After the two got up, Zhu Jiuzhen said, "Brother, how should we get to Zhujiazhuang?" Xiang Yan thought for a while and said, "Zhujiazhuang is in Kunlun Mountain, and Kunlun Mountain is in the west. Let's go west first, and then we'll find out more slowly on the way. Let's go somewhere!" Zhu Jiuzhen said, "Okay." The two mounted their horses and rushed to the west.
The two of them had been walking for less than an hour when they suddenly heard several whistles in the distance, three long and two short, and the sound was sharp. It was the signal for the Emei sect to gather their fellow disciples. Xiang Yan said: "It seems that a senior sister is nearby." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Ignore her, let's go back to Zhujiazhuang!" Xiang Yan said: "Yes." Continue to move forward.
Zhou Zhiruo's voice suddenly came from behind: "Junior brother Xiang, where are you going?" Xiang Yan and Zhu Jiuzhen looked back, and Zhou Zhiruo and Jingkong rode over from behind. Xiang Yan felt guilty and lowered his head, daring not to answer. Zhu Jiuzhen said with a smile: "I have met the two senior sisters, and we are planning to go back to Emei!" Zhou Zhiruo said with a smile: "Junior sister Zhu is here too!" Jingkong said with a cold face: "You heard the signal for our sect to recruit fellow disciples, why? Not going to gather? Instead, keep moving forward?"
Zhu Jiuzhen smiled like a flower and said: "Is that whistle just now a signal for our sect to gather our fellow disciples? I don't know! I'm also wondering who is blowing the whistle!" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Sister, Junior Sister Zhu and Junior Brother Xiang You have followed our sect for a short time, so you must be unfamiliar with our signals!" Zhu Jiuzhen nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes! Yes! We are not familiar with the signals. If we knew that it was the signal for our sect to recruit fellow sects, we would definitely Just do it."
Jingkong said: "Now you know it! Come with us to see Master now!" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Master is in the Beggar Clan stronghold not far ahead, and the Beggar Clan disciples led by Deputy Gang Leader Yang are also there." Zhu Jiuzhen He hurriedly asked: "Is my dad here?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "He is too." Zhu Jiuzhen whispered to Xiang Yan: "Brother, why don't we go see my dad first?" Xiang Yan nodded and responded: " Um!"
Xiang Yantiao turned his horse's head and followed Jingkong and Zhou Zhiruo's horse. Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Two senior sisters, why are you here?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Master was worried that some of his disciples had not escaped the Tatars' pursuit, so he sent us to check nearby to see if we encountered anyone who was being chased by the Tatars. My colleagues will respond."
The three horses crossed several secluded paths and came to a half-collapsed wall. There was a faint sound of someone talking inside the wall. The four people entered over the wall. The wall was full of weeds and it turned out to be an abandoned manor. There are many beggars sitting or lying on the grass in the abandoned garden. There is a dilapidated pavilion in the north corner, in which many people gather faintly.
Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Two senior sisters, I will go to see my father first, and then I will go to see the master later." Jingkong nodded and said: "You go!" Zhu Jiuzhen said to Xiang Yan again: "Brother, you go first See Master! I'm going to see my father first." Xiang Yan said, "Okay."
Xiang Yan followed Jingkong and Zhou Zhiruo towards the pavilion. Master Miejie and the old woman were sitting in the pavilion. The Emei disciples, Yin Li, Yang Buhui, Xiao Zhao and Zhao Min gathered around the pavilion. Xiang Yan glanced at Zhao Min doubtfully, feeling a little strange: "When the Tatars attacked us, didn't Zhao Min take the opportunity to escape?"
Xiang Yan bowed to Master Miejie and retreated among the disciples. Jingkong said: "Master, we met Junior Sister Zhu Jiuzhen and Junior Brother Xiang on the road. Junior Sister Zhu went to see her father, Master Zhu, and will come over to see Master later." Master Miejie nodded and said "Yes". After a while, he said again: "It's almost time. Everyone who should come should have come, and those who haven't come can't come. Jingxuan, go ask Miss Yang when you can leave." Jingxuan took the order and left.
After the Beggar Clan disciples were ready to leave, everyone continued to move forward. During the break, Xiang Yan went to see Zhu Jiuzhen again, but Zhu Jiuzhen was a little alienated from Xiang Yan. After having a relationship with Zhu Jiuzhen last night, Xiang Yan thought that his relationship with Zhu Jiuzhen was different from ordinary people, but at this time Zhu Jiuzhen was a little cold towards Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yan felt quite disappointed.
Zhou Zhiruo came to Xiang Yan and asked, "Junior brother, are you okay? Junior brother, were you injured when the Tatars attacked us?" Xiang Yan said, "No. Thank you, senior sister, for your concern." Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said, "It's okay. Okay. The Tatars treat female disciples quite favorably, mostly by capturing them - we have rescued many senior sisters because of this, but the Tatars are merciless to the male disciples, and all the senior brothers are either dead or injured." Xiang Yanxin said: "No wonder those Yuan soldiers were so vicious towards me that they wanted to beat and kill me, but they captured Zhu Jiuzhen."
Zhou Zhiruo said again: "Junior brother, don't worry. We were not prepared before, so we were attacked by the Tatars. Now that we are prepared, we find that it will not be so easy to attack us again." Xiang Yanqi said: "We have What are you prepared for?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Miss Yang has already contacted the nearby Beggar Clan disciples. Whenever the Tatars are transferred, the nearby Beggar Clan disciples will notify us. The Beggar Clan disciples are all over the world, and the Tatars are mobilized. You can’t hide it from them.”
