Li Qiufeng and He Yi walked out of Lixu, only to see a figure flickering in front of them, but it was Zhou Jingtian and Zhu Ming who arrived. It turned out that Yu Chang saw that the two of them had not returned for a long time, so he specially sent Zhou and Zhu to respond. Zhou Jingtian said: "Third brother, why have you been there for so long?" He Yi looked frightened, just shook his head and said, "Let's go back and talk about it." ”

After a few people came back, Li Qiufeng and He Yi told them about the situation of Shicai. Yu Changchang and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this, but Yan Dufei bowed his head and was silent, thoughtful. Zhuang Hengyun asked about the woman's appearance again, but he couldn't think of which martial arts master in the rivers and lakes was. In the end, Yu Chang said: "The closer we get to the Imperial Tomb, the more enemies we are afraid of, we have to be careful." ”

Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei saw that everyone went back to rest, so they also walked back to their accommodation. Yan Du said in a low voice: "This old thief surnamed Yu is playing tricks. ”

Li Qiufeng was stunned and said, "Brother Yan sees that there is something wrong?"

Yan Dufei sneered: "Do you remember when we first arrived at the Five Tiger Villa, did you ever hear the sound of the horn blown by the defenders of the Imperial Tomb?"

Li Qiufeng thought about it for a moment and said, "Yes, I did hear it." ”

Yan Dufei said: "This old boy bullied our brothers and didn't know the way, and took us around such a big circle. Brother Li might as well think about it, we can all hear the sound of the horn of the imperial tomb, and think that the imperial tomb will not be too far away from the Five Tigers Villa. This old thief brought us to Tongzhou, but I am afraid that he has other plans. ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "Brother Yan doesn't know, there are several big mountains north of the Five Tigers Villa, if we want to climb over the mountains, people can say that these heavy gunpowder will not be able to be transported." What's more, the defenders of the imperial tomb are distributed several outside, and some are more than 100 miles away from the imperial tomb. The military camp near the left of the Five Tigers Villa must not be close to the imperial tomb. Yu Changchang bypassed the mountains and chose the main road, which naturally has his reasons. ”

Yan Dufei said: "I'm afraid it's not true. Listening to the tone of the girl of the Murong family, Ma Kongkong must have left some important things in the Five Tiger Villa back then, but he died in the Jinyi Wei Prison, and Yu Chang had no fear and actually swallowed the things. That Ma Kongkong is a thief who is rampant in the north, and what he left behind is naturally extraordinary. Yu Changchang wanted this map on the foolish brother, but he never mentioned what Ma Kongkong left him, how insidious his intentions were. ”

Li Qiufeng told Yan Dufei about the situation of Shicai's fight with that woman, and finally said: "This woman's martial arts are extremely strange, not like the martial arts of Middle Earth. Brother Yan has lived in the northwest for a long time, have you ever heard of this kind of Qimen kung fu?"

He demonstrated a few tricks used by the woman, and Yan Dufei scratched his head, also quite puzzled. Li Qiufeng said: "This woman's moves are not surprising, and her internal skills are even worse, but she has achieved light skills, and her momentum is like lightning, not under the woman of the Murong family that she met during the day, if it is the first time to fight, it is very easy to fall into her way." It's just that if you are wary of her, you only need to fight her hard with internal force, and nine times out of ten you will beat her to the ground and flee. In the Central Plains martial arts, I can't imagine any master of any sect or sect using this kind of kung fu. ”

The two talked about it, but they still couldn't figure it out, and finally had to give up and lie down to rest.

The next morning, before dawn, everyone had breakfast and rode on their horses.

After walking less than three miles, I could already see the city wall of Tongzhou in the distance. The spies sent by Yu Changchang yesterday ushered in a report that they had greeted the defenders of Tongzhou, and the guards of the south and north gates could let the men and horses of the Five Tiger Villas cross the city. Yu Changchang was thoughtful, divided the cart and Zhuang Ding into two groups, and let Zhuang Hengyun, Zhou Jingtian, and Zhu Ming bring ten Zhuang Ding and two carriages into the city first, and he followed with the rest of the men and horses.

Sure enough, the defenders of Tongzhou City got the gold and silver sent by Yu Chang, and when they saw the familiar Zhuang Ding, they made a look, and immediately let everyone enter the city.

Natongzhou is the gateway to the capital and the northernmost point of the Grand Canal. The money and grain transported from the south to the shore here through the canal, and then transported to the capital by land. Since the Yuan Dynasty has passed more than 100 years, Tongzhou has become the most important place in the left of the Beijing Division, and it is very lively. But the crowd did not dare to delay, and after entering the city, they went straight to the north gate.

After walking about two pillars of incense, I have arrived at the most lively Luoma Street in Tongzhou City. This street was originally a market for trading mules and horses in Tongzhou City, but later Tongzhou became more and more prosperous, and it was too small and crowded here, so the Yamen ordered the mule and horse market to be moved outside the city, but this name was retained, and it became the street with the most shops in Tongzhou City.

The Zhuang Ding who led the way had already walked the route he was going to take several times in advance, and led the crowd to this street without difficulty.

At the intersection of Luomashi Street, there is a big archway, and there is a stone lion more than one zhang high squatting on the left and right sides of the archway, with teeth and claws, and the form is very realistic. Looking through the middle of the torii, a street more than three zhang wide stretches straight to the north, and the streets are full of wine flag signboards on both sides. The rising sun shines through the cracks in the two-story building, shining golden light on the road.

The group walked through the stone archway and went straight north.

But after walking a few steps, everyone stopped in unison.

Because they suddenly found that this street, which should have been very lively, did not even have a single figure at this time.

Quiet, heart-palpitating quiet.

Yu Changchang raised his right hand and signaled everyone to prepare to meet the enemy. But there was not a single figure but silence around. Zhuang Hengyun jumped to the roof next to him with the flag of "Daoxiang Village Restaurant" and looked around. At this time, the morning sun was rising, and the morning fog had not yet dissipated, but the situation could be seen clearly. The entire street of the mule and horse market was empty, and there was not a single figure. Zhuang Hengyun stood on the roof and said to Yu Changyuan: "Big brother, it's really a strange thing, there is no one in front of you." ”

With a wave of Yu Changyuan's right hand, five or six Zhuang Ding ran towards the shops on the left and right, but these shops were locked. Zhou Jingtian strode forward, walked to the door of a teahouse, grabbed the door lock with his right hand, twisted it hard, only heard the sound of "click", the lock had been broken by him, Zhou Jingtian pushed open the door of the store, and walked in with a long sword in his hand. After a while, he came out with a surprised face and said, "There is no one inside, but the tea in the teacup is still hot, and it seems that these people have not been gone for long." ”