Luanzhou City, on the western outskirts of the city, a small land temple sits alone in the wilderness. Loneliness, desolation, are words that can be used to describe this small temple, because for miles around it are barren loess, clumps of weeds, and dead leaves. The temple has been uninhabited and repaired for many years, and half of the earthen wall on the right side has collapsed, and the roof has also broken a large hole, revealing several beams, and the black tiles are almost intact, covering them unevenly, barely sheltering some wind and rain.

Because of the rise of Wenxiang Sect, its followers are all over Zhili, Henan, Shandong and other places, Luanzhou is the closest state capital to the religious capital Shifokou, and the influence of Wenxiang Sect in it is naturally huge, which also leads to the loss of support of other religions such as Buddhism and Taoism here. This dilapidated land temple is a true portrayal, not to mention pilgrims on weekdays, because there is no adjacent official road, even passers-by rarely see one.

But at this moment, there are rare many people coming to the front lawn of the broken temple.

The cold wind blew Shen Jiuling's hair flying, and the expression on her pale face was complicated, some were puzzled, some were unwilling, and more angry.

She was tied tightly to the trunk of an ancient tree in front of the temple at the moment, and the acupuncture points were restrained, unable to move, and unable to speak. She didn't understand why Lin Hongmeng and Zhang Song, who seemed to have a good relationship, treated her like this, and she didn't know who they were waiting for now. She only knew that she had lost her freedom, and this was all because of her own willfulness, at this moment, in addition to the hatred of Lin Hongmeng and others and the fear of not knowing what was going to happen, there was also a trace of regret in her heart. Gao Jie's sentence "The hearts of people in the rivers and lakes are sinister", she didn't like to listen to it before, and she didn't disdain to listen to it, but now when she thinks about it, she regrets not listening to it carefully.

Zhang Song didn't dare to look at Shen Jiuling tied to the big tree, speaking of which, he coveted the beauty of Master Guiyuan, a female apprentice, and even thought of wanting his father to go to Baoming Temple to propose marriage. So he didn't dare to get close to Shen Jiuling, let alone look at her vicious eyes, so he had to pretend to look around, feeling so uneasy.

Lin Hongmeng turned a blind eye to Shen Jiuling's gaze, her thick eyebrows tangled together, staring at the grass wilderness in the distance expressionlessly, standing in the wind like a sculpture.

Zhang Song pretended to approach Lin Hongmeng unintentionally, glanced at her, and said coldly, "Are you sure Gao Jie will come for Jiu'er?"

Lin Hongmeng didn't even move her eyelids, and there was no emotion in her voice: "I'm not sure!"

Zhang Song's eyes widened, and he shouted in shock and anger: "Not sure?!

Lin Hongmeng said: "Besides this, do you have any other way?"

Lin Hongmeng is indeed not sure that she can use Shen Jiuling to attract Gao Jie, but she always does things when she thinks of them, without delay.

At the moment when she suddenly saw Shen Jiuling in Luanzhou City, her already depressed heart came back to life, the shadow of defeat faded in an instant, and Lin Hongmeng seemed to see the possibility of success again.

As Zhang Song said, she didn't know Gao Jie, and she wasn't sure if Gao Jie would come as promised for Shen Jiuling. However, she can't fail, because she has never failed, so at this moment, she can and must take a chance, there is no way out!

Zhang Song snorted and said, "Aren't you worried that you will offend the old nun of Guiyuan and destroy the relationship between my sect and the Western Mahayana sect?"

Lin Hongmeng said leisurely: "As long as you can get the White Lotus Holy Relic, you can do whatever it takes!

Zhang Song was dumbfounded, and only said after a while: "Then why don't we do it in Luanzhou City, and directly copy Gao Jie's nest, so that we have to go to this wilderness to blow the cold wind?"

Lin Hongmeng deliberately pretended to meet Shen Jiuling by chance in Luanzhou City, and after greeting him, he began to ask Gao Jie's whereabouts. After learning that this little girl had forgotten the way back, Lin Hongmeng couldn't cry or laugh.

Lin Hongmeng is not only Zhang Guanglin's most proud apprentice, but also his most powerful assistant, plus there are often intersections of business, mission, geography and other affairs between the Hongyang Sect and the Wenxiang Sect, she has not come to Luanzhou once or twice, and soon found the courtyard where Gao Jie and others lived according to Shen Jiuling.

Subsequently, Lin Hongmeng did not immediately organize people to attack the courtyard, but unexpectedly restrained the defenseless Shen Jiuling and returned to the place where he stayed.

After some consideration, she made a careful plan to exchange the holy relics, and then paid the price of a rock sugar gourd to let the child bring the letter to Gao Jie.

Hearing Zhang Song's questioning, Lin Hongmeng glanced at him, as if he was looking at a fool, and then said coldly: "Can you use your brains? ! Do you do it in Luanzhou City?! Don't you know that there are government soldiers, government servants, and garrisons in the city?

Zhang Song wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't find a reason, so he had to rush to the other side of the broken temple angrily, squatting down and sulking.

Lin Hongmeng raised his eyes again to look at the withered yellow wilderness in front of him, the half-human-tall withered grass stretched for miles, and the cold wind blew, forming waves of grass of different depths.

"Perhaps, Gao Jie, they have already arrived, and they are waiting for an opportunity in the decaying grass!" Lin Hongmeng thought as she turned the thin stick in her hand. She was ready, her body was at its best, and her fingers were flexible and agile enough to turn the stick.

She didn't feel the slightest nervousness, just eagerness and excitement, full of anticipation for what was going to happen.

In the clumps of decaying grass, although Lin Hongmeng did not see anything wrong, her feelings and guesses were correct and accurate.

That's right, Gao Jie, they are hiding in the grass half a mile away from the Land Temple at the moment.

Dong Ge, Wang Rui, Yu Hongzhi and Ji Longfeng arrived first, and after observing the surrounding environment of the broken temple and the situation of the enemy from a distance, they could already conclude that it was the black-clothed masked people who arrested Shen Jiuling last night. At the same time, it was found that the number of enemies standing outside the temple was exactly the same as last night's.

Ji Longfeng saw that Shen Jiuling was tied to the trunk of a tree, and in a hurry, he almost rushed out to save people, but fortunately, Wang Rui had already taken precautions and hugged him.

Ji Longfeng's eyes were on fire, and he said hurriedly: "There are only a few of them, with the four of us, they can definitely take it, what are you waiting for, don't you see how pitiful and desolate Miss Jiu'er is?"

Brother Dong understood that Ji Longfeng's love was just beginning, and he was concerned about it, so he patted his head lightly and comforted: "Listen to my sister's words, don't worry! It seems that there are only a few enemies on the surface, but who knows if there are any ambush soldiers in the broken temple? Since we dare to openly invite us to come here to change people, things are definitely not that simple!"

Ji Longfeng looked bitter, and said unconvinced: "Then I will quietly touch the back of the tree, and I can rescue the Jiu'er girl first!"

When Wang Rui heard this, he slapped him on the head, picked up the second brother's shelf and said, "Are you stupid?!" The grass is two hundred steps away from the big tree, and the leader is so close to the Jiu'er girl, even if you can fly, you can't beat him!"

Dong Ge Han said: "That's right, the enemy is very cunning, and he will never leave any loopholes for us to catch, it should have been carefully arranged a long time ago." I don't know if you have seen it, there seems to be something shining in the hair on the top of Jiu'er's head, which is probably inflicted on her by the enemy. If we act recklessly, not only will we not be able to save people, but we are afraid that we will also harm her life!"

When Ji Longfeng heard this, he really found something strange after a closer look, and there seemed to be a shiny needle inserted on the Baihui point above Shen Jiuling's head. He knew that Brother Dong's analysis was true, and his body finally relaxed, giving up the idea of rushing up to save people, and said weakly: "Then what should I do, just wait?"

Brother Dong smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, Jiu'er must be rescued, and he will definitely be rescued! However, the enemy is waiting for the rabbit, so naturally there are already arrangements, and we must also discuss practical rescue methods and work together." Now, let's disperse first, take a good look at the situation in the front and back of the Land Temple, and then come back here, wait for Xiaojie and them to come, and then discuss the plan of action!"

Half an hour later, Gao Jie, Hui Jing, and Wukong followed the secret notes left by Dong Ge and the others, and joined them in this bush.

After listening to the report on the surrounding environment and the enemy's arrangement, Gao Jie carefully observed the position of Lin Hongmeng and the others, and after a little thought, he spoke: "Since it is confirmed that these people are the masked people from last night, that means that it is really possible that they do not know the existence of Wukong and my senior sister, then, they can be used as surprise soldiers." ”

Brother Dong nodded and said, "That's right, I think so, the five of us walked over to negotiate with each other first to distract their attention." Hui Jing and Wukong quietly lie in ambush in the grass closest to Jiu'er, and rush over to rescue and protect Jiu'er at the right time. At the same time, several of us must also act at the same time, killing or controlling the enemy with thunderous means. Given that the mysterious needle may be the most important means for the enemy to control Jiu'er, and perhaps a lethal one, we must make sure that we can't let people get close to Jiu'er and trigger that needle, and this is the most difficult thing to do!"

Gao Jie thought for a while and said, "Brother Dong's sister has a very careful plan, I agree! Regarding the issue of that needle, I think about it like this! Since that needle may be the most critical thing to control Jiu'er girl, then it must not be an ordinary person who triggers and controls it... ”

Ji Longfeng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "The needle caster or controller must be one of those two leaders!"

Gao Jie gave Ji Longfeng a thumbs up and said, "That's a good point, then what?"

Ji Longfeng was stunned, and said blankly: "What?"

Gao Jie smiled bitterly: "I thought you understood what I was going to say, but it turned out that there was no then... ”

Ji Longfeng was unconvinced: "Didn't you just say that the one who can control that needle can only be two leaders?

Gao Jie gestured to Brother Dong with his eyes, and Brother Dong couldn't help but smile and said: "Big head, what Xiao Jie said means is that since the one who controls that needle should be one of the two leaders, when the five of us suddenly attack, we must concentrate our firepower, first make every effort to level the two leaders, ensure that the Jiu'er girl is free of life, and then deal with those minions who know how to form formations!"

Ji Longfeng understood instantly, but he pretended to be calm, as if he had known it for a long time, and said lightly: "This is obvious, isn't it?"

Seeing Ji Longfeng's unbeaten look, everyone stared at him coldly and didn't say a word.

Ji Longfeng glanced around, and just when he felt that something was wrong, a raindrop of fists and slaps landed on his big head.

According to the plan, Gao Jie, Dong Ge, Wang Rui, Yu Hongzhi and Ji Longfeng stood up, pushed aside the long grass, and walked towards the Land Temple.

Seeing that Gao Jie and the others finally appeared, Zhang Song's expression changed, and he walked quickly to Lin Hongmeng's side, clenching the narrow Tang knife in his hand.

Lin Hongmeng looked at the five Gao Jie who walked out of the grass, her eyes flickered, and a strange smile appeared on her face.

The cold wind howled, bringing Lin Hongmeng's hoarse and ugly voice to the ears of Gao Jie and the others: "Stop! What about the two of you? Why don't you come out together!"