After the two got up, Zhu Jiuzhen said, "Brother, how should we go to Zhujiazhuang?" Xiang Yan thought for a while and said, "Zhujiazhuang is in Kunlun Mountain, and Kunlun Mountain is in the west." Let's go west first, and then slowly inquire about the place on the way! Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Okay." So they mounted their horses and hurried west.

The two walked for less than an hour, and suddenly heard a few whistles in the distance, three long and two short, and the sound was sharp, which was the signal of the Emei faction to gather with the same door. Xiang Yan said: "It seems that there is a senior sister nearby. Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Don't pay attention to her, let's go back to Zhujiazhuang!" Xiang Yan said, "Yes." "Keep going.

Zhou Zhiruo's voice suddenly came from behind: "Senior Brother Xiang, where are you going?" Xiang Yan and Zhu Jiuzhen looked back, and Zhou Zhiruo and Jingkong rode over from behind. Xiang Yan's heart was weak, and he bowed his head and didn't dare to answer. Zhu Jiuzhen smiled: "I've met the two senior sisters, we are planning to go back to Emei!" Zhou Zhiruo smiled: "Senior Sister Zhu is also here!" Jingkong said with a cold face: "You heard the signal that this faction is recruiting the same sect, why don't you go and gather?" Instead keep going? ”

Zhu Jiuzhen smiled like a flower, and said, "Is that whistle just now a signal for this faction to gather together?" I don't know! I'm wondering who's blowing the whistle! Zhou Zhiruo said: "Senior sister, Senior Sister Zhu and Senior Brother Xiang have been following this faction for a short time, so they should not be familiar with the signals of this faction!" Zhu Jiuzhen nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes!" Oh, yes! We are not familiar with the signal. If we had known that this was a signal for our faction to gather with the same sect, we would have done it. ”

Jingkong said: "Now you know! Now come with us to the Master! Zhou Zhiruo said: "The master is in the beggar gang stronghold not far ahead, and the beggar gang disciples brought by Deputy Gang Leader Yang are also there. Zhu Jiuzhen hurriedly asked, "Is my father here?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "It's also there." Zhu Jiuzhen said softly to Xiang Yan: "Brother, why don't we go to see my father first?" Xiang Yan nodded and responded, "Hmm! ”

Xiang Yan turned the horse's head and followed Jingkong and Zhou Zhiruo's horse. Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Two senior sisters, why did you come here?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Master is worried that there are fellow disciples who have not escaped the pursuit of the Tartars, so he sent us to the vicinity to have a look, and if we encounter the same disciples who are being chased and killed by the Tartars, we will respond." ”

The three horses crossed a few secluded paths and came to the outside of a half-collapsed wall, where the sound of someone talking could be faintly heard. The four of them entered over the wall, and the inside of the wall was full of weeds, which turned out to be an abandoned manor. There are many beggars sitting or lying on the grass of the abandoned garden, and there is a dilapidated pavilion in the north corner, and many people gather faintly in the pavilion.

Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Two senior sisters, I'll go see my father first, and I'll see my master later." Jingkong nodded and said, "You go!" Zhu Jiuzhen said to Xiang Yan again: "Brother, you go to see Master first!" I'm going to see my dad first. Xiang Yan said, "Okay." ”

Xiang Yan followed Jingkong and Zhou Zhiruo towards the pavilion. The exterminator and the old woman sat in the gazebo. The disciples of Emei and Yin Li, Yang Buregret, Xiao Zhao and Zhao Min gathered around the pavilion. Xiang Yan glanced at Zhao Min suspiciously, and felt a little strange in his heart: "When the Tartars attacked us, didn't Zhao Min take the opportunity to escape?" ”

Xiang Yan bowed to the exterminator and retreated between the disciples. Jingkong said: "Master, we met Senior Sister Zhu Jiuzhen and Senior Brother Xiang on the way. Senior Sister Zhu went to see her father, Master Zhu, and came to see Master later. The exterminator nodded and said "hmm". After a while, he said: "It's almost time, everyone who should come should come, and those who don't come can't come." Jing Xuan, go and ask Miss Yang when she can leave. Jing Xuan took the order and left.

After the beggars helped the disciples prepare to leave, everyone continued to move forward. When it was time to rest, Xiang Yan went to find Zhu Jiuzhen again, but Zhu Jiuzhen was a little alienated from Xiang Yan. Since having a relationship with Zhu Jiuzhen last night, Xiang Yan thinks that his relationship with Zhu Jiuzhen is different from ordinary people, but at this time, Zhu Jiuzhen is a little cold to Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yan is quite lost in his heart.

Zhou Zhiruo came to Xiang Yan's side and asked, "Senior brother, are you okay?" When the Tartars attacked us, were you hurt, junior brother? Xiang Yan said, "No." Thank you for your concern. Zhou Zhiruo smiled: "It's okay." The Tartars treat the female disciples quite favorably, and most of them are captured—we have rescued many senior sisters because of this, but the Tartars have no mercy on the male disciples, and the senior brothers are either dead or injured. Xiang Yanxin said: "No wonder those Yuan soldiers were fierce and vicious to themselves, but they captured Zhu Jiuzhen." ”

Zhou Zhiruo said again: "Senior brother, don't worry. Before, we were not prepared for it, so we were attacked by the Tartars. Now that we're prepared, it's not so easy to sneak up on us again. Xiang Yanqi said, "What are we going to do?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Miss Yang has already contacted the nearby beggar gang disciples, and whenever the Tartars are transferred, the nearby beggar gang disciples will notify us." The beggars have disciples all over the world, and the transfer of the Tartars cannot be concealed from them. ”