Hu Guiyang took Yuan, Fan, Zhang, and Zhou Zhou to Mojiazhuang, and did not go through the main gate, but quietly entered the village from the side gate, and was led by the Zhuang Ding he knew, and came directly to find the He sisters and brothers and several survivors of Gaojia Village.

Xiaocao was angry and anxious, and as soon as she saw Hu Guiyang, she opened her mouth to complain, "Brother Hu, Zhao Aqi snatched my Jin Dan away. ”

He Wu sneered on the side: "Zhao Aqi was brought by your big brother Hu, and you still call him senior brother." ”

"Where's the Jin Dan again?" Hu Guiyang didn't understand, his eyes scanned, and he checked the number of people first, there were five survivors in Gaojia Village, one was not less, all standing in the house, except for the angry Xiaocao, the other four people were very nervous, they were hunters in the mountains, once they came out of the mountain, they always felt that there was nothing to do.

Xiaocao spoke very quickly about what happened last night, Hu Guiyang was taken aback, and his first reaction was to look at Third Sister He.

Third Sister He shook her head, her expression was solemn, she didn't know who the person who appeared last night was, but she thought that person had bad intentions.

"Zhao Aqi......" Before Hu Guiyang finished speaking, Shen Qianyuan came in and nodded, "Come out and say something." ”

Shen Qianyuan's expression was also very solemn, and Hu Guiyang asked the others to wait and went out alone.

"You sent someone to attack Tiejiazhuang?" Shen Qianyuan asked directly.

"Do you think a Jinyi lieutenant can mobilize thousands of officers and soldiers?" Hu Guiyang asked rhetorically.

Shen Qianyuan smiled, "I said the same thing to everyone, but I have to listen to you with my own ears." ”

"The officers and soldiers were not brought to Tiejiazhuang by me, let alone commanded by me." Hu Guiyang was vague and asked again: "Why, the rivers and lakes have begun to sympathize with the sledgehammer?" ”

"One point, but you don't have to participate, I'll deal with it, it's actually a good thing for the sledgehammer to escape, he has no way out now, he can only do everything possible to go to Wenjiazhuang, if Wenjiazhuang wants to win over the people in the rivers and lakes, he must also provide protection to the sledgehammer, for us, this is an opportunity to follow the vine."

"Do you know the whereabouts of the sledgehammer?"

"Hey, although the world is big, the people of the rivers and lakes can't say where to go, they have to choose a road and choose a place to stay, in short, I can find a big hammer, and when He Million and Wenjiazhuang are exposed, I will inform you."

"Thank you, I'm not staying here for long, I'll leave later."

"Okay, how can I find you?"

"Next to the Erlang Temple in Shijia Hutong is my home, you send someone to inquire about it, and if there is news, tell Jiang Erpi or Zheng Sanhun there."

Shen Qianyuan bowed his hand and took his leave.

Hu Guiyang looked at his background and wondered a little in his heart, this person seemed to be more and more distant from him, leaving only superficial friendliness.

In the room, everyone was discussing the whereabouts of the sledgehammer, but Hu Guiyang was not most concerned about this matter, and said to several villagers: "How many villages are there in the mountains?" ”

"Just three, the Gao family, the Li family, and the Guo family." A villager said.

"A little further afield?"

Several villagers glanced at each other, and the man replied: "Then it's hard to say, I have walked as far as a hundred miles, and I once spent the night in a village, and it is said that there are several villages in that area, not big, dozens of people." ”

"The third master knows everything, but it's a pity that ......"

Ahead of the old patriarch, several villagers all lowered their heads and sighed, they remembered the village and their families.

"Guo Juren of Guojia Village knows no less things than the third master, but he lives too far." Another villager said.

"Trouble who can take me to see this Guo Juren, I'm not afraid of going far." Hu Guiyang asked.

Guojia Village and Gaojia Village are not far away, and several villagers know the way and are willing to lead the way.

Yuan Mao couldn't help but interject: "If those letters are fake......

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "The letters must be fake, but for those who are eager to make meritorious contributions, it is better to believe that they are true, and someone has to go to the mountains to remind them." ”

Yuan Mao was silent, he was more familiar with the officialdom, and knew that Hu Guiyang was right, after Huo Shuangde took the letter back to Xichang, it was likely to be accepted by Wang Zhi, anyway, it was easy to send troops to attack more than a dozen homeless mountain villages, and he could also make a great contribution to quelling the chaos, why not?

"Then please come with me to Guojia Village, Xiaocao too."

Several villagers were very happy, they missed the mountains too much, and immediately agreed, and Xiaocao hummed, not too interested, but also did not object.

Third Sister He, who was sitting on the side, said, "Let's go too." ”

"Shall we go too?" He Wu Madman asked in surprise.

"Hmm."

"Okay, let's go too." He Wu had no choice but to agree.

Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian always had to follow Hu Guiyang, Xiao Zhoucang wanted to see the result of "no more than three", so he also had to follow, only Zhang Wuchen was timid at the thought of entering the mountain, coughed, and arched his hand: "Nothing is wrong with me, right?" I'm still waiting for me over there in Tongzhou......"

"The villagers in the mountains are also waiting for you to tell your fate." Hu Guiyang will not just let him go.

Zhang Wuchen smiled bitterly: "Life is not something that can be calculated if you want to, sometimes ...... Okay, I'll go with you, but when can I go back to Tongzhou? ”

"When you come out of the mountains."

Zhang Wuchen had no choice but to nod and accept, but he couldn't help but regret it in his heart, feeling that if he refused forcefully in the City God Temple, maybe he wouldn't have to suffer, and then he glanced at Hu Guiyang and found that he couldn't be tough in front of this person at any time.

Yuan Mao went to the front yard to find Shen Qianyuan and asked for a few horses and some necessary things. Hearing that they were all going to enter the mountain, Shen Qianyuan was very surprised, but he didn't ask much, what he wanted.

Hu Guiyang was so tired that he slept for an hour and set off at dusk, which was not a good time to go out, but Hu Guiyang insisted on not spending the night in Mojiazhuang.

Two hours later, when it was already dark and no one in the team knew the direction, Hu Guiyang decided to rest, chose a slightly higher mound, did not make a fire, and lay down on the ground with a blanket in the leeward.

Hu Guiyang personally kept vigil.

The night was not cold, but the wind was relatively strong, blowing the trees and grass, and from a distance, it always looked like something was hidden.

Hu Guiyang is condescending, often turning directions, taking in the view from far and near, but his heart is not steady at all.

"No more than three", it has only been a day and a half since the moment he heard the prophecy, and the enemy he faces is elusive and may jump out of anywhere.

On several occasions, Hu Guiyang even suspected that the Assassin had made a move in an inadvertent moment, so he stared at the several villagers lying in the leeward with their clothes folded, until he saw them turn around, and he was slightly relieved.

There was another person who hadn't slept all the time, Third Sister He sat on the blanket, as if she was meditating, and after everyone else had fallen asleep, she quietly walked over, put down a thing, and whispered, "Are you going to stand like this all night?" ”

It was a folding stool, which He Sanjie carried with her all the time, and it was not supplied by Mojiazhuang.

"Thank you, you thought it out."

Hu Guiyang sat down, but Third Sister He didn't leave immediately, "Someone else wants to attack them?" ”

Third Sister He had already seen that Hu Guiyang was reluctant to stay in Mojiazhuang because he was worried that the five survivors in Gaojia Village would be hurt again.

"Well, that person named Zhang Wuchen used to be He Million's apprentice, he has been out for many years, he drove a mule cart in the city, and suddenly learned to tell fortunes, specializing in the death of others, it is said to be very accurate, he said, 'Gao is not more than three', and the Gao family will not live for three days." Hu Guiyang also lowered his voice so as not to wake others.

"I see, how does he tell fortunes?"

"A small incense burner, which is said to give prophecies that only he can hear."

"He's lying."

"Hmm."

"Why don't you ask?"

"There's no hurry." Hu Guiyang smiled.

Third Sister He saw his smile in the moonlight, so she also smiled, understanding what he meant, Zhang Wuchen was just a messenger, everything he said came from He Million and Wenjiazhuang, and he would say it when he should say it.

The two were silent for a while, Hu Guiyang got up and pointed to Zhedeng, "You sit." ”

Third Sister He shook her head, "I'm going to rest." By the way, you should apologize to Xiaocao. ”

"Ah, why?" Hu Guiyang was completely confused, he sat here on duty at night, in order to protect Xiaocao and others, and he actually apologized to her.

"Xiaocao's Jin Dan was snatched away by Zhao Aqi, and when you came back to call the shots for her, you behaved very coldly, and didn't even ask a few more questions, which made her very sad."

"Jin Dan is not a good thing, even if it is not snatched away, I will let her hand it over."

Third Sister He smiled: "What she cares about is not Jin Dan, it's your coldness." ”

Third Sister He didn't want to say more, returned to her blanket, and still refused to lie down, sitting upright like an old monk.

Hu Guiyang thought carefully for a while and muttered, "Do I still have to be responsible for coaxing children?" ”

After a night of nothing, the closest danger to the Assassin was a fox that suddenly burst out, seemed more frightened than a human, hurried by, ran into the grass and never reappeared.

It was almost dawn, Hu Guiyang woke up Yuan Mao, slept for a while, and set off immediately after the sky was all light.

Although the group rode horses, they still walked relatively slowly, and when they arrived at Gaojia Village that night, the village was still scorched and black, and the five survivors wept bitterly.

Hu Guiyang led the people to the "General's Mansion", where they had escaped arson and were still intact, at least there were houses to live in.

Hu Guiyang was too tired, so the He sisters and brothers were on duty for the first half of the night, and Hu Guiyang was on duty for the second half of the night.

He knew how powerful the Wen family was, and before he fell asleep, he was still thinking about whether this would save the lives of the five villagers, and when he was called up by He Wu madman in the second half of the night, he didn't think about it anymore, and stood guard at the door, beware of any changes outside.

As soon as the sky was bright, Xiaocao was the first to get up, walked to the door, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the village below the mountain, from which she could not see anything, which made her feel that everything seemed to have not changed, and soon there would be familiar laughter and laughter.

"Grass." Hu Guiyang, who was sitting against the wall on a folding stool, whispered her name.

"Hmm."

"No matter how powerful Zhao Aqi is and how far he runs, I will help you take Jin Dan back."

Xiaocao looked at Hu Guiyang indifferently, hummed again, turned around and walked back into the house, and the moment he crossed the threshold, Hu Guiyang caught a glimpse of the smile on her face.

With only two or three hours left before the deadline of "no more than three", Hu Guiyang hopes that Xiaocao will not be obsessed with a trivial matter.