Xie Chengfeng said that according to people in the town, Yun Qi and his party passed through that town in the evening. Due to the heavy snowfall, they could not make it to the inn ahead, so they rented an inn to stay in the town. He left at dawn the next day.

But after leaving the town, no one saw them again. It kept snowing for the next few days, and no traces of footprints or horse hooves could be found.

The team of 300 people just disappeared without a trace.

Xie Chengfeng said: "To the west of that town is a mountainous forest. Some people wonder if it was because the snow was so heavy that they couldn't see the road clearly and fell down the cliff."

Chu Zhao thought it was impossible. Even if he couldn't see the road clearly, if the person in front slipped and fell off the cliff, the people behind him would stop. There was no reason for 300 people to fall in together.

In contrast, she was more inclined to think that there were enemy spies among the 300 people. In order to prevent Yun Qi from rescuing Zhang Xingzhou, or simply to lure her out of the capital, she deliberately took the team in the wrong direction and took the team to some secret place.

But if there are one or two spies, it is not easy to deceive more than 200 people at the same time.

Therefore, Chu Zhao also thought of another possibility.

Maybe half of the 300 people are traitors, or in other words, maybe only Yun Qi is a good person among the 300 people.

This idea popped up in his mind, and Chu Zhao broke into a cold sweat in the cold weather.

But she did not discuss this idea with Xie Chengfeng, but ordered the team to rush to Ningzhou at full speed tomorrow morning.

She must go and see for herself what the truth is.

Yun Qi went to the northwest after listening to her words. No matter what, she wanted to find Yun Qi back.

Live to see people, die to see corpses.

Thinking that Yun Qi might die, Chu Zhao couldn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, he led his team towards Ningzhou.

After several days of traveling day and night, the team finally arrived in Ningzhou in the afternoon.

In order not to disturb the people, Chu Zhao ordered the entire army to camp ten miles outside the city, leaving Qingyu and others to look after Princess Huai'an in the tent, while he couldn't wait to enter the city with Xie Chengfeng to go to the sub-altar of Qianjimen.

Tie Zhui, Ah Ao, General Xiao, Wang Baobao, and Chu Huai also went with her.

Tie Zhui and Ao went to protect Chu Zhao.

Wang Baobao and Chu Huai went to look for business opportunities.

General Xiao went to join in the fun.

There have been frequent wars in the northwest recently. In order to prevent enemy spies from sneaking in, the inspection at the city gate was very strict. Chu Zhao showed the order from the Ministry of War and was able to enter the city smoothly.

This talisman was prepared for her by Feng Guanlan. With this talisman, she would not have to reveal her true identity and it would be much easier to act.

The Tianji Sect is mysterious and unpredictable. The location of each branch is very hidden, and it changes location every other year, making it difficult for ordinary people to discover it.

Xie Chengfeng followed the instructions in the friend's letter and led Chu Zhao and the others around the city for nearly an hour. It was not until it was getting late that they found the entrance in a winding alley.

This was an extremely ordinary family from the outside. When they approached, the woman in that family was lighting a fire to cook dinner.

The husband was wielding an ax to chop firewood in the yard, but he couldn't get it right. He had to chop a log of firewood several times before it could be split. This made the woman nag in the kitchen that he was useless, but he reasoned that it was because he didn't have enough axes. sharp.

Iron Hammer looked anxious and wished he could grab the ax and chop it for him.

When the man heard the noise, he raised his head with an ax in hand and saw several people standing outside the door. He said warily: "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

Xie Chengfeng stepped forward and handed over his friend's handwritten letter. In case the walls had ears, he cupped his hands and said, "Master, we are passing by your house. It's freezing cold. We want to go in and ask for some hot soup to warm ourselves up. Is it convenient?"

The man took the letter and read it carefully. The woman who was cooking also came out and went over to read it with him. After reading it, she said in a rough voice: "It's not easy for any family in the chaos of war. There are so many of you. It's hard for my little family to Small households can’t afford to entertain.”

"We give money so that my sister's hard work will not be in vain." Xie Chengfeng took out a piece of silver and offered it to her.

The couple looked at each other, and the woman took the silver and took a bite before inviting the guest in with a cheerful smile.

"Come with me, you guys. Altar Wen has told me this early in the morning." The husband whispered, signaling the woman to return the money to Xie Chengfeng.

The woman was reluctant to part with it, and said with a smile: "I will cook hot soup for the guests, and all the money will be regarded as my hard work."

"you……"

The husband wanted to talk about her, but Xie Chengfeng stopped him: "A little bit of silver is not a sign of respect, keep it to buy a good ax for your brother."

"Hahahaha..." The woman laughed heartily and quickly put the money into her arms.

The husband was quite helpless and led a few people into the main room.

Although he entered the door smoothly, Chu Zhao remained vigilant and said to Tie Hui: "You stay in the courtyard and help this big brother chop the firewood!"

The hammer was so eager that he immediately took the ax from the man's hand, raised the ax and dropped it, splitting a piece of firewood into two halves like tofu.

The man's eyes suddenly widened.

The woman laughed at him more and more: "You see, you are stupid and you blame the ax for being dull."

"..." The man smacked his lips and led several people into the house without saying a word.

The house is not big, so I walked around the front hall and entered the inner room. After opening the door on the back wall and walking in, I found a different world.

General Xiao looked at the rows of orderly pigeonhouses in front of him and was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

Thousands of pigeons were cooing inside, and each one was a fine breed selected from a million. Compared with other pigeons, his pigeons could only be used to stew soup.

"It is said that there is nothing in the Jianghu that Tianji Sect doesn't know about. Look at these pigeons. Tsk tsk tsk. They are indeed well-deserved." He pulled a child who was feeding the pigeons with an envious look on his face and asked, "Are you still recruiting people here? Talk to your boss and take me in, I can not only train pigeons, but also eagles."

The kid glanced at him coldly: "No, you are too old."

General Xiao immediately became anxious: "Nonsense, I'm only in my early twenties, how can I be old?"

Xiaotong said: "We only have breeders under the age of 15."

"..." General Xiao was speechless. He wanted to fight for himself again, but Ao dragged him away with his neck, "Don't you want Sister Hammer?"

General Xiao suddenly became embarrassed. He was torn between Pigeon and Hammer Sister for a moment, and decisively chose Hammer Girl.

Chu Zhao shook his head and smiled helplessly, and the group followed the man into another courtyard.

The courtyard has winding corridors, rockery stone bridges, lush pines and cypresses, and several snowfalls in succession, covering all the landscape in the courtyard, like a fairyland on earth.

Chu Zhao was walking on the corridor when he accidentally caught a glimpse of a thin figure in a white fox fur in the distance, standing alone in front of a pond.

The pond was frozen, and two cranes were playing across the pond.

Being so far away, Chu Zhao could only vaguely see the man's profile, but he felt inexplicably familiar, as if an old friend had walked through the snow in a misty dream.

There seemed to be a string in his heart that was suddenly plucked, and Chu Zhao murmured a name.

She didn't make a sound, but the man seemed to hear her call and turned his head to look this way.

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