Unfolding the letter paper and briefly glancing at it, Fang Tianyou rode his horse to Xu Ruyi's side: "Overseer, there is news from the capital, saying that Miss Ouyang, the Shen family master, and Young Master Gu are missing. ”

"Gone?" Xu Ruyi pulled the reins and stopped: "What do you mean it's gone? If you are tied up or run away from home, there should always be a clue, right? Is it that the world has evaporated for no reason?"

"I guess I'm not being kidnapped. Fang Tianyou hesitated for a moment and said, "The commander said in a letter that the day before we left Beijing, someone below seemed to see these three people going out of the city. ”

Xu Ruyi thought for a while and said with a smile: "Shen Hongxian, that money fan, where did Bacheng hear the news, and wanted to find the whereabouts of the silver first." ”

"Overseer, do you want your subordinates to send someone to find them?"

"Not really. Xu Ruyi shook his head and said: "The three of them ran into the field, who could find it? Besides, their destination must also be Majiaji, and it is not too late to find it when they get to the place." ”

With a clamp between his legs, the dark horse under his crotch slowly moved forward again. On the official road, Xu Ruyi and Fang Tianyou rushed with four hundred horsemen. In the middle of the team is Xu Ruyi's factory bus driver. I was just a little bored from sitting, so I came out to ride a horse to breathe, but I didn't expect to hear such news.

"Overseer, you don't seem to be very worried?" Fang Tianyou asked.

"Nothing to worry about. Xu Ruyi waved his hand: "The three of them are not weak in kung fu, and they are all lively, so there is nothing big about it." ”

"That's just as well. Fang Tianyou nodded, then looked at the sky, and said, "Overseer, it's not early, there is a small city ten miles ahead, why don't we rest there today?"

"There's no need. Xu Ruyi said coldly: "The soldiers are very fast, and if you arrive at Majiaji a day late, you may miss any clues." Tell the next to hurry up. Don't think about sleeping in bed until you arrive at Majiaji. ”

"Yes. Fang Tianyou gave up, and then rode away.

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Night is falling

In a nameless ruined temple in the wilderness, a bonfire crackled, and the firelight shone, and Shen Hongxian and Ouyang's faces were roasted red. Even though it's summer, it's still a little chilly at night, and it's always a little cold when there's no fire.

Gu Yuezhen walked in from outside with a handful of firewood and grass, looked at Shen Hongxian and Ouyang with some embarrassment, and said, "Let's rest here today, let's set off early tomorrow morning, and we will definitely find the direction." ”

"Hopefully. Shen Hongxian rolled her eyes, took out some dry food from her baggage and handed it to Ouyang: "Sister eat first, go to bed early after eating, and save looking at someone upset." ”

Among the three, Ouyang has lived in the capital for a long time, and Shen Hongxian has grown up in the mountains, only Gu Yue is really a person who has really gone far away. The burden of leading the way naturally fell on him.

But in fact, Gu Yue is really a natural road idiot, out of the face of a man, he leads the way with his head in front of him. Originally, I thought that I would follow the official road all the way, and it should be no problem to even ask questions. But who knows, and I don't know which path forked in, the three of them turned into a wilderness, and they couldn't even find their way back.

Fortunately, I finally met such a small temple, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be overwhelmed.

The small temple is not big, and it should be a temple like the land of a mountain god. It was tattered, cobwebs were everywhere, and the painted pieces of paint on the statue were peeling, apparently abandoned for a long time.

The three of them quietly ate wine, meat and dry food, and talked about gossip without a match.

"Miss Shen, why do you like money so much?"

"You can't take care of it. ”

"Miss Shen, how are you going to investigate the salt tax case?"

"Let's talk about it when we get to the place. ”

choked one sentence at a time, and rolled Gu Yue's eyes at the top. But he still has the cheekiness to insist, there is no way, who let himself be at fault first?

As he was talking, a rough voice suddenly sounded outside the temple: "Friends in the temple, my two brothers have traveled here, and they want to ask for a corner to live, I don't know if it is convenient?"

The rough voice shouted, and then he was speechless, waiting for a response from the temple.

Gu Yuezhen looked at Ouyang and Shen Hongxian, and was a little undecided.

Is it convenient?

It's definitely not very convenient.

It wouldn't matter if there was only Gu Yuezhen alone, but now that there are still two girls' families, it is always a bit dangerous to have two more outsiders.

Gu Yuezhen was still hesitating here, but Shen Hongxian took out a veil from his arms and covered his face, and then shouted crisply: "They are all friends on the road, where is there anything inconvenient, just come in." ”

"Thank you. As the words fell, two big men walked in from outside the temple.

One carried an iron spear on his back, and the other had a short knife pinned to his waist. They are all dressed in strong clothes, and they look mediocre, but they don't seem to be treacherous and wicked.

The man with the iron gun on his back took the first step, walked into the temple, looked at Gu Yuezhen and the three of them, and said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

Without saying anything, he and his brother went to the other side and sat down.

"Actually, you don't have to think about it. Shen Hongxian whispered to Gu Yuezhen: "In the wilderness, there is no one around. If the two of them really have bad intentions, it doesn't matter if you let them in or not. If they're really just passing by, it's okay to make it easier. ”

"Uh... That's right. Gu Yue really thought about it, it really made sense.

Looking up, the two brothers were eating two steamed buns with two buns at the moment, and they didn't speak, looking very dull.

Gu Yuezhen pondered for a moment, got up and walked over.

"Two brothers. Gu Yuezhen bowed her hand and said: "Xiaosheng Gu Yuezhen, I went to Majiaji to join my relatives, and I got lost in this left near for a while, I don't know if the two brothers can point in a direction." ”

The iron spearman looked Gu Yuezhen up and down, shook his head and said with a smile: "Little brother, seeing that your temples are bulging and you still have calluses on your fists, you should also be a Jianghu person." It's okay to pretend to be a student, but the reason for going to Majiaji to join his relatives is a bit too fake. ”

Without waiting for Gu Yuezhen to answer, the man who made the short knife raised his head and glanced at Gu Yuezhen: "Okay, don't pretend, there are only two kinds of people who want to go to Majiaji at this time, one is interested in the 400,000 taels of silver that was robbed in the imperial court, and the other is that he is optimistic about the bonus of Yanyulou and wants to pick the head of the eunuch leader." Vote for relatives, and you will come out of the loss. ”

"Uh. Gu Yuezhen's face was originally a little embarrassed to be exposed, but after listening to the words of this short knife man, he was suddenly stunned: "Yanyulou?"

"Why, you don't know?" said the Iron Gunner.

Gu Yuezhen scratched her head and asked again: "The younger brother is new to the rivers and lakes, but he has never heard the name of this Yanyu Building. Doesn't it mean that the top forces in the rivers and lakes are the four sects and seven sects? When did such a smoke and rain building come out again?"

The short knife man concentrated on dealing with the bun in his hand, and didn't seem to want to deal with Gu Yuezhen, or the iron gunman explained: "Yanyulou is a killer organization, when it was established, and who are some people in the organization, no one knows. However, it is said that there are countless masters in this smoke and rain building, hidden in the rivers and lakes. They have never missed a target.

Let's put it this way, as long as you can afford it, there is no head that they can't buy.

Sometimes, however, when they feel that the price is not right, they will put the price on their employer's behalf, and if someone takes it, they will take a little bit of oil and water from it. This time the matter was the same, someone paid 100,000 taels of silver to buy the head of Xu Ruyi, the factory of Dongchang, Yanyulou felt that the price was not suitable, so he put out the list. Now with red eyes, he is rushing to the Ma family to catch up with people, and nine times out of ten, it is for this matter. ”

"How is this possible?" Gu Yuezhen frowned, her face incredulous: "Even if someone wins, where can they get the reward?"

"That's not a worry. The Iron Gunman shook his head and said, "Yanyu Building is also an old signboard. As long as you do something, they will naturally have a way to contact you, and they will never lose your money. ”

"That's it... Gu Yuezhen pondered for a moment and asked, "The two brothers are also going to the Ma family, and they also want the 100,000 taels of silver?"

"Don't be a brother or a brother, it's a shame to listen to. The short-knife man seemed to be full of steamed buns, burped, and said impatiently: "Your name is Gu Yue, my name is Han Dao, this is my eldest brother, my name is Wu Gun." The two of us also went to Ma's house, but not for the silver, but purely to see the excitement. It doesn't have a name, but it's thirty miles east to get on the official road. When the time comes, you will not get lost if you follow the official road. ”

After saying these words in one breath, Han Dao leaned back and lay on the ground: "Is there any problem, no problem, Lao Tzu will sleep first." ”

Wu Gun nodded to Gu Yuezhen apologetically: "Brother Gu, don't take it to heart, my brother is like this, he doesn't want to socialize with others, and he is choking when he speaks, please don't be surprised." ”

"No, no. Although Gu Yuezhen felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she didn't want to say anything, after all, people didn't owe anything to her. got up and was about to leave, but there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the temple.

This time it's not like this Wu gun and Han knife, and before entering the temple, I knew to shout, but I just went inside.

The sound of footsteps sounded, and when I looked up again, a figure had staggered in.

"Help, help, don't kill me, don't kill me!" looked panicked, dressed in tatters, and covered in dirt. The man screamed as he rushed in the direction of the altar of the idol.

The next moment, before coming to the offering stage, looking at the statue that I didn't know was the fairy, this person trembled for a while and seemed to be a little stronger: "Grandpa Fairy, it's none of my business, I didn't kill the person, I didn't kill it!"

Several people in the temple glanced at each other, and their eyes revealed a meaning: "This person... A madman?"

It seems that he is indeed a madman, with no words, no one around, dull eyes, strange actions, and madness seem to be the best explanation. However, the most indispensable thing to walk in the rivers and lakes is to be cautious. What if this person is a hypocrisy and is not insane?

Gu Yuezhen stepped forward first and asked, "This brother, you... ”

Before Gu Yuezhen finished speaking, the madman suddenly screamed strangely, and knelt on the ground with a pop: "General, Lao Li, I am not from the White Lotus Sect, I didn't do it, I didn't do it!"

"This, this is what to do, brother, hurry up. Gu Yuezhen was about to bend down to help, but as soon as his hand touched the madman, the madman seemed to be greatly frightened, and jumped three feet high on the spot: "I said that it has nothing to do with me, you still don't let me go, okay, I, Li Dake, will also be a ghost to accompany you, come to a hundred!" The figure rushed forward, Gu Yue was really in a trance, and in the next moment, the madman's head had hit the corner of the offering table, and for a time it was really ten thousand peach blossoms.

The corpse fell to the ground, and there were still slight twitches in its hands and feet, but it must have been the kind that was dead and could not be saved.

Why?

Gu Yuezhen was stunned and stretched out her hand to wipe the couplet, and when she looked at it again, there was still a little white gelatinous substance in the bloodstains.

Don't talk about it if you're bold, this disgusting touch is really fatal.

Before the fear was felt, Gu Yue Zhenxian vomited with a "wow", bent over, coughing while spitting, nothing bad at all, and vomited all on the body of this madman.

The death of the corpse was already quite disgusting, plus Gu Yue really poured "halogen"... The more Gu Yuezhen vomited, the more she couldn't stop.

The two brothers, Han Dao and Wu Gun, have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and the dead have long been strange. Seeing that there was no danger and not caring about anything, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.

Ouyang and Shen Hongxian's two girls' families should be scared and disgusted by reason. But in fact, Shen Hongxian was born in a doctor's family, and he has long been accustomed to life and death, as for Ouyang...

Let's put it this way, Yun Zheng has also taken her in to "play" a few times in the edict of Dongchang.

"Sister Red. Ouyang said softly: "This madman doesn't seem to be an ordinary person. ”

"Hmm. Shen Hongxian nodded, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "This madman named Li Dake shouted the general in his mouth, and he kept emphasizing that he didn't do it, but the White Lotus Sect. ”

"Calling the general means that he is likely to be from the army. Ouyang was also on the side, "It's just that the White Lotus Sect did something to scare him stupidly?"

Ouyang and Shen Hongxian didn't figure out this for a while, and they didn't think about the Merlin robbery. This is not incomprehensible, after all, the White Lotus Sect has a good reputation, and if a madman breaks their good deeds, then he will not let him run away. So the last guess of the two of them is that maybe this madman is also from the White Lotus Sect?

Gu Yuezhen vomited cleanly, and finally stopped for a while. When I came back, I took a water bag and poured it twice, and rinsed my mouth. Then he smiled bitterly: "It's all done, I went up for no reason to take some stubble, and I made a fuss for nothing." ”

"The same cannot be said. Shen Hongxian smiled: "Fortunately, he died, otherwise if we make trouble in this temple all night, none of us will have to sleep, how can we hurry tomorrow?"