Duan Laosan was afraid that the quartermaster would see the flaw and understand that this was not the "Netherworld Mansion", so he quickly cut the quartermaster's trouser leg with a dagger, tore off the cloth to cover his eyes, and said to him: "There will be a knife mountain oil pot here for a while, don't look at it, if you are frightened and confused, the soul will not be able to be sent back." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm the least daring, I can't see this."

In front, the thin man who escaped, turned east and west, dodging the crowd chasing behind, and after a while, he ran to Duan Laosan and the others, the ground was already ditchy and bumpy, and the night was dark, the thin man suddenly stumbled and fell, and the chasing soldiers who were shouting and screaming behind him quickly caught up, and there were two sturdy men, who rushed up in a few steps, and held him down viciously.

"Catch, catch, get the diagram out." A crowd of people was shouting.

Several pairs of hands were pulling at the burden that the thin man was carrying, as if they were fighting for a valuable object.

Duan Laosan plugged the quartermaster's ears with a strip of cloth again, he frowned, unwilling to get involved in the battles in front of him, pulled up the quartermaster, and Shi Suo and the others avoided a few steps back, and suddenly, from behind a bush behind him, he "rubbed" a few figures, bypassed Duan Laosan and the others, and waved his fists and feet, knocking several people who were fighting for the burden to the ground. At this moment, the situation was in chaos, with the sound of fighting, shouting and scolding, and it was a mess. The burden was torn into several pieces in an instant, a few pieces of torn clothes, and some bits and pieces such as needles and threads, scattered all over the ground.

A big man grabbed the thin man who had just escaped in his hand and asked viciously, "Where is the painting?" ”

"I didn't paint, you don't ......believe me," he didn't finish speaking, the big man slapped him hard in the face, and the thin man screamed, "Yes, yes, let them snatch it." ”

"Who snatched it?" The big man stared at the people who were fighting for the baggage just now. A few people brought by the big man also stepped forward to inquire aggressively, "Who snatched the painting, hand it over quickly." "Where is the painting?" Damn it, if you don't hand it over, you will be killed one by one. ”

"Hmph."

A sneer sounded next to him, and a middle-aged man, standing aside with his hands in his hands, looked at the chaotic scene here with cold eyes, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Even if he has a painting, let you make such a fuss, rob and smash it, what's more, he hasn't even seen the appearance of the painting, and blew two sentences of cowhide, and some people believe it, ridiculous, stupid, stupid." ”

"Aren't you stupid to run here in the middle of the night to do that?" The big man sneered.

The middle-aged man raised his neck and sneered again, "Tonight, the people who came to this beacon tower were staring at the painting, but they didn't know where the news that this Zhou guerrilla painting was going to appear on the beacon tower came from. ”

"You're not fooled, why are you here? Looking at the beacon tower cool, do you want to eat and take a walk here? The big man sneered again.

It turned out that these people of all kinds gathered here for the "Zhou Guerrilla Painting", and Duan Laosan and others suddenly realized. Shi Suo couldn't help but shake his head, "It's like a fly seeing blood, looking at this posture, even if you grab that painting, you have to let others beat it to death." ”

Duan Laosan said: "These people just want to get paintings by themselves and make a fortune, where will they care so much, and people die for money, that's the truth." The thin man just now, fortunately, didn't paint, if he did, I'm afraid that even his life would be on the line. ”

The middle-aged man next to him looked up at the high beacon tower, and said to himself: "It's still the friends of the Immortal Association who are smart, and they have guarded the stage and the stage, no matter who snatches the painting, they can't escape from their palms." ”

On the stage, there were several figures swaying, several of them wearing Taoist robes. Downstairs, there were also many people wearing Taoist robes, looking around, and these Taoist priests really formed a big encirclement and surrounded the beacon tower. Most of them are surrounded by Taoist priests.

"All the old roads around Wuchang have come here?" Ah Qiu asked strangely.

"They're not old-fashioned," Dafeng whispered to Ah Qiu, "It's not from Wuchang either, we met them when we came from Changsha." These people are called 'Immortal Society', they are a gang, and they are not good things. ”

"It's on fire, it's on fire."

With a few shouts, I saw a firelight, slowly rising, but not on fire, but a paper lantern more than two feet long and wide, rising into the sky, the lantern made into the shape of Kong Ming lantern, paste paper on the top, candles on the bottom, after lighting, as soon as the air inside is hot, the lamp will slowly rise. Kong Ming lantern is ordinary, but the shape of this lamp, but quite special, with red and green paper paste into the shape of a bull's head, horns and nose, the inside candlelight shines, in the dark night, a red and green bull's head rises into the sky, particularly eye-catching and weird.

"Oh, it turns out that those people who painted their faces are carrying the head of a cow that is a Kong Ming lantern." Ah Qiu understood. Then he asked, "What do they want to do when they put the lamps?" ”

The lamp flickered, and under the blowing of the night wind, it rose several feet high, and slowly drifted into the distance, flickering in the dark night, and it was obvious that this strange paper lantern would be seen within a radius of several miles.

Duan Laosan, Shi Suo, and Dafeng couldn't answer Ah Qiu's question, but the middle-aged man snorted with his nose and said, "They are signaling." ”

Sure enough, this lamp rose into the night sky and was used as a signal, which could be distinguished from a distance, which was extremely eye-catching, and it was indeed very convenient in the dark. Shi Suo couldn't help but scolded with a smile: "These guys, there are really a lot of ghosts. ”

Next to him, a black shadow lay straight on the ground, but it didn't seem to be injured, this person also painted a black face, I saw him keep moving his body, found a flat ground, lay on the ground, put his ear on the ground, listened for a while, raised his head and said: "Coming, coming." ”

The people next to him, knowing that his trick is called "lying on the ground and listening", but they don't know who he is referring to when he says "coming", looking around, from the dark and dreary distance, there is a sound of bells, it sounds, like a copper bell hanging on the neck of cattle and horses, making a crisp sound of "ding, ding". The bell was getting closer and closer, and after a while, a donkey appeared in view, and a man riding on the donkey was walking towards him.

The donkey trotted, the donkey bell rang, and after a while, it came closer, and the people riding on the donkey looked at all kinds of people around the beacon tower, and laughed, "So many friends, come to the beacon tower late at night, are they waiting for me?" (To be continued.) )