This evil Taoist Jia Xiu was really arrogant to the extreme. He swaggered along the way. Whenever an official came up to interrogate him, he would kill people without saying a word!
So Zhao Qingsong came all the way, thanks to the fact that Jia Xiu and his gang killed a lot of people along the way, and drove more than 30 official cars, which was very eye-catching, and it was easy to find traces of these people!
When I arrived at Fangshan, I asked the local errand man and learned that Jia Xiu and his group had already left Fangshan and headed southwest in a mighty manner!
Zhao Qingsong frowned when he heard this, and said to himself that you servants are useless. You couldn't even stop these gangsters for a moment. Moreover, many local officials were killed, and these servants did not report anything. If you don’t chase the culprit, you still act like it never happened!
I asked them myself, and they told me everything in detail, as if the person who was killed was not an official of the Ming Dynasty, but some cat, dog, or chicken, and they didn't take it seriously at all!
Every place in the Ming Dynasty was riddled with rot. Zhao Qingsong knew that, but he didn't expect that the officials under the emperor's feet could rot so naturally, so insensitively, and so indifferent!
It really opened his eyes!
However, no matter how bad the official is, he will not do anything to do with Zhao Qingsong. Zhao Qingsong has no power to take care of it even as a royal guard. The top priority right now is to catch up with Jia Xiu as soon as possible!
Zhao Qingsong called a few familiar people to his side and asked, "What do you think? Where will this Jia Xiu run to?"
Among the people who came this time, Zhao Qingsong specially selected Captain Cao, who was familiar with him.
Captain Cao is older and has a lot of experience in the world. After he knew that he was selected by Zhao Qingsong to pursue Jia Xiu, his natural bitter face turned into an old bitter face full of wrinkles!
At this time, Captain Cao saw Zhao Qingsong asking, and replied with a sad face: "Zhao Ban, do you still need to ask? I have heard many rumors that this Jia Xiu is a ghost sent by Fengdu Ghost City! This Fengdu Where is the General Director of Ghost City? Needless to say, everyone in the martial arts knows that the General Director of Fengdu Ghost City is on the mountain outside Chongqing Fucheng. This Jia Xiu obviously wants to lead the team back to the General Director of Fengdu Ghost City."
Zhao Qingsong had heard many rumors about Fengdu Ghost City, but he didn’t know much about the specifics of this mysterious sect. After hearing what Captain Cao said so confidently, he asked: "What about Captain Cao? Do you know which path they will take? Where are they now?"
Although Captain Cao and Zhao Qingsong could not be said to have any deep friendship, they knew each other's character very well.
Captain Cao knew that Zhao Qingsong looked lazy and amiable, but was actually very strategic and had extremely high martial arts skills. He was a very smart person who was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. He had always admired Zhao Qingsong's conduct and was very convinced when he saw Zhao Qingsong. In his own words, he cheered up and continued: "If they want to return to Chongqing, there are many routes, but judging from the letter they just received from Fangshan, they are walking in the southwest direction. In this direction, there are only Road!"
Zhao Qingsong understood immediately, because if Jia Xiu and his group followed the southwest road, they had to go through Zijingguan Pass in Yixian County!
Because if you leave Beijing from the southwest and want to cross the Taihang Mountains and enter Shanxi as quickly as possible, you can only take the first pass in the south of Beijing - Zijingguan!
He was originally a native of Yixian County, and he was quite familiar with the situation in Yixian County. He probably knew all the roads between the various mountain ranges.
However, it was obvious that Captain Cao was more familiar with these roads than he was, so he did not interrupt Captain Cao's speech and signaled Captain Cao to continue!
Captain Cao took out the march map, pointed at the terrain on the map and said: "Look, after they left the Fangshan area, they walked southwest along the Mao'er Mountain. After reaching Yidu, because they were carrying their baggage , so it is impossible to go into the mountains in the direction of Shidu! Because the mountain road is rugged and difficult, it is impossible for their car to pass with 50,000 taels of gold and 100,000 taels of silver! So if they continue to go southwest, they have to take Qianxian County This road at the foot of Foshan Mountain!”
"Look!" Captain Cao pointed to the mountain shape on the map: "To the south of Qianfo Mountain in Yishan is Yunmeng Mountain. They have to go to Guandaoling between Qianfo Mountain and Yunmeng Mountain! I have passed by Guandaoling several times. This road is very narrow and difficult to navigate. If we block them here and let the local garrison come for reinforcements, they will not be able to fly even if they have wings, and they will have to be captured by us!"
Zhao Qingsong nodded and said: "Captain Cao said it well! Then let's hurry up and try to get to Guandaoling in front of them before dark and annihilate them all in Guandaoling!"
Zhao Qingsong collected the marching map, mounted his horse and rode quickly, leading the lieutenants straight to Guandaoling!
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Guandaoling, something unexpected happened to him!
Before entering Guandaoling, a local military sentry was stationed here to set up a checkpoint. But when Zhao Qingsong and the others arrived at the checkpoint, they found dead bodies everywhere and no living person left!
Obviously, Jia Xiu also knew that the pursuers sent by the imperial court were chasing them, so they were also hurrying on!
Jia Xiu and his group moved much faster than Zhao Qingsong and the others expected!
Zhao Qingsong hurriedly took out the marching map and asked: "Captain Cao, it seems that Jia Xiu is also scared and runs faster than a rabbit. Where do you think they should go next?"
Captain Cao didn't even look at the map and said, "They have no other way. They can only continue walking along Yunmeng Mountain, cross the Juma River and pass through Zijin Pass!"
Zhao Qingsong nodded and said: "I heard it when I was peeing, one person can't open the Bauhinia Pass without ten thousand people! No matter how capable Jia Xiu is, he can't pass through it in three seconds. We are in Bauhinia Pass." Block them at the pass and let the defenders at the pass cooperate with us to wipe out this group of bold thieves in one fell swoop!"
Captain Cao said worriedly: "Ah?! It's hard to say! How can they run so fast with their baggage? They can also kill everyone! It is said that Jia Xiu can absorb souls and demons. Is this true? ? Then if Zijing Pass can't stop him for a moment or three, after they pass the pass and enter Caijiayu, the terrain there is complicated, the court has no garrison, and there may be bandits on the mountain. If Jia Xiu and his gang go there then, There is a cat in the mountains, and if we try to find them, it will be like finding a needle in a haystack!"
Zhao Qingsong looked at the extremely loose and large area of Caijiayu on the map, scratched his head with some worry, and suddenly said: "This Jia Xiu cannot be judged by common sense. In my opinion, this guy is probably crazy. Man, otherwise if you look at the things he does, is there anything that ordinary people can do?"
Captain Cao's drooping eyebrows twitched quickly, and he nodded in agreement: "That's right! Zhao Zhangban is right, ordinary people don't even dare to think about the things Jia Xiu did! "
Zhao Qingsong put away the march map and said: "I think the reason why Jia Xiu ran so fast was not because he was afraid of someone chasing him from behind! This man acted so arrogantly and arrogantly that he would not take his pursuers seriously at all! I guess that the reason why he ran so fast may have another purpose, so it is best for us to stop them in front of Zijing Pass and catch them by taking advantage of the favorable location of Zijing Pass and the defenders, but even if we arrive late, , Jia Xiu and the others have passed through the barrier, I think it doesn’t matter, there are so many of them rushing on their way, it’s not difficult to find them!”
Captain Cao nodded silently.
Zhao Qingsong ordered: "It's going to be dark soon. No matter how capable Jia Xiu and his gang are, they should be reaching their limit after rushing all day long. I guess they will camp in front of Zijingguan tonight to rest. Or we are repairing after passing the Bauhinia Pass! We are very close to them. You guys take off the saddle and let go of the horse. Let the horse eat some water and grass and take a good rest. You guys also eat something and drink some water here. Take a rest! After three sticks of incense, we will set off to exterminate these daring gangsters!"
The captains of the school responded and put their horses to graze in the woods aside. They sat together in twos and threes and took out the marching rations and snacks they had brought with them to eat.
Captain Cao and Zhao Qingsong were most familiar with each other. The two sat together in the shade under the tree. Captain Cao handed Zhao Qingsong a snack and asked: "Captain Zhao, have you heard of Jia Xiu before? Are you confident?" Beat him?"
Zhao Qingsong took a few bites and nodded, suddenly thinking about how Zhu Miaoying was doing now?
Is it life-threatening?
Had she not had anything to eat all day and she was still hungry?
Thinking of these questions, Zhao Qingsong suddenly choked up and felt extremely anxious. He wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly forward to rescue her!
