The next day, the cloud gate was closed in the city, and the streets and alleys were full of whispers talking about the two major events that happened yesterday.

Compared with the arrest of Ao Jianghai, the former governor of Yunmen, what happened in front of Yunmen Guan is obviously more interesting to the common people, from the officials and gentry to the peddlers and pawns, everyone is speculating about the origin of the legend Ji Chengche, and there are even rumors that he is the reincarnation of Xuanyuan Kunlun, and is about to enter Beijing to challenge the Taoist leader Tianmiao Zhenren.

All kinds of rumors were rampant for a while, and the inn where Ji Chengche lived was overcrowded, and everyone wanted to see this "reincarnated demon lord" with their own eyes.

It's a pity that many well-intentioned people came half a step late, and Ji Chengche and Wang Rou left the guest room early and quietly went south.

The two rode on their newly bought mounts, followed the official road and relied on their horses, and they were not in a hurry to enter Beijing.

Ji Chengche also wanted to take a look at the progress of the situation in Ao Jianghai, and by the way, he would touch the details of this matter.

If this former Yunmen Commander deserves it, he will naturally have nothing to say, but if he is framed and wronged for a reason, someone should inevitably draw a sword to help him.

They did not deliberately follow the prisoner car escorting Ao Jianghai, and set off on the road as soon as the city gate opened.

Unexpectedly, Ji Chengche actually found the daughter of Ao Jianghai with big braids when he went out of the customs.

Miss Ao didn't know Ji Chengqing, and she hadn't heard of the fight that happened in Yunmen Temple last night, so she rode out of the south gate of Yunmen Pass on a big black horse with a heavy heart, and quickly whipped away.

Ji Chengche looked at Miss Ao's back, and said with a slight smile: "This girl is a little interesting, she is really a tiger girl." ”

Wang Rou said: "Do you think she went to Tiandu City to save her father?"

Ji Chengche woke up, looked at Wang Rou in surprise, and said, "You are still careful, I was almost negligent." She didn't bring any luggage, and she didn't have any men to follow, so she didn't look like she was going to go far away. ”

Wang Rou was silent, waiting for Ji Chengqing's decision.

Ji Chengche thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let her go, let's just follow Ao Jianghai." ”

After walking for more than 20 miles, they saw Miss Ao standing on the side of the road with a big black horse, her expression slightly anxious, looking west from time to time, as if she was waiting for someone.

Ji Chengche felt a little strange, and when he passed by with Wang Rou, he looked at this person a few more times, intentionally or unintentionally.

About half an hour later, the sound of horses' hooves sounded rapidly on the official road behind her, and Miss Ao actually caught up from behind. But this time, there was a tiger-headed and heroic teenager beside her, who also rode a dark horse and galloped side by side.

When passing by the two of them, Ji Chengche heard Miss Ao muttering softly, and the big black horse ran away and looked back at himself and Wang Rou.

Ji Chengche looked at the black-clothed young man who was on par with Miss Ao and said to Wang Rou: "This person should be from the army, although he has changed his clothes and outfit in advance, he can't hide the murderous aura in his bones." ”

Wang Rou listened to it and quietly walked out a paragraph, and suddenly said, "Maybe the person is the killer invited by Miss Ao?"

Ji Chengche laughed, his eyes were crooked like a crescent moon in the sky, and said, "Is it a killer or a thug, do you want to make a bet?"

Wang Rou said without hesitation: "Don't gamble." ”

"Why, you're afraid of losing to me?"

"I'm your slave, what do I bet with you?"

"That's it," Ji Chengche patted his head and pondered, "Let's bet on who loses and who is responsible for bathing the horse tonight?"

Wang Rou looked straight ahead and didn't answer, and her reaction was clearly to use silence to express resistance.

Ji Cheng said stupidly: "Actually, it's fun to take a bath with a horse." ”

Wang Rou said lightly: "Master, I am your slave." ”

Ji Chengche glared at her angrily and said, "Is my memory so bad, do you need to remind her twice in succession?"

Wang Rou stubbornly pursed her lips and didn't speak again.

In this way, the two walked in silence all the way until noon, and when they saw a wine shop next to the official road, they dismounted and beat the sharp.

Ji Chengche walked into the wine shop and couldn't help but be stunned, only to see that the store was empty and there was no one else, but Miss Ao and the black-clothed young man were there, sitting at the table and whispering something to the shopkeeper in the wine shop.

Seeing a customer enter the store, the shopkeeper stood up with an empty left sleeve and shouted at the kitchen: "Ma Pole, entertain guests!"

"It's coming!" A tall and thin yellow-faced woman ran out of the kitchen quickly, greeted Ji Chengche and Wang Rou and said, "Childe, Miss, what do you want to eat?"

While asking, she diligently poured tea for Ji Chengche and Wang Rou, and wiped the table again.

Ji Chengqing ordered a few kinds of game at random, and asked for two bowls of noodles.

Wang Rou lifted the corner of the veil, picked up the tea bowl and brought it to her lips, took a small sip gently, and immediately felt the tip of her tongue slightly sour and numb.

As soon as she stared, she saw that Ji Chengqing had drunk a bowl of hot tea with only one sip, and she wanted to remind her that it was too late.

Wang Rou was silent, holding tea in her right hand and covering it with her left hand as if she were drinking tea, and poured half a bowl of hot tea on her left hand without a trace. As soon as the tea fell into Wang Rou's mutton-like palm, it silently turned into a faint cold mist and disappeared into the air.

Seeing that Ji Chengche and Wang Rou had drunk the tea, Miss Ao suddenly stood up and stepped forward, raised her thick eyebrows and asked in a rough voice: "Hey, what do you want to do sneakily following Miss Ben all the way from Yunmen Pass?"

Ji Chengche looked up in amazement and said, "How can we follow you, half of the road goes on one side, but it just happens to be on the way." ”

"Fart!" Miss Ao slapped the table, "Grandma doesn't rub sand in her eyes, if you want to beat my idea, you first ask yourself how many heads you have on your neck!"

Ji Chengche couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect Ao Jianghai to be rude, his daughter is also a living treasure, and if he has a father, he must have a daughter.

I saw the shopkeeper of the wine shop walk slowly to the door, close the door with his right hand, flick his left sleeve, roll up the iron bolt leaning against the corner of the wall, and buckle it into the notch behind the door with a "clang".

It turned out to be a black shop, and it had a lot to do with Ao Jianghai's father and daughter.

Seeing that Ji Chengche refused to admit it, Miss Ao was furious and said, "If you don't open your mouth, don't you think Miss Ben doesn't know?" Say, what did Lin Zongtang send you to do, did you want to kill my father on the way to Tiandu City?"

Ji Cheng said blankly: "Girl, you recognize the wrong person." I don't know Lin Zongtang, let alone who your father is. ”

At this time, the curtain at the door of the kitchen was lifted, and Ma Zhu'er stood behind the door and said viciously: "Jiao'er, this kind of person doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, and he will be honest if he suffers a little." ”

Ao Jiao woke up when she heard this, and opened her big hand no less than a man's hand to grab Ji Chengqing and said, "I told you to be dishonest!"

Ji Chengche stretched out his hand to block, and said angrily: "This girl, why are you unreasonable...... Hey, my head is so dizzy!" As he spoke, his body softened, and his head popped into the table, and he passed out.

Ao Jiao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Aunt Ma, is the medicine you gave them heavy?"

Ma Zhu'er twisted his waist and swung his hips and walked to the table, and when he saw Wang Rou muttering unconscious, he sneered disdainfully: "The two chicks also dare to go to the rivers and lakes, is Lin Zongtang blind?"

The shopkeeper of the wine shop guarded behind the door, took out a tube of dry tobacco and took two puffs and said: "Could it be that the incident was committed back then? But it doesn't make sense, I know this secret except for the old brothers who died in battle, and only a few of us know, how did Lin Zongtang know?"

Ao Jiao was surprised: "Second uncle, what did my father do with you?"

The shopkeeper of the wine shop kept his mouth shut and smoked, and said with a hemp pole: "Jiao'er, it's not time for you to know about this matter." ”

Someone in the kitchen said angrily: "What do you know, we haven't done anything bad and are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, even if this matter is in front of Your Majesty, it is not a big deal!"

As he spoke, a tower-like black man came out of it, holding a bowl-thick iron rolling pin in his hand, staring at Ji Chengche and Wang Rou and said: "First smash these two puppies to death with a stick, and then let's discuss the matter of saving Big Brother Ao!"

The black-clothed young man who had been sitting there without squeaking only then spoke: "Sixth uncle, first ask about their origins. I always feel that these two people don't look like Lin Zongtang's minions. ”

The shopkeeper asked, "Dou Hu, when will your father arrive?"

The black-clothed young man replied respectfully: "Second uncle, don't worry, my father will definitely be able to get here after dealing with Lian He Guo and Wu Kui, at most there will be an hour." ”

The shopkeeper of the wine shop nodded and said, "Now I only wait for Qiu Laosan's letter." This guy has cultivated thousands of acres of good land in Taiping, opened seven or eight shops in Yumen Pass, and married a three-room wife, this life is moist and happy, but I am afraid of ......"

"What are you afraid of!" Ma Zhu'er sneered: "If it weren't for Brother Ao, this bastard would have died more than three times." If you dare to be a turtle with a shrunken head, the old lady will burn his Zhuangzi and see him happy!"

Suddenly, someone on the roof sighed: "Fourth sister, I hated the third child and didn't recruit you or provoke you, why did I set fire to Zhuangzi again?"

......The back window opened softly, and a middle-aged fat man weighing at least three hundred pounds rolled in like a tanuki, and landed silently without smoke and dust.

He has a greasy head and a flour face and silk satin, and he is full of the style of a rich man, but he is unparalleled in his light achievements, even if he has been pampered for many years, he has not degraded in the slightest.

Ao Jiao said happily: "Third uncle, have you heard the latest news about my father?"

The rich man moved his fat body to Ji Chengche and Wang Rou's table, grabbed the teapot and poured two sips, and said with a smile: "Jiao'er still knows the third uncle." I happened to be staying at a relative's house in the city last night, and when I got the news, I immediately went to the post station to see Brother Ao. ”

"Bullshit relative, isn't it your old peach blossom?" Ma Zhu'er spat and asked, "Have you seen Brother Ao?"

The rich man was slightly embarrassed and said: "That one who killed a thousand knives, Lian He Guo squatted beside Brother Ao all night, I ...... Well, Fourth Sister—"

"What?"

"It's nothing, it's just ......" The rich man rubbed his temples and swayed slowly: "The next time you put ingredients in the tea, remember to squeak the third brother——"

"Poof!" The body of more than 300 catties poured into the golden mountain and pushed the jade pillar straight into Ao Jiao's arms.

Ma Zhu'er quickly caught Qiu San and scolded: "Bastard, even my niece's tofu has to be eaten!"

At this time, the big man of the Black Tower had already tied up Ji Chengche and Wang Rou, and was holding Ji Chengqing's knife box back and forth, but he couldn't open it.

Ma Zhu'er shouted: "Shopkeeper, don't you like to mess with the mechanism or something, come and see what is in this box?"

The shopkeeper of the wine store took the knife box, but he didn't hold it steadily, and fell to the ground with a "dangchang", and immediately smashed a big hole.

The big man of the Black Tower slowly bent down and picked up the knife box, and said, "Second brother, this thing is very heavy, be careful not to hit your feet." ”

Ma Zhu'er scolded: "You didn't say it earlier!"

Ao Jiao said anxiously: "Don't worry about this box, wake them up first and ask them to understand!"

Caught off guard, I saw Ji Chengche raise his head, blinked his eyes and smiled: "Excuse me, I don't like to be poured cold water, so it's better to wake up by yourself." What do you want to ask?"

When the words fell, all the eyes in the room stared at Ji Chengqing in unison, as if they were living a ghost.