Under the leadership of Jiuzhao and Qian Dexiao, Lin Manliu and the others passed Jianmen Pass unharmed.
It wasn't until everyone reached a fork in the road that Jiuzhao took the lead to stop.
He looked sideways at Lin Manliu, and then took a step back.
"The next step is to give Lin Shaoxia two options. One is to go to Shannan and then take a detour back to Jiangnan, and the other is to take the road back..."
Lin Manliu looked at the fork ahead and spoke casually.
"According to your eldest son's opinion, where would you rather us go?"
Looking at the young man in short shirt in front of him, who still had the same attitude as before, Jiuzhao retracted and closed his palms several times before continuing to speak.
"If Lin Shaoxia keeps this attitude, we will not stop him, but we have a piece of news to tell you..."
Lin Manliuxun looked at Jiuzhao, and a playful smile gradually appeared on the latter's face.
As Jiuzhao raised his hand, the subordinate behind him took out a wooden box from his arms, held it in his hand and handed it forward.
Lin Manliu watched the wooden box being pushed away by the man, and there was a letter that looked like it was stained with blood.
Jiu Zhaoyan said: "The content of the letter is for Young Master Lin to read for himself, but I just want to save some effort and tell you directly... The third owner of your village is dead!"
Brother Xue?
died?
There was a moment of disbelief in the eyes of the young man in a short shirt, but he did not immediately take the letter in the wooden box.
Lin Man Liuyan said: "How did you find out?"
Jiuzhao spoke up: "Since the Master of the Third Village is a member of the army, he naturally knows this information. If Lin Shaoxia doesn't want to check the letter on his own, I can have a brief talk with you..."
The general with the ninth surname didn't care about Lin Manliu's thoughts and started his speech directly.
In a dozen sentences, he told Lin Manliu all about Xue Tang's route to the north and the time he had encountered.
In the end, the boy in short shirt did not pick up the letter, but just looked at the fork to Shannan Road.
Regarding the information provided by Jiuzhao, the authenticity is not important.
He understood that it was just the eldest son of the Jiang family who needed him to believe at this moment.
As for Xue Tang's death, it needs to be returned to Yijian Villa and verified with the old liar before it can be settled.
Looking in the direction of Lin Manliu's gaze, Jiuzhao raised his hand and clapped his hands.
"Shaoxia Lin is a real person...please!"
In the conversation between Jiuzhao and Lin Manliu, Shen Muchao and Jiang Yanlin not far away, they all had similar thoughts.
I don’t understand the boy’s choice.
He was even more confused about Jiuzhao's strange words.
Lin Manliu said: "From now on, we will follow the Shannan detour, but we will not have any intersection with you again?"
The boy in a short shirt deliberately emphasized the word "you" when he said it.
Jiuzhao responded with a smile: "Of course not! I have told Shaoxia Lin that we are here to submit a petition...to make friends!"
Lin Manliu immediately walked towards Shen Muchao and Jiang Yanlin.
Jiuzhao once again moved towards the side of the mountain road, showing a very sensible look.
When the three young men in short shirts reunited, the general with the ninth surname raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
Snapped!
Then everyone, including Qian Dexiao, followed Jiuzhao and left together.
Lin Manliu didn't care whether they were monitoring or not, and began to explain the future itinerary to Shen Muchao and Jiang Yanlin.
"We will need to take a detour for a while in the future, and rush to Shannan as much as possible, bypassing central Guizhou and then entering Jiangnan..."
Jiang Yanlin spoke up: "Brother Liu, it wasn't the person who said Master Xue Sanzhuang before... Then why do we have to take a detour and only increase the return time?"
The boy in a short shirt explained: "If they can stop us at Jianmen Pass, it means that they can probably estimate our itinerary in southern Xinjiang. Then they can guess our purpose quite well..."
All along the way, he was actually covering up Jiang Yanlin's whereabouts.
Only if Tu Evil Sect knew Jiang Yanlin's identity from the beginning would they have made so many arrangements in advance.
Because Lin Manliu was quite familiar with their tricks.
For example, that's the case with Huang Fang lurking in the Fengxue Grand View Tower.
I want to use him as bait to bring out the entire Yijian Villa to fight against the Fengxue Grand View Tower.
That must be why Jiuzhao and Qian Dexiao turned a blind eye to Jiang Yanlin today.
Shen Muchao pondered for a moment and then asked aloud: "Their purpose of mentioning the news of the death of the three village masters is to lead to the first step, to make you confused by this matter, and to make you have the idea of returning quickly. ..."
Jiang Yanlin was a little confused when he heard this, so why was Brother Liu the right solution when he stated that he was going to take a detour to Shannan?
Lin Man said in six words: "Yes, but this is only the first level."
While the young man in short shirt spoke, he raised his foot and drew a horizontal line on the dirt of the mountain road, and then a vertical line.
"If I had just been in panic and wanted to go directly to central Guizhou, I would have probably been escorted by them along the way..."
"The letter in the wooden box should be what Jiuzhao said, but even if they have the best hands and eyes, they can't get first-hand information..."
Shen Mu Chaoyan said: "Unless they are the ones who killed or imprisoned the three village owners?"
Because in that person's words, the news of Brother Xue's death was brought to Yijian Villa by Wenjianhu's "kindness".
Even the sword and the wooden plaque of his military status were sent back to Yijian Villa, so the blood-stained letter was a bit unjustifiable.
According to Ming Xi's nature, will he hand over the first-hand information to them, or to Yijian Villa?
Or maybe Yijian Villa obtained it from other places, and the old liar would let the information fall into the hands of others?
Therefore, the blood-stained letter that appeared in Jiuzhao's hands could only be faked by Lin Manliu.
It was also their eldest son who needed him to know that the letter was fake.
The young man in short shirt nodded and led the horse towards the mountain road ahead.
"Although I don't know what the purpose of the two of them is to send us through customs and deliver news, but future 'cooperation' should be indispensable. This is the second floor!"
When Jiang Yanlin heard this, he vaguely understood.
He made a fist with one hand and a palm with the other, hammering the fist into his palm.
"I understand! So their purpose is to let Brother Liu and Yijian Villa take this favor by force!"
Lin Manliu glanced at Jiang Yanlin and suppressed his thoughts.
It's still unclear what the relationship between Yan Lin and Jiang Xu is. If he finds out that the person who plotted the scheme is his cousin, I don't know what he will think.
It would be better to wait until we meet again before talking to each other.
Jiang Yanlin looked at the gaze from Brother Liu and immediately stood firm.
"Yan Lin understands! Isn't he smarter than before?"
Lin Manliu nodded and shouted: "Don't worry about the funeral for now, let's go! Take a detour back to Jiangnan!"
Jiang Yanlin shouted in response: "Take a detour and go home!"
Shen Muchao looked at these two people and couldn't help but shook his head.
The front foot is still reviewing the previous things, and now it can feel comfortable and happy, it is really good.
...
Jiuzhao and others returned the same way, and soon they were walking on the mountain road of Jianmen Pass again.
The Yanyang officers and soldiers in charge of the inspection immediately greeted the "noble man" with a smile when he saw the "noble man" returning.
"Why did the general leave so quickly? Do you want to go into the camp to rest for a while?"
Jiuzhao patted the jade plaque on his waist and shouted: "No need, we need to return to Chengdu early!"
"Are you looking for a carriage for the general?"
"No need to bother, just continue patrolling and inspecting!"
Seeing the flattery between the officials, the caravans who were still waiting in line to leave the customs immediately looked away.
They were afraid that they would offend the official again. If he was really angry, their truck might not be able to get out of the gate.
The two people who had been taught a lesson before wanted to put their heads in their waistbands and did not even dare to look at him.
But on the top of the city at Jianmen Pass, there were two people who looked at all the previous and current scenes.
First one person spoke up: "Brother Li can stop me, but the one below can send him away. This makes it difficult for me to do my job..."
Another person responded: "General Chu is not as aware as the Marquis. Do you have other arrangements for your trip this time?"
"How much does Brother Li know?"
"General Chu, there is no need to call him so close. You and I have known each other not long ago, right?"
"Li Yanhe... Li Yanhe, is it possible to be so majestic with a flag in the south?!"
"It turns out that General Chu is afraid of flags. Do you think he is afraid of rushing to move his head?"
"Li Yanhe, don't bully others too much! How long can you survive when those people are released?"
Li Yanhe did not continue to answer, but raised his hand very skillfully and reached back.
Before he could touch the flag, the face of the general named Chu who said harsh words in front of him darkened, and then turned around and left.
"The scouts deployed in central Guizhou will be ordered to withdraw to southern Xinjiang later. I will also rush to Langcang Pass as soon as possible..."
Li Yanhe clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations to General Chu!"
The confrontation on the city wall ended here.
The pleasantries under the city wall are also coming to an end.
After Jiuzhao said goodbye to the patrolling soldier, he led the people down the mountain.
When he turned back to look at the city, he saw that only one person was left, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"This should be enough..."
Qian Ding smiled and asked: "Then Li Yanhe doesn't guarantee that they will have no worries about their future journey. Why does the eldest son still want us to let him take a detour?"
Jiuzhao said: "Brother is making sure nothing goes wrong. After all, it's Ah Yao's game, so of course he has to do it himself!"
Qian Ding smiled and nodded, and looked back at the city head.
"Then why would he be willing to help..."
"This kind of upright person will naturally entrust himself with quelling the evil spirits. If we point out the 'evil' for him, he will naturally help!"
"The second young master is talking more and more like the eldest young master!"
"Yan...Diexiao, what's the difference between saying this and scolding me?"
Qian Dingxiao quickly took a few steps forward and turned to look at Jiuzhao.
Xu hadn't seen such embarrassment on Jiuzhao's face for a long time.
The eldest young master, the second young master, and his companion in the academy, the three of them have actually been working towards the same thing over the years.
But there is only one thing worth their efforts.
