Zhu Lingyue didn't think about it for a while, and said strangely: "What an old madman......!" The words stopped abruptly, as if remembering, and frowned: "You mean the old madman who came back from the west?" ”

"I still remember that it was six years ago." Gu Tingshou said in a low voice: "When he came back from the west and came down from the mountain, he was discovered by the soldiers under the mountain and immediately arrested ......!" ”

Zhu Lingyue nodded and said: "Ben Du also remembers that this person is full of nonsense and crazy words, but for many years, there are still few people who have come from the west of the Tianshan Mountains...... Why did you suddenly think of this person? ”

"Zhu Du, do you remember what the old madman said at that time?" Gu Tingshou even lowered his voice and said: "When Zhu Du summoned that person, he was by his side, and now I still remember his crazy words. ”

Zhu Lingyue groaned slightly, and then said: "It's nothing more than some nonsense, what does he say about the heavenly soldiers and generals, what does he say about Lotus City...... It's been too long for the Governor to remember. After a pause, he said, "Oh, yes, Ben Governor remembers, and then Ben Du handed him over to you to deal with, what happened to him?" ”

"He was imprisoned in prison, but he also had food and drink." Gu Tingshou said softly: "It's just that what he said is strange, he is curious, and he has been interrogated many times, but that person's brain is already confused, but the words in his mouth, the humble position thinks that it is not completely nonsense." He has been repeating that many people have died, and he also said that there are heavenly soldiers and generals everywhere, and the most important thing is that in the mouth of the old madman, he has been repeating a critical place, which is Lotus City! ”

"Lotus City?" Zhu Lingyue thought for a moment, "Since he has been repeating this place, maybe there is really such a place west of the Tianshan Mountains...... Ben Du didn't have much interest in this at the time, and didn't ask in detail, just as he was talking crazy, Tingshou, then you can ask from his mouth what kind of place is Lotus City? ”

"The lowly job really wants to ask for details from him, but unfortunately the old madman is really crazy, and the lowly job can't force too many things from the mouth of a madman." Gu Tingshou said slowly: "However, from his body, he also found some clues. ”

Zhu Lingyue was about to ask, when he suddenly thought of something, and said: "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, there is any remote place nearby, temporarily hide in the past." ”

Gu Tingshou knew that Zhu Lingyue was worried that this road would have Xiguan soldiers passing by, this belongs to the junction of Tianshan and Xiguan, Chu Huan wants to control the Tianshan Mountain, but he is afraid that he will continue to increase troops to the Tianshan Mountains, and he may not know when there will be Tianshan soldiers and horses passing by, fortunately, Gu Tingshou has been around here for many days, and he is very familiar with the terrain here. It's hard to spot this trench.

People blindfolded Gan Yujiao's mouth and eyes, threw it aside, let people guard, and the others rested on the spot, Gu Tingshou and those good hands of the hoe and traitor hall brought dry food and took it out to honor Zhu Lingyue, Zhu Lingyue ordered the food to be distributed to Huang Zhu and others, and the people in the hoe hall obviously looked down on Huang Zhu and others, and threw a little food at will, although Huang Zhu and the others were a little annoyed in their hearts, they didn't say anything.

After eating the dry food, Zhu Lingyue asked, "Tingshou, what clues did you say you found from the old madman?" ”

"Zhu Du, that old madman is alone, he actually crossed the Tianshan Mountains and arrived in our Tianshan Mountains, and his appearance and words are obviously from our Central Plains." Gu Tingshou said softly: "Since he is from the Central Plains, why did he come from the west?" When did he go from the Central Plains to the west, where did he go, and did he go alone or a group of people? ”

"Not alone." Zhu Lingyue shook his head and said, "No one dares to cross the Tianshan Mountains to the west alone, that is a self-defeating ......!" He frowned, thoughtfully.

Gu Tingshou nodded and said, "That's right." Therefore, he felt that this man must have gone to the west with a group of people, but he was the only one who came back alive...... He also wanted to know from him how many people had gone west with him, why they had crossed the Tianshan Mountains to the desert, and where his companions were ...... now! ”

Zhu Lingyue stared at Gu Tingshou and asked in a low voice, "Has Tingshou already figured out the ins and outs?" ”

Gu Tingshou thought for a moment before he said softly: "I'm not completely sure, but I have made some discoveries. The humble duty remembered that the old madman had at least three stab wounds on his body, which had already become scars, and the humble duty looked for the doctor, and according to the doctor, the three knife wounds, the most recent one was at least fifteen years old...... We found out that the old madman was six years ago, and according to the current years, that is, the old scar ...... more than twenty years ago! ”

Zhu Lingyue touched his beard and thought thoughtfully: "You mean, that old madman was once injured?" ”

"The most important thing is that one of the three knife wounds is on the arm, look at the knife wound, a piece of flesh was cut off at that time, but it left a trace of clues at the wound......!" Gu Tingshou said: "Around that wound, there are still residual tattoos, if the humble position is not mistaken, the old madman's arm originally had a complete tattoo, but because it was cut off the skin and flesh, the tattoo was cut off with the meat, but the edge still left a trace of tattoos, the humble job at that time to find an artist who is good at tattoos to see, if you don't guess wrong, the old madman's arm was originally tattooed, it should be ...... Wolf head tattoo! ”

"Tattoo on the wolf's head?" Zhu Lingyue was stunned, as if he had thought of something, and frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

"In fact, there are not a few people with tattoos on their bodies, idle men in the market, strong men in the rivers and lakes, many people like to tattoo on their bodies." Gu Tingshou's expression became grim, "But there is a wolf head tattoo on the shoulder, and it was more than twenty years ago, Zhu Du, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Lingyue's pupils showed surprise, and he spit out two words: "Wolf soldier!" ”

"Exactly, the lowly also thought of the wolf soldiers." Gu Tingshou said solemnly: "When I found out about this situation, I wanted to report to Zhu Du, but after all, I can't be completely sure, plus Zhu Du happened to enter Beijing at that time, and I wanted to investigate more, and then report after I was confirmed, but when Zhu Du came back from Beijing, the old madman was already dead, and Zhu Du didn't care much about this matter at the time, so he didn't do much to report ......!" ”

"Wolf soldiers......!" Zhu Lingyue's eyes became deeper: "Tingshou, you said that the old madman was really one of the three thousand wolf soldiers who went to the west back then?" His eyes became deep, and there was a hint of surprise in the depths of his eyes, obviously paying attention to the three thousand wolf soldiers.

Gu Tingshou shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but it's very possible. Zhu Du, when the three thousand wolf soldiers went west, less than one percent came back, almost all of them were silent, and no one knew what happened at that time. After so many years, the old madman suddenly came back, and there were words in his mouth, and he guessed that the three thousand wolf soldiers must have been to Lotus City back then, and their death must be very strange! ”

"yes." Zhu Lingyue nodded slightly, "The three thousand wolf soldiers marched westward, and it is still a mystery ...... to this day!" Wei Yi pondered and asked, "Why did Tingshou talk about this, and what does this have to do with our going west?" ”

"Zhu Du, if you think about it carefully, three thousand wolf soldiers are ten to one, those wolf soldiers were the strongest soldiers and horses at that time, but they ended up like that...... I thought to myself, the old madman has been repeating Lotus City in his mouth, so is it possible that the person who led the tragedy was in Lotus City? Gu Tingshou said: "If this is the case, there must be a stronger force in Lotus City, and ...... They hated the wolf soldiers, we didn't know anything about the situation in the west, and if there was such a powerful force, why didn't we go and find it? ”

Zhu Lingyue understood, and said, "You mean, let's go and find Lotus City, if there is really a place to store, it is possible to borrow troops from there?" ”

Gu Tingshou nodded and said: "This is what it means, but this is also a way to do it." The east is not allowed to enter the customs, the south is not allowed to go to the west Liang, this northwest place, even more can not stay, for the sake of today's plan, only to the west. Maybe there is nothing to the west, but if there is really a Lotus City, can we use it? ”

Zhu Lingyue narrowed his eyes, thoughtfully, and didn't speak for a while.

"If Zhu Du decides to take a risk, we can take Gan Yujiao and rush to the foot of Tianshan while Chu Huan has not fully mastered the Tianshan Mountain." Gu Tingshou said: "When you get there, Zhu Duda can use Gan Yujiao as a condition to ask Gan Hou for a hostage, and even ask for other materials because of this." As long as we cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter the great desert, Chu Huan will not be able to do anything, we can go through the desert and find the ...... of Lotus City! ”

Zhu Lingyue only felt that this matter was a bit mysterious, after all, this qiē was only judged by the crazy words of the old madman, who could be sure that there was really a Lotus City, who could be sure that the old madman was really one of the lost wolf soldiers back then, he grew up in the Tianshan Mountains, of course, he also knew what the environment was to the west of the Tianshan Mountains, the vast desert was endless, climbed the Tianshan Mountains, looked away, and could not see any signs of life, if he really went west, he was afraid that he had not seen the Lotus City, and he had died in the depths of the desert. Even if you really find Lotus City, you can really use the power of Lotus City to make a comeback?

As the name suggests, the Lotus City in the mouth of the old madman is obviously just a city in the west, how powerful can a city be? There are three northwestern roads, dozens of large and small cities, Chu Huan will hold the three northwest roads at that time, not to mention that he has no factors at all now to determine that he can get the help of the so-called Lotus City, even if he really gets the help of Lotus City, with the power of a city, how can he be the opponent of the three northwest roads?

He knew that Gu Tingshou was also proposed in desperation, but he also admitted that the Tianshan Mountains were occupied by Chu Huan, and he looked around, if he wanted to really live, it seemed that he really had to stay away from the northwest and wander the world.