The old leader said: "He said he would wait until the young master and Miss Xiaowan led the crowd into the stronghold before setting fire to it..."
Nangong Haotian asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that even if we don't enter Dazhai, the Demon Dragon Slayer King will still be burned?"
"That's right!" Gu Gu nodded and said seriously: "At that time, I asked Master Jiang Xiang, what if the young master, Miss Xiaowan and others don't come? He said: The Demon Dragon Slayer King said that even if they don't come, they will be burned.
Lose!"
Shangguan Xiaowan asked in confusion: "Didn't you ask Master Jiang Xiang why this happened?"
"Ask!" Gu Gu nodded and said: "He said that the Demon Dragon Slayer King had a bad temper and was very upset. After the people from Qingxing Altar reported that Miss Xiaowan was among the intruders, the Demon Dragon Slayer King kept shouting angrily.
He was preparing to burn down the stronghold, and no one dared to dissuade him even though others tried to dissuade him..."
Aunt Shan asked in confusion: "Is it just because our little girl Xiaowan is here?"
The old man thought for a while and said with a smile: "Perhaps the Demon Dragon Slayer King knows that his martial arts skills are not as good as our young master's. If we meet and fight, it will definitely be a dead end, so..."
When Shangguan Xiaowan heard this, she glanced at Nangong Haotian, then turned to Gu Gu, and asked with concern: "How did you know to come and notify us?"
The old man smiled and said sternly without hesitation: "Miss, I have long admired you as a person. Young master has great martial arts skills and is a righteous knight. He has repeatedly eliminated harm for the martial arts world. The old slave knows the trap of the Demon Dragon Slayer King."
Finally, can you come and inform us without taking the risk?"
Shangguan Xiaowan smiled and asked deliberately: "You never knew that Aunt Shan was with me?"
When the old man asked, he couldn't help but look at Aunt Shan with a burning gaze, and then said respectfully: "I really didn't know at first, but I only found out after I asked after Master Jiang Xiang let me out!"
"What did Master Jiang Xiang say?" Shangguan Xiaowan smiled and continued to ask.
The old man replied: "It was the old slave who first asked him why the Demon Dragon Slayer King wanted to put me under house arrest, and then he said it was because of Aunt Shan who also followed you, girl!"
After finishing her words, she took a friendly look at Aunt Shan, who looked happy.
Nangong Haotian smiled slightly and said: "You were imprisoned until Master Jiang Xiang was sent to release you. Whether there was any fraud in this process can only be proven by time and facts. I hope I won't be fooled again this time."
good!"
But the old head said seriously: "From what I see, the Demon Dragon Slayer King may really not know, because the old slave came out of the tunnel with a group of incense masters and big bosses who support Qingxing Altar!"
Aunt Shan asked in confusion: "Then why don't you go to Qingxing Altar?"
"-I took advantage of the gap when I left the stronghold and slipped away. When I was walking along the cliff, preparing to quietly go to Qingxing Altar, I heard fighting, shouting and laughter where you were standing just now!"
Liu Qianwen, who had been monitoring Dazhai and the tunnel exit, suddenly pointed to the exit cliff in front and said: "Brother Nangong, sister Xiaowan, look, I think the cliff in front is a triangle. There is an exit on this side, and there is also an exit on the north side.
Who said there is no exit on that side of the mountain gap?"
Saying this immediately attracted the attention of Nangong Haotian, Shangguan Xiaowan, and Aunt Shan. Their expressions changed and they all looked over there.
When Nangong Haotian saw it, he felt that it made sense and said nothing.
The old man shook his head and said seriously: "I walked through this tunnel, and I was holding a lantern in my hand. I didn't see a hole along the way!"
But Aunt Shan asked curiously: "Why do you want to go through the tunnel?"
The old man explained: "That was to send a hooded woman out..."
When Nangong Haotian heard that his head and face were covered, he was moved in his heart and asked: "Is that woman wearing a red dress, covering her face with a black scarf, and carrying a sword on her back?"
The old man thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, he is wearing a purple velvet sweater with a slingshot..."
"What does that woman do?" Shangguan Xiaowan asked with concern. She had experienced this kind of thing, so she hated the Demon Dragon Slayer King for holding a woman hostage. If she could help the woman, she would definitely not hesitate.
The old slave shook his head and said: "The old slave is not sure. It seems that she intends to aspire to the Central Plains martial arts world and asks Zhou Yuantong, the master of the gods, to support her!"
Nangong Haotian frowned and interjected, asking, "Who is she from Zhou Yuantong, the god-headed disciple?"
The old slave shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. I've never seen her face, and I don't know how old she is, but Zhou Yuantong, the master of the gods, is very respectful to her, as if she has some great background!"
Nangong Haotian's eyes flashed with light, and he asked puzzledly: "How do you know that Zhou Yuantong, the master of the gods, is very respectful to her?"
The old man replied: "Because when Zhou Yuantong, the master of the gods, asked the old slave to hold a lamp to escort her, Zhou Yuantong, the master of the gods, was extremely humble towards her!"
Nangong Haotian gave a puzzled oh, frowned in thought, but then asked: "You said she intends to aspire to the Central Plains martial arts world, so she is from the border, the wilderness, or outside the Great Wall?"
The old man shook his head and said in embarrassment: "I don't know this!"
Shangguan Xiaowan speculated: "Based on the geographical situation, the woman is mostly from outside the Great Wall. If it were the Western Regions, the Southern Barbarians or the East China Sea, it would be impossible for her to come to Guandong to ask for support from the Godhead Zhou Yuantong."
"Look..." Liu Qianwen suddenly said: "This time, the Demon Dragon Slayer King and the God-headed Tuozi Zhou Yuantong led everyone to escape, will they defect to the woman in purple?"
Nangong Haotian thought for a while and said hesitantly: "I heard what the old man said just now that the Lord Jiang Xiang advised him not to follow the Demon Dragon Slayer King to Tuotuo Mountain again. Could it be that the woman in purple is the one who lives on Tuotuo Mountain?"
Thief?"
"It's hard to say. It may have nothing to do with her at all!" Everyone said, one by one.
Everyone was silent for a while, everyone seemed to be wondering if the purple-clad, masked woman with a slingshot was a female thief entrenched in Tuotuo Mountain outside the Great Wall.
At this moment, Zhao Ling'er, who was standing silently on one side with a sad and timid expression, suddenly looked at Nangong Haotian with grievance and asked faintly: "Brother Haotian, why don't you take a look over there?
"
Nangong Haotian originally intended to go over and inspect the north side of the cliff, but he didn't go because the old man talked about the purple-clothed masked woman again.
At this time, when Zhao Ling'er reminded him, he suddenly said "Oh", and then left the snow rock and walked along the cliff to the northeast. When Zhao Ling'er saw it, he followed Nangong Haotian.
There was someone following Nangong Haotian, so Shangguan Xiaowan was of course more relieved, and she took one look without saying anything. Aunt Shan wanted to follow him, but she gave up because Shangguan Xiaowan didn't show any signs.
Nangong Haotian heard from the old man that there are four tunnels in Dazhai leading to the outside of the village. There is a gap in the ground on the north side, and of course there may be tunnel exits.
Although he noticed that Zhao Ling'er was following him at this time, Nangong Haotian didn't say anything, but when he looked back, he glanced at Shangguan Xiaowan and Liu Qianwen.
Finding that Shangguan Xiaowan had been staring at the gap in the mountains below and talking to the old man from time to time, Liu Qianwen was watching the situation in the village, and then she speeded forward with peace of mind.
When I walked around to the north and looked up at the cliff, I found that the cliff wall to the north was covered with thick ice and snow. It seemed that there was no tunnel exit, and even if there was one, it was blocked by ice and snow.
While he was observing, he heard Zhao Ling'er behind him, sobbing and crying softly: "Brother Haotian... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have left you..."
Nangong Haotian knew that Zhao Ling'er had too many grievances in his heart. This was the first time the two of them were alone together since they met by the deep stream, and it was also the first thing Zhao Ling'er said to him.
After thinking about it, in order not to attract the attention of Shangguan Xiaowan and Liu Qianwen over there, I had to still look at the cliff opposite and said with relief: "It was dark at the time and I couldn't see clearly. I won't blame you!"
Zhao Ling'er sobbed twice, and then said timidly in an almost inaudible voice for a long time: "I'm afraid to see you two still...still sitting together."
Of course Nangong Haotian knew that Zhao Ling'er was referring to him and Chu Meng being intimate on the bed, but the girl was shy and did not dare to say it.
Sighing, Nangong Haotian could only pretend to be angry and scolded: "Nonsense, Sister Meng'er was saving me because I was too poisoned and my limbs were weak, so she had to help me!"
Zhao Ling'er said aggrievedly: "I know... I said the same thing when I met Aunt Shan and the others..."
Nangong Haotian suddenly remembered the question of why Zhao Ling'er met Shangguan Xiaowan, Liu Qianwen and the others, and asked in confusion: "Where did you meet them?"
Zhao Ling'er replied: "In the big town where we got poisoned after eating, we stayed in the same store..."
"Then why don't you take them to me right away?" Nangong Haotian asked.
Zhao Ling'er said aggrievedly: "When I left the store the next morning, I saw my horse at the door of the store, so I asked the store boy to take me to find them!"
Nangong Haotian said with understanding and asked: "What happened next?"
Zhao Ling'er said quietly: "Later I met Aunt Shan, Sister Liu, and your sister Xiaowan..."
As soon as Nangong Haotian heard the words "Sister Xiaowan", he knew that Zhao Ling'er was jealous and worried about Shangguan Xiaowan.
He was originally going to ask her what she had said to Shangguan Xiaowan, but when he looked back, Zhao Ling'er, in her mood at the time, would definitely be happy to tell the truth.
Since it was inconvenient to ask directly, Nangong Haotian could only say tactfully: "You just tell them that I am at Meng'er's house?"
Zhao Ling'er hummed and said, "But when we rushed to Niujiaji, Chu Meng said that you had already gone to visit Master Tianwai."
"Because Meng'er doesn't know where Zhou Yuantong, the god-headed master, is here, so he has to go to visit the master in advance!" After saying this, he paused, and Nangong Haotian asked again: "When are you here?