When the two were talking, they had unconsciously reached the peak of Dajia Mountain. The mountain is a rocky mountain, covered with mud and trees growing below the mountainside. However, when you reach the mountainside, you can only see blue rocks as far as the eye can see, and there are very few trees to be seen. But there was dead grass everywhere, and when the cold wind blew, the dry grass whined, as if someone was crying sharply. When the official road arrived, the road surface was full of uneven stones, but after walking for many years, two deep rut marks had been crushed on the stone road.

The two crossed the top of the mountain and walked down the official road to the bottom of the mountain. Situ Qiao said: "That night in the mound, the last masked man who suddenly appeared was one of the two people who followed me from Gaoping to Luoyang. It is also the person who hides on the roof in the town to sneak attack the Li brothers. At that time, while you and the man were fighting, I took the opportunity to escape. Just fled to the front hall, but found that a large number of arresters and officers and soldiers poured into the Guandi Temple. I dodged left and right, and finally escaped from the Guandi Temple and returned to Luoyang City. I knew that since the officers and soldiers had rushed to the Guandi Temple, they would definitely find that someone had broken into the Guanzuka, and then they would search the whole city. After I entered the city, I hid in Fengyiguan. The Taoist priests of Fengyiguan often have contacts with the officials of the Yamen of the Luoyang prefect, and when the officers and soldiers searched, they only went around the courtyard after arriving at Fengyiguan, and after getting a few taels of silver from the Taoist, they retreated. Later, I restrained the Guanzhu and forced him to take me out of Luoyang City. Unexpectedly, an eagle's claw saw a flaw at the city gate, so I had to break out. I don't need to say more about the rest of the matter, right?"

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "What are your plans to break into the north gate of Luoyang?"

Situ Qiao said: "I saw the man who attacked me in the killing valley in the mound, and I thought that since this person chased him all the way to Luoyang, I had to think of a way to get rid of him." According to my original plan, I would naturally go straight to Xiangyang, dig out Guan Yu's remains, and merge them with his head, and then go straight to Gaoping with Guan Yu's remains. It's just that since the enemy is watching on the side, you have to think of a way to get rid of them before you make a plan. Ever since I met the enemy in Killing Valley, I have always been tracked by these two people, and I really have nowhere to vent my anger. It's because I'm ruthless, this time I have to rebel against the customer, and I want to get rid of them, and then I can do things with confidence. I planned to leave Luoyang, first go north, cross the Yellow River first, and then rush to Gaoping, where I set up an organ on the ancient battlefield of Changping. Since those two people are bent on snatching the formation map from me, they will naturally follow me. When they arrived, I lured them into the trap and killed them all. Hmph, when that happens, see who dares to do something bad to me?!"

Li Qiufeng heard what he said viciously, just sneered, and said: "You warlocks are so interesting, you only think about using some harmful means to calculate each other every day, and you don't do things openly like heroes in the rivers and lakes. ”

Situ Qiao didn't think so, but he had to use Li Qiufeng to deal with the enemy who was tracking him, because he would never dare to offend Li Qiufeng. It was Situ Qiao who laughed twice and said, "Brother Li, those two traitors are vicious and vicious, and they are not good people. Together, you and I will be able to get rid of them. ”

Li Qiufeng frowned and said, "You want to borrow my hand to get rid of the enemy for you, your idea is really good." ”

Situ Qiao smiled: "Brother Li, my plan is not just for myself. You have confronted the man in the mound, and you have spoiled their good deeds several times. Even if you don't look for them, they will come for you. Brother Li, your martial arts are naturally far above them, but these two people have harmed people and used some despicable and shameless methods. If they use illusions to harm you, I'm afraid that Brother Li won't be able to guard against it......"

When he said this, he stopped talking. Li Qiufeng naturally knew what he meant, and thought that what Situ Qiao said was not bad. It's just that he still has something unclear in his heart, so he said to Situ Qiao: "You have a formation hidden on you, where did they know about it?"

Situ Qiao said: "This is also what I don't understand. I took the formation diagram in the Jingxin Temple, and even Mr. Liu, Brother Li and others didn't know. However, these two people got the news and set up an ambush on the Changping Ancient Battlefield, wanting to take away the formation map. The heroes who entered the Jingxin Temple were all famous and decent leaders, all of them were bright and upright, not small people. Even if they knew that I had taken something from Yao Guangxiao, they would not be embarrassed by an unknown junior like me. ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and thought to himself, if there are others watching in the cave, Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe, Chu Danyang, Qingfeng Daoren, etc. are not only all great masters, but also martial arts seniors who have experienced the turmoil in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and that person will never escape the eyes and ears of these people. He has fought with that person several times, and this person's martial arts are not weak, but if compared with Liu Yong and others, they are quite inferior. The more he thought about it, the more puzzled he became, and finally he had to secretly think, maybe Situ Qiao was not secretive and showed his tracks on the road, and was discovered by those two people, so he set up a mechanism to snatch the scroll left by Yao Guangxiao from him.

The two stopped talking and walked straight down the mountain along the official road. By the time the two of them reached the foot of the mountain, it was already twilight. The sky was full of dark clouds, and it looked like snow was about to fall. The two walked more than two miles, but they saw a thatched hut on the side of the road not far ahead. Situ Qiao said: "According to the old man's words, you can see Wangmiao Village when you go down the big mountain." It's getting dark now, but I haven't seen where Wangmiao Village is. Why don't I go to the family in front of me and ask where Wangmiao Village is, lest we take the wrong road. ”

Li Qiufeng naturally had no objections. saw Situ Qiao walking quickly to the door of the thatched hut, stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the door a few times. After a while, only a "squeak" was heard, and a crack opened in the door, and then an old voice asked, "Who is it?"

Situ Qiao looked into the house through the crack in the door, but it was pitch black, and he couldn't see what was going on inside the house. He said in a deep voice: "We are merchants in a hurry, and we have a lot of trouble when we come here for the first time. May I ask the old man, how to get to Wangmiao Village?"

As soon as his voice fell, he could only hear someone in the room "pout", but it was not the voice of the old man. Situ Qiao thought to himself, it turned out that there were other people in the house. After a while, I heard the old man say, "This is Wangmiao Village." You are a merchant, you don't go to the county seat to do business, what do you do in a deserted village like Wangmiao Village?"

Situ Qiao thought to himself, you old guy has a lot of things. It's just that although he thought so in his heart, he naturally couldn't say this, just smiled and said: "We are just going to Xiuwu County, I heard people say when we come, after arriving at Wangmiao Village, we can go east to Xiuwu County." Thank you, old man. ”

The old man sighed and said, "No thanks, you can go a short distance before you enter the village." Walking along the village, after crossing the Xiaosha River, you can see the west gate of Xiuwu County. But you have to go quickly, and if you go slowly, you are afraid that the gates will be closed, and you will have to wait until tomorrow morning to enter the city. ”

Situ Qiao thanked him again, pretending to turn around and leave, but suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around and asked, "Old man, I heard that there is a nunnery in Wangmiao Village that is very effective, I don't know where the nunnery is built?"

When he had finished speaking, the old man in the hut did not answer. Situ Qiao felt a little strange in his heart, and after waiting for a while, he saw that there was still no one in the room talking, so he said Fang Cai's words again. But after saying that, there was still no answer in the house.

Li Qiufeng saw Situ Qiao standing in front of the grass hut and talking, and was about to leave, but turned around and went back. Then he stood in front of the door, as if he were talking to the people in the house. It's just that after half a day, Situ Qiao still hasn't left. Li Qiufeng was suspicious, so he walked over quickly and said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, is there no one in the house?"

Situ Qiao shook his head and said, "It's clear that someone is talking, why is there no sound all of a sudden......"

By this time it had become dark all around, and the north wind was howling, blowing the thatch on the grass roof and scattering it. The whole room seemed to tremble slightly, as if it would be blown down by a strong wind at any moment.

Li Qiufeng whispered to Situ Qiao: "Can you see who is in the house?"

Situ Qiao said: "There is an old man who listens to the voice, and there is another person, but he just 'pouts', and he can't tell who it is." ”

When he said this, he turned his head to look around and said, "Maybe this old man is old and a little deaf." It was so windy outside that it wasn't surprising that he couldn't hear us clearly. But as the old man said just now, this is Wangmiao Village, and we only need to walk a short distance to enter the village. This old man is tangled, let's ignore him. It's better to go directly into the village and find someone to ask where the nunnery is, Brother Li, what do you think?"

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "According to what Mr. Situ said, let's go directly to the village." ”

The two of them had already made up their minds, so they turned around and walked east along the official road. It's just that Kankan walked more than ten steps, and suddenly heard someone behind him say loudly: "Okay, where do you want to go?"

Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao are both in the same heart. With the martial arts of the two of them, if someone appeared behind them, they would naturally be shocked immediately. It's just that at this time, the north wind is howling, and the sound of the wind is full of ears, and I didn't even notice that someone appeared behind me.

Before the man's voice fell, Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao stopped at the same time. Situ Qiao suddenly turned around, wanting to see who was talking so rudely. Li Qiufeng was motionless, his eyes looking straight ahead.

I saw more than ten zhang away, snatching out twenty or thirty people from the woods on both sides, some carrying iron rulers in their hands, and some holding steel knives in their hands, blocking the official road in front of them tightly.

Situ Qiao turned to look, but saw seven or eight people standing high and low more than ten zhang behind him. These people were holding swords and other weapons in their hands, and they were looking at the two of them coldly. The man at the head was an old man, with a thin face and a goatee under his bones. The old man put his hands behind his back, with an arrogant look, and he didn't seem to put Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao in his eyes at all. He turned around and sneered: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I've finally waited for you." Acquaintances obediently kneel down and let us tie up, otherwise we will beat you half to death, and then send you to see the official!"

(End of chapter)