Looking at the majestic city wall, Hao Lin let out a long breath, the horse thief did not catch up again, as long as he entered the city, the long journey was a good start.

The city wall of Lengsha Pass is much higher than the city wall of Huangyan City, not only there is a large moat array, there is also a moat about four or five meters wide outside the city wall, the flag is displayed on the city wall, and there are many soldiers standing guard and patrolling.

The soldiers at the gate of the city were carefully checking everyone who entered the city, and after checking and making a detailed inquiry, Haolin entered the city. Casually found an inn to stay, Haolin walked on the street, after this horse thief incident, Haolin deeply felt that he had to prepare some weapons for self-defense, only with fists and feet, the limitations were too great. This is a border gate, there is never a shortage of weapons, and there are several weapons shops on one street. Swords, guns, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, all kinds of weapons, you name it, and there are many weapons that have never been seen in books.

After shopping for a long time, Haolin finally bought a pair of fingerless gloves, a close-fitting dagger, a longbow with greater strength and a pot of feather arrows, which are currently the most suitable weapons for himself.

Back at the inn, Haolin lay on the bed: "When I came out, I didn't see Xiaofu, so I guess I stayed in the medicine garden." It's still early today, so let's practice for a while and then go to sleep. ”

The sky is slightly bright, "Knock knock... Knock knock... A quick knock on the door woke Hao Lin, and when he opened the door, he saw the shopkeeper standing anxiously at the door, followed by two soldiers.

"Ouch, guest officer, you can open the door, the General's Mansion was stolen last night, and it is being searched from house to house, and you will also be searched. ”

As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, two soldiers stepped forward, brutally pushed Haolin away, and rummaged around the room, and a soldier untied Haolin's bag and shook all the things inside to the ground.

"How can you do this, even if you want to search, you can't do it like this!" Seeing this, Haolin hurriedly picked up his clothes and complained.

"Get out of the way, the general's mansion is on business, if you have an opinion, go to the general!" The two soldiers grabbed Haolin and searched his body for a while, but they didn't find anything, so they turned around and left.

Haolin was full of anger, but he didn't dare to express it, after all, he was not familiar with the place here, and he was still facing the army, so he could only silently pack up his scattered bags, and took out a jade bottle from under the edge of the bed, which was the most valuable thing, he was worried about the thief, so he deliberately glued the jade bottle under the edge of the bed before going to bed.

At breakfast, Haolin listened to the discussions of the people around him, and he also roughly understood the whole story.

"I heard that the General's Mansion was stolen last night, and a lot of heavy treasures were lost. ”

"You're talking nonsense, you lost some precious herbs, I heard that the general used them to prolong life. ”

"I have a brother who works on an errand in the General's Palace, and I heard that this morning the General was in a rage, and the guards of the treasury have been beheaded. ”

"The general is a ruthless person, and I don't know which thief is so bold, if he is caught, he will definitely be tortured to death. ”

"Shhhhhhhh ”

"In such a big city, when will you search from house to house? ”

"I'm going to clean the city soon, I won't tell you, I still have to go out of the city to do errands. ”

Haolin listened, finished the meal in three or two bites, took the horse and hurriedly walked to the north gate.

There was a long queue at the north gate, and everyone who left the city had to be checked, even their shoes had to be taken off. Looking at this posture, Hao Lin couldn't help but be faintly worried about the jade bottle in his arms, looking at the people who had already checked, the soldiers didn't seem to care about the valuables, and they were a little relieved.

When it was Haolin's turn, a soldier searched out the jade bottle, pulled out the lid and sniffed: "What kind of elixir is this?"

"Bigu Dan. Hao Lin casually reported the name of a two-star elixir.

"Let's go. The soldier handed the jade bottle and package to Haolin and waved his hand.

Out of the city, stepped on the horse's back, and suddenly, with a familiar "beep...", Haolin turned his head to see that Xiaofu rushed out of the city quickly and landed on his shoulder.

Hao Lin was wondering why Xiao Fu came here, shouldn't he be in the medicine garden, the soldiers at the city gate also found Xiao Fu, and they put down what they were doing, and a captain shouted: "Catch him, it's that bird, they are in a group!"

Haolin immediately understood, the thief that everyone said should be Xiaofu, this hairy bird didn't know when it started, the insects didn't eat, and fell in love with herbs, it is estimated that he ran to the general's mansion last night to steal some valuable herbs. At this time, I can't say clearly, and if I am caught, I will have to shed my skin if I don't die. With a whip of his hand, the horse sprang down the road.

The soldiers who reacted quickly had already pulled out their horses and chased after Haolin. Slowly, more and more soldiers followed Haolin, and the deafening sound of horses' hooves stimulated Haolin's heart. If there is still a slight chance of survival if you surrender directly outside the city, then even if you surrender now, you will inevitably die.

Looking at the pursuers behind, Haolin slapped Xiaofu on the head, causing Xiaofu to scream.

Haolin gritted his teeth and said: "You, don't stay in the medicine garden, why are you running here, you still have to steal other people's things to eat, if I am caught, I will kill you first." ”

Xiaofu kicked his feet, soared into the sky, and soon, disappeared into the sky, Haolin was dumbfounded, the pit people don't bring this, you can fly, when you are at the city gate, why do you want to fall on my shoulder and harm me!

He looked back at the pursuers behind him, lined up in a neat formation, and even the sound of horses' hooves gradually became rhythmic, and at first glance he was well-trained, which was not comparable to those horse thieves. It is impossible to make a move, and when you attack the army, the nature completely changes, and you can only find a way to escape.

Looking around, the bare grassland slopes on the right, a few trees scattered in the sky, as far as the eye can see, and the grassland on the left, but there seems to be a dense forest in the distance, turning the horse's head and rushing towards the dense forest on the left.

Wangshan ran a dead horse, and when the horse was so tired that he was about to lie down, Haolin finally escaped to the edge of the dense forest, dismounted, exerted force under his feet, and galloped towards the dense forest.

A group of soldiers also followed to the edge of the woods, and the captain at the head looked at the dense woods, turned back and said, "You hurry back and report to the general, ask if you need to enter the dense forest to search, and the others will stand by." ”

After a long time, the soldiers who had gone back to report the news returned, and brought a large group of men and horses.

"Captain, the general said to go in and search, just don't go near the swamp, and before sunset tomorrow, whether there is a result or not, the team will bring it back. ”

The captain nodded, the sun had already set in the west, and now he was struggling to enter the dense forest, so he let the horses settle down first.

After Haolin entered the dense forest, his vision immediately darkened, and the dense leaves blocked most of the sunlight, but this was not difficult for Haolin, he lived in the mountains since he was a child, while walking, while sweeping away the traces that might be left, when he couldn't see the road at all, Haolin found a thick tree to climb up, leaning on the branches and cultivating.

At dawn, a large number of soldiers lined up in a long line at the edge of the woods, heading towards the dense forest, carpet searching.

Haolin had also come down from the trees, and was shuttling through the woods by the faint light: "Go northwest first, avoid the soldiers who come in, and wait for the afternoon, and then go northeast, you should be able to get out of the woods." ”

He didn't find any danger, and Haolin didn't rush to the road, admiring this dense forest as he walked, this forest was very quiet, except for the occasional birdsong, no trace of wild beasts was found.

Under the tree where Haolin had stayed last night, the captain was carefully examining the broken bark on the trunk.

"Lao Zhao, this thief must have spent the night on this tree yesterday, he is really bold!"

"Captain, he must have gone northwest, although he covered up the traces, he could still make out them. Lao Zhao lifted a layer of dead leaves and pointed to the slight footprints on the ground.

"Then the two of us continue to chase, try not to make a sound, let's hurry up, maybe we can catch up. The captain beamed.

"Do you want to notify the big army to come around?"

"No need, the arrival of a large army will alarm him, go, you lead the way. ”

Through the gap in the canopy, the sun had reached overhead, because no one was chasing him all morning, Haolin also relaxed his vigilance, looking for some food in the woods, his bag was stuffed with wild mushrooms picked by the roots of the trees, and birds that were shot down casually, he planned to go out of the woods and find a place to eat.

An hour later, the captain and Lao Zhao appeared at the place where Haolin had picked mushrooms.

Lao Zhao took a closer look and said, "Brigade Li, this thief has gone to the north, and it is estimated that he wants to turn back to the northeast, and these mushrooms have not been picked for a long time. ”

"He made a big circle, probably to return to the main road, and we hurried after him. ”

Haolin, who was in a good mood, was shaking his head and humming a nursery rhyme, "Beep...", a bird cry came, you don't need to look at it to know that it is Xiaofu, Xiaofu is about to fall on Haolin's shoulder, Haolin has a gloomy face, and slaps it hard, Xiaofu flew back alertly, Haolin turned around and was about to scold, suddenly found a figure in the distance shrunk behind a tree, frightened souls, and immediately ran wildly.

"Damn, cunning thief! It's been discovered, hurry up and chase it!" the captain cursed, and Lao Zhao and Lao Zhao flashed out from behind the tree and chased after Haolin.

Haolin, who was frantically fleeing for his life, did not notice that the trees around him had become dwarf and sparse, and some of the trees were no longer green, although they were still leafy, they were dark blue.

It's been a long run, the sun is about to set, it's already dark in the woods, and it's been a day of going around in the woods.

"There must be someone on the other side who is good at tracking, so I have to be more careful. So as he walked eastward, he very carefully cleaned up the traces on the ground, and when he was out of sight, he found a random tree and hid it.

Lao Zhao lost the trace of Haolin.

The captain waved his hand and said, "Don't chase it, let's go back, he went in the direction of the burning mud swamp, it's too dangerous, he can't get out alive." Give a signal for the troops to retreat. ”

Haolin, who was hiding in the tree, heard two arrows to the sky, and knew that this was a signal, and it was estimated that this group of people had given up encircling and suppressing him, so he cultivated with peace of mind.

At dawn the next day, Haolin looked at the sparse trees around him, all of them were dark blue, and the leaves were almost gone, it was dark last night, and he didn't pay attention to these, there were occasional tufts of weeds on the bare ground, and there were scattered small ponds not far away, and some toads with red and yellow heads could be seen on the edge of the pond.

Take out the map, carefully analyze it, the more you analyze, the more Haolin's heart sinks, on the map, the north of the cold pass is a big road, all the way to Amdo City, there is a grassland on the west side of the road, and the grassland is a long and narrow forest from east to west to the west, the woods have been extended to the sea, and the north of the woods is the "burning mud swamp", and the side is marked with red letters "danger".