At the foot of Xiaolou Peak, where the ink master was camped, Qi Tianya was greeting Lao Li, who had followed the mark left by Gu Xiao all the way.

It turned out that after Lao Li separated from Gu Xiao outside Liangzhou City, he returned to the mountain and told Gu Jianyi what happened to Gu Xiao in Liangzhou.

Lao Li has been by Gu Jianyi's side for many years, and he knows his temper very well, even if he is worried in his heart, he will not show it on his face, so he doesn't say more, takes the Broken Moon Sword Box, drives north, and comes all the way to find Gu Xiao.

Finally, at the foot of Xiaolou Peak, he found Qi Tianya and others, and learned that Gu Xiao took Lin'er and Xue Hu to Lingzhou City to buy, so he got up to find the young master, and under the persuasion of Qi Tianya, he gave up the idea of rushing overnight, rested in the camp, and waited for Gu Xiao to return.

Qi Tianya was curious that Lao Li came alone, and when he entered Lingzhou, he never encountered the mountain bandits of Hutou Village. Lao Li said with a smile that when he was young, he walked the rivers and lakes, and he was especially familiar with the habits of these mountain bandits.

While the two were talking, they saw that only Xue Hu was driving the carriage back, and Gu Xiao and Lin'er were not seen. Qi Tianya and Lao Li were worried about Gu Xiao and Lin'er, and under Xue Hu's stumbling statement, they finally knew the ins and outs of the matter.

After Su Mei arranged the supplies, she also came to Tianya's side, and heard what happened to Gu Xiao and the others in Lingzhou City, so she discussed with Qi Tianya and Uncle Li whether to stay until dawn and bring people to Lingzhou City to pick up Gu Xiao and Lin'er.

When the two were discussing, they heard the sound of clothes in the forest breaking through the air, and everyone immediately became vigilant and defensive, in case of a sneak attack.

After a while, he saw Gu Xiao jumping out of the forest, and Qi Tianya was particularly surprised, didn't Xue Hu say that he and Lin'er went to explore in Lingzhou City, how could he have rushed back at night, looking at his appearance as a servant, he should have not stopped all the way.

Seeing Uncle Li, Gu Xiao was overjoyed, but this was not the time to elaborate on the feelings of reunion, Gu Xiao learned from Uncle Li's mouth that everything was fine with the master, and his heart was settled.

Seeing Uncle Li entrusting the Broken Moon Sword Box on his back to himself, he couldn't help but raise his hand to caress it. With the Broken Moon Sword, Gu Xiao's confidence increased greatly, and he secretly said in his heart, even if he faced the old man surnamed Fei in the realm of robots, he would not be afraid of his man-making weapon integration.

Without caring about talking to Uncle Li in detail, Gu Xiao fixed his figure, pulled Qi Tianya and the others aside, and after informing the two of them of everything in Lingzhou City in the most concise words, he also told the truth about his promise to Wan Jun to capture the ruler and a thousand blades.

"Well, in that case, then go with your plan. It's just that you are alone with the owner of the Liuzhuang Village and the old man surnamed Fei, you may be able to deal with it" Qi Tianya responded to Gu Xiao in a deep voice, but thinking of the methods of the old man surnamed Fei in the hall, he was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, I have my own way to deal with them, big brother Tianya must not fight hard with a thousand blades, just entangle, I and the guards of Lord Wan will take down the bandit leader, and we can immediately return to help."

After Gu Xiao finished speaking, he turned to Xue Hu on the side and said, "Brother Xue, I still need to bother you to go to Lingzhou City with me tonight, your figure is the most similar to Master Wan." ”

Lao Li was worried about Gu Xiao, and said: "Young master, even if you have a helping hand, it is not easy to deal with those two people, why don't I go with the young master, and I will have a helper." ”

"If there are too many people, I'm afraid that the owner of Liuzhuang will not be successful, you are here, help Brother Tianya drag down the group of rulers." Gu Xiao knew that Uncle Li was worried about him, but if he wanted to lure Liu and Fei into the trap, it would not be easy, and only by showing weakness could the two of them be careless.

Not long after they separated, Uncle Li felt that the young master had grown a lot, and seeing that he was full of confidence in his words, he stopped saying more and obeyed Gu Xiao's orders.

Gu Xiao took out the mask given by Su Mei and handed it to Uncle Li and said: "I have appeared on Xiaolou Peak, if there are suddenly a few fewer people, I am afraid that those people on the mountain will notice, I originally wanted to let the brother of the blacksmith pretend to be me, since Uncle Li is here, you will put on the clothes of the ink man and pretend to be me." ”

"The young master commanded, and Lao Li obeyed everything." Uncle Li took the mask as thin as a cicada's wings.

Su Mei also changed Xue Hu according to Gu Xiao's description of Wan Jun's appearance, and after a while, she saw a big man with tiger eyebrows and leopard eyes, a long beard and a belly appeared in front of everyone, with Xue Hu's tall figure, if it wasn't someone close to him, I was afraid that people would be wrong.

Nodding slightly, Gu Xiao said goodbye to Uncle Li and the others: "Time is pressing, I'll take Brother Xue to leave first." ”

Qi Tianya said in a deep voice: "Don't be careful. ”

Gu Xiao nodded, looked up and saw that it was not early, seeing that everything was ready, Xue Hu came to the horse, Gu Xiao hugged his fist and saluted everyone, then turned over and got on the horse, and took Xue Hu to Lingzhou City.

At the same time that Gu Xiao and the others were galloping towards Lingzhou, Hutou Village ushered in two uninvited guests, and these two people were exhausted when they arrived at the gate of the village.

The moment he saw the gate of Hutou Village, one of them immediately shouted: "Open the door and call the leopard to see me." ”

Zhang Da'er, who guarded the gate of the village, followed the prestige to see the man shouting loudly, but he couldn't see the real face from afar, and heard him shouting the name of the owner of the village, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly called the minions to put down the bow and arrow in his hand.

Recently, too many things have happened in Xique Peak, Zhang Da'er has a little more heart at this time, telling the people around him, don't let go of arrows, and don't open the gate of the village easily, and then Saya went to the back of the village to report to the owner of the village.

The two did not expect that the two of them would be guarded by the city gate so smoothly and out of the city, the two did not dare to stop, and galloped towards the Hutou Village.

Zhang Chongzhi was exhausted, he was originally running all the way, but now he finally escaped to Hutou Village, thinking that he would have to rely on the Hu family brothers these days, Zhang Chongzhi gasped on horseback, and said to Hu Hu: "Brother Hu, now you and I are suffering together, how about we bring the unhappiness in the capital guard?" ”

Hu Hu didn't know that he had already been dismissed from the post of Si Wei by Wan Jun, and thought that he risked his life to come to report the news, and he could escape the catastrophe, thinking about it carefully, it was even if he saved his life, and he also gasped and said: "That little thing, I have long been out of my mind, Zhang Siwei can sacrifice his life to come to the rescue, Hu Someone remembers, in the future, we will be blessed and enjoy the same hardship." ”

While the two were talking, they only heard the door of Hutou Village slowly opening, and Hu Bao, the owner of the village, was rushing out of the door.

"Big brother, I miss my brother."

After Hu Bao and Hu Hu fell into the grass from Lingzhou, they chose one person to run a dart bureau in the city to find out the news, and one led the minions to rob in the mountains.

The two brothers raised their arms and smiled, Hu Bao saw Zhang Chongzhi on the side, and said to the eldest brother: "Big brother, why did you come overnight... Hey, who is this? ”

Hu Hu pulled Zhang Chongzhi and told Hu Bao a simple matter, although Hu Bao is a mountain bandit, but he has a deep relationship with his brother, and listened to Zhang Chongzhi's late night report, saved his eldest brother's life, and bowed his head.

Zhang Chongzhi looked down on such green forest bandits in his heart, but now he had to commit himself to this mountain bandit's nest, and he always had to pretend, so he hurriedly held the leopard who was about to worship him and said: "The head of the house is too polite, I have been friends with the tiger brothers for many years, and after hearing the news in the capital protection division, I thought that I would fight for my life and save the tiger brothers." Now I'm afraid that I'm also wanted by Lingzhou..."

"Brother Zhang saved my brother, you will be my brother-in-law in the future, just stay with me, with our brother, Brother Zhang will never be indispensable." The leopard patted his chest and spoke.

Hu Hu fled all the way, didn't dare to rest, saw his younger brother, relaxed, his stomach gurgled, so he said: "Leopard, Brother Zhang and I escaped all the way out of Lingzhou City, not a drop of water entered, hurry up in the village to prepare some food and drink, this way has made me miserable." ”

"Big brother, big brother Zhang, look at my half head. Little ones, hurry up, prepare wine and meat, go and call Wu Laoqi and the others to Lao Tzu, and accompany my two brothers to have a good drink. Hu Leopard patted his head and shouted, and then hurriedly led the way, leading the eldest brother and Zhang Chongzhi into the Hutouzhai meeting hall.

Zhang Chongzhi didn't want so many mountain bandits to see his face, thinking that he could return to officialdom when he had the opportunity, if it was known that he had been with mountain bandits, it would be worth the loss.

Therefore, when he entered the village, he grabbed the two brothers of the Hu family and said: "Brother Tiger, remember that I told you in the Lingzhou Dart Bureau that there is a big thing to tell you?" ”

Zhang Chongzhi was mysterious among the Hu family brothers, Hu Hu remembered it and said: "Yes, yes, I only cared about running for my life along the way, and I looked at this matter, there are only three people here." Brother Zhang just said it. ”

Zhang Chongzhi looked around vigilantly, and when he saw that there was no one else, he said: "A few days ago, did someone ask the leopard brothers to check a long-bearded man with tiger eyebrows and leopard eyes in Lingzhou City?" ”

Hu Bao was shocked, he listened to the instructions of the ruler and the thousand blades, took the portrait, and asked someone to give it to Hu Hu, and the person who checked it was as Zhang Chongzhi described.

Looking at Hu Hu, seeing that the eldest brother nodded slightly, he said: "Yes, how did Brother Zhang know, does Brother Zhang know this person?" ”

Zhang Chongzhi secretly said in his heart, sure enough, it was not the two brothers who wanted to assassinate Wan Jun. It seems that the two of them are still in the dark. But this is the best, you can use the two of them to pass on the information to the person who planned this matter, and let the Hu brothers be the messengers, so that they don't have to show up.

Immediately smiled and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Leopard, brother, I am on duty in the Lingzhou Metropolitan Protector, I have heard this person mention, but I secretly heard that this person has known the news that someone is going to kill him, this person is cowardly, and came up with a plan to get rid of the shell of the golden cicada." ”

Hu Bao was worried that the news of his investigation was inaccurate, but he was resented by Qi Qianjian and others, not to mention, he also received ten thousand taels of silver from two other employers, so he hurriedly asked: "What is the plan?" Brother Zhang, don't go around the bend. I'll go and report it. ”

Zhang Chongzhi pretended to sigh, and then told the Hu family brothers the news he overheard: "Alas, since Brother Tiger regards me as a brother, I will tell the truth, that person secretly contacted Du Hu Sicheng and borrowed some manpower, tomorrow he will take the southwest valley road and leave Lingzhou, and at the same time send someone to pretend to be him and go to the main road, when the time comes, I am afraid that the people of the Leopard Brother will throw themselves into the net and fall into his way." ”

"It's really fortunate that Brother Zhang is here, otherwise something big will happen." Hu Leopard was already well-limbed and simple-minded, but under Zhang Chongzhi's words, he immediately became confused.

Hu Hu didn't know what was going on, and when he saw his younger brother's panicked expression, he asked, "Leopard, tell me, what is the identity of that person, and who asked you to check his whereabouts." ”

Hu Bao didn't have time to think about it, in case those people pounced on him, he was afraid that he would blame himself, so he hurriedly said: "Big brother, it's hard to explain the inside story here, second brother, I will first go and report to the person who told me about this, and then come and explain it in detail with the eldest brother, the two brothers will rest in the village first, and I will take the first step." ”

Without waiting for Hu Hu to stay, he summoned his minions to lead the horse, jumped on the horse, and rushed towards Xiaoloufeng to report the news. Seeing that his younger brother was so eager, Hu Hu didn't say anything more, and immediately got his minions to prepare the wine and meat, and then fill his stomach first.

But the Hu brothers didn't see the sinister smile on Zhang Chongzhi's lips in the night.