In the early morning, a sudden shower brings a touch of coolness to the hot summer day, and the dense mountain forest is also full of fresh and green vitality.

Three figures walked quickly through the dense forest, and although the ground was quite lubricated after the rain, these people walked like flying, elegant or dignified, showing extraordinary skills.

This dense forest is the place where Zhang Jiao found the group of Qianghu black-clothed people the day before yesterday, although when Nanying and Zhang Jiao arrived, the group of people had already begun to move, but this hurried rain helped Nanying and a few people, and the slightly muddy ground was full of messy and dense footprints, so that the whereabouts of the black-clothed people could not be hidden.

"I'm in trouble!" Zhang Jiao suddenly paused, and looked at the footprints in front of him helplessly.

Countless footprints suddenly dispersed here, stretching in all directions, with at least dozens of people in each direction, making it difficult to grasp their true movements.

"What a cunning fellow!" Nanying squatted down, his sharp gaze slowly swept over the footprints that spread like cobwebs, and said with a smile: "It's us who underestimate them, and they have also noticed that their whereabouts are difficult to hide after the rain!" ”

Zhang Jiao paused and said, "What should I do?" There are only three of us, so it's impossible to track down so many suspicious soldiers at the same time! ”

"Isn't that a good thing? The enemy's initiative to disperse his forces is in our best interest in our rescue plan! Nan Ying smiled calmly and said, "Although the enemy's suspicious array is quite ingenious, it's a pity that they missed one thing!" ”

"It seems that Nanying Yang is confident!" Zhang Jiao raised his eyebrows in surprise, puzzled: "But I really can't see what flaws the other party has left?" ”

"Have you forgotten? Although there are hundreds of these people, there is one person who is different from the others..."Nan Ying narrowed his eyes and carefully swept over the chaotic footprints, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "As long as we find this person among them, we can have a target!" ”

He got up and walked to the footsteps, snuggled his chin, and said proudly, "Look, what is this?" ”

Zhang Jiao and Dian Wei stepped forward together, and their eyes stopped at a small footprint, which was so shallow that it was almost unrecognizable if it were not for stepping on another huge footprint.

Zhang Jiao blurted out: "Women's footprints? Is this the woman you call the leader? ”

Dian Wei disagreed: "What if there are other women among them? ”

"What a stupidity!" Nan Ying hated that iron could not be made of steel, and slapped him on the head, and reprimanded: "Look at the depth of this footprint, how could it be done if it wasn't for a person with excellent kung fu?" Do you say that all the women in the world are so skilled? ”

"Oh? Are these people so skilled? Although Zhang Jiao had spied on this group of black-clothed people from afar, he had never seen them make a move, so he couldn't help but be curious: "You said that the person in charge is a man and a woman, how is their kung fu better than yours?" ”

Nanying's old face turned red, but he said honestly: "That man is at least not below me, and that woman is definitely better than me!" ”

"Yes! You can't be wrong with that! Zhang Jiao took a closer look at the faint woman's footprints again, and said with a smile: "It's really good!" But I agree with you, if there are more such women, even if you and I catch up, it will be a shame for ourselves! ”

"But there's one more question!" Zhang Jiao said slowly: "Although we can assume that this footprint must have been left by the woman who led the way, how can you assume that the destination of her trip is the place where my third brother was imprisoned?" ”

"What's so hard to guess about this?" Nan Ying shrugged his shoulders and said: "If it were me, since I would no longer be able to touch the treasures here, of course, I would have to quickly ask for the location of other treasures from Zhang Liang's mouth, so as to gain time to get there first!" ”

"Not bad!" Zhang Jiao's eyes lit up and said: "The third brother does know about other treasures, and he is in the hands of the enemy, in order to save his life, it is impossible to confess all his knowledge at once, otherwise he will have no use value, and he will be killed and destroyed!" ”

"So, what are we hesitating about?" Nan Ying walked in the direction of those footprints without looking back: "If we go late, maybe Brother Ling will be tortured by the other party to extract a confession, and he will suffer a lot in vain!" ”

Zhang Jiao's face changed, and he hurriedly chased after him.

The dense grass was cut through a few cracks, revealing a small farm yard more than a hundred steps away.

The small courtyard is backed by a mountain and a stream, a fence wall, and three broken grass houses, and at this moment the curling smoke is rising, revealing a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, without any eye-catching. It's a pity that there are some people who are incompatible with this situation, which completely destroys the atmosphere of this strong mountain village.

Seven or eight idlers were scattered inside and outside the courtyard in twos and threes, some leaning against the wall and closing their eyes to recuperate, some were whispering, and more people swept far and near with sharp eyes from time to time, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Nanying couldn't help but grin and retracted his head. It's really a bunch of rookies, so many young people gather in front of the ordinary courtyard for no reason, but they can't even see the shadows of half of the old and young women and children, is this okay? There are a few stupid people who don't even know that the weapons hidden in their clothes are exposed, which really makes people laugh and lose their big teeth!

He smiled at Zhang Jiao and said, "It seems that as expected, there is a good chance that Brother Ling will be imprisoned in those grass huts by them!" ”

Zhang Jiao suddenly burst out with an incomparable astonishing momentum, and said with a cold smile on his face: "It's time to kill!" Please two of you for me! ”

Nan Ying was startled, and hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Don't take it lightly, if you go out like this, everyone will be able to recognize your identity as a great sage and good teacher, even if you can't defeat you, you will definitely threaten Zhang Liang's life!" ”

Although Zhang Jiao was stunned, he still glared and said, "What about my identity?" Maybe you can scare those thieves into surrendering without a fight! ”

Nan Ying said angrily: "Please use your brain, if you expose your whereabouts here, not only will the body of the stand-in be useless, but it will also provoke the nearby officials and soldiers to come to encircle and suppress it, do you still want to break through the air with peace of mind?" ”

Zhang Jiao's momentum immediately dispersed cleanly, and he was stunned: "Then what should we do?" ”

Suddenly he blurted out, "Not good! Before I met you, I had already met the people of the Sexagenary Branch in my true form, how could this be good? ”

Nan Ying was stunned and said, "What? Is it a sexagenary branch? Who are they? ”

"Huh? Haven't you dealt with them many times? Zhang Jiao was surprised and said, "I heard that you have fought with them several times, didn't they also participate in the treasure robbery the day before yesterday?" That top archer should be their number one master! ”

"What!" Nanying finally changed color: "Aren't those the killers of the Huiren family?" Why did you become a person in the sexagenary branch again? ”

He said dumbfoundedly: "To be honest, I still overheard the conversation between Mr. Zhi and Brother Ling, and I only knew that there is an organization in the world!" ”

"So you only know one thing all along, but you don't know the other!" Zhang Jiao smiled dumbly and said: "Okay, although I only know a little bit about it, it's enough to tell you!" ”

"The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are a mysterious organization that has been established for nearly 20 years, and its members are divided into 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches, the Heavenly Stems are A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, and the Earthly Branches are Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai, which are 22 branches, each with its own leader!"

"Good guys!" Nan Ying was a little stunned when he heard this: "Do you know the identities of these leaders?" ”

"They're too mysterious, I don't know!" Zhang Jiao smiled coldly and said, "But I can be sure of two people, they must be one of the leaders of these twenty-two branches!" ”

"Who is it?" Nanying hurriedly asked, "Do I know each other?" ”

"You should have at least heard their names!" The corners of his mouth twitched: "One is the Zhongchang servant Feng Xu, and the other is my apprentice Tang Zhou!" ”

"And so it was!" A bright light flashed in Nanying's heart: "It seems that Wen He is really like a god, these two people are really in the same party!" ”

"However, what is the relationship between the House of Huiren and the Sexagenary Branch?" Nan Ying suddenly wondered, because his side had always regarded the Huiren House as the primary imaginary enemy, why did this heavenly stem branch appear for no reason.

"The House of Huiren is just a killer group in the Heavenly Stems Branch!" Zhang Jiao also said with a solemn face: "I heard that it is jointly run by the four leaders of the earthly branch, if you know the power of the Huiren family, you can even speculate what a terrible organization the heavenly and earthly branches are!" ”

"Grandma's!" Nan Ying suddenly burst into a foul mouth: "Lao Tzu has already fought with them, no matter how terrible it is, he can only fuck him!" ”

"But how do you know so well?" Nan Ying squinted at Zhang Jiao and said, "It seems that there must be an unspeakable dirty deal between you!" ”

"What's my business?" Zhang Jiao said with a smile: "In recent years, I have long stopped asking about teaching affairs, and these are all my two younger brothers who have contacted them!" I've just heard some news from them! ”

"That's right! I have one more question for you! Nanying suddenly remembered a mysterious figure again: "That Mr. Zhi ...... with you"

"Don't gossip any more, okay?" Zhang Jiao glanced at the grass hut in the distance again, obviously a little impatient, he said impatiently: "Since you think I have no brains, please think about the current countermeasures first!" ”

Seeing Nan Ying's displeasure, he had to say again: "Don't worry, as long as you succeed in rescuing your brother, you and I will have a lot of time to talk slowly." At that time, whatever you wanted to ask, I should know everything, and I would say everything! ”

"What's so hard about this?" Nan Ying saw that Zhang Jiao's eyes lit up, and said with a smile: "It's just that the great sage and good teacher have been bumped into by the people of the Heavenly Stem Branch, this is a bit troublesome!" ”

Zhang Jiao's face flashed with murderous intent, and he sneered: "Do you want to kill them?" ”

"Kill? There are at least a few hundred of them! Killing is not killing! Nanying lowered his head and thought bitterly: "But at least it can't be cheaper for them!" ”

Suddenly, he raised his head, his eyes lit up and said, "There you have it!" We can pretend to be them to rob Zhang Liang, and if we succeed, this gang of Qianghu black-clothed people will definitely launch a retaliatory action against the sexagenary branch! This will not only distract them from us, but it will also make the sexagenary people tired! As long as it is delayed for another ten days and a half months, then even if the body of the great sage and good teacher is found by the officials and soldiers near Xiaquyang, it can barely be said! ”

"What a plan to set up a blame!" Zhang Jiao's confidence increased when he heard this, and he chuckled: "How to do it?" Just say it! ”

"Well, this one!" Nan Ying rubbed his lips with his hand, and gradually revealed a sly smile that made Zhang Jiao a little unfathomable: "Since this gang of Qianghu black-clothed people has met with me, I can only ask the great sage and good teacher to act as a villain who planted the blame!" ”