded and said, "Although Mr. Sun doesn't know the equipment here, I think I must be able to see a rough idea of these things!"

Sun Haotian frowned, glanced at the holes above the twelve windows, and said, "Could it be that this is where the clamp under the pile of the twelve serial docks is located, this kind of equipment must be a signal." ”

Jiangnan dart artist Sima Shouchang nodded and said: "Teacher Sun guessed well, this is the fastest way for them to transmit signals, which is similar to using flying arrows to pass books, this kind of equipment should not be taken lightly." It is the most important card in the Iron Buddha Temple of Yanshan, this peak is the highest peak of Yanshan, and the basin is the place where they are stationed according to the pile.