The rich businessman is also blinded, he knows this lotus dart game, he doesn't know how big shili is, but there is one thing he is extremely clear, that is, if the lotus dart game destroys him, it will be easy. The rich merchant sat there thinking about it, and his head was all in chaos.

At this time, Zhao Sange's words sounded: "Brother, there is no need to be so pessimistic, since the two virtuous nephews returned safely and lost money, besides, the matter is not involving people from the Ethereal faction, and it is estimated that there are no other major events." But, brother, remember that this matter will stop here, and don't trouble those people, in case the ethereal faction knows about it......"

This sentence was like the gospel, and when he heard it in the ears of the rich merchant, he immediately woke up and said, "I know the third brother, and I wish I could give them another five thousand taels of silver now." Come on, send the two young masters back to the courtyard, give me a good look, and let them not come out for a month, not three months. ”

"No, don't lock up in the yard just yet. "Third Brother Zhao stopped the rich merchant's order. "Don't give him two smears, that's it, swollen face, it's best to put a few more big boards, so that they can't walk normally, and let the two of them go to the restaurant and other places to eat and drink tomorrow, and if you let people spread the rumors again, just say that the two of them molested the village girl, and you taught them a hard lesson. ”

The rich merchant was overjoyed when he heard this, cocked his thumb and said, "Third brother, good idea." Come on, give me a tough slap on these two brutes. ”

Pity the two Humpty Dumpty, they didn't understand that it was still a good idea for Weishenme to be beaten, so they had to scold this cheap third uncle fiercely in their hearts when they shouted for mercy.

After Zhao Sange finished these things, he turned to Zhao Quansheng and said, "Quansheng, you have handled this matter very well, and I am extremely satisfied." I'll give you nice words in front of the helper when I go back. ”

When Zhao Quansheng heard this, he was overjoyed: "Isn't this all the hall master, what you teach on weekdays, Quansheng is willing to serve the hall master before and after the saddle." ”

The rich merchant also said: "Quansheng, thanks to you today, I have to haodexiexie you, come here, bring me a silver ticket of one thousand taels." ”

Zhao Quansheng said: "You're welcome, you should have protected the young master when you went out." ”

Hall Master Zhao said, "You take it, you deserve it." If it weren't for you, this matter wouldn't have been able to be beaten for 10,000 taels. ”

Only then did Zhao Quansheng politely take a few thin silver tickets and hold them in his arms.

At this time, Hall Master Zhao said again: "Quansheng, you hurry up and inform the gang leader of the news that someone from the Ethereal Sect has appeared in Lu Town, and I don't know if they came to Lu Town at this time because of Weishenme?"

After Zhao Quansheng agreed, he immediately said goodbye to the rich merchant, and after a while, he appeared in a small courtyard in the middle of nowhere, walked into a hut, and after a while, the window of the hut opened, and a carrier pigeon flew out of it, circled in the air, identified the direction, and flew towards a certain place.

The pigeon flew very fast, but it was almost dark until it reached a very secluded village. The dove circled in the air for a moment and landed straight to the east of the village. It is a large manor, and the surrounding walls are not very high, and there are many houses scattered in the walls, and these houses are all of the same format, with no too tall buildings, gray walls and gray roofs. The house where the pigeon landed was a room in the middle of the yard, and after the pigeon fell, it was impossible to tell which house it was.

The pigeon landed on the windowsill of this hut, "cooing", a man in a strong suit came out of the back room, walked quickly to the windowsill, the pigeon saw this man, "coo" flew to the man's arm, walking back and forth, the man took out a small tube from the pigeon's feet, and then stroked the pigeon's back with his hand, and took out a handful of food from his bosom, and sprinkled it on the table next to the windowsill, the pigeon saw it, spread its wings and flew over, and pecked happily to eat. The man took the tube and walked quickly out of the house.

The man walked out of the house, through several corridors, to a slightly larger room in the middle of the manor, and knocked cautiously on the door, and a hoarse, majestic voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

The man carefully pushed open the door and walked into the house, where the window was open, the oil lamp was not lit, and an emaciated figure stood in front of the window, with his hands behind his back, looking out. After the man gave the salute, he said respectfully, "Master Situ, Hall Master Liu has news coming. ”

The figure said "Huh" and said, "What news will be sent by carrier pigeons for the Chinese New Year?" ”

It wasn't until the man lit the oil lamp that the Situ Hall Master turned around. The man put the small tube on it, the master of Situ Hall took it, took out the note inside, put it on the oil lamp, and frowned on his emaciated face, and muttered in his mouth: "...... How did they come to this backcountry?" and then put the note on the lamp and burned it. He glanced at the man and said, "Go ahead." ”

The man quietly retreated, leaving the hall master sitting alone in the swaying of the lamplight.

Situ Hall Master knew that he had to let his helper know the news, but he didn't know where to notify the helper, because, as early as last night, the helper told him that he had important things to do today, and when he looked for the helper in the morning, he couldn't find the helper.

Just when the master of Situ Hall guessed the movements of the gang leader Situ Ping, his cousin, who had always been strong and did not let the women have eyebrows, was riding a horse at this time, and was following behind a young man in brocade with low eyebrows, and whispered to this young man: "Ma Gongzi, this is the highest mountain in our Lu Town, called Shiren Peak." Because there is a stone statue on the mountain, it is named, and we can enter the mountain in the time of whipping half a pillar of incense. However, I don't know where Childe is going, so I can't tell you the exact time. ”

Ma Gongzi turned around, shook the horsewhip, and said softly: "Situ Gang Master, don't be so restrained, Master Wang Zhuang recommended you to be a guide, I didn't treat you as an outsider, and I will definitely give you a reward after I finish this matter." I'll tell you exactly where I got into the mountains. “

Situ Ping looked at Ma Gongzi's warm face and handsome eyebrows, lowered his head and didn't even dare to say. She herself knows that this Ma Gongzi is a person with a lot of background, and she used to show off her posture as a woman in front of Wang Hong in Wu Jianzhuang, which may be useful, for this Ma Gongzi, it is also the first time they have met, and they have been tepid all the way, how dare she take out the same set as a woman? Just be a little spirited and cautious.

In this way, the two drove their horses forward in the twilight.

On the other side of the mountain, Wen Wenhai and his junior sister rushed to the peak with the same speed.

Seeing that the mountain peak was approaching, Wen Wenhai slowly tightened the reins and slowed down the horse's speed, turned back to his junior sister and said, "Senior sister, it's time to go to the mountain, I think let's start to eat something first, take a rest, and then enter the mountain after recuperating enough to deal with the situation for a while, maybe there will be a tough battle." ”

The junior sister nodded in agreement, and the two of them got off the horse to rest, took out the dry food they brought with them, and ate it. After they finished eating and drank a little water, the senior sister couldn't help but ask with some worry: "Senior brother, you said that this mission is so important, why didn't the master come in person, no matter how bad it is, you should let the senior brother in charge come over, why did you send the two of us over?" ”

Wen Wenhai took another sip of water, looked around, and whispered: "Senior sister, the master has his own idea of arranging this way, before leaving, he told me in advance, in order not to attract the attention of other sects, this mission is all the second-generation disciples of each faction, not obvious, and there will be an elder to preside over us, the specific time will know, we just listen to the arrangement of the elders." Anyway, this is a fat difference, and it can be successfully completed without accident, and the master will be rewarded when he goes back. ”

The younger sister said: "I thought that this place I had not heard of, it was a poor mountain and remote land, dangerous mountains and bad waters, this way, there was actually a taste of beautiful mountains and rivers, although this mountain has not yet entered, it feels like it is also majestic, I don't know what it looks like inside, but unfortunately, I can't appreciate anything at night, otherwise it is not worth the trip." ”

Wen Wenhai patted his forehead, "Senior sister actually has this kind of thought, senior brother can't compare, is this the reason why my martial arts are not as fast as yours?"

The junior sister didn't answer, and she couldn't see the expression under the veil clearly. Wen Wenhai said again: "Senior sister, it's getting late, you can take off the veil, there is no one here." ”

The younger sister still didn't answer.

Wen Wenhai was accustomed to it, and said to himself: "Okay, it seems that the time is not bad, let's go, it should be able to arrive at the scheduled time." ”

It is said that after the leader of the Situ Gang of the Evil Tiger Gang accompanied Ma Gongzi in brocade clothes into the mountain, he galloped along the way, and when he saw that he was in front of a mountain, Ma Gongzi stopped his horse and dodged off the ground, and Situ Ping also dismounted. Ma Gongzi said, "Gang Master Situ, do you know where the Five Claw Peak is?"

Situ Ping said: "Of course you know, the Five Claws Peak is the five small peaks next to the Shiren Peak, and it is named because it is shaped like a monkey's crooked fingers. There was no way to go, horses could not cross, we had to climb through these mountains. ”

After hearing this, Ma Gongzi smiled slightly, let go of the reins of the horse, and the horse trotted all the way to find hay to find hay, Situ Ping also patted his horse and put the reins on the horse's body, and the horse also walked away with Ma Gongzi's horse, it seems that he is used to this.

Ma Gongzi said: "Then there will be Lao Situ to lead the way." ”

Situ Ping was not polite, arched his hands, raised his legs and performed light skills to climb up the mountain.

Situ Ping mentioned the dantian qi, and ran out of the time of the two pillars of incense in one breath, and gradually felt a little lacking in confidence, and the follow-up was weak, at this time she heard the gentle voice of Ma Gongzi in her ear: "Situ Gang Master, it's still early, let's just arrive at midnight, why don't we take a few steps for the time being and slow down our energy, what do you think?"

Situ Ping listened to this voice without hurrying or slowing, without panting at all, he didn't need to look back to know that Ma Gongzi was walking leisurely behind him, and secretly sighed in his heart that the famous disciple was really true, and said: "Thank you Gongzi for your pity." So he stopped, landed on the path of the mountain, and walked slowly. Ma Gongzi caught up from behind and walked side by side with her, asking as he walked, "Gang Master Situ, have you ever been to this Five Claw Peak?"

Situ Ping said: "I have been here, in the summer, the climate in the mountains is cool, we often come here to escape the heat, the mountain spring of Wuclaw Peak is the most haode, we sometimes spend the night there." ”

Ma Gongzi nodded, and then asked, "Is there anything strange about the Five Claw Peak?"

Situ Ping was surprised and said, "Childe has been here, how do you know that there is something strange about the Five Claw Peak?"

Ma Gongzi smiled and said, "If I had been here, how could I have Lao Situ to help the master lead the way." ”

Situ Ping said curtly: "I was surprised at the next moment, and the son is not strange." Speaking of this five-claw peak, the scenery is not much different from Shiren Peak, and the mountain spring water is indeed much sweeter than other peaks. The strange place is on the peak of the ring finger, there is a sour jujube forest halfway up the mountain, the area is scary, that place is rarely visited, and there are few mountain people who beg for a living on the mountain near Shiren Peak, but according to the mountain people who have been there, there are man-eating beasts in the forest, and some people have gone into it to pick sour dates, and never come out again, so few people have the courage to go there, and wild sour dates are not a precious thing, and over time, they are no longer ordinary people. The year before last, I brought a brother in the gang to find the way, and let a wolf dog go in, but I didn't come back, so we didn't dare to go deeper, so we went back after exploring the periphery. ”

Situ Ping didn't shy away from Ma Gongzi about the affairs in the gang, and talked about it, and Ma Gongzi was very satisfied with it, and said: "It's good that Situ Gang Master can know that place, and after a while, I will bother you to take us there." ”

Situ Ping was stunned, "You guys, Ma Gongzi, are there any other people?"

Ma Gongzi smiled and said, "Naturally, there are other people, but now let's go to the first peak of Wuclaw Peak first and wait for them there." Gang Master Situ, if it's almost time to rest, let's go on the road. ”

Situ Ping said, "Haode, Childe, please come with me." ”