Li Hongji is not worried about himself, the two sides really want to face each other, the fish is dead, the net is broken, his side is fighting with his life, and the other party is just for five taels of silver, the power is different, and the combat effectiveness that can be exerted is of course different, he is only worried about the Gao brothers and sisters, "I'm afraid that they will be tired of making meritorious contributions." ”

"Second Uncle is the one who wants to notify the Gao family overnight?" Li Guo understood what Li Hongji meant, the Gao family was his savior, not to mention, Gao Guiying had already made a relationship with him, but now to inform the Gao family, it is obviously extremely dangerous, "Not to mention that the snowy night is so cold, if the second uncle goes back, he happens to be on the same road as the official, and some of them must know the second uncle, so wouldn't it be self-defeating?" ”

Rushing back in the snow, it is indeed unrealistic, not only can you not see the path clearly at night, the temperature is greatly reduced, you can walk in the snow all night, it is strange not to be frozen, think about the Gao family, I am not there, and the official has no evidence.

Besides, the Gao brothers are not the masters who are willing to suffer, Gao Ligong has been on duty in the county government for many years, calm and capable, Gao Yigong is a bloody man, if you really want to conflict, the white knife goes in and the red knife goes out, it is not impossible, although they usually act to avoid the government, if a big disaster is coming, who cares if you are an official or not?

is Gui Ying, although she is a woman, she is by no means weak, she has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she has developed a tough temperament, which is not much different from a man.

The most important thing is that Li Hongji knows Gao Ligong's thoughts, even if there is no official mission, he is ready to go to Gao Yingxiang, anyway, he is going to rebel, and he doesn't care about killing two officials, so he should practice his hands, and by the way, he even has a name for himself.

"I understand, while the official doesn't find us, let's sleep first and recuperate!"

"Sleep? Second uncle, in case ......" Li Guo was shocked, his eyes widened, and the smug smile of the other party always lingered, and those bright and glamorous waist knives were shaking in his mind from time to time.

"It's okay, it's good to be alert when you sleep at night," Li Hongji knew that Li Guo would definitely not be able to fall asleep at this time, "That's it, let's take turns to sleep, I'll sleep first, you stay vigilant in the first half of the night, and after the third watch, wake me up again, and then you can sleep again." ”

Li Guo can't think of a better way, he can't escape from the hotel now, within a radius of twenty miles, there is only one hotel, not to mention the hotel, I'm afraid even ordinary residents can't find it, if you really want to escape from the hotel, it's also a dead end, "Okay, I can't sleep now anyway, second uncle sleep first!" ”

Li Hongji picked up the waist knife and pulled it out lightly, the cold did not affect the speed of pulling out the knife, so he put it at the head of the bed, and the two only took off their cotton jackets, not even cotton pants, and went directly to the kang.

Feeling that he had just closed his eyes, Li Hongji was suddenly awakened by a low shout.

"Who?"

"I, the shopkeeper, came to deliver hot water."

With the help of the faint candlelight, Li Hongji saw that Li Guo had turned over, half of his body was lying on his side, his right hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife, he hurriedly waved his hand to him, quietly got off the edge of the kang, hid behind the door, held the knife in his right hand, and slowly pulled down the latch with his left hand.

There was indeed only one shopkeeper outside the door, Li Hongji put his mind at ease, "There is a Lao shop!" ”

The shopkeeper saw Li Guo lying on the kang, his right hand did not leave the handle of the knife, and Li Hongji also held the knife to hide behind the door, and couldn't help but be surprised, but he had been open for many years, what kind of person had never seen it, and he didn't say anything, and said half-loudly: "It's cold in the snow, and the little old man will send some hot water to warm the two of you." ”

Li Hongji knew that he couldn't hide it, and said with a sneer: "The shopkeeper, the later group of tourists, don't look like good people, especially the bearded man, with a gloomy face, and it makes people scared to look ......."

"So that's it?" The shopkeeper smiled: "They are not strongmen, but they are county officials, but they are similar to strongmen," worried about shocking Li Hongji and the others, he hurriedly said: "But this time they are catching a criminal, the other party is a hard idea, they are afraid of leaking the news, they should not provoke right and wrong." ”

"Oh, it's an errand officer!" Li Hongji was relieved, closed the door, and returned to the dining table to sit down, "Shopkeeper, I don't know who is going to be captured this time?" What kind of hard idea is it? ”

The shopkeeper turned around and looked outside the door, and saw that there was no movement, so he covered half of his mouth with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Originally, I couldn't say it, but Xiao Lao'er was afraid that you wouldn't believe it, and he wouldn't sleep well at night, so he had to say it directly, I heard that it was Li Hongji who was arrested, and he didn't pay back the money he owed to Master Ai......

Li Hongji chuckled and said, "It's not a big crime to not pay back the money you owe?" Most of them are inconvenient for people now, or who would dare to owe the lord the silver and not pay it back? ”

"Guest officer, it's not like that, Xiao Lao'er is a store, and the government will listen to what Xiao Lao'er says, anyway, it has nothing to do with Xiao Lao'er, as long as Xiao Lao'er can earn some tea and rice money every day."

"The shopkeeper is right, anyway, it has nothing to do with us," Li Hongji frowned and said softly: "But we live with them a little bit, and I feel that they have a very heavy evil spirit, even if they sleep at night, they don't dare to feel at ease." ”

"So the little old man let them go to the front yard, far away from you, as long as you move a little bit, they will never notice," after a pause, he said: "You leave early tomorrow, you should not meet them." ”

The people don't fight with the officials, even if they are good citizens, as long as the servants don't like it, they will give you a crime, this snowy day is blindfolded, even God can't see the vicissitudes of the world, the shopkeeper looked at Li Hongji with some sympathy, "Little Lao'er has said goodbye, the guest officer has used hot water, rest early." ”

"Thank you! The shop will prepare dry food for us early tomorrow and keep it for the road. Li Hongji sent the store away, inserted the latch on the door with his backhand, climbed on the hot kang, and said to Li Guo, who was nervous: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, or, you will sleep first?" ”

Li Guo shook his head, "Second Uncle go to sleep first, I can't sleep well now anyway!" ”

"Then I'll sleep first, and I'll come back for you in the second half of the night!" Li Hongji covered his head and face with a quilt, and lay down in his clothes, he couldn't sleep well for a while, but if he didn't make a show, Li Guo was afraid that he would be even more nervous, if he showed his traces in front of the errand officer, although he was confident that he could escape, but if he wanted to find Ai Zhao's revenge, I was afraid that it would be difficult, and the yamen knew that he Li Hongji went to the county seat, and it would be strange if he didn't come to a city-wide search.

Since he couldn't sleep, Li Hongji went through the things after he arrived in the county seat, and went through it in his mind, although he had already measured this matter, but he still didn't feel at ease, and saw if there were any loopholes, until the whole plan was completely thought through, and he didn't find anything that needed to be improved, so he fell asleep in a daze.

"Second uncle, wake up!" Li Guo shook Li Hongji's head.

"Oh, what time is it?" Li Hongji rubbed his eyes and glanced outside, but he couldn't see anything, and the room was dark.

"It's almost the fourth watch!" Li Guo yawned, he obviously didn't dare to close his eyes.

"Four watches? Why didn't you call me earlier? Li Hongji blamed: "You still have to hurry during the day, you go to bed quickly, we have to get up early." ”

"Hmm!" Li Guo agreed, quickly retracted into the quilt, and after a while, there was a slight snoring sound, and he was obviously extremely sleepy.

Li Hongji seemed to be keeping the New Year, lying on the kang and waiting for the dawn.

I don't know how long I waited, but there was finally a rooster crowing outside, Li Hongji was overjoyed, it seemed that the store really didn't embarrass them, he got up quietly, didn't wake up Li Guo, and slowly came to the kitchen.

The kitchen lights on, the shop got up earlier than him, Li Hongji knocked on the door, didn't want the door to be hidden, opened as soon as he touched it, a lot of fog was emitting from the house, obviously preparing for the morning cooking, the shop wiped the sweat on his head, and looked up to see that it was Li Hongji, "The guest officer is really early, the little old man is about to wake you up, this snow is slippery, and I want you to sleep more!" ”

"Thank you to the store," Li Hongji waved his hands and performed a full salute, "How is it, is the morning cooking ready?" ”

"Alright, alright," the shopkeeper said in a heap, busy returning the salute, "do you want to eat breakfast here, or do you want to take it away and eat it on the way?" ”

"Pack it and take it away, ten nests, and prepare some pickles, it's bothering the store!"

"What did the guest officer say? Entering the small shop is fate, and it is also appropriate for the little old man to serve the guest officer. As he spoke, the shopkeeper took out a cloth bag, wrapped ten nests, wrapped some pickles in dried lotus leaves, stuffed them into a cloth bag, tied the corners of the bag, and handed them to Li Hongji.

Li Hongji took out a few copper coins from his underwear, calculated the house money and the nest head, "Shopkeeper, we still have to hurry, so we will leave!" ”

"Objectively slow down!"

Li Hongji returned to the guest room and woke up Li Guo, "Double happiness, wake up, it's dawn." ”

Li Guo got up, put on a padded jacket, and rubbed his astringent eyes, "Second uncle, why didn't you call me earlier?" ”

"It's not too late to call you now," Li Hongji smiled, and shook the package in his hand in front of his eyes again, "Double happiness, the morning cooking is ready, let's go, let's eat on the road." ”

The two quietly went out of the hotel, the sky was not yet bright, but there was snow against the background, and the path could still be seen clearly, Li Hongji looked at the sky, identified the direction, and went south, Li Guo didn't sleep well last night, his eyes were a little hazy, and he washed his face with snow before he woke up.

Along the way down the mountain, the two of them were at a fairly uniform speed at first, until they couldn't see the hotel, they let go of their footsteps, ran wildly, and went straight for seven or eight miles, and the sky was already bright, so they slowed down.

"Second uncle, these officials won't catch up, right?" Li Guo ignored his panting, kept looking back, there was no sign behind him at all, and he was still a little afraid.

"Shuangxi, don't worry, the officials won't chase after you," Li Hongji smiled, "Shuangxi, if these officials know that we escaped from under their noses, I don't know what they think?" ”

"It turns out that these officials are waste!" Li Guo also laughed, his face was obviously relaxed, and his resolute face regained a hint of ruddy, "Second uncle, why don't we eat early and leave, while the nest is still a little warm." ”

Li Hongji looked forward, and there were faint black mud walls in front of him, "Double happiness, there seems to be a village in front, let's go there and ask for some hot water!" ”

After the morning cooking, the body of the two people warmed up, and the strength was almost recovered, and then forward, although it was still a hillside, but the terrain was relatively flat, and it was not as hard to walk as before, twenty or thirty miles of mountain road, it only took most of the day, just after noon, they came to Panlong Mountain, which is already the closest peak to the north gate of Mizhi County.

Mizhi County is already in sight, this county seat that Li Hongji is very familiar with, is now completely shrouded in snow, just see part of the gray-black city wall in front of him, if you don't look closely, you think it is the field where the snow is beginning to melt.