In the Tianzi room, the wine has warmed and the delicacies are ready, but there is no young man enjoying the table full of treasures at the table. There are only discarded armors beside the couch and the wooden window that makes a creaking sound.
There were few guests in Tianxiang Pavilion. The sound of the waiter's footsteps going upstairs was heard in the Tianzi room, but there was no sign of the young man in the room. Within a few breaths, the waiter had already gone up to the second floor, carrying a wooden bottle filled with hot water. Basin, standing in front of the door.
"Dong dong dong."
"Sir, the waiter is here to bring you some hot water." The waiter held the wooden basin and knocked on the door.
After waiting for a while, no one opened the door. The waiter asked suspiciously: "It's strange, it wasn't long before General went upstairs... Could it be that he fell asleep?"
After saying this, the waiter put his ear to the door, wanting to hear the noise to judge whether the guest was asleep, but the moment his ear reached the door, there was a "hoo!", the door suddenly opened, and the guest opened the door. , those bright eyes were looking at him with a little anger.
"Sir... don't misunderstand me. I'm here to deliver... hot water. I just knocked on the door, but the guest didn't answer. I was worried about something unexpected, so..." Worried that the guest might misunderstand, the waiter said He stumbled to explain, but before he finished speaking, the wooden basin in his hand had been taken away by the guest, and what was stuffed into his hand was a heavy silver nugget.
"I was very sleepy just now. I hope you are careful and don't care about you. I have come all the way and I am really sleepy. Remember, no matter what happens, don't bother me again." Gu Xiao deliberately made a serious face and ordered in a cold voice. .
The waiter who got the "Sweet Date" now received another "stick" from the guest. He hurriedly stuffed the money into his arms and said with a smile: "Guest, don't worry, I promise that no one will come to disturb the guest again."
When the young man heard this, he was very satisfied. He closed the door and bolted it. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the wooden window. Fortunately, he opened it for a moment and heard the sound of the waiter going upstairs, so he returned to the house in time. , this prevented the waiter from seeing the clues.
After listening for a moment, he felt that the waiter had gone down the stairs, and there was no movement in Tianxiang Pavilion. Gu Xiao finally calmed down, turned his eyes quickly, picked up the armor he had discarded beside the collapse, and laid it flat on the couch. Then he pulled some sundries and stuffed them into the armor and covered him with a quilt.
After taking a few steps back and looking from a distance, I saw what appeared to be a man in armor sleeping on his back on the couch.
After a brief nod, Gu Xiao said to himself: "It's like, even if someone is peeking outside the room, I am still resting in the room."
After finishing his words, he glanced sideways at the table full of delicacies, secretly regretting that he had too many important things to do at the moment and could not taste the delicacies in Yanbei City.
The spring breeze suddenly picked up, blowing open the wooden window that the young man had covered just now, and when he entered the room, the young man was no longer visible, only a table full of delicacies and the armored figure covered with a quilt on the couch.
Taking off his heavy armor, Gu Xiao felt relaxed all over. He used all his internal energy to walk through the alleys of Yanbei City. He was very familiar with it. He arrived at Yunxiang Pavilion earlier than the captain. It was not because Gu Xiao was not good at horseback riding, but because he was riding a horse. When you come, keep observing everywhere along the road to keep it in mind.
At this moment, relying on the memory in his heart, he rushed to where he saw He Ji's figure in the morning... Turning out of the alley, Gu Xiao could already see Luantong Shop in the distance, but Murong Wu was still nowhere to be seen.
Jian's eyebrows were furrowed, and he secretly said something bad. At the same time, he also secretly cursed himself for not being cautious enough. He only knew Miss Murong for a short time, and he didn't understand her thoughts well enough.
Whether she would act according to her own ideas, or whether she didn't take her warning into mind at all, it would be terrible if He Ji really found out.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao felt even more anxious. In order to avoid anyone paying attention to him, he slowed down his steps, lowered his head slightly and crossed the main street. He walked quickly into a quiet alley, but he did not notice that there were three people staring at his back from a distance and quickly followed him.
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Although it was already noon, there were still few pedestrians in the alley. Gu Xiao was walking in the alley, constantly looking at both sides of the alley, trying to find some clues, but the Yanbei Alley was crisscrossed like a maze, so Gu Xiao could only
It felt like I was back in the Eighth Formation of Shimen on the back hill of Hejiabao.
After a cup of tea, Gu Xiao couldn't help but sigh, and whispered to himself: "As expected, if I were in He Ji, I would choose this place to stay. If my whereabouts are exposed, I only need to go to this alley.
To drill for it means to use Yanbei's officers and soldiers, and by the time they find it, they will have already escaped."
Gu Xiao was thinking about it when he suddenly heard some noise behind him. Although he tried his best to suppress his steps, Gu Xiao still heard the person coming. He turned his eyes slightly and suddenly became alert. He immediately calmed down and walked slowly. He heard the sound behind him.
The footsteps also followed, and Gu Xiao's eyes showed coldness. He looked up at a corner not far ahead and had an idea...
The moment he turned into another alley, Gu Xiao immediately leaned his back against the wall of the alley and waited. When he heard the footsteps approaching, he used all his internal strength in his chest, and just for a moment when the footsteps turned into the entrance of the alley, he ducked out.
The sword pointed directly at the leader's throat, and he was about to capture the leader in an instant. However, just when he was about to succeed, he saw a pair of familiar eyes behind the leader.
It was cold but with a little warmth, especially when he looked at himself for a moment, his cold eyes
The slight concern shown in his words made Gu Xiao instantly withdraw his sword finger.
"Miss Jiang, why is it you?" With a little joy on his face, Gu Xiao withdrew and spoke.
Before Jiang Ningxue could speak, the pipe pot that had escaped under Gu Xiaojian's finger opened its mouth first, and smiled at General Sun behind him: "General Sun, can you admit defeat? I'm telling you, Miss Jiang may admit her mistake."
Others, but Brother Mu, she will never admit her mistake."
"I have given up. I thought that Brother Mu had gone to Beicheng with the corps leader. How could he come back here so quickly? From this point of view, Miss Jiang's eyesight is more accurate." Sun Pianjiang looked at the pipe pot with a proud look,
Laughing and admitting defeat.
The two people's teasing and joking made Jiang Ningxue's face turn red. Fortunately, she had a face covering to cover it, so the two of them didn't see the joke. However, this was not the time to relax, and she never picked up the conversation between the two of them.
Turning to Mu Yi, he asked, "You went to Beicheng, why did you turn back here?"
Looking around, seeing no one around, Gu Xiao's expression turned slightly grim, and he frowned and said, "I discovered He Ji's whereabouts."
"What? He is really in Yanbei City, so your guess is correct?" Perhaps Sun Pianjiang didn't know, but Jiang Ningxue and Yandian Guo knew why Gu Xiao was so sad about He Ji's whereabouts, and they spoke in unison.
Gu Xiao nodded and said: "Based on the plan I discussed with you in Gao Deng's army, I persuaded the two generals of the Fu family to help me enter the city. On the way to Beicheng, I happened to see the back of He Ji, but at that time there was Shan Bin's subordinate
The general's men were following me, but they couldn't get away to trace He Ji's whereabouts, so they had to ask Miss Murong to pursue them while I dealt with the corps commander... When I finally got rid of
After getting rid of the entanglement of the corps commander, when I came back, Miss Murong was nowhere to be found..."
After several people heard this, they all looked thoughtful. General Sun Pian was the first to speak: "This matter is indeed difficult to handle. Not to mention the size of Yanbei City, with these crisscrossed alleys, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to find someone."
, If nothing happens in Yanbei, maybe I can mobilize troops and search for ten days and a half, maybe there is a way, but now Yanbei is closed, and the military order is approaching..."
"I have fought with He Ji and Miss Murong. According to what you said, Miss Murong chased into this alley not long ago. In my opinion, it is impossible for He Ji to capture Miss Murong in such a short period of time without leaving her behind."
Leave no trace, unless..." Jiang Ningxue thought for a moment and said what she was thinking.
"What Miss Jiang meant is that there are experts to help He Ji." Gu Xiao took Jiang Ningxue's words.
"That's right." Jiang Ningxue thought thoughtfully, looking into the young man's starry eyes, and finally remembered that the young man mentioned to her the masters he met in Mo County, her cold eyes flashed slightly, and she couldn't help but whisper.
"The masked man!" Gu Xiao and Jiang Ningxue said in unison.
Thinking of the masked man, Gu Xiao was almost certain in his heart that the masked man was the one who helped He Ji reach Yanbei City. Miss Murong had not shown up yet. If He Ji really found out, the masked man would take action.
, Miss Murong will definitely be defeated.
"If it's really him, this matter will be difficult to solve, but how can we find Miss Murong's whereabouts in this alley now?" Gu Xiao muttered to himself, lost in thought.
As his starry eyes flickered, he caught a glimpse of a pipe and pot, and an idea flashed in his mind. By the way, with such a master of tracking and tracking by his side, there was no need to worry about finding someone.
Yandianguo also saw the look Brother Mu cast.
Guang immediately understood and said with a wry smile: "Brother Mu, I know what you are thinking, but the tracking technique is not a magic technique. I need some objects or footprints left by the girl before I can use it."
The glimmer of hope he had was about to be shattered. Gu Xiao sighed and thought hard again.
"There are still four of us, why not spread out. As long as we can find some clues, we can let Brother Chi Xin use the tracking technique, right?" Jiang Ningxue looked at Mu Yi's frown, thought for a moment, and relieved him of his worries.
road.
After receiving Jiang Ningxue's suggestion, Gu Xiao suddenly realized that Miss Jiang's words were true. There were not many pedestrians walking in the alley. Even if the masked man really tried to capture someone, given Miss Murong's martial arts level, there would definitely be some traces left.
After thinking about this, I spoke to a few people.
"Miss Jiang is right. The four of us spread out and look for traces of fighting in the alley. We have only half an hour to gather us here if there are any clues."
Jiang Ningxue and the others responded to Gu Xiao's request and immediately dispersed to search for clues...
Gu Xiao walked through the alley, carefully looking at the ground around him, stroking the walls of the alley from time to time, leaning down to check the snow and mud on the ground... Before he knew it, it had been nearly half an hour.
"Although there are messy footprints, they are definitely not traces of a fight." He leaned over to check, but still couldn't find any clues. Gu Xiao stood up again and sighed slightly.
Thinking that the time was approaching, Gu Xiao was about to return to the alley. Miss Yu Jiang and others met first to see if they could find any clues. With his keen sense, he heard something like a dispute at a door in the alley.
He heard the sound, and out of curiosity, he hurriedly moved forward to investigate.
As I approached the door, I heard the argument getting louder. I couldn't help but take a few steps back and looked up, outside the alley wall.
, it is a three-story building, and the second and third floors are full of wooden windows, each decorated with clever paintings. It is very luxurious, very similar to the Yunxiang Pavilion where I live, and also like an inn in the city.
The wooden door that made the noise of the dispute should be the small door in the back alley of the inn. Gu Xiao was not a nosy person, but he could not let go of any possibility at the moment. He immediately wanted to get closer to the small door to find out what the dispute was about.
, but heard rapid footsteps coming from the alley ahead.
Wariness suddenly rose in his eyes. He looked back at both sides of the alley. There were walls and no place to hide. Hearing the footsteps getting closer, his mind moved slightly. He stood up from the ground, jumped up the wall, and turned over into the inn courtyard in front of him.
, hold the wall firmly with your hands.
After General Gu Xiao hid himself, he heard the footsteps outside the wall. Perhaps because of hearing the footsteps, the sound of arguments in the courtyard stopped, and the people outside the wall whispered after hearing the silence.
Open your mouth and give the order.
"The general has an order, you and all of you should hide yourself first and wait for the day of military regulations. Take the throwing cup as a signal and enter the Yunlai Inn. Kill without mercy and leave no one alive."
"Got the order!"
Gu Xiao listened clearly on the wall and was frightened in his heart. It was clear that Shan Bin was planning to carry out a killing spree in a military place.
With his mind racing, Gu Xiao's first reaction was to inform Yang Hucheng and try to stop Shan Bin's conspiracy. However, these swordsmen were outside the wall. Once they took action, they would definitely alert the snake. All he could do now was to hope that these people would leave quickly.