The mountains are silent and pitch black. The rugged rocks and dense vegetation increase the difficulty of walking at night, but Zhou Weiji does not seem to be hindered in any way, following the sound of water in the tributaries, all the way to the deep mountains, his quick figure startles the owls and mice who are looking for food at night, and the creaking screams echo in the empty mountains, and there is a wolf howl in the distance, which adds a bit of mystery.

If you look closely, you can find that Zhou Weiji's eyes are faintly glowing with blue light, and he has been paying attention to the water surface in his hurry. The bandits left on a clipper, and the thieves could be found first by finding the pointed clipper.

After about a stick of incense, there were a few people in front of him holding torches and moving slowly. Zhou Weiji chased after him and shouted: "I am Zhou Weiji, but Brother Chang in front?" ”

"It's Chang, Wei Ji, you also came in?"

With the waist knife in the sheath, Zhou Wei walked over quickly, "Brother Chang, can you find it." ”

Ma Jun's lieutenant Chang Yu tugged at his collar and said anxiously: "Damn! Lao Tzu took the brothers to search for a long time, but found nothing. Wei Ji, I didn't take care of my subordinates, Bai Pengchuan's bear goods, Lao Tzu will drag him to death with a horse when he goes back! ”

"I have asked Bai Pengchuan to escort the merchant ship back first. Brother Chang, you and your brothers have worked hard, so let's rest here for a while, and my younger brother will go and have a look. ”

Sanyu shook his head, "You can't do it alone, the forest is dangerous, in addition to bandits, wolves and leopards and other beasts, let's go together." ”

Zhou Weiji shook his head, "Don't miss the opportunity, one or two brutes can't help me!" ”

Seeing that he was so arrogant, Sanyu pulled his collar and shook his head from side to side and laughed: "Good brother! Have your torches fallen? Take this with you, and Chang will take this brother to follow you. ”

Zhou Wei hesitated slightly and took it, "Brother Chang, junior brother takes the first step." You need to be cautious, the mountains are dry, and you should be careful of the trees when using torches. ”

Zhou Weiji held the torch and walked quickly for about two miles, and the waterway was divided into two. He looked left and right, drew his waist knife and cut off an arm-thick birch tree next to the right tributary, extinguished the fire torch and placed it under the tree to continue walking, and with natural intuition, he felt that the bandit was in front of him.

After walking another six or seven miles, there was the sound of a nighthawk startling in front of him. Zhou Weiji lowered his body, and quickly approached the barren grass in the form of a tree.

On the water, a pointed-tipped clipper half-hidden behind a boulder, like a human voice.

Zhou Wei approached the boulder quietly, but heard someone whisper: "You two are guarding here, if there is a situation, take three short and one long eagle as the signal." ”

"The last general obeys!"

Weekend?! Zhou Wei was extremely stunned, slowed his breath and lay on the wild grass, not daring to show his head rashly.

"Brother Li, we don't have much to gain this time." But listening to the whispered conversation between the two people left behind, it was not a Dengzhou accent.

"Well, Huangxian posted a notice, and the merchant ships didn't dare to enter the mountain rashly, and these two ships came in in a daze."

"Phew! It's just a rabble in just one county, if it was put in the past, the master would have leveled it with a circle! ”

"What else do you want to do! For the sake of today, we can only survive this winter safely. ”

"Brother Li, it's better to discuss with General Tuoba, let's have two big votes, when will we get such a small fight! The river is about to freeze, is it possible that we still have to go to the horse robbery team? ”

"It's not something we should worry about, you keep your mouth shut and do your duty, the general has his own considerations."

"Hmph, if he thinks about it, we can get to this point-"

"Shut up!"

The two quieted down, and Zhou Weiji hid his waist knife among the stones, pulled out a short blade to bypass the boulder, and hid his body to observe.

The torches had been extinguished, and the two men on the clipper were sitting back to back, vaguely recognizable as they were wrapped in animal skins over their black night coats, wearing fur hats, and their scimitars glowing coldly.

"Brother Li, there seems to be movement over there!"

The surnamed Li turned his head with a knife, looked at the place where Zhou Weiji was hiding, picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it at it.

Zhou Weiji moved to the side slightly, and the stone fell on the barren grass and rotten leaves, and the sound was dull.

"No, are you mistaken?"

The man muttered, "Maybe there's a snake." Brother Li, are you hungry? I still have food here. ”

After speaking, he suddenly grabbed three more stones and threw them in the direction where Zhou Weiji was, "Bang! Boom! Thump! "Two stones fell on the shore, and one fell into the water and splashed.

Zhou Weiji had already retreated a few meters at this time, narrowly avoiding it.

"It's really a mistake for the little brother, come, come, Brother Li, let's eat something, the sauce meat in Huangxian County is no worse than ours, and the price is fair."

Zhou Wei didn't dare to observe rashly, he knew that it was not difficult to kill these two people, but killing them would definitely alarm the people in the mountain and startle the snakes.

Since they were unloading the grain here, their hiding place was not far from Dingding.

He slowly retreated to a safe distance, took a closer look at the mountain, turned his head and turned back to the fork in the waterway, following the tributary on the west side to chase Sanyu.

Sanyu and the others had only walked less than two miles, Zhou Weiji whispered a few words in his ear, and Sanyu nodded, "Brothers, let's get here, let's go back first." ”

Zhou Weiji followed them to the fork of the waterway, cut down the stump of the half-human-high birch tree that he had cut down earlier, buried it with wild grass, and cut the trunk into small sections, "Brother Chang, let the brothers take these to make torches." ”

After saying that, he broke up the canopy with a knife and threw it into the water. Sanyu knew that Zhou Weiji wanted to erase the traces of his movements, so he asked his brothers to take out the strips of cloth they were carrying, wrap them around the wooden knots, pour oil on them to make torches, and the group quickly withdrew outside.

After leaving the mountain, Zhou Weiji did not withdraw the fast box army guarding along the river, and ordered everyone to continue to stay and observe. He and Sanyu rode back to the county seat on a fast horse.

"Brother Chang, this matter is very important, you go and tell Lord Zhao to ask Lord Zhao to go to the county office quickly, and the younger brother will go to report to Zhou Zhi County, remember not to alarm others."

Sanyu, who knew the situation, pulled his collar with a solemn face, "Wei Ji, can you inform the Dengzhou Forbidden Army?" ”

"It's too early, and we'll wait for the donkeys to get some news back."

"It's good! Lao Tzu is itching his skin, this time I want to be comfortable and refreshed! Drive! ”

When it was near, Zhou Weiji went to the county mansion next to the county government and asked the doorman to report inward.

Zhou Zhixian and his wife Zhou were sleeping peacefully, and they heard a mother-in-law calling outside, saying that Zhou Bantou of the yamen had come to pay for his life.

Mrs. Zhou opened her eyes, "Zhou Bantou? Master, hurry up and take a look, Zhou Weiji must have something important to do when he comes over at this hour. ”

Zhou Changhai opened his sleepy eyes, was stunned for a moment before reacting, and quickly got up, and Mrs. Zhou helped him put on his regular clothes.

In the wing, Zhou Weiji told Zhou Changhai what had happened, "My lord, this is not a trivial matter. ”

Zhou Changhai stood up in shock, clasping his hands on the edge of the table, "General Tuoba, Xianbei Tuoba Clan?!" ”R1152