In the distance, a small town leaps into view, unusually quiet in the twilight. Yu Tu Qi pointed with his hand and said to Su Wu beside him: "Teacher, then it should be Luntai Pass." ”

Su Wu nodded, and said to the person behind him: "Speed up, rush to the town before dark to find someone to stay." ”

Everyone agreed in unison, sped up their speed, and arrived at Luntai Pass in a short time. A small gate stood at the end of the street, and Su Wu and his party entered the town through the gate. Everyone was stunned by what lay ahead. The walls of the town were ruined, the houses collapsed, and puffs of black smoke rose from the ruins, spreading in the air with the wind. Dozens of headless corpses lay on the narrow streets, the stone pavements red with blood.

Su Wu gasped and turned his gaze to Yu Tu Qi, whose lips were trembling. Behind him, Ban Long, Liu Changjiao and others looked at each other, and the Seven Great Brocade Guards were even more stunned. Su Wu turned over and jumped off his horse, and slowly walked towards the street, and the people behind him dismounted one after another and followed closely.

In front of a house, the door was closed, and streams of blood kept pouring out of the cracks. Su Wu's feet stopped in front of the door, he raised his head, and Liu Biao and Zhou Yi rushed up with an arrow step, blocking in front of Su Wu.

Su Wu said in a deep voice: "Open the door." ”

The door squeaked open, and Su Wu and his entourage stepped into the door. The room was littered with headless corpses, stacked on top of each other, blood sticking to the heels. Su Wu swallowed; Yu Tuqi and Ban Long covered their mouths and rushed out the door. Outside the door, there was a sound of vomiting.

Liu Changleg stammered: "This, what's going on?" The townspeople are all dead. ”

Su Wu closed his eyes, and after a long time, he opened them suddenly: "Go!" ”

The crowd went into another house. The scene in front of them was exactly the same as the one just now. Su Wu clenched his fists, and with angry flames in his eyes, he slowly turned around and walked towards the door. Suddenly, a hand in the pile of corpses slowly moved, accompanied by a terrible scream. Su Wu was startled and turned around. The figure shook, the cold light flickered, and a knife stabbed straight at Su Wu's chest. Su Wu was caught off guard and saw that the knife had arrived in front of him. Suddenly, there was a flower in front of him, and a person stood in front of him, it was Liu Changshan, and with a "pounce", the knife stabbed into Liu Changshan's left shoulder. Su Wu exclaimed: "Long legs!" "It's too late, it's too fast, the knife was pulled out of the long leg, and swept towards Su Wu. Su Wu flashed to the left, and the head of the knife cut a long hole in his clothes.

Suddenly, a gun flew from behind and stabbed heavily in the chest of the knife-wielding man, who flew out with a scream, and his body bounced off the wall and landed on the ground. It was Zhou Yi who came from outside the door, and he jumped forward with a single arrow step and raised the iron gun in his hand...... Lying on the ground was a man covered in blood. The man shouted hysterically, "Aren't you trying to kill me!" Kill me! Do it! You bastard! ”

Zhou Yi slowly put down the iron spear and looked at Su Wu with his eyes. Su Wu walked up to the man and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at Su Wu viciously, his eyes were like a wounded hungry wolf, and even Su Wu, who had always been very brave, couldn't help but take a step back.

Suddenly, the man struggled to jump up and threw himself at Su Wu. Zhou Yi immediately flew up and kicked him in the chest,

The man flew out and fell to the ground, spurting blood from his mouth.

Zhou Yi scolded angrily and raised the iron gun in his hand to kill him, Su Wu shouted: "Stop!" Zhou Yi's iron gun stopped in mid-air.

Su Wu sighed softly: "He may be the only survivor in the town. This is the result of excessive fright, don't be embarrassed for him. ”

Footsteps sounded, and Wei Tuqi, Ban Long and others rushed into the door, stunned by the situation in front of them. Ban Long hurriedly stepped forward to hold his rickety long legs. Su Wu turned around and said, "Ban Long, you hurry up and bandage the wound for the long leg." Ban Long walked out of the house with his long legs.

Su Wu instructed: "Liu Biao, Zhou Yi, you work hard to clear the corpses in these rooms." Looks like we're going to have to settle down here tonight! ”

Zhou Yi responded with a "yes", turned back to the King Kong and said, "Let's do it!" In the corner, the man stared at Su Wu deadly.

In the middle of the night, the gate of the north gate of Lunbei was opened, and a team of officers and soldiers flew in, each carrying a few heads with bamboo poles in their hands.

In the General's Mansion, Li Guangli strode into the main hall. An adjutant general hurriedly greeted him: "General." ”

Li Guangli asked: "Have you found Huyanzan?" ”

Shan Yuan said excitedly: "Since the day before yesterday, the general ordered the army to chase and suppress the rebel Hu Yanzan in three ways, to this day, our army has clashed with the thief party several times in the Tianshan Mountain, won a complete victory, and won hundreds of enemy bandits!" ”

Li Guangli was overjoyed: "Really? ”

Shan Yuan said: "The first team of General Yin has sent someone back to the city to offer victory!" ”

Li Guangli struck with both palms: "Okay, pass on my general order, first, reward the victorious officers and soldiers; Second, strictly order all the armies to defeat the Huyanzan rebel party within ten days, and not to delay it in vain! ”

Shan Yuan hesitated slightly: "This, I'm afraid ten days is too tight, right?" Huyanzan is brave and good at fighting, treacherous and abnormal, this defeat will definitely hide in the mountains, and dare not directly confront our army. ”

Li Guangli said sharply: "Then force him out!" Huyanzan and Helianwu must die, and they must be exterminated before the Qincha reaches Luntai! Otherwise, we will be in a very bad situation! ”

Shan Yuan said loudly and walked out of the main hall. Li Guangli took a deep breath.

As night fell, Luntaiguan was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere. It was so quiet that you couldn't even hear a dog barking.

In the courtyard of a family, Ban Long carried a pigeon cage, and complained to Wei Tuqi beside him as he walked: "General Gongsun is really, he has to let us bring these carrier pigeons, they are burdensome to death, if something really happens, what can these pigeons do?" He put the bamboo cage on the stone mill in the courtyard and said with a smile, "I can't even feed the people, I have to feed them!" As he spoke, he threw a handful of grain into the cage, and the pigeons began to fight for food.

Wei Tuqi smiled and said: "This is also a kindness from General Gongsun, I am afraid that if something happens to the adults, the carrier pigeon can be used to report the news." ”

Ban Long nodded: "That's right." Hey, by the way, Captain, how is that man? ”

Wei Tuqi shook his head and said, "Squatting in the corner of the wall, don't say a word." ”

Ban Long said angrily: "This guy is really unreasonable, he almost took the life of the master, if it weren't for the long legs, ......"

Wei Tuqi said: "I can't complain about him, the situation here is really miserable!" The Lord was right, he must have been frightened. ”

Ban Long sighed, nodded, closed the pigeon cage, and walked towards the hall with Captain Tu Qi.

The man crouched silently in the corner of the main room, not saying a word. Su Wu looked at him with a smile: "Are you better?" ”

The man lowered his head slowly. Su Wu squatted down and asked kindly, "Can you tell me what happened in this town?" ”

The man lifted his head, a frightened glint in his eyes. Su Wu hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, ah, we are here to save you, and we won't hurt you, do you understand?" ”

The man looked at Su Wu's kind face, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slowly.

Su Wu said: "My name is Su Wu, you can just call me Master Su." ”

The man looked at Su Wu without any expression on his face. Su Wu asked him, "Then, what's your name?" ”

The man said indifferently: "Ah Qi'er." ”

Su Wu smiled: "Aqi'er, this name is interesting. Presumably you must be very honest on weekdays. ”

Ah Qi'er raised her head and whispered, "They all say I'm a fool. ”

Su Wu smiled: "You're not stupid. If you were a fool, how could you have such a normal conversation with me. ”

Aqi'er cracked her mouth and smiled. Su Wu said softly: "Beggar, it's still that question, can you answer me now?" ”

Ah Qi'er stammered: "Yes, it's a bandit, a bandit ......"

Su Wu was stunned: "Bandits? ”

Ah Qi'er nodded again and again: "Huyanzan bandits!" ”

Su Wuden was taken aback: "Hu Yanzan, you mean Hu Yanzan?" ”

Ah Qi'er nodded: "I was grinding tofu in the back, Peony's head fell on the grinding plate, I ran out to see, they were killing people in the house, and their mouths shouted: 'Huyanzan is here!'" When he finished shouting, he killed the boss and his son. I fought them with the red serpent and cut down two. Then a few more rushed in and slashed me a few times, and I didn't know anything. ”

Su Wu slowly stood up and said to himself, "Huyanzan! ”

Ah Qi'er said: "Bandits! ”

Su Wu asked, "Beggar child, have you seen Huyanzan?" ”

Aqi'er nodded. Su Wu asked, "Oh? What does he look like? ”

Ah Qi'er said: "It's like the bandits who killed our boss's whole family." ”

Su Wu was stunned: "I'm talking about Huyanzan." ”

Ah Qi'er nodded: "The bandit is Huyanzan!" ”

Su Wu smiled: "Ah, by the way, what did those bandits say besides shouting that Yanzan was coming?" ”

Ah Qi'er shook her head blankly: "I don't know, they didn't tell me." ”

Su Wu stood up and said with a smile: "Beggar, from today onwards, you can follow us." I'm sure I'll be able to protect you. ”

Ah Qi'er was skeptical: "Really? Su Wu nodded.

Su Wu returned to the hall, and Wei Tuqi asked: "My lord, what this beggar said just corroborates the official document you received in the morning, which said that after Huyanzan rebelled, he withdrew from Luntai and fled into Chaiwobao. ”

Su Wu thought quietly, and after a long time, he shook his head. Wei Tuqi said: "Teacher, do you think it's not Huyanzan?" ”

Su Wu smiled: "Wei Tuqi, the judgment of things is not as simple as yes or no, otherwise, do you still need to analyze and reason?" ”

Yu Tuqi was puzzled: "Then what do you mean......"

Su Wudao: "Under normal circumstances, there are only two reasons why bandits loot villages and towns, the first is to raise money and food; If this is the case, there is no need to kill at all. ”

Yu Tuqi said: "But why? ”

Su Wu said: "The bandits occupy the mountains as kings, and the grass is the king, and all daily expenses and military supplies must be obtained by plundering nearby villages and towns. If they kill all the people and burn all the villages and towns to the ground, then who will they rob? This is called fishing with all your might, and real bandits will never do this. ”

Wei Tuqi nodded: "Makes sense." Teacher, you just said that there are two reasons, this is the second one? ”

Su Wu said: "The second reason is that the bandits have a vendetta with the people on this round of passes, which will cause them to raid Zhendian and kill innocents indiscriminately. ”

Yu Tu Qi nodded again and again: "Yes, yes." Ahem, no......"

Su Wu looked at him with a smile: "Tell me about it." ”

Wei Tuqi said: "Hu Yanzan only retreated into Chaiwobao a few days ago, how can he immediately form a grudge with the people here, this is unreasonable. ”

Su Wu smiled: "Well said. Another point, Huyanzan retreated from Luntai City to Chaiwobao, and he didn't have to go through Luntai Pass at all, how could he make enemies with the people here? ”

Wei Tu Qi nodded again and again: "Yes, yes." ”

Su Wu said: "Okay, let's take a step back, even if Huyanzan really has a vendetta with the people here, even if it was really Huyanzan who led his troops to kill all the people in the town, then why did he cut off the heads of the dead corpses?" ”

Yu Tuqi gasped and nodded again and again: "Not bad, not bad." ”

Su Wudao: "The last suspicion, if this matter is really Hu Yanzan's doing, why does he have to let the soldiers shout 'Hu Yanzan is coming' before killing people?" ”

Wei Tuqi said: "Perhaps, he just wants everyone to know that he killed people." ”

Su Wu asked, "Why?" ”

Wei Tuqi said: "This ...... Could it be a demonstration to the imperial court? ”

Su Wu smiled: "He killed all the people in the town. If it weren't for the fact that Ah Qi'er was injured and mixed in the pile of dead people and survived by luck, then who knows that he killed the people? And to whom is he demonstrating? ”

Wei Tuqi said: "Yes, this is indeed contrary to common sense and illogical. ”

Su Wu nodded. Wei Tuqi said: "Teacher, then who do you say did this?" ”

Su Wu shook his head: "It's still the same sentence, there is always an unknowable side to things, and it's too early to draw conclusions." Maybe that's what Huyanzan did; Perhaps, there is another reason for this. Wei Tuqi, you immediately use the flying pigeon to send a message to the general Gongsun Ao, ordering him to secretly send a team of officers and soldiers from Jiaohe City to sneak into Chaiwobao to investigate this matter! ”

Wei Tuqi said: "Yes, I'll do it immediately." ”

Su Wudao: "Also, order his army not to be pulled out for the time being, and stay outside Jiaohe City to wait for me." ”

Wei Tu Qi responded, "Yes!" As he spoke, he glanced at Ban Long and smiled, "How about it, the pigeon comes in handy!" ”

Ban Long also smiled, and the two walked out the door quickly. Su Wu took a deep breath and paced slowly. Outside, Ban Long's panicked shout suddenly sounded: "Master! Master! ”

Su Wu was taken aback and walked out of the hall quickly. Ban Long and Yu Tu Qi stood beside the grinding plate in the courtyard in a daze. Seeing Su Wu coming, Ban Long stammered: "Old, master, the pigeon, the pigeon is gone!" ”

Su Wu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the grinding plate, and sure enough, the bamboo cage on the grinding plate was empty, and the cage door was wide open. Su Wu was stunned.

Wei Tu Qi said anxiously: "Ban Long, did you just finish feeding and forgot to close the cage door?" ”

Ban Long said aggrievedly: "I remember clearly, I closed the door!" ”

Wei Tuqi said: "Then, why is this pigeon missing?" ”

Ban Long was so anxious that he was about to cry: "How do I know! ”

Su Wu's gaze searched around. In the main room, Ah Qi'er was still curled up in the corner of the wall motionless, and Su Wu suddenly shouted: "Liu Biao, Zhou Yi!" ”

The two rushed in. Su Wu asked, "Who entered the courtyard just now?" ”

The two shook their heads: "The lowly rank has been waiting in front of the door, and no one has come in!" ”

Su Wuluo groaned for a while and then said, "Wei Tuqi, you write the letter and hand it over to Liu Biao." Liu Biao rode a fast horse to the garrison of Jiaohe City overnight and handed over the letter to General Gongsun! ”

The two answered "yes" in unison and went their separate ways.

Ban Long said aggrievedly: "My lord, I am obviously ......"

Su Wuyi interrupted him with a wave of his hand and continued to pace in the courtyard. Suddenly, in the main hall, Ah Qi'er jumped up and said with a smile: "Fake, fake!" Su Wu was stunned for a moment and looked at the main hall. Ah Qi'er still pointed to the window sash: "Fake, you are fake!" ”

Ban Long hurriedly ran into the house: "Beggar, don't make trouble, the adults are thinking about something!" ”

Ah Qi'er smirked and was pushed aside by Ban Long. Su Wu retracted his gaze, and suddenly he gasped and blurted out, "Not good!" ”

Besides, General Gongsun Ao was in the middle of the line, a horse galloped over, and a deputy general turned over and jumped off the horse, and hurriedly walked towards the tent. In the tent, Gongsun Ao was sitting behind the handsome case and reading the military book. The adjutant general strode in and reported: "General, something strange has happened!" ”

Gongsun Ao was stunned: "What kind of strange thing?" ”

The adjutant said: "Three of the four carrier pigeons you gave the envoy flew back!" ”

Gongsun Ao was taken aback, and Huo Di stood up: "Is there an accident?" ”

The lieutenant shook his head: "The feet of the three pigeons are empty, there is nothing. ”

Gongsun Ao was inexplicable: "What? ”

The adjutant general said, "General, what's going on?" ”

Gongsun Ao raised his head: "Three of the four carrier pigeons have returned, but what about the other one?" ”