Looking at the shopkeeper who knelt down and saluted, the young man's eyes flashed slightly, he reached out to help him up, and said gently: "No need to be polite." ”

This young man is naturally Xiao Yin, who changed his clothes all the way and rushed to come day and night, and the four entourages are naturally Youlan and the other four.

Zhu Ting took out the Qilin envoy token from his arms, respectfully held it back in front of Xiao Yin with both hands, and said: "Your Excellency, your envoy has worked hard all the way, and your subordinates have not been able to meet you from afar, please forgive your sins." ”

Xiao Yin took back the token and said, "You are the person in charge here?"

Zhu Ting glanced at the Qilin envoy token with a little awe, then immediately withdrew his gaze, bowed and said, "Yes, my subordinate Zhu Ting is the chief guard of the Tianqi Guard of this city, and he has been stationed here for ten years. ”

After a slight pause, Zhu Ting said: "Lord Gongsun has already sent a message from a flying pigeon, and informed his subordinates, saying that the envoy will be coming soon, and we must be carefully received, and all actions must be subject to the assignment of the envoy." Originally, Gongsun had already informed me of the adult's appearance and shadow graphics, but I didn't expect that the adult was disguised into the city this time, and the disguise technique was so exquisite that he failed to recognize the adult in time, and almost caused a misunderstanding, and the adult forgave the sin. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Ting glanced at Xiao Yin with some surprise.

Zhu Ting, as the existence of Tianqi Weidi, and has served as the chief guard for many years, naturally knows a lot about tracking and disguise and other means, but looking at Xiao Yin's face that can't see the slightest trace of disguise, he can't hide his surprise in his eyes.

Xiao Yin waved his hand, naturally not telling the other party that he was not disguised, but used the Thousand Faces Bone Change Technique.

Xiao Yin said: "Don't say much, do you know why I'm here?"

Zhu Ting said: "I roughly know that it has been explained in the biography of Lord Gongsun. Presumably, the envoy is here for the mysterious caravan from the Western Regions that was discovered in this city some time ago. ”

Xiao Yin nodded and said, "According to Commander Gongsun, there are Zhou people in this Western Regions caravan you found at that time?"

Zhu Ting said: "Not bad. This purple willow city is located on the border, although it is not the snow abyss city like the rush place, but it is also a thousand-year-old city, there are many tourists from all over the world come here to watch the willows, and the trade of various countries is also quite frequent, so there are often caravans in the city. It's just that this caravan is quite peculiar this time, after entering the city, it does not fight sharply, does not live in shops, does not do any business, but hastily procures some daily supplies in the city, and then leaves the city. When the brothers in the city noticed the anomaly, they immediately reported it to me. The subordinates felt that something was wrong, so they sent a few capable brothers to follow him. As a result, it was found that the caravan hurriedly left the north gate, left the official road, and went directly to the north of Qingluo Gorge. ”

"Qingluo Gorge?" Xiao Yin frowned.

Zhu Ting nodded and said: "Exactly, this Qingluo Gorge is a mountain gorge in the north, and after this Qingluo Gorge, it is very close to the Yunyuan Mountain Range." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Yin's eyes turned back and forth, revealing a hint of thoughtfulness, and then Xiao Yin said, "And then?"

Zhu Ting continued: "The following brothers watched this caravan enter Qingluo Gorge, and then secretly followed, who knows, not long after entering Qingluo Gorge, they found that the whereabouts of this caravan were extremely secretive, and finally disappeared directly into a forest and disappeared. ”

"Gone?!" Xiao Yin frowned again.

Zhu Ting said: "Yes." These brothers were originally extremely capable veterans, and in terms of tracking methods, they were all extremely good, but they did not expect to be lost. These people were naturally unwilling, and immediately broke into this forest, but what they didn't expect was that when they entered, they stepped into the ghost gate. ”

Xiao Yin's face condensed slightly: "Is this forest different?"

Zhu Ting shook his head slightly, and sighed: "I went to three people, and only one person escaped." Moreover, he was seriously wounded and dying, and when he was dying, this brother told me a rough account of what had happened, and left the general route of the forest. After that, he died of his injuries. ”

Xiao Yin's eyes flashed and said, "So weird? Did he say anything unusual in the forest before he left?"

Zhu Ting said: "According to what he said, the forest is foggy, and he doesn't see the day, and he doesn't distinguish the direction after entering, he can't see or hear, and then two people disappear inexplicably, he saw that the situation was wrong, so he immediately fled back, but fortunately, this person was alert, and before entering the forest, he silently wrote down the route and general direction in his heart, so he barely escaped." However, it was still a step too late, and before escaping, he was seriously injured by an unknown sharp weapon. The subordinates have checked, and there are dozens of wounds on this person's body, all of which are straight into the bone, and the whole person looks extremely terrifying, as if he has been cut alive. The poor brother didn't even see what was going on, and he had so many wounds on his body, and when he came back, he had lost so much blood, and when he had barely explained everything, he died of his wounds. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Ting's eyes froze, thinking of the bloody corpse that day, and his face couldn't help but change slightly.

After Xiao Yin listened, he couldn't help but fall into a deep groan.

The four Youlan beside him also glanced at each other, and each saw a trace of surprise and shock in each other's eyes.

Obviously, this is strange and somewhat unexpected.

"Can the appearance of the three suspected Zhou people found be recorded?" Xiao Yin asked suddenly.

Zhu Ting nodded and said, "Yes." ”

After that, Zhu Ting came to the bookshelf in the house and patted it gently.

With a rattle, the bookshelf slowly moved to the side, revealing a small delicate door behind it.

Zhu Ting pushed open the door and led Xiao Yin and the five into an extremely secret hut.

Then, Zhu Ting picked up a picture scroll from the desk in this hut and slowly opened it in front of Xiao Yin and the others.

I saw that on the scroll, there were three young men and women wearing wide cloaks, although the brushwork was a little rough, but between a few strokes, the general eyebrows, eyes and body shapes of these three people could be vaguely seen.

"It's them!"

Xiao Yin's pupils shrank sharply, and his palms shrunk in the white robe suddenly clenched.

Looking at Xiao Yin's expression, Youlan couldn't help asking, "Childe, are they really humble sons?"

Xiao Yin looked at the familiar figures of the three people on the picture scroll, nodded slowly, and said word by word: "I will never be mistaken!"

Zhu Ting immediately picked up a sheepskin map from the desk, respectfully held it to Xiao Yin, bowed and said: "Your Excellency, this map is the topographic map of Qingluo Gorge, and your subordinates will mark the route of the caravan one by one according to the man's dying words, and I think the envoy can use it." ”

Xiao Yin took the sheepskin map, glanced at Zhu Ting with some gratitude, and said, "Thank you General Guard, Zhu." ”

Zhu Ting hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare! The envoy can rest assured, don't say that Lord Gongsun has specially advised, even if he doesn't, as an envoy of the Adult Qilin, it is enough to mobilize the Heavenly Qiwei anywhere in the world." Just ......"

Xiao Yin said: "What?"

Zhu Ting said: "Originally, as an adult, it was not only enough to mobilize the Tianqi Guards of the city, but even the garrison of the city was enough to support the movement. It's just that now the two armies of the Yunyuan Mountains are facing each other, and the city is the closest city, so half a year ago, Marshal Taishu directly set up the city as a logistics supply fortress for the 500,000 army, and temporarily requisitioned the 3,000 garrisons of the city as the logistics guard, which is responsible for the supply and transportation safety of the 500,000 army, and at the same time allocated another 10,000 elite soldiers to be stationed inside and outside the city to be responsible for the security of the city. Therefore, if you want to transfer troops to save people, I am afraid that it will be ......"

Saying that, Zhu Ting glanced at Xiao Yin with some concern.

Obviously, Zhu Ting didn't want this too young envoy to squander his power because he was eager to save people. After all, although the Tianqi Guard is powerful, once the military is involved, especially in the current situation of war, even if it is the most mysterious secret guard of the Great Zhou, when it comes to doing things, I am afraid that I have to consider one or two.

Moreover, the person who is now in charge of the army is the most senior uncle saint marshal of the Great Zhou.

Uncle Tai, the elder of the Great Wednesday Dynasty, is the first emperor to trust the lonely minister, although he is over 100 years old, but he is proficient in the art of war, not only the top general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the peak cultivation of the True Crystal Realm is even more shocking to the government and the opposition, with the strength of one person, the proud record of being invincible against seven masters of the same realm. When the Manchu civil and military mentioned this person, they were all afraid of three points.

Even if it is Tianqiwei, he is extremely reluctant to provoke this person. However, fortunately, since the first emperor drove the crane to the west, Uncle Tai has lived in a simple house all the year round, does not ask about the world, and does not even go to the court, but is just a lord of the Yasukuni Duke, raising flowers and grass at home all day long. If it weren't for the suddenness of Dajin's attack this time, I am afraid that the three words Taishu Sheng will gradually be forgotten.

However, in the face of the retreating border war, this uncle was ordered to go out at the age of 100. As soon as he made a move, within a month, he tightened the battle line, recovered most of the twelve cities that were lost overnight, and forcibly blocked the army of hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves in the north of the Yunyuan Mountain Range, so that it could not advance an inch, and the confrontation between the main forces of the two armies in the Yunyuan Mountain Range continued to this day.

After this battle, the three words of Uncle Tai resounded throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty and the opposition again, and everyone was secretly shocked, it turned out that this hundred-year-old man who had been silent for nearly ten years was still so terrifying.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Ting's heart couldn't help but go up and down. Now this Purple Willow City is already a fortress behind the Yunyuan Mountain Range of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to act carelessly, if this special envoy is eager to save people's hearts and wants to mobilize the military horses in the city, what can he do? I heard that Marshal Taishu is extremely strict in governing the army, and it is absolutely impossible for an outsider to interfere in such a major matter as the transfer of troops! However, the position of the special envoy of the Qilin is extremely special, and it is the only one who exists with the commander of the Tianqi Guard, and according to the authority of the Tianqi Guard, he can directly mobilize all the resources of the local military and government in an emergency situation without applying for it, and act cheaply. Therefore, once this matter is not handled properly, there will be trouble, and if the marshal Taishu is alarmed, then the consequences will definitely not be borne by him as a general guard.

Zhu Ting looked at Xiao Yin nervously, without saying a word, and his expression looked a little nervous.

However, Xiao Yin shook his hand and said, "It's not appropriate to alarm the military about saving people, I didn't have this plan in the first place." ”

Zhu Ting suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Xiao Yin's next words once again made Zhu Ting's heart tighten.

"Make a little preparation, and immediately head to Qingluo Gorge. ”