When the firewood guard saw that the rat was gone, he exclaimed, "How is it possible? How did he run away? I never left!"

Xu Yun nodded and picked up the hemp rope on the ground and asked the iron mask: "Senior, is this the rope that binds my friend?"

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"Is there only one key to this firewood room?"

"Yes. ”

"Hmm......" Xu Yun thought for a moment and moved the pyre in the room. The man in the iron mask and the guard of the firewood room saw it, and although he didn't know what he meant by doing this, they all stepped forward to help carry the firewood.

When the pyre was removed, a round hole appeared in the ground that was not very large. When the man in the iron mask saw this round hole, he exclaimed, "Could it be that he escaped from this hole?

After Xu Yun entered the firewood room, he always felt that there was a lot of miscellaneous soil in the house, and he thought of what the Mao mouse had done before, so he guessed one or two, so he went to move the firewood. When he saw that there was something strange under the pyre, he replied, "My friend dug it." The man in the iron mask was puzzled: "This is really amazing, I don't know what this friend Xu Gongzi does?"

Xu Yun hesitated for a moment and said, "He'...... He was ...... before Earn a living by digging wells for villagers. ”

The man in the iron mask nodded and said, "Well, the so-called 'art industry has a specialty', it is really admirable that a mere well digger can practice such good kung fu." ”

"yes, yes. Seeing that the man in the iron mask believed it, Xu Yun smiled awkwardly and didn't speak again.

Suddenly, a woman's voice came from outside the door, "Excuse me, is Xu Gongzi here?"

Xu Yun and the man in the iron mask walked out of the firewood room when they heard the sound, but saw a young woman standing outside the door, followed by two gambling house thugs. The two thugs were also carrying a tray on which were five yellow gold ingots. The young woman said softly: "Master Xu, my master has fifty taels of gold as a gift, I hope Master Xu can accept it." ”

Xu Yun saw that the woman was very beautiful, and remembered the scene he had just seen in the main hall, he was quite embarrassed, and looked away with his eyes and said: "The gift of the Dugu Fang Master is too heavy, and Xu is ashamed of it." Seeing that Xu Yun was unwilling to accept it, the woman exclaimed: "Xu Gongzi must not, the cheap maid begs you to accept the ingots, otherwise the cheap maid will not be able to pay the master." ”

"Hmm...... This...... Still inappropriate. Xu Yun still didn't look at the woman properly.

The man in the iron mask smiled and said, "Young Master Xu, it was the other three girls who served the master just now, and this girl was not in the palace. He saw that Xu Yun was still embarrassed with a sideways face, so he said to the woman, "You go back first." ”

The woman bowed slightly and said, "Yes." But—"

The man in the iron mask waved his hand and said, "Leave the gold here, you can go back, Xu Gongzi is not very comfortable when he sees you." ”

The woman seemed to understand something, looked at Xu Yun and smiled, said another blessing and left.

The man in the iron mask pointed to the five gold ingots and said to Xu Yun: "Young Master Xu, this is a piece of my master's heart, and I hope to accept it." Xu Yunzheng said: "No, I have already caused a lot of trouble to your fang, if you accept such a generous gift, Xu is really sorry in his heart." The man in the iron mask smiled: "I didn't expect Xu Gongzi to be so unhappy as a mother-in-law, don't you need to be entangled on the road? ”

Xu Yun heard that there was no more entanglement, so he had to step forward and pick up a gold ingot: "One ingots is enough, and it is not convenient to bring too many on the road." The man in the iron mask nodded and said, "Okay, then I will show the rest of the ingots to the master." He waved to the thug holding the gold ingot, signaling the two to leave.

Xu Yun put away the ingots and said to the iron-masked man: "Senior, since my friend is no longer in your place, Xu has no choice but to leave." The man in the iron mask clasped his fists and said, "Okay, then the old man will send the son away." ”

The two returned to the hall of the Jiqing Gambling House along the same road, and the iron-masked man suddenly said to Xu Yun: "Xu Gongzi, a few days ago in Baiyun Peak, Ling Senior Brother Qin Zun Qin Gongzi held a rather beautiful funeral for Ling Shi. Xu Yun thought that he couldn't be present at the master's funeral, and he was quite sad in his heart, and said: "Senior Brother Qin has always satisfied the family teacher, and the funeral must be very good." ”

The man in the iron mask nodded and said, "Well, but I don't know where the son wants to go on this trip?" Xu Yun smiled bitterly: "Where do you want to go?" In fact, the younger generation doesn't know where to go, and it is not easy to find the real murderer who killed the master, so you can only take one step at a time. The iron-masked man said: "The old man has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." Xu Yun said: "Senior, but it doesn't hurt to say it. The iron-masked man said: "According to the old man's opinion, the position of the future owner of Yunzhuang was left to Xu Gongzi by Zhang Zhuang. But now in this situation, Xu Gongzi is suspected of being a murderer because of the palm print of the falling flower, and he has no choice but to go down the mountain and leave Yunzhuang, so who will be the next owner of Yunzhuang after Xu Gongzi leaves the rivers and lakes? After the death of the owner of Zhang Zhuang, the one who can sit on the position of the owner of Yunzhuang is the winner of this matter, and it is also very likely that he is the real murderer of the owner of Zhang Zhuang. I wonder if Gongzi Xu has ever considered this?"

Xu Yun was puzzled: "Could it be that the seniors are suspicious of Senior Brother Qin?" The man in the iron mask nodded and said, "Even if the real murderer of Zhang Zhuang is not him, Zhang Zhuang's death has nothing to do with him." That Qin Zun is now in charge of the affairs inside and outside the Yunzhuang, the scenery is infinite, if nothing else, he is the second owner of the Yunzhuang. In this way, the biggest winner of Zhang Zhuang's death is him. Xu Yun shook his head and said, "Impossible, this matter is absolutely impossible." Senior Brother Qin had been managing the affairs of Zhuangzhong in the past, and the master was already very important to him, so he had no reason to harm the master. ”

The man in the iron mask smiled: "Haha, Xu Gongzi, these are just the random speculations of an outsider, and there is no intention of separating Xu Gongzi's senior brothers." I'd better open the door and send Xu Gongzi out!"

Xu Yun was silent, thoughtfully stepped on Jiqing Street, and suddenly remembered something and turned to the iron-masked man inside the door: "Senior, I don't know if you are the 'ghost shadow' of the Heavenly King Gang?" However, I heard that Elder Wen passed away a few years ago. ”

Xu Yun said indifferently: "It turns out that Elder Wen has passed away...... Then the juniors will say goodbye, and ask the seniors to stay. ”

The man in the iron mask hugged his fists and said: "Xu Gongzi walks slowly, forgive the old man and send it not far away." ”

Xu Yun returned the salute with a fist to the iron-masked man, and then left Jiqing Town to return to Luzhou City, and just returned to the inn and pushed the door open, he saw that the Mao mouse was already sitting in the house, and said, "You have really come back." Mao Mouse smiled: "That's, can a few of them trap me?" Xu Yun sat down and said: "I knew that you could come back by yourself, so I wouldn't go to the Jiqing Gambling House and run for nothing." But you're too strong at digging holes, and you're a mouse. I ask you, did you dig a hole with your bare hands?"

The Mao Mouse smiled and said, "Of course, Young Master Yun, we relied on our skills to eat back then, can we do it without a little trick?" Xu Yun said: "How did you untie the rope, is it the bone shrinking skill?" The Mao Mouse nodded and stretched out his hands and said: "Shrinking bones and punching holes are my two great skills, how can ordinary hemp rope tie me? What is the tomb of the Wei and Jin dynasties, what is the tomb of the Sui and Tang dynasties, we have all drilled into it with our bare hands, hehe, broken firewood room, hehe, hahahaha!"

Xu Yun saw that the Mao Mouse was very proud, so he asked, "Mao Mouse, why did you run to Baiyun Peak later?" The Mao Mouse stopped laughing, sniffed and said, "Alas, it's too big to play and offend the Zhao Guan's family." Xu Yun was shocked and said, "What? You mean the saint today?" The hair mouse touched the mustache on his lips and said, "Poor...... Almost, at that time, Emperor Taizong had just died, and I accidentally learned about the location of the emperor's tomb from others, and I also learned that Emperor Taizu's tomb was also nearby, so my hands itched...... Outcome...... Ahem, I was found without touching anything. Young Master Yun, do you know, that was the first time in my life that I missed, but it forced me to wash my hands!"

Xu Yun looked at the remorseful look of the Mao mouse and said: "Do you think that you have lived a long time, and you dare to fight the idea of Taizu and Emperor Taizong's tombs, even if you come out of it, what if you dare to sell it? Once discovered, it will be a great crime of the Jiu clan! Besides, don't you know that the royal mausoleum is heavily guarded, it is strange if you don't miss it, fortunately, you didn't put your life into it." ”

The hairy mouse scratched his head and said, "This, I really didn't know it would be so tightly guarded at that time...... I only found out when I went. Actually, I almost touched the tomb of my grandfather, but I was discovered by a few Ouchi masters. But luckily, they weren't as clever as I was, so I was able to escape. Xu Yun said curiously: "The light skills of the master of Ouchi are not good, no matter how bad they are, they won't be able to catch up with you, I know your light skills, I'm afraid it's not as fast as you dig holes." ”

Mao Mouse grinned, embarrassed: "I really can't hide anything from you, in fact, I went to the third watch that day, I thought it would be easy to start by the night, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was convenient to escape by the night." The Ouchi masters may not have a good eye, so I rolled into the grass and avoided the pursuit, but I was a little scared, so I dug a hole on the spot and hid. But I thought about it and was still a little uneasy, I always felt that I would be discovered by those masters, so I simply dug a tunnel and walked underground, and I don't know how long it took me to dig before I dared to come out and take a look, it was dawn outside. ”

Xu Yun bowed his head and said: "Your method is good, a bit like the Taoist Earth Escape Method." The hair mouse slapped his thigh and said: "Alas, the bad is also bad in this 'earth escape method'." Xu Yun said: "How do you say it?" Mao Mouse spread his hands and said: "Soon after I escaped, the guards discovered the tunnel, so the government arrested all the grave diggers they could catch, and tortured and interrogated them one by one. Young Master Yun, what do you think, who else but me can dig out such a long tunnel with bare hands overnight? So those few people knew it was me at once, and they sold me after a few sticks. ”

Xu Yundao: "So, you came to Yunzhuang?" Mao Mouse said: "Yes, I was wanted by the government at that time, so I wanted to find a place to hide, but many gangs were unwilling to take me in, only the master gave me a chance to leave me to do chores in the mountains." ”

Xu Yun said: "According to common sense, you have a stunt, you should be robbed by the major gangs in the rivers and lakes, but it's a pity that you are too reckless, and you are wanted by the government, who dares to ask you? Mao Mouse smiled and said: "Young Master Yun, you don't understand this, what we do is digging people's ancestral graves, which of those self-proclaimed decent characters will treat me?

Mao Mouse lowered his head and sniffed and said: "Actually, there are still some people on the rivers and lakes who like to take in those wanted criminals by the government, because this can show their righteousness, after all, not everyone can go against the government for people they don't know, especially those who like to show off their reputation like to do this kind of thing." I tried to go to them, and they were very enthusiastic at first, but when they learned that I was wanted for robbing the Emperor's Tomb, they all ...... Alas...... Don't talk about me, Young Master Yun, what did you do when you went to the Jiqing Gambling House just now?"

Xu Yun stroked his long loose hair and said, "It's a long story, and it's not too early, I'll tell you about it when I get out of the inn." The Mao mouse scratched his head and said, "Are you going on the road?" Young Master Yun, our entanglement was taken away by the old man wearing the iron mask, and we didn't have a penny left. I'm worried about how to pay for the house now, let alone go to the Daimyo's Mansion. Why don't we wait a little longer? When it's dark, let's sneak out while no one is looking. ”

Xu Yun took out the gold ingots given by Dugu regret in his arms and threw it to the Mao mouse and said, "Don't wait for dark, let's leave now, and the house money will be paid with this." When the Mao mouse saw Xu Yun throwing over a golden thing, he grabbed it, and just after a cursory glance, he shouted: "Gold ingots! Young Master Yun, where did you get it?" Xu Yun said: "The owner of the Jiqing Gambling House gave it." ”

Mao Mouse got up excitedly and shouted: "Young Master Yun, you didn't go to the Jiqing Gambling House in vain! The entanglement on the road is all in place!" After that, he carefully wiped the gold ingots with the placket of his clothes, and said with great joy: "This is a gold ingot of ten taels, right? Let's take it to pay for the house, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper won't have so much silver to find us." I'd better find a money dealer and exchange some silver first!"

Xu Yun said: "Okay, you go, after redeeming the silver, pay for the room first, and then go to the market to buy two good horses, let's ride to the Daimyo's mansion." ”

"Okay!" In the past few days, Mao Yun has been thinking that his feet are not fast enough, which has dragged Xu Yun down. Since Xu Yun proposed to buy a horse, he was naturally very happy.

Everything was done, and the two led the horses out of Luzhou City.

"Young Master Yun, do you mean that you think that old man wearing a mask is Wen Ban, one of the five elders of the Heavenly King Gang?" asked Mao Mouse after listening to Xu Yun talk about what he had encountered in the Jiqing Gambling House.

"Yes, that person's body is too similar to Wen Ban. Xu Yun nodded.

"Impossible, how could it be, Wen Ban died a long time ago, and now it is the fat man named Qian Buyi who has taken over his position as an elder. Young Master Yun, haven't you seen it too, that money is not easy, on the bluestone platform. "The battle of Qingshitai is also there, so naturally it is not easy to see the money, so he reminded Xu Yundao.

"Maybe, it's just that it won't be so coincidental, the owner of the Jiqing Gambling House is surnamed Dugu. Xu Yun remembered that the lecherous and gambling man called the man in the iron mask "Uncle".

"What about the surname Dugu?" said Mao Mouse, puzzled.

"The name of the former leader of the Tianwang Gang is Dugu Zifu, and Wen Ban is a disciple of Dugu Zifu. Xu Yundao.

"Young Master Yun, do you mean to say that this auspicious gambling house belongs to the Heavenly King Gang?" Mao Mouse exclaimed.

"Maybe, maybe not...... It doesn't matter, let's go. Xu Yun stepped on his horse and said, "Before dark, let's rush to the town ahead!"

"Good!" replied the hairy mouse as he stepped on his horse.

So, Xu Yun and Mao Mouse, the two of them rode horses and whips, and ran away from Luzhou City one after the other.

However, when Xu Yun rode on his horse and looked at the northbound avenue in front of him, which led to the distance, he somehow suddenly remembered the warm spring ten years ago, where he met the woman who had worried him for ten years for the first time.

"Brother Xu, haven't you thought about going down the mountain to find her?" Ah Fei's innocent words suddenly lingered in Xu Yun's ears.

"I've thought about it, of course I've thought about it, but I have more important things to do now......" Xu Yun said secretly in his heart.