Zhang Zhang stayed awake all night, and the genius was bright, so he prepared his horse and led him all the way to Hengmen.

At this time, the city gate had not yet been opened, and he leaned against the city wall, when he suddenly felt a piercing pain, and he was so breathless that he seemed to be suffocating. He slowly squatted down, rubbed his chest with his right hand, and after a while, tears welled up, and then raised his left hand to cover his mouth, biting his sleeve hard, suppressing his crying.

The people who were hurrying out of the city early in the morning faintly heard a low, mournful whimper coming from the corner of the city wall, but no one cared.

The city gate opened, the crowd poured out, Zhang Zhang wiped his tears, turned on his horse, and headed north.

After crossing the Weiqiao, walking for half an hour, it is a fork in the road, one road to the west, you can go to Beidi County, one road to the north, straight to Qishan.

He remembered that the maid said that she had gone to the southern foot of Qishan, so she rode her horse and galloped there. When he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, there were several forks in the road, he had no direction, and when he was hesitating, he saw an old farmer wearing a straw hat raking the field in the field, and quickly dismounted and ran over, asking if he had seen two rich cars passing by yesterday. The old farmer pointed to the path to the east and said that he was heading there. He couldn't stop thanking him, took out a handful of copper coins and gave it to the old farmer, and when he saw the old farmer's puzzled expression, he said that the master had left something here yesterday, and now he was sent to look for it.

The road grew narrower and narrower, just long enough for a light cart to pass, and he estimated that he was not far from his destination, so he led his horse into the woods and tied it up, and then hurried along the bushes on the side of the path, and in a short time came to an open col.

I saw a stone staircase curved upward, and at the end was a stone wall, and the mottled stone wall seemed to be engraved with words. He couldn't see clearly, thinking that this was the place, and thinking that there must be someone guarding it, and he didn't dare to take the mountain road, so he went around to the back of the mountain and climbed the tree.

After climbing for a long time, it finally felt like a flat ground. He sat on the ground, his hand on his chest and gasping for air, and after a pause, he realized that it was only halfway up the mountain, surrounded by mountains.

He didn't know where to look any further, so he stood up, looked around with a pair of eyes, and suddenly saw a palace not far away, with a single-eaves hilltop ridge shining in the sun, and people still walking around.

He almost screamed in surprise, and hurriedly lay down in the grass, thinking that Xiao Cui should have been here yesterday, so he raised his head slightly and looked through the gap in the grass, and found that there was no guard in the back mountain. He slipped over quietly and came to the back door of the main hall, not daring to get too close. However, you can still see many strong men in Xuanyi dancing with guns and knives in the main hall.

This palace should have been unattended for a long time, and the surrounding vegetation was lush, he hid in the grass and trees, and walked around the main hall, thinking that he could not find any trace of Xiaocui, and his heart was anxious. At this time, there was a sound of swords colliding in the hall that seemed to be a contest, and after a while, many strong men in Xuanyi walked out of the hall surrounded a richly dressed young man.

Zhang Zhang recognized this person as Guanyang Hou Huoyun.

Huo Yun stopped and gestured and said, arched his hand again, and went down the mountain, the people around him bowed down together, stood for a while, and watched Huo Yun go away, before returning to the main hall.

Zhang Zhang believed that Xiaocui was missing here, but he couldn't go out to look for it. He lay on his stomach in the grass, clenched his right hand into a fist and pounded the ground wildly, and grabbed into the dirt fiercely, suddenly feeling a tingling pain in his palm, as if he had been pierced by a sharp hard object. He spread out his palms and found that it was a carved ivory basket, and he was stunned.

This ivory basket was bought by him from a merchant in Nanyue in Dongshi and given to Xiaocui. He clearly remembered that when he gave this ivory basket to Xiao Cui that day, Xiao Cui jumped up happily, immediately inserted it into a bun, asked him if he looked good, and kissed him.

He pressed the ivory basket tightly to his cheek, and blood was dripping from the bottom of his heart, "Xiaocui, where are you?" He whimpered, groggy.

Zhang Zhang lay on his back in the grass, and he didn't know how long it took for him to wake up. The white clouds wandered in the blue sky, and he felt as if he had no soul, fluttering, empty, and tears could not stop overflowing his eyes.

He closed his eyes, and just wanted to lie still for a while, when suddenly he heard the sound of stepping on the thatch, and before he could get up, a living creature tripped him.

He thought it was a wild thing in the mountains, so he hurriedly sat up, but saw that it was a boy as old as him, with a beautiful face, sitting on the ground and looking at him curiously.

Zhang Zhang smiled reluctantly, even if he said hello, the boy didn't stand up, arched his hand, and said, "No, Li Jing." Who's here, and how here. ”

Zhang Zhang wondered in his heart, how could he meet a nerd-like character here, and asked rhetorically: "Who are you, why are you here." ”

Brother Gongzi was good-tempered and said, "Li Jing of the Li family in Yecheng, Wei County." ”

Zhang Zhang tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "Li Jing from Yecheng in Wei County has never heard of it. When he saw that he was also dressed in a dark robe, he pointed to the main hall. Li actually nodded knowingly.

Zhang Zhang chuckled in his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Li didn't even see the outside, and complained: "What did my uncle think, he asked me to come here." ”

Zhang Zhang thought that this person was honest and upright, but he couldn't see the outside, just to find out the situation, so he asked, "Do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

"Huo Mansion is here to train the dead." Li Jing said lightly

"Then why are you here?" Zhang Zhang really wanted to know.

Li Jingdao: "My uncle is the Lingshi of the East Weaving Room of Weiyang Palace, and his name is Zhang Yu. I heard that Huo Mansion was recruiting strong men, so I had to come over, do you think I look like a strong man? ”

Zhang Zhang couldn't help but laugh, and felt that maybe he could find out Xiaocui's whereabouts from Li Jing, and couldn't wait to ask, "Did you see Mrs. Huo come up with a maid yesterday?" ”

"Yesterday was a noble lady came, whether there was a maid or not, I really don't know. I haven't seen it either. Li Jing was not interested in this topic, and still said indignantly: "He wants to cling to the Huo clan, just cling, why bring me in." ”

Zhang Zhang knew that Xiao Cui's matter couldn't find any clues from him, so he looked disappointed and didn't want to talk more.

Li Jing slowly stood up at this time, hiding behind a tree and probing his brain, as if looking for direction.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Zhang asked.

"Go down."

"Down the mountain?" Zhang Zhang was taken aback: "Huo Mansion will let you go down the mountain." ”

"So I wanted to go quietly." Li Jing looked back after speaking, and called softly: "Not good." ”

Zhang Zhang looked up and saw many people pouring out of the hall and looking around. Li Jing said: "You're looking for me, you can't leave today." ”

"What then?"

"What to do? Go back. Li was quite disappointed, stood up and patted his clothes, walked a few steps, and then turned back and said, "Don't say I'm going down the mountain." ”

Zhang Zhang was dumbfounded, and when he saw that he was leaving, he hurriedly said, "Don't say you see me here." ”

"What do you have to do with me here, what do you say?" Li actually muttered.

Where did Zhang Zhang dare to talk more, he quickly got up, bent over and climbed with a rolling belt, and went down the mountain from the back mountain.