At the edge of the Chicken Head Mountain, a figure walked sneakily, unsteadily, walking for a while, he looked around vigilantly, listened carefully for a while, and only after confirming that there was no problem, did he go forward again.

This man was dressed in a white shirt, covering his waist with one hand, and using a soft sword as a crutch with the other. A piece of the corner of the white shirt was missing, and red blood seeped out through the fingers of his waist, dripping along the road.

His face was as white as paper, and with every step he took, he seemed to suffer greatly, and his eyebrows were twisted together.

It's coming, it's almost there. Seeing that small fork in the road, the man in white's tightened brows finally relaxed slightly, and when he thought about it, the wound on his waist didn't seem to hurt so much.

When the man in white stepped on the fork in the road and walked another hundred and ten steps, three people suddenly ran out of a bush, led by a half-old who was about fifty years old, but still charming, and two sturdy men holding knives.

The woman greeted the man in white, and when she saw the blood stains on the waist of the man in white, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Sect Master, why are you so badly injured?" ”

The two men hurriedly stepped forward and supported the man in white.

Gao Zilin glanced at the woman and said miserably: "I was careless, I didn't expect to find a place to be so tightly defended, and I actually set up a row of crossbows!" Lord Wu Xiang, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, take me back quickly, I still have two crossbow arrows on my body that have not been taken out! Come on. ”

The woman who was called the Lord of Wu Xiang by Gao Zilin glanced behind Gao Zilin and asked, "Sect Master, what about the others?" ”

"They're all dead!" Gao Zilin said, "Don't be verbose, let's go." ”

When Lord Wu Xiang heard this, he secretly said that it was a pity. Greet two men. Set up Gao Zilin and leave.

A group of four people cautiously walked out of the mountain forest. Turn onto a big road and walk in the direction of Zhenyuan City. It's not long since I got on the road. Then he saw several groups of court messengers on horseback running towards the original city. Among them, there were two groups of people, and they also deliberately glanced at Gao Zilin and the others curiously.

After walking for a while, I saw a group of Liang soldiers in front of me, building a fence in the middle of the road, checking the passing people, and a Liang soldier was still holding a secondary portrait in his hand and carefully comparing something.

Lord Wu Xiang said: "Sect Master, this road can't be walked anymore, we have to go back on a detour." ”

Gao Zilin was enduring the pain of the wound with all his might, and said weakly when he heard the words: "Listen to you." Lead the way. ”

Lord Wu Xiang led the four of them into a sheep intestine path, winding around, and after half an hour, the four of them finally walked to their destination, an ordinary courtyard in Wujiazhuang on the outskirts of Zhenyuan City.

There were still some people living in the courtyard, including sturdy men, a few women who looked like maids, and men who knew medical skills, pulling out crossbow arrows embedded in the flesh for Gao Zilin. After washing the wound and bandaging it for a while, Gao Zilin's injury was stabilized.

Gao Zilin woke up after sleeping for more than two hours. Called Lord Wu Xiang to the bed and asked, "Lord Wu Xiang, what's going on outside?" ”

Lord Wu Xiang said respectfully: "Sect Master." The government seems to have guessed that you were seriously injured, and the brother who went to Zhenyuan City to grab medicine came back and said. At the four gates of Zhenyuan City, the injured people were being investigated. When you go in and out of the city, you have to check the people who buy stab wounds and other medicines. ”

Gao Zilin thought for a while and sighed: "The government's actions are so fast, and the news has spread to Zhenyuan County so quickly. ”

Lord Wu Xiang also sighed and said: "Sect Master, now Pingliang Mansion is not as good as before, all the states and counties in Pingliang Mansion are basically the descendants of Xu Liang, the prefect of Pingliang, and Xu Liang's orders are more effective than the holy decree in Pingliang Mansion." Alas, the Yicui Building, which has been painstakingly operated by his subordinates for more than ten years, was seized overnight by Lu Zhizhou of Guyuan Prefecture, and a few brothers were folded in! Moreover, Lu Chengyuan, the governor of Guyuan, and Wan Wenshan, the newly appointed guerrilla general of Guyuan, wantonly searched for my smelling incense sect members in Pingliang Mansion! Our stronghold in Pingliang Mansion has basically been destroyed, and for now, the last stronghold is still safe for the time being. ”

Gao Zilin was silent for a while, and said, "The intensity of Pingliang Mansion's eradication of our Smelling Fragrance Sect this time is indeed beyond my expectations. The official army is powerful, and the disciples of our sect should avoid their sharp edge and avoid unnecessary sacrifices. Lord Wu Xiang, how many people are available in Pingliang Mansion? ”

Lord Wu Xiang's expression darkened, and he said: "Sect Master, if you talk about the disciples of this sect, there are still some of them, but most of them are people who have just entered our sect, and it is okay to make up the numbers, relying on their efforts, I am afraid that I will not be able to count on them for the time being." The available manpower at the moment is also the twenty or thirty people in this stronghold. ”

Gao Zilin thought for a while, and then said: "Now Pingliang Mansion is Xu Liang's house, he has been poisoned by my Acacia Liang, and has a deep grudge with this sect, Pingliang Mansion is not good for us, as long as we get the secret of the Flying Eagle Cannon, Lord Wu Xiang, you will lead all the brothers to withdraw from Pingliang Mansion." ”

Lord Wu Xiang listened and said worriedly: "Sect Master, my subordinates have worked hard in Pingliang Mansion for more than ten years, and it has been difficult to develop five or six thousand sect members, if all of them are withdrawn from Pingliang Mansion, won't the foundation created by my subordinates in the past ten years be completely ruined?" ”

Gao Zilin chuckled, his eyes stayed on Lord Wu Xiang's old face with heavy makeup for a while, and said with relief: "Lord Wu Xiang, our evacuation of Pingliang Mansion is only temporary. Xu Liang was poisoned by my lovesickness, and within a year, Xu Liang would definitely die. As soon as Xu Liang died, the lords of the states and counties of Pingliang Prefecture would inevitably be scattered, so there was no need to worry. When the time comes, Lord Wu Xiang, you will bring people back. How about appointing you as the first female head of our church? ”

When Lord Wu Xiang heard this, he immediately smiled on his face, and said diligently: "Subordinate Xie Sect Master promoted." With this promise, Lord Wu Xiang's sorrow for the loss of six of his extremely skilled men on Jitou Mountain last night suddenly disappeared.

Gao Zilin rested for a while, his spirit had gradually recovered, and he asked Wu Xiang again: "By the way, this seat asked you to track down the whereabouts, have you traced it?" ”

Lord Wu Xiang hurriedly said respectfully: "How dare my subordinates not do their best in the things that the sect leader confessed. After Miss Li's disappearance in Pingliang Mansion, her subordinates have been secretly tracking her whereabouts. When you first arrived at Pingliang Mansion, your subordinates wanted to report to you, but at that time, we had just found out that the court's Zuo Shilang was coming to Pingliang to inspect the Flying Eagle Cannon, and all your attention was on the Flying Eagle Cannon, so your subordinates didn't have time to report it. ”

"Oh. So, you already know her whereabouts? Gao Zilin's expression moved. Asked in surprise.

"Yes, Master." Wu Xiang said: "My subordinates have already inquired. After the young lady actually left Pingliang City, she didn't go far, she and her personal maid Dongmei hid in Jingzhou City! ”

When Gao Zilin heard this, he gritted his teeth and shouted resentfully: "It's good to find it!" This seat arranged for this little wave to approach Xu Liang and try to get the secret of the Flying Eagle Cannon, but she was good, not only did the matter of the Flying Eagle Cannon make no progress, but also when the official army encircled and suppressed Xixiang County. There was no warning to this seat, so that the last of the people's army troops in the hands of this seat were killed and wounded! And now you're still hiding? Hmph, I'd like to ask her if she still has me as the sect leader in her eyes, and if she has me as a master! ”

"Sect Master, you dissipate your anger," Wu Xiang Lord stretched out a pair of well-maintained hands, patted Gao Zilin's chest, and said in a coquettish voice: "If this child commits a crime, Sect Master, you can punish him a little." I can't get angry and break my body. ”

Gao Zilin said hatefully: "When this seat is better, you will bring it to me!" ”

"Yes." Wu Xiang answered.

At this time, I only heard someone shouting at the gate: "Aunt Wu, are you at home?" Open the door. The officers and soldiers are coming to investigate! ”

At this moment, the congregants who had been staying in other rooms ran in, looking nervous.

Lord Wu Xiang chuckled. He said to Gao Zilin Gongshen: "Sect Master, the government is here to investigate at this time. Most of the time it's about hunting down the Sect Master. As he spoke, Lord Wu Xiang reached out and pressed it on the back of the table. I could only hear that the bed where Gao Zilin was lying suddenly moved to the side, revealing a hole, the width of which was not much related to the bed under Gao Zilin.

"Sect Master, I am in a hurry, and I also ask the Sect Master to go to the basement to take shelter for a while." Lord Wu Xiang said.

At this time, the official outside the gate was shouting again: "Open the door quickly, the government will inspect!" ”

Bang, bang, bang! Officers and soldiers began to smash the door with their weapons.

Lord Wu Xiang turned his face and shouted in a long voice outside the gate: "Come, come, don't smash it, if you smash it again, the door will collapse!" ”

Pingliang City, Xufuli.

Xu Liang had already sent all of Ping's Liang troops out to closely search for the seriously wounded escapee in Pingliang Mansion. Judging from Xu Liang's speculation, Xu Liang felt that it was very likely that the person who escaped was Gao Zilin. In order to ensure the absolute safety and confidentiality of the Flying Eagle Cannon Workshop, Xu Liang specially placed a battalion of troops of nearly 3,000 people in the mountain behind Jitou Mountain. It is also specially equipped with ten crossbows around the entrance of the workshop, and those who dare to approach the forbidden area of the back mountain within 100 steps will be killed.

The lethality of the crossbow is far stronger than that of the bow and arrow, and the crossbow can fire ten crossbow arrows in one go, and the penetration power is strong. It is difficult for anyone to retreat from the close range of ten rows of crossbows.

And someone escaped with serious injuries, indicating that this person's martial arts must be very high. In Xu Liang's impression, Gao Zilin has always been that kind of person with high martial arts.

Judging from the description of the eyewitness Wang Dazhuang, assuming that the person who escaped was really Gao Zilin, then Gao Zilin was seriously injured at this moment.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you! With such an opportunity to get rid of Gao Zilin, Xu Liang must not give up lightly. So Xu Liang gave an order and cast a net in Pingliang Mansion, just to catch Gao Zilin.

Xu Liang really wanted to wait for news directly in the camp of Jitou Mountain, but the prefect's yamen came to report that the minister of the Qincha and the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Xu Guangqi, was about to leave for Beijing.

Xu Liang had to rush back to see off Xu Guangqi.

There is no so-called ten-mile long pavilion outside Pingliang City, Xu Liang led Pingliang Tongzhi Lu Yifa, pushed the official Huang Daozhou and a cadre of Pingliang Mansion, and sent it to the east gate of Pingliang City.

Xu Guangqi stood next to the carriage and gossiped with Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou for a while, and when he saw Xu Liang probing his brain in the crowd, he beckoned Xu Liang to him.

Xu Liang was very confused, arched his hand, and said to Xu Guangqi dryly: "This way, that Jingshi has a long way, and Lord Xu has a smooth journey." ”

Xu Guangqi looked at Xu Liang with a smile, his eyes believing that he could see all the conspiracies.

"Xu Liang, the Flying Eagle Cannon is the one who is named by the Holy Lord today." Xu Guangqi stared at Xu Liang's demeanor tightly, trying to find even a trace of emotional fluctuation from Xu Liang's face.

"This is a great credit, this official hopes that the data and drawings for the manufacture of the Flying Eagle Cannon given by Lord Xu are real!"

However, Xu Liang did not have any fluctuations, and even smiled at Xu Guangqi, patted his chest and promised: "Lord Xu, rest assured, the information given by the lower officials will definitely not be wrong." ”

Xu Guangqi listened, smiled slightly, and suddenly asked: "I heard that there were people in the Jitou Mountain camp last night who wanted to break into the manufacturing workshop directly?" How's it going, have all the escapees been caught? ”

Xu Liang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I didn't expect this incident to alarm Lord Xu." The person who escaped was seriously injured, and the official has issued an order to Quanping Liangfu to search for this escapee with all his might, and it will probably not be long before that person will be found. ”

Xu Guangqi nodded slowly and said, "Lord Xu, the Flying Eagle Cannon is the top secret of the Liang Army, and the defensive measures must be absolutely done to prevent someone from sneaking into the manufacturing workshop and stealing the secret of the Flying Eagle Cannon." ”

Xu Liang said: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials must keep it in mind." ”

Xu Guangqi saw Xu Liang's low eyebrows and was obedient, and his impression of Xu Liang was greatly improved. Before getting into the carriage, Xu Guangqi whispered to Xu Liang: "Lord Xu, you handed over the technology of the Flying Eagle Cannon to the court, and the court will not treat you badly." ”

After saying this, Xu Guangqi boarded the carriage and set off for Beijing.

After sending Xu Shilang away, Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou also asked about the incident in the camp of Jitou Mountain last night, when Xu Liang refused Governor Hong's help, Governor Hong also set off to return to Xi'an, after all, Governor Hong is the governor of a province, and there are a lot of things to deal with, and he can't stay in Pingliang for a long time.

Xu Liang put his focus on searching for Gao Zilin. For a few days, tens of thousands of Liang troops searched almost all over Pingliang Mansion, deep mountains and old forests, towns and villages, and basically all places where people could be hidden, but they still did not find any clues of that person.

However, at this time, Lu Chengyuan, the governor of Guyuan, suddenly reported to Xu Liang in a hurry, and he heard a piece of news from the mouths of those little minions in the Smelling Fragrance Sect that he had captured.

Wenxiang Sect is in Pingliang Mansion, and there is still a stronghold that has not been eradicated, and the location of the stronghold is in Wujiazhuang on the outskirts of Zhenyuan County.

Lu Zhizhou even tortured out that there was also a person in charge of the Wenxiang Sect in Pingliang Mansion, Master Wu Xiang.

Speaking of Lord Wu Xiang, Xu Liang didn't know that it was the bird, but fortunately, Lu Chengyuan also reminded him a little: Lord Wu Xiang was the original ** of Yicui Building in Guyuan Prefecture, and when Lu Zhizhou won Yicui Building, Lord Wu Xiang met quickly and ran away.

If you can run, the monk can't run the temple!

Lu Zhizhou and Wan Guerrilla have gathered all their men and horses to kill Zhenyuan County!

The incense master of the Wenxiang Sect is also the highest-level sect leader who may be captured after Xu Liang ordered the arrest of the Wenxiang Sect. (To be continued......)