Mu Qinghan slowly moved back to the gate of the village, leaned on the big stone, and watched from a distance as a group of bandits chased towards the northwest, probably dozens of people. There were also some bandits lying on the ground. Mu Qinghan thought to himself that it was really only a part of the people who chased it out. So they secretly piled up firewood and grass all over the fence.

After two teas, Mu Qinghan watched the fire rise in the northwest. Knowing that there was already a fight over there, he set fire to several haystacks. And while no one kicked open, he slipped into the stockade.

Mu Qinghan knew that the best thing at this time was to hide himself and wait for reinforcements, but he thought that Xiaowei's life and death were unknown at this time, so he scurried around to find it, and wanted to order a few more bandits' thatched huts, but when he thought that Xiaowei didn't know where he was, he could only look for it from room to room and confirm that there was no order. However, this work is not complicated, and soon the fire broke out in all directions, and for a time the shouts in the village continued, and the sound of fighting the fire and shouting people was endless. Mu Qinghan slowly lurked to the wooden house, but heard the sound of someone talking in the house. He hid in a corner of the room. Listen to the conversation inside.

But I heard a man with a rough voice say, "What's the matter? ”

A young man replied: "There are many places around the gate that are on fire, and there are also in the village." ”

Another voice came from the other side: "The officers and soldiers are coming?" ”

The rough voice said, "No way, I just went to deliver the goods to them in the afternoon, and they haven't filled up yet." ”

A voice on one side said, "What if they cross the river and tear down the bridge?" The one I sent today is the best quality except for the one from the previous days. ”

Rough voice: "They don't care about the appearance of the goods." ”

Mu Qinghan was confused when he heard it outside, and he only felt that there might be some unspeakable relationship between the soldiers of Xiyue City and these bandits. Thinking about the events of the past few days, I heard it say: "Did you catch the fire at the door?" ”

"No, they seem to be a group of quite a few people, and they have already sent people to chase them out."

The rough voice asked again, "Haven't you come back yet?" ”

"No, it seems that there is a fight on the northwest slope, and it is also on fire."

"It can't really be an official army."

The rough voice said: "We are all reduced to this now, and we can't even beat the crops of the surrounding villages, not to mention that we work for the officials and soldiers, why should they work hard." ”

The rough voice continued, "I haven't come back yet, I'm afraid I'm going to encounter a hard stubble, so you can bring some brothers to see what is going on." ”

Other voice responses are. Mu Qinghan thought outside the door, presumably this is the bandit leader, looking at the time, they should almost wipe out the bandits in the trench. Now that they have sent reinforcements, the village is even more empty. Anyway, I can't find Xiaowei left and right, if I can catch him, I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Once you've made up your mind, slowly move to the window and get ready to go in at any time. I peeked in through the window and saw a few people going out with the guys. One of them is about a skinny but bearded bandit and another who is younger. I only heard the bearded man say: "Let's hurry up and pack up our things, if it is really the official army to cross the river and tear down the bridge, let this group of small ones stand in the way." ”

Listening to the voice, this bearded man is undoubtedly the head of the thief, Mu Qinghan thought to himself, this person is so ruthless to his subordinates, see if I don't catch you for a while. The other young man echoed and withdrew from the room. The beard began to move to the other side, and I don't know what to take. But at this time, he was facing away from Mu Qinghan. Mu Qinghan seized the opportunity and turned over the window.

The bearded man heard the sound and was about to turn around, but found that a wood knife was already on his neck. "Don't make a sound."

The bearded man hurriedly begged for mercy: "The strong man spares his life, the strong man spares his life." "I was still holding what I had just gotten.

Mu Qinghan also noticed this, so he said to hand over the things. When the bearded man heard this, he refused just now, and after being tightened by Mu Qinghan, he quickly stretched out his hand, still trembling, but saw that it was half a ham in his hand.

Mu Qinghan said: "You said to pack up things, that's it?" The bearded man sneered: "I have saved the meat for half a year, so I must take it with me when I leave." "Poor thieves live as poorly as the common people. Mu Qinghan thought it was something important, but when he saw this, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Where is the girl you caught during the day?" ”

"In ...... You're not an officer? The bearded man asked. But as soon as I asked, I regretted it, because the firewood knife was a little closer. Mu Qinghan said: "Whether the official army or not has nothing to do with you. ”

At this moment, a voice came from outside, "Oh no, a group of people from outside have come in!" With that, he rushed in. Mu Qinghan hurriedly grabbed the thief head and controlled it from behind, and the firewood knife was still on the thief's neck. Say, "Don't move! ”

The little minion who rushed in saw that the thief was being held hostage, and naturally he was also a rat trap. Mu Qinghan then ordered: "Put down the knife, people go out!" The little minion had to put down the knife and slowly withdraw. Seeing that it had been discovered, Mu Qinghan pressed the thief and walked out of the wooden house, and at this time, Lu Liu and the others had already entered the cottage.

Mu Qinghan shouted loudly: "Your village master is in my hands, put down your weapons for me!" After a standard of hostage and persuasion, the bandits laid down their weapons and scattered.

"Brother Mu is Brother Mu, and the thieves have been caught." Li Liuliu stepped forward and said.

Mu Qinghan saw that the overall situation had been decided, so he kicked the thief's head away, and Qian Hou asked the brothers to quickly tie him up. Then Mu Qinghan: "It's not easy for you, it seems that it's all solved." ”

Liu Yiliang smiled and said: "The idea of the money monkey is really good, I just killed it in that trench!" ”

Mu Qinghan didn't ask about the interest of victory at this time, and grabbed the thief's head: "Say!" Where did the people arrest you? ”

The bearded man trembled and said, "It's ...... It has been delivered. ”

"What do you mean?"

The bearded man said, "Can you give me a glass of water?" It's a long story. ”

After saying this, he directly took a kick from Mu Qinghan, and followed by a sentence: "How can I have time to listen to your noise here!" "I was about to beat him when he raised his fist, but he was grabbed by Qian Hou." I can't find Xiaowei everywhere, so I have to ask him! ”

Mu Qinghan suppressed his anger a little, and only listened to the bearded man: "Thank you for the strong man, thank you for the hero, it's not that I won't make a long story short, I want to say it for a while." Qian Hou said, "Leopard, find him a glass of water." ”

I don't know where Guo Leopard found the water, but after drinking it, the bearded man said slowly: "This matter has to start with the completion of Wangyun Tower three months ago." ”

Mu Qinghan glanced at it and said, "What does it have to do with Wangyun Tower?" ”

The bearded man said slowly: "Since the Wangyun Tower was built, the officials and soldiers have been suppressing bandits everywhere. For a while, several surrounding mountains were destroyed. About half a month ago, the official army found Kitten Mountain. ”

Qian Hou realized that something was wrong: "The official army found Little Cat Mountain? Just by virtue of you, can you escape the encirclement and suppression of the official army? ”

The bearded man smiled bitterly: "Of course it doesn't work, the people in this village are all homeless, and they all fall into the grass to beg for a living. So before the official army fought, it surrendered here. ”

Li Liuliu said: "Then why are you still here, and you are still robbing people's girls everywhere." ”

The bearded man said: "The officers and soldiers did not destroy this place, nor did they let these people go to prison, but let us continue to be here, and also sent us food." ”

Liu Yiliang said: "What? If you don't catch it, you still send food? ”

Qian Hou heard something, so he said, "This grain is not taken for nothing." ”

Mu Qinghan heard this, combined with what he had heard a few times before: "The government asked you to help rob the people's daughters?" ”

Qian Hou said to Liu Yiliang: "Yiliang, you take everyone to patrol around the stockade to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net." ”

Liu Yiliang scolded and took people out, and at this time, there were only Li Liuliu, Qian Houmu Qinghan and a few bearded people left in the village. Mu Qinghan didn't care about Qian Hou's arrangement, but was anxious to hear Xiaowei's whereabouts.

The bearded man continued: "Yes, yes, this little brother is so right. is to let us help them go to various villages and official roads to rob the people's daughters, and explain that they must be fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years old yellow flower girls, it doesn't matter if they look good or not. After snatching it, it was sent to Xiyue City for delivery. ”

Mu Qinghan was a little impatient: "Then what did you catch today?" ”

"Oh, I wasn't going to arrest someone today, but I caught one last night, but when I was about to get it, I was saved by a hard idea. He also killed several brothers, so he sent someone to seek revenge today, but he didn't expect to accidentally rob another one, and he happened to send it to Xiyue. ”

Now everything is right, Mu Qinghan is also sure that Xiaowei was taken away by them, so he asked anxiously: "What about the girl?" ”

The bearded man looked at him like this, and was afraid that he would be kicked by him again in a while, so he hurriedly said that he had already sent it, and estimated that he had already entered the city at the time.

Li Liuliu said: "In this way, it will be difficult to do, even if you rush to the city at this time, it should be nearly an hour, but I am afraid that the city gate will be closed early." ”

Qian Hou waved his hand: "It's okay, there is no curfew at night in the city, there is always a swill cart out of the city, and you can go back to the city by hiding under the car if you give some benefits." The people of Chun Yu's family still expect the night market to increase their income, and the soldiers at the door are naturally relaxed, but the point is that you know where to find people in the city? ”

These words reminded Mu Qinghan, and just wanted to ask, the bearded man was afraid that he would kick him again. took the initiative to explain, saying: "We had an early delivery time before, so we walked around the city, and when we walked on Pinglan Street, we suddenly saw the officers and soldiers who connected with us going north, and they were carrying a carriage, and we estimated that it was the girl we caught." ”

"To the north of Pinglan Street?" Qian Hou and Mu Qinghan were shocked at the same time, and said in unison: "Isn't that Wangyun Tower!" ”

"Yes, we also want to know where the arrested people went, so we quietly followed behind, all the way to Wangyun Tower, but we didn't know when we arrived at Wangyun Tower, anyway, we were sure that we didn't enter the gate of Wangyun Tower."

Qian Hou said: "This matter is more complicated than we imagined. Li Liuliu said: "There is a matter of officers and soldiers, and now it is involved in Wangyunlou, but I am afraid that it is not something we can handle." ”

The more Mu Qinghan thought about it, the more he felt furious, after all, he didn't expect this matter to have so much to do. It really may not be something that he can solve with a grass farmer. He clenched his fists, felt sweat in his palms, and rubbed his clothes on them. Said slowly: "This matter is not something you and my brother can handle, let the big guy scavenge some useful things here and go back." I went into town on my own. ”

Li Liuyi was not happy to hear this, and just wanted to refute but was stopped by Mu Qinghan waving his hand. Mu Qinghan walked out slowly, half a step towards the outside of the village. Li Liuliu looked at his back and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Compared with Qian Hou, it is much more practical, he leaned over to the bearded man and said: "This, you helped the officials and soldiers rob the people's daughters, but now that your subordinates are gone, if the officials and soldiers know, what will you do?" "To put it bluntly, it is to threaten him, in case he goes to the officials and soldiers to denounce them. After all, the thieves who pouted the officials and soldiers still know their secrets, and they are afraid that they will be the ones who will be surrounded and suppressed next time. The bearded man hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." ”

"Get out!" Qian Hou's words made the bearded man feel like he had been pardoned, and he quickly ran away.

Qian Hou then said to Liuliu: "Liuliu, you pay attention these days, go to Yujia Ferry, see if there is a ferry or something, if not, quickly take some people to build a bamboo raft, how much can be laid!" ”

"What do you want so many rafts for?" Li Liuliu was puzzled.

Qian Hou whispered a few words in Li Liuliu's ear, Li Liuliu was shocked at first, and then said, "Not really." Qian Hou said: "Be prepared." ”

It was also said that Mu Qinghan restrained his mood a little and prepared to enter the city, although he knew that this matter was difficult. But thinking of Xiaowei's situation, coupled with the Gu family's kindness for many years, he has no hesitation. Although he was tired, he also came to Xiyue City at a very fast speed. The master who poured the swill extorted twenty yuan, and finally got into the city.

There is no curfew at night in Xiyue City, and the road is full of people and lights. Mu Qinghan blended in from the west gate, and entered Jinfeng Avenue, which is mostly bluestone slabs on the ground. Interestingly, there are pawn shops and money shops on the north side of the street, and snack shops and grain stores on the south side. This street has been extending hundreds of zhang, directly meeting with Pinglan Street, and walking north along Pinglan Street is Wangyun Tower.

The snack shops on Jinfeng Avenue sell everything, and there are many small families in the city who eat and drink here with their children. Mu Qinghan was shouting from the hawkers around him, but he heard a hawker shouting: "The broth is burned, two pennies a piece, authentic northland flavor!" When the child next to him heard this, he pulled the corners of his parents' clothes and shouted: "A-Niang, A-Niang, I want to eat this!" Seeing that the child's parents were paying the money, Mu Qinghan couldn't help but swallow his saliva again.

Since separating from Tang Mingyin at noon, these few hours have been a trek and a war, and he has long been hungry. If you want to say that this broth is burned, it is a famous snack in Youzhou, and I don't know who traveled thousands of miles to bring this thing to the southern tour, which was originally used to bake bread, sandwiched with chicken and duck meat, and served with chopped green onions and garlic. But in troubled times, it was not easy for the people to eat meat, so some people used broth and potato flour to make stewed noodles called water meat. Of course, most of these street dishes are made with soy sauce or fish sauce, and potato flour. Mu Qinghan often ate this when he was a child, and he liked to eat it, but at this moment, he touched his pocket, and the twenty articles of the swill worker had made him shy, and he could only satisfy his hunger with saliva. patted his face, went to get tired, and before he knew it, he had walked through Jinfeng Avenue and turned to Pinglan Street to the north.

In fact, you don't need to go to Pinglan Street to look at the majesty of the cloud tower, and you can see it early. From a distance, this building is extremely high. Closer and deeper, this building is huge. To say that although Wangyunlou is poor in the south to tour the strength of 100,000 people, but it is not easy to see this great work in a year. This building is 300 zhang in circumference, the foundation is a square white rock base, the upper base of the eleventh step is forward, and the stone platform of the upper corner of the eighth step. The horn pillar stone is engraved with tigers, bears, deer and other beasts. The main building is square, the flat pillar outside the door is connected with the corner pillar altogether 24, there is no plaque on the forehead, and some flowers, birds, fish and insects are painted. Each pillar has six layers of bucket arches, all of which are patterned beasts. Above the bucket arch, there is a layer of eaves, this eaves has four vertical ridges, and there are seven vertical ridges kissing beasts at the end. On it is the second floor, the second floor is surrounded by a railing, and the others are no different from the first floor, stacked on top of each other, to the eaves of the top floor. Today, the moonlight is bright, Mu Qinghan looks from a distance, and he can also see the top floor. The eaves of the top floor are nine ridges of heavy eaves, and there are two owls kissing on the main ridge. And then there is the white clouds and the moon.

Mu Qinghan is not a relocated person who appreciates the wind and the moon, he just wants to save people. However, the gate of Wangyun Tower is heavily guarded, and it is not casual to enter. And the bearded man of Kitten Mountain said that the girl disappeared when she was sent here, but she was not seen from nowhere. Tired and tired, Mu Qinghan was a little anxious, and he decided to look around to see what flaws there were.

But building this building is almost a national policy for Chun Yu Xianzhong, how can he let Li Shu Qian's leaders enter easily. There were hundreds of guards at the gate. The guards on each floor entered from the outside, but I was afraid that they looked down on the military defense of the Southern Patrol too much.

Fortunately, the north side of Wangyun Tower is Lixiu Lake, and there are fewer guards, so you may be able to explore. Mu Qinghan quietly walked two more miles, and finally went around to the north side of the lake. Lixiu Lake is a big lake in Xiyue City, is in the northwest corner of the whole Xiyue City, there is a water village in the lake, used for city defense, the west of the water village is the Canghe River, and you can go directly to the old capital Nanxun City five hundred miles down the Canghe River.

The night is as old as ever, the breeze blows the water, the lake is lined up one after another, and there are several cruise ships in the lake under the moonlight. Brightly lit, the Lixiu Lake cruise is a grand event for the nobles of West Vietnam. Incompatible with the silence of the night, it is the blowing and singing of every cruise ship. Mu Qinghan paced by the lake, thinking about how to enter the building.

Suddenly, a dark shadow passed by in the moonlight, as if it had come from a pleasure boat. The man's body technique was excellent, and he jumped to the third floor under the noses of the guards in a few leaps, hiding between the forehead and the arch. The patrol guards on the third floor didn't even notice.

Mu Qinghan looked at it from afar and sighed secretly, this skill is really good. If he himself was practicing martial arts, he might be able to do the same now. But after thinking about it, this Wangyun Tower is hiding the missing girl, I'm afraid that I am not the only one who is investigating, if I can enter at this time, I will find this person to help. But this left and right guards are tightly guarded, and in addition to first-class archery, he almost does not know martial arts. As for the power on the birthmark, it is difficult to activate it at a critical time. There is no light skill to fly up the stairs at all, how can you get in.

Just when he didn't know what to do, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and then he was grabbed on the arm. "What people! Sneaky here. ”

Hearing this, Mu Qinghan broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, was this discovered by the guards. Try to stabilize your mood and prepare to make up a fool. But after pondering, the voice was very familiar. So when he looked back, he saw that although the man had captured Mu Qinghan, he was smiling. Mu Qinghan breathed a long sigh of relief, pushed the person away, and shouted weakly: "Brother Tang, what are you scaring here!" ”