The man twisted his fingers and lifted his finger to the south.

Not in a hurry or slowly: "There is a twenty-four city on the side of the Wuli River, there is a Dingchuan River outside the city, it is a branch of the Wuli River, the river surface is not wide but the river is surging, there is a stone arch bridge on the top, there are one hundred and four pillars on the stone carving guardrail on both sides, and the one at the head of the bridge is big and straight. ”

The man laughed, glanced at the sun, and continued: "At one o'clock in the afternoon, Nanyi will step on the bridge and attack the twenty-four cities, and the general who defends the city is named Gao Mao, who is my subordinate. ”

"Don't think I'm gossiping with you." The man looked at Gao Lang's solemn expression on horseback, and suddenly lowered his voice, "I'm here to tell you that if you go, there is only one way to die." ”

"As for the person you are looking for, he is being tied to the pillar at the head of the stone arch bridge of the Dingchuan River."

As soon as the man's voice fell, Gao Lang immediately rode away.

The horse's hooves kicked up dust, and the man behind him laughed loudly three times, and said: "Zhao Yao, let's see today, whether your horse is fast, or Nanyi's iron hooves are fast!" ”

It wasn't until the sound of the horse's hooves could no longer be heard that the man turned back to the hall and pulled Jin Xiaolou out of the clay statue of the Bodhisattva.

Only then did Jin Xiaolou realize that there was a big mouth at the top of the huge golden-bodied Bodhisattva clay sculpture.

It's just that this Bodhisattva statue is too tall for ordinary people to stand in the hall and find it difficult to see the top.

It wasn't until the man untied the cowhide rope on Jin Xiaolou's hands and feet and took out the hemp core in her mouth that Jin Xiaolou's hands and feet gradually became conscious.

As soon as her hand gained strength, she ran to Zhou Shuli's corpse, picked up the long knife on the ground and slashed at the man.

As soon as the man raised his hand, he pinched the back of the knife, Jin Xiaolou was shocked, the knife was like being inserted into a stone, and he couldn't move a bit.

Jin Xiaolou's eyes were red with grief and indignation: "Who are you!" Why? ”

"Why am I doing this, you don't know?" The man raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you ask knowingly, I just want him to die!" ”

"Your stupid princess." The man said this, curling the corners of his mouth mockingly, "I'm afraid you don't even know his real name." ”

Jin Xiaolou took a deep breath, raised his hand a little tremblingly, and pointed at Zhou Shuli: "If you want Gao Lang to die, what does it matter to them?" Zhou Shuli and Huang Guizhi are both innocent people, and they can't fight with you, why do you want to kill them so much! ”

The man spread his hands: "I didn't hurt them, they brought it all on themselves." ”

"Self-inflicted?" Jin Xiaolou only hated that he was not capable and couldn't cut off his neck with a knife.

"I just left Huang Guizhi for a light meal and sent you a note. My fish are just you and Gao Lang, the two of them squeezed their heads to break into the net, and they were really unlucky to run into a gang of rogues, can you blame me? ”

The man said lightly, and then smiled: "However, it is also interesting, cast an empty bait, and you will throw yourself into the net one after another, and today's play is really wonderful." ”

"Are you satisfied with the best place I chose for you?" The man's eyes moved to the statue of the Bodhisattva, "What I love most is the sad and powerless look on your face. ”

"You are the fifth master in Guizhi's mouth." Jin Xiaolou was shocked, "It turned out that I beat you to save Gui Zhiqi, it was for Gao Lang!" ”

"Or else?" The fifth master smiled, "Could it be that you really think that good things will happen from heaven?" A handsome and noble son falls in love with a poor peasant girl? ”

"I can only blame Huang Guizhi for being delusional, greedy for wealth and wealth, and wanting to seek what she doesn't deserve, otherwise how can she use it for me?" The fifth master twisted his fingers.

"What's your name?" Jin Xiaolou put the handle of the knife and stared straight into the eyes of the fifth master, "I want to remember your name, one day I will definitely avenge Zhou Shuli and Huang Guizhi and kill you with my own hands!" ”

The fifth master raised his head and smiled: "You are not worthy of knowing my name, if you want revenge, then you have to live until tomorrow!" ”

Jin Xiaolou's eyebrows twisted.

The fifth master said again: "You think I'm going to kill you?" Don't worry, I won't do it myself, you are Gao Lang's bait, Gao Lang is also your bait, you will obediently send yourself to death. ”

The fifth master threw away the knife and walked straight out of the main hall.

Jin Xiaolou stood in the middle of the hall, turning his head to look at the Bodhisattva with his eyebrows lowered and a compassionate expression.

For a while, I didn't know what to do.

She walked over and untied the rope that bound Zhou Shuli, placed him in the hall, and reached out to gently close his open eyes.

Zhou Shuli still had a smile on his face, at least at the last moment, he thought that Guizhi was safe, and he left with hope.

But what about the cinnamon branches...... Outside the palace gate, there are wild grasses everywhere, where was the cinnamon branch taken captive, and how to find it......

And Gao Lang.

Jin Xiaolou's heart jumped.

Knowing that hell lies ahead, but those who are worried are in hell, even if they are destined to die, they must go.

I knew it was bait, but I had to close my eyes and bite it.

Jin Xiaolou ran out of Bogu Temple, ran all the way south, bought a horse on the way, and headed towards the twenty-four cities in the mouth of the fifth master.

She originally wanted to catch up with Gao Lang before the Twenty-Four Cities, but how could the thin horse she had just bought from the farmer compare to the horse under Gao Lang's crotch, and she didn't see Gao Lang's shadow until she arrived at the north gate of the Twenty-Four Cities.

A small border town in the midst of war, the city is in chaos.

As soon as he entered the city, Jin Xiaolou's horse was snatched away by a group of hooligans, if Jin Xiaolou hadn't expected it, he bought the farmer's clothes when he bought the horse, and pretended to be a man, but he was afraid that he would not be able to escape.

The Dingchuan River is outside the South City Gate and has to pass through the entire Twenty-four Cities.

Before he could take two steps, Jin Xiaolou heard from the people on the street that the city gate was about to close.

Jin Xiaolou hurriedly grabbed a woman wrapped in a headscarf: "Auntie, why do you want to close the city gate in broad daylight?" ”

The aunt saw that it was a young man, and she was quite annoyed when she pulled and pulled, and when she heard that the voice was actually a little girl, she was a little strange, and her eyes rolled while replying: "General Gao got the letter from the spies, saying that Nanyi is going to attack from time to time, and closing the city gate is naturally guarding the city!" ”

"Then ......," Jin Xiaolou said anxiously, "then you can see a man on a big horse passing by here?" ”

"In this chaos, there are more people riding by!" The aunt was a little impatient and wanted to leave.

Jin Xiaolou hurriedly said: "A young man, alone, handsome and extraordinary. ”

At the mention of being handsome and extraordinary, the aunt's eyes suddenly lit up, her face flushed, and she said: "Yes, yes, I haven't seen such a handsome son for a long time. ”

Jin Xiaolou's heart tightened, he was afraid that this city gate was closed for Gao Lang.

That General Gao Mao is the subordinate of the fifth master, as long as he orders, as soon as Gao Lang leaves the city gate, he will close the door, and when Nanyi attacks him, Gao Lang has no way to retreat, even if he has the ability to reach the sky, he can't resist thousands of troops alone.

I'm afraid that the hooves of the horses will trample him into a pulp.

The fifth master doesn't need to see blood, and people can die a hundred miles away without a place to be buried, and they don't have to worry about the slightest suspicion.

Jin Xiaolou let go of her aunt, spread her legs and ran south, she wanted to stop Gao Lang, she wanted to tell Gao Lang that she was not tied to the bridge, and she was here alive!

Hearing that Nanyi was going to attack, everyone fled north, but they were afraid to leave the Twenty-fourth City as soon as possible, the more north the better, only Jin Xiaolou ran desperately to the south.

As soon as a group of people squeezed through, Jin Xiaolou rushed forward, and suddenly the two people next to him twisted their arms and pressed them to the ground suddenly.

"What are you doing!" Jin Xiaolou was anxious and angry, "In broad daylight, you can't rob people!" ”

The man who held her down twisted Jin Xiaolou's arm impatiently, so painful that Jin Xiaolou gritted his teeth and couldn't speak.

"Someone told me that you are Nanyi's spy, come with us!"

The two of them pulled Jin Xiaolou up and escorted him to the yamen.

Jin Xiaolou's eyes were red, thinking about it at this moment, it must be that aunt who was suspicious when she saw that she was pretending to be a man.

Seeing that he was being pulled farther and farther away from the South City Gate, Jin Xiaolou looked around with a pair of eyes, and when he passed by a stall selling fried oil cakes, Jin Xiaolou's heart was horizontal, and he rushed to the iron pot with hot oil, and pulled the two people next to him, knocking the oil pot to the ground.

The hot oil spurs gradually got up, Jin Xiaolou had already prepared, don't look at her face, the oil star was still stained on the back of her ear, and she gasped in pain.

The two officials were even more miserable because they were defenseless, and they burned a large piece of their necks and caused a string of burning bubbles.

Jin Xiaolou felt guilty in his heart, but there was really no other way.

Quickly got up from the ground, took advantage of the panic of the crowd, spread his legs and ran forward.

She was going to the south gate, but she ran to the west first in order to mix up her eyes and ears, and when she threw the two officials who were chasing her away, she hurried to the south again.

It's just that, with this one, when she arrived at the south city gate, the city gate had slowly closed to only half an inch.

As soon as the city gate is closed, it is naturally impossible to get out, and the soldiers guarding the city will not open the door if they say anything, and it is a capital crime to open the city gate without a military order.

Jin Xiaolou looked left and right, and saw that no one paid attention to the stone steps and went up the city wall.

Last time, she was trapped outside Xinning City, and it was Heniang who bribed the soldiers on duty on the city wall to put a rope ladder to pull her up.

As soon as he went up, he saw a very young man, wearing a military uniform, guarding the wall, and when he saw a stranger coming up, he raised his spear and put it against Jin Xiaolou's chest.

Jin Xiaolou hurriedly raised his hand, squeezed his eyes and shed two lines of tears, and said to the little soldier: "My family is outside the city, and I haven't had time to enter the city yet, I am worried about his safety, I want to go out to accompany him, and I also ask the official to make it convenient." ”

The little soldier put away his gun and frowned: "How can I do it, this city wall is so high, you can't jump down?" ”

Seeing Jin Xiaolou's sad look, he sighed again: "Your family must also hope that you can be safe, go back to the city quickly, if someone sees you on the city wall privately, you will be arrested." ”

While the little soldier was talking, Jin Xiaolou had already gone up to the city wall, she walked straight to the city wall and looked out of the city, the rolling and flowing Dingchuan River, Gao Lang rode a red horse and walked towards the wind, and was galloping towards the stone arch bridge in front.

On the stone pillar at the head of the bridge, a slender woman is clearly tied.