A knife in love

Chapter 531

Li Qiufeng was just staring at the Taoist priests, and didn't pay attention to the two people behind the Taoist priests pushing the wheelbarrow.It's just that when those Taoist priests came closer, Li Qiufeng found that these Taoist priests looked tense and their bodies were stiff, and an elderly Taoist priest had twitching corners of his mouth and his face was pale.Li Qiufeng was surprised, and thought to himself: "Listen to these idlers talking to the stall owner, the Taoist priests of Fengyi Temple should be very powerful in Luoyang City. Why do these Taoist priests look like this? It's not like going out of the city to do things, but like They are going to be escorted to the execution ground.”

While he was thinking, these Taoist priests were only dozens of steps away from the city gate.The older Taoist priest in the lead became more and more flustered, and turned his head involuntarily to look back.At this moment, the thin man in the ragged bamboo hat raised his head slightly, pouted at the Taoist priest, as if signaling the Taoist priest to move on.The old Taoist turned his head away, his face became more and more ugly, and his body trembled slightly.

In the blink of an eye, Li Qiufeng had already seen the thin man's face, and it was Situ Qiao.Although Situ Qiao has three more beards under his chin at this time, if it were someone else, even if he had met Situ Qiao a few times, he might not be able to recognize him at this time.It's just that Li Qiufeng is too familiar with Situ Qiao. Although Situ Qiao put on a beard and changed into a short shirt, his figure has not changed, Li Qiufeng recognized him immediately.

Seeing that Situ Qiao finally arrived, Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "Sure enough, as Master Ji expected, this bastard knew that the government would search the inn, so he hid in the Taoist temple. Seeing the trembling appearance of these Taoist priests, it must be He was kidnapped by Situ Qiao and forced all the Taoist priests to take him out of the city. He did not know where he got a beard to stick to his face, and changed his clothes. I am afraid that the officers and soldiers who fought with him at the gate of the city yesterday would not recognize him. Come on. This bastard's martial arts are not high, but his scheming is really good."

Those few Taoist priests were about to reach the gate of the city, each of them was trembling, their faces were pale, and they were on the verge of fainting.It's just that being forced by Situ Qiao, he didn't dare to turn back at this time, so he had to force himself and walked forward slowly.The four officers and soldiers at the city gate were still leaning on their spears, leaning against the city wall, dozing listlessly, and completely ignored the people who were walking in and out of the city gate.

Those Taoist priests walked slowly to the gate of the city. At this moment, an officer and soldier opened his eyes, stood up straight, and smiled at the leading Taoist priest: "Guanzhu Wei, are you going out of the city?"

The old Taoist priest was taken aback, forced a smile, and said, "Yes, Mr. Chen from Majiazhuang wants to move his ancestral grave, and wants Xiaoguan to do a religious ceremony."

The officer and soldier said: "This early in the morning, it's really hard." He looked at the two wheelbarrows behind the Taoist priest with mischievous eyebrows while talking, and then said: "The yamen issued an order that all luggage going out of the city must be checked. Wei Guanzhu, are these two cars Guiguan's luggage?"

Wei Guanzhu shuddered again, and hurriedly said: "Yes, it belongs to Xiaoguan, and it contains all magical instruments, and there is nothing prohibited."

At this time, the other three officers and soldiers also cheered up and looked at the wheelbarrow one after another.One of the officers and soldiers said to the short and strong man, "Boss Wang, I haven't seen you drinking in the past few days. Could it be that you have no money again?" The other officers and soldiers also made fun of the short and strong man. The man wasn't angry, he had a silly smile all over his face, but he didn't speak.

An officer and soldier glanced at the thin man wearing a broken bamboo hat, and said in his mouth, "This guy has a very fresh face, is he also from Fengyi?"

When Wei Guanzhu saw the officers and soldiers asking about Situ Qiao's origin, his expression was even more frightened, he opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't.On the contrary, a middle-aged Taoist priest next to him was quick to see the opportunity, and with a happy face, he said to the officer and soldier: "Yes, Mr. Chen moved to the ancestral grave, but it was very grand, and he was going to do a big ritual, so he brought a little more magic tools. Boss Wang alone was not enough, so he hired another one to help."

The officer and soldier said: "I said Guanzhu Wei, Boss Wang is so capable, you should pay more. If he doesn't come to drink, we brothers will have less fun when we drink. Besides, last year the Yellow River was flooded, and our salary The money has not been paid for several months, and I even borrowed some money from Boss Wang to drink. If he doesn't come, we can't even afford to drink."

The middle-aged Taoist said with a smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say." He took out a few pieces of scattered silver from his bosom as he spoke, and handed it to the officer and soldier, saying: "Everyone has worked hard, this is Xiaodao's kindness. Take it for a drink."

When those officers and soldiers saw the silver, their eyes lit up immediately, and after saying a few polite words, they took the silver.Only then did Guanzhu feel relieved, and said to the officers and soldiers: "We still have to rush to Majiazhuang, don't dare to delay, look..."

Those officers and soldiers got the money, how could they bother to check the things on the car?He waved his hand at Guanzhu Wei and said, "Guanzhu Wei, go quickly, don't waste the time."

Several Taoist priests bowed their hands at the officers and soldiers as if they had received an amnesty, and then walked towards the city gate.The short and strong man and Situ Qiao pushed the wheelbarrow and followed the four Taoist priests.But the four officers and soldiers gathered together, only caring about distributing the few pieces of silver.

Seeing that several Taoist priests were about to enter the city gate, suddenly two people came out of the gate.These two people were wearing official arresting uniforms, and they were the head of the third squad of Luoyang Mansion, Fan Tong, and the deputy head of the squad, Liao Dagang.

Seeing Fan and Liao suddenly appear, Wei Guanzhu and the other three Taoist priests were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their whole bodies trembled.Fan Tong smiled slightly, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Guanzhu Wei has become more and more healthy."

Wei Guanzhu trembled like a sieve, and said in a trembling voice: "Yuan, so it's Sir Fan. My lord, my lord, don't you come here unharmed?"

Fan Tong sighed, and said: "In troubled times, those of us on duty are the most miserable. Didn't we guard the Qili River last night, and was recalled to Luoyang City early this morning to arrest a thief who sneaked into the city. We just Entering the city, I unexpectedly met Guanzhu Wei."

While talking, Fan Tong turned his head and glanced at Liao Dagang, and said, "Old Liao, do you think it's a coincidence?"

Liao Dagang said with a smile: "My lord said it was a coincidence, so it must be a coincidence."

Fan Tong chuckled, turned his head, and said to Guanzhu Wei: "Where is Guanzhu Wei going?"

Wei Guanzhu said tremblingly: "Ma, Mr. Chen from Majiazhuang moved his grave, and asked Xiaoguan to go to do a religious ceremony..."

Fan Tongtong: "So that's it. I heard that Guanzhu Wei is proficient in Jingfang Yishu and is good at divination. Can you calculate a divination for me and see when we can catch that thief?"

Guanzhu Wei was terrified, his body went limp, and he was about to fall to the ground.The middle-aged Taoist hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and said in his mouth: "Master Fan, the master of the small temple has been ill for the past few days, and I am laughing at you."

Fan Tong pretended to be surprised, and said: "Oh, is Guanzhu Wei sick? I know some medical skills, please stretch out my left hand, Guanzhu Wei, and I will feel the pulse of Guanzhu Wei..."

He hadn't finished speaking when he heard a loud bang, and saw the roof of a silk shop not far from the city gate burst into flames, and the people on the street ran away crying and shouting.The people inside the city gate were also startled, and immediately became chaotic.Fan Tong said to Liao Dagang: "Old Liao, go over and see what happened?"

Liao Dagang agreed, and ran towards the silk shop.At this time, the city gate was in chaos, some people ran into the city, while others ran out of the city, colliding with each other like chickens without their heads.A few people fell to the ground, but everyone couldn't care less and still ran around.Those people were trampled on by the crowd, with countless feet on their heads, faces, and bodies, and they screamed loudly.

Fan Tong saw that Wei Guanzhu and his party were acting suspiciously, and originally wanted to investigate carefully, but at this time there was chaos in the city gate, so he didn't bother to question Wei Guanzhu again.Seeing a person next to him fall to the ground, his face was covered in blood from being trampled in a moment.Fan Tong rushed over, pushed three or four people away with both palms, stretched out his hand to pull the person up from the ground, and said: "Don't panic, leave the doorway!" Then he rescued two civilians who fell to the ground one after another.When he wanted to find Wei Guanzhu and the others again, there was no trace of the Taoist priests.

Li Qiufeng watched Situ Qiao follow several Taoist priests to the entrance of the city gate, and hurriedly took out five cents from his bosom and handed it to the stall owner. The roof of a silk shop opposite the stall had already exploded, and the flames rose from the roof, and the momentum was truly astonishing.

For a moment, there was a commotion on the street. The officials and soldiers who had been ambushing around and the officers and soldiers in the city rushed towards the silk shop without thinking about hiding their whereabouts.Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "Situ Qiao must have tampered with this silk shop long ago. He calculated the time and ignited the gunpowder buried in the silk shop. As a result, the officials and soldiers rushed to put out the fire. Situ Qiao can take advantage of the chaos and escape from the city." Therefore, when the silk shop caught fire, Li Qiufeng rushed to the gate of the city.He saw Fan Tong standing in the city gate, blocking several Taoist priests.And Liao Dagang was running out of the doorway, the two passed each other, but Liao Dagang didn't recognize Li Qiufeng.Immediately there was a commotion in the city gate, and Fan Tong was too busy saving people to keep an eye on the Taoist priests.

When Li Qiufeng saw Situ Qiao pick up a bundle from the wheelbarrow, he squeezed through the crowd and ran straight out of the city.Seeing that Situ Qiao had escaped, those Taoist priests turned around and fled into the city.

Li Qiufeng followed Situ Qiao closely, and rushed out of the city one after the other.By the time the officer on the city gate ordered the gate to be closed, the two had already gone far.

After Situ Bridge left the city gate, he did not go north along the avenue, but got into a forest and walked northward.Although his martial arts are not high, his lightness kung fu is extremely good.I saw Situ Qiao's slender body like a bamboo pole, even though he was in the woods, he was faster than a galloping horse when he ran.Li Qiufeng was afraid of being spotted by him, so he didn't dare to get too close, so he was five or sixty feet away from Situ Bridge, and followed him at a distance.Fortunately, Situ Qiao only focused on moving forward and did not look back. There were trees all around, and Li Qiufeng followed closely, so there was no need to worry about being discovered by him.

The two of them, one behind the other, spent half a stick of incense before they left the woods.Only then did Situ Qiao slow down, and turned his head to look around.Li Qiufeng had already guarded against him doing this, so when Situ Qiao turned his head, he had already hid behind a big tree and was not discovered by Situ Qiao.

Seeing no one around, Situ Qiao walked on the northbound avenue.Li Qiufeng followed him more than a hundred steps away, and whenever Situ Qiao wanted to turn his head, he hid on the side of the road first.At last, he was strong in martial arts, and the two walked for several miles one after the other, but Situ Qiao didn't notice that Li Qiufeng was following him closely.

At this time, there were gradually more pedestrians on the avenue, some in cars, some in sedan chairs, and some on horseback.Seeing Situ Qiao going northward, Li Qiufeng became worried, and thought to himself: "It seems that he is going to return to the capital. I have important things to do in Luoyang, so I can't follow him all the way northward. I have to find someone who is innocent." As a human being, after knocking him down, take Guan Yu's head back."

(End of this chapter)