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When does this story take place?

Let me think about it, it should be at night.

I can't say if it's too specific, but I remember the night when Goudan and his father were killed.

When did the murderer strike, then I can't say, anyway, there is a full moon overhead.

With Gong Wenyu's eyesight, he can see even if he doesn't light the lamp. And with his current condition, it is indeed not suitable to light the fire.

Since saving a dwarf some time ago, things have become completely out of control.

One moment it is rumored that he has killed people and seized treasures, and the other time it is rumored that he has done chivalrous deeds.

But for better or worse, he was there when Emerald Pearl finally disappeared.

Originally, he still wanted to help the dwarf pass on a word, but now it seems that it is unknown whether the dwarf's words are credible.

Because of one thing, it becomes troublesome, and there is a feeling of being followed everywhere. When I entered the town, I was called over by the elders of the beggar gang for questioning, and after having a cup of tea, two people came to cause trouble.

For this reason, he had to go back to the guest room and pretend to rest, and then sneak out to follow the three countrymen into the village.

But as he walked, Gong Wenyu found that the strong man in front of him, who looked honest and pushed a large wheelbarrow, was also a good man. I saw that his arms were calm and powerful, his gait was vigorous, and his kung fu was by no means comparable to the two troublemakers before.

But he was lifted by the other party and sprinkled beans, but he didn't complain at all, there must be a problem in this.

Therefore, when he arrived at the entrance of the village, Gong Wenyu suddenly changed his attention.

When the three of them entered the village and could not see their figures, he looked around, cautiously, and finally chose a road conducive to concealment.

Now, he is lying in a pile of weeds with his hands on his head, looking at the moon in the sky, and next to him is half-dried food.

What should he do next, the Hall of Sacred Words must go back, but according to this posture, the next road will not be easy.

If you don't believe me, then I won't make it easy for you.

After making this decision, Gong Wenyu closed his eyes and slept, not thinking about anything.

Perhaps because the big stone in his heart has been put down for a long time, Gong Wenyu slept very soundly this night, and when he woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun.

Standing up, Gong Wenyu took a deep breath and stretched, feeling indescribably comfortable. The leftover dry food from last night is gone, probably carried away by ants while he was sleeping.

However, Gong Wenyu is in a good mood today, and he doesn't care about missing half of dry food.

But after walking a hundred and ten steps, Gong Wenyu's mood was no longer relaxed.

When he separated his hands from the weeds that were more than a man high, he found that the dead grass in front of him had been cut down and paved into a horizontal path about a foot wide.

When was the path formed, was it made beforehand, or did someone cut the grass while he was asleep last night.

If someone calculates his course of action in advance and cuts off the dead grass in advance, then this person is really terrible. Of course, the other party may not know that he will take that road at all, but just make some warning arrangements on the possible road, and Gong Wenyu just happened to meet it.

Although this grass road is horizontal in front of Gong Wenyu, he is not a straight road, but with a trace of arc.

Anyway, there was nothing to do, so Gong Wenyu walked to the right on the grass road.

After a short while, Gong Wenyu circled back to the original point from the left. At this time, his face became very ugly.

This road is a big ring, which encloses Gong Wenyu, and it looks like a road cleared last night. What if the other party cut off his head instead of mowing the grass last night?

Thinking of this, Gong Wenyu instinctively touched his neck. The head is still there, and he can still think nonsense, and there is still a shadow on the ground, and it seems that he is still alive.

The reason why the other party didn't kill him was because he knew that the Jade Pearl was not on him now. To mow the grass for the road is to draw a path for him to walk. If he doesn't leave, he doesn't know the times, and if he leaves, Gong Wenyu is unwilling to be led by the other party.

After thinking about it, Gong Wenyu finally decided to take the road given by others and force others to a dead end.

The road in front of you is not just a ring, there is a fork in the road to the northeast that leads into the distance.

But when he stepped on the fork in the road, Gong Wenyu was entangled again, and he really had to follow the path drawn by the other party. Or, on the other hand, drill into the southwest weeds and wait for the rabbit.

But after thinking about it again, since the other party can know his whereabouts and lead himself to the road paved by the other party, then everything should be thought of. Maybe the other party has arranged people for every road that can be taken, and no matter where they go, they are under the control of the other party.

Alas!

Gong Wenyu sighed, hesitated for a long time, and finally walked this way.

The width of this road is narrower than that of the ring road, presumably because the road is too long to save time. On both sides were one-person-tall weeds, without any change in scenery, and the surroundings were extremely quiet, only Gong Wenyu's own footsteps remained.

After walking for a while, Gong Wenyu suddenly stopped, took a few steps back, and stomped under his feet, and his voice was really different.

In normal times, Gong Wenyu would not care about the subtle changes in the voice under his feet. But at this time when he is embattled, his heart is already full of rumors.

Looking around and finding that there was no one in ambush, Gong Wenyu squatted down and pushed the grass away from the ground.

A delicate wooden box is revealed.

Wrapping the wooden box with the handkerchief on his body and holding it in his hand, Gong Wenyu observed it carefully. This should be an ordinary box, and it is unlikely that the hidden weapon is hidden.

But just in case, Gong Wenyu still turned the opening outward, stretched his arms straight, held his breath, and slowly opened the box.

There is no imaginary dark arrow poison gas, there is a black pearl with a black seed, and a piece of paper.

I took the paper out with a handkerchief and looked at it, and it read:

Brother Tai's ability is famous all over the world, and the jade pearl is also a rare treasure in the world. Treasures for heroes are a perfect match. However, although the jade pearl is good, the brother is useless, but it causes trouble, it is better to leave this thing to the younger brother, and then the trouble will be borne by the younger brother. It is inevitable that the brother will have a loss, and he will compensate for it with the black pearl of the South China Sea. Although this pearl is not as good as the jade pearl, it is also priceless. Brother is the hero of the world, the handsome man of the world, when he knows the current affairs, knows the advance and retreat.

After reading the letter, Gong Wenyu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The other party is so eloquent, praise him first, then clarify the stakes, and finally threaten.

It's not all your people who have caused me trouble. You are now telling everyone in Kaiyi Pavilion that this jade pearl is not on him Gong Wenyu, and I am afraid that few people will believe it.

"Black Pearl, Black Pearl. Gong Wenyu raised the black pearl and admired: "Although you are a good thing, I don't have any good things to exchange for you, and you can only invest in the pearl." So saying, he closed the lid on the box, put it back in its place, and re-laid the withered grass on it.

Standing up, Gong Wenyu dusted off the dust on his body and continued to move forward without looking back.

After a while, the grass on the side shook, from far to near, and then I saw two people walking out of the grass on the side.

One of them hurriedly squatted down, picked up the box from the ground, opened it and brought it to the other, and said, "Master, this person is too ignorant of lifting. ”

The man glanced at the black pearl in front of him, and said coldly: "I thought that I had the Chinese Academy of Studies behind my back, so I was so unscrupulous." I don't say if you can go back safely this time, but I'm afraid that even if you go back, the Chinese Academy will be too busy to take care of itself. ”

With that, the man put the pearl in his arms, and the box was thrown by him.

"Master, what should we do next?"

The man thought for a while and said, "The factory is full of talents, as long as you make a slight mistake, countless people will step on the top of your head and climb up." Before the assassination of Wang Shouren failed, many people have spoken ill of me behind my back. If this mission is unsuccessful, everyone is secretly observing, then I will be the first person to eat crabs. ”

Not long after the two left, another man came out of the shadows.

"'Haunted' Wang Yutang, your strength is not on the table at the Flying Tiger Meeting, and sending you to snatch the Jade Pearl shows that Liu Jin has put more energy into the battle with Zhu Chenhao, so my prince will accept this pearl. ”

Gong Wenyu walked along the dry grass road, and went to the official road in less than half an hour. There are rut marks and hoof prints on the road, and there is feces not far away.

Although I can't tell whether it's a mule or a horse, I can't pull it out and slip it, but this lump doesn't have a long lifespan, and if I am fast, maybe I can catch up, so ask for directions by the way.

Although the lifespan of this lump is not long, it is not just produced, so Gong Wenyu sped up and walked for a short while, and he didn't see the vehicle.

However, he followed the trail to a fork in the road.

This fork is the road that extends outward on the right side of the main road, and the road surface is not as smooth as the main road, but the traces of rutted hoof prints are more obvious. On the side of the road not far from the fork in the road, there is also a small land temple, and there are several offerings at the entrance of the temple. Although it doesn't look good, it also shows that it is not deserted. In this way, there should be a village not far away.

Just when Gong Wenyu was on the fork in the road and was about to go to the village to rest, the traces on the ground caught his attention.

The marks on the ground are, of course, ruts and hoof prints, as well as human footprints.

These traces, which appeared on a road not far from the village, were no problem. But the problem is that these footprints appear suddenly, not before, and not after.

Look at these footprints again, the heels are facing the fields on both sides of the road, and the toes are facing the ruts and hoof prints in the middle. And the wheel prints in this section are also deeper than the front and rear, and the hoof prints are a little messy. It seemed that he wanted to move forward, but he was forcibly pulled by someone and could only trample on the spot.

The village could not be entered, but it had to be entered.

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, do you prefer to go to the tiger mountains?

Of course not, Gong Wenyu has no choice, and the road in front of him is a trap under the other party. And it's done on purpose, so obviously that people can see it.

As for the other way, it is unknown what dangers are on the way, or even if there are more radical forces lurking in ambush there. In contrast, the lesser of two evils, Gong Wenyu chose the known routine.

After walking for a while on this winding and flat fork in the road, Gong Wenyu saw a hut in front of him. After the hut, there were several scattered rooms, and it seemed that they had reached the entrance of the village.