Volume 2 Capture the Sword Chapter 78 The Old Man in Black
Therefore, when the old man said these two sentences, Cao Cao naturally thought of Brother Xiang.
"When the moon rises and the moon sets, how can the flowers bloom without flowers. Cao Cao said casually.
The old man also noticed Cao Cao's changes, so he asked rhetorically, "Oh, the young man has also heard these two sentences?"
Cao Cao nodded: "A few days ago, in order to save a friend, the junior heard a senior talk about it in the Butterfly Valley. “
"Butterfly Valley?
Now it was Cao Cao's turn to be surprised, could it be that this old man in black also knew Brother Xiang?
Cao Cao did not hide it, and simply told the events in the Butterfly Valley that day.
As Cao Cao spoke, the old man's face gradually showed a look of surprise, and after Cao Cao finished speaking, the old man laughed: "It's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, providence, providence." Seeing that the old man was sad for a while, and laughed for a while, he couldn't help but be confused, and couldn't understand what was wrong with the old man.
The old man looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are Cao Cao, the old man was entrusted by Brother Xiang to come to Jizhou to help the young man, and he didn't want to meet again, isn't it the will of heaven?"
Oh, it turned out that I was like this, I really didn't expect that the strange old man I met unexpectedly on this mass grave turned out to be looking for me, Cao Cao thought about it, and couldn't help but secretly thank Brother Xiang in his heart.
"Uncle Feng is a friend of Brother Xiang?"
"The Xiang family has the grace to save the life of the old man, and he is in love with the old brother Xiang, and he takes care of each other, and the old man naturally goes all out. It just so happened that the old man also wanted to come to Jizhou to find something, so he came all the way to this giant deer city, but he didn't expect to meet here, I don't know what the young man needs the old man to help him do?"
The old man's question surprised Cao Cao again, and he said in his heart that this Feng senior didn't seem to know about the Son of Heaven Sword, otherwise he wouldn't have asked like this.
However, it was obviously Brother Xiang who asked him to come to help, but didn't he tell the old man about Cao Cao's sword search? Looking at the old man's expression, it seemed that he really didn't know what he was going to help.
This is strange, according to what the old man said, he has a deep relationship with the Xiang family, how could Brother Xiang hide the matter of the Son of Heaven Sword?
Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and said casually: "I can get the help of the seniors, and the younger generations are grateful." The juniors are having a tricky and strange thing, please ask the seniors to guide the maze. “
As he spoke, Cao Cao took out the yellow shoes from his arms and handed them to the old man.
The old man put the shoe in the palm of his hand, looked at it carefully, looked left and right, and did not say a word for a long time.
Although this shoe is not worn by ordinary people, there is nothing special about it, he really can't understand it, Brother Xiang asked him to come thousands of miles just to see a woman's shoe?
Seeing the old man's questioning expression, Cao Cao hurriedly explained all the strange things that had happened in the past few days, and asked the old man to help sort out the clues.
Only then did the old man figure out what was going on, he looked at the shoes in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Seeing that the old man was silent, Cao Cao was about to ask a question, but he heard Cao Hong say on the side: "The sweet potatoes are ripe, come and talk while eating." “
Sure enough, the fragrance wafting by became more and more tangled. Not to mention, this special fragrance attracted everyone present, although it was in summer, but the wind blowing on this barren hill was also high and cold. In addition, everyone didn't eat dinner, so the fragrance at this time was naturally full of temptation.
So the three of them regrouped to the fire, and Cao Cao used his sword to move the fire sideways, and then pulled out the 'zongzi' wrapped in dirt one by one.
The damp earth had long since been dried by the fire, black with a layer of fire ash and white heat. Cao Cao picked a piece at random, knocked it lightly with his sword, and the outer layer of mud was crisp and peeled off, and a piece of hot sweet potato revealed its true face.
Cao Cao cut two clean branches, forked the sweet potato, and sent it to the old man along with the wine gourd. The old man is also hungry, not too hot, a mouthful of sweet potato on the left, a mouthful of hot wine on the right, steaming, fragrant, and a fresh earthy smell of the entrainee, the old man eats deliciously, nods frequently, and is really different from the sweet potato that has just been sandwiched. He looked at Cao Cao's handsome face in the firelight, and secretly praised it in his heart.
Cao Cao and Cao Hong were also hungry for a long time, and they also ate a whirlwind. Cao Cao used his sword to dig out the sweet potatoes buried in the pit under the fire, and cleaned up the dirt and grass wrapped outside, and suddenly a different fragrance wafted in.
In addition to the aroma of the earth, there is also the fragrance of grass, the old man went south and north, read countless 'melons', this way of eating, but it was the first time.
None of the three of them spoke, just buried their heads in eating until there was no piece left, and they were still a little unsatisfied.
The wine is full of 'food', it is getting late, and it is time to do business.
The arrival of the old man in black gave Cao Cao a hint of motivation, there have been accidents in the past few days, and they are all strange things that have no clue, maybe it is the authorities' fans, Cao Cao has been irritable in his heart, the old man is an old man after all, maybe he can see the clouds.
"Is there really a legendary 'dragon bone' in Qinghe City?" the old man asked.
The younger generations don't dare to judge this matter, but since Mo Daxia is conclusive, with his reputation as a husband and wife, he will naturally not chase after the wind. “
"According to this, nine times out of ten, this matter is true, and the young man thinks that this treasure is hidden in Ganling Mountain?"
"Actually, this is all speculation by the Zhang clan, and even the name 'Dragon Bone', they have heard of it for the first time. “
"I don't even know about the master, so how can the Iron Boat Gang be sure! The old man thought that the man named Mo Wentian had heard it wrong. “
"But Senior Mo said that he saw the people of the Iron Boat Gang gathering in the 'Fangze Pavilion' with his own eyes, and he also heard the news that they were coming to Qinghe to rob the treasure. “
"The Mo family is the descendant of the Mo family, they are chivalrous and righteous in the rivers and lakes, and their chivalrous reputation is far and wide, and the old man naturally does not dare to question it, but that Mo Wen Tiannai is mixed with the generation of Qinglou, and he is happy with the Pomeranians, and he actually digs other people's graves, and also eavesdrops on the secrets of other factions, how his character is greatly reduced. What he said was inevitably a little watery. What's more, the Iron Boat Gang is also a well-known gang in the martial arts, how can they openly rob other people's things?"
The old man's words, Cao Cao became more and more puzzled, yes: the news of the Iron Boat Gang going north to seize the treasure was not heard by Mo Daxia and his wife, and the two of them also listened to it, just because Mo Wentian was his brother, so he would not be suspicious. Could it be that there are no 'dragon bones' in this world?
Originally, I wanted the old man to guide the maze, but unexpectedly it became even more confusing.
Cao Cao simply didn't think about the 'dragon bone' for the first time, and instead asked for the bigger doubt in his heart, that is, the princess was robbed.
The old man asked carefully about some details, and Fang said: "No matter who this princess is, there are two facts that cannot be doubted, one is that the owner of this yellow shoe was indeed taken away by Zhang Jiao, because the old man of the Guo family of 'Hei Ye Gang' has heard that these two martial arts scum have indeed taken refuge in Zhang Jiao. “
"Second, since the people of 'Lu Wanggu' decided that this matter was done by Zhang Jiao, they took Shaoxia and other friends away in exchange for the princess in their mouths, so Shaoxia don't have to worry, your friends are not worried about their lives for the time being. “
The old man's analysis was consistent with what Cao Cao thought in his heart. He asked, "Senior Feng, do you know what the origin of 'Lu Wanggu' is?"
"The old man has heard of this name, but 'Lu Wanggu' is extremely mysterious and autistic, and he never participates in anything in the rivers and lakes, except for some friction with his neighbor 'Hei Yegang', and has no contact with people in the martial arts at all. “
When Cao Cao asked the man surnamed Lu who was called the third master by his subordinates, the old man shook his head again and again: "It is said that the surname of the head of 'Lu Wanggu' is Qin, but unfortunately no one in the rivers and lakes has seen the true face of Lushan, as for whether there is a man surnamed Lu, the old man does not know." “
'Lu Wanggu' is just a remote barren hill in Jinan County, there is a serious shortage of water, it is said that even crops can not be planted, and those who can live for a long time are either green forest heroes or refugees who avoid disasters, and it is difficult to associate with the dignity of 'princess', to put it mildly, in the martial arts, I am afraid that few people have heard of the name of 'Lu Wanggu'.
Originally, Cao Cao had another doubt, that is, the people of 'Lu Wanggu' knew that it was Zhang Jiao's people who had kidnapped the princess, so why didn't they go directly to Zhang Jiao's people, but instead took Zhang Mei and others as hostages? Cao Cao thought at first that maybe it was because Zhang Mei was Zhang Jiao's daughter, but now Cao Cao thought that it was 'Lu Wanggu' who had a low status, and wanted to borrow the hand of the Qinghe Zhang family to exchange it for a princess from Zhang Jiao's hands.
After all, everyone in the world knows the relationship between Zhang Jiao and Qinghe Zhang. If this assumption is true, then it is said that Zhang Mei and the others were just taken away by the people of 'Lu Wanggu', or or, in their eyes, they mistakenly regarded Zhang Mei and others as members of the Zhang clan.
When Cao Cao thought of this, his heart was even more uneasy. Because it seems that the people of 'Lu Wanggu' don't know yet, now Zhang Jiao has already broken off with Qinghe County, even if the entire Qinghe County is arrested, he will not hand over the princess.
If they don't hand over the princess within three days, will they be angry and kill the hostages?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao became more and more worried, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The old man in black looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, since the root of the problem lies with that princess, young man might as well find this princess first." “
The old man said, yes, since you have come to the giant deer, then you can go in and investigate, once you find the princess, all the doubts will be solved.
"There is wind for the seniors to help, and the younger generations have a lot of confidence in their hearts. “
"Well, you two dolls dare to break into the Taiping God Sect's base camp, your courage is commendable. However, this giant deer city is a tiger's den in Longtan, we are not familiar with the place, and it is not a way to mess around like headless flies, so we need to find a perfect solution. “
"Does the wind veteran have a good plan?"
"It's better to give him a plan to 'scare the snake'. “
"Fight the grass and scare the snake?" The Cao Cao brothers were very surprised, because when they set off, the Mo family told them not to scare the snake, as long as they found out the information, they would immediately rush back to Qinghe, and then discuss countermeasures together, and this Feng old man actually said such a plan.
"Hehe, yes, only if the old man leads the snake out of the hole first, you can take the opportunity to find the whereabouts of the princess. “
"What does the wind veteran mean, to turn the tiger away from the mountain?"
The old man in black looked at Cao Cao, nodded and praised: "The old man simply pretended to be the person of 'Lu Wanggu' and went to deceive him, and the two young heroes also had an opportunity." “
Cao Cao shook his head again and again: "No, in this way, wouldn't it put the Feng seniors in a dangerous place, it is better for the juniors to come with this bait." “
"The old man is entrusted by others, the little giant deer, what is there to be afraid of? It's not that the old man boasts, the old man retreats with his whole body, what's the difficulty!"
The old man in black was quite conceited, and his tone was so resolute that Cao Cao was not allowed to say more.