The black-clothed masked man was furious when he heard this: "Disappeared? How did you track it, a dozen horses, a few big living people, and if you don't see them, they will disappear?"

"Waste, all waste. ”

The white-clothed man who reported was full of grievances, but he had to patiently explain: "My lord, the other party is a lost trace near Watang Town......

"It's snowing heavily in Watang Town, and the horseshoe prints will be covered with fresh snow in an instant, and the other party is not on the official road, so it is very difficult to find. ”

Liang Cheng borrowed a few good players from nearby families who are familiar with the nearby terrain and are good at tracking, and they will be carefully searching along the way, and new news will surely come soon. ”

The black-clothed masked man scolded a few words, his anger disappeared, and he said calmly: "Order Liang Cheng, he chases him and asks him to chase, except for a few people in his hands now, no other people are allowed to be transferred, if you can catch up with the best, forget it if you can't catch up." ”

"Mobilize manpower to closely monitor the various passes along the Northwest Road to Northern Xia Prefecture, especially focusing on Yuguan, Yuguan is a necessary place to enter Northern Xia Prefecture, they can still grow wings and fly over with a child?"

The man in white hurriedly responded: "The little one obeys the order, so I will give the order." ”

As soon as he took a few steps back, the man in white suddenly thought of a question, bowed down and said, "My lord, what if they don't return to Chang'an from Beixia Prefecture and make a detour to Jinzhou or Xingqing Mansion?"

The black-clothed masked man was stunned when he heard this, and said categorically: "Impossible, before Wen Feng went north to the grassland, he took His Majesty's secret decree and secretly informed Yang Yuan, the commander of Northern Xia Prefecture, to send someone to respond. ”

"Five days ago, Yang Yuan used the excuse of exterminating the bandits, mobilized 3,000 Northern Xia troops to the north to settle in Yuyang, and then on the grounds that the wind and snow were too big and not conducive to the suppression of thieves, the 3,000 regular army was placed in Yuyang, which was less than ten miles away from Yuguan, and the purpose was to meet the mission. ”

"After two dangerous pursuits, I don't believe that Wen Feng didn't realize that without the help of the army, it would be difficult for them to return to Chang'an safely on their own. ”

"What's the use of detouring? Xingqing Mansion and Jinzhou are our territory, unless he goes around to Zhaozhou to the south and then to the west, otherwise no matter how he goes around, he will not be able to escape our pursuit. ”

"Detour to Zhaozhou, his journey back will be more than twice as long as going directly south, and he can't return to Chang'an before the beginning of spring, as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely find a way to meet Yang Yuan. ”

The black-clothed masked man's firm tone immediately dispelled the idea of persuasion from the white-clothed man.

Isn't it enough to be fed, why do you want to anger the irritable leader?

......

Three days later, the man in white cautiously came to the masked man in black and bowed his hand and said, "My lord, someone found nine unattended horses near Jinhuo County, and checked the marks on the horses, which seem to be related to the border army of Xin'an City. ”

"The little bold speculation is that the group of people who went straight south of the mission was lost, and if the son of Mondo goes with this group, his people will be in the territory of Jinhuo County, please order the search for Jinhuo County. ”

When the black-clothed masked man heard this, he only replied coldly: "Stupid, if the sons of Mondo were in Jinhuo County, how could they abandon their horses? ”

Thinking of this, the black-clothed masked man suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart: "What is the result of Liang Cheng leading people to track the other team?"

The man in white replied truthfully: "Xiao received a message from Liang Cheng in the morning, he thought he was incompetent, and he failed to trace the slightest trace of the team, so he came to ask the adults for their guilt in the future. ”

The black-clothed masked man said angrily: "Waste, the matter has come to this, what's the use of asking for sin? Let him continue to lead people to look for it, and if he can't find it, don't come back." ”

The man in white lowered his eyebrows and responded, "The little one obeys." ”

The black-clothed masked man calmed down a bit, and asked in a cold voice, "Have you mobilized the manpower to monitor the various passes?"

The man in white bowed his head and said: "From Xinhe Town to Yuguan, there are a total of thirteen large and small passes, and the small one has a warrant from the adult, mobilized three commercial houses, and seven local powerful families with a total of more than 180 people, divided into three groups from morning to night near the gate of the pass. ”

"The portraits of the relevant personnel of the mission are sent to them so that they can memorize them, and if someone with a similar appearance passes by, they will report it immediately. ”

A look of satisfaction flashed on the face of the black-clothed masked man: "It's pretty much the same, keep it up, go down." ”

The man in white bowed and retreated.

......

Six hundred miles to the east of Yuguan, the boundary of Jingle County, Jinju.

Pei Zheng rushed to Wen Feng and Lin Xing, who were holding the child with the name of the prince of the grassland, and said with a smile: "Lord Wen, General Lin, there is a ruined temple three miles away, although it has been abandoned for a long time, but there is no problem in cleaning it and avoiding the wind and cold. ”

"Tonight, we can spend the night in the ruined temple, drink some hot soup to warm up our bodies, and regain our strength and spirit before we go on our way. ”

Lin Xing said with a happy face: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and lead the way." This ghost weather is too tormenting, you kid wait to get some mountain delicacies, you will have to treat yourself to a good meal today. ”

Pei Zheng hurriedly responded: "Well, it's ahead, the general will come with me." ”

Wen Feng held the child in one hand and the reins in the other, and rode a horse to follow behind Pei Zheng.

Somehow, Wen Feng suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "How far is this place from Northern Xia Prefecture?"

Pei Zheng thought for a while and said, "There are probably more than two hundred miles, if nothing else, we can arrive before dark the day after tomorrow." ”

Wen Feng questioned a little: "All the trails you have taken us in the past three days are small roads, and we haven't walked a single big road, how can you be sure that you are not wrong?"

Pei Zheng scratched his head and said: "This lowly position will not be clear to you for a while, but snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths, and lowly duties are guaranteed to be right." ”

"Anyway, I haven't encountered an ambush in the past three days, which means that the pursuers haven't caught up, isn't that a good omen?"

Wen Feng couldn't deny it: "Maybe the other party is brewing a killing move, and he hasn't made it for a while, it's too early to be happy at this time." ”

Lin Xing, who was not far away, heard this, and couldn't help but persuade: "As the saying goes, there is no doubt in employing people, and people are not suspicious, since Master Wen chooses to believe in the plan proposed by Pei Zheng, he should not take the trouble to ask along the way before there is a problem." ”

Wen Feng retorted: "If there is a problem, it will be too late to ask, don't General Lin understand to prevent trouble?"

Lin Xing's breathing was a little heavy and said: "That's not the kind of question that Lord Wen asked, guess randomly, who can answer for you?"

Wen Feng said coldly: "The official asked the last sentence, what method do you plan to use to cross Yuguan and enter Northern Xia Prefecture?"

Pei Zheng thought for a moment, and said in a sincere tone: "I'm afraid that this humble position will not be answered until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, please wait for two days with peace of mind." ”

Speaking this kung fu, the broken temple has arrived.