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Phoenix Town.

When Lao Dao and the old nun returned from the "Cloud Villa", it was already dawn.

Go to the mutton rice noodle restaurant on the street side of the town to sit down and dine.

At ease.

On the side of the street, inquire about the whereabouts of Zhao Yunfei and Shen Tianpeng.

You must know where Zhao Yunfei and Shen Tianpeng went four days ago, it was as easy as a snap, because on the night when the firewood room of the "Mountain Moon Listening to the Wind" inn went on fire, eight masked black-clothed people rode fast horses and galloped towards the direction of Loushan Pass in the north...... Many people in the town saw it when they peeked out through the cracks in their doors.

So Lao Dao and the old nun used silver to open the way, and after some visits and inquiries, they knew everything.

Lao Dao and the old nun opened a room in the "Mountain Moon Listening to the Wind" inn and moved in. Nobody cares.

Because since the two came down the mountain, they have dressed up as a middle-aged couple from a martial arts family, and they have been running around looking for their only son who has been away from home for many years.

Lao Dao spread a somewhat wrinkled > on the table, like a strategist, watching and calculating.

"Senior sister, you see, Shen Tianpeng and Beimen Yunfei and others must take the Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road when they return to Beijing to the north: through Loushan Pass - Tongzi - Anwenyi - Catch Water Pu - Dongxi Station - Qijiang - Beidu Station - Ba County Baijieyi - Nanshan Huangge Ancient Road - to Chongqing Chaotianmen. So along the way, we don't need to waste time and effort to inquire about anything, we just need to hurry up and catch up directly. They left about five days before us, and it is estimated that they left early when we arrived in Chongqing. Let's speculate now on which way they are most likely to leave Chongqing?" asked Lao Dao.

The old nun looked at the map carefully, thought for a while, and said: "Shen Tianpeng is not only the Qincha who secretly investigated the murder of Deng Erheng, but now that the secret account has been obtained, and he has also obtained important witnesses such as the aunt and nephew of the Deng family, he definitely hopes to rush back to the capital as soon as possible to return to the emperor Lao'er. You and I both know that from Chongqing to Beijing, there are only two ancient road paths to choose from:

The first is to take the Jialing Ancient Road, through Chongqing Tongyuan Gate - Fotu Pass - Jingkou Ertang - Geyue Mountain Jingangpo - Tuzhu Sitang Village - Qingmu Pass - Bishan Liutang, Qitang, Batang - Hechuan - Dingyuan - Nanchong - Peng'an - South - Langzhong - Guangyuan - Luoyang - Hanzhong - to Xi'an, and then cross Shanxi into Hebei into the capital.

The second is to take the Sichuan-Exia Road, through Hechuan - Guang'an - Quxian - Dazhu - Liangping - Fenshuiyi - Wanzhou - Yunyang - Fengjie - Wushan - Yichang - Jingzhou - to Wuhan, and then cross Henan into Hebei into the capital.

If they take the second way back to Beijing, the journey will be longer, the road will be more steep, and it will take longer, so I tend to think that they will take the Jialing Ancient Road. ”

"Senior sister is right, I also think they will take the Jialing Ancient Road. "Let's have a good night's rest today, keep up our strength and spirit, and from tomorrow onwards, we will follow the planned route, and the horsemen will not stop, and we will chase them day and night. In this way, we walk for one day, and when they walk for two days, the gap narrows day by day, and we may intercept them on the road from Chongqing to Xi'an. ”

"Even if we can't catch up or we choose the wrong path, it doesn't matter, anyway, even if we chase them to the capital, we won't let them go, right, senior brother? However, there is a problem: we don't know or see them, and we don't even have portraits, so how can we find out who they are in the crowd?

"It's not that hard, I've thought about it beforehand. Lao Dao said confidently, "I don't know if you remember, from Hu Wei'e's description, there should be nine people in Shen Tianpeng and Beimen Yunfei, including four officials from the Criminal Department; the aunt and nephew of the Deng family and the three people who escorted them from the north gate; Add one old and one young, and two are called Hua. The aunt and nephew of the Deng family must not have high martial arts or do not know kung fu, otherwise, they would not be kidnapped by Xiu'er's subdued move. Hu Wei'e estimated that Xiao Yuhua (the son of the aunt of the Deng family) was about twelve or thirteen years old, so it was impossible for Shen Tianpeng and Beimen Yunfei not to protect them at any time for safety reasons. ”

Lao Dao and the old nun counted one more person, because they didn't know that Yan Wanli had died at the hands of Deputy Envoy Yang of the "Red Bat".

"You mean, if you see two women, one old and one young, and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, it could be them. ”

"Correct. I also have to add two points: First, Hu Wei'e said that the two aunts and nephews of the Deng family, like their younger sisters, are also very beautiful beauties, so even if they are crowded in the crowd, they are easy to identify. Second, Hu Wei'e also said that Xiu'er's "Zixiao Chasing the Wind Sword" was finally taken away by the twelve or thirteen-year-old little boy of the Deng family, so whoever is in the hands of the "Zixiao Chasing the Wind Sword" is our great enemy. In this way, we can also find them by using the method of finding a sword to find people, right, junior sister?" At the mention of "Zixiao Chasing Wind Sword", Lao Dao was a little choked.