Bu Jie and Tietou took advantage of the night, walked through the house and alleys, and slowly approached the south gate of Jizhou City, for fear that someone would follow, and also made a big circle in the west of the city, and then walked in the direction of the south gate, two hours later, when they arrived at the south gate, the two did not dare to go out of the city directly from the city gate, let alone approach the city gate, only pretending to be a homeless man squatting under the base of a secluded city wall, four eyes patrolling back and forth, while observing the flow of people in and out of the city gate, while quietly approaching the entrance of the culvert.

After a while, the two of them moved to the entrance of the culvert, which was a recessed secret door under the city wall, and the entrance had a staircase going down, and at the entrance there was an iron fence as thick as a child's arm, and a large lock hung on it. Bu Jie went down the stairs to the entrance, turned his head to make a look, and said in a low voice: "This is the nine-pattern twist lock, it will take some time, you go and control the wind"

Iron Head scratched his head and muttered, "Me again?" Bu Jie ignored it, took out a string of forked iron branches from the small bag in his arms, and gently and skillfully opened the lock. The iron head stuck out his tongue, walked up the stairs, and walked into the grass nearby, and kept looking into the distance to the left and right.

A gust of yin wind blew out of the mouth of the culvert, with a rancid smell, drifting away with the wind, the iron head pinched his nose, and couldn't help but say to Bu Jie below: "It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, it won't be all poop all the way, right?" Bu Jie replied while unlocking the lock: "What is it to step on the poop, as long as you can save your life, if the wind blows out, it means that the breath is smooth and the road is open." ”

After another half of the incense, the flickering light of the torches was faintly seen in the distance, and at the same time the sound of a dog barking came, and the iron head stood up from the grass and whispered to Bu Jie: "Here comes the idea, speed!" Bu Jie heard the cry of the iron head, and replied: "Calm down", and after a while, with a click, the lock was finally opened, Bu Jie beckoned, and the two rushed in, and Bu Jie closed the lock from the door.

After a stick of incense, a team of short knives will come to the door, there are about seven or eight people, one of them is the black-faced man, I saw him holding a long knife that seems to be quite sharp, slashing to the lock, two bells, the lock was split in half and fell to the ground, another person with three wolf dogs, he first let a few dogs smell a mess of things, and then untied the rope around the dog's neck, the three wolf dogs showed their fangs, barked a few times in one direction, and ran through the iron gate towards the culvert with a short knife.

Bu Jie and Tietou walked to the depths of the culvert, but they couldn't see their fingers in front of them, only groping their way forward, and Tietou complained: "It's good to have torches." Bu Jie said in a low voice: "The torch can only summon the pursuers, pay attention to the terrain under your feet, and go low." ”

After walking for about half an hour, there were three forks in the road ahead, and the two of them stood for a long time, not knowing which one to choose to continue walking. Tietou's expression was serious, and he looked at Bu Jie and said, "Genius, quickly evoke your childhood memories." ”

Bu Jie glared at him, looked at the three exits, was silent for a while, suddenly fell to the ground, put his ear to the ground and listened carefully, after a while, he stood up and said: "Go to the leftmost road, there is the sound of flowing water here." Tietou was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to praise Bu Jie twice, when suddenly there was a faint sound of a dog barking in the distance behind him, and at the same time, a trace of bright light came, and the two of them changed their expressions, and then rushed towards the leftmost passage together.

The further you go, the lower the terrain, there is a faint sound of flowing water, not long after, you have seen an underground dark river, only to see the river turbulent, black can not see the depth, although both of them can swim, but the water is average, and they dare not jump down rashly at the moment, at this moment, a cold snort suddenly came from behind, a tall figure holding a torch, standing on the ground, it is the black-faced man who is the leader of the short knife club.

"Did you kill yourself, or did I send you on your way myself?" The black-faced man said coldly. Bu Jie didn't answer, turned around and whispered to Tietou: "You go first, I'll block him, and one can go." Tietou gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, fight with him!" ”

Tietou pulled out the long knife at his waist, and slashed head-on at the black-faced man, the knife was wide open, Bu Jie pulled out the dagger at the same time, rubbed his body up, and stabbed at the black-faced man's body, the black-faced man held a torch in his left hand, and a long knife in his right hand to resist the two.

Although Bu Jie and Tietou have exquisite tricks, they suffer from being too young, and the strength on the blade is not enough, the black-faced man dissolves it casually, and takes over the offensive of the two one by one with clumsy ingenuity, and occasionally counterattacks one or two moves in ten moves, and the two who are approaching are far away from the river, and they can't stop going back and forth, but fortunately, the black-faced man doesn't seem to have the intention of taking the lives of the two on the spot, and has not been a killer.

Bu Jie's heart was bright, and he understood that this person didn't want to force the two of them to jump into the river, and wanted to catch them alive and go back to receive the reward; The second is to consume time, and wait for the rest of the short knife to come over and meet together, only to hear Bu Jie shout: "Attack the torch!" ”

The iron head comprehended, the long knife slashed at the left hand of the big man with all his might, the two knew that there was no worry about their lives at the moment, only attacking and not defending, how much more powerful than doubled, the long knife whirred, the dagger stabbed, the move could not leave the left hand of the black-faced man with a torch, the black-faced man was attacked for a while, and his heart was full of anger, a move "left and right", the right hand waved the long knife to open the blade of the iron head, and at the same time the handle dragged back, and knocked Bu Jie's dagger open, only to hear the sound of "ding", the long knife in the hand of the iron head was cut off in half, But the remaining half of the long knife continued to chop, swishing the torch in the big man's left hand into two sections, Bu Jie rushed forward and kicked the burning torch on the ground into the river with one kick, and the three of them suddenly fell into darkness.

Bu Jie shouted: "Hidden weapon! The black-faced man was so frightened in the dark that he lay directly on the ground, and then he heard two "plop" sounds, and when he shook Suosuo and lit the half of the torch in his hand again, he saw that the surroundings were empty, and Bu Jie and the two were gone.

The big man still didn't give up, and ran to the river to check again, but found no trace of the two, and couldn't help but stomp his feet fiercely, feeling annoyed in his heart, at this time a team of people and horses came from behind, it turned out to be other short knife club personnel coming, one of them asked: "Can you catch those two thieves?" ”

The black-faced man blushed when he heard this, but fortunately the light was too dim at this time, and everyone couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, only to see him cough dryly, and said, "One step late, these two thieves have already jumped into the river." ”

Everyone went to the river to investigate, and when they saw that the river was bottomless and the water was turbulent, they all frowned, and at this time a person flashed out of the crowd and said to the black-faced man: "These two thieves jumped down from here, nineteen is dead, why don't I go back and tell the helper, and then make a decision?" ”

The black-faced man groaned slightly, and said, "For today's plan, it can only be like this, let's go." After speaking, he led the people of the Short Knife Club to walk towards the way they came, and in a moment, there was not a single person left in the group, and the underground dark river returned to its former calm, only the river slapped on the bank, and kept making a "whooshing" sound.