Zhuang Siyan nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked him, "Then do you know why they planted these things by the wall?" ”

Ma Jiu was stunned for a moment.

He really didn't think about this, so he had to turn to Zhuang Siyan again: "Did Mr. think of something?" ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled: "They didn't think in advance that they would get injured here, so they planted some herbs in advance in case they needed it, right?" ”

The corners of Ma Jiu's mouth twitched slightly.

This statement is too, if it were another person, he would definitely go back, but this ......, he didn't dare, and basically Zhuang Siyan wouldn't make this kind of joke with them for no reason, so he didn't dare to think about anything else except to pay attention to her problem.

After Zhuang Siyan walked away, Ma Jiu simply picked off some of the plants on the iron rod, rubbed them in his hands, and then put them on his nose to smell them.

Fu Zhi's soul generally thought: "Could it be that these herbs have any special significance to the General's Mansion?" ”

In fact, it was very useless, because he didn't think of what the meaning was, but he couldn't be excited, and he was busy telling Zhuang Siyan.

But he pulled all the way, and his feet were already covered with climbing vines, and now he was busy walking, and his shoes were stained with a few feet, and he didn't walk steadily, so he lay forward.

Ma Jiu's skills are good, he was busy cutting losses, and he reached out and grabbed the iron fence.

He exerted too much force, and because he wanted so much to keep his balance and not to fall into the mud, he shook both hands at the same time, and pulled out the fence with one hand.

Before he could react to what was going on, the stone door over there opened with a bang.

Zhuang Siyan quickly glanced at him and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Ma Jiu held the iron rod in his hand, but it didn't change his fate, he had already pounced on the ground and ate a mouthful of climbing vines.

He chattered and shook his head at Zhuang Siyan.

Zhuang Siyan nodded back, and the person had already dodged into the stone house, and several people followed her, and they also slipped in, and looked down along the place where Ye Yuanpei and the others fell.

*******

Hou Ba knew that he was exhausted, but when he was about to die, he didn't want to die obediently, he always wanted to struggle and fight for himself a little more anger, in case he was lucky.

But his luck was not good.

As soon as Ye Yuanpei and the others caught up, they didn't give him a good look, so they put down his side after dividing five by two, and then asked him: "Where are you going, let's go, we'll take you there." ”

Hou Xin's face was like earth, his legs were trembling all the time, he looked at him and said, "General Ye, I was wrong......

"Heh, do you know who I am?" Ye Yuanpei looked at him funny and asked.

Hou Ba hurriedly said: "General Ye pacified Jincheng, worked for the benefit of the people, and everyone praised him, how could I not know?" ”

Ye Yuanpei really thought it was funny: "So, you knew from the beginning that I was coming, so I want to ask you, who gave you the dog guts to lock us up?" ”

Hou Ba's face was even more ugly: "I don't want to, I ...... I ......"

I didn't come out for a long time, but it aroused Ye Yuanpei's anger.

If you don't know who he is, the result is that people know who he is and what he does, and they actually detain him as soon as he comes in, and he is locked up for several days, if they don't run out by themselves, they would have died in the hands of these turtle grandsons, it's annoying to think about.

He clasped Hou Ba's shoulder with his hand, and with a slight effort, the guy screamed "whooping", constantly begging for mercy, and was a person who was extremely afraid of death.

Ye Yuanpei didn't talk nonsense with him anymore, and asked: "Where is the old man, you are honest, maybe you can pick up a life, dare to tell me half a lie, I will throw you into the sea of Jincheng to feed the fish, you are so fat and strong, the fish should be very willing to eat." ”

Don't eat Hou Ba thought of some indescribable picture, he shuddered, and knelt down for Ye Yuanpei as soon as his legs were weak.

"General, I don't know where the old man is, he doesn't live in Jincheng, he's on the island, and he doesn't usually come back."

"On the island?" Ye Yuanpei glanced at him: "Where is the island?" ”

Hou Ba shook his head: "I really don't know this, we can't see him, usually someone else sends a message back, we just do what we are told." ”

is not in Jincheng, but he knows everything about this place, and he can still dispatch this group of people to listen to him, it seems that his ability is indeed not small.

Ye Yuanpei didn't dwell on one thing, he looked at the two ends of the passage and changed the question: "What are you hiding here?" Are you still waiting for the army to leave? ”

Hou Ba hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, we know that General Ye is powerful." ”

"Don't pat yourself on the back, Lao Tzu doesn't eat this, say, what are you doing here, do you want to escape, there are other ways here, right?"

Hou Ba wiped the cold sweat on his head, and it took him a long time before he said that he was waiting for the ship here.

Under the coercion of Ye Yuanpei and them, he said that this place can lead to the dock, and a ship will come to the dock to pick him up tonight.

Ye Yuanpei asked: "Where to take you, are you going to see the old man?" ”

Hou Ba shook his head: "I don't know, I shouldn't see the old man, but he hasn't shown up." ”

"And where are you going?"

"Maybe ......, maybe I'm going somewhere else to avoid the limelight."

Looking at the way he looks, it doesn't seem to be lying.

He didn't have a score in his heart, but it made Ye Yuanpei think a little more.

If the old man is really as mysterious as they say, Hou Ba's escape route is likely to be a dead end.

Since he didn't see anyone, he naturally wouldn't take him over at this juncture, and Hou Ba had nothing to say to them like this, in order to survive.

He has been with the old man for so long, he will not be unaware of this man's temperament, in case he becomes a traitor, he will be the first to sell.

A shrewd person will not put the handle in the hands of others.

Ye Yuanpei asked Hou Ba to lead the way and went to the dock along the passage.

It wasn't as long as they thought, and the passage only came out of the General's Palace, which was nothing more than a temporary shelter for them.

The way out was very hidden, and he could avoid almost all of Ye Yuanpei's patrols.

While calling someone to inform Zhuang Siyan of them, he took Hou Ba to the dock.

After going around in a big circle, he still returned to the original guess, the old man may really be on an island in the sea, but Ye Yuanpei is a little unconvinced.

He is not in Jincheng, there are always people in Jincheng, these people must be very trusted by him, Hou Ba is not credible, what about Qiu Kun?

asked Hou Ba about Qiu Kun's situation.

His statement is similar to the little brother who raised snakes he caught before, they all do things according to the old man's orders, but they don't have much friendship with each other, and they don't have much contact.

Ye Yuanpei was a little strange: "The old man is not in Jincheng, just the two of you are here, and you share half of the sky in Jincheng, don't you usually move around?" ”

Hou Ba shook his head: "The words given by the old man are that just do your own thing, don't form a gang." ”

Ye Yuanpei glanced at him more.

Without further questioning, they had already arrived at the dock that Hou Ba said.

This place is different from the other wharves in Jincheng, it is built in a remote place, and the appearance has been camouflaged, if you don't go in to see, it is difficult to find that this place can also be sailed.

They walked around the dock, and Zhuang Siyan's people had already arrived, and it was strange to see this situation.

"Even if the dock is built in the dark, but the ships always have to enter the sea, we have been observing here for several days, and we have not seen any ships entering the sea, or passing by, what does this mean?"

Ye Yuanpei: "It means that the boat that picked him up hasn't come yet." ”

Zhuang Siyan couldn't help but glance at him: "It means that they are probably not on the island at all." ”

"You think so?" Ye Yuanpei asked.

Zhuang Siyan didn't speak again, but judging from her expression, she should be very sure of her thoughts.

Hou Ba was locked up by them, and Ye Yuanpei also arranged his own people near the dock and waited for night.

Zhuang Siyan and Ma Jiu went to Qiu Kun's house again.

It was empty, and there was no half of the people in it, but poisonous snakes and poisonous scorpions were running everywhere, and the old Li sent poisonous insect medicine there in a sack.

Fearing that they would come out and bite innocent people, a group of people fought with snakes for a long time.

Coming out of Qiu Kun's place, Shiwei hurriedly sent a letter, saying that he was from the capital.

Zhuang Siyan only glanced at the handwriting on the cover, and knew that it was Ling Tiancheng's.

She didn't rush to look at it, anyway, this guy was idle, and he had a letter every three days, which was worse than her informant, and he had already reported the situation in the capital clearly.

In these two or three days, what big things can happen?

It wasn't until he was done with all the things in his hand, ran to eat a full meal, and then glanced at Ye Yuanpei at the dock before returning to his residence.

I lit the lamp and lay down on the bed before taking out the letter.

The Tianwen Sect in the capital has been cleaned up, although there are still a few fish that have slipped through the net, but in a short period of time, it is impossible for them to make any big waves.

The war report on the northern side of Xinjiang was suspended, and the nomads outside the border fortress soon got the news and no longer acted rashly.

Even Pingyang Pass was calm for a while.

It seems that everything really has a lot to do with this Tianwen Sect, and the old man of Jincheng is likely to be their leader, even if he is not a very important one.

He has more resources in his hands than the capital, more than the northern frontier, and more than Pingyang Pass, and he has almost all the information, which is something that a small person can't do.

Zhuang Siyan clasped the letter on his body, thinking about what kind of person this would be, why he didn't see anyone, but he could handle everything so clearly.

It's so supernatural, a little bit like a normal person.

Also Wen Qing and Mi Yueqing, they have already taken Jincheng, almost turned upside down, and it is strange that they really can't find them.

However, Ling Tiancheng also wrote a super-large thing in the next two pages.

Ling Tiantian's children missed her, and Ling Tiancheng's friends also missed her.

Tell her that the matter in Jincheng is over, and it is good to find Ye Yuanpei for the matter of finding someone, and let her return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Zhuang Siyan looked at the letter and smiled.

Because it was covered with a small handprint of Ling Tiantian, a little chubby hand with five fingers open, you could think of his chubby little face and round eyes at a glance.

She really wanted to go back.

Let's take a look tonight, I hope Ye Yuanpei and the others can catch the people sent by the old man, and pull out the old man by touching the vine, and then they can leave together.