After Zhang San left Yanjing that day, he returned to the thatched hut in the suburbs, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't help but find no trace of Pei Manzhen, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Where has my sister gone? Will she say goodbye to the same thing as last time? Will she encounter any danger? What should I do, should I go to her? Where should I find it?" He and Pei Manzhen had only known each other for a few days, but in these few days, the two of them had experienced life and death, and he had already unconsciously regarded Pei Manzhen as his own sister in his heart. He has been dependent on his mother since he was a child, and he has been living with the big yellow dog Li Si since his mother left, and he has long been accustomed to being accompanied by him in his life. At this time, he lost his sister who treated him sincerely, which really made him very uncomfortable.

Zhang San kept pacing near the hut, thinking about how to find Pei Manzhen, and before he knew it, he had gone far away. Seeing that there was a small hill not far in front of me where my mother was buried, I walked over. When he looked down, he suddenly found that there were traces of a fight, messy footprints, and even blood stains, apparently experiencing a fierce conflict between several people. Zhang San's heart tightened: "Is it my sister?" He has lived in the mountains since he was a child, and he is quite good at mountain road tracking and branch scratch analysis, etc., he carefully observed the marks on the ground, and found that in addition to the traces of the fight, there were two sets of footprints in different directions, one group was two, it looked like a man and a woman, and the other group was five or six women, which made him embarrassed, which side was the direction of Pei Manzhen?

"That's it, let's choose a woman with a lot of women to find it all the way. Zhang San secretly decided that instead of being indecisive in this move, it was better to follow the footprints on the side with a good chance first, and in case he couldn't find Pei Manzhen, it would not be too late to turn back and find the other side. made up his mind, went back to the hut to pack up, took a few taels of broken silver left by Pei Manzhen, and looked for it in the direction of footprints.

A few days later, when he came to a small town, Zhang San found a restaurant, asked for food, and sat there to eat. At this time, he was quite irritable in his heart, first, he had not found any trace of Pei Manzhen for several days, and second, he had not much silver taels on his body, and he was afraid that there would be little left after eating this meal. Just as it was boring, a few girls came into the store, a total of six people, five in purple and one in white. A few people were very strange, they didn't talk much, they only asked the shopkeeper for a few bowls of noodles and sat there quietly, and the girl in white had tears on her face, as if she had been bullied, and she didn't look at others, just lowered her head and fiddled with the small bell hanging from her waist. The shopkeeper brought the noodles, and one of the women in purple said, "Eat quickly, and after eating, you will continue to rush west." ”

Zhang San saw that although these people were strange, he didn't take it to heart, and after eating, he walked around and asked some people, but there was still no news of Pei Manzhen. Seeing that it was still early, he decided to continue all the way south, and after a while he arrived at a city, when he looked up, there were three golden characters written on the plaque of the city gate: Zhigu Village. This Zhigu village is the Haijin town when the Yuan unified the Chinese mainland, and the Tianjin Wei in the Ming Dynasty. During the Song and Liao dynasties, the Haihe River was called the "Boundary River" at that time. To the north of the Jiehe River, it belongs to Wuqing County, Liaoyoudu Prefecture (later changed to Jinfu), and to the south of the Jiehe River, it belongs to the Northern Song Dynasty, Gaoyangguan Road, Qianningjun and Cangzhou Qingchi County. The Song Dynasty set up many military strongholds south of the Jiehe River - "Zhai" and "Pu", such as Nigu, Shuanggang, Sannu, Nanhe, Shawl, Duliu, etc., to prevent the Liao army from moving south. Until the second year of Jin Zhenyou (1214), set up "Zhigu Village", and sent the capital to complete Yan You, the deputy capital to complete Yan Yan bite and guard, "Zhigu Village" was named accordingly. The name of "Zhigu" began to appear in the historical books, and Tianjin became an important military town in southern Jinan.

Zhigu Village is only more than 200 miles away from Yanjing, here is Caoyun, the main road of the waterway, although the prosperity can not be compared with Yanjing, but the guard is also extremely strict, in the past, businessmen and people need to pass at least three or more checkpoints for interrogation and inspection, so there has already been a long queue outside the city. At this moment, the sun has not yet set, the weather is sultry, and Zhang San is already sweating. He is a teenager with a young heart, he is very active, and he can't stop looking left and right, he just hopes that the team can go faster, so that he can go to the city as soon as possible to inquire about Pei Manzhen's whereabouts. was depressed, so he listened to the two behind him chatting:

"I heard that no, Miss Chen is missing. ”

"Such a big thing, how can I not know, I heard that it was fine the night before, but the next morning the maid entered the room but did not see the shadow of the young lady, and I didn't find it after looking for a day, which made the Chen family anxious. That Chen Yuanwai has already offered a large bounty, as long as anyone can find his daughter, he will get a thousand taels of silver. ”

"One thousand taels! If anyone finds this, they will not have to worry about food and clothing for the next three lifetimes. ”

"Silly brother, how can it be so easy, I think this Miss Chen was taken away by the flower thief. Recently, young women have often disappeared in this vicinity, and even the Mongolian yamen have begun to pay attention. ”

"Yo! The Mongols are quite righteous, and they don't just kill people and set fires. ”

"Alas, otherwise it will be difficult to conform to the will of the people, and now there are a large number of Mongolians living in the Zhigu village, and they have to think about themselves. ”

The two were still chatting, but Zhang San didn't listen anymore, at this time he was already penniless in his pocket, when he heard a thousand taels of snowflake silver, his eyes lit up, and he had already calculated in his heart, he might as well inquire about Pei Manzhen's whereabouts first, if he wasn't here, it would be better to help Chen Yuanwai find his daughter first, so as to earn some money as travel expenses.

After some time, the sky had darkened, and Zhang San finally entered the city. He originally wanted to inquire about Pei Manzhen's whereabouts, but the pedestrians on the road gradually became scarce, and he had no money to stay in, so he had no choice but to go to Chen's Mansion first, and on the pretext of finding someone, he might be able to stay for one night.

Zhang San took some troubles, and finally found the Chen Mansion, the door of the mansion has not yet closed, Zhang San explained his intention to the family in front of the door, and saw that the family Ding saw that he was quite contemptuous, obviously thinking that he was young and did not seem to have the ability to find the young lady. Zhang San didn't care, took out a slingshot from his arms, picked up a stone on the ground and shot it at the stone lion in front of the mansion, only to hear the sound of "dang", the stone penetrated the stone lion's left eye, and hit the wall behind it, and the wall was dented by three points. This made the family stunned, he never expected that the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy in front of him would have such divine power, and shouted: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute." He turned around and flew towards the courtyard.

After a while, the family came out and said respectfully to Zhang San: "The master has invited a strong man, please here." Zhang San nodded, and walked into the Chen Mansion with the family. The Chen family is the largest household in Zhigu Village, and the house is naturally very magnificent. Zhang San has lived in the mountains since he was a child, and he rarely comes out and walks around, and I am afraid that such a large mansion is the first time I have seen it except for the **** who entered the Khan Mansion in Yanjing City with Yang Baozhong to rescue Lu Guoxuan. Besides, last time it was sneaky, and many buildings were not seen clearly at all, but this will be different, and it will be quite exciting to look at this and west along the way.

The family took Zhang San through a large garden, and walked around for a while, only then did they arrive at a large mansion. Jia Ding said: "The master is in the hall, the strong man please come with me." Zhang San entered with the family, and saw an old man in his sixties sitting in the main hall, with white temples and a golden brocade robe, but his face was very haggard. When the old man saw the two of them coming, he got up to greet them. Jia Ding said: "Master, the strong man is here." Zhang San hugged his fists and smiled: "Chen Yuanwai, it's polite." The old man looked at Zhang San carefully, and saw that he had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, so he frowned, and said to Jia Ding: "Dejin, this is what you said about a strong man with extraordinary divine power?" Jia Ding responded: "Yes, master, I saw this strong man with my own eyes just now piercing the stone lion in front of the door with a stone." ”

"Hmm, the old man is about to open his eyes. Do the strong men mind?" Seeing that Zhang San nodded and said yes, the old man instructed the family: "Dejin, bring me the Yangyu bow that I have collected." The family answered, and walked towards the back hall, and after a while, he and another family member brought a big bow, which looked very heavy.