Before you know it, it has reached ten midnight, the half-circle moon shimmers on the top of the house, it looks a little cold, suddenly there is a group of masked black-clothed figures quickly flashed and jumped into the backyard, everyone is holding knives carefully close to the front hall into the lobby, came to a door, one of the leading people knocked on the door three times, began to learn the sparrow's call (chirp) after learning twice, then a man wearing a black cloth and a red robe came to open the door, and the people in black asked, "How is the situation going?" ”

I saw that the man in the red robe did not answer, but stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

At this time, Liu Ruilin, who had just changed the guard, was a little sleepy and lay on the bed to rest, and when Wu Junzhen came out to keep vigil, due to the cold weather, the wine he had drunk before also retreated and began to get cold!

It made Wu Junzhen feel a little trembling in his body, in order to warm up his body, he decided to get up and walk around, but although he walked back and forth, he still had some frozen feet and hands, and it happened that he was in a little anxious to open the door, and was about to go downstairs to make it convenient to hear footsteps under the steps?

When he is suspicious, he conjectures; It's late at night, and someone is still going upstairs? And also don't play lanterns? Think there must be fraud in it? Wu Junzhen tried to muster up the courage to take a step, and saw the head of a man in black exposed at the bottom of the steps?

So Wu Junzhen immediately hid behind the pillar and looked over in the faint light, only to see a man in a red robe and a black hat walking in front? Judging from the figure, this person seems to be a woman? However, the seven black-clothed men behind him did look like strong men.

At this moment, Wu Junzhen thought to himself; Sure enough, as Brother Liu expected, this store is a black shop! Seeing the man in black walking to their chamber under the leadership of the man in red robe, Wu Junzhen thought to himself; Oops, if you let them in, then Brother Ma and Brother Liu will be in danger!

Thinking of this, Wu Junzhen looked around to see if there were any weapons that could be used to hit the enemy? He accidentally spotted a wooden stick in the corner of the wing next to him, Wu Junzhen slowly moved his body and retreated, until he could touch the wooden stick behind him with his hand, Wu Junzhen raised the courage to stand up and was about to beat one of the men in black.

Just as I was about to knock down, I suddenly heard footsteps on the roof? Frightened, Wu Junzhen hurriedly turned sideways and continued to hide behind the pillar, thinking in his heart; It's going to be a lively night!

And when the people in black heard the movement, they also hurriedly jumped on the beam of the house and stabbed the tiles with their sabers, only to see a person wearing blue and blue (swallow clothes) fall down, at first glance it looks like a person in the court? The man in the red robe and hat next to him quickly swung his knife from the sleeve to slash the man who fell to the ground.

At this moment, someone on the roof shouted, "There are people below, quick!" As soon as the words fell, ten people in swallow clothes and five people wearing blue (biao clothes) with eight-petal hats and helmets with flags on their heads jumped down from the roof of the house, waved their knives on the necks of the men in black and asked, "Who are you waiting for?" Dare to hold His Royal Highness the Lord of Tai'an County hostage? ”

As soon as he heard the words of the county lord of Tai'an, Wu Junzhen immediately walked out of the pillar next to him and asked, "You are talking about the county lord of Tai'an: Zhu Youlan?" The man on the other side replied, "Bold! How dare you call His Royal Highness the county lord by name? Someone take them down quickly! ”

Seeing this situation, the red-robed man couldn't help it, and directly started to fight with the man in the biao suit, Wu Junzhen was also attacked by the man in the swallow suit, but he immediately explained, "Don't fight, it's all a misunderstanding!" To tell you the truth, I am the sworn brother of His Royal Highness the county lord. ”

Hearing this, the two men in swallow robes withdrew their sabers and saluted, "It turned out to be a friend of His Royal Highness the County Lord!" It is rude and rude, we are the pedestrian divisions sent by His Majesty to protect His Royal Highness the county lord, and they are the captains of the Jinyi Guard of the Fusi of Beizhen. ”

Knowing that the captain of the Jinyi Guard and the pedestrian division were dispatched, although Wu Junzhen didn't know much about their official positions, at least he knew that the county lord of Ming Tai'an must have fallen into the hands of thieves? I asked them how His Royal Highness the county lord was held hostage?

And the pedestrians explained: "His Royal Highness the county lord, after learning that Tongguanwei had fallen, asked His Majesty to send us to Shaanxi Chengxuan to find your whereabouts, but I didn't want to take the official road a few days ago when I passed through Lingshi County, Pingyang Prefecture, I encountered bandits blocking the road and robbing him, and took advantage of our unpreparedness to hijack His Royal Highness the Lord of Tai'an County from the carriage!" The captains of the brocade guards ran fast and followed all the way to this place. ”

After listening to the narration, Wu Junzhen thought to himself; What is the purpose of the men in black to hijack His Royal Highness the County Lord? And the woman in the red robe is a little suspicious of the boss lady, who is she? All kinds of questions surrounded his mind, and soon the red-robed man was slashed in the arm by the captain of the brocade guard (Ah! Wu Junzhen confirmed that she was a woman.

The surrounding black-clothed people were beaten down by three people, and the rest of the people took out a (smoke bomb) from their bodies and threw it on the ground and exploded, the fog instantly dissipated, and the red-robed woman hurriedly said: "Hurry up!" ”

At this time, the Jinyi Guard captains wanted to catch up, but they were stabbed to death by the other party's darts shooting! Because the smoke was too large and permeated all around, the captain of the Jinyi Guard and the pedestrians were afraid of being ambushed so that they did not dare to pursue easily, and after they left, Liu Ruilin in the room was woken up by this burst of smoke, and woke up Ma Wei helped him out of the door together, and Ma Wei, who was choked up, said, "What is it!" The smoke is so big and so choking! ”

At this moment, Wu Junzhen hurriedly led them downstairs to avoid the smoke, and by the way, looked for clues to see if there were any people living in the remaining second-floor wings? But when I came to the third floor, after everyone searched one by one, I found that there was no one living at all! When he went to the second floor to continue searching, Liu Ruilin walked into a house and found that there were teacups on the table, and the bed was a little messy, and the most important thing was that there was no quilt?

Puzzled, he slowly walked to the cabinet, and as he expected, he saw a small sound coming from inside the cabinet? Liu Ruilin subconsciously pulled out his saber and prepared to cut open the cabinet, he carefully put the tip of the knife into the gap of the cabinet and pried it hard, and instantly saw a man with his hands and feet tied in the cabinet?

Liu Ruilin hurriedly stepped forward and took down the mouth cloth that blocked his mouth, and the man immediately shouted, "Hurry up, there are thieves!" When everyone in the corridor on the second floor heard a voice, they quickly rushed over to the door to take a look, Wu Junzhen saw the man in the cabinet, and hurriedly helped him out and untied the rope and asked, "Dare to ask who is Brother Tai?" Why are you tied up here by thieves? ”

The rescued man replied, "I am a person from Shilou County, I just won the county exam this year, and I came to Yonghe County to return my friend Yinliang, but I didn't want to be tied up by the masked man in black after I entered the store and fell asleep today, and asked me to ask for silver, but fortunately, there was no silver in my baggage and there was movement upstairs, so the black-clothed people put me in the cabinet." ”

According to this analysis, Wu Junzhen came to a conclusion, that is, this gang of thieves attacked the robbery and kidnapping of the county lord of Mingtai'an before, and this time they are going to kidnap and ransom Xiucai and them, so comprehensively judge that this shopkeeper is either a black businessman? Or was it killed and replaced?

Liu Ruilin, who was on the side, made a figure-eight shape with his left hand, put it on his face, thought for a while, and stepped forward to ask, "When you entered the store before, was it a bewitching woman and a man with some crutches?" ”

Xiucai shook his head and said, "What bewitching woman? When I entered the store, it was an old man who received me. "Hear the sketch be different? Wu Junzhen began to suspect that there was something wrong with the boss lady and the man on crutches?

But Ma Wei interjected, maybe the woman was the owner's daughter or a subordinate? Seeing this, Wu Junzhen immediately retorted: "You are still confused by that woman? If it weren't for the timely arrival of the captain of the Jinyi Guard and the pedestrian division, my martial arts alone are just material for being a soldier, not for practicing martial arts at all, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you! ”

Then the captains of the Jinyi Guard showed their waist cards and asked Xiucai carefully, is there anything special or detailed? Xiucai learned that they were from Beizhen Fusi, and he didn't dare to be careless and replied seriously, "I remember, it seems that there is?" Xiucai recalled (when I first entered the store, I saw the shopkeeper cleaning up the table in the hall, so I sat down to order food, and when I had to settle the bill after I was full of wine and food, the shopkeeper was not very good, and he told me that the shopkeeper was killing chickens in the backyard and might have to wait for a while.... ）

As soon as he said this, Wu Junzhen immediately interrupted him and said, "I have a way?" The crowd looked at him and asked, "What way?" ”

I saw Wu Junzhen snatch a torch from the hand of a pedestrian next to him and walked downstairs and turned into the backyard, and the captain of the Jinyi Guard behind him also followed, and when he came to the chicken pen next to the kitchen in the backyard, Wu Junzhen seemed to see something? I screamed loudly....

At this time, the captain of the Jinyi Guard, Ma Wei and others who rushed to the scene raised torches and shone them into the chicken pen in front, and they saw that the pedestrians hurriedly turned around and vomited! Liu Ruilin was a little curious, so he stepped forward to see that there was a blood-stained corpse lying in the chicken pen, and his face was pecked by the chicken, and he couldn't see it clearly.

Xiucai was so frightened that he sat on the cold ground, pointed to the corpse and said in fear, "No, that's right!" That's him. Wu Junzhen quickly helped him up and asked, "Who is he?" Only listening to Xiucai said the four words (the shopkeeper's uncle) tremblingly.

Then Liu Ruilin stepped forward to drive away the chicken, and took a circle on the deceased's body with a torch, and saw that the deceased's face was a little white, and the color of his mouth was normal, so he ruled out poisoning, and when he checked whether there was a sword wound on his body, he accidentally saw that there was a red palm print on the deceased's chest? This not only made Liu Ruilin suspect that the deceased should be internally injured, that is, the internal organs and abdomen were shattered and died! Most of the people who can use this palm technique should be the strong martial arts disciples of Shaolin Temple, thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Does anyone know where there is a Shaolin Temple nearby?" ”

Xiucai, who came to his senses, replied, "There are Shaolin temples in Fenxi County, Xiangning County, and Yueyang County, but the most famous one is the Songshan Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. ”