Liangzhou City, night.

"My lord has already agreed!" Gu Ying was dressed in a military uniform, and the armor pieces on his battle skirt collided with each other, and he strode towards Du Lengqiu and said, "In addition to the two thousand soldiers under my direct jurisdiction, there are also 15,000 people in the entire city guard, all of whom are under my disposal. This time, the bastard was in a position to fly. ”

Then, Gu Ying whispered, "My lord is very happy to hear that Twilight is not dead. Otherwise, the power of the city guards will never be handed over to me. ”

Du Lengqiu took a long breath, and the cold northern air lifted his spirits, "Okay, with the full support of Lord Qi, let's have another two points of victory." However, Lao Gu, our arrangement is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. If the water surrounding the entire Liangzhou is really blocked, the bastard will not be able to enter the city. We can't hold him. ”

Gu Ying nodded in agreement, "Yes, that bastard escaped with his life." Twilight can't help it. Don't worry, I'll say hello to the city guards. ”

"I don't know if there's a breakthrough in the sleeve, I'll take a look. Lao Gu, arranging military patrols and early warnings, this is your business, and I will not participate. ”

After bidding farewell to Gu Ying, Du Lengqiu stepped into the night alone and walked in Liangzhou City.

According to their request, the curfew time in Liangzhou City was as always, and nothing had changed, so as not to scare away the enemy. Most of the bustling crowds on the streets were happy, and when they saw Du Lengqiu's hanging sword official uniform, pedestrians gave way and cast admiring glances.

This is all the credit of Qin Zhuo's show.

Capture and kill the white ape and expose Zhang Meng - Qin Zhuo shamelessly took these credits on his head, and at the same time added a lot of luster to the Hanging Sword Division, reversing the bad image that he had accumulated among the people during his previous tenure. I have to say that Qin Zhuo is really a good material for being an official.

Du Lengqiu was very uncomfortable with the respectful gaze that came one after another, and involuntarily quickened his pace. There was not a speck of dust under his feet, but he had already flickered in the crowd like a phantom, and in the blink of an eye he was to the west of the city.

"Did you catch anything?"

Shu Hongsleeves sat on the pile of broken plaques of the Red Sleeves, with his hands on his cheeks, looking up at the night sky. The winter sky is clear and clear, and the stars shine brightly, like people's deepest dreams.

"Nothing useful news. Most people don't even know about Zhang Meng's existence. ”

"It's a good thing. Du Lengqiu walked up to Shu Hongsleeve and sat down, sighing.

"This enemy played the white ape, played Zhang Meng, played the Hanging Sword Division and all the people of Liangzhou, naturally it is not so easy to catch. Unfortunately, we are running out of time. ”

The night is cold and the stars turn, and it is dawn in a blink of an eye.

After being busy all night, the Hanging Sword Division, the City Guards, and the Ancient Eagle all found nothing.

In the following three days, although tens of thousands of people up and down were busy all day and night, they could not find a single clue. Some of the three aunts and six mothers-in-law of the Red Sleeves Gang and thousands of thugs couldn't be beaten, and they bit indiscriminately, and in the end, they all proved to be false confessions. This mastermind behind the scenes is hidden very deeply, very deeply, and there is no flaw.

Time passed, when the stars in the night sky disappeared, and only the morning star shone brightly, there was only one last day left, maybe not even this day, and they could be forced to leave by the repulsion of this world at any time.

Under the cover of the night, Shu Hong's sleeves were independent, and he smiled helplessly, and said, "Lao Du, I guess we won't be able to catch this person." I'm a little embarrassed to have dragged you down for so long. ”

Du Lengqiu laughed, "What kind of drag is it to talk about among companions." It's that we've been here in the northwest for so long, and we haven't seen the scenery here. The desert is lonely, and the sunset over the long river is a unique scenery in the world, so why don't we climb the city wall and see how the sunrise in the northwest is?"

"It's okay, just to dissipate the depression in my heart. ”

With that, the two left the Red Sleeves Gang in the west of the city, traveled through the entire Liangzhou City, and ascended the East Gate Tower. On the city wall, the soldiers of the city guards who had been guarding all night yawned again and again, and their faces were full of exhaustion.

Outside the Arctic Castle, next to the city wall are the residents of the outer city, and the rows of low-rise buildings look much more cute in the morning glow.

Du Lengqiu jumped to the top of the watchtower with the drums and cornices, and he beckoned, "Sleeves, look at the scenery, you have to go to the highest place." ”

The patrol captain of the city guard army saw that the two of them were so bold, and he wanted to stop it, but in the past few days, the prestige of the Hanging Sword Division was rising, and this person hesitated slightly, and Shu Hongsleeve had already jumped up to the watchtower.

That's it, that's it. Lao Tzu just pretended not to see it. The lieutenant in military uniform did not squint, and shouted to a few muttering soldiers behind him: "What are you muttering about on a dog day, you have no energy, and you are not full?"

The soldiers didn't even eat breakfast, but they didn't dare to refute the scolding, so they could only bow their heads and roll their eyes in protest. The rules in the army are strict, and the seven prohibitions and forty-two beheadings are not a joke.

The small episode downstairs did not affect Du Shu and the two, they sat side by side, looking to the east. The morning glow is getting brighter and brighter.

The Qilian Mountain on the left is more sacred in the morning glow, the white snow peaks and the clouds and mist halfway up the mountain have been crossed with a layer of orange red, magnificent and fantastic, beautiful and incomprehensible.

At the foot of the mountain is the world's largest horse farm, Shandan Horse Farm, where the eyes are far away, and the withered yellow grassland is a light green.

"Hey, you see, the prairie has turned green. When we first came there, it was still yellow?"

Shu Hongsleeve turned his head to look at it, and he was also very pleased, no matter what, the green that represents life is more pleasing than the withered yellow that represents death.

"Sure enough. It's time for this pasture to turn green, we've been here for almost a month. The season has gone from early spring to mid-spring, and I am afraid that even the willow trees outside the city will sprout. ”

"yes, it's been a month before I know it. A month, a month ......" Du Lengqiu chewed these three words, his eyes became brighter and brighter, he slapped the ground, and the tiles of the watchtower were knocked out of a big hole, and shouted: "Grass, I know." His eyebrows fluttered and said, "Sleeves, I suspect that Qi Yubo's bastard is the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

Shu Hongsleeve's expression was extremely surprised, "Qi Yubo, he is the assassin of Liangzhou, and his daughter was also arrested, how could it be him?"

"This old Wang Ba is really an actor. When I first saw him, his sad look made Lao Tzu sad for him for a few seconds. However, when I went to look for Gu Ying three days ago, I saw Qi Muxia's tomb and said that it was built by Qi Yubo a month ago. At the time, I was puzzled, but I hadn't woken up yet. ”

"But today, I suddenly thought that a month ago, Qi Muxia had been missing for more than a week, what was this Qi Yubo doing in a panic to build a tomb?"

"What kind of father would not want his daughter to survive, but can't wait to build a grave for his daughter who doesn't know whether she will live or die?"

Shu Hongsleeve's eyes became brighter and brighter the more he listened, and he blurted out: "Unless it's not his own." ”

"Not bad!"

"But no, even if it wasn't his own, there was no need to kill him. Originally, Qin Zhuo had already covered up Qi Yubo very well, he could calmly launch any conspiracy, why should he use his daughter's disappearance to attract the attention of the top management of the Hanging Sword Division?"

Du Lengqiu was also stunned, "Yes, why?" He walked around on the top of the watchtower, thinking hard.

Perhaps, he had to do this, and his plot was broken by his daughter, who had to make her disappear. At the same time, it is also a clever move, which can perfectly divert attention. No one would have thought that the mastermind behind this was Qi Yubo, because he was the bitter master who lost his daughter. ”

Shu Hongsleeve tapped the scabbard and praised: "Yes, this explanation is perfect." But we don't have the slightest evidence. ”

Du Lengqiu laughed, "Do we need evidence to handle the case?"

"Besides, if Qi Yubo is the mastermind behind the scenes, it can just explain why he can't catch the thief who robbed the girl in Linzhou. He is the highest magistrate of the three counties of Liangzhou, and he has served for many years, and he doesn't know how many henchmen there are, so it is very simple to do something. ”

"Lao Du, what you said is good. So what do we do now?"

"What should I do, of course it's him!" Du Lengqiu sneered, "This birdman treats us as monkeys, let's send a signal for Cao Chen and Hou Zhilin to converge and him!"

As he was talking, a dark shadow suddenly flew in the east, and the shadow came by the morning glow, and the speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the shadows were approaching the tower. At this time, the morning sun jumped out of the horizon, illuminating the dark shadow clearly, and it turned out to be a dark cloud.

The two people sat cross-legged above the dark clouds, looking like Cao Chen and Hou Zhilin. After the two approached the city tower, they jumped down from the dark clouds, Cao Chen stomped his feet to keep warm, and shouted: "Damn, I'm about to freeze to death." Then, he looked up at the tower, "Du boy, you don't come down quickly, big bad news." ”

Du Shu and the two glanced at each other and jumped off the watchtower. Cao Chen rubbed his hands, his nose flushed, "Senior Brother Hou, you are an expert in formation, you can come." ”

Hou Zhilin was helpless against this sloppy and lazy junior brother, so he had to say: "Two, we went back and consulted the elders in the faction, and there are not many women who can use the lunar year to arrange vicious formations or sacrificial magic weapons, and the ones that need the cooperation of childhood men are even rarer. ”

Although it is to provide information, Hou Zhilin has a very bad habit and likes to sell guanzi to hang people's appetites. Seeing that Du Shucao and the three of them were a little impatient, and they were about to beat someone, they hurriedly uncovered the mystery and said: "This is either to sacrifice the evil magic weapon of the Xuanyin Six Yang Divine Sword, or to arrange the Red Lotus Karma Fire Burning Immortal Rune Array." No matter which one it is, it can only be said that the people of Liangzhou are in big trouble. ”

When Du Lengqiu heard these two names, he felt that he was awesome, he was a god of the six yangs, and he was a karmic fire burning immortal, which was much more majestic and domineering than seven bundles of firewood.

However, this is not the time for the name of the game to be good or bad, he said a few words, and made his suspicions about Qi Yubo clear, and then said: "Let's go to find Gu Ying, if we can get his support, it will be much easier to deal with Qi Yubo." ”

Cao Chen's face was indignant, "I know that none of these officials are good." This time back to the sect, I used the sect contribution to exchange for the treasure and completely practiced the Red Dust Purgatory, just to give this bastard a taste. ”

When the four of them found Kotaka, he was eating at a tavern. Dressed in iron armor still draped over his body, his helmet resting on the edge of the table, he grabbed his chopsticks and was wrestling with a large bowl of gluttony.

Du Lengqiu stepped forward, grabbed Gu Ying's arm, and dragged it out of the door, Gu Ying crossed the dumpling with his right hand, and hurriedly sent it into his mouth, chewing and asking, "But is there any clue?"

Leaving the tavern and approaching a quieter alley, Du Lengqiu said, "Gu Ying, we have found the black hand." ”

"Great, who's it?"

"Qi Yubo. ”

"It turned out to be Qi Yubo, the eighth king...... What are you talking about, Uncle Qi Yu, Lord Thorn Shi, this is impossible!" After Gu Ying reacted, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.