"Me? …… I'm reluctant to give you back this fish intestine sword! You said it to me, don't want it anymore......" The third lady quickly covered the small short sword hanging from her waist.

Gu Feng smiled secretly, the third lady would rather not have a bracelet than return the fish intestine short sword.

The third lady went to ask the fourth lady for her jade earrings, and the fourth lady reached out to her and asked her for the chicken legs that she had exchanged for the earrings. Where are you going to get chicken drumsticks now? The third lady had no choice but to pout and stand aside and dare not say anything, only secretly staring at the ancient style with a pair of pretty eyes, and her face was so aggrieved that she was overcast.

Gu Feng deliberately gave Gu Yu a jade pendant around his waist, and loudly arranged for Gu Yu to be kept. This made Yuni very jealous, and it happened to achieve the purpose of "knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger" of the ancient style.

There are two roads to Langhou County, which are easy to walk on the official road and relatively safe, but the road is much farther away. There is a shortcut road, the ancient style has been specially inquired about the people who came from Langhou County, over the mountains and across the stream across the Grand Canyon, closer than the official road more than half, but it is difficult to walk.

It is not too difficult to climb the mountain and the stream, the mountain is not high, the slope is not steep, and the canyon and the mountain stream also have zigzag paths to pass. The difficulty lies in the "danger", not only occasionally there are large beasts, but also bandits often appear, and less than ten people do not dare to take this road at all.

"Senior brother! We took 10 dart masters and ten officials to take this mountain road, and let Song Tumu lead 30 soldiers to take the official road, keeping an eye on the inn and hotel all the way! ”

According to Gu Feng's instructions, both teams set off. The ancient style allowed ten dart masters to walk in the front, ten officials to walk in the back, and eight of them to walk in the middle, the front and back were all a stone's throw away, and they could see each other, but they couldn't hear what they said.

Along the way, the large beasts were not seen, the deer, sheep, pheasants, and hares were not uncommon, and there were even more mountain birds that covered the sky and the sun were magnificent, and the birds were all mountain pigeons, quails and other such large birds.

"If these birds can be caught with nets, they can be eaten and reduce food loss!" Gu Feng thought as he walked, and from time to time he turned back to talk to the guards.

On the way, I met two groups of people, a group of six and a group of nine, all young men. Hunters are not like hunters, and merchants are not like merchants who are in a hurry, gathering on the slopes of the roadside, lying or sitting, although they do not see weapons, but looking at their faces and expressions, they are by no means good people. Probably they saw the strength of the ancient style, and they had horses and weapons, and they were obviously not ordinary people.

When it passed, Gu Feng didn't want to let go of these bad people like this. He speculated that if there were few of them, if they were not all strong men, these people would definitely start to rob, I am afraid that not only to rob things, but even women and children.

Gu Feng Lerma looked back at the man on the hillside, his eyes showing disgust and hatred. How shrewd Gu Yu is! Lowered his voice and asked him, "Master! You don't want to let these guys go? I guess they have weapons! ”

Gu Feng looked at her and nodded, then shook his head again. Gu Yu smiled slightly and said, "No problem, look at me!" Make sure you don't wronged them if you catch them! ”

I saw Gu Yu take out a slingshot, suddenly hit his horse and rushed to the hillside, shouting as he ran: "Shopkeeper, there is a big deer, catch enough for us to eat for a month!" ”

Gu Feng, like those people, were confused by Gu Yu's words and deeds. Just as those people jumped up and looked in the direction where Gu Yu was running, Gu Yu raised a slingshot and injured three of those people in a row.

"Huh? How do you kid hit someone? ”

"The big deer I saw first, who asked you to rob it from me?"

"! Who robbed your deer? ”

"Don't rob it, why are you jumping up while you're asleep?"

"We want to see,...... Hum! Didn't even look at it! ”

"That's when you scared me away, where can I see it? I'm so angry, I amend you! As he spoke, Gu Yu raised his slingshot and hit again. At this moment, the dozen or so men couldn't hold back their temperament, and they all went to the grass and took out weapons, including knives, clubs, and bows and arrows.

Gu Feng was amused when he saw it, and shouted: "The mountain bandits intercepted the path, take it all for me!" ”

There was no use of the soldiers walking in front of him, and the servants and darts who followed behind rushed up, and there was no problem with one or two, let alone one against the other? Some of those people were knocked down by flying stones before they even drew their bows, and they couldn't move three moves before they fell down.

"Bring them all back to the county office! Those who have a criminal record should be killed and sentenced, and those who are not guilty should be used for military service or conscription for a while. "As soon as Gu Feng finished arranging, he heard a report from a squad leader who said that there were no ropes, no shackles, and no such things as shackles and shackles, so how could these people be taken away?

Gu Feng remembered the easiest way to tie up the prisoner, using a small strip of cloth to tie the slipknot to tie the thumb. Pull one arm down from top to back and the other from bottom up to your back, tying both thumbs together with strips of muslin.

Gu Feng taught this method to the officials, and Gu Yu invented another method to tie his hair around his belt and let the prisoners walk with their heads down.

Liu Qing asked Gu Feng if he was so frightened? The ancient style said that it doesn't matter, sometimes you can't see the poisonous snake in the grass, and you have to hit the grass to startle it, and you have to guard against it when you see it!

Liu Qing took Liu An and Sun Ji to lean in and ask the guys.

"Are you all from Langhou County?"

"Yes!"

"What are you doing here?"

"Find some food!"

"Why are you carrying weapons? Knowingly! ”

"There are wild beasts in the mountains, and you can't save your life without weapons!"

"How far is it to the territory of Langhou County?"

"Twenty miles!"

The words are quite confident, "find food"! Say this as you want!

"It's really arrogant!" Gu Feng had to say in his heart.

When they arrived at the county government of Langhou County, they really shocked Gu Feng, because of the depression and dilapidation here. Except for the hall of the prefectural order hall, which still looks a little, the other buildings and courtyards seem to have been abandoned for many years.

Fortunately, several masters, a warden and a head catcher are dedicated, and they can still stick to their posts and fulfill their duties.

When the soldiers who took the official road arrived, they reported an unusual thing to Gu Feng, and they had stayed in a large inn while walking on the road. The shopkeeper and the guys in the inn are all middle-aged men who are not weak in martial arts, and the lotus flowers in the lotus pond behind the guest room are very strange, and the lotus leaves and lotus stems are also the same as ordinary lotus flowers, but the lotus flowers are all black from the petals to the lotus seed room inside, and then to the lotus seeds.

"Ahh How did it reappear here? Approximately at what location? ”

"About 150 miles away from here, at the junction of Langzhong County and Langhou County."

"This Black Lotus Seed is highly poisonous! The lotus flower does not bloom during the day, but blooms at night, and when it blooms, it will emit a light smoke-like powder mist, and the smoke is filled with an intoxicating fragrance of flowers, and the fragrance of the flowers contains a gentle poison, which can make people unconscious, and at worst kill people. Have you ever noticed the scent of flowers at night? ”

"Nope! We didn't see the flowers blooming, and when we got up the next morning to open the window, someone noticed that the innkeeper and a few men pulled down the white cloth sheet covering the lotus. The lotus pond is a long pond, the area is not too large, at that time several of us were surprised, I don't know what the innkeeper wants to cover the lotus pond with a white cloth at night? ”

"Didn't you ask the shopkeeper out of curiosity?"

"I ate and hurried away, and forgot about it."

Gu Feng had nothing to say, and he couldn't complain about his subordinates, after all, they didn't know anything about the "Black Lotus". Covering the lotus with a white cloth is not going to let the fragrance of flowers charm these guests, it seems that Gu Feng has to fight with the "Black Lotus" again, because he believes that where the "Black Lotus" appears, there will definitely be murders.