Concubine Guo sighed: "Actually, I didn't go to see him, but I was very bored on weekdays, every time the saint summoned a minister into the palace, I hid behind the wall of Baiteng Qingyuan to take a look, so I saw your father a few times." ”

"Looking at this from a distance, how can I know that my father is hidden?"

"That's because your father will go the wrong way when he enters the palace."

"The palace is so big, isn't it normal that my father doesn't know the road?"

Concubine Guo shook her head and said: "When the minister enters the palace, no matter whether he recognizes the road or not, there are eunuchs in front of him to guide the way. But when your father walked to the Baiteng Qingyuan, he should have followed the little eunuch to the west, but he turned south with ease. ”

"Isn't that just a mistake?"

"It's a mistake once, but the second time you enter the palace, you still go wrong in the same place again, is it a coincidence?"

Ye Yin became more and more puzzled and asked, "Concubine, I don't understand what you want to say." ”

"Little girl, you haven't been to Baiteng Qingyuan, I don't know the specific situation. In front of the gate of Qingyuan is not only a flower bed, but also the intersection of several forks in the road, to the west is the tea garden to the saint, to the east is the long-abandoned Weiyang Palace, but to the south although there is a road, it is a dead road, as long as you turn a corner, you can see that it is blocked by the wall. ”

"This is strange, why did the one who was blocked by a wall in front of him still carve out a dead end? Isn't that confusing? ”

"I didn't understand it at first, but when your father made a mistake twice, I thought it was strange. Later, I quietly asked the old eunuch who was in charge of the palace, and I learned that behind the wall was originally an old site. ”

"What old site?"

"It is said that before the establishment of the Li family of Cangwu State, it fought with the Chang family of Zhangzhou for the world, and the Li family lived in the south and the Chang family lived in the north. At that time, the Chang clan had already occupied Wanhua and built a palace. Later, the Li family defeated the Chang family and seized the imperial capital from the Chang family, and Master Mu Yun advised him to build this Zhangren Palace on the site of the Chang family's palace. Although the temple on the old site no longer exists, some of the old paths remain, and it is said that the path leading south is one of them. ”

"You mean ......"

"I mean, maybe you don't know what your father's relationship is with the Chang clan in Zhangzhou."

Ye Yin was stunned, and then smiled: "Concubine, I don't believe this. A hundred years have passed since the previous dynasty, and the Zhangren Palace has naturally been built for a hundred years. You said that my father was familiar with the old road, do you want to say that he has been to the Chang Palace behind the old road? Although my father is a little old, he is not more than 100 years old, right? ”

Concubine Guo smiled: "It's just the origin, why be serious." Hey, it's not a long night, I look at your anxiety, and I'm always worried about the little lover, so I said something else to comfort you. You don't appreciate it. ”

Ye Yin's face turned red: "What...... What a little lover! ”

* * * * * *

Cao Xiwen walked out of the village and looked around carefully, and sure enough, it was a mountain and very remote.

At this time, the snow has not stopped, and the moon is naturally not visible in the sky.

How is this good, how to identify the bearing?

Cao Xiwen thought that he had no choice but to go out of the village to find the main road first, but when he arrived on the main road, he saw that there was another mountain forest blocking him.

After running all night, Cao Xiwen was tired and thirsty, and he was busy running for his life, but now that he was alone, he felt tired and couldn't help but sit down.

He was so thirsty that he grabbed the snow from the ground and stuffed it into his mouth a few handfuls, and when he was halfway through, he suddenly choked there, and began to cry bitterly.

Father...... Daddy, don't you die......

Cao Xiwen cried for a while, and felt that it was not a problem to cry like this, so he wiped his tears, grabbed a few handfuls of snow and swallowed it and stood up.

The wind is northwesterly, and you should be able to find the east if you follow the wind! Even if there is some error, the distance of two or three miles should not be too far.

Cao Xiwen no longer hesitated, and hurried towards the east.

The night was thick and snowy, and only a lone figure ran wildly in the snow.

However, Cao Xiwen saw from a distance that a village seemed to appear at the bend of the road. Judging from the distance, it should be that Gejia Village will not be wrong.

Cao Xiwen was overjoyed in his heart, and he added a little strength to his feet.

Suddenly, he felt something strange behind him, and he turned his head alarmingly, but there was no one.

On such a snowy day, and in the middle of the night, how could there be people?

Cao Xiwen himself felt that he was too careful, and continued to hurry.

However, the closer he got to Gejia Village, the more he felt that someone was following him behind him, and he was getting closer and closer to him.

"Who?!" As soon as Cao Xiwen turned around, it was still snowy and there was no trace.

Odd......

He was just about to turn around and continue walking, when suddenly a blade light flashed in front of him.

Cao Xiwen tilted his head back in shock, and the blade light had already swept against his throat. He put his hands on the ground, kicked his right foot forward, and jumped to a large locust tree on the side of the enemy.

"What people! Come out! ”

It was still silent, silent.

Cao Xiwen secretly thought, this person is so fast, he hasn't even seen a figure.

As soon as he was thinking, suddenly a masked man hung upside down like a bat from the canopy above his head, and stabbed him again.

Hey, it's a familiar move, it's a familiar feeling.

However, this time Cao Xiwen was unarmed and really exhausted, so he could only watch the dagger fall.

Unexpectedly, the dagger was only a few inches away from his eyes, but it suddenly stopped.

The man looked at him, flashed his figure a few feet away, and asked:

"How are you?"

Cao Xiwen thought to himself, this person knows me? How can I not remember where I saw it?

And the man said:

"You seem to be getting weaker."

"We ...... Hit? ”

The man sighed and pulled down the mask.

Cao Xiwen only felt that there was an incomparably beautiful face in front of him, it was the female assassin he had met by the Hanjiang River before.

This is really a narrow road......

Cao Xiwen couldn't help but complain: "I said that you are too cautious, right?" Although I defeated you last time, I was also poked by you, no matter how I said it, it was all flattened, why did you still come to find me unlucky? ”

Eagle-tailed Hotaru said angrily, "Who said I was here to find you bad luck!" ”

Cao Xiwen looked around, and pointed to the sky again: "This kind of weather, this kind of place, this hour, aren't you here to find my bad luck, is it still a chance encounter?" ”

"You ......" Eagletail was speechless by him, saying that it must be impossible to meet him by chance, and he did follow him for a long time, but it was not to find him unlucky. After all, he is not a child, and he will track down to the imperial capital for inconsequential matters.

Eagletail didn't want to argue with him, and said sharply, "Say, what do you want to do in such a hurry to enter this village?" ”

Cao Xiwen felt that the closer she was to the village, the more alert the people behind her became, and when she mentioned the village, she thought that something was really wrong, and immediately asked sharply: "You were sent by Ye Zhiqiu's old thief?!" ”

He secretly thought that he would definitely not be able to beat the other party now, and he couldn't escape, if this person was really Ye Zhiqiu to arrest him, what would it be?

For a moment, he had the urge to reach out and take out the piece of melon jade that Ye Yin had gifted, but he immediately dispelled this thought.

If the husband dies, he dies, so why rely on women's things to beg for mercy? What's more, I don't want to turn their father and daughter against each other because of this. After all, she is her father's daughter, and she has no choice between good and evil father, so don't make things worse for her.

Eagle Tail heard Cao Xiwen mention Ye Zhiqiu and felt strange.

She had heard Ye Zhiqiu's name and knew that she was the culprit who kidnapped Su Xiaochen, but why did the other party mistakenly think that she was Ye Zhiqiu's minions? Anyway, since Ye Zhiqiu is called an old thief, maybe he is not a bad guy.

"Let me ask you again, what do you want to do in a hurry to get close to the village?"

Cao Xiwen saw her in front of her, knowing that he couldn't leave for the time being, so he simply sat down against the big tree.

"What am I going to do in the village? I'm going to wait for my dad ......."

"Your father? Who is your father? Eagletail was puzzled.

"My father is the commander of the Dragon Scale Army, last night my father and I were plotted by Ye Lao Thief, he made an appointment with me to meet here, I escaped first, so I hurried to the village." Cao Xiwen glanced at Eagle Tail, "You don't even know who my father is, it seems that he is not the person sent by Ye Lao Thief." ”

Vulture Tail looked nervous: "The leader of the Dragon Scale Army? Could it be that the Dragonscale Army is around here? ”

That's not a big deal!

Just half a month ago, Zhu Zhitong, the Emperor of Bihai, Su Xiaochen, Qiu Yueshi and himself landed on the west side of the Hanjiang River, and hurried all the way to the suburbs of the imperial capital, in order to save Zhu Zhijie, the princess of Qingle who was married far away. Because I heard that Emperor Wen's army was on the march, the situation in the imperial capital was unclear, so I arrived in this Gejia Village and settled down temporarily.

Su Xiaochen mentioned to everyone that there was a secret passage nearby that could lead directly from the suburbs to the imperial capital, but after a few years, he didn't know if the secret passage was still available, so Qiu Yue let himself come to explore the reality.

Unexpectedly, not long after leaving Gejia Village, I saw a person running wildly all the way, not only with good martial arts, but also with a clear purpose. Eagle-tailed Hotaru was worried that the traces of everyone in Gejia Village would be exposed, so she followed all the way to see who it was. When he heard Cao Xiwen mention the name of the Dragon Scale Army, he was naturally a little nervous.

"Since your father is the commander of the Dragon Scale Army, how can he be hunted down?"

"That's a long way to go, you better let it go, what kind of grudge do you want me to see my father and say okay?"

"Your father is not in Gejia Village." Washio said coldly.

Cao Xiwen was anxious, "You don't even know my father, how do you know that he is not there?" Are you lacking in heart? ”

Washioo didn't bother to argue with him, but replied calmly, "Because I have already visited the whole village, and there are two hundred and sixty-five people in the whole village, all of whom are ordinary people who live there, and there is not a single outsider. There was only one named Lao Zhaotou, who had just arrived in the village the day before yesterday. ”

"Old Zhaotou? That's my servant! ”

Cao Xiwen was overjoyed, it turned out that Lao Zhao Tou was really waiting for him here!