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. There are only discarded armors next to the couch and the wooden window that makes a "squeaking" sound.
In Tianxiang Pavilion, there were few guests. The sound of the waiter’s footsteps going upstairs reached 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 full of hot water. The basin stands in front of the door.
"Dong dong dong."
"Sir, I'll 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 Jiang 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 had 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 and didn't see a reply from you. I was worried about something unexpected, so..." Worried that the guest would misunderstand, the waiter said Baba opened his mouth 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 Jujube" 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."
After hearing this, the young man 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 turned around 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 starry 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 looked sideways at the table full of delicacies, secretly regretting that he had too many important things to do at the moment and couldn't 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 his inner strength to walk through the alleys of Yanbei City. He was very familiar with it. He arrived at Yunxiang Pavilion earlier than the captain, not because Gu Xiao was not good at horseback riding, but because he was riding a horse. At the same time, 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 the 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 cursed himself in his heart for not being cautious enough. He had only known Miss Murong for a short time, and he didn't know enough about her thoughts. Keep the reminder in your heart, if He Ji really finds out, it will be terrible.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao became 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 secluded alley. However, he did not notice that there were three people staring at his back from a distance and quickly followed him. .
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, leaving Gu Xiao only to It felt like I was back in the Eighth Formation of Shimen in the back mountain of Hejiabao.
After a cup of tea, Gu Xiao couldn't help but sigh and said in a low voice: "As expected, if I were in He Ji, I would choose this place to stay. If my whereabouts were exposed, I would just go to this alley. Drilling means using Yanbei's officers and soldiers, and by the time they find it, they have already escaped."
Gu Xiao was thinking about it when he suddenly heard some noise behind him. Although the person who came was trying his best to suppress his pace, he still couldn't.
When Gu Xiao heard it, his eyes turned slightly, and he suddenly became alert. He immediately gathered his thoughts and walked slowly. He heard the footsteps coming from behind him. Gu Xiao's eyes showed coldness, and he raised his eyes and looked not far ahead. I turned a corner and had an idea...
The moment he turned into another alley, Gu Xiao immediately pressed his back against the wall of the alley and waited. Hearing the footsteps approaching, he used all his internal strength in his chest and stepped out just as the footsteps turned into the alley.
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 some warmth, especially when he looked at him for a moment, the slight concern in his cold eyes made Gu Xiao withdraw his sword finger instantly.
"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? Let me just say that Miss Jiang may admit her mistake." Others, but Brother Mu, she will never admit her mistake."
"I've given up. I thought Brother Mu had gone to Beicheng with the corps leader. How could he come back here so quickly? It seems that Miss Jiang's eyesight is more accurate." Sun Pianjiang looked at the pipe pot with a proud expression. He smiled and admitted defeat.
The two people's teasing and joking made Jiang Ningxue's face blush slightly. 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?"
Looking around, seeing no one around, Gu Xiao's expression turned slightly, 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 the corps commander's entanglement, I came back. , but Miss Murong’s whereabouts are missing..."
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 criss-crossing 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 both 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 means is that there is a master to help He Ji." Gu Xiao took Jiang Ningxue's words.
"Not bad." Jiang Ningxue mused, 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 already 70% certain 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 is really him, this matter will be difficult to solve, but now how do we find the whereabouts of Miss Murong in this alley." 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 gaze cast by Brother Mu, and 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 to have some objects left by that girl, or Only the footprints can be used."
The glimmer of hope he had was about to be shattered. Gu Xiao sighed and thought hard again.
"There are still four of us, so why not spread out. As long as we can find some clues, we can let Brother Chik-shin use tracking
It's a skill, isn't it? Jiang Ningxue looked at Mu Yi's frown, thought for a moment, and said to relieve his worries.
After receiving Jiang Ningxue's suggestion, Gu Xiao suddenly realized that what Miss Jiang said was 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. Thinking about this, he spoke to several people.
"Miss Jiang is right. The four of us spread out and searched for signs of fighting in the alley. We have half an hour limit. If there are any clues, we will all meet here."
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. From time to time, he would touch the walls of the alley and lean over 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 what seemed to be a dispute at a door in the alley. There was a 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 entrance wall was a three-story building. The second and third floors were 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 this inn. Gu Xiao was not a nosy person, but he couldn't 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 an order.
"The general has an order, you all should hide yourself first, wait for the day of military regulations, follow the signal of throwing a cup, enter Yunlai Inn, kill without mercy, leave no one alive."
"Have an order!"
Gu Xiao listened clearly on the wall, and was already frightened. Shan Bin's intention to carry out a killing spree in the land of military regulations was already obvious.
With his mind racing, Gu Xiao's first reaction was to inform Yang Hucheng and try to stop Shan Bin's conspiracy, but these swordsmen were outside the wall. Once they took action, they would definitely alert the snake. All he could do at the moment was to hope that these people would leave quickly.
