The big-headed ghost everyone stays overnight in Xiaoxing, there is no other change along the way, this day has arrived in Qingzhou City, this place is not far from Mount Tai, most of the people in the rivers and lakes who rushed to Mount Tai will be all, they all choose to rest here, stay until the eighth day of the first month, go to the meeting on the ninth day, people will not be tired. Qingzhou is the largest city near Mount Tai, and it is suitable to rest and recuperate.

The big-headed ghost led everyone to the "Yunsheng Inn" in the city, the innkeeper Lao Wei had already greeted him outside the door, the inn had been closed a month ago, waiting for the cottage people to be stationed, so the guest rooms had already been prepared.

Lao Wei beckoned the guys to lead everyone to their respective rooms, and led the big-headed ghost, Sun Erniang, and Mo'er to the backyard room. After everyone sat down and the tea was finished, Lao Wei asked when the other people in the cottage would arrive, and the big-headed ghost said: "The cottage has been targeted by the people of the Inner Court Guard, and after Lao Xiao and the county lord have arranged the troops who are ready to retreat, they will bring all the brothers to Qingzhou, and it will be three or five days late." ”

Lao Wei said: "That's not in a hurry, there are still ten days on the ninth day of the first month, which is more than enough." The big-headed ghost asked about the movement of the thieves in Jianyuan Temple, and Lao Wei replied: "Recently, some thieves have come to Jianyuan Temple one after another, but there are no too eye-catching characters, and the old thief of Tengbao has not been seen since that day when he left Jianyuan Temple." ”

"There are a lot of thieves in Jianyuan Temple, but they don't go out, but they don't show their strength. The inns in Qingzhou City have been full, only a few have not yet lived, and they have already been decided, and there is nothing wrong with the day in the city these days, but there is a sound every night, and the cottage brothers are instructed not to go out at night, and then make a decision when the county lord comes. ”

The big-headed ghost nodded yes, and said: "Old Wei, the Jianyuan Temple must continue to watch, but it is also necessary to assign some people to find out the whereabouts of the Qixian Gate and the Xixia masters, and then there is the information of the people in the Fusheng Dart Bureau." ”

Lao Wei nodded and promised, and asked the big-headed ghost and others to rest well, so he got up and said goodbye, went to the outer courtyard to arrange for people to go separately to inquire about the information, and arranged some good hands in the village to be on duty at night to prevent anyone from stepping on the spot at night. Because there are many people and horses in Guyun Mountain, they did not deliberately hide their traces when they entered the city, so now all the forces in Qingzhou City should already know about the new group of people, and they should be extra guarded against snooping at night. Mo'er and Erniang were also assigned to take turns up and down at night, only the big-headed ghost was at ease, and with his skills, he really couldn't use it.

Stay until the evening, Lao Wei came to report, the door of the Jianyuan temple is closed, no one enters and exits for a day, but the Baiyun Temple in the city has a group of people and horses in the afternoon, there are dozens of people, there are eyes to know that there are tigers and cranes in the double figure, presumably the Xixia people and horses are settled in the Baiyun Temple.

Baiyun Temple in the city by the north gate, not far from Yunsheng Inn, is a large family built in the previous dynasty of the private Taoist temple, after several dynasties of soldiers and horses, the family has long been decayed, the descendants are nowhere to be found, after the Baiyun Temple also opened the door, widely received the people's incense.

The big-headed ghost secretly calculated, the Liao domestic court guard settled in the small Xishan Jianyuan Temple outside the city, and the Xixia Tiger Ben Guard settled in Baiyun Temple, I don't know where the fairy gate rested, and the people in Guyun Mountain settled in their own inn, this is already four groups of people, and there are still a number of heroes in the Fusheng Dart Bureau, it seems that the Taishan Alliance has far exceeded the past, and it is not as simple as simply promoting the leader of the North Road Green Forest Alliance, and the strength that has not yet appeared is not known how much.

The big-headed ghost and Lao Wei Yi combined, and sent additional manpower to sift through all the inns, restaurants, academies, guild halls, temples, Taoist temples, and nunnery within a radius of thirty miles inside and outside the city, so as to know in their hearts, and wait for the county lord and his party to arrive, so that they can calmly arrange the next step.

After dinner in the evening, Lao Wei was in the backyard to talk to the big-headed ghost, Erniang, and Mo'er, and heard a sharp "Lian Eliminate Flower Cannon" not far from the inn in the sky, several people looked at each other, Lao Wei said: "These days and nights, there are often people who set off the news cannon, and there are also people in the rivers and lakes who are about to fight, and the small Qingzhou City is now an undercurrent, we only need to stay at the inn, if someone does not come to the door, it is better not to move, and when the county lord comes, everything has its own plans." ”

In fact, the garrison of Qingzhou City had already received the message, and on the ninth day of September, there were people from the rivers and lakes gathered in Mount Tai, so they had already sent additional manpower to patrol the streets, and everything was normal during the day, but at night, there were abnormal noises, whistles, fights, fireworks signals, night pedestrians jumping over the ridge, and the sound of tiles falling to the ground, all the time, but the officers and soldiers were helpless.

The three of them nodded, there were strange noises around from time to time this night, but it didn't stop all night, Mo'er and Erniang kept watch all night, and didn't dare to slack off, but fortunately, there was nothing to do in the inn all night.

For two days in a row, despite the rumors inside and outside the city, the inn was calm, but the foothold of the Qixian Gate has not been found, and the heroes of the Fusheng Dart Bureau have not appeared in Qingzhou City.

In the afternoon of this day, it was calculated that most of the cottage could arrive tomorrow night at the latest, but there was still no whereabouts of the people in the Xianmen and Fusheng Dart Bureau, and the big-headed ghost was anxious, so he went out of the inn alone to relax. The streets were very lively for buying and selling, and although there were more officers and soldiers patrolling, the people were not flustered, but they did not care much about the disturbance at night.

The big-headed ghost was walking, and his eyes swept to a strange person, speaking of strange, because this person's head was pointed up and down, like a jujube pit, inverted eight-figure eyebrows, swollen bubble eyes, two mustaches on the chin, looking like a thief eyebrows and rat eyes, I saw him turning around in a secluded place on the side of the street, as if waiting for someone.

As soon as the big-headed ghost saw the appearance of this person, he knew that it was Qiu Cairen, the elder of the gopher gate, and the people in the rivers and lakes called the "ground mouse".

Gopher Gate is one of the next five gates, in the rivers and lakes, if you want to talk about the strength of martial arts, the gopher door can only be regarded as the last stream, but if there are many people in the door, the gopher door is called the second, and no one dares to call it the first. Gopher gates are all over the state capitals, counties and towns, whether it is the Song, Liao, Western Xia, Ding'an country, where there are people, there are gopher gate people. Most of the gopher men are from the lower nine streams, and the car and ship shops have their own strengths, and they are famous factions, as long as they walk the rivers and lakes, they are indispensable to deal with them.

The big-headed ghost saw the "ground mouse" Qiu Cairen sneakily looked around from time to time, hurriedly hid in a corner, and said in his heart, Qiu Cairen appeared in Qingzhou City at this moment, there must be a reason, and if it is not good, it is also for the Taishan Alliance, so he immediately guarded patiently to see what Qiu Cairen was going to do.

After a while, two people who looked like croppers walked over, Qiu Cairen looked at it, signaled with his eyes, and walked towards an alley first, and the two people immediately followed behind him. The big-headed ghost crept cautiously behind him, through several alleys, and came to a dilapidated earth temple, and the three men entered the temple one after another. The big-headed ghost didn't dare to expose his body, so he lifted his breath lightly, landed on the eaves of the back ridge of the Land Temple, stretched out his ears, and listened to what was being said inside.

"Xiang Laosan, aren't you being targeted?" the tone should be Qiu Cairen.

"No, don't worry, Boss Qiu. When we came, we deliberately spared two more streets before we went to meet you. The one named Xiang Laosan said.

"That's good, this business has a lot to do with it, and if you don't get it right, you'll lose your head. If you don't pick it up, the other party directly sealed the rudder of our Dading Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion, and Datong Mansion. Qiu Cairen said hatefully: "The livelihood of thousands of brothers is all in our hands. ”

"We have never had anything to do with the officials of the Liao and Song dynasties, and this time we were forced by the Liao domestic court guards to deal with the Central Plains martial arts heroes, but we are really disdainful descendants of the Emperor and the Emperor of the Sect. Xiang Lao Sandao.

"I don't know! It's just that the Liao and Song Dynasty started a war, and it's only us poor people who suffer, but what can we do about it?" Qiu Cairen said indignantly.

Xiang Laosan asked, "Boss Qiu, several nearby rudder disciples have already assembled after receiving the order, but now how do they make arrangements?"

Qiu Cairen hesitated for a long time before he said, "Okay! Now we can't help but go." Ordered to go down, according to the previous agreement, gather at the bridge outside the Jianyuan Temple in Xiaoxi Mountain outside the city at the time of the third watch, and someone will lead the way at that time. Take all the guys with you, just follow along. ”

"Okay. Aren't you going, boss?" asked Xiang Laosan.

"If someone asks, you will say that saltpeter and glycerin are not yet available, and I will meet you tomorrow. Qiu Renda said, "I want to pass the message to the Tianfeng Daoist of Taishan Gate, otherwise this sin will be great, and you two must not let outsiders know." ”

"Don't worry, you can't make the Liao people happy. Xiang Lao Sandao.

Then the three of them discussed some trivial matters before leaving the Land Temple.

The big-headed ghost was surprised in his heart, knowing that the Liao people were planning something unspeakable, and he wanted to rush back to the inn as soon as possible to inform everyone, so he got up and prepared to return to the inn.