Li Fengyun took Gongsun Wuwu and Su Yunong to run out of more than fifty miles in one go, until the sky was slightly bright, and he saw the wall of a big city in the distance, and then stopped. Looking up, Li Fengyun felt that the scenery around him was a little familiar.

Su Yunong exclaimed, "Isn't this Zhaozhou, why did we come here?"

Li Fengyun was stunned for a moment, he had also been an official in Zhaozhou, no wonder he looked so familiar. Before they knew it, they had come to the vicinity of Zhaozhou.

Su Yunong untied the fake Yan Wushuang behind Li Fengyun, stretched out his hand to probe between his nose, sighed, and said, "He's dead, bury him!"

In the past two days, this Liao soldier has been frightened a lot, and Li Fengyun has sealed the acupoint with heavy techniques, and he can live for two days, which can be regarded as his life is hard enough.

Today's Hebei is already desolate, countless villages are desolate, small towns, soldiers have gone back and forth several times, the people are dying, fleeing, it is difficult to see the traces of people. Even a year or two ago, there were far fewer small thieves everywhere. Even if there were, they were bandits in large groups, and officers and troops in small groups were no match at all.

Except for towns like Zhaozhou City, there are stone forts with strong walls, which can barely gather some people.

found a remote place and buried the Liao soldiers. The three of them abandoned the three war horses, identified the direction, and found Lijiazhuang, the place where they were originally going to hide outside Zhaozhou City, but saw that a large part of the walled wall around Lijiazhuang had been missing, and there was not a single figure in the entire Lijiazhuang, there were traces of fighting and blackened blood everywhere, and Zhuangzi was also burned in half, and valuable things were looted, which should have just suffered a military disaster. I don't know if it was done by the Liao soldiers, or by the surrounding bandits and thieves.

This place is less than two miles away from Zhaozhou City, Lijiazhuang is not small, there were more than 1,000 people, and the wall is also strong, I didn't expect such a tragedy to happen.

The three of them were helpless, and it seemed that if they wanted to replenish supplies, they could only go to Zhaozhou City. The three of them brought well water, hurriedly scrubbed their bodies, washed away the bloody smell of their bodies, and found a few sets of clean clothes to change into in the secret room that had never been discovered.

Su Yunong put on makeup and disguise for Li Fengyun and Gongsun Wuwu, hid their respective weapons, packed up and headed towards the south gate of Zhaozhou City, preparing to enter Zhaozhou City as soon as the city gate was opened.

When arriving at the south gate of Zhaozhou City, it has been three poles in the sun, more than a dozen people gathered outside Zhaozhou City who are ready to enter the city, if it was before, Zhaozhou City should have opened the city gate, but at this time it has already passed, and the gate of Zhaozhou City has never been opened.

Li Fengyun was a little strange, and said to himself: "Isn't this Zhaozhou City open the city gate at the time of Chen, why is it not open when it is time?"

When a man next to him heard Li Fengyun's words, he interjected: "This uncle, don't you know? The rules for opening the city gate in Zhaozhou City have long been changed, and the current Zhaozhou City only opens the city gate at noon, and closes the city gate when it comes to Shen, and only opens for two hours. ”

"Why is this so?" asked Li Fengyun.

"The three of them are from somewhere else, right? I don't even know the rules of this Zhaozhou City. The man glanced at Li Fengyun and the three of them a few times.

Gongsun Wuwu hurriedly bowed his hand and replied: "We are from Yangzhou, and we have come all the way to Zhaozhou to discuss a business. This is my sister, this is my bodyguard. I really didn't expect the Central Plains to be like this now. ”

"Isn't it a war raging yet?" the man sighed, not suspicious, and explained, "The war is in chaos, what kind of business is the son still here to discuss, and it is good to be able to save a life." I heard that two days ago, a group of bandits extinguished Zhaojiazhuang and Lijiazhuang outside Zhaozhou City, and the flames could be seen dozens of miles away, leaving not a single living mouth. Some people also say that this thing was done by the Khitans. Who can say this kind of thing?"

Li Fengyun and the three of them glanced at each other, and they were horrified, it seems that most of them were done by the Liao people in Zhaozhou City, the walls of Lijiazhuang are strong, and there are some martial arts masters among them, ordinary bandits can't break through at all, and only the Liao people have such strength.

The man continued: "Today's Hebei is not comparable to back then, there are bandits everywhere, and there are a few times when they almost came to Zhaozhou City, so they changed the rules."

Not only that, since the Khitans came, if they wanted to enter the city, they also needed to have a letter of guarantee signed by the local gentry, writing clearly what they were going to do in Zhaozhou City and what their purpose was, so they would be put into the city. If you miss the time and can't get out of the city, you also need to have a certificate of insurance to stay in the hotel. Otherwise, they will be arrested by the officers and soldiers and put in prison. If no witnesses can be found, they will be beheaded as bandits.

I advise the three of them to leave quickly if they don't have a guarantee. If the officers and soldiers knew about it, it would be difficult to save their lives, especially this girl, who would suffer even more. ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and Gongsun said without worry: "It seems that this time it is really in vain, and they have suffered so much in vain along the way." ”

The three of them did not dare to delay, left the gate of Zhaozhou City, returned to Lijiazhuang, and took out their blades.

Li Fengyun said: "Brother Wuwu, Yu Nong, what do you think you should do next?"

Gongsun Wuwu said: "It seems that this place cannot stay for a long time. We made a fuss with Xiao Yu, our whereabouts have been exposed, I believe that the Liao people have believed that Yan Daxia has broken through with us, and there should be no danger on Yan Daxia's side.

According to the speed of the Liao people, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Liao people will search here. The three war horses that we abandoned have the marks of the Liao people on them, and they will be discovered sooner or later. I am afraid that the area around this Zhaozhou City will become the focus of the search, although this secret room is secret, it can't withstand the careful search of the Liao people, and it can't hide people. I think it's better to leave sooner.

To the east and south, there are heavy troops of the Liao people, and they can't go. To the north through Zhenzhou is Taiheng Mountain, but it is a good place for Tibetans, but Zhenzhou has always been a heavy place for soldiers, and the Liao people were originally going to be the capital, and it is very likely that they have laid a net waiting for us. To the west, to the east of the river, is probably the only place we can go. ”

Li Fengyun and Su Yunong felt that Gongsun Wuwu's analysis was reasonable, the territory of Hedong had expanded a lot in the past few months, and they could reach the boundary of Hedong in a day or two. When they reached the border east of the river, they were completely safe. Otherwise, more than 100 miles to the west, it is the remnants of Taihang Mountain, and hiding in Taihang Mountain is far more difficult to be found on this unobstructed plain.

The three of them set the direction, found some coarse grains, wild vegetables, and fruits that had been missed in Lijiazhuang, filled their stomachs, and did not dare to stay and rest in Lijiazhuang, so they immediately set off and went all the way to the west.