Nie Dingnan stood in front of Li Qiufeng like an iron tower. He was a head taller than Li Qiufeng, looking at Li Qiufeng condescendingly, adding even more power.

The dozen or so people around heard Li Qiufeng scolding Nie Dingnan to get out of the way, and their faces changed drastically, and some of them even leaned towards their waists, wanting to pull out the weapons hidden on their bodies.

Nie Dingnan smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you here for an hour, and you're going to talk to me in this tone?"

Li Qiufeng said coldly: "After waiting for an hour, it's your business, and it's not that I want you to wait here." ”

Nie Dingnan was stunned, his eyes staring at Li Qiufeng. After a moment, he shook his head, sighed, and said, "I really don't know why he thinks so much about you." ”

Li Qiufeng was still expressionless, and walked straight forward, seeing that he was about to bump into Nie Dingnan, Nie Dingnan had to turn sideways and get out of the way, and said: "I have an elder who wants to see you, please go with me." ”

Li Qiufeng saw that Nie Dingnan's tone softened, but he didn't stop, and said without looking back as he walked towards the temple gate: "If he wants to see me, he can come to me in the right wing room in the backyard." ”

Li Qiufeng walked to the temple door, stretched out his hand and pushed the door, and the temple door opened in response.

Miaozhu cowered and stood in the courtyard. Seeing Li Qiufeng walking in, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Uncle Li, you're finally back." Those masters outside have been waiting for you. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded, only to see that the temple was brightly lit, but it was empty. The main hall facing the temple gate has been closed, and all the lanterns have been lit on the high poles under the porch and around the courtyard. But although the surroundings are as bright as day, they are not popular, which makes people feel a little eerie.

Li Qiufeng looked at the situation around him, and then walked down the stone steps. Miao Zhu followed him closely and whispered: "Uncle Li, those people outside the door are a little weird, you should always be careful of them." ”

Li Qiufeng let out an "oh" and said as he walked: "How can you see it?"

Miao Zhu said: "Those people who live in the backyard of the City God Temple today, most of them have come to the City God Temple during the Lantern Festival in previous years. The villain had also told the uncle before that after these people arrived at the City God Temple, they rarely left the house except for the night of the Lantern Festival to worship the City God Niangniang in the main hall. But this year's situation is very different. Take this tall man as an example, he has been here many times in previous years, rarely goes out and walks around, and is extremely cautious in his words and actions. But after today's arrival, it is arrogant and arrogant. In the evening, when the villain went to ask if he wanted to prepare dinner for them, he scolded the villain, saying that he was nosy. He took the lead, and a few more men surrounded him, and it seemed that he wanted to beat the villain. If it weren't for the old man's persuasion, I was afraid that the villain would have been beaten by them and his nose would have been swollen. ”

Li Qiufeng pretended to be surprised and said, "There is such a thing?"

Miao Zhu said hatefully: "The villain retreated in embarrassment, wanting to avoid these people far away, so as not to suffer from their bird anger." Later, this tall man found the villain again and asked the villain about your origin. The villain only said that the yamen settled you here, and the villain didn't know anything else. The thief scolded the villain a few words, and then left angrily. Later, before it was dark, he asked the villain to drive away all the pilgrims. The villain did not dare to disobey, so he invited all the pilgrims out. But the villain found that he was leading a dozen people to guard in front of the temple, and he didn't know what the hell he was doing. The villain was worried that they would be unfavorable to Uncle Li, and originally wanted to report to you. But this group of people was guarding the door, and the villain couldn't get out if he wanted to, so he was in a hurry. Fortunately, Uncle Ji has his own natural appearance, and these thieves don't dare to make it difficult for you. ”

As the two spoke, they had passed through the corner gate and entered the backyard. Compared with the front yard, except for the dim light from the windows of the main hall, the left and right wings are not lit, and it is pitch black. Li Qiufeng knew that the powerful people of Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du were sitting in the wings, and at this moment, he didn't know how many eyes were staring at him from the cracks in the door and the window, and he was a little nervous in his heart, and his right hand involuntarily held the handle of the embroidered spring knife.

Miao Zhu also knew that the wing room was full of people, and he didn't dare to speak loudly like Fang Cai, but lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng: "These people's temperament has changed greatly this year, I don't know if they have taken the wrong medicine, so Uncle must be careful." The villain was frightened by them, and originally wanted to invite them to live in the main hall, but these people didn't know why they didn't agree, but asked the villain to live in the main hall in peace, which was strange. ”

Li Qiufeng thought to himself, this temple doesn't understand the sinister hearts of people in the rivers and lakes. The reason why the Nie family did not live in the main hall was because they knew that if the enemy attacked secretly, they would inevitably think that Old Lady Nie and other leaders lived in the main hall, so they would naturally attack the main hall. The Nie family wanted Miao Zhu to be the bait, but it was ridiculous that this person didn't know it himself, but thought that the Nie family rarely had such a good intention. If there is really an enemy attacking, I am afraid that Miao Zhu will be killed first. And the masters of the four families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du, who lived in the wings on the left and right, suddenly came out, and they could catch the enemy off guard.

Li Qiufeng knew that the conspiracy was about to be launched, but he couldn't bear to let Miaozhu be killed. It was he who whispered to Miaozhu: "There is one thing I want to remind my brother. The whereabouts of this group of people are strange, after entering here, they live in a simple place, and they don't even light the lights at night. They did not live in the main hall because they were afraid that the enemy would secretly come to take revenge. Dude, you might as well think about it, where will their enemies go to kill people first when they sneak into the backyard?"

Miao Zhu was shocked, his body trembled, he stopped, and said in a trembling voice: "Big, uncle, you mean, ...... said?"

Li Qiufeng smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, just think about it yourself." ”

Miao Zhu said in a trembling voice: "Thank you uncle for reminding me, I will move to the front yard tonight, tonight." ”

Li Qiufeng ignored him, walked to his room, and listened for a moment, but there was no movement in the room next to him. He gently pushed open the door and shook the fire, only to see that a strand of hair that had been carefully placed by the door when he left was still in place, and he was relieved. He walked over to the table and lit the candle on the table with a fire breaker, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Qiufeng drank a cup of tea, untied the embroidered spring knife, leaned on the edge of the bed, and carefully recalled today's situation. Liu Yong has already arrived outside the city, and the various sects will also rush back to the outside of Xiuwu County tomorrow. With the help of these masters, things are much easier. Nie Dingnan said that if someone wants to see him, that person is naturally Mrs. Nie. He wants to see himself, and he wants to make friends with Jinyiwei and use the power of Jinyiwei to deal with the Japanese invaders. Since the Nie family has a request for him, they will not harm him. He was not afraid of the strong autumn wind, but he was just thinking about how to deal with Old Lady Nie.

While he was thinking about it, he only heard a faint "squeak" sound in the distance. Li Qiufeng was stunned for a moment, and heard the sound of the door opening. Then there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and he was walking towards his house.

Li Qiufeng hung the embroidered spring knife back on his waist, walked to the table and sat down. After a while, only the footsteps were heard in front of the door, and then someone said, "Is the master there?"

Li Qiufeng heard that it was the voice of the old lady Nie, although he had already thought that this old guy would come to see him, his heart was still cold. He took a deep breath before he said in a deep voice, "Come in." ”

As he spoke, the door slowly opened, and an old man with white hair walked in. Li Qiufeng looked fixedly, and saw that this person was wearing a gray robe, and on his feet was a pair of thick-soled black cloth shoes, which was the old lady Nie who he had seen in Fengmen Village.

After the old lady Nie entered the door, she closed the door casually, walked to the table unhurriedly, and said to Li Qiufeng: "The old man really didn't guess wrong, the little brother is a person with a great background. ”

Li Qiufeng's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "The old man released me from Fengmen Village that day, and I am very grateful to you." ”

Old lady Nie sat firmly on the chair and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The old man saw that the little brother was not a wicked person, and he didn't want to have a grudge with Jinyiwei, so he pushed the boat down the river and gave the little brother a favor. ”

Li Qiufeng heard what Old Lady Nie said, and knew that he identified himself as Jinyiwei, and happened to use Jinyiwei's identity to deal with him. It was he who said in a deep voice: "The old man has good eyesight, and he actually saw my identity." ”

Old lady Nie smiled and said, "Don't hide it, the old man also served as a Beijing official back then. After so many years, although he is old and dizzy, he can still recognize the embroidered spring knife that Jin Yiwei wears. ”