After hesitating for a moment, the middle-aged man said indifferently: "Since this is the case, then we will go back to Maoshan first, and we will have a period later." With that, he turned and walked away with the young man.

"Wait a minute, both of you." Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly called, "We are all Maoshan disciples, but I don't know what to call the two of us yet?" ”

The two turned their heads at the same time, and the middle-aged man said: "Our master Yang Zhenren and your master Zhang Zhenren belong to senior brothers, my surname is Zhou, my name is Zhou Huanzhang, and his name is Bai Jinqiu." ”

"Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Bai!" Wu Zhiyuan made a bow to the two. The bow ceremony is the etiquette practiced by Taoist peers when they meet, their masters Yang Zhenren and Zhang Zefang are brothers, so Wu Zhiyuan and Zhou Bai are naturally commensurate with brothers.

"Senior Brother Wu is polite." Zhou Huanzhang and Bai Jinqiu also saluted, "Let's leave first, Senior Brother Wu take care." At the end, Zhou Huanzhang hugged his fist at Wu Zhiyuan and left in a hurry with Bai Jinqiu.

Looking at the backs of the two of them in the middle of the street, Wu Zhiyuan took a long breath, he never dreamed that there would be a day when he would meet his fellow brothers, although Wu Zhiyuan and Zhou Huanzhang and Bai Jinqiu met for the first time, but the intimacy brought by the friendship of the same door was very strong. At this time, Wu Zhiyuan still couldn't hide the excitement and joy in his heart.

Standing at the entrance of the alley for a while, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, Wu Zhiyuan thought about how to find the whereabouts of Wen Qing and the others, although this Cangyuan City is not big, it is not easy to find three people. After thinking about it, Wu Zhiyuan decided to use the old way, and kept asking pedestrians and shop owners, as long as Wen Qing and they had appeared in this small city, there would always be people who had an impression.

Wu Zhiyuan was full of confidence, thinking that he would definitely find out the whereabouts of Wen Qing and the others, but he didn't expect that until the end of the day, he still didn't get any news from Wen Qing and the others.

"Could it be that my inference is wrong, they have never been to Cangyuan City at all?" Wu Zhiyuan wondered in his heart, even if Wen Qing and their footsteps were slow, they should have arrived in Cangyuan at this time, and he had not seen any trace of Wen Qing all day, which can only show one point, that is, they took the official road directly, and they did not make any stops, and they had never been to Cangyuan City at all.

Wu Zhiyuan worked hard in Cangyuan City for a whole day, and in this whole day, Wen Qing and they may have been hundreds of miles away, and there is another fork in the official road, so it is impossible to catch up with them. Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan was inevitably depressed in his heart, seeing that the sun was about to set, he planned to stay in Cangyuan City for one night and return to the Black Gate tomorrow morning.

After a full meal, Wu Zhiyuan found a first-class inn and stayed. He had scarcely rested last night, but had taken a nap in the street at the end of day, so he was very sleepy at this time, and as soon as he lay down in bed, he fell into a deep sleep.

When he fell asleep, it was a watch, this sleep to the third watch, a strange sound woke Wu Zhiyuan from his sleep, a long time of life in the rivers and lakes let him learn to be vigilant, listen carefully, and heard the "creaking" sound from the door, he sat up and looked at the door, and saw a person bent on the door and gently flicked the latch outside the door, the moonlight hit this person's body, and a strange black shadow was reflected on the lattice.

Wu Zhiyuan had an idea, and planned to introduce the person outside the door into the house to see what his motives were, so he quietly got up and got out of bed, held the Blood Shadow Demon Knife in his hand, and flashed behind the screen on the side.

The latch of the door was plucked and creaked for a long time, and at last the door was opened, and a figure crept in, standing still at the door, turning and beckoning to the back, and another man followed and stepped into the door. The room was dark, and Wu Zhiyuan, who was hiding behind the screen, couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly, but he could see that both of them seemed to be covered with black cloths.

The two crept to the window and looked at the bulging quilt on the bed, thinking that there was someone in the quilt.

One of them whispered, "What should I do?" ”

The other replied in a low voice, "Tie it up first." ”

One person took out the rope from his waist, leaned over to the bed and began to lift the quilt on the bed, as soon as his hand touched the quilt, he found the abnormality, he turned his head sharply, and said to the person behind him: "Something is wrong......

The last word "jin" was only halfway said before it came to an abrupt halt, for he saw a man standing behind his companion, who was holding a blood-red scimitar with a scimitar resting on his companion's neck.

There is no doubt that the person holding his companion in hand with a scimitar is Wu Zhiyuan.

"Go and light the candle on the table." In the dark, Wu Zhiyuan ordered the man with the rope in his hand.

His companion was held hostage by Wu Zhiyuan, so he didn't dare to disobey Wu Zhiyuan's will, so he had to walk to the table silently, pick up the fire fold on the table, and light the candle, as the candle flame became bigger and bigger, the light in the room became brighter and brighter.

"Take the cloth off your face." Wu Zhiyuan continued to order at the man with the rope in his hand.

The man was stunned, but he didn't do it, Wu Zhiyuan was about to drink the order again, when he heard the person who was held hostage by himself with the Blood Shadow Demon Knife and said in a cold voice: "Senior Brother Wu, don't embarrass her, it's your own person." As he spoke, the man ripped off the black cloth on his face, turned around, and looked at Wu Zhiyuan with a calm face.

"Senior Brother Zhou?" Wu Zhiyuan was a little surprised when he saw Zhou Huanzhang's face, he didn't expect that the fellow brother he had just met would sneak into his room and kidnap him.

"Why?" Seeing that Zhou Huanzhang and Bai Jinqiu were silent, Wu Zhiyuan withdrew the Blood Shadow Demon Knife and asked sternly.

"At this point, we have nothing to hide. In fact, we know that you have come to Yunnan, and our brothers and sisters have come to Yunnan this time to spread the news, in order to lead you to Maoshan Mountain. Zhou Huanzhang said indifferently, "But I didn't expect to see you in person, I only blame me and Jin Qiu for being greedy and reckless, wanting to save those troubles in the middle, and directly tying you to Maoshan can be regarded as a great achievement." I didn't expect to be seen through by you, the matter has come to this point, and we have nothing to say. ”

Wu Zhiyuan listened to Zhou Huanzhang's words, but he was confused, he didn't understand what Zhou Huanzhang meant at all, and asked in amazement: "What news is spreading?" Why did you lead me to Maoshan Mountain? I was originally a disciple of Maoshan, although my master did not allow me to set foot on Maoshan as a disciple of Maoshan, but I would not use such an unsightly method to force me to comply! You sue me, what the hell is going on? ”

Bai Jinqiu, who had been silent for a long time, said with a begging voice: "Senior Brother Wu, don't ask again, we don't know anything, even if we know, we don't dare to confide in half a sentence, if you want to know the truth, just go with us to Maoshan, you will naturally understand when you get to Maoshan." ”

Wu Zhiyuan couldn't help but be a little impatient, he was a disciple of Maoshan, and he was actually concealed by his fellow senior brothers, and then he was tied up to Maoshan, what is going on? He said slightly angrily: "If you don't tell me the truth, then you can go back by yourself, I won't go back to Maoshan with you!" ”

Zhou Huanzhang and Bai Jinqiu looked at each other, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and after a while, Zhou Huanzhang sighed and said, "Miss Sheng Wanxiang is now in Maoshan." ”

Wu Zhiyuan was taken aback when he heard this, he remembered what the mysterious woman told him, and couldn't help but suddenly realize that the Taoist priest who kidnapped Sheng Wanxiang was none other than a disciple of the Maoshan faction!