Chapter 34 The man in white is His Highness
Ding Ying burst into tears, nodded again and again: "Brother Gu, it's me, it's me!" The words are full of grief and unyielding.
"Why are you here?" Gu Shengchao asked in surprise.
Ding Ying wiped away her tears and choked up: "I traveled with my master and senior Lu, helped the villagers repel the bandits in a mountain, and stayed to start a sect at the request of the villagers. In the village, a husband of the Liu family entered Beijing to catch the exam for many years and did not return, so I accompanied her to the capital to find a husband. The man didn't recognize Liu, and drove her out, and Liu was so grief-stricken that he crashed into the wall and died, and I was so angry that I hit the man and hurt one of his legs. They put me in prison, saying that they wanted to behead me after the autumn. ”
"You stupid, why didn't you run at that time?" With Gu Shengchao's understanding of Ding Ying, it would be difficult for ordinary people to trap her.
Ding Ying shook her head helplessly: "I don't want the Liu family to die tragically like this, thinking that they will act impartially, but how can the officials protect each other and reverse black and white, but frame me as a murderer." ”
Gu Shengchao still had a lot to ask, Zhong Lei walked over and patted him on the back: "Let's go, there are too many people to prevent long nights and dreams." ”
"Don't worry, I'll save you." Gu Shengchao looked at Ding Ying's haggard face and comforted.
They hurriedly walked out, Gu Shengchao took out all the silver taels on his body, about thirty taels and gave them to the jailer, and said, "The woman named Ding Ying inside, take care of it." ”
The jailer nodded in agreement.
On the way back, the five of them turned many corners in the streets and alleys of the capital, until the twilight was dull, and Gu Shengchao directly did not know the southeast and northwest, then they stopped in the alley and gently buckled a small door.
"Dare to ask where the guests are from?" Someone inside asked in a low voice.
"Li Youcai at the foot of Meishan." Zhong Lei replied softly.
The small door opened, and the five of them walked in quickly, and Zhong Lei observed the surroundings and finally entered. The courtyard under the high wall was cramped, and the five of them looked crowded wherever they went. The five of them finally entered a large room, which was spacious and more than ten feet deep, in stark contrast to the narrowness outside. Torches were planted in the corners of the room, and everyone's shadows swayed in the flickering light.
Zhong Lei arched his hand and said: "Wait a minute, Zhong will go back when he goes." ”
The room was empty, but benches and chairs were randomly placed around for people to rest, and Gu Shengchao and the others found their own places to sit down. After a while, people came in one after another, and by the time Zhong Lei accompanied a middle-aged man back again, there were already more than 20 people sitting around the room.
The middle-aged man walked into the middle and bowed his hand and said, "Qi Tianzeng, the young owner of the Wuwu Dart Bureau, is polite to all the heroes." ”
Everyone stood up and saluted in return.
Qi Tianzeng said politely: "Everyone already knows the reason for the matter, I won't repeat it, the day after tomorrow is set at the next moment, and the specific details will be arranged later." I came today to thank you for your great help, first give everyone 20 taels of gold, and give the rest in person after the rest is completed. He waved his hand, and the back wall of the house, which seemed to be flat, opened a secret door out of thin air, and two men came with wooden boxes, and distributed gold bars, two for each, along the seats of the people.
Everyone was moved when they saw Huang Cancan's gold bars, and their attention was focused on the two people who distributed the gold bars. At this moment, Gu Shengchao sensed the breath of a person on the roof, and although he couldn't see the outside, he still subconsciously looked up. At the same time, Qi Tianzeng's gaze also swept upward. Perhaps because of their hearts, the two looked at each other, nodded knowingly, and both pointed their fingers upward.
Qi Tianzeng suddenly rose from the ground, smashed the purlin beam of the roof with one palm and grabbed it outward, and at the same time burst out: "Where to go!" Unexpectedly, the person above reacted quickly, Qi Tianzeng missed a blow and jumped out of the hole. Gu Shengchao then followed.
In the night, a black figure galloped in front, Qi Tianzeng chased closely, and Gu Shengchao chased in front of Qi Tianzeng in a few columns. Just as he was about to catch up, the man in front of him suddenly fell from the roof and ran wildly down the narrow alley.
The streets and alleys of the capital seem to be horizontal and vertical, because there is no curfew, large and small vendors have set up stalls along the street to sell, and many shops on the street also occupy the road, making the already narrow street even more cramped. Gu Shengchao was chasing underground, Qi Tianzeng was running wildly on the roof, and the two cooperated Seeing that the man had nowhere to escape, a carriage suddenly rushed over.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the horse is frightened, get out of the way." The coachman shouted in the carriage, and the carriage jolted several times and almost threw the driver down. Qi Tianzeng could see clearly on the roof, where the coachman looked scared, it was obvious that he had a lot of kung fu, pretending that the horses were frightened and pretending.
Everyone dodged and avoided in both directions. In the chaos, Qi Tianzeng unexpectedly found that Gu Shengchao and the man had disappeared, and the only suspicious carriage was still running wildly in front. Qi Tianzeng chased after the carriage without thinking, and chased out two street corners, the coachman finally controlled the horse, the carriage pulled over, and Qi Tianzeng stopped in front of the horse.
"Does the guest officer want to use the car?" The coachman asked.
Qi Tianzeng had already seen that the coachman was deliberately making trouble, so he snorted coldly and lifted the curtain on the car, which was empty.
The coachman pretended to be enthusiastic and said, "Where is the guest officer going, please get in the car." ”
"Where did those two go?" Qi Tianzeng said coldly.
The coachman shook his head in confusion: "I don't know what you say. ”
Qi Tianzeng knew that he was lying, so he ignored and carefully inspected the carriage, but turned it inside and out, and found nothing.
"Hey, are you going to Huangcun?" An elder came up and asked.
"Go."
The elder stared at Qi Tianzeng, "This is also a peer?" ”
The coachman also looked at Qi Tianzeng: "If you can't go, I'll set off if you don't go." ”
Qi Tianzeng was also helpless, knowing that they were a group, so he had to step aside and watch the carriage drive out of the capital.
In fact, it was normal for Qi Tianzeng to not find anyone, and at the same time that the carriage disturbed people's sight, Gu Shengchao was also blocked by the people running indiscriminately in front of him, but he always locked that breath. From the roadside tea shed to the small shop selling wontons on the street, from the back window of the small shop to the haircut shop, from the small shop to the restaurant next to it, from the back door of the restaurant to the inn.
If you are on top, you will not be able to see the people below, but only the uneven roof.
Gu Shengchao followed that breath to the inn and suddenly disappeared into the corridor. Gu Shengchao paid close attention to the observation that there were eight rooms on both sides of the corridor, three of which had open doors, two of which were empty, and two of which had small windows open although the doors were closed, as long as there were enough gaps, he could sense the breath, and the only suspicious room had closed doors and windows.
Without hesitation, he raised his foot and broke through the door.
In the room, a man and a woman were doing double activities, and when they saw Gu Shengchao's fierce and vicious appearance, they quickly grabbed the quilt to cover it, and said in a panic: "You, what are you going to do?" ”
That breath wasn't here.
The ancient saint was surprised, it was impossible for him to disappear for no reason, unless it was in a confined space. He suddenly woke up when he thought of this, there were four rooms facing the street and there was no need to look for them, what about the remaining four? He walked out of the inn and found the four rooms next to a high wall. He hesitated to go inside the wall to check, but the breath flashed through the wall.
Without further ado, Gu Shengchao was just about to climb over the wall and enter, and there were still two breaths inside that were motionless. He was afraid of startling the snake, so he walked around the wall and found a corner where no one was around, so he went up to the high wall and looked into the distance, convinced that no one had fallen gently. Dodging the hidden guards all the way, and finally in a large house, he sensed the presence of that aura again.
Gu Shengchao didn't dare to act rashly, he quietly climbed onto the roof, leaned over and moved to the edge of the house, and his feet hooked the eaves of the house and hung down. The man he was chasing was panting and saying: "Thanks to Second Brother Lu who drove a carriage to help get rid of one, the person chasing me behind has some effort to always follow me, fortunately, there is a secret passage in our own inn, so it was not exposed." ”
"It's weird, why is there a master to help you all of a sudden? When are those people going to do it, and are they going to find out? The voice of one of the people inside asked.
"No, I was found as soon as I arrived, and it looks like it should be just around the next few days."
After a moment of silence, a person dressed in white walked to the window, Gu Shengchao saw clearly, this person had met before, it was the man in white who met in the abandoned mansion on a rainy night, and he had saved this person's life.
"The world is unpredictable, we are weak in the capital, the first emperor rewarded the Wuwang Palace a lot, who ever wanted to retreat and refused to help, obviously to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. We can't afford to lose this time, and we can't afford to lose! The man in white sighed.
Gu Shengchao knew that the Wuwang Hall was the first major sect of the Dawu Dynasty, and the folk had a saying that "the world is a good land, and more than half of the martial kings". That is to say, the good land of the dynasty, the Wuwang Palace occupies more than half of the number, although it is exaggerated, it also shows that the annual income of the Wuwang Palace is huge, not on a par with ordinary sects.
Another person came over, this person Gu Shengchao also knew, it was the person who called Brother Fan. Brother Fan said firmly: "Your Highness, don't panic, I will follow Your Highness to the death, go to the soup and fight the fire, and help Your Highness achieve hegemony." ”
Your Highness? Gu Shengchao was shocked. Who else can be called His Royal Highness except the emperor's son. His mind was slightly disturbed, and the strength under his feet was a little relaxed. It was this small change, Brother Fan had already noticed it, he raised his hand and threw out a few hidden weapons, jumping out of the window.
Gu Shengchao breathed a sigh of relief, this Brother Fan's method of making the secret weapon was too outrageous, deviating from 108,000 miles, and his kung fu should be very ordinary. He hooked his toes hard, and his body stood on the roof and raised his feet to run, but he saw that the sickle-shaped hidden weapons thrown by Brother Fan just now went around in a circle and came from behind. At the moment when he was stunned, the sickle-shaped hidden weapon had blocked the escape route.
He knew that something was wrong, so he gritted his teeth and jumped down, but Brother Fan also jumped into the air with an Emei thorn in each hand, and Gu Shengchao could only deal with the "Nine Heavens Blue Palm" mixed with the "Iron Arm Divine Skill". The hidden weapon swept against Gu Shengchao's scalp, fell to the ground and collided with the bluestone slab, striking out a little firelight.
The two fought more than ten moves in mid-air, and after landing, Brother Fan's offensive became even more aggressive, wanting to surpass the ancient saint to death.
The man in white also walked out, and when he saw Gu Shengchao, he shouted loudly: "Brother Fan, stop, it's all your own people." ”