A single filament does not form a thread, and a single tree does not make a forest.

Only when the matter comes to an end, will you understand that being alone is actually the biggest trouble.

When the bear prince left Peng Po Town, the sun had not yet shown his face.

He left Peng Po Town alone, and only when one person left could it make sense.

Miao Sanguan's wife Zhang Rulian, sister Miao Ruolan and the other four maids brought out, Prince Xiong entrusted Mo Jiuniang, the proprietress of Wanfulou, to take care of them.

Prince Xiong's reason is very upright and bright: Luo Xiu, the 10,000-year-old boy, was killed by Jiudao Villa without knowing it, and as a friend, he has the obligation to inform Luo Xiu's elders. Because it was inconvenient to bring a few women, I stayed for the time being.

The three little Taoist priests of the Huashan faction, Xiong Chu, at the moment when Lu Mingtao decided to hand over the things, suddenly raised his hands in a row, and had already ordered their acupoints, and then moved out before the sky was bright, and hid in the Junwang Cave of Dongshan Grottoes.

The unique acupoint technique of the people who want to disperse the qi is not so easy to unravel. Xiong Chu sealed the sleeping cave of the three little Taoist priests, and it was impossible to wake up without two of them.

With a two-day gap, Xiong Chu thought he could do a lot.

For example, on the issue of temporarily accommodating Lu Mingtao, Xiong Chu found two sets of clothes for his shopkeeper to give him, and then sent them out from the backyard and agreed to meet in Luoyang.

Hulei Leopard galloped all the way north, and Xiong Chu's heart was not calm at all. It's not that it's not calm, it's seven up and eight down.

The "Book of Thieves" in the legends of the rivers and lakes is actually thirteen pieces of paper, and more than half of them are incomprehensible.

The pieces of paper were placed in a very old sandalwood box, which Lu Mingtao said looked like when they were taken out of the ancient tomb.

Probably because the tomb robbers had left the box exposed for so long, the pieces of paper inside had become so brittle that they would crumble with a slight rub of two fingers.

It was also after getting this box that Xiong Chu understood why no one directly reached out and snatched it. Because Lu Mingtao was in a critical moment, as long as he threw the box on the ground, everything inside would turn into ashes.

This is an object that is more fragile than porcelain, so Xiong Chu decided to secretly Chen Cang and send this thing away first.

As for a few big living people, it is not the most dangerous existence. Even if Mo Jiuniang had ill intentions, she shouldn't dare to blatantly poison her.

The place that Xiong Chu is looking for is the beef miscellaneous head office outside the Yongmen Gate in the west of Luoyang City, which is the contact place left by Mr. Peng Wuying, the owner of the Flying Squirrel Gate.

No one, there was no one in the main store of the grocery store in Luoyang.

Xiong Chu rushed to the outside of Yongmen at noon, only to find that the door of the store was wide open, the two gates were lying on the ground, and the beef offal store was empty.

Xiong Chu led Hulei Leopard and walked slowly through the door, and he could find that the tables, chairs and benches inside were crooked, and his face was cracked and his legs were broken.

There is no doubt that there was a scuffle here not long ago, and now it has become a place of right and wrong.

"Boss, let's have a bowl of noodles!"

Not daring to enter the store directly, Xiong Chu came to a noodle stall opposite the west and sat down, knocked on the table and asked very casually: "I passed by here half a year ago, and the business of this grocery store is very good, why is it in such a situation now?"

The half-hundred-year-old man quickly brought a bowl of black noodles: "Alas, it's all a small business, how can it withstand the toss? Wasn't it two days ago, I don't know who a group of people rushed in." ”

"Oh yes, listening to the tone of their voice, it seems that some kind of brocade guard is on an errand, and what fugitive is going to arrest. As a result, there was a big fight inside, and in the end, it seemed that two of the people of the brocade guard were killed. ”

"Boss, isn't it. Xiong Chu took a bite of noodles and didn't raise his head: "This is the land of Prince Fu, how can Jin Yiwei look for trouble?"

"Hehe, that's where I heard the shouting, as if they were going to arrest some Yellow River Pai Gang. Now there are no other diners, the little old man simply took out a dry tobacco pouch and sat opposite Xiong Chu: "Little brother doesn't know, there are often people in the Jingshi recently, and Lord Fu doesn't dare to come out to hang out." ”

The more Xiong Chu listened, the more he wondered: "Isn't the Yellow River Pai Gang just a bitter man who eats water and rice, how can the grocery store be related to the Yellow River Pai Gang again?"

"Anyway, Xiao Lao'er heard those brocade guards shouting what to arrest the thief Zhong Guozhu, and the specific situation is not clear. But we all know this Zhong Guozhu here, he is the deputy helmsman of the Yellow River Platoon to help Luoyang rudder. Our goods here cross the Yellow River north, and we have to look for him. ”

Xiong Chu wiped his mouth and threw down a piece of loose silver: "Forget it, this is all a matter of the official family, and it is better for us ordinary people to be Amitabha." ”

Xiong Chu chose this place to eat noodles, and asked if the situation inside the beef grocery store was fake, and it was true to check the situation at the White Horse Temple in the north.

The White Horse Temple was rebuilt in the 25th year of Jiajing (1546), and Mr. Peng Wuying and Peng Er had been setting up a hexagram stall in front of the White Horse Temple.

Xiong Chu was in such a hurry to settle the bill and leave, not because he felt that the situation was clear, but because he found a person in his thirties.

It is not clear what the name of this person is, but Xiong Chu happens to know him.

At the beginning, in order to intercept Yelitsatai, he forcibly crossed the Yellow River at the Ghost Gate in Sanmenxia, and it was the Yellow River Platoon led by this person who helped the disciples ferry.

followed until the north of the upper west gate, and the man finally stopped under a big tree: "It looked familiar just now, but I didn't expect it to be a young man." Last time, I said goodbye to the ghost gate, and then I heard that Shaoxia did a lot of things in Ruicheng, which is really enviable. I haven't heard from you since, why do you have time to go to Luoyang today?"

"I'm sorry, I haven't had time to thank you brothers for your hard work last time, it's really rude. Xiong Chu stood still and hugged his fists: "I was in a hurry last time, and I didn't ask Taifu to go up and down?"

"Hachiro Shaoxia is really joking, and we brothers also drag articles between each other. The man smiled: "Under Bao Chenzhen, the helmsman of Luoyang, friends in the rivers and lakes raised a nickname: Longmen Jin." ”

"It turned out to be the helmsman, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Xiong Chu changed the topic: "I heard from the neighbors just now that three days ago, Jinyiwei wanted to arrest your deputy helmsman Zhong Guozhu, and smashed the cattle grocery store to pieces, and it is said that he killed people. What the hell is going on?"

"It's true. But the young man comes with me, this is not the place to talk. ”

Bao Chenzhen turned around and left, and half an hour later he had already arrived at the foot of the mountain. There are three huts with a few horses tethered outside.

As soon as Bao Chenzhen and Xiong Chu approached, three people had already rushed out of the grass shed. But when they saw Bao Chenzhen, the three of them hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"This is our temporary resting place, so let's take a break. Bao Chenzhen waved his hand at those people: "Zhong Guozhu, this is the Lockthroat Sword Hachiro Shaoxia, he wants to know what happened in the cattle grocery store that day, you hurry up and tell me clearly." ”

Zhong Guozhu, the deputy helmsman of the Luoyang branch of the Yellow River Platoon, turned out to be a young man in his twenties. Medium height with a well-proportioned build. Only the bronze face told the people that his deeds must have been exposed to wind and rain.

"I've seen Shaoxia!" Zhong Guozhu seemed to be a little shy, but his voice was very high: "If you really want to talk about it, the events of that day were also a coincidence." I was drinking there and got into a quarrel with Li Yuefeng, the deacon of the palace. ”

"This matter could have been big or small, because the goods in Fuwang's Mansion were all handled by us, and Li Yuefeng was the contact person and the person who settled the bill for us. King Fu's Mansion is making money every day, and he actually owes us the leg strength fee, so that day was not happy. ”

In the process of drinking, a few friends from the rivers and lakes talked about what heavenly books, saying that all the martial arts in the south were involved, and it seemed that they had arrived in Luoyang. I didn't know much about it, so I asked more. ”

"I didn't expect this book of heaven to have a strange name, what is the book of thieves. It is said that after getting it, you can sit in the world, and you are called lonely and widowed in the south. ”

"I just said that if the Ming Dynasty continues like this, it is likely that another person will come out and call it a lonely widow. It's all drunken nonsense, it's nothing. ”

"But Cui Yingyuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Chen Hongtai, the deputy commander of the Beizhen Division, happened to pass by the door, and this time the disaster came out of his mouth. More than a dozen brocade guards rushed in to arrest people, so they escaped in a scuffle. ”

Xiong Chu smiled bitterly and asked, "You all escaped, how is the grocery store?"

"That's how strange it is. Zhong Guozhu complained bitterly: "It turns out that Cui Yingyuan and they didn't pass by there by accident, but heard that Luo Xiu, a boy from ten thousand years, was involved in the competition for the Book of Thieves. Later, Jinyiwei found out that the grocery store outside Yongmen turned out to be Luo Xiu's shopkeeper. ”

"Cui Yingyuan brought people over that day, in fact, he was preparing to arrest the people in the grocery store. They just happened to hear me talking, and they insisted that I was from the grocery store, and that I was the head backstage, and charged me with rebellion. ”

"The crime of rebellion is a big crime of the Nine Clans, of course I can't be caught, I can only escape. It's a pity that there was no seriousness in the melee, and Jin Yiwei was killed two people on the spot. The people in the grocery store have long since taken advantage of the chaos, so now there are sea fishing documents everywhere to catch me. ”

Bao Chenzhen said with a smile: "Shaoxia is clear now, right? Zhong Guozhu is actually giving the grocery store a bar." But it doesn't matter, everyone is friends in the rivers and lakes, and it is clear who is who. Ten thousand years boy Luo Xiu, we are all old friends. Jin Yiwei planted the slander at will, this is something that everyone knows, and it should be given to the 10,000-year-old boy Luo Xiu once. ”

Xiong Chu shook his head: "The 10,000-year-old boy Luo Xiu has been killed by Jiudao Villa, Cui Yingyuan and Chen Hongtai both know that I came to report to the cattle grocery store." From this point of view, Cui Yingyuan and Chen Hongtai must have another reason for arresting people in the grocery store. Unfortunately, I don't know where the grocers are hiding, and I can't pass on information to them. ”

Perfunctory Bao Chenzhen and Zhong Guozhu in his mouth, Prince Xiong has already begun to deduce nervously in his heart, and the basic conclusion is as follows:

Cui Yingyuan and Chen Hongtai didn't catch anyone in Luoyang, so they rushed to Wanfulou in Pengpo Town, and got the information that Luo Xiu, the boy of ten thousand years, was dead, so the two of them were full of gloom. At this time, I happened to meet myself.

Fortunately, the goal of those people was "The Book of Thieves", and as a result, they pursued the woman in white to the west, who should be Lu Mingtao's daughter, and finally gave herself a chance to get out temporarily.

But now that there's no one to talk to, what should we do next?