The two states of Yanjiao are open and fertile, and they are one of the four granaries of the Dayan Empire.

The Imperial City of Dayan was built in the belly of Yanzhou, and there was an official road to the south of the imperial city that inserted into the intersection of the two states and led directly to the south.

The official road connects the north and the south trade, and most of the merchants who come and go take this official road.

Today, there are very few merchants on the official road, and there is a team of people and horses carrying silk and tea from the south slowly marching on this official road.

The leader is a man in his mid-thirties. He led a thin old horse in his right hand and an old cigarette stick in the other, and slowly walked ahead of the group.

The team headed north, and the road was relatively smooth. The court had to conquer the south again, resulting in fewer merchants going north. Taking advantage of the removal of the ban by the princes of the Five Roads and the shortage of goods in the north, this team of merchants made up their minds: wealth and danger are sought. Then take enough good goods and go north, hoping to make a lot of money.

The man's eyebrows were wide open, and he looked kind and wealthy. The gray robe was covered with dust, and he clicked his cigarette holder while walking, and although his body was bloated, his pace was not disordered.

He glanced back at the team, spit out a cloud of smoke from his mouth, showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, pointed to the road in front of him and said: "Climb over this mountain, the back is easy to walk, it's all flat ground, everyone work hard to break through this mountain." ”

As he was talking, he heard thunder rumbling on the other side of the mountain, as if there were thousands of horses galloping. The man was shocked, what happened ahead?

When he was hesitating, he saw a flag waving in the wind on the side of the mountain, and the rumbling sound was approaching, and a strong team of soldiers and horses came in formation. Looking from afar, the mountains cover the wilderness, the mighty and mighty, and you can't see the end.

The man hurriedly warned and gave way to the official road. If it delays the march, it is a capital offense.

This army of soldiers and horses is the Qinwang Army commanded by General Xie. At this time, he was waving his army south and rushing to the Mangcang battlefield.

General Xie and the left and right adjutant generals smiled and rode in the army, and more than 100 people followed the horse.

The political situation of the Dayan Empire can be described as turbulent, first Wu Xuan asked the old lady Kong Shuo, the widow of the previous dynasty, to defend the imperial city. General Xie was ordered to send troops to the reckless Cang, and the Son of Heaven took advantage of the situation and promoted the general to the position of unification of the capital. Worried about annoying the prime minister, he was crowned as the Taifu, ranked as the third orphan, and was even named a first-class duke, rewarding countless money and silk. The Taifu is a vacant position, and the power of the prime minister is actually rising and falling. The emperor plays all trade-offs, and he must take into account the overall situation.

General Xie sat upright on his horse and pointed his sword to the south. Seeing this, the left and right lieutenants drew their swords and shouted "break the enemy". Fifty thousand soldiers drew their swords one after another, shouting in unison to break the enemy, and the momentum was extremely huge.

When the man saw such a majestic military might, he was shocked and inhaled all the stuffy smoke into his chest, and coughed nonstop.

Jian Shuzhi went to Beicheng with his neighbors who came to Nancheng to find him, and found a handmade grocery store in Wufu Lane. The two stood at the door of the store and did not enter the store. The shop sign reads "Thirteen Workshops".

The neighbor said: "I wanted to talk to Childe about this last time, but Childe was looking for a person named Lu Bi. So, I didn't talk too much. ”

Anyway, let's not mention whether we can find this person named Lu Bi, or if we can't find it at all, but since there is a shop called Thirteen Workshops at this moment, let's go first and ask about the situation, what if you can wait for some clues from inside?

Jian Shuzhi was the first to enter the store.

The guy glanced at the visitor, "Childe wants to buy something?"

Jian Shuzhi said: "I'll come in and take a look." ”

The grocery store is filled with handmade knick-knacks, from grasshoppers made of straw rope to dragonflies made of bamboo strips, clay figurines made of clay, and birdcages made of iron nets...... There are a lot of goods, piled up in a room.

The shopkeeper just glanced up, didn't speak, and was busy with the work at hand. Jian Shuzhi came up curiously, and saw that the guy was skillful, holding the sharpened wood and looking left and right, and from time to time he took out a planer to dig out wood flowers on the wood. Jian Shuzhi looked at it for a long time, and he didn't know what others were going to do, so he asked, "What are you doing here?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Jian Shuzhi and said, "Trojan." ”

Jian Shuzhi saw that this shopkeeper didn't seem to be the kind of person who couldn't hold back a few words even if he was killed, so he asked, "Is the little brother's surname Lu?"

The shopkeeper glanced up at Jian Shuzhi, and said angrily, "There is no one surnamed Lu here." Don't stay here and get in the way!"

Jian Shuzhi muttered in his heart, and the reaction to asking for a name was so intense, and he shook his head secretly. So he picked up a bamboo dragonfly, "How do you sell this?"

The shopkeeper looked up, "If you buy it sincerely, thirty Kong square coins." ”

"Thirty Kong square coins, this is too scary, it's enough for a table of good wine and meat. ”

The shopkeeper didn't raise his eyes, "If you don't buy it, please go out." It's too small, and your stay here will only get in the way of my work. ”

Jian Shuzhi smiled apologetically, and walked out of the store, and the neighbor greeted him, "How is it?"

"This guy didn't have a weird temper out of nowhere, and didn't ask anything. Looks like we'll have to come back next time. Jian Shuzhi replied.

"Then I'll go first. The neighbor weighed the money bag in his hand and thanked Jian Shuzhi. "If Childe needs anything next time, feel free to command!"

Jian Shuzhi looked at the neighborhood and felt a pain in his flesh, it was all the belongings he had worked hard to save for a long time, and he originally planned to buy a weapon that he could take advantage of first. Now the plan has to go to naught.

When we arrived in Nancheng, it was already dark, and there was still a long way to go from Changping Street. Because of an accident, Jian Shuzhi didn't mention it to anyone. I thought in my heart that I would definitely be questioned by Zheng Lao when I went back. Therefore, he took a detour, hoping to go back later, so as not to waste half a day explaining to everyone, and it was best to wait until everyone was asleep, and then sneak back at this time It would be unaware.

was walking on the road, and two black-clothed men jumped out left and right, blocking the way.

Jian Shuzhi felt bad, thinking in his heart that he didn't know where he had offended someone? Just as he wanted to turn around and run away, two more people jumped out from behind, a total of four people surrounded him tightly.

This group of people didn't say much, and after surrounding Jian Shuzhi, they forced each other to look at each other.

How could Jian Shuzhi be an opponent, he was knocked to the ground after three strikes and five divisions, and then the back of his head was hit hard, he felt that his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

When Jian Shuzhi opened his eyes in a daze, he found that he was locked in a small dark room, with ropes tied to his hands and feet.

"What kind of place is this?" Jian Shuzhi looked around, the room was very dimly lit, and only one window let in the moonlight. There was a room surrounded by iron fences all around, and Jian Shuzhi was looking at all this, when he suddenly heard someone coughing next to him.

Jian Shuzhi followed the sound and vaguely saw a figure curled up in the corner next door. Because of the dim light, I couldn't see the man's face clearly, and I could only see that the man had a messy hair on his head, and he seemed to have been imprisoned for a long time.

Jian Shuzhi tried to break free, but the man heard the movement and said in a low voice: "It's useless." Even if you break free, you can't escape!"

Jian Shuzhi ignored the unkempt man, and the knife in the utensils appeared in his hand. With a knife in his right hand, he slowly cut back and forth the rope that was bound by his backhand. It took a lot of effort to cut the rope.

The man next door said again, "I can't see it, it's still a bit of a doorway." Even then, you can't escape!"

Fortunately, there were no guards inside, and no one heard. Jian Shuzhi replied to him: "Can you speak quietly!" and then cut the rope on his foot with a knife.

The man next door quietly watched Jian Shuzhi finish all this, and then didn't speak again.

Jian Shuzhi's hands and feet regained their freedom, and hurriedly ran to the iron fence, only to find that the iron fence door was locked. Looking at it now, you can judge this cell. I just don't know who they're locked up for. Jian Shuzhi didn't continue to entangle with himself, ran to the fence next door, and motioned for the man to come over.

The man then stood up, his whole body clanging.

Jian Shuzhi couldn't help but gasp, this guy had committed some kind of felony, his whole body was chained, and there was a chain that was linked to the wall through his pipa bone. Looking at it like this, it seems that he has been tortured countless times.

"How long have you been locked in, and where is this?"

The unkempt man seemed to recall, "I can't remember how long I've been locked up, and I don't know where it is." I've escaped a few times, and every time I escaped, I was always found and recaptured!"

"How many times have you escaped, how did you escape?" Jian Shuzhi asked curiously.

"Break down the iron fence here!"

Jian Shuzhi's eyes lit up, and he seemed to see hope.

"But now they have banned me, and as long as I am lucky, my whole body will be in pain. Not to mention the luck of the qi. ”

"When I first came in, I tried to escape every day, but after a few tosses, I died. Even if you can get out of this cell, you can't escape the eyes of the guards outside. I see that your kung fu is ordinary, so I advise you to stay in peace. ”

Jian Shuzhi was not discouraged by being hit, and said: "It's better to try it than not to try! What if you can really seize the gap and escape?"

The unkempt man let out a creepy laugh, "It's naïve to think!"

"How did you get locked up?" Jian Shuzhi asked without distinguishing and changing the subject.

"Is there any reason for being locked in?, and why are you locked in?" the man sat down and asked rhetorically.

Indeed, Jian Shuzhi was completely knocked unconscious in a completely unclear situation, and then was put in this cage, he didn't even see the other party's face, let alone know who was behind the scenes. I used to think it would be the hands and feet of the four young people in Kyoto, but now it seems that it shouldn't be.

While the two were talking, the outside door opened, and a fat man with a fat head and big ears walked in, holding a key in his hand, and checking the cell one by one.

Seeing this, Jian Shuzhi hurriedly and cautiously climbed back to his original place.

There were not many people in this dark room, and there were four cells in total. Jian Shuzhi was locked up in the third room, and one person was locked up in each of the two rooms in front of him, but neither of them spoke, as if they were dead people, and they didn't even respond when the cell boss came in at this moment.

The cell boss walked to the front of Jian Shuzhi's cell and stopped, and said gloomily: "Brother Gongzi, don't think about going out when you enter here." The one next to you is the best example of this! If you think of a way to get out, you will have your bitter fruit to eat. ”

Jian Shuzhi didn't speak, deliberately pretending to be dizzy.

The cell boss smiled, "Don't play dead in front of me, the two of them were elated just now, when I am deaf?" After speaking, he picked up the keychain and smashed it on the iron fence.