Chapter 42: "Tracking"
When the black-faced man in the felt hat saw the middle-aged man enter the woods, he did not follow directly, but went around to the other side and carefully drilled in.
The trees in front of him were lush and there were many figures, and he looked at it very much, and suddenly there was a pain in the back of his head, and his eyes were dark, and he suddenly lost consciousness.
Meng Qi carried his vest and clothes, walked back to the place, threw them in front of the middle-aged man, and said calmly: "Be careful when walking." ”
Although the oasis is cooler than the desert and the water vapor is abundant, it is not as comfortable as the spring and March in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the middle-aged man was originally a little hot, but at this time, his vest forehead was full of dense cold sweat, and a chill rose from his heart, and he was actually followed!
"Yes, it's a small carelessness. He replied breathlessly.
When Meng Qi and Gu Changqing met him, they were all dressed up separately, with a black cloth wrapping their heads, black robes covering their bodies, typical of Shake's appearance, and their faces were also covered with scarves.
"What news did you hear?" Meng Qi played with a few pieces of broken silver in his hand, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
He settled down and said in a clear manner: "The little one has inquired in the inn, the wine shop and people everywhere, and there is indeed a gray-robed little master passing by nearly ten days ago, he has no entanglement, and he is surrounded by fate, although he is stupid, but he is handsome, honest, and has gained a lot, and he is also remembered, he inquired about the route of the natural disaster, and went to the Che Crack Gorge." ”
From this oasis to "Bomi", depending on the water source, there are seven or eight routes, and Che Rif Gorge is the necessary place for two of them.
Meng Qi chucked his jaw slightly, the image described and the reckless style of doing things were indeed in line with the little junior brother: "Is there any other news?"
The middle-aged man frowned and said, "Yes, yes, but the little one thinks it's too fake, for fear of polluting the ears of the two nobles." ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say that. Meng Qi's heart moved.
The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, "Some people say that the little master in the gray robe was crying and making a fuss on the street, pestering people to ask for money, and finally returned to the east of the green ridge, well, there is no other news." ”
Meng Qi thoughtfully threw the broken silver to him: "Be careful when you go back." ”
The middle-aged man looked at the silver coin and said with a little excitement: "The little one knows, the little one knows." ”
Looking at the back of him leaving, Gu Changqing said suspiciously: "The news behind is too fake, not like the true wisdom you described, if the horse bandits deliberately confuse the public, they should also make up a decent lie." ”
Meng Qi smiled: "You have to see through it at a glance that it is a lie to conform to their intentions." ”
"What intentions?" Gu Changqing was a little puzzled.
Meng Qi said with a smile: "Since there can be such a clumsy lie, it is likely that there is also news that is in line with the image and demeanor of Zhenhui but deliberately misleads at key points. Although Luo Ju is a horse bandit leader and dominates Hanhai, he only leads thirty percent of the horse bandits, and there is more than one horse bandit leader who is called him alongside. ”
There are also a lot of horse bandits who want to fight against Zeluoju!
"You mean, the previous news may also be fake?" Gu Changqing said suddenly, "It makes sense, I just said that there shouldn't be such a clumsy lie, this is obviously done deliberately by the opponent horse bandits of Luo Ju, to remind us of the trap, there are more than one or two such characters in the Han Sea." ”
He seemed to open the conversation box at once: "For example, the Golden Oasis where my Gujiabao is located has no power of Ze Luoju at all, because it belongs to the 'Ice and Snow Crazy Knife' and has little poison ......."
"Ice and Snow Crazy Knife" is another powerful horse bandit leader on the Hanhai Sea, and he is also a first-class master of the exterior realm, and he is incompatible with Zeluoju, and it is rumored that behind him stands the "Shura Temple" in the Nine Paths of the Evil Demons, and stands the first master of the Western Regions who has condensed the "Great Asura Body".
Body poison and Zeluo are the transliterated names of the people of the Western Regions, and Anguo is the Central Plains name of the people of the Western Regions.
As he spoke, Gu Changqing's voice gradually became lower, because this was revealing his own shortcomings, Gu Jiabao, who had always regarded himself as a righteous person, actually wanted to take refuge in a horse bandit leader, perhaps it was like this, he was very nostalgic for the glorious history of the ancestors of the Gu family who crisscrossed the Hanhai, acted chivalrous and righteous, and killed horse bandits, and he did not consciously lean in this direction.
Meng Qi nodded and didn't say anything, maintaining Gu Changqing's face.
Gu Changqing suddenly smiled bitterly and sighed: "Meng Qi, am I not ridiculous? I say that I am chivalrous and righteous, but the family has to secretly rely on the leader of the horse bandits, if your enemy is not the Luo Ju group, but the poison, I am afraid, I am afraid that I will not have the courage and pride to help, I am afraid, I am afraid that my family will be implicated......"
"If you don't care about your family and 'act chivalrous and righteous', I'm afraid I will look down on you, and I can't even protect the survival of my own family, what kind of justice can I talk about?" Meng Qi comforted Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing looked at Meng Qi's eyes, and when he saw that his eyes were sincere, he also put his mind at ease: "Then should we look for the horse bandit leader who spread the false news? He and Ze Luoju are enemies, and they will definitely be willing to help us and provide us with correct information." ”
Meng Qi waved his hand: "Don't worry, maybe his hostility towards Ze Luoju is also disguised?"
I have seen a lot of this kind of scheme, and I am not more negligent than before, and I am now more experienced in the rivers and lakes.
"What?" After Gu Changqing was stunned, he thought about it carefully, this is indeed the truth, you can't underestimate the cunning of the horse bandits!
He looked at Meng Qi's eyes and changed again, he was really sure that the little master was afraid that he was also twisting and turning, and he was very keen on conspiracies and tricks!
Compared to him, he is simply stupid and inexperienced.
"So what are we going to do?" he asked, sincerely.
Meng Qi pointed to the unconscious black-faced man on the ground: "Isn't there still him?"
As he spoke, he kicked the black-faced man awake.
The black-faced man slowly opened his eyes, confused, and did not understand his situation until he saw the two masked black-clothed sand men above, and then he suddenly woke up, and said in shock and fear: "What do you want to do?"
"I want to ask what you're going to do?" said, "Why are you sneaking around following our people?" Meng Qi shouted, trying to act like a "gang boss."
"I, I didn't, I just went into the woods for convenience. The black-faced man replied in a panic, "Two good men, spare me, I don't know anything." ”
Meng Qi moved his right foot to his fingers and stepped on it gently, gently, making the black-faced man creepy: "Don't, don't, don't use force." ”
"I never say I'm cruel, but I'm not human when I'm cruel. Meng Qi "threatened."
The black-faced man looked at him fixedly, sighed and said, "Good man, if I confess honestly, won't you kill me?"
"Of course, I'm a good person. Meng Qi himself gave himself a good person card, and Gu Changqing couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it.
The black-faced man took a deep breath and slowly spit out: "I am a subordinate of the big file, specializing in this oasis to inquire about the news and pass on the situation of the caravan. ”
"Big file?" Meng Qi didn't know much about these bandits.
Gu Changqing introduced: "The big file is drunk, I don't know what happened, he fled from the Central Plains to Hanhai, pulled up a team of horse bandits, called himself 'big file', he is very strong, it is said that he has opened six tricks, and there are many powerful people, not only there are five or six masters who have opened the tricks, but also the military advisor 'smiling fox' Yu Lin who is good at planning. ”
"They are used to being active in this area, and they can't imagine that they have secretly joined Zeluoju. ”
Meng Qi nodded and continued to ask, "So, Che Crack Gorge is a fake news that you deliberately released to lure us into an ambush?"
"It's not fake news, the little monk did go to Che Crack Gorge, but I asked the innkeeper and the guys who sold intelligence to hide a thing. The black-faced man replied honestly.
"What's the matter?" Gu Changqing asked.
The black-faced man's expression distorted: "Conceal the fact that the valley near Che Rift Gorge is a big stall camp, so that if someone asks about the whereabouts of the little monk, they will fall into the net." ”
"What about the little monk?" Meng Qi asked in the same tone.
The black-faced man said in a low voice: "I was caught by the big stall, waiting to be given to Boss Zeluo as bait." ”
"Answer honestly, I'll spare your life. Meng Qi kicked the black-faced man in the head with his right foot, causing him to faint again.
After being unconscious for a while, the black-faced man woke up slowly, and now that the woods were empty, his face changed a few times, and he quickly got up and returned to the market town.
At this time, there were two more figures in the woods, it was Meng Qi and Gu Changqing.
"Why don't you go to Che Crack Gorge to save Zhenhui?" Gu Changqing was very puzzled why he was still waiting in place, saving people was like fighting a fire!
Meng Qi smiled and said to him: "If you can't say anything to others, we will believe it." Whatever the information, you have to verify it. ”
"How do you verify, find the horse bandits on the other side?" Gu Changqing asked suspiciously.
Meng Qi pointed to the black-faced man who was looking around and looking back as he walked - he was trying to prevent being followed: "'Find' him, otherwise why don't you think I killed him?"
Isn't it because you're a monk?, Gu Changqing muttered in his heart.
Meng Qi walked out of the woods with his hands behind his back and dropped a sentence: "Changqing, you are waiting here." ”
They are already familiar with each other, and they don't need to be called Gongzi Gu anymore.
"Hey, this tracking will be revealed!" Gu Changqing really hasn't seen anyone stalking and swaggering, as long as the other party turns around, he can see him!
Meng Qi's clothes did not change, but he took off the black face scarf, so as not to attract the attention of passers-by, he put his hands behind his back and walked slightly behind the black-faced man, without the slightest intention of dodging.
The black-faced man habitually kept looking back, but his gaze always passed through Meng Qi and cast into the distance, as if there was no one there!
Watching Meng Qi swagger behind the black-faced man, but the black-faced man turned his head and ignored him, even though the sun was hanging high and bright and brilliant, Gu Changqing also had a ghostly chill.
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