Master Zhao Wen said respectfully: "To the right there is a Zhuangzi called Shanjing Village, there is a path in Shanjing Village leading to Gaojiabao, passing through Gaojiabao but more than 20 miles is the right jade city, to the left there are at least two paths to reach the right jade city, one is to reach Xishui Village through Yuling to the northwest, there is a path in Xishui Village to Gaojiabao, and the other road is in the westernmost part of Shuozhou, bypassing Xishui Village, passing through Gaoshizhuang, you can directly reach the right jade city. ”

Zhou Ping frowned slightly, and said, "In this case, if you want to catch Dao Wuji, you will have to spend a lot of time." ”

Lin Hu said, "My lord, which way are we going to chase down?"

Zhou Ping frowned and hesitated.

After hesitating, the figure on the official road in front of him was longing, and the sound of horses' hooves was everywhere, only to see Nie Chongshan, the deputy commander of the Great Interior, leading Chang Qing and other cadres from north to south, Zhou Ping saw this, his eyes lit up, and he greeted him, Zhou Ping smiled and said: "Commander Nie is coming quickly." ”

Nie Chongshan looked upright and said solemnly: "Long live the Lord has an order, Nie doesn't dare not be unreasonable." After a pause, he continued: "Lord Zhou has been chasing for a day and a night, and there is no whereabouts of the knife?"

Zhou Ping said: "I saw Dao Wujian in Sanggan River before. ”

Nie Chongshan's heart moved when he heard this, his eyes looked around, and he saw that Zhou Ping's group of subordinates were exhausted, and he had a vague plan in his heart, and said, "It seems that Lord Zhou is lost." ”

Zhou Ping smiled bitterly: "It seems to be like this." ”

Nie Chongshan asked, "Lord Zhou, what are your plans now?"

In his opinion, it is only a matter of time to arrest Dao Wujian and bring him to justice, this is the fat on the side of his mouth, and now Nie Chongshan has come out to get a piece of the pie, Zhou Ping is naturally unwilling to give half of the credit to Nie Chongshan, Zhou Ping has a wishful thinking in his heart, and said: "If Zhou had a plan, he would not stop here." ”

Nie Chongshan seemed to see through Zhou Ping's careful thoughts, and couldn't help but smile, a fox-like sly smile flashed across his face, and said: "Lord Zhou chased after him on the official road, so naturally he couldn't catch up with Dao Wuji. ”

Zhou Ping pretended to be surprised and said, "Why did Commander Nie say this?"

Nie Chongshan's eyes flickered, obviously this old fox also had his own plans, after a moment of silence, Nie Chongshan said: "Listening to the rumors in the rivers and lakes, now that the sword is innocent and his martial arts are gone, he is not a stupid person, how can he blatantly follow the official road?"

"This old fox. Zhou Ping cursed secretly in his heart, and pretended to be puzzled: "Where is he going if he doesn't take the official road?

Nie Zhong said meaningfully: "Lord Zhou is a smart person, don't you really understand Nie's words?"

Zhou Ping said quietly: "Zhou really doesn't know, and I ask Commander Nie for some advice." ”

Nie Chongshan said with a smile: "When Nie came from Datong Mansion, he passed through Youyucheng and specially found a local guide to show Nie the way, if Lord Zhou wants to find the knife Wuji, according to Nie's opinion, it is better to find someone who is familiar with the local area, otherwise, if you want to go around like this, you want to catch the knife Wuji, hehe......"

Although it is not explicitly stated, the meaning of ridicule in the words is obvious.

Nie Chongshan continued: "That's all Nie said, Lord Zhou, farewell." “

After speaking, he led the team to march away.

Zhou Ping looked at Nie Chongshan's distant back, and understood in his heart that Nie Chongshan and himself had thought together, and he also planned to follow the nearby path to find Dao Wujian's whereabouts, and after a moment of silence, Zhou Ping said, "Master Zhao, where is the front?"

Zhao Wen said truthfully: "It's Yuling." ”

"Yuling?" Zhou Ping muttered and said, "Two hours ago, we passed through Yuling, you said that there is a path to the west of Yuling to reach Youyu City, if Dao Wujian takes the path, after such a long time, where will he go?"

Zhao Wen blinked his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "It shouldn't have been to Xishui Village yet." ”

Zhou Ping said: "How far is this place from Xishui Village?"

Zhao Wen said: "Less than half an hour. ”

"Let's go, let's go to Xishui Village to intercept him. After Zhou Ping finished speaking, he led the officers and soldiers to go straight to Xishui Village.

It is said that Dao Wujian and his party hid in Yuling, and watched Zhou Ping's officers and soldiers chase forward, and they were all relieved in their hearts, and finally threw Zhou Ping's "dog skin plaster".

Li Qiang's face was full of worry, and he said, "Second brother, are we still out of the customs?"

Dao Wujian had a feeling that although the world was big, there was nowhere to hide, and a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said: "There are officers and soldiers everywhere right now, we just don't go out, it's not easy to escape from the Shanxi territory, and now I can only hope that Boss Wei can help us get out of danger." ”

Li Qiang said: "If we continue to move forward, once the third brother finds out that something is wrong, he will turn around, and when the time comes, won't he be caught?"

Dao Wujian said: "Although the official road is close, we must not go, we can only walk the barren mountains and mountains, so we should be able to avoid the officers and soldiers." ”

Li Qiang said: "We are not familiar with the place, and we can't even tell the road, but we are afraid that we will crash into the nest of officers and soldiers." ”

Dao Wujian said: "The road is all walked out by people, Brother Zhang knows the direction of the Right Jade City, as long as we go in that direction, even if we go around a few more circles, we will definitely go to the Right Jade City, so don't worry about this." ”

Zhang Chaifeng said with a smile: "This is not bad, let's wander around in the woods outside, and the officers and soldiers will definitely be confused by us." ”

After resting for about half an hour, the group set off to the west.

Dao Wujian did not take the official road or the path, but specifically walked those sparsely populated barren mountains and mountains.

Unconsciously, the night was approaching, and I saw curling smoke rising in front of me, and a village appeared in front of several people, who had not yet come out of the woods, and suddenly saw a large group of people pouring into the village, and the group was shocked, and quickly stopped and lay down in the grass.

"Brother Dao, wait a minute, I'll go see who it is. Zhang Chaifeng said.

Zhang Chaifeng sneaked to the vicinity of the village, staring at it, Zhang Chaifeng's heart jumped, who was it if it wasn't Zhou Ping, Zhang Chaifeng was unlucky and retreated quietly.

Li forced himself to say, "Brother Zhang, but the officers and soldiers?"

Zhang Chaifeng nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, it's your good third brother." ”

Tokugawa Sakurako said, "This guy is haunted. ”

Li Qiang said: "Second brother, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's leave quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, several people bowed down, and before they had time to raise their legs, they heard a piercing sound of jackdaws suddenly sounded in the forest, and the jackdaws "croaked", flapping their wings and flying up from the forest, and then a chaotic footsteps came from the other side of the forest behind them.

(End of chapter)