Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Zhang Chi carefully changed several places to inquire, and finally pieced together a piece of news that should be considered reliable. The imperial court has indeed withdrawn his wanted arrest, and ordered the Yingmengwei and some people from the Six Doors to thoroughly investigate the Marquis of Yongning. In the case of murder, notices were posted in some places, and if anyone found Zhang Chi's whereabouts, they would go to a nearby county government office to inform the arrester Long Jiu, and there would be a heavy reward.

"Could it really be Brother Nine? Could it be a trap..." Zhang Chi still couldn't believe it.

"Whether it's Long Jiu, you'll know if you go and have a look." Mu Liuyun said, "If it's not, then kill it."

Zhang Chi thinks about it too, now that he is backed by Mu Liuyun, who is highly skilled in martial arts, it is different from the days when he was alone and his life was hanging by a thread, and he had to walk on thin ice every step of the way, even if what was waiting for him was a dragon's lake and a tiger's lair. What's so scary?

As a result, Zhang Chi's confidence increased greatly, and he took Mu Liuyun to find the gate of the county government.

Long Jiu heard that a big man with a rough face and a tall scholar came to look for him, claiming that he wanted to tell him about Zhang Chi, so he rushed out to greet him personally, only to see that the two people in front of the door lowered their bamboo hats, their figures and appearances seemed to be There was an indescribable familiarity, but he couldn't remember where he saw it, Long Jiu bowed cautiously and said, "I heard that you two have news about Zhang Chi?"

"Exactly." Zhang Chi looked around and said in a low voice, "We'll discuss the details inside."

"Okay, you two come with me." Long Jiu brought them into the inner room and asked anxiously, "Do you know where Zhang Chi is now?"

"It's far away in the sky, and it's close in front of us." Zhang Chi resumed his usual tone of voice, took off his bamboo hat and revealed his troubled face, "Ninth Brother, it's me."

Long Jiu was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and then stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Chi's face: "I said why I always think it looks familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it. You can do it, this disguise technique Whoever taught it is simply superb."

"Brother Jiu, don't twist it, this is real meat, it hurts!" Zhang Chi screamed after being pinched, Mu Liuyun stepped forward and reached out to grab Long Jiu's wrist: "Let go."

Needless to say, Long Jiu could recognize who it was just by his reaction to the guard. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't be angry, Daoist, it's just a joke, just kidding haha..."

Zhang Chi rubbed his face, and asked impatiently before his butt even touched the stool: "Ninth Brother, what's the situation in the capital? Why was my wanted arrest taken back? Could it be Ninth Brother, you...?"

Long Jiu waved his hand and denied: "It's not me, how could it be me? I said that I am soft-spoken and powerless. After hearing about this, it was General Lu who rushed back to the capital to find the emperor to guarantee you. Maybe he also said something. Your performance when dealing with the Red Lotus Sect, etc. In short, the emperor was very interested in you after hearing it, and everyone with a discerning eye knew that this matter was strange, so after General Lu left, the emperor ordered to withdraw the wanted arrest for you , and sent an order to say that I want to see you."

"The emperor wants to see me?" Zhang Chi was a little confused, "Ninth Brother... Should this be a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing! According to my understanding of the emperor, he is very thirsty for talents, and he has just lost his right-hand man like Yongning Hou. This time, he invited you to go, probably because he heard about you from General Lu. I want you to be promoted and reused." Long Jiu put Zhang Chi's shoulders and said, "This is called surviving a catastrophe, and there will be future blessings. If you are lucky, the ancestral grave will smoke...Brother, if you are rich, don't forget each other .”

"Of course, no one can forget you, Brother Jiu." Zhang Chi and Long Jiu hooked up shoulder to shoulder and called each other brothers, but they didn't bother to show their sinister smiles. "When shall we set off?"

"I still have a few cases to deal with here, so I won't accompany you to Beijing. I just came to see you by the way, and I also thought that you were so smart and cautious. If I hadn't posted a notice and waited for you to come out by yourself, others might be Even if you find your hair gray, you may not be able to touch a single hair of yours." Long Jiu said, "Since you have come, I don't have to stay in this broken county office all day. I will leave for Lin County in the afternoon to handle the case. You can wash it first." Take a bath, change your clothes, tidy up, and go to Beijing tomorrow with Captain Zhao who came from Beijing."

"Okay, listen to Brother Nine."

"Brother, see you in the capital." Long Jiu patted Zhang Chi vigorously, with a sincere smile on his dark face.

***

The next day, they packed up and went to Beijing with Captain Zhao and a group of soldiers under him. After walking more than ten miles, Zhang Chi still felt that the situation was too good to be true: "It's too smooth, it's almost It's like a dream. Liuyun, why don't you slap me again and let me see if it hurts?"

"...Are you addicted to being beaten?" Mu Liuyun pulled Zhang Chi's face like Long Jiu, and Zhang Chi cried out, resisting half-truth, and the two pushed and shoved, attracting the surrounding soldiers All looked sideways.

When they turned another intersection, they were blocked by a sudden rock in front of them. It was a stone mountain rising from the ground. Monkeys would break their legs if they climbed it. The cave that comes out can be extraordinary.

Not long after passing the long and narrow cave, there happened to be a clear mountain spring by the side of the road. Captain Zhao, who had been talking very little along the way, coughed twice: "You two, let's stop here for a rest."

They stopped next to the mountain spring. They washed their faces and soaked their feet. Zhang Chi graciously used a bamboo tube to fetch some cool spring water from the upstream pool for Mu Liuyun: "The cave just now was called Nanmen Pass. Go out of the South Gate. Even if Guan is beyond the border of the Miao border, after walking for half a day to the next market town, there will be a relatively wide road for riding horses."

Mu Liuyun sipped the spring water in the bamboo tube, but his eyes looked in one direction from time to time, and his brows frowned.

Zhang Chi didn't have such profound skills and outstanding listening skills as him, but he noticed his expression: "Liu Yun, what's wrong?"

"That Captain Zhao said he was going to make things easier, why did he go so far?"

Zhang Chi thought for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "...something is wrong, let's go and have a look."

So they also used the excuse of convenience, out of the sight of those soldiers, and chased in the direction of Captain Zhao.

Mu Liuyun is actually not good at hiding his whereabouts in such densely vegetated mountains and forests, and it is inevitable to bring some branches and vines while walking. In addition, Captain Zhao really has ghosts in his heart, and he turns his head frequently. When Zhang Chi and Mu Liuyun saw Zhao Du When they saw the figure of the captain, Zhao Duwei also saw them, and ran away as if he had seen a ghost.

"It's not right! Grab him!" Zhang Chi quickly pushed Mu Liuyun. Mu Liuyun's figure was as charming as electricity, and he leaped out. It was in an instant, but the southwestern mountains were covered with thorns and branches everywhere, and there was almost no place to get a foothold. This was the terrain Mu Liuyun was least adept at dealing with. The distance is getting closer.

Mu Liuyun stopped at this moment.

The scene in front of me is obviously not something that can be explained by coincidence. In the direction where Captain Zhao is escaping, there is a large black crowd waiting at the corner, and all of them look like Lianjiazi. Some of them are familiar to Mu Liuyun. Obviously, he has seen them before, but he has never been interested in interpersonal communication, so he didn't remember the names and origins of these people at all. Captain Zhao went straight to one of them, who was wearing a Chinese dress and was sitting on a chariot waiting for someone to carry him. Person: "Young Master! They found it!"

"What are you panicking?" The man on the chariot stood up calmly, looked at Mu Liuyun who was dressed in white, "Is this Zhang Chi?"

Next to him, a man in the martial arts world that Mu Liuyun was familiar with bowed and said, "Young Master, this person is the Mu Liuyun who won the first place in the martial arts competition."

"That Zhang Chi must be nearby, go find it!" Before the person called "Little Hou Ye" had time to order the surrounding experts to entangle Mu Liuyun, Mu Liuyun, who felt that something was wrong, had already turned towards Lai Lufei run away.

Zhang Chi, who is not good at lightness skills, was groping in this direction through the thorns and thorns, and saw Mu Liuyun flying back without touching the ground, followed by a few pursuers in the distance, and he didn't finish asking "what's the matter", Mu Liuyun had already grabbed his arm, took Zhang Chi with him and retreated a few vertical leaps back to the South Gate Pass they just passed.

Those soldiers who were still resting by the spring were preparing to set up traps in the cave, but who would have thought that this expert would come back after saying so? Facing this martial arts master would be like sending him to death, and he immediately fled in all directions.