Li Qiufeng originally just stared at the Taoist priests, and didn't care about the two people pushing the wheelbarrow behind the Taoist priests. It's just that the Taoist priests approached, but Li Qiufeng found that these Taoist priests looked nervous, their bodies were stiff, and one of the older Taoist priests had twitched the corners of their mouths, and their faces were pale. Li Qiufeng was surprised, and thought to himself: "Listening to these idlers and stall owners, the Taoist priests of Fengyiguan should be extremely powerful in Luoyang City. Why do these Taoist priests look like this? It's not like going out of the city to do things, but like they're going to be escorted to the Dharma field. ”

As he was thinking, these Taoist priests were only dozens of steps away from the city gate. The elder Taoist priest in the lead became more and more panicked, and involuntarily turned his head to look back. At this moment, the thin man wearing a broken hat raised his head slightly, and nodded at the Taoist priest, as if signaling the Taoist priest to continue walking. The old Taoist priest turned his head, his face became more and more unsightly, and his body trembled slightly.

Between this lightning and flint, Li Qiufeng had already seen the face of the thin man, and it was Situ Qiao. Although Situ Qiao had three more locks of beard under his chin at this time, if he was someone else, even if he had met Situ Qiao a few times, he would not be able to recognize him at this time. It's just that Li Qiufeng is too familiar with Situ Qiao, although Situ Qiao has put on his beard and changed his shirt, his body shape has not changed, and Li Qiufeng immediately recognized him.

Li Qiufeng saw that Situ Qiao had finally arrived, and thought to himself: "Sure enough, as Master Ji expected, this bastard knew that the government would search the inn, so he hid in the Taoist temple. Looking at the trembling appearance of these Taoist priests, they must have been held hostage by Situ Bridge and forced the Taoist priests to take him out of the city. He didn't know where he got a beard to stick on his face, and changed his clothes, but he was afraid that the officers and soldiers who had fought with him at the city gate yesterday would not recognize him. This bastard's martial arts skills are not high, but his scheming is indeed good. ”

The Taoist priests were about to walk to the gate of the city, and their bodies trembled, their faces were pale, and they almost fainted. It's just that he was forced by Situ Qiao, and he didn't dare to turn back at this time, so he had to fight his spirit and walk forward slowly. The four officers and soldiers at the gate of the city were still leaning on their spears and leaning on the city wall, dozing listlessly, ignoring the people entering and leaving the city gate in front of them.

The Taoist priests slowly walked to the city gate, and at this time, an officer and soldier opened their eyes, stood up straight, and smiled at the Taoist priest at the head: "Lord Wei Guan, are you going out of the city?"

The old Taoist priest was startled, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Yes, Master Chen of Majiazhuang wants to move the ancestral grave and want Xiaoguan to do a ritual." ”

The officer and soldier said: "This early morning is really hard enough. As he spoke, he looked at the two wheelbarrows behind the Taoist priest with a frown, and then said, "The yamen has issued an order that all luggage leaving the city must be checked. Lord Wei Guan, are these two cars Guiguan's luggage?"

Lord Wei Guan's body trembled again, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it is Xiaoguan's, all the magic weapons on it are contained in it, and there is nothing forbidden there." ”

At this time, the other three officers and soldiers also cheered up and looked at the wheelbarrow. One of the officers and soldiers said to the short man: "Boss Wang, I haven't seen you drinking for the past few days, can't it be that you have no money again?" The rest of the officers and soldiers also made fun of the short man, and the short man was not angry, his face was full of smiles, but he did not speak.

An officer and soldier glanced at the thin man wearing a tattered hat on his head and said, "This person is very good-looking, is he also richly dressed?"

When Wei Guan saw that the officers and soldiers asked about the origin of Situ Qiao, he was even more frightened, and opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say it. However, a middle-aged Taoist priest next to him saw the opportunity very quickly, his face was full of joy, and he said to the officer and soldier: "Yes, Master Chen moved the ancestral tomb, but it is very grand, and he has to do a great Dharma event, and he brings more magic weapons." Boss Wang was not good enough alone, so he asked another one to help. ”

The officer and soldier said: "I said Lord Wei Guan, Boss Wang is so capable, you can pay more." If he doesn't come to drink, our brothers will have less fun when they do. Besides, last year's Yellow River flood, our salary was delayed for several months, and we borrowed some money from Boss Wang to drink. If he doesn't come, we won't even be able to drink. ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled: "This is easy to say, easy to say." As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of loose silver from his bosom, handed them to the officers and soldiers, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a little bit of Xiaodao's heart, let's take it for a drink." ”

When the officers and men saw the silver, their eyes lit up, and after a few polite words, they took the silver. Wei Guan was a little relieved at this time, and said to the officers and soldiers: "We still have to rush to Majiazhuang, don't dare to delay, you see ......"

Those officers and soldiers got the silver, how could they still have the heart to search for the things on the car? He waved his hand at Lord Wei Guan and said, "Lord Wei Guan go quickly, don't delay the hour." ”

As if they had been granted amnesty, several Taoist priests arched their hands at the officers and soldiers, and then walked towards the city gate. The short man and Situ Qiao pushed the wheelbarrow and followed closely behind the four Taoist priests. But the four officers and soldiers gathered together, and only cared about dividing the few pieces of silver.

Seeing that several Taoist priests were about to enter the city gate cave, two people suddenly walked out of the door hole. These two people were wearing head-catching official uniforms, and they were Fan Tong, the head of the third class of Luoyang Mansion, and Liao Gang, the deputy head of the team.

When Lord Wei Guan and the other three Taoist priests saw Fan and Liao suddenly appear, their faces were as frightened as earth, and their whole bodies trembled. Fan Tong smiled slightly and said, "I haven't seen you for many days, and Lord Wei Guan is getting more and more healthy. ”

Lord Wei Guan trembled like chaff, and said in a trembling voice: "Yuan, it turned out to be Lord Fan. Adults, don't you come unharmed?"

Fan Tong sighed and said, "In an eventful season, we errands are the most miserable. This is not only last night, but he also kept watch all night in Qilihe, and was recalled to Luoyang City early this morning to catch a thief who sneaked into the city. As soon as we entered the city, we actually met Lord Wei Guan. ”

Fan Tong turned his head to look at Liao Outline as he spoke, and said, "Old Liao, do you say it's a coincidence?"

Liao Xuan smiled: "My lord said that it was a coincidence, it must be a coincidence." ”

Fan Tong smiled, turned his head, and said to Lord Wei Guan, "Where are Lord Wei Guan going?"

Lord Wei Guan said in a trembling voice: "Ma, Master Chen of Majiazhuang moved the grave, and asked Xiaoguan to go before to do a ...... ceremony."

Fan Channel: "I see. I heard that Lord Wei Guan is proficient in the art of Jingfang and is good at divination. Can you do the math for me and see when we catch that thief?"

That Wei Guan Lord was so frightened that his body was weak, and he was about to fall to the ground. The middle-aged Taoist hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and said, "Lord Fan, the little Guan Guan Lord has been sick for the past few days, which makes the adults laugh. ”

Fan Tong pretended to be surprised, and said: "Oh, is Lord Wei Guan sick?" I know some medical skills, please stretch out Lord Wei Guan's left hand, and I will check the pulse of Lord Wei Guan......

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard a loud "boom", and saw the roof of a silk shop not far in front of the city gate blazing, and the people on the street were crying and fleeing in all directions. The people in the cave of the city gate were also startled, and immediately became chaotic. Fan Tong said to Liao: "Old Liao, go over and see what happened?"

Liao Xuan agreed, pulled his legs and ran towards the silk shop. At this time, there was a mess in the cave of the city gate, and some people ran into the city, while others ran outside the city, colliding with each other like headless flies. A few people fell to the ground, but everyone didn't care about it and still ran around. Those people were trampled by everyone, and they didn't know how many feet were stepped on on their heads, faces, and bodies, and they screamed loudly.

Fan Tong saw that Wei Guanzhu and his party were suspicious, and he was going to investigate carefully, but at this time, there was a big chaos in the city gate, and he didn't care about interrogating Wei Guanzhu again. Seeing a person next to him fall to the ground, his face covered in blood had been trampled in a moment. Fan Tong rushed over, pushed away three or four people with both palms, stretched out his hand to pull the person up from the ground, and said, "Don't panic, get out of the door!" and then rescued two people who fell to the ground. When he wanted to find Wei Guan and the others again, there was still the shadow of all the Taoist priests.

Li Qiufeng watched Situ Qiao follow several Taoist priests to the entrance of the city gate, and hurriedly took out five cents from his arms and handed it to the stall owner, and was about to walk towards the city gate, only to hear a "boom" sound, the roof of a silk shop opposite the wonton stall had exploded, and the flames rose from the roof, and the momentum was amazing.

In a moment, there was a great chaos in the streets, and the officials and soldiers who had been lying in ambush around them could no longer hide their tracks, and rushed to the silk shop. Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "Situ Qiao must have done something in this silk shop a long time ago, calculated the time, and ignited the gunpowder buried in the silk shop. In this way, the yacha and the officers and soldiers rushed to put out the fire, and Situ Qiao was able to escape from the city by taking advantage of the chaos. "When the silk shop was on fire, the strong autumn wind rushed to the gate of the city. He saw Fan Tong standing in the cave of the city gate, stopping in front of several Taoist priests. And Liao Outline was running out of the doorway, and the two passed by, but Liao Outline didn't recognize Li Qiufeng. Immediately afterwards, there was a big chaos in the city gate, and Fan Tong was busy saving people, and he didn't care about staring at the Taoist priests.

Li Qiufeng saw Situ Qiao pick up a burden from the wheelbarrow, so he squeezed through the crowd and ran straight out of the city. When the Taoist priests saw that Situ Qiao had fled, they turned around and fled into the city.

Li Qiufeng followed Situ Bridge closely, running out of the city one after the other. By the time the officer who arrived at the gate ordered the gate to be closed, the two had already gone far away.

After Situ Bridge exited the city gate, he did not go north along the avenue, but burrowed into a forest, jumping high and low to the north. Although his martial arts are not high, his light skills are extremely good. I saw Situ Qiao's slender body like a bamboo pole, although he was in the woods, he was running faster than a galloping horse. Li Qiufeng was afraid that he would see his tracks, so he didn't dare to get too close, so he was fifty or sixty feet away from Situ Bridge and followed him from a distance. Fortunately, Situ Qiao only cared about moving forward, and did not look back, and there were trees all around, and Li Qiufeng followed closely behind, so he didn't have to worry about being discovered by him.

The two of them went one after the other, and it took half a pillar of incense to get out of this forest. Situ Qiao slowed down and turned his head to look around. Li Qiufeng had already prevented him from doing this, but when Situ Qiao turned his head, he had already hidden behind a big tree and was not discovered by Situ Qiao.

Situ Qiao looked around and walked on the northbound avenue. Li Qiufeng followed behind him more than a hundred paces, and whenever Situ Qiao was about to turn his head, he hid on the side of the road first. Finally, his martial arts skills were strong, and the two walked for several miles one after the other, and Situ Qiao didn't notice that Li Qiufeng was following him closely.

At this time, there were gradually more pedestrians on the avenue, some in cars, some in sedan chairs, and some on horseback. Li Qiufeng saw Situ Bridge going all the way north, and he was worried, and thought to himself: "It seems that he is going to return to the capital." I still have important things to do in Luoyang, so I can't follow him all the way north. You have to find a place where no one is, and after knocking him down, grab Guan Yu's head back. ”

(End of chapter)