Winter in the north, even if it is early winter, will give people a solemn feeling, and a place like Jizhou, which has just experienced a major war, is not only solemn, but also depressed.

Jizhou has the most complex terrain in the entire Central Plains, and it is difficult to collect all the terrain like Jizhou in other places.

There are mountains, hills, plains, rivers and lakes, and a small area connected to the sea.

Jizhou to the northwest is connected with mountains, to the north all the way to Yanshan, there are many undulating landforms, most of them are plains, there are also mountains, but they are not tall.

Outside the county seat of Gao County, about two or three miles away, there is a tree on a high slope, like a sentry standing there.

At the bottom of the high slope, Yu Jiuling, Zhang Yuxu, and Peng Qiqi were squatting there, rock-paper-scissors.

"Who's different from the other two, who's going to go up and see."

Yu Jiuling said: "The head of the house said that a place like Gao County is not stable, maybe there are horse thieves and bandits or something, so you have to observe before entering the city, I said I came by myself, you two have to follow, then since you follow, I can't go up the tree by myself." ”

Zhang Yuxu said: "Ninth sister ......"

Yu Jiuling glared at him.

Zhang Yuxu hurriedly changed his words: "Ninth sister ......"

Yu Jiuling glared again.

Zhang Yuxu said: "Brother Jiu...... If you look at the two of us, how can we both climb up. ”

Yu Jiuling said: "I'm not good anywhere, it's just as good, fair, if you don't go up, I won't go up, let's go back and tell Li Qi that no one wants to see it, let Li Qi come by himself." ”

Peng Qiqi said: "What Brother Jiu said is reasonable, of course we have to be fair." ”

As he spoke, he secretly gestured a pair of scissors to Yu Jiuling, meaning of course that I will take out the scissors in a while, and you will also make the scissors, so that Zhang Yuxu will have to climb the tree.

Yu Jiuling nodded imperceptibly, signaling that I understand, I understand.

So, Yu Jiuling counted one, two, three, and then the three of them came out at the same time, and when they looked at it again, Peng Seventeen came out of a stone, and Yu Jiuling and Zhang Yuxu came out of cloth.

The three of them looked at each other and all smiled treacherously.

Peng Seventeen sighed: "People's hearts are not ancient, they are all broken, all of them are broken, Brother Jiu, you say you are too, although Zhang Yuxu and I are not from the same school, but we are also from the same family, and the bad hearts of the two of us are inherited......"

Zhang Yuxu: "Get out, that's the inheritance of your Daomen, our Longhu Mountain Daomen ......"

He thought for a moment and snorted: "Anyway, it's better than you Zhongnan Mountain." ”

Yu Jiuling kicked Peng Seventeen's elastic buttocks: "You have a lot of bad intentions, you deserve to climb the tree to see, hurry up." ”

Peng Qiqi reluctantly got up and climbed up the tree.

There are fewer leaves in winter, but they can barely be sheltered, and it's so far away from the county seat.

Peng XVII went up, sat there on a tree branch, and raised his clairvoyance to look.

Zhang Yuxu looked at Peng Qiqi's sitting posture riding a tree branch, and felt that it would be better if he was shocked......

So he gave a kick to the tree, Peng Qiqi didn't tremble much, but the leaves were almost all fallen by the kick.

The leaves of the tree were counted.

At this time, the little fat man Peng Qiqi sat there with his legs stuck, looking like a giant panda sitting on a bare tree trunk.

Peng Qiqi looked down, with an uncomfortable look on his face.

Yu Jiuling snorted and laughed: "Shocked? ”

Peng Qiqi shook his head: "No...... The place you said was okay, the next door to that place was a bit ......"

Yu Jiuling sat on the ground with a smile and asked, "Before and after the next door."

Next door. ”

Peng Seventeen said: "Hou ......"

Yu Jiuling said: "You hurry up and take a look, after reading it." ”

Peng Qiqi answered, raised his clairvoyance to look at the county seat of Gao County, and after a while, he realized that something was wrong.

"There are people patrolling back and forth on the city wall, and there are not many of them, and they are not wearing the clothes of officials and soldiers."

Yu Jiuling was stunned, he thought that he really let Li Qi guess correctly?

Li Qi said that such a small county town may have been attacked by the rogues a long time ago, and maybe it will be used as a base camp.

"You come down."

Yu Jiuling was worried that Peng Qiqi was not looking carefully, so he shouted at Peng Qiqi.

Peng Siqi is indeed a little fat, and he is very slow and slightly clumsy when he climbs down, of course he is not like this with his ability, but he is a little afraid of heights.

Because it was too slow, Zhang Yuxu looked at him with disgust on his face, and kicked on the trunk again......

This time Peng Seventeen was shaken down, slid down with the trunk of the tree, and sat on the ground.

Peng Qiqi sat there, his face even more uncomfortable.

He looked at Yu Jiuling and said aggrievedly: "Now...... The front next door is also numb, especially numb. ”

Yu Jiuling glared at him with a smile, climbed the tree, tried his body to cover himself against the main trunk, and looked at the county seat of Gao County with clairvoyance.

Sure enough, I saw occasional people walking by on the city wall, and it could be judged from the posture and clothing of the walk that it was definitely not an official army.

"They have bows and arrows."

Yu Jiuling slid down from the tree and pulled the two people: "Let's go back and talk to Li Qi." ”

Peng Qiqi watched Yu Jiuling slide down so smoothly, he was very puzzled and unconvinced, and asked, "You slide down, aren't you numb?" ”

Yu Jiuling glanced at him: "Stupid critic just rubbed his crotch and slid down." ”

After a stick of incense, in the forest on the side of the road, Yu Jiuling told Li Qi what he saw.

Li Qi asked, "Have you seen anything that proves their identity as horse thieves?" ”

Yu Jiuling was stunned, he scratched his hair and said, "The horse thief still has a proof?" Did the government open it? How can that thing be seen. ”

Li Qi knocked on Yu Jiuling's skull: "Stupid, do you have a horse?" ”

Yu Jiuling suddenly felt that he might indeed be a little stupid.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Yu Jiuling said: "I saw it, there are horses, a few people rode out of the city, I don't know where they went, I can't see how many people there are in the city, but it is estimated that the scale should be not small." ”

Li Qi asked Zhang Yuxu: "How can you scold him in your words?" ”

Zhang Yuxu deliberately turned his head to face Yu Jiuling and said, "It's a harpy, I've been aiming for a long time, and I haven't seen a hammer." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "You really owe ......"

Zhang Yuxu said: "If the head asks me, I will definitely answer." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "You explain why I said with a scowl face." ”

Li Qi said with a smile: "I'll go to explore in a while, you guys are waiting here, don't act rashly, I'll go in after dark, didn't the ninth sister just say that the city gate of Gao County is gone, and it's not difficult to enter." ”

"I'll take a look, if the size of that gang of horse thieves is not large, we will clean them up, if it is too big for us to deal with, I will see if there is a chance to steal a few horses."

Yu Jiuling said: "Take me there." ”

Li Qi said: "I won't take anyone with you." ”

Yu Jiuling was curious: "What is the explanation?" ”

Li Qi said: "You ran too fast, if there is danger, I can't throw you down and let you block the sword." ”

He looked at Zhang Yuxu and Peng Seventeen: "The two of them can."

Come with me, they can't outrun me. ”

Peng 17 said: "It deserves to be the ...... of the master"

Mr. Ye smiled: "It's better for me to go with you, if you go alone, we can't rest assured after all." ”

Li Qi said: "You are too old, if you are in danger, I can't bear to leave you behind." ”

Mr. Ye: "Wow......"

Night.

Li Qi cleaned up, put on the big white tooth mask he brought with him, and then approached the county seat of Gao County alone.

Not to mention that there is no city gate in this kind of small county town, even if there is a city gate, it is not difficult for Li Qi to enter.

The night was thick, and the clouds covered the moon, Li Qi approached the city wall, and could vaguely hear someone talking in a low voice on the city wall.

The height of the city wall of this small county town is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to go up, and it is completely inappropriate to change it to a master of the rivers and lakes.

It is estimated that it is only one and a half feet high, less than two feet.

Li listened attentively, and the more he listened, the more he felt that what they were saying was not the Central Plains, and he was muttering and speaking quickly.

Li Qi took a slow breath, slipped along the root of the wall to the city gate to take a look, there was a fire in the city gate hole, obviously guarded.

Li Qi circled back again, grabbed the city bricks with both hands and began to climb up, he didn't climb fast at all, to ensure that the sound was the lightest.

How powerful are these ten fingers, the city wall of Gao County has been in disrepair for a long time, mottled and pitted, and it didn't take much effort for Li Qi to climb up.

When he got to the edge and turned over, Li Qi took advantage of the faint moonlight to look, and there was a dark shadow walking in the distance, knowing that the horse thief who set up the guard should not be underestimated.

Most of the rogues in this world are farmers and refugees, where do they know this, if they understand this, they will not be killed so easily by the officials and soldiers.

Li Qi looked into the city, and there was a fire flickering in the city, but there were no lights and candles, which showed how the people in the city had become poor.

He took out the clairvoyance from the deerskin bag and looked at the dense fire, and there were many people looking at it.

Those thieves should be eating, Li Qi's eyes immediately swept over, and then went to look elsewhere.

Ben had already moved away, and the clairvoyance in Li Qi's hand paused for a moment, and quickly returned to the firelight.

After a moment, Li Qi's hand clenched.

Those guys are eating, it's people.

Li Qi's hand holding clairvoyance trembled a little, and his lips trembled slightly, it had been a long, long time, and Li Qi didn't have such a fierce killing intent.

He looked to the side, where several dark figures moved, and he bent down and moved forward with his body lowered in the shadows of the wall.

When they stopped nearby, the people gradually heard more clearly, and it was actually a Saibei accent.

Li Qi had fought a battle with the Northern Maniacs, so he was not particularly unfamiliar with this accent.

Li Qi flipped out his short knife, then got up and strode towards those people, not rushing, but striding forward.

After hearing the sound, those people looked over to Li Qi, and someone asked, "Who is coming?" Can not see clearly. ”

Li Qi threw out the short knife in his hand, and the person who spoke didn't even react, and was pierced through the forehead by a knife.

The distance was already very close, Li Qi accelerated and rushed, one of the horse thieves was about to draw the knife, the knife was only half out of the sheath, Li Qi punched him in the temple, and the person flipped out sideways.

As soon as Li Qi stretched out his hand, he pulled out his short knife from the horse thief's forehead, and the knife swept like a whirlwind, and the four of them all turned into corpses in an instant.

Li Qi pulled the mask down and looked at the place where the fire lit up again.

After a few moments, he picked up the bow and arrows that had fallen to the ground, tied the ropes to the battlements, and slid into the city by grabbing the ropes.

In the dark.

The Yaksha is coming.