Return the way you came, and walk southeast. According to Feng Rui's plan, bypassing the small village that was slaughtered in Dinghai City, Pan Wu insisted a little, saying that he should go to worship, even if it was to burn some paper money.

Feng Rui thought about it for a while and agreed to come down.

The tragedy in the small village has not been solved, and there are still garrisons and officials guarding here, and there is no problem with safety.

I passed through the town and bought a lot of paper money, and hurried all the way to the small village.

They were in a procession, and they were stopped by the guards at a distance, and after verifying their identities and learning that they were going to pay homage to the dead villagers, the soldier said: "There is a cemetery not far to the south, and you can see it as soon as you pass by, and there are many people who come to worship these days." ”

Everyone thanked them and went on the road, walked out of more than 500 meters and had a fork in the road, turned into a small mountain pass, and once you got here, you could see the smoke rising into the air.

There was a small cabin at the intersection, and an old soldier sat in front of the door, got up and walked over and asked, "What are you doing?"

The carriages stopped one by one, Feng Rui went over to reveal his identity, and the veteran hurriedly said hello: "I've seen an adult, or an adult is kind, please inside." ”

More than a dozen men were left to guard the carriage, ten seminarians, two chief officers, and some soldiers came in together, each carrying something.

In front of it is the incineration site, which is gray and black, mostly paper ash.

There are some offerings scattered everywhere, and in the front is a large incense burner, with green smoke curling and not dispersing.

Everyone put down the things in their hands, Feng Rui beckoned everyone to come over and light incense, three sticks per person, stood in two rows after lighting it, bowed three times neatly, and then inserted the incense into the big incense burner one by one.

Then bypass the incense burner to burn paper in front, everyone burned a lot, many people chanted while burning, Pan Wu said: "No matter who it is, as long as I catch it, I will definitely kill you to avenge you." ”

This sentence is a bit empty, provided that it can be caught. But in any case, it is an expression of wishes.

After burning the paper, when he came out, he saw a group of soldiers riding over, and the leader was far away from the fist.

If it were civilians, they would never come. Anyway, he is one of the three divisions of Hailing City, and the army will come here to pay tribute to the people, so it is reasonable, and the officers stationed in the army will also go on a trip, what if these guys have other orders? What if they can help catch the thief?

Feng Rui and Yi Dao talked about the scene in the past, and Pan Wu looked at it for a while, feeling that it was quite boring to be an official. As far as I have seen in the past two days, as long as you are an official, whether you recognize it or not, you must smile and talk when you meet, and then you still can't get enough of it, and you must keep in touch.

Several officials chatted for more than 20 minutes, and then said goodbye, and the sergeant escorted the convoy far away before returning.

Pan Wu really wanted to ask, isn't it a border field, is it so dangerous?

Go around the official road and go south back to Hailing.

It seems that the provincial governor is indeed angry, and he has met many knights along the way. Three or two in a team, back and forth to convey the message.

Yi Dao said: "There are so many scouts and whistles, which means that there is news." ”

Is there any news? Pan Wu asked, "Is it the news of the gang of thieves in Tucun?"

Yi Dao said that it must be, there can only be pirates in this place.

Pan Wu thought for a moment and said, "Will they be at sea?"

"It is very likely that Sun Lu said that the sailors of Dinghai City and Hailing City have gone to sea. Yi Dao pondered and said: "If there is no accident, maybe I will quickly destroy that gang of thieves." "Sun Lu is the leading general just now, and he is a third-level cultivator, so he can't manage many soldiers.

Pan Wu nodded, thought about it for a while, entered the carriage and put on soft armor, and took the crossbow and the newly bought Ruyue knife...... Pan Wu won't take a name, the gray horse is called Xiaobai, the little white horse is called Xiaoxiaobai, and the newly bought blade doesn't look like the moon from anywhere.

But he was happy, all the equipment was complete, and then put on his robe and came out.

Ah Qi looked at him and didn't speak, Night Wind was more interested in Xiao Xiaobai, saying that the little guy was so cute.

Yi Dao said: "It's not cute to be bitten by it." ”

Nightwind said, "I didn't do much of it, why did it bite me?"

Yi Dao smiled: "Who told you that the war beast needs a reason to bite people?" followed by a more explanation: "The war beasts of the army are not the same thing as the war beasts of your academy at all, you are tame at birth, and the big families will buy them, and the war beasts of the army are used for fighting, and they must be domesticated by the soldiers themselves." ”

Feng Rui also said: "People are different, not to mention war beasts and war beasts, I heard that the most powerful war beasts can easily clean up all kinds of fierce beasts, and they are the real king of beasts." ”

Nightwind said, "What else have you heard of this? As long as there is enough elixir, pigs can be eaten into beasts." ”

The return speed is very fast, but no matter how fast it is, it can't rush to the night, not to mention going to a small village to pay tribute to the souls of the dead. At four o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy chose a flat place to set up camp.

When he was busy, I don't know why, Pan Wu always felt that there was something that had not been solved, but he couldn't remember it.

After a while, he began to prepare dinner, Pan Wu stood in front of Xiao Xiaobai and looked at him, looking at each other directly. Xiao Xiaobai wanted to eat Jin Yuandan, Pan Wu thought about it, untied the reins and said to take it around the neighborhood.

At this time, Ah Qi was sleeping in the carriage, and the night breeze wanted to follow, Pan Wu said no, and said that he wanted to be relieved, it would be inconvenient for you to come.

The night wind snorted, so Pan Wu went to walk the horse alone.

Go to a no-man's land and stuff it with half a piece to relieve its cravings. It's also weird, whether it's a horse or a war beast, you have to sleep if you eat Jin Yuan Dan, and half of it can reduce the power of the medicine.

Xiao Xiaobai was not happy, and snorted at him vigorously, and arched his head at him.

There was a sharp horn in the middle of the war beast's forehead, and the little one's sharp horn had just emerged, and it was very sharp. Seeing that there was no response after a few strokes, he simply screamed and stabbed Pan Wu.

Pan Wu hurriedly dodged and kicked him: "Are you uncomfortable?" ”

Xiaoxiaobai snorted to express dissatisfaction.

They walked along the trail to the sea, and soon climbed a small hill from which they could see the sea.

One person and one horse stood here for a long time, Pan Wu remembered how he felt just now and knew what was going on.

He asked Yi Dao, is the thief at sea? Yi Dao said that it was very likely.

After saying this, he left an impression in his mind, and he wanted to avenge the more than 300 people of that village, and the two thoughts were entangled, making him think that those thieves were in the sea, and he could take revenge if he went.

This kind of thinking is completely unreliable, but everyone can't escape the preconceived idea, the preconceived idea that there is something on the mountain, like the obsession and fantasy of a fortune teller, and then they think that there is really something on the mountain.

Pan Wu wanted to take revenge, thinking about it, just wasting some time to go around the sea, and then come back if he didn't find it.

Take the pony back to the camp first, and when dinner is done, when everyone enters the tent to rest, Pan Wu said that he will sleep in the carriage and forcibly change Ah Qi into the tent.

The car door closed, Pan Wu prepared everything, quietly waiting for the night to come.

He was silent for a long time, and others thought that he had rested and did not bother.

After waiting for a while, looking out through the crack in the door, a group of soldiers actually built a bonfire to barbecue meat, and stayed here on duty at night. Under the jump of the firelight, Pan Wu quietly opened half of the car door, silently flipped out, closed the car door again, and shrank under the carriage.

It was dark under the car, and in the darkness, Pan Wu left the camp lightly, and then carefully walked out of the distance, and ran wildly towards the sea.

After he ran away, Ah Qi appeared in the place just now, and was very surprised: "Where are the people?"

Did he sense that someone was leaving, chased him out to check, and in just a while, the person was gone? At that moment, he chased forward with all his strength, but there was no one on the road, and there was no sound or movement in the forest, could it be that he could fly?

Pan Wu didn't fly, he ran out of a distance and lay down on the spot, lying on the ground for a while before continuing to run forward.

This is the most basic reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, tracking and counter-tracking, which is taught in the books.

Ah Qi didn't hear the voice, so he chased down the road, just missing Pan Wuxing's whereabouts.

It didn't take long to run over the mountain bag and rush directly to the beach.

There is no road ahead, and Pan Wu does not need a road, passing through the grove, there is another weedy area, and beyond that is the sea.

Run with all your might, plunging into the sea.

Ah Qi chased after him, and when he heard a sound on this side, he secretly hated that he didn't come out with wings, so he could only run around like a blind man. When I chased it over, I saw that there was no such thing, but there was some movement in the sea, could it be that someone jumped into the sea in the middle of the night to commit suicide?

I stood in this place for a long time, but I didn't find it, so I had to go back to camp.

Pan Wu is diving in the seawater, and the picture is fast. Swimming on the surface of the water requires you to pick up your arms and kick your legs, which is too inconvenient. He now has a knife in one hand, his waist swaying slightly, his legs like a fish swinging its tail, and his body is running far away.

According to speculation, even if the thief is here, he will not stop at the seaside, which is to ask for his own bad luck. So swim out first.

Swim for a while to look out, swim for a while to look out, there is no goal, it is a lucky search.

I don't know how far I swam out, let alone where to swim, but fortunately I still know the direction of going back.

After swimming for more than an hour, Pan Wu decided to go back, but he didn't find out if it was good or not.

As soon as he thought about it, there seemed to be a splash of water in the distance, and following the prestige, there was a dark boat on the sea reflecting the stars and the moon coming towards him.

Pan Wu thought about it and stopped here waiting for the boat to come.

Not one, but two big ships coming one after the other. Pan Wu sank to the surface of the water and looked up through the shadow of the water, in this dark night, there were people standing on the bow of the boat?

Waiting for the two boats to pass, Pan Wu chased the second boat underwater, after catching up, he took out a short knife and inserted it into the hull, his right hand exerted force, his body rushed out of the sea, one foot fell on the handle of the short knife, and his right foot was a little lighter, and the whole person flew up like a big black bird.

He was a first-level cultivator, and his body was as strong as a third-level cultivator, and after a big jump, his right hand gently grabbed the side of the ship, making a soft bang.

Hanging still, waiting for a long time and no one came, his left hand was picked up and exerted at the same time, and his head slowly rose above the side of the ship.

There was no one, it was blocked by the shipyard, and it was pitch black.

Pan Wu liked the black because his armor was black, so he jumped on the boat and stood in the dark, took a deep breath, and touched the front.

The easiest way to find out if it's a bad guy's ship is to go to the bow of the ship, there is a rudder there, and see what the helmsman looks like.

Don't be so troublesome, just after walking far, I saw a shirtless man dragging an unclothed woman out of the cabin.