After walking for half an hour in the dark and narrow passage, Jiang Lan and the four finally returned to the ground.

The exit of the tunnel is on a small hill outside the city of Hanzhong. The four of them looked at the Yanlai Villa in the distance, and saw that there was thick smoke billowing there, and they stopped for a while.

"Let's go! After a while, the fire stopped, and the other party must be chasing after him! Xiang Beichuan said clearly.

"Let's go? Where to? Do you still go back to Qiyun Village to hide? Jiang Lan muttered, a wry smile on his face, "After today's incident, I'm afraid it's no longer safe there." ”

"Brothers, you might as well come to me first." Erhu on the side took off the hat above his head and said, "In Yanlai Villa, I have never shown up, and I should still be safe there." ”

The three of them nodded at this, and now there was nowhere else to go.

With that, the four of them set off.

For fear of revealing their whereabouts, they did not dare to take the main road, but walked through the mountains. In this way, he traveled over the mountains and mountains for two days and two nights, and finally arrived at the residence of the second tiger in the evening of the third day.

Erhu's home is on the edge of a small village living in the mountains. It is a small courtyard surrounded by a fence with three thatched houses. A few days ago, before Erhu left home, he sent his wife and children back to his parents' house.

Jiang Lan and the three of them were not embarrassed, and they all settled down here.

After two consecutive days and nights of travel, several people were exhausted, although they were all martial arts practitioners, they were also as tired as their grandsons at the moment. They didn't say a word, they found a place to fall asleep.

Jiang Lan opened his eyes again, and it was already the afternoon of the next day.

He got up and poured a bowl of water to drink, and then went out of the house to the courtyard.

As soon as I went out, I saw Xiang Beichuan and the three of them sitting around the stone table in the courtyard, eating and chatting with one person and one cake.

"Brother Jiang, you're awake!"

Xiang Beichuan also saw him, waved his hand and said hello: "Look at your appearance, I didn't expect Gollum to be bigger than me." Good fellow, it's like thunder! It made us so noisy that we ran next door. ”

Jiang Lan smiled awkwardly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

He walked straight to the table, picked up a piece of bread from his plate, and ate it in large gulps—although he had eaten a little dry food on the way, it had already been digested by the moment, and he was really hungry at the moment after a long sleep.

"What were you all talking about?" Jiang Lan quickly finished eating a sheet of bread, he asked without raising his head, but picked up another one in his hand.

"We've just been discussing what to do in the future......

"Have you come up with a solution?"

Xiang Beichuan shook his head, his face full of bitterness: "Now that Yu Fengqiu is dead, the ghost-faced man has taken control of Yanlai Villa. Then, the black cauldron that killed Yu Fengqiu is very likely to ask us to carry ......"

Jiang Lan also frowned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "Having said that, we haven't reached the point of exhaustion!" ”

"You're really open-minded......"

Xiang Beichuan sighed, but suddenly heard the firewood being knocked.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

"Who?"

The four of them were vigilant and picked up bowls, chopsticks and plates from the table.

"Uncle Erhu, it's me." The voice outside the door sounded like a child.

"It's the children of Zhang's second sister-in-law's family next door, and a few brothers go into the house to hide for a while."

Jiang Lan and the others didn't know why they wanted to hide from a small child, but they didn't ask much, and then hid in the house.

"Wait, I'm coming!" After the three of them hid, Erhu got up and went to open the door.

The person who came was a seven or eight-year-old boy, and as soon as Erhu opened the door, he stretched out his hand and handed out an object: "Uncle Erhu, there is an old way for me to send you this." ”

Erhu saw a letter handed over by him, but there was no signature on the letter. He took it with one hand, full of doubts: "Was it a Taoist priest who asked you to give it to me?" Where is he? ”

The boy shook his head: "I don't know, it's gone." ”

"Oh, okay, you go play."

Erhu was full of doubts, he watched the boy leave, and then closed the courtyard door.

"What's wrong?"

Xiang Beichuan saw that the person had left, and immediately ran out.

"A Taoist priest asked the kid to deliver a letter."

"Daoist? Could it be He Daochang? No, if it were Lao He, he would have come by himself...... Forget it, let's see what is written in the letter! ”

Hearing this, Erhu nodded, he opened the letter casually and took out a page of stationery.

"Brother Xiang

Yu Jialing has been separated for more than half a month, and when he heard that the elder brother was fine, the younger brother was very happy. I hope that at noon today and tomorrow, I will come to Luopinggang to talk about it. Bring Brother Jiang Lanxian and your two brothers, and Xu will discuss with a few important things.

Xu Xiazi"

"Xu is blind!"

The "Xu Xiazi" signed in this letter is the real name of Xu Blind, because most of the people on the green forest road are illiterate, so this "Xiazi" is slowly called "blind".

When the four of them saw the signature, they were all in a cold sweat!

originally thought that it was safe to hide in Erhu's house, but he didn't expect that after hiding for a day, he was approached by Xu Blind.

"What kind of calculation is this blind man Xu playing, since he can find this, why don't he just bring someone to kill him?" Xiang Beichuan muttered, his face full of surprise.

"Maybe you know how powerful the master is, and you don't dare to fight head-on?"

"I don't think it's that simple," Liu Chengshun said, "Although Brother Jiang is excellent in martial arts, that blind man Xu only needs to spread the news of your place here to the rivers and lakes, and then a large number of 'Green Forest Heroes' will come to take our lives." At that time, I'm afraid that even if you have three heads and six arms, it will be difficult to deal with. ”

Hearing Liu Chengshun splash himself with cold water, Jiang Lan was not annoyed, after all, the other party was telling the truth. He spread his hands and asked, "Then you say, do we want to go to this blind man's appointment?" ”

"Of course I want to go!" Xiang Beichuan turned his heart sideways, and said with a cold face, "Lao Tzu wants to see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd!" ”

……

Luoping Gang, not very far from the Erhu house, there is a nameless stone pavilion built by the previous dynasty on the gang.

Early the next morning, Jiang Lan and the others took their respective weapons and set off to Luopinggang. Just after noon, they came near the stone pavilion.

The blind man was already waiting in the pavilion. Near the pavilion, there were more than twenty guards with black cloth covering their faces, presumably the snake guards under his command.

"Brother Xiang, you're late this time!" As soon as the blind man saw a few people, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Xu is blind! You don't come to this set! You hurt me to break my brother and lose my left eye, and I haven't asked you to settle this account yet! ”

Seeing Xu Blind, Xiang Beichuan was angry, and his fists were clenched. If it weren't for the fear of those snake guards, I'm afraid they would have tore each other apart directly.

The blind man Xu looked innocent: "Oops! Brother Xiang, how can you say that! I don't fake it that I was looking for you to go to Yujialing, but it was the group of wolf cubs of the Northern Wei Dynasty who murdered you! I, Xu, have been worried about you all the time, brother......"

"Enough! Don't you have something to talk about? Jiang Lan on the side couldn't stand it, and he interrupted Xu Blind in a cold voice.

"Hehe, my brother is still so direct. Okay, in fact, I, Xu, came to you today to discuss important matters...... Before discussing this matter, let me let you meet a few people. ”

Xu said blindly, waving his hand twice at the same time. Then there were several snake guards, two women and one man, from behind the stone pavilion.

The three men had their hands tied in front of them, and their heads were covered with black cloth pockets, so they could not see each other.

"Let me introduce you first, this son is the young owner of Yanlai Villa - Yu Yixiang Yu Young Master!"

As he spoke, he took off the pocket that was on Yixiang's head.

Yu Yixiang suddenly saw the sun, only to feel a burst of dazzling, and his eyes couldn't help but close. His hair was messy, and he still had a ball of cloth stuffed in his mouth, looking embarrassed, how could he still look like a half-point owner!

"What do you mean?"

"Hmph, look at him a few more times! One glance is one less glance......"

Xu Blind waved his hand, and then a snake guard pulled out a dagger and passed Yu Yixiang's neck!

"What are you doing here!" Jiang Lan exclaimed. Although he had no obligation to help Yu Fengqiu save his son, he still felt uncomfortable when he saw Yu Yixiang die in front of him.

"If he doesn't die, how can I sit in that position...... Next, there are two acquaintances. Xu did not answer, but took off the hoods of the two women.

"Lady!"

Erhu and Liu Chengshun exclaimed at the same time. These two bound women are actually the wives of the two of them!

Xiang Beichuan was afraid that his two brothers would be impulsive, so he grabbed one of them with one hand, and then looked at Xu Blind with a cold face: "What are you doing here by arresting two women!" Don't you just want my Xiang Beichuan's head! I'll give it to you, let them go! ”

"Brother Xiang, you and I have no grievances, what do you want your head to do?" Xu Blind shook his head with a smile, and then his voice became cold: "What I want is this Northwest Green Forest Road!" ”

Jiang Lan snorted coldly when he heard this, and the long knife in his hand tightened a little: "Then what do you mean, you want my head?" ”

"No, no, Brother Jiang Lan, don't get me wrong...... Even if I kill you, I can sit in the position of the boss...... But he can only be a puppet of the Northern Wei Dynasty! I, Xu, have no intention of being a puppet. I'm bringing a few of them here today to work with them. ”

"Cooperation? Wasn't it bad enough to be cheated by you last time? ”

Jiang Lan thought so in his heart, but asked on his lips: "What kind of cooperation method?" ”

"Naturally, we will work together to exterminate that group of wolf cubs of the Northern Wei Dynasty!" Blind Xu's face flashed, "As far as I know, that group of people are now gathered in the Yanlai Villa. They have released news on the rivers and lakes, saying that Yu Fengqiu was killed by you. ”

Although they had long guessed that the ghost-faced man would put the pot on their heads, when they really heard the news, the four of them gritted their teeth for a while.

Blind Xu had already thought that the four of them would have such a reaction, so he didn't pay attention to it, he continued: "A few days ago, when you went to the Yanlai Villa, I was in Hanzhong City. Later, I heard that Brother Jiang Lan was so frightened that the wolf cubs did not dare to get close to him alone, and finally forced Ru Luo Chen to set fire to the house...... Since then, I've been working with a few of them! ”

"Hmph, you really like the master."

"Brother Jiang Lan is too modest...... Just imagine, if the four of you made a move, plus my snake guard and many of my men. Wouldn't it be easy to take down a small Yanlai Villa? Then, I will tell the rivers and lakes again, saying that Yu Fengqiu died at the hands of the wolf cubs of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and we are the righteous men who avenged Yu Fengqiu! At that time, not only can you wash your name, but I can also take over the Northwest Green Forest Road...... Isn't that beautiful? ”

"Your abacus is good, but have you ever thought about it, if you were detected by that group of people in advance. What are the consequences for you? ”

"Perceived? Heh," Xu Blind sneered, "Without me Xu someone, they are in this northwest, they are really blind!" What do they perceive? ”

After listening to Xu's blind man's proposal, the four of them were silent for a long time.

Although this proposal sounds mutually beneficial. But for Xu Blind himself, the four of them don't trust much - it should be said that they don't trust it at all. I've already suffered his losses before, and the devil knows if what he said this time is true or not!

"How are you thinking about it?"

Hearing Xu Blind's question, Erhu and Xiaoshun both looked at Xiang Beichuan. After all, the wives of the two of them were in the hands of Xu Blind, and they had no choice.

Xiang Beichuan felt the gaze of the two, and he twisted his eyebrows. After a while, he thought to himself: "Forget it!" I'm with you! However, let's say in advance, before we start, we must let my two younger siblings go! ”

"That's nature...... What about you? Brother Jiang Lan? ”

Jiang Lan took a sip and said, "Then do it!" It doesn't matter. However, the master also told you in advance, if you don't let people go when the time comes, don't blame the master for hacking you alive! ”

Erhu and Xiaoshun listened to the words of the two, and their gratitude was overflowing

"Well, happy! Then we'll see you in Hanzhong City in ten days! ”